Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 91: The Depressed Blood Emperor
Finally safe! Seeing the blood witches around me stop attacking me, I finally felt relieved from my extreme nervousness. In order to wear the "blood emperor robe" left by Dada Benon, I had to brave the "hay of bullets" and transform back to my original form in the blood witch group. If I was a little unlucky, the blood witches nearby would attack me with a few more magic attacks before I could put on the imperial robe and establish my imperial power, which could easily cause a loss of life.
However, it was far from time to relax. As a higher level undead species than the Corpse Witches, the "authority" of the emperor, especially the emperor of a foreign race, seemed to be smaller. It was only me who succeeded the throne that was arranged. Taotao and Khufu and his subordinates were not "looked at differently" because of this. They were still considered "invaders" and continued to endure the fierce attacks of the blood witches. At the same time, the moment I put on the "Blood Emperor Robe", I also felt a spiritual fluctuation that was communicating with Dada Benon, "Dada Benon, how are you? Don't panic, hold on for a while, I will be there soon."
"Blood Emperor", spiritual connection is two-way, especially when we are of the same clan and the other party is not "defended", I easily know the other party's true identity - Dada Benon's ally and "backer", Blood Emperor Vincent. The royal family of the Blood Witch Clan second only to the Blood Lich, its rank is even higher than the Blood Emperor. But before I could learn more, Vincent may have noticed something strange and immediately cut off contact with me, and I could no longer sense anything.
Taotao and Khufu were still under attack, and their casualties were increasing. They could not care about the Blood Emperor Vincent who came to help them. They hurriedly issued an order to stop all hostile actions. The Blood Emperor should still have this little power. Taotao and his men naturally obeyed the order and had no objections. However, the blood witches did not give them much face. Although they stopped the siege of Taotao and his men, after a short silence, they suddenly scattered and fled to the distance. No one was willing to stay near me. And it quickly expanded to every place in the territory. It seemed that all the blood witches were unwilling to follow my leadership and chose to abandon me. It seems that it is really as Temur said at the beginning. The blood witches will not be willing to obey the rule of a foreign emperor.
At the same time, the blood witch reinforcements that were advancing rapidly towards this side also stopped the assault. The rear team became the front team, turned around and quickly retreated along the original route. It seems that this Blood Emperor Vincent is very wise. Seeing that the Blood Emperor has changed his position and is in my territory, if he dares to attack me again, it will incur the hostility of other blood witches in the territory and provoke internal fighting among the blood witches. Knowing that it is impossible to do anything, he did not stay any longer and immediately chose to retreat. However, if only the more than 10,000 blood witch reinforcements under his command retreated, it would be fine. The trouble is that the subordinates who were originally directly under Dada Benon actually joined them, and in addition, some free blood witches also retreated with them. There are a total of 20,000 to 30,000 of them alone. The remaining 30,000 blood witches in the territory were also in chaos. Although they did not dare to resist with force, most of them fled in all directions and were completely out of my control.
I really hope to kill Vincent. The blood witch royal family that came to me automatically can just give me and Qingwu Feiyang a royal robe, and we can also conquer its power, so that we can share more of the results of the battle. It's a pity that we don't have enough strength now - those blood witches who originally belonged to Dada Benon are definitely not to be relied on. They will not obey my orders and turn their guns to deal with Vincent's reinforcements. And there are not many of my men in the territory. Fortunately, the backbones such as Hufu and Taotao were not injured. However, the five thousand terrifying dragon knights who raided deep into the territory encountered a stubborn resistance from the blood witches who occupied the terrain. There were less than a thousand left. Half of the hundreds of terrifying dragon knights were killed in the more intense surprise attack. Most of the survivors were injured and had little combat power left. Not only were the troops of Qingwu Feiyang and others on the periphery scattered, but their men were almost all the three types of relatively low-level terrifying knights, lacking powerful assault troops. Even if we gather together and pursue with all our strength, it is difficult to pose a big threat to the 20,000 or 30,000 blood witches led by Vincent. Besides, it is not our intention to attack by force. Our goal is not only to obtain Vincent's position as the Blood Emperor, but also for Xinbitiangao and Moonlight Box, who participated in the operation, mainly to subdue more blood witches. Looking for opportunities, launching surprise attacks, and capturing the thief and the leader is the best strategy. Moreover, if we go all out to deal with Vincent, the other blood witches in the territory will definitely not stay here peacefully. Without anyone to watch over them, they may take advantage of the situation and run away, and the benefits we can get will be even smaller.
I quickly contacted Qingwu Feiyang, exchanged opinions briefly, and soon reached a consensus - let Blood Emperor Vincent go, let him evacuate, and control the other blood witches in the territory first. Of course, we won't let him off so easily. I have assigned Feiying and some ghost kings to quietly float in the sky and follow them to find Vincent's lair. When there is an opportunity, we will join forces to take down his territory in one fell swoop.
Vincent's blood witch army has gone far away. Although it failed to save the Blood Emperor Dada Benon, it did not make a wasted trip. It accepted more than 10,000 blood witches under the command of its allies, which was equivalent to taking advantage of me. I don't have time to settle accounts with it now. I will record this account for the time being and settle accounts with it in the future. Not only will it use its territory, but also its throne to repay it.
