Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 8: Death of Daxiu (2)
Although I realized this, it was not my turn to care about the fate of the losers. What lay ahead of me was also a difficult and dangerous road. If I was not careful, I would also be doomed. After a day of rest, the second round of challenges began. Khufu and his opponents were the five-member team of Dizang and Gonzalez. They also easily passed the first round, but at the end of the first round of challenges, when Hades announced the results, the positions where the defeated opponents should have stood were empty. It was obvious that he was ruthless and killed all five opponents. The "direct line" of his men also behaved in the same way, which further confirmed my suspicion that Hades had evil intentions.
Of the five opponents, except for the fire wizard Veraman, Dizang, Gonzalez, Alexander and Sham are all ground melee types. In view of the fact that this battle can be regarded as an important warm-up before challenging the Hoh Xil, and the lesson learned from the last time when the opponents attacked Had regardless of sacrifice, I dare not be careless and go to the scene to watch the battle in person so as to adjust the tactics at any time to avoid unnecessary casualties.
When the battle started, Khufu naturally stood in front of Hader. Taotao, Dashu and Guben flew into the sky, looking for opportunities to attack, and the opponent was not in a hurry to attack. Dizang and Gonzalez approached Khufu from a distance, while Alexander and Sham were responsible for covering Veraman. Looking at their movements, they were circling around Hader in the back, and it seemed that they still intended to use it as a breakthrough point to weaken my strength.
Taotao, who evolved into a fire dragon beast, has become larger in size, but his agility has not decreased. He is still very flexible. In order to get a preliminary understanding of the opponent's strength, I used it to launch several tentative attacks and roughly judged the opponent's strength. The strength of the fire wizard Veraman is difficult to grasp, but his magic attack power is obviously far superior to Hader. The four of Dizang should be at the level of eighth-level lower-level magic beasts. Although they are not as good as Taotao, they are all fire-attributed undead, so the damage effect caused by each other will be discounted to varying degrees. Secondly, Taotao has just completed its evolution and is not very adapted to the new form and fighting method. He cannot fully exert his strength. If you want to defeat , unless you use "Flame Dragon Wushuang" to launch a full-scale assault, it will not be possible in a short time. There is an obvious gap in strength between Dashu and Guben and their opponents. Under the high-level fire magic "Meteor Shower" that Veraman cast, which was like falling from the sky, and the range magic "Blockade" that could be launched continuously, it was difficult for them to force the opponent to get close and find a chance to attack. They could only fly around in the air helplessly. The only effect seemed to be to consume Veraman's strength and slightly slow down their pace towards Had.
Although Khufu was restrained by Dizang and Gonzalez, he still had a clear upper hand. Considering that Hades might be secretly watching Khufu and the others' performance, in order to hide his strength and cope with the more difficult battle with Kekexili in the fourth round, I don't intend to let him use his two powerful skills, "Crazy Wand Technique" and "Thunder Strike" unless necessary. He only relied on his own strength which was one level higher to fight with them, and at the same time used reasonable movement and positioning to block Alexander and the others' threat to Hades, which seemed to be easy. Coupled with Hades' cooperation with him, victory should be only a matter of time, which makes me most relieved.
In fact, once they are prepared, with Khufu and Taotao in charge, I don't see any chance for Dizang's group to take advantage of their strength. They don't have the "air combat" type, only Vilaman can attack from a distance. As long as Daxiu and Guben are cautious and don't take risks, they shouldn't be in much danger. Taotao can both fight and run. He kept an eye on Alexander and the other three and prevented them from approaching Hades. As long as we hold on until Khufu defeats Dizang and Gonzales, the other side is doomed to fail. It's a pity that Hades is unlucky. Dizang and the others didn't become our first opponent. Otherwise, if they were caught off guard and attacked so desperately with their strength, they might have been able to kill Hades. But now the chance is slim.
As the battle continued, my nervous mood gradually relaxed . Perhaps because I was at a higher level, I began to cherish my life. The offensive of Ksitigarbha and his men was not as "forgetting their lives" as the opponents in the first round. It was fierce but not crazy. It seemed that Hades was only willing to sacrifice those weaker subordinates, and did not force his "direct descendants". If the situation continued like this, Khufu and his men should win the battle soon.
My optimistic thoughts did not last long. The situation suddenly changed. After a period of silence without casting any magic, the fire wizard Veraman suddenly shot out a dazzling red light, which enveloped Daxiu who was diving and attacking in mid-air, and it also had a strong suction force. Although Daxiu struggled hard and flapped his wings desperately, he could not get rid of the shackles of the red light, and his body reflected brighter and brighter red light. Taotao, who was nearby, received my instructions and hurried over to support and attack Veraman to interrupt its spellcasting. But before it could start to act, the terrifying fire crab knight Sham, who was fighting with it, suddenly rushed forward. When he pounced on it, his body suddenly flashed a few times and exploded with a bang, as if he had launched a "self-destruction". Even though Taotao saw the opportunity quickly and made emergency evasive maneuvers, he was still unable to avoid the attack completely due to the suddenness of the incident and lack of preparation, and was still affected. The "self-detonation" launched by the undead with the strength of the lower eighth level was naturally powerful, and he was blown away on the spot. Not only must he have been seriously injured, but there was obviously no way to rescue the trapped Daxiu in time.
Khufu was out of reach and could only intensify his offensive, entangled Jizo and Gonzalez, and covered Hader as he rushed forward, continuously releasing "Hellfire Bombs" to attack Veraman, but the big Alexander blocked Hader's magic attack with his body. Guben also rushed down quickly, but was also blocked by Alexander's flaming sword. He failed to break through several times and was forced back, unable to threaten Veraman who was casting a spell.
In the red light, Daxiu's struggle became weaker and weaker . After a while, there was a crisp sound of "snap", and the red magic bone staff in Veraman's hand suddenly exploded into pieces. But at this moment, the red light covering Daxiu suddenly became several times brighter, and then there was a loud "bang", and Daxiu's body turned into a large ball of bone powder, and its existence could no longer be sensed. Veraman, who had completed all this, also collapsed on the ground at the same time, motionless like a ball of mud. It seemed that even if he still had a breath left, at least he had lost the ability to continue fighting.
