Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 316: The Great Pyramid Heaven Cage and Earth Locking Array
After defeating the last free Great Pharaoh follower and accepting his surrender, they did not disperse and recover from their injuries. The other ten Great Pharaohs who had been watching the battle and had already attached to Khufu came out one after another. The eleven Great Pharaohs each guarded one side, formed a circle with Khufu as the center, knelt on their knees, and bowed down to Khufu in a gesture of submission. Including Khufu, the "pyramids" on the heads of the twelve Great Pharaohs all floated up to a height of about three or four meters, and then quickly rotated on their own, with black light shining brightly. The "pyramids" of the eleven Great Pharaoh followers simultaneously shot out a black beam of light, which was projected onto the "pyramid" of Khufu. It could be seen that streams of black energy were constantly rushing through the beam, making Khufu's "pyramid" emit a more dazzling black light, while the light of the "pyramids" of the other eleven Great Pharaoh followers was slightly dimmed. This should be the necessary process for Khufu to accept the energy of the "pyramid" transmitted to him by other great pharaohs to help him evolve into a true pharaoh after he gained the qualification to become the pharaoh. Unexpectedly, he had just won the last challenge and it started so quickly without having to choose an auspicious day or go through any special ceremony.
As Khufu's master, I also used the "soul contract" to completely clarify all the specific details about the Pharaoh from Khufu, who had just obtained relevant information about the Pharaoh. According to the relevant rules, each Great Pharaoh's dependent must transmit 30% of the energy contained in the "pyramid" to the Pharaoh. This is not the Great Pharaoh's own energy, and it will not damage their personal strength. It is mainly to help the Great Pharaoh who has obtained the qualifications to further enhance his strength and reach the level of the Pharaoh, and at the same time give it the right to completely control the other eleven Great Pharaohs. They will obey the orders of the Pharaoh, instead of the simple dependent relationship before. This also means that the other eleven Great Pharaohs will completely become Khufu's vassals, and no longer have the slightest right to independence. Their status seems to be respected, second only to one person and above thousands of people, but in fact it is equivalent to puppets, and they are not as free as the Pharaohs in the mummies' territories. It was probably for this reason that Jefferson, Kurthaber, and Vilenzov fought to the death, even though they knew it was impossible, and were unwilling to give up resistance and submit to Khufu.
The transmission speed of the "pyramid" energy was very fast and did not take too much time. About less than an hour later, 30% of the energy had been transmitted. The black beams projected by the "pyramids" of the eleven great pharaohs were retracted, stopped rotating, converged, and fell again on the top of everyone's head. Of course, the luster of the "pyramid" itself seemed a little dim. After all, it was impossible that there would be no impact without 30% of the energy contained. Although this would definitely weaken the "pyramid"'s defense ability and the ability to absorb and transform energy, and it would seem to damage the great pharaoh's own strength, it would only have some adverse effects on the great pharaoh who acted alone. 30% of the "pyramid" energy of the eleven great pharaohs was input into the "pyramid" of Pharaoh Khufu. Khufu had absolute control over them. As long as he was with Khufu and not too far away, he could use the unique function of Khufu, the pharaoh, to connect with the "pyramids" of other great pharaohs, and feed back to himself. Not only would the play of his own strength not be weakened, but he would be able to get greater help and play a stronger strength. This also gave me a preliminary understanding of the basic principles of the "Great Pyramid Sky Cage and Earth Lock Array". It is probably due to the fact that the twelve "pyramids" can transmit energy to each other, that the power of the Pharaoh and the eleven great pharaohs can be integrated into one, so that a more powerful function can be exerted.
After the transmission of the "pyramid" energy ended, the eleven great pharaohs still knelt on the ground, not daring to move, showing their submission and awe to Khufu, who was about to become the real pharaoh. Khufu's changes did not stop, but continued. The "pyramid" suspended in the sky was still rotating. Although it could no longer absorb energy from the other eleven "pyramids", the black light emitted was becoming more and more intense, and even condensed into a series of black flame-like forms, swirling and dancing around the "pyramid". After a while, the black flame began to slowly spread downward along the yellow beam emitted by the "pyramid" that enveloped Khufu's body. When it touched Khufu's head, it seemed to encounter some obstacles and there was an obvious stagnation. After a while, it continued to spread downward along the beam, but it was transformed into a red flame-like energy belt, wrapping Khufu in it, forming a fire cover. Perhaps it was because Khufu was not of the traditional dark attribute, but had undergone a mutated fire attribute physique, so he had to undergo such energy transformation, allowing him to evolve into a fire attribute pharaoh.
