Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 251: Tathagata's Golden Body
The sudden rise of Tongxin League really pissed off the other two teams that participated in the auction and were determined to win the "Great Leiyin Temple" mission. According to the system's judgment, the overall strength of their two thousand-man teams, which were also organized by two large mercenary groups of 10,000 people, was actually not much different from ours. The leaders had spent a lot of effort to recruit soldiers and try their best to plan. The victory and defeat originally required the system to analyze and judge patiently, and perhaps it would be more specific. It might not necessarily be that our Tongxin League would take the lead. However, this was the anniversary celebration of "Tianxia" after all. The performance of the backbone mercenary groups and the members of the teams in the previous "Tianxia Hero Conference" also accounted for a certain proportion. In addition to several well-known old mercenary groups such as Glory and Longteng, few mercenary groups could compare with Tongxin League in this regard, which gave us a lot of advantages. Fortunately, the thunder magician profession has never had a divine weapon. The divine weapon holders of the neutral professions who joined the neutral alliance were first lured and divided up by the fearless warriors and other powerful guys. As a result, their two teams lacked top masters like me and Afeng who held divine weapons and had high reputations. They mainly relied on overall strength and a large number of props to strive for higher evaluations, which was a bit disadvantageous in comparison. That’s why the thousand-man team organized by our Tongxin League finally overwhelmed other competitors and successfully bid for the "Great Leiyin Temple" mission.
Before the auction, it was only in the organizational preparation stage. A detailed and thorough action plan was first formulated, and relevant preparations were made as much as possible, but there was no specific implementation to avoid the failure of the auction and unnecessary waste of funds. With the successful bidding for the "Great Leiyin Temple" task, various preparatory plans began to be implemented one after another, and personnel were in place to start group tactical drills. This is a large-scale task that cannot be supported by thirty or fifty top players. It is necessary to work together and fully mobilize the strength of every member of the thousand-man team to strive to make a thousand one greater than a thousand. This requires all members to cooperate with each other better, and all professions to work together. They cannot be brave and act arbitrarily, otherwise they will fight on their own and be a mess. There is no hope of success at all. At the same time, various auxiliary equipment and props that need to be used have also begun to be purchased or rented on a large scale. In the Great Leiyin Temple, what you encounter is definitely a thunder-attributed attack. Various lightning protection equipment and props are naturally necessary to reduce damage and increase the chances of winning. At least every member must have lightning protection equipment as protection. In addition to what Tongxin League already had, in order to save money and try to save some money for Xue Wuxia, who was not rich, they did not buy all of them. They rented some from several closely related mercenary groups such as Longteng and Xingyue, and even exchanged a few necessary lightning magician masters. Anyway, they were going to complete the tasks of the magic knight and the knight profession respectively, and they did not need lightning protection equipment. Thunder magicians were not indispensable to them, and they were just used to communicate with us and assist each other. All team members and props and materials reported to the system must be prepared within three days and wait for the system to check. After that, they can only increase, not decrease. If any fraud or untruth is found, they will be severely punished by the system. In addition to imposing a high fine on the person in charge, they will also be directly disqualified from completing the task. Such serious consequences make all teams dare to do only what they can, and report to the system with confidence that they can prepare it. They dare not make false statements in advance, leading to malicious competition.
The Great Leiyin Temple is located on the Great Leiyin Mountain. It is an independent area and a special place for the Thunder Magician to set professional tasks. Only those who have obtained the "Leiyin Key" can enter. There were not many players who were qualified and capable to enter before. Fortunately, Xue Wuxia had entered the Great Leiyin Temple before. She was required to complete only a small task and the reward item was a mid-level holy artifact. She knew a little about the situation inside, which was one of the reasons why she decided to bid for the "Great Leiyin Temple" task. Of course, this time, the task completed is the most difficult task with a chance to obtain the main artifact reward. All the ambushes will be launched, and we will definitely face more difficult tests. As the name suggests, the Great Leiyin Temple is a vast Buddhist temple, guarded by 108 Buddha statues. The deepest part is the golden body of Tathagata Buddha. Our goal is to completely destroy it, and then the reward for completing this task will drop. The last time Xue Wuxia completed the mid-level holy weapon mission, he only mobilized thirty-six Buddha statues to participate in the defense. Each Buddha statue was protected by electric light and attacked with the power of thunder and lightning. It could fight in close combat or from a distance, and was very difficult to deal with. The golden body of Tathagata Buddha was even more powerful. It could shoot out two deep purple beams of electricity from its eyes, and its "Tathagata Palm" could kill the target with one blow once it hit. As a result, although Xue Wuxia and his team finally completed the mission, they wasted a lot of time and were unable to obtain the high-level holy weapon reward. They only got a mid-priced holy weapon. Compared with the manpower and material resources they paid for it, they did not get much benefit.
