Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 334: Vampire Fang King
Originally, I was worried about how to force the other three vampire fang princes, Salad, Sakayi, and Samifa, to submit to me after Shaman replaced Sablotu as the first vampire fang prince. After all, they are all princes of the same high-level vampire fang clan. Even if we can infer from their previous performance that they should be controlled by Sablotu, the first vampire fang prince, they will definitely not obey the orders of the first vampire fang prince like subordinates obeying their superiors. Even if I rely on Shaman's status as the first vampire fang prince, in theory, there is hope to subdue the three vampire fang princes, including Salad, who are also members of the royal family, to become my subordinates, it is definitely not something that I can do easily. I don't know what kind of process I need to go through in the middle to subdue the other three vampire fang princes, and I don't have much confidence. After seeing the detailed introduction of the "combination skill" and the function of the "blood-sucking cloak" which is the royal equipment inherent to the vampire fang prince, I finally put this worry aside - it has pointed out a method for me to successfully subdue the other three vampire fang princes, including Saladu, and that is to suppress them by force, by issuing internal challenges among the princes again and again, to defeat the other three vampire fang princes again and again, to destroy their consciousness of resistance, to wear down their fighting spirit, and finally to make them completely submit to Shaman, the first vampire fang prince and the strongest one. Naturally, they will have to submit to me, the Shaman's master, and be forced to sign a "soul contract" with me to become my direct subordinates.
Forcing the three vampire fang princes, including Sala, to agree to cooperate with Shaman in launching the "combination skill" and successfully signing the "soul contract" with me can actually be said to be complementary. If it is left to the first vampire fang prince alone, it will be a long and protracted task. The other three vampire fang princes are not the kind of drunkards and incompetents who can be easily suppressed. They insist on the unyielding spirit of "independence" and are also quite tenacious. They will never be willing to completely submit to the first vampire fang prince and become a puppet without autonomy like the Great Pharaoh's followers. Moreover, the challenge between the vampire fang princes is not like the challenge between the great pharaohs, which is protected by the "immortality clause". Even if they are killed in the challenge, they will not really die, but will leave a breath to be reborn in the world. The vampire fang princes cannot really kill their opponents. The challenge is just a means of intimidation and coercion, using force to destroy and subdue the opponent. It is definitely not a life-and-death duel. Once the opponent is severely injured and the opponent's life is threatened, the attack must be stopped and the challenge will be ended. Otherwise, the other two vampire fang princes who are watching the battle will attack. This is also to more effectively protect the existence of the four vampire fang princes, so as not to cause unnecessary losses due to some accidents, resulting in the prince's position falling into the hands of a vampire fang duke who may not have the corresponding qualifications by abnormal means, which is easy to weaken the strength that the vampire fang prince should have.
However, this peaceful way of challenging also makes the challenge between the vampire fang princes not very effective without life threats, and they have to be repeated many times. Although the first vampire fang prince usually has the strongest strength, which is stronger than the other three vampire fang princes, they are all promoted from the vampire fang dukes, so the gap will not be too great. It may even be quite limited. It is not easy to defeat the other three vampire fang princes. It takes a lot of effort. Even if you succeed in severely injuring your opponent, you can't be unscathed. Deducting the time for recovering from injuries and recovering to the best state, and some unexpected events, it is generally difficult to successfully subdue the other three vampire fang princes in a short period of time. Fortunately, the new successor to the first vampire fang prince is not a simple character. In addition to having taken four contraband "blood bodhisattvas" and becoming a vampire fang prince of the "blood cow" level far beyond the normal level, he also has me, the undead wizard master, as a backer. Although I cannot directly join forces with Shaman to participate in the internal challenge between the vampire fang princes, I can provide strong guarantees in terms of logistical support. Not only can I use the "Soul of the Dead" magic to help Shaman heal his injuries and recover to the best condition faster, I can also challenge the other three vampire fang princes in succession in the shortest possible time to improve the efficiency of destroying their will. I can also take this opportunity to try to sign a "Soul Contract" with them. Every time I am defeated in a challenge, the mental resistance of the other three vampire fang princes will be weakened a little, which will increase the success rate of signing the "Soul Contract". I should be able to force the three vampire fang princes to sign a "Soul Contract" with me before they agree to cooperate with Shaman to launch the "fusion skill", and subdue them to become my direct subordinates. In this way, through the effect of the "Soul Contract", I can easily order Saladu and others to agree to merge with Shaman, and things will become much simpler. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone and solve the two major problems that must be overcome.
