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

Chapter 150 Elegy of the Abyss

"How much does a White Abyss Tower cost?" After some deep thought, Yang Fei considered the pros and cons of three options and finally decided to adopt the defensive tower option. There was no other way; although this option still had various problems, it was indeed the one that best met his requirements and was the simplest to implement.

The other two options have some realistic problems that don't quite meet my requirements. What I need is a backup plan for dealing with mimics, not an expansion based on the existing one. I must be able to free the two succubi from their role of dealing with mimics when it matters.

"A White Abyss Elegy Tower construction card requires 10 Elite Beast Souls and 30 Silver Coins as a base cost. In addition, because the card's attributes are superior to those of the Sky Island and the existing defensive towers in the shop, it is an Elite quality defensive tower. Therefore, each Abyss Elegy Tower construction card requires an additional 6 Silver Coins."

One card requires ten elite beast souls, so Yang Fei could exchange for 30 cards. Yang Fei had no intention of keeping these souls, so he simply added 1080 silver coins and exchanged them all.

Sephira's idea of ​​20 defensive towers forming a cycle was unreliable in Yang Fei's view! It was too idealistic. A cycle every thirty seconds seemed flawless, but it was meaningless in the unpredictable world of tower defense.

The world is never short of change. What if other kinds of treasure chests appear? What if some random event occurs that speeds up the monsters' movement? Yang Fei didn't want to speculate about the world with malice, but every time a special event was triggered, Yang Fei always had an ominous feeling that he couldn't control it.

Therefore, we must use the worst-case scenario to predict each wave of monster attacks.

Moreover, not only today, Yang Fei also plans to invest all his soul energy from the next few days into this process, exchanging it for such a profound...

Yuanhuangge Tower adds a new defensive tower cluster.

The attack of three thousand treasure chest monsters left a deeper impression on Yang Fei. Thirty such elegiac towers could cover the entire battlefield for more than ten minutes, and with the help of energy crystals, they could form an infinite loop.

But in Yang Fei’s opinion, as long as there are enough treasure chest monsters, this number of defensive towers will not achieve the effect he wants. Since they are all area-of-effect towers, why not just make them more effective?

Yang Fei didn't expect them to kill the Mimics with their ridiculously high health, but it wasn't impossible for them to form a force capable of clearing the field, just like the arrow towers and cannon towers, at crucial moments. This would eliminate other low-health monsters besides the Mimics, providing backup fire support for Yang Fei to concentrate his forces on the Mimics that appeared.

Of course, there are two other reasons. First, from a long-term perspective, accumulating energy crystals is always better than using them. Buying a large number of such defensive towers with money or buying gray defensive towers with charging plates is always more cost-effective than directly exchanging money for energy crystals.

This isn't about the total amount of money! It's about how much money can be used and what value it can realize! Although Yang Fei is rich, he still needs to save money for himself, because exchanging crystals always involves being squeezed by the Heavenly Dao Shop.

If these crystals are of great use, then it's fine to exchange them, and Yang Fei won't say anything. But if this two-way selection ultimately leads to the same result, and the process doesn't affect the final result, then there's no need for him to choose the process that would make him suffer.

Secondly, Yang Fei had some selfish motives. He wanted to cultivate his direct troops, namely those tentacle jellyfish, as soon as possible. Currently, apart from the daily challenges where they could engage in melee combat, they mostly stayed on the arrow towers to gain experience in other waves due to time and efficiency issues.

While both arrow towers and cannon towers are generally inefficient at gaining experience, the Abyss Elegy Towers are different. As long as their numbers are high enough, they can easily gain a lot of experience in waves where monsters generally have low health.

Previously, the three tentacle jellyfish that initially followed him finally leveled up to Beast Level 1 at the end of the Extreme Wave. This speed was already a bit slow for Yang Fei's Sky Island farming volume, and he had to speed them up.

Moreover, after the three tentacle jellyfish completed their upgrades, Yang Fei became even more convinced of this option. The reason was simply that the increase in their attributes after the upgrades was too exaggerated.

When a normal monster levels up within a major realm, one of its four basic attributes will double on top of its original attributes. For example, when a normal slime goes from Beast Level 0 to Beast Level 1, its health will double.

