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

Chapter 144 The Mad Slime

"Everyone, take a half-hour break, then continue!" Standing atop the city wall, Yang Fei gave the order to rest, and everyone obeyed his command unconditionally.

Humans and elves alike are busy comprehending the "True Qi Technique" taught by Yang Fei, trying to adapt to the cultivation system of this world. They are eager to seize the time to understand nature and become a part of this new world, taking advantage of the true qi they have gained from killing monsters.

Meanwhile, the demons under Yang Fei's command have begun to adapt to the cultivation system of this world. For example, Yang Fei has already felt the true qi circulating in the succubus sisters' bodies. Although they are still far from completing a full cycle, the fact that they can control the true qi slightly in such a short time means that they are already geniuses among geniuses.

As for Sephira and the Tentacle Jellyfish, since they adopt the monster training system, which mainly focuses on experience accumulation, it takes time and the number of enemies killed to accumulate experience. Advancement or breaking through the realm is relatively simple for them.

For a normal lord, the promotion of these monster-based units might be quite troublesome, but for Yang Fei, it was actually quite simple. This was because the sheer number of monsters attacking his sky island allowed them to accumulate enough resources.

Needless to say, Sephira was given the full amount of souls by Yang Fei in every attack, as he wanted to provide enough souls to satisfy the Abyss Shop. She gained the most experience on the entire Sky Island. However, since she was already at the Beast level, killing these beast-level monsters didn't give her much experience, so her cultivation level didn't improve much.

However, the tentacle jellyfish, being of the same kind, are somewhat different. As fellow beasts at level 0, and with a high kill count, even just leeching experience from the defense towers is enough for them to accumulate.

However, just like cultivators, they still face the problem of digestion and absorption.

They are too weak and lack control over their own bodies. They don't have the high-efficiency absorption and soul-absorbing abilities that Sephira, as a ferocious beast, possesses. They don't absorb much experience in a single wave, so no level 1 beast-like tentacle jellyfish appeared.

However, many of the tentacle jellyfish have already accumulated half of their experience, and it's only a matter of time before they advance. In particular, the three little guys that Yang Fei initially summoned have accompanied him throughout the entire battle, and their experience has reached the critical point. Once this wave of extreme difficulty is over, they will probably be able to advance.

Rest time is always short, and half an hour passed in the blink of an eye. Yang Fei gathered everyone and launched a new wave of monster attacks, advancing towards his goal for the day.

"Apprentice Lord Yang Fei 1, your newbie trial, the fourth wave of the normal difficulty monster siege, will begin in ten minutes. Monster type: Sprite/Slime, Monster level: Beast 0/1, Monster quantity: 2106/12001."

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"Please adjust the position of the War Slab — the move and rebuild functions will be restarted after the siege ends."

Even with the simplest difficulty, the increase is still doubled. Yang Fei relaxed. In this way, the number of monsters in the final stage of his extreme difficulty should be around 60,000 to 70,000. Even with the doubled extreme mode, the maximum number is only 600,000 to 700,000. He can finish in about two days, so time is not too tight.

Having experienced the siege of a million-level monster, Yang Fei always felt a sense of urgency, fearing that he wouldn't be able to complete the ten waves of monster sieges for beginners within two months. It wasn't that he was afraid of the monsters breaching the sky island, but rather that he didn't have enough time. He clearly had the strength, but if the sheer number of monsters prevented him from completing the lord assessment, that would be rather embarrassing.

Moreover, I also want to save some time to challenge the hidden three waves and the final endless mode, which are definitely more profitable than these ordinary waves.

Therefore, Yang Fei had not upgraded his Sky Island level. Now that he had this wave of upgrades as a reference, he might be able to continue upgrading his Sky Island.

After all, upgrading a Sky Island is really profitable. Although it increases the number of monsters, it also brings more drops. From a compound interest perspective, as long as you don't do anything reckless by upgrading a White Sky Island, it's definitely a very profitable investment.

The requirements for upgrading a gray intermediate cabin are: "100 silver coins, 100 gray magic cores, one auxiliary building upgraded to level 5 (gray initial quality), two resource-type auxiliary buildings upgraded to level 3 (colorless advanced), 20 territory residents, and 10 soldiers."

