"There's actually someone else?" Li Huailin was slightly stunned when he saw the figure. However, after giving it some thought, he roughly understood what was going on. Yes, from the very beginning, the missions in this world had to go through an elimination process. Therefore, even if it was a test, it wouldn't be a single person test. It would probably be a one-on-one competitive test, and the person before him was probably his opponent.
Then who was his opponent? The moment Li Huailin saw the other party, he knew who it was. This was a person wearing heavy black armor. The other party's armor was very extravagant, with terrifying skulls carved on the shoulders and purple patterns all over the body. Although the other party was wearing heavy armor, he wasn't wearing a helmet. He only had a black crown on his head. Of course, Li Huailin could see the other party's face, and the characteristics of the other party's appearance were very obvious. This was because Li Huailin could tell at first glance that the other party was a member of the Undead Race.
With a shriveled face and black, empty eyes, the other party looked a little like a mummy. Despite that, the other party's aura was very astonishing. Just by sitting there, he gave off a special kind of pressure. Li Huailin had a certain level of experience with this kind of pressure. This could be said to be the pressure of a king. Of course, what made him even more certain of the other party's identity was the name above his head. It was written "Hoppes", and Li Huailin also happened to know a person named Hoppes.
"Undead Emperor Hoppes?" Li Huailin walked up and asked.
A black light flashed in the other party's eyes. He was still sitting there, but his gaze turned toward Li Huailin. He took a look at Li Huailin and then said in a very hoarse voice, "You're Li Huailin? Seems like I've gotten the grand prize. "
Li Huailin was slightly surprised by the way the other person addressed him. This was because he called Li Huailin by his name, and not his in-game name, Ruolin. Of course, the other party was an NPC. The name above his head explained everything. Of course, NPCs didn't necessarily call Li Huailin by his in-game name. If you asked others to call you Li Huailin, they would call you Li Huailin. However, they had to know your name first. And how had Hoppes found out about Li Huailin's real name? The first person Li Huailin thought of was the God King.
The Godking had called Li Huailin by his real name, so the other party knew his name. Furthermore, Li Huailin had previously guessed that the previous owners of the divine swords were related to the Godking. From the looks of it, this was proof of this matter.
"Did the Godking ask you to come?" Li Huailin continued to ask. His main purpose was to find out more information.
Hoppes didn't answer Li Huailin's question directly. Instead, he slowly stood up from the ground and cracked his neck slightly. "Cut the crap. I know you're very curious about the Godking. If you defeat me, I can tell you some things."
The other party instantly understood Li Huailin's meaning. It seemed like his intelligence wasn't low. Thinking about it, it made sense. After all, he was the former emperor of the Undead Tribe and had even stirred up a bloodbath on the continent. A retard wouldn't be able to do that. Of course, the other party said that he would tell him some things about the Godking if he defeated him. This was a good thing, and it would save him the crap.
After taking a look at the surroundings, Li Huailin realized that the room wasn't very big. It was a little small for a battle, but it wasn't to say that he couldn't fight. It was just that the lighting in the surroundings wasn't very good. This was a little troublesome.
The matter of the battle venue was secondary. What Li Huailin wasn't too clear about was Hoppes' abilities. Based on his previous conjecture, the other party had also obtained a portion of the divine sword's abilities. This divine sword was naturally referring to the dim light. If the power of the divine sword that the other party had obtained was the same as Fang Xingjian's divine sword, then Fang Xingjian would have to be careful. The Undead Spirit Halo wouldn't affect him too much, but the law of Withering would determine his death once every ten seconds.
Of course, Li Huailin wasn't too worried about these abilities that he already knew. After all, he already knew the specific contents of the skills, and it would be very easy to guard against them. However, the most troublesome thing was that if the other party had some divine sword abilities that he didn't know about, then it would be a headache.
