All-out Tower Defense: My Card-Drawing Talent is a Bit Strange

"My previous request was to purchase a copy of this cultivation technique from you. Our merchant guild leader is about to become a true cultivator. Although she has already found a suitable cultivation technique, it will never hurt to summarize and comprehend it more."

"Secondly, completing all beginner waves in all extreme modes unlocks three hidden challenges. In addition to the rich basic rewards, these three waves also count towards the daily reward bonus."

"Finally, there is the Endless Mode, which is unlocked after perfectly clearing the three waves of hidden challenges. The Endless Shop allows you to exchange Endless Points for some rare items and special props that are not available in the Heavenly Dao Shop, and you can even exchange for some rare treasures that are rarely seen in this world."

Xiao Yu explained many rules about the novice assessment to Yang Fei in one breath. Yang Fei listened with great interest. Apart from Endless Mode and Endless Shop, which he had heard of, he didn't know anything else. It seemed that spending nearly forty gold coins was not a loss, at least he got these priceless pieces of information.

"I see, I understand. If I can obtain that blue gift pack, and it happens to contain a Qi Refining stage cultivation technique, I will consider your request." Looking at Xiao Yu's expectant face, Yang Fei smiled and briefly mentioned the request that Xiao Yu had casually brought up. As for whether he would grant it, he would decide when the time came.

Let alone unlocking the hidden content by completing all the Extreme Mode levels, even perfectly completing all the basic levels is quite difficult, and Yang Fei cannot guarantee that he can achieve this condition smoothly.

As for the Qi Refining stage cultivation method, most lords on the entire Azure Star only use the universal "Spiritual Qi Technique," which is the basic reward after becoming a formal lord and completing all ten waves of monster sieges on basic difficulty.

According to the brief introduction from Tiandao AI, the "Spiritual Qi Technique" is the most suitable for cultivation novices because of its versatility. Cultivators who practice the "Spiritual Qi Technique" can also easily switch to other cultivation methods at any time.

Once the lord has tried the Endless Mode or passed the year-end assessment, the corresponding shop will be unlocked, where some cultivation techniques can be exchanged. It's not too late to switch cultivation techniques after accumulating enough points.

After all, it's not certain that a normal person can reach the Qi Refining stage after cultivating for ten years or so. It's good to accumulate more points so that you can exchange them for cultivation techniques of better quality and rarity. There's no rush.

Yang Fei learned that there was a chance to get such a reward by perfectly clearing the first ten waves of the novice assessment, so he naturally wanted to try his best, but he had no interest in sharing his cultivation techniques with others.

This is different from general cultivation methods such as "True Qi Technique" and "Spiritual Qi Technique". These general cultivation methods have been improved countless times and are almost without flaws. They are perfect in all aspects, but correspondingly, their advantages are not very prominent. They are excellent in all aspects, but none of them can guarantee the pinnacle.

However, the cultivation methods you switch to are different. They may have some obvious drawbacks and advantages. This is the law of nature. If you want to specialize in certain abilities, you must pay a certain price. This is the essence of cultivation.

Letting others know about the cultivation technique you practice makes you easily vulnerable to being countered, which is tantamount to digging your own grave. Yang Fei wouldn't try it unless the technique was truly unsuitable for him. In that case, giving her a copy wouldn't be a problem.

"Okay." Seeing that Yang Fei didn't get angry after listening to her rambling, but instead started to promise her previous request, Xiao Yu was a little confused for a moment, and just subconsciously said "okay".

"Well then, see you next time." Yang Fei noticed that Xiao Yu's body was starting to glow, which was the light emitted by the token when she was teleported here. It seemed that she was about to leave.

Yang Fei finally relaxed, disconnected from the defensive tower behind him, and gave the little girl a bright smile. He then waved to her, saying that after telling her so many secrets, it was only right to give her a smile.

The little girl was visibly taken aback when she saw Yang Fei smiling, then looked down and saw the light emanating from her, and smiled sweetly back, waving at Yang Fei. She couldn't help but think to herself, "This big shot has such a warm smile~"

The little girl completely disappeared from his floating island. Yang Fei restored the surrounding city walls to their original positions and looked at the elves not far from the arrow towers. After noticing some eyes watching the refugee camp, Yang Fei had no choice but to move the city walls again to separate the elves from the refugees of Qianwu Star.

