LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 313 Dual-tail Scorpion_2
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With a fierce chop, Qi De's blade slammed into the Dual-tail Scorpion's head, resulting in a damage figure of 6000 floating up.
"That's some high damage!"
Wang Tao nodded to himself.
The Dual-tail Scorpion's body was entirely encased in a shell, and even without defensive abilities, such a shell would still afford significant protection. Qi De's damage was quite impressive.
After taking the blow, the Dual-tail Scorpion not only unleashed a mental attack but also began violently swinging its claws to attack Qi De.
Although Qi De was very agile and dodged most of the attacks, he couldn't avoid one strike. However, he reacted quickly and lifted his Iron Bone Knife.
Block.
Bang!
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Qi De was sent flying back more than ten meters.
"Damn it! What a massive force!"
Although Qi De couldn't see his own HP deduction, he could clearly feel he had sustained some internal injuries.
He had used his weapon to block that hit, and still, he was injured; the force of the Dual-tail Scorpion was just too great!
Bang—
Just as the Dual-tail Scorpion was pursuing Qi De, a loud gunshot rang out.
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A damage figure of over 3000 appeared above the Dual-tail Scorpion's head, and it halted its advance, turning its gaze in Wang Tao's direction.
Wang Tao turned his head to find that the shot had been fired by Zhou Long.
Zhou Long was cradling a strangely shaped, large-sized gun in his arms.
But looking at its thick, black barrel, Wang Tao thought it wouldn't be amiss to call it a cannon.
Feeling Wang Tao's gaze, Zhou Long immediately patted the gun in his hand and said,
"Hope Research Institute's experimental product—the Crystal Energy Gun!" Enjoy new tales from My Virtual Library Empire
"Crystal Energy Gun? This thing uses crystal cores?"
Wang Tao was somewhat surprised.
"Exactly! But it still has quite a few imperfections, such as its strong recoil, high energy consumption, and the need for charging..."
Zhou Long's expression was a mix of helplessness.
His awakened ability was of the control type, which also dealt some damage, but he couldn't unleash his awakening on every enemy he saw. Besides, his abilities were mostly support-oriented... so his attacking ability was very limited.
This Crystal Energy Gun could compensate for his lack of attack power!
Usually, he wore powered armor and wielded this crystal energy gun to slay enemies.
If there was a significant drawback to the gun, it was that it consumed a bit too many crystal cores; each shot fired was like blasting away money!
"Impressive!"
Wang Tao praised sincerely.
He had already been astonished when he saw that the powered armor was driven by crystal cores. Now seeing this gun using crystal cores as bullets... Hope Research Institute had extended its crystal core research to weapon development!
Wang Tao thought that the gun's power probably reached level 4.
He had originally only wanted to get his hands on powered armor, and now he had another goal!
At this moment, the Dual-tail Scorpion was caught in a pincer attack between Qi De and Huang Wu; it had to abandon the idea of attacking Zhou Long and vented its fury on the two melee awakeners instead.
And Zhou Long, after waiting for the Crystal Energy Gun to fully charge, found an opportunity to take a potshot, angering the Dual-tail Scorpion with another furious roar.
Seeing the others attacking the Dual-tail Scorpion, Wang Tao couldn't justify slacking off any longer.
So, he too produced a gun in his hand, albeit a pistol.
Qi De and the others, including Gu Yun not far away, were all watching Wang Tao. After all, although they were somewhat familiar with each other, they knew almost nothing about Wang Tao, except that he was a powerful awakener.
So they were very curious to see just how powerful Wang Tao's combat abilities were.
What they saw was Wang Tao brandishing a... pistol?
If they weren't mistaken, that should be a military version of the Model 400 pistol. It was a good gun, highly favored by various militaries before the apocalypse.
But was it capable of hitting a fourth-order monster?
Was Wang Tao taking slacking off too far?
Just as everyone was somewhat speechless, they saw Wang Tao fire at the Dual-tail Scorpion with his pistol.
Bang!
A gunshot distinctly different from that of an ordinary pistol sounded.
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Wang Tao's Air Bullet dealt over 3000 HP damage to the Dual-tail Scorpion, roughly matching the damage of Zhou Long's Crystal Energy Gun.
The scorpion's body tilted slightly from the impact of the shot.
This made those watching Wang Tao raise their eyebrows.
They had been mistaken—Wang Tao's gun was no ordinary pistol!
Could it be something similar to the Crystal Energy Gun? Or was it an ability?
They felt it was more likely an ability.
This piqued everyone's interest, as long-range attacking abilities were rare, and those that utilized a gun to attack were even rarer.
But wasn't Wang Tao a system awakener? Shouldn't he be more proficient in melee combat? Was he hiding something, or was this his trump card?
For a moment, they were somewhat unclear...
Of course, Wang Tao had concealed some of his strength.
He felt that with four awakeners present, plus a bunch of level 3 ability users, various weapons and equipment, and powered armor, it should be easy to kill this 150,000 HP level 4 Lord.
There was no need for him to show off his awakening abilities—he wasn't one to seek the spotlight. Moreover, he had just raised his awakening energy limit to 1000, and it hadn't fully recovered yet, so it was best to conserve it.
Of course, if he could snatch the kill, that would be even better.
Under the assault from the group, including Wang Tao, the Dual-tail Scorpion kept launching mental attacks, but they weren't very strong. Aside from Wang Tao, the other three could also withstand them.
Clearly furious, the Dual-tail Scorpion stopped using mental attacks and instead directed its rage toward Qi De, starting to attack him frenziedly.
"Damn it!"
Qi De cursed under his breath.
Typically, zombies and monsters would prioritize attacking the person who posed the greatest threat to them. Hence, among the four, Qi De's damage output was the highest.
For Qi De, this boasting moment was slightly thrilling, but the danger he faced increased dramatically now that the Dual-tail Scorpion had fixated on him.