Star Abyss Walker

Chapter 29 Devourer

"Shhhh~~~"

With a whooshing sound, figures burst out of the bushes and came into view.

It is a Devourer, another legendary Tier 1 mutant!
Unlike reptiles, they are covered in dark red slime, crawling on the ground, neither human nor beast, with sharp spikes on their ears and extremely swollen abdomens, looking as if they are pregnant.

"Ho~~~"

One of the devourers suddenly roared, and its slightly protruding mouth began to split open, forming three ferocious, everted lobes. Inside the lobes were densely packed sharp teeth, and three tongues that resembled snake forks danced around.

"Fuck me!"

Xiao Bai instantly turned pale and even swore.

I was slightly taken aback; the design of this Devourer was far too realistic, or perhaps these alien species were actually real things.

At this moment, after a brief pause, the Devouring attribute of the leading beast finally emerged.

[Devourer] (Elite)

Rating: 20
Attack: 85-120
Defense: 25
Qi and blood: 2500
Skills: [Bite Lv4] [Devour Lv4]

Details: The Devourer, a mutant mutated from nuclear radiation, is extremely ferocious. It feeds on the flesh and blood of humans and wild beasts, and is adept at devouring. Once a target is swallowed, it is very difficult for it to escape from the Devourer's mucous-covered intestines.

……

Five Devourers suddenly appeared before my eyes, which was beyond my expectations. If there were only three, the three of us could pull and restrain them, and we would still have a chance to kill the monsters without taking any damage. But now that five have appeared all at once, there will definitely be casualties according to conventional tactics.

I'm fine; I'm thick-skinned and tough enough to handle this situation. But Ruolin and Xiaobai would probably be in danger.

"You two..."

I stared fiercely at the several Devourers, making them dare not make a move, and at the same time asked in the team channel: "What are your defense and health levels? Tell me the truth."

"I'm almost naked, with 25 points of defense and average health, less than 3000 points," Ruolin truthfully reported.

"My defense is about the same, but psionicists have low life growth, so my health bar is less than 2000 points."

Xiao Bai asked anxiously, "Ding Han, what should we do? It's probably too late to retreat now, isn't it?"

"of course."

I stared intently at the group of devourers: "So far, there is no item like a return scroll in Star Abyss, nor is there such a thing as an invincible hearthstone. The aliens move much faster than players. Since we've encountered them, it's either you or me, so let's fight with all our might and not consider the possibility of escaping."

Ahead, three Devourers had lowered their front paws slightly, preparing to pounce.

"I'll make the first move and draw their fire."

In the team chat, I said in a deep voice, "You two, don't be stingy with your bullets. Focus your fire on the Devourer on the left, then the second one on the left, and so on. I will try my best to buy you time to kill it."

"You'd better watch yourself!"

Zhang Ruolin gritted her teeth: "If it really comes down to it, you should run away first. Xiaobai and I just accept our bad luck!"

"Enough talk, let's do it!"

Before I could finish speaking, I had already rushed out, and the Howler in my arms swept across the area with a series of "thuds". Instantly, all five Devourers roared and brandished their three-lobed mandibles, attacking us with extreme ferocity!

"Shh!"

In the wind, the first Devourer suddenly opened its mouth and unleashed its Devouring skill!
Step Slash!
I instantly moved sideways, switching to the Vanguard Bee Stinger in my hand. With a "whoosh," I slashed the mouthparts with my sword, and then launched the Earth Spike Slash. Instantly, surging Yuan Power shot into the ground, and then transformed into strands of sharp sword energy that broke through the soil and hit several Devourers with "whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh."

At the same time, the claws of the two Devourers landed on my body, but when the claws sliced ​​through the qi generated by the Step Slash, sparks flew. They only wore down the resilience of the qi armor, but did not damage my health bar in the slightest.

Step back with your feet crossed, swing your body like a pendulum, to confuse the opponent's vision.

In a very instant, the five Devourers visually aligned themselves in a straight line—right now!

Explosive Charge!

"Pong!"

His figure once again transformed into a blur as he charged out, controlling the distance of his charge to 21 yards. He stopped just before passing through the five Devourers, then suddenly turned around and unleashed a combo of basic attack + Dragon Blade + basic attack on the leftmost Devourer.

"Roar~~"

With the added damage from Ruolin and Xiaobai, the Devourer let out a mournful cry and collapsed to the ground, dying instantly.

I dared not be careless at all. I quickly switched to the Howler and, just as a Devourer was devouring me, I launched a Step Slash to the right front, instantly shifting five yards to the side!
"puff!"

The devourers missed their bite again and became extremely agitated, with streaks of blood-red light emanating from their bodies.

"Ho~~~"

One of the Devourers roared, and the other three Devourers understood, instantly splitting into four groups and attacking from all directions.

A sense of despair crept into my heart. As expected of a 100% realistic game, these alien creatures were definitely not unintelligent.

"Never mind me, unleash your full power!"

My gaze sharpened as I relentlessly fired at the pursuing Devourers, coordinating with Xiaobai and Ruolin's combined fire.

In just a few seconds, three more Devourers fell to the ground, but the last Devourer was too fast and rushed to the front of us almost instantly. Its three-lobed mouthparts split open and descended, blotting out the sky!

