Chapter 553: Spray Beetle vs Quasi-Boss
Feng Luo thought for a brief moment and made a decision. He turned to 24K, who was moving its claws anxiously on his shoulder, and asked, “Can you command these beetles?”
“Squeak, squeak…” 24K quickly nodded its tiny head and relayed a string of messages through the mental link.
Feng Luo saw the “Translation” of the bug language by the system and relaxed. “So you’re saying that you can’t completely command them. They are not very obedient, and that you can only command those that are closer to you. The minions who are within a 100-meter range…”
Although 24K could not gain complete control, it did not look as if he didn’t have a chance.
The valley beneath them was not very big and was a rectangular shape. A 100-meter range would have included around one-third of the beetle group.
If 24K could gain control and fight, the chances of them winning the battle were quite high.
However, 24K then squeaked a few more times, “Squeak, squeak…”
“Oh, I almost forgot… You don’t have enough psionic energy…” Feng Luo only thought of that issue then.
Although 24K could theoretically send commands to the beetles within a 100-meter radius range, these commands would require psionic energy.
With 24K’s current psionic energy amount, there was no doubt that it would not be able to sustain it for a long time if it were to command a huge number of beetles.
Feng Luo thought for a while and decided that it was best to focus on those that had long-range attacks, the Spray Beetles.
“Let’s do this. You will focus your energy on the Spray Beetles. Control them first and move them behind the Steel Beetles. Then, wait for my attacking commands.”
The types of beetles engaged in battle within the valley were complete. However, in terms of numbers, the Spray Beetles occupied the most, followed by Steel Beetles. As for the Bladed Beetles, their numbers were the lowest, probably because Bladed Beetles were melee combatants and many had died or were injured in the earlier scuffle. As for the Spray Beetles, though they were gla.s.s cannons with low HP, they were long-range attackers, and many of them were still alive.
However, this was not a bad thing, because only Spray Beetles would have been able to execute the focus fire tactic that allowed instantaneous target switching.
Feng Luo suddenly remembered something and used the mental link and said to 24K, “Fly up towards that group of Energy Beetles…”
Although 24K was modeled around a Boss Grade monster, it did not have much combat strength. Its HP and defense were also quite low.
Although it had gone through “Evolution” twice and gained 4,000 additional HP, its total HP was the equivalent or slightly higher than that of an Elite Grade Bladed Beetle.
The Commander Grade Cave Spider’s attack from across was high enough to instantly kill a Bladed Beetle. Even with 24K’s Psionic s.h.i.+eld, there was no guarantee that he would be safe from the attacks.
As for the Energy Beetles floating above the battlefield in the valley, though their numbers were unclear, Feng Luo estimated there were around 200 of them.
Even the normal long-range attacks of a Quasi-Boss Grade monster may not be able to destroy an energy s.h.i.+eld supported by such a large number of Energy Beetles.
In previous battles, 24K had always been with Feng Luo, which allowed him to protect 24K during battles. However, this battle did not allow Feng Luo to keep 24K around him all the time, because if 24K followed him it would be put in more danger.
The first target that Feng Luo aimed at was the Level 40 Quasi-Boss Grade monster on the wall across from them, the Cave Spider Queen that was showing its “female might” at that moment.
“Boom!”
A ball of white energy had been culminating in the mouth of the Quasi-Boss spider for some time. The ball of energy was shot casually into the valley, and as it made contact on the ground, it completely wiped out the vegetation around the area and made over a dozen beetles in the area evaporate.
At the same time, the six purple eyes on the back of the abdomen of the Cave Spider Queen kept shooting strings that killed each and every one of the combatant beetles charging towards it.
Feng Luo was certain that getting rid of this Quasi-Boss monster that possessed an attack strength that even an Elite Grade Steel Beetle could not tank against was the only way he could achieve victory.
However, it was a Level 40 Quasi-Boss.
While Feng Luo had awakened the Force and was several levels higher than the Quasi-Boss, if he were to be completely honest, he was uncertain about the results.
In theory, a Quasi-Boss monster had the combat strength of around 50 players of the same level.
No matter how strong Feng Luo was, he knew that it was impossible for him to fight and win against 50 normal players, even if it were only 50 Level 40 normal players.
On a PK map with suitable terrain, he may have a chance to kill 40 ordinary players one by one, a Boss battle and a PK match were two entirely different things. The main problem for solo players facing Quasi-Bosses was that, no matter what the situation was, the player would lack damage output.
