Chapter 545 - 256: Annihilating the Peak Tiger Spine Zerg Swarm, the Fearless Battle

Chapter 545: Chapter 256: Annihilating the Peak Tiger Spine Zerg Swarm, the Fearless Battle

Lin Feng and his group held a makeshift roof of Armor over their heads, struggling forward under the torrential acid rain.

These yellow-black raindrops, falling from the thick cloud cover, were infused with a high concentration of acidic gas, making them extremely corrosive.

That was why, even as they held up a nearly meter-thick roof made of layered Armor from Peak Tiger Spine Zergs, it was still being eaten away by the acid rain as they traveled, becoming riddled with holes.

The outer layer of the makeshift roof was already covered in small pits and cracks. Faced with corrosion even stronger than potent acid, it was clear that unless one used a Tier Three Golden Quality Material, like the Mother Empress’ Neck Guard, any other Low Tier equipment would have a hard time holding up.

Fortunately, Lin Feng and his team were well-prepared. Although their makeshift roof was leaking, it absorbed most of the Damage.

The group pressed on, and after a long, fifteen-kilometer trek, they finally arrived at the foot of the Fearless Volcano.

The acid rain, which had nearly overwhelmed them, gradually stopped.

The intense heat here created rising air currents that pushed the toxic gases away toward the volcano’s periphery.

Even if any acid rain did fall, it would be vaporized by the updraft and blown away before it could reach the ground.

Freed from the acid rain, everyone heaved a sigh of relief and tossed the pitted, battered Armor roof aside.

The Battle Armor on many of the Genetic Warriors had been corroded by the acid that seeped through the gaps, leaving thumb-sized pits. Their Durability had plummeted.

"We need to make some repairs before we can head up the mountain."

Qin Hu said, walking up to a pool that was steaming with a toxic mist.

Lin Feng nodded. He looked at the large, hundred-meter-wide hot spring before them and could sense a Tier Two Peak Tiger Spine Zerg lurking deep inside.

Its aura was immense, much stronger than the Tiger Spine Zergs they had encountered near the Unyielding Volcano.

According to Ling Yi, the Spine Zergs that manifested in the Mental Realm World were only about a third as strong as their Real World counterparts, and their biological structure was far more primitive.

Considering that the Spine Zergs in the Real World had undergone countless genetic modifications and optimizations over hundreds, if not thousands, of the Zerg Race’s campaigns, the actual power gap was likely even greater.

That was the only reason they had been able to rely on their numerical advantage to defeat the High-tier King Spine Zerg in the volcanic crater so easily.

Otherwise, in the Real World, seventy Tier Two Late Stage Perfection Genetic Warriors would be no different than large insects before a King Spine Zerg.

The individual combat power of a King Spine Zerg surpassed that of a Zerg Race Mother Empress of the same tier.

As for this Tier Two Peak Tiger Spine Zerg before them, enveloped by the Fearless Realm, it possessed about half the strength of its Real World counterpart of the same tier.

For the Genetic Warriors, who were currently only at the Late Stage Perfection level, this was still a considerable challenge.

Back when Shen Jie was forced to unexpectedly begin his Realm Trial, it was because he had encountered a Tier Two Peak Tiger Spine Zerg guarding an Incubation Pyramid in the Incubation Nest deep Underground of the North River.

At the time, Lin Feng himself had only been at Tier Two Late Stage Perfection.

He had only managed to defeat it after a vicious battle.

Now, in this Realm Trial, there were more than a dozen such Tier Two Peak Tiger Spine Zergs at the base of every Fearless Volcano.

They would have to eliminate them one by one before they could ascend the mountain to challenge the Fearless King Spine Zerg, the trial’s ultimate difficulty.

"They’re stronger because they’re empowered by the Fearless Realm. Under the King Spine Zerg’s influence, each one is at least thirty percent more powerful."

"What’s more, if we don’t eliminate them first, the King Spine Zerg in the crater, also empowered by the Fearless Realm, will be a third more powerful than the one in the Unyielding Realm!"

"The good news, however, is that this time, they won’t come back to life after we kill them."

Ling Yi explained from her seat behind the others.

She too had been forced to don a heavy suit of Tier Two Tiger Armor to get through the acid rain. The journey had left her breathless, and she was now sitting on a piece of Obsidian, clearly exhausted.

Lin Feng frowned slightly and turned to ask,

"Won’t this provoke the King Spine Zerg into showing itself early?"

Ling Yi hesitated for a moment before shaking her head.

"I don’t think so. The life or death of the Tier Two Zerg Race means little to a High-tier King Spine Zerg. In fact, this Swarm of Tier Two Peak Tiger Spine Zergs is a potential threat to its own position."

"As long as we don’t directly disturb the King Spine Zerg’s dormancy, it’s unlikely to reveal itself."

Lin Feng nodded, his worries assuaged.

He raised the Armor-Piercing Cannon in his left hand, aimed it at the center of the pool, tightened his grip on his Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword, and entered a combat stance.

As the team fell into formation...

Lin Feng pulled the trigger!

He fired a volley from his Armor-Piercing Cannon, sending shells exploding in the hot spring and blasting columns of water dozens of meters into the air.

The entire pool, already heated to a hundred degrees Celsius, began to boil violently. The sediment at the bottom churned as if the seas were overturning, surging to the surface...

A moment later, a fifty-meter-class, giant Tiger Spine Zerg slowly emerged from the murky, churning water.

Qin Hu and the others immediately took flight, rushing forward. They harassed the Tiger Spine Zerg with their Armor-Piercing Cannons while looking for an opening to get in close, swing their Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Swords, and shatter the enemy’s tough Defense.

In short order, the Tier Two Peak Tiger Spine Zerg, empowered by the Fearless Realm, was slain under the combined assault of ten Genetic Warriors.

Qin Hu’s squad moved with such speed and ferocity that they left Lin Feng no opportunity to join the fight.

Lin Feng slowly descended beside the Tiger Spine Zerg’s corpse. He activated his Particle Control Realm, using the carcass’s materials to help the team repair their weapons and gear.

Afterward, they continued toward the second large hot spring.

By the time they had fought their way to the sixth hot spring...

While Qin Hu and his squad were engaged in a fierce battle up ahead, Ling Yi, at the rear, sharply sensed a sudden change in the atmosphere. She whipped her head around to look at the remaining large pools at the base of the Fearless Volcano.