novellhall Chapter 112 Kuturu
Chapter 112 Kuturu
Chapter 112 Kuturu
"Goodness" "Can" "Do" "Oukun 8K"
Amidst the ambiguous murmurs of agreement, Ironwall felt his blood pressure rise again. If it weren't for the paladin's oath restraining him, he would have already started cursing at this group of people.
Fortunately, the older brother eventually calmed down and, after the smoke and dust cleared, led everyone across the wreckage of the gate.
The scene before them once again surprised everyone.
The crisscrossing metal pipes resembled a giant python coiled up, their walls riddled with honeycomb-like corrosion holes. Dark green viscous liquid dripped down, forming a toxic pool emitting white smoke on the scorched ground.
"Ugh—why does this taste so strange?!" Xiaoxiao covered her mouth and nose and staggered back, but was enveloped by a veil of holy light from Wuhusheng.
"Shut up," Wu Husheng smacked someone who was breathing heavily with his staff. "The negative buff you're given is very powerful: Logic Erosion +3. Everyone hold your breath to prevent being eroded."
Holy light fell like a gentle rain, and the sound of the corrosive slime lessened.
A pale yellow aura also appeared around Ironwall, dispelling the poisonous mist: "Hidden Assassin scouts the left flank, Phase Cat performs a mid-range scan, Hydrogen Wind—guard the middle flank with me."
Lu Qingfeng nodded, stepped forward and walked with Tie Bi. With the logic gate no longer blocking his way, he once again used anomaly scanning to scan the underground rail area in front of him.
"Wait, something's wrong." He channeled another wisp of blood and energy, precisely targeting the joint in the pipe.
"Sizzle!"
The entire pipe suddenly ruptured! Metallic pupae and black liquid gushed out together, and the swarm of scarlet compound-eyed insects hissed as they rushed towards the team.
"Holy crap!" The Shadow Assassin raised his dagger and swung it to kill the insect in front of him, but was splashed with acid on his wristband, and the leather was instantly charred black.
Lu Qingfeng ignited his inner energy and blasted forward, instantly clearing a no-man's-land free of insects.
Phase Cat's phase runes exploded: "The key signal is directly ahead! But—" Her voice tightened, "According to divination, the core of the pipe resonates with logical chains; forcibly breaking through will trigger a global alarm!"
Before the words were even finished, the giant main transmission pipe overhead suddenly trembled violently!
Dozens of mechanical tentacles emerged from the etched hole, their tips gleaming with eerie blue data spikes, locking onto the entire team like venomous snakes raising their heads.
【Corruption Guardian - Heart Eater (Elite) *1】
[WARNING: Tentacle attacks have a "logic parasitism" effect!]
"Graffiti artist! Barrier covering the three o'clock position!" The Iron Wall Greatsword cleaved through the first wave of tentacles, roaring amidst sparks, "Wuqi Sheng, focus on purification! Hydrogen Wind—"
"I understand," Lu Qingfeng's gaze narrowed slightly, "This guard seems to possess something extraordinary!"
But the battle is the priority right now. Dark red blood condensed at Lu Qingfeng's fingertips, followed by a straight punch aimed at the most chaotic part of the data flow in the tendril joint.
"Click!"
The whiskers were instantly shattered, and garbled logic flashed wildly at the break.
"Good!" The Iron Wall Heavy Sword swept horizontally, and the War God's spearstock pierced the core sensor of the guard with three arrows in quick succession.
The Thorn Speaker continued to manipulate the seemingly insignificant vines, entwining them around the roots of the tendrils and delivering a crucial control. Wu Jiesheng, who had been waiting patiently for a while, finally managed to create an identical Holy Light Tentacle and send it deep into the Listener's body.
"Take this super-powerful purification attack!"
The guard disintegrated with a crash, and as the fragments fell into the poisonous pool, they created ripples of golden runes.
【Logical Erosion - 2 (Team Collaboration Purification)】
[Exploration progress update: 15%]
Lu Qingfeng stepped forward and probed the poisonous pool with his aura. Sure enough, he was not mistaken; the golden runes possessed a spiritual charm that did not belong to this Crimson Iron Star.
