Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 333 Combination Technique
In order to maximize the advantages of Shaman and further increase its chances of winning, I tried my best to set the time for the promotion challenge at 22:00 near the end of the day, so as to make full use of the two "blood changes" that can be used on the day. Each "blood change" can last for 40 minutes, increasing the mental strength by almost double, and will have more capital to use the desperate fighting method of exchanging injuries for injuries against the blood-sucking prince Sablotu, increasing its consumption. If you want to defeat Sablotu, it is still impossible to win quickly with Shaman's current strength. You can only fight a protracted war and compete with it for consumption. It is estimated that it will take at least 20 to 30 hours of fierce fighting before it is possible to decide the winner. In this way, according to the challenge time set by my proposal, this promotion challenge is likely to span three days, and Shaman will have six "blood changes" abilities to use, which should be more certain of winning the final victory.
The challenge of promotion has begun. It's either you die or I die. It will basically be a fight to the death. Neither side will intend to conserve their strength or show mercy. Both sides are trying their best to kill their opponents. However, the Vampire Fang Duke's Shaman only has two forms, blood bat and human form. Only the human form that is based on the ground and conducts land battles is suitable for fighting. As a superior, the Vampire Fang Prince Sablotu cannot actively avoid a head-on confrontation with Shaman. In this way, his quadruple transformation ability of fat bats and exquisite bats suitable for dodging and escaping will be of no use. If he transforms into a bat-man form suitable for air combat to fight Shaman, many of his advantages cannot be utilized, and he is not as flexible as the human form of Shaman. The effect will certainly not be ideal. Therefore, Sablotu can only transform into a human form to fight Shaman. The quadruple transformation function granted by the special equipment of the Vampire Fang royal family is basically useless. He does not have much advantage in facing the challenge of the inferior in the promotion challenge. What is more important is to rely on his own real strength to decide the outcome.
The two vampire fangs in human form fought back and forth on the ground, dodging and maneuvering, and launched a fierce duel. As the strongest first vampire fang prince, Sablotu's performance was indeed quite strong. Both his attack power and defense ability were obviously much higher than that of Saman. As long as the two blood claws grabbed Saman, the result was that his skin and flesh were torn apart, while Saman only had a shallow skin wound when he grabbed Sablotu's body. The difference in combat power was obvious at a glance. Under normal circumstances, a newly promoted vampire fang duke like Saman, even if he had good innate qualifications, would not have the strength to defeat the powerful vampire fang prince in a short period of time. It was not an exaggeration to describe it as an egg hitting a stone. There was no hope of winning at all. However, I spent four "Blood Bodhi" to improve his physique. Although his attack and defense power have not improved much, his speed on the ground is still a little slower than that of Sablotu. He can't take advantage of it, but he won't suffer too much. He can still fight with it to the point of both sides being injured. In addition, his fast recovery speed and super mental power are better than Sablotu. Several wounds with skin and flesh have no great impact on Sablo. While adding new wounds, the old wounds are healing at a visible speed. Although the mental power lost by the injury cannot be recovered so quickly, the wounds will heal quickly, so as not to consume too much energy due to the increasing trauma. In this respect, Sablo is obviously better than Sablotu, and it is also my biggest capital for a protracted war with Sablotu. The "Blood Bodhi" that has just been cultivated after consuming so much blood essence can play such a role, which is also worth the money and did not disappoint me.
After the initial tentative attack, Saburotu still had a clear advantage in the situation. Not only did he hit Saman more times, but each attack also dealt heavy damage, which was far beyond Saman's reach. However, with his relatively high mental power, especially the fast wound healing and mental power recovery speed, although Saman was forced into a disadvantage, he was not completely powerless to fight back. The injury-for-injury fighting method also brought Saburotu a lot of trouble, making it unable to dodge in time and effectively. While inflicting damage to Saman, he was inevitably hit by one or two claws. Although because of Saman's weak attack power, the wounds on Saburotu's body were relatively shallow, basically skin injuries, but the speed of recovery and healing was much slower. In fact, the advantage it gained was not as great as it seemed on the surface. Saman had enough toughness and endurance to fight a protracted war with it, and it would not be easily defeated by it in a short time.
