Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 324: Array Lock Honor
Shengtiantang was very unwilling to lose. After the referee announced the result of the game, he even openly questioned it, paid a review fee to the organizing committee, and carefully checked the details of the scores for our performance, but he was not able to pick out enough points worth discussing to help him win more points and reverse the victory. In the end, he could only accept his defeat helplessly. Such a result and process are indeed difficult for Shengtiantang, a frequent visitor of the "Top Ten Masters in the World" in the past and a favorite of the "Top Ten Seeds" in this individual competition, to be satisfied and accept. Whether he hopes to defeat me in one fell swoop, or to consume more of my strength, especially to force me to use the two "magic storage rings" that have helped me achieve many great feats, and lose the ability to quickly "second summon" in the next few rounds of competition, or to have to use the pseudo-artifact "Gate of the Underworld" of the same level as "Holy Light Illumination", the result was not able to achieve what he wanted, which was equivalent to losing two pseudo-artifacts for nothing, but not being able to force out my true strength, which hurt me to the bone. The two most critical points are: first, he underestimated my defensive ability. He did not expect that the "Death Field" ability attached to the "Death Scepter" actually had a certain protective function, which effectively weakened the attack effect of "Holy Light", allowing me to hold on for a longer time under the continuous attack of "Light of Judgment"; second, he misjudged Wu Ma's ability - through the "Undead Disintegration Technique", Wu Ma, who was originally only a mid-level high-level Destruction Knight, suddenly increased his combat effectiveness by one level, bringing him greater pressure. Relying on a high-level pet white tiger of level ten alone, he was simply unable to withstand the repeated attacks of Wu Ma and Ibola, making it impossible for him to concentrate on fully controlling the attack of "Holy Light", so he did not cause more serious damage to me. Speaking of this "Holy Light Illumination" is really abnormal. In such a restricted range of activities, it is simply unavoidable. Even in ordinary battles, if the opponent moves fast, he can still escape from the user's field of vision. Otherwise, he can only rely on his own defense ability to resist. Under such a continuous attack that is almost always accurate, even top players, if they don't have defensive artifacts to protect their bodies, or can't show more powerful strength to interfere with the user's attack, I'm afraid it's rare to survive. It's a pity that the Holy Heaven used it to deal with me. First, I used "Teleportation" to delay the time of being locked by "Holy Light Illumination" and then, with the unexpected performance of "Death Field" and Wu Ma, I was lucky to escape this disaster and reverse the situation of the game.
After losing the match, Shengtiantang ended his personal competition journey and missed the chance to be one of the "Top Ten Masters in the World". However, Afeng had a fierce battle with the wolf in sheep's clothing who held the artifact "Heart of Earth Element". Both sides were unwilling to lose the match and lose the chance to be one of the "Top Ten Masters in the World". They also fought with real fire. The wolf in sheep's clothing used two pseudo-artifacts, forcing Afeng to use a pseudo-artifact and a prop to protect himself. In the end, Afeng was slightly better and defeated his opponent to advance to the top 16. In this way, there are at least two chances to strive to be one of the "Top Ten Masters in the World", which increases the hope of our Tongxin League to become the only mercenary group in "Tianxia" with two "Top Ten" players. Once this is achieved, it will greatly boost the morale of our Tongxin League, so that some other members who participate in the mercenary group battle whose personal strength is not top-notch will have higher fighting spirit and confidence in victory, so that our Tongxin League will have a better chance to regain the honor of "the world's first mercenary group" that we once lost.
