Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 226: Finally Promoted to Level Nine
What kind of opponent is the most difficult? The answer is definitely "those who don't care about their lives", especially when fighting with the eight-winged holy angel summoned by Pirlo, whose strength is even higher than Wuji and others. Fortunately, no player in "Tianxia" has been promoted to the ninth-level profession. According to the relevant settings, these light NPCs have not been adjusted to the best state, and their strength is still a little limited. They can only summon the middle-level tenth-level holy angels. Otherwise, with Pirlo's former identity as the tenth-level red cardinal, he should at least be able to pray for the upper-level tenth-level holy angels. In that case, it would be much more difficult to intercept them with my current strength. Even so, Wuji, who did not dare to avoid the fight and evade his position, fought head-on with the Holy Angel who was good at hand-to-hand combat. He used his own weakness to face the enemy's strength, and he had already suffered a great disadvantage. Moreover, one side was trying hard to break through, and the other side was trying hard to block. Every attack was made with all his strength, and neither was willing to retreat. They adopted a style of fighting that did not care about themselves at all. Every punch hit the flesh, and they were determined to suffer losses. In a short time, Wuji, who was only one level lower than him, was killed. It can be seen that the strength of this Holy Angel has reached the peak of the middle level of level ten, worthy of being possessed by monster-level old guys with long lives like the "Scavenger". The Holy Angels who are prayed for have accumulated extremely rich practical experience, which is far beyond the reach of those ordinary NPC summoned angels.
The Holy Angel risked his life and would rather die than force a breakthrough. Fortunately, Wuji and another level nine upper immortal ghost phoenix, who acted as the main interceptor, were also ruthless characters who did not have to worry about being easily killed. One could "reborn after a catastrophe" three times, and the other could "reborn" twice. They could also take the opportunity to restore their ability to perform "Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix". In a desperate fight, they blocked the Holy Angel who was eager to break through halfway and could not rush over to destroy the six-armed giant magician's attack on Pirlo. It was a pity that Letediwa and Khufu could not be sacrificed easily. They did not dare to let them fight too hard and could not exert their full strength. Khufu could only fight on the ground and could not intercept in the air. Many times, he was out of reach and could only sigh in the air. His role was greatly reduced. Otherwise, there would be no need for Wuji and another immortal ghost phoenix to fight so hard and use their bodies to block the Holy Angel's breakthrough, resulting in them being killed by the Holy Angel so quickly.
No matter how tragic this four-on-one interception battle was, the result was satisfactory to me. The Holy Angel was successfully blocked halfway, and there was no way to quickly break through and directly threaten the six-armed giant magician, ensuring the safety of the long-range attack position in the rear. As a result, Pirlo's situation became increasingly bad. As the six-armed giant magicians emerged from the "Gate of the Underworld" one after another, more and more of them were involved in the attack on him. They were tall and had long arms, and their attack range was far. The "Torch Stone Bomb" magic bullets they released could be shot from almost any direction, front, back, left, right, and above, making it impossible for him to defend himself. The pet white tiger was dragged down and almost became a full-time "meat shield". It kept dodging left and right, and did not hesitate to use its body to bear the attack of "Torch Stone Bomb" for him. It was blown to dust and dirt, and its hair and skin were broken. It was no longer as powerful as it was at the beginning. Even so, he was unable to block all of the "Torch Bombs". At least more than half of them were shot at Pirlo himself from other directions. He had to move quickly and frequently to dodge. He relied on the "Holy Light Barrier" to offset some attacks. He also cast the "Great Prophecy", which seemed to be acting on himself, further strengthening his defensive capabilities. He had managed to hold on until now and was not blown to pieces by the "Torch Bombs" that frequently exploded around him.
While Pirlo couldn't spare any manpower to take care of me, I hid in a corner away from the battlefield, commanding my men to fight, while trying my best to activate the "Touch of Death" to absorb mental power, and put all my strength into strengthening the attack on Pirlo, and I must not let him survive the 15-minute usage limit of the "Gate of the Underworld". After replenishing my mental power as quickly as possible, I first summoned the newly conquered pet seventh-level forbidden mage Rosberg. I was worried that it would be easily killed by the much stronger and faster holy angels or pet white tigers because it moved slowly, so I didn't dare to let it fight too early. Now Pirlo and his two summoned men are busy with their own affairs and can't be distracted. It's just right for Rosberg to play. Originally, with my support, it was able to conquer the ninth-level middle-level white bone dragon, so it was naturally possible to conquer the ninth-level upper-level six-armed giant magician. It took a lot of time to do this, and finally helped it successfully conquer one to meet the needs of various battle situations. Now it comes in handy. I summoned the six-armed giant magician to assist in the direct attack on Pirlo. It only consumes 10% of my mental power to achieve the effect of "summoning the undead". The forbidden magician is indeed a special existence that subverts tradition. No wonder the old guys like Creta are determined to suppress them severely.
