Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 320 Get a Gold First
In addition, there is a special provision in the reward rules of the "Gold Grand Prize" - if a player has won the title of "No. 1 Expert" in his profession and the honor of "No. 1 Expert in the World", and the mercenary team he represents in the competition has also won the title of "No. 1 Mercenary Group in the World", and one person has three honors in himself, he will receive the "Super Value Gold Grand Prize" - in addition to the three championship "gold medals" normally obtained, he will also be awarded a "Golden Hero Trophy" engraved with the words "World Player Champion - Hero Belongs to Me" to commend his outstanding achievements and highlight his unparalleled strength and status in "Tianxia".
Such an ingenious reward method not only caused a great sensation in Tianxia, but also attracted the attention of every Tianxia player through the continuous publicity of Tianmei. Some of them wanted to show off their skills, while others wanted to watch the excitement. They were all looking forward to the last Tianxia Hero Conference to be held on August 1. It also caused a considerable response in the real world. Many well-known media in the gaming industry followed up and reported on it, which further enhanced the popularity of Tianxia. I believe it will be more beneficial for the launch of Tianxia II in the future. Whether it is players with special identities like Supreme Honor and Dragon Traveling the World, who take the ultimate battle of light and darkness as their most important task and have various backgrounds, or professional players like me, Afeng, and Fearless Warriors, who mainly aim to gain benefits , or for the reputation of the group they represent and the interests behind the scenes, or for the direct benefits they can obtain and the invisible reputation and status among the professional players in the real gaming industry, they should not easily let go of this opportunity and will do their best to strive for the best results.
As for the "Preview of the Ultimate Battle of Light and Darkness" that was only established in the last "World Heroes Conference" two years ago, it was only a flash in the pan. It was announced to be cancelled at this last "World Heroes Conference" and will no longer be held. In the relevant announcement released by the official "World", it was claimed that it was mainly because after the three major events of professional competition, individual competition and mercenary group battle, the top players of the Church of Light and the Resistance Alliance who were qualified to participate in the "Preview of the Ultimate Battle of Light and Darkness" should have almost consumed their own strength. There are basically not many powerful pseudo-artifacts and those props and equipment with unique functions left, or it is difficult to play their due functions. If they only rely on their basic strength to compete, the excitement will be greatly reduced, and there will be too many variables. It is difficult to arouse too much interest in watching the game from unrelated neutral professional players, and the effect will not be too ideal. After the "Preview of the Ultimate Battle of Light and Darkness" of the last "World Heroes Conference" ended, the response among players was quite mediocre. Its influence and popularity were far inferior to the oldest individual competition and mercenary group battle, and even inferior to another newly established event, the professional competition. Many players expressed their disappointment with the battle process of the "Preview of the Ultimate Battle of Light and Darkness". It was too conventional. In addition to the great significance it contained for the two hostile forces of the Church of Light and the Alliance of Resistance Forces, the competition itself did not show much novelty and color. It was tasteless and might even affect their perception and expectations of the real "ultimate battle of light and dark" held in the final stage of "World". Therefore, after repeated considerations, the official "World" finally decided to stop holding the "Preview of the Ultimate Battle of Light and Darkness". Anyway, this "World Heroes Conference" is the last one, and the "ultimate battle of light and dark" will still be held again. It is better to leave this highlight to the last performance. Members of all parties will go all out and use all their magic weapons to strive for victory, making the final battle more intense and exciting, and also more likely to arouse the curiosity of other unrelated neutral professional players, who will then choose to go and watch the battle. The most sensational battle between the Church of Light and the Resistance Alliance will stage the last legend of "Tianxia No. 1".
The schedule of the upcoming final "Heroes of the World Conference" has also been adjusted based on the experience of the previous "Heroes of the World Conference" and the response of the spectators. The individual competition, which was originally held first according to convention, will be held after the professional competition. In other words, the professional competition will be held first, and then the individual competition. The mercenary group battle, as the finale, will still start last. This arrangement is also based on considerations such as the excitement and the attraction of players to watch the game. After all, the professional competition can only attract players of the same profession to watch the game, and its influence is definitely not as good as the individual competition for the "World's No. 1 Master". Such adjustments will make the competition more and more intense and exciting, so as to make the "Heroes of the World Conference" more and more attractive to the audience and arouse their increasing interest.
