Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 96: Guerrilla Warfare in Tiancheng
In order to avoid waiting for three more days, I chose to give up the additional promotion task? This idea was rejected by me immediately. The first promotion to the eighth-level profession is just a little reward for qualification points, which is more due to the impact of the system announcement on improving reputation. For me personally, the actual effect is far less than obtaining additional basic attribute values and skill rewards, which are the guarantee for maintaining long-term healthy development. There is no need to think about which is more important. Although there is no choice, I still feel uncomfortable in my heart - I have disrupted my development plan and worked hard for so many days just to be able to complete the promotion task one day earlier than other players. Is it really true that you can't have your cake and eat it too? If you get the extra reward, you have to bear the risk of losing the first promotion?
"Can I ask the reason? Why do I have to wait until October 10th to complete the promotion task? What will happen if I come to upgrade on October 11th? Do I not have to wait any longer?" I was confused and unwilling, but I still wanted to get an answer.
"The additional promotion tasks for you 'Top Ten Masters' are automatically generated by the system when you apply for promotion. They are dynamic and not fixed. We design promotion tasks of equal difficulty based on your respective occupations, skills you have mastered, time of application and other objective conditions. Everything is standardized and equal. We ask you to wait for another three days because only on October 10th will an event suitable for you to complete the promotion task occur. We are not intentionally delaying your promotion time. If you come to advance after October 11th, you will face another additional promotion task, which will not affect anything." Pangdoni patiently explained to me, and a smile appeared on his dry and skinny face. He kept looking me up and down, and I always felt that he was quite "admiring" of me.
"Okay, I accept this additional promotion task." The choice was actually already determined, and Pondoni's answer only made me feel more balanced.
Seeing that I chose to accept, Pangdoni nodded, and the smile on his face became even more "brilliant", as if he agreed with my approach. Then he held the promotion scroll and began to read and explain the content of the additional promotion task, "The additional promotion task for the 'fifth best player in the world', the Undead Mage Ah Dai to advance to the eighth-level Undead Mage profession is 'Going Alone in Tiancheng'. According to the announcement released by the Church of Light, on October 10, a grand 'Celebration of Light' event will be held in Tiancheng for one day in order to expand its influence, prosper Tiancheng, and attract more players and power groups to settle or invest in Tiancheng. At that time, in addition to the players of light, there will definitely be many neutral professional players going there. Your task is to invade Tiancheng at noon on October 10, create chaos, and disrupt the smooth progress of the 'Celebration of Light' event. You must survive in Tiancheng for twelve hours until the end of the day. If If you die early, the additional promotion task will be considered a failure, and you can come back to accept the normal promotion task after resurrection. At the same time, you must continue to kill light professional players and NPCs. After the task is completed, you will be given corresponding basic attribute values or skill rewards based on the comprehensive level of the top 100 light professional players and NPCs you killed. In other words, within the twelve hours of staying in Tiancheng, you need to kill at least 100 light professional players and NPCs, otherwise it is equivalent to not being able to complete the additional promotion task. Of course, the stronger the light professional players and NPCs you kill, the more rewards you will get, and in addition to the improvement of basic attribute values, you may also learn more powerful undead magic. "
"Going to Tiancheng alone", I couldn't help but smile bitterly, the system really thinks highly of me! Tiancheng, located in the Western Continent, is not the headquarters of the Church of Light, the Temple of Light, like the Holy City, but it is also a city that has been brought under the control of the Church of Light after the "peaceful seizure of power". For the members of the "Resistance Alliance", it can be said that there are enemies everywhere, which is absolutely equivalent to a dragon's lair and a tiger's den, and...
"According to the rules, members of the 'Resistance Alliance' cannot enter the city controlled by the Church of Light through the teleportation array. Do you want me to force my way into the city through the city gate?" Don't be ridiculous. The security in each main city gate area is very strict. Even in a non-war state, there are heavy troops stationed and many combat fortifications built. If I want to force my way through the city gate by myself, it would be almost like committing suicide. I don't think the Church of Light will give me time to summon a large group of undead subordinates in advance and then storm the city gate.
"You don't have to worry . Although the difficulty of completing the additional promotion tasks is very high, it is impossible to design them beyond your ability and ask you to force your way through the gate of the Celestial City. You should still remember the Holy Mage Shadow of the Undead. He holds the artifact 'Transmission Star Disk' given by the God of Death, and will be responsible for sending you to the Celestial City smoothly."
The undead holy mage Black Shadow who holds the artifact "Transmission Star Disk", oh, I remember, I once got his help when Long Xingtianxia and I invaded the Holy City. Once the artifact "Transmission Star Disk" is activated, it can generate a transmission array at any location, connecting with any other transmission array in the same continent. Unless it is blocked by a ban set by an artifact of the same level, even the transmission array of the hostile forces can be forcibly broken through and transmitted into. With his help, there is no need to worry about entering the Heavenly City.
