Volume 3 Containment Operation Chapter 4: Re-encountering an Old Enemy
Before I recovered from the paralysis, Taotao was still busy struggling to break free from the entanglement of the vines. A bolt of lightning struck fiercely next to me. Looking closely, I saw Bai Yunjian sitting on the ground in a rather embarrassed manner, with his upper body straightened, holding up the magic wand and smiling at me.
Long Xing Tianxia stopped the competition. Bai Yunjian missed the target on purpose. If he had hit me, my health would have been greatly reduced, and I would not have been able to train again for a while. Fortunately, Taotao saved some face for me, and I was not completely defeated. Alas, it was not a pleasant feeling to be chased and beaten. I had powerful skills, but I had no place to use my strength. It was a shame to lose.
Bai Yunjian walked over with a smile, "Not bad, I can see that your skills have improved. If you hadn't thought you had a good plan and approached me too eagerly, I really wouldn't have defeated you so quickly. But I'm still too inexperienced. How could I forget your other profession as a thief and let you get close to me, a celebrity like you? You drew the artifact 'Touch of Death'. Although I didn't have the opportunity to draw artifacts, I participated twice and got a 'body armor'. My luck is not too bad. It can generate a layer of 'invisible electric grid' to protect the body. Its main function is naturally defense, but if you accidentally bump into it, the paralysis will not be pleasant."
Then he stopped smiling and extended his hand to me. "I thought you were still relying solely on 'Summoning the Dead' to fight, but from this match I can see that you have also realized this. In essence, you are first a magician. Using a variety of skill combinations to fight under different conditions and not relying too much on a single skill is the prerequisite for becoming a master. Also, I'll give you a piece of advice. Never underestimate any of your opponents. Maybe you have some 'trump cards' hidden." At this point, he couldn't help but look back at Taotao. "But your opponent may also have some means that you can't imagine. Carelessness and recklessness can only bring you failure."
I reached out my hand and shook his. His words and attitude were very sincere, and he spoke from experience. Although I fell into his trap again, I didn't feel any resentment this time. Looking at his pretty face, I didn't seem so disgusted anymore.
Before I could fully recover, it was my turn to fight against an intermediate archer Tianya Langzi, who was also a main member of the Longxing Tianxia team. His strength was no less than Yun Wuying and Nan Feiyan. He did not give me the opportunity to use "Summon the Undead" as soon as he entered the field. Arrows were raining down, chasing me all over the field. I had no place to use my strength and could not escape the field. He was not restricted by arrows like Phosphorus, so I could only wait for him to exhaust his mental strength and stop attacking with skills. However, facing such a master, I was probably dreaming to rely on my dodge skills that were not as good as the flow to persist to the end. No wonder archers are called the nemesis of magicians. Now I finally experienced the taste of it. Without anyone to cover for me, this "Summon the Undead" could not be successfully performed.
Although it was all expected, I still felt sad when I was defeated so easily. Although the Necromancer is a hidden profession and seems to have extremely abnormal skills and seems to be stronger than other professions, it actually has great limitations. Maybe I can defeat a team, but maybe I can't even beat one person even with thousands of troops.
Seeing my frustrated face, Long Xing Tianxia patted my shoulder with understanding, "The game is fair. There is no superman who can only win and never lose. In fact, both of them are top masters, and they both have some very good and practical equipment. It's normal for you to lose with all the garbage on you."
That's true. Looking at their fancy clothes, the weapons they use are not ordinary ones. They should have a lot of good equipment on them. With their own strength and excellent equipment, they will have a great advantage when fighting against others. They may not be good at group battles, but I will definitely not be their opponent in a one-on-one fight.
The worst defeat was the battle against Long Xing Tian Xia. At the beginning, he used his "magic" ability to double all his attributes, and then quickly summoned a unicorn white rhino, flew on it and rushed towards me. Because he did not interfere with my spellcasting, this time he successfully summoned a mixed army of old zombies, phosphorescent light and dozens of zombie skeleton shooters. Old zombies and zombies stood in front of him, and phosphorescent light led the skeleton shooters behind him to prepare for long-range attacks. Just when I was happy and glad that I could finally use my skills, I saw that Long Xing Tian Xia was almost in front of me. The zombies that blocked the road had just appeared and had not yet come to their senses, but they were violently knocked aside by the unicorn white rhino. In addition, Long Xing Tian Xia waved his spear to clear the way, and even the old zombie had no time to react, and he was already face to face with me. With a close contact with a magic knight, I would definitely be defeated and killed without even three moves or two styles.
