Volume 5: Protracted War Chapter 54: Joining forces to lure the enemy
Without sufficient benefits, I do not want to easily provoke a war with the strong, but I am not afraid of war. What's more, I will not be without any benefits if I can defeat the powerful green-bone dragon. In "Tianxia", many expert players have obtained "pseudo-artifacts" by accumulating merits through completing professional tasks. I have been through life and death for the "Resistance Alliance" so many times, it can be said that I have made great contributions, and naturally I have received due rewards. The "Sealing Spirit Card" I got has been idle for a long time because I have not encountered a suitable sealing object. If I can successfully seal this green-bone dragon, with its strength surpassing the eighth-level magic dragon, I can release it for use in battle. I believe the effect will definitely not be inferior to the general "pseudo-artifact".
However, the success rate of using the "Spirit Sealing Card" to seal the powerful Green Bone Dragon is really low, estimated to be only one in three at most. Moreover, the seal can only be performed at the moment before the Green Bone Dragon is on the verge of death. There is only one chance to make a move. Once missed or failed, the Green Bone Dragon will be destroyed and there will be no possibility of recovery. It can only increase my qualifications a little bit or become a supplement for Wu Ma and Hong Xing.
Taking advantage of the time of resurrection, I checked the "Encyclopedia of Undead Creatures" again and carefully browsed the content related to the green bone dragon. It is a normal type of undead creature, and there is a relatively detailed record in the book. The "Dead Dragon Power" that I am most concerned about can affect the range of 100 meters. It will be more or less affected according to different strengths. The best range is 30 meters. After calculation, within this range, the ability of the Horror Lion Knight will be at least reduced by half, and the Horror Giant Bear Knight will drop by about 40%. The Dark Knight and the Black Warrior will not even have 20% of the normal level. The corpse witch has a higher IQ and can only exert 30% of his ability. Even if the resistance to the "Dead Dragon Power" is slightly improved due to the " Soul Contract", it can only float up by about ten percentage points. A desperate battle with the green bone dragon is at most a miserable victory. It is very likely that one general will succeed but thousands of bones will die.
After returning to the "Dead Soul Space", I took stock of my forces and immediately began to direct a general mobilization of the undead, preparing for the "dragon slaying war" with the green bone dragon. The zombies with the largest number of people could not be relied on, as the difference in strength was too great. Even with the dual control effects of the "Soul Contract" and the "Supreme Corpse Crown", there was no way to instruct them to muster up the courage to approach a top-level existence like the green bone dragon. I'm afraid they would have been scared and collapsed on the ground and dared not move. The other three corpse kings could still be of some use, supporting me in performing "mental attacks". Moreover, because it was launched remotely, I didn't need to get close to the green bone dragon, and I was the leader, so they didn't need to attack directly, which should not affect their status or the power of the "mental attack". This was a great comfort to me, as I didn't bear the title of "First Corpse King" in vain, and I could still play a role.
The corpse wizards who can attack from a distance are naturally an indispensable and important member in the war. When launching an attack, they are less affected by the "Dead Dragon Power" because of the distance. As long as they are used and coordinated properly, they should be able to cause relatively large damage to the Green Bone Dragon. After experiencing two corpse wizard wars, thousands of corpse wizards were subdued. However, after continuous losses, there are only more than 400 left, and most of them are old and weak. The three corpse wizard kings were martyred at the same time. It is probably difficult for them to pose a fatal threat to the Green Bone Dragon alone. Alas, the power I control is still too small. If I can have dozens of corpse wizard kings and thousands of strong corpse wizards, I estimate that a few encounters will be enough to severely damage the Green Bone Dragon, and I don’t have to worry so much.
The black warrior can only wave his flag and shout to distract the green bone dragon. The dark knight can act as cannon fodder with the "flash assault", which can consume some strength. The main force of the war is the Horror Knight Corps, which is mainly composed of the Horror Giant Bear Knight. Fortunately, I have been diligent all the time. I have accumulated more than a thousand elite Horror Giant Bear Knights, in addition to more than fifty Horror Lion Knights and more than a hundred Horror Tiger Knights. Using the "human wave tactics", I have enough strength to fight the green bone dragon. It's a pity that the opponent can fly, which is not conducive to the Horror Knight's ability to exert the melee group impact ability of ground attack. The sacrifices and achievements will probably be seriously unbalanced.
