Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 204: Washing Away the Shame
After sending Wu Ma away to get used to surviving on his own, the most urgent task now is to help Khufu abolish the ban that does not allow it to leave the Lost Continent, and return to the "Hell Volcano" as soon as possible to better improve its strength. The breakthrough point is still Geruda, the weakest of the eleven great pharaohs. I have subdued some pharaohs with good qualities, and jointly launched promotion challenges with them, which have consumed Geruda's strength time and time again, so that it has no time to recover. In the end, he was seriously injured and replaced by a pharaoh under my command.
This would take quite a while, but fortunately, I had challenged it several times before, so I was familiar with everything. I also had a clearer understanding of Geruda's abilities, so there wouldn't be too many twists and turns. I would be able to defeat it if I followed the routine. In addition to helping my Pharaoh to challenge, I also arranged my Bone Dragons to intensify the search, paying attention to the information of "scarce resources" such as the Giant Mage, the Undead Ghost Phoenix, and those powerful existences of level 10. Once they were found, they would report immediately, so as to avoid more competitors who were capable of conquering in the future, which would be more difficult. At the same time, during the intervals between challenges, they went deeper into the "Dragon Bone Mountain". On the one hand, they expanded the size of the Bone Dragon Corps and conquered more white bone dragons to be prepared for any eventuality. On the other hand, they took the opportunity to "visit" the black bone dragons that occupied the mountains one by one to see if they could find the Black Dragon King. That was a mid-level Dou-level warrior. It was said that there might be a level 10 upper-level Black Dragon King that had grown to a fully mature form. They tried their luck first to see if they had a connection with them, so that they could be easily conquered by their subordinates in the future. Not only were the number of these level 10 warriors limited, but they were also not like ordinary undead below level 9 who would normally refresh themselves after death. Usually, the next level of the same kind would make up for the vacancy through evolution, which took a long time. Some even lost one more after one died. In order to cope with the increasingly fierce wars in the future, the main forces of these future battles would naturally be conquered as much as possible. The strong would be the king, and strength was the most effective guarantee for development.
In addition to the Lost Continent, the old base on the other side of the "Dragon Bone Mountain" naturally cannot be abandoned, and there are many things that also need to be taken care of. Things in the "Yinfeng Valley" are also going smoothly. The demon king Feiying, who has devoured many ghost royals, has entered the "Wind Cave" to accept the tempering of the Yinfeng, striving to be alienated into a "demon spirit" as soon as possible. The "instant movement" ability given by the "demon spirit" has been recognized as an extremely effective means for undead wizards to save their lives and escape. Whether for my own safety or the future of my subordinates, it is extremely beneficial to be able to alienate a few more "demon spirits". However, there are considerable hidden dangers in the development of the "Yinfeng Valley". There are too many undead wizards who hunt ghost royals-the four major forces have divided up the "Yinfeng Valley", and those who have a little relationship can obtain the qualification to settle in, and almost all undead wizards with some ability dream of having a "demon spirit" subordinate. The ghost royals necessary to cultivate "demon spirits" have become a scarce resource, which has attracted the covetousness of many undead wizards. Every day, a group of people are making trouble everywhere, making the originally quiet "Yinfeng Valley" full of smoke and miasma. Once they find the Ghost Royal Family, they will never let them go, or subdue them directly, or let their demon kings devour them. Or resell them to other undead wizards in need. Sometimes, violent conflicts will even be caused by ownership issues. One or several groups will fight each other to grab profits. If the Ghost Royal Family had not been hiding in a relatively hidden place and would not be easily discovered, they would probably have been extinct long ago. What a bunch of idiots, they only focus on their own interests and don't think about it carefully. "Yinfeng Valley" is a direct jurisdiction directly controlled by the three chief judges. If they continue to make trouble like this, if the system determines that they have endangered the ecological balance of "Yinfeng Valley" and are in danger of destruction, they will cause any chief judge to interfere, which will make us suffer now, and even the vested interests may not be preserved. Unfortunately, this is the general trend. In order to win over their companions, Qiu Shui Chang Tian, Tian Xing and Qing Wu Fei Yang had to regard this as a powerful means and distribute it to them as benefits. Even if they knew the interests involved, they could not come forward to force their companions to give up the "demon spirit" cultivation plan; I don't care about things at all on weekdays, and I am not so clean myself. In addition, Moonlight Treasure Box and Guo Po Shan He, who are acting for related affairs, are also trying their best to cultivate "demon spirits". It is impossible for them to stop, and naturally it is difficult to restrain others. The situation has developed to this point, and it has been somewhat out of control. Many undead wizards have fallen into it. In order to cultivate "demon spirits", they have invested a lot of manpower and material resources. It is impossible for them to stop halfway and make all their previous efforts go to waste. I am powerless to stop it, and there is no sufficient reason to stop it. I can only let it go and let them go. As long as I seize the time to let Fei Ying become a "demon spirit", even if the power of "Yinfeng Valley" is destroyed in the future, I will not suffer too much.
