Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 65 A Dragon in the Mountain

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Tower Name: Azure Dragon (Rare)

Area: 3m x 3m

Type: Beast Tower

Rank: Third Rank

Attack Power: 200+5 (Focus LV2)

Attack type: Chaos

Attack range: 50 meters

Attack Speed: 0.5

Attack Effect: [Trident Thunder], the Azure Dragon launches an attack, spitting out a trident-shaped green lightning bolt from its mouth, dealing poison-type confusion damage to the enemy target. The direct damage is the basic attack, and the target will suffer 10 points of poison damage per second for the next 300 seconds, while also having their movement speed reduced by 30%. This damage is not affected by armor and magic resistance, and can deal true damage to most targets, but the poison status can be healed by certain potions or dispelled by skills.

Note 1: The Azure Dragon will prioritize attacking uncontaminated enemy targets within its range.

Explanation 2: The Azure Dragon will automatically cultivate. It gains one year of cultivation for every 100 targets it kills. Every 1000 years of cultivation it gains allows it to undergo a transformation. After the transformation, it gains random ability enhancements, such as increased range, increased base damage, and enhanced poison damage.

Note 4: After undergoing ten transformations, the Azure Dragon will advance to a higher level. Depending on its transformation ability, it may advance to a fourth-tier beast tower [Azure Dragon], [Azure Dragon King], [Poison Dragon], or other variants.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

"This is the Tier 3 Tower! 300 seconds of poison damage, impressive, my Azure Dragon!"

Lei Chi was thrilled. He didn't know if any Beast Tower players had developed to Tier 3, but looking at his [Azure Dragon]'s attributes, it was truly formidable. If he were hit by it and didn't care, he would lose 3000 health points from the poison alone and suffer a 300-second slow effect!

Keep in mind that players only gain 100 health points per level, so theoretically a level 30 player would only have 3000 health points.

Moreover, the Azure Dragon can also transform; after ten transformations, it may become the Azure Dragon, which is incredibly exciting.

"With this azure dragon, what great things cannot be accomplished? I must nurture it with all my might... Then, the big tiger is no longer worthy to stay in Jingyang Ridge, haha, from now on, Jingyang Ridge will be this azure dragon's lair. There's a dragon in the mountains, are you afraid?"

Lei Chi felt that Qingjiao's kill count in Jingyanggang was undoubtedly high; at least in the current few waves of monster attacks, the kill count could be matched by Qingjiao.

Jingyanggang can be reset every 24 hours, and it can be reset now. Lei Chi did not hesitate and used [Azure Dragon] to replace [Big Tiger] in it.

Actually, the [Big Tiger] is a good match for Jingyang Ridge. It can slow down enemies and has a chokehold, so units with low armor entering Jingyang Ridge will definitely lose more than 1,000 health points. Although the [Pappy Bear] and other beast towers have higher theoretical output than the [Big Tiger], they will definitely not deal as much damage as the [Big Tiger] in Jingyang Ridge.

Of course, if [Pat Bear] is incredibly lucky and lands a powerful or critical hit with each palm strike, then that's a different story.

Now, the Azure Dragon is even more stable than the Big Tiger. Even if the target runs away from Jingyang Ridge, it will still be poisoned for 300 seconds and suffer 3000 points of poison damage.

Inside Jingyang Ridge, the Azure Dragon is a ranged attacker with an attack speed of 0.5. Even if a player were to sprint 100 meters inside, they would be attacked by the Azure Dragon at least four or five times.

Therefore, the total damage dealt by [Azure Dragon] is conservatively estimated at four thousand! That's quite impressive!

Lei Chi thought for a moment and then moved Jingyanggang to the "50 meters" mark of the war corridor.

He did want to place Jingyanggang directly at the starting point of the [War Corridor], which would maximize the output of [Azure Dragon], but the system did not allow it.

As a checkpoint structure, intruders will receive a warning when they are 50 meters in front of it. Because of this setting, the furthest point in Jingyanggang must be 50 meters away from the [Time-Space Wormhole].

As for the other ranged beast towers, Lei Chi thought for a moment and used the [Beast Relocation] skill to move the [Bloodthirsty Porcupine], [Water Cannon Turtle], and others to the very back of the [War Corridor], leaving only the lower-output [Rubber Duck], [White Dove], [Thunder Lizard], and others at the front.

