Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 344: Advancement in Advance
The first two operations of the resistance alliance to attack the Cathedral of Light in the main city of the southern continent, which was the focus of the defense of the Church of Light, ended in failure. Although many NPCs of Light, especially players of Light, were killed, they failed to achieve the predetermined goal of completely destroying the Cathedral of Light as the target of the attack. In addition, they also lost a lot of manpower in the operation and were unable to gain any advantage, which seemed quite passive. Fortunately, under the suggestion of Long Xingtian, the chairman of the Dark Council, our resistance alliance changed the attack strategy in time. While we had to continue to adhere to the "Southern Expedition" plan, we also launched the "Western Disturbance" operation to cooperate, using frequent personnel transfers to interfere with the intelligence collection and analysis of the Church of Light on the specific actions we would take next, and to make it difficult or impossible for them to make correct judgments in time as much as possible, so as to cover the real attack actions of our resistance alliance.
Once this mutually reinforcing serial plan was implemented, it soon achieved considerable results. After temporarily suspending the "Southern Expedition" operation and concentrating its main forces to implement the "Western Disturbance" strategy, the Church of Light became quite passive. Although they also knew that our resistance alliance could not achieve much in the Western Continent, the ultimate real goal was to return to the Southern Continent to complete the main task of destroying the Cathedral of Light in all the main cities of the Southern Continent. Therefore, they insisted on not transferring troops back to defend and shifted their focus to the Western Continent. They still gathered heavy troops to defend the Southern Continent, but those light players who were native to the Western Continent or active in the Western Continent kept dying. The hands of our resistance alliance invaders were a big blow to the morale of the light players. On the one hand, they were furious and expressed strong dissatisfaction and indignation at our "atrocities", but they had to obey the overall strategic requirements of the Light Senate. Under the premise that our resistance alliance no longer took the initiative to continue the "Southern Expedition" operation and the Church of Light was on the strategic defensive, there was a lack of effective methods and means to retaliate against us. They had no way to vent their anger, which made many light players look very angry. The momentum brought by the two consecutive setbacks of our resistance alliance to destroy the Cathedral of Light stagnated, and their fighting spirit, especially their passion, should have obviously slipped slightly. More importantly, the frequent mobilization of personnel for the "Western Disturbance" operation brought considerable trouble to the intelligence collection and analysis work of the Church of Light. It was no longer possible to accurately analyze and judge the specific actions of our resistance alliance as in the previous two times, and grasp our movements, especially the targets and time of attack. There were several times when they even fell into our resistance alliance's trap and were fooled by our bluffing personnel movements. They were overly nervous and issued the wrong combat alarm, which made the Church of Light mobilize its forces, but in the end it was all in vain. They did not see any action from our resistance alliance in the southern continent and had to disperse in frustration. We took the opportunity to publicize it and even used "Tian Media" to criticize it, mocking the Church of Light for being so nervous and losing its composure. It was obviously a manifestation of its lack of self-confidence and it became a laughing stock for a while. It also gave our resistance alliance the opportunity to restore some of its reputation that had been damaged due to the failure of the first two attacks.
Just two days before I could return after solving the issue of Ebola's evolution, the resistance alliance effectively confused the attention and intelligence collection of the Church of Light through a series of "Western Disturbance" operations, coupled with frequent personnel transfers. They could no longer accurately grasp the movements of our resistance alliance, and took the opportunity to kill a "backstab" and launched a counterattack in the southern continent, carrying out the third attack to destroy the Cathedral of Light in the main city. Moreover, they did not launch an attack directly, but formulated a relatively comprehensive action plan in advance, first using almost the same performance as the previous times when the Church of Light was mobilized to assemble, to explore the reaction of the Church of Light. As the saying goes, one learns from one's mistakes, and the intelligence personnel of the Church of Light really saw through that our resistance alliance was bluffing and trying to mobilize them to come to support. They just continued to pay close attention to the movements of the enemy-luring squads we sent, and did not easily issue a war alarm to summon more light players to come to the rescue. Seeing that the Church of Light "was not fooled", we simply increased the intensity of the action and dispatched more people to lure the enemy. Although the action was designed quite sophisticatedly, careful observation and analysis still showed that our resistance alliance was implementing a strategy of luring the enemy. Therefore, the intelligence and war warning personnel of the Church of Light have not sounded the alarm, allowing all light players to enter an emergency state of combat readiness. Taking advantage of the fact that most of the attention of the Church of Light's intelligence personnel was attracted by the enemy-luring squads, and with the cover of the "Western Disturbance" operation, the main attack force of our resistance alliance dispersed and quietly lurked near a major city in the southern continent. This time, contrary to the norm, we no longer entered the city through the teleportation array in the center of the city, but prepared to rush in from the city gate when the operation began. Anyway, our target of attack is the Cathedral of Light, and those irrelevant neutral NPCs in the city who are responsible for normal patrols and guards will not interfere with the actions of our resistance alliance members, in order to further increase the suddenness of the attack. By infiltrating the Church of Light's internal channels, we grasped the specific whereabouts of Supreme Honor, Real Madrid, Holy Heaven and other top players of the Light, and seized the opportunity when several of the most important commanders and capable generals such as Supreme Honor went offline to rest and the strength of the Light players was weakened, we launched a surprise attack at the right time and began the third attack to destroy the Cathedral of Light inside the city of the southern continent, hoping to wash away the shame of the previous two defeats.