With the fire hood blocking the view, Khufu's body could no longer be seen. At the same time, his mental consciousness fell into a hazy state and he could no longer stay awake. I temporarily interrupted the mental connection with him and didn't know what kind of changes he was going through. This should be the beginning of the change of Khufu's body. He absorbed 30% of the "pyramid" energy of the other eleven great pharaohs and became the supreme pharaoh among the mummies. Khufu's own strength would definitely not be the level of the previous great pharaoh state that surpassed the ninth level. But I don't know to what extent he can evolve. As a single pharaoh, his combat power should not be too weak.
Evolving into a Pharaoh, like Haishar's evolution into a pseudo-ghost knight king, is an abnormal special evolution mode. It consumes the energy of the "pyramid" that Khufu has just absorbed, and does not need to absorb the spiritual power of me, the master of the undead wizard. This not only saves me trouble, but also means that the evolution will not last too long, unlike the normal evolution of undead subordinates, which often takes ten days or half a month. It will definitely be in time for the last "World Hero Conference" starting on August 1st. There may even be more time to cooperate with the other eleven great pharaohs to practice the "Great Pyramid Sky Cage and Earth Locking Array", which can be applied to actual combat in a timely manner, and there is more tactical choice. Fortunately, this place is located in the core area of a mummy territory, and there will be no external enemies to disturb it easily. Khufu can evolve with peace of mind without me specially dispatching undead subordinates to protect him. He immediately pulled himself out and went to the "Hell Volcano" to inspect the development there and deal with some related problems.
As the situation develops, I have recently adjusted my development plan in "Hell Volcano". Apart from the existing few alien volcano undead subordinates who have evolved to level 10, I am not going to focus on training other alien volcano undead subordinates who are still at level 9. The evolution of each of them will delay me for ten days or half a month, and I need to be on guard against Hades, the deadly enemy of Hell, who may be secretly doing tricks at any time. It is time-consuming and laborious, and will seriously affect my normal development. Now it is approaching the late stage of the first phase of the operation of "Tianxia". Even if they evolve to level 10, they basically don't have enough time to continue to grow and evolve to the top form of level 10. For me, the role that the middle and lower level undead subordinates of level 10 can play in future battles is really limited. As consumables, the cost is too high, which is really not worth it. There is almost no chance of being summoned to fight. In the past, I was reluctant to give up on the reason that there were too few level-10 Undead to be tamed and it was difficult to search for them. However, now I have mastered the method of transforming the Undead Dragon Knight, especially the discovery of the great treasure of the Ghost Knight Kingdom. Once it can be successfully developed as expected, I will have the opportunity to tame many level-10 warriors, including the true and false Ghost Knight Kings. This should satisfy many of my needs, making those volcanic alien undead subordinates who have not yet evolved to level-10 become like chicken ribs to me. They are no longer worth training and it is not worth spending too much time and energy on them. I arranged them to develop on their own and no longer deliberately strengthened their growth. I even let them go deep into various places in the "Hell Volcano" from time to time to relax. Using my higher IQ, I commanded the low-level volcano undead under my command to search for the "Millennium Fire Lotus" and "Ten Thousand Year Fire Crystal" for me, hoping to harvest more treasures from heaven and earth. After I finished the matter of Khufu becoming the Pharaoh, the next focus of training would be Taotao and Guben. I must constantly challenge those in high positions and compete to defeat more powerful Hell Dragons for me to conquer, speed up the pace of conquering the Hell Dragon clan and unifying the "Hell Volcano". This method of aggression and expansion is much faster and more effective in enhancing strength than relying on the growth and evolution of the undead under my command. To challenge a stronger opponent, Taotao and Guben's natural accumulation of strength is too slow, and the success rate will not be too high. The only shortcut is to swallow "Millennium Fire Lotus" and "Ten Thousand Years Fire Crystal" before the battle. Khufu also relied on the help of a "Ten Thousand Years Fire Crystal" and two "Millennium Fire Lotuses" to successfully defeat Jefferson, Kurt Haber, and Vilenzov, three great pharaoh giants, in such a short time and ascended the throne of Pharaoh. Otherwise, it would definitely take a long time to wait, and it would be impossible to tell the result now. With the full attack of Taotao, Guben, Kekexili and other promising volcanic undeads, and the blossoming of many places, the demand for "Millennium Fire Lotus" and even "Ten Thousand Years Fire Crystal" will only increase, and I have to try to reserve as much as possible in case of emergency.