Of course, from another point of view, the effect of Li Huailin's divine sword against this guy was also limited. The other party was the user of the divine sword, so he definitely knew about the divine sword's abilities. Li Huailin didn't believe that the other party would stand within the range of his law of Withering and determine his death. Moreover, the Undead Spirit Halo didn't have any actual effect on this Specter. Instead, it would be easier to defeat him if he used the [Origin]. However, Li Huailin didn't know if the crown-like thing on the other party's head could be considered a piece of equipment …
The ability of the Law of Magical Energy allowed the other party to be directly judged dead if they were wearing cloth armor or not. Right now, Hoppes was wearing heavy armor from head to toe, and the only thing he was wearing was this crown-like thing on his head. Li Huailin didn't know if this crown was a decoration or a piece of equipment, and whether it could directly judge him to be dead. To be honest, Li Huailin didn't want to directly judge him to be dead. After all, the other party had just said that if he defeated Li Huailin, he would tell Li Huailin some things about the Divine King. Li Huailin really wanted to know.
Just as Li Huailin was still feeling conflicted over this matter, Hoppes suddenly made his move. Yes, the other party had made his move so suddenly that there wasn't any prelude at all. By the time Li Huailin reacted, the other party had already disappeared from the spot.
A loud boom rang out, and Li Huailin was stunned for a moment. It was because Hoppes, who was in front of him, had slammed into a wall. Yes, it was only then that the two of them realized that there was something like a transparent air wall between them. And when Hoppes' attack landed on this air wall, it didn't cause any ripples at all. Of course, this air wall wasn't released by Li Huailin, and it was obvious that Hoppes hadn't set up a trap for himself either. If that was the case, there could only be one explanation, and that was the rules of this trial.
"Seems like the battle hasn't started yet." Hoppes, who was on the other side, understood as well. He touched the invisible wall in front of him, but he didn't choose to break it by force. It wasn't a problem of whether or not he could break it open. It was just that it wasn't wise to waste his energy here.
With a 'ding', just as Hoppes finished speaking, the entire room suddenly lit up. This situation was a little similar to what had happened to Li Huailin in the previous room. By the looks of it, the battle should be starting soon.
As expected, at the next second, a five-colored ball of light appeared in the middle of the room, and a voice rang out, "The preparations have been completed. The trial will now begin."
There was a flash of light, and at the next second, Li Huailin saw something that looked like a map appear in the room. It was like a three-dimensional projection appearing before them. Li Huailin observed the map and realized that it should be showing an island. The map had detailed records of the entire island's geographical environment and other information.
"Next, the goal of both parties is to fight for the control rights of this island," the ball of light said.
"Fight for the control rights of the island?" The two of them were stunned. The content of the trial wasn't to fight against each other directly, but to fight for an island.
The ball of light didn't care about their astonishment and continued to explain the rules. Firstly, the island in front of them was divided into a total of 32 regions. Each region had something like a central point, or a core. This core was either a sentry post, or something like a slightly larger castle. In any case, it had some defensive facilities, and seizing this core would mean controlling the region.
The method to control the core was also very simple. One just had to get one's own soldiers to reach the core's position and then ensure that there were no other soldiers around the core. If this situation was maintained for five minutes, the core would be considered to have been taken over.
The final objective of the mission was to control more than half of the cores, which were 17 or more regions. Maintaining this for more than an hour would allow one to obtain the final victory.
With this explanation, Li Huailin roughly understood. Therefore, this was a war game that was similar to a sand table simulation. It wasn't the kind where one would fight against each other directly. It was probably because the assessment he had chosen was for leadership? From the looks of it, the first direction that Hoppes had chosen should also be leadership. This was why the system had placed the two of them together.
To be honest, if it was a war simulation, Li Huailin wasn't too weak. However, there were still many problems. The first problem was … the ball of light said that it would be up to his own soldiers to take over the regions. But … where were his soldiers? Could it be that he had brought his own troops?
However, very quickly, the ball of light answered Li Huailin's question. It started to talk about the soldiers. "When the competition starts, both parties will obtain soldiers, and these soldiers will be those who were killed by your subordinates."
