chsdbacks Chapter 75 Fragment Resonance Level: 57
Chapter 75 Fragment Resonance Level: 57
Three consecutive high-intensity matches did not break the team's physical limits; instead, they sharpened everyone's nerves even further.
The dopamine released from the victory effectively replenished the energy lost.
Lei Zhan, carrying his battle sword, took the initiative to position himself to Zhao Leiguang's side and front.
The defensive stats of his Deadwood Bulwark set were high enough to withstand the splash damage from Hydra's basic attacks.
"I'll share half the hatred, so you can catch your breath."
Without turning his head, Lei Zhan roared, his battle blade precisely cutting into the gap between the two thick snake necks, firmly pulling the aggro towards him.
The bloodline is steadily declining. It has just passed the 60% mark.
The fourth snake head broke off instantly.
The metamorphosis process has deviated from the scope of conventional organisms.
A huge snake head floated in mid-air, surrounded by a dazzling golden halo.
In the very center, a giant, vertical golden pupil slowly opened its eyelids.
The Eye of Judgment.
The moment he opened his eyes, a straight golden high-energy laser shot down, relentlessly targeting Zhao Leiguang, who had the highest aggro value.
Zhao Lei reacted extremely quickly, erecting a wall of earth and crossing his two shields in front of his chest.
The shield burned through within half a second of contact with the laser. A layer of dark red, scorching heat quickly appeared on the shield's surface, and a thin crack appeared.
The aftershock penetrated his defenses, pushing him three steps backward, instantly evaporating 40% of his health.
"Run!" Xiao Qianyu ordered in the channel.
Zhao Leiguang gritted his teeth and activated the pulse core, transforming into an out-of-control heavy truck that raced wildly around the edge of the temple platform.
The golden laser, equipped with absolute tracking, relentlessly pursued the target, leaving a scorching trail in its wake. Wherever it passed, the stone bricks melted under the intense heat, leaving behind a charred ravine flowing with lava.
"This thing is unreasonable!" Zhao Leiguang cursed as he ran. A heavily armored warrior who mainly focused on defense and physique had been forced into becoming a track and field athlete.
Lu Yan stood in the back row, his gaze following the trajectory of the laser beam.
Initially, he thought it was a linear attack that continuously consumed energy, but further analysis of the energy band diagram on the terminal revealed that the laser's output power had periodic drops.
The giant pupil would briefly close every five seconds of continuous illumination.
"Two seconds," Lu Yan said in the channel, speaking very quickly. "The laser has a two-second charging interval. During the charging period, its eyelids will close, and its defense rating will drop to zero."
"Damage dealers, use this two-second window. Otherwise, everyone take cover."
Once the command was given, the team's machines immediately began operating.
The five-second irradiation ended, and the laser abruptly stopped. The golden pupil of the Eye of Judgment snapped shut, and its surrounding aura dimmed.
"superior!"
Xiao Qianyu sprang up, her Flash Strike crossing the magma ravine and appearing right in front of the Eye of Judgment.
The Crimson Lotus Goddess Spear transformed into a phantom image, and the Withered Mark stacked five times within two seconds.
Wen Yue's grenade was precisely launched from behind, hitting the surface of the giant pupil the instant Xiao Qianyu retreated.
Shen Xinglin's lance cut in from the flank, knocking off a large number of scales.
Two seconds later, everyone immediately retreated.
The laser beam surged again, and Zhao Leiguang continued his marathon around the track.
Three cycles. With just three precise bursts of fire between charges, the Eye of Judgment's health bar was completely emptied. The enormous eyeball cracked in mid-air before shattering into a shower of golden dust.
Lu Yan walked across the stone slab where the lava had not yet receded and picked up the fourth fragment from the ashes.
Four fragments of unknown material were placed into the storage space. The moment they were brought close, a very low-frequency buzzing sound traveled through the fingertips.
The resonance response was much stronger than before.
They were given no room to catch their breath.
Hydra's health was reduced to 50%. This critical point of half health triggered the system's underlying berserk logic.
Without waiting for the calm period after the previous decapitation, it swung its thick claws and severed the fifth head.
The transformation speed doubled. Almost the instant the monster landed, it took shape.
[A giant python collapsing from a mountain].
Its size is outrageously large, and its body is as thick as the foundation of a temple's pillars.
It didn't spit venom or release lasers; instead, it raised its head and let out a deafening roar.
