owlsbooks Chapter 4: Advanced Killing
Chapter 4: Advanced Killing
Liu Huasheng worked in the mine, eating apples and bread when he was hungry, drinking mineral water when he was thirsty, resting wherever he was tired, and sleeping directly in the mine when he was sleepy...
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's already the second day of the time travel!
Liu Huasheng walked out of the mine full of energy. He was now ready to build the basic arrow towers again.
Liu Huasheng wasn't in a hurry; he first checked his information panel.
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Name: Liu Huasheng
Life: 100
Stamina: 100
Occupation: Tower Defense Lord (Apprentice)
Talent: (Unlocked after becoming a full-fledged employee)
Skill: [Tower Construction]
Tower Record: [Basic Arrow Tower]
Resources: 325 Gold Coins, 200 Wood
Storage compartments: 10 (Click to view storage details)
Feature Page: [Trading Panel] (Click to view)
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"After working so hard, I've only mined 225 gold coins. That's a bit inefficient. It seems like blindly mining isn't going to get me anywhere..."
Liu Huasheng muttered to himself as he picked up the construction hammer and began building the third basic arrow tower.
One hundred seconds later, Liu Huasheng collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, but looking at his third defensive tower with anticipation in his eyes.
The Seven Killings Stele and the Seven Killings Poem are inscribed on the body of this basic arrow tower, and its magical ability is [Slaughter Advancement]!
[Slaughter Advancement: 0/100. Defense towers gain experience points by killing monsters. When enough experience points are accumulated, the tower can advance. After advancing, the attack power remains the same, but the attack speed and durability increase. The tower advances after three advancements.]
"Heaven creates all things to nourish the people, yet the people have done no good to repay Heaven. Kill! ...
Looking at the three identical basic arrow towers standing side by side, Liu Huasheng felt a great sense of accomplishment.
In order to get kills faster with the basic arrow tower that advances to the kill tier, Liu Huasheng spent 100 gold coins to move it to the high ground intersection.
The other two basic arrow towers were left behind to guard the gold mine.
Next, we just need to patiently wait for the jungle monsters to invade.
Before long, a huge portal appeared below the highlands, and the second wave of monster invasion began.
Alpaca 008 walked up to Liu Huasheng and said slowly, "Newbie, the second wave of monster invasion has begun. The invading monsters are red-skinned frogs, with a total of 600. They will be wiped out in six minutes. The red-skinned frogs have no attack power. After entering the gold mine, they disappear and steal 8 gold coins. Please prepare your defenses."
At this moment, Liu Huasheng could already see the red-skinned frogs. These were giant toads with red skin, about the size of a basketball. They were also level one monsters with only eight health points. A long, serpentine formation appeared from the teleportation orb, hopping forward in perfect unison!
Its movement speed is slightly faster than that of the giant field mouse. The extra bit of health is negligible, since the base arrow tower has an attack power of 10 points. Whether it's the red-skinned field mouse with 8 health points or the giant field mouse with 5 health points, it can kill it with one arrow.
Soon, the battle began. The basic arrow towers at the high ground intersection started firing arrows in rapid succession, each arrow killing a frog without fail.
When a frog is hit, it will do an exaggerated backflip to expose its belly, then turn into light and disappear, letting out a reluctant "Wow!" which is quite comical.
Liu Huasheng felt pleased. He took the construction hammer from his waist, kicked Alpaca 008, and said, "Hey hunchback, stop watching! Come with me and intercept the frogs! Let our killing arrow towers get more kills!"
Alpaca 008 didn't move an inch, giving Liu Huasheng a disdainful look and saying, "Newbie, don't do things that are futile. You'd be better off mining with this energy!"
"What do you know!"
Liu Huasheng was slightly disappointed.
The game assistant with unlimited health can't be used as a tank; it only plays system prompts from the back, which is pretty useless.
He was destined to intercept the red-skinned frogs alone. It was effective, but not very ideal. Those red-skinned frogs were very agile. After being kicked or hammered away, they would immediately accelerate and jump back.
Three minutes later, the basic arrow tower on the high ground killed a hundred red-skinned frogs. The tower flashed with golden light, and its attack speed increased significantly.
"Slaughter Advancement triggered!"