The specific arrangement of the professional competition of this "World Heroes Conference" is somewhat different from the last one. A certain survey was conducted according to the needs, giving it new meaning. Through a series of competitions, the "first master" of this profession and the other eleven top players will compete, corresponding to the twelve players who can advance to the tenth level of each profession. One of the main purposes is self-evident, which is to provide a reference data for the selection of twelve professional players who will advance to the tenth level of each profession. The top twelve master players selected in this profession will get corresponding bonus points according to their rankings when they strive to advance to the tenth level of the profession in the future, so that they can take more advantages in the competition with other top players of the same profession and have a greater chance of successfully advancing. This also makes the competition in professional competitions more intense, especially for those marginal expert players who are not the best in their own strength but want to get involved in the tenth-level profession. They cannot easily let go of such a good opportunity to show their abilities and will certainly do their best to strive to break into the ranks of the twelve experts in their profession. However, the top expert players in each profession are tempted by "gold medals" or even the "Golden Hero Trophy" which combines three major awards into one, so they have no choice but to fight hard for it.
As the defending champion of the last "World Heroes Conference" individual competition and the "World's No. 1 Undead Wizard" in the professional competition, I naturally covet the "Golden Hero Trophy". Such a supreme honor that is watched by hundreds of millions of people, and even in the real world, can be recognized and envied by many people, is the best praise and encouragement for my own value and the hard work I have put in over the past few years. Perhaps it can give me enough courage to face any difficult challenges and create a better life prospect for myself with confidence. All the achievements I have made in the virtual game world before always make me feel unreal, as if it is not me, or not the real me. Once "World No. 1" is over, perhaps my glory will also end. I may return to my ordinary self and no longer be the focus of attention, losing the high and lofty reputation and status that everyone envied. The reason why I have been desperately accumulating money in "World" and only want to reap the rewards, but not willing to invest, is mostly because I am afraid that if I change the environment again, I may not be able to adapt and it will be difficult for me to become one of the top players again. As Afeng said, this performance means that I still lack the awareness of being a top professional player, and I don't have enough confidence in myself, so I always want to hold on to any vested interests, fearing that they will slip out of my control and suffer losses. Three "gold medals" and a "Golden Hero Trophy" are the most convincing rewards for me, which can make me believe that I have the ability to do my best.
In today's "World", heroes are competing, and the strength of players who have been promoted to the ninth level of the profession has been greatly enhanced. Almost every top player is equipped with high-level holy artifacts and various pseudo-artifacts and props with extraordinary functions. Artifacts are constantly emerging, and the competition between them will become more and more fierce. It will be more difficult to stand out in various competitions. It is not easy to get a "gold medal". To defeat many competitors, win three championships, and finally win the "Golden Hero Trophy", the competition can only be described as tragic, and its degree may even exceed our imagination. But I have no choice. If I want to prove myself, so as not to lose the glory and return in disgrace, I can only make up my mind and try my best to fight and defeat all competitors who dare to block my way. In the survey list of "Who is the hero in Tianxia" released by Tianmei, I, the defending "World's No. 1 Expert", was one of the hot candidates to win the "Golden Hero Trophy", but I was not the most favored by the players. Among those players who didn't know my background very well, I had not yet been able to subdue a powerful magic pet of the upper level of level 10, which was my most fatal weakness. Moreover, although I had the three most artifacts in Tianxia so far, they were all auxiliary, and did not help too much with direct attack and defense. In fierce battles, their effectiveness might not be as good as the offensive or protective main artifacts of other professional players. In addition, since I was promoted to the ninth level of the profession, I basically stopped the "Thousand Miles Alone" action that could improve my reputation the most in the past, and I seemed to be much quieter. If it weren't for the relatively excellent performance in the recent "Northern Raiders" attack on the Cathedral of Light, I'm afraid I might not even be able to squeeze into the ranks of the top ten "seed players", which made me want to sigh that the Yangtze River's back waves pushed the front waves. At the same time, it also made me clearly aware of the even more arduous challenges that I might face. Not to mention winning the "Golden Hero Trophy" in the end, even if I want to win the "gold medal" of any event, I must definitely make extremely hard efforts. If I make a mistake, all my previous efforts may be wasted and I will never have the slightest chance again.
