Volume 3 Containment Operation Chapter 12 A Hard-Earned Victory
Carbon finally couldn't run anymore. I was secretly rejoicing that my plan had worked. I thought that as long as I dragged it for a few more laps, it would definitely be tired out. But I didn't expect it to suddenly stop, as if it had seen through my trick and gave up chasing me.
Caught off guard, I almost tore off my "Essence-sucking Marrow" and hurriedly stopped. Looking at the motionless Carbon, I felt miserable. I had calculated everything, but it was all my own wishful thinking. I took it for granted that Carbon would chase me relentlessly until I died. I actually forgot that my legs were on his body and I could choose to rest when I was tired. Anyway, there was no time limit. It would not be too late to chase him again after my physical strength recovered. The intelligence of the Corpse King was even higher than that of the Corpse King. There was no reason not to understand such a simple truth. It was ridiculous that I thought I was smart and wasted so much time, but was easily cracked by the other party.
But now that things have come to this, there is no point in regretting, and I can't think of any other feasible solutions for the moment. Seeing that Carbon's physical strength has been mostly consumed, it can be said that I have achieved my goal initially. I can only bite the bullet and hold on. It has plenty of time, and I am also limited by my physical condition in reality. It is impossible for me to accompany it indefinitely.
As the card's physical strength was consumed, its mental state became somewhat unstable. The mental strength absorbed by "Touch of Death" was a little more than at the beginning, but it was still far from endangering its life. If it wanted to win the decisive battle, it had to disrupt its rest plan, induce it to move, and continue to consume its physical strength.
I asked Taotao to go around to the other side and continuously fire "Hellfire Bombs" at Carbon. Although it didn't cause much harm to the high-defense Ten Thousand Year Corpse King, a mosquito constantly "buzzing" in the ear, but you just can't hit it, it's inevitable that people will be a little upset, and it can at least distract attention. Since the plan of luring the enemy to run away is no longer effective, I'm free anyway, so I'll use all the means I can. It's time to launch the final battle against the enemy, either the fish dies or the net is broken.
I released the "Undead Shield" and activated the "Sperm Absorption" to absorb every bit of mental power as much as I could, while slowly approaching Carbon. I was helpless and could only risk my life as bait to lure it, but I couldn't let it recover its strength smoothly.
Staring at its mouth, you can only pounce and grab at close range, which is relatively easy to guard against. The poison spray is too insidious. If you get a little bit of it, your whole body will turn green, and it will constantly consume your mental strength. If you accidentally don't hold your breath and smell the smell, it will also have a dizzy effect. It's terrible to get dizzy under the threat of the Ten Thousand Years Corpse King. It almost took my life several times, which is what I fear the most. Fortunately, the poison comes out of the mouth, and you need to open your mouth in advance, so you can't spray it quickly. It doesn't know these tricks of false moves to lure the enemy. As long as you concentrate and react in time, you can avoid it.
Seeing me approach, Carbon remained still, with no intention of attacking. He did not relax his mental resistance at all, and attacked the "sucking|sperm devouring marrow" that was circling my body, distracting most of my energy. However, when I advanced to a fairly close distance, it finally couldn't hold back and opened its mouth to spray poison mist at me. I was prepared and reacted at the same time it sprayed poison, turning around quickly and avoiding it with a "riding away from the dust". I escaped for a distance, confirmed that it was not chasing, calmed my mind, and then slowly moved forward, continuing to use my body as bait, not letting it relax for a moment.
After being provoked by me, the Emperor had dignity after all, and it seemed that he would not tolerate my slight. Kaben finally started to fight back, and pounced on me fiercely. I naturally did not dare to confront it head-on, and turned around and ran. It followed me for a few steps, but could not catch up with me, so it immediately stopped and gave up the pursuit. I had to turn back and slowly approached it to continue to tease it to attack. Kaben did this several times in a row. He chased me for a few steps and stopped and stood still when he saw me running away. It was clear that he would not pursue me again before his physical strength recovered. I had to completely give up the plan of luring it to run long distances, and tried to move around nearby, constantly luring it to attack. Among them, the most used and threatening one was naturally the poison spray, which was exactly my purpose.
