Regular Army Descending from the Sky

Location: Liver - Hepatic Lobule Zone H-103.

Black sludge churned as thousands of Blood-Sucking Liver Leeches covered the dried riverbed like a writhing carpet. In the center of that nauseating sea of insects, the massive Corrupt Mother Nest lazily exhaled toxic mist, seemingly still savoring the one-sided slaughter that had just occurred.

Suddenly, the sound of rhythmic, synchronized footsteps echoed from the top of the towering hexagonal pillars.

The compound eyes of the Mother Nest rolled upward, catching sight of rows of silver-white figures.

"Attention, everyone!"

Thunder King stood at the very front, his Thunder Magnetic Floating Cannon fully charged, his voice cold as iron. "Target directly below, free-fall assault!"

"Jump!"

Without a moment of hesitation, without a single sound of discord.

Three hundred players clad in uniform standard-issue gear dove from a hundred meters in the air like three hundred meteorites.

"Is... is this too reckless?"

Frost Sword, trailing behind, watched in stunned silence. His Second Regiment had been surrounded and wiped out just moments ago for stepping onto that riverbed, yet these newcomers from the "Third Regiment" were jumping down voluntarily?

"This is tactics."

Feng Xing Tian Xia clicked his tongue, standing beside Frost Sword. "Watch and learn what a steel torrent looks like."

In mid-air, one hundred Steel Bastion players simultaneously raised their massive tower shields.

[Skill: Gravity Slam!]

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

One hundred tower shields slammed into the muddy ground, the massive shockwave instantly flipping the surrounding circle of leeches. Before the insect swarm could react, the hundred burly men closed in, locking their shields together until not a single gap remained.

It took less than three seconds.

An impenetrable circular steel fortification rose up in the heart of the insect sea.

"Outer perimeter, lock down! Inner circle, fire!"

Following the command from Lei Zhen, eighty Thunder Lord players stood inside the shield wall, their staves and floating cannons opening fire in unison.

Zzzzt—!

Eighty bolts of electricity wove together into a dense electric net, expanding outward from the shield wall. Those leeches attempting to crawl over the shields were instantly charred black and fell off.

"This is too stable..."

Dali Chu Qiji scratched his head. "With this kind of coordination, I feel like I'm not even needed to tank the mobs anymore?"

"That's not quite true. No matter how good their skills are, this is still a game; level suppression cannot be ignored."

Feng Xing Tian Xia observed the battlefield. Aside from being caught off guard at the start, the insect nest had now reacted and was beginning to surround the Third Regiment.

Drawing Origin Fang, he gave the order: "Main force, First and Second Regiments, follow me! Don't let the brothers of the Third Regiment fight alone!"

"KILL!!"

Frost Sword's eyes turned red as he led the resurrected members of the Second Regiment, charging down the ziplines set up by the engineers.

The fire of vengeance pushed their combat effectiveness to the limit.

The battle instantly reached a fever pitch.

Faced with this iron-barrel formation, the Mother Nest was clearly bewildered. It attempted to repeat its previous tactic, its massive body contracting violently as countless exhaust vents opened.

"Gurgle..."

The lethal toxic mist surged out once more, aiming to envelop the entire shield formation.

"Chemical defense team!" Thunder King shouted calmly.

The sixty Life Sage players did not get dazzled by the complex special effects or panic while trying to cast group heals like ordinary players.

This detachment had abandoned their heavy robes in favor of light armor for better mobility, raising their staves in unison to cast Purifying Wind.

WHOOSH—!

Sixty currents of air converged into a tornado, forcefully blowing away the toxic mist before it could even descend!

"Beautiful!"

Yun Zhong You couldn't help but exclaim. This wasn't just the execution of a skill; it was perfect control over timing. The healers in this Third Regiment moved and reacted as if they had undergone military training.

With the toxic mist neutralized and the insect sea held back, the Mother Nest finally felt fear. It let out a shrill screech, its massive body beginning to writhe as it attempted to burrow back into the depths of the sludge to escape.

"Trying to run?"

Feng Xing Tian Xia's eyes sharpened.

"Assassin squad, follow me for the decapitation strike!"

"Mages, provide covering fire!"

Sixty Ghost Blade members from the Third Regiment, along with Feng Xing Tian Xia, Frost Sword, and other Hunters, instantly activated Shadow Step.

Dozens of black shadows moved like ghosts across the battlefield, appearing directly atop the bloated body of the Corrupt Mother Nest.

"Keep it here for me!"

The Origin Fang in Feng Xing Tian Xia's hand glowed with a black light that seemed to devour everything as he drove it deep into the greasy back of the Corrupt Mother Nest.

