Volume 5: Protracted War Chapter 62 Closing
In fact, I have many regrets about the performance of the Green Bone Dragon. According to the pre-match assumption, it alone has enough ability to easily kill the Glory, including the Supreme Honor and Holy Heaven. It should not have left a few fish that slipped through the net, and it should not have let the United Alliance suffer such a big loss. Of course, part of the responsibility is due to my command errors and lack of confidence, but it is also related to the rapid and timely response of the Supreme Honor. I immediately used the combined "pseudo-artifact" and did not give the Green Bone Dragon too many opportunities. Facing the Light Wing Knight who has greatly improved his ability after being blessed by the Four-Winged Light Angel, his agility is still higher than that of the Green Bone Dragon, which is easier to kill than difficult to kill. Otherwise, in the "Dead Soul Space", even if Tao Tao was not the main target, it would not be possible to fight with the Green Bone Dragon for so long. Moreover, for the relatively large Green Bone Dragon, it seems to be more suitable for attacking tough targets or fighting against the majority with a small number of people. In such a small-scale melee, Glory intends to engage in close combat with us and keep pestering us. The entanglement between the enemy and us is not conducive to the performance of the Green Bone Dragon. It is accustomed to a rough fighting style. It can hardly control the force accurately when it hits with its body and swings its bony tail. It is easy to hurt its own people by mistake, which gives the agile Light Wing Knight an advantage.
As experienced as it is, Supreme Honor quickly identified the Green Bone Dragon's weakness and used it to his advantage, increasing the difficulty of killing them and causing us a lot of trouble. I once ordered the Green Bone Dragon to hunt him down, but he escaped repeatedly. With the help of the artifact "Holy Cross", the killing plan carefully laid out by Xue Wuxia and Yun Wuying was in vain, which delayed a lot of time. In the end, I had to give up and put my focus on other people. Compared with these top masters, I still seem too young. I have magic weapons, but it is difficult to use them correctly in different situations and give full play to their effectiveness. Even though the conditions are basically in place, I still need to learn and improve in many aspects to become a real strong man.
However, the power of the Green Bone Dragon, which possesses strength beyond that of an eighth-level magical beast, is unquestionable. It seems that Supreme Honor still underestimated the ability of the Green Bone Dragon, and failed to achieve the goal of quickly defeating us under its powerful restraint. Although he escaped the pursuit of the Green Bone Dragon with the help of his greatly improved abilities and the artifact "Holy Cross", and even relied on a companion's cover to avoid my sneak attack using the "lasso", and seized the opportunity to seriously injure Afeng and kill Long Kong, and persisted until the moment when the Green Bone Dragon broke free from control and returned to the "Dead Space", the rest of his companions were not so lucky. They died tragically under the clutches of the Green Bone Dragon. Under the focused encirclement and suppression of the seven Light Wing Knights, only Supreme Honor survived, and only two of the five Earth Knights who had not transformed were left. The two archbishops who followed the army to fight were killed early in the morning due to the lack of strong protection, which prevented them from cooperating with the Knights of Light to cause greater damage. When the "pseudo-artifacts" of both sides lost their effectiveness, although there were still nine people alive in Glory, five of them had become useless, and the three Knights of Light, including Holy Heaven who was struggling to hold on, Supreme Honor, were also wounded and had consumed a lot of strength. And we still had eleven people in the United Alliance. Although there were only two more people than Glory, and they all had minor or serious injuries, at least they still had the ability to fight. In fact, it was eleven to three and a half, and we had already seen a glimmer of victory.
The six archbishops of Holy Heaven had not summoned their pets because they were fully focused on activating the "pseudo-artifact". In their current state, they seemed incapable of summoning any more pets. They were extremely vulnerable. Xue Wuxia, Yun Wuying and Nan Feiyan, three long-range attack professions, had to put an end to their lives, while Afeng and I were focusing on besieging the only three remaining earth knights. Without the wings of light and the assistance of priests, even the "Holy Cross" of the highest honor could only be activated once or twice at most, and they did not have much money to compete with us in consumption. Although I could not use "Summon the Dead" again, I still had a strong fighting ability with "Ghost Fire" and "Curse of the Dead", plus "Touch of Death". Now I was no longer afraid of death and could attack at will. The effect of "Curse of the Dead" lowering the status made Supreme Honor and the others feel very uncomfortable. Without the protection of "Holy Light of Body Protection", and without the priest to remove the negative status for them, they could only endure it. When my "trip rope" was used again, it entangled Supreme Honor's mount, the Speed Dragon, and he could only helplessly urge the "Holy Cross" to kill me to get rid of his own restraints. However, this could not save Glory's defeat. I was actually a bait. Afeng had been waiting for this opportunity. Taking advantage of the moment when Supreme Honor took back the artifact, he used "Backhand Shot" and delivered a fatal blow, sending him back to the west.
