Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 337 Obstructed
The "Hellfire Burning Body" skill unique to the Hell Nether Dragon King can be said to have a very strong effect of both mental and physical damage. Especially for the volcanic undead, the physical damage can be almost ignored, but the consequences of mental damage will be more serious, making them more afraid of this threat. Even if ordinary Hell Nether Dragons and alien volcanic undead have reached the upper level of level ten, they can't expect to easily resist the full power of the Hell Nether Dragon King who has reached the level of a holy beast. Even if they don't become weak or even idiots, at least their mental consciousness will suffer a certain degree of damage. The damage to their IQ will directly affect their combat effectiveness. It can be said that it is a powerful weapon used by the successive Hell Nether Dragon Kings to maintain their thrones and the ruling status of the Hell Nether Dragon clan. If it weren't for the fact that the "Hellfire Burning Body" would consume a lot of the Hell Nether Dragon King's life fire, it would take more time to replenish and recover, which would be detrimental to the continuous enhancement of its own strength. More importantly, once the target's mental willpower is particularly tenacious and has withstood the test of "Hellfire Burning Body", its strength will be further improved, which will have a greater impact and threat to the status of the Hell Nether Dragon King. There are certain risks, which is equivalent to a double-edged sword. If it fails to hurt the enemy, it may hurt itself. It has a considerable multi-faceted effect. I am afraid that it will be often used by the Hell Nether Dragon King to deter those tenth-level volcanic undead with different intentions, and more effectively maintain its throne and rule. Moreover, according to the information privately revealed by the older Hell Nether Dragon, it is claimed that Hades has withstood the test of "Hellfire Burning Body" by the previous Hell Nether Dragon King for many times and for a considerable period of time, and his strength has been further enhanced, so that he has the opportunity to defeat the previous Hell Nether Dragon King and win the challenge of the throne to become the new Hell Nether Dragon King. With this lesson learned, Hades naturally paid more attention to the use of "Inferno Burning Body". He would not easily use it on the level 10 volcano spirits unless he was relatively sure or was forced into an emergency. The reason why Hades resolutely decided to launch the "Inferno Burning Body" test against all level 10 volcano spirits this time is self-evident. He must want to create more trouble for me, curb my rapid expansion, and even take the opportunity to further weaken the volcanic forces I have already controlled.
Hades finally couldn't hold back and was about to make a move, but it wasn't that easy to deal with Taotao and the other level 10 volcano undead minions that I had subdued. "Inferno" focused more on mental damage, while my "Soul Contract" could strengthen the mental defense of the undead minions. I had secretly fought with Hades for many rounds before. During the evolution of some of the undead minions, I repeatedly successfully used the power of the "Soul Contract" to boost their courage and fighting spirit, thwarting Hades's secret plot and successfully completing their evolution. Although Hades' newly launched "Hellfire Burning Body" can attack my level 10 volcano undead more directly under a high-sounding slogan , it may cause greater damage and pose a greater threat than the secret attack in the normal evolution process. I am not very sure that I can ensure that my level 10 undead will not suffer mental damage from "Hellfire Burning Body" under the effect of "Soul Contract", but I have reached a fairly high level of basic mental power of Super Silver Level 2, and the effectiveness of "Soul Contract" has been further strengthened compared to the past. In addition, through the "Wisdom Eyes to Identify Monuments" task, I found a professional discussion of the principles, usage techniques and specific effects of "Soul Contract" by the old predecessors of the undead wizards, which made my understanding and control of "Soul Contract" more profound, and I have the confidence to compete with Hades, the Hell Dragon King, "Hellfire Burning Body".
Since Hades has publicly exposed the "Hellfire Burning" skill it possesses, and is going to use it against me, according to relevant regulations, I can seek assistance from the level 10 Undead Wizard NPCs, pay a little professional merit as a price, and let them answer my questions about the "Hellfire Burning" skill and help me understand the "Hellfire Burning" skill in more detail. After all, what I got from the mouths of those level 10 volcanic undead subordinates who have been conquered is only a little bit of information, lacking a more specific understanding of the "Hellfire Burning" skill. In order to more effectively deal with the "Hellfire Burning" test launched by Hades against my level 10 volcanic undead, reduce the dangers that may be encountered, and avoid suffering too much loss, I still want to know as much information as possible about the "Hellfire Burning" skill. Not only can it be used as a reference for dealing with the "Hellfire Burning" test this time, it will also help to understand Hades's true strength, and it will also be helpful for the inevitable decisive battle between Taotao and it, who is preparing to replace it in the future.
