Volume 3 Containment Operation Chapter 39 Opening
Xue Wuxia and the others were busy building the base and recovering from the trauma caused by the war. I wanted to stay and help, but they "drove" me out by force on the pretext of strengthening my strength as quickly as possible to prepare for the upcoming "Four Continents Elite Challenge". I stayed in the "Dead Space" all day, trying to recover my combat power.
After the fierce group battle, Black Star's shield was completely broken, his armor was damaged in many places, and there were two holes in his helmet. Even the skeleton horse had many broken bones, and it was staggering when walking, no longer as majestic as before. Wu Ma looked even worse, with gaps all over his saber, almost disintegrating, and only half of his helmet was left. His armor was even more severely damaged, and some fragments would fall off from time to time. In their current state, they probably need to absorb a lot of soul energy to recover. My "Dark Knight Expansion Plan" cannot be realized in a short period of time.
Black Star and Wu Ma were slaughtering skeleton shooters wantonly to absorb their soul energy. I took the opportunity to subdue some zombies. After two battles, more than 10,000 zombies were almost all lost. I didn't have many soldiers left. The powerful Dark Knight was unable to subdue any more for the time being, so I had to accumulate some more zombies for emergency use. Although they were too weak, they were still useful as consumables in battle.
It went on for two days and I really couldn't stand it anymore. With my identity as the fifth zombie king, the work of taming zombies went extremely smoothly and I dealt with more than two thousand in a single day. But the recovery progress of Black Star and No Horse was too slow. The Skeleton Archer did kill quite a few, but because their soul energy was too weak, it didn't help much for itself. After two days of continuous absorption, Black Star only made the Skeleton Horse grow a few more bones, and No Horse simply repaired the saber, so that he could chop a few more times. At this recovery speed, they will definitely not be able to recover before the competition. It seems that I must find another way. I can't always count on the zombie skeleton archer or the two half-crippled dark knights to fight for the bonus of 25,000 gold coins.
The stronger Skeleton Kings were too cunning. Once they detected the Dark Knight's presence, they hid far away and refused to go forward to die. It was a waste of time to chase them. Let Wu Ma continue to slaughter the Skeleton Archers, and take the faster Black Star to try to cause trouble for the Millennium Corpse King. With me, the Fifth Corpse King, coming forward, they can't hide even if they want to.
Absorbing the soul energy of the Millennium Corpse Kings really had a much more obvious effect. After absorbing only three, not only did the Skeleton Horse recover, but even the round shield on my left hand was repaired. However, the scene I was worried about appeared immediately afterwards - the other four Corpse Kings jointly negotiated with me, severely condemned my illegal behavior, and claimed that they would punish me if I didn't stop this atrocity. I had no choice but to leave with Black Star in dismay. Once the family law was implemented, it would be a four-to-one situation, and third-party forces were not allowed to intervene. I had absolutely no chance of winning. Fortunately, this was originally a temporary speculative behavior, and I made a profit anyway. Black Star's strength has finally recovered a little, and I can proceed with the next plan.
There is not much to be gained from the low-level undead creatures area. The only way to restore Black Star as quickly as possible is to target the Black Warriors. They are only one level lower than the Dark Knights, and it will probably only take a few of them for Black Star to recover.
There was no way to lure the Black Knight away from the high-level undead creature area, so Black Star and I had to team up to hunt him down. While the Black Knight was concentrating on dealing with Black Star, my "Sperm Absorption and Marrow Devouring" was able to play a role. After a hard and protracted battle, although the Black Knight who was resisting stubbornly was killed, the poorly equipped Black Star was also seriously injured. Fortunately, after absorbing the Black Knight's soul energy, he not only made up for all the losses, but also repaired half of his armor. I used the same method to kill two more Black Knights. Although I was exhausted every time, Black Star finally recovered after a lot of hard work.
As for Wu Ma, due to his "wanted criminal" status, he had no way to enter the high-level undead creature area to find trouble with the black warrior, and could only stay in the low-level undead creature area to kill the skeleton archer. After a few days, he only repaired the saber, with little progress. But I don't have much time to wait. In order to continue the "throwing a brick to attract jade" plan, I must let Wu Ma take the risk again. Although the number of zombies responsible for blocking the enemy is much less than last time, with Black Star escorting him, it is estimated that there should not be too much danger.