Liu Huasheng quickly checked its attribute information and found that the basic arrow tower's attack power remained unchanged at 10, but its attack speed became 1.0 and its durability increased to 2000!
It can continue to grow, and the number of enemies required for the next growth has become 200!
"Double the stats, one tower is equivalent to two towers, this growth is impressive! Killing 200 enemies is a breeze, this wave of growth is likely to continue!"
Liu Huasheng tried even harder to intercept the red-skinned frogs.
Less than three minutes later, the basic arrow tower flashed with light again, completing another growth.
Its attack speed has increased again to the point of being visible to the naked eye.
Liu Huasheng checked its attribute information and found that its attack speed had become 1.5 and its durability had increased to 3000. The next growth required 300 kills.
"Attack speed 1.5, three arrows in two seconds, one tower is worth three towers!"
Liu Huasheng felt it was a bit of a pity, as this wave of monsters totaled 600, which was not enough for the basic arrow towers to grow again.
Actually, by this time, the red-skinned frogs had already escaped the range of the killing arrow tower. Liu Huasheng wanted to see the effect of the sorcery shot, but in reality, every arrow killed them instantly, and there was no transformation effect at all.
At that very moment, five miles to the east, on a high ground, Wang Shuaibo was also desperately trying to intercept the red-skinned frogs.
He roared and howled, feeling extremely agitated.
His defensive towers were, of course, basic arrow towers, but there were only two, one on the left and one on the right in front of the gold mine, firing arrows in rapid succession.
However, the number of red-skinned frogs was too large, and the large group continued to advance, getting closer and closer to the gold mine.
"Master, give it your all, or we'll let another wave of monsters slip through!"
The game assistant goat shouted loudly.
Wang Shuaibo roared, "Damn it, if I hadn't trusted you, I would have had three basic arrow towers and easily won this round!"
With three basic arrow towers, you can kill 90 red-skinned frogs per minute. Although it still can't keep up with the red-skinned frogs' respawn rate, the actual time the red-skinned frogs are attacked is more than 5 minutes. If you don't miss a single one, it's not a big problem, and you don't even need to go out and stop the monsters.
"Man proposes, God disposes. Master, you've done your best, don't worry about it, don't be discouraged. Even if some monsters slip through this wave, it won't exceed 200!"
"Are you trying to comfort me?"
Wang Shuaibo was filled with resentment and was already mentally prepared for his maximum health to be reduced again. He was just hoping that the defensive reward this time would be better.
Ultimately, thanks to Wang Shuaibo's efforts to intercept them, a total of 163 red-skinned frogs entered his gold mine and stole 1304 gold coins.
Wang Shuaibo's maximum health has also decreased by 1 point again!
The defense rewards are: first, unlocking the strategic map; second, adding 2 storage slots; third, 200 gold coins and 200 wood; and fourth, a random treasure chest.
This is the most basic reward, which all players who successfully repelled the second monster invasion will receive.
Wang Shuaibo opened a random treasure chest and found that it only contained 500 gold coins!
"Damn it, no stamina potions, we're going to miss another wave of monsters! What's the use of gold coins? I don't need them!"
Wang Shuaibo was very disappointed.
The goat chimed in, "Master, there's an even more practical problem: you're out of dry rations, the dried rats are all gone!"
"Holy crap, what do we do now?"
Wang Shibao frowned deeply. In his world, it was common knowledge that you couldn't regain your strength if you were hungry!
"Master, you have no attack power, so hunting in the wild is unrealistic. I'm afraid you'll have to go find other players to buy food."
"Buy it? Who should I buy it from?"
"The nearest lord player is five miles to the west; you can try your luck there!"
"You good-for-nothing, you tricked me into going again..."
At this moment, Liu Huasheng was also opening a treasure chest.
Unlike Wang Shuaibo's meager offerings, Liu Huasheng had three treasure chests in front of him.
Just like the last defense, he executed a perfect defense here, not letting a single monster slip through. Moreover, he was the first to eliminate all the monsters on the small map. In addition to the basic rewards, the system also gave him two extra random treasure chests.
Liu Huasheng opened the first treasure chest, and the alpaca came over and announced: "Ding! Congratulations on obtaining a level 3 elite monster!"