229: The Mirror Tower appears

Before checking the drops, Huang Chen glanced at the system's first kill notification.

【Ding】

【Your team has killed the SS Ice Soul Demon Bear King!】

【Congratulations to your team for achieving the first kill of the SS Ice Soul Demon Bear King! All team members receive a 40 bone structure reward.】

At the same time, the giant light screen of the 49101 Hundred Clans Map reappeared:

【Congratulations to Refiner Huang Chen's team for the first kill of the SS Ice Soul Demon Bear King. The team is rewarded with 400,000 gold coins and 10,000 prestige points per person.】

"A thousand-person team, 10,000 prestige points per person. I can buy a lot more shops when I go back," Huang Chen thought with secret delight as he looked at the system prompt.

As for himself, he had gained 45 bone structure points when his two defensive skills reached Grand Completion, plus the 40 points this time, bringing his bone structure directly to 911 points. He had just arrived at Fengling Plateau and already gained 5015 potential points.

He allocated all of them to Strength.

His current health is already very high, and with so many Halos, as long as he doesn't court death, there's basically nothing that can threaten him at the moment, so he can temporarily ignore physique.

And now he frequently fights bosses above his level. Only by truly increasing his attack power can he handle situations with ease later on.

He glanced at his backpack. Only four items made his heart slightly stir.

【Ice Soul Spirit King: Gathers the essence of the Ice Soul Spirit. Consumption can break through the upper limit of Water Element resistance and randomly grant 10-50 bone structure points.】

Without hesitation, Huang Chen consumed it directly.

【Ding! Your Water Element resistance cap has increased by 5%. Current Water Element damage reduction is 80%. You have gained 35 bone structure points.】

"bone structure is 946 now," Huang Chen murmured, looking at the number on the panel. He had heard Feng Wu say that if bone structure exceeded 1000 points, there would be some unexpected gains.

Looking at the two Ice Soul Spirits he had just picked up, Huang Chen unhesitatingly threw them into his mouth... no reaction??

Not believing it, he took out another Ice Soul Spirit from his backpack and swallowed it again... still no reaction.

"Perhaps there's an upper limit to this kind of improvement!"

He turned to look at the other three items. Besides two Level 95 Epic equipment pieces, there was also a skill book.

The equipment would most likely be used to feed demon slayer later.

Huang Chen opened the skill book.

【Ice Bone Snow Heart: Water Element Level 80 Town-Guarding Passive Support Skill. Greatly increases Water Element damage and significantly extends the enemy's action delay time.】

Huang Chen put away the skill book. He possessed all five elements, and these Level 80 Town-Guarding skills were all passive support, which were very useful to him.

For example, if he learned Ice Bone Snow Heart, even if he attacked with Metal Element skills, he could still cause a slowing effect on the target.

At first glance, this effect might not seem that impressive.

However, in the previous life, a Trial Taker with both Metal and Water Elements, after learning two Town-Guarding skills, directly made their opponent incredibly sluggish in one-on-one combat.

At that time, the opponent couldn't run away and fought in slow motion.

They were utterly crushed.

This person, relying on the combination of these two elements, directly earned the title of Ice Spear Maniac in the Star Abyss.

After checking the attributes of the four items, Tie Shengnan also came over to report the battle results.

This battle yielded over 5124 pieces of Level 75 Diamond equipment, 221 pieces of Level 75 Epic equipment, and 4235 Ice Soul Spirits.

Tie Shengnan had already tested it. After gaining a 5% increase in Water Element resistance cap and 10 bone structure points, further consumption had no effect.

After listening to the report, Huang Chen calmly said, "Take the Ice Soul Spirits back and have Chun Yan arrange them!"

No matter what, his Harem definitely had to be fully equipped first.

As for how to arrange the rest, he'd let the women discuss it later.

"Understood!"

After Tie Shengnan collected all the Ice Soul Spirits, she looked at Huang Chen again and asked, "Then, husband, now...?"

"Continue searching for the Mirror Shadow Tower."

Huang Chen could have gone back to challenge the God Sealing Tower first, as all his skills, except for Blood Battle in Eight Directions, had reached Grand Completion. He figured passing the second stage shouldn't be a problem.

It's just that Blood Battle in Eight Directions still needed some proficiency.

He himself had only recently reached Level 60, and currently, the proficiency of Blood Battle in Eight Directions on his panel was only Level 3.

He had to find time to practice it diligently and reach Minor Completion as soon as possible; then his attack power would definitely rise to another level.

Receiving Huang Chen's order, Tie Shengnan immediately gave another command to search for the Mirror Shadow Tower again, following the initial formation.

This search continued for a full three days before a Dragon Rider discovered the Mirror Shadow Tower, which towered into the clouds.

When Huang Chen teleported to the Dragon Rider's location, he was genuinely terrified by the scene before him.

He was about 30 kilometers away from the Mirror Shadow Tower, and as far as the eye could see, there were dense, high-level monsters.

At least Level 90 Epic-tier.

The types of monsters were bizarre and varied, including ordinary monsters, elite monsters, and even countless boss-template monsters.

And strangely, these monsters surrounded the Mirror Shadow Tower, completely filling the area within a 20-kilometer radius.

"This... can this even be fought?"

Huang Chen's face darkened. With just a quick glance at his bone structure, he saw at least five Ice Soul Demon Bear Kings, and among them were even 100-level Epic monsters. The five monsters closest to the Mirror Shadow Tower were nearly a hundred meters tall.

He could feel their ferocious aura from afar.

Although it was too far to ascertain their rank, Huang Chen determined that these were definitely Level 100 Saint-tier bosses or higher.

Just as Huang Chen frowned, pondering a countermeasure, a notification from the Star Abyss suddenly sounded in his mind.

【Ding! The second stage of the individual Ladder Challenge Tournament will begin in thirty minutes. All Trial Takers who have qualified for the challenge, please prepare...】

"Let's go back and think of a solution slowly!"

With a gentle wave of his hand, Huang Chen teleported everyone back to Satellite City No. 21.