Chapter 182 The Necromancer is coming
At twelve o'clock noon, Wei Huan finally arrived at the "96 Line" with great difficulty.
The Dark Beast Lords near the finish line have all their basic buildings up to standard and are racing against time to upgrade their territories to level five.
After being upgraded to a fifth-level territory, the most disadvantageous point for Wei Huan is that once the scope of their territory expands, there will be more territories to send reinforcements to. Once that time comes, Wei Huan may have to face as many as seven or eight territories at the same time.
Seven or eight level five cities being attacked at the same time is also a very scary thing.
The Dark Beast Lord was almost imagining the scene where Wei Huan was completely surrounded by his territory and beaten.
There was no thought of escaping at all.
The lower ranks of the Dark Beast Clan had even less thought of escaping. Even if they were the royal thought beasts, they could not resist the order when ordered by the royal family to be sacrificed.
But as the royal family is at the top of the food chain of this tribe, they will judge the fighting ability, fight in a roundabout way, and even avoid fighting when they are bound to lose.
On the fourth-level assessment highway, the royal family successfully left calmly with Wei Huan's information and a large number of dark beasts.
That’s why we’re being chased and intercepted today.
Now, it seems that if his side upgrades again, Wei Huan will be trapped in the swamp of war.
The most important thing is that through continuous encirclement and suppression, Wei Huan has used the "Shaman Blessing".
That is to say, the first batch of undead who receive the blessing will enter a 24-hour weakness CD after two hours.
In addition, there are the Hellfire Bombs that he has been using. The number of them consumed so far has exceeded a thousand, so the stock must be limited.
Of course, what reassures the Dark Beast King most is that it is already 12 o'clock.
Wei Huan had spent two hours advancing only 1% of the progress in the past. At this rate, he wouldn't be able to break out of the encirclement before 1:34 p.m.
"King, that group of humans is at Line 96. If you take away the area of territory you occupy, they are less than 4% away from going to war with you."
A thought-provoking beast floated beside the Dark Beast King. Its body looked like a blur, but if it was magnified billions of times, it was actually countless entangled nerve networks extending from its body into the void, connecting it with other thought-provoking beasts.
At the same time, in the network spread out by the thought-transmitting beasts, all the dark beasts are on it.
The battle intelligence from the front is gathered from all directions. In addition to the computing power of all the thought-monsters in this world at the moment, the data they finally obtain is extremely accurate and is not inferior to any other system.
This is the Dark Beast King who always remains neutral between two royal families, one who wants to leave and the other who wants to stay.
At the same time, he was also on the fourth-level highway, successfully obtaining information about Wei Huan and the Dark Beast King who left.
At this moment, it transformed into a face similar to Shuroma, but more ferocious. It sat on the high seat of the nest, and wisdom could be seen in its eyes when it opened and closed.
It is called "Splitting", and is also called "Splitting King" by high-level dark beasts.
The Split King did not respond to the Beast's request immediately, but after pondering for a long time, he started a conversation with the two royal families on his left and right again.
After relaying the information about the Thoughtmon, it said, "This will be a gamble. During this final period, there may or may not be danger. Whoever perseveres to the end and has a stronger will may win, but they may also fall into humanity's cunning trap. From now on, it's up to you to decide."
The royal family who only upgraded miracles thought for a moment and said, "If you want to leave, I will go with you."
The royal family, who were focusing on upgrading their combat capabilities, laughed sarcastically, "Cowards, can't you see he's at his wit's end? If you want to leave, go ahead. I can take all the credit."
The conversation stopped immediately.
When it comes to merit, even the Dark Beast King cannot ignore it. Even in the Dark Beast clan, the benefits of gaining merit are greater. The Dark Beast King rewards a large amount of territory, and with countless Dark Beasts, their strength will become stronger.
There is no competition between the Dark Beast King and the Dark Beast Royal Family, because the "King" is chosen by heaven, and it has an absolute deterrent effect on other royal families, including those in the royal family.
But royal families may fight each other for a little territory or a little credit.
It has been more than three months since the Dark Beast Tribe was defeated in the ancient battlefield, the Dark Beast King was furious and investigated the incident, and the Dark Beast King Tribe made plans.
Over the past three months, the three dark beast kings have selected elites from their tribes, discussed tactics countless times, and now have rushed into this random challenge and laid out this tight net. The energy they have expended during this period is unimaginable.
Now, it is the most critical period for close combat and layout of closing the net.
Even though that group of humans always exuded a faint sense of conspiracy, because the sunk cost was too high and coupled with the so-called merit, even this dark beast king who always remained neutral chose to remain silent.
He only said: "We can wait a little longer, we still have a chance. But remember, the situation is not right, we must leave and not be dragged into the war by him."
"knew."
"good."
