Infinite Sun in the East China Sea

Chapter 288 The Hobbit
In the Claymore manga, there are four main characters with Abyss-level strength.

The main characters are Teresa and Priscilla, the core villain. In addition, there are two monsters who are weaker than Priscilla but can fight her: the 'Destroyer' who merged after the first generation of twins perished together, and the little Awakener born from Livlu.

Among them, the iron rods launched by the first-generation twin fusion 'Destroyer' can give birth to a large number of powerful awakened beings, which is a pretty good way to mass produce troops.

After creating the 'Destroyer', you only need to bring it into the cycle of reincarnation to continuously create advanced Awakened Ones and accumulate a powerful legion.

When Xu Feng was creating the Greatsword and creating humans, he had already considered creating this kind of high-level cannon fodder.

Unfortunately, the technology at the time was insufficient to create a controllable 'disruptor'.

It wasn't until he cultivated the Sixteen Contemplations of Pure Land to the sixth level and gained a sufficient understanding of human anatomy that he had the confidence to complete his research in that direction. After constructing the 'external brain' in the TunTun Factory, his confidence was at its peak.

However, Xu Feng had a lot of cards in his hand at that time and didn't care about the ability to mass produce troops. He even thought it was a waste to spend 1000 points to create two spawners as materials.

Now that the East Sea team has suffered heavy losses, with almost all of its high-level cannon fodder wiped out, he has no choice but to find a way to create a creation with decent strength to fill this ecological niche. Coincidentally, Park Chang-ho's two creations provided him with the materials.

The process of transforming Park Chang-ho into an eight-house doll went smoothly, and the doll Park Chang-ho gained most of his abilities from his previous life.

The only problem is that this soulless corpse is very inflexible, requiring Mei to be distracted in controlling it in order to unleash most of its combat power.

However, even without careful maneuvering, the puppet Park Chang-ho can serve as an excellent meat shield.

The little shrine maiden is very strong when she enters her 'divine descent state' by borrowing Shinmura's rain, but her swordsmanship is quite average.

Her forte is still the bow and arrow, a mid-range weapon, but the world of "The Cursed Woman" is not suitable for bows and arrows.

Mei Sakurai's main weapons are two bows: one is the Double D-rank Blazing Bow, which she obtained from the God of War, and the other is the Imperial Arm "Guaranteed Hit Bow" from Akame ga Kill!.

The Imperial Arms Unbreakable Bow - Shining Wings can keep tracking its target until its power is exhausted. In the story, this bow performs poorly, but in Mei's hands, after equipping it with +4 enchanted arrows and filling the +4 enchanted arrows with true energy, this Imperial Arms becomes extremely powerful, capable of annihilating enemies hundreds of miles away.

Of course, this Imperial Arm also has its problems—the prerequisite for absolute accuracy is knowing the target's name, making it difficult to be effective when fighting other Reincarnation Squads. However, it is very effective when dealing with bosses in the story world... as long as the main god does not change the story.

After acquiring the doll Park Chang-ho as a meat shield, the little shrine maiden no longer needs to worry about enemies rushing in when attacking from a distance. Of course, she wasn't really worried about this to begin with.

The combined twins' 'Destroyer' is still in its infancy due to the short development time and Xu Feng's overly ambitious goals. It will take Xu Feng a lot of effort and time to develop it before it is ready for use.

Park Chang-ho's twins respectively fused with the flying Imperial Arms Thousand Mile Flight and the fire Imperial Arms Purgatory Summoning. Under the influence of the super dangerous species' consciousness, their genes underwent some changes, which greatly increased the difficulty of the fusion and modification, and also subtly raised the upper limit of the finished product after fusion.

Xu Feng's target has changed from ordinary 'destroyers' to 'fallen angels who control flames'.

A day or so passed quickly.

The last few members of the East Sea team returned to the Main God Space.

When Xu Feng looked at the plaza in the God Space, he was surprised to find it rather deserted... Since he became the captain of the East Sea Team, the team had never had so few members, especially after he obtained the technology to make greatswords, the team had gained a large number of beautiful women.

However, he did not waste time lamenting. The first thing he did upon returning here was to inquire with the main god about the next cycle of reincarnation he would experience.

"Xu Feng, what is the next reincarnation world?" Xiangzi asked immediately.

This time the difficulty level wasn't particularly high compared to Xu Feng's, but compared to the rest of the Donghai team... it was already at its maximum.

