Chapter 498: Chapter 269: Lin Xun’s Backup Plan, Disarming the Castle Tower_1
Lin Xun entered the Easter Egg Chapter alone.
[A powerful Wandering Soul awakens by the Demon Suppression Stele...]
[Do you wish to summon the six Star Lords?]
Although he could summon the other Star Lords now, he couldn’t immediately proceed with the last three waves of defensive resistance; the next Heavenly Demon invasion was still a day away.
[In the vast Demon Suppression Altar, you are the only one. The traces of magical duels at the altar and near the Cloud Bridge have disappeared without a trace, not to mention that the damage to the gate of the Tianshu Celestial Palace has been fully repaired.]
[The seven celestial palaces shimmer radiantly amidst the mist, leaving no trace of the desperate war that had taken place here an hour ago...]
The rule for resisting the Heavenly Demon invasion was to protect the Heavenly Gate of the celestial palace, and if more than half of the celestial palaces fell, it would be considered a failure.
Lin Xun’s plan was to voluntarily give up the defense of three celestial palaces.
Other than himself still defending the Heavenly Pivot Palace, the other Apostles would pair up to defend the three celestial palaces.
While this wouldn’t change the number of Heavenly Demons objectively, the number of Heavenly Demons that could pass through the Cloud Bridge at the same time was limited, so the number of Heavenly Demons faced by a single defender and two joint defenders would be the same.
With two Star Lord Apostles jointly defending a celestial palace, the difficulty of the Chapter decreased significantly!
However, such tactics also had great drawbacks. First, there was no room for maneuver in resisting defense. If the cooperation between Star Lord Apostles was not good, causing any of the four celestial palaces to fall, it would be directly judged as a failure in resistance.
The second drawback was that voluntarily abandoning the defense of the three celestial palaces would lower the clearance rating.
Not only would the overall rating decrease, but the individual ratings of the Star Lord Apostles who defended the three fallen palaces would also hit rock bottom.
As a result, the rewards gained from increasing the difficulty of the Chapter would be almost negligible, and the rewards might not even match those originally obtained...
When Lin Xun proposed such a plan, the Apostles considered it a helpless move and a compromise to the game’s difficulty.
Although it could indeed greatly increase the chance of clearing the stage, the previous move to increase the difficulty was undoubtedly self-defeating and pointless.
As Lin Xun’s group of closest friends, Li Xingyue, Wang Zong, and Lu Caiyi actively proposed to lower their personal ratings, which meant voluntarily ceding their palaces.
While Shangguan Yu and Yin Linlin, as supporters of increasing difficulty, also proposed to reduce their personal ratings in turn.
The group debated tirelessly on this matter, spending a long time in the conference room before deciding on the candidates.
No one blamed Lin Xun for his decision to increase the difficulty, they were all official Apostles, and there might be opportunities for them to join groups in the future. It wasn’t worth causing resentment over the failure of one Easter Egg Chapter.
Lin Xun did not utter a word throughout.
It wasn’t until he returned home and re-entered the Easter Egg Chapter that he secretly executed his plan.
Actually, after ceding the three palaces, he still had a backup plan, but he had no confidence in its success rate.
Moreover, the audacious nature of the backup plan would probably cause the other Star Lord Apostles to be taken aback and deny its feasibility, thus opposing its implementation.
The specific content of the backup plan was incredibly straightforward and brutal - Lin Xun alone ... defending four celestial palaces!
Excluding the Heavenly Pivot Palace that he was already defending, the remaining three celestial palaces set to be ceded would be defended solely by him!
Lin Xun began his preparations for the plan...
After tirelessly working from dusk till the middle of the night, he finally completed the preparations within the Easter Egg Chapter.
Finally, he visited the Library to purchase an expensive skill book, declaring that everything was ready and was just waiting for the Heavenly Demon invasion to begin the next day.
With all the preparations done, Lin Xun returned to the main Chapter and began his journey to the Castle Tower that night...
[You remain invisible as you trek along the mountain road...]
[The mountain path is silent under the moonlight; you can only see the firelight in the distance, which indicates the checkpoint guarded by elite warriors.]
[There are over ten checkpoints on the route from the base of the mountain to the Castle Tower at the summit, each checkpoint is tightly guarded by fully armed warriors, well-trained guard dogs, and warning barriers.]
[If someone wants to visit the Lord, not only do they need a travel permit to go up and down the mountain, they also need to disarm and walk up.]
[During the night, the number of guards at the checkpoints has more than doubled compared to when you entered the Castle Tower in the daytime.]
[No doubt your daytime assassination has prompted the Lord to send more warriors to guard the mountain path.]
[You didn’t forcefully break through the checkpoint using the Art of Heavenly Concealment, instead, you chose a more cautious approach...]
[You flung out your ’Ninja Hook Wire’ high into the air, and with a crisp sound, the sharp claw hooked into the side of the mountain; You then ascended the nearly vertical cliff face using the rope.]
[When you reached the end of the rope, you drew your sword from your waist, stabbed it into the rock to steady yourself, and again flung out your ’Ninja Hook Wire’...]
[Just like that, you bypassed all the checkpoints, getting closer and closer to the Castle Tower at the peak...]
[...]
[You eventually reached the peak, with the tall walls and city gate just a short distance away.]
[The number of guards at the city gate is even more impressive, with elite warriors holding their torches and crossbows at every five steps on the city wall...]
[Bold Apostle, what is your next move?]
[1. Use your superior Art of Heavenly Concealment to storm straight into the city gate, perhaps even the warning barrier might fail to detect your enhanced ’Art of Heavenly Concealment’.]
[2. Continue to use your ’Ninja Hook Wire’ to scale the city wall, perhaps the numerous warriors on the city wall won’t detect the noise made by the hook wire.]
