Volume 4: People who challenge the light Chapter 6: The Corpse King's Counterattack
I looked at Xin Bi Tian Gao with a half-smile, "Why, weren't you acting like you were ready to die just now, but when you heard that you didn't have to sacrifice, you immediately showed your true colors?"
Xin Bi Tian Gao took two steps back, calming down his excitement. He smiled awkwardly, "It's better not to die if you can. The loss of 5% of your mental strength limit would be painful for anyone!"
"Okay, quickly take your zombie minions away from here to avoid the limelight. It's best to leave the zombie territory. A fierce battle is about to begin, so as to avoid accidental injury." The challenge mode has been activated now. Before the winner is determined or the rules are not broken, neither of us can leave the "Dead Space" unless we are forced out of the game by the system for some special reasons.
"Fierce fight? Big brother A'dai, who are you going to fight with? Is it because of me? If possible, I would like to stay and run errands for you. Although my strength is a little weaker, at least I have more than 10,000 zombies under my command. If I can't be of much use, I should be able to help a little." Unexpectedly, this guy has little ability, but is quite "enthusiastic". He would not take advantage of the opportunity and would "get himself into trouble".
"I want to challenge the four corpse kings and break the dead spirit law maintained by them. Once I succeed, I will become the boss of the zombie world. I have the final say in everything, and naturally I don't have to be constrained by any law. The four of them have nearly 400,000 direct subordinates in total, and there are dozens of thousand-year-old corpse kings alone. You should save some strength. Besides, this is a civil war between our five corpse kings. If you also participate, the nature of this war will be different. It will be a rebellion and will trigger the "Undead War." This is not an alarmist statement. There are at least tens of millions of zombies living in the entire zombie territory. If I don't have the identity of the fifth corpse king to cover up, I will lead the dark knights to attack the other four corpse kings without authorization. It is equivalent to an invasion by foreign enemies, and they will mobilize all zombies to fight back. Once the "Undead War" breaks out, more than 40 dark knights will be exhausted to . To be precise, my behavior cannot be called rebellion, but revolution. The signboard of the fifth corpse king is still quite useful. It can limit the struggle to the category of "internal contradictions among the people."
Xin Bi Tian Gao's expression froze for a moment, then he stuck out his tongue with a wry smile, and immediately replaced it with an expression of great admiration, "Big Brother Ah Dai is indeed worthy of being the 'World's No. 1 Wizard' with extraordinary strength and courage. Every move he makes is so grand, single-handedly taking on the four corpse kings and 400,000 zombies. I am not strong enough, so I naturally cannot add unnecessary trouble to such a feat, Big Brother. I will evacuate as soon as possible, and I wish Big Brother all his wishes come true and a victory!"
As Xinbitiangao evacuated, I began to sense and lock the positions of the four old guys through the "Crown of the Corpse King". Although there is a vague spiritual connection between them at ordinary times, they have a wide range of activities and often move around. It takes some effort to find their specific hiding places. They each occupy one side and their forces are relatively dispersed. It is best to defeat them one by one, which will save a lot of effort.
At the same time as I determined the approximate location of the four old guys, they had also noticed my unusual behavior. Before I could take further action, four mental waves broke through the air and established a spiritual connection with me. "Fifth Corpse King, what do you want to do? Your behavior is judged to be a hostile provocation. If you don't restrain yourself, we will take corresponding actions against you." The first Corpse King Heitian spoke as a representative.
"I, the fifth Corpse King Ah Dai, will challenge you four Corpse Kings, overthrow your rule, and become the master of the zombie world." I had originally prepared another reason to temporarily deceive these four old guys and buy some time, but I didn't expect that the system seemed to automatically block my false excuse and sent out a mental wave to reveal my true purpose. Is there a law among Corpse Kings that does not allow deception?
The four spiritual fluctuations suddenly became chaotic. It felt like they were urgently negotiating for a while. It was still the First Corpse Emperor, Heitian, who came forward to negotiate with me. "Fifth Corpse Emperor, please be aware of your identity. As one of the greatest beings in the zombie world and a loyal defender of the law of the dead, your actions will break the eternal laws of our zombie world. This is an absolutely intolerable behavior. If you don't completely give up this outrageous idea and sincerely repent, you will become a traitor to the zombie world and will be suppressed by our four corpse emperors with all our strength."
