Volume 3 Containment Operation Chapter 43: Challenges from fellow travelers
The battle between the Eastern Continent and the Southern Continent, the contest between the two magic knights Long Xing Tian Xia and Desert Eagle, and the decisive battle between me, Night Bonfire, and the three undead wizards Tian Xing, became the biggest highlights, affecting the increasingly enthusiastic hearts of millions of viewers. Whoever can win the game and whose performance can conquer the audience may be qualified to be called "the world's number one magic knight" and "the world's number one undead wizard". As for who is the real "world's number one ", it also depends on the result of this game, whether Long Xing Tian Xia can defeat Desert Eagle and get the qualification to challenge the highest honor - although it is a team competition, with this opportunity to learn from each other, these top game masters will still take the opportunity to challenge opponents of the same level.
The players were all in place, and the game was about to begin. I had been focusing on the two necromancers on the other side, speculating on the means they might use. After Long Xing Tianxia's enlightenment, I also found that they might have hidden their strength, and it would definitely not be as simple as they showed in the last game. Night Bonfire's second profession was an intermediate wind magician, and Tianxing's second profession was an intermediate water magician. They both chose dual magician professions, and their levels were not lower than mine. As a master who could be selected for the mainland representative team, a guy like me who was still a rookie a few months ago was probably unique. I think he was also a senior player, and the value of his mental power could not be too different from mine. Even though I completed the most difficult tasks every time I advanced, and my attributes were improved a lot, they also had another magician profession to supplement it, and the gap would never be so obvious. This strategy of confusing the enemy was obviously to paralyze me who was familiar with the details of the necromancers. It was a pity that they didn't know how much mental power it took to summon the Dark Knight, and seeing that my second profession was a thief that didn't help much with the improvement of mental power, they underestimated my mental power.
Although I admit that they have hidden their strength, I still firmly believe that they cannot subdue such a powerful undead as the Dark Knight. If I did not have the "Crown of the Corpse King" and the "Touch of Death", and if I had not subdued Wu Ma by chance and come up with the plan of "throwing a brick to attract jade", I would not necessarily have achieved the current success. But after my careful observation, Night Bonfire and Tianxing were quite relaxed when they appeared, frequently greeting the audience who supported them, and were not at all uneasy because I could summon the Dark Knight, showing a confident look. I can't imagine why this is. Even if they summoned two black warriors, one against two, the highly mobile Dark Knight still has a relatively large chance of winning. Can each of them summon two black warriors? This is something that even I cannot do at present (I have to work hard for a few more days and sign a few more "soul contracts" with the Dark Knight). However, thinking about their luxurious equipment, it is not ruled out that it is possible to achieve it with the help of some items that increase the upper limit of mental power. If it is really necessary to fight one against four, I am afraid that only the Terror Knight can do it. Fortunately, this is a team competition, not a civil war among necromancers. If things don't work out, there are teammates to help, so I don't have to fight alone. But if I am outclassed by my peers from other continents, it will be a big blow to me - although I don't think I am that strong, I have always felt that among the necromancers, I should be the boss with a magic weapon in my hand.
The game started. Although the magic archer nomadic tribe was quite powerful and the arrows with wind magic were very fast, their range was far less than that of the elf archers. They could not pose a threat to us just by standing still. Therefore, there was no need to worry too much and they could use their skills with confidence. I still released the "Undead Shield" to protect my body, and then summoned Hei San and more than fifty skeleton archers. I still didn't let Taotao fight, as I wanted to save it for dealing with the Supreme Honor and others.
Although I had guessed it, the performance of the two undead wizards still surprised me. Tianxing actually summoned two black warriors, showing his true strength, and the night bonfire actually summoned a vampire bat, which is a relatively rare type of undead creature in the "dead space". It lives in the "bat cave" in the advanced undead biological area. There is usually only one vampire bat in a cave, which is divided into black bats and blood bats. The black bat is of a lower level, between the black warrior and the dark knight, while the blood bat is of the same level as the horror knight, which is extremely rare. The biggest feature of the vampire bat is that it can be transformed into two forms, human and bat. When it is transformed into a human form, it has a strong close combat ability. A pair of vampire claws can absorb the opponent's health as long as it touches the enemy's body. Although it loses its attack ability when it transforms into a bat, it has a fast flying speed and a small body. It can be used for pursuit, reconnaissance and other purposes. The fighting method is flexible and diverse, making it hard to defend. Because the "Bat Cave" is hard to find, I have never discovered it. I have only seen the introduction to them in the "Encyclopedia of Undead Creatures". I didn't expect to see their true appearance from my opponent today. Fortunately, this is just a vampire black bat, otherwise even if I use all my tricks, I am afraid I will have no chance of winning. This guy is really in trouble.