When an elite monster advances one level within a major realm, all of its basic four-dimensional attributes will double on top of its original four-dimensional attributes. For example, the Corrupted Slime's abilities are not enhanced, but all four of its attributes are indeed increased.

All of Yang Fei's tentacle jellyfish possess several skills and belong to the lord-level template. Their attribute increases are even more exaggerated. Although their abilities have not been enhanced, all four dimensions have increased by 5 times. Their attributes have reached: 500 health, 30 attack, 15 defense, and 5 magic resistance. This is almost catching up with Yang Fei when he entered the Qi Sensing Realm. How could he not be excited?

Although these little guys don't look like his ideal troops, their attribute boosts are just too exaggerated. Even if he has new troop nests later, they probably won't be as good as these guys' growth potential. With Sephira as an example, Yang Fei believes that the upper limit of the tentacle jellyfish is definitely not low.

Moreover, as the number of inhabitants on his sky island gradually increased, especially after those elves comparable to warriors pledged their allegiance to him, he...

The deterrent power of his underlings of demons has been severely diminished. Their loyalty, once earned, is never enough to reassure their superiors. He must rebuild a powerful army capable of intimidating the entire Sky Island.

After completing the initial planning in his mind, Yang Fei finished exchanging items at the Abyss Shop. Looking at the thirty brand-new white cards in his hand, a long-lost smile finally appeared on his face.

"Abyss Elegy Tower (White): A special sonic tower from the Abyss world, created by a high-ranking Abyss Lord of Banshees. One Banshee can be stationed on it, and when enemies attack, the sound amplifier on it can be used to spread the Banshee's voice throughout the entire War Corridor."

Abyss Elegy Tower (Rare): 1000 HP, 10 ATK, 0 DEF, 10 Spell Resistance, 100 Max Energy. For 10 Energy, the Banshee on it can use a megaphone to unleash a Banshee's Wail that covers the entire battlefield, dealing mental damage equal to its attack power to all players once. Cooldown: 10 minutes.

Abyss Elegy Tower (Upgrade): Upgrading this tower requires an Abyss Tower upgrade card. The Tower Upgrade Workshop cannot upgrade it. When using Energy Crystals to replenish the tower's energy, please pay attention to the Banshees' fatigue level; otherwise, the tower may not be able to perform as intended.

Note that upgrading the Abyss Elegy Tower not only utilizes Abyss-type defense tower upgrade cards, but also benefits the Banshees residing within. Banshees have different growth systems, and when they complete a major stage advancement, the Abyss Elegy Tower can be upgraded to the corresponding grade using the appropriate materials.

Upon seeing the detailed description of the Abyss Elegy Tower, Yang Fei was speechless. This thing actually came with its own user? Could he really let the tentacle jellyfish go up there to gain experience? Wouldn't that directly disrupt his plans?

Further words were pointless; Yang Fei directly used the thirty cards, and thirty beams of pitch-black light descended from the sky, accompanied by a series of beautiful...

Music then began to play, gradually filling the entire floating island.

At the Qianwu Star refugee camp, Sun Xiaoyu and Qian Duoduo were still discussing the plan for attracting the zombies when that beautiful sound rang out. Their previously rosy complexions instantly turned deathly pale, and the fear of death resurfaced in their hearts.

Not only them, but everyone in the entire refugee camp except Yue Lingling turned pale. Fear and despair seemed to stop their breathing, their blood, and even their heartbeats for a moment.

The situation was even worse in the Elf Hills. The elves fell from the trees one after another, lying on the ground in near despair, unable to move. This was not fear from the abyss, but a warning from their own sense of impending death.

As the singing faded away, thirty dark huts appeared before Yang Fei. These huts did not resemble the wooden huts that Yang Fei owned; instead, they resembled a witch in a fantasy style.

How to describe it? Yang Fei was at a loss for words.

However, the small house was not small; it could probably accommodate one or two people. It was relatively low overall, and the black walls made of an unknown material always emitted a faint black aura.

