Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 336: Burnt by Hellfire
The soul of the upper-order tenth-level Hell Dragon that died in the battle dissipated, and some of the scattered soul energy would gradually be absorbed by the mysterious "Dragon Cave", waiting for the next opportunity to condense and be reborn as a lower-order tenth-level Hell Dragon. However, the soul origin that it had cultivated with great effort, which contained almost all the essence energy of the upper-order tenth-level Hell Dragon, turned into a small ball of fiery red light, and automatically flew towards Taotao, who killed it. Taotao opened his mouth and swallowed it, and then left the independent battle space specially opened up for the challenge, and was automatically transferred to the upper-order tenth-level Hell Dragon area, and placed in the "magma cave entrance" occupied by the lowest-ranked upper-order tenth-level Hell Dragon that it killed, and began to absorb and transform the huge energy contained in that ball of soul origin, prompting it to evolve into a upper-order tenth-level form. Fortunately, the Hell Dragon's way of advancement and evolution is quite similar to the Vampire Fang's way of advancement and evolution. Both use the soul essence of the killed superior to provide most of the energy needed for evolution. It does not need to continuously absorb my mental power like the normal evolution of the undead subordinates, and it takes ten days or half a month to complete. This can save me a lot of trouble. Otherwise, whether it is the advancement and evolution from the tenth intermediate level to the tenth upper level, or the advancement and evolution from the tenth lower level to the tenth intermediate level, it requires me to spend my mental power to help. If I want to complete the plan of conquering the entire Hell Dragon clan, I am afraid I will have to delay it for a long time, which will bring me more trouble.
Taotao's autonomous evolution does not require my help, and it only takes three to five days at most. The heavy injuries suffered in the challenge will be completely healed and restored to a perfect state because of the successful completion of the evolution and the transformation. However, compared with the upper-level tenth-level Hell Dragon, my own strength is really too weak, and fighting with Taotao will not help much. If I want to continue to challenge and defeat and successfully subdue the higher-ranked and stronger Hell Dragons in the upper-level tenth-level area through the "Magma Cave|Mouth", it will not only take more time, but also be quite difficult. As a newly promoted upper-level tenth-level Hell Dragon, as long as Taotao takes the initiative to challenge at the beginning, he will also have the obligation to accept challenges from other Hell Dragons in the same area and alien volcanic undead. At that time, not only will there be those old guys who bully Tao Tao and want to take advantage of the situation, but if there is another "hidden killer" like Tambizi hidden by Hades, who also takes the opportunity to challenge Tao Tao, it may take another "Thousand-year Fire Lotus" or even a "Ten-thousand-year Fire Crystal" to deal with it. Although the result will be the same, I also have a large number of "Thousand-year Fire Lotus" and "Ten-thousand-year Fire Crystal" that can be consumed, and the fate of those challengers can only be defeated and subdued by Tao Tao and me, but I don't want the initiative to be in the hands of other ownerless Hell Dragons or even Hades, the Hell Dragon King who is hostile to me, so that I will be passive and led by others. Attack is the best defense. With my current strength, I no longer need to insist on a more reliable defensive counterattack. I can completely adopt a more efficient active offensive tactic, and use the offensive in turns to overwhelm other Hell Dragons and even Hades, and put the whole thing under my control as much as possible. Therefore, I am not planning to rush Taotao to expand in the level 10 upper Hell Dragon area. On the one hand, it is to let it adapt to its new state and ability first, familiarize itself with some basic conditions of the level 10 upper area, know itself and the enemy, and make as full preparations as possible for the near future development; on the other hand, it is also to give it some time to wait and see Hades' attitude, to see how it reacts to Taotao's promotion to the level 10 upper Hell Dragon, and whether it will no longer remain silent because of the greater threat to its throne, and jump out to take targeted containment measures. If it still refuses to come forward, then I can be more assured to boldly expand and develop, and let it slowly accept the fate of extinction and abdication in silence.
