Chapter 43: Flame Strike
Led by Kageichi, Zuo Zhe quickly retreated to the rear under the light of the fireball in the hands of the blood mage Karl. Because of the toxins in the foul air, Zuo Zhe had to rely on the Terran priests to regularly treat and dispel possible diseases. As for the obsidian statue of the undead, this kind of strategic-level class that can not only restore the amount of blood in the group, but also restore magic in the group? Just like the Death Coil of the Undead Hero Death Knight, it is a healing skill for undead units, but it is a killing skill for non-undead units! Zuo Zhe didn't know if the healing skill of the Black Yao Stone Statue was an area kill skill for him, and whether he could accept the magic recovery skill of the Black Yao Stone Statue. Coupled with the fact that the Terran Priest has a dispel skill in addition to healing, and the natural hatred between the Terran Priest and the undead, Zuo Zhe chooses to summon the Terran Priest instead of the undead.
Zuo Zhe only retreated for a short moment and then stopped. The reason is very simple, because the two shadows in the front and back have found giant maggots that are about to move! As for the left and right sides, there are walls on the left and right sides of Zuo Zhe and the others that are more than ten meters wide! In other words, Zuo Zhe and the others are surrounded by a large number of giant maggots!
For a level 1 blood mage, magic can only unleash two flaming strikes. The duration of the Flame Strike is only 6 seconds, and the actual time to deal intense damage is only the first three seconds.
Furrowing his brows, Zuo Zhe tried to think about what unit could restrain this giant maggot. In order to kill a large number of giant maggots in relatively confined terrain, it is necessary to have an area of effect killing skill. And, considering that Zuo Zhe only has 350 kilograms of gold left, the options he can make are even more limited. By all indications, it's time to summon the Night Elf hero Demon Hunter. Speaking of which, Zuo Zhe shouldn't have considered those problems at this time. However, Zuo Zhe first asked the blood mage beside him, "Carl, can your magic sucking absorb the magic of priests and witches?"
In the game, Carl the Blood Mage can only drain the enemy's mana, or send mana to friendly units. But reality is not a game after all, and the settings in the game are linked to the difficulty of the game. It stands to reason that since a Blood Mage can suck the magic of an enemy, it can also suck the magic of an ally.
"Absolutely. Hearing Zuo Zhe's question, Blood Mage Carlton's eyes lit up, he licked his lips, and looked greedily at the priest and witch with disgust on their faces. It seems that the Blood Mage, the blood elf hero, has an awkward position among the Terrans and is not popular.
Priests and witches don't like to be drained of their magic, but it's the best way to deal with it right now. No longer retreating backwards, Zuo Zhe instead led the blood mage Karl and rushed in reverse towards the giant maggots that were very close in front of him.
"Flame Strike!" A blazing flame was released far away by the blood mage Karl, and burst into a large swarm of giant maggots, completely covering the pitch-black corridor! The raging flames burst into flames in the giant maggot swarm, instantly burning those terrifying maggots that were creepy at a glance into black flesh balls that exuded a thick meat aroma.
It turned out that the lethality of the Flame Strike was far beyond imagination, and it was nothing short of a complete victory for these giant maggots that were numerous in number but extremely weak in individual strength! More than that, because the sudden increase in temperature in the passage and the blazing heat wave in front of them scorched the giant maggots outside the range of the flames and quickly retreated!
The only downside is that these giant maggots give too little experience, and an average of 2 giant maggots can give the blood mage 1 experience gain. To upgrade a Blood Mage to level 2, kill at least 400 giant maggots!
After just ten seconds, the cooldown of the Flame Strike was over, and the Blood Mage Karl unleashed a Flame Strike at the giant maggots that quickly caught up behind him. With two successive flaming blows, the Blood Mage is only half the way to level up. However, the Blood Mage also lost the ability to continue to release magic due to the release of two successive Flame Strikes that consumed demons. Unless the Blood Mage is upgraded to level 2 and unlocks the Magic Sucking skill.
The only good thing is that after two successive flame strikes, there are no giant maggots left in the tunnel that has become a heat wave. Even if the flames that lasted for 6 seconds subsided, no giant maggots in the scorching tunnel would dare to attack around the corridor. Perhaps, the two successive flame strikes had completely blocked the aura emanating from Zuo Zhe's living people. Now that I think about it, the giant maggots that have lived in the dark for a long time may have degraded their light-sensing ability, and they can only find Zuo Zhe and others by relying on smell.
After waiting for 10 minutes, and finally waiting for the blood mage's magic power to recover, Zuo Zhe rushed towards the direction of the gold in the dungeon under the early warning of the undead shadow and under the guidance of the mining expert Yimin.
When Zuo Zhe and the others walked out of the range of barbecue maggots, the giant maggots that felt the breath of humans again went and returned, and forced Zuo Zhe and the others to come over again. It's just that this time, only giant maggots appeared in front of Zuo Zhe and the others, and the passage behind them blocked the smell of Zuo Zhe and the others because it was full of the smell of burning.
In this way, after killing two waves of giant maggots that came to send experience, the blood mage Carl finally upgraded to level 2 and unlocked the magic sucking skill. With the Magic Sucking skill, the Blood Mage's combat endurance has been greatly improved, and even without magic, it can be restored by absorbing the magic of priests and witches. As for the expert-level priests and witches with a cap of 300 mana each, the mana has been drained, so Zuo Zhe can also recruit more priests and witches!
With an ample supply of mana, the first stretch of the Undead City became a stress-free upgrade ground for blood mages. One was upgraded to level 3, and the monsters encountered by Zuo Zhe and the others were all giant maggots. Speaking of which, the sheer number of giant maggots indicates that this undead city has an underground river and the surrounding ecosystem can provide a lot of nutrients. Otherwise, it would not be able to feed so many giant maggots.
All the way through the long corridors where giant maggots were exposed from time to time in the cracks of those stones, Zuo Zhe and the others finally entered the Immortal King City!
And at the city gate at the end of the corridor, a team of ten skeletons were attracted by the breath of the living, and stood up from their respective lying positions, their eyes emitting a faint green light, holding their respective rotten iron swords and pressing Zuo Zhe and the others towards it!
"Burn them!"