Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 283: The Birth of the Ghost Emperor
After this battle, my reputation was revived, my name was raised, and of course, I also made some money, which was the most important thing. Otherwise, few people would be so willing to sacrifice and work hard for the resistance alliance. In addition to the corresponding merits that each participant can obtain as basic rewards according to the specific tasks, and the corresponding additional rewards after winning the final victory, Long Xingtianxia, the chairman of the Dark Council and the top leader of the resistance alliance, as the planner and organizer of this action, can also obtain an additional professional merit as a reward. In addition, he also killed several light NPCs in the battle, including a top light paladin. The combined benefits of "politics" and "military" are naturally beyond the reach of a simple "fighter" like me, and I undisputedly occupy the first place in the post-war merit statistics. But the second place naturally belongs to me. I killed a top-level 10th-upper-level Light Holy Dragon Pet Light Paladin and a top-level 10th-upper-level White Tiger Pet Cardinal, two Cardinals of the same elite level but slightly inferior in strength, and six elite-level Light Paladins and Cardinals, in addition to several ordinary-level Light Level 9 NPCs. This war debt alone was enough to shame the other 63 members of the resistance alliance, including Long Xing Tianxia, who participated in the war. It was far beyond their reach. After all, even the growable pseudo-artifact "Demon God Domain" of the Magic Knight profession could only kill one person when it was used. The pseudo-artifacts of other neutral professional companions were strong, and they could gain an advantage, but they lacked sufficient ability to quickly put the enemy to death, and could not match the "Gate of the Underworld" I launched. The top-level 10th-level undead subordinates alone summoned as many as five, including three eight-armed giant magicians with extremely strong attack capabilities. There is also a powerful new soldier type, the Explosive Bone Snake, which is good at "self-destruction", and Ibola, who can possess demon spirits and perform "instant movement" and seize opportunities, which is unparalleled in "Tianxia". The more chaotic the situation is, the easier it is for me to profit from it. To seize the victory record, you need to be quick-eyed and quick-handed, and seize the opportunity. Having the ability to defeat the opponent is one thing, and whether you can kill the opponent in time is another. The achievement of victory record is not entirely determined by strength.
The most direct and indispensable reward method is naturally the pseudo-artifact reward. Every member who participated in the battle inside the Cathedral of Light consumed at least one pseudo-artifact in the battle, so they naturally had to take this opportunity to replenish it. In case of emergency. The current pseudo-artifacts have been "clearly marked and sold publicly". They can be randomly given by the system or exchanged by players for designated types, but they have to pay at least 50% more merit. The merit value seems to be easy to earn, but it is also consumed quickly. There is really an increasing trend of "inflation". Fortunately, the pseudo-artifact "Yellow Spring Gate" that I used that can grow is "not for sale" and cannot be obtained through designated purchase. But the merits I have made in this battle have met the relevant conditions, enough to get one as a reward, so there is no need to worry. In addition to maintaining the position of Dark Director and cultivating and upgrading the level of "Gate of the Underworld", the remaining merit points should be able to be exchanged for another pseudo-artifact. Naturally, I chose the "Soul-Gathering Finger" which is urgently needed and indispensable for necromancers without hesitation, so that I can subdue higher-level undead creatures that I find at any time.
Among the pseudo-artifacts that could be exchanged for his necromancer profession this time, a new face appeared. It was called "Space Beacon", and its function was relatively simple. It could not be used in the human world, but only in the "Dead Space". The holder entered a specific coordinate. After activation, it would be teleported to a location near the coordinate, and could even directly cross the "Dragon Bone Mountain" to teleport between the native continent and the lost continent. It should be regarded as a simple transportation tool, which could save the pain of a long journey and no longer spend too much time on two legs in the vast "Dead Space". However, each "Space Beacon" could only be used twice, and there was a limit on the distance of transmission. The farthest transmission distance was equivalent to the holder's own continuous running (cannot ride a mount, can not summon demon spirits, etc.) for 48 hours under normal circumstances, and it could only teleport the holder alone. There was also a transmission error. The farther the transmission was, the greater the error. The deviation from the specific coordinates could even reach more than ten miles. If it was not certain that the surrounding area was safe, it would be dangerous if the necromancer was unfortunately alone in the tiger's den. Although the merit points required to exchange for the "Space Beacon" are relatively cheap, only equivalent to half of the "Soul-Gathering Finger", the most expensive ordinary pseudo-artifact, but if you specify the exchange, the professional merit points paid will be a bit too much. At least I have Taotao to get around, so I have no interest in it for the time being. Perhaps those undead wizards who hope to explore and discover the "New World" will be more interested in the "Space Beacon".
