Volume 3 Containment Operation Chapter 8 Who will win?
Of course, if these are the only means, it would be almost impossible to defeat the Dark Lord with the current number of people. However, I still have the most powerful weapon to deal with the undead - the artifact "Touch of Death".
The "Sperm-sucking Marrow" powered by 10% of the vitality is definitely the nemesis of the undead. Due to the huge gap in strength, it is naturally difficult to be effective against the black warrior in perfect condition. However, facing the lame and one-armed disabled black warrior, it is not without a chance of fighting.
Not daring to delay, I stretched out my left hand and shot out a black mist. I activated the "Absorbing Essence and Devouring Marrow" skill to directly absorb the power of the black warrior's soul. No matter how strong his armor was, it was useless.
This was the first public appearance of "Touch of Death". "It's a divine weapon!" "Is it the 'Touch of Death'?" There was an immediate exclamation at the scene. As one of the only two divine weapons in the whole world, its appearance attracted the attention of almost all the audience.
But at this time, I was in a state of distress, facing a great test. At first glance, it seemed that the artifact had sucked the black warrior, but as soon as the black mist stuck to it, it exploded immediately, rushing around and tossing around, violently knocking all the zombies around to the side, and constantly making low roars. That's not all, there was a faint backlash from the "Touch of Death", and the connected black mist was about to be shaken off the black warrior. This was a situation I had never encountered before. I was so panicked that I could only concentrate all my mind to launch the "Absorbing Essence and Devouring Marrow", and I dared not slack off for fear that it would break free.
Maybe it was because of the huge difference in strength. Even with the help of the divine weapon, it was still difficult to deal with this crippled black warrior. The absorption of mental power was intermittent, and it seemed that it might get rid of it at any time. However, it was too late to back down. It was either it or I. I could only bite the bullet and hold on.
The skeleton archers gradually dispersed under the command of Phosphorus and stepped up their offensive. Once all the zombies were killed, it would be their turn to intercept. Before sacrificing themselves, they tried their best to shoot all the skeleton arrows on their bodies to avoid wasting them. Even if they couldn't hurt them, they could distract their attention and reduce their resistance to "Touch of Death", allowing me to breathe a sigh of relief.
The black warrior may have received instructions from Skynet. He quickly left the zombies blocking him and rushed directly towards me, the culprit. Fortunately, his one-arm reduced his attack efficiency and his lame leg affected his speed, allowing me to use "A Ride Away from the Dust" in time to dodge when I launched "Suck Essence and Devour Marrow". I also issued some orders one after another, directing my subordinates to move and deploy defenses for interception.
I inhaled and inhaled again, I was so anxious that sweat broke out on my forehead and I almost jumped up. The Black Warrior's mental power was as sticky as taffy. I tried very hard but couldn't absorb much. I was anxious and distracted for a moment, and then another strong force rebounded at me. My whole body shook and I couldn't help shaking twice. With a "hiss", the black mist broke off and shrank back to the "Touch of Death" in my left hand like a tide. I managed to break free from it.
The black warrior who escaped from the trap turned around and "chopped" a nearby zombie in half, and let out a demonstrative roar at me. I calmed myself, gritted my teeth, raised my left hand, and continued to launch the "sucking essence and devouring marrow". A black mist entangled it again. The old zombie and phosphorescence are not my pets, and are not protected by the rules of the competition. Once they die, they will disappear completely and cannot be resurrected. Unless I have to, I don't want to take risks with them, so I can only put my hope on the artifact in my hand.
After getting rid of it, I clung to it again, desperately absorbing every bit of its mental strength. I hadn't suffered any damage yet, but my health had been reduced by one third (it had originally been reduced by 40%, but with the help of the equipment's attribute of accelerating health recovery, I recovered a little). However, the Black Knight was not having a good time either. He might have felt the threat to his life from the artifact, and he became more and more anxious. His strenuous resistance to the artifact also affected his actions, slowing down his offensive.
Even so, in front of its powerful attack power, the relatively much weaker low-level undead were completely unable to resist. Most of the zombies had been killed, and skeleton archers were killed one after another because they could not dodge. However, with my tenacious persistence, the life-threatening black fog always entangled it. Skynet had already noticed something was wrong and slowly sneaked towards me with his pet fire civet cat. Long Xingtianxia and his men followed my instructions. Hua Mantian did not want to be affected by my undead troops before the battle was clear, so they gradually moved the battlefield to the side, farther away from this battle circle. The two sides fought back and forth, and no one had time to distract themselves to support them. We could only rely on our own strength to decide the outcome.