"Huh?" Both Li Huailin and Hoppes were stunned. Clearly, the two of them hadn't thought of this situation. Based on the words, his soldiers were those who had been killed by his own subordinates. This meant that it was those people who had been killed by him in the war, and then these people would be resurrected to become his current subordinates?
As the system was very picky about words, Li Huailin immediately thought about it. First of all, it said that the soldiers were those who had been killed by his own subordinates, and not those who had been killed by him. This meant that those who had been personally killed by him would naturally not be counted. It had to be those who had been killed by his own subordinates. Li Huailin felt a slight headache. If he were to calculate it this way, the number of people would be a little too many. Because he was known as the Duke of a Million, the number of people killed by his subordinates would be counted in the millions. But the problem was that although the number was a lot, the majority of them seemed to be commoners.
That was right. Previously, when Li Huailin had killed so as to increase the number of people under Dim Light's ban, Li Huailin had gotten his subordinates to massacre the entire city. As a result, most of the commoners in the city had been completely killed by Li Huailin. According to what the system had said, these commoners would be resurrected to become his current soldiers. These commoners … Li Huailin felt that they were completely useless. Other than causing trouble for him, they had no battle strength at all.
Of course, when he was thinking about himself, Li Huailin also subconsciously looked at Hoppes who was opposite him. That was right. According to Li Huailin's understanding of the situation, Hoppes had also killed quite a number of people. Back then, the Spectres had declared war on the entire land. The Spectres had invaded en masse, and they had slaughtered all along the way. Therefore, there should be quite a number of people on the other side, and there might also be a large number of commoners among them. Based on this situation, the other side should be in a similar situation as Li Huailin.
To be honest, this system was really a little sinister. The soldiers it had chosen were those who had been massacred by them. If the other side were to see the people who had killed them appear, would they be able to work for the system with peace of mind? Therefore, the first step of this trial was to subdue this bunch of people who had grudges against them. Thinking about it this way, this trial was really a trial of leadership. Not only did it test one's leadership, but it also tested one's charisma and intellect. It was really the talents that Fang Xingjian had chosen that were higher up in the rankings. In that case, Hoppes had also chosen similar talents?
However, at the thought of this, Li Huailin smiled slightly. Speaking of gaining favorable impressions, Li Huailin had never been afraid of anyone before. Although his subordinates were all people whom he had killed before and had grudges against him, Li Huailin wasn't too weak when it came to persuading them to work for him. However, the problem was that Li Huailin felt that the other side wasn't too weak either. It was because Hoppes still had a rather disgusting method that Li Huailin could think of to deal with this matter.
Army of the Dead. Yes, the other side was someone who possessed a portion of the divine sword's powers. Li Huailin felt that if the other side knew how to use the Army of the Dead, then gaining favorable impressions wouldn't be a problem. As long as he killed his subordinates and turned them into Dead Soldiers, the initial favorable impressions of the other side would be reset. As for the Army of the Dead, it would also be more troublesome for Li Huailin to deal with it. The other side wasn't afraid of the halo, and Hoppes might even have a way to strengthen the Army of the Dead. This would be a huge headache.
Of course, Li Huailin could do the same himself. However, the problem was that if he turned his own troops into the Army of the Dead, he wouldn't have much of an advantage. Just as they were thinking about this, the next sentence from the ball of light stunned the two of them once again.
"The commanders of both sides are not allowed to participate in direct attacks. If a unit is killed directly, it will be judged as a loss," the ball of light said.
"Huh?" Hoppes seemed to be thinking of the same plan as Li Huailin. In the end, the system directly said this. The commanders were not allowed to participate in the battle directly? If that was the case, they could only let their subordinates kill the enemy. Moreover, they would be judged as a loss just by killing a unit? Didn't that mean that they couldn't directly take action against their own subordinates? This gave the two of them a slight headache.
Just as they were thinking about what they should do, the ball of light spoke again, "There's no time limit for the competition until the victor is decided. The loser will die."
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