Although our resistance alliance won a great victory in the battle to destroy the Cathedral of Light in Beihai City, it greatly boosted the morale of the members and strengthened the confidence of some neutral forces in us, effectively offsetting the negative impact of the "Southern Expedition" launched by the Church of Light, and achieved the expected goal. However, this was the result of our activation of the "Thunder Operation". The 64 members who participated in the battle all used their most powerful pseudo-artifacts, and some even used two. In particular, the pseudo-artifacts that can grow need time to cultivate. Even if they can be exchanged for another one through this battle, it will not be useful in a short time. Everyone's strength has been weakened to a certain extent. Such actions can only be done once and not again. In the near future, it will be difficult to exert such a strong combat power and continue to achieve the impressive record of completely destroying a Cathedral of Light in less than an hour. However, once the "Northern Raiders" plan is implemented, it will not be possible to postpone or stop it. After the first victory, a series of follow-up plans must be implemented as soon as possible. The Church of Light will definitely not stop there. It will either try every means to suppress the actions of our resistance alliance in the northern continent or speed up the development speed in the southern continent. It will not relax the open and secret struggles with us. Once we stop and miss the opportunity, it will be easy for the Church of Light to gain an advantage. Put us in an extremely unfavorable situation. Therefore, after the commendation and celebration meeting, Long Xing Tianxia also solemnly reminded every member that it is not time to relax now. It should be soon to launch an attack on the next battle of the Cathedral of Light. Before that, the players participating in the war, especially the main members, need to try their best to enhance their strength. The capable ones will be promoted, the incompetent ones will be retired, and the fittest will survive and compete internally. Only through outstanding performance can we consolidate our respective positions and get the opportunity to earn more professional merit rewards. Our resistance alliance must strive to fight better than the previous one and show our increasingly powerful strength.
I, who performed the best in this battle, was actually the biggest "victim", and I paid a heavy price for it. It would be fine if more than 50 Fiery Bone Snakes were killed. After a few days of hard work in the "Lost Kingdom", they could be replenished. In order to seize the results of the battle, I had to take the risk of attacking. Ebola and several undead ghost phoenixes died once or twice in battle. They spent some time recuperating and resting, and they could recover in time before the next battle. The level 10 undead summoned to fight were rescued in time by my "wartime return" ability . Most of them were sent back to the "dead soul space" when they were seriously injured. Several absolute main forces or subordinates with development potential did not suffer losses, but the use of the pseudo-artifact "Yellow Spring Gate" that had been cultivated to almost the highest level caused my strength to be greatly damaged, even if I would get a new "Yellow Spring Gate" award fan in a few days. But it is not possible to train it to the highest level that can summon level 10 upper-level undead subordinates within one or two months. At least in the human world, it can no longer exert its super strength like the battle of the Light Cathedral in Beihai City. Without the five level 10 upper-level undead subordinates such as the giant spirit and the Black Mountain Old Demon, I can't summon a large group of Explosive Bone Snakes. What can I use to make achievements in the next battle that will be held soon? Just relying on Ebola. Without the unexpected effect of the "self-destruction" ability of the Explosive Bone Snake, I am afraid that I may not be able to achieve even half of the results this time. Although this should be considered a normal performance, it is estimated that the performance of other companions will not be as brave and strong as this battle, but I am not a person who will be easily satisfied. I still hope that I can have a good performance and live up to my reputation as a super strong man.