The process of subduing the first Dark Knight was still difficult and painful. When two strong men meet, both sides will suffer. In order to prevent Black Star from suffering too much damage, the zombies can only continue to consume some of the Dark Knight's physical strength first, and then I and Black Star will attack together. Even so, because I was too eager for success and acted too early, Black Star still suffered a lot of damage under the desperate counterattack of the Dark Knight. Even Wu Ma was accidentally stabbed through by the saber and almost died. The whole battle process was full of twists and turns and dangers. From time to time, I was scared and broke into a cold sweat. I really couldn't be careless at all. After subduing it, I had to kill a few more black warriors to nourish it and Black Star, so as to restore their status as soon as possible and speed up the implementation of the Dark Knight expansion plan.
With one more Dark Knight, it would be relatively easier to deal with the next one. Two against one, they have the obvious advantage in strength. There is no need to sacrifice too many zombies. We just need to distract the Dark Knight's attention as much as possible, and the process of conquering him will be much smoother.
I no longer had the interest to name the two newly conquered Dark Knights, so I simply called them Dark One and Dark Two. The next Dark Knights I conquered would follow the same pattern, which was convenient and easy to remember. However, I encountered trouble when conquering the third Dark Knight. Three against one was supposed to be a sure win, and I successfully subdued the lured Dark Knight. However, I did not expect to encounter a diehard Dark Knight. No matter how hard I tried, including threats and inducements, stealing mounts, and humiliating them with zombies, it remained unmoved and would rather die than surrender, which greatly disappointed me. I had no choice but to give it a chance, and reward it with a skeleton horse, so that it could realize its wish and become a real Dark Knight with a mount. Although it was only an acquired skill, it was very happy. It excitedly rode the newly conquered skeleton horse back and forth for a long time. Of course, this loyal Dark Knight cannot be let go. It is a great tonic. Instead of letting others enjoy it, it is better to let the hard-working Black Star benefit from it. It will definitely benefit from following me in battles. Maybe after some time it can evolve into a more advanced Terror Knight. This is a huge bargain.
Although Wu Ma had a mount, there was no way to carry out the "throwing a brick to attract jade" plan. However, with the strength of my current four dark knights, we could enter the high-level undead creature area openly and look for the lone dark knights in the remote corners to attack - using the majority to bully the minority, such behavior that violates the spirit of chivalry, if seen by other undead knights, would easily cause public outrage. Once, when we were fighting lively and about to succeed, a nosy guy suddenly appeared and disrupted the situation. We originally wanted to deal with it together, but we didn't expect that the enemies would gather more and more, so we had to retreat quickly. They chased us all the way and drove us out of the high-level undead creature area. In the future, we have to be careful and dare not provoke opponents in prosperous areas. Even so, we are often disturbed by some uninvited guests, resulting in failure. It seems that there are only a few guys with such firm beliefs as the third dark knight. The next few I met were relatively easy to deal with. They succumbed to my coercion and inducement one by one, ensuring a relatively high success rate.
After a fierce competition, the eight players from the Eastern Continent who will compete in the "Four Continents Elite Challenge" held on December 1st have finally been officially confirmed. I, Long Xing Tian Xia and Yamato Spirit were selected with undisputed high votes. Almost every player who participated in the vote chose us. In addition, there are also Ba Jiu Gao Ge, Hua Man Tian, Bai Yun Jian and Ganges War God. They also occupied a place with their relatively stable performance and ranking in the first three individual competitions. In addition, the dark horse Golden Sunflower in the last individual competition was killed. Although the results were not very outstanding, as one of the few female masters on the candidate list, she received the support of most female players. Relying on the advantage of strength, she defeated Feng Hua, who is also a woman, and squeezed out several male players whose strength is not inferior to her, becoming the last lucky one to be selected. At the same time, four substitute players were announced, Han Chao Zhengtong, Goryeo Warrior, Dongying Hero and Magic Shooter Wuming. If any of our eight regulars are absent and unable to participate in the competition, they will be filled in turn by these four to ensure the normal progress of the competition.
