Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 280: Virgin Battle
The actions of the Church of Light in the southern continent this time have shown unprecedented strength. It is no wonder that they are limited to one continent. Such "terrorist actions" that rely on their super strength to directly attack and completely destroy the mercenary groups formed by players on a large scale, and use tough attitudes to threaten and intimidate , forcing other forces to cooperate with them or comply with their basic requirements, can easily cause panic and strong dissatisfaction among other mercenary groups, and be labeled as "hegemonism", leading to an outbreak in silence and joining hands to resist foreign aggression. If the same means are adopted in the east, south, and north continents, the attack area is too large and the forces are dispersed. With the current strength of the Church of Light, under the instigation of our anti-pillow alliance, it is impossible to suppress the dissatisfaction of other forces towards them, which will lead to repeated and increasingly fierce resistance actions. Now, only the southern continent has been chosen. With the cooperation of the local light forces, the Church of Light has launched a full-scale attack. Unless our resistance alliance openly jumps out to confront them head-on, otherwise the front of the army will be invincible and unstoppable. There is enough strength to control the overall situation. As long as their interests are not directly endangered, those neutral mercenary groups who are used to being "fence-sitters" will definitely not dare to force themselves to confront the Church of Light and "uphold justice". The Church of Light has resolutely adopted such a fierce measure, and has put on a posture of "those who obey me will live, and those who oppose me will die". It wants to try its best to weaken the black part of the power structure of the southern continent, consolidate and strengthen the position of the local light forces, and intends to build the southern continent into the final battle place with our resistance alliance, trying its best to prevent us from achieving the basic task requirements of completely eradicating the Cathedral of Light in the east, south and north continents, and want to win the victory of this battle between light and darkness more easily.
The enemy finally took the lead. The biggest advantage of the Church of Light is that it has a relatively stable rear in the Western Continent. Taking advantage of the opportunity before the fifth-level profession when the dark forces could not intervene, it has gained a good opportunity for development. The light forces are the only one in power, and other mercenary groups and forces either choose to rely on them or strictly maintain neutrality. No one is willing to act as the spokesperson for our resistance alliance - how can we allow others to sleep soundly beside our bed? Those who dare to stand out have long been destroyed. Even if the current situation is not a "one-man show", there is no local hostile force that can compete with the Church of Light or pose a greater threat to them. They can safely draw out the elite main force to go on a large-scale expedition. There will be no fire in the backyard. At the same time, a holy city was assigned to the management of the Church of Light from the beginning. Each main city has to pay a portion of its income to them, so they have a great advantage in financial resources. In addition, they are given some preferential treatment in other aspects, more or less, either explicitly or implicitly. Their "official background" is also stronger than our resistance alliance. The cohesion of their organization is not comparable to the loose alliance of forces like the neutral alliance. They do have the capital to subdue a continent with all their strength.
As we expected. Not only did they use force to directly destroy and use bloody facts to deter other forces, the Church of Light also used public opinion to create momentum and widely publicize the true intention of their "Southern Expedition" action. They only targeted the resistance alliance and the forces that were attached to us, and effectively used various methods to set off a huge storm, trying their best to suppress the reputation of our resistance alliance and weaken our influence in the southern continent, hoping to influence the situation in the east, especially the northern continent, and bring more trouble to our development. After confirming that the Church of Light had no intention of attacking the two main cities controlled by us on the southern continent, the resistance alliance also mobilized and ordered all members to be ready to fight at any time. The Dark Council also held an emergency meeting of all members and decided to immediately implement the "Northern Strategy" plan, with a victory in the northern continent, to effectively eliminate the impact of the offensive launched by the Church of Light in the southern continent, to see whose knife is faster and can take the lead in controlling the situation on the continent.
