Still Loved Even In The New World
CHAPTER 178: Zerg.

Along the way, I encountered many extremely ferocious flying monsters. Until now, I had realized that despite being many, the monsters that formed this wave were between Tier zero to Tier two. In this way, I can guess that maybe the monsters leading are only at Tier three or at most Tier four.

Finally in the distance, I saw a very strange sight. A large piece of land without the slightest snow on it. The land was so barren as years of drought-stricken soil with its surface filled with many deep cracks.

The surrounding snow melted and evaporated into a white mist, making the vision extremely limited. There was not a single monster within this barren area. The monsters simply surrounded the barren land without daring to enter. I don't know what happened, but I can sense which type of fire is very strong in this place. The fire mana in this place was much stronger than in the area of the volcano and was even almost comparable to the land of a worn out star.

Keep in mind, the land of a worn out star is an area of land that is always illuminated by pure starlight and is usually found on a planet without an atmosphere and always gets extreme star light and radiation, so that where the fire type there becomes very abundant.

If it were a barren planet close to a star, I wouldn't be too surprised, but it's a planet of life that has an atmosphere protecting it. How could there be a land of worn out stars in this place?!.

The moment I entered the barren land area, I could feel the hot air temperature far surpassing other areas. The air temperature in this place is very irrelevant if it is called the temperature in winter, as if I had suddenly entered mid-summer. In fact, the ground I stepped on was like a frying pan heated on a stove.

I don't know how far I'm going, the temperature's increasing. At that moment, I saw a lake. The lake is not what you would expect. The lake was filled with hot, boiling lava.

There are small red islands in the distance. I don't know what materials make up those small islands, but I can see their smooth, hard surfaces, like steel shields. When I arrived at the edge of the lake, the small islands began to approach towards the shore.

Only then did I know that the floating thing was not an island, but five crab-shaped monsters that were red and four meters or more tall.

The entire body was coated with a thick red exoskeleton that glittered like a steel surface. They have five pairs of legs with two pairs of legs modified into two large claws that look strong, while the other four pairs of legs resemble a sharp spear with a red metallic luster.

No need to guess. They approached me, definitely not to invite me to tea. Before it got really close, one of them sprayed hot lava at me from his mouth.

Sizelll... Hissing....!

I dodged the lava spray and flew away to keep my distance. I wouldn't be careless to approach a monster I don't know. Moreover, that monster has almost the same power as me. The moment the lava hit the ground, I could hear a hissing sound from the corroded ground.

This is when I realized that what they sprayed was not hot lava, but acid that had a color like hot incandescent lava. The white smoke generated by the interaction between the acid and the soil is also highly toxic.

Just a slight inhale, I could smell a very sharp scent and instantly give a burning sensation in the throat. Realizing that, I immediately isolated my breathing so as not to inhale the acid fog.

It's troublesome. I didn't recognize the monster, so I didn't know what kind of attack they had.

«Omniscient Eye»

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Race: «Zerg»

Type: Parasiters.

Species: Crab.

Tier: Meteorite (Tier 3)

Description: Extraterrestrial beings were once a scourge and disaster for human civilization throughout Altera. These zergs are parasites that lay their eggs on the eggs of other extraterrestrials and absorb host nutrients for their own development. Adult crabs have exoskeleton shells that are very thick and hard like star steel. Just like other zerg species, they can breed very quickly in large numbers and eventually feed on all the energy in which they hatch.

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I don't need to read the description below, just hearing the words Zerg and Extraterrestrial can already make me believe that I should kill them. Maybe in this world no one knows zerg better than me.

One of the members of Moon Palace, sister Affinis has transplanted the heart of the Zerg Queen found in an ancient ruin into her body so that she has most of the abilities of the Zerg Queen and can rule the zerg.

The voracious creatures were said to be scattered throughout the quadrant and engulfed all resources for the development of their race. But in the past, it seemed like they had been at war with the Alterians and eventually their queen was killed. After their queen was killed, Zerg began to scatter leaderlessly. That way, the ancient gods managed to exterminate most of them.

But due to the characteristics of the Zerg race that had extremely fast adaptability and breeding abilities, the ancient gods could not exterminate them completely despite chasing into the entire quadrant.

However, since their numbers have been greatly reduced and almost destroyed, they will be less likely to give birth to a new queen. Therefore, after the first war with the ancient gods, Zerg became very rarely seen. Only occasionally as players roamed through space would they occasionally see Zerg. However since they did not have a queen, their thinking was also limited to the thought of a beast with low intelligence.

Why do I barely recognize this Zerg?. Zerg races have many species and the bodies of each species can vary depending on the environment they grow in order to adapt and maximize energy absorption in the environment.

As an example is this species of crab, their shape will also differ between those that hatch in an icy environment and a hot environment like this. That's why Zerg is so hard to detect if it's on a planet of life. Many players mistakenly thought that they were just ordinary beasts and made that foolish player return to the city safe after death.

Shit, what should I do?!. These zergs grow in extreme heat environments. The Phoenix flames in my body will only have a minimum effect on that Zerg.

«Twelve constellation armor:Taurus»

Leo's golden armor on my body had changed into a Taurus armor that had a large gauntlet shaped bull's head...

The Taurus armor is intended for close combat fighters, so the armor design has a balance between attack and defense. I chose this armor because it has a very strong blunt attack compared to other armors.

Why did I choose the armor with a blunt attack, it was because the shell of this monster was extremely hard. It would be very difficult to break through it using a sharp weapon attack. And again, I want a fun fight with this monster.

I dodged another Zerg acid attack and directly jumped onto the back of one of them. A golden and silver-white aura enveloped both of my hands. After the aura that enveloped my hand was dense enough, I bombarded the hard shell of that Zerg with full force.

