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

On Azure Star, some scholars have proposed the idea that the level of life is constrained by the laws of nature, which manifests as suppression in physical and even visual forms, but as overwhelming when facing lower-level life forms.

To give an easy-to-understand example, a Qi Refining cultivator can release a fireball, and a higher-level Foundation Establishment cultivator can also release a fireball. From the outside, the two look no different, but their actual destructive power is worlds apart.

A mere small fireball from a Foundation Establishment cultivator can easily kill a Qi Refining cultivator, while no matter how large a fireball a Qi Refining cultivator conjures, it cannot harm a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

This viewpoint is terrifying, but it aligns with the common understanding in the cultivation world that the higher the cultivation level, the fewer cultivators there are, because the essence of life for both has undergone significant changes.

Although they look identical, the difference in the power contained within their bodies is like the difference between a firefly drawn on a piece of paper and a firefly quietly burning on the empty ground next to that paper.

However, how easy is it to cross this threshold and achieve an advancement in one's life level? Even if there were no deceit, no conflicts of interest, no arbitrary suppression, and even no lifespan restrictions, the final result would be the same: there would only be fewer and fewer cultivators at high levels.

However, the martial arts realm, in the end, has not yet transcended the realm of mortals. And since no cultivators in the Qi Refining stage have appeared on Azure Star, this view is currently a false proposition. Nevertheless, this can already be seen from the physical strength of martial artists, which far exceeds scientific understanding.

According to research, a normal Qi Sensing Realm martial artist will gradually repair their deficient state. Martial artists who do not enter the realm can reach the scientifically optimal human state, while those who open the peak will begin to undergo some qualitative changes.

A first-tier martial artist exerts force equal to twice their own weight, with a standard value of around 300 jin. Upon entering the second tier, they can reach 700 jin, and a third-tier martial artist might be able to reach 1200 jin. A fourth-tier martial artist reaches the first hurdle after entering the tier, increasing to 3000 jin.

The fifth-order breakthrough can approach 7,000 jin, and the sixth-order breakthrough can approach 10,000 jin. When you reach the seventh order, which is the seventh peak of perfection, it is another barrier, or rather, the last level of the mortal state, which is the limit of the mortal species in a general sense.

Its current power limit has not yet been revealed, but based on the previous four breakthroughs and five upgrades, the value should double, reaching over 20,000 jin.

In terms of sheer power, this is completely beyond imagination.

Therefore, the power contained within higher-level cultivators, even the lowest-level Qi Refining cultivators, is beyond what humans can describe. It cannot be summarized by power alone, but rather represents a crushing defeat on a life level.

If this theory is proven, then something terrible will happen: all the people on Azure Star combined will be no match for a low-level Qi Refining cultivator, including those using human-made weapons.

This is why the countries of Azure Star have almost abandoned their most important education for this tower defense world. If a Qi Refining cultivator from another planet were to appear on Azure Star, no matter what the cultivator's purpose might be, many people would probably not want to see it.

As for the classification of some items, such as defense towers, there is a rough comparison in the Heavenly Path Shop: gray and white defense towers correspond to mortals or beasts, while green ones correspond to martial artists or ferocious beasts.

Blue corresponds to Qi Refining stage cultivators or low-grade magical beasts, purple corresponds to Official Establishment stage cultivators or high-grade magical beasts, silver corresponds to Core Formation stage cultivators or low-grade magical beasts, and gold-quality defensive towers correspond to Core Formation stage cultivators or mid-grade magical beasts.

Logically speaking, if this gold-quality defensive tower can inflict damage on mid-level monsters, then it should be able to instantly kill lower-level monsters, magical beasts, ferocious beasts, and wild beasts, without any regard for reason.

As for improving its quality through growth, Yang Fei had no hope at all. He was fine with having a level D talent that relied on luck, but why did improving this thing also depend on luck? He really didn't understand. So many restrictions were completely unworthy of the golden item's attributes.

Despite saying that, Yang Fei still took the golden card that contained the Tentacle Tower and walked out of the thatched hut, where he saw everything on his fifty-meter-wide floating island.

He needed to find a place to put the defensive tower. Although it had various limitations, accumulating kill energy once a day was still a life-saving artifact for Yang Fei. In case he drew some mid-level monster in the future, he could start accumulating usage times now and put up a fight when the time came.

He can accumulate one attack opportunity every 24 hours, so it's best to set it up as early as possible. Besides, it's already around 8 PM, and he needs to quickly familiarize himself with his sky island and launch the first wave of monster attacks.

Then, start the daily challenges and collect today's basic reward. Don't waste time worrying about all this. Since you've been given this beta test qualification, giving you 36 extra precious days compared to others, you must make the most of it.

After looking around, Yang Fei's eyes lit up. Besides the thatched hut where he woke up, a well, and a wooden hut that was only as tall as a person but took up less space than his thatched hut (which was also used to recruit people), there were also twelve tea trees that were as tall as a person on his floating island.

Qi-Nourishing Tea Tree: Green and common, a perennial spiritual plant with medicinal properties. It requires a ten-year growth period and reaches maturity after the eleventh year. Its leaves can be used to make spiritual tea, which can increase the body's true qi after consumption.

Long-term consumption can give high-level martial artists a very small chance of gaining breakthrough insights. Each plant can produce about half a catty of tea leaves per year, which can meet the needs of a high-level martial artist for a month (it has now entered the mature stage and can be harvested).

The lord's core thatched hut, well, and initial recruitment hut are all owned by each trainee lord's sky island. As for the twelve Qi-gathering tea trees, they are a beginner reward given by this world, and each person's is different.

Some people might be a defensive tower, some might be a building, and some, like Yang Fei, might be mature or immature spiritual plants. Of course, some might be useless things, it all depends on luck.

Yang Fei was lucky. Although these tea trees were not very useful now, their effects were still quite good, far more precious than the True Qi Rice that Yang Fei had eaten. After all, True Qi Rice was only of gray, ordinary quality in a strict sense, and only effective for mortals and low-level martial artists.

This thing is just ordinary green tea, and it will be able to serve high-level martial artists in the future. It has great potential. Moreover, these twelve tea trees are not far from the core thatched hut and are far from the edge of the sky island. For the time being, Yang Fei does not need to spend his energy and precious time adjusting their positions.

As for the items shown as available for harvesting, Yang Fei doesn't have the time to do so yet. It's not that he doesn't want to, but he needs to focus on launching the first wave of monster attacks and collecting his daily allowance first. Besides, tea trees and fruit trees are a bit different, so there's no need to rush to harvest them.