Star Abyss Walker

Chapter 43 Dimensional Expansion Crystal

【Osteo Reaper】(Blue BOSS)

Rating: 25
Attack: 255-320
Defense: 100
Qi and blood: 25000
Skills: [Cut Lv7], [Strangle Lv7], [Bone Blade Thorns Lv7]

Details: The Bone Blade Hunter, a mutant among the Xenomorphs, is extremely difficult to deal with. After evolution, its skeleton has become serrated bone blades. The negative effects of evolution have caused it to lose its sight, but the heat-sensing organs on both sides of its head allow it to more keenly detect the location of its prey.
……

Level 25, Blue Boss!

I couldn't help but take a deep breath, hold the Roarer horizontally, and aim the gun forward.

"Buzz~~~"

The Boneblade Hunter seemed to have sensed my presence long ago. The heat-sensing grooves on both sides of its head vibrated continuously, emitting a buzzing sound. At the same time, it opened its mouth and stuck out a tongue full of thorns and covered in mucus.

There's no escape, we have to fight!

I took a deep breath and lowered myself slightly. I had already made up my mind. The Bone Blade Hunter is an assassin among the alien species. It has high attack but low defense and average health. If I were to fight it at a loss, I would definitely not gain the upper hand. Therefore, the only chance to kill it by myself is to rely on the powerful performance of the blue submachine gun in my hand!

"Roar!"

Suddenly, the Bone Blade Hunter stomped its powerful hind legs on the ground and charged forward, its tongue lolling out. Its two forelegs, which had evolved into bone blades, rose high like a praying mantis, making a mid-air slashing motion!
"Bang bang bang..."

Without the slightest hesitation, I aimed at the gaping maw and fired in rapid succession. The moment the headshot damage numbers soared into the air, the opponent realized something was wrong and quickly shut up. Bone spurs extended and enveloped the head, as if a helmet had been put on, instantly reducing my output efficiency by at least 70%!

"Shh!"

The bone blade gleamed coldly as it slashed down from mid-air!
I quickly ducked and launched a stepping slash to the left front!
Just as he rushed out 5 meters, he suddenly turned around, aimed at the back of the Bone Blade Hunter's head, and pulled the trigger, instantly emptying the magazine!
"Ho~~~"

With a roar, the Bone Blade Hunter unleashed a tail covered in bone thorns that lashed out like an iron whip, striking my breastplate with a loud thud. It instantly shattered my protective aura and inflicted additional damage!
"823!"

That's pretty ruthless!
Although the Bone Blade Hunter's attack cap is only 350 points, the blue BOSS has hidden attack and defense bonuses, plus a 5-level level advantage, so it's only natural that it hurts so much.

I stumbled and staggered backward. The opponent's speed was far beyond my expectations, and he was indeed quite troublesome!
With his left hand raised, he instantly drew the Randall's Shield and slammed it heavily to the ground. At the same time, his right hand skillfully changed the magazine with one hand. With two "clicks," the bullets were chambered. His body suddenly shifted to the side, and he fired a burst of bullets at the exposed chest of the Boneblade Hunter!

Empty the magazine in 4 seconds!

At the same time, a barrage of bullets pounded down on the BOSS. Although the damage was reduced by the Bone Blade Armor, it was still considerable!
"123!"

"128!"

"109!"

"133!"

……

Even without headshot damage, emptying the magazine within 4 seconds, the damage from one magazine of bullets can easily take away about 6000 points of the BOSS's health. Combined with the previous full magazine output, the Bone Blade Hunter's health bar is now less than 50%!

"Roar!"

It opened its blood-red maw, and its bone-bladed forelimbs slammed down on Randall's Shield. A tremendous force struck, sending me and the shield flying!
Cutting a level 7 enemy really hurts!
"1128!"

Even with the shield protecting me, I still lost a significant amount of health!
"Roar~~"

The Bone Blade Hunter was like a wild beast, relentlessly pursuing its prey. It leaped up, its hind legs stomping on the grass, and it arrived by cutting through the wind!

"Oh shit!"

My eyes turned cold, and I abandoned my shield, instantly unleashing my full power and charging forward the moment I flipped over!
"Peng——"

Amidst the deafening roar, the Bone Blade Hunter stood shakily in the wind, a "dizziness" icon hovering above its head. Taking advantage of this golden opportunity, I quickly switched magazines, aimed at the opponent's back, and emptied the magazine!
Amidst the rapid whistling of bullets, the Bone Blade Hunter's health bar dwindled, its back flesh pierced by bullets, becoming a bloody mess. In the blink of an eye, its health bar dropped to only around 4000 points!
"Ho~~~"

Turning around, its face was ferocious, and it charged at us as if it had gone mad.

It was too late to change the magazine!
I pulled out my 99R pistol, aimed at his head, and emptied the magazine of 20 bullets in an instant. Just as the Bone Blade Hunter activated the strangulation skill, I used a step slash to switch to his back, switched to the Vanguard Bee Sting, and slashed down at the bloody mess on his back!
A combo of basic attack + Bloodthirst + basic attack, the damage numbers kept jumping up and down!

"332!"

"331!"

"521!"

"1244!"

"329!"

After a full combo, the Bone Blade Hunter's health bar was reduced to a mere sliver!
"Ho~~~"

It opened its blood-red maw, and a pair of bone blades pierced the wind as they arrived!

I had nowhere left to retreat, so without saying a word I switched my main weapon to the Wind Whisperer. The dark gun barrel and silencer were shoved into the opponent's mouth, and then I kept pulling the trigger, firing all five bullets from the Wind Whisperer's magazine!
Blood splattered everywhere as a large hole was shot through the back of the bone blade hunter's head, and his body fell backward.

