Chapter 251 - Final Battle

[Current Land Size: 4,890 square kilometers]

[Current Energy: 986.4]

A wave of intense fury washed over Feng Xiaoxiao, a second-year student at Demonic Imperial College, as her gaze fell upon her rapidly diminishing territory. Her neighbour was pushing it too far! Could that representative from the God King of Death’s faction truly be so arrogant as to believe she was weak and easily bullied?

Reaching into her pocket, she withdrew a card, which she had stumbled upon quite by chance, alongside a peculiar crystal.

[Final Battle Card: Upon activation, select a designated target. The territories of both the target and the user will be sealed off from external interference, forcing the towers from both sides to focus their attacks entirely on each other. Winner takes all.]

[Blessing Crystal (Elite): Temporarily increases a tower’s rank by one. Lasts for one hour.]

“Just you wait,” Feng Xiaoxiao hissed, her teeth grinding with barely contained rage. “I’ll make sure you experience just how terrible it truly is to try to bully me!”

She carefully placed the Blessing Crystal onto the Hobgoblin Tower located in the very center of her territory. Instantly, the tower was temporarily upgraded to a Unique-ranked tower. This transformation presented her with various upgrade choices, including the Giant Demon Tower, Redcap Tower, Fire Goblin Tower, Frost Goblin Tower, and several others. Interestingly, all these available upgrades were Unique-ranked towers themselves.

Ultimately, she picked the Giant Demon Tower.

[Giant Demon Tower (Unique)

Armor: 2,000

Defense: 20

Attack Method: Summon Giant Demon

Attack Rate: 30 seconds

Skills: None]

The Blessing Crystal could last one hour, which was ample time for her to summon a force of 120 Giant Demons. Her intent was clear: she would hold off on using the Final Battle Card until all 120 demons had been fully summoned. Once her army was complete, she would reclaim and conquer the territory of Death’s representative who had been aggressively invading her lands!

An hour swiftly passed, and the Blessing Crystal’s effect dissipated. The Giant Demon Tower consequently reverted to its original form, the Hobgoblin Tower. Nevertheless, all 120 four-meter-tall Giant Demons remained, standing patiently within her territory and awaiting her next commands.

[Giant Demon (Unique)

HP: 1,000

Attack: 70

Defense: 50

Attack Method: Wooden Club Bludgeon

Range: 4 meters

Attack Rate: 1 second

Movement Speed: 120 km/h

Skills: Giant Demon Charge – Charges twice as fast within a limited distance and causes 200% damage to the target.]

A sense of satisfaction washed over Feng Xiaoxiao as she reviewed the impressive stats of her Giant Demons. Her resolve hardened—she was going to utilize this powerful force to reclaim every inch of territory she had lost! She immediately recalled all her goblins that were currently invading other spaces, assembling them into a massive goblin army that numbered 50,000 strong.

Turning to face Han Wu’s territory, she activated her Final Battle Card. The card immediately floated upwards into the air, shimmering as it formed a barrier of light that completely encapsulated both her territory and Han Wu’s.

Preoccupied with commanding his towers, Han Wu was caught off guard by an incoming notification:

[The God King of Life’s representative Feng Xiaoxiao has just activated a Final Battle Card targeting you! As a result, both your territory and hers are now completely sealed off, and neither party can withdraw from this area until one of you is defeated.]

“A Final Battle Card? Such a thing exists here?” Han Wu exclaimed, taken aback. His eyes immediately darted towards the white territory he had been aggressively invading. To his astonishment, the fog of war that had previously obscured it had completely lifted, and he could now clearly see every detail of what was happening within Feng Xiaoxiao’s territory.

Towers densely lined her territory, each one ceaselessly summoning a continuous stream of goblins every second. Han Wu was also quite surprised to see a relatively small but neatly arranged group of Giant Demons. He instantly realized that these Giant Demons were the fighting force Feng Xiaoxiao had assembled specifically to defeat him, and they were clearly the source of her sudden surge of confidence.

Simultaneously, Feng Xiaoxiao was also conducting her own investigation of Han Wu’s territory. She was quite shocked to discover that Han Wu’s territory now spanned 24,980 square kilometers, an area roughly five times the size of her own.

Within Han Wu’s territory, she spotted numerous towers, noting with apprehension the ominous and unfriendly Death Aura that emanated from several of them. However, after scrutinizing their stats, she noted that despite most being Unique-ranked, their individual power levels seemed rather low. This unexpected revelation caused any lingering fear she had to completely dissipate.

“Demonic Imperial College, second-year student, Feng Xiaoxiao. I wish you luck.”

This wargame had gathered a lot of elites from other colleges, and Demonic Imperial College was one of them.