In the alliance of the resistance forces, Long Xing Tian Xia also advanced to the top 16, and in the Church of Light, with the defeat of Holy Heaven, only the two veteran strongmen, Supreme Honor and Real Madrid, successfully advanced to this round. Supreme Honor holds the "Holy Cross" and "Speed Wing Battle Armor", so it is natural for him to achieve such results, while Real Madrid, who only holds the "Heart of Prayer", has a "second spring". Originally, due to the continuous emergence of players holding a divine weapon and the top light players who have been promoted to the ninth-level profession, they can usually pray to the upper-level angels of the tenth level, so his advantage in this regard should not be too obvious. Unexpectedly, the "Heart of Prayer" has revealed another unique ability, which can actually summon the four holy angels to possess with the power of the artifact. Although the possession time is very short, it is estimated that it will consume a lot of mental power for Real Madrid, and each time it can only last for two or three minutes at most. It seems that the only one who summons the weakest El Metti is the one who possesses it, but with the strength of the holy beast level, almost no one can compete head-on with the opponents at the current stage. He always explodes at critical moments, which wins him a considerable advantage. Relying on this secret weapon, he was able to stand out again, not only successfully breaking into the top 16 of the individual competition, but also being considered to have a great chance of being awarded the title of "Top Ten Masters in the World". Overall, there are two dark professional players and two light professional players in the top 16, which is basically a tie. The resistance alliance has the knight Afeng, which seems to have some advantages on the surface, but the Church of Light has Yamato Spirit, a neutral professional player in the pro-light camp, which is actually a tie. The biggest winner is the neutral alliance. In the top 16, except for a free-identity player who is unwilling to submit to others, the other ten seats, led by the fearless warrior, are all members of the neutral alliance. This is also due to the increasing number of neutral professional players holding artifacts, which has formed a great impact on the original player strength pattern. They began to attack the participating masters of our resistance alliance and the Church of Light early on. The strength of the opponents has been greatly enhanced, which has increased the probability of us being eliminated in advance.
After finishing this round of competition, I will have a precious half-day rest time. I didn't care about logging off to rest first, and hurriedly passed through the "Dead Soul Gate" and entered the "Dead Soul Space". In the battle with Holy Heaven, although I won the final victory, it can only be described as a tragic victory. Several main players who fought were all seriously injured, especially Wu Ma. In addition to his body, he also used the "Dead Soul Disintegration Method" to attack with all his strength, which also consumed a lot of soul energy, but it cannot be recovered in a short time. If you want to defend the title of "The World's No. 1 Master", you must win four more games. Wu Ma and Ibola, who consume less mental energy but have strong combat power, are the two indispensable main forces in conventional battles. I have to spend some time to use the "Dead Soul" to help it recover, and try to ensure that it can be summoned to fight in the next game, so as not to have a big impact on its strength.
In the top 16, my opponent was a Berserker named Corberto who held the artifact "Vajra Heavy Armor". He had a 10th-level upper-level earth-type holy magic pet Xuanwu. After the combination, he had super strong defense ability. It was difficult for ordinary attacks to cause effective damage to him. He attacked blindly in the game, forcing the opponent to retreat and seize the initiative. Even if he didn't kill the opponent in the end, he could win by virtue of the advantage in points. But he didn't have such good luck when he met me. Although none of my undead subordinates could compete with him head-on, I had a riding pet Taotao, which gave me an advantage in moving speed and allowed me to fight with him without being chased and beaten like other powerful enemies, and I had to dodge with all my strength, which was completely at a disadvantage. This prevented me from being too passive and deducting too many points, and I could also activate the "Touch of Death" to continuously replenish my mental strength. I didn't even use the "blood change" ability. Wu Ma, whose soul wound had not yet healed, did not fight. I only summoned the tenth-level intermediate undead subordinates to fight. The Undead Phoenix, the Black Dragon King, the Ghost Knight, especially the Giant Magician Dragon Knight, the Ghost Archer Dragon Rider, and the Ghost Spear Dragon Rider, were condescending and launched a fierce long-range attack on him. Although relying on the Xuanwu Holy Magic Pet, Corberto also has a certain long-range attack ability, compared with me, it is too weak. I took the initiative on the scene. With conventional combat methods, I was not able to kill him, but I was able to use the rules to effectively suppress him. Relying on the human wave tactics, his advantage of super defensive ability could not be too obvious. In the end, after the referee's decision, I won the game with a higher score and successfully entered the quarterfinals.