The doorway, the small window, and the chimney were all unusual, adorned with peculiar spiral patterns. Most importantly, the roof of the small house was different. Normally, a roof is higher in the middle and lower on the sides to prevent rain and wind damage, but the roof of this small house was higher around the edges and lower in the middle, somewhat resembling a pot.

As the cabin was fully completed, the spiral door slowly opened, and thirty tall women dressed in black cheongsams with slits up to their waists, wearing ten-centimeter black stilettos and headbands that could not conceal their stunning beauty appeared before Yang Fei.

Yang Fei was stunned. These were the legendary banshees? How come they were different from what he had imagined? Aside from their nearly two-meter height and ears longer than those of elves, these banshees were no different from the mature, human women Yang Fei had envisioned!

Shouldn't banshees belong to the undead or purely dark creatures? Their appearance shouldn't be very attractive, but these guys—no, these girls—look like normal, orderly beings.

Name: Banshee Race: Abyss Diva/Low-Rank Demon Level: Beast Stats: Health 50, Attack 10, Defense 0, Magic Resistance 0

Abilities: Banshee's Lament, Death Knell, Tower Symbiosis, Abyssal Fury.

Banshee's Lament: A songstress from the abyss yearns to sing her heart out, but her voice is a lament of fate for the creatures of the Order. Every ten minutes, the Banshee releases a visible area of ​​mental pollution, inflicting 10 points of mental damage on any Order creature that hears her voice.

Tower Symbiosis: Due to the inherent fragility of the Banshee, a high-ranking Banshee lord from the abyss combined some technological means to create a defensive tower that can amplify the Banshee's wailing ability—the Abyss Elegy Tower!

The Banshee can be used in conjunction with the Banshee's Howl to forcibly expand the area of ​​effect to the entire battlefield. At the same time, as long as the turret is not destroyed, the Banshee inside will never be harmed.

Similarly, as long as the Banshee survives, the lord can spend one-tenth of the construction cost to rebuild the corresponding Abyss Elegy Tower, and this reconstruction does not require restarting the upgrade process; its state will be directly restored to the state before it was destroyed.

Death Knell (Passive): The Banshee's special ability, which is divided into two parts. The first part is that when a creature, especially an intelligent creature of her own faction, dies, the Banshee will play a funeral dirge to send off the intelligent creature, no matter where she is. After the funeral, the intelligent creature's soul will return to the abyss to await a new reincarnation.

Secondly, when intelligent beings from different factions are about to die, the Banshee can activate the Death Knell Elegy, which has a certain probability of pulling their souls into the abyss, allowing them to be reborn in the abyss at the cost of only retaining their memories, and serve the lord for the rest of their lives.

Abyssal Foul Air (Passive): A special creature from the Abyss world, countered by the Order faction. Damage from attacks by it is doubled, but at the same time, the creature is immune to some negative effects. Currently available effects include slow, hypnosis, charm, and poison, which will be gradually unlocked as the level increases.

Currently, their loyalty is 100%. Having witnessed your beautiful singing voice, they have decided that you are the Lord of the Abyss's Lament (utterly loyal, and cannot be changed in any way).

"My lord, your most humble songstress greets you~ We can sing all the songs in the Abyss World for you, as long as you wish!" Thirty tall, two-meter-tall mature women knelt down on one knee before Yang Fei. The feeling was beyond words like "shocking".

The fact that these female demons were dressed so scantily, especially their black, high-slit cheongsams, was incredibly alluring to Yang Fei. Their unabashed kneeling made Yang Fei quite certain that these female demons, like his two succubi, were at his disposal.

This is different from the loyalty shown by tentacle jellyfish and lesser demons. Those creatures are naturally loyal to him, which he doesn't quite understand. But these girls are naturally loyal to him, and he has this strange feeling that they really like him; their affection for him is off the charts!

This viewpoint is very bizarre. It's not narcissism, but just a default perception. Yang Fei doesn't know why, but that's just how he feels. It's strange, but Yang Fei is very clear that it's true!

"Damn, no way, what if other female demons who aren't human appear later? Wouldn't I be in serious trouble? I don't have that kind of weird fetish!" Shaking his head, Yang Fei thought of Sephira again. He didn't have that kind of perception of her, so it shouldn't be the worst-case scenario!