Recently, I have been busy with the Great Pharaoh Challenge of Khufu and the development of the Ghost Knight Kingdom. I have not caused any trouble in the "Hell Volcano". Hades is also well-behaved. At least on the surface, he has not sent hidden assassins to deal with Taotao and Tambizi to cause me any trouble. However, I believe that with the start of my next round of rapid expansion, I am unwilling to give up my power in the "Hell Volcano" and in order to protect the interests of the Hell Dragon Clan, Hades will definitely not let me develop easily and will come up with new conspiracies to try to attack me. This time I came to the "Hell Volcano" to inspect in person. On the one hand, it is to mobilize and urge the alien volcano undead under my command to work harder in the search for the "Millennium Fire Lotus" and the "Ten Thousand Years Fire Crystal", and to focus on this as the first priority in the future; on the other hand, it is to have a good exchange with Taotao, Guben, Kekexili, Tambizi, and Let's Ivoire, and understand the current specific situation of the "Hell Volcano" in detail, so as to determine the next stage of development plan. I told them to be careful of Hades's possible plot. As long as they attend the last "World Heroes Conference" held on August 1st, they will be able to free up their hands to speed up the expansion in the "Hell Volcano" and strengthen my power as much as possible, as well as improve the strength of Taotao and others.
After dealing with the affairs related to the "Hell Volcano", I rushed to the Ghost Knight Kingdom through the teleportation magic circle to inspect the work there. The "World Hero Conference" is about to be held, and it will take at least ten days and half a month to take care of the affairs in the "Dead Soul Space". I have to take advantage of the little free time now to hurry up and inspect all aspects, and deal with the relevant issues properly to avoid any unnecessary troubles during the conference. With the teleportation magic circle in the "Dead Soul Space", it is indeed much more convenient to move. It used to take several days to travel, but now it can be reached in an instant, saving a lot of time. Fortunately, my strength is strong enough to participate in the layout of the teleportation magic circle, and I have foresight and ruthlessly blackmailed Qiu Shui Changtian for the right to lay out a teleportation magic circle, otherwise the development would definitely not be as smooth as it is now.
After recovering from his injuries, Wu Ma has left the Ghost Knight Kingdom and rushed back to the area near the first forbidden area "Lost Kingdom". To evolve into the top-level Ultimate Destruction Knight, it needs to kill and devour the soul energy of earth-attributed undead creatures in large quantities, and accumulate earth-attributed energy. The amount required even exceeds the demand for dark-attributed energy. It is invading the earth-attributed area of the "Lost Kingdom", which is much more dangerous than the outside world. It will be more difficult to accumulate energy, so it has to work harder. In order to train it and Ebola's actual combat experience, it is not convenient for me to intervene too much to help them, otherwise they will not be strong enough and will not be able to pass the last "heavenly tribulation" test. They mainly rely on themselves.
Heinrich and Heshar had already flown back to the Ghost Knight Kingdom, and were moving around according to my instructions. Although they were subdued by me directly or indirectly, and lost the dignity and honor of being the Ghost Knight King, and it was impossible for them to make other Ghost Knights submit to them, they were still Ghost Knight Kings, with relatively strong strength. At least they could detect the existence of those Level 10 Ghost Knights more easily than I could, and recorded the exact location of those Level 10 Ghost Knights with fixed activity ranges one by one, waiting for me to take time to subdue them one by one after participating in the "World Hero Conference" . Everything was very peaceful in the Ghost Knight Kingdom. None of Heinrich's former subordinates came to trouble the Ghost Knights under my command, and no other Ghost Knight Kings intervened because of the defeat of Heinrich, the Ninth Ghost Knight King, in the Knight Duel. The force I brought to invade the Ghost Knight Kingdom was too weak, and was not taken seriously by other Ghost Knight Kings, and would not attract their interference. If I had not accidentally provoked Haishar, with my development plan and speed, it can be said that it would be impossible to attract Heinrich's attention for at least two or three months.
