Volume 5: Protracted War Chapter 10 The Fourth Artifact
Being the first to advance to the sixth level of the profession together with the Supreme Honor not only brought my personal reputation to an unprecedented height, but also made the "Resistance Alliance" more famous, recognized and favored by more neutral professional players, and dealt to the arrogance of those who tend to the Church of Light. Especially in the situation where the Supreme Honor has been the first to advance to the fourth level of the profession in a row, and has always won some qualification value rewards by winning the "World Hero Conference" competition, I can catch up with him and achieve such results, which can be said to be even more precious. At least during the period of advancement from the fifth level to the sixth level of the profession, my leveling speed is definitely higher than his. In addition, my outstanding performance in the recent conflicts between the two camps of light and darkness has begun to seriously threaten the status of the Supreme Honor "the world's number one master". In the latest opinion poll of "Tianxia's Celebrities Ranking List" conducted by Tian Media, the number of recommendation votes I received was close to the highest honor. If I had not participated in too few competitions and my results were not as outstanding as his, I would probably have replaced him and become the first of the latest "Ten Celebrities in the World".
After successfully completing the goal and not disappointing the "organization's expectations", I was warmly welcomed by my friends and companions after returning to the Eastern Continent. Those who were close to me and had convenient contacts came to my house to drink and celebrate. Most of the people I knew sent me congratulatory messages. The worst thing was that I accepted the "organization"'s commission and took advantage of this craze to give speeches in several main cities in the three continents of East, South and North. I cooperated with the relevant departments of the alliance to do a good job of publicity to attract as many new members as possible, running back and forth all day. Even the reporter Long Piaopiao, who I hadn't seen much for a long time, came to my house in person to ask me for an interview. This was a person I absolutely couldn't afford to offend, so I naturally agreed without hesitation. It was lively for several days, which was even more tiring than leveling up. Alas, the so-called fame and fortune, the fortune is fine, but this false reputation is really harmful. As long as I show up, there will often be a group of "puppet teams" who are engaged in intelligence following me. It is said that someone offered a high price to investigate my current true strength. Every time I want to get rid of those pursuers, it takes a lot of effort. If I hadn't promised Xue Wuxia and Long Xingtianxia to further expand the visibility and reputation of the Tongxin League and the "Resistance Alliance", I would not have done such a "self-inflicted" thing and would have hidden back in the "Dead Space" to seek peace and quiet long ago.
Of course, I also received the "First Promotion Award" applied for by the "Resistance Alliance". The old man used this as an excuse to repeatedly refuse to give me other rewards. I got a "trip rope", which is very effective against mounts. Once it is entangled, it can reduce the target's running speed. The lower the ability of the mount, the better the effect . It is even more of a nemesis for knights who rely more on the ability of mounts, which greatly reduces their strength. Moreover, it can be sent and received at will, and the release speed is fast, making it difficult for opponents to defend. Although it is only a heavenly weapon-level item, it is made of the main tendons of the ninth-level Warcraft unicorn as raw materials. The quality is the best, and the effect is far better than the ordinary "trip rope" made by the current player craftsmen using the main tendons of low-level Warcraft. With it, some threats to me from the Knights of Light can be reduced. If I encounter a player of the Light profession who has a mount that is good at speed, and combined with the ultimate use of the "holy blessing" skill that can make the mount grow "little wings" to increase speed, I am afraid it will be difficult to prevent such a surprise attack.
My basic mental power has been greatly improved through the promotion, and my "Summoning of the Undead" has become more powerful. I can actually summon a blood bat couple at once, or two terrifying giant bear knights and a dark knight. Because of the mental power amplification effect of equipment such as the "Dark Demon Robe", it has almost doubled. Combined with the Red Star, it is definitely an invincible combination at this stage.
