Chapter 115: Feeling of Danger
This old wizard is very old and is approaching the end of his life span. He is in urgent need of extending his life.
There are actually many ways for a mage to prolong his life, but the resources in this plane are scarce and most of the methods are useless. The only useful methods now are to transform into a lich and to fuse with the blood of the immortal species to prolong life.
Dragon blood means longevity, and it can also enable those whose blood is awakened to gain a strong physique and spellcasting ability. It is the best way to prolong life.
There are no dragons in this plane fragment, not even sub-dragons, only some kobolds.
But it is obvious that they have lost the technology to extract blood, otherwise it would be impossible to extract the dragon blood.
In other words, they are determined to obtain the dragon bloodline in Li Qing's hands and will definitely find a way to get it.
I just don’t know whether it will be through normal trade or exchange, or by force.
But no matter what method they use, one thing is certain, they will never take action before defeating the Undead Scourge.
Until then, it's absolutely safe.
But after that, it’s hard to say.
Don't doubt their integrity. Although they are both human beings, they were not born at the same time. One is a native of a foreign land, and the other is a destined human being. There is a huge difference between them. Don't expect them to be close just because they are of the same kind.
Even companions would turn against each other due to conflicts of interest, let alone foreigners.
"Sure enough, such a good thing is not so easy to get."
Li Qing felt that he should consider a way out.
If at that time they really turn against us because of greed, we will not be caught off guard without preparation.
There was no need to do anything for the time being. Li Qing first asked Xie Zhu to spread some rumors about this matter in the apprentices' local area network when he had time. There was no need to directly say that the city-state was unreliable. It was only necessary to slightly modify what had happened before and send it out.
I don't expect them to believe it now, but at least let the apprentices know first so that they have a psychological expectation. This way, when the time comes and the relationship really turns bad, they will be more likely to believe it and react sooner.
After doing all this, Li Qing did nothing else. He continued to send his men out to fight and gain experience as before, while he continued to take time to make golems and study magic pattern construction.
As time passed, as many Dragon Vein Snakemen reached the fifth level and began to gradually move towards the sixth level, almost every day several Dragon Vein Snakemen accumulated enough combat experience to complete the promotion.
Li Qing felt very happy every time he received this news.
It's not just because of their strength, but also because after these dragon vein snake people are promoted to the sixth level, the power of faith provided by each prayer is three times that of the fifth level.
Originally a fanatic could provide about 250 points of faith power, but now it can provide 750 points.
If so many elites were all promoted to the sixth level, the 560-level dragon vein snake people would be able to provide him with nearly 400,000 faith powers every day, and it would only take three days to accumulate some divine power for him.
"No, we need to get more dragon vein snakemen!"
Li Qing looked at the six rays of original light that he had accumulated on hand, gritted his teeth, took out five of them and decomposed them into five hundred mysterious light spots. He came to the snakeman's nest and began to summon new dragon vein snakemen.
There just happened to be a huge number of undead gathered here, and there were enough troops as the front row to protect them, so it was a good opportunity to improve their strength.
He was not going to use his dragon blood to exchange for things; it was not worth it.
Moreover, the performance of this magic city-state made him not trust them very much, and he was afraid that he would not be able to leave even if he really changed.
First use the Scourge Lord to grab them, and then find a way to escape before the outcome is decided.
It took two days to summon five hundred new dragon vein snake people, and then it took a week to cultivate feelings and spread faith among these newly summoned dragon vein snake people.
You can stop when the faith of most of the dragon vein snake people reaches the level of devout believers or fanatics.
When the group is full of devout or fanatical believers, the remaining true believers can easily all be converted into fanatics in such a fanatical group.
After doing all this, Li Qing equipped all of them with weapons and equipment, and then reorganized them with the original Dragon Vein Snake people. The five hundred people were divided into four teams, with an additional 120 people in each team, and they went out to fight every day.
As time passed, this group of new dragon vein snake people slowly grew up under the protection of their companions.
It is not easy to upgrade in the early stage, because you only have one ring of magic missiles, which has limited power and can be cast a few times.
It took a full nine days to be promoted to the second level.
After reaching the second stage, they learn the Scorching Ray, which is when they start to take off. Their combat effectiveness starts to soar, and they are promoted to the third stage after only two rounds of rotations.
Given the density of the Scourge, I believe it won’t be long before they are promoted to level five one after another, then fight as hard as their predecessors, and then be promoted to level six.