"Fuck!"

My heart skipped a beat. At this moment, both of my movement skills, Step Slash and Burst Charge, were on cooldown. It would be almost impossible to dodge them with my own speed.

"Ding Han!" Amidst Ruolin and Xiaobai's screams, I lost sight of myself.

"Pfft!"

The Devourer swallowed it whole, and the word "Devour" flashed before its eyes. At the same time, it felt excruciating pain all over its body!

"1024!"

The damage figures in the four figures are truly eye-opening!

Immediately afterwards, her body was enveloped by indescribable stomach acid, and her health bar dropped rapidly. In the blink of an eye, she lost more than 2500 health points, and her total health loss exceeded 3600 points. If it were either Ruolin or Xiaobai, they would have been killed by this devourer by now!
"You love to eat that much?"

Inside the Devourer's belly, I did not give up struggling, but instead kept stabbing wildly into its stomach with my sword.

If you can't digest me in a short time, you'll die!
"puff!"

Finally, the vanguard bee stinger pierced the opponent's stomach wall, then its abdomen, and a light appeared ahead!
Without saying a word, I swung my sword and slashed a big "Z" shape inside the opponent. Then I kicked open the inflamed duodenum of the Devourer and rolled out of its belly!

"Ho~~~"

The Devourer let out a mournful cry and fell straight down, dying from being disemboweled.

"Ding Han, are you alright?"

Ruolin and Xiaobai rushed over, but didn't dare get too close. At this moment, I was covered in the slime of the Devourer, and the smell was extremely strong.

Then, seeing that his health bar was less than 50% and he hadn't reached the 30% injury threshold, he felt relieved.

"fine."

I frowned and said, "But... do you two have any healing potions? I'm really afraid to fight anymore in this condition."

I have some.

Xiao Bai generously took out some healing items from his interdimensional storage space and traded them over: four hemostatic medicines, each restoring 10% of health, and six bandages, each restoring 5% of health. However, these healing items have a cooldown period and cannot be used continuously.

"Take a short rest."

I grabbed a handful of weeds and wiped the slime off my body haphazardly, not caring about anything else. I immediately used a healing potion, and my health bar was restored to about 60%.

"Ah."

Two girls squatted down beside me, looking at me together.

"What are you looking at? Is there something on my face?"

"No."

Zhang Ruolin said, "Ding Han, you were so brave just now... just like Master Ye. I felt that you were ready to fight ten Devourers."

"If ten Devourers appear together, we'll be wiped out."

I wasn't joking at all, and said, "I almost thought I had a stroke just now, you guys just can't understand."

"Understandable."

Xiao Bai said, "A few days ago, I was hit down to 23% of my health during a battle, which triggered a minor injury warning. I almost thought I was really going to say goodbye to this world. It was a terrible feeling."

"Ah."

I nodded: "Hopefully we'll have better luck from now on, and fewer of these devourers and crawlers will appear."

"really."

Xiao Bai suggested, "Let's go to a plain with a wide field of vision and use your Wind Whisperer to snipe from a distance to attract monsters. This way, we can control the number of monsters we attract."

"Great idea, let's do it that way!"

……

So, I wandered through the wilderness with the two girls. Using the Wind Whisperer to lure monsters was indeed much more convenient. The Wind Whisperer's effective range is up to 2500 meters, and my level 10 basic shooting can guarantee about 100% accuracy within 1000 meters. Fortunately, the accuracy at 2500 meters is about 30%, so I can lure monsters by firing a couple more shots.

The safest approach is to keep the number of monsters lured at one time to no more than three, as this will only consume ammunition.

In addition, the player's health will slowly regenerate every moment after it is depleted, so I only used two hemostatic medicines given by Xiaobai. Once the health is restored to more than 80%, it is already quite safe and there is no need to waste any more.

I kept grinding from morning until evening. With a lot of experience points gained, Ruolin and Xiaobai each leveled up 2 times, while I only leveled up 1 time, reaching level 19. As usual, I allocated all three free attribute points to strength.

As night fell, the required number of monsters to kill for the mission had long been achieved, but the supplies stolen by the alien species were nowhere to be found, causing some frustration.

"drop!"

Just then, I received a WeChat message from Milo, who was far away in Xicheng: "Ding Han, why aren't you off work yet? Hurry back. I bought some beer and cooked a few dishes. Let's have a drink together. Help me check the lyrics later. I want to copy the lyrics of Jay Chou's 'Sunny Day' and use it as my debut single."

"What nonsense! I'm killing monsters!"

"Oh, you're busy then! Sorry to bother you, goodbye!"

Ahem, several author friends have contacted me, telling me that my update speed is too fast. Qidian's new book ranking system removes a book from the list once it reaches 20 words, and at my update speed, it will be off the list very soon. However, I can't miss the recommendation opportunity on the new book ranking, so…

I'm going to make a deal with everyone. Starting tomorrow morning, I'll switch to updating twice a day (the 8 PM chapter will be canceled). This way, when the rankings are released in 18 days, I'll owe you all 18 chapters. I'll make up for those 18 chapters at midnight on the first day after the rankings are released!
Thank you everyone, please understand!

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(End of this chapter)