Squelch!

Weak Point Critical Hit!

[Effect Triggered: Devour! Target movement speed reduced by 30%!]

At the same time, dozens of daggers descended in unison. In an instant, the Corrupt Mother Nest was riddled with holes like a sieve.

Gouge! Hamstring! Bloodletting!

The Corrupt Mother Nest rolled in agony, its massive tentacles lashing out frantically.

But in front of these well-coordinated assassins, its attacks appeared clumsy and slow. Every time a tentacle came crashing down, the assassins had already used their high agility to dodge, countering with a blade of their own.

"The equipment is inside its belly!"

Yun Zhong You suddenly shouted from the rear.

Through the translucent skin of the Corrupt Mother Nest, one could vaguely see several weapons of various designs stuck in its digestive tract, not yet fully corroded.

"Saw it."

Feng Xing Tian Xia replied over the communication channel.

His figure flashed, dodging a spray of acid, and he leaped directly onto the head of the Corrupt Mother Nest—or more accurately, above its mouthparts.

"Dali! Lei Zhen! Pry its mouth open for me!"

"Coming!"

Dali Chu Qiji activated Inferno Avatar, charging over like a fire giant, his two molten hands gripping the upper and lower jaws of the Corrupt Mother Nest with all his might.

"Open... up for me!!"

"Thunder Piercer!"

Lei Zhen set up his floating cannons in the distance, a precise beam of purple lightning blasting into the mouth of the Corrupt Mother Nest, causing its internal muscles to spasm and preventing it from closing.

"Thanks."

Feng Xing Tian Xia didn't hesitate, diving straight into the foul-smelling, acid-filled maw of the Corrupt Mother Nest.

"Holy crap? Did Brother Feng get eaten?"

The surrounding ordinary players were startled.

The next second.

The body of the Corrupt Mother Nest began to convulse violently, as if it were Princess Iron Fan with Sun Wukong inside her stomach.

Riiip—!

A streak of pitch-black blade light actually tore its way out from the belly of the Corrupt Mother Nest!

Feng Xing Tian Xia, covered in green slime, emerged from the gutted carcass clutching a pile of weapons!

[Weak Point Destroyed! Core Damaged!]

The Corrupt Mother Nest let out a shrill, mournful cry, its massive body deflating like a punctured balloon.

"Focus fire! Send it to its grave!"

Frost Sword roared, pouring all his fury into the dying boss.

Boom!

Dozens of seconds later, this LV.22 boss, which had once wiped out the entire Second Regiment, finally dissolved into a sky full of white experience light.

[Killed Corrupt Mother Nest!]

[Obtained: Large amount of Bio-Energy.]

[Obtained: Venom Gland (Rare Material).]

[Sector H-103 Purified!]

The battlefield gradually quieted down.

The remaining leeches scattered and fled after losing their host, only to be easily cleaned up by the players on the perimeter.

Feng Xing Tian Xia wiped the slime off his face and tossed the equipment onto the ground. "Brothers from the Second Regiment, come claim your gear!"

Dozens of naked Second Regiment elites immediately crowded around with grinning faces to retrieve their items.

At this moment, Lei Zhen walked over with the Third Regiment.

Although they had just been through a fierce battle, the 300-man phalanx remained orderly, with even the angles of their shields perfectly aligned. In the eyes of ordinary players, this was a "guild elite regiment" with seamless coordination; no one would ever associate them with special forces.

"Casualties?" Feng Xing Tian Xia asked in a low voice.

"125 severely wounded, 0 dead," Lei Zhen replied calmly, a hint of pride in his voice. The Third Regiment's formation had held up remarkably well, practically unbreakable; whenever someone was injured, teammates would immediately swap in, while the healers moved at high speed like combat medics to replenish their status.

The surrounding players from the second squad listened in stunned silence.

Same map, same monsters; they had been wiped out, yet this group hadn't suffered a single casualty. Was this the gap in skill?

"Good."

Feng Xing Tian Xia looked at this iron-willed force, then glanced at the surrounding members of the Dawn Guild whose morale had soared, and began to laugh.

He knew that with the addition of this third squad, combined with the now-synchronized elite first and second squads, the Dawn Guild finally had the capital to walk sideways through this Poisonous Labyrinth.

Well, mostly, at least until they encountered the heavyweight creatures.

"Ten-minute rest."

Feng Xing Tian Xia looked toward the deeper reaches of the labyrinth, where the Central Vein Tower stood taller than all the surrounding structures.

"Next target: Hepatic Lobule H-105."

"If it's only at this level, we'll be able to devour this labyrinth, one grid at a time, in no time!"