Star Abyss Walker

Chapter 171 One-on-One with the Spinach Butcher!

"Are you going?" Ruolin asked.

"go with!"

I immediately picked up the bomb gun and said, "But everyone must be careful and not get close to the Spiked Butcher. Let's not make a move yet, observe the situation first. Saving people is important, but our own lives are even more important, much more important!"

“That makes sense…” the fat man grinned.

"go!"

……

Under the moonlight, a group of people hurried along the edge of the woods.

The coordinates posted by Shenjin and Jimeng Keke are not far from us. At our current speed, it would only take us about 5 minutes to travel there at full speed. It seems that they just passed by us before, then circled around and ran into the terrifying Spine Butcher!

These unlucky kids...

Five minutes later, gunshots rang out from deep within the jungle.

"Boss, over there!"

Cai Cai pointed to the distance.

At this moment, the five of us were on a small hill ten meters high. Looking down, we could see a huge, dark object lying across the plain under the moonlight. Judging from its outline, it looked like a steel structure. At this moment, the Spinner Butcher was circling this steel structure, and the spinal tentacles behind him were clanging.
"What the hell is that?"

I took out the Wind Whisperer and examined the thing carefully with a magnifying scope.

Cai Cai, Ruo Lin, and the others also observed through the scope, their faces showing surprise.

"That, it seems to be..."

Cai Cai was slightly taken aback: "An abandoned airdrop pod?!"

"is it?"

My gaze sharpened as well.

In the setting of "Star Abyss", a drop pod is a transportation device that precisely delivers personnel or supplies from space to the ground. It is generally used to transport elite warriors wearing third-generation or higher power armor. Each drop pod can transport about 5-10 people. The one in front of us seems to be a small drop pod for 5 people, with five holes in the steel structure for loading personnel.

Meanwhile, the Spine Butcher frantically circled the abandoned, rusty drop pod overgrown with weeds, its spinal tentacles clanging and piercing the pod as if it were chasing someone.

"Depend on……"

Upon closer inspection, I discovered a figure nimbly weaving in and out of the drop pod, frequently unleashing a psionic attack on the Spine Butcher, causing the Spine Butcher's health bar to drop to 97%!

Could it be that this person is trying to wear down the BOSS?

Who is that person?

Cai Cai and Ruo Lin asked questions together, and they also discovered the person who was fighting the spine butcher one-on-one.

"I don't know, the distance is too far to see the ID."

I shook my head and said, "This guy's damage output is too low. He can't possibly take down the Spiked Butcher. I'll go over there by myself. You guys stay here. If I make a move, you switch to sniper rifles and take down the Spiked Butcher from a distance. You don't need to deal too much damage. Just make sure you can participate in the strategy and get the first kill reward and the orange chest."

"Ding Han, is this any good?" the fat man asked, frowning.

"Don't worry, you definitely won't die."

I grinned and said, "If I really do get killed by the spine-spike butcher, you guys run! The distance of nearly 300 meters is enough for you to escape."

"Ok!"

Ruolin said, "Then be careful!"

"rest assured!"

As soon as I finished speaking, I grabbed the bomb gun and rushed out of the hill, sliding down the steep slope. Then, under the cover of darkness and grass, I made my way to the abandoned drop pod.

Actually, before seeing this abandoned drop pod, I was absolutely unwilling to take on the Spinebreaker one-on-one. Its attack power is what it is, and now that it has reached level 40, it is simply not something that players at this stage can fight head-on.

However, the drop pod is sturdy and the Spiked Butcher cannot damage it. In addition, there are 5 holes inside the drop pod, which meets the conditions for "trapping the monster". As long as you are skillful enough and operate smoothly enough, it is not a problem to kill this BOSS with zero loss!
Meanwhile, the player who frequently unleashed psionic attacks was doing just that!
"rustle……"

With the sound of light footsteps, I was already within 40 yards of the drop pod, and I could even see the rotating bone saw inside the Spine Killer's chest cavity clearly. At this moment, the ID of the player who was kiting the BOSS also came into view.

【Fairy Night Courtier】(Star Speaker, Tier 3)
Rating: 34
Guild: None
Position: None
Regional ranking: 7
……

It turns out to be the player ranked 7th in Huaining City, and also a hidden class player named "Star Speaker"!
"drop!"

Just then, the adorable Coco sent a voice message: "Ding Han, have you arrived yet?"

"arrive."

I frowned and said, "I've already seen Faye Chaochen soloing the boss. What about you guys? Why haven't I seen you?"

"We're hiding inside the drop pod."

The adorable Coco cried and said, "The leader and I are both seriously injured. Almost all of us have been killed by the Spiked Butcher. Only four or five of us are left, and we are all injured and unable to fight. We are all hiding in the rest pods in the mezzanine of the drop pod."

It's a bit pitiful; they used to have 20+ people.

"Ah."

I nodded: "Don't rush..." Before I finished speaking, the spine butcher suddenly let out a low roar, and his arm spikes suddenly shot up and continued to extend forward. With a "whoosh", he turned a corner, and one of the spikes, as sharp as a blade, pierced directly into the abdomen of Faye Chaochen with a "plop" sound!
A wise man must have a loss if he is worried.

Although Faye Chaochen's positioning was already very skillful, he was a "magic" class, probably with all points allocated to spirit, so his agility was a bit lacking, which made his positioning less flexible. As a result, he was still caught out by the Spine Killer!
"10023!"

