Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 322: The Most Powerful Pseudo-artifact of the Priest of Light
Hua Mantian is indeed very strong, with a defensive main artifact "Battle Angel Helmet", a level 10 upper holy magic pet Light Holy Dragon, and an eight-winged battle angel possession that exceeds the level 10 upper. The comprehensive combat power is equivalent to a low-level holy beast in the larval stage. Among the three giants of our Tongxin League, only Afeng should be able to confront him head-on. As a thunder magician, Xue Wuxia is inherently at a disadvantage in a one-on-one duel with the knight, and there is not enough time to summon enough undead men to help. As an undead wizard, it is also difficult for me to effectively block his attack. As a veteran top master and the focus of the previous "World Heroes Conference", my usual tactics have long been studied by other opponents. The most important thing for a duel with me is to effectively prevent me from urging the "Touch of Death" to replenish my mental power, and not give me the opportunity to perform the "Undead Summoning" many times in a limited time. In this way, even if I can rely on the "Blood Bat Transformation" or "Teleportation" ability to save my life, I will be judged as a failure by the referee because I am too passive in dodging attacks in the game. Therefore, Hua Mantian's purpose was very clear. He relied on his own tyrannical strength and did not pay too much attention to the harassing attacks of Ebola, Guben, and Wuma. He usually simply forced them to retreat or forcefully break through. From the beginning, he set his main attack target on me and launched a crazy pursuit. Facing Hua Mantian's threat, I could only use the distance between us to squeeze out a little time to cast "Pet Summon" to summon Rosberg, but I no longer had the opportunity to activate "Touch of Death" to replenish my mental strength. I was unwilling to use the two "Magic Storage Rings", so I had to wander around and temporarily avoid the edge to effectively dodge Hua Mantian's attack.
Almost all the opponents I encountered would use similar means to deal with me. At most, the specific attack methods would differ according to their respective professions, but the purpose was the same. I have become quite accustomed to such tactics. As long as the opponent can successfully contain me and prevent me from activating the "Touch of Death" to replenish my mental strength, I basically have no room to play much and will inevitably fail. Even I cannot help but admit this. It's a pity that knowing is easier said than done. So far after countless battles, no player has been able to successfully contain my performance. Winning the honor of "The World's No. 1 Master" in the last session is the best proof of this. Of course, the players participating in this "World Hero Conference" have all been promoted to the ninth-level profession and have captured tenth-level magic pets. Compared with two years ago, their strength has been greatly improved. The previous matches had already made me feel a lot of pressure even though I didn't want to fight with all my strength. Hua Mantian was the first opponent of the same level who held a magic weapon that I encountered in this individual competition. He also had a grudge against me, so his offensive was even more fierce and fierce. He tried his best to hunt me down. I guess he knew that he had fought too hard in the professional match with Peacekeeper and no longer had enough strength to kill me. He had the same idea as me, wanting to gain the upper hand on the scene and use the rules of the game to win the final victory. This made me have to be more cautious. Without the assistance of powerful pseudo-magic weapons and props, Hua Mantian certainly didn't have much hope of being promoted to the list of "Top Ten Masters in the World". Every fight was a win. I had great ambitions and couldn't fight him like Peacekeeper did. I had to be thrifty and try to get the biggest possible return with the smallest investment.
Although there was an one-hour time limit for the individual competition, I still controlled my temper and patiently dealt with Hua Mantian for more than ten minutes, doing my best to dodge his pursuit, and did not attempt to activate the "Touch of Death" to replenish my mental power, so as to avoid unnecessary loss of health points. Although the situation was extremely passive and I had almost no ability to fight back and could only evade, the referee would probably deduct a lot of points. But I was not too worried. The time limit for the game was still long. As long as I could seriously injure Hua Mantian's Holy Dragon of Light mount, it would be the best time for me to launch a counterattack. I would even put myself in danger and deliberately leave Hua Mantian the opportunity to attack, so that he would come after me with all his might, making it even more difficult for him to take care of the protection of his mount, the Holy Dragon of Light. Ibola, Guben, Wu Ma, and even the level-10 upper-level Undead Ghost Phoenix summoned by Rossberg, after trying to attack Hua Mantian himself without much effect, basically took the Holy Dragon of Light as their main target of attack, trying to cause as much damage to it as possible, especially Wu Ma and the Undead Ghost Phoenix. One excels in attack power, and the other is at the same level as the Holy Dragon of Light. Even with the protection of the "body-protecting holy light" of the eight-winged war angel, they have to obey Hua Mantian's command to hunt me down, and cannot take care of their own defense too much. Without strong support from their master, the Holy Dragon of Light cannot withstand too long of direct attacks. The accumulated injuries on its body have begun to affect its condition. If it continues like this, I'm afraid his mount will not be able to hold on before Hua Mantian gains an absolute advantage. Compared to the last time I broke into the "Tower of Faith" and fought with the bright knight "Scavenger", as my strength increases, the strength of the undead subordinates I can summon is also stronger. With the addition of subordinates with strong attack power such as Wu Ma and the upper-level Undead Ghost Phoenix of level ten, it is much easier to execute the tactic of killing the horse first, and I don’t need to spend too much time fighting with the opponent.