The rewards for the "Great Leiyin Temple" mission are also determined by the time of completion. If you destroy the Buddha statue within twelve hours, you will get the main artifact of the Thunder Mage profession. If you destroy the Buddha statue in the next twelve hours, you will get the ordinary artifact. As for the consolation prize of the high-level holy artifact, there is no time limit. As long as the player completes the mission before he runs out of energy and is forced to quit by the system, he can get it. If you fail to destroy the Buddha statue in the end, you can only say that you are unlucky and the mission failed, and you will get nothing. It seems that a lot of time has been given, and there is still hope to get an ordinary artifact after losing the opportunity to get the main artifact. In fact, it is an implicit trap. If you are timid and afraid of losses in the battle to attack the Buddha statue, it will be more difficult to break through the protection of the 108 Buddha statues within the specified time limit and directly destroy the golden body of the Buddha. Therefore, you must determine the plan before the attack. Do you want to obtain the main artifact or focus on the ordinary artifact? Different war wood will be used for each, and there is almost no possibility of settling for second best. If you are determined to strive for the main artifact reward, you must go all out and spare no expense to have the hope of destroying the Tathagata's golden body within twelve hours. Once you fail, you will inevitably lose troops and generals. With the remaining strength, it is probably difficult to complete the task within the next twelve hours. In the end, it is very good to get a consolation prize of a high-level holy artifact. Moreover, the Buddha statues in the Great Leiyin Temple have a strong automatic repair function and are not afraid of protracted wars. The best tactic is to concentrate all your efforts on the fierce attack and completely destroy them. Obtaining ordinary artifacts and obtaining main artifact rewards are not necessarily much easier, and there is not much advantage to be taken.
In the following days, many "task auctions" were held in the "Exchanges" in other main cities of the Four Continents of "Tianxia", and all other professional tasks of various difficulty levels were auctioned out. Naturally, some were happy and some were sad, some were proud and some were frustrated. Then almost all teams, especially those with larger scale, began intensive pre-war training, hoping to successfully complete the tasks they auctioned and get the best rewards. The other members of our Tongxin League also formed small and medium-sized teams with varying numbers of people, auctioned the corresponding tasks, and the main battle team of 1,000 people also successfully passed the system's strength test. Everything met the reported standards, and they were conducting intensive cooperation training every day. Even I was pulled out of the "Dead Soul Space" by them - only players can enter the Great Leiyin Temple, and pets and summons cannot pass through, so they can only be summoned after entering it. Once you enter the Great Leiyin Temple, the task timer will begin. There is no time for me to summon more undead subordinates in advance, and I must cooperate with other teammates to launch an attack immediately. The enemy is the 108 lightning Buddha statues under the command of Tathagata Golden Body. They are a whole and know how to support and cooperate with each other. We must also play the advantages of the group. There are not many opportunities for me to play freely. I must cooperate better with my teammates. In this way, I waited for the arrival of the January 1 mission in hard training day after day.
On December 30th, the group training was over, the personnel had gathered, the props and items were ready, and after inspection, they began to head to the Great Leiyin Mountain in the Central Continent. Arriving at the gate of the Great Leiyin Temple, they prepared to complete the task in advance, and then collectively went offline. Each member took a day off to get enough energy for the fierce battle on the second day. At 0:00 on January 1st, the new year had arrived. Our 1,000 members were already in place. We checked the personnel and props again and found nothing missing. Xue Wuxia held the "Leiyin Key" and opened the gate of the Great Leiyin Temple. One by one, they walked in. After all 1,000 members entered within the specified opening time, the gate of the Great Leiyin Temple was immediately closed, and the timer began. The task must be completed as soon as possible.
The light in the Great Leiyin Temple is sufficient and not dark. It also uses space expansion technology. The Buddha Hall inside is vast and has enough space for more than a thousand of our players to fight. One hundred and eight Buddha statues are neatly arranged on both sides of the Buddha Hall, flashing a faint silver light. In the deepest part is a tall golden Buddha statue of Tathagata, flashing a dazzling golden light, which is particularly eye-catching. With our formal invasion, the silver Buddha statue and the golden Buddha statue of Tathagata have been activated and entered the combat state. If we want to approach and destroy the golden Buddha statue of Tathagata, we must first break through the blockade of the one hundred and eight Buddha statues. Even if we don’t need to destroy them all, at least we have to kill most of them before we can launch a direct attack on the golden Buddha statue of Tathagata. Otherwise, it is easy to suffer casualties and will not pose too much threat to the golden Buddha statue of Tathagata. The most troublesome thing is that these 108 Buddha statues can move freely, as if they are equipped with pulleys or steel cables. 72 of them slide on the ground, and 36 shuttle in the air, cross-changing positions, supporting each other. It is impossible to concentrate on one place to break through. We are facing the overall attack of 108 Buddha statues, which increases the difficulty of our attack. Fortunately, this is part of the activity content of the anniversary celebration of "Tianxia" after all, and the difficulty of the task has been appropriately reduced. The golden body of Tathagata cannot move freely and will remain fixed in place. Otherwise, if it can also take the initiative to attack, it will cooperate with the 108 Buddha statues to cross the entire Buddhist temple. I am afraid that we will have no chance to organize an offensive in the rear and will be easily defeated.
