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Chapter 1008: After the Battle
Chapter 1008: After the Battle
This time, the Blue Star side emerged victorious, with no strong players injured except for Chenxing the cat. However, the Skrul's counterattack completely disrupted their plans.
Su Yu had planned to swiftly capture the Luape Volcano Spring Eye and then immediately move on to the next one, aiming to reclaim all the unguarded divine-level spring eyes as quickly as possible. But he never expected such a significant setback.
Now, everyone's strength was severely depleted, and they needed to spend extra energy to deal with the aftermath of the massive explosion. It seemed they would be delayed for a long time before they could attack the next spring eye.
...
After the explosion within the spring eye was effectively contained, Su Yu let out a slight sigh.
He turned to look at the players and great cultivators around him. "Everyone, how is your strength holding up?"
Hearing Su Yu's question, Zhong Feng, who was closest to him, replied first, "My strength is down to about 60%, with less than 40% remaining."
Not far away, Xiaotian nodded and said, "I'm in a similar situation, with about 40% of my strength left."
"Same here."
"About the same."
"My situation is even worse; I have only 31% of my magic power left."
"I have 30% left."
The players and great cultivators began to speak up, one after another.
After listening to everyone, Su Yu got a general sense of their condition and found that most had only 30-40% of their strength left, with the best being just under 50%.
At this rate, they would need 8-9 hours to fully recover.
After everyone had spoken, Su Yu's expression turned grim. "It looks like we need to rest and recover. We'll attack the next spring eye once everyone's strength is back to a reasonable level."
"Ah," everyone sighed in unison.
Zhong Feng then said seriously, "While we rest, we must also reflect on this battle and learn from our mistakes. We need to plan our next attack carefully to avoid repeating the same errors."
Although no one was injured or killed in this battle except for Chenxing, the fact that they were forced to delay for 8-9 hours under the Skrul's full extraction of spiritual energy was a defeat in itself.
They needed to thoroughly analyze their mistakes and devise effective countermeasures, or they would continue to lose in the next attack.
However...
Zhong Feng's words did not receive unanimous agreement. Everyone fell silent upon hearing him.
Xiaotian raised her right index finger to her chin, frowning her brow. "President Snow Leopard, I know you're right. We do need to find a way to counter the Skrul's tactics. But the problem is—how can we possibly do that?"
She pointed down at the Skrul base. "Look, the two main factors draining our strength are the enhanced force field shield and the anti-gravitation Crystal Reactor's stored spiritual energy being detonated.
We can't break the force field shield because no one here understands the Skrul's power system, and we have no idea how to start.
As for the anti-Gravitation Crystal Reactor's stored energy being detonated, we have no way to stop it. The Skrul can detonate it either when the force field shield is breached or before it's breached. What can we do to prevent it?"
"That... you're right," Zhong Feng admitted, deeply frowning.
Zhong Feng acknowledged that, given their current situation, they indeed had no way to counter the Skrul's tactics. Not to mention the anti-Gravitation Crystal Reactor's energy detonation; they didn't even understand how the force field shield was enhanced.
The surrounding players and cultivators began to discuss the situation, each sharing their thoughts and opinions with those around them.
However, everyone's viewpoints were quite different, and they couldn't come to a consensus in such a short time.
Finally, the venerable Yang Jian stepped forward and said, "Let's all focus on restoring our strength first. We can continue our discussion during the process. We have about eight to nine hours, and I believe we can reach a suitable solution with this much time."
"Alright, Senior," everyone showed great respect for the venerable Yang Jian and stopped their discussions, heading to the transport's cabin to retrieve the spirit energy canisters and potions.
In addition to a large number of compressed spirit energy canisters, the United Government had also prepared several golden potions to restore mana and health.
However, due to the government's financial constraints, most of these potions were only of the [Advanced] grade, with very few [Master] grade potions available. The [Master] grade potions were used as supplementary recovery means, primarily for those cultivators who consumed the most mana.
For the majority of cultivators and players, the main focus was on absorbing the spirit energy from the canisters.
On a relatively flat hillside about 5 kilometers east of the spring, Fujiwara Chika and a few other shaman players planted the [Tide of Mana Totem], setting up a small mana recovery array. Ailijie waved her staff, casting [Ancient Magic Book] to each mana-dependent player. The priests sang the [Song of Hope] in the most crowded areas, while the fangshi players unfurled the [Primal Scroll]...
Everyone began to focus on restoring their condition to the best of their abilities.
...
...
Su Yu didn't join the others.
While everyone was still discussing their next move, he had already gone to check on Morning Star's injuries.
"Morning Star, how are your injuries?" Su Yu asked with concern, looking at Morning Star in front of him.
"I'm okay," Morning Star replied. "I was caught off guard and got a bit injured, but your timely aid prevented serious damage. However, I might not be able to help much in the next attack on the spring."
At the moment, Morning Star wasn't in her [Starry Cat] form but had transformed into a [Starry Giant Bear] form.
The [Starry Giant Bear] Morning Star was sitting on the hillside, breathing heavily. Blue light radiated from her body, and countless streams of star power circled around her, rapidly healing her injuries.
Morning Star had rarely transformed into the [Starry Giant Bear] form before because it was a defensive form, primarily used to withstand damage.
Her philosophy was to avoid damage whenever possible. Why take a hit when you could dodge?
Thus, she preferred the higher output and superior evasion of the [Starry Cat] form or the ultimate [Star Core Dragon] Form, rarely transforming into the relatively average bear form.
Now, she had transformed into the bear form because its high endurance was better for managing her injuries. If she transformed into the fragile [Starry Tree] form to heal herself, she feared her body wouldn't hold up.
The bear form also had several powerful healing skills, which she was using to recover.
It was the first time Su Yu had seen Morning Star in her bear form, and he found it quite fascinating.
He reached out to pet the large head of the bear-form Morning Star. The touch was a bit rough, as the fur on her head was very hard.
However, that wasn't the main point. Su Yu asked with concern, "Morning Star, should I call a few healing players to help you heal your injuries?"
(End of Chapter)
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