The four vampire fang princes of the tenth level merged and transformed into the most powerful existence of the vampire fang clan, the vampire fang emperor. Moreover, Sama was the first vampire fang prince who took four "blood bodhisattvas". After I successfully subdued the three vampire fang princes, Saladu would also have a "blood bodhi" waiting for them to swallow, in order to further enhance their own strength. I was really looking forward to how powerful the vampire fang emperor would be after the four vampire fang princes launched the "combination skill". Even with the mental power I have now, just like Heinrich and Haishaer, the two ghost knight kings, one real and one fake, joined forces to fight, it only took one "pet summon" and "dead summon" to do it. The combat power that can be exerted may not be inferior to Heinrich and Haishaer.
With the strength of Shaman as the first blood-sucking fang prince of the "blood bull" type, it can be said that it will not be difficult to defeat the three blood-sucking fang princes of Saladu, but it is not too easy. This is different from the previous promotion challenge. In order to maintain the dignity and honor of being a superior, there are many restrictions, and many means cannot be used. As a blood-sucking fang prince, he will naturally do everything he can and use any means to fight. It is also normal to fight and escape. He may not blindly confront Shaman head-on. In this case, Shaman will definitely win the final victory, but because his attack power and defense capabilities do not account for much advantage, it will inevitably take more time, which is quite unfavorable for my plan to conquer the other three blood-sucking fang princes in the shortest possible time. The key is that Shaman's level is still only mid-level ten. Its attack power and defense power are definitely inferior to those of upper-level ten. I originally planned to bear the pain and pay the price of a "promotion pill" to give it to help it reach upper-level ten, so that it can better play its advantages as a pet. Just because of the existence of the "fusion skill" function, I have a new problem. I don't know if letting Shaman, the vampire prince with royal equipment, take the "promotion pill", will change its nature and make it impossible for Saladu and the other three to merge with it. After all, according to the discussion about the "promotion pill", it may have a relatively large impact on the undead royal family, especially the undead royal family with special equipment, and will bring about a series of side effects such as shortening their lifespan. In case of taking the "promotion pill", the mutated Shaman will no longer be recognized by Saladu and the others. In the face of these inherent undead laws, the effectiveness of the "soul contract" cannot compete with it, and they cannot be forced to merge with Shaman. Once the function of the "fusion skill" is lost as a result, it will obviously be a loss for me.
I can't take this risk with the future of Shaman. In order to defeat and subdue the three blood-sucking fang princes such as Saladu as soon as possible, I just gave them the "promotion pill". That would only be a waste of time. So I took the time to go to the "Undead Castle", the headquarters of the Undead Wizard NPC in the Western Continent, and found the tenth-level Undead Wizard NPC on duty. I asked him about the "combination skills" and "promotion pills" of the blood-sucking fang princes. This is a new function of the system that has been opened as our players are promoted to the ninth-level profession. When encountering certain difficult problems, you can seek help from the tenth-level NPC of this profession. However, the inquirer needs to have certain qualifications. Not just any player can ask the tenth-level NPC of this profession for difficult questions-first of all, you must be a ninth-level professional player, and secondly, the questions you ask must be closely related to yourself, and you must face it personally, especially when you need to make a choice. You can't take some irrelevant questions to ask the tenth-level NPC of this profession to answer them for you, hoping to take a shortcut to development. Just like I want to ask some questions related to the Vampire Fang Prince and the "Promotion Pill", I must have the "Promotion Pill" and subdue the Vampire Fang Prince before I am qualified to seek troubleshooting, otherwise the level 10 Undead Wizard NPC will not pay attention to my request. This approach can only be used to avoid making wrong choices when facing certain key issues, which may easily lead to irreparable or unbearable losses, and it cannot allow me to know the possible results in advance, take fewer detours and save more energy. At the same time, when seeking answers to difficult questions from the level 10 NPC of this profession, you need to pay a certain amount of professional merit as a reward. It is not free assistance. According to the difficulty of the problem, especially the value to the asking player, the corresponding professional merit value will be deducted.
