Volume 4: People who challenge the light Chapter 17 Operation Limb Dismemberment
The wind started to blow again, but the slow tornado alone was no longer a threat to us. Of course, we were not in a hurry to leave. The distance was long and the journey was dangerous. It was not easy to come here, and we couldn't go to the treasure mountain and return empty-handed! We had to take some of the "trophies" with us as souvenirs.
After I subdued Xiaobai, the Devouring Ghost King, the ordinary Devouring Ghosts naturally looked down upon him. However, the quality of the several hundred guards was quite good. Anyway, the boss was going to follow us, and it was not easy for these younger brothers. We couldn't let them all be unemployed. We should be kind and take them with us. When the boss spoke, the younger brothers naturally obeyed his orders and rushed to join me. Skynet and Red Lotus also took advantage of it. Each of them also subdued dozens of Devouring Ghosts that were one or two meters long. The remaining two hundred or so were all taken in by me. This was not because I relied on my hard work and merits to take more. It was really because they were not strong enough and the speed of subduing them was too slow. I was also very excited because I successfully cracked the ban of "Yinfeng Valley" and added a new "Tiger General". I kept clicking and accidentally took a little more share.
Although I have personally experienced Xiaobai's ability through actual combat, after a careful understanding, I am still amazed at the true strength of the Devouring Ghost King. The Devouring Ghost King naturally possesses an ability similar to invisibility. When in good condition, it is difficult to see with the naked eye. It can move silently and freely to approach the target. The reason why it suddenly appeared beside us was because of this ability. However, once it is injured, the invisibility effect will be greatly reduced. The more serious the injury, the clearer the figure will be. I found it when it floated out of the hole where it lived because it was injured by my "mental attack" first, and inadvertently cracked its "invisibility". Of course, the invisibility effect will be weakened when attacking. Even if it is in good condition, if it launches an attack, it will reveal a faint figure like when the wind blows.
In addition to floating close and grabbing with its hands to absorb physical strength, the Devouring Ghost King can also stand a little further away and use its real mouth to blow out small gusts of Yin wind. Although it cannot be absorbed by itself, it still has the effect of reducing physical strength. As for the big mouth that blew up the strong Yin wind with a tornado, it belongs to the Devouring Ghost King's unique "Yin Sha Soul-stealing" skill. The Yin wind penetrates the body and the tornado shifts, both of which consume the target's physical strength. The scope and the intensity of the Yin wind are controlled by the Devouring Ghost King. Of course, the larger the scope and the stronger the Yin wind, the more mental power is consumed. Xiaobai is too competitive. He was furious after eating several of my "mental attacks". As soon as he recovered, he was eager to retaliate. He was entangled by me with "Touch of Death" but refused to give up the "Yin Sha Soul-stealing", which weakened his own mental resistance and allowed me to absorb his mental power more easily, which eventually led to failure. After taming Xiaobai, I did some experiments. As a pure spiritual being, the Carnivorous Ghost King still showed quite strong resistance. In fact, as long as it tried its best to fight against the "Touch of Death", even if I used the "Blind Fog" for the last time, it was not known whether I could absorb all its mental power in a limited time. As long as I could hold on through this period, it had many younger brothers to help it, and I would probably be the one to fail.
I also learned from Xiao Bai about the "Valley of the Dark Wind" and the Devouring Ghosts, and wanted to see if there were other Ghost Kings or higher-level Ghost Emperors. Anyway, leaving the valley was no problem, and I knew the details of the Ghost Kings, accumulated experience in dealing with them, and recruited the three Corpse Emperors to my side, so I could maximize the power of "mental attack". If possible, I didn't mind wasting more time to try my luck and see if I could add a few more capable subordinates. It's a pity that the Devouring Ghosts are different from zombies, and there is no connection between the strong ones, and they can't sense each other, so my wishful thinking fell through.
With Xiaobai leading the way, the Devouring Ghosts behaved very honestly. The "gatekeepers" at the entrance of the valley showed their heads and shrank to the side in front of the powerful Devouring Ghost King, not daring to bother us again. The scene of tens of thousands of Devouring Ghosts "lining the road to see us off" was really spectacular. After eight days of hard work, I finally led them out of the "Yinfeng Valley", one of the four forbidden areas, and got rid of the shadow of being "imprisoned" and regained my freedom. Naturally, I felt a different feeling in my heart, especially Honglianhua, who had stayed there alone for more than four months, accompanied by Devouring Ghosts. Everything in the free world outside was so fresh. Walking in the dangerous "free territory", I wanted to greet the exploding zombies enthusiastically.