The winner of the most popular "Golden Hero Trophy" is naturally the highest honor. He holds the two major titles of "The World's No. 1 Bright Knight" and "The World's Second Best Player" second only to me. Now that he has been promoted to the ninth-level profession and has subdued a level-10 upper-order holy demon pet, his reputation is already above mine. According to unconfirmed rumors, he seems to have been able to summon an eight-winged war angel that exceeds level-10 upper-order to possess him. He also possesses two artifacts, the "Holy Cross" and the "Speed Wing Light Armor", one for attack and one for defense. It is almost certain that he will defend the title of the No. 1 best player in the Bright Knight profession, and is considered by many players to be the player with the greatest hope of winning the title of "The World's No. 1 Best Player". In addition, the Glory Mercenary Group was originally the winner of the previous "World's No. 1 Mercenary Group", which makes him favored by most players and the most likely to win three major awards in one, and obtain the "Golden Hero Trophy", an outstanding performance reward for the "super-value gold award".
Other senior top players such as Fearless Warriors and Dragon Walks the World are also on the list, with a relatively high chance of winning the "Golden Hero Trophy". They are more suitable for individual competitions as melee professions, and they are in a super mercenary group of 30,000 people. They are ranked above me in the "seed players". Even the Holy Heaven of the Light Priest, who was always suppressed by me and had almost no chance to show his abilities, originally possessed the defensive main artifact "Angel Robe", and later obtained another offensive artifact "Holy Flame Badge of Light", which further enhanced his own strength. He actually surpassed me in one fell swoop and became a more popular candidate than me. I remember the first time I saw such a ranking result, I was almost depressed to death. I have always focused on the development of the "Dead Soul Space", and there are not many opportunities to show off in the human world. I didn't expect that I would be looked down upon by other players. It really underestimated me, the defending "World's No. 1 Master".
Regardless of how the outside world evaluates me, playing every game seriously and striving to win all the games is the most effective counterattack against those players who underestimate me and the most powerful proof of my own strength. The first thing to participate in is the professional competition. I must first keep my title of "the world's number one necromancer" and get this first "gold medal" so that I will not lose the qualification to win the "Golden Hero Trophy" and keep hope to participate in the individual competitions held later.
With my strength, I am still very confident in defending the title of "The World's No. 1 Undead Wizard". However, compared with the easy victory in the last "World Heroes Conference" professional competition, the situation in this last session has become much more complicated. I am no longer the only one in the game, and I should face more stubborn resistance. First of all, it is reflected in the number of undead wizards who hold artifacts. At this time two years ago, I was the only one who held three artifacts. Other undead wizards could only rely on pseudo-artifacts to fight, and naturally it was difficult to compare with me. However, now in addition to me, three other undead wizards have also obtained artifacts one after another - one is Qiu Shui Chang Tian, who holds the artifact "Shadow Magic Mirror", which has a function similar to the pseudo-artifact "Ghost Mirror". It can transform into a real shadow of an undead subordinate to help in the battle. One is Qingwu Feiyang, who holds the artifact "Soul Summoning Staff", which has the ability to "Soul Summon", which reduces the limit of the basic mental power required to summon the undead minions to fight. In this way, using 80% of the mental power limit can summon more high-level undead minions, which is similar to the function of reducing the 20% mental power required to cast "Summoning the Undead" with my "Dead Scepter". Another one is Yeyou, who holds the artifact "Dead Boots", which has the ability of "Fascination Magic Step". When stepping on the "Fascination Magic Step" before the battle, it will not delay the use of skills, but can also effectively confuse the opponent's sight and reduce the hit rate of the enemy's attack. The three of them are all veteran top-level undead wizards. They have been under my strong pressure and have no chance to stand out. Now they each hold an artifact and have a little capital to challenge me. They will definitely not be easily suppressed by me. If possible, they will definitely try to attack the title of "The World's No. 1 Undead Wizard". When it comes to personal interests, even though we belong to the same camp and even have some friendship, without corresponding benefits, I am afraid that no Undead Wizard player will be so aware and willing to selflessly help me, give up resistance and help me successfully defend the title of "The World's No. 1 Undead Wizard".
