323: We still need to call in more people.

[void holy armor] Grade: Saint Tier

1. Maximum HP/Stamina +3 million;

2. All Resistance +50,000,

3. When attacked, there is a 30% chance to deploy a Void Black Hole in front of the wearer. The Black Hole 100% absorbs all attacks coming from the front for two seconds;

4. Reduces the duration of all negative statuses by 20%.

5. Void Shield: Apply a Void Shield to the wearer. The shield shatters after absorbing 100 million points of damage. CD 5 minutes.

Requires 20 million points for exchange.

Huang Chen's eyes lit up. This Saint Tier armor was unremarkable in other defensive aspects, perhaps even inferior to the previous few pieces.

However, the third and fifth abilities, one passive defense and one active defense, are both life-saving skills, and they are life-saving skills that do not accumulate proportionally with his existing defensive capabilities.

Here, we must discuss the calculation method for defense accumulation in Star Abyss.

For example, if a Trial Taker's proportional damage reduction is 75%, and they equip an item with 75% damage reduction, their proportional damage reduction at that point is 30% + (1 - 30%) × 30% = 51%. If they then equip another item with 30% damage reduction, the total reduction becomes 51% + (1 - 51%) × 30% = 65.7%. Following this pattern, the more equipment they have, the less damage reduction is provided.

Moreover, damage reduction has a cap in Star Abyss. Huang Chen's current cap is 80%, meaning even if he wears several sets of level 50 Diamond equipment, his damage reduction will still hit the limit.

In that case, the Void Black Hole defense skill is different.

With this skill, the remaining 20% of damage can be reduced by another 30%, effectively raising his damage reduction cap.

However, the problem facing him now is insufficient points. Based on his speed of farming bosses, he estimates he needs another two days.

However, this single piece of equipment wouldn't have too great an impact on the battlefield. Moreover, the five Saint Tier bosses shouldn't appear right at the beginning. They can start the campaign first and slowly accumulate points.

After reviewing the equipment, the three million elites from the Forbidden City Legion, the Vermilion Bird Clan, and the Hobbit Clan had also finished assembling.

At this point, another problem arose: Huang Chen's Internal Energy (Neigong) was only boosted by 100,000 points, meaning he could only teleport 100,000 people at a time. With two teleports per half hour, it would take him seven or eight hours to transport three million people.

The main issue was that the Fengling Plateau was too far from Li City. At the speed of most current Trial Takers, it would be difficult to reach even after running for several days and nights.

Helplessly, they could only teleport 200,000 people over first, combining them with the 110,000 direct subordinates already undergoing special training and the Five Elements Deceiving Heaven Grand Array. They would then use the previous method of luring monsters into the array to kill them, waiting for the skill cooldown before bringing in more people.

Since this time they were preparing for a full-scale assault, Zi Han directly set up the Five Elements Deceiving Heaven Grand Array five kilometers from the monster horde. After all, if it was too far away, Trial Takers would waste a lot of time traveling.

Moreover, this way, if they really couldn't withstand the monster horde's charge, everyone could instantly teleport behind the Five Elements Deceiving Heaven Grand Array to escape. The formation could at least hold back the horde for a considerable amount of time.

Soon, the battle between the Forbidden City's 300,000 strong army and the monster horde began.

This time, the strength of the Forbidden City Legion was vastly different compared to three months ago.

Three months ago, their Skill Realm meant at most three or two skills had reached the Minor Accomplishment stage. But after these three months, most skills had reached the Major Accomplishment stage.

The increase in bone structure brought about by the Skill Realm, followed by another large wave of bone structure increase provided by the God Sealing Tower.

At this time, the average bone structure of these 110,000 direct subordinates had nearly reached over 400 points. Although their average level was only around 60, each person could still easily handle a level 70 Epic Monster alone.

Furthermore, with Huang Chen's Halo fully activated this time, the first wave of lured monsters was completely annihilated before they could even stir up a ripple.

Seeing this scene, Huang Chen shook his head and said to Tie Shengnan, "Did we underestimate our own strength?"