Perhaps he was beginning to worry about the condition of the Light Holy Dragon mount, so Hua Mantian had to slow down his attack a little and pay attention to strengthening the protection of the mount, especially the strong attacking Wu Ma and Undead Ghost Phoenix, and not be easily hit by them to avoid the danger of losing the mount. However, this also reduced my pressure accordingly. Although I was still unable to launch a counterattack against Hua Mantian, at least the scene was no longer so ugly, and I didn't have to dodge and escape from Hua Mantian's pursuit. Commanding Taotao to fly at full speed and try to stay away from Hua Mantian. Such performance is usually a precursor to my activating the "Touch of Death". Considering the continuous attacks on his mount, Hua Mantian did not continue to chase me as closely as before. He refused to give me any chance. He had to let me keep some distance while forcing Ibola and the others to retreat. Of course, I believed that as long as I dared to activate the "Touch of Death" to try to replenish my mental strength, he would rush over with all his strength to stop me. However, this also gave other undead minions a chance to attack the Holy Dragon of Light. Anyway, it only consumed 10% of my health each time. Hua Mantian also lacked enough means to threaten me, so I should be able to deal with him like this a few times.
Seeing that I had already pulled away from Hua Mantian, I jumped off Taotao, activated the "Touch of Death" to entangle it, and began to quickly absorb its mental power. At the same time, I commanded it to use the "Flame Dragon Wushuang" to meet Hua Mantian from a distance, ready to do my best to block his attack. Taotao is a pet anyway, even if it dies in battle, it will be resurrected after the game is over and will not delay the next game. I plan to use its desperate fight to buy some time, replenish some mental power and indirectly help Wu Ma and the Undead Ghost Phoenix to cause more damage to the Holy Dragon of Light. As soon as Hua Mantian saw me activating the "Touch of Death", he immediately gave up the entanglement with Ibola and Guben and rushed towards me at full speed. Several of my men seized the opportunity and launched a fierce attack on the Holy Dragon of Light. The Undead Ghost Phoenix also launched its strongest skill, "A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix", trying its best to slow down Hua Mantian's advance. After approaching a certain distance, Taotao also joined the attackers, entangled with the body of "Death Touch" and tried its best to attack the Holy Dragon of Light, not caring about its own damage, making it difficult for Hua Mantian to catch up with me quickly. At the same time, I also controlled "Death Touch" and performed "A Rider Away from the Dust", paying attention to keeping a distance from Taotao and Hua Mantian, trying to delay time as much as possible, and strive to take the opportunity to absorb more spiritual power.
Hua Mantian refused to give me more time to replenish his mental power, and he forcibly broke through all the attacks against him, and quickly rushed to me. Not wanting to lose my health in his attack, I promptly retracted the "Touch of Death", turned into a bat and fled away, and continued to let Ibola and the others strengthen their attacks on the Holy Dragon of Light, forcing Hua Mantian to distract his attention, so that I could distance myself from him again and create an opportunity to continue to activate the "Touch of Death". This happened four times. Although Taotao, who tried his best to block Hua Mantian head-on, was severely injured, I also consumed 40% of my health. Under the efforts of my subordinates to restrain me, I still took the opportunity to absorb enough mental power to summon the undead subordinates to help again.