As soon as Vincent's reinforcements withdrew, the two sides quickly blocked the exit on that side. Under my strict order, the blood witches who followed behind and were under the jurisdiction of Dada Benon did not dare to resist by force. They could only retreat in other directions and find a way to escape. However, Qingwu Feiyang and others also shrank their defenses at the same time, surrounding the blood witches' territory, leaving the remaining 30,000 blood witches with no way to escape. They wandered around the territory in a mess, like dogs that had lost their homes, and were in a state of panic all day long.
Having been a Corpse King and a Witch King, I feel that this Blood King is the most pathetic. His authority is extremely low. Before he conquers them, he can only order the Blood Witches in his territory to abandon hostile actions. He doesn't even have the "authority" to make them stand still. He had to rely on a large number of Corpse Witches and Terror Knights to form a dense "human wall" on all sides to stop the Blood Witches from fleeing, and then he pushed forward layer by layer and gradually compressed them together.
After some statistics, we have "captured" more than 32,000 blood wizards in total. According to the number of subordinates dispatched by each participating undead wizard and the losses suffered in the battle, different numbers of blood wizards were allocated as compensation. The more than 200 blood wizards of the lower level 7 who did not have time to escape were divided between me and Qingwu Feiyang Claw, and only the two of us were capable of subduing them. In addition, I was allocated 5,000 blood wizards of the level 6, and Qingwu Feiyang 3,000. Although our gains were not as ideal as expected because of the sudden intervention of the Blood Emperor Vincent, its territory has been discovered by Feiying, so we will temporarily deposit it with it. Sooner or later, we will take it back with interest.
What annoyed me even more was that everything was just as Temur said, because the necromancer did not have the blood attribute, so even though I put on the "Blood Emperor Robe", I still could not activate the "Illusion Blood Barrier" magic attached to the robe. Otherwise, it would be more advantageous for some battles in the "Dead Space" such as the "Underworld Dragon Challenge". Of course, just like the Corpse Crown and the Witch Crown, the "Blood Emperor Robe" also has the attribute of increasing the upper limit of mental power, and the increase is the same as the "Supreme Witch Crown" on my head, both are 400%. It is estimated that the increase of the higher-ranked "Lich Robe" and "Blood Emperor Robe" will be even higher, making the "mental attack" I release more powerful, which should play a role when facing the Underworld Dragon or the Great Pharaoh.
Qiushui Changtian and Tianxing's actions were also successful, and they successfully occupied the territory of Blood Emperor Biqi. It was just that they did not have the ability to win by launching a surprise attack like me, so they could only rely on strong attacks and assaults from the ground, so there were many casualties. After the fierce battle were killed, leaving less than 10,000. Moreover, Tianxing should have been the first to discover this blood witch territory. I don't know what compensation Qiushui Changtian gave him, but in the end, the "Blood Emperor Robe" was obtained by Qiushui Changtian. Fortunately, I also succeeded, and the benefits were higher than theirs, and they did not take the lead and steal my limelight.
According to the reconnaissance of Feiying and others, there are about 100,000 blood witches in the territory of Blood Emperor Vincent, and at least 10,000 were "abducted" from Dadabenon, most of whom are elite soldiers directly under Dadabenon. Moreover, the area of the territory is more than twice that of Dadabenon, and the terrain and environment are more complex, making it much more difficult to attack, requiring more troops. Therefore, for the time being, I am not able to provoke another "Undead War" against the Blood Witches. Not only do Qingwu Feiyang and others need to replenish their men, but I must also subdue more Horror Land Dragon Knights, especially Horror Winged Dragon Knights - Vincent's guard corps is larger in number, and its own strength is also above Dadabenon. I must use more Horror Winged Dragon Knights to launch a surprise attack, so that I can have a greater chance of killing him as soon as possible. Of course, we also warned every companion involved in the operation not to leak the news of the existence of another group of blood witches. At the same time, we must accumulate strength as soon as possible to conquer Vincent's territory and seize the position of Blood Emperor as soon as possible, so as to avoid any unnecessary troubles and attract the covetousness of other undead wizards to steal our "business".
During this period, I naturally did not delay the action of challenging the last sacred beast, the golden dragon. Although Bai Yunjian did not skimp on money, he prepared some of the most powerful props in "Tianxia" and dispatched the strongest players in Longteng. But in the face of the powerful sacred beast, the golden dragon, in addition to sufficient preparation, a little bit of luck is needed to successfully kill it. It's a pity that the two good things that happened in succession, Xuanwu's execution and the wearing of the imperial robe, seemed to have exhausted my luck. The pointer of fate turned to the direction of "back" again. The two actions to challenge the golden dragon failed at the last moment. It escaped from our net and we could only return in disappointment.
