Spinal Butcher, Invincible!

"Hiss~~~"

As the Phantom Lurker was surrounded and its health bar plummeted, its head suddenly split into a multi-lobed mouthpart, revealing a dense array of sharp green teeth that sent chills down one's spine. The next second, it was about to launch another neurotoxin piercing attack!

"Whoosh!"

A flash of sword light streaked across the sky, and Cosmic Frost rapidly spread!

Just as the Phantom Lurker was about to launch its attack, a Cold Star Piercing Bone froze it in place. Strands of frost spread rapidly, as if it had been instantly frozen by a large amount of liquid nitrogen!

"Depend on..."

The Infinite Milk Power, leaving everyone speechless.

"Help me!"

Cai Cai glared and said, "Are you Ragnarok people idiots? You can't even get a purple Ability Crystal for free?!"

"Holy crap, yeah..."

With Infinite Milk Power his thigh and hurriedly drew his sword to provide reinforcements.

Bunny Critical Hit and the others finally started to make their move. By this time, the Phantom Lurker's health bar had dropped below 50%, and the combination of the Explosive Gun and the Roarer was incredibly fierce!

Especially when the Phantom Lurker opens its mouth, the Roarer can directly shoot its mouthpiece, which not only deals three times the damage of Headshot, but also largely ignores the opponent's armor. Basically, emptying the magazine can cause around 100,000 damage, which is terrifying!

In the blink of an eye, the Phantom Lurker's health bar was depleted. Before it could even launch its third Neurotoxin Pierce attack, it whimpered and collapsed limply under the Roarer's barrage of bullets!

A continuous tinkling sound filled my ears!

[Congratulations! You have defeated the Phantom Lurker (Purple BOSS) and obtained the item: 1 BOSS Ability Crystal!]

[Battle Notification: You have defeated the Phantom Lurker (Purple BOSS), gaining 460,000 character experience points. You also gained 230,000 Experience Points through extraction at the Essence Furnace!]

[Battle Notification: You have defeated the Phantom Lurker (Purple BOSS) and received an additional reward: Dimensional Expansion Crystal (Expansion Space: 1 cubic meter)!]

Good heavens!

I was slightly pleased; the extra reward for the raid was finally some good stuff!

Dimensional Expansion Crystal, 1 cubic meter of expansion space, what a great item!

Use it directly!

The next second, my Dimensional Storage Space reached 8.1 cubic meters, finally reaching the space I had in mind. As I silently chanted, a cube with sides of about 2 meters appeared before my eyes. I was getting closer and closer to my dream three-bedroom, one-living-room space!

Then, I opened the Ability Crystal chest given to me by the Phantom Lurker.

[Congratulations! You have successfully opened your [BOSS Ability Crystal] and obtained the item: [Phantom Cloak] (Quality: Purple)!]

Purple cloak?

'Holy shit...'

Secretly delighted, he quickly opened his Dimensional Storage Space, and sure enough, there was a cloak with a translucent luster lying in the corner. His gaze lingered for a moment, and its attributes floated out.

[Phantom Cloak] (Quality: Purple)

Rank: Tier 3

Defense: 90

Strength: +30

Physical strength: +27

Specialty: Evasion +30

Blessing: Fortitude—I, increases defense by 100 points.

Blessing: Resilience, increases your Max Health by 2000 points.

Strength required: 500

Wow, this cloak has a full set of attributes, including the three major support attributes: evasion, sturdiness, and resilience. Although it's only sturdiness—I, the extra 100 points of defense are still quite useful. After all, at this stage, not to mention purple equipment, even Blue Equipment is still in high demand. This kind of equipment that adds 190 points of defense is simply a treasure that melee players dream of.

However, this Phantom Cloak is a bit overpowered; it requires a whopping 500 points of strength to use, a terrifying requirement that most players simply can't meet!

I don't understand, is it really that difficult to wear a tattered cloak? It takes so much strength.

Equipping the blue Tier 2 Primal Cloak immediately boosted my stats significantly!

[Shadow Chaser] (Starry Sky Super Weapon - Sword Specialization - Tier 3)

Level: 32

Attack: 1082-1492

Defense: 1065

Life: 33000

Critical Hit: 12%

Bloodsucking: 15%

Damage Increase by 10%

Damage Reduction: 4%

Charisma:0

Yuanli: 100/100

Overall Combat Level: 3384

Potential Point Allocation: Strength 637 / Agility 346 / Spirit 131 / Stamina 227

Achievements: 18

Now, my armor has exceeded 1000, reaching 1065 points, and my health has reached 33,000. I'm increasingly developing into a tanky, indestructible character. But the most outrageous thing is that I'm a player who maxes out all my stats. All this armor and health is achieved by stacking the attributes of equipment and the Essence Furnace. That's just insane!

If I were to encounter a Tier 2 Exploding Insect in the hive again at this point, with my Annihilation Rock Armor, even ten Exploding Insects attacking at once might not be enough to kill me!

It's a pity that the Grand Master left so early...

In eternal remembrance of Chief Helmsman Chen!

If players are killed, they'll be returned to reality immediately, that would be great. Chief Helmsman Chen should be doing well now. If he has a way to learn about the situation in <Star Abyss> through the real world, perhaps he'll pray for me, for Ruolin, for Axe and Xiao Bai?

I glanced at the items Zeus dropped on the ground, frowned, turned to Bunny Critical Hit, and said, "Zeus was Ragnarok's men. You can take what he dropped."

"Um."