In an instant, the image of shattered starlight appeared on Faye Chaochen's chest. It was the scene of his skill "Star Shield" being shattered. Even after the Star Shield absorbed a lot of damage, the Spinebreaker's attack still caused him immense damage, almost putting him into a state of minor injury!
"Oh no, it's all over..."

The courtier of the Night of Fa was horrified, a bloody hole spreading across his chest!
At that very moment, I took action!
"Pong!"

With a burst of Yuan Power, his body transformed into a blur and instantly pierced through the body of the Spine Butcher. Immediately afterward, he threw a Heavenly Craftsmanship into the Spine Butcher's body, and with unstoppable momentum, he unleashed a five-hit combo of normal attack + Dragon Blade + normal attack + Ground Spike Slash + normal attack with the Wind-Riding Sword in his hand. Instantly, damage spikes soared into the air!

"1325!"

"2678!"

"1558!"

"4872!"

"1892!"

With the unstoppable momentum, the base attack damage of each strike is higher than the last!

"Ho~~~"

The spine-spiked butcher roared, turned around abruptly, opened his chest, and grabbed me from both sides with two arms covered in bone spiky, trying to stuff me into his chest cavity and then crush me!
"Be careful, Shadow Chaser..." Fa Ye Chao Chen was terrified.

I remained calm and unhurried, instantly flicking the tip of my sword to unleash a normal attack, followed by a combination of Chilling Star, normal attack, Bloodthirst, and normal attack, instantly freezing the BOSS in place, with each strike dealing more damage than the last!

"2003!"

"12844!"

"2335!"

"2578!"

"8002!"

"12248!"

"4802!"

……

It has to be said that the damage from the combination of "Heavenly Craftsmanship" and "Unstoppable Force" is terrifying. Even a Spine Butcher with over 1,000 armor cannot withstand it. With the damage stacked by "Unstoppable Force", the damage of the final normal attack even reached 4800+ points, which is much higher than the 1325 points of damage of "One Sword". This is the effect of the 110% attack power bonus!

However, my good fortune didn't last long. Although my melee damage output was terrifying, it wasn't sustainable. After all, I couldn't withstand the attacks from the Spinebreaker Butcher!
"Dodge!"

I suddenly switched to my explosive pistol and gave Faye Chaochen a look: "Find a place to hide and don't block my view. I want the route you took!"

"Um...ok!"

Without further ado, Fa Yechao immediately slipped into the rusty rest compartment of the airdrop pod.

"Ho~~~"

The spine-spiked butcher roared, and six spinal tentacles came from all directions behind him!

I quickly dodged through the drop pod, dodging his attack by using the camera angle to my advantage. Then, I nimbly leaped to the top of the drop pod and fired a burst of armor-piercing bullets at the bald head of the Spine Butcher!

Unfortunately, the opponent's armor and resistance were simply too high. Even with the armor-piercing effect of the Heavenly Craftsmanship, each shot could only deal 800+ damage, which was not optimistic at all!
"Shadow Chaser, be careful!"

Faye Chaochen threw a skill from the rest pod. The skill turned into starlight and seeped into the ground. It quickly transformed into a tentacle that darted out and wrapped around the BOSS's body. The binding effect was weakened by the BOSS's resistance, but it still lasted for a full 1.2 seconds.

Stardust Tentacles, a third-tier control skill of the Star Speaker!
Seeing this, I casually pulled Nightfall into my team. If we can really take down the Spine Butcher, he should get the first kill reward!

……

“Zizi~~~”

At this moment, the Spine Butcher roared, and the golden cracks all over his body hummed. That was the effect of the last two seconds of the Heavenly Craftsmanship skill. The Heavenly Craftsmanship skill has a hidden feature: in the end, as it continuously erodes the opponent's armor, it will mark the opponent's true weakness.

In the final battle against Vega in the Battle of Xicheng, it was the Tiangong Kaiwu mark that exposed the opponent's weakness, which ultimately led to his defeat!

At this moment, the final golden light of the Creation of Nature converged into four points, two of which were located at the Spine Butcher's leg joints, and the other two at his arm joints!
"Shadow chasing!"

Faye Chaochen said in the team channel: "I gathered some information about high-level mutants while doing missions. The Spinner Butcher has a weakness. During its evolution process, it uses its joints very frequently, which accelerates the wear and tear of its bone spikes. Therefore, the Spinner Butcher's joints have evolved to secrete a lubricating fluid. This lubricating fluid is flammable!"

"Understood, thank you!"

I nodded and continued to rely on my superior agility to move around and dodge the Spine Butcher's fierce attacks!
For a moment, the entire drop pod was buzzing, constantly enduring the heavy blows of the Spiked Butcher!
Meanwhile, Ruolin, Caicai, and others rushed to the rescue with sniper rifles, trying their best to deal maximum damage and also get a share of the spoils!

……

Two minutes later, amidst the roar of the Spine Butcher, I charged forward again, stunning him. Then, I unleashed a combo of Heavenly Craftsmanship and Unstoppable Force, this time targeting his right knee joint. I hacked away wildly, dealing massive damage. Finally, just as the damage from Bloodthirst was exhausted, the Spine Butcher roared, and I completely cleaved open the outer layer of calluses on his knee joint, revealing the deep blue joint lubricant inside!

"Shh..."

He quickly retreated, raised his hand and took out a bomb gun, but the bullets loaded in the bomb gun had been replaced with molten metal bullets by the automatic loading robot!
"Bang bang bang~~~"

Amidst the gunshots, the spine-spike butcher screamed in agony as flames erupted from his knees!

(End of this chapter)