Tower Defense Lord from Earth

Chapter 26: Experience Books, Rings, and Secret Realm Blueprints

When Liu Huasheng heard the donkey Afu's shouts, he couldn't help but laugh, thinking to himself that the game assistant was heartless and adorably silly.

A moment later, Liu Huasheng led his team into the central ruins from the south entrance.

The monsters at the entrance to the ruins had been cleared out, and Liu Huasheng went in and soon discovered the ogre stronghold.

However, half of the stronghold had already been cleared out; the level 3 and level 1 kobolds were gone, leaving only two level 5 ogres.

These two level-five ogres are five meters tall, with bloated and obese bodies, resembling two lumps of flesh, and their health points are as high as 3000!

However, Liu Huasheng was not afraid at all. He had fought the big red dot in the engineering shop before and knew that the intelligence of wild monsters was very limited. With his current troop configuration, unless the intelligence of wild monsters was similar, he would not fail.

"Twelve against two, the advantage is in our hands! Ancient Guardians, take root where you are and fight monsters from a distance! Tom Cruise, lead the team, hold your ground, and listen to my commands!"

At Liu Huasheng's command, his soldiers immediately sprang into action.

The ancient guardian took root on the spot, raised its hands, and a giant rock appeared out of thin air in its palms. It hurled the rock, which slammed into the ogre's smooth head with a thud, dealing -15 damage!

"Ahhhhh!"

The ogre roared, turned and glared fiercely at the ancient guardian, then charged forward, its large belly jiggling as it brandished its spiked club.

Their companions also charged forward, side by side, like human bomb tanks. Standing at five meters tall, they were quite intimidating.

By the time they reached the ancient guardian, it had already been uprooted and used the Lingbo Weibu technique, its body immediately appearing as a double image!

The two ogres looked like little fat guys in front of the 10-meter-tall ancient guardian. They fiercely swung their spiked clubs at the ancient guardian, but couldn't hit it once.

"dodge!"

"dodge!"

"dodge……"

The ancient guardian kept displaying notification text above its head. It was as agile as a ghost and could even retaliate, its large paws rhythmically slapping the two ogres.

After about ten seconds, Liu Huasheng shouted, "The aggro is enough! Tom, lead the charge, flank them, and launch a fierce attack from behind these two big fat guys!"

Upon hearing this, Tom Cruise raised his gleaming silver hammer and shouted, "For the Holy Light!"

He launched an attack!

Ten hellhounds followed closely behind, black flames erupting from their front paws as they activated their Hell Claws!

Soon, the brawl began!

The two fat ogres just kept attacking the ancient guardians, while Tom Cruise and the hellhound just kept attacking them.

"-34!"

"-20!"

"-20!"

"-20..."

Bright red damage numbers kept popping up above the heads of the two ogres.

Their defense is actually quite strong. Tom Cruise's attack power is as high as 45, but he can only deal 34 points of actual damage.

The level 1 Hellhound, after activating Purgatory Claw, is obviously not a simple physical attack; it can deal the full 20 points of damage!

Of course, their mana is also being consumed rapidly; 100 mana points are only enough for them to attack 100 times.

In less than half a minute, the first ogre was reduced to a white light, and five seconds later, the second ogre also fell.

At that moment, golden light descended from the sky, landing where the two ogres had died, and transformed into a treasure chest.

"We've got a treasure!"

Liu Huasheng was overjoyed. He drove the donkey cart forward and quickly opened the treasure chest, finding two items inside!

【Experience Book (Small): Special item; when used on an upgradeable unit, it grants 100 experience points!】

[Defense Ring: Equipment, Relic. Grants 2 points of physical armor when equipped. The higher the armor, the greater the physical damage reduction! Note: Defense Rings are worn on the finger, and a maximum of ten can be equipped. They cannot be equipped on monsters!]

Liu Huasheng glanced at the attribute information of the two items, nodded, and thought to himself, "Not bad."

He equipped Tom Cruise with the [Defense Ring] directly.

As for the [Experience Book], Liu Huasheng didn't know the value of 100 experience points, so he decided to leave it to Wang Shuaibo.

"Rest here and recover your mana. We'll continue later!"

Liu Huasheng issued the order and then checked the state of his subordinates.

Tom Cruise and Cerberus didn't lose a single drop of blood. The Ancient Guardian's evasion was absurd; it tanked all the damage and was only hit once, losing 50 points of durability.