The three kings' conversation ended and the place fell into silence again.
The Thoughtmon continued to gather intelligence and reported, "Just now, humans destroyed three territories simultaneously within 11 minutes. All three territories have been upgraded with level five walls and level five protective shields."
King Lie's uneasiness rose again, and he wanted to leave again.
He was cautious by nature and unwilling to take risks. Given the current level of development of his territory, he would surely die if he met that human Wei Huan.
Especially after another ten minutes, the Thoughtmon reported again: "Three more territories have been destroyed."
The Split King had stood up from his sitting position, his four horse legs kicking restlessly, and his horsetail, like a whip, hit the ground with a "snapping" sound.
Just as it was about to confirm once more, and to leave even if it didn't want the credit for this achievement, the thought-monkey beside it said, "King, the fourth group of blessed undead have weakened. This group is the largest, numbering approximately six thousand, in order to break through the level five shield and the city wall. Altogether, twenty thousand of Wei Huan's undead have weakened."
Wei Huan's undead force is around 60,000, not counting the countless Facehuggers and Ghost Crows, both of which have limited combat effectiveness."
When King Lie heard this, his anxious mood slowly calmed down.
It swung its tail and looked out of the cave. Looking out from the lord's hall, one could see a statue of a ferocious beast that looked like a tiger or leopard, standing on the ground and towering into the clouds.
This is its territory miracle, which can increase the speed of all dark beasts in the world by 1%.
It was just completed yesterday at a huge cost, and since then it has been catching up with the territory level. Now its territory has not even been upgraded to level four.
Close your eyes, open your eyes.
It asked, "How long until we reach Level 4?"
The Psychomon answered accurately: "3 hours, 11 minutes, and 21 seconds."
There are still three hours until level four.
According to the original plan, they would first complete the miracle building, increase the overall strength of the Dark Beast Tribe, and delay Wei Huan as much as possible.
If he really dares to reach the finish line, it will be much later, and by then their territory level may catch up and be upgraded to the highest standard.
With three royal families’ level five territories and one territory with all buildings at level six, they are confident that they will win even if they directly fight against Wei Huan.
But Wei Huan did not play by the rules, causing all their plans to go wrong.
He is still in the third-level territory, but Wei Huan is only 3% away from it.
This is indeed a big test of mentality.
The human race has now lost one-third of its troops, and in the next hour, the loss will reach one-half.
Facing a human with only half the combat power, such opportunities are few and far between.
"Wait... a little longer." The Split King was ultimately unable to give up on that hope, nor could he ignore his own ambitions, so he chose to wait once more.
What happened next clearly proved that Wei Huan had run out of ideas.
After hearing the news from the Thought Beast, Wei Huan continued to conquer the territory at a faster speed, but this time he used Bloodlust.
The dark beast is all too familiar with the shaman's bloodthirsty blessing.
It is used every time humans are desperate. It is indeed very crazy and scary, but it also reveals that humans are at the end of their rope.
An outburst of just three minutes requires more than a month to recover. Not only is the time long, but humans in the bloodthirsty state are like seriously injured patients. Not to mention fighting, even walking is difficult.
Even if you only use Bloodlust on about a thousand undead at a time, once every three minutes, how long can it last?
So this time, even when the Ji Si Beast told him that Wei Huan was less than 3% away from him, the King of Splits' desire to leave was not as strong as before.
At this rate, even if he arrived in front of him, he would be covered in blood and his combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced. As long as there were no endless undead, he would not be afraid even if it was just a third-level territory.
The biggest reassurance for the Split King came when the Thought-Sending Beast reported with surprise, "Their demon has also become bloodthirsty."
"Who? What demon?"
"A criminal demon, their most powerful warrior. He's been present in all the territory battles along the way, and almost every Dark Beast Lord has died at his hands. A red light appears on his body, and his combat power skyrockets. This is the state of receiving the Bloodthirsty Blessing."
"Kill him after he's weakened!"
"I'm sorry, King. I let him escape. He brought a kobold with him."
The last sentence made the King of Crack extremely angry at a large dog-headed man in the audience.
The big dog-headed man made a "woooo" sound and curled up into a ball with his tail between his legs.
The Dark Beast tribe is very powerful. They have crushed humans all the way in the past. It seems that they have already secured victory in this civilization war. However, a human became a necromancer and controlled the skeletons of the Dark Beasts and their unique abilities.
This is what makes this war of civilizations so difficult.
Especially the teleportation function of the Gnolls, which made the Dark Beast King feel like he was "shooting himself in the foot".
This time, King Lie walked to the entrance of the cave and looked at the miraculous tiger and leopard statue again.
The miracle building that only the royal family had did not give him any sense of security. He wondered whether the third-level building could stop the remaining troops of Wei Huan.