The chosen target of attack is the Cathedral of Light in Beihai City, which is controlled by neutral NPCs in the northern continent. This is the first battle launched by the resistance alliance to kick off the "Liberation War". Under the current "international situation", its result is of particular significance. We need not only a simple victory, but also a beautiful and brilliant victory, a complete victory, to boost the morale of the members of the resistance alliance and strengthen their belief in victory. At the same time, it is also to show the strong strength of our resistance alliance to the neutral alliance, increase their deterrence and persuasiveness, and at least remain neutral, so as not to forcibly block our attack on the Cathedral of Light in the main city under their control.
I have also made full preparations. Although the Fiery Bone Snake is difficult to deal with, it often "explodes" and dies on its own initiative, not giving me the opportunity to sign a "soul contract". The efficiency of conquering is relatively low, at least much lower than I expected. It is not smooth. I have not been able to conquer many in these limited days. However, with the cooperation of Taotao and especially Guben, my "Intermediate Puppet Wood" magic has also played a significant role. I have conquered more than 50, which should be enough for this church battle. I hope to have more gains in this operation to show and prove my strength. The three artifacts I hold have been criticized by many people as "impractical and rubbish", and my equipment has been ridiculed by many people. Until a few days ago, I just won the "Blood Shadow Magic Boots" compensation through the battle of the holy land "Karamayi", and then I changed the thief shoes. I am considered a standard undead wizard. In addition to the three artifacts that no one can match, I am not willing to spend money to buy them. In terms of the holy artifact-level equipment I own, I am definitely not among the top 30 undead wizards. I don't have a tenth-level upper-level magic pet, nor can I summon tenth-level upper-level undead subordinates. Many people think that I can no longer be the "world's best player". I have earned less and less professional merits, and I have barely kept my position as a director this month... Almost everything that has happened is very unfavorable to me, which has put me in a rather embarrassing situation now. I know that many people are waiting to see me laugh. Flowers don't last forever. I have been in the limelight for too long, which has brought them too much pressure. I finally got a chance to be in the limelight. Maybe many people don't mind taking advantage of the opportunity to step on me. Let out the previous depression-everyone has selfishness, even companions in the same camp. Unless they are true friends, it is human nature and inevitable to seek benefits for yourself as much as possible without regard to the overall situation. But I won't let them get what they want easily. I used to laugh at the world. I still want to and will continue to laugh at it. I am the "demon king" that makes the bright players tremble. I am the "world's best player" in the previous session. Before someone officially defeats me, I will never admit defeat or admit my weakness . I declined Afeng and Xue Wuxia's request to team up with me to fight the enemy. A husband and wife are united and their strength is unbreakable. They are used to working together, and I don't want to be a third party. It will affect their record if I intervene in the middle. After all, there are dozens of companions who are trying their best to compete with us for this limited professional merit. With the newly conquered "Self-Destruction Legion", with the unique undead subordinates such as Ebola, and with the unique ability of being the "World's No. 1 Undead Wizard", I am confident that I can compete with many top masters and will not lose my original reputation.
Although the "space expansion" technology is set up in the Cathedral of Light, which can further increase the space that can be accommodated when entering a state of war, it cannot accommodate too many people for fighting. Without enough fighting space, if they are crowded together, they are more likely to be hurt. The regular forces originally stationed in the cathedral are twelve elite-level, sixty elite-level, and thirty-six ordinary-level cardinals and paladins of light, which have occupied a considerable part of the space. It is impossible for our resistance alliance to rush in too many people at once. In addition, the existence of some mechanisms in the cathedral also restricts the number of our first batch of participants. It is definitely not the case that the more the better. Too small a fighting space is likely to affect our combat effectiveness. Therefore, only an elite attack team composed of sixty-four top players of various professions was selected to serve as the main force to attack the Cathedral of Light. After we break into the church, once the Light NPC reacts and activates the Light Magic Array protection, the interior of the church will be sealed with a Light Barrier. Only Light players or NPCs can enter, and effectively prevent players of other professions from invading, which will temporarily make us isolated and helpless, and we have to fight alone. In addition to completely destroying everything in the church from the inside, including the Light NPC and related equipment, we can only rely on our companions on the periphery to forcibly break the effect of the barrier through continuous attacks, so as to restore contact with the outside world. However, the Light NPC can continuously rush to reinforce through the small teleportation array set up in the church, and the companions outside the church also need to do their best to block the hired neutral NPCs responsible for the outer defense mission and the Light players who come to help after hearing the news. It is not possible to break this barrier in a short time. It can be said that the performance of our 64 commandos largely determines the success or failure of this attack and defense battle of the Light Church.
