84: Chapter 84: Fourteen Times the Drop Rate, Enough to Explode the Ore Shell

Logically speaking, a legendary-grade magic beast like the Giant Beast should be able to cripple any ordinary-grade unit with a single hit.

But the Bone Beasts were fine.

They had high HP, and the damage cap for a single hit was 540.

Even if knocked flying by something with explosive attack power like the Giant Beast, they could still withstand six or seven hits.

There was no helping it; the health-lock passive was just that unreasonable.

Not to mention, the number of Bone Beasts was a full thousand.

Even if they just stood there and let the Giant Beast hit them, it would take a long time to finish.

Xu Qin hurriedly switched to the view of Channel 7, seeing that the team of Archers had already safely retreated inside.

"Tian Ming, continue organizing the attacks."

"Yes."

Xu Qin sat back down on the Bone Throne.

He didn't intend to let the Bone Beasts just keep taking hits like this.

The Giant Beast in its Berserk State had too much damage; the Bone Beasts could manage taking a few hits, but they couldn't really be used as meat shields.

"Tian Ming, rotate the Bone Beasts in two teams."

"The first team of five hundred holds the line, the second team of five hundred enters the channel to rest and let the Liches heal them."

"Yes!" Tian Ming replied, "May I ask what the relief node for the first team should be?"

"Swap after taking four hits."

"Yes."

Xu Qin decided this based on the Giant Beast's attack methods.

The Giant Beast looked strong, but it only had six appendages.

Its fighting style was limited to a few types.

It occasionally jumped up to smash the ground for area damage, but the range didn't exceed ten meters.

For single-target attacks, it could at most knock away three or four Bone Beasts.

For the Giant Beast's fighting style, five hundred Bone Beasts capable of taking five or six hits were a wall that could never be smashed through.

Tian Ming began coordinating; the two teams of Bone Beasts alternated in an orderly fashion, automatically filling the gaps.

Just when the Giant Beast thought it was about to smash the defensive line, it would turn its head and find another row of Bone Beasts holding firm in front of it.

This tactic was executed for over forty minutes.

In the mine cavity.

The roaring never stopped, and Bone Beasts were flying everywhere.

But the Giant Beast's health bar kept dropping steadily.

The Ranged Troops continued to output damage from within the channel; every time the Giant Beast chased the Bone Beasts near the channel entrance, it would be met with a barrage of shots.

Xu Qin guarded the command platform and looked at the Mine Shell.

He discovered that the Mine Shell had already developed large-scale cracks.

If he delayed any longer...

He was afraid the Mine Shell would be shattered by the berserk Giant Beast first.

"Can't just scrape away at it anymore, I need to end this quickly."

Xu Qin stood up and opened the command panel.

"Tian Ming."

"Present."

"Except for the Sand Rats maintaining surveillance, the whole army attacks! Pounce on it for me!"

"Yes." Tian Ming responded.

In the next half minute.

The Minotaur led the Blade Guard out from the Channel 3 entrance.

The Jackal Hunter led the Elite Sand Jackals out from Channel 4.

Shadow said nothing and disappeared directly into the channel.

When it reappeared, it was already less than twenty meters away from the Giant Beast.

Chuan Yun raised his bow and led the Skeleton Elf Archers to flank from the outside.

Twenty-two Troglodyte heroes, twenty-two Orc heroes, twenty-two Earth Spirit heroes, plus those two thousand-plus Liches, all assembled.

Finally, there was the Undead Army of over ten thousand...

Including the Elite Troglodytes who were digging transport channels and responsible for moving ore.

Xu Qin stood in the Floating City's main hall, watching the screen.

"Attack!" Tian Ming ordered.

Boom!

Over thirteen thousand undead units surrounded it from eight directions.

At this moment, the Giant Beast was still roaring in the central area, attacking the Bone Beasts in front of it.

But suddenly.

Those thousand Bone Beasts stopped rotating and instead pounced from all directions simultaneously.

Seeing this, the Giant Beast swept its appendages, knocking several Bone Beasts flying again.

But after rolling and landing, the Bone Beasts scrambled up and continued to charge.