Although I was extorted by the tenth-level necromancer on duty in the "Castle of the Dead" according to the rules, I finally got a positive answer, which can determine my next behavior, so as not to make a wrong choice and incur heavy losses. The result made me quite regretful - not only Shaman, but also the other three blood-sucking fang princes, are not suitable for upgrading their levels through "promotion pills", otherwise it will destroy their nature as pure blood-sucking fang princes. Although the basic ability will not be affected, the "combination skill" function that I value most cannot be combined because their blood is no longer pure. If the first blood-sucking fang prince took the "promotion pill", the "combination skill" would be completely abandoned. If the other three passively combined blood-sucking fang princes took the "promotion pill", whichever one took it would completely lose the ability to combine with the first blood-sucking fang prince. This has completely ended my idea of giving Shaman the "Promotion Pill" to upgrade it to the upper level of level ten. I can only accept the fact that its level remains at the middle level of level ten. I hope that the Vampire Fang Emperor formed after the fusion of the four vampire fang princes will have more powerful strength and will not let me down again.
There is no shortcut, so we can only follow the traditional approach. With Shaman's current strength, it will only take a little more time, and there should be no problem in defeating the three of Saradu. After I returned to the "Dead Soul Space", I immediately asked Shaman to summon Saradu, Sakayi, and Samifa, the three blood-sucking fang princes, through the "blood-sucking cloak" as the first blood-sucking fang prince. According to the relevant challenge rules, I used the excuse of persuading them to agree to cooperate with Shaman to launch the "combination skill" to challenge Saradu. The challenge between the blood-sucking fang princes is indeed different from the promotion challenge of the blood-sucking fang duke. In the battle, Saradu did not fight with Shaman head-on like Sabrotu did. If he couldn't beat him, he would escape and dodge. It was clear that he wanted to use guerrilla tactics to waste time with Shaman, and at the same time, he paid special attention to hurting Shaman's body, as if he wanted to cause disability and delay Shaman's recovery time. If there was a chance, he would even try his best to cause disability to the flesh without hesitation. Anyway, it won't endanger its life. It fights fiercely and skillfully. It is obvious that it wants to gather the strength of the three vampire fang princes to delay the cycle of Shaman's successive attacks on the three of them as much as possible, so as to buy more time for its own recovery. The fighting spirit and resistance consciousness weakened by each failure in the challenge are also limited in time. If the interval is too long and the results are not further consolidated, they will be defeated again. The king let the mentally restrained blood-sucking prince recover and completely get rid of the shadow of the last defeat, making all the previous efforts come to naught. This is the more detailed and specific relevant information Shaman obtained after gradually adapting to his new identity as the first vampire fang prince, and it reminded me in time.
However, these methods are more effective only for those normal first blood-sucking fang princes. Sama is a freak whose physique has been greatly improved by four "blood bodhisattvas". With super mental strength and fast recovery speed, the possibility of Saladu bringing serious damage to it can be said to be negligible, which is difficult to do. Moreover, Sama's speed and agility are also higher than Saladu. After all, this is a challenge between princes. Even if he plays freely, he can't turn into a bat and flee the battlefield in a hurry. Whether it is a fang man or a blood-winged flying man, he is faster than Saladu, making it impossible for him to effectively escape from Sama's attack. Even if he is in the flying bat form that is not suitable for fighting, Sama will fearlessly catch up with Saladu under my command to engage in hand-to-hand combat, grab with his little claws, bite with his little mouth, and even flap his little wings or squeeze with his stronger body. He continues to play like a gangster, using all means to attack Saladu, bringing it more damage, and trying his best not to let it get a chance to breathe. At the same time, relying on my excellent physique and backed by my "Soul of the Dead" magic, I don't mind fighting with Saladu head-on and both sides will be injured. The injuries I have suffered should heal soon, and I will be in good condition to continue the next prince challenge, which will help me to completely subdue Saladu and the other three vampire fang princes in the shortest possible time, allowing me to increase my fighting power.