"The Gate of the Underworld" can no longer be counted on. I still don't want to spend money to buy the few high-level equipment I lack. To improve my strength, I have to think about the undead minions that can be summoned. I can have a few more guys like Ebola or Explosive Bone Snake with unique functions and extraordinary abilities, and cooperate with each other, so as to exert stronger combat effectiveness and seize profits in chaos. On the one hand, we need to strengthen the transformation and training of giant magician dragon knights, hoping that they can be used in actual combat as soon as possible. Only consuming the mental power of summoning an undead minion beyond the ninth level can be used as a tenth-level lower-level undead. In a melee, it is much safer than summoning a tenth-level lower-level eight-armed giant magician alone. There is no need to assign special people to protect it, and it can support it for a longer time, and it may be used at any time. On the other hand, you have to enter the first forbidden area, the "Lost Kingdom", and subdue more fiery bone snakes. It would be best if you can subdue a few level ten old guys. As long as they are used properly, even if the light NPCs are on guard, they can still pose a considerable threat to them. In conjunction with other undead subordinates such as Ibola, they should also play a significant role.
The search for new level-10 undead is also ongoing, but apart from the undead races that have been discovered, such as the Black Dragon King, the Undead Ghost Phoenix, the Eight Extreme Yin Demons, the Giant Magician, and the first forbidden area "Lost Kingdom" which is fraught with danger and dare not trespass, there are basically no new types of soldiers within the range of activities. I can only hope for the "expedition team" of undead wizards that I have hired. They are responsible for exploring the deep and remote areas that are difficult to reach, and they may not be able to reach the area even after running for several days. As a "mercenary" organization that specializes in making profits from this, they charge such high fees, so they should live up to their reputation and bring me some surprises.
Although the leaders of Qiushui Changtian, Tianxing, Yeyou, Qingwu Feiyang and other forces and top undead wizards have openly acknowledged my exclusive control over the sacred place "Karamayi" of the giant wizard clan, there are still some fearless adventurers who disregard the ban and sneak into my control area to poach giant wizards, but they are all victims of the horseless battle axe under the siege of my powerful black bone dragon garrison. So much so that some undead wizards criticized me for being too cruel and vicious, not giving the invaders any chance, and killing them without mercy as long as they are killed, causing them to lose 5% of their mental power limit. I don't care about the friendship of my peers at all, but I still do my own thing. I kill them when they should be killed, and I don't care about their noise at all. Although it has caused an increasingly fierce notoriety, it has also effectively deterred those speculators who dare to test the law and dare not easily cross the line again. The law must be strictly enforced and the violation must be investigated. This standard cannot be relaxed. Especially in the early stage of just confirming the control, if it is not harsher. If the undead wizards see the opportunity to speculate, there will be more and more poachers, and I will not be able to live a peaceful life. Wu Ma devoured the soul energy of the undead wizards through the killing during this period. In the battle of the Cathedral of Light in Beihai City, he took advantage of the chaos and used the "earth escape" ability to abruptly kill two cardinals and devour their souls. He has accumulated enough dark energy to evolve to a higher form, and the required additional earth attribute energy has also accumulated almost. The upper-level undead ghost phoenix of level nine has also killed several, reaching the standard of obtaining "undead ability" after the evolution is completed. Unfortunately, there are too few undead ghost phoenixes, and it is not easy to search. I am reluctant to let it devour the level ten land, and Ibola also needs to devour some. There is no way to let it accumulate more "undead ability" and have the characteristics of "rebirth after disaster" twice. Of course, it has just reached the standard now. After evolution, it needs to go through the test of "Nine-fold Thunder Tribulation". If it chooses to evolve immediately, the success rate is too low. It is better to follow the tradition and use the power of "Soul Contract" to suppress its desire for evolution and accumulate as much energy as possible. This makes it stronger after evolution and successfully resists the bombardment of "Nine-fold Thunder Tribulation". Thanks to the earnest teachings of Ibola, the old predecessor of the Destruction Knight, who provided a lot of growth experience, Wu Ma can be said to have taken a lot of advantages. According to the development plan I designed for it, it grew at a faster speed, saving a lot of time, so that it can evolve to a higher level of advanced Destruction Knight so quickly.
I don't know if it was the stimulation brought by the battle of the Cathedral of Light in Beihai City that revived my glory, which changed my luck and made me, who had been a little depressed, encounter a rare "double blessing". Wu Ma just reported that he had reached the basic requirements for evolution and could evolve at any time. On the other hand, the Flying Fire Ghost King Gu Ben also took on the task of luring the enemy again and continued to help me go deep into the first forbidden area "Lost Kingdom". After taming the Explosive Bone Snake for two days, it suddenly broke through the bottleneck state that had been restricting its growth. It could no longer suppress its evolutionary instinct and was eager to quit its job temporarily and rush back to the "Hell Volcano" as soon as possible to enter the "Hell Magma Pool" and start evolving.
