Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 48 The Vajra Skeleton King

"Pappy Bear? So this is the Critical Strike Bear and the Heavy Strike Bear? Too bad, it's still a melee beast."

Lei Chi has now figured it out: melee beasts have much higher attack power and more violent attack effects than ranged beasts. If they can stand still and output damage, that would definitely be awesome.

This patting bear is quite special. Its name remains unchanged after it advances in rank. Lei Chi doesn't know how many ranks it can advance to. He casually placed it at the entrance of the war corridor. It looks like an adorable little black bear with a round body, sitting on the ground licking its paws. Its paws are very thick and fat.

Lei Chi's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly ran to the back of the War Hall.

There was a small building that looked like a small temple and was decorated with colorful flags; that was the trading hall.

Lei Chi went inside and, after a brief examination, discovered that the [Trading Hall] was mainly divided into three parts.

The first section is the "Player Shop" or "Trading Room". Players can spend gold coins in the trading hall to apply for a permanent or temporary virtual shop, through which they can list items for sale, buy and sell, and perform other operations.

After a little research, Lei Chi discovered that opening a shop was quite expensive. Upgrading the shop required gold coins, adding more sales slots required gold coins, completing transactions required paying taxes, and even acquiring items required paying a deposit to the system, and so on.

Therefore, ordinary players probably don't need to open a shop. Even guilds and studios that open shops are only interested in the "acquisition" function.

The second function of the Trading Hall is the Trading Bank System.

This trading post is open to all players on the server. All players can list and buy items here. It has convenient search functions, item category display functions, price sorting functions, etc., and it is very easy to use.

Of course, if you list an item for sale in the trading house, the system will deduct a 15% service fee after the item is sold.

The third feature is the [Auction House].

Items listed for sale in the auction house follow the auction settings, where players set the auction duration, starting price, and "buy it now" price.

During the auction period, other players can bid if they are interested in the item. Once the auction ends, the highest bidder wins the item. If no one bids, the item goes unsold, and players who want to continue bidding need to reset the settings.

In the auction house settings, the auction time for items can be set to a minimum of six hours and a maximum of 24 hours. If a player urgently needs an auction item and wants to buy it immediately, they can place a "buy it now" order, and the transaction will be completed immediately, and the item will be obtained.

If a transaction is successfully completed in the auction house, the system will deduct 20% of the item's selling price as a service fee.

In some games, there are many "clever" little players who spend all day watching the auction house, buying items at slightly higher prices when the auction is about to end, or simply trading items, buying low and selling high, becoming professional merchants or middlemen.

Although this behavior is somewhat "toxic" and cannot create any value, many people still profit from it, making it a viable way to make money.

Generally speaking, high-end items and gemstone materials are more likely to be sold through auctions.

Lei Chi searched for "Critical Strike Gem" and "Heavy Strike Gem" in the auction house panel and was surprised to find that there were quite a few of these two gems being auctioned. The "buy it now" price was 1,000 gold coins each, and the starting price varied, with the lowest being only "1 gold" and the highest being "500" gold.

Don't be fooled by the fact that there are quite a few [Critical Strike Gems] and [Heavy Strike Gems] with a starting price of one gold coin. Lei Chi knows that there are definitely professional merchants or middlemen keeping an eye on them. When the auction is about to end, someone will definitely start bidding. If the bid is too low, the seller himself might even personally step in to raise the price.

It's common for the bids for some critical strike gems and critical hit gems that are about to close at auction to be driven up to two or three hundred gold coins.

Lei Chi is currently "short of cash" and can't afford the [Heavy Strike Gem] and [Critical Strike Gem]. After a little research, he put the [Crazy Gem] he got from killing the Mad Giant Rat on the auction house, setting the auction time to six hours, with a starting price of 50 gold coins and a buy-it-now price of 1000 gold coins.

