Chapter 817 - 772: Ash Envoy, Holy Spear Sister
Lava River, Da Fei officially encountered the demon reinforcements coming downstream.
——System Prompt: Battle initiation! The enemy has entered the maximum range of the Blazing Angel Corps, do you wish to launch the maximum attack?
Attack!
Da Fei waved his hand, and twenty Blazing Angels hovering in mid-air released flame flying spears. The twenty spears shot out with long trailing flames like rockets—boom boom boom!!! The enemy ship was instantly engulfed in a sea of fire. Among the flames, twenty "-500!" damages appeared, along with countless "-20!" "-30!" splash damage data bursting out!
In that instant, Da Fei, who had long imagined various scenarios with the flame flying spears, immediately understood three things:
First, the maximum range of the Blazing Angels was still not beyond the crossbow cannon, indicating that the Blazing Angels did not surpass the concept of conventional weapons and could not completely replace the crossbow cannon.
Second, targets directly hit by the flying spears calculated the final damage according to the attack and defense of the Blazing Angels, while the rest were unclear splash damages. This is very similar to turret damage, or rather, the Blazing Angels are humanoid moving turrets.
Third, facing a strong Abyss Lord, the power of the rocket launcher was not as overwhelming as imagined. However, the combined "-20" damages likely far exceeded the direct "-500" damage. The total damage of this round probably exceeded expectations by a wide margin.
Essentially, the Blazing Angels were specifically used to bombard dense cannon fodder troops, especially for decimating the dreaded Jungle Hunter Sea of the Elf Clan. Now Da Fei understood why the British put so much effort into developing Blazing Angels; the effect is truly known to those who use it. In any case, I have plenty of ammunition! Continue!
When the demon ships reached Da Fei’s position after taking three rounds of fire, Da Fei’s Elite Angel Army immediately boarded to reap the remaining enemies. At that moment, the Abyss Lords roared furiously, their bodies flashing with blood light, wielding giant axes to meet them!
Seeing such imposing force, Da Fei couldn’t help but tremble in his heart and immediately activated Bloodthirsty Frenzy. Blood light clashed with blood light, giant axe against giant axe, as "-200!" "-200!" blood numbers flew over their heads!
At that instant, Da Fei was so shocked his socks nearly flew off! Even with city wall-like defense buffs, he was cut down to such a sorry state. If it were ordinary players leading regular angels, they wouldn’t be cut down in one strike? Besides, my Elite Angels only have 7 or 800 health left, how many more axe hits can they endure?
Da Fei immediately commanded Elifel and all the ordinary angels to heal the elite on the front lines! Just then, there was a series of crisp clangs, as several Abyss Lords swung their giant axes and the word "Parry" popped up, completely blocking the Power Angel’s attack. Then, counter-striking an axe to cleave another Power Angel’s life by 200 points!
Da Fei’s jaw hit the floor! Defensive counterattack? Damn, the martial skills of these elephants are so high? Is this the strength of mid-level demons?
But! No matter how capable you are, you can only blame your bad luck for falling into my ambush!
Da Fei gritting his teeth, roared repeatedly: "Heal, heal! Chop, chop hard!"
The battle held no suspense. Without a hero’s leadership or terrain advantage, the Abyss Lords could not match Da Fei’s fully equipped team, and when the last Abyss Lord fell during the siege, the battle was over:
——System Prompt: Battle over! You gained 570,000 experience, obtained Abyss Lord Essence +5, completed the quest "Kill Reinforcements Behind Enemy Lines," Quest Progress: 40 killed.
Da Fei couldn’t help but exhale a sigh of relief. Finally, my quest is up and running. This Abyss Lord Essence seems impressive, will it exchange for some kind of angel? It’s impossible to directly exchange for Elite Angels, but this essence must be higher-end than Chaos Essence, and a 1:1 exchange should be no problem, right? I might as well assume I’ve already got 5 more troops.