The Minotaur mixed into the group of Bone Beasts, swinging its soul-eater halberd and hacking away.

Boom!

A halberd strike landed on the base of the Giant Beast's left hind appendage.

Battle Intent stacked, and the attack power piled up layer by layer.

- 1100!

- 1131!

- 1163!

...

Subsequently, the Jackal Hunter circled around from the right, its bone claws striking the Giant Beast's abdomen.

The Blade Guard held the front, continuously unleashing Bone Blade Storm.

The Giant Beast raised its appendage to smash down on the Blade Guard, and the Blade Guard directly triggered Death-Defying Block.

When the block ended, it immediately erupted with damage reflection.

Shadow seized the opportunity to appear at the Giant Beast's neck joint and stabbed with its dagger.

Chuan Yun retreated to the outer circle, and Precision Volley was activated.

The rain of projectiles fell, with numbers twice as high as before.

The Skeleton Warthogs, Elite Corrosion Beasts, Elite Rift Guards in the back,

As well as the Undead Sand Jackals, Undead Minotaurs, Troglodytes,

And the Orc heroes, Troglodyte heroes...

The Undead Army of over thirteen thousand, a vast swarm,

Directly enveloped the Giant Beast completely from top to bottom.

Over ten thousand attack numbers directly submerged the Bone Beasts.

Two minutes later.

The Giant Beast's health bar hit zero.

Awoo!!

A roar was emitted, shaking dust off the Mine Shell.

Subsequently.

The Giant Beast's appendages, which had been frozen in mid-air, collapsed with a boom.

[Combat Settlement!]

[Target Killed: Source Essence Giant Beast × 1]

[Basic Loot: giant beast remains × 1, ...]

[Talent "War Gift Level 13" triggered! All loot quantity × 14!]

[Final Acquisition: giant beast remains × 14, ...]

[Combat Evaluation: A]

Xu Qin didn't pay attention to why the evaluation was A, but instead looked at the number of giant beast remains.

Good lord, fourteen remains!

"With so many remains, don't let it..."

But he hadn't finished speaking...

The next second.

Hum!!!

The remains of that twenty-meter-tall behemoth suddenly erupted with orange light, instantly turning into fourteen.

Crack!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The fourteen suddenly appearing remains directly burst the entire Mine Shell cavity.

Rumble!

The top layer of the Mine Shell was squeezed, creating extended cracks.

Rocks began to fall, and sand leaked in along with them.

The retreating Undead Army was instantly buried by the pouring sand and rocks.

A rumbling sound came from underground.

A large piece of land above the surface sank seven or eight meters, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Xu Qin opened the command panel and switched to the Vulture's perspective.

He saw that the area on the map marked with the mine vein had already turned into a large pit.

The Sand Rat signals capable of sensing the Underground Space were still transmitting information, but their locations had shifted.

However, even though the mine cavity collapsed.

In the unit list of the Undead command panel, there was still no "unit loss" notification.

There was only a long string of "unable to act" notification messages.

"Tian Ming." Xu Qin called out.

"Present, Master."

"How is the situation?"

"The army has been buried and is unable to act."

"...Alright, I'll send troops to dig you out in a moment."

He addressed the Elite Troglodytes on the command panel.

"First, dig downwards, dig me a channel connecting to the giant beast remains."

The Elite Troglodytes received the order and immediately started digging at the collapsed area.

With +40, the Elite Troglodytes' digging speed was terrifying.

In just seven minutes, the first channel was opened.

Xu Qin ran quickly to the end of the channel,

Seeing an orange glow shining through the cracks of the crushed earth.

The first giant beast remains were buried right here.

Xu Qin bent down and reached out to touch the surface.

The item panel popped up.

[Source Essence Extract (Legendary · Fragmented)]

[Quality: Legendary (Orange)]

[Type: High-Order Collectible]

[Description: After the Source Essence Giant Beast dies, the energy essence condensed within its body remains in the remains. The essence cannot be picked up as a whole; systematic mining of the remains is required to extract it section by section.]

After Xu Qin finished reading the description, he let out a long breath.

"It's a good thing it won't resurrect, otherwise the trouble would be huge."