I already have more than enough resources to upgrade. I was just worried that if million-level monsters started attacking the city, or even tens of millions of monsters, it would seriously affect my lord assessment and deplete the time I had reserved for hiding. But now I think it shouldn't be a big problem!

However, we shouldn't be too hasty. Let's check the initial number of monsters in the fifth wave of the monster siege first; that would be safer.

Yang Fei constantly reminds himself that he is already a wealthy man and should not concern himself with trivial gains, lest he lose out on higher-level benefits. He should think from the perspective of a lord and be willing to abandon even the most extreme mode if necessary, let alone some loot.

Shaking his head, Yang Fei dismissed all his thoughts and threw himself back into the battle. There were too few monsters before, so he hadn't gained much experience. This wave had 14,000 monsters, and if he focused, he could still get one or two kills.

"Ding~, Respected Apprentice Lord, your bravery in defending the Sky Island and repelling the Slime Clan's attack has intensified the Slime Clan's hatred towards you, triggering a special event: The Wrath of the Slime Clan!"

"The next 500 regular slimes will be replaced by insane slimes. They are much faster than regular slimes and will launch surprise attacks on your sky island. Be careful to prevent them from raiding your base!"

A long-awaited new event notification was triggered, and Yang Fei, who was aiming at a slime, was stunned: "Holy crap, what's going on? Is this slime going after me? It can even trigger an event?"

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Yang Fei was speechless. He thought this was paving the way for the new monsters, the little sprites, and that he might trigger special events for the sprites.

According to the records in Tower Defense World, some elite Pokémon will drop Aura Seeds. My Flygon Pokémon dropped the same Aura Seeds as normal Pokémon, so maybe the elite version will also drop Aura Seeds for me.

Yang Fei was desperately looking forward to this, but he never expected that the new event would trigger his old friend again, only now it had changed from the Slime King to the Slime Clan. It seemed that they hated him even more. He hadn't done anything, so why was this happening?

"Rampaging Slime: Level 0, Normal Unit, HP 60, Attack 8, Defense 0, A magical life form from another dimension, a variant of the normal slime, possessing a stronger desire to attack and a faster attack speed. Both its attack speed and its own speed are twice that of the normal slime. Although it is still an extremely fragile monster, when it goes berserk, your physical skills may still be unable to defeat it."

Yang Fei looked at the new slimes that had been frozen near the blue gate. They were light red in color, about the size of a basketball, and looked similar to ordinary slimes. Seeing this, Yang Fei couldn't help but complain: "Just changing the skin doesn't make it a new species."

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They aren't even elite species; they're just regular versions. Their drops are probably bio-rubber and copper coins, but their abilities are far superior to ordinary slimes. Their increased aggression alone is enough to kill them, and with doubled movement speed, even a normal lord might not be able to withstand them without taking damage.

However, this did not frighten Yang Fei. He had enough "artillery" and "archers" at his disposal, and his defensive measures were sufficient. In addition, with the long war corridor, dealing with these low-health creatures was not too difficult.

As expected, Mona controlled the arrow towers to hit the last batch of mimics, causing them to reveal their true forms. The slimes and sprites in Yang Fei's War Corridor were also wiped out by the artillery fire, and this defensive effort that took more than half an hour finally came to an end.

"Congratulations, Trainee Lord Yang Fei—1—You can start the next difficulty level monster siege at any time."

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"Congratulations, Trainee Lord Yang Fei-1! You have perfectly cleared the fourth wave of the Novice Trial on Normal difficulty and obtained a Gray Rare Spirit Field Blueprint, which has been sent to your system space. Please place it in time."

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"Please note that the interdimensional gate is about to close — five minutes countdown."

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After easily clearing the normal difficulty level, Yang Fei obtained another rare spirit field blueprint. He didn't plan to keep it and built it directly. He now had 30 spirit fields and plenty of elf farmers, but he still didn't have any seeds, so it was currently empty.

