Chapter 196: Damage Output and Damage Taken

Xiao Feng glanced at the time.

Levels 51-100 took him a full five hours.

Not only did it take a long time, but he had also been focusing on killing specific monsters, leaving him somewhat exhausted.

However, he is only at level 100 now, which is merely the level of a bishop, and he hasn't yet made it into the top ten of the player clearance leaderboard.

Exiting like this always leaves him feeling somewhat unwilling.

He nodded and said: "Continue the challenge!"

【Switching to a new challenge arena, please wait…】

The system didn't waste words with him and immediately started the new challenge.

Every 50 levels the arena switches, and the following 50 levels are all the same environment.

The scene changed, and Xiao Feng appeared in the center of an ancient training ground.

A row of wooden posts and targets stood ahead; the whole scene was only a few dozen meters long and wide, making it very cramped compared to the previous environment.

「Heavenly Tower Level 0101 Challenge: Instant Damage Test. Continuously attack any target in the training ground for one minute, take the highest DPS; 3 million DPS passes, 10 million or above allows a skip. 」

Instant Damage Test!

As soon as the question appeared, Xiao Feng's mouth twisted into a grin.

What is this?

This is free points!

A mere 3 million DPS—he could just toss a magic missile and go AFK!

Of course, to save time for a promotion, he still had to go all out!

The output time is one minute, starting from the chant of the first skill, and automatically settles damage after sixty seconds.

Xiao Feng checked his status; nothing needed changing—his attack power was 4800 points, more than enough!

"Ice Arrow!"

He opened with his strongest single-target skill, the 900% damage Ice Arrow whistling out and striking a wooden post.

These wooden posts have zero defense but infinite HP, so they can be hit endlessly without worrying about damage.

Bang!

The Ice Arrow landed, a massive 430 million damage appeared, and the DPS jumped straight to over 400 million.

The next second, the DPS halved to 215 million.

But at the same time, even more skills poured forth!

Thunder Strike!

Rainstorm Technique!

Gale Technique!

Sea of Fire Technique!

Flame Monarch's Fist!

Little Fire Person's Fireball!

Ice Arrow second shot!

Lightning Arrow!

Fireball Technique!

Exploding Fireball!

Water Dragon Spiral!

Wind Dragon Spiral!

Ice Arrow third shot!

Skill after skill poured out like free rain onto the post.

That tiny wooden post now resembled an ancient deity, enduring Xiao Feng's frenzied bombardment, standing unmoved.

If a weaker deity were here, it would probably be trembling in fear.

One after another, damages in the hundreds of millions or tens of millions kept popping up, and Xiao Feng's DPS remained in the nine-digit range.

Sixty seconds isn't long; wave after wave of skills bombarded, the Flame Monarch's fist pounding the floor until it threatened to deform, and the little fire person dissipated mid-way.

Finally, the output time ended, and the system's alert tone called a halt.

"Instant Damage Test ended!"

"Your DPS is: 172.49 million!"

"Your highest DPS skill is: Ice Arrow (Perfected) 88.39 million!"

【Given that your DPS far exceeds the standard for this level's challenge, you are permitted to skip the subsequent levels and go straight to level 150!】

【You have earned 6275 challenge points!】

【Your inventory is full, so no item rewards can be obtained; 39 items have been automatically mailed to your warehouse.】

In an instant, Xiao Feng's inventory was stuffed full, his points more than doubled, accumulating to 11325 points!

Levels 101-150 were originally the hardest challenge; even demigod-level powerhouses could easily get stuck here.

Because level 101 requires 3 million DPS to pass, and each subsequent level adds 1.5 million, the difficulty keeps rising.

Those who can finally clear level 150 are all terrifying existences with DPS exceeding 78 million.

Yet on the leaderboard, there are exactly eight people who have surpassed level 150!

One can imagine how terrifying the top players of each civilization are!