"Don't waver, Rift."
At this moment, King Lie received a message from another royal family, whose name was Yong.
King Yong said, "I am standing in front of you. If he wants to hurt you, he has to step over my corpse.
And don't worry, I have a pseudo-god-level hero. As long as I can hold on to level 5, a mere human tank can be easily killed."
The last sentence made King Lie feel at ease.
This is exactly why they choose to concentrate on developing technology and let the brave king prioritize the war route.
Even among the royal families, there are only five Dark Beast Kings who can possess pseudo-god-level heroes. Each of them is extremely powerful and can easily kill people above their level.
Moreover, King Yong’s territory is ahead of them. If the human race really comes, King Yong will be the first to fight.
King Lie was calculating in his mind how likely it would be for him to escape if the battle situation went wrong.
The distance between his territory and the Brave King was over ten kilometers, far exceeding the maximum distance that the Necromancer could summon. Therefore, the Necromancer wanted to drag him into the battle, unless he could overthrow the Brave King.
With a secret in mind, King Lie replied to King Yong: "Yes, I will rely on you from now on."
It kept getting delayed like this.
Fortunately, humans seem to have reached their limit as well.
Ever since the demon was taken back to the car because of his weakness due to bloodthirstiness, there has been no latest information sent in a long time, instead of reports every ten minutes.
They seemed to have finally realized they couldn't stop them from reaching Level 5 territory, and so they gave up. They had been resting in a safe area for a long time.
This made the three royal families very regretful.
As expected of cunning humans, they had obviously calculated the safe area before deciding to fight to the death.
They sent out troops to conduct reconnaissance and even guarded the border of their territory, watching the car parked less than three kilometers away.
There was only an area the size of a small lake left, which was not filled by land.
Outside the territory...
The sea water is outside the territory.
As long as the vehicle is parked on the water, it is in a safe zone and cannot be attacked.
hateful!
This is a rare opportunity. If we can take action when they are weak, this plan will be successful!
Now we can only wait until 1:34.
As long as the territory is upgraded to level five and this last bit of blank area is covered, the human chariots located in the intersection of the five territories will face their final destruction.
It’s over!
Time passed by minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye, more than an hour had passed, and there were only less than 15 minutes left to complete the territory upgrade.
This is a completely safe time.
Wei Huan's car was still parked in that blank area and had not moved for a long time. It was more than 5,000 kilometers away from the finish line. Even if he upgraded it to a level six car, he would not be able to drive over in such a short time.
It's impossible to come here.
The tense back of the Cracked King completely relaxed. He returned to his throne and lay down again, already imagining how he would make those humans die in agony after the Dark Beast's territory was upgraded to level five.
Want to run back?
It's impossible.
The gap they had broken through had already been repaired after such a long time, and a large network had been re-established between the territories. By then, a chariot, no matter how powerful it was, would be worn down into a pile of rotten iron on the battlefield of the endless dark beasts.
How ridiculous.
This human used the endless souls of dark beasts to kill countless of his kind, and even made these undead go against their instincts and kill the king.
Now, he would eventually be devoured by the endless army of dark beasts, dragged to death, exhausted to death, just like he had treated the dark beast clan, torn into pieces, turning into piles of blood clots...
"Boom! Boom!"
Continuous explosions suddenly came from a distance.
King Lie suddenly jumped up from his throne and looked out of the cave in astonishment.
"What is it?"
This sound is definitely not normal, it's more like...
The Cracked King jumped off the throne, rushed to the cave entrance in two steps, and looked in the direction where the sound came from.
That’s right, this continuous roar is the sound of explosions and the presence of war.
But how could it be...
"Ask King Yong."
The Split King ordered the Thought Beast beside him, but before he finished speaking, a scene that horrified him appeared within his field of vision.
I saw dark clouds pressing up from the edge of the territory, blocking the light in the sky and casting a large shadow.
His gaze focused, but he saw that they were not dark clouds, but crows flying between reality and illusion.
Ghost crows are a group of the lowest life forms living in the dark beast world.
They eat carrion, are pitch black, emit a foul odor, make hoarse and shrill sounds, and like to steal the cubs of other animals. Apart from being alert and able to fly, they have no other advantages.
Even in such a "national lord" challenge, almost no ghost crow has ever completed a lord challenge.
This caused the Ghost Crow, which was originally despised by the Dark Beasts, to be completely abandoned outside the Dark Beast tribe and became food in the Dark Beast world.
Of course, because ghost crows are very unpalatable, dark beasts rarely eat them. Therefore, in order to prevent the ghost crows from becoming too numerous and affecting the cubs of other beast groups, ghost crows became a species that must be hunted when encountered.
In the eyes of the royal family, ghost crows are even more insignificant than ants.