As for other top-level necromancers such as Tianxing, True Son of Heaven, and Longma Spirit, I am afraid they will not easily withdraw from the ranks of competitors. Although they do not have a divine weapon, they will not lack pseudo-divine weapons and other powerful props and equipment. Most of them have already conquered magic pets of the upper tenth level, and they are equally capable of competing with us artifact holders. They are also a big threat to me and should not be taken lightly. Moreover, compared with other professions, necromancers are in a weak position in individual competitions. Even if they have the abilities of "blood bat transformation" and "instant teleportation of demon possession" like me, they are not conducive to attack. If they do not have enough strength to resist the opponent's forced play, it can be said that it is difficult to achieve a good record. Except for me, a veteran "top ten" who holds three divine weapons and has conquered many powerful subordinates, other necromancers probably have little chance to enter the ranks of "top ten masters in the world" or even win the honor of "the best master in the world". If they want to gain glory, professional competitions are their best chance. What's more, being honored as one of the "Twelve Masters of Undead Wizards" will be of great help in my future promotion to the tenth-level Undead Holy Spirit Mage profession. There are only twelve places for promotion, and every promising top Undead wizard will probably not give up easily. Even if they can't go all out to win a game, at least I can invest more than I do who need to fight on three fronts. This should bring more pressure on me as I have to reserve some strength for the two major events, the individual competition and the mercenary group battle. I need to be more careful to deal with it, to avoid capsizing in the gutter, or being forced to expose more hidden strengths too early, which will be detrimental to the subsequent games.
The problem I faced was not to defend the title of "the best necromancer in the world", but to defeat every competitor without revealing all my strength, and to try to hide my true strength as much as possible to avoid being known by my competitors in the individual competition too early. I did not intend to expose the "Great Pyramid Sky Cage and Earth Locking Array" led by Pharaoh Khufu too early, and I was ready to use it as the strongest weapon to attack the "best master in the world". And my weakness of not willing to invest more in upgrading my personal equipment was clearly evident compared with other top necromancers such as Qiu Shui Chang Tian. Until now, I have not been able to gather a set of high-level holy artifacts with relatively pure attributes. Through a series of interest exchanges, it seems that I have a lot of high-level holy artifacts equipped on my body, but the attributes of "collecting souls", "summoning souls", and "increasing the upper limit of mental power" are mixed together, which belongs to a mixed set. In terms of practicality, I am not as good as Qiu Shui Chang Tian and other top-level necromancers. Most of them have gathered a set of high-level holy artifacts suitable for performing "Summoning the Undead". They can also summon level 10 upper-level undead minions to fight. Their basic abilities are not inferior to mine. In addition, most of them have already subdued level 10 upper-level magic pets, so their combat power can be said to be quite strong. My strongest pet is only level 10 mid-level Hell Dragon Tao Tao, followed by level 9 upper-level vampire Duke Shaman. It is difficult to compete head-on with other top-level necromancers' level 10 upper-level holy magic pets. Fortunately, there is a special type of pet, level 8 upper-level taboo mage Rossberg, which can subdue level 10 upper-level undead minions and can be summoned to help in the battle. However, Rossberg's own defense ability is the biggest weakness. Once it is summoned, people have to be assigned to pay attention to guard it. In such a one-on-one contest, facing the top necromancer who also possesses the abilities of "blood bat transformation" and "teleportation", I still seem to be at a disadvantage. At least in the opening stage and the early stage of the game, it is likely to be quite disadvantageous to me. Fortunately, my biggest advantage is that I have conquered a large number of powerful undead subordinates. No other undead wizard can compare with me in terms of quantity, including the two Ghost Knight Kings, Heinrich and Haishar, one real and one fake, several upper-level ten-level eight-armed giant magicians such as the giant, four upper-level ten-level ghost knights, the upper-level ten-level eight-polar Yin Demon Black Mountain Old Demon, and even Ebola and Wu Ma, two only mid-level ten-level high-level destruction knights, are capable of competing with upper-level ten-level opponents. In addition, the "Great Pyramid Sky Cage and Earth Lock Array" which I want to use as a secret weapon and do not intend to expose too early, I have sufficient undead subordinates to replace me in battle. As long as the opponent cannot create too much trouble for me in the early stage, trap or even defeat me in one fell swoop, and keep delaying, as I can summon more undead subordinates to fight, my chances of winning the game will become greater and greater. Moreover, there is no need to worry about encountering strong enemies one after another. I am capable of dealing with the challenges of multiple top-level undead wizards in succession. My overall strength is far superior to that of other undead wizards such as Qiu Shui Changtian. If I fight them head-on in a conventional way and they cannot disrupt my offensive rhythm, no undead wizard will be my opponent.
