Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 585 - 457 slay the guards!_2
The only thing that constrained Bai E was the speed of the virtual world's recovery of Spiritual Energy.
The cost of 100 points of Spiritual Energy to instantly kill a hundred beasts with replenishing wasn't keeping up with Bai E's current attack speed. The flesh of the dominating beast sprayed blood as it plummeted, and the drastic rise and fall of Spiritual Energy inside Bai E gave him the strange sensation of being alternately drained and filled.
With a total of 100,000 hit points, was his Spiritual Energy replenishment enough to deplete the overlord's health bar?
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Judging by the experience of the previous two intense uses of Spiritual Energy, his limit was about thirty cycles of depletion and replenishment.
Apart from other miscellaneous expenses, at his current Spiritual Energy cap of 470 points, each full replenishment in reality could only allow for three strikes capable of the instant kill.
Totaling ninety strikes, each hit about a thousand in damage.
By all accounts, it was nearly enough, but the Spiritual Energy consumed earlier on the guardians of the Bug Race's nest meant that after a simple calculation... the final result was actually not very optimistic.
99,000...
98,000...
95,000...
89,000...
The overlord couldn't see its own health plummeting madly, but it could feel that it was undergoing a terrifying assault.
Even its loyal guardians couldn't stop the human's steel machine of war.
True fear began to echo in the consciousness of the creature with self-awareness, and then the terrifying voice rang out again in Bai E's consciousness.
All the lower-ranking swarm heading towards the human army suddenly halted, then surged backward towards the rear in great numbers.
A singular beast struggled to endure the multitude of human low-caliber gunfire, so how could the human Mechas withstand a mass attack by countless bugs?
The sudden turn of events brought joy to the officers inside the rear command vehicle, who promptly ordered all capable soldiers to try to bring back every frontline fighter still alive.
This time there was no Bai E, but there were more fighters with a clear mind.
"Let Bai attract some fire, cover our retreat!"
"Understood!"
"Bai, we have suffered severe losses in the rear. Please hold on for a bit longer."
"Copy that," Bai E immediately responded.
Come on!
Come on!
The final form of the magical blade required an infusion of copious amounts of blood. The flesh and blood of low-level bugs, too, belonged to the Bug Race!
[The bloodthirsty magical blade has absorbed a substantial amount of blood and flesh from the target. The special attack effect is in the process of building, 200/1000.](Stacking)
"The overlord... is retreating," an officer inside the command vehicle at the rear of the battlefront muttered in awe as he watched footage captured by a drone.
The artificial human warrior called Bai E had created a myth that no one had foreseen.
The overlord's power had been a source of fear to humans, yet the strength of their Captain Bai seemed even more astonishing.
Despite being entangled by three Bug Race guardians, he managed to beat the previously invincible overlord so badly that it had to recall the bug swarm for protection and flee in disgrace!
Witnessing the blue and white Mecha unleashing full firepower amidst the bug swarm, for a moment they couldn't tell who the real Demon God was.
[The bloodthirsty magical blade has absorbed a substantial amount of blood and flesh from the target. The special attack effect is in the process of building, 300/1000.](Stacking)
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[The bloodthirsty magical blade has absorbed a substantial amount of blood and flesh from the target. The special attack effect is in the process of building, 500/1000.](Stacking)
The supplemented special attack from the blood of the colossal beast was slow, whereas the relentless deaths of the lower-class bug hordes allowed the war blade to absorb more experience in delivering devastating effects to the Bug Race.
[...600/1000.]
[...700/1000.]
[...800/1000.]
"Captain Bai, we have basically completed the evacuation. You can look for an opportunity to break away," the officer in charge of communications respectfully conveyed the command, accompanied by a notification on the dashboard―
["Lucky Strike" energy charge +50.]
Bai E pointed his blade toward the direction of the Bug nest, his gaze sharp as a dagger.
Through calculations, he knew that he most likely couldn't annihilate the Dominator before his Spiritual Energy was exhausted. Moreover, having attempted to charge his weapon by drawing life from the lesser Bug swarms, he had automatically exited the "Frenzy Emergence" state.