Every undead I summoned is my eyes, enabling me to detect Skynet's unusual movements in time. However, dealing with just one black warrior is already very difficult, and I no longer have the ability to be distracted and look around. I have to let Lao Zhuang and Tao Tao go forward, hoping that the two of them can work together to restrain Skynet and prevent it from hurting me.
Seeing that he was discovered, Tianwang no longer hid. He raised his hand and shot a "rotten bone arrow" at me, which I barely dodged. His pet fire civet cat also rushed over and spit out a small fireball, but fortunately it was blocked by Taotao's own sacrifice. The fire civet cat is the size of a fox. Although its attack power is slightly weaker, it is quite agile and it will be troublesome if it gets close to me.
After all this trouble, he almost broke free from the "Touch of Death" by the Black Warrior. Fortunately, Taotao also launched an attack in time, firing "Hellfire Bombs" while quickly moving towards him. He retreated hastily in panic, but still couldn't get rid of Taotao's entanglement. With Phosphorescence and Skeleton Archer blocking me and using their bodies to cover me, the Fire Cat's attack was ineffective for a while. Seeing Taotao getting closer and closer, I had to call the Fire Cat back to restrain Taotao.
I couldn't help but be thankful that I didn't succumb to the temptation of beauty and reveal the secret of the artifact. Otherwise, if Skynet knew that my health has been reduced by half, they would definitely attack me desperately. As long as they kill me first, the undead and Taotao will disappear.
Taotao was restrained by the Fire Civet, and the old zombie's speed was not suitable for the task of chasing and killing, so he could only stay nearby to prevent Skynet from getting too close to me. There were only a few phosphorescent skull arrows left, and the black warrior was still stubbornly resisting my mental suppression, preventing me from smoothly absorbing its mental power, and the scene fell into a stalemate.
I was broken free again, and then I launched the "Sperm Absorption|Marrow Devouring" skill once again. My health points have dropped to less than one third. The situation is very dangerous. If I make a slight mistake, I might be defeated. But the arrow is on the string and I have to shoot it. My mental strength is slowly and continuously increasing. As long as I can hold on until it recovers to 80%, I can cast the "Summoning of the Undead" again, which will be my victory. This is the outstanding feature of the artifact. It can benefit myself while hurting others.
The Black Warrior has been gradually restrained by me, and most of his energy is used to resist the suction of "Touch of Death". Although he is forced by Skynet's orders, he still insists on attacking me, but every time he swings his sword to chase me, the speed of losing his mental power will be faster. He fails to hurt the enemy and instead hurts himself.
Skynet looked obviously anxious, and tried repeatedly to rush over to support the Black Warrior, but was forced back by Lao Zhuang and Tao Tao. However, the Fire Civet took advantage of the opportunity and spit a small fireball at me, which instantly reduced my health to the lowest point and I broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, Phosphorus also shot it with an arrow at the same time. Although the injury was not serious, it happened to hit its hind legs and affected its movement. Skynet seemed to be worried about it and did not dare to let it get close to attack me easily.
I tried fearfully to absorb the Dark Knight's mental power. At this time, I was extremely fragile and might fail if I could withstand even the slightest attack. The Dark Knight probably received instructions from Skynet and seemed hesitant and reluctant, but eventually he gave up his instinctive mental resistance and began to hunt me down with all his might. Although this put me in greater danger, the speed of replenishing my mental power increased a lot. This was probably something Skynet had not expected.
When the last shield besides Phosphorus was sacrificed, I suddenly put away "Sperm Absorption and Marrow Devouring", and two consecutive "Ride Away from the Dust" quickly fled to the side. With a flash of black light, the arena was suddenly crowded with more than two hundred zombies. Because everyone had pets, and in order to facilitate the players' performance, the arena for the team competition was much larger than before. It should have been able to accommodate more than three hundred zombies, but due to the error in landing points, dozens of zombies still fell off the stage.
The fight just now has made me realize how powerful the Dark Warrior is. Even without interference from others, it is not possible to defeat it in a short period of time by relying on the "Touch of Death". I have long given up the fantasy of killing it. The most direct way is to deal with its master and attack Skynet. This will be more practical and easier.