Now, Da Fei’s troops all returned to the ship to rest and reorganize, looking at the severely wounded and battered elite units, Da Fei’s mood was somber, without any joy of victory.
Thinking back, when I first led a dozen ordinary angels and claimed I would ambush the Abyss Lord reinforcements on the river, it was indeed very naive, just like Lancelot getting ambushed. The difference is, he got hit, I didn’t.
Also, my self-proclaimed God-level Navigator Grandmaster Navigation Skill didn’t come into play during the battle. If my navigation skill were really that amazing, I should have been able to bombard the opponent with rocket launchers at a distance under normal circumstances, and their ship shouldn’t even have gotten close. Could it be that my incredible skills are still no match for a crewless boat without a hero? Was there truly a gap between me and these boatmen? Do I really need to force myself to recruit these boatmen?
In short, these gaps can’t be filled in a short time. I can only hope to gradually train my troops. For now, let’s continue advancing to the Flame Domain Volcano upstream.
...
At 2 a.m. Beijing Time, while the world focused on the European Union Zone’s battle status and buzzed about Captain England’s return, the Dragon Slayer Command Center was bustling.
Ma Yinglong was in his personal office, conducting a video conference with Nehru from the Indian Zone, exchanging gathered intelligence on the Japanese Zone.
Nehru laughed, "Thank you, Mr. Ma, for your cooperation. Through this exchange, we have improved a lot of intelligence on the Japanese Zone. I hope our exchange continues for a long time!"
Ma Yinglong laughed, "That is inevitable. We’ve always looked forward to cooperating with Mr. Nehru. Both our countries have a massive number of grassroots players and a huge gold farming studio community. Our alliance will play a major role in stabilizing the game’s gold market once the national war begins, so we must not allow incidents like in the Japanese Zone and Korea District to happen, disrupting the game’s market outlook."
Nehru added, "Mr. Ma, you spoke my mind. Many players in the China Region hold a resistant attitude toward our Indian Zone and are unwilling to cooperate. This is a regret for both countries. I really wish more insightful people like Mr. Ma existed in the China Region."
Ma Yinglong laughed heartily, "The world is big enough, and the New World even more so, more than enough room for both our China and India Zones to grow together."
Nehru laughed, "By the way, I got confirmation from the UK side that UK and other European Union teams seem to be planning a big event to win Da Fei over."
Ma Yinglong raised an eyebrow, "Win over Da Fei? To oppose Japan?"
Nehru laughed, "Precisely. Furthermore, we have previously received news that the United States, UK, and Japan have already formed an alliance to counter Da Fei. Such alliance relations are truly chaotic."
Ma Yinglong chuckled, "It’s quite normal, within the US-Japan-Korea Alliance, aren’t Japan and Korea also fighting fiercely against each other?"
Nehru laughed, "Alright, I’m about to go rest now, Mr. Ma, you take care of your health too."
"Thank you for your concern, sir!"
After ending the communication with Nehru, Ma Yinglong wrapped himself in a robe, worried, and went to the command room. Although he knew that mid-level demons were strong, the degree of their strength had already made Ma Yinglong restless. At the same time, Ma Yinglong was full of anticipation for Lei Huolong’s team. Would they be as strong as those in the Japan District?
And just as Ma Yinglong arrived, a team member immediately came forward to report, "Guild Leader, Lei Huolong’s team is about to advance!"
Ma Yinglong exclaimed excitedly, "Just in time!"
Currently, the big screen showed the progress bar of Lei Huolong’s group bathing in the Lava Pool, 99.91%! 99.92%! ...99.99%! At this moment, the entire Dragon Slayer Command Center was silent, awaiting the moment of harvest!
A flash of white light, and the system prompt sound echoed through the command center:
—System Prompt: Congratulations! You have acquired the Basic-level Flame Demon Body, Magic Power +10, Knowledge +10, Life +100, Mana +500, and you have obtained the new hero profession "Ash Envoy"!
