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Chapter 535: The Front Line Being Pushed Back
Two sharp spiked bullets, like passing red shadows, accurately hit the compound eyes of the fearless longhorn beetle.
The insect, which suddenly became blind, let out a wailing scream. Having lost its sense of direction, it waved its tentacles around wildly and began to spin in place.
After firing two shots in a row, Nata did not let it go, but continued to pull the trigger.
Another spiked bullet shot out and pierced through the fearless longhorn beetle's brain, finally killing it.
However, as mentioned earlier, this Dreadnoughtus is merely the vanguard of the swarm.
After it fell, a large group of hideous insects swarmed out of the passage, targeting the exploration team in Courtyard No. 5905.
The attacking swarm of insects was mainly composed of beetles and soldier ants, with a few fearless longhorn beetles and lightning mantises mixed in.
There aren't that many bugs in this wave, so using hot peppers to deal with them is a bit of a luxury.
In this light, swords and bullets are obviously much more cost-effective.
When Himiko issued the order to "arm and prepare", the plant spirit warriors had already drawn their weapons and were ready for battle.
Anton, holding a round shield, and Williams, with a drawn saber, walked to Himiko's left and right.
The former raised the long sword in his hand and cast a protective aura, which increased the defense of his comrades around him.
The latter naturally did not want to fall behind, so he activated his spiritual power and used his second-day selected skill "Durable Aura".
After possessing this chosen skill, the caster can consume his own plant spiritual power to provide bonuses to the movement speed and attack speed of surrounding friendly units.
Friendly units within the aura's buff range will gain a 10% increase in movement speed and attack speed.
During the duration of the aura buff, the caster's plant spiritual power will be continuously consumed.
The bonus from the dual aura effects of protection and durability makes Himiko, who is on the first line of defense, even more powerful.
She just swung her sword lightly and swatted a lightning mantis that was charging towards her away.
The huge body of the lightning mantis fell into the swarm of insects, and several beetles and soldier ants were knocked unconscious and unable to turn over for a while.
The battle-hardened Himiko was not careless at all. Flames ignited from the sword in her hand, followed by a blazing slash.
A flash of fire appeared, and several unlucky beetles were split in half. The flames then spread and burned several soldier ants to death.
Anton raised his round shield to block the attack of a beetle, and used his arms to push the beetle back several steps.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, he aimed the long knife in his hand at the gap between the shells and chopped it hard.
The sharp blade pierced into the insect flesh accurately. The beetle let out a series of wails and stopped moving.
In just a few seconds, Anton easily dealt with a beetle, but soon he faced a new bug.
On the other side, Williams also tied down a lot of enemies.
Although his plant spiritual power level is not high, he is still a veteran who has served for many years and has rich combat experience.
In Williams's opinion, dealing with bugs is not much different from dealing with low-level zombies, both require close combat.
Although his swordsmanship was unconventional, it was honed through real hand-to-hand combat.
Relying on his first day's chosen skill "Combo" (after possessing this skill, the caster has a chance to cause double damage), Williams was able to fight back and forth with this group of insects.
A fearless longhorn beetle, larger than the previous one, crawled out of the passage, its two compound eyes fixed on Himiko, who was as dazzling as fire, and then launched a charge.
The other insects in the charging path were knocked aside by the fearless longhorn beetle. It aimed its tentacles, which were comparable to battering rams, at its target, and its elytra suddenly opened, which further accelerated its charging speed.
"Well done!"
Himiko's expression remained unchanged, but just before the fearless longhorn beetle was about to hit her, she boldly stretched out a hand and firmly clamped the tentacle.
The charge of the fearless longhorn beetle was abruptly stopped, but its mind was full of muscles and it didn't realize what was happening at all. Its six insect legs were still flapping, trying to wrestle with its opponent.
Himiko would never tolerate this stupid insect. She activated her spiritual power and ignited a raging fire in her hand that was holding the tentacles.
The burning sensation coming from its tentacles made the fearless longhorn beetle howl in pain.
Under the constant burning of the flames, the tentacles that could not bear the weight soon became extremely fragile.
Then, with a click, Himiko easily broke off the thick tentacle of the fearless longhorn beetle.
The fearless longhorn beetle's miserable screams rang out again, but Himiko didn't care at all.
She simply swung the sword with one hand as usual and chopped off the insect's head.
The three plant spirit warriors stopped a lot of insects, but some still slipped through their defenses and pounced on the remaining plant spirit warriors.
But their endings were the same, either they died from Nata's targeted sniping or died from Ji Bing's ice and snow sword.
After sniping a few more bugs, Nata seemed to have thought of something.
She turned her head to look at Mo Chen who was not far away and said loudly: "Master, I need a commanding height."
"The high ground? Got it, leave it to me!"
Mo Chen immediately understood what Nata needed and immediately raised his hand to summon a tree man.
At the same time, he gave new instructions to the other two plant spirit warriors: "Ji Bing, cover the sniper. Ford, Si Bo Ke, allow the summons to be placed."
"it is good."
"receive."
The tree man stretched out his claws and merged them together, forming a platform that could accommodate two people.
Nata and Ji Bing immediately retreated and quickly walked onto the platform.
As soon as the two plant spirit warriors took their positions, the tree man raised his claws above his head and built a temporary sniper tower at the bottom of the pit.
On this "tower", Nata, as a sniper, can exert stronger combat effectiveness.
Continuous gunshots rang out, killing the more threatening insects one by one.
"Clean up the remaining bugs and keep them away."
Mo Chen turned the revolver, loaded a new set of bullets, and aimed at a rushing beetle.
The dazzling beam of light easily penetrated Beetle's head, and his particle-second record continued to rise.
Ford swung his engineer shovel vigorously and smashed the shell of a soldier ant.
Potato mines popped up from the ground and perished along with the incoming insects.
Several rolls of spike traps were thrown out and slowly spread out on the ground. Together with the spikes laid on the ground, they pierced the abdomen of a lightning mantis.
Si Bo Ke, who was hiding behind a protective color, suddenly appeared and thrust out his sharp fist blade, completely ending the life of the lightning mantis.
The intelligent mechanical support from Prometheus has also arrived. Several barricades that have successfully landed immediately formed a new line of defense. They pointed their guns at the exits of several passages and continued to suppress the fire.
In the face of the high-tech firepower crush from the intelligent machines, low-level insects like beetles and soldier ants are equivalent to giving them away for free.
In a short while, the attacking insect swarm was reduced to only a few retreating fearless longhorn beetles and lightning mantises.
Soon, another armed robot brought two mosquito swarms to the bottom of the pit, using more firepower to push the front line back to the front of those passages.