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

Having done all this, before Yang Fei could even end the countdown early, a slime jumped out of the monster spawn point. Yang Fei looked over and saw that it was just a regular slime.

Slime: Beast Level 0, HP 88, Attack 4.4, Defense None. A magical life form from another dimension, with no special abilities. A fragile monster forcibly strengthened by one-tenth, but you still cannot defeat it with your physique.

As Yang Fei watched the slimes spawning one after another at the exit of the War Corridor, he felt a mix of emotions. He had been forcibly strengthened, a description he had seen before in the textbook "Tower Defense World" and hadn't thought much of it at the time, but now he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

This is not sympathy, but a sense of powerlessness in the face of one's own insignificance and ignorance. In the tower defense world, monsters can be summoned to attack cities at will, monster stats can be increased at will, subjects can be recruited from all the heavens and the myriad worlds, and even any life data can be digitized at will.

This power was completely beyond comprehension. Yang Fei knew very well that if the tower defense world he was in was truly just a game, then he had to become one of the most skilled players in this game.

Because only this group of players has the means to make suggestions to the game developers, or even to rebel against them. Otherwise, if you are just an ordinary player, the developers could delete your account without even lifting a finger. This is the source of Yang Fei's sense of powerlessness.

What's most unacceptable is that becoming such a high-level player will likely take a very long time. During this period, all players will remain at the mercy of the developers, unable to escape their control.

They don't even need to find a reason to make you delete your account. Just send a high-level monster, and the creator can take everything back at will. No matter how well they do it, it will ultimately be a lament!

As the white arrow tower struck an ordinary slime, the slime let out the same lament that Yang Fei felt, and the defense officially began. Yang Fei's scattered thoughts returned to the war corridor. Since things had come to this point, and there was no way to resist for the time being, then he would go all out!

Twenty minutes later, Yang Fei successfully defended against this not-too-strong attack, spending only one gray crystal to replenish the energy of a white arrow tower and finish off the remaining enemies.

Although the slime's stats have increased, they are still within the range of one hit from the arrow tower. The advantage of having three extra white defensive towers is now apparent, significantly improving monster-killing efficiency. Some slimes are even killed before they can make contact with ground troops, making the pressure on ground troops much lighter than on the hardest difficulty.

The only slight pity is that the gray arrow tower where the succubus girl was located was consumed. The succubus girl was much stronger than the last wave, taking the full energy bar directly to 10 points. That means that, not considering the friendly fire damage after the Ice Slime self-destructed, 90 slimes died at her hands this wave.

This record is quite exaggerated, far surpassing Yang Fei's record of not firing a single arrow. However, Yang Fei's situation is understandable, mainly because his Ice Arrow Tower not only deals high damage but also consumes double the energy, making it somewhat unworthy to attack slimes that are still within the tower's one-shot range.

As for the two lesser demons, their situation was rather unfortunate. Their respective arrow towers had 22 and 28 energy points remaining, meaning they had each attacked at least ten times, but the hit rate was questionable.

Even if each lesser demon hits the target once, it's considered a sign of their archery skill. This is something Yang Fei specifically focused on; their archery skills are truly appalling. It seems that ballistae are something that must be practiced, at least for all the inhabitants of the Sky Island at present, they must start training immediately.

The tentacle jellyfish are ground troops, and the next ones are slimes with 1.2x attribute. Some types are already within one hit, so they are needed to finish them off. The number of three is simply not going to change randomly.

The burrowing beasts lack higher intelligence and cannot use ballistae, so these lesser demons, who are still intelligent and capable of learning, have to take their place.

The white arrow towers can also have their auto-attack disabled with the lord's authorization, allowing the lesser demons to practice. Otherwise, Yang Fei would find it difficult to bear having the lesser demons practice with the gray arrow towers, since energy crystals are strategic resources and it's impossible to spend them on such things at this stage.

After this siege, Yang Fei discovered a small problem: the Ice Slime might have great potential, such as placing it in the War Corridor to bring it to the front of ground troops.

Because of the ground obstruction, the slimes are relatively dense here, which might allow them to detonate and cause greater damage. However, there are two problems with doing so.

First, the timing of killing the exploding slime must be well controlled, which means pressuring the killer. The white arrow tower's automatic attack is definitely not feasible unless Yang Fei controls it with all his might, but that is impossible. Yang Fei needs to control the overall battlefield and replenish the energy of the defensive towers, which means he cannot concentrate at all.

If it were given to a succubus, she might be able to do it, but the self-destructing slime is too inconspicuous. To see it, one must concentrate and strictly control the timing; too early or too late will not achieve the desired effect.

Yang Fei's original intention was to have the succubus girl mainly kill the elite slimes that posed a threat to ground troops, that was the key point, and the elite slimes that posed a threat to ground troops were not just the self-destructing slimes.

Even his three subordinates with their own attributes couldn't withstand the corrosion and acid damage. Putting the ground troops in danger in order to kill them more efficiently was somewhat not worth it in an environment where energy consumption was still acceptable.

Moreover, mistakes will reduce the margin for error. If the Ice Slime misses a shot when it is far away from ground troops, it will have another chance.

Once it gets close to ground troops, if it misses a shot, those guys only have a little bit of health left. If they get touched by the tentacle jellyfish, they'll explode. And its self-destruction can cause friendly fire. Do other slimes have that?

This is a rather serious problem. If it gets hit by a slime that has been knocked away by ground troops during this process, does that count as being attacked? A slime that has been knocked away while jumping has no attack power, but whether a slime that has been knocked away has any attack power remains to be seen.

During this period, even a single mistake could result in significant losses. Yang Fei could accept his defenses being breached by random events, he could accept dying from drawing cards, and he could even accept being electrocuted by the Heavenly Dao if it was displeased, but he would not allow himself to die from stupidity in pursuit of a more efficient way to kill monsters.

Secondly, the slime is alive and possesses a certain degree of intelligence or biological instinct. Yang Fei cannot manipulate it to do something; in simpler terms, Yang Fei cannot control the slime's movement.