Chapter 540 - 254: Slaying the King Spine Zerg, the First Finisher

Chapter 540: Chapter 254: Slaying the King Spine Zerg, the First Finisher

After hearing her analysis, Lin Feng nodded. He was well aware that this couldn’t continue.

Even if the seventy Genetic Warriors fired every last round of ammunition, they wouldn’t be able to inflict the slightest bit of Damage on the King Spine Zerg.

With the formidable Life Force of the High-tier Zerg Race, its healing speed was even faster than the tickling scratches the Armor-Piercing Bullets could inflict.

If this continued, it was only a matter of time before a Genetic Warrior made a careless mistake and was struck by the magma flung by the King Spine Zerg.

’Any longer and things could go south. I have to break this stalemate, and quickly!’

"Put me down. They need you!"

Ling Yi said, grasping Lin Feng’s muscular arm.

He glanced at her, then rapidly descended behind a large boulder outside the crater’s edge.

After setting Ling Yi down behind the boulder, Lin Feng instructed in a deep voice:

"Be careful. The price we’d pay to start over is too high. If you run into danger, just run. Don’t worry about them."

Ling Yi nodded, her expression grave.

"I know. Now, go!"

With that, Lin Feng became a blur, rejoining the fierce battle at the mountaintop crater.

He immediately sought out Qin Hu and two Genetic Battle Group Leaders, telling them to coordinate with him and create an opening for close-quarters combat.

They nodded and ordered their subordinates to target the inside of the King Spine Zerg’s Giant Mandibles and its limbs, ensuring they didn’t interfere with Lin Feng’s melee attack.

Then, they coordinated with Lin Feng, flying toward the King Spine Zerg to draw its attention from the front and prevent it from noticing Lin Feng, who was about to attack from the rear.

Once everything was in place, Lin Feng activated his Membrane Wings and shot toward the King Spine Zerg with lightning speed, raising his Tiger Zerg Chainsaw Sword...

But just as he neared the colossal creature, the High-tier Zerg suddenly spun around, swinging its terrifying, hundred-meter-long Giant Mandibles right at Lin Feng.

A blow from these thousand-ton Giant Mandibles would cause Damage that, unlike the attack from the Peak Tiger Spine Zerg, couldn’t be easily neutralized by a pool of water.

What’s more, beneath their feet was a lake of boiling magma!

If he were hit in midair, even a slight loss of balance would send him plunging into the thousand-degree magma to a gruesome, instant death.

But in that hair-raising instant, Lin Feng’s body suddenly tilted to one side. He instantly retracted his Membrane Wings, his body spinning a full 360 degrees, and spectrally dodged the King Spine Zerg’s whirling attack.

Reaching the side of its torso, he tightened his grip on his Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword and slashed straight at the eye, which was protected by a thick layer of Armor.

A hundred tons of Power, combined with a near-supersonic impact and the high-speed teeth of the Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword, struck a shower of dazzling sparks from the High-tier King Spine Zerg’s Armor!

The sound of the collision—a tearing, grinding shriek—exploded like a thunderclap!

It left behind a massive gash, one meter deep and nearly thirty centimeters wide.

Scalding blood could already be seen seeping from the wound, staining the King Spine Zerg’s Outer Armor around its eye.

Having done this, Lin Feng kicked off the King Spine Zerg’s jaw, using the rebound to propel himself away. He spread his Membrane Wings and ascended rapidly, cleanly dodging the creature’s snapping Giant Mandibles.

As he stabilized himself, he raised his Armor-Piercing Cannon, aimed at the new wound just created by the Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword, and unleashed a barrage of shells.

The armor-piercing shells shot into the gash, drilled through the inner layer of Armor, and then detonated.

If one wasn’t enough, he’d send a few more.

At the same time, Qin Hu and the others snapped out of their daze and seized the opportunity. Finding their own angles, they fired their Cannons, directing the shells into the wound on the King Spine Zerg’s side.

They focused especially on the creature’s exposed, vulnerable eye, where the sensory nerves connected directly to the brain.

It was the fastest way to end the battle.

Tactics like rupturing the abdomen or tearing apart torso organs might work on a Tier Two Tiger Spine Zerg, but to kill a High-tier Zerg Race that way, they simply couldn’t inflict enough Damage.

At most, they could only grievously wound it.

Because a High-tier Zerg Race is such a formidable Life Form, its cellular regeneration was so fast it could quickly seal surface wounds. Even if it were disemboweled, as long as it was still breathing, it couldn’t be killed.

But now, as dozens, then hundreds of shells flew into the gash Lin Feng had risked his life to create, the projectiles from the Genetic Warriors’ Armor-Piercing Cannons successfully penetrated the King Spine Zerg’s interior.

Their explosive Power was fully unleashed within its flesh!

The relentless bombardment not only prevented the Outer Armor from repairing itself but also tore apart the fragile brain located behind the King Spine Zerg’s eye.

Lin Feng didn’t even need to strike again. The seventy Genetic Warriors present quickly managed to kill the King Spine Zerg—a creature born of the Unyielding Realm.

As its massive body, no longer controlled by its brain, lumbered and fell toward the side of the crater...

...it signaled the death of the King Spine Zerg!

But no one present relaxed their guard. Previous battles had taught them all that the King Spine Zerg’s Unyielding Realm would soon grant it a chance at resurrection!

At that moment, Ling Yi, still hiding behind the great boulder, was using her Spiritual Power to delay the release of the Unyielding Realm.

Seizing the opportunity, Lin Feng decisively raised his cannon and continued firing Armor-Piercing Bullets, bombarding the already shattered wound.

The sound of the explosions jolted the others back to their senses.

Everyone came to and followed his lead, firing to suppress the great beast’s ability to heal its wounds.

Through their combined efforts—one working from within and the others from without—even though the dying King Spine Zerg had already activated the Unyielding Realm’s effect, mobilizing its remaining Life Energy to repair its brain, it couldn’t keep up with the sheer volume of their firepower!