Star Abyss Walker

Chapter 114 Bone-chilling cold
"Be careful!"

As I fired continuously, I said in a deep voice, "None of the second-tier insects are easy to deal with. The scorpion insects are gray, with high attack and potent poison. The exploding insects are bright green; once they get close to a player, they self-destruct, and there's no saving them unless you're a tank who can withstand tons of damage. Then there are the bloodthirsty insects, which are red with blood-red patterns on their surface. They like to attach themselves to rock walls, and once they get close, they'll burrow under the player's skin and devour flesh—quite terrifying. And then there are the hydralisks..."

"Ah."

The fat man looked like he was being taught a lesson: "Tell me slowly, I've got it all in mind."

I gave him a look that suggested he was teachable.

It's good if they're willing to learn; the problem is those who are incompetent yet stubborn.

……

Night had fallen in the blink of an eye.

Although what we were in front of was just a small insect nest, there were many monsters, and we were being quite cautious, so our progress was slow. It wasn't until around 8 p.m. that we finally reached the depths of the insect nest.

"Hiss~~~"

A winged insect crouched in the center of the nest, its eyes grayish-brown and its body glowing purple. It had finally met the final boss of this insect nest!

"Be careful."

I slowly approached with my bomb gun, and soon I took in the BOSS's attributes and created a picture of it, which I then shared in the team chat.

[Mutant Queen Insect] (Purple BOSS)

Rating: 30
Attack: 1000-1350
Defense: 500
Qi and blood: 450000
Skills: [Bite Lv8], [Scythe Lv8], [Bloodlust Lv8], [Hard Shell Lv8]

Details: This is a successfully mutated queen beetle. It evolved from a mutated nest beetle and became the overlord of the nest due to its powerful strength. It has extremely sharp teeth and scythes. Be careful if you encounter it!
……

"Third-order mutated king insect."

Cai Cai took a deep breath: "The attack power is a bit high. With 1350 attack points plus the hidden bonus of the purple BOSS, it will definitely hurt a lot when it hits. And the armor is not low either, 500 points of BOSS-level armor. I'm afraid our firepower won't hurt much."

"It's okay, I can fight."

I looked around and said, "Fatty, Kou Mei, you two stay in ranged combat and don't get close to the King Worm. Its attack power is too high, and it might kill you instantly!"

Then, looking at Zhang Ruolin, he said, "Ruolin, you hold off the BOSS. Cai Cai and I will deal damage. If necessary, I will also use Burst Charge to hold it off. In short, everyone be careful."

"Ok!"

Zhang Ruolin nodded gently.

"Well, I said..."

The fat man trembled all over: "Brothers, do we really have to fight this BOSS? It's a level 30 purple BOSS! If we can't handle it, we can just give up. It doesn't have any deep-seated grudge against us..."

He completely chickened out.

"Fatty."

Cai Cai laughed and said, "What's a mere level 30 purple BOSS? Back in Xicheng, our boss led us to fight a level 40 purple BOSS. Don't you know that?"

"What?"

The fat man looked at me in disbelief.

He was truly a complete novice, utterly ignorant of the outside world.

"Stop talking, prepare to attack!"

I raised my hand and replaced the fragmentation magazine with a magazine full of armor-piercing rounds, then gave the order to the mini-robot in the interdimensional storage space to replace all the bullets in all the magazines with armor-piercing rounds.

"Yes, Commander!"

The little robot bowed in the storage space and then got busy like crazy.

With it, my battery life is truly worlds apart from what it used to be!

"Fire!"

Aiming at the Queen Beetle's head, which was about the size of a basketball, I raised my hand and cast the Heavenly Craftsmanship Technique on it. Just as the golden patterns began to spread, I pulled the trigger. Instantly, the bullets from the bomb gun seemed to be guided by lasers, exploding continuously on the Queen Beetle's head, with damage numbers flying up densely!

"924!"

"1026!"

"2072!"

"912!"

"900!"

……

Goodness, the armor is really strong!

My Hellfire Bomb Gun should have dealt around 550 base damage, but against the opponent's armor, it only dealt around 300 damage, a reduction of nearly half, and this was even with armor-piercing rounds!
However, even so, the damage is still quite considerable, enough to kill!

After emptying a magazine in an instant, it dealt approximately 4+ damage in total. This means that even if I were the only one dealing damage, I could kill this mutated queen bug after emptying 11 magazines!
Of course, teammates are also very important; without everyone's restraint, there would be no such good space for output!

"Pong!"

The next second, the giant scythe of the King Worm struck Zhang Ruolin's heavy shield. The shield made a loud noise, and Zhang Ruolin's health bar dropped by 14% instantly. Her face turned slightly pale, and she was completely suppressed by her opponent in terms of strength!

"Hiss~~~"

The mutated queen beetle went berserk, its claws snapping open to lock the shield in place. Then, with a powerful hurl, Zhang Ruolin's body slammed against a nearby rock.

"Let go, burst charge!"

I quickly shouted and then took the opportunity to switch magazines.

Zhang Ruolin quickly let go, her body rolling off the ground, and then she turned and unleashed a burst of energy that pierced through the BOSS's body.

I fired head-on, the bomb gun spitting fire continuously with "bang bang bang," bullets piercing the mutated king insect's head, with dark red blood spurting out! Beside me, Cai Cai's output was also quite impressive, reaching about 20% of mine.

The fat guy's output is quite average, almost negligible.