After rearranging his defensive towers, Lei Chi planned to launch the 13th wave of jungle monster invasion.

The 13th wave of monster invasion is a "small challenge," and many players have failed at this level. New players used to get stuck for a while before this wave, but now that Thunder Pool has the third-tier [Azure Dragon] and has been placed in Jingyang Ridge, it can be dealt with easily.

A moment later, light and mist surged within the [space-time wormhole], and goblin lizard riders riding large green lizards appeared, the four of them lined up and marching forward.

Against invading monsters with a health bar of 2000, the damage output of [Big Yellow Duck] and [Big White Dove] is insufficient.

The goblin knights had very long health bars; even three shotguns couldn't kill one of them. Although the goblin lizard knights' neat formation was disrupted by the slowing effects of Tiger's Roar and Frost, causing them to pile up into a heap, they still moved forward steadily, showing an unstoppable momentum.

Soon, goblin lizard riders stepped into the gate tower of Jingyanggang, and their bodies turned into white light and disappeared.

The gate tower of Jingyanggang was like a sluice gate, suddenly blocking the large group of wild monsters. For the next ten, twenty, and thirty seconds, not a single goblin lizard rider was able to emerge from it.

"They all died in the dungeon? That's more like it. After all, the Azure Dragon's base attack power is over two hundred. Even without considering poison damage, ten attacks would easily kill a full-health Goblin Lizard Knight..."

Lei Chi opened the camp information panel with a sense of satisfaction.

His camp's defense index has now reached 356.

A level 3 tower adds 100 points!

Lei Chi specifically found the information panel of the Azure Dragon and discovered that its cultivation level was indeed slowly increasing.

Ten minutes later, the monster invasion ended. All 4000 goblin lizard riders were taken down by the Azure Dragon in Jingyang Ridge, becoming its 40 years of cultivation.

"A thousand years of cultivation for one transformation, that requires 10 kills, tsk tsk, cultivating this Azure Dragon is not easy."

Just as Lei Chi was marveling at his victory, a system notification sounded in his mind: "Ding! Congratulations on defeating the 13th wave of monster invasion! Rewards have been calculated. Your level has increased to LV9, and your level cap has been increased to LV13!"

"Ding! The 13th wave of monster invasion has been defeated, unlocking the defense tower blueprint recycling function in the city defense center. Players can sell their unwanted defense tower construction blueprints (bound or unbound) in the city defense center at 80% of the original price. Please explore the details yourself."

"Ding! You can initiate the 14th wave of monster invasion at any time. The invading monsters are members of the Goblin Royal Guard, level 14, totaling 4000!"

"Let's continue!"

Lei Chi immediately launched the 14th wave of monster invasion. Not to mention the 14th wave, he felt that he could easily defeat the 15th wave of monster invasion!

At this very moment, the thugs' camp was unusually lively, with almost all the gang members present.

Chen Zhigao received a big job.

"Brothers, a huge order of 500,000! This mission is still against the Malaysian gang. The boss said if we can get the Malaysian gang to disband, we'll get an extra 500,000; if we get Cao Dama to delete his account, we'll get another 1 million! Brothers, if we do a great job, we'll make a total of 2 million, and we'll all be rich..."

Chen Zhigao was very excited. Faced with a two million yuan order, he didn't care about the small job of invading the Lei Chi camp at all.

After a passionate pep talk, Chen Zhigao said to Wang Daochang, "Daoist Master, you still need to continue your little job. Your brother Long and I won't go. If you feel your group isn't strong enough, since we have a lot of people now, you can ask around and see who's willing to help you!"

Wang Daochang: "Then we have no choice but to accept it!"

He cleared his throat and shouted, "Group Seven is recruiting tiger-slaying heroes to invade Jingyang Ridge! Successful invasion means abalone rice and Moutai liquor! Any heroes willing to come? We need someone to carry the tower!"

"Abalone rice?"

"A tiger-slaying hero? Haha, I'd like to try?"

"Jingyanggang? Is that the one we talked about before? Is there a big tiger there?"

"I am Tan Bohu, and as my name suggests, I can fight a tiger. Count me in!"

Wang Daochang never expected that his shout would actually attract more than a dozen people, all of whom were skilled players at level 20 or above.