This time I lost faster, but I still lost without saying anything. I learned a profound lesson. This one-horned white rhino has grown for a longer time, so it is stronger than Afeng's. With the powerful pet Long Xing Tianxia, its strength has reached a new level. The correct fighting method should be to summon Taotao, relying on its superior mobility to the one-horned white rhino to dodge attacks flexibly, and see if I can hold on until his mental power is exhausted and his transformation ability is released. Only then will I have a chance to win. Standing there waiting to fight him head-on can only show the shallowness of me, a necromancer.
The series of competitions brought me a series of surprises and shocks, which made me more clearly aware of my own shortcomings. No wonder I often hear people say that fighting with others is endless fun. Those endless tactics and methods are simply not comparable to the stupid monsters. This has given me a deeper understanding and experience of the game.
During the breaks, I would summon zombies and skeleton archers to train with other team members. On the one hand, it allowed them to adapt to fighting with undead creatures and get used to the stench; on the other hand, it could be used as a real-combat exercise to hone their combat skills. This was also thanks to my high mental power and fast recovery. As long as I didn't use the "Undead Summoning" during training, it generally didn't consume much mental power, as most of the time it was because my health points couldn't support it first.
While improving my own strength, I also earned gold coins. It seemed that the special training was not so hard. In addition, perhaps because I gradually adapted to the game, the results achieved far exceeded that of the previous special training. Many things that I did not understand before were gradually understood and comprehended.
In addition to individual battles, there are more group confrontation trainings of eight people. It not only tests the strength of the players, but also examines the degree of tacit understanding of mutual cooperation, so as to select the best lineup for the competition. Long Xing Tian Xia is far more powerful than our small Tong Xin League. There are enough people. There are more than 40 people participating in special training alone. Only 20 regular players can be selected from them. Everyone works hard and no one wants to be eliminated. Although the four of us have entered the list of participants as special guests and automatically obtained the status of main players, we dare not relax during training, for fear that we will be outperformed by others if we perform poorly, which will not only embarrass ourselves, but also bring shame to Tong Xin League.
After two days of intensive training, twenty official team members were finally selected. The main lineup is Long Xing Tian Xia, Bai Yun Jian, Ba Jiu Gao Ge, me, A Feng, Yun Wu Ying, Tian Ya Lang Zi and an intermediate swordsman Ziyou, two magicians, two shooters, and four melee professions. Their strength is quite balanced and enough to cope with various situations. Other combinations are selected accordingly to ensure that they can fight in the best condition when encountering a strong enemy like Ru Hua Man Tian.
On November 1st, the third "World Heroes Conference" officially opened. The first competition held was still the individual competition. Afeng and Long Xingtianxia signed up together. Those of us who gave up participating for various reasons bought tickets at public expense to watch the game. On the one hand, we cheered them on, and on the other hand, we took the opportunity to observe our opponents and test their strengths and weaknesses.
Because the number of contestants is increasing, in order not to waste more time, they have to be divided into 128 groups to compete at the same time, fighting one by one, and the loser will be eliminated. Only the first place in each group can qualify for the next round. Then the system will randomly determine the opponent of the next round, and the top 64, top 32... until the top 4 will be produced in turn. Finally, the winner of the semi-finals will be the champion, and the loser will compete for the third place. In order to avoid strong players from colliding in the group stage in advance and increase the excitement of the subsequent competitions, the system will select 128 seeded players based on the historical records of the previous two individual competitions of the applicants, and one player from each group will be arranged in each group. Of course, this is limited to the group stage. Once entering the random elimination stage, in addition to strength, it depends on the luck of the players. The duel between top masters such as Long Xing Tian Xia, Yamato Spirit, Ba Jiu Gao Ge, and Hua Man Tian is difficult to judge the winner . If a collision occurs in advance, it is normal not to enter the top 64.
Because it was the first time for Afeng to participate in the individual competition, he had no historical results, so he naturally could not be selected as a seeded player. Although he was not lucky enough to meet Hua Mantian, the seeded player in the same group with him was not a top player like Long Xing Tian Xia and Yamato Spirit. He was a knight named Shi Shou, an Indian player, who had entered the top 32 in the last competition. According to the information provided by Long Xing Tian Xia, he had a unicorn rhino mount and was defeated by Yamato Spirit in the top 16. Although his level was okay, he was able to enter the top 32 because the unicorn rhino was still a good mount at the time, and he was lucky not to encounter too strong opponents. Facing Afeng who had a unicorn white rhino, it was estimated that it would be difficult to take advantage. However, we should not be careless. Many masters in the last competition gave up participating because they did not find a suitable pet for a while and were unwilling to make a choice easily. It is hard to say that we will not encounter a few masters who have returned this time.
