Chapter 609 Expedition to the Indian Ocean! Annihilate the Enemies in the Way

"Thirteenth Tier Defense Towers: 1!"

"Tenth Tier Defense Towers: 985!"

"Ninth Tier Defense Towers: 211!"

"Eighth Tier Defense Towers: 303!"

「Qing City」

The area around the Heaven-Reaching Tower, the city’s central Secret Realm for Tower Masters, was now brightly lit and bustling with excitement.

Knowing that Brother Chongtian, the number one powerhouse in Great Xia, was also rapidly grinding for Defense Tower upgrade materials, every Tower Master in Qing City rushed into the Heaven-Reaching Tower to clear the Secret Realm. Moreover, many people began tackling the higher-level, higher-quality floors of the Heaven-Reaching Tower that they hadn’t dared to attempt before.

Knowing Brother Chongtian was right there, no one worried anymore about what would happen if they failed a Secret Realm and a ten-thousand-fold manifested monster appeared. After all, with Brother Chongtian around, no matter how strong the manifested monsters were, they would be easy pickings for him. Therefore, with Brother Chongtian as their backing, the other Tower Masters began to challenge the levels of the Heaven-Reaching Tower they had previously been too afraid to attempt.

At this moment, the center of Qing City was ablaze with light as all the Tower Masters fervently threw themselves into the great battle within the Secret Realms.

As for this situation with the other Tower Masters, Shen Fei had no intention of stopping them.

Anyway, I’m just waiting for the other players to mobilize right now. Since there’s no mortal danger, if the Tower Masters can gain rapid strength by challenging content above their level, then let them!

After using up his weekly Secret Realm entries, Shen Fei used a Secret Realm Refresh Scroll and exhausted its uses as well. He then stood his ground, keeping watch for any ten-thousand-fold manifested monsters that might appear from other Tower Masters’ failures. At the same time, he quickly used the materials he’d just farmed to upgrade his own Defense Tower Array. He also collected a large amount of upgrade materials from the Ninth World, which the Sea Race had helped him acquire.

After several hours of farming materials and another half hour of upgrading, his Defense Tower enhancements were temporarily complete.

Aside from his single highest-level tower—the Thirteenth Tier Vine Tower he had obtained as an incredibly powerful reward from the Dinosaur Era—his other towers had seen massive upgrades. The number of his Tenth Tier Defense Towers had increased from 612 to 985. His number of Ninth Tier Defense Towers now stood at 211. The remaining three hundred-plus Defense Towers had all been upgraded from First and Second Tier to Eighth Tier.

Compared to just half a day ago, the lowest-level towers among his 1,500 were now all Eighth Tier. Furthermore, his count of Tenth Tier towers increased by nearly three hundred!

This change caused Shen Fei’s Combat Power to increase immeasurably once again.

He compared it to the 1,400-tower Cluster Attack he had launched in the special region of the Pacific Ocean. If I were to unleash a Cluster Attack with 1,400 towers now, the resulting power would be at least a hundred million times greater. Maybe even a hundred billion or a trillion times greater.

To put it in perspective, a Second Tier Defense Tower was upgraded from five First Tier towers. A Third Tier Defense Tower was, in turn, upgraded from five Second Tier towers. Following this exponential progression, a single Tenth Tier Defense Tower was the equivalent of a million First Tier Defense Towers.

Previously, more than half of Shen Fei’s Defense Towers were only First or Second Tier, mainly just to fill out the ranks. Now, however, his lowest-level towers were all Eighth Tier. Disregarding Shen Fei’s skills like "Billions of Bonds," the increase in raw Combat Power from the thousand-plus Defense Towers alone had already created a night-and-day difference in his strength.

Even before, Shen Fei’s Combat Power was enough to one-shot any NPC or boss.

Now, looking at his completely transformed Defense Tower Array, even Shen Fei himself couldn’t quite fathom the extent of his own strength. Just how powerful have I become?

"Bro!"

"Should we keep going??"

Just as Shen Fei was finding it impossible to estimate his own Combat Power, Sun Yu approached, his face flushed with excitement. Under Shen Fei’s protection, the Heaven-Reaching Gang had embarked on a path of explosive power-leveling. Much like Shen Fei, nearly every Tower Master in the Heaven-Reaching Gang had experienced an immense power boost.

Not only was everyone running Secret Realms without restraint and pushing their absolute limits, but all the resources previously stored in the Heaven-Reaching Gang’s warehouse had also been distributed. The materials were handed out to the Tower Masters based on their contribution points, allowing them to rapidly convert everything into raw Combat Power.

In this recent push, Sun Yu alone felt his Combat Power had increased by at least hundreds, if not thousands, of times. And this was an increase on top of the power he had already gained from the sixth inheritance of his game abilities.

Before, Sun Yu only had two or three Tenth Tier Defense Towers. But after this latest round of upgrades, never mind his towers of other tiers, he had gained eleven more Tenth Tier Defense Towers alone! With a double-digit increase in his number of Tenth Tier Defense Towers, Sun Yu knew that he alone could now take on at least a dozen of his former selves.

"That’s enough for now." Shen Fei shook his head and gave new orders. "You, pick 100 people! We’re going to keep pace with the Tourism Management Office! The various Tourism Management Offices are ready, and most of the intel on the NPCs and bosses has been gathered. It’s time to get down to business!"

Letting all the Tower Masters power up so explosively is important, but what’s more important is hunting down those NPCs and bosses before Version 4.9 arrives.

After the developments of the past half-day, nearly everyone on Blue Star now knew about the apocalyptic goal of the Intelligent NPCs and bosses.