Volume 5: Protracted War Chapter 106: Duel on the "Hanging Island" (2)
"Let me be frank. I received the promotion mission to kill Ah Dai's brother two days ago. I knew that you would soon start to be promoted, so I have been lingering near your Tongxin League base, hoping to take advantage of your ignorance and lack of defense to deal with it in advance. However, I did not find the opportunity to launch two sneak attacks until today, but both failed because of your unique ability to transform into a bat. In fact, I have carefully considered it before. Once you and I are on guard, it will be difficult to succeed by sneak attacks. I don't want to keep wasting time like this and watch others gain benefits. The only way is to The only solution is to find a suitable place and have a fair duel. The winner will naturally advance as he wishes, and the loser will have nothing to say as he is not as skilled as the other person. He can immediately take on a new promotion task without wasting too much time. Since the system has set up such a "player interactive" promotion task, there must be a way to crack it. After thinking it over, I think the "Hanging Island" is really an excellent duel place. As long as the two of us don't intend to fight to the point of both suffering losses, we can definitely reach a consensus through negotiation and seek common ground while reserving differences."
"Since the 'hanging island' is surrounded by strong winds on all sides, I wonder how far it is from the ground to the strong wind layer?" I and several of my capable subordinates are able to fly. If the altitude is too low and it is not conducive to flying, it will be quite disadvantageous to me. This is a serious matter, and some details must be asked clearly to avoid omissions. If I rashly agree, I will be taken advantage of by the supreme honor.
"The gale layer is about 20 to 30 meters from the ground. If brother Ah Dai turns into a bat and flies high into the sky, it will be difficult for me to attack him. This is a rather uncomfortable height for both of us." Supreme Honor obviously knew what I was worried about.
It makes sense, and I can't find any flaws. I don't want to lose the chance to successfully kill Supreme Honor and get the first extra reward for promotion. Although the space of more than 20,000 square meters is a little narrow, which affects my mobility, if the area is larger, it will not be conducive to the performance of Supreme Honor, the land knight. In comparison, it is a result that both of us can accept. If it is a fair duel, with my diverse arms configuration and varied tactics, I may have a chance to defeat Supreme Honor. Although he is the "world's best master", I am not the "world's best necromancer" in vain. Since the "World Heroes Conference" was held, I have added several "tiger generals" such as Daxiu, Guben, and Hader, and my strength has been further improved. It is no longer the same as it was then.
However, I have already exposed some of my cards through the battle to conquer the Oriental Cathedral, and his ability to transform into a blood bat is also known to him. Since the Supreme Honor dares to make such a suggestion , he will definitely not give me a "big gift" for nothing. He must have a reason to defeat me, so I must not be careless.
"So how exactly will the duel proceed?"
Supreme Honor was clearly confident and well prepared, and spoke eloquently, "The sooner the result is decided, the more we can accept our fate and avoid delaying future actions. Therefore, I plan to meet at the top of the 'Tongtian Peak' in the northern continent at 12 noon tomorrow. At that time, the strong wind will turn into 'inward rotation', and we will climb up to the 'Hanging Island' to duel. During this time, you can also verify with others to see if the situation I introduced about the 'Hanging Island' is true. If there are false statements, you don't have to come to the appointment. If there is no objection, we will meet at the top of the peak on time, and then monitor each other face to face, and log off and back on at the same time, and try to create a fair duel environment."
As expected of an experienced old player, he was really cunning and had designed everything to be watertight, especially the trick of monitoring each other and going online again, which eliminated the possibility of me cheating to the greatest extent. I had originally planned to summon Xiaobai and Ghost King, the invisible subordinates, in advance, and arrange them to ambush on the periphery first, and then sneak into the "hanging island" after the duel began. If the battle situation was not good, they would appear to participate in the battle. Supreme Honor didn't know how many undead creatures I could summon at a time, and even if he had any doubts, he couldn't find any evidence. This extra layer of protection could also increase my chances of winning the duel. After he did this, even if he had made arrangements in advance, they would disappear or become invalid as we went offline. On the surface, it seemed fair, but in fact he was deliberately guarding against me. It seemed that Supreme Honor was also very cautious about my undead subordinates, and took great pains to leave me time to prepare in advance.
The Supreme Honor's plan was quite detailed, and I had no objection. If everything was as he said, it would be a fair duel , and neither of us could cheat. We could only fight to the death based on our own abilities. Winning would be gratifying, and losing would be no regrets. I really had no reason to refuse. "Okay, I promise you, if nothing unexpected happens, the duel will be held at 12 noon tomorrow on the 'Hanging Island'."
Although I had agreed on the terms with the Supreme Honor, I still did not dare to let my guard down on the way back to the base. The enemy was hiding in the dark. If there was a chance, I think he would not let me go easily and would be happy to get rid of me in advance. I arrived at the base safely without any problems. I contacted Yun Wuying, who was in charge of intelligence work, and learned about the information about the "Hanging Island" in detail. Everything was exactly as the Supreme Honor introduced, and I did not find any falsehood. A fair duel of life and death seemed inevitable.
Because I was not familiar with the route, I had to rush to the "Tongtian Peak" in the northern continent in advance. When I approached the peak, I saw a small island suspended hundreds of meters above. With the naked eye, I could see fierce gales flying around the "suspended island", forming a natural "copper wall and iron wall" that no one could cross. Now was the "external rotation" period, so it was impossible to go to the island for a field survey in advance. However, there was indeed a nearly square platform on it, without any obstructions, so there was nothing to investigate. There was no way to prepare in advance, so I didn't waste any more time and found a hidden place to log off and rest, to conserve my energy to deal with this fierce battle.
At around 11:30, I entered the game. The Supreme Honor had not yet appeared and the decisive battle was imminent. I didn't want to waste my mental energy to cast "Stealth", so I just hid in the place and didn't show up. I had to be on guard against him in case he ambushed me here in advance and then tried to plot against me.
At twelve o'clock, the strong wind turned to "inward rotation", and the figure of Supreme Honor also appeared near the top of the mountain at the right time. It seems that he arrived here in advance and chose to show up at this time, obviously because he was afraid that I would summon my men to ambush him in advance. In fact, I have thought about this problem, but I am not very sure. If I fail, I will only become a laughing stock. It is not worth gambling with my reputation.
Neither of us dared to approach the other or let the other get close. We exchanged a few pleasantries from a distance and said hello politely. We had already agreed on everything we needed to say. We monitored each other and logged off at the same time. Our figures immediately became blurred. This was a sign of starting the offline process. It was common and could not be fooled. After logging off and logging back into the game, our figures appeared at the top of Tongtian Peak almost at the same time...