There was still plenty of time to cast "Summon the Dead". There was another level 10 upper-level ghost knight on the field to participate in the attack on the Holy Dragon of Light. With Heinrich, the explorer, and the huge Ghost Knight Kingdom, I could provide more manpower. The level 10 upper-level ghost knight was not as precious as the Undead Ghost Phoenix. Even if it died unexpectedly in battle, I would not be too distressed. I took the responsibility of the main attack on behalf of the seriously injured Taotao without fear of death. I chased the Holy Dragon of Light relentlessly, making it even more difficult for Hua Mantian to deal with it, so that I could get more time to activate the "Touch of Death" to replenish my mental strength. I was also bullying Hua Mantian because his powerful pseudo-artifacts and props were almost consumed. With conventional means of attack alone, it was difficult to pose a direct threat to me and could not effectively harm me, so there was no need to retain too much life value in case of an accident, and I could activate the "Touch of Death" a few more times.
Hua Mantian had been trying his best to stop my actions, but he was helpless in the face of the desperate struggle of the undead men. Although he succeeded in interrupting my actions to activate the "Touch of Death" several times, the injury of his mount, the Holy Dragon of Light, became increasingly serious, which forced him to have more concerns. The previous two pursuits seemed to be quite hesitant. He was unwilling to give me the opportunity to replenish my mental power, and did not want to let the Holy Dragon of Light suffer too much damage. Instead, I bought him a little more time. Artifacts that focus on defense, such as the "War Angel Helmet" held by Hua Mantian, cannot directly threaten me. Usually, they need to cooperate with powerful pseudo-artifacts and props to effectively contain me. Hua Mantian lacks the necessary assistance in this regard, and his means of attack are still too simple. He has a strong melee ability but cannot use it, and it is difficult to pose a sufficient threat to me. Once I have less concerns in this regard and am able to activate the "Touch of Death" multiple times, the situation will be relatively favorable for me. This is also the reason why I am confident that I can defeat Hua Mantian with the strength I have currently demonstrated.
I kept creating opportunities and activated the "Touch of Death" three times in succession, which enabled me to perform another "Summoning the Undead". This time, I did not summon the tenth-level upper-level undead minions, but more than twenty ninth-level upper-level Exploding Bone Snakes, which attacked Hua Mantian's Holy Dragon mount with all their strength. As long as I killed it first, Hua Mantian would only be a lame tiger, and it would be impossible for him to be so majestic again. When I activated the "Touch of Death" for the eighth time to attract Hua Mantian to chase and kill him, more than twenty ninth-level upper-level Exploding Bone Snakes took turns to rush towards the Holy Dragon of Light, and with the full-force attacks of Ghost Knight, Undead Ghost Phoenix, Ibola, and Wu Ma, when Hua Mantian successfully forced me away, his Holy Dragon of Light mount could not withstand the continuous direct attacks and could not hold on for long. Like my Taotao, he had to withdraw from the battle early.
Hua Mantian, who lost his mount of the Holy Dragon of Light, no longer had the deterrent power he had when he was flying in the sky. It was almost impossible for him to catch up with me, a part-time thief, on foot. In addition, he had to resist the attacks of several of my undead men, which made it difficult for him to rush close to me smoothly and could no longer pose a direct threat to me. However, Hua Mantian still had the high defense power attached to the "Battle Angel Helmet" and the possession of the eight-winged battle angel. In addition, my remaining health was not much, and I lacked the means to recover. I could only activate the "Touch of Death" once more, and I did not have enough strength to kill him in the remaining limited time. I created and seized the opportunity to replenish my mental power, and summoned three level 10 intermediate ghost knights and black dragon kings to participate in the siege of Hua Mantian. The purpose was not to kill him, but to try to contain him, making it more difficult for him to break out and cause trouble for me. I also cast undead magic from a distance to attack, and in contrast to the embarrassing situation of being forced to a disadvantage before, I took the initiative. As long as I kept up the current situation until the end, I should win the game.
Although he roared in anger, Hua Mantian was no longer able to reverse the situation. Even if he wanted to use a pseudo-artifact or prop, if it was not powerful enough to cooperate with his attack to kill me, he would lose a certain amount of points, and he still could not win the game. In the rounds of siege, the game time limit exceeded one hour, and neither Hua Mantian nor I were completely defeated. In the end, the referee made a ruling based on the battle situation - although both of us took the initiative on the field for a similar period of time, I killed Hua Mantian's level 10 upper-level pet, but only lost a level 10 middle-level pet, and I was the one who struck back, so I had a slight advantage over Hua Mantian who lost his integrity in the end. As I expected, I won the game, eliminated Hua Mantian, and advanced to the top 64 of the individual competition.