The three veteran strongmen, Supreme Honor, Dragon Walks the World, and Fearless Warriors, also successfully defeated their respective opponents and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals. It's a pity that Afeng's luck was a little worse. His opponent in this round of individual competition was Real Madrid, "Blood Spear" against "Prayer God's Heart". Real Madrid not only summoned one of the four holy angels, El Metti, to possess him in the game, but also used a "pseudo artifact" to cooperate in the attack, obviously determined to win this game. Afeng considered that my ultimate goal was the "Golden Hero Trophy" which combined three major awards. In addition to defending the title of "World's No. 1 Master" in the individual competition, I also need to represent Tongxin League in the last event of the "World Hero Conference" Mercenary Group War to win the honor of "World's No. 1 Mercenary Group". In view of the fact that the strength of other members of Tongxin League is relatively weaker than our three giants, we three artifact holders need to make more efforts and must retain a certain strength. In this regard, Real Madrid's pressure is relatively small. Even if he can be promoted to the "Top Ten Masters in the World" and his Galaxy Mercenary Group can also be honored as one of the "Top Ten Mercenary Groups in the World", he basically has no hope of getting involved in the championship of the two events, so he has fewer concerns during the competition. Therefore, Afeng decisively chose to retreat and did not use the pseudo-artifact to fight Real Madrid to the end, so as not to invest too much in a game, which would easily affect the subsequent games. Anyway, even if he lost this game, he still had a chance to win the title of "Ninth Master in the World" or "Tenth Master in the World" through the four rounds of substitutes in the quarterfinals, so as not to completely cut off his hope and make him lose the game in the end. Fortunately, Yamato Spirit's opponent in this round is Long Xing Tianxia, who also tasted defeat and failed to enter the quarterfinals. Compared with the Church of Light, our resistance alliance did not suffer much.
Next up was the quarter-finals, and my opponent was the little match girl, an elf archer who held the artifact "Elf King's War Bow". Usually the archer class is the nemesis of the magician class, and the ultra-long-range powerful attack can make our magic impossible to cast, but I have already accumulated a lot of experience in this battle, and I also don't plan to use the "blood change" ability. I first summoned my pet Taotao, and used its body to take the ultra-long-range attack launched by the "Elf King's War Bow" on my behalf. I quickly summoned Ibola and Wuma, and used their unpredictable attack methods to harass the little match girl, effectively preventing her from chasing and attacking me. Dealing with magicians and archers with weaker defense capabilities is Wuma's strength, especially Ibola. Relying on a level 10 upper-level pet as protection is not enough to effectively protect its own safety. Although the continuous arrows brought me great pressure and I had to dodge the attacks constantly, I still activated the "Touch of Death" to absorb enough mental power by relying on the sacrifices made by the two upper-level ninth-level ghost knights summoned at the same time, and Taotao's cover, and summoned two mid-level ten-level and two upper-level ninth-level undead subordinates again, forming a virtuous cycle, and further strengthening the attack power, making the situation more and more favorable for me. The little match girl had used a lot of pseudo-artifacts and powerful props in the previous competitions. She finally broke into the top eight, and probably didn't have much capital left. The desire to win didn't seem to be strong. After a fierce attack at the beginning, she found that it was not enough to pose a fatal threat to me, so she stopped actively attacking and didn't show the posture of fighting with me. She seemed quite passive. In the subsequent competitions, she just used conventional means to attack me as much as she could. I didn't want to provoke her any more, I just maintained the upper hand, but didn't kill her to completely defeat her. I also didn't risk activating the "Touch of Death" to replenish my mental strength, and hurriedly summoned more undead minions to help me. I maintained this stalemate until the time limit expired. In the end, I won the quarter-finals with the upper hand and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
In the other three games of this round, Dragon Travels the World, Supreme Honor and Fearless Warriors won respectively, which is still the traditional top four. Many new generation artifact holders have not been able to go further and pose a sufficient threat to our four old super powers. This result is not unexpected, but the matchup situation drawn in the semi-finals is a little regrettable for me. I originally thought that I would fight Supreme Honor in the finals and repeat the exciting scene of the last "World Heroes Conference" to defend the title of "World's No. 1 Master" with a refreshing victory, but it didn't go as I wished. I had to face Supreme Honor in the semi-finals, which made the long-awaited peak showdown with Supreme Honor inevitably inferior. Even if I won, it would not be as sensational as defeating him in the finals. Fortunately, the other semi-final is a battle between Long Xing Tian Xia and Fearless Warriors. Long Xing Tian Xia, who possesses two artifacts, "Poison Dragon Spear" and "Blood Demon Armor", will certainly not be willing to lose to Fearless Warriors who only possesses one artifact, "Thor's Hammer". Moreover, it is a decisive battle between the two chief representatives of the Resistance Alliance and the Neutral Alliance. They will also go all out. No matter who wins or loses, it will definitely consume a lot of energy. In the final, they will not suffer too much because of paying too much for the supreme honor.