As for the requirement of staying in the Heavenly City for twelve hours stipulated in the "Go to the Heavenly City Alone" mission, it was not too difficult for me - I could transform into a bat and fly freely in the sky, and I also had the "stealth" skill of a thief. Although with my agility, I might not be able to hide from the eyes and ears of expert players or NPCs if I approached a certain range, but the area of the Heavenly City was vast enough to accommodate millions of players, so I should be able to find a suitable place for me to hide. I am probably the only one among the more than 20,000 necromancer players in the world who has this ability. It seems that as Pantoni said, this additional promotion mission was "tailor-made" for me by the system.
But the trouble is that I have to keep killing the professional players and NPCs. Even if I successfully invaded Tiancheng, because I belong to the hostile forces, I will emit a faint red light, which will make others know my identity as a hostile element at a glance. Once I appear in the enemy's nest, I will definitely be killed by everyone, and I will be chased and killed by the professional players and NPCs in the city. I may be able to fight ten ordinary opponents, but it is absolutely impossible to deal with too many opponents at the same time. At that time, I can only flee. In the process of being chased, I must not only save my life, but also constantly look for opportunities to kill the enemy, at least more than one hundred. In order to get more rewards, the higher the strength or level of the enemy killed, the better. I can't just pick those "soft persimmons" to pinch. I need to find ways to kill those strong professional players or high-level NPCs. The war is unpredictable and the consequences are unpredictable. I don't know what kind of enemy I will encounter. I can only adapt to the situation and see my luck.
Different from the last "surprise attack on the Holy City" - not only did we have companions to support us, but we also mainly targeted the NPCs of Light, and the players of Light basically did not participate. The target of this operation is Tiancheng. As a city under the control of the Church of Light, Tiancheng, like the Holy City, is mainly responsible for the daily defense work of the NPCs of Light. However, because the city lord is a player, in order to save costs, part of the work is still assigned to the players instead. It can be said that it is jointly managed by the players of Light and the NPCs, and it is necessary to deal with enemies from both sides. Moreover, the city lord of Tiancheng has the highest honor of being called "the first person of Light". He has top players such as Holy Heaven and Angels on Earth, which can be said to be more difficult to deal with than NPCs. Fortunately, this is destined to be a large-scale guerrilla war. They should not know the specific purpose of my invasion of Tiancheng. As long as they are careful, they should be able to get a chance to play.
I asked Pondoni some questions about the mission to see if there were any terms I could use, and then I said goodbye and left. I had to rush to the designated location in the Western Continent to meet Black Shadow at the agreed time, and he would activate the "transmission star disk" at noon to send me to invade the Sky City. If I didn't arrive on time, it would be considered a mission failure, but I still had to wait until the twelve-hour mission time limit was exceeded before I could return to the Castle of the Dead to accept the normal promotion mission.
Being in the enemy's nest, I was surrounded on all sides, isolated and helpless. I had to kill a hundred with one man within twelve hours. There was no time to prepare in advance, so I could only summon them on the battlefield. This was the first time I had experienced such a complicated war. Facing so many enemies, I would definitely need a lot of manpower. I was too lazy to rush back to the Eastern Continent, so I died directly and entered the "Dead Soul Space" to continue to subdue the three types of undead in the "Abyss" - such a guerrilla war with many enemies and one of me, I would encounter enemies everywhere, forcing me to flee everywhere, but I had no ability to save them. Therefore, every summoned subordinate needs to be aware of the fact that he must die. Qitlei, Wu Ma and other promising subordinates naturally cannot be easily sent to battle. The strongest and most convenient to sacrifice are only Dixing Yeying, Crawling Yeying and Jellyfish. Moreover, this flexible fighting method that cannot face head-on and can only launch surprise attacks should be more suitable for their performance.
Six hours later, when I was resurrected in the room of the resident council hall, I received an unexpected message - just over three hours ago, the system had issued an announcement that the sky warrior Fearless Warrior of the Dwarf Tribe of the Northern Continent had successfully advanced to the Phantom Warrior, becoming the first player in "Tianxia" to advance to the eighth level of the profession. It was not me, nor the highest honor. The honor of "the first to advance" that had always been "combined" by the two major camps of light and darkness was finally taken away by the neutral professional players this time. Think about it, as the struggle escalates step by step and becomes more and more intense, the top players of the two major camps of light and darkness have been pushed to the forefront one after another, and there are more and more things to take care of, which inevitably distracts some of their energy. Even if there are more resources to use and can indirectly get some compensation, it may not be possible to ensure the advantage compared to the top players of neutral professions - even if I am a necromancer who only holds the title of director of the Dark Council and core member of the Tongxin League, but has never interfered in the affairs of strength, I have also consumed too much energy in the many affairs of the "Dead Soul Space" and cannot focus on increasing my qualifications. Although I felt a little regretful, I didn't lose the highest honor to the enemy players. Even if I didn't postpone the additional promotion task for three days, I couldn't have successfully promoted before the Fearless Warriors with only two or three hours. This result was acceptable. It was like putting down a worry. I didn't have to worry about it all the time. I could throw away the burden and go into battle lightly. If necessary, I could take some risks. I could try my best to kill stronger enemies in order to get more promotion rewards.