After fighting for more than an hour, I basically figured out the approximate strength of Saburotu and its basic tactics. I combined Saburotu's instincts and my wisdom and experience to summarize the most likely attack tactics to trade injuries with Saburotu. I immediately ordered Saburotu to use the ability of "blood change" to increase his mental strength by about one time. There are less than 50 minutes left before the end of today. If we continue to delay, we will waste a "blood change". We must make full use of the opportunity of two "blood changes" of 80 minutes to try to trade injuries with Saburotu, bring it greater damage, and reduce its combat effectiveness as much as possible, so that Saburotu can continue to deal with it and delay until the end of tomorrow. In that case, we can use the "blood change" ability for four consecutive times for 160 minutes, launch a general attack, and fight to the death with Saburotu to win the final victory.
After using the "blood change" ability, Shaman suddenly became crazy. His wounds could heal quickly, and he didn't need to worry too much about the impact of trauma on his condition. With his mental strength almost doubled, he was not only able to withstand more and heavier damage, but also could frequently use combat skills to launch more violent attacks on Sablotu. This life-or-death fighting style immediately caught Sablotu off guard. If a normal vampire fang duke had fought like this, fighting with the vampire fang prince who was two levels higher would be almost like sending himself to death, and it would be impossible to beat Sablotu. However, in addition to being confused, Sablotu would not be merciful. With its strength, it was naturally not afraid of fighting with Shaman. Moreover, under Shaman's crazy offensive, the dignity and honor of being a superior made it unable to temporarily avoid the edge and actively escape. It was also difficult to effectively dodge Saman's life-or-death attack, and the only way was to attack against attack and exchange injuries with Saman.
After eighty minutes of close combat and a fierce fight, Shaman was covered with wounds and bruises, and looked miserable. The vampire prince Sabrotu also looked quite embarrassed. Although his skin was not as bad as his flesh, his body was also covered with scars, and there were almost no intact places. He suffered a lot under Shaman's rogue tactics of clawing, kicking, and even biting with teeth. This is designed by me for Shaman. It not only utilizes the inherent fighting instinct of the vampire, but also develops the attack potential of even other parts of its body, requiring it to use all possible means to attack the enemy, fully exerting all its combat effectiveness, and boldly reforming and innovating the inherent tactics of the vampire, further enhancing Shaman's attack ability, especially in such occasions where you don't need to worry too much about your own defense and can let go of the full attack. This extreme tactic of using claws, feet, and teeth can better exert their combat effectiveness and bring greater damage to the opponent. Moreover, when facing Saburotu, a fellow of his kind, the effect was even more unexpected. He completely abandoned the inherent fighting style of the vampire fangs, which tended to be elegant, noble, and light, and implemented a barbaric and gangster-like fighting style. While constantly hitting Saburotu, he almost angered it to death. In the battle, he openly scolded Saburotu, calling him a shameless scum, villain, and gangster in the vampire fangs. He was simply a disgrace to the vampire fangs, and they wished they could immediately clean up the mess and kill Saburotu on the spot.
Regardless of the process, I only care about the actual effect. It is most important to improve the combat effectiveness of the shaman as much as possible. No matter what kind of combat style or inherent traditional habits, the most suitable tactical play can bring greater help to the battle. This is also a major advantage of our necromancers. Not only can we simply sign a "soul contract" to subdue those undead creatures for our use and help us fight, but we can also use various ways and means to improve the combat effectiveness of the undead under our command, so that they can play a greater role. Like "Millennium Fire Lotus", "Ten Thousand Years Fire Crystal", "Blood Bodhi", "Promotion Pill", and even the cultivation and transformation technology of the undead dragon knight, etc., can be attributed to this function, but they mainly rely on external forces to enhance their strength, and a major function of the "soul contract" is to forcibly break the instincts of undead creatures, so that they can have some new changes, and summarize the tactical play that can fully exert their full combat effectiveness. This is also part of the content recorded in a more in-depth discussion on the function of the "Soul Contract" that I discovered during another treasure hunt mission called "Identifying the Monument with Wisdom Eyes". It gave me a lot of inspiration and benefited me a lot.