Everything has its pros and cons. As a skill attack, spraying poison not only consumes physical strength, but also mental strength. If you spray too much, if it fails to hurt the enemy, it will also be a big loss to your own strength. Previously, I thought of draining its physical strength first, and then dealing with it slowly. I was unwilling to take risks easily. Now that the established plan to lure the enemy has failed, I have no choice but to go all out and adopt this most dangerous method.
Tension, thrill, excitement, if it happened to someone else, I might enjoy it with interest, but as the person involved, or the oppressed person at an extreme disadvantage, I don't have such a good mood, the poisonous fog rolls, the smell drifts, and if you are not careful , you may be infected. If I hadn't experienced many fierce battles and my psychological quality had not improved, I would have been flustered and made mistakes and died.
Fortunately, the poisonous fog and smell dissipated quickly and did not remain in the void for too long. Otherwise, with Carbon spraying it like this, the area around me would have been filled with poisonous fog, and I would not have been able to get close to it easily.
Carbon had no way of turning a blind eye to my close-range provocation. The purpose of the decisive battle made it impossible for it to miss these opportunities to hurt me, and it no longer cared about saving energy and kept launching attacks. The continuous movement and evasion also consumed my energy rapidly, but I could no longer retreat to the side and wait for recovery, which would also give Carbon a chance to rest. I did not have the time and energy to continue to hold out against it. Once the action started, it could not be stopped.
With a "whoosh" sound, a ball of black fog emerged from nowhere. This was not the poisonous fog sprayed by Carbon, but the "blinding fog" launched by me using the "Chaos Ball". The black fog quickly spread, covering Carbon and me, forming absolute darkness in a radius of dozens of meters.
The so-called absolute darkness is the characteristic of "blinding fog". Those who are trapped in it cannot see or hear. Even the telepathic ability possessed by Carbon and I has lost its effect. Only those who touch it can be sensed. In other words, Carbon and I, who are shrouded in it, seem to have entered a void existence. Even if we are close to each other, we can no longer sense each other's position.
In such an environment, Carbon's strength is useless. If he can't figure out my position, he can't launch an effective attack. But this is only for him. If I don't have countermeasures, he won't use it at will. I hold the artifact "Death Touch" in my hand. The black mist belt of "Sperm Absorbing Marrow" is always wrapped around him. Through the flow of absorbed spiritual power, I can easily sense his position and make corresponding reactions. As the one being cast, he can't judge my real position with "Death Touch". He has completely lost the sense of the surrounding environment and can only rush around like a headless fly. When he can get out depends on luck.
This is also the reason why I also covered myself in it. The attack range of "Touch of Death" is not enough, and the farther away from the target, the more unstable it is. If I don't go deep into it and follow closely, Carbon will probably get rid of it because of the long distance. Once I lose contact with it, I can't determine its position in the "blind fog" and can't continue to attack. This will give it a chance to breathe. I have to take the risk.
Encountering a sudden change, Carbon seemed very anxious and restless, constantly waving his arms to try to drive away the darkness in front of him, while I hid aside and tried my best to absorb its mental power. Maybe because of its unstable emotions, its mental resistance weakened a lot, which made my absorption speed much faster.
Carbon's attempt to dispel the black fog was in vain, and he began to wander around, seeming to be very eager to rush out. The more he did this, the faster his mental strength was lost. As long as I was careful to keep a distance, there was basically no danger, and my physical strength was recovering quickly.
It seems that Carbon's luck was not so good, and he was unable to get out of the fog quickly. When he brought me out of the "fog", my strength had almost recovered. Suddenly, when he saw me again, he seemed very angry and immediately rushed towards me with a roar.
