Chapter 40: Elite Stinger Scorpion
Boom!
An explosion echoed from within the mother nest.
Su Xiao walked along a corridor with biological structures. The sensation underfoot felt like stepping on rubber, with mucus occasionally dripping from above.
Sensing his surroundings, the mother nest’s structure was complex, resembling a large ant colony with passages leading in all directions. Without understanding the terrain, one would quickly get lost.
Five minutes ago, he had been separated from Old Bal and Carlo. Rather than saying they got separated, it was more accurate to say they were scattered by the insect swarm.
Su Xiao pulled out a carapace limb embedded in his lower abdomen and drank a bottle of Alchemy Secret Medicine.
“Can you determine our position?”
Su Xiao looked at Bubu Wang.
Bubu Wang’s nose twitched. The scent inside the mother nest made him sneeze, and his dog face showed a helpless expression.
There were too many insects inside the mother nest. The number of Stinger Scorpions was at least several thousand. The real danger wasn’t the Stinger Scorpions, but a type of insect called the Flying Mantis.
Flying Mantises looked similar to Stinger Scorpions, but their bodies were more slender, and they had a pair of fleshy wings that allowed them to fly at low altitudes.
Encountering this type of insect in the mother nest’s tunnels wasn’t a problem, but it was troublesome in open areas.
This insect’s overall attributes weren’t strong, but they could spray strong acid with extremely lethal power. It was the Flying Mantises that had scattered Su Xiao and his group.
Su Xiao continued forward. Although he had no sense of direction inside the mother nest, he headed toward wherever sounds of fighting came from.
Two minutes later, Su Xiao arrived at an open space.
Many insect eggs were placed in the open space. These eggs had a milky white surface, with creatures squirming inside.
At the center of the open space, Su Xiao saw several broken plant branches, along with traces of burning nearby.
Old Bal and the others had fought insects here and were injured. There were red bloodstains on the ground.
Now, Old Bal and the others had already left. Judging from the large hole burned into one side, the two had left in a hurry.
Su Xiao needed to regroup with Old Bal for a simple reason: he didn’t understand the terrain here.
Drip.
The sound of water droplets came. Su Xiao’s pupils sharply contracted as he instinctively jumped back.
Pfft.
Green liquid spurted out. A blur shot down from above, its large tail stinger deeply piercing the mother nest’s floor.
This was a Stinger Scorpion, but unlike ordinary ones, this Stinger Scorpion was several times larger, and its carapace was purplish-red.
Su Xiao felt something was very wrong with this Stinger Scorpion. He immediately used [Havana’s Eye] to check its information.
[Comparing both parties’ intelligence attributes… Comparison complete. Our intelligence is 1.482 times that of the enemy. Obtained 100% of enemy data.]
Data as follows:
Name: Elite Stinger Scorpion
Category: Insect Race
Health: 100%
Mana: 290
Strength: 42
Agility: 45
Stamina: 29
Intelligence: 11
Charm: 1
Skill 1: Exoskeleton Lv.7 (Passive), Health +260, Defense +9
Skill 2: Acidic Blood Lv.5 (Passive), Blood has extremely strong corrosive properties.
Skill 3: Independent Individual (Passive), An aberrant among Stinger Scorpions, responsible for protecting the Queen’s safety, possesses a brain.
Skill 4: Tail Stinger Lv.12 (Active), Uses the tail to thrust forward with full force, causing massive wounds while inflicting effects like bone fracture and continuous bleeding.
Skill 5: Combat Instinct (Active), Fights using instinct, the entire body is a weapon.
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Undoubtedly, the Elite Stinger Scorpion was very strong. More importantly, this creature had independent thought and wouldn’t charge recklessly like other Stinger Scorpions.
The Elite Stinger Scorpion had a total of five skills. In Su Xiao’s view, the most troublesome was “Combat Instinct.”
The Stinger Scorpion’s body structure was designed for combat. Gaining this skill would definitely make its combat power explode.