There is no big change in the development of "Hell Volcano". After the initial "Taobao fever", I clearly realized my power in the volcano. In the situation where there is no advantage to be gained, except for a few players who have a sense of superiority or other purposes, most of the players who have participated in it have wisely chosen to withdraw. I am still the only one who dominates and occupies the primary immersion qualifications of twelve "Hell Magma Pools". No undead wizard can shake my dominant position. Of course, this is only compared with other undead wizards. Facing the powerful and pure rule of Hades, the Hell Dragon King, I am still in a weak position. I need to send one of my men to participate in the "Hell Dragon Challenge" every month and accept a beating from the Hell Dragon. I don't have the ability to fight back for the time being, so I can only endure and quietly accumulate and improve my strength. The flame bone demon Kekexili who swallowed the "Ten Thousand Years Fire Crystal" is currently the most likely subordinate to evolve to a higher form. However, I believe Hades will definitely not let it evolve smoothly into a flame demon after it surrenders to me. The original success rate is relatively low. If Hades secretly plays tricks, the prospects will be even more bleak. There is no way to judge what dangers will be encountered. I can only let Kekexili store more energy and reach a saturated state, hoping to increase the chance of successful evolution. Taotao is different from ordinary volcanic undead. He has a dual attribute of darkness and fire. In addition to staying in the "Hell Volcano" to soak and absorb magma energy, he also took a lot of time to replenish the dark attribute of Yin Qi, so as not to only pay attention to one of them, develop deformed, and also cannot evolve to a higher form. Flying Fire Ghost King Guben has also grown well, and has won the most soaking time in the central area. With abundant magma energy supply, the possibility of evolving into a flying fire ghost king is also quite large. After seeing the 10th-level lower-level, dark-attributed flying evil ghost king summoned by the 9th-level forbidden magician, perhaps Gu Ben, who has a fire-attributed physique, can evolve into a higher-level flying fire ghost king. Other volcano minions such as Had, Silando, and Gonzalez have no possibility of evolution , and can only develop slowly.
The ground-walking night shadows suffered heavy casualties in the previous series of battles. There are not many left, and they must return to the "bottomless abyss" to replenish a batch. Although they are only level eight intermediate, their level is too low in comparison. At least under my command, they can no longer serve as the main force in a head-on battle. However, the unique "ground-walking" ability, as well as some other attack methods and techniques, can still play a certain role in certain occasions. It is still an indispensable type of soldier. Anyway, it is better to be prepared. At most, it just delays some time. Voldemort, who has the same earth attribute constitution, a higher level, and has reached the ninth intermediate level or even above, can effectively replace most of the functions of the ground-walking night shadows, but including the giant jellyfish, these higher-level abyss undead are relatively small in number and not easy to find. In addition, Qingwu Feiyang has developed into the largest force in the "bottomless abyss", and the Southeast Dead Alliance led by Qiu Shui Changtian and Tianxing has also intervened early. All the lucrative territories have been discovered and occupied by them, and I don’t have much energy to invest in the development of the “Bottomless Abyss”, so I have to continue to subdue the ground-walking night shadows that can be seen everywhere.
After spending a huge amount of money to buy the "Prince Order" that our Tongxin League had snatched, Longteng immediately applied to the Mercenary Union for the task of upgrading to a super mercenary group of 50,000 people. Luckily, with their strong strength, they successfully completed three very difficult tasks in just over 20 days, and successfully upgraded from a large mercenary group to the first super mercenary group in "Tianxia". Regardless of the premise, whether it was borrowed from the light of our Tongxin League, it was not one's own achievement. The result is the most important. It has revived Longteng's reputation, which has been falling, and has restored a lot of influence. It has also indirectly increased Longxing Tianxia's reputation. In addition, according to the prior discussion and arrangement, I publicly expressed my support for Longxing Tianxia on behalf of Tongxin League, so that the attacks against him were temporarily suppressed and unable to shake his position as the Speaker. Longteng gained a name, Tongxin League made a profit, and everyone was happy. It can be said to be the most ideal ending.
At this point, all the subsequent related affairs directly triggered by this "World Heroes Conference" have basically ended, and the merits and demerits can be judged relatively clearly. According to the arrangements before the conference, the relevant rewards within the resistance alliance should also be put on the agenda, and it is time to start to redeem them. First, according to the achievements of the major forces and players of the resistance alliance participating in the "World Heroes Conference", they will be sorted out and listed separately, and our Dark Council will discuss them first, and report them to the system after approval, and apply for corresponding merits and rewards. Two days later, Long Xingtianxia, as the chairman of the Dark Council, once again issued an emergency summons from the Dark Council, asking all council members to gather in Beijing to discuss important matters.
The three speakers, deputy speakers, and twenty-seven councillors have all arrived and are sitting in the city lord's mansion. Many people are whispering. They have just held a general meeting, in which they argued for almost a whole day over issues related to rewards. Now they have summoned everyone here again so soon. The councillors from our Eastern Continent are better off, but those from the Southern and Northern Continents, especially those who are not knights, seem a little unhappy. There is no cross-continental teleportation array, and the round trip alone will take at least several hours.
