Chapter 53 War in the Kingdom of Death
Darkness.
Wu Xiaode opened his eyes and saw himself standing in a rocky wasteland.
There was smoke all around.
Something was peering far away in the darkness.
The Book of the Dead was opened immediately, revealing lines of small words in ice crystals:
"Your upper limit of soul power has reached 10 points."
"This is the watershed of strength. You need to serve the Kingdom of Death. Only after you win can you get further promotion."
Serving the Kingdom of Death...
Damn it, I'm alive.
Just as Wu Xiaode was thinking this, he saw misty mist emerging from the void, covering his body as softly as a gauze.
Silent magic mist!
It has actually taken effect automatically!
Wu Xiaode took a moment to sense it and found that this time it did not manifest anything, but covered himself with the inherent death aura of the magic mist.
--Why? Did it detect something?
The next second.
A voice came from far away:
"I was shocked. I thought it was a living person."
Wu Xiaode looked back.
In the wilderness, he saw a skeleton wearing metal armor slowly walking towards him.
Skeleton...can talk...
It seems that he is really regarded as a dead person.
Perhaps in the long and endless time, no one has ever thought that people who enter the Death Cave can survive.
"Who are you?" Wu Xiaode asked.
The skeleton snorted and said: "I am a genius master of the skeleton family, who are you?"
"Humans, dead." Wu Xiaode said.
"Nonsense! I saw it! I asked for your name!" the skeleton shouted.
"Qian Junde." Wu Xiaode said.
"That's pretty much it. How's your strength?" Skeleton asked.
"I have 10 points of soul power." Wu Xiaode said.
The skeleton held his forehead and said helplessly: "We all have 10 points of soul power, so we were summoned to this battlefield, idiot."
It seemed that it had made a judgment on Wu Xiaode, and it said loudly:
"Listen up, newcomer, we have to defend our position and don't let anyone from other camps enter the Kingdom of Death. As long as we hold on for one hour, we will complete this trial."
"Just the two of us?" Wu Xiaode asked.
"Yes, this mound is our position." The skeleton said.
Wu Xiaode looked around and saw mounds farther away, with different undead monsters standing beside each mound.
Next to the nearest mound, stood two skeletons and a tall man holding a staff.
The tall man's face was not very good, and he looked blue and black.
"That's a lich. What a bad luck. Why can't I be grouped with a lich?" the skeleton said, half envious and half jealous.
"If the position is destroyed, we have failed, right?" Wu Xiaode asked.
"Not only that, we will also fall into a deep sleep of death! So you kid, be more serious and don't drag me down to fail the trial," the skeleton said.
"Who will try to break through our position?" Wu Xiaode asked.
"Anyone is possible - who doesn't want to enter the Kingdom of Death to see what's going on? Some people even want to snatch some souls from the Kingdom of Death." The skeleton said.
The skeleton said and looked to the other side.
Wu Xiaode followed its gaze and saw several three-headed dogs squatting on the other side of the battlefield, their bodies burning with blazing flames.
"It would be great if there was a three-headed dog to partner with me... Why do I only have one dead boy here." The skeleton murmured again.
"Hey, it seems like something is coming." Wu Xiaode said.
The skeleton suddenly came back to his senses and looked towards the front of the position.
I saw a humanoid existence made entirely of flames appearing in the deep darkness. It had a pair of long wings and double horns on its head. It flew in the air and shouted loudly:
"Go, my children, attack the defenses of the Kingdom of Death, and let those skeletons and dead dogs know never to mess with us!"
Far away in the wilderness.
A dense mass of cavalry appeared.
They all had double horns on their heads, wore full body armor, rode fire-breathing horses, and began to charge towards the position here.
The Book of the Dead shook, and lines of small words in ice crystals suddenly appeared:
"The trial has begun."
"Within one hour, you need to hold your position so that it will not be destroyed."
"If you succeed, you will gain the power of death, so that you can continue to increase the upper limit of your soul power."
"If you fail, you will fall into the abyss of the kingdom of death and enter eternal sleep, unless someone calls you again."
Before Wu Xiaode finished reading, the painful moans of skeletons sounded in his ears:
"What the hell, why is it the Demon Predator Lord? He is the most popular master in the demon camp. Now we are finished..."
Wu Xiaode remained silent and turned his eyes around.
Near the other dirtbags, the death-type ghosts responsible for defense were a little downcast.
Is that guy strong?
Just looking at the densely packed cavalry on the wasteland, one knows that this is a tough battle.
"What's the strength of those cavalry?" Wu Xiaode asked.
"Each one has at least 10 points of soul power." The skeleton said.
"It seems that this battle is just a matter of numbers. One or two people can't decide the direction of this battle." Wu Xiaode judged.
"Indeed, we have no choice but to fight." The skeleton's eyes flashed with a faint light of unwillingness.
The black army pressed forward.
The war horses galloped and the earth shook uncontrollably.
Wu Xiaode's mind was racing, and he suddenly thought of a way.
At the same time, the mist covering his body seemed to understand his mind and spread around.
Silently, fog enveloped the position.
"Boy, is this fog your power?" The skeleton looked on coldly.
"What is your ability?" Wu Xiaode asked.
"Hmph, I can hug the enemy and kill him with the flames of death!" the skeleton said proudly.
Wu Xiaode was startled.
——There are still people who choose to die together in fights these days?
"Are you scared? I tell you, don't mess with me!" the skeleton said viciously.
"It's... so awesome. I will never mess with you." Wu Xiaode looked at it like a monster and said.