The evolution of Khufu took less than five days. Although I was in the Ghost Knight Kingdom and could not have a direct spiritual connection with it, I was still able to sense the changes in its state thanks to the "Soul Contract". It should be almost finished evolving. I immediately rushed back through the teleportation magic circle so that I could congratulate the birth of Khufu, the Pharaoh's subordinate, as soon as possible, increase my compatibility with it, and obey my command and control more effectively. At the same time, I checked the attribute status of Khufu after he evolved into the Pharaoh, and how powerful he could be. Of course, the most important thing was to see what kind of function the rumored "Great Pyramid Sky Cage and Earth Lock Array" that had always curious me had, and whether it dared to boast that it could compete with other undead strongmen in the "Dead Space" who were beyond level ten. This was what I wanted to know most.
I rushed to Khufu's side. Not long after, Khufu completed his evolution and restored his spiritual connection with me. The fire shield around his body disappeared immediately, and the yellow light covering his body was also withdrawn in time. The "pyramid" on his head suddenly shone brightly, changing from the original dark gold to a brilliant golden yellow. The size of the "pyramid" in its normal form was at least twice as large as that of the Great Pharaoh. At the same time, Khufu looked up at the sky and let out a deafening roar, causing the other eleven Great Pharaohs who had been kneeling on the ground to kowtow one by one, performing a great ceremony of prostrating themselves on the ground, as if they were congratulating the birth of the Pharaoh. From the heart of the Great Pharaoh that I conquered, I felt an incomparable sense of awe, declaring their incomparable loyalty to the Pharaoh. The effectiveness seemed to be only slightly lower than that of my "Soul Contract". If Khufu used the "Pyramid" to control it with all his strength, even my "Soul Contract" would temporarily lose its effectiveness and could no longer directly command their actions. This means that Khufu had completely controlled the other eleven pharaohs, completely lost his previous independent and noble status, and became a loyal slave of the pharaoh.
Khufu, who had evolved into a pharaoh, looked even taller and more powerful, reaching a height of about five meters, but he was not bloated and clumsy, and his movements were more flexible than before. I walked to the prostrating pharaohs one by one, and knocked the "pyramids" on their heads with the fire bone staff in my hand, formally accepting their submission and loyalty, allowing them to stand up from the ground after kneeling for several days. However, no matter how noble a pharaoh Khufu became, with the effectiveness of the "soul contract", I was still its undead wizard master, with complete control over it. It could use its "pyramid" to interfere with my command of other pharaohs, but it could not stop my control over it, and it still obeyed my orders. Perhaps that setting was for the purpose of setting up the "Great Pyramid Sky Cage and Earth Lock Array", so that I, as the master, would not interfere randomly, and an outsider would guide an insider, which would easily affect the normal operation of the array and make it difficult to play its role effectively.
After checking Khufu's status, his title was upgraded from "Great Pharaoh" to "Pharaoh King", and the "pyramid" on his head was changed to "Great Pyramid". His level had been upgraded from the previous level 9 to the level 10. He also had the special royal equipment "pyramid" granted by the system, and he had already leapt into the ranks of top-level undead warriors. Although he should not be a match for Hades, the Hell Dragon King, Robinho, the Abyss Dragon King, and the Ultimate Destruction Knight, he was at least at the level of a true Ghost Knight King. However, this was only an appearance. Khufu, who had become the Pharaoh, still did not have the ability to fly. This alone greatly affected his combat effectiveness. He was not good at speed and his movements were not very fast. Compared with the Ghost Knight King, although he would not be defeated, it was also extremely difficult for him to defeat his opponent. Even when facing an undead that was weaker than him, unless the opponent refused to escape and stayed to fight to the death, it would be almost impossible for Khufu, who could not fly, to kill the opponent.