Kou Mei raised her hand, her eyes glowing, and directly used her spiritual energy skill. Instantly, waves of spiritual energy struck the BOSS, causing damage that was no less than that of Cai Cai!

In the team's battle data statistics, the individual contribution ranking instantly changed to me taking first place, CaiCai second, KouMei third, RuoLin's contribution ranking for taking damage and controlling the enemy fourth, and Fatty fifth!

"Pick up the shield!"

I typed and shouted at the same time.

Just as Zhang Ruolin picked up the shield, the King Worm turned and pounced, moving with incredible speed. Its scythe struck down like lightning. I could do nothing but activate the Annihilation Rock Armor, and a sharp pain shot through my chest.

"1522!"

"1413!"

"1501!"

The fact that this mutated king worm can still attack so much health and mana under the annihilation rock armor is truly monstrous!
"Pong!"

He charged forward abruptly, then switched magazines, unleashing another burst of bullets that struck the King Worm's head.

After using adrenaline, Zhang Ruolin charged forward again, shield in her left hand and a blue monomolecular sword in her right. With a few sharp strikes, she made the King Worm feel no pain.

"Keep the output going, don't panic!"

While the king beetle opened its blood-red maw to scare us, I pulled out a grenade and threw it into its mouth!

"Bang~~~"

Amidst the explosions, flesh and blood flew everywhere, followed by a barrage of bullets from the grenades, continuously blasting the opponent's head apart. At such close range, the chance of a headshot was already 100%. As for the chance of a critical hit, that was entirely up to luck!

And so, Zhang Ruolin and I took turns providing cover and absorbing the BOSS's damage. Coupled with our terrifying output, in less than a minute, the mutated king insect's health bar was already empty!
"Holy crap, that's awesome..."

Cai Cai kept firing her submachine gun, her face full of excitement.

His excitement was not without reason. In this battle, we perfectly suppressed the mutated king worm with our tactics, firepower and teamwork, and did not give the opponent much chance. We brought it to a critical condition in one go. This shows that our team's strength is enough to deal with a level 30 purple BOSS. This is extremely rare in the current stage of "Star Abyss"!

Even a guild like the Crimson Sky Alliance, which is hailed as a top-tier guild, probably wouldn't dare to boast that a five-person team could definitely defeat a level 30 purple boss.

"Keep going, stay calm!"

I switched to the seventh magazine!

Then, with the explosive gun spitting out flames and unleashing a barrage of fire, the mutated king insect's head finally turned into a watermelon and exploded with a "bang," a true headshot!

[Congratulations! You have defeated the Mutant King Insect (purple BOSS) and obtained the item: BOSS Ability Crystal x1!]

[Battle Notification: You have defeated the 〖Mutant King Insect〗 (Purple BOSS), gaining 420000 character experience points. The Yuanli Furnace extracted 210000 experience points!]

……

"nailed it!"

Cai Cai wiped the sweat from her face and laughed, "Boss, have we wiped out all the small insect nests?"

"Calculate."

“Five people cleared the entire insect nest, that’s amazing…” Zhang Ruolin also expressed her approval.

The fat man chuckled, and a golden rain of light descended upon him. He had already reached level 20 and was ready to advance to the second tier, but now was not the time.

"Let's see what the superpowered crystals can yield!"

Cai Cai plopped down on a rock and started opening the box.

I also took out the BOSS's power crystal, opened it casually, and golden light immediately rose before my eyes.

Congratulations! You have successfully opened your [BOSS Ability Crystal] and obtained the item: [Piercing Cold Star] (S-Rank Skill Tome)!

……

S-rank, a skill manual?!

I opened my eyes wide, almost in disbelief. This skill wasn't a common skill; I'd never even heard of it before!

He hurriedly opened the interdimensional storage space, and saw text slowly emerging on the skill manual—

【Piercing Cold Star】(S-Rank Skill Manual): Unleashes internal Yuan Power, transforming it into cosmic frost to deal a 250% critical hit to the target and freeze the target for 1.5 seconds. Cooldown: 25 seconds. Consumes 10 Yuan Power. Required Class: Super Warrior. Required Level: 25.

……

'Holy shit...'

Looking at the skill, I couldn't help but exclaim in my heart, "Wow, that's awesome!" It's a skill that can freeze the opponent for 1.5 seconds. This is a god-tier skill for controlling the rhythm and getting kills!
Especially against squishy classes like Psionicists, Star Speakers, and Shadow Assassins, if they dare to resist, just use a Freezing Star to freeze them, and then finish them off with a combo!
Melee classes are finally thriving!
With a simple gesture, you can learn the skill and level up to lv10, gaining 6 points of strength!
……

"What did you spend? Let me see." Kou Mei said, "I only spent some Star Coins."

"I'm alright, I have a green Tier 2 axe."

Cai Cai said, "It seems that the output of the purple BOSS is also not very good."

"It's better than me giving up experience points," Zhang Ruolin said with a bitter face.

The fat man said, "I'm also experienced, not bad. What I need most is experience."

"Ding Han, what did you choose?" Ruolin asked.

I shared the illustration of the chilling star directly with everyone, raised the Legion Blade, and with a slight shake of my arm, 10 points of Yuan Power were converted into skill power. Instantly, my entire right arm became chillingly cold, and then strands of deep blue frozen star images swirled around the Legion Blade. The next strike would freeze the opponent!

"Holy crap, that's amazing..." Cai Cai was dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)