Hoo... Swoosh...
Zhang Chen flew back and forth in the sky. The sacred + dark energy around him instantly wiped out most of the giant mosquitoes in the air.
However, there were still mutated giant mosquitoes, like moths to a flame, rushing towards Zhang Chen desperately.
It was as if the blood of high-level survivors held an irresistible temptation for them.
Yet, time and again, they repeated the same ending.
Before they could get close to Zhang Chen, their bodies turned into mist and were blown away by the wind...
Just moths to a flame...
The remaining mutated giant mosquitoes flew around like headless flies... As their numbers rapidly decreased, they were no longer a threat.
Only then did Zhang Chen slowly descend from the sky.
He glanced at the number of energy crystal cores in the lower right corner.
Over 2.5 million?!
Zhang Chen clearly remembered that before the bug tide arrived, he only had 2 million energy crystal cores.
In such a short time, they had increased by 500,000?
Although Zhang Chen had killed quite a few mutated giant mosquitoes just now...
But to collect 500,000 crystal cores, he would have had to kill about 300,000 mutated giant mosquitoes.
300,000? Just the thought of this number made his scalp tingle.
Therefore, without a doubt, the reason for the surge in crystal cores was that the 1,500 "Automated Sentry Towers" sold by Isaac had started working again.
This item was generally effective against high-level infected, but it was extremely effective against low-level mutated creatures, especially those that relied on sheer numbers to win!
Now, 1,500 sentry towers were diligently attacking the bug tide outside...
Since that was the case...
Zhang Chen smiled slightly and deactivated "Sacred Burn."
He only kept "Dark Siphon."
This was because only monsters killed by Dark Siphon would grant an additional 20% energy crystal cores.
Although Sacred Burn dealt double damage to mutated creatures... Zhang Chen was not lacking in damage at all right now!
Looking at the rapidly increasing total number of energy crystal cores in the lower right corner.
Zhang Chen directly activated "Soul Burn"... Level 5!
Consuming 32 energy crystal cores per second, all damage dealt was increased by 4 times!
When he was an Awakened, Level 5 consumed 16 energy crystal cores per second.
Now that he had entered the first stage of a minor transformation, the consumption had also doubled.
However, at 32 energy crystal cores per second, this consumption was completely negligible for Zhang Chen!
Simultaneously activating Sacred Burn and Dark Siphon made it impossible to directly observe the effects of these two passive skills.
Now that only "Dark Siphon" remained, its effect was immediately apparent.
The energy siphoned from the mutated giant mosquitoes earlier revolved around Zhang Chen's body.
Faint black and red currents occasionally flashed across his entire body, intermittently emitting bright lights...
Zhang Chen, forty meters above the ground, suddenly deactivated "Anti-Gravity Flight."
He immediately began to fall freely downwards.
Just as he was about to plunge into the black bug tide, Zhang Chen abruptly stopped.
Under the effect of Level 5 Soul Burn, Zhang Chen's Dark Siphon range had suddenly expanded by nearly double!
Pfft~~chhh~~
The dark energy permeating around his body instantly drained the surrounding bugs. Countless faint red thread-like energies were peeled away from the bugs' bodies and slowly flew towards Zhang Chen.
They merged with the surrounding dark red energy and rapidly coursed over his body's surface.
It was as if he was wrapped in a layer of dark red energy armor.
In this manner, Zhang Chen descended slowly, as if a god had descended.
He floated down from a height of forty meters.
Any six-legged monster bug that rushed to Zhang Chen's feet instantly turned into a cloud of steam and disappeared...
Zhang Chen stood calmly amidst the bug tide, like a reef standing on the shore.
No matter how fierce the bug tide surged, it could not harm him in the slightest.
Zhang Chen's appearance greatly reduced the pressure on Zhao Longchuan's side.
Coupled with the dispersal of the fog, the visibility improved.
The guards on the city wall began to counter-attack the bug tide using ranged weapons and skills, regaining the initiative in the battle.
At this moment, they finally saw the god-like Zhang Chen.
"This... Am I seeing things? Zhang Chen is standing directly in the bug tide and is completely unharmed?"
"This... Damn it, the monster bugs we fought so hard to kill couldn't even touch his clothes before they died?"
"By the way, how did these monster bugs die? What skill did Zhang Chen use? I don't understand!"
"This... Is this kind of strength still considered human...?"
Some people were so terrified by Zhang Chen's formidable strength that their legs went weak.
Fortunately, such a powerful being was on their side.
If he were an enemy...
They would likely suffer a fate no better than those bugs!
Zhang Chen walked step by step towards the direction from which the bug tide was coming.
He wanted to know what lay at the end of this bug tide.
Where did these bugs continuously emerge from?
"Crystal Resonance!"
Zhang Chen shook his arms!
Bang! Boom!
A loud noise!
The surrounding bugs instantly turned to ashes.
The powerful shockwave blasted the bugs within a hundred-meter radius of Zhang Chen into the air.
After a while, they began to fall like rain.
The bugs on Earth were small and light, so most of them could survive even when falling from a height.
However, these bugs were heavy, and all their defenses were concentrated on the armor on their backs, with weak defense on their abdomens.
Some bugs landed on their backs and were lucky enough to survive.
Others landed directly on their abdominal cavity, instantly bursting with fluids, and then dissipating into a mist.
With just one move, Crystal Resonance, he directly killed 100 bugs, and with those killed by falling, the actual casualties were close to two hundred!
Zhang Chen felt that after advancing to the Transformer stage, his energy was much more abundant than before.
He activated Instant Flash and Crystal Resonance simultaneously, yet he didn't feel tired at all.
It was as easy as clapping his hands.
Everywhere he went, he turned the nearby bug tide upside down!
Tens of thousands of bugs were like toys in front of Zhang Chen, easily manipulated and played with... They had no rights as bugs whatsoever!
Rumble...
The ground suddenly began to tremble.
Zhang Chen knew that something powerful was about to emerge!
Boom~
The mist in the distance instantly disappeared.
Thousands of six-legged monster bugs scattered in panic...
Soon, they had all fled.
The giant mosquitoes in the sky had also vanished without a trace at some point.
The bright moonlight shone down.
In the limit of the searchlight's illumination, a colossal figure was slowly approaching...