As intelligence work becomes more and more detailed and in-depth, it is impossible to keep a large-scale operation like attacking the Cathedral of Light completely secret. No matter how much we try to cover it up, as long as there are more personnel movements, the Church of Light will always notice some clues and guess our purpose. In addition, seeing the high-profile actions of the Church of Light in the southern continent, our resistance alliance cannot weaken its momentum. If we keep our tails between our legs and act cautiously like before, it will be easy to be looked down upon. So we simply act openly. The army of players from all walks of life blatantly headed to the northern continent, clearly intending to attack the Cathedral of Light. Of course, it is impossible to easily expose our specific attack targets. Some necessary means of luring and confusing the enemy must still be used. A large number of members of the resistance alliance have poured into each main city, spread all over the surrounding areas of the Cathedral of Light, showing a posture that they may launch an offensive at any time, making it impossible for the Church of Light to distinguish which ones are fake and which ones are real. The neutral NPC guards they hired to guard the periphery of the church can only be dispatched after the Cathedral of Light is officially attacked, and the main force of the light players is also conquering the southern continent, so there are not many people available for them to dispatch. As for abandoning the ongoing operations in the southern continent and returning to support the northern continent, that is something we would like more than anything else. It will be a lot of noise but little rain, and the only thing that will be damaged is the reputation of the Church of Light. If we are pulled into the "Northern Strategy" plan we have formulated, then we will have the initiative in our hands, and the situation will be much more favorable to us.
We, the main force of the attack, hid among the members of the resistance alliance and sneaked into Beihai City. After entering the predetermined combat position, we immediately logged off to avoid being exposed by staying too long. We waited for the agreed time to log on together and immediately launched an attack on the Cathedral of Light not far away. After all, we are all members of the Dark Council and the absolute main force. We are well-known figures in "Tianxia" and can be easily recognized by those who are interested. Once the Church of Light finds that we are gathering in Beihai City, the target of the attack is naturally self-evident.
After a good rest, they immediately went online at the agreed time. Soon, all 64 players were present and ready to fight. The leader, Long Xing Tianxia, checked the situation of other teams that were cooperating with the action. They were all in position and ready. He immediately issued the order to start the attack. According to the attack sequence planned in advance, they rushed to the Cathedral of Light in front. They did not run at full speed. While charging, they summoned their pets, not leaving more reaction time for the NPC of Light, so that they could show their strongest fighting power when rushing to the cathedral.
The knights, warriors and other melee professional companions were at the forefront. It was not my turn as a necromancer to be a hero at this time. I was sandwiched in the middle of the team and moved forward steadily. I didn't need to worry about clearing the several NPC light guards on both sides of the church gate. There was no threat for the time being, so I had more time to prepare for the battle. I summoned Taotao first, then used the "blood change" ability, cast "undead summoning" to summon Ibola and five fiery bone snakes, and relied on the "undead scepter" to reduce the 25% of the undead magic mental power consumption, and only consumed 70% of the mental power in total. At this time, the companions in front of me had already dealt with several NPC guards at the church gate and rushed into the church. The light NPC must have known our purpose. We must rush in before they activate the protective light magic circle barrier to isolate outsiders from intrusion. After summoning their pets, they all accelerated their sprinting speed. I could not move forward slowly and continue to summon my men to fight. I just drank a bottle of "spiritual potion" to speed up the recovery of mental power. At the same time, I absorbed all the mental power stored in the two "magic storage rings". In one fell swoop, I had 70% of mental power and could quickly perform "undead summoning" again. With this ability alone, no other undead wizard can match it - they only have one "magic storage ring" at most, and the second, third... The difficulty of obtaining it doubles level by level. Without making great contributions, it is impossible to get such a reward. The conditions for obtaining the growth-type pseudo-artifact "Yellow Spring Gate" are even more stringent.