A long horn sounded.
The cavalry army gradually began to speed up.
"Stop talking nonsense, you are left and I am right, we each guard one side." The skeleton said.
"The demon plundering lord is already holding the battle, where is the big boss on our side?" Wu Xiaode asked.
"I don't know. I haven't shown up yet. I don't know what's going on." The skeleton said worriedly.
"Hell, we don't even have a BOSS, how are we going to fight this?" Wu Xiaode said.
"We can only fight to the death!" the skeleton shouted.
"We can't hold it," Wu Xiaode judged calmly, "Brother, it's been a full hour. Do you think we can hold these broken rocks?"
"Otherwise?" The skeleton turned around and asked him.
"I have an idea. It depends on whether you are willing to cooperate."
"What can I do?"
Wu Xiaode found a relatively flat place and lay down without moving.
Even the one-eyed giant will be blinded by this fog and cannot see his own movements clearly.
Besides, this mist is the embodiment of my own mind.
It must understand itself!
Wu Xiaode thought silently.
As expected, the fog gradually enveloped him, lingering on his body for a while, turning into several bloody wounds, and even a ready-made spear——
Just like the spears held by those demon cavalry——
He stabbed Wu Xiaode hard on the chest.
But the spear was broken, lest any demon cavalry actually came to take the spear away.
Anyway.
It looked like he was finished.
Wu Xiaode was very satisfied with this effect on himself.
Now he has somewhat figured out the power of level 0 silent magic mist——
Whether it is a shot put or a pistol, it changes into fog to cover the wall, or it forms an SB shape, and the tragic death scene at this moment——
The main characteristic of Level 0 Silent Mist is "illusion".
What's more valuable is that the way it displays "illusion" is not that common. It can even be said to be quite spiritual and unique in the world.
——In order to achieve the goal of "killing the game", it does everything possible!
The skeleton watched from the side, his mind gradually filled with questions.
"Hey, hey, the beating hasn't started yet, why are you pretending to be dead?" it asked dissatisfied.
"Our position is just a small dirt bag. The best way to hold the position for an hour is that no one comes to attack the position, so the position will be defended naturally." Wu Xiaode said with his eyes closed.
The skeleton froze.
"What if the demon cavalry passes by the position?" it asked.
"The key to this position is not a little bumpkin, the key is you and me - as long as we live, the position will be there." Wu Xiaode said.
"That's right, people will be there when they are in position." The skeleton nodded.
yes!
The bumpkin is not important!
After all, the mission goal is to guard for an hour!
In the trenches, alive, for an hour.
Mission accomplished!
The skeleton jumped up and said: "Brother! My good buddy, can you help me?"
"Lie down." Wu Xiaode spat out one word.
The skeleton threw away the shield in his hand, immediately found a place, lay on the ground and began to remove the bones on his body.
It dismantled itself to pieces, leaving only a skull glowing with will-o'-the-wisps.
This time we encountered a problem.
"Good buddy, as long as our skeletons emit will-o'-the-wisps, it shows that we still have fighting power. Look at this -"
The mist fell and gently hugged the skull.
I saw several long cracks appearing on the skull of the skull, and the will-o'-the-wisps in its eye sockets also disappeared——
There was even a hard dagger stuck in it.
The sword is broken.
Prevent anyone from pulling it out.
The skeleton said: "Thanks, good buddy."
"Shut up, the cavalry is coming." Wu Xiaode adjusted to a more comfortable position.
"As you command, good brother." The skeleton said.
There was silence on the battlefield.
After a while.
The sounds of weapons clashing, the roar of spells, the neighing of war horses, and the screams of monsters could be heard all around.
The entire battlefield was in chaos.
"Kill them all!"
The demon lord's voice echoed across the battlefield.
The cavalry began to attack the undead's position crazily!
There was no movement on Wu Xiaode's side, no spells were fired, and there were no undead figures holding weapons.
——So there were no cavalry coming to attack.
About ten minutes passed.
A parabola fell far away and hit the positions of Wu Xiaode and Skull.
It was a three-headed dog.
It reluctantly stood up, roared, and was about to rush out again.
Only seven or eight war horses were seen rushing towards them.
The demon knights on horseback all waved their spears and threw them forward——
The three-headed dog was immediately pinned to the ground by the spear. After struggling for a while, it stopped moving.
It lies between Wu Xiaode and the skeleton.
The demon knights looked at this pitifully small and crude position.
A dead man, a dead skeleton, a dead dog.
Three deaths in a row.
Done!
The demon knights urged their horses forward, sheathed their spears, no longer looked at the already breached position, and turned around to attack other places.
A few minutes passed.
"Hey, there is a dog here, what should we do? Will it affect us from pretending to be dead?" the skeleton whispered.
"No, don't you think if it is placed here, it will make the situation here more realistic?" Wu Xiaode also whispered.
"...It seems so."
The skeleton relaxed and breathed a sigh of relief.
On the battlefield, there was fighting everywhere.
Occasionally, a demon knight would turn around and see a dead man, a dead skeleton, and a dead dog lying here.
The blood on the dead dog was still flowing.
When the demon knights saw this situation, they immediately turned their mounts and went to kill elsewhere.
The battle became increasingly fierce.
Corpses littered the fields.
There are constant positions being breached by demon knights in the Kingdom of Death.
The roar of spells, the clash of weapons, and the screams of monsters before they died continued to sound.
But in the position guarded by Wu Xiaode, no demon knights gradually rushed over. (End of chapter)