However, Feng Luo did not want to see the beetle group that he spent so much effort to find disappear right before his eyes. Whether it was the system’s intention or a coincidence, he did not want to give up just like that.
“I should at least give it a go.” As 24K listened and flapped its golden wings towards the Energy Beetles in the sky, Feng Luo’s face became fierce as the aim of the Wings of Death rifle in his hands was already fixed on the Cave Spider Queen standing on a platform across the valley.
After all, the death penalty was, at most, a level drop.
Feng Luo was currently Level 52, he was no longer like other Level 50 players who would not be able to equip their Level 50 items if they dropped a level, making the loss not that bad.
Moreover, truth be told, he really thought that he was still qualified to win the fight. The source of his confidence was the sniper rifle he was holding in his hands.
Before Feng Luo received Wings of Death, it may have been fair to say that he was hoping. However, after receiving Wings of Death, the rare attribute of the gun alone might have been enough for him to take out a Quasi-Boss that was over ten levels lower than him.
Additionally, after all is said and done, Feng Luo was definitely not fighting alone.
“Squeak, squeak!” At that time, 24K, who had reached the group of Energy Beetles in the air, sent a frequency signal that was undetectable by humans.
When the waves spread across the Spray Beetle group that was within a 100-meter range below them, the Spray Beetles that were originally fighting for themselves fell into a panic. Their movement and actions became very coherent and neat, the Spray Beetles gave up attacking one by one and quickly moved towards an area underneath the nearby Steel Beetles.
“Pu, pu, pu…”
By the time 24K succeeded in flying above the valley, the group of more than 200 Spray Beetles had positioned themselves behind the s.h.i.+eld formed by the group of Energy Beetles. They extended their necks together and shot poisonous liquid towards a direction.
“Psst, psst, psst…”
Over 200 jets of dark green poisonous liquid flew in the air towards the rock wall on the opposite side like cannonb.a.l.l.s towards the Level 40 Quasi-Boss that only had a layer of energy s.h.i.+eld to protect itself, the Cave Spider Queen.
“Boom!”
Another energy bomb was shot out of the Cave Spider Queen’s mouth just now, and a few Bladed Beetles that charged towards it were blown to bits.
In the next moment, the area surrounding the Cave Spider Queen suddenly turned dark. From above its head, dark green poisonous liquid rained down heavily.
“Tsst… Tsst…”
One shot of the poison liquid struck the energy s.h.i.+eld of the Cave Spider Queen, and the moment it made contact with the s.h.i.+eld, it splattered as white smoke raised into the air.
However, a Quasi-Boss’ energy s.h.i.+eld’s defense was not child’s play. In particular, this Quasi-Boss was one that was adept at energy attacks. A single poison liquid attack did not affect the energy s.h.i.+eld much.
If one shot was not enough, how about ten? Maybe a hundred… Or perhaps, if the first two hundred shots were not enough, how about a second round of attacks? Maybe a third round?
Dark green poisonous liquid descended from above like heavy rain. Many of the shots fell upon the energy s.h.i.+eld, and instantly, the initially strong-looking transparent energy s.h.i.+eld began to fluctuate.
The corrosive poisonous liquid splattered and covered the energy s.h.i.+eld as a huge amount of white smoke filled the area.
The Spray Beetles’ poison attacks were not cla.s.sified only as physical damage, they were also extremely destructive to the energy s.h.i.+eld.
Feng Luo had experimented with it once before. He used the Spray Beetles’ poison liquid with the explosion of the Suicide Bombeetle. It was strong enough to instantly destroy the Commander Grade Desert Rock Lizard’s half-damaged energy s.h.i.+eld.
However, the valley beneath him did not have any Suicide Bombeetles. Feng Luo had no way of using that method.
However, since all 200 plus of the Spray Beetles only had one target to attack, the effect was still quite obvious.
While it was the energy s.h.i.+eld of a Quasi-Boss, it was still not strong enough to withstand the round of poisonous liquid attack.
After just four to five seconds, the energy s.h.i.+eld of the Cave Spider Queen disappeared, and the hundreds of poisonous liquid attacks that remained descended upon the Cave Spider Queen’s exposed body like droplets of heavy rain.
“Tsst… Test…”
“-123, -99, -102…”
While the damage inflicted by the poisonous liquids was not high, the corrosiveness of the attack burned the hairy back of the Cave Spider Queen that had been camouflaged into the yellowish-brown color of the surrounding boulder black. Injuries also began to appear on its abdomen, the weakest part of the Cave Spider Queen’s body.