Han Wu, being courteous, answered back, “Imperial College, first-year student, Han Wu.”

“A first-year?” Feng Xiaoxiao’s initial confusion swiftly melted into unrestrained laughter. “

Hahaha!

” she cackled, a note of derision in her voice. “It seems that Imperial College has truly declined, resorting to sending a mere first-year student to his death!”

Shrugging off her taunt, Han Wu retorted, “You’ll know soon enough whether or not I’m an easy target.”

“

Hmph!

So young, yet already so arrogant!” Feng Xiaoxiao sneered. “I’ll teach you a lesson today to show you the massive gap between a first-year and a second-year student!”

With that declaration, she gave the command for her Giant Demons and goblins to charge forward. They swiftly advanced, soon entering the range of Han Wu’s Dark Cursed Bug Towers. The moment the Dark Cursed Bug Towers detected the presence of enemies within their attack radius, they instantly began to shower them with a continuous volley of Shadow Nails.

Barely moments into the battle, Feng Xiaoxiao realized something was wrong. She watched, aghast, as numerous goblins perished immediately after being struck by the Shadow Nails. This was very strange and unsettling—her previous inspection of the Dark Cursed Bug Towers had clearly indicated they lacked the necessary attack power to one-shot her goblins.

Deciding to take another look, she carefully scrutinized the details of the Dark Cursed Bug Towers closest to her.

[Dark Cursed Bug Tower (Unique)

Armor: 287

Attack: 63 (Sacred Object +40)

Defense: 13

Attack Method: Shadow Nail

Range: 20 km

Attack Rate: 0.1 second

Skills: Shadow Stun (Passive) – 10% chance of immobilizing enemy for one second.

Sacred Object Slots: 4]

“What is this? What in the world is happening?” she shrieked, her voice echoing with disbelief. The Dark Cursed Bug Tower in front of her was vastly different from the one she had inspected earlier.

What she didn’t realize was that her initial inspection had focused on the Dark Cursed Bug Towers in the central areas of Han Wu’s territory. Those towers hadn’t had any chance to kill invading units, so their stats were basically the same as their starting stats. They were far weaker compared to the Dark Cursed Bug Towers stationed at the borders.

Seizing the unexpected opportunity, Han Wu focused on accumulating more Energy by slaughtering Feng Xiaoxiao’s numerous goblins, which he intended to use to construct even more towers. Upon the completion of his tenth Dark Cursed Bug Tower, he chose to merge all ten of them together.

The merged Dark Cursed Bug Towers were ready for another upgrade, and Han Wu was given three options to choose from.

[True Dark Cursed Bug Tower (Heroic)

Armor: 1,087

Attack: 73 (Sacred Object +40)

Defense: 23

Attack Method: Shadow Nail

Range: 20 km

Attack Rate: 0.01 second

𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Skills:

1. Shadow Stun (Passive) – Has a 2% chance of immobilizing the target for 1 second.

2. Acupuncture (Passive) – Has a 20% chance of inflicting a debuff on the target when Shadow Nail hits a meridian.

Sacred Object Slot: 6

Dark Cursed Locustman Tower (Heroic)

Armor: 4,087

Attack: 163 (Sacred Object +40 attack)

Defense: 53

Attack Method: Shadow Bow

Range: 20 km

Attack Rate: 0.1 second

Skills:

1. Shadow Volley – Fires off 100 arrows made from shadows. Each arrow deals 50% of the original damage.

2. Shadow Stun (Passive) – Has a 10% chance of immobilizing the target for 1 second.

Sacred Object Slot: 6

Giant Dark Cursed Bug Tower (Heroic)

Armor: 8,087

Attack: 263 (Sacred Object +40)

Defense: 103

Attack Method: Giant Shadow Nail

Range: 30 km

Attack Rate: 0.5 seconds

Skills: Shadow Stun (Passive) – Has a 50% chance of immobilizing the target for 1 second.

Sacred Object Slot: 6]

The three upgrade paths were undeniably powerful, but each came with its own set of weaknesses. Han Wu considered preserving the Dark Cursed Bug Tower’s most powerful aspect, its astonishing attack rate. With the capability to launch an attack every 0.01 seconds, it could unleash 100 attacks each second. Such a rapid-fire assault made quick work of cannon fodder, effortlessly cutting them down as easily as a lawn mower slices through grass.

More importantly, the tower possessed the Death’s Gaze effect, which enabled it to permanently upgrade its stats by eliminating numerous targets. Essentially, all the tower needed to do was to continue killing, and over time, it would gradually rectify and improve its weaker stats.

Han Wu made his choice, selecting the True Dark Cursed Bug Tower.