This was also the case during the actual competition. In the first few rounds of professional competitions, I was able to scare off some opponents with my reputation as the "No. 1 Undead Wizard in the World" and "No. 1 Master in the World". When I felt that I had no hope of winning, I would not resist too much and use some radical means, which did not cost me too much energy. However, as the competition progressed, the players who stayed behind and were not eliminated were all masters. In order to be able to advance to the ranks of the "Twelve Masters of Undead Wizards", they all performed more and more desperately. The closer they were to the honor, the more they invested in the competition. They were unwilling to give up the opportunity easily, which made it impossible for me to win easily. I needed to spend a lot of effort. Fortunately, I had a swift subordinate like Ibola, who was definitely the nemesis of the mage professional players. Generally, as long as I summoned it first, it was enough to contain the opponent and buy me the time I needed. I didn't have to worry about the opponent bullying me because I didn't have a level 10 upper magic pet and attacking me. I also have Wu Ma as a substitute, whose "Intermediate Earth Escape" ability is also difficult for the opponent to guard against, and can effectively contain the opponent. I can take turns with Yibo La to ensure that I can get the necessary rest time and recover from the injuries in the previous game in time. No matter how hard the opponent fights, I have enough self-protection ability and can effectively counterattack. I can defeat all the opponents I encounter one by one without much trouble or time.
The most important ones for me are Qiushui Changtian, Qingwu Feiyang and Yeyou, three undead wizards with artifacts. As the top four seeded players in this profession, the four of us successfully made it to the top 16 of the professional competition. Qingwu Feiyang encountered Qiushui Changtian in advance. The "Soul Summoning Staff" faced the "Shadow Mirror". After a hard battle, Qiushui Changtian won the final victory and advanced to the quarterfinals. Unfortunately, his luck was too bad. Then he met me again in the quarterfinals. The effect of his "Shadow Mirror" needs powerful undead minions to play out. It is actually the most suitable for me to use it. Qiushui Changtian pays attention to his own equipment, but he can't catch up with me in the "Dead Space" in terms of powerful undead minions. If there are no too powerful undead minions to transform into shadows, the power is not too great. The most capable minions were severely injured in the bloody fight with Qingwu Feiyang. This time they can't fight, and it is even more difficult to compete with me. I summoned a group of ten-level upper-level undead minions to trap and beat him to death.
The final was between me and Yeyou. With the "blood bat transformation", "instant teleportation", and "magic step", Yeyou was even better than me in terms of dodging ability. He pressed me everywhere, which caused me a lot of trouble. Unfortunately, he was still inferior in terms of offense and could not pose much threat to me. Facing the joint attack of Yibo La and Wu Ma, he had no chance to breathe. After a hard fight, under my careful handling, Yeyou could not do anything to me no matter how unwilling he was. He was inferior in skills and could not turn the tide. He was forced to be completely at a disadvantage. Finally, he survived the time limit of the game. After the referee's decision, I won the victory of the professional final, defended the title of "the world's number one necromancer", and won the first "gold medal".