In addition to the six-armed giant magician summoned by the taboo mage Rosberg, I also cast "Summon the Undead" again, and summoned a six-armed giant magician to attack Pirlo directly, making his situation even worse. There are about six or seven minutes left before the use of "Gate of the Underworld", so I will naturally not stop there, and continue to use "Touch of Death" to replenish my mental power. As long as Pirlo is still alive, I will try to summon more undead subordinates and try my best to strengthen the attack power until he is killed, otherwise it will be my turn to be passive.
The ultra-long-range attack and the intensive "Torch Stone Bomb" left Pirlo with little room to use his most proficient "Great Prophecy". He could only use it to strengthen the defense of himself and his pet white tiger, and to give himself necessary treatment, hoping to be able to withstand the fierce attack for a longer time. The Holy Angel seemed to have received a strict order and must break through the interception as soon as possible and rush over to stop the attacks of the increasing number of six-armed giant magicians. He performed even more desperately, but Wuji and the other Undead Ghost Phoenix were not weaker than him in momentum. They fought desperately, and Wuji had been killed again and was now only at the middle level of the ninth level. The other Undead Ghost Phoenix also died in battle once and was also reduced to the middle level of the ninth level, but still stood in front of the Holy Angel, determined not to let it break through. Such a brutal fight, with the help of Let'diva and Khufu, was a one-on-four battle, which consumed a lot of energy for the Holy Angel, and its condition also declined. Let'diva even dared to try to attack it head-on. The Hell Dragon's body was stronger than the Undead Phoenix, and its ability was weakened. It would not suffer too much from such a forced collision. They were entangled with each other, and no matter how Pirlo urged them or how hard the Holy Angels tried, they could not quickly break through the blockade of Wuji and others.
Summoning a level 10 intermediate holy angel and a level 10 intermediate pet white tiger, plus my own "great prophecy", the original very strong advantage was suppressed by my use of the equally powerful pseudo-artifact "Yellow Spring Gate". If it were other players or NPCs, they might still worry that they might use some powerful props to try to turn the tide. However, facing the "scavenger", a "blank" without those special equipment props, Pirlo has done his best. The holy angel was blocked and the pet white tiger became a meat shield. Facing the increasingly intensive "torch stone bombardment" attack, Pirlo was no longer able to fight back. What he tried his best to strive for was just to survive the 15-minute usage limit of the "Yellow Spring Gate". There was no other way to turn the situation around. In addition to assisting the attack, the "great prophecy" was actually quite effective for protection. Otherwise, facing such a fierce attack, even a level 9 cardinal with advanced equipment would probably have died long ago.
I naturally would not leave Pirlo a chance to turn the tide of the battle, so I desperately stepped up my offensive and continuously increased the damage to Pirlo. In addition to the long-range magic attack of the six-armed giant magician, the two white bone dragons and Wu Ma also boldly rushed forward, on the one hand to contain the pet white tiger's actions, so that it could not successfully intercept more "torch stone bombardment", on the other hand, Wu Ma could sneak up to Pirlo's close body by taking advantage of the chaos, find an opportunity to suddenly rush out, and use "unstoppable" to give him a heavy blow. Once the long-handled battle axe hits him, it can cause more serious damage than a few "torch stone bombardments".
Although he put up a tenacious resistance and was unwilling to give up, Pirlo was finally unable to hold on to the end. He was killed by Wu Ma's "Go Forward". His body was split in half and he died. The Holy Angel and the pet white tiger also dispersed. After a hard battle, I won. Strength determines everything. If I hadn't been careful and had not gritted my teeth to raise the summoning level of the "Gate of the Underworld" to the lower level of level 10 before the promotion, and if I hadn't had such rare undead races as the Undead Ghost Phoenix, the Hell Dragon, the Great Pharaoh, and the Six-armed Giant Magician, it would have been impossible for the Bone Dragon to suppress Pirlo alone and successfully kill him to complete this most difficult promotion task. Bless the old man, it seems that my luck is not bad, and my strength is just up to the standard, so I can kill this former cardinal of the tenth-level profession alone. However, "Great Prophecy" is truly the ultimate auxiliary light magic. It has more powerful effects in both attack and defense. If there is another level 10 Knight of Light to cooperate with them, the strength they can exert will definitely double, and it will definitely be more difficult to deal with.
After killing Pirlo and clearing the "Guardians of Faith" that Michael had arranged to guard the space dedicated to the God of Death, there should be no more harassment. I arranged Wu Ma, Rosberg and other subordinates who were directly summoned to be on guard around. After all, in a strange place, it is better to act carefully to prevent any accidents from happening and causing failure. Then I followed the instructions of the dead old man, maintained full mental power, walked forward alone, bowed deeply nine times, to show my devout faith, and then stretched out my hands and pressed on a specific part of the bottom of the statue of the God of Death, standing still with concentration, sensing the weak spiritual consciousness of the dead old man attached to the statue and stored in the "Tower of Faith". Because of the dark undead power in my body and the special mark given by the dead old man, it was not very difficult to achieve this step. It took about ten minutes to establish a spiritual connection with the spiritual consciousness of the dead old man, and began to slowly absorb my dark attribute spiritual power. After dedicating all my spiritual power, the ceremony was completed. The dead old man's consciousness replenished with dark energy will become stronger and can be sensed more clearly by the dead old man, and I need to leave the "Tower of Faith" as soon as possible. Once the "scavenger" stationed here dies, Michael will notice it immediately, and reinforcements may arrive here at any time. I don't have enough ability to fight a big battle with a "scavenger" again, and I don't want to sacrifice in vain and let them earn the credit.