After updating his scores, Xiao Feng's name finally squeezed into the top ten of the Heavenly Tower overall leaderboard.

He is now ninth, with 150 levels cleared, belonging to the "Primate Civilization War Zone" faction, alongside the leaderboard entries "Shen Chuo", "Peiwan Sibai Wan Nian", and "Sao Hais Ni Sao".

"Primate Civilization War Zone... means humans and primate animals are counted together, right?" Xiao Feng curled his lips.

Being grouped together with monkeys and gorillas always feels a bit demeaning to humans.

However, this is the camp arrangement made by the aliens, and he can't change anything about it.

"What is the challenge after floor 151?" Xiao Feng asked Tian Kong.

In passing, he briefly tidied his backpack, threw away a few junk items, freed up slots, so that everything wouldn't be sent to the main city warehouse where he couldn't use it.

【Switching to a new challenge arena, please wait...】

The new challenge is about to start; the surrounding scene changes, becoming different again.

This time, he is inside a magic circle.

The magic circle is about the size of a training field, with a circle in the center right beneath his feet.

Around it stand five energy towers, each engraved with a different pattern, representing the five major elements.

"This posture, could it be...?"

Xiao Feng's heart stirred; he seemed to have guessed something.

The next second, the system notification sounded.

"Heavenly Tower Floor 0151 Challenge Content: Endurance Test. Withstand the magic tower's attack for 1 minute; survival means passing, death ends the challenge."

As expected!

The previous wave tested output; this wave tests defense!

"Energy tower attacks are about to begin; please get ready!"

The 10-second countdown; the five energy towers have begun accumulating energy.

Xiao Feng dared not delay; he adjusted his condition to the best, preparing to take hits.

After 10 seconds, the five energy towers simultaneously fired a beam of light at him!

"Earth Element Shield!"

Sizzle~

The beam struck his body, and instances of 100,000 damage popped up, with the damage per second reaching up to 500,000!

The Earth Element Shield has zero defense; this damage is exactly the base damage value of the energy tower.

Without the shield effect, with Xiao Feng's 50% all-element resistance plus 3,000 magic defense, he would normally take about 200,000 damage per second, dying in two seconds.

The Earth Element Shield is quite solid; 500,000 damage per second is not enough to shake it.

This floor was stable; Xiao Feng used the Earth Element Shield twice and safely passed.

Afterward, on floor 152, the energy tower's base damage increased to 150,000 per second; five towers attacking together equals 750,000 damage per second, a significant increase.

However, the Earth Element Shield provides 57 million HP every 30 seconds, still as stable as Mount Tai.

Floor 153, 154, 155...

Each floor's damage per second increases by 250,000.

By floor 157, the damage per second had reached 2,000,000, and Xiao Feng's Earth Element Shield could no longer fully block it!

The first elemental shield shattered after absorbing 29 seconds of damage; Xiao Feng quickly used the "Otherworld Banishment" skill attached to his Super Mythic Necklace to hold on for 5 seconds.

After 5 seconds, he added a new Earth Element Shield and barely managed to get through.

But upon reaching floor 158, he had no more "Otherworld Banishment" available.

With 2,250,000 damage per second, it would take only 26 seconds to break through his shield and instantly kill him; a 5-second vacuum period would be difficult to survive.

"I wonder if the Flame Lord can work...?"

Xiao Feng recalled a tactic he used when soloing the Abyss Battlefield Headquarters, and quickly timed the cooldown to summon the Flame Lord.

The floor 158 challenge began; the enormous Flame Lord directly used its two hands to firmly shield Xiao Feng inside.

The energy tower's beams struck the huge palm, but inflicted no damage on Xiao Feng.

And this 2,250,000 damage per second, for the Flame Lord now at level 172 with 973 million HP, is basically no different from a tickle.

"Congratulations on passing floor 0158 challenge!"

"You earned 158 challenge points!"

"You obtained a Legendary skill book of your profession!"