On the other side, Holy Heaven also showed great tenacity. Perhaps they still had a little mental strength left, and with the help of the quick recovery effect of the "Angel Robe", they actually summoned the Light Spine Dragon in the fierce attack of Xue Wuxia and the others. Unfortunately, it was too late. Before the Light Spine Dragon recovered its ability to move, it had reached the end of its life without anyone to protect it. The other five archbishops were even more powerless to move. They could only watch themselves being slaughtered by magic and bows and arrows, and died one by one. Without the restraint of the highest honor, the other two knights were even more powerless to save the situation. They could not hold on for a few rounds and withdrew from the game under the siege of superior forces.
In the semi-finals, our Tongxin League finally defeated the favorite to win the championship, the No. 1 seed team, Glory, so that Glory missed the finals and could only be awarded the title of "the third mercenary group in the world", which was the biggest upset in this team competition. Glory, representing the forces of light, relied more on the power of the team. It used the "pseudo-artifact" that could only be activated by six archbishops to give the seven knights of light the ability of the wings of the angel of light in a semi-possessed state, almost turning the tide of the battle; but I, who was hidden as the "number one wizard in the world", summoned the green bone dragon completely by my own strength, and was invincible, occupying a clear upper hand, laying a solid foundation for the Tongxin League to win the final victory. Regardless of the truth, at least on the surface, I showed super strength in the game, overwhelmed the Supreme Honor and Holy Heaven, and won enough face for the dark profession and the "Resistance Alliance". The winner is the king and the loser, and the so-called "supreme glory, who can compete with me" has become a big joke.
In another semi-final that was held at the same time, Longteng and Yinhe had gone through a fierce battle in the quarterfinals. After defeating powerful opponents who were no weaker than themselves, they no longer had any powerful props left. It was a competition based on their real abilities. After a hard fight, they took advantage of the artifact "Poison|Dragon Spear", and with the outstanding performances of Long Xingtianxia, Bajiugaoge and Baiyunjian, they finally eliminated their opponents and successfully advanced to the finals. In this way, the two mercenary groups competing for the championship were Longteng and Tongxinmeng, because Long Xingtianxia and I were both regarded as forces close to the "Resistance Alliance", and completely excluded the light camp from the door of the "World Heroes Conference" group finals. It can be said that it was the most sensational and unprecedented victory of the dark camp so far.
The final was held as scheduled between Tongxin League and Longteng. Both sides did not hold back and fought hard, but without any support, based on pure strength, Tongxin League was naturally no match for Longteng. Although they relied on my "Touch of Death" and the slightly superior Terror Knight to hold on for a while, and also caused some trouble for Long Xingtianxia and others, they were ultimately unable to turn the tide and were defeated, finishing in second place, which brought Longteng the supreme glory of "the world's number one mercenary group."
In the battle of the losing quarterfinals for the last two seats of the "Top Ten Mercenaries in the World", after two rounds of fierce fighting, the Yamato Spirit's Sun Never Sets Mercenary Group and the Goryeo Warriors' Sunset Mercenary Group were lucky enough to catch the last train and enter the "Top Ten". Although both belong to the mercenary groups of the Eastern Continent, it seems to be unfavorable to the Western Continent on the surface, but the Sun Never Sets tends to the Church of Light. It is said that it has established a relatively close relationship with Glory and Galaxy. In addition, the Flower City with Flowers Mantian has a tendency to form a four-party alliance and jointly enhance its influence on the situation of the Eastern and Western continents. Its selection is definitely not good news for the "Resistance Alliance". The Sunset belongs to the neutral camp and has no tendency for the time being. It is just that there are frictions between it and the mercenary groups formed by Japanese players, and the relationship is relatively bad. It is a deadly enemy with the Sun Never Sets and the Yasukuni Society. The contradiction is very deep. It is the object we can strive to win over. As long as we can create a favorable atmosphere for struggle, I believe that the Sunset will make a wise choice. Hua Mantian's Huadu encountered a sunset in the second round of the competition. After a hard fight, it was eliminated and failed to advance into the "Top Ten" as it wished. This made Afeng's face have a brighter smile. He was happy for several days and even smiled in his sleep.