The first time they arrived at the Fengling Plateau, the Forbidden City Legion was routed under the charge of the Ice Soul Demon Bears. If Huang Chen, his clone, and Old Six hadn't been rushing around putting out fires, a few more charges from the Demon Bears would likely have shattered them.

This left an impression in Huang Chen's mind that the Forbidden City Legion's strength was far inferior to the monsters of the Fengling Plateau.

However, over the past few months, the Forbidden City Legion first received nourishment from soul honey, continuously breaking through their Skill Realm and greatly increasing their bone structure. Then, due to a breakthrough in Destiny, their bone structure increased by another hundred points. Most importantly, during Zi Han's three months of special training, the hard and soft power of the direct subordinates experienced a great leap.

As a result, compared to the first time they came here, the strength of these direct subordinates had increased by more than just a few times.

It was no wonder that with Huang Chen's Halo fully activated, they could form a crushing superiority over these level 70 and 80 Epic Monsters.

"How about... we change the strategy?" Huang Chen asked.

"That works!" Tie Shengnan nodded.

She immediately ordered: "All puppets charge toward the monster horde! Everyone else follows behind the puppets to output damage. If any defensive line is breached, the newly arrived personnel must immediately use their bodies to plug the gap."

Upon receiving the order, all the puppets in the Grand Array roared and rushed out of the formation, with the 300,000 troops of the Forbidden City Legion following closely behind.

However, the moment the puppets stepped out of the Grand Array, the entire monster horde beneath the Mirror Shadow Tower boiled over instantly, like a drop of water falling into hot oil.

Without the Five Elements Deceiving Heaven Grand Array concealing their presence, the monster horde immediately detected the group of invaders.

"Roar!"

"Caw!"

"Screech!"

"Awoo!"

...A chorus of various beast roars merged into one, deafening the listeners.

Subsequently, the monster horde surged toward the Grand Array like a rising tide, and the ground rumbled and trembled under countless iron hooves.

At this moment, the sky ahead suddenly darkened as countless Flying Beasts soared up from the horde, forming a sky-covering black cloud within seconds.

On the ground, those massive bosses roared restlessly, easily knocking aside or kicking away weaker comrades blocking their path, quickly breaking away from the main monster army... The Forbidden City Legion, following tens of thousands of Puppet Beasts, felt their scalps tingle and their faces turn pale.

Huang Chen widened his eyes and exclaimed, "What the hell are we playing at? How can we block this?"

Tie Shengnan reacted instantly. The moment the monster horde erupted, she roared sharply, and the command instantly spread throughout the entire army via the Command Channel: "Retreat! All personnel retreat! Instantaneous Teleport! Maximum distance teleport! Quick!"

The instant the order was given, the white light of instantaneous teleportation flashed frantically on the Forbidden City members who had not yet rushed out of the Five Elements Deceiving Heaven Grand Array, forming a blinding, bright light band that made it impossible to open one's eyes!

In less than a second! The formation that had just been packed with people instantly became empty!

All Forbidden City personnel instantly teleported to a location over a hundred kilometers behind the Grand Array. Upon landing, they did not hesitate, immediately flying away rapidly in the opposite direction of the Mirror Shadow Tower.

One hundred kilometers sounds far, but in front of these high-level monsters, covering that distance would only take two or three minutes.

Huang Chen and his entire Harem Legion floated in mid-air.

They watched in shock as the tens of thousands of puppets charging ahead were instantly swallowed by the surging tide of monsters, like ice cubes dropped into boiling water, without even putting up a decent resistance.

Even the Five Elements Deceiving Heaven Grand Array set up by Zi Han lasted less than three breaths before shattering under the frantic impact and trampling of countless monsters.

Because the Forbidden City Legion was originally still inside the formation, the monster horde didn't realize there were enemies other than the puppets. Thus, the frenzied horde turned around and returned beneath the tower after charging out for more than ten kilometers.

Huang Chen and Tie Shengnan exchanged glances, both seeing the lingering solemnity in the other's eyes.

It seems that to directly confront the monster horde beneath the Mirror Shadow Tower, they must wait until all three armies arrive... and perhaps even three million people won't be enough. They still need to call for more backup.