A large group of body-devouring ghosts that each of us has conquered are floating in the air. There are no monsters that use magic attacks along the way, so there is no need to worry about their safety. However, we ourselves are still in constant trouble and are often attacked. We dare not fight back for fear of attracting more monsters, so we can only escape everywhere. Fortunately, Skynet and my two Dark Knights seem to have learned their bloody lessons and behaved more obediently. Finally, we haven't encountered any accidents again. It's okay for me, at most I can just catch a few more. But Skynet is sweating, because his strength is not enough to subdue the Dark Knight. Once he loses, he will definitely ask for my help.
After leaving the "free territory", I naturally would not disturb them from enjoying their "two-person world". I left tactfully, using the excuse that I had something to do. I had been thinking about the newly discovered bat cave. I had long admired the vampire bats, but the two high-level blood bats were at least as powerful as the Horror Knights, and they were definitely not easy to deal with. I was busy mobilizing troops and preparing to concentrate my elite forces to fight them.
From Black Star to Red Star, and then being taken as my pet, it is certainly much more convenient to use, but at the same time it has also lost the ability to evolve. By absorbing the soul power of other undead, it can only continuously strengthen the existing form and achieve the accumulation of "quantity", but it can no longer evolve to a higher level and form a "qualitative" breakthrough. Once again, it has verified the truth that there is gain and loss, and the benefits cannot be taken by one person! Of course, the special treatment of "additional meals and supplements" cannot be stopped. Even if the Horror Red Spider Knight cannot evolve, the fully mature individual can also exert a stronger strength, which is far beyond the current juvenile. Moreover, the evolution of ordinary undead creatures is not a simple matter. The higher the level, the more energy it needs to absorb, and it often takes a long time to accumulate. Even if I artificially accelerate this process, it is difficult to make a breakthrough in the short term. Black Star had already reached the level of evolution before being subdued by me. Fortunately, I accidentally picked up a treasure, otherwise it would not have become a red star so quickly. This is different from Taotao, which has the special attribute of "evolution". The energy required by Taotao is relatively much smaller, and the evolution process is much easier than that of ordinary undead creatures.
Red Star led the twelve Dark Knight Guards, Xiaobai led more than a thousand Devouring Ghosts, plus Taotao and the three corpse kings. As long as there were no problems and no major losses on the way, they could reach the Bat Cave safely. With such strength, they should be able to subdue the two blood bats. Everything was ready, just waiting for the next death to have enough time to lead the subordinates through the "free territory" to the Bat Cave. But I didn't expect that I would receive a message sent through the system just after I was resurrected in the human world, asking me to rush to a place in the suburbs of Beijing to gather immediately, and also set a time limit, and specially noted "no waiting after the time limit".
Judging from the notification method, this should be a professional task. According to Long Xing Tian Xia's introduction, those who are qualified to accept professional tasks are the best players in this profession, and they may also get rewards like "pseudo artifacts" through accumulation. The merits they have made may also be related to the distribution of benefits after defeating the light forces. Although I am anxious to subdue the vampire bats, such an opportunity cannot be missed. There are priorities, so I have to put it aside for the time being and listen to the notification to gather. I heard that the difficulty of professional tasks is generally high, and it is not easy to complete even if you are very strong. I hope that the one assigned to me is not too abnormal.
I hurried to the location notified. It was a remote place outside Beijing, not on the main transportation line. Most of the animals were weak, even wolves were rare, and it was not suitable for low-level players to level up. According to the coordinates given, I found a cave hidden in the half-man-deep weeds. I put on the professional badge of the necromancer as required and went in.
After walking through a long and narrow corridor, I entered a hall. Wow, I thought there would be at most one or two NPCs assigning tasks in it, but it was surprisingly lively. There were more than a dozen players sitting there, all of them were Necromancers or Mage Knights. Among them were three Mage Knights I knew, Long Xing Tianxia, Long Kong, and the Night Half-Nobody who had attacked our Tongxin Alliance and had not been heard from since the failure.