He was about to display his lordly aura and needed to buy medicine and supplies for these elves who could quickly become combatants. Naturally, he couldn't let the refugees see this. If a clown jumped out and said "unfair," wouldn't that be asking for trouble? Separating them with city walls would also prevent them from affecting his performance.

However, figuring out how to settle these elves is a problem. Perhaps the terrain expansion stones we obtained earlier are a good thing, as they could increase the loyalty of our people. Unfortunately, we don't have any forest expansion stones, only hills and ponds, which don't quite fit in with these elves who live in the forest.

Or perhaps we could use those rare Sky Island Core Stones? We could gamble on randomly generating forest terrain, but that would also randomly generate some dangerous animals, and these injured elves might not be able to handle those beasts.

"Sigh, hills it is. At least there are some small trees and such on them. It's better than nothing for these elves who have become slaves." With this in mind, Yang Fei finally made up his mind. These elves would be temporarily placed in the northern part of the Sky Island, which was far away from these refugees and should be quieter.

Yang Fei will also expand a hill there as their daily residence. At the same time, this also adjusts some subsequent plans. In the future, the spirit fields, farmland, and high-end crop planting areas such as True Qi Rice in the northern part of the Sky Island were originally intended to be handed over to the lesser demons who are completely loyal to him. Now they should also be handed over to these elves. Since they live in the forest, they should be naturally friendly.

In this way, even if these elves have limited growth potential, they should be able to help me grow some high-end crops, making today's expenditure worthwhile.

Yang Fei first spent more than two thousand copper coins to buy a large amount of medical supplies, so that the elves could treat their wounds. Then he let them select several elves to count the specific injuries so that he could buy medicine to help them recover.

The medical supplies Yang Fei bought mainly consisted of medical alcohol, medical bandages, some simple anti-inflammatory drugs, and common herbal remedies for wound healing; nothing too complicated.

Judging from the introduction, these elves come from a magical world. Yang Fei doesn't expect them to quickly learn about modern medical equipment and various complex drugs, so he will just give them simple treatment for now to prevent their injuries from worsening and keep them from dying.

After these elves tally up their specific injuries, I'll continue to treat them accordingly. I can also teach them some training techniques. If they still can't be cured, using True Qi Rice in conjunction with training methods can help improve their condition.

Then, Yang Fei spent more than two thousand copper coins to buy them some simple clothes, pots and pans for eating, and blankets and quilts for sleeping, doing his best to make a good impression on them.

Next, Yang Fei summoned several lesser demons and asked them to bring 50 catties of white rice, 5 catties of true qi rice, and 10 catties of fresh meat to prepare a lean meat porridge for these elves to fill their stomachs so that they could accompany him to the residential area designated for them in the northern part of the sky island.

As for now, my goal is to complete the daily quests, so I can't worry about these elves for the time being. I'll wait until they've treated their wounds, filled their stomachs, and regained their strength before we head to the northern part of the Sky Island. Then I can learn more about these elves.

After dealing with the slaves, Yang Fei went up to the city wall and casually gave a few instructions to the elves. It was already 10:50 p.m., and there really wasn't enough time.

Waking Mona, who had been cultivating, without disturbing Lola who was still training, Yang Fei led the ground troops he had prepared in advance to begin today's daily challenge. It was time to reap the rewards of another day.

"Apprentice Lord Yang Fei-1, your daily challenge will begin in ten minutes. The current progress is: the third wave of the Novice Trial on Hard difficulty has been completed. The siege monster is a slime. You have completed the Double Limit Mode 8 times. Completing the daily challenge will increase the final reward by 40%. The challenge will begin in ten minutes. Please be prepared to defend."

"Please note that this daily challenge is a result of the third wave of difficult monster siege. The monster type is slime, level - Beast 0, and the number of monsters is 10000, which has reached the daily challenge monster limit. The attributes are one-tenth of the normal wave."

"Please adjust the position of the War Tablet... Monster drops are not falling and there are no basic rewards."

"Is 10,000 the maximum number of monsters? Although it's a bit of a loss of experience, it's still the simplest daily challenge, so it's not too bad overall!" Looking at the familiar upgrade, Yang Fei didn't make any further arrangements, nor did he need to.