We tried our best to make full use of the biggest advantage that the initiative of attack was in the hands of our resistance alliance and the Church of Light could only passively defend. We tried our best to mobilize and confuse the Church of Light, and finally won us the advantage that we could not get in the previous two failed operations. We delayed the time for the Church of Light to warn, warn and assemble for war, so that the elite team that attacked the Cathedral of Light had relatively more time to concentrate on dealing with the NPCs of Light stationed in the church and those who came to rescue from the mainland branch. After a fierce battle, we finally wiped out all the NPCs of Light in the church before the rescue army of the players of Light broke through our outer interception line, smashed the "Holy Plate of Light" and the "Twelve-winged Golden Angel Statue", successfully destroyed the attacking Cathedral of Light, and won the first victory in the expedition to the southern continent. Only then did we completely stabilize the morale of the army, which had always been somewhat volatile, and swept away the shadow left in the hearts of some members by the previous two setbacks, proving that the key defense strategy of the Church of Light in the southern continent was not impeccable and invincible. In the head-on confrontation between the main forces, our Resistance Alliance and the Church of Light are definitely capable of fighting and have hope of winning the final victory. Morale is boosted for the time being, and basically the fighting spirit and confidence of all members of the Resistance Alliance have been further enhanced, reaching an unprecedented height.
It's a pity that I had to miss such a brilliant victory because of Ibora's evolution. I didn't have the chance to show my ability and wash away the bad luck of the previous two defeats. Fortunately, there are still nine cathedrals of light in the main cities waiting for our resistance alliance to destroy one by one. I have also captured the powerful holy beast-level Ultimate Destruction Knight Ibora as my fifth pet, and my combat power has been further enhanced. I believe that I will have a better performance against those level 9 NPCs stationed in the cathedrals of light in the future, and can help the resistance alliance complete the attack mission of destroying the cathedrals of light in a shorter time.
Full of confidence and ambition, I was waiting for Ebola to heal his wounds and fully recover in the next battle, but the system seemed unwilling to give me such an opportunity to show my strength easily - I ended the action of helping Ebola evolve in the "Dead Space". I personally came forward, trying my best to support my exhausted spirit, and continuously cast the "Dead Soul" magic to heal its wounds, helping it to upgrade its level in the shortest possible time, and restore it to the level of a perfect holy beast, so that it can exert its full combat power. Then I took a full rest and recovered my energy. I was preparing to actively ask for a fight or even take the initiative to create an opportunity to show my skills and kill the enemy. Just after logging into "Tianxia", I received a notice from the Undead Wizard Guild, asking me to rush to the "Undead Castle", the headquarters of the Undead Wizards in the Western Continent, as soon as I saw the letter. There will be important things delivered to me, and I must not delay without reason. I guess it's either the dead old man or those level-10 Undead Witch Trial NPCs who have something important to discuss with me. Now is the most critical moment to compete for the twelve level-10 Undead Holy Spirit Magister positions. If I want to get the first rank in the promotion ranking, I naturally dare not neglect their instructions. I had to rush over to see what important matter they summoned me so anxiously and asked me to solve.
The person who came out to entertain me in the "Castle of the Dead" was the chief Undead Holy Spirit Mage, Kreta, among the tenth-level professional NPCs. It must be a difficult matter if he had to come out. After greeting each other, Kreta was not like an old man who liked to talk nonsense. He quickly got back to the point and turned to the main topic, "A-Dai, do you know why we asked you to come this time?"
Seeing that the usually serious Creta also forced a smile at me this time, it was obvious that he was in a good mood. It shouldn't be any bad news, so I felt a little relieved. I didn't have to worry about accidentally or unintentionally getting into trouble again. I shook my head at Creta and said, "I don't know if there is another difficult task for me to complete?" Now that I have Ibola, a super pet of the holy beast level to help me in the battle, my confidence has greatly increased. I no longer take ordinary opponents seriously. Those tasks that might have been quite difficult for me a few days ago may have become much easier now. I may be able to complete them relatively easily. My strength is different. I seem to be more confident whether I speak or do things. I don't have to be timid and hesitant anymore.