Among the nine dark knights I have conquered, Black Three's strength is second only to the frequently replenished Black Star. There should be no problem using it to hold back the two black warriors, but this vampire bat from the Night Bonfire is really annoying. It is flexible and mobile and can roam all over the field and launch sneak attacks at any time. Not only are Bai Yun and I in a dangerous situation, but other teammates may also become targets of attack. Fortunately, the vampire bat needs a long preparation time for state change, and it will be accompanied by a black fog. As long as we pay attention to the movements around us, we can still guard against it.
The other side launched the attack first, and we had already met them. I hurriedly introduced the characteristics of vampire bats through the internal channel and reminded my teammates to be careful. The two sides were fighting near the midfield. Long Xing Tianxia faced the Desert Eagle, the scorching sun faced the wine-singing song, the grassland nomad challenged Hua Mantian, the gusty wind and sand fought against the Yamato spirit, Hei San fought two black warriors alone, and the opponent's magic archer nomadic tribe was cruising near the battle circle, waiting for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack, and secretly threatening me and Bai Yunjian. The Golden Sunflower was originally arranged to rely on the speed of the five-color zebra to intercept, but was stopped by the black lion. However, the speed of Qianli Tuo was slower, and it was repeatedly escaped by the Golden Sunflower. Not only did it threaten the nomadic tribe on one side, but it also occasionally put on a posture of attacking the two undead wizards far away at the bottom line, and each time it scared the Night Bonfire and Tianxing who were alone in the back and released the "Cloud of Death" to form a firepower network to block it, and at the same time forced the nomadic tribe to shrink to the rear so that it could provide support at any time.
In order to guard against the sudden attack of vampire bats, the God of War Ganges had to stay to protect Bai Yunjian and me. Fortunately, the enemy had entered the attack range of Bai Yunjian's "Thunderbolt Lightning". With the support of powerful thunder magic, although the number of people participating in the attack was slightly less, the scene was evenly matched and it was difficult to tell who was stronger.
The vampire bat kept flying around us, looking for an opportunity to attack. No matter how it changed its flight path, the Ganges War God kept staring at it, not giving it a chance to attack. As for the human form attack, we were not afraid. With three against one, it had no chance of winning. The Night Bonfire must have understood this, so it circled a few times and saw that there was no chance, so the vampire bat turned around and flew back to the midfield.
The vampire bat transformed into a human form and joined the battle between Lie Ri and Ba Jiu Gao Ge. The originally evenly matched situation was suddenly reversed. If it weren't for the fact that Yamato's spirit was closer to him and had the upper hand in the battle against the gust of wind and sand, rushing over from time to time to defend for him, and Hei San, who had been taking the initiative in the battle with the two black warriors by relying on his speed advantage, occasionally intervened under my command to disrupt the opponent's offensive, the situation would have been unimaginable.
Seeing that the situation was not good, I could not stay at the back and took the risk of moving forward. Although I lacked the ultra-long-range threat of the elf archer and the magic resistance of the dwarf, my undead magic could still play a role. Once I entered the attack range, I waved my magic wand and cast "Cloud of Death" to participate in the attack - its range was shorter, unlike the "Thunderbolt" between the white clouds, which could attack the enemies in the midfield by standing still.
But to be honest, the undead magic is not known for its lethality, and it is difficult to cause serious damage to the enemy in a short period of time. Moreover, I have always used undead creatures to fight, and I am not very good at attacking magic. Although the attack frequency is relatively high with the magic wand in my hand and the solidified skill "attack acceleration", the hit rate of this skill against the masters is somewhat horrible. Either I miss the target by mistake, or I don't grasp the timing of the shot and the opponent easily dodges it. The quality of the attack is not high, and I am often attacked by the nomadic tribe with long-range skills, so the situation is still not optimistic. The opponent has an agile vampire bat, which not only has an extra strong enemy to deal with, but can also quickly pose a threat to anyone in the front and back fields, which greatly limits our performance and makes us passive for a while.