"Based on the merits we reported, the system has already approved that we have achieved good results in this 'World Heroes Conference' and reached the corresponding reward standards. Therefore, it is decided to give us, the Dark Council, a chance to wash away the shame we once suffered." After saying these words, Long Xingtianxia's expression seemed a little gloomy. No matter how many victories we have achieved, that tragic defeat is an indelible fact that those of us involved have left a deep impression on us and cannot forget it.
"The shame we have suffered? What does that mean?" An undead wizard from the Southern Continent quietly asked the Night Bonfire next to him. This was a newly elected congressman in recent months. He had little experience and did not understand the meaning of Long Xingtianxia's words for a while.
"Castle of Mind!" Night Bonfire was also one of the parties involved. He spit out four words in a depressed voice without saying much. This is the pain that has always been in our hearts.
"I think everyone understands what I mean. Because of the light traitor who infiltrated the council, we lost the 'Castle of Mind' and suffered the greatest humiliation since the establishment of the resistance alliance. The 'Castle of Mind' is not only the nominal headquarters, but also the place for meetings. Without it, most members of our Dark Council have to travel long distances and cross the continent to the designated place every time we meet for a meeting, which brings a lot of inconvenience. Originally, the 'Castle of Mind' was a one-time special building that could not be reborn, but because we have achieved outstanding results. This time, the system's special reward gave us an opportunity to let our Dark Council fight for the 'Castle of Mind' through our own efforts and wash away the previous shame. However, it is specially stated that the mission has certain risks and may harm each of us. Note that it is everyone, not just the mental power limit of dark professional players, but also neutral professions. Therefore, we are not forced to complete it, nor is it forced for every council member to participate. Everyone is voluntary, and if you don't want to take risks, you can choose to withdraw." Long Xingtianxia's eyes swept over us one by one, asking for our opinions.
"What task do we have to complete? What are the specific contents?" The question was asked by the Phantom Swordsman Kosano, who had participated in the rehearsal for the ultimate battle of light and darkness.
"I don't know yet. First, our Dark Council needs to discuss and decide whether to apply for this extremely difficult group mission. We have the right to choose. If you don't want to give up, you need to determine the specific list of participating councilors. After reporting, the mission will be announced. The risk is definitely not small. Once you decide to participate, you must be prepared to sacrifice your mental strength."
The two vice chairmen, Desert Eagle and Light Dance Flying, will definitely not withdraw. Our group of dark professional councillors who have experienced the last defeat and are still in office should not hesitate. They have been able to occupy the high positions of councillors because they have experienced many battles and made many contributions. Naturally, they have encountered many dangers and have experienced tasks that have damaged their mental power limit more than once or twice. They have walked many night roads and are no longer afraid of ghosts. The key point to consult is those who have not deeply understood the defeat and have not used the "Mind Castle". Perhaps some people do not think highly of the "Mind Castle" which has no practical effect and defense capabilities. Especially those neutral professional councillors, even if they participate in the battle between light and darkness, or even attack the Cathedral of Light, they should not have their mental power limit damaged under normal circumstances. This mission actually brought them the same danger, so it is inevitable that they will hesitate.
For "political purposes", regaining the "Mind Castle" will definitely have a far-reaching impact on the resistance alliance and further boost morale. Although it has given the Church of Light another weak link to attack, under the current more perfect system of selecting members, it will not be so easy for the Church of Light to repeat the old trick and introduce another traitor to the Dark Council. As long as there are no problems inside, the "Mind Castle" is basically not in any danger. The leaders of the four major factions of the Dark Council have successively expressed their support for completing this task. It is a general trend to submit an application to the system. If other members dare to withdraw, their qualifications for succession next month may be in danger. No one has proposed not to participate. It is not easy to be an official. If you want to continue, you can only bear the corresponding risks. The system actually informs us in advance that the task is dangerous and we must be cautious when participating. In case we really suffer a loss, we should be mentally prepared to avoid trouble. Previously, several similar disputes have occurred in "Tianxia", causing quite a stir. Now the system is doing things more and more rigorously.
After some discussion, all members of the current Dark Council participated. Everyone signed a "voluntary participation, at your own risk" letter of responsibility, which was reported to the system, and it was quickly approved. We were asked to gather at a certain location in the Ten Thousand Mountains of the Eastern Continent at midnight the next day to accept the mission. We dispersed and took the time to log off and rest, to recuperate. High-difficulty missions often require continuous fighting for a whole day, and we cannot do without sufficient energy.
I arrived at the designated gathering place on time, which was another very hidden cave. I went in and found the same layout as before, a long and narrow tunnel with a spacious hall at the end. However, when it was midnight, the person in charge was not an ordinary NPC of level 9 or level 10. It was the old man, the god of death, who came out in person. No wonder it was announced that it was an extremely difficult task. The specifications were indeed extraordinary.
"Hello everyone, I am the God of Death who controls the power of the dark undead. I am very happy to meet you, the elites who hold the future and hope of the dark camp. Unfortunately, most of you are not undead wizards, so I cannot invite you to my office in the 'Undead Castle' in the human world. This is a temporary building with simple conditions. I can only stand to talk. Please forgive me."