Only three Reincarnators remained in the entire team. Shoko and Mei relied on Xu Feng's protection—Shoko relied on the Supreme Imperial Arms, and Mei relied on Murasame's power. If it weren't for these two top-tier Imperial Arms that had been modified and strengthened, the two girls would have had a hard time surviving.

Shoko and Mei only received the basic 1000 reward points this time.

The BOSS's level is too high; they don't even have a chance to get assist rewards.

Shoko and Mei were eager to know if the next round would be just as difficult as this one... If it was, or even more difficult, they would have no choice but to give up and let Xu Feng continue to coach them.

Xu Feng contacted the main god for a moment, then said with a strange expression, "The Hobbit."

"The next world we'll experience is The Hobbit, and it'll be a team battle. We're the first to enter."

"The first to enter?" Xiangzi was taken aback. "So, does the Supreme God consider us the weaker party?"

After recalling the battles between the East China Sea team and the Arctic team, she frowned: "The strength gap between each reincarnation team is too big. A difference of one level can result in a difference of dozens of times in strength, and a difference of even a fraction of a level can result in an instant kill. The other team has such a high score, so their strength must be extremely strong."

After recalling the settings of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" in his mind, Xiangzi said, "Fortunately, the high-level combat power in that world is very strong. If we can win over god-level combat power, we might be able to fight another team. But if we can't get the gods involved, we'd better focus on preserving ourselves."

Xu Feng nodded, and that was precisely why his expression was so strange.

With so many members of the East China Sea team dying in the previous cycle world, the score from the main god will naturally decrease, and the difficulty of the next cycle world will also decrease accordingly.

He originally intended to gauge the difficulty of the East China Sea team after its massive personnel reduction by analyzing the intensity of the next cycle world.

But the God's subsequent arrangements left him uncertain.

Xu Feng's giant brain holds the vast majority of literary and artistic works in the real world. He is very clear about the plot and setting of "The Hobbit" and the subsequent famous IP "The Lord of the Rings".

Judging from the plot of the movie and the novel, the combat power of this reincarnation world is not high. It seems to be an ordinary medieval world. The wizard Gandalf, who is very famous in the series, also fights with a sword in close combat in the plot... But according to the novel setting, this world is a high magic world.

In Xu Feng's view, the combat power in this world can be roughly divided into four levels.

T0 gear, the creator god is just like always.

This being was someone he couldn't afford to offend, and He was extremely active. In the Second Age, this super-powerful being easily destroyed the mindless kingdom of Númenóre and subsequently turned Arda, a flat and square land, into a planet. During the War of the Ring, He resurrected Gandalf, who had perished alongside the Balrog, and elevated Gandalf to the rank of White Wizard.

The fact that Gandalf was resurrected, in particular, clearly shows that he has always been paying attention to Middle-earth.

If this creator god harbors murderous intent towards the reincarnators, the East Sea team will have no way to escape and will undoubtedly die.

To survive in Middle-earth, you have to be mindful of Yiru's feelings.

T1 refers to the Valar and those at the Valar level. The Valar are the rulers of Middle-earth, similar to the twelve Olympian gods in Greek mythology.

According to the novel, even the weakest of these Valar could destroy a continent. If calculated using a more advanced method, their strength could even reach the level of destroying a star... As for the highest level they could reach, it all depends on how deep the waters of Middle-earth are.

Moving continents, expanding oceans, creating mountains, creating races... these are all tangible achievements of the Valar.

Mountains like the Blue Mountains and the White Mountains were all created by Vera.

After imprisoning the first great demon king, the troublesome Valar Morgoth, these righteous gods generally won't intervene anymore. However, once they enter Middle-earth, they can't ignore these powerful beings.

Besides the Valar, there are other powerful beings in Middle-earth who can rival them.

For example, among the first few High Kings of the Noldor Elves, only one or two could fight the strongest Valar Morgoth one-on-one. Although they were defeated and died, they crippled Morgoth.

Take Tom Bombardier for example. This character didn't appear in the movie, but he was very prestigious in the book and wouldn't be affected by the One Ring. Tom Bombardier is very mysterious. He is the oldest life form in Middle-earth, and some people speculate that he is the embodiment of the will of Middle-earth.

Xu Feng considered himself to be of decent strength among the reincarnators, but he didn't want to face these god-level powerhouses in "The Hobbit." If he were to actually fight these powerhouses, his only chance would be to run away.

The T2 level is the Maya.

Maiar can also be referred to as a lesser god.

There are many powerful individuals at this level, and some of them are still active in Middle-earth.

The second-generation Great Demon King, Sauron, the main antagonist in The Lord of the Rings, is Maiar.