As for the other capable pets or subordinates, the Blood Bat couple are not in good shape, Wu Ma is still seriously injured, and Hong Xing has only made a bone spear. Only Taotao's strength is intact, and he is a flying undead creature, so he will be of great help to me.
The location of the decisive battle was set in the Black Warrior's territory. After comparing, I didn't have to worry about the Green Bone Dragon discovering my unusual movements in advance, and I could complete the deployment of troops in the shortest possible time. The Tongxin League was still participating in the team competition. In order to become one of the "Top Ten Mercenary Groups in the World", I had to end the battle as soon as possible and rush back to participate in the competition. I couldn't stay entangled with the Green Bone Dragon for too long.
The first to gather were the Dark Knights and the Black Warriors. They were mainly responsible for guarding the Corpse Witch Corps. When threatened by the Green Bone Dragon, they would try to launch a counterattack or attract the attack to themselves to delay the destruction of the Corpse Witch. With their fragile defense capabilities, I'm afraid few of them would survive the Green Bone Dragon's counterattack. The three Corpse Kings were also trying their best to quickly move towards me to shorten the distance between them, and to exert the power of "mental attack" as much as possible to reduce the casualties of other troops.
These are easy to deal with. The most difficult thing to solve is the "smuggling plan" - to ensure the success of the dragon slaying, the key is that my more than 1,000 terror knights must be deployed in place and ready to launch a group attack at any time. No matter how powerful the green bone dragon is, it can't just keep spitting out "poison|dragon flames" that can reach four or five meters away. It still has to lower its altitude and use physical attacks, so that the terror knights waiting in anticipation have a chance to hurt it. One or two "flash combos" are inconspicuous and pose no threat, but thousands of them together are enough to tear it apart. After all, the opponent is just a lowest-level green bone dragon that is good at "using poison".
Such a huge army of terror knights, but most of them are within the monitoring area of the Green Bone Dragon, and their distribution is relatively concentrated. In a situation where everyone is in danger and dares not make any unusual movements, such a long-distance and large-scale movement is likely to attract the attention of the Green Bone Dragon, which will be regarded as a disrespect for its "dragon authority" and thus attacked. It is very difficult to successfully "smuggle", but it has to be carried out. If the army of terror knights cannot be in place, it is impossible to defeat the Green Bone Dragon.
In desperation, in order to contain the Green Bone Dragon and buy time for the Horror Knights to move as soon as possible, I could only contact Wu Ma. It had played the role of "bait" once before, and it seemed that it had to do it again this time. Anyway, it had to lure the Green Bone Dragon into the ambush circle in the end, and now it was just bringing the process forward. Of course, Wu Ma could not provoke the Green Bone Dragon alone. Under normal circumstances, the Destruction Knight, who had only survived one catastrophe, would not be the opponent of the Green Bone Dragon at all, not to mention that he was still seriously injured and could not last for a few rounds. Therefore, it could only be a "bait", and Tao Tao had to be the main force to lure the enemy. It and Wu Ma joined forces, one to attract and the other to block the Green Bone Dragon's pursuit.
Although Taotao's fighting power is not as good as the Green Bone Dragon, his flexibility is slightly better, and his fire attribute constitution also has a greater resistance to corpse poison. As long as he is careful and does not suffer too much physical damage, he should be able to cooperate with Wu Ma to distract the Green Bone Dragon. This is why they have to come together, so that the Green Bone Dragon will not concentrate on chasing one, which would make it more difficult to escape successfully.
Wu Ma got out of the muddy pit where he was hiding and began to move quickly towards the scheduled decisive battle site. I rode Tao Tao and quietly rushed over, standing by its left and right. Perhaps it was because I had a special sense of the "undead public enemy" like the Destruction Knight. Not long after, a hint of green appeared in the distant sky, and the Green Bone Dragon quickly chased after me. At the same time, the Terror Knights under my command also took the opportunity to move and began to move towards the designated assembly point.
Flying in the air is naturally faster than running on the ground. Seeing the green bone dragon getting closer, I hurriedly jumped off the horse and let Taotao, who had already used the "Flowing Fire Armor" and "Flying Fire Feathers" to protect himself, go up alone to entangle it and buy time for Wu Ma to retreat. For Taotao who rushed up, the green bone dragon opened its mouth and first gave a "greeting gift" of "Poison|Dragon Flame", and then relied on its relatively large body to savagely hit it, forcing Taotao to dodge and be forcibly broken through. However, facing the huge temptation of the Knight of Destruction, the green bone dragon had no intention of entangled with Taotao any more, and did not pursue the victory. It waved its wide bone wings directly and pounced on Wu Ma who was fleeing.