Some other popular candidates for the "Top Ten Masters in the World" such as Supreme Honor, Holy Heaven, Fearless Warriors, and Dragon Travels the World also passed smoothly. Basically, there was no dark horse. Afeng also defeated his opponent and advanced to the top 64. However, Xue Wuxia's luck was not so good. She encountered Wangyue Canglang who held the artifact "Forbidden Magic Bow". As a magician, she was restrained by the archer profession. The opponent's strength and experience were not inferior. After a hard fight, she was unfortunately eliminated in the end. Like Hua Mantian, she stopped at the top 128 and was unable to go further and achieve a better record.
In the next round of the 64, I encountered a fire magician named Fujisan who held the artifact "Fire Dragon Scepter". He could transform a fire dragon into an attacker by activating the artifact. He could attack from far or near. He could not only attack, but also surround himself to strengthen defense, or use the body of the fire dragon to offset the opponent's attack. Even if the opponent was wearing a high-level holy artifact "Fire Kirin Soft Armor Cloak", he could not withstand the direct damage of the high-level fire magic released by the artifact. It's a pity that I am becoming more and more a "magic killer" with Ebola, Guben, and Wuma. As long as I have the opportunity to summon them, Fujisan can't think of attacking me smoothly. He has to devote most of his attention to strengthening his own defense. He has a strong attack power, but he can't play it effectively in the battle with me. In the game, I didn't even use "Blood Transformation". I defeated Fujisan quite easily and advanced to the top 32.
Afeng defeated Olympia and successfully entered the top 32. As the "top ten seeded players", Supreme Honor and Holy Heaven also entered the top 32. At present, only Honor and our Tongxin League have two members each in the top 32, but I don't know if they can perform the legend of being among the "top ten masters in the world" again. The result of the top 32 draw seemed to satisfy the curiosity of the audience. It was revealed in advance, which made me encounter Holy Heaven. Once defeated, I will completely lose the qualification to compete for the "top ten masters in the world" and there will be no possibility of turning over. Facing the top powerhouse like Holy Heaven so early is definitely not what I want. Even if I can defeat him, it is likely to pay a higher price. If I want to win the title of "the best master in the world", there are still four rounds of competition to go. If I meet him, it will not be an opponent that can be easily defeated, which will be more disadvantageous to me. It's a pity that Holy Heaven is ranked among the "top ten seeded players" in the individual competition, and I was squeezed out. As I expected, it increased the chances of me and him fighting in advance. In order to make the competition more intense and attract more players' attention, the organizing committee set an effective avoidance principle in the lottery procedure. Players from the same mercenary group, the same camp, or the same profession will have a relatively small chance of meeting in the competition to avoid "friendly matches" as much as possible. Players from relatively hostile forces have a higher chance of encountering each other in the competition. Just now, I met Shengtiantang, one of the "top ten seeded players", as my opponent in the 32-strong battle. The loser will be completely defeated and will get nothing in the individual competition. This is definitely not the result that I or he want to see.
Facing Sheng Tiantang, who holds the two artifacts "Angel Robe" and "Holy Flame Badge of Light" and will definitely fight for victory with all his strength, if I continue to hold back my strength like before, I will definitely not have much chance of winning. However, my goal is to defend the title of "World's No. 1 Master". There are still four rounds of competitions to play. It is better not to use the "Great Pyramid Sky Cage and Earth Locking Array" and the two "Magic Storage Rings" too early, so I don't want to expose all my strength. Fortunately, with Ebola, Guben, and Wu Ma, they can pose a certain threat to Sheng Tiantang himself, so that he dare not launch a fierce attack on me too recklessly. I should be able to deal with him for a while. If there are no other means to assist, it will not be so easy to threaten me.
The duel between "the world's number one necromancer" and "the world's number one priest of light" was naturally given a more special meaning and once again became the focus of this round of competition, attracting more attention from players. Even the Church of Light and the alliance of resistance forces came out to organize a large cheerleading team to cheer us both up. For the forces we represent, this is also a crucial battle. Whoever can win the final victory will be able to gain higher reputation for their mercenary group and camp, and take more initiative in this indirect contest.