Without the mental power bonus effect of the "blood change" ability, Shaman naturally dared not to care about his own defense and fight with Sablotu too madly like before. He used his advantage in recovery ability to fight a protracted war with Sablotu. He would only fight with it when he was relatively sure that he could exchange injuries with Sablotu, and no longer blindly maintain the offensive to avoid suffering more unnecessary injuries. Facing Shaman's almost rogue tactics, Sablotu didn't have any good solutions. Most of the attacks could only end up with injuries with Shaman. Although it still had a relatively high attack and defense power and had a greater advantage, the continuous damage suffered by Shaman did not have much impact on its own state. It was still lively and vigorous, attacking and defending with Sablotu, and the battle was very fierce.
Time passed gradually. After the continuous fighting, Saman had suffered great losses. His condition was no longer optimistic. He was no longer as comfortable as he was at the beginning. His disadvantages were becoming more and more obvious. It was obvious that he could not hold on for too much longer. However, Sablotu's situation was not much better. His body was covered with scars. Although the injuries were not too serious and mostly superficial, the loss of mental strength might not be too much. However, due to frequent injuries in the high-intensity battles, his physical consumption was increased a lot. His movements were obviously much slower. Even if he was not reduced to a spent force, his fighting power was relatively weakened and he was no longer as brave as he was at the beginning.
Of course, a lean camel is always bigger than a horse. According to the strength comparison between Saburotu and Saman, if the current situation continues, Saman will still be more likely to be defeated. However, after a day of fighting, it is almost over. Seeing that the time is almost up, Saman once again used the "blood change" ability. After using the two "blood changes" today, the time will jump to tomorrow, and he can use the "blood change" ability twice more. After 160 minutes of continuous crazy attacks, I don't believe that Saburotu has the ability to persist and continue to take the initiative in the war.
The result was just as I expected. Facing the desperate and life-threatening fighting style of Shaman who had used the "blood change" ability and doubled his mental power, although Sablotu tried his best to resist, he could not actively escape and could not effectively avoid the injury-for-injury of Shaman. He did not have the strong capital suitable for a head-on fight. He suffered a lot in this round of close combat and constantly consumed his mental power in the attack. The higher the level of Shaman, the more important the "blood change" ability is. The increased mental power has no direct relationship with the existing mental power of the self, and is completely determined by the inherent mental power of the self in the normal state. Even if there is only a little mental power left, it will surge a lot after the "blood change" is used. With the ability to continue fighting with the enemy, the damage and loss during the period is only the part of the mental power that has been increased out of thin air, which will not damage the existing mental power of the self. Whether it is a battle between two equally powerful opponents or a duel against a stronger opponent, using the "blood transformation" ability well can often have a large or even decisive impact on the battle situation. As Shaman's own strength continues to increase, the "blood transformation" ability it possesses will be able to play an increasingly important role.
After 160 minutes of desperate attacks, Shaman was only beaten back to his original form. At most, he lost more physical strength because of more wounds on his body. Sablotu's loss was great, not only physical strength, but also mental strength, which was more fatal to it. Compared with Shaman, he no longer had an advantage in physical strength, and there was no way to effectively avoid the injury-for-injury fighting method, which constantly reduced his mental strength. If Shaman's attack power was not weak and his defense power was relatively high, he would not have been able to hold on until now. Although he barely survived four "blood changes" attacks, he was already seriously injured and no longer had much combat power. Under Shaman's attack, he was almost completely on the defensive, and basically had no hope of winning. The final defeat was only a matter of time.
