"Enhancement Stones!"
Opening his inventory, Shen Fei saw over five thousand Enhancement Stones.
Although all of his current Defense Towers were Tenth Tier, they were all 'bare towers.' They still needed to be strengthened further using enhancement items. And the items used to enhance Defense Towers were "Enhancement Stones."
Enhancement Stones were divided into Orange Enhancement Stones, Purple Enhancement Stones, Blue Enhancement Stones, and Green Enhancement Stones. Five Purple Enhancement Stones could be synthesized into one Orange Enhancement Stone, and so on. Different qualities of Enhancement Stones also corresponded to different Tiers of Defense Towers.
Shen Fei's 612 Defense Towers were all maxed out at the Tenth Tier. Therefore, to enhance his Defense Towers, he could only use the highest-grade Orange Enhancement Stones.
Then I'll buy them!
The Enhancement Stones currently in his inventory were all from VIP top-ups and various rewards. Although the quantity was staggering, there weren't many of Orange quality. If he wanted to enhance all his Defense Towers in one go, he would have to purchase a large quantity of Enhancement Stones. The good news was that Enhancement Stones were available in unlimited supply in the shop.
Top up one hundred million!
After estimating the amount needed to enhance all his Defense Towers to +10, Shen Fei chose to top up another one hundred million.
Enhancing with Enhancement Stones had a success rate. So, to get all his Defense Towers to +10, he would need more than just six thousand Orange Enhancement Stones.
One Orange Enhancement Stone cost 1,000 yuan. After estimating the success rate, Shen Fei directly purchased one hundred million yuan's worth of Enhancement Stones.
Opening the top-up interface, he couldn't help but smile again. He wasn't sure if the game company had decided to let loose after his top-up history was exposed and investigated by the disciplinary department, or if it was something else entirely. He discovered that the previous top-up limit of just over 60,000 at a time had surprisingly been removed. He no longer had to slowly top up 60,000 at a time. This time, he managed to deposit the new one hundred million into the game in less than ten minutes.
WHOOSH.
WHOOSH.
WHOOSH.
After purchasing one hundred thousand of the highest-grade Enhancement Stones, Shen Fei began the enhancement process.
[DING!]
[You have used an Orange-quality Enhancement Stone. Enhancement successful!]
[Your Tenth Tier Devouring Defense Tower has been enhanced to +1.]
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[DING!]
[You have used an Orange-quality Enhancement Stone. Enhancement successful!]
[Your Tenth Tier Sonic Defense Tower has been enhanced to +1.]
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[DING!]
[You have used an Orange-quality Enhancement Stone. Enhancement successful!]
[Your Tenth Tier Splitting Defense Tower has been enhanced to +1.]
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[DING!]
[You have used an Orange-quality Enhancement Stone. Enhancement failed!]
[You have used an Orange-quality Enhancement Stone. Enhancement failed!]
[You have used an Orange-quality Enhancement Stone. Enhancement failed!]
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Placing a Defense Tower into the enhancement interface, Shen Fei began clicking mindlessly. A massive amount of system notification text began to scroll by.
At the beginning, the enhancement success rate was very high. But upon reaching +8, +9, and +10, the failure rate began to skyrocket.
[DING!]
[Your Tenth Tier Thorns Defense Tower has reached its maximum Enhancement level and cannot be enhanced further!]
A dozen or so seconds later, a +10 enhanced Defense Tower appeared.
Its Three-dimensional Attributes increased by 50%. Enhancement boosts all of a Defense Tower's Attributes, including attack, range, Attack Speed, Durability, and so on...
After checking a few test subjects and comparing their Attributes before and after enhancement, Shen Fei had his answer.
During his mindless clicking just now, it had taken an average of 140 Orange-quality Enhancement Stones to enhance one tower to +10.
As the Defense Towers were enhanced, his total Combat Power shot up another notch. With a 50% increase in the Comprehensive Combat Power of his Defense Towers, his corresponding Combat Power would also continue to rise.
Keep going!
Satisfied with the enhancement results, Shen Fei reviewed the initial data and resumed his mindless clicking!
[DING!]
[Your Tenth Tier Devouring Defense Tower has reached its maximum Enhancement level and cannot be enhanced further!]
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[DING!]
[Your Tenth Tier Catapult Defense Tower has reached its maximum Enhancement level and cannot be enhanced further!]
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[DING!]
[Your Tenth Tier Splash Aura Defense Tower has reached its maximum Enhancement level and cannot be enhanced further!]
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Picking up the pace, he clicked mindlessly, rapidly acquiring one '+10 enhanced' Defense Tower after another. At the same time, his Combat Power was skyrocketing.
「Two hours later,」
All 612 of Shen Fei's Defense Towers had been enhanced to +10. And because of the Defense Tower enhancements, his total Combat Power had shot straight past ninety million.
I can't believe I still have this many left...
