Chapter 95: 95

“It’s a Suicide Bombeetle! Everybody, be careful! Do not let them near you!”

Mu Zi’s recon meter had already scanned the information on the beetles . He then shouted to inform others, but he was too late . Mr . Meng, who was trailing at the back of the team after finishing off the Elite Praying Mantis, was getting being up by the chasing beetles .

Bang! Bang! Bang…!

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When four beetles flew on top of Mr . Meng, a small red dot appeared on their stomachs . Then they stormed down twice as quickly as their previous speed . In the process, the red dot continued to expand . In the end, it looked like a red light shining through a half-transparent body .

When it touched Mr . Meng, the beetle blew up in flames and was reduced to a bundle of black smoke, causing around 500 points of damage .

Bang! Bang!

Feng Luo kept firing his sniper rifle, working with others to shoot the remaining dozen beetles and to prevent them from getting close . These airborne monsters, several centimeters in width, were difficult to hit using a sniper rifle when they moved at high speed . Feng Luo shot four times, but only two of his shots hit their target .

These beetles, which were below Level 20 and had less than 500 HP, were easily killed by an armor-piercing bullet . But their deaths were different than those of ordinary monsters . They would explode when they died . The nearby beetles would also explode as a result of the explosion, causing a chain reaction of explosions to occur, forming a sort of fireball . At this time, the sky was filled with flames like fireworks .

Chairman Jiao, who was enclosed in a yellow ochre energy shield, looked at the plump Mr . Meng—being bombed until his armor was tainted with dark and gray spots—and laughing merrily at the expense of his misfortune . “Hey, Mr . Meng, aren’t you an expert? Your face is covered with dirt!”

“Damn, these monsters remind me of the self-destructing spiders in an old game,” Mr . Meng grunted . “They were all so irritating!”

At his side, a Wind Manipulator with the ID “Orange” hurriedly took out a wet tissue and wiped Mr . Meng’s face .

“Mr . Meng, how’s the damage dealt by these beetles?” Mu Zi took the opportunity to gather information, simultaneously asking Mr . Meng about the monsters while inputting information and uploading the video of the beetles .

“The explosive power isn’t major,” said Mr . Meng . “It was equal to roughly 1,000 damage . The enhanced armor was able to reduce it to roughly 500 damage . ”

Mr . Meng brandished the alloy longsword in his hand . This sword had a very distinct appearance . Not only was it one and a half meters in length, but it was also one foot and five inches in width . The sword—as long as a door and nearly as broad—was shining with a vaguely golden light . It might have been a high-ranked Rare-grade piece of equipment .

“Roughly 1,000 damage, will cause a chain reaction of explosions…” Mu Zi quickly uploaded the information to the Lu Company’s central command channel .

The company had assigned a few Scouts, especially in the archaeological site to get information about the monsters inside . When these Scouts were infiltrating these sites, they did not dare to startle the monster, so their data on the monster’s damage was unclear . During the cleaning process, the Scout on each team would upload the data and the image into the data storage in the commander car . This would enable other teams to handle the same type of monster in the future with ease . The big guilds would apply the same standard operating procedure (SOP) when conducting such missions .

Mr . Qian, who was holding the alloy shield analyzed the situation . “1,000 damage for a Level-20 monster is considered high . By the looks of it, they can only attack at short range . It will not be much of a problem if we are careful . ”

Mu Zi, who was transmitting the data, was shocked . The recon meter in his hand began to show concentrated yellow dots . “Sh*t . Numerous monsters are getting close . There are at least 300 of them!”

“Damn!”

Everyone could see the monsters . Roughly 100 meters behind them, a bunch of Suicide Bombeetles came out of nowhere . Under the sun, their shells glimmered with gray lights . The buzz of their wings could be heard hundreds of meters away .

300 Suicide Bombeetles was a terrifying number . One explosion could cause 1,000 basic damage . Once they get close, even a Heavy Armor Warrior could not withstand 20 to 30 explosions .

Although Mr . Qian’s equipment was not very good, he was very adept in team combat and did not panic when giving commands . “Wind Manipulators, use your ultimate skill, Tornado! Fire Manipulators, ready Firewall! Heavy and Light Armor Warriors, protect the Healers and Manipulators! Machine gunners—”

“I know! I have been waiting for this situation for a long time!” The blonde Sister Rui was excited even before Mr . Qian had finished his words . She kept her Desert Eagle on her combat belt . Then she ran toward the almost assembled Death Ripper on the floor and quickly assembled the gun .

“Firewall!”

The Fire Manipulator Level-30 skill only required two seconds to activate . So while everyone else was getting ready, Little Witch’s staff was already glowing with fire energy like a flaming torch . She pointed the staff toward the front .

At that moment, the wasteland roughly 70 meters away from the team burned up with a flame that roared straight up . Dead leaves and green leaves alike across the land were burning up in the fire .

The flames were contained by an invisible energy and did not spread to the surroundings . Instead, they burst upward, forming a wall of fire roughly three meters high . When looking through Firewall, the vision and the air were distorted in shape .

Boom!

The position of the Firewall was just in place, at least 30 self-destruct beetle were killed in the fire .

Although Firewall’s damage was not as high as the Level-40 Meteor Rain, the beetles were not even at Level 20 and had less than 500 HP, so it was enough to kill them instantly .

The Suicide Bombeetles, as though they were being commanded, circled around the fire to minimize the damage, causing the skill to be less effective . But this had already bought enough time .

Ratatatatat…

Waves of gunshots produced a deafening sound like metal being rent asunder . 150 bullets in one second, shot from eight-barreled alloy gun powered by electromagnetic energy . The stream of bullets went flying at the Suicide Bombeetles . The continuous chain of bullets was not visible to the naked eye, but the shells were bouncing out and gathering into a pile on the ground .

The aggressive Suicide Bombeetles were unable to withstand the waves of bullets . The beetles were numerous; there were 300 of them left even after they went through the Firewall . But this number was incomparable to the number of bullets shot from the Death Ripper in two seconds .

Although the bullets had low damage, they could still kill a beetle with two shots—sometimes one . More importantly, the chain reaction caused by these beetles exploding was killing their partners nearby . Even more beetles exploded when the machine gun switched angles .

If the chain reaction caused by ten beetles was a fireball, then this was an inferno . The explosions of several hundred beetles was a spectacular feast for the eyes! Half the sky was set ablaze, turning red instantly . Clouds of rolling black smoke spread and filled the air above them . The situation was made even more extreme by the Firewall still burning intensely .

There were still a few Bombeetles that charged toward the players, flying straight into the bullets… This in-game spectacle was comparable to watching a science-fiction blockbuster .