Chapter 341 - 164: Slaying the Boss, Leveling Up, Unexpectedly Massive Gains
[DING!]
[Level 110 Reached!]
[DING!]
[Defense Tower Capacity +1]
[DING!]
[Deployable Defense Towers: 613!]
[DING!]
[Level 110 Reached!]
[Bonus Combat Power from Level Up: +110%!]
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As Shen Fei stared, dumbfounded, his personal status panel opened, and a series of status notifications scrolled by.
The monster tide had been raging for nearly an hour. He had already wiped out a wave of monsters for each of the 28 settlements he had helped. Moreover, the 28 Defense Towers he had placed to attack automatically also granted him experience for their kills. Plus, whenever he passed through the five hub cities of Songhai, Divine Capital, Yang City, West-Townning City, and Qing City, he would also take out his Defense Towers and annihilate a few, a dozen, or even more than thirty waves of monsters.
As a result, even though less than an hour had passed, and even though the experience from each monster was greatly reduced due to it being a monster tide, the sheer volume of monsters still earned him a colossal amount of experience. This massive influx of experience directly boosted Shen Fei’s level from 100 to 110 in just one hour.
WHOOSH—
What Shen Fei hadn’t expected was that upon reaching level 110, his Defense Tower capacity had actually increased by one.
Originally, the number of Defense Towers he had inherited from the game *Tower Defense of Ten Thousand Realms* was 612. Furthermore, that capacity had been locked. Shen Fei hadn’t imagined that after leveling up, aside from the percentage bonus to his Combat Power, there would be other changes too.
His Defense Tower capacity had actually been unlocked. He could now possess a 613th Defense Tower.
"Holy shit!"
"Leveling up is a great thing!"
As the benefits of reaching level 110 became clear, Shen Fei’s eyes lit up. One extra Defense Tower might not seem like much compared to the 612 he already had, nor would its effect be significant. But one mustn’t forget, this was only the effect of reaching level 110.
What if level 120 unlocks ten more slots for Defense Towers? And level 130 unlocks a hundred? Or even... what if level 150, or 200, directly unlocks the Defense Tower level cap, allowing them to be upgraded from the Tenth Tier to the Eleventh Tier? Or what if it lets me learn more Tower Master skills or other abilities? That would change everything!!
WHOOSH—
This sudden unlocking of his Defense Tower capacity made Shen Fei quicken the pace of his Teleportations!
I need it! I need it!! I need more experience!!!
WHOOSH—
Teleporting to a new settlement, Shen Fei didn’t waste a single word, unleashing a swarm of attacks immediately. Then, after telling the players who greeted him a single phrase—"Check the Forum"—he left behind one Defense Tower to attack automatically and teleported away.
The entire process, from start to finish, took less than twenty seconds.
WHOOSH—
WHOOSH—
WHOOSH—
Now that he knew experience was even more important than he had thought, Shen Fei’s rapid movements became even faster. He even had some people in the Divine Capital directly interfere with many of Huang Yi’s Defense Towers, preventing them from killing monsters so he could claim the experience for himself.
Although he had a newly unlocked Defense Tower slot, he didn’t have a spare tower to fill it immediately. But Shen Fei knew that as long as the capacity was there, anything was possible.
Once I inherit Sky Control, once I start inheriting from the "Miscellaneous" category, I’ll eventually inherit blank Defense Towers, or materials to build them, or items to synthesize them... First, I’ll secure the empty slots, lay the foundation, and then fill in the rest!!
WHOOSH—
WHOOSH—
WHOOSH—
Full of drive, Shen Fei zipped rapidly between cities. His sole purpose was experience, and he tolerated no delays. He no longer bothered with any communication or time-wasting with others.
One hour after the monster tide began, Shen Fei had transformed into a ruthless monster-grinding machine.
One moment, he was in Ye City within Songhai City, controlling dozens of Defense Towers to annihilate a monster tide that included aquatic creatures!
The next moment, he was in the Divine Capital, commanding his Defense Towers to wipe out 14 waves of monsters.
A moment later, he teleported back to Qing City, ordered the Tower Masters of the Heaven-Reaching Gang to stand down, and swiftly eliminated the city’s 32-wave super monster tide.
While Shen Fei was power-leveling, the entire Forum exploded!
As more and more settlements were saved by Shen Fei and reported on their situations, people began to tally the numbers. They discovered that in less than two hours, Shen Fei had saved an astonishing 50 settlements. These settlements were scattered all across Great Xia, from north to south.
What’s more, one second, Shen Fei was "playing in the mud" up in the northeast. The next second, he would appear at a settlement on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, instantly wiping out a monster tide for them.
Furthermore, he had placed one of those super-high Attack Power Defense Towers at every settlement. At every location he visited, the pressure of defending against the monster tide was instantly reduced by more than half.
As time went on, people even figured out Shen Fei’s routine. When certain settlements sent out a distress call, Shen Fei would teleport over without a word, insta-kill the monster tide, place a Defense Tower, and teleport away again. It was a one-stop service, all handled in a minute at most.
Only if an unstoppable elite monster or mini-boss spawned in that settlement’s monster tide would Shen Fei teleport back to help them insta-kill it. Otherwise, some settlements didn’t even need a second visit from him. They could just barely hold off the monster tide with the help of the auto-attacking Defense Tower he had left behind.