Finally I'm back to the "Dead Soul Space". After being away for so many days, I really miss it. Now my ability has greatly increased. It shouldn't be so difficult to use the "Soul Contract" to subdue the Terror Knight. I can't wait to test it. As expected, it used to take six hours to successfully subdue a Terror Giant Bear Knight, but now it usually takes 10 to 20 minutes. It seems that we can finally achieve the renewal of basic arms, and use the Terror Giant Bear Knight to replace the Dark Knight as the basic combat unit. As for the higher-level Terror Tiger and Wild Lion Knight, it still takes dozens of minutes to several hours. For the consideration of the next strategic step, I temporarily gave up on them and concentrated on subduing the Terror Giant Bear Knight and accumulated enough strength.
Although I got another "pet scroll ", I was not going to use it easily. With the precedent of the Red Star, I simply looked down on those with lower abilities than it, but it was not easy to find one stronger than it at the moment, so I could only wait for the opportunity. In order to further enhance my personal strength, in addition to conquering higher-level undead creatures, it was imperative to improve the ability of Taotao, an evolvable pet, as soon as possible. Although it had absorbed a lot of soul energy from undead creatures, it was difficult for it to kill too many enemies after being summoned because my strength increased too quickly. Therefore, its growth rate was still relatively slow, and its ability was not greatly improved. In order not to waste Taotao, I could only follow the dead old man's suggestion and take it to the "Hell Volcano", which ranked third among the four forbidden areas, to take a "magma bath".
However, this "Hell Volcano" is indeed a place like hell. According to the coordinates obtained from the dead old man, we found the correct location after many twists and turns. Although we did not encounter any powerful undead creatures on the way and it was not as dangerous as the journey to the "Valley of Yinfeng", the "Hell Volcano" itself is the most terrifying place. A huge mountain towers like clouds, and the top cannot be seen. From the foot of the mountain, from time to time, the mountain spews out dark red magma and black smoke, without any pattern or sign, and everything happens very suddenly. As soon as you enter the range of ten miles of the "Hell Volcano", you will begin to suffer the effect of accelerated physical loss. The closer you are to the volcano, the faster you lose your physical strength. I barely managed to climb a few steps of the mountain, but I had already been baptized by several "magma fire rains". My physical strength was almost running out. Except for Taotao who still looked energetic and even more active, the couple Hongxing and Blood Bat who followed us were also greatly affected. If we persisted any longer, we might not have much combat power left. In the end, I had to ride Taotao and retreat quickly. Unfortunately, the "Hell Volcano" also has a considerable impact on spiritual connection, and communication will be impossible if the distance is a little far. I am not at ease letting Taotao go up alone to find the "Hell Lava Pool" on the top of the mountain. Without my command, it doesn't know the correct direction and may get lost on the mountain.
I also borrowed a few items with "fire-avoiding" effects from Tongxin League through Xue Wuxia and Afeng, but as the old man said, these ordinary items did not have a very obvious effect on preventing the "Hell Volcano" from affecting my physical strength. I still couldn't hold on for a while and had to escape in a panic. It seems that the only way is to find "fire-avoiding" equipment made of some materials of the holy beasts, so that I can successfully step onto the "Hell Volcano".
In "Tianxia", the four continents of southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest are all guarded by four different sacred beasts. The eastern continent is guarded by the golden dragon of water, the phoenix and unicorn of fire, and the black tortoise of earth; the western continent is guarded by the white tiger of light, and the three sacred dragons of thunder, ice, and light. The sacred dragons, as sacred beasts, are completely different from the magic dragon clan among the high-level magic beasts. Although their names are similar, they have no blood relationship. Not only are they much taller and more powerful, but they all walk upright on two thick hind legs, and their appearance is designed to imitate the shape of giant dragons in Western legends; the southern continent is guarded by the great devil and the bloodthirsty Demon Emperor of the dark system, the Behemoth of the earth system, and the ultimate nine-headed monster of the water system; the northern continent is guarded by the blue dragon and the Holy Spirit of Wind of the wind system, the Peacock King of Thunder and the Snow Girl of the ice system. Although there have been some events in the game so far in which people besieged the holy beasts in an attempt to obtain artifacts, most of them ended in failure. The few successful cases did not drop artifacts. According to unofficial rumors, the chance of an artifact dropping is related to the time it takes to kill the holy beast. The longer it takes, the smaller the chance of dropping the artifact. At this stage, players generally try to take advantage of the terrain and use "human wave tactics" to fight a "war of attrition" with the holy beasts. It is no wonder that no artifact has been produced in "Tianxia" by killing monsters so far.