These two semi-finals can be called the finals in advance, because of the relationship and identity between the two pairs of players, and the fact that everyone has the hope of winning the "Golden Hero Trophy", no one will hold back. The pre-war analysis published by "Tian Media" even asserted that the level of excitement will be even higher than the finals. At least the best pseudo-artifacts, props or other means will definitely not be stingy in using them in the semi-finals. We must first strive to win this game, especially if Long Xingtianxia and I win in the semi-finals. We are both high-level members of the resistance alliance, and the meaning of competition will be much weaker, and it will be even more difficult to arouse too much interest from other players.
Although most players thought that he was the most popular candidate for the title of "World's No. 1 Master" before the game, and his performance in the game was excellent, fully demonstrating his strong fighting power, he did not consume many pseudo-artifacts and powerful props, and his strength was intact, but I still have the confidence to defeat him. If I use all my strength to fight, even in a one-on-one, I believe that I have the ability to defeat any top master. Perhaps except for the three artifacts I have, my other equipment is not too sophisticated, and even the artifacts I have are criticized by many players, who think that the effect is too small and not as powerful as the artifacts held by other players, but the seemingly alternative function is extremely useful for enhancing my strength, especially helping me to obtain a far superior development opportunity in the "Dead Soul Space" than other undead wizards, which makes me have such a strong strength today. Compared to other top players, I have a different fighting method and style. As a necromancer who is not good at one-on-one duels, I have the ability and confidence to defeat the top players of other professions. Confidence is based on strong strength, and I firmly believe in my own strength. As long as I am fully prepared, I can fully exert my fighting power. In a fair one-on-one duel, I am not afraid of any opponent.
This is a contest between old enemies. Although the Supreme Honor is the Knight of Light and I am the Undead Wizard, our professions seem to be mismatched, but we have already fought against each other several times in individual competitions. Unfortunately, the Supreme Honor always returns home in defeat and has almost never won. In the history of individual competitions, his record is far less brilliant than mine. However, all of this has become history. This time, the Supreme Honor has been promoted to the ninth-level Knight of Light profession, and has also subdued the tenth-level upper-level holy magic pet, the Holy Dragon of Light, as a mount. He holds two artifacts and performs excellently. On the other hand, although I also made it to the semi-finals, I stumbled along the way and had almost no beautiful games. Most of the time, I won the final victory by relying on the advantages on the scene. The strength I showed was not very strong, not enough to help me defend the title of "the best player in the world". Therefore, the outside world is not optimistic about my prospects. Fortunately, I usually keep a low profile and strike back at critical moments. This is my usual style. Many players believe that I must have a means to make a big splash, so as not to make the scene too one-sided. I have also gained the support of many fans.
The semi-final between me and Supreme Honor finally started. Although there was still a final to go , I dared not have any idea of reserving my strength against Supreme Honor. That would be tantamount to suicide. First, I used the "blood transformation" ability to summon Pharaoh Khufu, and then absorbed 40% of the spiritual power stored in two "magic storage rings" in succession. I immediately performed another "dead soul summoning" to summon Jefferson and other eleven level nine upper-level great pharaohs and seven level nine upper-level fiery bone snakes and Ibora. With Pharaoh Khufu as the core, the other eleven great pharaohs quickly took their positions and set up the "Great Pyramid Sky Cage and Earth Locking Array", waiting for Supreme Honor, who had completed the battle preparations, to rush over and fall into the trap.