To be more precise, "Hellfire Burning Body" is actually a powerful attack skill unique to the Hell Dragon King. The way it is used is similar to ordinary magic attacks. It can not only carry out precise attacks on a single target - releasing a small fireball and quickly shooting at the target, but also has a very strong tracking effect. In the middle, it can chase the evading target under Hades' mental control and make a change of direction attack. It can also release a sea of fire and launch a range attack around itself, combining offense and defense. More importantly, as a super strong person at the level of a holy beast, it can release magic attacks in the air. "Hellfire Burning Body" can also be used in the air, which can be regarded as a very powerful and practical attack skill. Fortunately, these are all headaches for Taotao when he challenges Hades for the position of the Hell Dragon King in the future. Now it is a training and test, not an attack as an enemy. There is no need to worry about the difficult-to-prevent attack method of "Hellfire Burning Body". More importantly, it is necessary to consider how to suppress its effect more effectively to reduce the risk of mental damage to my level 10 undead subordinates, especially Taotao and other major main forces.
As expected, the first batch of people selected by Hades to accept the "Hellfire Burning Body" test were all upper-level volcanic undead of level 10. Taotao and several other newly conquered subordinates of mine were naturally among them, accounting for most of the quota. They needed to gather in one place and surround Hades, and undergo both physical and mental training (destruction) in the range attack "Hellfire Burning Body". They were destined to be unable to dodge and escape, and could only rely on their own physical and especially mental defense capabilities to resist the invasion of "Hellfire Burning Body". And Hades obviously deliberately targeted my subordinates who were undergoing the test and carried out key attacks. Right at the beginning, I received calls for help from several upper-level level 10 Hell Dragon subordinates, including Taotao. They said that the burning of "Hellfire" was too damaging to their mental consciousness and some of them could not bear it. It was obvious that Hades was doing his best to make these most capable Hell Dragon subordinates of mine suffer permanent mental damage that was difficult to recover from, causing their combat effectiveness to be weakened, making it difficult for them to pose a big threat to other upper-level level 10 Hell Dragons or even Hades himself. Although I had already prepared myself for this, the result was still quite unexpected. I didn't expect that the "Hellfire Burning Body" launched by Hades himself would be so vicious. After only a dozen minutes, Taotao and the others could no longer hold on. I had to concentrate and use the power of the "Soul Contract" to help Taotao and the others resist the attack and damage to their spiritual consciousness more effectively. Only then did I stabilize Taotao and the others' emotions, muster up their courage and fighting spirit, and struggle against the "Hellfire Burning Body" that tortured and destroyed their spiritual will, so as not to suffer from difficult-to-heal mental trauma. This is the manifestation of the normal attack ability of "Hellfire Burning Body". Not counting Hades' illegal spellcasting, if Taotao and the others survived this "Hellfire Burning Body" test, their physical strength, especially their mental toughness, would be permanently improved. The benefits that can be obtained are self-evident, far better than the effect of practicing alone for decades.
The "Hellfire Burning Body" attack, which covered an area of 20 to 30 meters, consumed a lot of Hades' energy. He could not hold on for too long. He launched it at full strength for almost two hours before stopping and absorbing the energy of the magma to replenish his consumed life force. Although Taotao and the others survived with the help of the "Soul Contract" that I concentrated all my energy on, none of them suffered a serious mental injury and were not in danger of permanent consciousness damage, they were almost exhausted by the fierce burning attack of "Hellfire Burning Body" and had to rest in peace. According to their innate qualifications and the degree of impact they suffered, they would need to rest for three to five days or even ten to eight days to fully recover. There would be no direct damage, but there might be some hidden injuries. Usually, for the sake of safety, they need to rest for a few more days for further observation to confirm it, so as to avoid any hidden sequelae. By then, Taotao and the others will be more resilient than before, but they will not be able to launch the "magma cave mouth" challenge against the volcanic undead of the same level for a few days, and will not be able to help me continue to defeat and subdue more undead subordinates. This is probably one of Hades's purposes. Even if he cannot directly harm Taotao and the others, he wants to delay my expansion as much as possible and prevent me from subduing too many upper-level volcanic undead of level 10 so quickly. At the same time, the upper-level tenth-level Hell Dragons who accepted the "Hellfire Burning" test with Taotao and the others were most likely Hades' trusted subordinates secretly cultivated. Although they were relatively easier than us and should not have suffered Hades' full force, they seemed to have also undergone a lot of hardships. After the end, they were obviously quite tired. Obviously, Hades also spent a certain amount of energy on them, but it was more like cultivating them and further improving their own strength through training. It seems that he is preparing to let them deal with Taotao and a few of my men. For me, the threat from this aspect should not be underestimated. I need to be vigilant against the challenges they may launch at any time. I believe that with Hades's means, there must be similar ways to temporarily or even permanently enhance their strength. Once they take the initiative to provoke a war again, they may not fight me by conventional means, which may bring me greater trouble.