The tenth-level lower zone has been basically controlled by me, and the remaining small fish and shrimps are unlikely to make any big waves. I will first insert Taotao into the tenth-level upper zone to test the situation before making plans. The next development focus will naturally be on the tenth-level middle zone. Although on the surface, the tenth-level middle-level Hell Dragons and alien volcanic undead will not be of much help to me, and I will generally not summon them directly to the human world to fight, but they are connected to the tenth-level lower zone and the tenth-level upper zone, which is a very key link in my plan to completely conquer the Hell Dragon clan. If handled well, it can help me control the tenth-level upper zone as soon as possible and more easily, saving a lot of trouble. After all, the level 10 intermediate Hell Dragons have the right to challenge the level 10 upper Hell Dragons that I value the most. If I don't deal with them, Taotao and the others won't sit still in their seats. Just like I have the "Thousand-Year Fire Lotus" and "Ten Thousand-Year Fire Crystal" to help the Volcano Undeads fight, who knows if Hades, as the Hell Dragon King and the ruler of the entire "Hell Volcano", has such natural treasures in his hands, or has a similar special ability that can temporarily or even permanently increase the strength of those Hell Dragons. Seeing that the situation is critical and the throne may not be secured, he will use it desperately, making them have the strength to challenge Taotao and my Volcano Undeads. There is a precedent for this. Taotao and Guben were secretly sprayed with a small mouthful of Hades's dragon energy when they were evolving, and they evolved directly to the level 10 intermediate. The magical function of the dragon energy that only the Hell Dragon King has, I have to be on guard.
Of course, the strength of the Hell Dragons that advance in this way is inferior to those of the Hell Dragons of the same level that have evolved by winning the promotion challenge. That is to say, their innate qualifications are not very good, and they need to spend more time practicing, and usually do not have much development prospects . However, with the help of me, the undead wizard master, there is no need to worry about this issue. I will definitely be able to secure a good future for my capable subordinates who have potential for development, and will not let them become useless waste.
The top two Hell Dragons in the lower level of level 10 are Tambizi and Let'diva. They are both my old subordinates. They pretended to challenge each other, and Let'diva won and got the qualification to automatically advance to the middle level of level 10 Hell Dragon. Tambizi, who has the ability of "Undead Soul Disintegration Technique", is one of my most valued subordinates. If he evolves to the upper level of level 10 and uses "Undead Soul Disintegration Technique", he will be able to compete with those eight-winged war angels and cherubim that surpass the upper level of level 10. Naturally, I want him to have a more solid foundation so that he can advance to the upper level of level 10 faster. Therefore, I gave this "cheap and good thing" to Let'diva. It is more appropriate for him to take the right path of winning the advancement challenge evolution. With the help of Hades, Light Drifter evolved to the intermediate level of ten. It is still different from the normal evolution of my subordinates. Most of the energy needed for evolution depends on the magma energy induced by Hades in a special way, as well as some spewed Nether Dragon Qi. It has nothing to do with me and does not need to waste my time. There is no need to worry that Hades will secretly sabotage it like the evolution of those volcanic undead subordinates before. The dominant power of Light Drifter's evolution is entirely in the hands of Hades. If it fails, it will be its responsibility. I think it should not risk the risk of suffering the "divine punishment" of the chief referee and openly violate the rules.
Both Letediwa and Taotao were evolving to a higher level. After a full rest, they were fully restored. I immediately teamed up with Tanbiqi to launch a promotion challenge, helping it evolve into a level 10 intermediate Hell Dragon. My "Intermediate Puppetry" magic had some restraining effect on the level 10 intermediate Hell Dragon. However, Tanbiqi's "Undead Disintegration Method" was not durable after all, and could not last too long. The "Hell Volcano" was the most suitable area for the Hell Dragon to fight. The two sides had the same attributes, and even if they were equally strong , it would be difficult to defeat the opponent too quickly. Therefore, for the sake of safety, I still let Tanbiqi take a "Millennium Fire Lotus". This way, the chances of winning were greater. After a fierce battle, the opponent was successfully killed, and the promotion challenge was won. It also began to evolve into the lowest level 10 intermediate Hell Dragon.