But no one expected that this ghost crow, which was almost expelled from the dark beast tribe and not recognized by the dark beasts, is now under the control of a human and shows its most unique feature.
The Soul Scream is enough to control the Dark Beast of the same level until it dies. Even the Dark Beast of a higher level will be attacked and lose consciousness.
What made the Dark Beast King Family look at them with admiration was that this group of ghost crows actually had the ability to escape into the void like flying monkeys, and their flying speed was extremely fast, as if they were teleporting.
This made the Ghost Crow the best scout for that human being, and at this moment, the ingenious idea led to the desperate action of the King of Split.
The ghost crow pressed forward, but stopped above its territory, casting a shadow.
The weapons in the territory had no reaction to them, not to mention that there was only a level 4 protective shield, allowing the ghost crows to surround the territory.
Then, just as the King of Crack was furious, a ghost crow flew out and landed on the protective shield. It pecked at the transparent protective shield with its beak as if it was humiliating it.
The fourth-level protective shield does not have the ability to attack, it is just a shield.
Then, the Cracked King was easily brought into the "combat state".
"Kill it!" King Cracked was furious and roared loudly.
At its command, an attack watchtower raised its gun and aimed at the ghost crow.
“Swish!”
The ghost crow did not dodge or evade, allowing the shells to explode on its body.
"Quack!"
After a scream, the ghost crow turned into a wisp of black smoke and dissipated between heaven and earth.
The ghost crows that left the soul state due to the attack died, and the ghost crows that did not attack maintained their soul state and floated in the sky and could not be attacked.
The first thing King Lie did was to try the button to leave the challenge world.
Can't leave.
The Lord Challenge System sent a notification telling it that it was in combat and could not leave.
A certain sense of fear came crashing down like a raging wave.
The back of the Split King began to feel cold, sweat flowed down uncontrollably, and his heart beat fast and heavy. It took a while before messy thoughts finally flowed through his blank mind.
It turned its head abruptly, glaring at the Thought Beast fiercely, as if it wanted to devour it, and roared, "What did it say? What did it say, King Yong?"
The Thought Beast was also caught off guard by this scene.
There is no doubt that there is no other necromancer in this world.
The appearance of that group of ghost crows here means that the human has arrived nearby.
How is that possible?
How did he do it?
For the Psychic Beast, which was primarily responsible for collecting and organizing intelligence, it was an absolute dereliction of duty to let this human discover it only after arriving here, and all that remained in its mind were the four words, "How is this possible?"
Yeah, how could it be possible? What on earth had these humans done? Why were they suddenly here?
If the one here is the necromancer, then what is the chariot that is currently parked at "Line 97" in the middle of the lake?
It couldn't be the Phantom, its watchful eyes never left that car.
It is certain that the car is parked there and it is real.
But when such thoughts kept appearing in his mind, repeatedly reminding him that he was right, the images that flooded into his mind turned into more detailed information, and he combined with the six thought-feeding beasts in this world to perform a joint calculation.
Soon, a fact emerged that made the Beast go crazy.
In that ever-accelerating and frantic battle, as the human race continued to push the front line forward, they indeed shifted their gaze away from the collapsed territory more than once, just to be able to make more careful arrangements in the next territory in advance. Even if it was just a tiny calculation that could consume 100 more troops of the necromancer, it would be a victory.
The war of dark beasts never cares about the gains and losses of a city or a place.
As long as the royal family exists, the Dark Beast Clan will always exist, and all battle plans and deployments are for the final victory.
Even if countless dark beasts would die in the process, there would be no hesitation.
But this time, that group of hateful humans seemed to have calculated their habits and used all kinds of hateful means to confuse and disrupt their judgment.
That’s right, the real main battle tank left at that time.
When they were careless, we bypassed their surveillance field of view and rushed to the front earlier.
So, it was as if it had become "invisible" in front of their eyes and completely disappeared.
At this moment, the thing still remaining in the center of the lake must be a fake.
At this moment, the Psychic Beast saw through the eyes of the other Dark Beasts that the window of the car floating in the lake was rolled down.
A fat man stuck his head out from the driver's seat.
Then, he raised his hand and made an insulting gesture towards the nearest group of dark beasts wandering on the edge of the territory, which even the dark beasts could understand.
After that, the fat man raised his hands, which were shaking with excitement or nervousness, and broke a "Return Talisman" in front of them.
Then the fat man and the car disappeared in the challenge world at the same time.
at the same time.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
Another series of bombings came from afar. The black fog of fear surged over the beast, and it did not dare to look at the king's face.
"So…what happened, huh?"
The Split King lowered his body, stared at the Thought Beast fiercely, and spoke for the last time.
The Thought Beast was ultimately unable to resist the pressure from the royal family, and said humbly and fearfully, "My king, the Necromancer is coming..."
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