After using the "Hellfire Burning Body" with all my strength against Taotao and the others, I thought Hades would rest for several days. Unexpectedly, it recovered in just one day and began to select the tenth-level intermediate volcano undead to accept the test of "Hellfire Burning Body". Naturally, my subordinates occupied the majority. It is estimated that Hades must have used the special royal equipment given by the system to mobilize the most fundamental energy of the "Hell Volcano" to replenish the consumed vitality so quickly. This is a short-term behavior of drinking poison to quench thirst. What is sacrificed is Hades' development for a long time in the future. It will take more time to restore the balance of the "Hell Volcano". Otherwise, it will be easy to be punished by the "Heavenly Punishment" of the Chief Judge for violating the law of the dead. It seems that Hades was also forced into a hurry by me. He should take out the last resort. He must fight with me with all his strength and try his best to curb my rapid expansion in order to better maintain his throne and rule.
Fortunately, according to the relevant rules, the highest intensity test of "Hellfire Burning" that can be accepted by different levels of level 10 volcano undead is also different. Otherwise, if Hades uses the power of "Hellfire Burning" that he used on Taotao and other level 10 upper-level hell dragons to inflict on Guben, Tambizi, and Letediva, who are level 10 intermediates, even with my full help of "Soul Contract", it is difficult to completely offset the mental damage of "Hellfire Burning". They will suffer more or less permanent damage, and it is difficult to avoid the situation of IQ damage and reduced combat effectiveness. However, the test of "Hellfire Burning" that lasted for two hours also almost exhausted the energy of Guben and Tambizi. They had to rest for a period of time to completely eliminate all the hidden dangers in their minds and avoid any sequelae, which inevitably forced the expansion of the level 10 intermediate area to be suspended.
Hades then did the same thing. Under the threat of "Hellfire Burning Body", my subordinates in the lower level area of the tenth level were also restrained and temporarily lost the opportunity to launch a promotion challenge. Hades's means were quite despicable. When Taotao and his subordinates were about to recover, they would immediately receive a notice in advance that Hades would continue to test them with "Hellfire Burning Body". He said that according to the actual needs, the next "Hellfire Burning Body" test would be launched at any time, so that they would be fully prepared, and they would not be given the opportunity to challenge the "magma cave mouth" at all. As the King of Hell, Hades' "Hellfire Burning Body" test has priority, and Taotao and his subordinates cannot refuse or evade it. Moreover, as long as an application for a challenge is submitted to Hades, Hades will start the "Hellfire Burning Body" test first, so that Taotao and his subordinates cannot challenge at all. He just uses "Hellfire Burning Body" to train the physical body, especially the mental will, of the tenth-level volcanic undead, which can further enhance their own strength and treat it as a hard training. The momentum of rapid expansion was temporarily curbed. Hades was clearly fighting for his life. I had no choice but to continue the stalemate with it, fighting back against it with "Thousand-year Fire Lotus" and "Ten-thousand-year Fire Crystal", and see how long it could last in the test of "Hellfire Burning ' mental will became more resilient, or my basic mental power attributes were further improved, and the effectiveness of "Soul Contract" was strengthened, so that Taotao and the others were no longer afraid of the test of "Hellfire Burning". At that time, Hades's doomsday was approaching.
The expansion of the "Hell Volcano" was blocked, and it was temporarily unable to confront Hades head-on. In addition to helping Taotao and the others fight against the test of "Hellfire", I spent most of my time in the Ghost Knight Kingdom, paying attention to not relaxing the development there. One thing I have always been concerned about and the key thing to solve is to equip the ninth Ghost Knight King Heinrich with a more suitable mount - with the increasingly in-depth search in the Ghost Knight Kingdom, the threat from other Ghost Knight Kings is also increasing, coupled with the increasingly fierce competition from other undead wizards, it may also damage my interests, so Heinrich must be made stronger as soon as possible and have the ability to deal with various situations - especially the danger of "Knight's Duel" from other Ghost Knight Kings, which is a heartache in my heart. I feel that it may cause unexpected disasters at any time. These dangers will mainly rely on Heinrich and Heshar, the two Ghost Knight Kings, the real and the fake, to deal with and solve.
In my mind, the most suitable mount for Heinrich is naturally the upper level 10 Hell Dragon, which is stronger than the upper level 10 Black Dragon King. Previously, I didn't subdue the upper level 10 Hell Dragon, so I had to let Heinrich subdue a upper level 9 Black Bone Dragon to make do. Now my subordinates have subdued several upper level 10 Hell Dragons, and I can't continue to use them to expand my power for the time being. I can completely draw one out for Heinrich as a mount. At most, I won't return to the "Hell Volcano" where Hades is in power for the time being, so as to avoid it seeing other incidents. It's a pity that Heinrich doesn't have the good fortune to ride a powerful Hell Dragon as a mount. It has a very low degree of fit with the upper level 10 Hell Dragon, and it is almost impossible to succeed. If it is barely transformed, even if it succeeds, the combat effectiveness it can exert will be affected.
