Chapter 552: Beetle Swarm Crisis
Due to the vegetation cover in the canyon, it was impossible for Feng Luo to exhaustively count the number of beetles. However, the general number and types could be determined.
Except for the Suicide Bombeetles, there were all of the other types of combat beetles present on the battlefield below. There were not only combat beetles but also beetles with little combat power like Gatherer Beetles and Scout Beetles.
Based on Feng Luo's familiarity with beetle troops, he realized that from the appearance of it, about a quarter of the beetles below which were all of Elite Grade.
Calculating according to this ratio, the number of Elite beetles in the canyon was definitely more than 300.
This naturally made Feng Luo feel exceptionally delighted.
After so many days of hatching, the number of Elite beetles added altogether did not exceed 20. Just the Elite beetles below were more than 10 times the number of Elite beetles in his hand.
If he could get all these Elite beetles in hand, although he was limited by 24K's Psionic Energy and could not possibly summon all of them at once, even if it were only tens of Elite beetles summoned, the combat power would not be inferior to a team of players.
Although he was happy, Feng Luo was distressed as all these Elite beetles that would possibly become his "beetle army" were falling one by one.
The enemies killing them were on the other side of this great canyon war - the Cave Spiders.
There were many beetles, but the number of Cave Spiders was not inferior, and had great attack power.
One by one, the Level 30 and higher Normal Cave Spiders that were the size of about one meter used their eight flexible limbs to maneuver between the steep rocky mountain walls.
They either jumped down from the air, lunging into the beetle swarms and attacking close-range or spurted huge amounts of poisonous mist from their mouths, causing damage to the Bladed Beetles which rushed up the rock walls with agility.
Among them, there were also many Level 35 Elite Cave Spiders that were the size of two meters, with a hideous facial pattern on their abdomens with two dark red eyes.
Other than the abilities of close-combat and venom attack, this type of Elite Cave Spider could fire light red Energy lasers from the two eyes of their hideous faces, continuously long-range attacking the beetle swarms below and in the air.
"Tch, tch..."
"-467, -446..."
Holes were shot into the Blade Beetles' dark red shells by the Energy rays one by one, ejecting large amounts of slime.
"-634, -678!"
Upon being hit, the Spray Beetle with the most vulnerable defense had their venom sacs, which stored venom, busted; spilling out venom and corroding the surrounding plants, making them rapidly wither and blacken.
The beetle swarms were not only to be attacked.
"Tch!"
"-334, -366, -345 ..."
On the ground, the SUV-like Elite Steel Beetles scattered around and were firing continuous lasers, moving as they shot violently at the rock walls, cutting off the legs and burning the bodies of some Cave Spiders that could not escape in time.
"Poof, poof..."
The large number of Spray Beetles continuously stretched their necks, spurting their venom with corroding and negative effects at the Cave Spiders above.
"-889!"
"-43, -40, -45 ..."
The cave spiders that were continuously hit fell to the ground one after another, falling into a pile of green muddy flesh.
However, compared with the Cave Spiders, the beetle swarms were generally at a disadvantage.
On the Cave Spiders' side, other than the hundreds of Elite spiders, there were still seven or eight Level 38 Cave Spider Commanders that were over five meters in size with four purple eyes on the hideous face on their abdomens.
Besides Energy rays, these Commander Grade spiders also possessed the skills to unleash Energy shields and spit out small Energy bombs from their mouths.
Other than the Steel Beetles, almost all of the Normal beetles that were hit were immediately killed.
And not just the Commander monsters.
On a platform on the rock wall directly across where Feng Luo's position was, the giant spider, with a total length of over 10 meters, including the legs, with six very clear purple eyes on the hideous face on its abdomen, was the truly invincible one.
Even the Elite Steel Beetles were instantly killed upon being hit by its Energy bombs.
"Cave Spider Queen, Level 40 - Quasi-Boss, Species Number: YZH-08477, HP: 176500/20000..."
"No way...it's actually a Quasi-Boss!" Looking through the Legendary Grade scope with detection function and seeing the information of this giant spider on the platform about 700 meters away, even Feng Luo could not help being stunned.
Among the Cave Spiders, there was actually a Level 40 Quasi-Boss.
Although there was the word 'Quasi,' as long as there was the title of Boss, there was no one that would be easy to deal with.
Most importantly, this kind of Quasi-Boss with Energy attack ability generally had a large-scale clearance ability.
"System, is this intentional?" Feng Luo frowned.
This situation was beyond his expectation.
After spending hours, he had finally tracked the beetle swarm.
He was initially delighted to see the quantity and quality of the beetles, but not his expectation, in just a blink of an eye, this last beetle swarm was facing the crisis of the annihilation of its entire army.
It was facing a Quasi-Boss, even if it was just Level 40, even if he did not have much confidence at all. Not to mention, there were also seven or eight Commander monsters plus up to 100 Elite monsters able to move along the rock walls.
"Tch, tch..."
Compared with Feng Luo's distress, 24K had cried out, expressing feelings of anxiety and anger through the Mental Link.
Feng Luo certainly understood why 24K was so impatient; after all, these fellows were its "little brothers" in the past. Now that they were being massacred by these lowly Commander and Quasi-Boss creatures on the other side, the little Boss fellow was furious beyond control.
Even Feng Luo was a little perplexed about the current situation.
"Unless..." Feng Luo gazed down on the battlefield below and considered a plan.
If these beetle swarms could have a unified command, it was not necessary that there was no hope of winning.
Solely based on individual combat power, the Cave Spiders were not considered very strong; after all, they were only of Level 30 or more and were a group monsters like the beetles.
There was not much difference in the numbers of the two sides, and there were even more beetles.
Since the top combat power was insufficient, and the combat method was only based on instinct, the different beetle troops were completely on their own accord, resulting in them being at a disadvantage.
For example, many Elite Grade Bladed Beetles did not know how to use their attack power to kill the Normal or Elite Cave Spiders but only knew to use their powerful springing ability to charge straight at the Commander Grade or even Quasi-Boss Cave Beetles on the rock walls.
With their weak health, it was not possible to block the attacks of these advanced enemies.
The Quasi-Boss only opened its mouth and spurted a pile of green poisonous mist and those Elite Bladed Beetles which had painstakingly gotten close to it fell straight down from the air.
As for the Spray Beetles' venom attack, it was a very effective attack method, but they did not know how to distribute their firepower, only knowing to attack individually in a mess.
They were even like the Bladed Beetles - many of them fired at the Commander Grade Quasi-Boss Cave Spiders. In the end, the venom hit the Energy shield, completely unable to exert its effect.
As for the Steel Beetles, they too did not know how to use themselves as shields to help the vulnerable Spray Beetles block the shooting from the Elite Cave Spiders. Even the Energy Beetles most effective in long-range attack had all formed a large Energy shield in the sky - although the defense power was great, it was of not much use at all.
"No way, it took me such a long time to catch up with them, I can't just give up like that." Feng Luo thought to himself.