However, there was not enough time.
There is no problem here. The main problem is that the messenger sent by An Erqiu told him that major changes have taken place on the surface of the earth and asked him to come back quickly to take charge of the situation.
We learned from the messenger that the three Scourge Lords on the ground had united and forcefully attacked the Serpent King City .
It turned out there were only two, the latter one being a new arrival during the time he had been underground.
The combined strength of the three Scourge Lords was extremely formidable. The leading Scourge Lord directly besieged the Serpent Man town, while the other two Scourge Lords split into two to fight against the three academy joint teams gathered nearby.
Now the battle has begun, the two Scourge Lords and the three mentors' joint teams have also joined together to gather a total of 250,000 troops to fight a decisive battle with millions of undead on the great plain west of the Serpent King's City.
After reading the information, Li Qing had nothing to say except feeling insignificant.
The three joint teams of mentors are all headed by elite apprentices under the names of five-star mentors, plus a large number of younger brothers under the names of ordinary mentors.
It shouldn't be difficult to gather a 5,000-strong army from the elite apprentices under a five-star mentor. If you don't consider logistics, getting another two or three thousand new recruits will be no problem at all.
Zhao Dingzhen's team had five elite apprentices, and they easily raised 30,000.
There are also more than a dozen or nearly twenty ordinary apprentices, each earning two to three thousand, which means 50,000 to 60,000, a total of about 90,000.
The other two joint teams have different strengths, with a total of 160,000, for a total of 250,000.
It's a bit difficult for these 250,000 to fight against one million undead.
Although most of the undead are cannon fodder, they are not all elite. A large proportion of them are new recruits and their combat effectiveness is not strong.
However, it can be seen from here that the strength gap between these Scourge Lords is still quite large.
The lich Scourge Lord underground in front of us can mobilize millions of undead. Only the two Scourge Lords on the surface can gather millions of undead. The leading one is even more powerful, besieging the Serpent King City independently.
Imagine that the snake people were able to defeat other alien races and dominate this plane. Their true strength is definitely not weak. Those snake cities they captured before cannot represent the true strength of the snake people at all.
The overall strength of the royal city, which brings together the elite of all the snake people, is definitely not inferior to that of the three joint teams. This means that the leading Scourge Lord is extremely powerful, far surpassing the other Scourge Lords.
The ruthless blow from reality made Li Qing put away his former pride and arrogance.
Before, he had thought about dealing with a certain Scourge Lord on his own, but now it seems that he was too naive, as they were not of the same level of strength.
It's better to just do what you can to get some benefits, such as killing a few more Scourge heroes and getting more hero skill points.
However, although they will not participate in the battle on the surface, an idea that had been considered long ago must be put on the agenda, that is, to withdraw troops and leave the magic city-state.
It's almost done. The newly summoned dragon vein snakemen have been upgraded to level three and above. They can cast fireball and their combat power is very strong. We can retreat now.
Li Qing did what he said. He asked Xie Zhu to go to the city hall of the Mage City-State to inform them and ordered General Long to withdraw his troops from the battlefield.
Then, when Xie Zhu came back, he followed the three old masters and said with a smile when they met:
"Mr. Li Qing, please forgive me for coming here. Speaker Canovino has asked me to know why Mr. Li Qing wants to leave suddenly. Is there anything we did wrong or have neglected you?"
Li Qing smiled and shook his head:
"The city-state treats us very well. Mainly, I just received news that my companions on the surface have already engaged in a battle with the Scourge Lords. I must rush over to support them immediately."
The old wizard frowned, and this reason made him unable to finish the words he had prepared.
After thinking for a while, he said:
"Logically I should let you go, but according to the agreement, you have already received our employment fee and need to fight for us."
Li Qing smiled and said:
"I know, but our employment terms clearly state that I must either serve until the end of the war, or kill more than 50,000 undead on the battlefield to complete the employment agreement."
"I have already completed the 50,000 undead souls required for the employment agreement. I have completed the agreement and can leave at any time."
"this……"
The old wizard was stuck again. He pondered for a long time before saying:
"I'm not very clear about this. I'll go back and check it out and get back to you later."
Li Qing nodded:
"Can."
Watching him leave, Li Qing frowned.
It doesn't look like it will be easy to leave. I guess there will be other excuses later.
After thinking for a while, Li Qing pressed the desk bell. Xie Zhu opened the door and walked in. He said:
"Call all troops together immediately."