Following the team, we finally rushed into the church gate and entered a state of war. The space inside the church became very wide, with a vertical height of more than 300 meters, enough to accommodate more than 100 people for fierce fighting. The light NPCs reacted quickly, and some of them had already entered the battle position and activated some protective magic arrays. Transparent protective barriers shining with a faint white light continued to flash in the church, blocking our advance. We had to pause and use force to attack, forcibly breaking these light barriers to remove the obstacles to the attack. This is also one of the reasons why we dare not rush in too many players at once. This layer of light barriers that continue to emerge can not only effectively slow down our assault speed and buy time for the light NPCs to prepare, but also trap us who have just rushed into the cathedral in a relatively small range. They will soon activate the light attack magic array to shoot light magic from the sky to cooperate with the attack. If we are too crowded and do not have enough space to dodge, we will suffer a great loss. Fortunately, these are only initial protective measures, and their main purpose is to restrict the effect of our sudden attack. Although they all have relatively strong effects, the light barrier cannot be regenerated after being broken, and the control hub is the "Holy Disk". As long as its first layer of function is destroyed , its threat can be completely eliminated. We only need to break open enough space for us to disperse, without having to smash it one by one. The attacking light magic circle will soon run out of energy and stop running, and will not continue to pose a threat to us. By the time the light NPCs are almost ready, they will basically be of no use.
Now is not the time for me to show off my prowess. The task of breaking the barrier of light is best left to my melee professional companions and those powerful magic pets. I only need to carefully dodge the light magic shot from the sky, especially pay attention to controlling the five fiery bone snakes under my command to prevent them from being stimulated by the outside world and brazenly "self-destructing" or being hurt. The reduction of mental strength affects the power of "self-destruction" later. At the same time, I urged the "Touch of Death" to entangle Taotao, and seize every bit of time to replenish my mental strength. In the fierce battle, if I can cast "Summon the Undead" once more, it is possible to exchange the lives of a few more light NPCs for me. There is no room for slackness.
The light barrier has been activated, and the entire church has been sealed off. Before it is broken, our 64 intruders from the resistance alliance will not be able to receive reinforcements. A group of light NPCs have already formed a battle array in front of the twelve-winged golden angel statue in the deepest part of the church. However, the "holy disk" above the hall, which is much larger than the one we have seen before, has been shattered at the first layer under our concentrated attack, eliminating the danger of our dark professional players losing their mental power limit when they are killed under the illumination of the "holy light". At the same time, they have lost the ability to continue to stimulate and maintain the light barrier. Those light barriers that have not been broken by us have also disappeared into thin air. They can no longer hinder our progress. The round of rapid attack through the light magic circle did not pose much threat to our top masters who were dispersed in time. It has also quickly exhausted its energy and become sparse. It should soon be unable to play a role.
Either they die or we die, mortal enemies meet. They were extremely jealous, and there was no need to say anything more. They started a fierce fight. Melee professions fought hand-to-hand, and magicians or shooters provided long-range firepower support. They showed their abilities and were eager to kill each other. I still hid at the back of the team, and did not take the lead and bravely join the battle like before. This was the first time that the new powerful troop of the Explosive Bone Snake appeared in the human world, showing their extraordinary attack methods and power. Those ordinary and even elite-level 9th-level NPCs of Light did not matter to me at all. They were not qualified to be the guests of the "first battle" of the Explosive Bone Snake. While the NPCs of Light were not prepared and did not know the secret room of the Explosive Bone Snake's "self-explosion", I should find an elite-level 9th-level NPC of Light to be buried with them, as the best proof of my reputation.
