Volume 5: Protracted War Chapter 56: No Return
Of course, even a dying green-bone dragon should not be underestimated. If I approach it rashly, in case it makes a last-ditch effort, it might drag me to be buried with it. However, holding the "Soul Sealing Tablet", I am not worried about these. I still walked forward calmly and did not follow my usual practice of using the "Touch of Death" to test it or squeeze out its last bit of mental strength to completely eliminate its ability to resist. On the one hand, facing a green-bone dragon that is much stronger than me, "Touch of Death" can't play a big role. With its instinctive mental resistance, I can still shake it away. It's just a waste of attention. More importantly, I won't give the green-bone dragon a chance to fight back at all - using the "Soul Sealing Plate" to seal the undead is different from using the "Soul Contract" to subdue them. It does not require physical contact and can be activated from three to five meters away. Moreover, the sealing ceremony can only be started at the moment of the green-bone dragon's death. There is only one chance and two results: either the seal is successful, and the dragon regains its life by living in the "Soul Sealing Plate"; or it dies and its soul is scattered, which is a bargain for the opponent who kills it in the end.
Seeing that the green-bone dragon was getting weaker and weaker, lying on the ground, unable to move, and could die at any time, the other surviving men had obeyed my orders and gradually withdrew from the attack. Only Taotao was left at the scene, using his combined skills to attack, ensuring that he would give the green-bone dragon the final blow. After consideration, I decided to leave the opportunity to absorb the dissipated soul energy of the green-bone dragon to Taotao in case of a seal failure. After all, it has the potential for continuous evolution like Wuma, and as a pet, its role in the future should be greater than Wuma. Under the circumstances that players and NPCs have greatly improved their abilities by signing a contract with a level 6 professional pet, it is imperative to promote Taotao's growth and evolution as soon as possible so that he can stand on his own as soon as possible. I was concentrating on the state of the green-bone dragon. As long as it flashed a white light representing its impending demise, I had to seize this moment to use the "Spirit Sealing Card" to seal it as soon as possible. The opportunity was not to be missed, and it would never come again.
Unwilling to accept its fate of death, the green-bone dragon struggled and resisted, and even after being unable to move for a long time, it regained a little strength and swung its tail to launch a few final counterattacks, but Taotao, who had been reminded by me to remain highly alert, easily dodged them, which only resulted in more violent suppression, which disintegrated its last bit of physical and mental fighting spirit. Finally, as the bone horn on Taotao's forehead was once again pulled out of the green-bone dragon's skull, its body began to flash with the light of death, and it came to the end of its life.
I dared not neglect it. When the light began to flicker, I immediately threw out the "Soul Sealing Card" in my hand and started the sealing procedure. I closed my eyes and concentrated my mind on the "Soul Sealing Card". I tried my best to suppress the last bit of resistance of the Green Bone Dragon and gather its soul that was about to dissipate. This process takes a long time and cannot stand the slightest disturbance. The slightest distraction will most likely lead to the failure of the sealing operation. Even so, facing the Green Bone Dragon, a top-level undead creature whose strength far exceeds mine, the success rate is still not optimistic. The possibility of sealing failure is very high. Therefore, Taotao also stood by and was ready to absorb the soul energy of the Green Bone Dragon at any time, so that he could take a lot of supplements and not waste such a huge price.
Everything that needed to be done had been done. I opened my eyes and stared at the "Spirit Sealing Tablet" that was floating above the green bone dragon's body, slowly rotating and emitting a faint dark green light. At the same time, a beam of light was shot out that covered the green bone dragon's body. With the end of the sealing ceremony, it suddenly intensified its rotation and emitted an increasingly strong light, almost blinding my eyes.
After a while, the green light suddenly disappeared, and there was no more light flashing in front of my eyes. The body of the green bone dragon disappeared from the ground after a while of being looming. The "Spirit Sealing Plate" also stopped spinning and flew back to my hand. Is it a success or a failure? My heart was pounding, and even my right hand holding the "Spirit Sealing Plate" couldn't help but tremble. I barely calmed down my nervousness and looked at it hurriedly. I saw that the dark green plate, which was originally empty, had a lifelike bone dragon pattern, occupying almost all the space. I finally breathed a sigh of relief, and my heart was ecstatic. The seal was successful!
