19: A 5% chance of immediate annihilation? This Mage Tower is incredible!
Lin Feng's consciousness returned to the fortress, but his gaze remained cold, fixed on the blood-red world map.
The flashing red dots, in his eyes now, were no longer threats.
Instead, they were mobile resource depots, waiting for him to harvest.
The Blood Moon was approaching.
But before that…
He would first initiate a feast of plunder, belonging only to him.
Without any pause.
Lin Feng's will once again locked onto another coordinate on the map, flashing with dangerous red light.
【Ogre Lumber Mill (Normal)】
【Recommended Attack Force: Above 120 population.】
"Attack."
The cold command was given.
After the familiar sensation of weightlessness, his consciousness once again descended into the Barbarian's body, which was full of explosive power.
The battle process was even more monotonous than expected.
The Ghost Guards, with their Shadow Step, acted like a precise surgical knife, silently cutting off the camp's ranged firepower.
And Lin Feng himself transformed into the perfect bait, attracting the attention of all the Ogres.
These stupid monsters, whose brains were filled with muscle, were played with under his precise kiting, like bulls being teased, clumsily swinging their huge wooden clubs, yet unable to even touch his clothes.
An overwhelming victory with no suspense.
【Ding! Conquest successful! You have successfully cleared this camp!】
【You gained: Gold x1500, heavy oil x1000!】
【Remaining daily PVE attack attempts: 1/3】
The system's notification made Lin Feng pause.
Three times a day.
He did not waste time and immediately locked onto the last high-value target.
【Centaur Outpost (Normal)】
…
【Ding! Conquest successful! You have successfully cleared this camp!】
【You gained: Gold x1500, heavy oil x1000!】
【Daily PVE attack attempts used up.】
When Lin Feng's consciousness returned from the third plunder battle, the numbers on his resource panel had reached a height that would suffocate any survivor.
【Gold: 5800】
【heavy oil: 4200】
Three PVE opportunities brought him astronomical returns.
These resource points, prepared for ordinary players in the early stages, were as fragile as paper in front of his elite team.
However, there was no joy on Lin Feng's face.
Instead, his brow furrowed slightly, and a deep, solemn look flashed in his eyes.
His thoughts uncontrollably returned to the thrilling elite challenge of last night.
Those five Flame Dragonss that blotted out the sky.
What if…
What if they didn't just have high health and magic damage?
What if they also had an additional 50, or even more, physical armor?
This thought, like a cold needle, fiercely pricked his nerves.
His proud 【Triple-barreled - Frost Rocket Launcher】 had an attack power of 150, but it was still essentially physical damage.
Facing high armor, the damage would be greatly reduced.
And his Goblin Blasting Workshop, which produced Goblin Rocket Soldiers, also had purely physical output.
Once he encountered a high-armor "iron barrel formation," his offense would instantly be paralyzed.
This was a fatal weakness.
A loophole that must be mended at all costs before the Blood Moon descended.
His gaze penetrated the cold panel and fell on the gray building blueprint in the Institute that he had put aside.
【Mage Tower】: Unlock cost 500 Gold.
Lin Feng did not hesitate.
"Unlock."
【Consumed Gold x500.】
"Build four Mage Towers."
【Consumed Gold x2000.】
Four elegant stone towers, with dark blue crystals embedded at their tops, rose from his four empty defense tower slots.
Dark blue arcane energy slowly flowed across the tower's surface, emitting a mysterious and dangerous aura.
【Mage Tower】
Quality: White (Normal)
Attack Power: 20 (Magic Damage)
Durability: 200
Attack Speed: 1 second/attack
Effect: 【Arcane Blast】 — Attacks deal splash damage to enemies in a small area.
The attributes were unremarkable.
But the words "Magic Damage" made Lin Feng's eyes sharpen.
This was the answer he wanted.
"Select four Mage Towers, synthesize!"
Buzz—!
This fusion was no longer a simple interweaving of light.
The dark blue crystals at the tops of the four Mage Towers burst forth with dazzling light at the same time.
Four pure arcane energy pillars shot into the sky, converging into a rapidly rotating energy vortex composed of runes and stars.
Immediately after, the vortex sharply contracted, transforming into an extremely condensed, seven-colored glowing energy sphere that crashed down!
The light dissipated.
A colossal, towering structure, more magnificent and mysterious than any previous defense tower, stood silently in the center of the fortress.
Its tower body was made of some unknown white rock, inscribed with intricate and ancient golden runes.
At the top of the tower, a gigantic, seven-colored crystal, pulsating slowly like a heart, devoured all surrounding light and emitted a terrifying magical fluctuation.
【Synthesis successful! You have obtained the Epic building — Star Fury Mage Tower!】
【Star Fury Mage Tower】
Quality: Purple (Epic)
Attack Power: 80 (Magic Damage)
Durability: 800
Attack Speed: 1 second/attack
Effect: 【Star Fury】 — Attacks deal splash damage to enemies in a large area.
Effect: 【Fireball Descent】 (Passive) — When attacking, there is a 10% chance to summon a burning meteor from the sky, dealing massive area damage to the target area and continuously causing burning effects.
Effect: 【Spatial Warp】 (Passive) — Every 20 seconds, randomly teleports one non-Lord-level unit closest to the fortress back to its attack starting point.
Effect: 【Annihilation Ray】 (Passive) — When attacking, there is a 5% chance to trigger an Annihilation Ray, ignoring health and directly obliterating the target unit. (Ineffective against Lord-level units)
Lin Feng's pupils slightly contracted due to this terrifying attribute panel.
Strong.
Ridiculously strong.
【Fireball Descent】 provided unparalleled clearing ability.
【Spatial Warp】 was the most disgusting control divine skill, capable of greatly disrupting the enemy's attack rhythm.
And the 5% chance to trigger 【Annihilation Ray】 was the Sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of all high-health elite monsters.
This tower could even attack air units.
It not only compensated for his lack of magic damage.
It also forcibly elevated his fortress's overall defense capability to a whole new dimension.
Lin Feng glanced at his remaining Gold.
【Gold: 3300】
He forcibly suppressed the urge to continue synthesizing other defense towers.
Unknown dangers could strike at any time.
Keeping enough Gold was equivalent to keeping a trump card to deal with any variables.
He slowly exhaled, shifting his gaze from the revitalized fortress to the eternally dim yellow horizon.
Time passed silently.
Soon, the fifth night arrived as scheduled.
The night was colder than ever before.
The air was filled with a chilling, rusty smell, as if even the wind carried the coldness of a blade.
【The fifth wave of monsters will arrive in thirty seconds.】
【First round of attacking monster information: Snowfield Wolves x100!】
【Attributes: Health 200, Attack 20, Movement Speed 10 meters/second】
When the last line of attributes appeared before everyone, the long-silent regional channel was instantly ignited.
This time, there were no wails.
No curses.
Only a dead, suffocating blank.
Followed by a few scattered survivors' trembling, tearful messages.
"Ten… ten meters per second?"
"My trebuchet only attacks once every five seconds… Before it even lands, the wolves will already be in my face…"
"How… how do we defend against this? We can't react at all!"