31: Thunderstorm Master! Infinite chain lightning, paralyzing the entire field!
The additional Hellfire effect made Lin Feng's breathing hitch.
Stackable, continuous magic damage.
These four words meant that every attack from the Lava Giant was no longer a simple physical strike, but a judgment accompanied by a death curse.
It was not only a battering ram but also a mobile plague engine capable of continuously weakening enemies' health.
Lin Feng's gaze moved from this perfect War Lord and re-evaluated his previous tactics.
While the Boar Rider base-rush strategy was sharp, it relied too heavily on surprise attacks.
Once discovered by the enemy, or when facing an opponent with powerful crowd control like the Ice Witch, it was easy to fall into a passive state.
That was the path of a daring assassin, not the straightforward path of a king.
He needed a 'kingly' tactic that could advance head-on and crush all obstacles.
His gaze finally settled on the two new troop types unlocked at Town Hall 7 in the barracks.
Giants and Mages.
One served as an indestructible tank, while the other provided devastating magical output from the rear.
This was the most classic and stable combination.
“Train 10 Mages.”
Consumed 1000 heavy oil.
Ten Goblin Mages, dressed in simple grey robes and holding crooked wooden staffs, appeared on the training ground.
Lin Feng's will unhesitatingly enveloped five of them.
“Synthesize!”
This time, the light was no longer a simple collision but transformed into a rapidly spinning arcane vortex.
The five Goblin Mages let out pained screams, their bodies forcibly torn apart, turning into the purest magical energy, greedily devoured by the vortex.
When the light faded.
A brand new figure floated silently in mid-air.
It wore a deep blue robe embroidered with silver runes, surrounded by visible, crackling arcs of electricity, and at the tip of its fused staff, a crystal shimmered with lightning.
Synthesis successful! You have obtained the Epic troop — Thunderstorm Archmage!
Thunderstorm Archmage
Quality: Purple (Epic)
Population: 20
Health: 1000 (200x5)
Attack: 750 (150x5)
New Skill: Lightning Conversion (Passive) — All attacks convert to Chain Lightning, dealing full magical damage to the primary target and bouncing to up to 3 additional targets, dealing 50% damage.
New Effect: Paralytic Arc (Passive) — All units hit by lightning will be stunned for 0.5 seconds.
Lin Feng's pupils slightly contracted at these qualitative changes in attributes.
This was no longer just a simple damage stacking.
It was crowd control!
Chain Lightning combined with a 0.5-second stun meant that, as long as the attack frequency was high enough, it could theoretically form an unending control chain, trapping swathes of enemies in a paralyzing hell where they couldn't move.
He immediately focused his will on the remaining five Mages and synthesized them again.
Light flashed, but this time there was no mutation, only an Elite Mage with stacked attributes was born.
Lin Feng was not disappointed; instead, he felt this was the norm.
True aces were always rare.
Just as he was about to add the new troops to his army, an even bolder idea struck him without warning.
Buildings and troops could be fused.
So… what about Spells?
He immediately immersed his consciousness into the Institute.
“Unlock Berserk Spell.”
Consumed 1000 heavy oil.
Lin Feng's thought moved, and he tried to drag the icons of the Berserk Spell and Healing Spell into that ethereal fusion system grid.
Ding! Spell units detected. A maximum of two Spell units can be fused. Proceed with synthesis?
It really worked!
“Synthesize!”
The golden Berserk rune and the emerald green Healing rune burst into brilliant light at the moment of fusion, transforming into a golden-green intertwined halo that descended with a roar!
Ding! Synthesis successful! You have obtained the Legendary Spell — Divine Grace Surge!
Divine Grace Surge
Quality: Legendary (Orange)
Effect: Creates a Divine Grace Aura in the designated area. All friendly units within the aura gain 50% increased attack power, attack speed, and movement speed, and recover 50 health per second, lasting for 10 seconds. Aura range increased by 30%.
Spell Storage Occupied: 1
One spell combined the dual effects of berserk and healing.
This meant that, when attacking, he would have an extra spell slot to carry other functional spells, and the tactical fault tolerance and flexibility were epically improved.
Lin Feng's mind was completely opened.
He immediately spent heavy oil to unlock The Log and Poison Spell.
“Fuse!”
The massive phantom of The Log and a swirling cloud of green poison mist violently collided and fused in the air.
Ding! Synthesis successful! You have obtained the Rare Spell — Venomous Log!
Venomous Log
Quality: Blue (Rare)
Effect: Releases a rolling giant log, dealing area damage and knockback to all ground units in a straight line. The path The Log travels will leave a trail of venom lasting 5 seconds, dealing continuous damage and slow to enemies who step on it.
For offense, there was Divine Grace Surge.
For defense, there was Venomous Log.
At this point, the final piece of his brand new “Giant Mage” tactical system was complete.
The Lava Giant stood at the very front, absorbing damage and applying burning effects.
The Thunderstorm Archmage and Elite Mage were in the back row, providing devastating area magical damage and crowd control.
The War Lord provided support from the middle, capable of engaging from both close and long range, and could either fight or retreat.
Coupled with the terrifying buffs from Divine Grace Surge.
A cold yet excited killing intent flashed in Lin Feng's eyes.
He needed an opponent of sufficient caliber to test this brand new War Lord, which he had just assembled.
His finger slowly traced over the glowing IDs on the leaderboard.
Finally, it stopped on an S-rank badge.