Before the gate of the Great Leiyin Temple was closed, we were shrouded in a ball of purple light. We still could not summon pets or enter combat. Only after all members came in did the purple light dissipate and return to normal, and we could start preparing for battle. At this time, the silver Buddha statue and the golden body of Tathagata also started the combat program, treating us as invading enemies, leaving only a little time for preparation. At that time, even if we did not take action, they would automatically attack until we were all killed. In other words, there is no safe place in the entire Buddhist temple. Staying anywhere may encounter lightning attacks from Buddha statues. You need to be more careful at all times, especially magicians with low defense and slow movement, who will be in a more dangerous situation. This requires other melee professional teammates to launch a fierce offensive as much as possible to effectively contain the actions of the Buddha statues, and try not to let them have time to take care of other things, otherwise it will inevitably cause more damage. Without the strong support provided by long-range attack professional players, it is difficult for melee players alone to destroy so many Buddha statues and golden bodies of Tathagata in a limited time, and it is easy to make the action fall short. This is also an important reason for our hard training of cooperation.
In the thousand-man team, except for Xue Wuxia, the sixty-four strongest lightning magicians took their positions at the first time and opened the "Great Lightning Array", covering the area within a radius of 200 meters, which can effectively weaken the power of lightning attribute attacks and provide us with a relatively safe rear area, so that players with low defense, slow movement and serious injuries can be more effectively protected, and the combat losses of personnel can be minimized. When necessary, it can also be used as a stronghold for launching a charge, and under the protection of the "Great Lightning Array", it can more effectively kill Buddha statues and Tathagata's golden body. The other team members assembled according to the teams divided in advance, set up the corresponding formations , and then hurriedly summoned their pets to prepare for battle. I summoned Taotao and Shaman first, and then began to cast "Summon the Undead". I was naturally reluctant to summon the tenth-level undead. In such a large-scale melee, I might not be able to send them back to the "Dead Space" in time before they died in battle. They were easily killed, and the strength of these silver light Buddha statues was estimated to be no less than the middle or upper level of tenth level. I could only summon the lower level of tenth-level undead, and there were not many of them. At least in the early stages of the war, they should not play a big role. Therefore, the upper level of the ninth level, the six-armed giant magician, was summoned. Relying on their ultra-long-range attacks, they provided effective support for those melee professional players. As long as the silver light Buddha statues were entangled by other companions and could not spare too many people to kill us from behind, these six-armed giant magicians would not be in too much danger.
Every player has lightning protection equipment or props for self-defense, which can also reduce some lightning attribute attack damage. Xue Wuxia, who is a lightning holy magic guide and has a level 10 upper lightning attribute holy magic pet Kong Cui Mingwang, can be said to be immune to all lightning. As long as he is not hurt by the big boss Tathagata's golden body, or hit by those silver light Buddha statues at close range, there will be no great danger. After the preparation time limit has expired and the 108 silver light Buddha statues took the lead in launching the attack, Xue Wuxia personally led the first echelon to rush to the depths of the Buddha Hall, looking for opportunities to approach and destroy those Buddha statues. Afeng, the strongest melee player, naturally took the lead and rushed to the front of the team on the Fire Phoenix. We did not formulate any backup plan of fearing ten thousand but fearing one. We made the determination to fight to the death and go all out to destroy Tathagata's golden body within twelve hours and get the best main artifact reward. If there are too many ideas or concerns, it will be more difficult to formulate and accurately execute plans, and it is easy to suffer losses.
The silver Buddha statue and the golden Buddha statue are also living beings with high intelligence. Once they enter the combat state, they will also set up a formation, advance and retreat in an orderly manner, and not just attack or defend. Once the situation is unfavorable, they will get timely support and rescue from nearby Buddha statues, and it is difficult to grasp the opportunity to completely destroy them. The whole body of the Buddha statue is shrouded in a layer of deep purple electric light. Although the means of attack are single, they can release two electric lights from their eyes, converge into a beam of lightning, or open their mouths to make a thunderous sound. The attack can reach a distance of up to 100 meters. Once close, they will punch each other. They have strong physical attack capabilities and also come with certain lightning damage. The defense ability is also very strong. Even in a one-on-one, it is difficult for Afeng, who has the strongest personal combat power, to quickly destroy one. Therefore, cooperation is extremely important. It is necessary to achieve local more-than-less, effectively block the mutual support between the Buddha statues, and strive to destroy the Buddha statues in the shortest time. Even more powerful is the Tathagata's golden body in the deepest part of the temple. The electric beams shot from its eyes can reach 500 meters away, and the thunderous sound it roars can also reach a distance of about 300 meters. Once it is touched, unless it is a thunder magician with high lightning resistance, or has top-level lightning protection equipment, it will be seriously injured even if it does not die, and lose the ability to continue fighting, and has to retreat to the rear to be treated by water magicians. This is not counting the more powerful "Tathagata Palm", which has a one-hit kill effect. Fortunately, as long as we are not too close, the Tathagata's golden body will not actively attack. It only occasionally attacks to show off its prestige, or show kindness to help the Buddha statues in danger. It is not a big threat to us for the time being. Don't provoke it first, concentrate your manpower on the periphery to fight, lure the silver light Buddha statues one by one, divide and destroy them, try to create opportunities to destroy them, and then attack them in a big way and directly attack the Tathagata's golden body.