—Ash Envoy: For every level the player advances, Magic Power +1, Knowledge +1, free attribute points +1,
—Basic-level Flame Demon Body: The player is immune to fire and poison, carries a melee burn effect of -3 flame damage, and for each level the player advances, the power of flame magic increases by 1%.
At this moment, the entire Dragon Slayer Command Center remained silent! Although they advanced to a new profession, and it seemed the upgrade attribute points were 1 point more than ordinary professions, clearly, it was far from the legendary mid-level demons of the Japan District. This unfulfilled expectation left Ma Yinglong very dissatisfied!
Just then, a burst of flame erupted, and the mentor, Siriel, appeared before Lei Huolong’s group with a cackling laugh, "Weaklings, first of all, congratulations on shedding your rotten and lowly bodies, taking the first step toward rebirth, but this is only the beginning. You can no longer achieve greater enhancements by absorbing the power of lava. You need to increase your levels, fight, and come back to me after reaching level 50! Wahahaha—"
At this moment, the Dragon Slayer Command Center suddenly realized that this new profession upgrades as levels increase. The question is, how to level up? Stuck in this Lava Space, repeatedly grinding wild fire elements until level 50?
Ma Yinglong immediately decided, "We can’t wait any longer! Now the state of the new profession has already surpassed ordinary profession players! Lei Ren, organize the team immediately to lure out the Demigod Crow, comprehensively test all its damage skills data, and after testing, launch this NPC to jointly kill it!"
Lei Huolong responded excitedly, "Yes, Guild Leader! I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time!"
...
China’s Divine Punishment City: Compared to the raging battles in the European Union Zone, the surroundings of China’s Divine Punishment City were encircled by a large number of Flesh Demons sitting quietly, not making any noise. Little Li had already fallen asleep while Little Fang, on the night shift, managed multiple accounts simultaneously at her post.
After an afternoon and an entire night—or in-game, several days of gathering—the massive body of the giant dragon was finally completely disassembled under the collaboration of the blacksmith’s apprentice and the pharmacist’s apprentice. The whole square was piled high with dragon skin, dragon bones, and dragon meat.
Reilly smiled, "Thank you for your hard work, both of you. When I produce the first batch of potions with dragon blood, you’ll receive a free reward!"
Next door, Blacksmith Will laughed, "Would you like me to gift you a set of dragon skin battle armor?"
Little Fang jovially replied, "Thank you, Master, thank you, Mr. Blacksmith!"
Will laughed heartily, "No need to thank me, I collected so much premium material, I’m full of energy eager to test my skills!"
At that moment, a calm and pleasant voice sounded, "Mr. Will, could you make me a set of heavy dragon skin armor?"
The gnome apprentice hero exclaimed in surprise, "Sister Selvia!"
Will laughed loudly, "The warrior has returned! For a warrior, of course, it’s no problem!"
Little Fang turned in astonishment, only to see a heroic figure suddenly appear behind her, holding a silver mirror shield and wearing what looked like a silver battle dress similar to that of an angel, no, a Priest hero in silver battle armor. Little Fang was shocked, this must be Da Fei’s Nun Hero, returned from her studies with Nanny Rong in the Monastery? Is she dressed as a Female Knight?
In her surprise, the Bloodrose Guild channel that Little Fang was on also exploded, "Blood Arrow Fragrance, zoom in on the camera!"
Little Fang stammered, "Got it!"
At this moment, the beautiful women on duty at Bloodrose Studio were in uproar, "Oh my god, a Sister in heavy armor, could it be an advanced profession as a Holy Spear Sister?"
The Bloodrose Holy Spear on duty was especially excited, her eyes shining, "Oh my god! It’s really here, when I initially chose this name, it was because I wanted to advance to this Holy Spear Sister—Blood Arrow Fragrance, try talking to her, try inviting her to join the team, find a way to get her information!"
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