The result was not beyond my expectation. Although the Saradu put up a tenacious resistance, the huge gap in strength was there, and it could not be made up by fighting alone. In the end, they were defeated. They gave up resistance reluctantly and admitted their defeat after being seriously injured. This is also a right given to them. They will wisely choose to surrender when they are sure they are defeated, and they are less likely to be killed by mistake. After the first aid of my "Soul of the Dead" magic, they quickly healed their injuries, and then challenged the third blood-sucking fang prince Sakayi and the fourth blood-sucking fang prince Samifa. There were no surprises and they were defeated smoothly.
After challenging the three vampire fang princes, Saladu, Sakayi and Samifa, they were in trouble. Saladu recovered from his injuries very quickly, but the three of them did not have such ability. They needed a longer time to recuperate and wait to recover to the best condition before accepting Saladu's challenge again. Fortunately, the vampire fang princes were not so treacherous and were relatively honest. Once injured, they would try their best to find a way to recover. They would not be passive and deliberately delay the recovery of their injuries to avoid Saladu's challenge. If the injuries were not good, their confidence would not be restored, but they would just need to delay a little more time. In this way, it was useless for me to be anxious. I could only wait for Saladu and the others to recover. If Saladu could not control their behavior, I really wanted to drag the three of them to the "blood pool" on the native continent and let them soak in it to speed up the recovery of their injuries.
I used my free time to transform the Ghost Archer Dragoon and Ghost Spear Dragoon, and finally waited for the three of them to recover and challenge again. I learned from the previous experience and lessons. Anyway, Shaman had the advantage, and the other three blood-sucking fang princes could hardly pose too much threat to Shaman. Therefore, I let Shaman deliberately control his attacks and try to only hurt the skin of Shaman, with the main purpose of reducing their mental strength and reducing the damage to their bodies. This will make them recover faster and further shorten the challenge cycle of Shaman. In this way, Shaman can basically challenge a blood-sucking fang prince every day, and lose once every three days, which seriously weakens their fighting spirit and resistance consciousness.
Specifically, I still face a lot of trouble in forcing the three of them to sign a "soul contract". According to their respect for Shaman and my strength, there should be a relatively high chance of successfully subduing the three vampire fang princes. The key is that they will not give me the opportunity to approach and perform the "soul contract". The challenge between the vampire fang princes is fair. Even if Shaman defeats Shaman, I cannot take advantage of the situation and rush forward to forcibly sign a "soul contract" with Shaman. Otherwise, not only will it lead to the joint siege of the other two vampire fang princes, but also because it violates the rules of the challenge, it will directly affect Shaman, and he will no longer be able to continue to subdue the other two vampire fang princes through the prince challenge. In that case, the situation will be out of control. Even if I can forcibly subdue them by mobilizing my men to siege, it is not very safe. It may become more complicated and there are too many variables. After repeated consideration and weighing of the pros and cons, I finally decided not to create unnecessary trouble and disrupt the normal process. I could only continue to wait patiently for a while, until Shaman had further weakened the mental resistance of the Saradus through the challenge and strengthened my control over them to the point where they could accept me. Then I would have a better chance of taking action. Anyway, Shaman can defeat them once every three days now, and his efficiency is extremely high. It shouldn't take long to accomplish my goal.