After allowing his troops to rest for another half hour, Yang Fei finished tallying up his spoils. The monster siege yielded him a total of: 20 Gray Ice Arrow Tower Cards, 36 Gray Arrow Tower Cards, 222 Gray Crystals, 3001 Bio-rubbers, and 252...

Units of timber, 221 white rice seeds, 16 silver coins, and 19312 copper coins.

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Sure enough, the rabid slimes drop the same items as regular slimes, with no special drops, just a slightly higher drop rate. Moreover, because the spawning of these rabid slimes also counts towards the total number of regular slimes, the number of elite slimes has decreased, while the number of high-value drops has also decreased. This is a bit of a problem. There are no new drops, and they are taking up the drops from elite monsters. On top of that, the difficulty of defending the city has increased. We are just at a disadvantage. Is this also part of the increased difficulty?

After the fourth wave of monster siege begins, the level of the attacking slimes increases by one, which actually increases the difficulty of defense. As the monster siege continues, this difficulty will likely become increasingly absurd.

This increase in difficulty is not only due to numerical values ​​and levels, but also to various factors such as the types of monsters, their attack methods, and their movement routes.

Yang Fei thought that the difficulty he would face this time was the increase in the level of slimes and the resulting increase in stats. Unexpectedly, a new species appeared in the slime category. It seems that the person behind this is really not going to let normal lords clear the game!

After dealing with the dropped loot, Yang Fei looked at the treasure chests again. There weren't many mimics attacking this time. It seemed that these guys had become a little smarter and didn't want to give him any more treasures.

Yang Fei ultimately obtained: "50 white treasure chests, 100 gray treasure chests, 60 white revival treasure chests, and 140 gray revival treasure chests." That's over 300, a bit better than the previous wave.

As for the quality of the Mimics, it's generally acceptable, especially the number of white Mimics, which has improved somewhat. If you open all the white Mimics this time, you'll have at least 100 coins guaranteed, which is a pretty good reward.

After storing all the treasure chests, Yang Fei didn't rush to open them. Instead, he lay quietly in Mona's arms, looking out at the void beyond the city walls, his thoughts unable to settle for a long time.

"Sigh, the problem of the Mimic swarm attack hasn't been solved yet, and now this enhanced monster has appeared. The defense will probably become more and more difficult."

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As mentioned before, Yang Fei dislikes change, especially changes that are beyond his control. In Yang Fei's view, change can lead to all sorts of unexpected situations, which is not a good thing for the relatively rigid tower defense game.

If you're fully prepared for a serious battle and have absolute confidence, but your side is defeated due to unforeseen circumstances, then you can attribute it to your own fault. After all, the battlefield situation changes extremely quickly, and even the best commander cannot predict all unexpected situations or take all contingencies into account.

However, with such a relatively fixed tower defense model, and even with the experience of previous players, it could be quite fatal if an unexpected situation arises. Yang Fei really didn't want it to change too much.

No matter how many enemies there are, that's just an increase in numbers. If you have money, you can just pay them back in the same way, which means stacking up the same number of defensive towers. But if the quality and mechanics of the enemies change, that's something you can't control.

With only so many types of defensive towers and a limited number of defensive methods, dealing with higher-quality monsters or even more complex mechanics would likely be quite difficult, such as those treasure chest monsters. These monsters with absurd mechanics cannot be compensated for by simply having a large number of defensive towers.

However, Yang Fei, a tower defense expert, is not entirely without options. At this stage, Yang Fei has three relatively practical ways to deal with the situation: first, upgrade the Sky Island level to unlock more types of defense towers; second, expand the number of other defense towers; and third, use the Abyss Shop to see if there are any defense towers to deal with the upcoming monster horde.

The first method is to upgrade your Sky Island level to unlock more types of defense towers. This is the simplest way. Every time your Sky Island is upgraded, a defense tower-related item will appear in the defense tower shop.

These items are often quite important for the defense of the Sky Island, and Yang Fei has already met the conditions for upgrading to the next level of Sky Island. It's not that he can't upgrade, but as Yang Fei said before, now is not the time to upgrade the Sky Island.