Volume 4: People who challenge the light Chapter 16 Conquer
To deal with the Devouring Ghost King who is under layers of protection, the invisible "mental attack" is indeed a very effective means, but unfortunately the special environment of "Yellow Wind Valley" cannot allow me to fully exert its power. After all, I am the first corpse king appointed by a player, and I am not as powerful and authentic as the ten thousand year old zombie Black Sky. The effect of "mental attack" is naturally discounted, and this is not the territory of zombies. The mental connection between me and the three corpse kings is within a certain range. If it exceeds the range of action, it will be impossible to contact. Even within the effective range, it will be affected to varying degrees depending on the distance between each other, which determines the interval time of launching "mental attack". This is also one of the reasons why I had to bring the three corpse kings into the "Yinfeng Valley", in order to shorten the distance between them and facilitate the "mental attack"; on the other hand, the three corpse kings are not those obedient minions. If I let them stand in the relatively safe place outside the "Yinfeng Valley", they will wait for me to come out motionlessly. They are a kind of undead creatures with wisdom and relatively independent consciousness. Although they are subject to my "soul contract" and the identity of the first corpse king, if I am not around to take charge, there is no guarantee that they will not do some excessive actions. What if I accidentally provoke those troublesome guys like exploding zombies and cause some injuries, which affects my use of "mental attack"? Such consequences are not what I want to see.
After discovering the lair of the Devouring Ghost King, I had already ordered the three corpse kings to get closer to here, but these old guys who were used to being rampant were not good at hiding, and without me to grasp the situation and direct their actions, they were intercepted by the Devouring Ghosts one after another and their physical strength was sucked away. Fortunately, although their bodies collapsed on the ground, their mental strength was not lost, and the only support they provided to me was their mental strength, but they could not get closer to me, and it took a long time for them to launch a "mental attack" again.
The constant use of "mental attacks" is already a great burden on physical strength. If these more powerful body-devouring ghosts suddenly appear in front of me and scratch me a few times, I'm afraid I will soon lose my ability to resist completely. The opponent is getting closer and closer, and there are more of them. The three of us alone can't hold on for too long. Although the cunning body-devouring ghost king is on the battlefield in person, he just hides behind the guards. He doesn't show any backbone, and he won't rush to the front line to benefit me. Even if I want to capture the king first, I don't know where to start.
For these pure spiritual beings, the auxiliary "Undead Curse" has no effect. The only thing they can rely on is "Death Cloud". However, single attack magic is really difficult to deal with the enemy's siege. I can't help but complain about this damn Undead Wizard skill system. He is already a level 5 professional, but has not learned a group attack skill. Aren't skills like "Chain Lightning" of the thunder system and "Consecutive Fireballs" of the fire system just suitable for occasions like this?
The situation was getting more and more critical. We could see that we couldn't hold on any longer. Although the Devouring Ghost King looked increasingly weak, he was still holding on. I didn't know how many "mental attacks" he could withstand. Moreover, the surrounding defenses were still so dense that my "Touch of Death" had no chance to entangle him. As a last resort, Tongtianwang and Honglianhua said hello and quickly retreated back to back. I used the "Chaos Ball" to cover the three of us, including the Devouring Ghost King, with the group of Devouring Ghosts in the "Blind Fog" . Although the previous efforts might have come to naught, the Devouring Ghost King, who had been suffering from continuous attacks, had a chance to recover. However, in order to avoid becoming a "prisoner" like the unlucky Dark Knight, this was the only way to try to turn things around.
They sat on the ground together to reduce the chance of being accidentally hit by the devouring ghosts. They took the opportunity to recover their mental power which had been almost consumed. I had the "Touch of Death" to continuously replenish it, so there was naturally no worry of shortage. Although I couldn't feel anything now, there must be devouring ghosts everywhere. I could just attack them at will. My left hand sent out "Sperm Devouring Marrow" to absorb mental power, and my right hand randomly shot "Death Cloud" around. Every shot should hit the target, and I would earn a profit if I killed one.
Without the Devouring Ghost King, the Devouring Ghost would normally disperse after draining the target's energy, and would not be "smart" enough to wait by the side to continue draining. With this time, the three corpse kings have recovered a little bit of their energy. Taking advantage of the free time, I immediately ordered them to get as close as possible. The closer they are, the shorter the time interval between launching "mental attacks".