[Congratulations! You have defeated the Bone Blade Hunter (blue BOSS) and obtained the item: BOSS Ability Crystal x1!]

[Battle Notification: You have defeated the Bone Blade Hunter (Blue BOSS), gaining 250000 character experience points. The Elemental Furnace extracted 125000 experience points!] ...

Cool!
I was overjoyed, but I didn't get carried away. I immediately put away the Randall's Shield and equipped it in my off-hand slot. Then I replaced the Howler's magazine with a full one, darted away, and hid under another tree root. I quickly reloaded a bunch of empty magazines.

One Bone Blade Cutter used up three magazines, 150 bullets in total; that's pretty ruthless.

However, the fact that it could withstand the ferocious Boneblade Hunter and shoot it down with firepower is enough to prove that my previous assumption was correct. Advanced Shooting lv10 plus Blue Roarer is indeed a very powerful combination. It provides a terrifying suppression when facing blue BOSS in the early stages of the game. If you are in a team and someone else draws the fire, it will probably be even easier to kill it!
Soon after, the magazine was fully loaded. Only then did I pick up the fist-sized BOSS power crystal from the interdimensional storage space and open it!

Congratulations! You have successfully opened your [BOSS Ability Crystal] and obtained the item: [Dimensional Expansion Crystal] (Expansion Space: 0.2 cubic meters)!

……

"Oh?"

I was slightly taken aback. I didn't expect that the blue BOSS would drop a dimensional expansion crystal instead of equipment or skill books!

As the name suggests, this crystal is used to expand the player's extradimensional storage space. This item is extremely rare and expensive. During the closed beta, many top players were willing to spend real money to buy it through offline transactions, just to have more storage space for themselves!
The space of the expansion crystal in front of us is 0.2 cubic meters, which is not great, but it is not bad either. In the early stages of the game, it is already considered a very good treasure. After all, the larger the extradimensional storage space, the more things you can carry, and it will be more convenient to do smuggling in the future.

"Shh!"

The expansion crystal disappeared from my hand, and the next moment, my extradimensional storage space increased from 1 cubic meter to 1.2 cubic meters!
This also means that my storage space has increased from a cube with a side length of 1 meter to a cube with a side length of 1.062658569183 meters, which is an incredibly large increase.

……

Time flowed by, and I sat under a big tree to rest for a while. I took out a bottle of mineral water and drank half of it in one gulp. I glanced at the time and it was already 3 a.m. Unknowingly, I had been fighting the Dark Tide for three hours. At this time, the sound of gunfire was still ringing out in the West Wind Forest. This small-scale local war was still going on.

At that moment, a familiar voice rang out from the star map.

"Brothers near the northeast corner of Xifeng Forest, please be careful! Our scouts have just discovered that a large number of alien species are rushing towards the northeast corner, attempting to break through the defenses there and cut off our retreat. Brothers in the northeast corner, please hold your ground and do not retreat, otherwise it will be quite troublesome if the position is breached!"

The person who spoke was none other than the leader of the Crimson Sky Alliance, currently ranked number one on the regional leaderboard, known as "Sword Like a Dragon."

"Don't worry, Mr. Long, we've got this under control!"

"Don't worry, boss, we won't let a single alien species enter the West Wind Forest from the northeast corner!"

Many people responded, expressing great respect for the player who ranked first on the Xicheng leaderboard.

I frowned and glanced at the map.

Damn it... I'm right on the front line in the northeast corner. If the alien army marches south, I'll be the first to be hit!

Seemingly to confirm the intelligence about the guns shooting like dragons, just a few seconds later, a "whoosh whoosh whoosh" sound rang out in the distance, and one after another, alien species rushed out of the wilderness. They were all first-tier alien species, either devourers or crawlers!
"Nima..."

I frowned as a tidal wave of alien creatures attacked. They all had four legs, while I only had two. Running away was completely impossible; I could only face them!

However, this place is indefensible and I will be surrounded soon on flat ground. Although I am currently using a full magazine, if there are enough aliens, I could be killed even while I am switching magazines!
Finally, my gaze fell upon the large tree behind me.

The trunk is about half a meter in diameter, and the distance from the ground to the first branch is about five meters...

Without further thought, he put away his submachine gun, took out Irelia's hand axe from his interdimensional storage space, and then, with the axe in one hand and the Vanguard Bee Sting in the other, he alternately plunged them into the tree trunk to climb. A few seconds later, he landed on the first branch with remarkable agility.

No, it's not high enough!

Climbing a few more steps, I arrived at a branch about ten meters high. From here, the view was wide open, and I could scan the surrounding ground. It was indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack!

"Hoho~~~"

On the ground, a dense swarm of crawlers rushed over, each one sniffing frantically, then looking up at me in the tree.

"hiss--"

One of the devourers suddenly roared, its three-lobed mouthparts opening wide, and a tongue flailing wildly.

Countless alien species surged forth like a tide!
"Fuck..."

I took a deep breath, feeling both excited and thrilled, and immediately pulled back the bolt, unleashing a burst of fire!

To conserve ammunition, they adopted a burst firing method of five bullets at a time, aiming all of them at the heads of the Devourers and Crawlers. This method was completely accurate, with three out of every five bullets triggering a headshot effect. In an instant, blood splattered everywhere below, and the horrific sight of heads exploding appeared one after another!
"204!"

"609!"

"615!"

"612!"

"200!"

……

For a moment, the scene around the tree was extremely spectacular. The aliens roared madly, and I fired wildly. Neither of us would give in to the other.

(End of this chapter)