He didn't care what kind of results he could achieve. All Afeng wanted was to have a decisive battle with Hua Mantian and teach him a lesson. However, even if he could successfully qualify from the group, his opponent would be randomly determined by the system. Unless he was extremely lucky, he could only win one match at a time and pray that Hua Mantian would not lose to others, so that the two of them would have a chance to meet on the ring.
The group stage went smoothly. With Afeng's strength, a one-horned white rhino as a pet, and the "heart-protecting bronze mirror", he was not too shabby. He won all the rounds and no dark horse appeared. Although a few opponents relied on good equipment or relatively advanced pets to fight back and caused a little trouble, they still couldn't escape the defeat in the end. The seeded player Knight Lion Head was slightly inferior to Afeng in terms of his own strength and the pet he rode. He was tied up by a move and didn't last for more rounds.
The top 128 players have already been decided, and nearly half of the seeded players were eliminated by dark horses like Afeng, highlighting the intensity of the competition. Of course, powerful players like Long Xing Tian Xia, Yamato Spirit, Hua Mantian, and Bai Yunjian all advanced smoothly, and there were no major upsets.
The opponent randomly selected by the system has been generated. The opponent in the next round is not Hua Mantian. A Feng sighed and seemed a little disappointed. However, the opponent is not unfamiliar. It is Yamamoto Kyushu, an old opponent in the team competition. He is a knight who can use the "solid" skill. He has high defense and good fighting skills. He can be called a strong opponent. Moreover, his pet is also a one-horned white rhino, which is not inferior to A Feng. It may not be easy to pass this level. However, according to the information, his personality is relatively impatient and impulsive, which also affected his performance, causing him to stop at the top 16 in the last competition and unable to achieve further results.
The Windtalkers fought against Yamamoto Kyushu. Both of them were old acquaintances. Standing on the ring and facing each other, Yamamoto Kyushu probably remembered the shame of two consecutive defeats. He glared at Afeng fiercely with a look of hatred and murderous intent. Even though I believed in Afeng's strength, I couldn't help but worry about him. As the saying goes, the army of grief will win. It seems that Yamamoto Kyushu is so anxious that his eyes turn red. I'm afraid he won't be so easy to resist if he fights for his life!
Sure enough, at the beginning of the game, Yamamoto Kyushu summoned a one-horned white rhino, jumped on it, and rushed straight towards Afeng. Halfway through, a faint yellow light flashed around his body, and he had already used the "Solid" skill. Afeng naturally summoned his pet as well, and waited motionlessly for Yamamoto Kyushu to approach. When he saw him release the "Solid" skill, he immediately turned around and dodged to the side, not fighting him head-on.
The two sides were chasing and hiding on the ring. Their speed was originally similar, but because Yamamoto Kyushu used the "Solid" skill, his movements seemed a bit stiff, and his command of the pet was also affected. He was not as flexible as Afeng, and he was unable to catch up until the effect of "Solid" disappeared.
Yamamoto Kyushu did not use "Solid" again, and was determined to catch up with Afeng first, but he did not expect Afeng to come back and meet him. After a few moves, he waited for him to see the opportunity and used "Solid" again. He immediately made a feint, withdrew from the battle circle, and turned around to dodge to the side. Yun Wuying and Nan Feiyan, who were watching, also breathed a sigh of relief and looked much more relaxed. It seemed that Afeng had the right strategy and had a chance of winning.
After several times of this, Yamamoto Kyushu had no place to use his strength. He waved his spear and yelled in anger, but he had no idea what to do. Afeng's experience was no worse than his. The pets of both sides were not fast and flexible, and the fleeing party was in an advantage in the chase, so it was not easy to catch up. The best response strategy should have been to use static to brake, gradually force the opponent, and slowly narrow its range of activities. However, Yamamoto Kyushu was blinded by anger and was eager to win and wash away his previous shame. He took risks and forced attacks several times, but was taken advantage of by Afeng. He did not gain any advantage, but suffered a small loss.