The 50-meter-high dome of the temple has cracked.
Countless giant rocks detached from the original building structure, carrying the force of gravity, and poured down onto the platform below like a man-made meteor shower.
Indiscriminate, full-screen area-of-effect (AOE).
A two-meter-wide stone slab crashed into the Seventh Squad's formation. A shield guard, who was bracing himself for the blow, was slammed into the paving stones along with his shield. His dark gold breastplate dented instantly, and his health bar dropped to zero.
A flash of white light. The secret realm's protection mechanism was triggered, forcibly teleporting him out of the game.
"Scatter! Find cover!" Lei Zhan roared, trying to pull another teammate who had been thrown by the aftershocks, but he himself was grazed on the shoulder by a piece of gravel and flew sideways, crashing into a pile of rocks.
The entire platform was reduced to ruins; there was no safe zone whatsoever.
Lu Yan sidestepped a falling stone carving and leaned against a broken stone pillar.
He accessed the terminal's 3D mapping module and input the trajectory of the falling rock.
There is a classic statistical phenomenon called "blind spot".
The scatter plot on the screen confirmed his guess. The distribution of the falling rocks was not completely random, but rather radiated outwards in a ring shape centered on the "mountain collapse python." The density of the falling rocks increased and their kinetic energy increased further outwards.
In contrast, the area within a five-meter radius of the BOSS's feet is an absolute vacuum zone.
"Don't retreat!" Lu Yan's voice cut through the chaotic channel. "Everyone, assemble close to the avalanche python! The safe zone is within five meters of its feet!"
This is a counterintuitive command. Faced with such a massive beast, the human instinct is to keep their distance.
But the first team had absolute trust in Lu Yan.
Xiao Qianyu was the first to turn back, braving the falling rocks, and slid in to the underside of the giant python. Wen Yue put away her crossbow, drew her dagger, and followed closely behind.
Lei Zhan spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva and pulled his teammate to his feet: "Listen to Lu Shen! Charge forward!"
The thirty people split into smaller groups and weaved through the gaps in the falling rocks, eventually squeezing into the vacuum zone with a radius of five meters.
Huge rocks rained down overhead, but the ground beneath our feet remained unharmed.
The Avalanche Serpent is a purely magic-based environmental creation, with melee capabilities that are nothing short of disastrous. When a group of heavily armed Awakened Ones pressed themselves against its face, its roars turned into impotent rage.
Swords, spears, and halberds swarmed forward. In less than a minute, the enormous python was dismembered alive.
The rockfall stopped.
Lu Yan stepped forward and found the fifth fragment among a pile of minced meat.
Five fragments were gathered together in the storage compartment. The low-frequency hum turned into a continuous low hum, and a faint light shone through the edges of the compartment.
Lu Yan scanned it with the terminal.
A line of blurry text appeared: [Fragment Resonance Level: 5/7].
The Hydra has nine heads in total. If this unknown object only requires seven fragments to assemble, what will the remaining two heads drop?
Or, to put it another way, when Hydra's health drops to the last 20%, its mechanics undergo a fundamental change.
Uncertainty is increasing.
"Brother Lu, my shield is about to give way." Zhao Leiguang walked over, his voice a little weak.
Lu Yan looked over. The two dark gold-grade earth walls were covered with spiderweb-like cracks, and their durability had already fallen below the critical threshold. After enduring a few more high-intensity impacts, they would shatter completely.
"Lei Zhan, you take over as the main tank," Lu Yan decided. "Zhao Leiguang will step down to the second line and only be responsible for blocking fatal damage."
Lei Zhan wiped the dust off his face and nodded emphatically: "Leave it to me."
Lu Yan surveyed his surroundings. The battle was only halfway through, and the main body still had four heads remaining. The seventh team had lost one member, the entire group's mana potion reserves were more than half depleted, and equipment durability was generally decreasing.
This is the essence of an S-level secret realm: it uses high-frequency mechanism conversions to consume your resources.
But there was no trace of anxiety on his face.
Lu Yan leaned against the stone pillar, his fingers rapidly tapping on the terminal screen, cross-referencing the data models of the first five heads.
He was deducing the logic behind the next four heads' formation changes.
"Su Yunqing, let's change the healing strategy for now." Lu Yan gave instructions without looking up. "Abandon the obsession with keeping the whole team at full health. As long as the health bar is above 40%, don't use big skills. Save your mana for the last 20%."