The NPCs of light had the advantage in numbers, and with the ability enhancement effect inside the church, they took the main offensive. The Paladins of Light charged forward and fought against the strong enemies. The cardinals hid in the back and formed a group "holy light barrier" with extremely strong defense, and directly used light magic to attack the enemies approaching them. They also remotely controlled the light magic arrays throughout the church to launch attacks on us at a super long distance, making us in danger of being attacked no matter where we were. Everywhere was a battlefield, and there was no front line or relatively safe rear. I was red and purple, and I was activating the "Touch of Death". The famous "Demon King Dai" who was regarded as the most dangerous person by the Church of Light was naturally the focus of the NPCs of light. I encountered attacks from many directions and could no longer continue to absorb spiritual power. I had to retract the "Touch of Death" and transform into a bat to avoid it. Fortunately, my mental strength has recovered to more than 90%, and it will soon be full. I prepared to launch a counterattack, and I dodged continuously, looking for an opportunity to cast the "Summoning of the Undead", and summoned fourteen fiery bone snakes. I was determined to invest a lot of money, just to see if I could catch a big fish.
Having cast the magic of "Sacrifice" and "Unparalleled Guardian" on myself to strengthen my protection, I resolutely left the rear where the magicians and archers were relatively concentrated and rushed to the front line. Not only did I have to face the long-range attacks of the Cardinal, but I would also encounter the close-range threats of the Paladin of Light. Fortunately, with the protection of the tenth-level intermediate Taotao and my timely transformation into a bat to slipperily dodge, I was able to avoid attacking without suffering any damage for a while. Even Qiu Shui Changtian and the others who also had the ability of "Blood Bat Transformation" were not so arrogant. Generally speaking, doing so would only consume one's physical and mental strength in vain and would not directly help the war. However, my purpose was just to lure them with my body. Facing this fragrant er, I wonder if there are any big fish tempted to kill me to earn merits.
The elite-level Paladin of Light had a lower-level tenth-level magic pet, and summoned only a lower-level tenth-level eight-winged holy angel. Even after the power increase, it couldn't hold back Tao Tao who used the "Flame Dragon Unparalleled" in a one-on-one fight. In addition, Yibo La's surprise attack disrupted me, and I was unable to do anything for a while. My position gradually moved forward, and I became more and more conspicuous among the crowd of almost all melee professions. Finally, an elite-level Paladin of Light couldn't hold back, left the main formation guarded by the cardinals, and rushed straight towards me. Yibo La stepped forward to intercept, but he didn't take any advantage. He could only rely on the swift speed and strange "instant teleportation" after Xiaobai was possessed to play a little role. There is no doubt that this is a top-level elite Paladin of Light riding a higher-level tenth-level Holy Dragon and summoning a higher-level tenth-level eight-winged holy angel.
I couldn't fight the top elite Paladin of Light head-on, so I quickly retreated. However, he had already cut off my route to join other companions with the cooperation of other NPCs of Light . I couldn't join them for the time being and could only fight alone. Of course, this was exactly what I had done. I even sent a Fiery Bone Snake to intercept him, but he escaped with injuries, so that the Paladin of Light could roughly understand their true strength and knew that they could not pose a threat to him at all. Therefore, he could ignore the more than ten Fiery Bone Snakes guarding me, and attack me boldly without any precautions.
Under normal circumstances, an experienced top-level NPC of light cannot be killed in one fell swoop. Once he realizes that the situation is unfavorable, he will choose to retreat in time and will never fight to the death. Unfortunately, he is facing an abnormal situation this time. Seeing that he has approached me, in order to avoid other people disrupting the situation and destroying my actions, he dare not wait any longer and immediately launched an offensive. First, a fiery bone snake came up to me. At the moment of being attacked by the careless Paladin of Light, it launched a "self-explosion" brazenly. Its body instantly exploded and turned into a large ball of fiery red flames, covering the body of the Paladin of Light who was very close. The "self-explosion" of a level 9 upper-level fiery bone snake in a good state is equivalent to being attacked by a level 10 intermediate-level undead with all its strength. Every extra second it stays in the range of the "self-explosion" will continue to cause damage. The rest of the fiery bone snakes also quickly dispersed, ready to surround the Paladin of Light in the middle. As long as he escapes, there will be another "self-explosion" waiting for him to suffer.