As the fog gradually dissipated, the fierce battle began again. However, after I continued to wield the "Death Cloud", almost all the Devouring Ghosts close to us were eliminated, which made up for a little disadvantage and returned to a stalemate. The strange thing is that although the Devouring Ghost King's guards continued to launch a fierce attack, no matter how carefully I observed and patrolled the entire valley, I could not find its huge figure, and it lost the target of "mental attack".
Could it be that the Devouring Ghost King has gone back to his lair? Looking at the number of the guards around him, there has been no obvious decrease, and their morale is still high, which does not seem like the absence of the commander. Moreover, even if it has such high intelligence and luck to break out of the siege of the "blind fog", it should have recovered almost immediately. There is no reason for it to let its subordinates go on their own and retreat back to its lair alone, right?
I was looking around, trying hard to find the trace of the Devouring Ghost King. "Be careful!" Skynet next to me hurriedly bumped into me and pointed to the air not far away.
The Devouring Ghost King! I couldn't help but be surprised. Although its figure was very faint, almost the same color as the air, it could still be seen if I looked carefully. However, I had just inspected this area and there was no trace of it nearby. How could it suddenly appear? Could it be that it could "teleport" as the legend said?
The Devouring Ghost King's behavior was quite strange. He came to us alone, obviously looking for trouble with us, but he stayed in mid-air without moving, just staring at us. Looking at this posture, is he launching a powerful curse, or can he kill people with his resentment? I don't know, and I don't have time to think about it. Since it took the initiative to deliver it to my door, how can I refuse this great gift? Not only has the long-awaited "mental attack" been launched, but there is no obstruction, and the "touch of death" in my left hand has also wrapped around it at the same time.
Almost at the same time when I launched "mental attack" and "touch of death", the motionless Devouring Ghost King suddenly raised his hands and uttered a sharp whistle. A phantom with a radius of 20 to 30 square meters appeared in the sky above us, which was like a huge mouth, and it blew a fierce cold wind towards us. Moreover, this skill seemed to be quite stable and not easily affected by the state of the body. Although the "mental attack" I launched at such a close distance added a bit of power, it made the Devouring Ghost King's body sway and its height dropped. The distance from us became closer and the figure became clearer. In addition, it was entangled by the "touch of death", and its mental and physical strength began to drain. The desperate resistance slowed down the speed of draining and also restrained its own actions, causing it to temporarily have no time to move and distance itself from us. However, the cold wind from the big mouth in the air not only did not weaken, but became more and more fierce, and there were many rapidly rotating miniature tornadoes, which blew in front of us in an instant and enveloped us.
The cold wind blew through our bodies, taking away every bit of our physical strength; the tornado approached us, making it difficult for us to stand still and sway with the wind, making movement extremely difficult. I relied on the protective ability of "Death Touch" and could barely hold on for a while, but Skynet and Red Lotus had no way to protect us, so we could only let the cold wind blow and lose our physical strength.
In the gloomy wind, the other Devouring Ghosts were not affected at all, but became more flexible and launched more fierce attacks. The situation was critical. Skynet suddenly squeezed me from the narrow gap to a corner on the side of the mountain wall, and together with Red Lotus, they trapped me inside. "We will shield you for as long as we can. You should quickly concentrate on dealing with the Devouring Ghost King. If you can't subdue it, we have no hope."
The two of them held hands, supporting each other and trying their best to keep their bodies steady in the cold wind, attacking the approaching body-devouring ghosts desperately. With their protection, the effect of the cold wind was weakened a lot, and there was no need to worry about the body-devouring ghosts for the time being. I tried my best to speed up the speed of absorbing the mental power of the body-devouring ghost king, while accumulating strength to launch a second "mental attack".