But what of it? Now that he had recognized his own limits and those of the Dominator, what would you do when he returned, stronger than before?
This time he was merely a hair's breadth away. Next time, his Spiritual Energy might be even further enhanced, and how would the Dominator withstand him then, with his Demon Blade fully formed?
Before departing, it was time to collect some interest.
With blades dancing, Bai E twirled and charged at one of the three guards.
In the successive chaotic battles, the health of one guard had been whittled down to a mere 5,000 points.
Even if the defensive power of the Bug nest's guards was astonishing, such a health level no longer inspired despair.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"
Under the disorderly light of his blades, fresh, blood-visible cracks were added to the behemoth's body.
[Activate "Lucky Strike".]
Without any hesitation, Bai E relied on the skill's tenfold critical hit damage for the first time, in pursuit of certainty.
Instant kill plus Lucky Strike.
A terrifying slash bisected the Dominator at the waist, clearing the remaining 3,000 points of health in a single stroke!
[Your skilled use of the basic model Titan-class armed Mecha weapon to hit the target has earned you "Expertise—Mechanical Rhythm" experience +427.] (Stacked)
[You inflicted 3,080 points of execution damage on the target!]
[Loot acquired: Bug Tribe Essence Extract *5000, 30,000 points of combat experience, Technology: "Vajra" structure.]
[The Bloodthirsty Demon Blade has absorbed a significant amount of the target's essence; its special attack effect has reached 1300/1000, successfully activating Phase One of the Demon Blade *Solidification.]
On the right hand of Bai E's Mecha, the combat blade that had dealt the final blow to the Bug nest guard shimmered with a rainbow luster, signifying the last step in its evolution. Even without Bai E's control, the blade now permanently possessed the properties Bai E had imbued in it.
[Alloy Combat Blade (Demon Blade): Blessed by the true lord, this once ordinary alloy combat blade now permanently possesses all the blessed attributes—High-Frequency Cutting, Disintegration Field, +20% Attack Power against the Bug Race, Ignore Bug Race's Armor by 20%. You can name this combat blade, and only those who have your permission and praise its true name can wield its full power.]
[Your skill—Reinforced *Demon Blade has successfully registered a new racial special attack attribute: +20% Attack Power against the Bug Race, Ignore Bug Race's Armor by 20%. From now on, whenever you use any enchanted weapon, you can add this special attack attribute to it. However, if you wish to further enhance this effect, you must use the "Prime Blade" that was the first to achieve the leap. Current secondary special attack effect progress: 300/3000]
Name it?
Then let it be called... the Star Devourer Blade.
In official records, the Bug Race is known as Planet Devourers, and their strength is not limited to just this one nest.
Star Devourer?
A blade that devours Planet Devourers, destined to end all of the Bug Race!
Bai E swung his combat blade, the endless shadow of the blade instantly overturning the land before him.
Beneath the upturned earth, the chasing swarm of Bugs was utterly annihilated.
Following the retreating main forces, the blue and white Mecha stood alone at the rear, yet not a single creature dared cross the boundary cut by the Mecha's blade...
A battle that immortalized him as a legendary warrior!
On the road back, the remnants of the army, now merely a thousand or so in number, would occasionally glance back at the tall mechanical figure at the end of their ranks.
When the whole army was on the brink of collapse, it was that legendary warrior, well-known in the camp, who single-handedly overturned the doomed situation.
"Once we're back, what kind of reward could possibly befit Captain Bai's performance this time?"
While the defeat was regrettable, Captain Bai's performance momentarily alleviated the sting of failure.
With such a War God among them, a counterattack against the Bug Race seemed to be only a matter of time.
If not for the army holding him back, Captain Bai could probably have singlehandedly overturned all the high-level forces of the Bug Race.
"I have a rough idea..." Weslin said thoughtfully, eyeing all the officers present and slowly unveiling his plans.