Everything went smoothly. As Shaman strengthened his control over the three of them, after the challenge was over and they were recovering from their injuries, I forced them to let me approach and sign a "soul contract" with them. Although there were some resistance and unwillingness in the process, they could not disobey Shaman's basic orders. They stopped again and again and allowed me to approach and try to sign a "soul contract". After repeated attempts, I finally succeeded in signing "soul contracts" with them one by one, and subdued the three blood-sucking fang princes and made them my direct subordinates.
The four vampire fang princes have me as their common master. Relying on the connection of the "soul contract", under my command, Saladu, Sakayi and Samifa naturally agreed to cooperate with Shaman to launch the "combination skill", merged into one, and transformed into the strongest form of the vampire fang king. As Saladu and the other three agreed, the bodies of the four vampire fang princes, including Shaman, simultaneously emitted a blood-colored light. After flashing for a while, the blood light dissipated, and the "combination skill" function that was originally in an "unusable" state suddenly showed that it could be used. Naturally, I was eager to know what the strength of the Vampire Fang King was after they merged, so I immediately gave the order for Shaman and the others to merge. First, Shaman turned into a ball of blood mist, and then Saladu, Sakayi and Samifa turned into blood mist almost at the same time, and quickly rushed towards the ball of blood mist that Shaman had turned into. The four balls of blood mist were clearly separated at first, with different shades of color, and they were very clear to see, but in just a few seconds, they had merged into one, turning into a ball of blood mist, and then there was a flash of red light, and they turned back into the form of vampire Fang flying bats.
Now it is in the form of a vampire fang king, and its body is naturally bigger. It was originally a bit fat, and now it is four in one. Although it is not as exaggerated as the simple superposition of body size, it is at least more than twice as big. However, its flying speed and agility have not decreased. Compared with the previous Shaman, it is even faster. Check its specific status. Because the dominant consciousness is Shaman, the consciousness of the three of Sala has been suppressed and cannot be exerted, so the name of the vampire fang king is still Shaman, but there is no specific level given. It is just marked that it is formed by the fusion of four level 10 intermediate vampire fang princes. It is estimated that it is mainly considering the randomness of the "fusion skill". After successfully launching it, it can be combined with the other three vampire fang princes, or it can be combined with two or even one vampire fang princes. It is very convenient to use, but it is not easy to determine the level of the combined vampire fang king, so there is no specific regulation. The Vampire Fang King also has four forms: Fang Man, Blood Wing Flying Man, Escape Bat and Flying Bat. It can freely transform its form. Its body is about twice as big as that of the Vampire Fang Prince, but it has no effect on its agility and movement speed, and it is also faster. In addition, its attack power and defense capabilities have also been greatly improved. It is not a simple addition of the abilities of the four Vampire Fang Princes, but a greater bonus. This is the result that satisfies me the most. It finally makes up for the weak attack power and defense capabilities of the Vampire Fang Princes, and I have a greater chance to confront those powerful opponents head-on.
Although it takes a little time to synthesize the Vampire Fang Emperor, it is faster than I thought. It takes no more than 20 seconds from start to finish. It turns into blood mist and combines. The method is also very convenient and has strong practicality. Moreover, it only takes some time to turn into blood mist when merging, but it can be completed instantly when disintegrating. You can quickly separate one or two until it is completely disintegrated, and the ability it has will decrease accordingly. In addition, it will be briefly transformed into a virtual state at the same time of disintegration, which has a relatively strong function of dodging attacks and reducing damage. In times of crisis, you can use this method to better protect yourself.
I can say that I am quite satisfied with the Vampire Fang King synthesized using the "fusion skill" function that comes with the "Vampire Cloak". The stronger the four Vampire Fang Princes are, the stronger the Vampire Fang King will be after they are combined into one. Therefore, I took out three "Blood Bodhi" and gave them to the three Vampire Fang Princes including Saladu to take, which increased their mental power by about twice respectively, so that the three of them, especially the Vampire Fang King after the fusion, can have stronger strength and bring me greater help.