In addition to the fact that the challenge to the Golden Dragon was not going smoothly, there was another worry in my mind, which was the lava fire bat Houston who had been escaping without a trace. Seeing that the battle for the immersion qualification challenge of the "Hell Magma Pool" in September would be reignited, no matter how I mobilized my men to look for it, there was still no news of it. I don't know which small hole it has hidden in. If I didn't need to spend time on other things and could concentrate on developing the power of the "Hell Volcano", or if the immersion qualification challenge was postponed for another month or two, maybe I could subdue enough volcanic undead and dig deep to find Houston. It's a pity that the sky doesn't go against one's wishes. Not to mention the human world, even in the "Dead Soul Space" there are too many troubles waiting for me to solve one by one. I can't be comprehensive and do everything to the best of my ability. If I can't find Houston, Hader and Guben will be the most dangerous. Once Houston chooses to challenge one of them, it will be really dangerous - Hades seems to have only promised that there will be no casualties in the "Underworld Dragon Challenge", and the immersion qualification challenge is still full of dangers.
Every day, I have to spend a lot of time to subdue as many Horror Earth Dragon Knights as possible. Although I am now strong enough to subdue the eighth-level middle-level undead, only the seventh-level lower-level Horror Earth Dragon Knights can be subdued in large numbers in the explored areas of the "Dead Space". For the time being, I still need to use them as the main force of the ground attack. As for the new soldiers, it is said that only by crossing the endless "Dragon Bone Mountain" and reaching the other half of the "Dead Space" can we discover and subdue some more powerful and practical undead creatures. Of course, benefits and risks coexist. The "Dragon Bone Mountain" is not so easy to cross. There are many bone dragons of different levels living in it. If you encounter one of them looking for trouble, you may be in trouble. The price of being forcibly sent back to the "origin" is definitely not something that any undead wizard is willing to pay. At the same time, the more than 50 Horror Dragon Knights who survived the war were also exploring the habitats of their kind for me. After defeating them through siege, I will go to subdue them. In the raid on Vincent, they are still the absolute main force, and the more the better, otherwise I really don’t have the confidence to “go deep alone”.
A few days later, I challenged the Golden Dragon for the third time. I learned from the failures of the previous two times and was more cautious this time. I spent a huge amount of money to set up two layers of "heavenly nets" and finally succeeded in killing the Golden Dragon. I successfully collected its soul. Although Long Teng obtained another high-level holy weapon, it took three consecutive challenges to succeed. The cost was too high and the investment was far from recovered.
At this point, I finally collected the souls of the six sacred beasts required by the Hell Black Dragon King Robinho, and immediately sought death, came to the "Dead Soul Space", and went to the "Bottomless Abyss" to unlock the first seal of the "Dead Soul Scepter".
As soon as I arrived in front of the "Black Water Pond", before I could call out, I saw waves rolling on the water surface. Robinho's slender mummified body rushed out from the bottom of the pond, revealing most of his body, and appeared in front of me. "Hello, Undead Mage Ah Dai, I have sensed that the 'Soul Orb' on your body is filled with huge soul energy. It seems that you have completed the task of collecting the souls of the six sacred beasts. Come, give me the 'Soul Orb', and you can soak the 'Dead Scepter' in the 'Black Water Pond' to unlock its first seal."
After saying this, Robinho swam close to me, stretched out his huge claws, and snatched the "Soul Orb" from my hand. When I took out the "Scepter of the Dead" and immersed it in the "Water of Extreme Yin" to wash it, it also put the "Soul Orb" into the water. Once activated, it immediately emitted a faint black light, and streams of black air were released from it, gradually dissolving into the "Black Water Pool", calming the water surface which was becoming more and more turbulent due to my act of washing the "Scepter of the Dead".
When Robinho told me that the first seal had been unlocked, I finally stopped washing and carefully looked at the "Death Staff" in my hand. It still did not emit the colorful divine light of the artifact and was in an unusable state. However, compared with before, the pale staff had a layer of fluorescence, and there was a faint glow flowing inside, flickering, as if it was trying hard to break through the seal of the staff and emit its original brilliance.
Seeing Robinho putting away the "Soul Bead" and turning around to dive into the "Black Water Pool", I hurriedly called out to him, "Respected Demon Dragon King, I have successfully unlocked the first seal, but I don't know how to unlock the second seal?"
"I am only responsible for handling the first seal according to the instructions of Lord Death. As for the rest of the matters, it is beyond my authority and I have no way of knowing. You'd better go find Lord Death and find out the truth." As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for my opinion, he sank into the "Black Water Pond" and disappeared. He came and went in a hurry. It was always like this every time, without saying a word.
I was just asked to go find the old man, which was really difficult. He had always taken the initiative to meet me before, so who knew where to find him? The Castle of the Dead in the Western Continent? It didn't seem to say that it was his "office" in the human world. I didn't want me to travel a long way to get there only to find nothing.
I used the remaining time to continue to subdue the Terrifying Ground Dragon Knight and the Terrifying Flying Dragon Knight. I finally made it to the resurrection time. After the white light flashed, I was surprised to find that I was not resurrected in the human world as usual, but came to a hall. I looked familiar. I looked carefully and found that the old guy sitting not far away was the dead old man I was looking for.