I was just overjoyed, but before I could even have a moment to rejoice, I suddenly realized something was wrong. My mental power was rapidly draining away, and it seemed as if it was all flowing into the "Spirit Sealing Tablet" and being devoured in large quantities. I was shocked and hurriedly checked, but the conclusion I came to made me look bitter. It was really a long journey, how could such a trouble come about?
As the specific objects were sealed, the "Spirit Sealing Card" also showed many new annotations, such as the relevant information about the sealed object Green Bone Dragon, the maximum fighting time after the seal was lifted was ten minutes, etc., and the information related to my current abnormal state was that in order to let the Green Bone Dragon recover from the state of serious injury and dying as soon as possible and reach the normal level so that it can be used in battle as soon as possible, the sealer needs to provide a lot of mental power to help it heal. It turned out to be the same as when my men evolved. It would not be a big deal if it was in normal times. It would only delay a few days, but now the Tongxin League is participating in the team competition of the "World Heroes Conference". I am still thinking about rushing back as soon as possible to fight side by side with Afeng and others and strive for the goal of winning the "Top Ten" together. I don't know how long it will take for the Green Bone Dragon to take supplements. If it delays the game and causes it to be unable to play in the end, it is really not what I want. Alas, if I had known it would be so troublesome, I would not have to seal the Green Bone Dragon with great effort. I would have killed it directly and let Taotao take supplements. It made trouble for me at the critical moment. There was nothing I could do without worrying about.
However, it is useless to regret now. I can only accept the reality. Fortunately, with the help of "Touch of Death", as long as I stay in the "Dead Spirit Space", I can continuously provide spiritual power to the Green Bone Dragon, which should be able to speed up its recovery process. And according to estimates, with the strength of the Green Bone Dragon, the role it can play in the current battle should be better than that of ordinary "pseudo-artifacts". If it can return in time, it will be of great help in the key game. I just hope that the Green Bone Dragon will not be too greedy and can recover as soon as possible with my full support, and free me and can also fight at any time.
While absorbing spiritual energy to replenish himself, he checked the troops that survived the disaster. It can be said that they suffered heavy casualties. In order to capture the green bone dragon, a considerable price was paid. The black warriors and corpse wizards were almost wiped out. The black warriors were fine. They were too weak and could be eliminated. However, the corpse wizards were irreplaceable for the time being due to their long-range attack method. They must be replenished immediately to cope with certain emergencies. In addition, there is the Devouring Ghost Legion. Xiaobai has almost become a commander without troops. He has few soldiers under his command. Considering their unique role in air combat, they are also indispensable in future wars. If I can absorb a few more ghost kings or even ghost emperors to enrich the team, I believe it will be more helpful to me.
The Dark Knights have now become a useless unit. They did not suffer any damage in this war. They are usually useless. Maybe they can only be used when launching the Corpse Witch War. I believe they will be eliminated soon. What makes me most distressed is the Terror Knights. Because of the influence of the "Dead Dragon Power" and the fact that they attacked the Green Bone Dragon at all costs to hold it back for ground battles, they suffered heavy losses. Now there are only about 500 people left. The Terror Tigers and the Wild Lions who were responsible for protecting Wu Ma suffered more casualties. There are only 20 to 30 riders left, almost all of them are injured, and there are only a few intact ones. In addition, Wu Ma and Tao Tao are seriously injured. It takes time to make the three bone spears of Red Star. Now even if they can participate in the team competition, there are not many capable subordinates available. This damn Green Bone Dragon has destroyed the results of my hard work for several months. If I want to recover, I will have to work hard again in the future.
Alas, the life of a top master is not something that everyone can live. On the surface, they can call the wind and rain and have unlimited glory, and are far more powerful than ordinary players. However, behind the dazzling halo means more efforts. They dare not slack off at all. They work hard every day, always thinking about how to improve themselves as much as possible. The bitterness of this is really not something that outsiders can understand.
While trying my best to provide the Green Bone Dragon with sufficient spiritual power, I informed Xue Wuxia , expressed my apologies, and hoped that they could lead the Tongxin League to overcome difficulties and persevere in the absence of my participation in the battle. Although they acted as if they didn't care, and comforted me that I didn't have to worry, and that everyone would do their best to win, but based on the performance of other major competitors, with the current lineup of the Tongxin League, the possibility of breaking into the "Top Ten" is very small, and I can only pray that they can perform beyond their level to create a miracle, successfully overcome this difficult period, and support me until the "possible" moment of my comeback.