Gandalf is also a lesser god. Of course, Gandalf and other wizards are bound by the primary god and cannot exert too much power. Their strength is far inferior to Sauron's.

In the novel, the Balrog is also a fallen Maiar.

There are also many Maiar-level powerhouses among the elves, such as Eyarndir, the father of Elrond of the Valley. With the help of the power of the Silmarils, he defeated the dragon Ankaragon—a colossal creature several thousand meters tall. This elf later became a star.

For example, there's Galadriel, the Elven Queen, who is currently the strongest Elf in Middle-earth. In the six films of The Lord of the Rings series, the most epic battle was when this Elven Queen fought 1 against 10 in Dorgul, single-handedly driving out Sauron and the nine Ringwraiths.

Although Sauron did not have the One Ring at that time, his strength was by no means weak—Saruman the White was immediately intimidated, because that battle planted the seed for him to become Sauron's ally.

Elrond was also quite powerful. In the battle of Dorguld, he killed a Ringwraith with a single strike. Unfortunately, the Ringwraiths were backed by Sauron and could resurrect infinitely. Elrond's strength could not determine the outcome of that battle. He could barely be considered a Tier 2 fighter.

Among the Maya-class combatants, there are strong and weak. Xu Feng deduced from the descriptions in the novel that he should be among the stronger batch of Maya, and most of the characters appearing in the story are no match for him.

Of course, if you are too arrogant, you may also crash and burn.

As for the last tier, that is, ordinary people—the gap between this tier is huge. Strong characters like Thorin the Dwarf King and Thranduil the Elf King from The Hobbit are as weak as Hobbits who are only a little over a meter tall, but in Xu Feng's eyes, they are all people who can be wiped out with a single slap.

The vast majority of elves and humans, all dwarves, orcs, and strange races, are at this level.

In the Lord of the Rings setting, creatures like dwarves and trolls have lifespans and physical abilities far exceeding those of humans. However, in Xu Feng's view, these so-called powerful races are nothing but chickens and dogs. There are even beings among humans that Xu Feng is wary of... Although those beings are not humans of this era, this does not prevent humans from having indeed defeated high-level bosses. Some heroic humans have even done things that even gods could not do.

As for dwarves... at higher levels, they have absolutely no record of fighting.

First, their kingdom was destroyed by Balrog, and then by Smaug... Humans have killed both Balrog and dragons, and Smaug was also killed by humans in the story.

"The god-level powerhouses in that world most likely won't intervene," Xu Feng sighed. "Gods are just background figures."

“This is actually a good thing. We can’t control people who are too strong. Maybe the gods will think we are too evil and will target us instead,” Mei said.

Xu Feng chuckled.

The extraordinary abilities possessed by the East Sea team are relatively aboveboard... but their core principles are indeed not very righteous.

Once Mei enters Middle-earth, she will most likely be mistaken for a necromancer by powerful figures. Necromancy is basically an ability of Sauron or the dark side, and righteous people generally do not possess that kind of ability.

Gandalf or other Maiar-level powerhouses would definitely be wary of Mei's abilities.

"May the Lord God classify us as the righteous side!"

Xu Feng smiled and analyzed, "The plot of The Hobbit is much simpler than that of The Lord of the Rings. The main monsters are orcs, and the strongest boss is the dragon Smaug. As for Sauron, his strength has not been fully restored. These characters are far inferior to the strong heroes. If the main god does not change the plot, we don't need to care about the strong villains in this world at all."

“Actually… we can prepare in advance!” Xiangzi suddenly said.

"Winning over elves doesn't necessarily have to wait until after entering the cycle of reincarnation. A qualified temple strategist can make preparations before entering the cycle of reincarnation."

"Although we received fewer reward points this time, it doesn't necessarily mean we won't be able to make enough preparations."

"For example... creating a humanoid being with the appearance of an elf!"

Xu Feng was taken aback.

He readily agreed with the suggestion, saying with great interest, "An attitude?"

Ilúvatar, the creator god of the Lord of the Rings world, highly valued elves.

Of course, He also values ​​humanity, regarding them as His second child.

"That's indeed a very good suggestion. Regardless of the 'elf's' strength, it at least shows the true rulers of this world that we 'outsiders' have no hostility towards the elves!"

Xu Feng wasn't sure if this attitude would be effective, but such detailed preparations were necessary to deal with more than a dozen powerful individuals whom he couldn't afford to offend.

"In that case... let's create an 'elf' with the Supreme God!"

Faces flashed through Xu Feng's mind: "But whose image should I choose?"

(End of this chapter)