Long Xingtianxia also saw me and greeted me almost at the same time. Although he didn't have a good impression of Long Kong next to him, and he seemed to be quite "indifferent" to me, but after all, we were partners in the same mercenary group, so he greeted me politely. When our eyes met, he nodded slightly in response, and his performance was still "lukewarm".
"Is this a professional mission? Why are so many people gathered, and there are people from both professions?" I was a little confused. Aren't professional missions supposed to be completed independently by individuals? Now the two are mixed together, and there are so many people. What's going on?
Long Xingtianxia shook his head. "I don't know either. The NPC in charge hasn't shown up yet. Look at their badges. The people who came are all necromancers and magic knights who have been promoted to the fifth-level profession. I guess the master players of the two major dark professions in the Eastern Continent have received the call, or maybe it's a group mission for the entire dark camp."
After chatting for a while, several more people arrived. There were already eleven elite magic knights and eight great undead wizards in the hall. Maybe it was time. With a creak, a passage suddenly appeared on the wall on the other side of the hall. A skinny undead holy mage and a tall and mighty magic knight walked out. They were both the highest level nine professions. At the same time, the passage we entered the hall collapsed with a "boom". It was indeed "no time to wait", leaving you with no way to enter.
"Hello, everyone! I'm the Holy Mage Hei Jing of the Undead, and this is the Demon Knight An Guang. Welcome to come here as promised to accept this mission. Although most of you have never met each other, you are all elites in the two dark professions, and have the hope of growing into the backbone of the fight against light. I hope you can persevere, seize every opportunity to improve yourself, and play a more important role in the 'Resistance Alliance' to be formed." These high-sounding words actually imply the following meaning in summary - everyone should "work hard" to level up, and "fight to the death" against the enemy. No matter what the nature of the struggle is, some spiritual mobilization before the battle is always indispensable.
Long Kong, who was standing beside him, whispered to Long Xingtianxia, "You're complimenting me right when we met. This mission is definitely not going to be easy!"
The dark light in front took over the words of Hei Jing, "I believe everyone has guessed that you are indeed summoned here to complete a professional mission, but this is not an ordinary mission. It is a collective action jointly initiated by our two major dark professions. Not only the Eastern Continent, but also the Northern and Southern Continents will carry out similar missions at the same time. And unlike the previous small fights, this time we will concentrate our forces to deal a relatively large blow to the Church of Light, create momentum among the players, expand the influence, and show the powerful strength of our dark camp." After talking for a long time, it was all official language. I was a little anxious. I decided to announce the content of the mission as soon as possible. "This mission is called 'Operation Broken Limbs'. The goal is to attack the Eastern Cathedral in Beijing. The elite combat power of the Church of Light in the Eastern Continent is currently mainly concentrated in the Sun Cathedral in Tokyo City. The defense of the churches in other cities is relatively weak, which is just right to dampen the spirit of the Church of Light."
The mission announced by Dark Light stunned me. I had originally thought that it might be an attack on a hapless "transportation team" with more guards, but I didn't expect that they would be so greedy and ask us to raid a stronghold of the Church of Light. A cathedral in a main city must have at least a few experts guarding it. According to the report of "Sky Media", there are at least hundreds of NPC guards of the Light Department's combat profession. There are only a dozen of us, even if we are so-called elites, our strength is too weak. "It's just right to dampen the spirit of the Church of Light", it was said very lightly, but I'm afraid that I underestimated the enemy and rushed forward rashly, and if I'm not careful, it will boost the morale of the opponent.
The others, including Long Xingtianxia, were also surprised and doubtful. It was obvious that they all felt the difficulty of the mission. Hei Jing quickly stepped forward to add, "According to our intelligence, the two level 7 white cardinals and the Knight of Light in charge of the Eastern Cathedral are holding a meeting with several level 6 professionals under their command at the Sun Cathedral. There is only one level 6 Archbishop of Light and one level 6 Knight of Light in charge of the church. The rest are just a hundred or so ordinary level 5 professionals, whose strength has been greatly weakened. The mission may be a little difficult, but we believe that with everyone's strength, as long as we work together and cooperate closely, and we catch them off guard, we are capable of completing it successfully."