My offensive did not slow down. Next, I helped three stronger lower-level tenth-level Hell Dragons win the promotion challenge and evolve into the middle-level tenth-level Hell Dragon. At the same time, Tambizi, who had already completed the evolution, also began to challenge the stronger middle-level tenth-level Hell Dragon. Defeating them helped me to subdue more subordinates. Relying on the higher basic spiritual attributes and the effect of the "Intermediate Puppetry" magic, it can play a certain role in restraining, so there is no need to take the "Millennium Fire Lotus". Only Tambizi's own strength plus my help is enough to defeat the opponent for me to subdue. Unfortunately, because Let's Ivoire took a shortcut to advance and evolve, his foundation was unstable. Without taking the "Millennium Fire Lotus", the risk of challenging the stronger Hell Dragon was relatively high. I could only let it grow on its own for a while before making plans. As the other three level-10 intermediate Hell Dragons that successfully advanced to the next level also completed their evolution one after another, without considering the factor of the "Undead Disintegration Technique", the strength of the three of them is even above Tanbiqi, so there is no problem for them to join forces with me to challenge other stronger Hell Dragons of the same level. At most, they encountered more difficulties in the process and fought for a longer time, but they all won the final victory, constantly conquered new level-10 intermediate Hell Dragons, and rapidly expanded their own power.
I disrupted the situation in the level 10 middle zone, and continued to maintain a strong expansion momentum. Hades still did not respond. I could no longer hold back and began to arrange for Taotao to expand in the level 10 upper zone, challenging those slightly stronger and lower ranked level 10 upper hell dragons, and taking a steady development path. In this way, those hell dragons occupying better "magma caves|mouths" will not be able to return to challenge Taotao, and will only face individual enemies hidden in the lowest level who have not yet challenged. With my current reserve of "Millennium Fire Lotus", I can cope with them, and I am not afraid that they will take the initiative to jump out and cause trouble for Taotao. Although the role I can play in challenging the level 10 upper hell dragons will not be too great, after all, there is one more person, and a little help can still be done. Moreover, Taotao is a super pet "given" by the dead old man. It has good innate qualifications and dual attributes of darkness and fire. It mainly exerts the attack effect of the dark attribute, and uses the fire attribute for defense. This is also a unique ability that Taotao has mastered after evolving to the upper level of level 10. While reducing the damage suffered by itself, it can cause greater damage to opponents with pure fire attribute constitution. In addition, the combat wisdom of Taotao and I, who are one body, is far from that of a level 10 upper hell dragon. The opponent's strength is only slightly stronger than Taotao, and the gap is not too great. After a hard battle, I finally won the challenge without consuming the "Millennium Fire Lotus" and defeated the opponent, allowing me to successfully subdue a level 10 upper hell dragon.
Taotao started to expand in the upper level 10 area. Hades finally couldn't sit still anymore and responded quickly. A Hell Dragon of the same lowest level immediately challenged Taotao. Taotao was now occupying a "magma hole" with slightly higher fire energy, which was not worth fighting for. If it wasn't for the purpose of conquering the defeated Hell Dragon, I really wouldn't have thought much of it. It's probably not a normal move for a Hell Dragon to jump out and snatch such a low-level item. It's almost certain that Hades was behind it. According to the rules, Taotao who won a challenge can have a protection period of up to one month and has the right not to accept other challenge applications. Of course, if you have enough confidence, you can accept the challenge in advance. Anyway, Taotao's injuries have been healed quickly under the auxiliary treatment of my "Soul of the Dead" magic, and he has returned to a good state. I don't want to delay too much time, so I took the opportunity to accept the challenge of the Hell Dragon. I want to try to subdue and kill more level 10 upper-level Hell Dragons in the shortest possible time and complete the plan of conquering the Hell Dragon clan as soon as possible. Of course, I didn't take it lightly and gave Taotao a "Millennium Fire Lotus" in advance. The final result also confirmed my wisdom. The Hell Dragon who initiated the challenge was indeed a strong guy, much stronger than the newly promoted Taotao, and even threatened my life several times. For a while, there were dangers everywhere, which brought me considerable pressure. Fortunately, I had already prepared for the difficult situation. I responded calmly and did not make any mistakes for the opponent to exploit. Relying on the effectiveness of the "Millennium Fire Lotus" and Taotao's relatively unique abilities and outstanding performance, I fought hard and finally won the victory. I turned a disaster into a blessing, and gained another level 10 warrior under my command.
After that, without taking much rest, after Taotao recovered his perfect condition, he immediately took the initiative to challenge another Hell Dragon of Level 10 that was ranked first, and won the final victory relatively easily. I had another capable subordinate. As long as we wait for the last Hell Dragon that I had just conquered and whose strength was even higher than Taotao to recover, we can speed up the expansion with Taotao and strive to defeat and conquer all the Hell Dragons of Level 10 in the shortest possible time. Facing such a rapid offensive from me, with many "Millennium Fire Lotus" and "Ten Thousand Years Fire Crystal" as backing, we were able to cope with many challenges. We had initially established a firm foothold in the Level 10 upper zone, showing a good momentum of development. Finally, Hades could no longer take it lightly. He could no longer hide behind the scenes and assign "thugs" to come forward, and had to jump out and attack in person in an attempt to curb my development.
