Chapter 19: The Corpse Tide Ends
Through the drone's view, locked onto the that was retreating into the distance.
Large patches of its dark-gold carapace had shattered, and green bodily fluid dripped down its segmented legs, corroding pits into the asphalt as wisps of white smoke rose.
Clearly, it was badly wounded, and its regeneration wasn't anything impressive.
Well, as the saying goes: when the enemy is down, take its life.
After all, this monster had burrowed out from beneath the power station.
didn't know how long it had been hiding down there, let alone how well it understood the actual state of the power station.
So, faced with such a dangerous creature, cutting the weeds and removing the roots was clearly better than letting a tiger return to the mountain.
The UAV high in the sky roared as it abruptly went into a dive.
Two Type 1 UAVs closed in from both flanks, sealing off the monster's escape route.
The monster stopped in its tracks. Its featureless, mask-like face snapped upward, locking onto the threat in the sky.
The 's laser emitter flared with red light. A high-energy laser beam erupted in an instant, precisely slicing into the charred crater on the monster's back that had been blown open by the missile.
"Sss!"
The monster let out a piercing shriek. Green blood splattered.
Its massive body twisted violently. Its two intact arms grabbed a derelict car by the roadside and hurled it hard at the hovering in midair.
pulled the Type 2 up sharply to dodge the car.
The car crashed into the ruins behind, and flames shot skyward.
The two Type 1 UAVs seized the chance to close in. Their weapon bays opened, and four miniature air-to-surface missiles, trailing fire, sped straight for the wounds where the monster's arms had been blasted off.
The monster displayed terrifying combat instincts. It pushed off with its hundred legs, and its colossal body shifted several meters sideways in an incredibly short time.
Two missiles missed, blasting the ground to pieces.
The other two exploded against the edge of its carapace, sending large dark-gold fragments flying.
The monster grew even angrier.
It ignored the Type 2 high above and fixed its gaze on the to its right.
The mouthparts beneath its jaw opened, and a glob of dark green acid shot out.
Extremely fast.
immediately maneuvered the Type 1 to evade, but the acid's coverage was too wide.
The Type 1's left wing was splashed with acid. The metal casing corroded through in an instant, and black smoke poured from the engine.
The airframe lost its balance and began falling toward the ground.
The monster bent its hundred legs and launched itself off the ground with explosive force.
Its enormous body leaped into the air, and the claws of its intact right arm punched straight through the falling .
Boom!
The exploded into a fireball in midair, and the shockwave knocked the monster to the ground.
didn't let the opportunity slip.
"It's over."
The switched its weapon mode to the highest setting and poured most of its remaining energy into the high-energy laser module.
A red beam twice as thick as before descended from the sky, driving straight into the top of the monster's head. The searing heat instantly melted that bizarre keratin layer.
Finally, slanting from top to bottom, it pierced through the monster's entire upper body.
At the same time, the last remaining dove in to point-blank range and sent the final two miniature missiles in its ammunition bay precisely into the depths of the torn carapace on the monster's lower body.
A violent chain of explosions engulfed the monster.
The flames dispersed.
The 's broken body lay sprawled in the ruins. Most of its head had been vaporized by the laser, its back blown open, green bodily fluid pooled across the ground, and it had gone completely still.
【Ding! Detected that has killed a Second-Order Special , ' ' x1. gained: 300.】
【Ding! Obtained special drop blueprint: x1.】
【Current : 6100.】
【Ding! Four triggered: .】