Volume 3 Containment Operation Chapter 38: Greater Fame
When the third senior magician collapsed to the ground, it seemed that the enemy had learned the attack effect of "Touch of Death" from the two collapsed magicians. With the cover of my teammates, they could not do anything to me for a while, so all the enemy magicians began to retreat, preparing to withdraw from the battle and not serve as a medicine cauldron to replenish my mental power. I barely caught one more, but when he was halfway through absorbing the energy, he had already withdrawn from the attack range of the artifact, leaving me some time before I could cast "Summoning the Undead" again.
However, in order to cover the smooth retreat of their own magicians, the enemy had to temporarily concentrate its forces to clear out the numerous zombies mixed in the crowd, temporarily slowing down the attack on us, which also achieved the purpose of delaying time. We can also take the opportunity to rest and adjust ourselves, and prepare to deal with the more difficult tests that follow - neither the enemy nor us will be willing to give up. The cost of failure is something that neither of us can afford. It is not only a huge amount of money, but also the reputation that we are working hard to build. It all depends on who can hold on to the end.
Use "Touch of Death" to deal with archers, knights and other martial arts professions. Surrounded by enemies, they may be attacked at any time. The 10% loss of health points is not worth the mental power absorbed. They can only wait for the mental power to recover slowly. Fortunately, several powerful high-level magicians of the enemy were forced to withdraw from the battle, reducing the threat to melee professions such as knights, axe warriors and others with relatively low magic defense like Afeng.
The enemy, which had made adjustments, launched a new round of fierce offensive rhythm, which was once again disrupted by my "Summoning of the Undead". Because the Black Star in front was under too much pressure and could no longer hold on, I had to withdraw it to rest. So this time I summoned Phosphorus to my side. Relying on its phosphorescent skeleton arrows, it should be more effective than one or two hundred sacrificial zombies, and can also effectively support Long Xingtianxia and the others.
As time passed, the enemy's attacks became more and more frantic. They all turned into "suicide squads" and risked their lives to hurt the enemy. Phosphorus had used up all its arrows and had no choice but to return to the "Dead Soul Space" to rest. Wu Ma was already staggering and could fall at any time. As for Black Star, it was not much better. Not only did the Skeleton Horse lose its spirit, but he himself was also a little weak to swing his sword. Long Xing Tianxia and A Feng, who had been fighting the enemy in close combat, were also exhausted and their bodies were repeatedly injured. The situation was already precarious.
A hero cannot stand against a large number of people. When the enemy's human wave tactics were about to achieve their goal and our defensive position was about to collapse, a riot suddenly broke out in the rear where the enemy had not paid much attention. Xue Wuxia and the others who had retreated to the second floor and were guarding the stairs were just passively defending. Suddenly, they rushed down the stairs and launched a counterattack. The main force was Skynet, which summoned a large number of zombies and skeleton shooters. The one who rushed to the front was the disabled black warrior who had fought with me in the ring.
Xue Wuxia and the others have not made any moves so far, and Long Xingtianxia, I, Bajiugaoge and other famous masters are among our group, which has caused the enemy to gradually relax their vigilance against them. They only deployed a small number of troops to besiege them, and had no intention of launching a fierce attack to completely eliminate them. All their attention was focused on us, and most of the masters were participating in the siege of us.
A steady stream of zombies poured out from the stairs, quickly breaking through the simple and fragile defense line set up by the enemy, catching the enemy off guard. It seems that Skynet has not been idle, using the space on the second floor to constantly summon the undead, quietly accumulating strength, and seizing the opportunity to suddenly attack, making the enemy's plan to defeat us in one fell swoop come to nothing.
With the cover provided by zombies and skeleton archers, the black warrior opened the way, and magic and arrows flew together to kill the enemies blocking the way. Xue Wuxia and the others rushed over quickly along the wall and successfully joined us. With the addition of this group of fresh forces, our morale was greatly boosted, but it was a big blow to the enemy.
However, the situation did not improve much because of this. At most, it only delayed the time of defeat. It was difficult to hold on to the end. There was no melee profession among the people led by Xue Wuxia. This was a fatal weakness. Once Long Xingtianxia and his group could not be replaced and rested and could not hold on and were attacked by the enemy, we would lose our cover and would be slaughtered. We would not be able to escape the fate of failure.