It was a race of time and speed. My second close-range "mental attack" made the Devouring Ghost King drop a few points, and the loss of physical strength caused by the "Touch of Death" also made it closer and closer to the ground. It was visibly getting weaker and weaker. However, the situation on our side was not optimistic. Skynet and Red Lotus had exhausted their physical strength and collapsed on the ground. Without their protection, I had to use the "Chaos Ball" again to block the attacks of those Devouring Ghosts. Although the "Blind Fog" could provide me with the best protection, and the Devouring Ghost King had been entangled by the "Touch of Death" and could still attack, the darkness also hindered my actions. Defeating it was not the ultimate goal. What we needed was to sign a "soul contract" with it to obtain the qualification to freely enter and exit the "Valley of the Wind". I was not very sure that I could survive the blowing of the wind in the dark and the possible attacks of many Devouring Ghosts along the way to reach its side. Once the physical strength was exhausted, there was no way to maintain the attack of the "Touch of Death".
Although I avoided the attack of the Devouring Ghost, the cold wind was still blowing fiercely. Without the protection of the Skynet and the Red Lotus, the thin protective shield was soon broken. The cold wind kept blowing, and I didn't know when it would stop. If it continued like this, I would definitely fall first. This was thanks to hiding in a corner, and the impact of the micro tornado was relatively small. Otherwise, it would be so swaying that I was afraid that even the "Touch of Death" would not be so easy to maintain. In desperation, I could only be forced to take a risk. First, I suddenly retracted the "Touch of Death", and then quickly released it based on my feeling, so that I could have a layer of protective shield to resist the cold wind again and take the initiative in the battle. Of course, the premise is that the "Touch of Death" I shot blindly without seeing can accurately capture the Devouring Ghost King again. This is also the first time I have used such a combat method. It can be said to be quite risky. Once it fails, it will definitely escape quickly after it is out of control. Even if we recover and start fighting again, it may not provide me with such an opportunity to catch it. Once it develops into a protracted war, not to mention that the "Chaos Ball" has a limited number of uses, how long can it last? The cold wind in the "Valley of Cold Wind" that may blow up at any time is also a huge hidden danger to us. The wind will help the ghosts, and when the time comes, the demons will be rampant and we will have no chance.
"Touch of Death" wrapped around an object and sucked it hard. I finally breathed a sigh of relief - I encountered a rather stubborn resistance. It must have been the Devouring Ghost King. The risk was lucky enough to be successful. I dared not delay and intensified the tug-of-war with it to snatch its mental power.
I don’t know if it was because becoming the first Corpse King and being promoted to the Great Undead Wizard greatly improved my strength, or if it was because the will of the Devouring Ghost King was relatively weak, and the effect of my desperate resistance was not obvious. Before the Yin Feng exhausted my strength, it was already dying and was subdued by the "Touch of Death" first.
The big mouth that blew the dark wind released by the Devouring Ghost King seemed to be supported by its mental power. As the mental power decreased, when a certain amount of it was lost, the wind began to gradually weaken, and finally stopped completely. Without the threat of the dark wind, I slowly moved towards it with the induction of "Touch of Death", preparing to sign a "Soul Contract" with it.
I was running out of energy, so I had to crawl close to the ground to reduce danger. Even so, I still bumped into a few blind Devouring Ghosts along the way. They felt soft like cotton, but slightly elastic. I was too lazy to bother with them, so I reacted in time and carefully dodged them without suffering any harm. After a lot of trouble, I finally crawled to the side of the Devouring Ghost King before the fog dissipated. Otherwise, I would be surrounded and those Devouring Ghosts would see me humiliating their king. I don't know what the consequences would be. It would be better to be cautious or surrender. If they were so angry that they wanted to fight to the death with me, it would be difficult to deal with them.
Although the Devouring Ghost King was tall, he had lost all his strength and could only lie on the ground. I touched his forehead and used all my strength to "intimidate" him, undermining his confidence and trying my best to weaken his psychological defenses, preparing to force him to sign a "soul contract". One click, another click, three clicks... This guy was actually quite stubborn and would rather die than admit defeat. The "eye-blinding fog" was about to expire. Once he was discovered by the Devouring Ghosts nearby, the consequences would be disastrous. I had to take another risk and launch a "mental attack" to slightly "stimulate" the Devouring Ghost King. Fortunately, it didn't kill him. In a daze, he finally surrendered to my "soul contract" and became a new member of the Undead Legion. Seeing his white and transparent body, I gave him the name "Xiaobai".