All the Defense Tower enhancements were complete. Seeing the over ten thousand Enhancement Stones left in his warehouse, Shen Fei was surprised that the success rate seemed a bit higher than he had calculated. One-sixth of the Enhancement Stones were left over.
Then I'll just keep enhancing my Tower Master equipment!
He glanced out the window; the sky was already faintly lit. He had pulled another all-nighter. But looking at the remaining Enhancement Stones, Shen Fei wanted to use them all up.
Besides enhancing Defense Towers, Enhancement Stones could also enhance Tower Master equipment. They could also enhance the Crystal. Since there were so many left, he might as well enhance everything in one go.
WHOOSH.
WHOOSH.
WHOOSH.
Soon, after spending 3,000 Enhancement Stones, the ten new pieces of Orange-quality Tower Master equipment he had obtained were also enhanced to the '+10' maximum.
The number of Defense Tower slots didn't increase, though...
Enhancing the equipment to +10 didn't increase the number of Defense Tower slots as Shen Fei had hoped. Instead, it increased the ratio of its other Attribute bonuses.
[Name: Belt (Enhancement +10)]
[Increases the effect of the Tower Master's range-type skills by: 30%]
[Two-Piece Set Attribute 1: Grants the Tower Master 2% of the total Durability of all Defense Towers.]
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After the belt was enhanced to +10, the main changes were to these two percentage values. One went from '10%' to '30%,' and the other went from '1%' to '2%.'
After enhancing the ten pieces of Tower Master equipment, Shen Fei's total Combat Power increased by another three million.
Still more? Then let's enhance the Crystal!
There were still Enhancement Stones in his warehouse, so Shen Fei turned his attention to the Crystal. His Crystal was currently at the maximum level, Ninth Tier, but it had not yet been enhanced. Now was the time.
WHOOSH.
WHOOSH.
WHOOSH.
Without a second thought, he mindlessly hammered it with Enhancement Stones. Soon, his Crystal's Attributes had also undergone a major transformation.
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[Name: Crystal (+10)]
[Level: Ninth Tier (max)]
[HP: 1,000,000]
[Traits: Healing +10, Attack Aura +10, Durability Aura +10, Range Aura +10]
[Skill: Invincible +10]
[Defense Towers: 612/612]
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When the Crystal was enhanced to +10, its HP jumped directly from 500,000 to 1,000,000. Its various 'Traits' and 'Skill' were also enhanced accordingly, with their effects boosted by about 50%.
Because he had been busy with other things, Shen Fei hadn't rushed to work on his Crystal. So, it only had the five simplest traits and skills that were automatically granted upon leveling up. Now, all five abilities had been enhanced to '+10'.
I'll sort out the Crystal's and Tower Master's skills at the same time!
Thanks to the Tower Master equipment's set bonus skill, his Crystal and Tower Master could now merge. Therefore, their skills could be merged as well. Shen Fei planned to properly tackle the new skills after he was done with everything else.
Not bad! My total Combat Power has already passed one hundred million!
With the Crystal enhancement finished, this phase of upgrading was more or less complete. Seeing his Combat Power break past the one-hundred-million mark, Shen Fei nodded repeatedly.
At this moment, the second-place player on the Combat Power leaderboard was still 'Taiyi Zhenren.' His Combat Power was 8.01 million.
As number one, Shen Fei, with a Combat Power of over one hundred million, was far, far ahead of second place.
Because of this string of enhancements, 91 of the top 100 towers on the Defense Tower Level Leaderboard now belonged to Shen Fei. The remaining 9 all belonged to Taiyi Zhenren.
And Shen Fei was also number one on the Crystal Leaderboard.
Shen Fei was number one on the Tower Master Equipment Leaderboard, too.
The only difference was that on the equipment leaderboard, he only occupied six spots. Of the remaining four spots, two belonged to Taiyi Zhenren. The other two, to Shen Fei's surprise, belonged to 'Immortal Emperor llllllll8.'
After being provoked by Shen Fei, this guy had actually stayed up all night upgrading as well, managing to get two pieces of +10 Orange Tower Master equipment.
Not bad. Let's see if you can keep up!
Shen Fei checked Immortal Emperor's profile card; he already had a few Tenth Tier Defense Towers. Shen Fei just smiled, unconcerned.
I'll keep playing and have breakfast later. No sleep for me today; I'll nap at the office this afternoon!
Hearing noises from outside the door, Shen Fei knew his parents were awake and decided not to sleep today. The game company had been so cooperative, opening up the high-volume top-up channel. The newly appeared functions were also incredibly powerful. He had to keep improving.
Right now, his Defense Towers had been pushed to their limit, his Tower Master equipment had been pushed to its limit, and his Crystal had also been enhanced to its limit. Next up, he still had the Tower-Carrying Beast, Tower Master skills, his Homestead, the Homestead Steward, and Gemstones to work on. And he still had 600 million in funds left.