"Quick, Ah Dai, absorb our spiritual power and try to perform 'Summoning of the Undead' continuously." After seeing the situation clearly, Xue Wuxia made an unexpected but reasonable decision.
The reason why I didn't pay attention to my teammates when I was running low on mental power was because the few magicians who stayed behind were all elites and played an irreplaceable role in the team. Under the harassment of the enemy's pets and shooters, the result of them collapsing on the ground after I drained their mental power was death. Although losing their fighting power could give us a break, it would weaken our overall strength, which was like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. It was not advisable. Moreover, after continuous and fierce fighting, each of them had very little mental power left, so their help to me was very limited.
But it is different with the mental power provided by the people brought by Xue Wuxia. Among them are a dozen magicians whose skills are relatively weak in attack. Even if they are put into battle, it will not have much impact on the overall situation. It is better for me to contribute their mental power and fight on their behalf. Moreover, they have just participated in the battle and have not consumed much mental power. The effect of using "Touch of Death" is also relatively ideal.
I nodded. The situation was urgent and there was no time to say anything more. I launched the "Sperm Absorption" program, starting with Butterfly Dance, to absorb the mental power of the magicians one by one. When the enemy cleared out the zombies and skeleton archers that caused the chaos and launched another fierce attack on us, another large number of zombies descended on their side, forcing them to continue to distract themselves to deal with them and unable to concentrate their forces to attack us.
The enemies were impatient and crazy, shouting desperately, but they were helpless in the face of the fearless zombies. They could only passively swing their weapons and kill again and again. While their physical and mental strength was greatly consumed, time passed by every second. I used the "Touch of Death" to absorb the mental strength of my companions, and my own health was reduced accordingly. I was closely protected by Yun Wuying and the others. They used their bodies to surround me and try to reduce the chance of me being hurt. As long as I can hold on, we won't fail so easily.
Black Star and Wu Ma couldn't hold on any longer, so I sent them back to the "Dead Soul Space" to recuperate. If I hadn't acted quickly, the dying Wu Ma would have fallen under the gun of Ye Ban Wu Ren, who had transformed into a demon and personally went into battle. In order to withstand the enemy's final madness and buy precious time for me in the rear, Ba Jiu Gao Ge, whose ability was reduced by half after the frenzy effect was lifted, died. A Feng, who lost his unicorn white rhino, fell down, and even Yun Wu Ying exchanged his life for his own. "Spinning Ice Arrow" faced "Poison Magic Arrow", and died together with a high-level shooter who seized the flaw and rushed in to try to kill me at close range. If I hadn't recovered my mental strength in time and summoned more than 800 zombies, filling all the gaps around the enemy and curbing their fierce attack momentum, the formation would have been almost broken.
After darkness comes dawn, the challenge time is finally over. All surviving enemies are teleported out of our base by the system at the first time. The damaged defense barrier is restarted. Unless it is in a state of war again, other players will not be able to attack. The setting that the attacked mercenary group will not accept challenges within seven days can also prevent someone from taking advantage of the fire and trying to get an advantage. We have time to rearrange and make up for the trauma caused by the war.
After twelve arduous hours, we finally won. We counted the number of survivors. There were still more than thirty people left in the hall, and more than twenty people walked out of the only remaining tower outside, a total of more than 800 people. After the first battle, there were only fifty or sixty people left. Most of the houses of the members in the base were destroyed, and eight of the nine towers were destroyed. Even the four "Watcher" magic pillars were damaged to varying degrees. Two of them almost lost their attack capabilities, and a certain fee needed to be paid to the system to repair them.
The main cadres of the alliance have been killed. I, who have always been lazy and irresponsible, had not yet found an excuse to escape, but was grabbed by Xue Wuxia to deal with the aftermath of the Tongxin Alliance. The first thing to do is to solemnly thank Long Xingtianxia and Tianwang for their great support. Without their help, the current strength of our Tongxin Alliance alone cannot withstand such a large-scale offensive in the middle of the night. By the way, pay them the balance of the pre-agreed remuneration. As the saying goes, the emperor does not need hungry soldiers. No matter what the purpose of the war is, whether it is active attack or passive defense, it is all about money.