Taotao naturally couldn't let the Green Bone Dragon get its wish, so he launched an attack from behind, using the combination attack skills of "Fire Roar" and "Piercing Horn". The attacked part was immediately charred, and a small hole two or three inches deep was made on it. However, he was almost hit by the Green Bone Dragon's bony tail, which brushed past its bony wings. His body swayed in the air and he almost lost his balance.
Compared with the Green Bone Dragon's huge body and the solid and sturdy skeleton that makes up its body, the damage caused by Taotao's attack is naturally nothing. The Green Bone Dragon obviously didn't take it to heart. It was really persistent enough. It just relied on swinging its tail to drive away Taotao's entanglement. Without stopping for a moment, it still targeted the fleeing Wu Ma and pounced on him quickly.
Given the huge disparity in strength between the two sides, I had already anticipated this situation, so I asked Taotao to stay away from the green-bone dragon and activated the "Blind Fog" to cover it. Wu Ma and I continued to run desperately, while Taotao stayed outside the fog area, waiting for the green-bone dragon that might appear at any time and continued to obstruct its pursuit. After all, the "Blind Fog" has limited effect on creatures with higher strength, and it is estimated that the green-bone dragon will rush out in a few minutes.
In less than three minutes, the green-bone dragon reappeared in the air with its fangs and claws bared. It roared, and it sounded like the sound of several bones rubbing and knocking against each other. Then it turned around and found Wu Ma, and spread its wings to chase after him. However, Tao Tao's reaction was much faster than it. He had already rushed up and launched a series of combined skills. Under my instructions, he launched an attack on the green-bone dragon's wings, especially the important backbone parts, which directly affected the balance of the green-bone dragon's body during flight, and it was inevitable that it would shake a few times, slowing down a little. There was no serious injury, but small disturbances continued, like a fly biting around the green-bone dragon, causing it a lot of small troubles.
Once the green-bone dragon came too close, I would release the "Blind Fog" to get away. Although I quickly used up the number of times I could use it today, under Taotao's constant entanglement and provocation, the proud green-bone dragon gradually became impatient and would counterattack from time to time, and occasionally turn around to chase for a short distance. Fortunately, Taotao had a lot of combat experience and relied on his agility to mostly avoid the counterattack of the green-bone dragon. His defense ability was not too low and he did not suffer too serious damage. Moreover, Wu Ma had already entered the section of the road I had arranged, and thousands of devouring ghosts were arranged along the way. Under the forced drive of the "Soul Contract" and the encouragement of Xiaobai, the highly authoritative devouring ghost king, he kept rushing forward to intercept the approaching green-bone dragon, extending a pair of small tentacles to attach to its body, and blowing a cold wind to hinder its flight. Although they were unable to cause any substantial damage, and were vulnerable to the counterattack of the increasingly angry Green Bone Dragon, with their wings and claws disappearing everywhere and almost all of them being wiped out, they bought Taotao time, further aroused the anger of the Green Bone Dragon, and delayed its pursuit of Wu Ma. They finally achieved their goal, using their lives to buy precious time for the assembly of the large army, and made due contributions.
After running and chasing, Wu Ma and I finally arrived at the scheduled decisive battle site. The poor Devouring Ghost was slaughtered by the Green Bone Dragon along the way and became the first victim of the dragon-slaying war. There are only a few left in such a large group. The Yinfeng gathered in a unique way can increase or reduce the resistance of biological flight, and has a bonus effect on the target's flight speed. This is also the new function of the Devouring Ghost that I discovered recently when I accidentally used Tao Tao for an experiment. Come to think of it, it is produced in the "Yinfeng Valley", one of the four forbidden areas of the "Dead Soul Space". It is impossible to be too useless. It's just that some special abilities have not been discovered by me. Summoning Devouring Ghost does not require too much mental energy. Many can be summoned at a time. With the improvement of strength, there will be more and more flying opponents in the future. Whether in the human world or in the "Dead Soul Space", there should be a chance to use it. Maybe it's time to explore the "Yinfeng Valley" again to see if it can bring new surprises. If there are more newbies, or if we can subdue a higher-level Ghost Emperor, we will have an additional means to deal with the "air combat forces" in the future.