Clang... Clang...!

Every time my punch landed, there would be a sound like two rusty metals clashing against each other. Although this Zerg was still in his teens, but they already had a very strong defense. It was only fitting that as adults they could have a harder defense than star steel.

Just as I was about to launch another blow, there was suddenly a violent wind from my left. I immediately jumped up and avoided the giant claw of the crab monster that almost hit me. But while still in the air, three bursts of red acid were fired at me very quickly.

I could only compress the air under my feet and make it a pedestal so that I could avoid an impromptu attack.

I gathered the aura around my hand. Unlike before who jumped towards the crab so recklessly, I opened the wings on my back and flew towards Zerg.

I had to maneuver well to avoid acid shots from them. To my great surprise, suddenly a Zerg appeared in front of me and swung his great claw. Facing that surprise attack, I was almost caught off guard and lost my balance.

Zergs are extraterrestrial beings that live in the void. Of course they had flying ability and extremely incredible speed. I rebalanced myself before one acid shot hit me.

With the Phoenix wings, I can maneuver better in the air. I sped up my flight and left a sonic wave behind. The safest part of attacking a crab-type monster was on its back. But, the back is also the hardest part and difficult to destroy.

«Martial Arts: High Frequency Punch»

Bang...!

I landed a right-handed punch as hard as I could. With this punch, the four pairs of Zerg's legs could not withstand the impact and ended up falling to the ground. The aura that enveloped my hand spread throughout the outer shell of the Zerg and made cracks on the surface of the shell. This blow can convert internal energy into an aura that will provide high frequency vibrations that interfere with the configuration of atomic bonds in solid objects. That way, Zerg's defenses can be weakened. Then once the Zerg defense becomes weaker, the internal energy will infiltrate and destroy the shell.

«BoxingTechnique: Internal blast»

My left hand also followed up with another blow. This time, the aura lining my hand seeped between the cracks and...

Bangs...

The outer shell of the Zerg was smashed into pieces. Although it was destroyed, but this was by no means a fatal wound on Zerg. Zerg has a layered shell and between each layer there will be a vacuum that can isolate the temperature in space. Temperatures in space can be close to absolute zero, which would kill cells from carbon-based creatures that have no defense.

Completing a series of punches, I immediately retreated and dodged the attacks of the other four Zergs. Due to the violent blows and vibrations that plagued Zerg's simple nervous system, the Zerg was temporarily inactive.

How could I let go of this good opportunity?!!. Immediately, the shadow of the huge bull formed from starlight started to condense behind me.

The internal mana of my body was poked towards the illusory shadow of the bull so that there were many golden threads connecting my body and the shadow of the bull.

«Meteor Destroyer Punch»

After the injection of internal mana became saturated, the shadow of the bull shouted towards the sky and dashed towards the injured Zerg on the ground. Before the Zerg could stand, the shadow of a huge bull directly hit him from above like a meteor hitting the earth.

Bang....!

The impact of the collision produced a shock wave that was so strong that the former collision became a crater wide enough.

At the bottom of the collision crater, I saw the crushed and flattened body of the crab on the ground. If not for the outer shell that had been destroyed, perhaps the blow could only severely injure him, but it could not kill him.

Die..!

One dead, four more...!

I couldn't help but be more excited. I wanted to do that punch again, but there was no way the same punch would produce the same effect twice. Although the queenless Zerg was just like a beast with low intelligence, but they still had a certain sense of danger embedded in their genes.

As I expected, the moment I wanted to re-hit one of them with the same punch, a red energy shield formed on top of that crab shell. It was not an ordinary energy shield, but an energy shield that had a counterattack that left my hand numb and my nervous response temporarily slower.

That was when one of the crabs swung its huge claw at me very quickly. I could predict the movement of the claw, but due to my late response, the punch struck my left abdominal armor, sending me flung over the lava lake that was glowing with high temperatures.

Before I landed on the magma lake, I coated my entire body with Phoenix flames to prevent being injured by the hot lava.

Bangs.... Splash...!

A wave of molten rock directly rolled with a height of several meters towards the middle of the lake due to the impact of the impact.

Akh...!

The impact of the extremely violent impact also shook my internal organs so I spewed out a mouthful of blood. My whole body hurts like I just got hit by a vehicle.

After the impact disappeared, I tried to stand up and stabilize my trembling legs. I'm not afraid, but my head is a little dizzy after the impact.

I covered my left abdomen with my hands, red blood slipping from the crevices of my fingers. My left abdominal armor has been broken.

This is one of the terrible of cosmic beings. They have attacks that contain radiation and prevent blood clots in wounds. If not treated immediately, the victim will die of bleeding.

I immediately took out a high level potion from the storage and drank it to heal the wound. I don't use healing magic because healing magic isn't able to remove the radiation in the body. Radiation is not only to prevent blood clots, but also to inhibit nerve responses and cause delayed reactions to attacks. It would be fatal in a high-intensity fight.

I just need to squeeze the potion bottle hard to shred. After the bottle was destroyed, a green light enveloped me and healed the wounds that were on my body. But I noticed, that on the surface of the magma around me, a blackish-red flame suddenly appeared

That fire was extremely strange, the Phoenix flames that formed wings could be burned by that blackish-red flame. I immediately cut off my wings and removed the white flames that enveloped the body to prevent those black-red flames from continuing to propagate.

My wings are condensed from fire, so I can make them again. But since the wings were also part of my body, I also felt the pain of the wings being cut off as well as getting damaged.

No, can't keep going like this. I will lose sooner or later if I continue to fight this way. What's more, I feel that there's something more dangerous behind...

(The end of this chapter)

Yesterday I couldn't update because my parents dragged me to do some holiday shopping. I'm so tired... I leave at two in the afternoon and go home at opening time...