The next battle was no longer suspenseful. Sabrotu's desperate resistance only lasted for a while. The defeat was already decided. It was powerless to save itself. Under a round of rapid attacks from Shaman, it could no longer hold on and died tragically under Shaman's claws. It became a part of history. Shaman replaced it as the new first vampire fang prince. A red light flew out from Sabrotu, who was doomed to death, and covered Shaman's body, like a blood-red cloak. Then Sabrotu's lifeblood was also absorbed by Shaman, turning into a blood mist that enveloped its body, and it began to evolve into the first vampire fang prince. Seeing Sabrotu's defeat, the other three vampire fang princes flew away quietly without saying a word. Under the constraints of the rules, they could not take any adverse actions against Shaman, the successor of the vampire fang prince. Therefore, there was no need to worry about them doing something secretly. I let them leave on their own. Anyway, as long as Shaman successfully evolved into the first vampire fang prince, the other three vampire fang princes would be mine. They would not be able to escape from my palm anymore, and they would not be free for a few days.
It should take Shaman a few days to completely absorb the blood essence of the previous vampire fang prince and complete his evolution. Fortunately, this is an alternative way of evolution with the help of external forces, and does not require the absorption of the mental power of me, the undead wizard master. After the other three vampire fang princes left, I transferred a group of black bone dragon subordinates who had been stationed nearby to protect the safety of Shaman who was evolving. After waiting to log off and rest to restore my energy, I went to the Ghost Knight Kingdom to continue to subdue those level 10 ghost knights. More and more undead wizards are pouring into the Ghost Knight Kingdom to seek development, and I have to act preemptively and strive to gain more benefits before they figure out the basic situation.
Five days later, sensing that Shaman was about to complete his evolution, I immediately rushed over and, as usual, personally welcomed the new undead subordinate. Shaman's body shape and appearance were similar to those of Sabrotu, basically the same appearance. His title was changed to the first blood-sucking fang prince, and his level was upgraded to the tenth-level intermediate. I was a little disappointed. I had expected that after it swallowed four "blood bodhisattvas", it would have better qualifications and might be able to make a breakthrough, and leap to the tenth-level upper-level blood-sucking fang prince. Unexpectedly, the result was still a normal tenth-level intermediate. Although measured by the contained mental power, because after the four "blood bodhisattvas", the ultra-high base number made Shaman's mental power far higher than the normal standard of the blood-sucking fang prince, it can be said to be the strongest blood-sucking fang prince in history. However, this is mainly reflected in the mental power value and the recovery speed and agility of the state. The attack power and defense power are still at the level of a normal blood-sucking fang prince. Although it is invincible in the blood-sucking fang clan, the enemies it needs to deal with are other undead creatures, especially the bright players in the human world. It has only reached the state of the middle level of level 10, and its ability to fight alone seems a bit weak. Not only is it not as good as Taotao, who will replace Hades as the Hell Dragon King in the future, I am afraid it has no advantage over Rosberg. It can only rely on the other three blood-sucking fang princes to attack the enemy together. As a pet, it is quite inconvenient to use it. Even if my mental power is higher in the future, I need to use the "pet summon" and "undead summon" skills twice to exert their strongest combat power, which is a bit of a flaw. I have been considering whether to spend a "promotion pill" to raise it to the upper level of level 10 if the level of Shaman remains at the middle level of level 10, so as to better play its advantages as a pet. Now that the level of Shaman, who has become the first blood-sucking fang prince, has been confirmed, I can't help but become more determined in this idea.
After evolving into the Vampire Fang Prince, Shaman's basic abilities were similar to those of Sabrotu before. He could not only fight in close combat, but also cast blood-based undead magic on the ground for long-range attacks. He also had the "Blood Claws Breaking the Air" skill for medium-range attacks in air combat, which was quite comprehensive. Unfortunately, he was restricted too much in the promotion challenge of the Vampire Fang Duke, who was also at a lower level, so most of these comprehensive combat skills could not be used to their full potential, resulting in his final defeat at the hands of Shaman's injury-for-injury tactic.