So far, after several days of intense group competition, the "Top Ten Mercenary Groups in the World" have been successfully formed and the seats have been arranged, namely Longteng, Tongxinmeng, Glory, Real Madrid, Jiaoyang, Xingyue, Wuwei, Gobi, Sun Never Sets and Sunset. The "Resistance Alliance" should be the biggest winner. Through the excellent results achieved by Longteng, Tongxinmeng, Jiaoyang and Xingyue, which are closely related to it, it has greatly improved its reputation and has formed a stronger impact on the ambition of the Church of Light to "unify the world". Of course, the Church of Light still maintains its usual strength. Glory and Real Madrid, two mercenary groups with players of the Light profession as the main body, have shown strong and comprehensive capabilities in the competition. The number of "pseudo-artifacts" obtained by their players ranks first among all professions, and the power of only one continent can counter the joint attack of top masters from three continents. Once those master players who choose to change their professions grow up, their strength will be further strengthened. It can be said that they have huge development potential. If our "Resistance Alliance" cannot attract more neutral professional expert players to join in the future development, it will be difficult to win the ultimate mission of the battle of light and darkness.
As the competitions of various professional players were completed one by one, the "Top Ten Physicians, Craftsmen, Alchemists, Architects, and Fashion Designers in the World" were successively selected. The winners of various titles were found, and the anniversary celebration of the "World Heroes Conference" was finally officially declared over. The title of "Top Ten" is just a false name with no practical significance to me. The small prize money for winning is not worth mentioning compared to the more than 400,000 gold coins obtained from the underground gambling game. I am only looking forward to the "exploration mission" to be released next. After witnessing the competitions of many game masters, I realized that the fastest way to improve strength is still in the aspect of props and equipment. An artifact or a "pseudo-artifact", or even a more practical holy artifact or heavenly artifact, can have a decisive impact on an originally evenly matched game. Afeng's loss and Rongyao's defeat are all for this. In order to defeat increasingly powerful enemies, while constantly conquering more powerful undead creatures, seeking breakthroughs in one's own props and equipment is also an effective way. And it is said that in the "expedition missions" offered to the "top ten" in both the individual and team events, there is a certain chance of receiving unexpected surprises.
However, the announcement did disappoint me a little, as the first thing announced was a "group expedition mission" for the "Top Ten Mercenary Groups in the World". Only after the group mission was over would the individual "expedition mission" begin, because the destination was the same - the mysterious central continent that had not yet been opened to the public. In order to ensure the fairness of the mission, it could only be carried out in batches.
The Central Continent only exists in legends and has not yet been opened to players. According to the little information revealed by the official Tianxia, this is a terrifying wild land that only the truly powerful are qualified to enter. The living environment is extremely harsh, and the aborigines are mostly group-living seventh- and eighth-level monsters or nine-level monsters in groups of three or five. There are also many powerful holy beasts, and even eight top-level beasts, all of which are extremely aggressive and more bloodthirsty and fierce than their counterparts in the four continents. Being in it, it can be said that there is murderous intent at every step, and you may be attacked at any time. There is no safe area. It is said that it is only open to players above level eight. Of course, opportunities and dangers coexist. Another meaning of high-level monsters is that they can drop more sophisticated props and equipment. It is a must-go place for top players to arm themselves to the teeth. It is both a hell heading towards destruction and a paradise for seeking power. This "expedition mission" is actually an operation to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Central Continent. Qualified mercenary groups will be able to familiarize themselves with some of the real situations of the Central Continent in advance, and make relatively adequate preparations for the mercenary groups to seize the development opportunities after the official opening in the future.