Compared with other opponents, the weaknesses of the Tongxin Alliance are obvious. It has no background , lacks funds, and cannot attract top professional players to join. Without me, the only one with the "Top Ten" title in the individual competition, there is an even greater lack of top masters. Afeng can be counted as one, and Xue Wuxia, who owns the Purple Lightning Magic Leopard, can barely squeeze into this circle, but facing other top master players with powerful level seven magic pets, Yun Wuying, Long Kong and others are slightly inferior, and cannot gain any advantage in one-on-one situations. They may not suffer any loss when dealing with ordinary mercenary groups, but facing old-fashioned first-class mercenary groups such as Glory, Longteng and Neverland, there is an obvious gap in strength.
The most popular team to win the championship, the Glory Mercenary Group, has two artifact holders, the highest honor and Holy Heaven in the "Top Ten" of the individual competition, plus Angels on Earth, one of the top sixteen, and six members who have entered the main competition of the individual competition. Such strength is difficult to match by any other team. Moreover, what effect can the combination of the two bright artifacts, the "Holy Cross" and the "Angel Robe", produce? Is it as simple as one plus one equals two? To use the evaluation given by "Heavenly Media": Supreme glory, who can compete with it!
If we have to find a team that can pose a threat to Glory, has the qualifications to challenge, and makes the competition still have some suspense, then it must be Longteng. It lacks a magic weapon, but it also has two of the "Top Ten" in the individual competition - Long Xing Tianxia and Ba Jiu Gao Ge. Although Bai Yunjian was eliminated earlier, it was just a lack of luck, but the real strength should not be underestimated. In addition, there are five members who have entered the main competition of the individual competition. Among all the mercenary groups, it is the closest to Glory. In addition, Long Xing Tianxia was also the second seed in the individual competition, and eventually lost to Supreme Honor in the finals. Therefore, he was called "the best second person" by "Tian Media". Although it is an objective evaluation with positive meaning, it must have another meaning for the parties involved. When I saw this report, I couldn't help but curl my lips, and I could almost imagine Long Xing Tianxia's extremely unwilling and angry look.
Regardless of who wins or loses in the end, there is no doubt that Glory and Dragon Soar should secure the title of "Top Ten". The competition for the other eight places will be fierce. Many mercenary groups are almost the same in strength. It is still unclear who will win. Originally, our Tongxin League was also recognized as one of the more powerful competitors, but with my withdrawal, the road to the competition became bumpy. Guopo Shanhe and Moonlight Treasure Box were still too young. They could barely hold up the scene in the group qualifiers. Once they entered the main competition, they would not be able to match strong opponents such as Qingwu Feiyang, Qiushui Changtian, and Tianxing. Although I have several good equipment, most of them are special items obtained from system rewards, which cannot be lent or sold to enhance their strength. For a team as strong as Tongxin League, if there is no outstanding undead wizard like me to help them, it will be difficult to compete with teams with more top masters such as Sun Never Sets, Jiaoyang, Fearless, Xingyue, etc. Once they encounter them in advance, the result can be imagined. But even so, I still "donated" my Phoenix Feather Cloak, Shadow Dagger, Gastrodia Shoes and Gastrodia Socks, hoping that they can help the team if I am unable to participate.
Under my anxious attention , Tongxin League won all the way and successfully qualified as the first in the group, entering the main competition with 64 teams. The result alone was not bad, but the process was quite thrilling. I learned that I might not be able to participate in the future competitions. Although Xue Wuxia and Afeng were quite calm and tried their best to weaken the impact of this incident, it still brought some pressure to some other team members. After all, everyone knew my importance in the team battle. The several sets of tactics formulated before the game were also centered on me, and I played an irreplaceable role. So they became a little nervous, which affected their normal performance. After I withdrew from the game, as the opponents they encountered became stronger and stronger, they won several games by a narrow margin. Therefore, although I made it to the main competition as I wished, it was difficult to predict how far I could go and whether I would be eliminated in the next round.