In order to prepare for the upcoming competition, I have equipped the magic wand with an additional replaceable inlay hole that I got through the "Phoenix Feather" mission. Xue Wuxia and her friends bought me a fourth-level dark magic crystal core and a fourth-level wind magic crystal core at the auction. The value of these two items alone exceeds 7,000 gold coins. After all, there are more and more high-level magicians now, and the demand for fourth-level magic crystal cores has also increased greatly, showing a trend of supply exceeding demand. For long-term considerations, I put the dark magic crystal core into the replaceable inlay hole, and the wind magic crystal core into the inlay hole that comes with the magic wand itself. This does not affect my current use, and it will be convenient for other people in the alliance to use it when there is a better magic wand to replace it in the future. Even if it is resold, it will be easy to sell - after all, there are only a few magicians who are capable of using dark magic crystal cores. If it is replaced with magic crystal cores of other systems, the magic wand can be more useful and valuable.
However, after some thought, I resolutely gave up the idea of adding another pet and kept the opportunity to sign a "pet contract" after being promoted to an intermediate thief. With my current strength, I can only subdue a level 4 pet, which has a relatively low ability and does not significantly improve my strength. It is better to wait until my strength improves and use it at a critical moment - as time goes by, there will be more and more powerful pets, and I can choose a more suitable one according to my needs.
According to the rules, the four continents did not announce the list of contestants until the last day of November, and we did not have time to prepare. Therefore, the twelve of us did not meet in the contestant lounge until we entered the venue. We had known each other at the previous "World Heroes Conference". We exchanged a few pleasantries. Although I was a little annoyed by the high-spirited Hua Mantian next to me, he was not tactful enough to come up and talk to me, which almost annoyed me to death. However, in the face of a powerful enemy, for the sake of the overall interests, we had to temporarily put aside personal grudges and unite to face the outside world. Then we briefly discussed tactics, and soon it was time for the opening ceremony.
In addition to the official speech, the most important thing about the so-called opening ceremony is that the representative teams from our four continents will appear on stage one by one, and the host will introduce them one by one, so that the audience can understand the situation of us contestants and watch the competition better.
In the order of east, west, south and north, the first team to enter the field was our Eastern Continent team. However, only the eight players who officially participated in the competition were eligible to enjoy this treatment, and the four substitutes did not have such treatment. As soon as they entered the field, the millions of spectators cheered loudly. Even though I knew that this was in a virtual game world, I had never experienced such a big scene before. Under the attention of the crowd, I couldn't help but feel my heartbeat speed up and my legs weakened. I could hardly move. Looking at Long Xingtianxia beside me, they all looked calm and composed. This might be a kind of gap between ordinary people and the strong.
Amid the exciting music, the pleasant voice of the female host echoed in the venue, "The first to enter is the Eastern Continent team. Walking in the front is the senior magic knight Long Xing Tian Xia, whose pet is the unicorn white rhino. He is the champion of the first three individual competitions of the Eastern Continent...; the second is the senior undead wizard Ah Dai, whose pet is the hell skeleton horse. He is the first person to change his job in the entire Tian Xia, and his second job is an intermediate thief. He also possesses the 'Touch of Death', one of the only two artifacts that appear in Tian Xia...; the third is the senior angry swordsman Yamato Spirit, whose pet is the Phantom Flower...; the fourth is the senior berserker Baijuogaoge, whose pet is the silver wolf...; the fifth is the senior knight Hua Mantian, whose pet is the mammoth...; the sixth is the senior thunder magician Bai Yunjian, whose pet is the entangled vine...; the seventh is the senior berserker Ganges War God, whose pet is the iron-mouthed crocodile...; the eighth is the senior knight Golden Sunflower, whose pet is the five-color zebra, and she is also the only female in the team..."
"The next team to enter is the Western Continent team. The one walking in the front is the senior Knight of Light, Supreme Honor. His pet is a one-horned white rhino. Like Long Xing Tianxia from the Eastern Continent, he is the champion of the first three individual competitions in the Western Continent. Moreover, he has been the first player to advance since his second-level profession. He also owns another artifact of Tianxia, the 'Holy Cross'...; the second is still a senior Knight of Light, Angel in the World. His pet is a one-horned white rhino...; the third is the senior priest of Light, Holy Heaven. His pet is a naked pig...; the fourth is the senior assassin, Silence of the Lambs. His pet is Phantom Flower...; the fifth is the senior knight, Supreme Glory. His pet is a mammoth...; the sixth is the senior magic archer, Cold Eyed Observer. His pet is Entangling Vine...; the seventh is the senior ice magician, ArcheAge. His pet is a snow wolf...; the eighth is the senior knight, Dragon Slayer. His pet is a one-horned white rhino..."