Guben and Daxiu, the only flying fire ghosts in the "Hell Volcano", were the first ones I conquered when I set foot in the third forbidden land. Unfortunately, Daxiu died young because of the conspiracy of Hades, the Hell Dragon King. Now only Guben is left. Their biggest advantage is their swift speed. Among the undead subordinates I conquered, except for the high-level destruction knight Ibora with the wind attribute of the tenth intermediate level, no one can beat the flying fire ghost king of only the ninth intermediate level. Moreover, Guben still judged the situation and actively submitted to me, showing enough wisdom, which made me value it very much. Guben did not disappoint me. He successfully evolved into a flying fire ghost king, and won the "Hell Dragon Challenge", and obtained the qualification to soak in the "Hell Magma Pool" every day, showing a good development momentum. It's just that the flying evil ghosts are always easy to grow, but it's very difficult to evolve, especially the top flying ghost king form. In addition to the necessary accumulation of fire attribute energy, it also requires a certain level of understanding or opportunity, which depends entirely on Gu Ben's own cognitive cultivation. As the owner, I am powerless and can't help. Therefore, although Gu Ben has obtained the qualification to soak in the "Hell Magma Pool" all day long, it has been accumulating energy and accelerating its growth. According to common sense, it should have evolved into a flying fire ghost king long ago. However, the time has not come, and it has been unable to understand the final mystery and has fallen into a bottleneck of growth. Its body can obviously no longer accommodate too much magma energy, and its strength is difficult to improve, but it has not been able to make a breakthrough. I also saw that long-term meditation did not seem to have any obvious effect on Gu Ben. It was getting more and more anxious, fearing that it would worry too much and think too much, and it would easily go crazy. I just took the opportunity of subduing the Fiery Bone Snake and it was the most suitable for luring the enemy to dispatch it out to move around and relax. But I don’t know if it was the fire attribute area in the first forbidden area "Lost Kingdom" that gave it some inspiration. After changing to a new environment, it unexpectedly realized the mystery of this and couldn’t wait to evolve into the top form of Flying Fire Ghost King. Even I wanted to use the power of "Soul Contract" to suppress its instinctive desires in the conventional way, but I couldn’t do it. I could only barely slow down its flying speed. It didn’t have to fly back at full speed, so that I could keep up with it on Tao Tao, and it was also in time to mobilize the black bone dragon’s men to go with me to the foot of the "Hell Volcano" to garrison in case of emergency.
I have high hopes for Guben. Although it may not be as strange and powerful as the "elusive" Ebola after being possessed by a demon spirit, as a normal undead creature known for its speed. After evolving to the top form, it will definitely have its own unique side. It can't be too mediocre. Therefore, I must insist on guarding it from beginning to end, and never allow Hades to secretly use conspiracy and tricks to destroy Guben's evolution. For this reason, before it enters the "Hell Magma Pool" to start evolving, I did not hesitate to give it a "Ten Thousand Years Fire Crystal" to enhance its resistance to various possible adverse conditions, and must try my best to ensure that it can successfully complete the evolution. Fortunately, we have just destroyed the Cathedral of Light in Beihai City, and we need a period of intermittent adjustment to restore our strength. At the same time, we will explore the reaction of the Church of Light and what countermeasures it will take, whether to ignore it or tit-for-tat. For the time being, we will not have a second war so soon, otherwise an evolution will be delayed for at least half a month, and there will not be much mental power left during this period. It will definitely not be able to participate in the battle and will be forced to miss it.
I followed Gu Ben to the top of the "Hell Volcano". I stayed close to it to help it evolve, to prevent Hades from getting in the way and destroying my mental power. At the same time, I summoned all the volcanic spirits under my command to ensure that I had sufficient mental power. Hades usually doesn't attack it in the early stages of evolution. I'm not under much pressure, so I can take this opportunity to practice "Intermediate Puppetry" and strive to reach a five-star proficiency as soon as possible to further enhance my own strength. As time went by, I became more and more vigilant, but I didn't see Hades take any action. He didn't weaken the supply of magma energy to make it malnourished, nor did he trigger violent magma energy to try to make it explode and die. Could it be that he was plotting against it at the last moment, just like Tao Tao did last time? But it doesn't take any disaster to evolve into a flying fire ghost king. Could it be that Hades dared to take the risk and plot against it directly? Or is there some new alternative use of the Nether Dragon Qi that can make Gu Ben fail?