He then opened the trading platform and searched for items such as "Critical Strike Gem," "Severe Strike Gem," and "Wild Gem." The search results were few, and the listed prices were chaotic, with some priced as high as "9999999." The lowest prices were 200 gold coins for "Critical Strike Gem," 220 gold coins for "Severe Strike Gem," and 100 gold coins for "Wild Gem."

Lei Chi then searched for items such as [Flame Gem], [Ice Gem], Beast Tower blueprints, and Defense Tower upgrade scrolls. Some of these items were available for sale, while others were not.

In short, good things are expensive, and any bargains are snapped up by professional merchants and middlemen.

"It seems gold coins are still very important; the system's compensation chest doesn't give out many gold coins..."

After a moment's thought, Lei Chi abandoned the idea of ​​upgrading the Papa Bear, but instead bought intrusion insurance.

He now has a total of 110 gold coins, and this time he spent 100 gold coins to buy insurance.

Next, Lei Chi opened the small gate in the slime camp's fence.

The Slime King, who had reached level six, was still hunting in the wilderness. In that small camp, a few green [Slime Skins] had fallen out.

Lei Chi was too lazy to pick it up. He figured he could open the small gate in the fence and then the Slime King could go and help when the King Kong Skeleton King quest started.

Of course, whether or not the Slime King needs to intervene depends on how effective the Vajra Skeleton King is.

A moment later, Lei Chi accepted the quest "[The Vajra Skeleton King]" in the quest lobby.

Soon, the three-meter-tall, seemingly steel-forged, silver-white Vajra Skeleton King appeared.

He was carrying a thick-bladed sword that was over two meters long. The blade was wider than an adult's waist, and its sharp edge was gleaming, making it look quite terrifying. In reality, such a large sword could easily cut a person in two with a single swing.

Fortunately, this is in the Tata World, where the Vajra Skeleton King looks imposing, but his attack power is only 100 points.

The location of the Beast Tower in Thunder Pool remains unchanged; it's still the same arrangement as when the Wasteland Giant Rat was defeated.

Thus, the Vajra Skeleton King made very smooth progress in the first half of the War Corridor.

Only the [Giant Green Snake] and the two [Bloodthirsty Porcupines] can attack it.

This Vajra Skeleton King has 5 points of armor and 3 points of magic resistance, 23.08% physical damage reduction, and 15.25% magic damage reduction. Both the [Great Green Snake] and the [Bloodthirsty Porcupine] are physical attackers with an attack power of 22 points, so they only deal 16 points of actual damage to it.

However, the poison damage and slowing effect of the [Great Green Snake] remain unaffected.

The two Bloodthirsty Porcupines looked very fierce, covered in blood, and could shoot out three quills every second, making them look almost like machine gun turrets.

Even so, after the King Kong Skeleton King moved out of the attack range of the [Giant Green Snake] and the [Bloodthirsty Porcupine], he still had more than 7,200 health points left.

Further on, the King Kong Skeleton King will be within the attack range of the Giant Rubber Duck, Giant White Dove, Thunder Lizard, and Water Cannon Turtle.

The Thunder Lizard's lightning strike significantly reduces the movement speed of the Vajra Skeleton King.

He remained steadfast, charging forward with unwavering courage, enduring the onslaught of flames, the chill of the air, the thunderbolts, and the baptism of water cannons...

Lei Chi felt that the [Big Yellow Duck] and the others were exhausted, but the Vajra Skeleton King seemed quite resilient. When he approached the end of the [War Corridor], he still had more than 1,200 health points left.

"If I optimize the placement of the defensive towers, taking down this King Kong Skeleton King will be a piece of cake. My Beast Towers are poorly positioned, resulting in a significant loss of damage output..."

Lei Chi shook his head and smiled, and then he saw the Vajra Skeleton King carrying a large sword walk into the Jingyanggang gate tower.

The next moment, its figure suddenly disappeared, obviously entering the "Jingyanggang Inner Forest" which resembled a dungeon.