In a match between two magicians, it is not common to seize the initiative and restrict the opponent's performance at the beginning. They first summon their pets and summoned creatures step by step, and then use their means to engage in a head-on confrontation. I first summoned the best trio of Ibola, Guben and Wuma, commanding them to rush to Holy Heaven, and then summoned Taotao, leaving it for close protection, and then carefully cast "Sacrifice" and "Unparalleled Guardian" magic on myself as protection. Holy Heaven is different from Hua Mantian, who lacks long-range attack methods. It can easily threaten me who is far away, so I can't help but be on guard. Holy Heaven first summoned his level 10 upper holy magic pet White Tiger, and then descended the level 10 upper eight-winged holy angel, and then activated the "Angel Robe" to further enhance its own protection. Finally, while resisting Ibola's attack, it activated the "Holy Flame Badge of Light", which was surrounded by twelve groups of milky white holy flames. It has a certain close protection effect, and the most important thing is that it can be released to attack enemies within a range of 200 meters. The power should not be underestimated.
Holy Heaven has many means of attack, but it also has a weakness, that is, its average combat power is not very outstanding. Whether it is the pet white tiger, the eight-winged holy angel, or even his own light magic and light holy flame attack, it is difficult to have an overwhelming advantage over Ibola and Wu Ma. It cannot force a breakthrough like Hua Mantian and force me to an absolute disadvantage. Although I can't get the opportunity to activate the "Touch of Death" to replenish my mental power under the long-range attack of the light holy flame, Holy Heaven has no way to put too much pressure on me under the harassment of Ibola, Wu Ma and several undead men. Both sides have their own offense and defense, presenting a situation of equal strength, and it is difficult to tell who is better.
Of course, this is just a probing attack. Just like the undead minions with different powers summoned by our necromancers, the most worrying thing about the priests of light is their powerful pseudo-artifacts and combination props. Maybe the direct killing effect is not the strongest, but they have various functions and many tricks, which can be quite troublesome to deal with. If you want to defeat me, it is difficult for Holy Heaven to do it by conventional means alone. If you can't bring me enough pressure, the stalemate will only give me the opportunity to activate the "Touch of Death" to absorb some mental power, so that I can summon more undead minions to help. It is basically impossible to force me to a disadvantage. I can only rely on powerful pseudo- artifacts and props as assistance. Moreover, this "World Heroes Conference" fully takes into account the characteristics of various professional players. Using pseudo-artifacts and props will only deduct a certain number of points, and it does not necessarily lose the game. As long as you can achieve enough results, it is enough to make up for this part of the negative points and have a chance to win the game.
Under the protection of my pet white tiger, coupled with the defensive effect of the "Angel Robe" and the close-range burst or flying attacks of the twelve groups of holy flames produced by the "Badge of Holy Flame of Light", Ibola, Guben and Wu Ma's siege of Holy Heaven has not yet achieved very good results. Under Taotao's restraint, I turned into a bat and dodged everywhere, making it futile for the Eight-Winged Holy Angel who was chasing me and posing little threat to me. If I hadn't been worried about the possible means that Holy Heaven might use, I would have wanted to temporarily retain 10% of my mental power just in case. I really wanted to summon Rossberg and let a level 10 upper-order Eight-Polar Yin Demon cover me and activate the "Touch of Death" to replenish my mental power. Unfortunately, Rossberg can only summon three level 10 upper-order undead. The Undead Ghost Phoenix is seriously injured and cannot fight. Heinrich has to stay and cooperate with Haishar. There are still four rounds of games to go, and there is only one Eight-Polar Yin Demon left who can fight. I really can't bear to lose it unless I have to.
I didn't move, but Holy Heaven couldn't hold back, and took the lead to break the deadlock. With his hands gesturing, several dazzling white lights suddenly rose from his body and floated in the air. Looking up, they condensed into twelve light balls, like little suns, releasing thousands of rays of light. Each light ball projected a halo, covering a radius of 100 meters, which could move and overlap, illuminating the entire stadium. Witnessing all this, my heart suddenly became extremely nervous. This was the "Holy Light Illuminating", known as the "Holy Light Illuminating", the most powerful pseudo-artifact of the Priest of Light!