The more Hades held back, the more worried I became. I couldn't guess what it was doing in secret. Would it be a surprise attack if it didn't strike? Fortunately, I had Gu Ben swallow a "Million-Year Fire Crystal" beforehand, and I was always guarding by his side. Even if he encountered an extremely bad situation, he shouldn't be completely helpless and defeated by Hades in one fell swoop. Unfortunately, Gu Ben was still too young. He couldn't match the innate talent of the super pet given by Tao Tao, the dead old man, and he didn't have the rich experience of old hands like Khufu and Kekexili. Otherwise, a "Millennial Fire Lotus" should be enough, and I wouldn't have to worry so much.
It was really strange. In the last few days before the completion of the evolution, I didn't eat or sleep well, and I took the method of taking a two-hour rest every four hours to accompany him. I kept a very high level of vigilance, but I didn't know what Hades was doing. He didn't start until Gu Ben successfully completed the evolution and became a flying fire ghost king. He flew out from the bottom of the "hell magma pool". There was no change or accident. I was almost exhausted and pissed off. If I had known this, would I have been so tired! Could it be that Hades was intimidated by the "Ten Thousand Years Fire Crystal" I gave Gu Ben, and knew that obstruction would not have any effect, and was unwilling to waste energy to do useless work, so that Gu Ben completed the evolution so smoothly?
But then I learned the details from Gu Ben, who had successfully evolved into a Flying Fire Ghost King. It's not that Hades didn't play tricks on me, but he had already made a move secretly. Gu Ben was not a fool, at least he was smarter than Dashu, and he met a wise leader like me, and obtained the qualification to soak in the central area of the "Hell Magma Pool" all day long. He had such good conditions for development. The reason why he had not yet reached the conditions for evolving into the top-level Flying Fire Ghost King was that Hades was playing tricks in secret. With his authority as the King of Hell Dragon, he used a small amount of Hell Dragon Qi to invisibly suppress Gu Ben's consciousness, which prevented him from realizing the mystery of evolution and delayed him for a lot of time. Fortunately, I accidentally dispatched Gu Ben to the fire attribute area of the first forbidden land "Lost Kingdom" for activities. I stayed there for several days and used the characteristics of the two places being of the same quality but different origins to accidentally dissolve the ban that Hades secretly set, so that Gu Ben finally broke through the bottleneck and could evolve into a flying fire ghost king. This was also because Gu Ben gradually woke up when he was about to complete his evolution due to the enhancement of his ability and the dissolution and fusion of the last trace of the dark dragon energy remaining in his body. As for why Hades did not take action and no longer used other tricks, it was probably as I guessed. Due to the efficacy of the "Ten Thousand Years Fire Crystal" and my strict precautions, other obstruction methods would not have any effect, so he saved some energy and wisely chose to give up automatically.
After checking the ancient book's attribute data, the first street naturally changed from the Flying Fire Ghost King to the top-level Flying Fire Ghost Emperor, and the level unexpectedly reached the middle level of level 10. It was probably because of the dual effects of Hades's Dark Dragon Qi and the "Ten Thousand Years Fire Crystal" that the foundation of his own strength was greatly consolidated during the period of suppression, so that he was able to evolve across levels and directly upgrade to the middle level of level 10. Thus, he officially became a member of the ruling class of the "Hell Volcano", and had the right to enter the deep area of and occupy a "magma cave|mouth" for further cultivation.
Gu was about two meters tall, and his body shape was the same as that of an ordinary person. He had a pair of bone wings on his back, which looked narrower than before, and should be more agile in movement. His whole body was fiery red, with a few golden spots. On his head, he had a bone hat that looked like a crown, probably symbolizing his royal status. Of course, this was generated by himself, not a special equipment given to him by the system, and there was no additional attribute ability bonus effect. His weapon was still a one-handed spear, which could be long or short, and could be extended freely. It could be as short as less than one foot, or as long as about ten meters. It was also spewing flames all over its body, which was obviously more offensive.