On the other side, the Supreme Honor followed the routine, summoning the Holy Dragon mount first, followed by the Eight-winged Holy Angel of the tenth level, and then activated the "Speed Wing Light Armor", and a pair of huge light wings appeared behind him, speeding up and rushing towards me. With high defense, the flying speed in the air is also quite fast, and it also holds the "Holy Cross", which has a strong long-range attack ability. In the past, it was the most difficult type for me to deal with, but now with the "Great Pyramid Sky Cage and Earth Locking Array", it is difficult for him to fully play his advantages. It depends on how much combat power Khufu can exert in this duel against the top enemy. He has put so much effort into it, and has deliberately hidden it until now, but I don't know if he can present me with a satisfactory answer.
The "Great Pyramid Sky Cage and Earth Lock Formation" has expanded. The Supreme Honor, who was originally flying in the air, rushed into the effective range of the formation and was immediately restricted by the "No-Fly" ability. He was forced to lower his flying altitude. No matter how the inexplicable Supreme Honor drove the Light Holy Dragon mount, he could only maintain a height equal to the head of an ordinary Great Pharaoh. He could attack it with just a hand, and he could not fly any higher. The Supreme Honor behaved quite cautiously. He did not dare to rush towards me rashly. He retreated to the back in a roundabout way, trying to find the cause of the problem. However, he was restricted by the "Enclosure" ability and was blocked by an invisible barrier. No matter how he collided, he would be bounced back. With his current strength, he was not enough to directly break through the constraints of the "Enclosure" ability. He could only attack Khufu and the eleven Great Pharaohs to disrupt the layout of their formation and reveal flaws, so that he had a chance to escape from the formation.
During this time, I summoned Taotao and cast the magic of "Sacrifice" and "Unparalleled Guardian" on myself as a defense. Then I activated the "Touch of Death" and began to replenish my mental power. Perhaps it realized that it was trapped in the formation I set up and there was no hope of escaping. Seeing that I was already absorbing mental power, Supreme Honor naturally refused to let me replenish it easily, and turned around and continued to rush towards me. I naturally rode Taotao to retreat, trying to keep a distance from Supreme Honor, but I didn't stay away from it blindly. Instead, I circled around Khufu and the other eleven pharaohs, moving around them, so that Khufu could use the abilities of "Cursed Aura" and "Energy Transmission" to block the attack of Supreme Honor.
Khufu had participated in battles many times in the form of the Great Pharaoh. The Supreme Honor seemed to know the strength of the Great Pharaoh, because although he could not fly high, he was not afraid of them. He rushed straight at me, trying to break through their interception and interrupt my action of activating the "Touch of Death" as soon as possible. Although the usual negative state magic attack was not very effective for the Supreme Honor who had the "Protective Holy Light" of the Level 10 Upper Eight-Winged Holy Angel as protection, the "Curse Aura" released by the Pharaoh Khufu, who was also a Level 10 Upper, and the power of the other five Great Pharaohs nearby was not completely eliminated by the "Protective Holy Light". However, the Supreme Honor was also equipped with the "Speed Wing Light Armor" as protection. After contact, it was obvious that the curse did not have an ideal . The surface of his body was only covered with a layer of black gas that was almost imperceptible, which should not have much impact, which made me quite disappointed. Fortunately, he still had the ability of "energy transmission". The Great Pharaoh who was blocking the front swung a staff at the Supreme Honor who was coming aggressively and seemed to take it lightly. This was the energy transmitted by Khufu's twelve "pyramids". The attack power was at least twice that of Khufu's full-strength attack. Although it was not enough to break the Supreme Honor's defense and directly hurt him, it also stopped his momentum due to the recoil force and forced him to stop. The Great Pharaoh was also repelled, and after stabilizing his body, he rushed forward again. The Supreme Honor seemed to be unconvinced and swept his gun again. The staff and the gun collided, but he still could not force the Great Pharaoh to retreat and find an opportunity to break through from the front. Seeing that I was still activating the "Touch of Death" to absorb spiritual energy, Supreme Honor was surprised, but he did not delay here any longer, and continued to try to break through from the front. Relying on his ability to fly, his speed was much faster than that of the walking pharaohs, so he went around from the side. Along the way, he did not confront the nearby pharaohs head-on, but would rather use the advantage of speed to take a few more steps and quickly rushed towards me who was hiding in the group of pharaohs.
