Chapter 183: A Strange Situation

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Five times the damage!

“That’s why I say that today must be my lucky day!”

Through the field of view through the Eye of the Thunder, Feng Luo saw that among the densely clustered damage points on top of the Quasi-boss’s head were tens of thousands of eye-catching golden damage points.

The last time he’d caused such a level of damage had been at the Town of Exiles, when a bullet had been shot into a hole in the shell of the Boss beetle. Yet firing this bullet today was, once more, against a Quasi-boss.

“Don’t tell me I still have a Boss-buster hidden talent? Hmm. Not good!”

Feng Luo thought about it with a little self-satisfaction but snapped out of it right after. Technically, this Quasi-boss Queen Ant, having been hit by him with such high damage, would definitely attack him with a vengeance. The attack of a Commander-grade female ant alone just now already had the ability to finish him off. With the long-range attack of this Quasi-boss, he would definitely be dead!

Despite being more than 700 meters away from the Quasi-boss, he was effectively the outermost of all the players.

However, for a long-range attacking Quasi-boss to fire more than 700 meters away, it would definitely not require much power!

Therefore, Feng Luo subconsciously wanted to avoid it. But in the end, he did not move. Because through the field of view of the Eye of the Thunder, that Quasi-boss Queen Ant unexpectedly had not reacted the least bit to his attack, and its “Death Sense” was not triggered at all.

This two-meter Quasi-boss Queen Ant was not bothered at all by players’ attacks. It just stood rooted next to the nest, repeatedly using its ranged skill on the Desert Fire Ants charging wildly at it, burning its own “little ones” into ash. At the same time, there were some of the normal Desert Fire Ants with higher HP that had succeeded in transcending the “walls of flames” and had rushed to the side of the Quasi-boss Queen Ant.

Then, along its red legs and its gigantic abdomen dragged along the sand, they climbed up to its body sections and maniacally ripped and tore at its abdomen, which was releasing a kind of eerie black gas. But as the Quasi-boss Queen Ant repeatedly shook its body, many of the Desert Fire Ants were sent flying into the air to land in the flames, burned to ash.

The sight of this scene piqued Feng Luo’s interest in the black gas being released from the abdomen of the Quasi-boss Queen Ant and the black parts of the ranged fire skill.

According to his intuition, perhaps the reason behind the Desert Fire Ant guild was here! However, to most of the players, whatever this black gas was, it was far from their concern.

After discovering that this Quasi-boss would not bother them at all, most of the players with long-range skills were no longer concerned after trying a few times. They just went straight for this Quasi-boss with all their firepower.

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One after another, various energy skills, Level-40 moves, machine gun bullets, and assault rifles rounds formed a dense network of attacks, hitting not only the Quasi-boss but also the countless Desert Fire Ants surrounding it, killing them.

Killed one Desert Fire Ant (Level 30, Normal). You have earned Experience: 30…

You have earned Experience: 30…

Earned…

With the announcements from the experience point assessor, every player was over the moon. What overwhelmed them with passion was the Quasi-boss Queen Ant, which had almost been completely beaten by the two-way attack from the players and the Desert Fire Ants.

“Let’s work harder, everyone. The Boss’s HP is only left with 20 percent…”

On the public channel, one anonymous Scout player was consistently reporting the HP of this Quasi-boss Queen Ant.

“HP is only left with 15 percent! Hurry up and fire! Don’t let it get a chance to make a move.”

He would yell into the public channel every few seconds. The rapidly decreasing HP statistic was overwhelming many players with anxiety.

“Already reduced to 10 percent! Come on. Just two more skills for some major damage!”

In the blink of an eye—less than a few minutes under the two-way attack of the players and the Desert Fire Ants—the Level 40 Quasi-boss had lost an entire 90 percent HP!

However, when it reached 10 percent, the anonymous Scout player went silent, no longer reporting the Queen Ant’s HP.

“Why the stop? What about the Boss HP? How much is left?”

There were anonymous players shouting into the public channel.

“You fool!”

“He has stopped reporting, which means it’ll be reaching the 5 percent critical point right away. Why would he still be reporting at this point and letting you snatch the final blow from him?”

There were also new anonymous players who had already seen through that Scout player’s intentions.

“Damn it. So it’s like this! This fellow is really sinister!”

One anonymous player was aghast with his late and sudden realization. He shouted in a tone of confusion, “Hey! Why are you all running forward and not attacking already? The damage is weakened by so much. Continue attacking!”

After that, many players had come to realize that the Boss would already be reaching the 5 percent “seriously damaged” critical health limit in a jiffy. At that time, if one had not quickly rushed forward, the equipment released by the Boss would have been completely snatched up by the other players!

Hence, in the next moment, half the players had stopped attacking and started running in the direction of the Desert Fire Ant Boss.

Boom!

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At the same time, an Earth Manipulator, converted into a gigantic boulder using a Level 40 Heavenly Meteorite Drop move, fell from the sky and smashed into the Quasi-boss. With that, the Queen Ant’s HP was finally reduced to below 5 percent, entering the “critically injured” state!

Buzz…

With his HP almost at rock-bottom, the Desert Fire Ant was in a terrible state.

Its body had originally been powerful when it first appeared. Even the Fire Energy of its burning flames had now become very bleak. Its surrounding fiery flames on the ground, which had initially been a few meters high, were now reduced to lower than five meters, whereas the remaining Desert Fire Ants on the battlefield still totaled up to thousands at the least.

Clearly, within this “guild” of monsters, the victorious were the normal Desert Fire Ants. However, the last victory undoubtedly belonged to the surrounding players who were speeding toward the Quasi-boss Queen Ant.

While the Desert Fire Ants and the Queen Ant turned on each other, the players had the last laugh. The players had already unleashed their firepower the moment the Desert Fire Ants turned against their own Queen Ant.

Even though many of the players had begun with depleted HP and were utilizing insufficient HP, they had healed considerably throughout the period of time when the Quasi-boss Queen Ant and the normal Desert Fire Ants were battling.

Now, seeing a Quasi-boss with less than 5 percent remaining HP in front of their eyes, most of them were deeply thrilled. Many were throwing their best attacks at the dying Desert Fire Queen Ant as they ran. At this time, they were taking out even high-grade healing potions and special bullets that they had earned from typical days, but they had been reluctant to put into use.

No sacrifice, no victory! Besides, it was a Quasi-boss already seriously damaged and stripped of its attack energy! If one could grab the “final blow,” his experience points would become extremely rich, at the very least, not to mention all the others—let alone the possibility of getting extremely rare Medal Point rewards, Rare-grade equipment, and Crystal Cores…

It was a totally alluring satisfaction. Who could not be tempted?

“How strange. There really are people who aren’t tempted?”

On a sand dune, through the scope of the Eye of the Thunder, Feng Luo could clearly see the horde of players a few hundred meters away, running toward the Desert Fire Ant Commander from all directions.

The Warriors using Charge sent sand flying behind them. The Scouts using Quick Sneak left only light footprints while walking across the sand.

Even those carrying energy shields, those using the Level-30 “Wind Cave” Skill to increase their speed, and the Wind Manipulators charging forward like Warriors… There were at least over 50 players who had already rushed up to less than 200 meters from the Fire Ant nest, just like the Desert Fire Ants from before charging straight at the Quasi-boss Queen Ant.

However, what was very strange was that through the Eye of the Thunder, which had night vision capabilities, he had unintentionally noticed that in front of a sand dune about 500 meters diagonally in front of him was a group of quite a few players who were retreating!