I finally rushed out. I guess Carbon would not be stupid enough to go back in. This "fog" lost its value. Although it could still hide my body from its attack , it could no longer interfere with its emotional stability, and it was not very helpful for me to absorb its mental power. Fortunately, my physical strength had recovered, so I started the previous action of luring the enemy, rushing around it, doing all kinds of provocative actions. After the "fog" incident, Carbon's temper seemed to be much more irritable. He no longer spared his physical and mental strength, and frequently attacked me, grabbing, pouncing, and spraying poison. For a while, I was in danger. Not only was my whole body green with corpse poison, but I also suffered several injuries. If it weren't for the "Undead Shield" that offset some of the damage, and the continuous replenishment through the "Touch of Death", I'm afraid I would have collapsed long ago.
I don't have much energy to continue to stalemate with it, so I can only resort to the most risky way of close combat to accelerate its consumption. Although it is dangerous, there is still hope of success. Once I am exhausted in reality and the system forces me to quit the game, it will be tantamount to defeat. I might as well fight to the death now.
When my body couldn't hold on any longer, I activated the "blinding fog" again, covering myself and Carbon. The same situation happened again. Carbon lost his sense of the environment and couldn't judge the direction. He had already used up most of his strength. Carbon was not good at speed. He was running around everywhere but still couldn't get out of the fog quickly. He was very scared of this unknown thing. His resistance was weakened a lot, so I took advantage of him.
When Carbon reappeared in the field of vision, he was already showing signs of fatigue. His body was no longer as straight, his eyes were no longer as bright, his movements were slower, and his mental resistance was gradually weakening. In addition to his angry roars that were getting louder and louder, his performance in all aspects had clearly deteriorated.
I gritted my teeth and continued with my harassment tactics, frequently provoking Carbon to attack. Even if I was hit hard, I could hold on as much as I could because of the increasing amount of mental power replenished from the "Touch of Death". I couldn't hold on for much longer, so I could only hurry up and fight it hard. Even if I died, I had done my best.
When Carbon broke out of the last "blinding fog", he ran wildly away from the place that made him feel terrified. After that, he had used up his last bit of strength and could no longer dodge or attack. He could only stay where he was and let Taotao and I attack him. With the three-pronged attack of "Underworld Fire Bombs", "Corrupted Bone Arrows", and "Sperm Absorbing Marrow", the once invincible Fifth Corpse King finally came to a dead end.
I didn't intend to subdue this powerful Ten Thousand Years Corpse King. It's not that I didn't want to, but I didn't have the energy. According to the normal procedure, I need to find ways to torture and ravage it, try to disintegrate its fighting spirit and resistance consciousness, and constantly use the "Soul Contract" to try my luck and see which one can hit with a tiny success rate. This takes a lot of time. Unless I can sign a "Soul Contract" with Carbon at the moment when his soul dissipates, it is impossible to make him submit to me in a short time. But this battle lasted for nearly forty hours. I am not Superman. After such a long time without food and rest, my will is about to collapse. I don't know if I can hold on to the end. How can I dare to have other extravagant ideas?
My consciousness was already a little fuzzy, but this damn Carbon was still struggling there, refusing to disappear quietly. I could only accompany it, trying my best to absorb mental strength and mechanically release "Corrupted Bone Arrows". Even Taotao rushed forward and fired "Hell Fire Bombs" while his four hooves flew up and down, trampling hard on the once extremely noble body of the Fifth Corpse King.
"Ah..." A shrill roar resounded through the sky, and Kaben was finally dead. His body slowly faded and turned invisible into the void. Victory was achieved. I finally killed the fifth corpse king Kaben. I breathed a sigh of relief, but before I had time to savor the joy after the victory, my consciousness became blurred, my eyes went black, and I couldn't see anything clearly. I only vaguely felt a strong light flash, and then it seemed that something fell on me, and then I could no longer feel anything and was forcibly kicked offline by the system.
After taking off the helmet, I felt dizzy. Just as I was about to stand up, I swayed and fell to the ground with a "thump". It took me a long time to catch my breath. I looked at the food next to me and ate some with difficulty. This is the experience taught by Afeng. If you play games for too long, you must insist on eating something no matter how tired you are. You can't rest on an empty stomach, so that your body can recover faster. Then I stumbled to the bedroom, fell on the bed and fell asleep.