After Xinbitiangao and Moonlight Box successfully killed the "law enforcer" Santos and received the reward of "God-defying", the five bone emperors of the "Southeast Undead Alliance", including Night Bonfire and Ghost Husband, could not hold back and immediately launched a "God-defying War" to challenge Santos, and also won, and also increased some basic mental power. Speaking of more than 20,000 undead wizards, only these very few emperors can benefit from the "law enforcers". Unless Xinbitiangao and Night Bonfire can have a higher level crown, they can only lose the throne if they are killed in the "Dead Space". It is estimated that no one will be so "selfless" and use this method to give other undead wizards a chance.
In order to increase the chances of completing the additional promotion task of "Going Alone in Tiancheng", I also borrowed a few pieces of equipment that increase the upper limit of my spiritual power. Of course, it is impossible to equip myself with a full set of high-level holy artifacts like the last "Holy War of Light" - on the one hand, I don't have as good a relationship as Long Xing Tianxia, and on the other hand, this operation is a personal matter, and I am embarrassed to borrow other people's good equipment and delay their development. After all, they also need to work hard to level up. Moreover, sooner or later, I have to repay other people's favors. If they come to borrow my artifacts for two days, I am afraid I can't refuse. Borrowing from them like this may add a lot of trouble. Because I only borrowed a few relatively ordinary shoes and jewelry from Moonlight Treasure Box, Country Po Shanhe and others, and I can guarantee that I can summon an eighth-level mid-level subordinate without having to perform "Blood Transformation". At the same time, I also commissioned Yun Wuying to find a detailed architectural drawing of Tiancheng for me, and take time to study it seriously, at least to have a general understanding, so as to reduce the impact of environmental factors on the battle.
Finally, October 10th arrived. After a good rest and refreshment, I arrived at the agreed location in the Western Continent at 11 o'clock. This is a very remote place and will not be easily discovered by other players. The shadow has not arrived yet. This is also the tradition of the dark NPC. They are absolutely punctual and will not show up in advance. Anyway, I am about to face a difficult guerrilla war that lasts for twelve hours. I just want to calm down and confirm the various tactics to be adopted in different situations to ensure the completion of the promotion task. Unfortunately, the "Transmission Star Plate" only works for players. It cannot transmit pets and other summons, and cannot be prepared in advance.
At 11:55, the black shadow crawled out from a hole that suddenly appeared not far away, confirmed my identity according to the regulations, and then activated the "teleportation star disk". With a word "good luck", he sent me into the teleportation array and completed his duty.
A flash of white light passed by, and I appeared in the teleportation array in the central square of Tiancheng. My body suddenly lit up with a layer of eye-catching red light, mixed with black lines, clearly indicating that I was an intruder from a hostile force. The light players near the teleportation array stared at me in amazement, as if they were surprised by the sudden appearance of an enemy like me. However, the level 7 light NPCs guarding the teleportation array were well-trained and responded in time. While blowing the whistle and sounding the alarm, they quickly pounced on me and launched an attack.
This is the area with the highest frequency of players in the city. There are not many light guards, but there are many light players. It happened to be the "Light Celebration" that was being held, and the square was even more lively, which was definitely not suitable for fighting. He immediately used the "Blood Bat Transformation" to avoid the attacks of the light NPCs. In the increasingly panicked eyes of the surrounding players, he quickly flew away from the central square to find a suitable place to fight.
Even though I transformed into a bat and flew in the air, I was still covered with a layer of eye-catching red light. The light players might not be able to react in time, but those light NPCs who saw me blew the whistle immediately and quickly chased after me. After leaving the crowded area, I sprayed a blood mist to confuse the players around me. I took advantage of the small commotion to turn back into human form, and immediately used "stealth" to hide my trace, bypassing those players and looking for a remote and deserted alley, so that I could summon my pets and subordinates to help me.
First, I summoned a ground-walking night shadow. As long as it hides underground, it will not be discovered by other players or NPCs. I arranged it to be on guard nearby, then summoned the red star and began to activate the "Touch of Death" to absorb its spiritual power so that I could perform the "Summoning of the Dead" again. I did not summon Taotao and Shaman first as usual. The pets or summoned creatures summoned by the "invaders" with red light and black lines also have the same "marks" as their owners. Once they are targeted by the bright players and NPCs, they will inevitably encounter fierce attacks. They do not have the ability to be invisible like me, and it is difficult for them to persist for too long without being able to hide. Taking advantage of the fact that they are confused about the status at the beginning of the Supreme Honor and cannot take targeted preventive measures, it is convenient for me to perform guerrilla warfare, changing places after each shot, and not summoning them to fight for the time being, so as not to make the target too obvious and easily expose my whereabouts.