Bunny Critical Hit was somewhat surprised, nodded, and went forward with Infinite Milk Power to put all of Zeus's relics into the Dimensional Storage Space.

Actually, if our team of five wanted a share of the spoils at this point, the other side wouldn't have anything to say. After all, the strongest members of the team were on our side. As for Bunny Critical Hit, although she was quite strong as Firepower Specialist, the pressure from me and Ruolin, the two Super Weapon Masters, was too intense. If a real fight broke out, Bunny Critical Hit wouldn't have any room to deal damage and would be killed in the blink of an eye.

"The Great Shadow Chaser..."

Infinite Milk Power glanced at the distant woods and said, "Phantom Lurker can use optical invisibility... Could there still be Phantom Lurker ambushing us in that jungle? It's a bit scary... Maybe we shouldn't split up. Wherever you go next, take us with you."

He's clever enough to know how to curry favor with powerful figures.

"Isn't that a bad idea?"

Cai Cai said, "Our team's standard configuration is five people. We saved you before out of a sense of chivalry among players. Now that we're safe, we should go our separate ways. After all, the world of <Star Abyss> is cruel, and no one can take care of anyone else."

He's absolutely right; that's exactly what I wanted to say too.

Saving Bunny Critical Hit and the others was a display of our kindness, not an obligation.

"Ding Han, there's movement over there!"

Suddenly, Ruolin turned around, her Submachine Gun pointed straight at the woods to the side.

Sure enough, a group of players suddenly rushed out, about a dozen of them. These players were all solo players, and none of them had guild badges hanging above their heads. Some of them were shooting into the forest as they retreated to escape!

"Damn it, what's going on?!" Cai Cai hurriedly changed the magazine for the Explosive Gun.

"Roar~~~"

Birds flew in the forest, and a roar that seemed to come from purgatory sent chills down one's spine. Then, a tall figure rushed out of the forest, his arms moving like skeletal gears, instantly sweeping away a level 30 player.

The next moment, the giant's chest cavity suddenly split into four mouthparts, and the inside of the chest cavity was filled with rotating bone saws, which almost instantly sawed the player and his armor to pieces, and a spray of blood spurted out, which was extremely frightening!

"42111!"

The player screamed in agony and was instantly killed!

'Holy crap...'

Seeing this, even I felt a chill run down my spine.

Looking up, the colossal creature twisted its body, utterly ferocious, its name, level, and attributes floating above its head—

[Spinal Butcher] (Orange BOSS)

Level: 35

Attack: 1800-2550

Defense: 1000

Qi and Blood: 3,000,000

Skills: [Spine Spike Attack Lv9] [Bloody Strangulate Lv9] [Extreme Madness Lv9]

Details: The Spinal Butcher, Tier 4 Aberration, is a mutated form among high-tier mutants. A humanoid behemoth standing five meters tall, it possesses terrifying vitality. Its skin is completely covered by an exoskeleton, and its spine extends into six barbed, whip-like tentacles, the longest reaching eight meters. Its chest cavity can be completely split into four pieces, filled with rotating bone saws. A word of warning: The Spinal Butcher is a nightmare; never attempt to challenge its power!

"Holy crap!"

Cai Cai was a little confused. "What do we do? Damn it, how did Orange BOSS appear so quickly? Is this even a fight we players can handle?! Fight it!!!"

Ahead, a group of solo players were being chased and slaughtered by the Spinal Butcher, but one of the Psionicist spotted us and his eyes lit up. "It's Shadow Chaser! We're saved..."

"???"

I was completely bewildered. You guys are saved? But who's going to save me?

"Boss, what should we do?" Kou Mei asked.

"Withdraw!"

I shouted, "Let's go!"

Currently, players take seven or eight thousand damage from a single stab from the mouthparts of the Phantom Lurker has an attack power of 1400+. This damn Spinal Butcher with an attack power of 2550, let anyone who wants to hit him do it, I certainly can't do a single scratch!

"Roar~~~"

The Spinal Butcher roared, and the spine on his back rapidly split into six barbed, whip-like tentacles. With a few sharp cracks, two players were instantly torn to pieces and fell into the blood.

"Hurry up and go! What are you standing there for?!"

I aimed directly at the Spinal Butcher's head and instantly pulled the trigger of the Roarer. A burst of bullets shot through the air, exploding repeatedly on the Spinal Butcher's forehead, which was covered with a thick layer of keratin!

"336!"

"636!"

"672!"

"1428!"

"702!"

No, I can't damage it at all!

The Spinal Butcher's armor is too high. With 1000 armor points plus the Hidden Bonus from the Orange BOSS, its actual armor is probably around 2000 points. As a result, my 500-power Roarer only dealt a little over 100 damage, and even with 12x damage, it only dealt 1400+ damage. For Spinal Butcher with 3 million HP, this is nothing more than a tickle!

The next second, the Spinal Butcher noticed me. With a low growl, he leaped into the air, his hand covered in bone spikes descending from the sky to deliver a spinner attack!

Annihilation Rock Armor!

Lord's Shield!

In an instant, I hid behind the shield, but the next second I was sent flying, shield and all. A sharp pain shot through my body, and my internal organs felt like they had been displaced. I even coughed up a mouthful of blood!

"14883!"

That's brutal! If the Annihilation Rock Armor hadn't been activated, that hit might have dealt close to 30,000 damage!

"Stop watching and run!"

I turned to look at Cai Cai, Fatty, Ruolin, and the others, and immediately Explosive Charge, Leaping Chop, and Step Slash move the maximum distance of 65 yards.

The next second, he took off running without looking back!