After the infusion of spiritual power, the spiritual consciousness automatically cut off the spiritual connection with me. At this point, my promotion task has been completed. I can return to the "Castle of the Dead" to report to the dead old man and officially advance to the ninth level of the Undead Holy Mage profession. And until now, the system has not announced that any player has successfully advanced to the ninth level profession. It seems that my hope of being the first to advance is very high. I dare not delay any more and immediately leave the "Tower of Faith" and find nearby monsters to take the initiative to die. In this way, I can be resurrected at the headquarters of the Tongxin League in six hours, without having to return from the central continent, which would waste more time.
After entering the "Dead Soul Space", I sent Letediwa and Khufu, who were assigned to the "Yellow Spring Gate" assembly point on the Lost Continent, back to the "Hell Volcano" to continue soaking and strengthening their strength. At the same time, the bloody battle with the Holy Angels lasted until the end. Wuji "resurrected" three times, and the other Undead Ghost Phoenix twice, both of them were downgraded to the lower level of the ninth level, and their vitality was seriously damaged. I also quickly arranged for the two of them to kill and absorb the soul energy of other undead creatures under the protection of dozens of white bone dragons, so as to restore them to their state as soon as possible. These were all handled by them. I had no intention of doing it myself for the time being. I waited anxiously in the "Dead Soul Space". The six hours that usually passed by in a flash now felt so long. I really didn't want to stay for even a moment longer. I was eager to revive and return to the human world, so that I could rush to the "Undead Castle" on the Western Continent to deliver the promotion tasks that had been successfully completed and officially advance to the ninth-level profession, for fear that there would be any accidents and other players would get ahead of me.
Finally, the time for resurrection came. I hurriedly checked and felt relieved. Fortunately, the system still hadn't released any announcements about players being promoted to the ninth-level profession. I didn't dare to delay and summoned Taotao to ride it to the western continent. There are many benefits to being the first to be promoted. Although according to the latest rules, in order to be more fair, seniority points are no longer given away for free, but some professional merits and a certain amount of gold coins can be obtained, as well as the reward of upgrading the level of the "World Card". I can also further improve my personal reputation through system announcements. I am not willing to let other players get it.
I arrived at the "Castle of the Dead" smoothly, but I was nervous all the way. The closer I was to success, the more I worried that something unexpected would happen and ruin my good fortune. I rushed into the "Temple of the God of Death". It seemed that he also wanted to seize the honor of being the first to be promoted in the hands of our Necromancer profession. The dead old man was already waiting for me, and without saying much nonsense, he handed in the promotion task scroll according to the procedure, checked and confirmed that I had successfully completed the most difficult promotion task, and then let me stand in front of the statue of the God of Death. He presided over it, and after nine pious bows, he announced that I was officially promoted to the ninth-level Necromancer profession.
"Ding Dong", I only heard the crisp system prompt sound in my ears, and the system announcement was released - "Congratulations to the player A'dai for being the first to advance to the ninth-level professional Undead Holy Mage!" I finally felt completely at ease. All my efforts these days were not in vain. He was not afraid of killing those bright players with the notoriety of "Devil King Dai" and "Bloody Hand Butcher", and was also called "the most vicious person in the world".
After completing the promotion ceremony, my professional title became the ninth-level Holy Undead Mage. At the same time, the five basic attribute values were also improved to varying degrees. The biggest and most important benefit was naturally the basic mental attribute value. Not only did I complete the most difficult promotion task, but I also successfully killed El Mity and got the extra reward of giving the most damage. From the original seventh-level second-order light purple, it exceeded the normal seven-color limit of the basic attribute value and reached the hidden level, which was Super Silver First-order Light Silver. The color was already very dark, and it should not be much different to be able to be upgraded to Super Silver Second-order Light Silver, which was upgraded by more than four levels at once. With a ninth-level profession, I can have such a high basic mental attribute value. In addition to my innate five-star full basic wisdom attribute, it is also inseparable from my unremitting efforts. Every time I promoted, I completed the most difficult promotion task, and also got an additional reward for killing the "law enforcer". If I hadn't chosen a thief as my second profession, it wouldn't have helped much to improve the basic mental attribute. If I had changed to the magician profession, it should have been higher. The old man was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. He kept sighing that the necromancer had finally produced a new genius, which made him more confident in defeating Michael and fighting for his rightful rights.
The basic life attribute value and basic physical attribute value have increased slightly, reaching the level of level 4, level 3, medium green, but the basic strength attribute value has not changed much, and is still level 3, level 2, light yellow. The same is true for the basic agility attribute value, which remains at level 4, level 3, medium green. The higher the level of the magician profession, the less bonus effect it has on these two attributes. The thief sub-job has already improved them a bit, and basically there will be no more improvement when upgrading to the necromancer profession.