Could it be that this Heart Eater previously harbored something extraordinary? No, it shouldn't have been a direct parasite; it was likely nurtured by energy.
So how could such energy appear on this star?
Lu Qingfeng felt that he was about to unveil some of the mystery surrounding this instance.
After quickly collecting their spoils, the group continued for another hundred paces, but for some reason, the passage ahead had shrunk several times over.
Three rusted valves were spewing out dark green toxic mist, with garbled data swirling around the valve handles, and the corrosive sound they emitted was as piercing as the sound of a blackboard being scraped.
"Logic chains are entangled! Forcibly shutting it down will trigger a chain reaction, causing a large area to self-destruct!" Phase Cat cried out urgently, fearing that someone would directly destroy this place and bury them alive here.
The Hidden Assassin, who had been slacking off all along, stepped forward this time: "Leave it to me, I happen to have the corresponding abilities."
After applying a bunch of buffs, the shadow assassin simply vanished into the shadows on the ground and arrived at the chain node.
Faced with this complex situation, he took out an even more complex set of tools. The poisonous mist flickered with his breathing, and his Thief Specialty "Silent Dismantling" was in full operation!
"Swoosh!" The last chain snapped!
Hidden Assassin spun and retreated swiftly, casually unleashing a gust of wind to disperse the existing poisonous mist, then tossed the three gear keys to Phase Cat: "Done!"
[Logic Erosion - 5! Team gains: Core Key *3]
After the poison was removed, the end of the pipe opened up, revealing a square floating on the ground with a huge, silver-white robot on it.
[The team has encountered the Data Guardian, Kuturu (Level 10 Boss)!]
[Defeat the enemy to proceed to the next stage]
"Intrusion variables—Clear!" Butulu's voice rang out, and the chains on his back slammed into the ground!
"Why are we jumping straight into the boss battle? What happened to our preparation phase?!"
"Enough talk, focus fire on the core from a distance!" This time, Lu Qingfeng took command. He kicked away the sweeping chained iron wall and charged forward, his greatsword slashing furiously at Kuturu, sparks flying as his hand split open: "Extremely high physical resistance! Phase Cat breaks through defense!"
"Arcane Pierce!" A runic arrow pierced Kuturu's knee joint bearing.
However, the situation on the other side of the battlefield was not so optimistic. The Gunslinger God fired three arrows at the compound eye in quick succession, but they were deflected by the data stream.
"Quack! There's a cheat code!"
"Data Torrent - Format!" Kuturu's compound eyes suddenly lit up, and a dark blue torrent swept in like a tsunami!
"Mind-image shield! Brothers, watch me carry it." The charcoal pencil swung swiftly, but the mind-image shield continued to spread cracks and spiderwebs after being hit.
"I can't hold on any longer!" The graffiti artist staggered backward.
A close call!
Lu Qingfeng made a move once again!
Dark red blood and qi, like threads, pulled the torrent, actually directing the impact towards Kuturu's own chains!
"Boom!" The chains backfired, and the mechanical body suddenly stiffened.
"Break through! Charge shoulder to shoulder!" Iron Wall roared, his heavy sword cleaving through the data armor.
The hidden dagger precisely pierced the core interface, and the gunstock war god's final arrow pierced through the compound eye!
Kuturu's shriek was deafening, and his core overloaded, flashing red light wildly: "Logic—End—"
"Step back!" Lu Qingfeng pressed down with both palms, his qi and blood exploding into a circle to deflect the oncoming shockwave and protect his companions behind him.
The falling rocks were all blocked by the remaining power of the barrier.
After all this was done, the mechanical wreckage disintegrated with a loud crash, and the data heart fell to the ground with a resounding thud!
[The team has defeated Data Guardian Kuturu (Level 10 Boss)!]
[Logic erosion wipes out everything!]
[Received: Complete Data Core *1, Kuturu Key Fragment *3, Disaster Coins *1500]
[Exploration progress update: 35%]