Xie Zhu nodded and immediately turned and left.
After he left, Li Qing immediately took out a full 100 units of dragon blood, and then took out the last ray of original light. The two merged into one into a blood light emitting a faint dragon power.
As the two merged, the light of origin began to stimulate the dragon bloodline, forcibly digging out the source of the dragon bloodline.
As time passed, the dragon's blood began to slowly emit an inexplicable aura, and the dragon's might was gradually changing and becoming stronger.
Li Qing silently watched the dragon vein gradually becoming stronger, frowning slightly.
He discovered that a ray of original light did not seem to be enough to cause a transformation in the dragon bloodline.
In other words, a ray of original light can only make the ordinary dragon bloodline slightly transform and be promoted to the upper-level true dragon bloodline, but it is not enough to complete the absolute qualitative change and be promoted to an ancient dragon.
It is an absolute gap, not the difference between one or two points of original light, but even if all ten points of original light are integrated into it, it is not enough to complete the qualitative change.
This is an essential difference, and the light of origin will never be able to complete the transformation.
No wonder he wanted to use the previous war lizard to fuse a ray of original light and then transform into an upper-level lava crystal dragon. He thought that he only needed a little more original light to complete the transformation, but it turned out that the original light could not complete the transformation at all.
This is a pity. He wanted to get the blood of an ancient dragon in one go, but he didn't expect it was only the blood of a higher-level dragon.
Although the bloodline of the upper dragon clan is good and powerful, it is far less powerful than the ancient dragon.
It is worth mentioning that the ancient dragon he was talking about is not the ancient dragon that ordinary people imagine.
Normally, when the lifespan of dragons reaches old age, the extremely old dragon stage, most of them will die of old age. Only a very few can survive and live a second life with rejuvenation, becoming promoted to powerful ancient dragons.
The ancient dragon that Li Qing was talking about was not this kind of ancient dragon, but the ancestral ancient dragon, the first direct descendant of the dragon clan born at the beginning of the era, the ancestor of all dragons, and possessed the purest dragon bloodline.
Both are called ancient dragons, but they are not on the same level.
The Ancestral Ancient Dragon's strength is comparable to that of a true god once he reaches adulthood. Similar to the ancient gods, he is born with a mastery of a law, and the older he gets, the stronger he becomes.
If Li Qing wants to be on par with those true super elites, relying solely on LV1 divinity and dragon bloodline is not enough. The upper dragon clan is almost the same, but he is unwilling to accept this.
With a cheat in hand, I know I can go further but I can't achieve it. I will never accept it.
But now he doesn't know what to do.
The dragon bloodline is the purest. One hundred is more than enough. Even if there are ten thousand more, it will only make the dragon bloodline richer, but will not produce any qualitative change.
The same is true for the light of origin. Even if another hundred rays merge together, they will not cross this limit.
Apart from these two, there is no other way, unless you have the ability to obtain the grace of the Eternal God, or get the blood of an ancient dragon and transform by force.
But this is nonsense. If he has the ability to get these, he won’t need to worry about this.
There is absolutely no way.
Li Qing pressed his forehead which was a bit headache from thinking too much, let out a long breath, and prepared to accept the reality and awaken the bloodline of the superior dragon clan first.
The Lava Crystal Dragon has confirmed that the upper dragon clan is still quite powerful. After awakening and combining with divinity, their potential has skyrocketed. They already have the strength and potential to rival those top elites.
As for the ancient dragon bloodline, we will have to talk about it later.
When I become stronger and have enough resources, I will find a way to force awakening.
The amount of divine grace consumed might be more than ten times what it is now, but there is no way, who says I can’t awaken now.
Thinking of this, Li Qing stopped hesitating and waited silently for the superior dragon bloodline in the giant dragon's bloodline to be activated by the light of origin.
After a few minutes, the bloodline had completely turned into light and was suspended in the air, and the intensity of the dragon's might had reached its extreme, indicating that the superior dragon bloodline inside had been fully activated.
Li Qing stretched out his hand and grabbed the blood of the upper dragon clan, and casually tore open his robe to reveal his muscular chest. He pressed the flowing light on his chest, and a burning heat penetrated his skin and flesh and merged into his body.
Then Li Qing closed his eyes and prepared to feel the upper dragon blood transforming his body, but in the next second his brows frowned, followed by a look of shock on his face.