Liu Huasheng ordered it to devour a large tree nearby, and within 5 seconds, its durability was fully restored.

"Haha, this ancient guardian is a bit of a jerk; he's supposed to be a defensive tower, but he's actually a top-tier meat shield!"

Liu Huasheng felt content.

At this very moment, to the west of the Central Ruins, a group of people were marching forward.

This is a team of 30 people!

The leader, riding a giant tortoise, was a male player named Sima Zhen. Behind him were two rows of spearmen clad in bright silver armor, and at the very back stood a towering giant, three meters tall, wielding a long-handled broadsword.

If any player is here, they can see the attribute information of that imposing giant. He is an A-level hero, with the class of [Destroyer], and has been upgraded to LV3. His health is as high as 2000 and his attack power is 60!

"Today's goal: take down the third monster stronghold!" Sima Zhen's eyes gleamed. "Turtle, do you think I can achieve this goal?"

The giant tortoise beneath Sima Zhen's body, his game assistant, shook its head and said, "Master, not to discourage you, but that third stronghold won't be so easy to take. Even if Tiger Head Pillar is an A-rank hero, he might not be able to withstand the Tree Demon's concentrated fire!"

"I've calculated it. Let the riflemen hold the line; we'll lose at most ten, and we'll definitely be able to take that stronghold!"

Sima Zhen patted his chest confidently and declared, "In Los Stanp, I, Sima Zhen, am the number one jungler! I will dominate the jungle!"

In fact, Sima Zhen had already cleared out the two monster strongholds at the western entrance of the ruins, and today was the second time he went to attack the third monster stronghold.

Meanwhile, Liu Huasheng discovered a new monster stronghold in the southern part of the ruins.

This is a "Tree Demon" stronghold, filled with Tree Demons, including four level 4 Tree Demon Axe Throwers, eight level 2 Tree Demon Hunters, and sixteen level 2 Tree Demon Priests!

Tree demons are humanoid monsters with green, bark-like skin. They have pointed ears, long noses, and ugly appearances, resembling unevolved elves.

"28 tree demons, they all seem to be ranged monsters..."

Liu Huasheng observed the tree demons from afar, pondering that the monsters at this stronghold were heavily armed, and if a fragile character rushed in, they would likely be killed instantly by a concentrated barrage of fire.

Even a level 3 hero like Tom Cruise probably couldn't withstand it!

However, as long as they don't have targeted magic or area-of-effect attacks, the Ancient Guardians are invincible.

Liu Huasheng used the same strategy as before: let the Ancient Guardian draw aggro first, and then Tom Cruise and Cerberus would join the battle.

As expected, the tree demons were also foolish and dazed. After being attacked by the ancient guardians, they launched a collective attack on them. The tree demon axe throwers threw axes, the tree demon hunters threw spears, and the tree demon priests conjured fireballs!

These attacks caused the Ancient Guardian to display a string of "Dodge" text above its head!

Half a minute later, Liu Huasheng gave the order, and Tom Cruise led the hellhounds to circle around and launch a fierce attack from behind the tree demons.

Liu Huasheng thought the battle would end quickly, but it actually lasted for nearly half an hour!

This is because the Tree Demon Priest has healing abilities, and the healing effect is quite good, which greatly improves the survivability of the Tree Demon Squad.

Secondly, because Treant Hunters can throw nets, which have no damaging effect but can fix the target in place for a period of time, Treant Hunters will choose to move the target to throw the net, which greatly hinders the Hellhounds' focus fire.

Although the battle was quite arduous, the final result was good, with Liu Huasheng suffering zero casualties.

When the last tree demon fell, Tom Cruise and the 10 hellhounds all shone with golden light, creating a spectacular scene. They had collectively leveled up!

A golden light descended from the sky and transformed into a treasure chest!

Liu Huasheng was overjoyed. He went forward to check and found that Tom Cruise had leveled up to LV4, with his health increased to 1200 and his attack power increased to 60!

All 10 hellhounds have been upgraded to LV2, with their health increased to 200 and attack power increased to 20!

Liu Huasheng opened the treasure chest, and there was only one item inside.

[Small Secret Realm Blueprint: Special item, for Chaos Lords only. Use to randomly create a small secret realm within Chaos City. Small secret realms include, but are not limited to, entertainment, resource, production, and war realms. Explore for yourself!]