322: Choose Saint-level Armor

As Tie Shengnan's voice fell, the hall plunged into a brief silence. One hundred million monsters, five suspected Level 100 Saint-tier BOSSes, and countless Epic-tier creatures... the pressure was almost suffocating everyone.

Feng Wu was the first to break the silence, her brows tightly furrowed: “The second plan is too aggressive. Letting ordinary Trial Takers and Hobbit Clan members confront the monster tide head-on, even with the domains of Guard and Teleportation active, many monsters are Earth Element Users and Metal Element Users. Some people are bound to be stunned. If they are stunned for even a second, they have no chance of survival. It might be acceptable if it were just the elite troops, but if the casualties among ordinary Trial Takers are too high, it might cause the entire army to collapse...” She didn't finish, but her meaning was clear: she was unwilling to sacrifice the lives of her clansmen.

Tie Shengnan nodded upon hearing this and said, “Although Plan One is time-consuming, it's steady and the risks are controllable. We can afford to wait a month. By concentrating our elite forces to cooperate with Husband and the Soul Devouring Bees, we can gradually wear them down, and the final goal will still be achieved. Plan Two involves gambling; there are too many variables.”

Clearly, Tie Shengnan also favored a steady approach.

Xie Chunyan also added worriedly, “Sister Ning's Saint-tier range is also an issue. Her current Life Link range is about 150 kilometers, and facing a battlefield with hundreds of millions of participants, it's easy to fall outside the link's range. Furthermore, with such a massive number of monsters, we cannot rule out the possibility of them flanking us from both sides...”

All the women spoke one after another, mostly leaning toward the safer Plan One. After all, the monsters near the Mirror Shadow Tower were too strong; a slight mistake could lead to eternal doom.

Huang Chen listened silently, his fingers unconsciously tapping the tabletop. The advantages and disadvantages of Tie Shengnan's two plans were very clear.

He quickly weighed the options in his mind: the Demon Sealing Land couldn't be delayed for too long; the round trip takes at least a month. If he chose Plan One to conquer the Mirror Shadow Tower, by the time he returned, a month and a half or even two months might have passed—that was too long.

Although other clans wouldn't be able to take the Mirror Shadow Tower within the next month or two, delaying things for too long often leads to unexpected complications.

Moreover, after encountering Cai Yifeng on Peach Blossom Island, a sense of crisis arose in Huang Chen's heart.

Based on the strength of the monsters around the Mirror Shadow Tower, Trial Takers cannot conquer it without a team of tens of millions of Level 100s. So what exactly happened in the Eighth Year of his previous life? At that time, the Trial Takers' levels were generally only in the 90s. Why was the Mirror Shadow Tower conquered then?

Since the Trial Takers couldn't do it, the answer was obvious,

“A God-tier NPC intervened!”

Although Star Abyss stipulated that NPCs could not take action, and if they did, they might be erased.

But this is like the law: the law forbids murder, and murderers must pay with their lives... However, if a Main God risked their life, used a large-scale skill, and killed most of the high-level BOSSes, then those at Level 90 might still be able to conquer it.

Furthermore, Feng Wu had mentioned that their High-Martial Clans had bloodlines left behind in the Star Abyss in previous generations, and many of those NPCs had also reached the Main God level.

Their mission was to sacrifice their lives when their clans needed them.

This was also why Huang Chen had not taken action against the 20-Clan Allied Army after falling out with them—he was afraid they might jump the gun and have a few Main God-level NPCs kill him.

It turned out Huang Chen's worries were justified; the Titan Clan Leader had already begun preparations to have a Main God intervene after their last falling out with Huang Chen.

“I choose Plan Two.” Huang Chen's voice was soft, yet it instantly silenced all discussion.

Having figured everything out, there was no need to hesitate. The butterfly wings of his rebirth had already affected the progression of the Star Abyss, and he could no longer use the timeline of his previous life to deduce everything.

“You choose Plan Two?” Tie Shengnan confirmed, her brow slightly furrowed. “The risk is significant.”

“I know,” Huang Chen said calmly. “I will have Elise come over. Including Liu Ruyan, Feng Wu, and Consort Shu, the first wave of attack will be handled by their four clan-protecting divine artifacts, prioritizing the killing of BOSSes. We can first create a large wave of puppets, and also place the Soul Devouring Bee Swarm around the main attackers to deal with monsters that break through the blockade...”

After arranging everything, Huang Chen opened the Asura Battlefield Mall panel.

He began selecting armor. Originally, he wanted to save up 100 million points to exchange for a divine artifact, but now that conquering the Mirror Shadow Tower was imminent, even though everything was arranged, the five Saint-tier BOSSes near the tower were the biggest variable.

There was no choice; for now, he could only settle for the second-best option and get a Saint-tier armor to make do.

Huang Chen's gaze quickly scanned the Asura Battlefield Mall panel, where a dizzying array of equipment information flowed like a waterfall.

With his current resistance and evasion, dealing with Physical BOSSes was not a big problem. However, those magic BOSSes often had large-scale skills that were hard to dodge and could only be tanked. Therefore, when choosing armor, he would focus on equipment with high magic defense and high damage reduction effects.

He skipped equipment below the Saint-tier and excluded armor focused on Physical Defense.

The options on the panel quickly decreased, leaving only a dozen or so armor images, which Huang Chen opened one by one.

The first item: [Profound Ice King Armor] Rank: Saint-tier:

1. Health and Stamina +3.2 million;

2. All Resistance +50,000;

3. Damage Immunity +30%;

4. Absolute Damage Immunity against Water Element skills increased by 1 million points, Slow Duration reduced by 75%, Slow Duration reduction limit +10%;

5. Water Element Damage Amplification 200%;

6. Extreme Cold Domain: Deploys an Extreme Cold Domain. Enemy units within the domain receive 50,000 points of Ice damage every half second. Attack Speed/Movement Speed is reduced by 40%. Domain radius is Internal Energy * 5 meters.

Requires 10 million points for exchange.

Huang Chen shook his head. “I don't need Specialized Defense!”

The second item: [Profound Gold Armor] Rank: Saint-tier. Requires 10 million points for exchange.

The third item: [Calamity Flame Armor] Rank: Saint-tier. Requires 10 million points for exchange.

The third item... the first five were all specialized defenses against a single element, so Huang Chen passed on all of them.

Starting from the sixth item, the armor attributes slowly began to strengthen, and naturally, the required points also increased. Huang Chen skipped through them one by one, planning to look through the entire list before making a decision.

When the last piece of armor appeared, his eyes immediately lit up.

[void holy armor] Rank: Saint-tier