My method was beyond everyone's expectation. They were all stunned for a moment. After the necromancer used "Summoning of the Dead" and "Summoning of Pets", he only had 10% of his mental power left. He had to recover to 80% in just over ten minutes so that he could use "Summoning of the Dead" again. At this stage, there were no medicines available for recovery. It was impossible to do it with a few equipment that could speed up the recovery of mental power. Even with Afeng and Yun Wuying's familiarity with me, I'm afraid they could never have expected it.
Faced with this sudden change, after a moment of surprise, both sides identified the enemy and their own and adjusted their strategies in time. Long Xingtianxia and his companions were all delighted. Faced with the blocked space, they chose to retreat temporarily and wait for the zombies to consume the opponent's strength. Hua Mantian and his companions tried their best to eliminate the enemies around them. The four melee professions even turned around and rushed towards the Japanese heroes, intending to provide support.
The threat to Hua Mantian, Yamato and the others might not be that big, but the zombies that suddenly appeared around them were definitely a nightmare for shooters and magicians. They were caught off guard without any defense, and there was no melee profession to protect them. If it weren't for their pets supporting them, they would not have been able to hold on for long.
But Skynet was not so lucky. He was under fierce attack as I paid special attention to him. As his retreat was blocked by zombies and he could not move, the old zombies took the opportunity to squeeze in, and the situation was extremely critical. Although the Black Warrior got rid of the entanglement of the "Touch of Death", he was blocked by the zombies that suddenly appeared. He could not pose a threat to me for a while, and he could not think of returning to help quickly. Fortunately, the Fire Civet was quite agile and jumped back to guard him at the first time, so that he could hold on for the time being.
I had finally gained the upper hand, so of course I wouldn't give him a chance to breathe. I commanded the zombies to launch a fierce attack. With no way to avoid it, the necromancer's fragile life finally came to an end, and it dissipated in a streak of white light. The powerful black warrior also disappeared on the ring and returned to the "dead space". It was only a few steps away, just a few steps, and it would rush to its master.
Before I could breathe a sigh of relief, there were several arrow sounds of "whoosh, whoosh" and a flash of lightning "snap", which seemed to hit something not far above me. I looked up hastily and saw a fire crow that had been hit by several arrows and was electrocuted by the "thunderbolt" in the white clouds. Its feathers stood up straight and its body became even blacker like charcoal. It fell headfirst and was obviously dead. It should have been assigned to attack me, but was intercepted by Tianya Langzi and his men who had been on guard against such tactics.
I wiped the cold sweat off my forehead. Fortunately, if the sneak attack was successful, my life would be taken in one blow. Just as I was about to dispatch troops to command the encirclement and suppression of the remaining hostile elements, "crack" of lightning flashed across the sky again, and more than a dozen small lightning bolts fell down. This magic was not unfamiliar to me. It was the group attack magic "chain lightning" of the Japanese hero. He might have relied on his pet to kill a way out and sneaked closer to me, and launched an attack immediately after the Fire Crow's sneak attack failed.
He was so cruel, fearing that I would not die, he totally ignored himself, endured the attacks of the zombies around him and desperately released another "chain lightning" to me. It was necessary, the first attack made me careless and I was hit by several small lightnings. My health value immediately returned to zero, following Skynet's footsteps and becoming the second loser in the finals. Alas, it is true that zombies make me successful and also make me fail. If they hadn't blocked Bai Yunjian's sight, how could he sneak up on me and attack me?
Lao Zhuang, Phosphorus, Tao Tao, and the zombies all disappeared. The Japanese hero, who was exposed and helpless, immediately became the main target of attack. He was already seriously injured and could not hold on in the rain of arrows and electric net, and became my burial object.
The original stalemate of equal strength was broken. We only lost one person, but Hua Mantian lost two generals and a pet. With one more person and two pets on the stage, our chances of winning naturally increased. We began a swift offensive, and Hua Mantian and his men were forced to switch to defensive counterattack, becoming extremely passive.
Killing me allowed Hua Mantian's team to hold out for a while longer, but due to heavy losses and lack of manpower, they were always at a disadvantage and could not cooperate smoothly, and ultimately could not escape the fate of failure. Long Xingtianxia challenged Yamato Spirit alone and defeated him again. As for Hua Mantian, with Yun Wuying's intentional or unintentional assistance, Afeng fought hard and shot him off the elephant's back, which slightly relieved his resentment.
In the group competition of the third "World Heroes Conference", the Long Xing Tian Xia team finally won the championship. Except for me who was defeated and retired early, all the other eight people in the finals had the last laugh on the stage. It can be called a perfect victory.