After pausing the magic attack that was not threatening, I looked at the extremely unfavorable battle near the midfield, and then looked at Night Bonfire and Sky Star standing at the bottom line. They were really capable and had caused us so much trouble. If we wanted to kill the Black Warrior and the Vampire Bat head-on, it might not be that easy. To solve them, we still had to attack the source and kill the Undead Wizard first. This was the quickest way. However, most of our people were intercepted in the midfield, and the Golden Sunflower, which was the most forward and capable of launching a surprise attack, was being closely watched by the opponent, so we couldn't find any opportunities. Unless there were some surprise troops, the situation would be very unfavorable to us. We might have to use Long Xing Tian Xia's last trump card. In that case, although we could win this battle, the next battle against the Western Continent would not be easy.
Looking around and thinking for a while, it seems that I am the only one who is capable of going forward to help. As soon as this thought came up, I was shocked. Ever since I knew the identity of Long Xing Tian Xia's ally, I seemed to have become much more confident. I actually dared to think of such a crazy idea. Letting a magician go on a long-distance raid surrounded by many masters, in the eyes of outsiders, it would probably be no different from committing suicide.
But this is not an idea I came up with in a moment of excitement. It is an assassin tactic I heard from Long Xing Tianxia. It is for the purpose of catching the opponent by surprise. It is just right for the current situation. With "One Ride Away" and "Shapeshifting Phantom", as long as my teammates cooperate and have a little luck, it is definitely possible to rush to the Night Bonfire and Tianxing who have no melee professional protection. Once I get close to them, I don't need to rely on the time-consuming and laborious attack of undead magic. I can still kill them. I rely on the dagger embedded with a fourth-level dark magic crystal core that Long Xing Tianxia lent me before the game. "Attacks have paralysis effects and increase the critical strike rate by 5%." Only thieves and assassins can equip it. He borrowed it from a high-level assassin through his connections and asked me to bring it with me during the game in case of emergency. Although I don't have similar attack skills, I won't be able to cause much damage when using them against knights, warriors and other professions, but stabbing a magician should have some effect. If I could use a dagger to stab the Night Bonfire or Sky Star to death, it would definitely feel great.
I don't know why, but I'm getting more and more annoyed with Night Bonfire and Sky Star. The more I think about it, the angrier I get. They lost so miserably to Supreme Honor before, but now they're using all their strength to deal with me, their own man. If I can't teach them a lesson myself, how can I defend my status and honor as the "number one wizard in the world" in everyone's mind? In such an important competition that all the players of "Tianxia" are paying attention to, I can't let these two black colleagues lose to me no matter what.
After some estimation, because I didn't summon Taotao, I saved 10% of my mental power. The current mental power should be able to sustain the loss of this long-distance raid. I briefly explained my idea through the internal channel and told them to cooperate with me and try their best to provide me with cover. The victory or failure depends on this. If the action fails and I fall into crisis, I can activate the "blind fog" to cover everyone and rest together. According to the rules of this competition, if the game time exceeds 45 minutes and there is no winner, everyone will consider it a draw. As long as we try our best to defeat the Western Continental team in the next game, the championship will still be ours.
I took a deep breath and suddenly activated "Shadowshift" and "Kill the Dust". Three figures rushed forward at the same time, using them continuously like this, and quickly rushed through the midfield. The enemies who woke up wanted to intercept, but were blocked by their opponents and could not escape. Black Three left the two black warriors and let them beat him, and entangled the vampire bat with all his strength, not letting it have the chance to transform and rush to rescue its master. The golden sunflower no longer cared about its own damage, and pounced madly on the two undead wizards, temporarily diverting their attention. Although the black lion tried his best to catch up, the speed and flexibility of the thousand-mile tube were not as good as the five-color zebra, and it was always a few steps behind. Now the only thing to worry about is the magic archer of the nomadic tribe. As long as I can break through this level, my crazy plan may succeed.