Kreta coughed twice and straightened his face. "According to the relevant professional rules for necromancers, in view of the outstanding performance of Ah Dai, the ninth-level professional necromancer holy mage, who has surpassed all others and made many remarkable achievements, he can be called the first of the new generation of necromancers and meets the relevant requirements. It is decided to give Ah Dai the qualification to advance to the tenth-level necromancer holy mage, and it will take effect immediately."
I was expecting Kreta to assign me some difficult task, and was ready to summon Ibora to show my skills, but the sudden appearance of such an "official document" caught me off guard. I seemed to have understood it in my mind, but I couldn't react in time. I stood there, staring at Kreta in a daze. After a long while, I came to my senses, "Kreta, Holy Spirit Mage, what did you say just now? Can I be promoted to the tenth level of the Undead Holy Spirit Mage profession now?"
"Hearing problems are a specialty of us old folks. How come you, at such a young age, have poor hearing? You have to let me repeat what I said again. Listen carefully this time. In view of your outstanding performance, you have now officially obtained the status of a tenth-level Undead Holy Spirit Mage."
After getting confirmation from Kreta, I finally had no doubts about this matter. I was excited, but also a little surprised. "Kreta Holy Spirit Mage, isn't it said that there are more stringent restrictions for promotion to the tenth-level profession? There are only twelve places for each profession, and the internal competition will be quite fierce. You need to pass several difficult tests to qualify for promotion to the tenth-level profession. At least we can't start the promotion until our resistance alliance completely pacifies the southern continent, or the "Southern Expedition" operation is nearing its end. Now the overall situation is undecided, it should not be the time yet, why did I get the qualification to promote so early?"
"What you said is the promotion procedure under normal circumstances. It is not suitable for a genius necromancer like you. You have the highest basic mental power attribute of Super Silver Level 2, and you are also the famous 'World's No. 1 necromancer' and 'World's No. 1 expert'. Moreover, you have won these two honors in two consecutive 'World Heroes Conferences', which not only shows your own tyrannical strength, but also brings glory to our necromancer profession. You have achieved outstanding achievements that our twelve current tenth-level necromancer holy spirit wizards and other predecessors have never achieved. At the same time, you also have three artifacts. You have basically had the qualities to be promoted to the tenth-level profession , which touched the restrictions of certain terms. Therefore, we had to arrange for you to be promoted to the tenth-level necromancer holy spirit wizard profession in advance. You have taken such a big advantage, and you may become the first player in the whole world to be promoted to the tenth-level profession."
"Oh, what taboo did I trigger that allowed me to advance to the tenth-level profession several months earlier?"
"Did you just capture an Ultimate Destruction Knight as a pet?"
"Yes," I nodded. "It had already signed a 'Soul Contract' with me before. It continued to grow under my vigorous cultivation. It successfully evolved into the Ultimate Destruction Knight a few days ago. I took the opportunity to sign a 'Pet Contract' with it and tamed it as a pet. What's wrong? Is there any problem?"
"There is nothing wrong with the incident itself, but such a result will have a certain impact on the overall situation of Tianxia. The Ultimate Destruction Knight is a holy beast-level undead creature, and it is also the top category in the 'Dead Space'. There are only a few undead creatures of the same level, and they are super powerful beings of the same level as Gabriel and the other four holy angels of light. According to the current development process of Tianxia, they should still be in a state where they cannot be used normally. Usually, only players who have advanced to the tenth level of profession can have the ability to summon these holy beast-level super powerful beings. It just so happened that you, by chance, subdued the intermediate Destruction Knight as your subordinate early on, and have been actively cultivating him, so that he has successfully evolved into the Ultimate Destruction Knight of the holy beast level so quickly. If it only stopped there, it would be fine - summoning the holy beast-level undead strongmen to fight in the human world through 'Undead Summoning' has relatively high requirements for the basic mental attributes, and it also consumes a lot of mental power. It should not be a ninth-level professional undead for you. As long as the Spiritual Saint Mage cannot summon it to the human world to fight, it will not play a big role, and will not have a big impact on the overall situation of "Tianxia". But you just happened to have a strengthened "Level 9 Pet Scroll", and you also wanted to take the opportunity to subdue it. All kinds of external conditions are basically in place, and finally successfully subdued the Ultimate Destruction Knight as your pet. In this way, you only need to consume 10% of your mental power to summon it to the human world to fight through "Pet Summoning". It can be used at this stage. It can almost be said to be an invincible existence, which will seriously undermine the balance of power between various professions in the human world, especially players and current level 10 professionals. Therefore, you have to be promoted to the tenth level profession in advance. In this way, if a player is promoted to the tenth level profession, those level 10 professionals such as the Red Cardinal and the Knight of Light will no longer be subject to relevant restrictions, open all their abilities, and can also summon the four holy angels of the holy beast level such as the Angel of God Michael and Gabriel to fight in the human world. "