"I have made up my mind. Either you die or I die. Let's meet on the battlefield." After saying this, without waiting for their response, I had forcibly cut off the spiritual connection with the four corpse kings. Since I could not hide my true intentions, there was no need to waste time talking. I would use the speed of the Dark Knight to launch an attack as quickly as possible, try to catch them off guard and seize the initiative in the war.
Leading forty-three dark knights, I first charged towards the territory of the first corpse king, Heitian. Although it was not the closest to me in terms of location, the war had already broken out. The four corpse kings were already prepared. They were also intelligent creatures and would definitely support each other. The plan to defeat them from weak to strong would probably be difficult to implement. I could only change my strategy. I would capture the king first and focus on attacking the strongest first corpse king, Heitian, while the dark knights were in good condition. Due to my limited energy in reality, it would be impossible to fight them for a long time. As long as I could defeat Heitian, the supreme ruler of the zombie world, before the other three corpse kings came to support me, the enemy's morale would definitely be severely hit, and the balance of victory would tilt towards me.
Before I had taken a few steps leading the Dark Knights, a powerful mental shock wave broke through the air and hit me. It felt like it was directly hitting my soul. I was riding Taotao at full speed and suddenly my head made a buzzing sound as if it was going to explode. My vision went black, the world was spinning, and I fell off the horse and fell heavily to the ground.
After taking a breath, I struggled to sit up. Black Star led the 12 Dark Knights as the guards. The order they received was to advance and retreat with me. When they saw me fall, they immediately stopped with Tao Tao and dispersed to guard around. The other 30 Dark Knights still obeyed my orders and rushed to where Black Sky was. I shook my head, which was still a little groggy. Although I didn't know what happened just now, I vaguely felt that it should be related to the four old guys.
Before I could get up from the ground, I felt another wave of mental shock coming at me rapidly, knocking me to the ground again. I felt dizzy and almost fainted. It took me a long time to wake up. I checked my status and found that two consecutive mental shocks had reduced my mental strength by one third. If I endured a few more attacks, I would have to face the dead old man.
After careful sensing, it seemed that the four corpse kings had established a special spiritual connection, and then the first corpse king launched a spiritual shock wave to directly attack my soul. Not only was it very lethal, it also seemed to have a "dizzy" effect. I really didn't expect that the four corpse kings would have such an attack method when they joined forces. I really underestimated them before.
Fortunately, the mental shock should consume a lot of energy, so it cannot be launched continuously. My mental strength is not weak, so I regained consciousness in time and did not lose my life in a daze. I estimated that the third mental shock should be coming soon. I dared not neglect it. I had no other choice but to launch the "Touch of Death". A black giant python surrounded my body, with its head raised high and ready to go - since I mastered the ability of "Touch of Death" to protect my body, the original black fog belt turned into a black giant python to see if the body protection ability of the artifact was effective in resisting the mental attack of the undead.
The third wave of mental attack arrived as expected. As soon as I noticed it, I commanded the black python to intercept it. Although some of its strength was weakened, the power of the four corpse kings combined cannot be easily resisted by a single artifact . In the end, it was broken through by the mental shock wave. However, it was weakened by the protective shield surrounding the body. The impact this time was significantly reduced. I just felt a little dizzy and soon returned to normal. My mental strength was only reduced by about 5%. At this rate, I might be able to hold on until I defeat the culprit Heitian first.
Although I couldn't attack from a distance like them, the four corpse kings were concentrating their strength on attacking me and had no time to be distracted. The thirty dark knights were rushing over at full speed. Without their command, those ordinary zombies had no ability to resist the "intimidation" ability of the high-level undead. Once they were broken through by the dark knights and got close to them, how could a mere ten thousand year old corpse king, no matter how powerful he was, withstand the siege of several dark knights?
Of course, I didn't just stand there and take the beating passively. I took advantage of the intervals between the four corpse kings' mental attacks and led the thirteen dark knights to get as close to Heitian as possible. After all, each mental shock would reduce my mental strength by about 5%. If this continued, I would be in danger.
