The background NPCs of the 131st floor of the Tower of Civilization were ordinary Ninth Grade soldiers. The moment Yang Rui appeared on the floor, he was immediately surrounded by ten Ninth Grade soldiers. This was also the first time Yang Rui had seen Ninth Grade soldiers since entering the game.
After exchanging a few blows, Yang Rui could already feel the sharpness of the Ninth Grade soldiers. Not only did they possess combination skills and combo skills, but they also mastered array skills. They could already attack in a simple formation.
It could be said that the strength of a Seventh Grade soldier was only slightly higher than a Beginner General. If the same number of Seventh Grade soldiers fought a Beginner General, the Seventh Grade soldier would only barely win by relying on combination skills.
Moreover, the strength of an Eighth Grade soldier was obviously higher than that of a Beginner General. If the same number of Eighth Grade soldiers fought a Beginner General, the Eighth Grade soldier would have an easier time winning.
If the difference was between a Ninth Grade soldier and a Beginner General, the difference in strength between the two was even greater. If the same number of Ninth Grade soldiers fought a Beginner General, the Ninth Grade soldier would have an easier time winning.
This was the conclusion that Yang Rui reached after exchanging blows with the Ninth Grade soldiers and killing all ten of them. Ninth Grade soldiers were not inferior to Beginner Generals in terms of attack, defense, and HP. In a group fight, their advantage was even more obvious.
Therefore, starting from the 131st floor of the Tower of Civilization, the pressure Yang Rui faced against the Ninth Grade soldiers increased by a lot. The speed of his advance also slowed down by a lot.
At this time, the thirty village warriors that Yang Rui had been leading were not of much help. With the experience of leading the village warriors, Yang Rui changed the village warriors to long-range archers so that they could assist and steal experience.
However, in the previous levels, the number of battles that the thirty village warriors could participate in was decreasing. Currently, all thirty village warriors were below Level 80.
As a result, they were still stuck at the level of Seventh Grade Special Soldiers. Due to the obvious difference in power level, the village warriors might have the advantage in numbers, but the damage they could inflict was still inferior to Yang Rui's own attacks. Their assistance in attacking was limited.
However, although the Ninth Grade soldiers were powerful and Yang Rui's speed was greatly reduced, with Yang Rui's strength, as long as he was not surrounded by a large number of Ninth Grade soldiers, he would not be in too much danger.
About four hours later, Yang Rui reached the 135th floor of the Tower of Civilization, which was the super checkpoint.
After observing the super checkpoint in front of him, Yang Rui knew that there were no shortcuts. He could only force his way through. Thus, without any hesitation, Yang Rui activated the invincible defense attribute of an item he carried with him.
This item was the base of the Neptune Holy Grail. When Yang Rui was sweeping through Shrimp Island, he had obtained it by killing the guardian beast's avatar. It was a fragment of the Shrimp Tribe's holy relic and was also a Soul-type Mystery Rank item.
As a fragment of a holy relic, the base of the Neptune Holy Grail had lost most of its original functions. However, it still retained the invincible defense attribute of [Invincible]. It lasted for six hours and had a cooldown of 30 game days.
In fact, the reason Yang Rui had always carried it with him was that after it was bound, it would be considered an equipment. It would not occupy any equipment slot, and it could not be dropped or traded.
Therefore, after Yang Rui obtained the base of the Neptune Holy Grail, he had already chosen to bind it. Therefore, this equipment had always been placed in Yang Rui's backpack. It was one of the items that Yang Rui had on hand to deal with any situation that might arise.
Of course, in order to challenge the Tower of Civilization this time, Yang Rui had almost all of the equipment with absolute defense or similar attributes in his backpack. He had also used the experience he had accumulated during the first challenge to effectively maximize the use of such equipment.
Facts had proven that the base of the Neptune Holy Grail was indeed a fragment of a holy relic. Yang Rui had also discovered that the threshold of absolute defense was definitely very high. As a result, Yang Rui had managed to clear the 135th floor of the Tower of Civilization without expending much of his HP.
From this, it could be seen that although the absolute defense attribute was the same, there were differences between different equipment. This was also the first time that Yang Rui had discovered this fact through his frequent changes of equipment.
Another four hours passed. Yang Rui's figure finally appeared in front of the city on the 140th floor of the Tower of Civilization. As for the 30 village warriors behind him, a few of them had finally accumulated enough levels and leveled up to become Tier 8 Special Soldiers.
However, in the face of a city on the level of a Tier 9 Special Soldier, 30 village warriors were not even enough to put up a fight. It was better to hide as far away as possible.
Yang Rui checked the items and equipment in his backpack that he had not used yet. He then looked in the direction of the city for a while. In the end, he resisted the urge to activate the absolute defense attribute of the Golden Emperor Armor, Soul. He intentionally kept the Golden Emperor Set.
The Golden Emperor Set had three original attributes and one set attribute. It was suitable to be used at the most critical moment. It was Yang Rui's final trump card.
However, the defense of the city in front of him was very tight. If Yang Rui did not have enough means, just the long-range archers and crossbowmen among the Tier 9 Special Soldiers would be enough to stop Yang Rui.
After some thought, Yang Rui activated the [Rhino's Protection] attribute of the Rhino Cheekbone Gauntlet, Soul (a pair), and the [Tiger's Might as a Cage] attribute of the Golden Tiger Gauntlet, Soul (a pair).
[Rhino's Protection] was an upper body absolute defense attribute, while [Tiger's Might as a Cage] was an lower body absolute defense attribute. Yang Rui did not have complete confidence that he could last until he broke through the city gates after activating either of them. That was why he activated both the upper and lower body absolute defense attributes.
Because the Tier 9 Special Soldiers were too tough, this was the first time Yang Rui activated both the upper body absolute defense attributes at the same time. After activating them, Yang Rui did not waste any time and charged toward the city.
Although the long-range soldiers among the Tier 9 Special Soldiers had fierce firepower, their attack power was only slightly higher than an attack from an Advanced General. On the other hand, the power of the Divine Armament Sky-Shattering Ballistae was close to an attack from a Tier 3 historical general. There was still a significant difference in power between the two.
Previously, when Yang Rui fought against Lu Bu, he had used the Absolute Defense attribute to last a long time under the rain of Sky-Shattering Ballistae. Now that Yang Rui was using the Absolute Defense attribute of both the upper body absolute defenses, there was naturally no problem.
Of course, the long-range archers and crossbowmen had a clear target and higher accuracy. It was not difficult for them to break through the absolute defense threshold of [Rhino's Protection] and [Tiger's Might as a Cage].
"System Notification: Congratulations to player Blazing Sun for successfully breaking through the 140th floor of the Three Kingdoms' Tower of Civilization. Obtained 14000 Reputation, 14000 gold coins, and 1 chance to draw a soul-type Earth-rank item …"
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