Hades has recently announced a plan called "Hellfire Burning Body". Under the pretext of further training the abilities of the elite members of the "Hellfire Volcano" such as the Hell Dragon and the tenth-level alien volcano undead, in order to cope with the increasingly fierce competition at this stage and improve the comprehensive strength of the "Hellfire Volcano" as the third forbidden area of the "Dead Soul Space", they will be subjected to the test of "Hellfire Burning Body" at any time. "Hellfire Burning Body" is a special ability unique to the Hell Dragon King. It can release a ball of flames, attach to the target's body and burn it, not only hurting the target's internal body, but also affecting the opponent's mental consciousness, causing a variety of negative emotions such as pain, fear, and mania, affecting the opponent's combat state, and it is extremely difficult to get rid of. Usually, it can only be extinguished by itself after a certain period of time. It is extremely insidious and vicious. Of course, for the Hell Dragons and the alien volcanic undead who have the same fire attribute constitution, they have strong resistance and will not cause such serious effects. The appropriate amount of "Hellfire Burning Body" burning will further strengthen their physical strength and make their spirits more resilient and able to withstand greater mental damage, so that even when they are injured, it will not affect their own combat effectiveness too much, and their will will become stronger. It can be said that it can bring considerable benefits to them. It's a pity that using "Hellfire Burning Body" means a lot of consumption for Hades. It takes more time and energy to recover vitality, most of which is used for fighting. Under normal circumstances, he will not use "Hellfire Burning Body" to perform the so-called physical and mental double burning training on his Hell Dragons and level ten alien volcano undead. Now he sees that the development of the Hell Dragons is too slow and relatively lagging, which is not conducive to the improvement of the overall strength of "Hell Volcano". In addition, he has just defeated two upper-level level ten Hell Dragon contenders for the throne, and has fully recovered after a period of rest. There is no other thing to deal with recently, so he decided to use "Hellfire Burning Body" to further enhance the strength of his Hell Dragons and level ten alien volcano undead.
Of course, this is just Hades' one-sided statement, a high-sounding explanation on the surface, but in fact, he must be harboring evil intentions, trying to use this to secretly plot against my subordinates who have been subjugated by me and curb my development. Fortunately, I have recently subjugated a few senior level 10 upper-level Hell Dragons. They have all lived in the "Hell Volcano" for a long time and should know more about Hades' usual methods. Therefore, I summoned them and asked them for more detailed information about "Hellfire Burning Body". The information I got from them also confirmed my judgment that Hades really had bad intentions and wanted to take the opportunity to plot against my subordinates.
Hades told the truth about the basic information of the "Hellfire Burning" skill, and he did not deceive me. However, he concealed some information and did not reveal the possible side effects of "Hellfire Burning". There is a "degree" to everything, and "Hellfire Burning" is no exception. If the will of the Hell Dragon or the Level 10 Alien Volcano Undead is not firm enough, of course this is just a euphemism. It is mainly because Hades secretly made a move and blindly strengthened the power of "Hellfire Burning" beyond the maximum limit that the target can bear, it may cause great damage to the target. Because of the matching of physical attributes, the physical damage can barely be tolerated and will not suffer too much damage. In other words, it will basically not endanger the lives of the Hell Dragon and the Level 10 Alien Undead who are suffering from "Hellfire Burning", but it will cause great damage to their mental consciousness, and it will even be difficult to recover. In serious cases, it is likely to affect its normal thinking ability and become a "retarded dragon" or even an "idiot dragon". Therefore, "Hellfire Burning" is not only a means of reward, but also can be used to impose punishment. Hades has used "Hellfire Burning" before to deal with those beings who disobey him, destroying their mental power or even eliminating their threats to himself to maintain his authority. The fate of those Hell Dragons that have become "retarded dragons" or "idiot dragons" in "Hellfire Burning" is usually extremely tragic. With their damaged IQs, they basically find it difficult to resist the challenges from other Hell Dragons and level ten alien volcanic undead, and often have no choice but to die in battle.