However, as the victorious party, we received a war reparation of 100,000 gold coins from Yeban Wu Ren, so we not only did not suffer any losses, but also had a slight surplus. The buildings and towers damaged in the war were worth about 50,000 gold coins, and the rewards paid to the Longteng Mercenary Group and the players we hired to help, as well as the victory rewards, were about 20,000 gold coins. In addition, he also gave Skynet a bracelet that "increases the upper limit of mental power by 3%". Its value is more than 5,000 gold coins, but it is still in short supply and it is difficult to find it even at an auction. This was originally a public item purchased by the Tongxin Alliance. It was transferred to Skynet for use during the war. After the battle, he immediately returned it to Xue Wuxia. Although it was of great use to him, he did not reveal the slightest intention of keeping it for himself. Moreover, he was a generous person. After hearing Afeng's introduction of the situation, he immediately agreed to come over to help without mentioning any reward at all. After all, thousands of undead were lost in order to help us. In order to thank and make friends with this friend, Xue Wuxia found Nan Feiyan and I and discussed and decided to give him this bracelet as a reward. By winning over one more undead wizard, the Tongxin Alliance will have one less possible rival and one more powerful ally.
Of course, we will also give rewards internally. After the dead are resurrected, we will hold a meeting to determine the reward plan based on everyone's different performances. There is no doubt that I will be the biggest beneficiary. I turned the tide at the critical moment and supported the overall situation. My contribution is obvious to all. However, in just four hours, almost all the zombies were lost. This price really makes me feel a little distressed. If I encounter some powerful enemies again, I will not have many soldiers available.
On the contrary, Yeban Wuren, the defeated party, suffered heavy losses. They wanted to take advantage of our big fish by surprise and gain both fame and fortune, but ended up with nothing. They lost both people and money, which made our Tongxin League famous. According to estimates, the loss of money alone is at least 300,000 or 400,000 gold coins. Such a huge amount of money has gone down the drain, and they can't expect to recover in a short time - the currency that can be exchanged for the "World Card" they have should be close to the limit. Even if they are rich in reality, according to the settings, they can't use it in the game for the time being.
The battle of the Midnight No One Challenge to the Tongxin League was the first group battle in the entire Tianxia, attracting the attention of people from all sides. If the three-mile radius of the station had not been set as a forbidden area by the system, and irrelevant players were not allowed to enter to avoid third parties interfering with the normal progress of the battle, it is estimated that the station would be surrounded by players who came to watch the battle. As the only official news media in the game, Tianmei naturally would not take such a grand event lightly. As soon as the battle was over, the ace reporter Long Piaopiao and Miss Long came to interview us on the spot on the ruins caused by the war. Not only Xue Wuxia, the host, but even Long Xingtianxia, who was about to leave, was forced to stay for an interview. In addition, Bai Yunjian and Wenrou, who survived the disaster, sang in unison and fanned the flames, making the already fierce battle even more twists and turns and thrilling, highlighting our glorious image of winning with fewer and weaker. Of course, due to personal requirements, I only briefly mentioned the details of the battle I participated in, without describing it in detail, let alone mentioning Black Star and Wu Ma who made great contributions. This involves many professional secrets and there is no need to publicize it publicly.
After this battle, our Tongxin League became famous. However, at the internal summary meeting held after all members were resurrected, Xue Wuxia, as the leader, took the lead in publicly criticizing himself. "Although our Tongxin League won this group battle, it was not because of our real strength. We relied on the help of our friends and a bit of luck. This exposed many problems in the management of our Tongxin League. We lacked a sense of crisis that a big tree attracts the wind, and we were too optimistic about the situation, which led to insufficient preparation for the war and we were caught off guard by the sudden attack of the opponent. We did not pay enough attention to the defense of the garrison, and there were still many omissions. In the battle, we had to let the enemy enter the meeting hall in advance. If the enemy had not underestimated the combined power of the four "Watcher" magic pillars, as well as the bonus and weakening effects of the Council Hall on the offensive and defensive capabilities of both sides, and had not been fully prepared in terms of personnel deployment and combat strategy, and had not seized the opportunity to gain a decisive advantage at several critical moments, we would have been the ones who failed. And the last batch of mysterious reinforcements who participated in the battle were obviously stronger. If it weren't for Ah Dai's full effort, the consequences would have been disastrous. These people should not be hired temporarily with money, and they are likely to be controlled by some powerful forces. If we don't take precautions in the future, we may be taken advantage of at any time ."
