Chapter 040: I, Li Hanqiang, am back again!
Chapter 040: I, Li Hanqiang, am back again!
Although Li Hanqiang no longer intends to recruit adventurer players to defend the city, the mission notice still needs to be issued.
Soon, a mission notice appeared in the Chaos Temples of various major cities in the region.
"Li Hanqiang, the city lord of Chaos City No. 68, has issued a city defense mission. Life is long and lonely, I'll defend the city alone, drinking and singing. This is what it means to be invincible! What can demons and monsters do to me? Come on, if you've got the guts, come and try to get some more city defense experience from me! @Emperor's Guild!"
The system note following this mission announcement reads: "Current number of people accepting the city defense mission is 0/0."
0/0 means there are no free stone slabs available, and players are not allowed to claim them!
After the mission notice was issued, in order to increase exposure, Li Hanqiang deliberately delayed the preparations for a while before ending them.
This wave of siege monsters consists of level 14 Ridge Wolves with between 1200 and 1600 health.
The rocket launch tower was now just for show. All the melee demons without chariots huddled at the back of the Chaos Slab, shouting "Great King is mighty!" but none of them dared to step forward. The three green-haired demons pushing carts around on the Chaos Slab were even more ridiculous.
However, the two cunning and treacherous towers joined the battle and displayed great ferocity.
The "Open Spear and Hidden Arrow Tower" stands next to the Sword Tower. It can only launch an attack about once every three seconds. Each attack consists of both open spears and hidden arrows. The open spears fly out from the archway of the small temple under the tower at a slow speed, while the hidden arrows fly out from the ballista at the top of the tower, appearing as a dark shadow.
Both open attacks and covert arrows target only one objective. Open attacks naturally have a chance of missing, while covert arrows are guaranteed to hit.
The Ridge Wolf is clearly an ordinary monster; it doesn't know how to block or dodge. It's lucky if it can dodge one or two direct attacks, but it's rare to see it dodge two in a row.
Li Hanqiang stared at the tower's targets, both openly and covertly attacking, and frequently saw three damage numbers appear simultaneously.
-50, -100, and then the health drops to the bottom.
This is no different from a one-hit kill or a multi-kill; the single-target damage is simply explosive.
That beast hunter was also extremely powerful, and his experience points were gradually increasing.
Thus, this wave of monster siege lasted for a full three hours. In the end, Li Hanqiang once again defended the city perfectly, obtaining two Chaos Stone Tablets and a small money bag.
"May Your Majesty be mighty!"
"The Great King is invincible!"
"These mere monsters are no match for you!"
"Charge! Kill them!"
The little demons got excited at this moment, all of them full of energy, doing somersaults and tumbling non-stop, pushing the cart with great speed.
"They're just a bunch of sycophants!" Li Hanqiang only regarded the young demons as cheerleaders. Although they were completely useless, at least they were better than the old ladies dancing in the square.
With a perfect defense, Li Hanqiang leveled up to level 8 again, while the lesser demons couldn't level up and were just there to fill the gaps.
The Beast Catcher has also leveled up to LV4, with a DPS of 60 and an experience cap of 36/500!
However, the rewards for defending the city were extremely poor; Li Hanqiang only managed to draw a fragment of a defense tower construction blueprint.
Li Hanqiang placed the two newly acquired Chaos Stone Slabs next to the Mutant Sword Tower, and then brought in two lesser demons from the Demon Mountain Cave to stand on them, immediately launching the 7th wave of monster siege.
"City Lord Li Hanqiang (No. 68) has issued a city defense mission. The seventh wave of monsters is attacking the city. Aren't you coming to get some experience? @Zhen Deqiang @Zhen Dejun @Top Stars!"
Li Hanqiang sent out the mission notice with a smile, and then ended the preparations. Soon, siege monsters appeared in the spacetime wormhole. This time, they were not wolves, but tigers!
A level 16 tiger with piercing eyes!
Roaring as we advance!
The group of lesser demons trembled with fear, and the three green-haired demons pushing the cart were shaking with trembling. Li Hanqiang felt that if it weren't for the Chaos Stone Tablet's restriction, they would have disappeared long ago.
Although this snarling tiger only has two hundred more health points than the mountain wolf, its movement speed is much faster, advancing six or seven meters per second.
Even so, three hours later, Li Hanqiang still managed to achieve perfect city defense, leveling up to level 10 again, while the Beast Catcher reached LV5 with a damage per second of 75, easily surpassing the basic arrow tower in terms of damage alone.
As for the city defense reward, Li Hanqiang drew a [War Corridor Renovation Scroll].
[War Corridor Modification Scroll (Type A, No. 1): Special item, for the exclusive use of the Chaos City Lord. Extends the War Corridor by 100 meters upon use and includes one Chaos Stone Slab.]
"These modified scrolls even have numbers, so there must be multiple series. But this 'A' series number one has limited use. The reward is terrible. Has the luckiest player recently stepped down?" Li Hanqiang sighed silently. He was starting to miss the [Rapid Development Gift Pack] now.
Li Hanqiang didn't use the [War Corridor Modification Scroll]. He checked the time; it was already 3 a.m., the dead of night. However, Li Hanqiang was full of energy. He had gotten plenty of rest during the monster siege using the distributed sleep technique.
"Time to play the coin challenge again!"
Without hesitation, Li Hanqiang arrived at the Endless Tower and immediately started the Gold Coin Challenge.
The golden infantry, lined up in neat rows, appeared quickly, and died just as fast, leaving behind a pile of silver coins.
However, the second wave of Golden Cavalry was formidable, and Li Hanqiang still couldn't withstand it.
Both Golden Infantry and Golden Cavalry are elite monsters with 20 times their level in health. The "Open Attack" and "Hidden Arrow" towers will not trigger an instant-death effect. Theoretically, a hit from both can deal 2150 damage instantly, which is enough to kill a Golden Infantry, but not a Golden Cavalry with 3000 health. However, the Flame Tower in front has reduced the Golden Cavalry's health by a small portion, so as long as both hits are successful, the Golden Cavalry can still be killed instantly.
Unfortunately, the number of Golden Cavalry was too great.
In the end, Li Hanqiang killed 248 Gold Knights in this Gold Coin Challenge, earning a single reward of 42 gold and 40 silver.
With this result, Li Hanqiang's single-time earnings of 45 gold coins were not enough to surpass Chun Sanyue's record, but he still made it back onto the gold coin challenge leaderboard, ranking tenth from the bottom.
"Hahahaha, I, Li Hanqiang, am back again!" Li Hanqiang laughed loudly. He responded to the system by choosing to display his nickname, and his name once again appeared on the leaderboard.
The lesser demons, oblivious to the danger, blindly followed suit, shouting, "Your Majesty is mighty! Your Majesty is invincible! Your Majesty is unstoppable! Your Majesty is back!"
Hearing the shouts of the little demons, Li Hanqiang felt quite smug. He thought, how could he not show off such a victory? So he immediately launched the eighth wave of monster siege, just to issue a mission announcement.
Soon, the mission announcement was released: "City Lord Li Hanqiang of Chaos City No. 68 has issued a city defense mission, returning to the Gold Coin Challenge Ranking! Hahahaha, I, Li Hanqiang, am back!"
As soon as he sent out the task announcement, Li Hanqiang felt a little regretful.
"Issuing mission announcements like this is so low-class. It makes me look like a petty person who's smug, and it damages my glorious image. A true master should be aloof and mysterious. I need to reflect on this deeply and become a low-key and cultured person in the future, not seeking fame or fortune." Li Hanqiang thought to himself.
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