I naturally didn't think of killing the sacred beast. With my current strength, I would be overestimating myself. However, if my goal was just to obtain some materials from the sacred beast to make "fire-proof" items, as long as I was well prepared and made careful designs, I might succeed. In order for Taotao to grow and evolve as quickly as possible and to increase his strength, I had to take this risk.
There are only two sacred beasts of the fire system, the phoenix and the unicorn, both of which are in the Hundred Thousand Mountains of our Eastern Continent. Phoenix feathers and unicorn scales are excellent materials for making "fire-avoiding" equipment. I have heard that there have been transactions of such items in the market, but the prices are expensive and not affordable for a poor person like me. Moreover, I don't have the habit of buying equipment casually. I try to be self-reliant and try to solve problems myself first. There is still a long way to go!
After careful comparison, I decided to choose the phoenix as the target of breakthrough. Firstly, I have completed the "Phoenix Feather" mission before. Although it was only a newly hatched phoenix, I have finally experienced the power of the phoenix personally and accumulated some combat experience. Secondly, compared with the Qilin, although the phoenix may spread its wings and fly far away in extremely dangerous situations, and it is more difficult to kill it in the end, but its defense is relatively low. For someone like me who just wants to get some phoenix feathers to make "fire-avoiding" equipment, it is easier to achieve the goal.
However, during the time when I was quietly accumulating strength, half a month after I successfully promoted, the entire Tianxia was once again shocked by a piece of news. The system issued an announcement: "Congratulations to the player Sheng Angel for obtaining the fourth artifact in Tianxia, the 'Angel Robe'!" Sheng Angel, a light professional player who had just been promoted to the sixth-level archbishop, and one of the representatives of the Supreme Honor, actually obtained an artifact called "Angel Robe". In this way, the number of artifacts owned by the two major camps of light and darkness has become balanced again, with each side having two, and our "Resistance Alliance" has suddenly lost its advantage in this regard.
Then, "Sky Media" published a detailed report. The artifact "Angel Robe" was obtained by killing the holy beast of light, the White Tiger. It was led by several powerful figures of the light profession, such as Supreme Honor, Holy Angel, and Angel in the World. They organized several other medium-sized mercenary groups dominated by light players to unite and plan this action. Most of the participants were players of the light profession. They summoned many architects and spent a lot of time digging a deep trap. Then, at the cost of thousands of players, they lured the White Tiger step by step, making it fall into the trap and unable to escape for a while. Then, they concentrated their manpower regardless of sacrifice and launched a crazy attack. In the shortest time, the White Tiger was killed and the artifact dropped. Because it was a robe of light, it was handed over to the Holy Angel for equipment. It is said that the Supreme Honor has tried this tactic several times. They have failed before and failed to successfully lure the White Tiger into the trap, but they have been persevering. This time, they finally succeeded by luck. This is also the first artifact in "Tianxia" that is dropped by killing a sacred beast. Its effectiveness is even greater than the three artifacts we obtained through lotteries. It is of great significance at this sensitive moment, demonstrating the strong overall strength and united spirit of the professional players of light.
This news once again aroused the ambitions of the players of "Tianxia". The major forces planned a series of actions, setting off a frenzy of challenging the sacred beasts to obtain artifacts. The "Resistance Alliance", led by the Desert Eagle, also advocated organizing an action to kill the sacred beast, challenging the dark sacred beast of the southern continent, to see if they could also get an artifact and gain an advantage over the light players again. After the council discussed and passed it, it was handed over to the Desert Eagle, the landlord of the southern continent, to plan and implement it. Because I successfully became the first qualifier, I further consolidated my position in the council. I didn't need to earn any merits for the time being, and I was concerned about Taotao's growth, so I didn't sign up to participate in this action. Anyway, even if I really got an artifact, I wouldn't get a share. It would be more practical to find a way to get some phoenix feathers as soon as possible. If I can't use them all, I can sell them on the market and earn some pocket money.