When the thirty dark knights approached Heitian's hiding place, the four zombie kings finally couldn't stand the pressure and gave up their mental attacks on me. Instead, they tried their best to inspire the zombies' courage and fighting spirit, and encouraged them to fight the powerful dark knights head-on. I wiped a cold sweat. Only a quarter of my mental power was left. If they didn't stop attacking, I could only absorb the dark knights' mental power to replenish it. This would inevitably reduce their combat effectiveness. Facing nearly 400,000 zombies, it would greatly increase their danger. I didn't want to do it unless I had no choice.
The performance of the four zombie kings surprised me once again. Their combined strength seemed to offset most of the "intimidation" effect of the Dark Knight. Those low-level and weak ordinary zombies actually dared to confront the Dark Knight at close range. Although their bodies were still trembling and their movements were a little slow, they bravely stretched out their zombie claws to attack. One after another, they rushed forward without hesitation, and showed considerable tenacity. They were worthy of being the elite legion carefully selected by Hei Tian. They were indeed extremely loyal.
Unfortunately, they are facing extremely powerful dark knights. No matter whether they resist or not, their fate of being destroyed will not change. Moreover, I have already ordered that in order to reduce consumption, the thirty dark knights should be divided into two groups, taking turns to block the attack from the periphery, in exchange for some rest time, and prolong their fighting time. Anyway, as long as they are kept at more than half of their strength, except for the four corpse kings who take action personally, even the thousand-year corpse king will be unable to stop their attack.
I led Black Star and thirteen other dark knights to charge in from another direction and joined the battle. These were the strongest guards I had selected. We charged and killed zombies, and no zombie could stop us for a moment. I didn't pursue killing as many zombies as possible, but just wanted to rush to Black Sky as quickly as possible. I vaguely felt that the four zombie kings seemed to be exerting their power through it. As long as it was subdued, the other three zombie kings would not be a big deal.
I don't know if it's because of the recent smooth development that I've become a little proud and underestimated the enemy's strength. What is the concept of 200,000? I didn't have a clear understanding before. When I was at my best, I only had more than 10,000 zombies and more than 10,000 skeleton shooters, which added up to only 30,000 troops. As the battle continued, I finally felt the weight of 200,000 zombies. It was not a simple addition of numbers. I looked up and saw them everywhere. I couldn't see the edge. One by one, they blocked the way forward. I couldn't kill them. After slaughtering for a long time, I felt that I was advancing and the enemy was retreating. There was still a long distance between me and Heitian.
The Dark Knights were being consumed more and more. Although they were still brave, if they didn't make plans early and kept charging like this, even if they won, it would only be a pyrrhic victory, which would cause considerable losses. This was not the result I wanted to see. As a last resort, I commanded two groups of Dark Knights to join forces and exchange individual sacrifices for the final victory.
We temporarily assembled the team and stopped advancing. We assigned twenty dark knights to block the outside and kill them. At the same time, we selected the ten weakest dark knights, let them hide in the inner circle and begin to accumulate strength, preparing to collectively perform a "flash assault" to break out a path. We quickly followed, speeded up our advance , and reduced overall consumption. We repeated this process and rushed to Heitian.
The ten dark knights have fully charged and are ready for the attack. I first command the dark knights guarding the periphery to use a ramming charge to force the zombies back a few steps, and then suddenly retreat and line up behind the ten knights so that they can move forward quickly along the path they have opened up and try not to be intercepted by the zombies midway.
The scene of ten Dark Knights performing "Flash Assault" at the same time was truly spectacular, and the effect was very ideal. They were invincible wherever they went, and there was almost no obstruction. They immediately cleared a wide passage in the dense group of zombies. I rode Taotao and led the other thirty-three Dark Knights to follow closely behind, advancing quickly before the surrounding zombies could react to stop us. We caught up with them and protected the ten Dark Knights whose momentum had stopped, and continued to let them accumulate strength to launch a second assault.
After some observation, it was found that the distance with Hei Tian was obviously shortened through this attack. It seemed that this tactic was very effective. As long as it was used a few more times, if everything went well, it might be possible to engage in close combat with Hei Tian.
