Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 979 - 682: Backstab! (3)
"Primary target, port midsection, concentrated Spiritual Energy reaction, possibly a secondary node or command unit! Follow me!"
Bai E locked onto a general direction, the mecha's engine spraying a brilliant blue tail flame, increasing in speed like a sharp blade, fiercely stabbing into the writhing biological armor of the Bug Race's giant ship!
"Boom!"
The Devouring Star Blade, in coordination with the brief explosion of a hundred instantaneous kills, sliced into the thick chitinous shell!
Thick, pressurized bodily fluids and corrosive gases gushed out, freezing and vaporizing instantly in the vacuum.
Inside the breach lay a deeper, flesh cavity filled with pulsating blood vessels and nerve bundles.
"Go in!" Bai E was the first to break through.
Inside was a familiar yet alien inferno of flesh and blood.
The enormous cavity, with its intertwined biological pathways, maintenance bugs shuttling about, and the various defensive bugs rushing in from the depths of darkness.
But this time, the Bug Race's defense was more targeted.
Not only the previously seen types appeared, but also new units that had clearly evolved against mecha tactics.
One was a relatively slender, ghostly fast "assassin bug," capable of firing highly penetrating bone spikes, specifically targeting mecha joints and sensors.
Another was a "Spiritual Jellyfish," floating like a jellyfish and emitting strong electromagnetic interference ripples, making the mecha's internal electronic equipment and Spiritual Energy links extremely unstable.
There was also a "heavy fortress" like a mobile turret, its thick biological armor nearly immune to small and medium-caliber firepower, with a biological turret on its back continuously spraying high-temperature plasma streams.
"Watch out! They've evolved!" Catherine shouted, her Silver Feather barely avoiding a bone spike aimed at the joints from an "assassin bug."
"Don't get entangled! Our target is the core! I'll clear the way, you follow, and clean up the flanks and rear pursuers!"
Bai E calmly ordered, the Star Emperor mecha bursting with incredible speed and strength, the Devouring Star Blade unfolding into a curtain of light, cutting through the blocking heavy fortress along with its armor and bugs, forcefully carving a bloody path through the dense swarm of defensive bugs!
His fighting style was ferocious and efficient, completely abandoning defense, using most of the Spiritual Energy to enhance attack and mobility.
The mecha's surface was continuously hit by acid, bone spikes, and plasma streams, the blue and white paint rapidly turning scorched and damaged, but the core structure, under Bai E's precise control and Spiritual Energy protection, never suffered fatal damage.
Catherine, Black Beast, and Victor gave their all to follow, clearing the flanks and covering the rear for their shared leader.
The battle was so intense that every second someone hovered on the edge of life and death.
Black Beast's Night Owl armor was heavily damaged, with one mechanical arm nearly scrapped.
Catherine's sniper rifle barrel needed frequent cooling and replacement due to overheating and corrosion.
Victor's missile reserves were quickly running low, forcing him to rely on his machine guns for point shooting.
They pushed forward along the path Bai E had torn open, penetrating deeper inside the giant ship.
Along the way, they destroyed several suspected energy nodes and flesh structures controlling the turrets, causing local cavity spasms and energy disarray, but the overall impact on the giant ship seemed limited.
"No, the core isn't on this ship!" Bai E suddenly stopped, his Insect Race Killer sense, during the incursion, detected that although the Spiritual Energy inside this giant ship was dense, it lacked the absolute core feeling that dominates everything, more like a powerful auxiliary brain or regional command node.
"What?" Catherine's heart sank.
"The Brain Worm is hiding deeper than last time, possibly not on the foremost giant ship or transferring between several ships!"
"What do we do? Should we retreat?" Catherine calmly inquired.
Continuing to penetrate and eliminate command nodes on this biological ship might slightly alleviate the battle pressure on the front line but would undoubtedly greatly delay their time in finding the core Brain Worm.
How to choose was an urgent issue.
"Continue!" Bai E instantly made the decision.