Cyan Steel Shadow Energy was activated to maximum. At this point, there was no need to worry about conserving stamina.
The Elite Stinger Scorpion pulled its tail stinger from the ground, shook off the green liquid, and began sidestepping horizontally, trying to circle around to Su Xiao’s flank. It knew how to ambush and use tactics.
The Elite Stinger Scorpion’s eyes, covered by transparent carapace, stared at Su Xiao. Those eyes held brutality and anger.
Seeing that gaze, Su Xiao’s expression grew more serious. This thing had intelligence, which would exponentially increase the danger level.
A thought suddenly occurred to Su Xiao: this creature might be the Insect Queen’s personal guard. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be this strong. If that were the case, then he might be very close to the Insect Queen.
Su Xiao wasn’t wrong. The Elite Stinger Scorpion was indeed the Insect Queen’s guard. The Insect Queen had been here earlier and had fought with Old Bal and the others.
Bubu Wang noticed the battle was about to begin. He agilely hid among the insect eggs, activating all his auras, deeply understanding the true essence of a support being sneaky during combat.
Just as Su Xiao was preparing to engage this Elite Stinger Scorpion, hurried footsteps came from a side passage.
Looking closely, it was Old Bal and Carlo. The two looked disheveled, their bodies steaming hot, both with body temperatures above 190 degrees.
Seeing Su Xiao, Old Bal showed joy. But when he noticed the Elite Stinger Scorpion, both Old Bal and Carlo slammed on the brakes simultaneously.
Old Bal and the others were being chased. Pursuing them were ten Elite Stinger Scorpions and five Flying Mantises.
Su Xiao calmly sheathed his blade and gave a signal to Bubu Wang beside him. Then, man and dog turned and ran, perfectly synchronized.
He could handle up to five Elite Stinger Scorpions, but more than five would be very troublesome.
Old Bal’s mouth opened and closed as he stared blankly at Su Xiao.
By the time Old Bal reacted, Su Xiao and Bubu Wang had already run far away.
“Ally, wait for me!”
Old Bal’s shout carried a tremble. Su Xiao had run too decisively. Old Bal had just wanted Su Xiao to help him block these Stinger Scorpions. Old Bal was overthinking it; Su Xiao wouldn’t block for him.
With the threat of Elite Stinger Scorpions behind them, Old Bal and the others also started running.
Su Xiao was in front, Bubu Wang behind, Old Bal and Carlo slightly behind, and finally, a continuous sound of running and screeching.
The mother nest instantly became chaotic. Su Xiao occasionally threw a high-grade Alchemy Bomb, but the Elite Stinger Scorpions showed no fear, charging forward while enduring the explosions.
Su Xiao threw another bomb, and a series of Flying Mantis screams came from behind.
Two forks appeared ahead. Su Xiao randomly chose one and rushed in. But unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the fork, three more forks appeared before him.
With Elite Stinger Scorpions pursuing from behind, Su Xiao could only choose randomly again.
Old Bal faced the same situation, so the three who had just regrouped were separated again. This time, the situation was worse. Su Xiao and Bubu Wang had gotten separated.
Fortunately, Bubu Wang could sense Su Xiao’s position. As long as he didn’t encounter danger, Bubu Wang could find Su Xiao. Actually, even if he did encounter danger, it wouldn’t matter. Bubu Wang could infiltrate the enemy. He had even disguised himself as a dairy cow before. Disguising as a Stinger Scorpion was just a drizzle.
After running a distance, Su Xiao stopped. He had arrived at a special location.
If the mother nest just now was a biological structure with an insect race aesthetic, then the current scene had undergone a massive change. Surrounding him was a steel-structured corridor, shifting from insect race style to sci-fi style.
[Tip: The Hunter has arrived at Spaceship No. 3. This spaceship’s ‘Core Energy’ can be recovered.]
The prompt from Reincarnation Paradise suddenly appeared. Su Xiao was stunned. The mother nest actually contained a sky spaceship.