The unique royal equipment of the vampire fang prince is the "blood-sucking cloak". Unlike the equipment of the blood witch royal family and the blood bat royal family, the "blood-sucking cloak" does not have the function of increasing mental power. This is also an important reason why the mental power of the vampire fang prince is not superior to that of the Shaman who swallowed four "blood bodhisattvas". However, this does not affect the powerful functions of the "blood-sucking cloak" as the royal equipment of the vampire fang clan. The first is the unique quadruple transformation ability of the vampire fang prince, which are the fang man suitable for land warfare, the blood-winged flying man suitable for air combat, the escaping bat suitable for long-distance pursuit and escape, and the flying bat used as a relay for form conversion and pursuit in combat. It can cope with opponents and situations with various characteristics. This is also the most basic function of the "blood-sucking cloak". Another function is to assist the four vampire fang princes in their joint attack tactics. This is mainly done by relying on their own "blood-sucking cloaks" to timely communicate and exchange to form a tacit cooperation. I already know this. However, relying on these two functions alone, without the attribute of increasing spiritual power, it seems to be slightly inferior to the unique equipment of the blood bats and blood witch royal family, and it is not in line with the status of the higher-level vampire fang princes. Therefore, the "blood-sucking cloak" also comes with a third function, which is also the most important one for me - "combination skills".
The so-called "combination skill" is that the four vampire fang princes merge into one, and the four independent individuals transform into a more powerful individual - the most powerful existence of the vampire fang clan, the vampire fang emperor. "Combination skill" is an inherent function of every "vampire cloak", but only the "vampire cloak" owned by the first vampire fang prince is an active "combination skill", and the "vampire cloak" of the other three vampire fang princes only has a passive "combination skill" function. In other words, only the first vampire fang prince is qualified to activate the "combination skill", and the other three vampire fang princes can only cooperate passively and have no right and qualification to actively combine. This is not only to maintain the authority of the first vampire Fang Prince, but more importantly it involves the issue of which vampire Fang Prince's consciousness will occupy the dominant position after they merge into the Vampire Fang Emperor. The four vampire Fang Princes each have independent consciousness, and after becoming one, they must not be allowed to remain independent. That would lead to chaos. The consciousness of one vampire Fang Prince must control the actions of the Vampire Fang Emperor and suppress the spiritual consciousness of the other three vampire Fang Princes, so that the Vampire Fang Emperor can exert its best combat effectiveness. This is also the most important reason why the four vampire fang princes including Sablotu have been unable to use the "combination skills" so far. Not only do they require the other three vampire fang princes to obey the command of the first vampire fang prince on the surface, but once they agree to use the "combination skills", they must give up their relatively independent rights and completely obey the control of the first vampire fang prince. After the first time, they can no longer refuse. As long as the first vampire fang prince issues an order to use the "combination skills", the other three vampire fang princes must obey unconditionally. Being able to use the "combination skill" is the most basic goal of every First Vampire Fang Prince. However, they are all vampire Fang Princes of the same level, and even if there is a ranking difference, the other three vampire Fang Princes will not be willing to completely accept the control of the First Vampire Fang Prince and lose most of their independent rights. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the First Vampire Fang Prince can only use force through repeated internal challenges to suppress the other three vampire Fang Princes, and try to defeat them every time. In this way, their resistance will be gradually worn away, and finally they will be forced to surrender and agree to cooperate with the First Vampire Fang Prince to perform the "combination skill". This is a long-lasting task. One has to challenge and subdue three in turn. Each time, they have to maintain their best condition with each other. The challenges are repeated many times. Until now, Sabrotu has not been able to subdue the other three vampire fang princes through continuous challenges. They have never agreed to cooperate with Sabrotu's request for a merger. As a result, they died tragically at the hands of Saman before their ambitions were fulfilled, replacing his position as the number one vampire fang prince.