In terms of skills, I still retain the "Mad Wand Method" and "Thunderbolt Strike" skills of the Great Pharaoh form, and I also master the newly-comprehended "Spirit Burning Wand" skill. In addition to the super strong defense effect given by the "Great Pyramid", the county has a very strong close combat ability. It's a pity that I haven't added other attack skills. Not only can I still not fly, but I also lack the ability to attack from a distance. As far as the combat power of the Pharaoh itself is concerned, it is not of much help to me. It is even inferior to the Eight Extreme Yin Demon Black Mountain Old Demon, who is also at the upper level of level 10. At least the effective attack range of the Black Mountain Old Demon's eight tentacles, which are 10 to 20 meters long, is farther than that of Khufu, and has a certain air defense ability. If I just let Khufu protect me closely, the effect will definitely not be ideal. These all limit the combat power of Khufu as the Pharaoh. Compared with other powerful undead of the same level, he will not have a very outstanding performance.
The only thing that makes the Pharaoh able to intimidate other top-level undead warriors beyond the tenth level is the "Great Pyramid Sky Cage and Earth Locking Array" that he possesses. With the Pharaoh as the leader, combined with the other eleven great pharaohs, especially their "pyramid" power, a special formation is formed, which has many unique functions and has the ability to fight against those super undead warriors. However, there is no detailed introduction to the "Great Pyramid Sky Cage and Earth Locking Array". It only simply explains that Khufu, as the Pharaoh, has mastered the ability to set up the "Great Pyramid Sky Cage and Earth Locking Array". There is no specific explanation of the specific method of setting up and the functions that can be displayed. I asked Khufu, but he told me that as an ultimate ability unique to the Pharaoh, it can only be understood, not explained. Only after it is truly displayed can its specific function be known. Now even Khufu himself has no way of understanding it and has no way to tell me.
Although I was eager to see the true face and effect of the "Great Pyramid Sky Cage and Earth Locking Array" as soon as possible, I was not too anxious to let Khufu and the other eleven great pharaohs join hands to start setting it up. Before that, there was one more thing I needed to do, which was to subdue the other ten great pharaohs who were only attached to Khufu and had not signed a "soul contract" with me. This was necessary to summon them to the human world to fight - simply setting up the "Great Pyramid Sky Cage and Earth Locking Array" in the "Dead Spirit Space" would not be of much help to me no matter how powerful it was. The great pharaohs who were originally king-level and high above and refused to submit to me had lost their former glorious status after the appearance of the Pharaoh, and were reduced to the status of slaves. They were no longer arrogant. Under the order of Khufu, the Pharaoh, they had to give up resistance one by one and cooperate with me to sign a "soul contract". With their instinctive mental resistance alone, they naturally would not cause too much trouble to me. Soon, they signed the contract one by one, and all the eleven great pharaohs became my subordinates. In this way, when they set up the "Great Pyramid Sky Cage and Earth Lock Array", it will be more convenient for me to observe from the side and understand its various functions and uses more thoroughly.
The process of setting up the formation was quite fast. Pharaoh Khufu was the leader, guarding the core area. The other eleven great pharaohs were scattered around, and could be arranged in various shapes. They could adjust the distance between each other according to the needs of the war. The range of the formation could be large or small, and the farthest range could cover the space within 500 meters centered on Khufu. Outside the "Great Pyramid Sky Cage and Earth Lock Formation", there was nothing unusual. It was just that the twelve mummies stood there stupidly. Once they entered the formation, they would see a layer of obvious light black fog covering them, and began to be affected by the formation. The "Great Pyramid Sky Cage and Earth Lock Formation" has multiple functions. The first is "closure" - if you are trapped in the formation, don't expect to rush out easily unless you can disrupt the defense of the great pharaohs through attacks, forcing them to lose their positions and causing the formation to reveal flaws. The second function is "No Fly" - once in the formation, you lose the ability to fly. Undead below level ten can only fight on the ground and can no longer leave the ground and fly into the sky. Even if they reach level ten, their strength is even higher than that of Pharaoh Khufu, and they still retain some flying ability, which does not affect their mobility too much. Basically, they cannot be too far away from the ground, otherwise they will be directly attacked by Khufu and other great pharaohs.