Aside from Mona, who has to deal with treasure chest monsters and exploding monsters, and the tentacle jellyfish who fights alongside Yang Fei on the ground battlefield, everyone else occupies a defensive tower. Those who want to practice ballistae can go to the arrow tower, and those who just want to steadily gain experience can go to the horizontal firing tower. There are no other requirements.

"Congratulations, Trainee Lord Yang Fei-1, you have perfectly cleared the daily challenge. The basic reward is the third wave of the Newbie Assessment on the difficult difficulty. The basic reward you obtained is: 44 catties of True Qi Rice, 440 catties of White Rice, 440 Copper Coins, 440 True Qi Rice Seeds, 44 Gray Crystals, and 44 Gray Magic Cores."

"It has been detected that you have completed the Double Limit Mode eight times. The base reward has now been increased by 40%. Your final reward is: 61.6 catties of True Qi Rice, 616 catties of White Rice, 616 Copper Coins, 616 True Qi Rice Seeds, 62 Gray Crystals, and 62 Gray Magic Cores."

"Please note, the interdimensional gate is about to close... 5 minutes countdown."

In less than half an hour, Yang Fei returned to the Sky Island, shaking his slightly sore wrist. He hadn't been greedy for his crystals and magic cores in this daily challenge, which was a way of giving himself an explanation for his busy day and also a way of preparing for the series of battles to come.

Then there are the extra rewards from this daily challenge: 5 white chests, 20 gray chests, and 30 gray revival chests. The number of chests is not affected by the daily challenge limit, and the number is even more exaggerated than on the hard difficulty.

Seeing the elves still tidying themselves up in the distance, and the lesser demons still preparing dinner for them? It must be midnight snack. Yang Fei didn't want to waste this time, so he directly opened the defense tower shop and started purchasing defense towers to prepare for the big battle.

Yang Fei had a wonderful plan: to buy some martial arts slaves and send them to the battlefield to help him defend against the upcoming great battle. However, he didn't expect that all of these slaves were injured or sick. He could force them to go to war, but their loyalty would probably drop.

Since he has money, it's not worth it to erode the loyalty of his subjects just to save money, especially since these female elves already look so pitiful. If Yang Fei sends them into battle, they might actually be killed by beast-level slimes! In that case, he wouldn't even be able to recoup the cost of buying them, which would be an even bigger loss.

This situation arose either because I was too optimistic at the time and didn't consider this issue, or because my thinking was too one-dimensional, or because I was blinded by joy. I really don't know how I came up with this idea.

Secondly, there was almost no prior experience. Although the book "Tower Defense World" also introduces slaves, it is possible that the lords who bought slaves did not have enough money and usually only bought one or two slaves, unlike Yang Fei who bought hundreds of slaves right away.

In addition, as mentioned earlier, they had already spent a lot of money buying those slaves, so they naturally had to take good care of them and dare not neglect them. Therefore, Yang Fei's situation would not have occurred, and it was not recorded in "Tower Defense World".

Since we can't rely on these slaves, we can only continue to increase the number of defensive towers. The number of monsters in extreme mode should be over 100,000, but it will probably take three hours to defend.

Even with 10 horizontal-firing turrets bombarding in turn, and each arrow turret and flamethrower turret ensuring the highest kill efficiency, it still wouldn't last 3 hours without energy crystal replenishment. Even with 5 energy plates, it can't stop the monster-killing efficiency of nearly 600 per minute.

This efficiency is already more than half of Blue Gate's current monster-slaying capacity. In the past, when there were fewer slimes, it was far from this level of monster slaying. The slimes could jump out one by one, and Blue Gate would slowly spawn, which would take several minutes for a wave to last.

Otherwise, given the current total number of slimes attacking the city, the previous respawn method would have likely kept Yang Fei defending for days and nights. Therefore, the slimes are currently being squeezed out, and the number is almost reaching the monster-spawning limit recorded on Azure Star for the beginner's assessment.

According to records, the highest monster-killing record in the Azure Star novice assessment is currently held by the ant and bee races among the insectoids. They are inherently social animals, and even in this demonized version, which is about the size of a billiard ball, their strength is rather weak, generally not even as good as a slime.