While it was rather humiliating for the swampmen to sneak up on them without a word, the Pyrocrystal Cannon that Tyler Meredith unearthed from a high elf ruin was quite powerful.
The Pyrocrystal Cannon that jutted out of the ground appeared to be more than thirty meters long and made of more than a hundred winding silver-white metal tubes that were engraved with elven arcane runes. Even if one did not know that it was a weapon, there was a complex beauty to it from its appearance.
After burning away the Illum crystals that had left the Players heartbroken, radiance resembling electric arcs began to dance between the silver-white metal tubes.
But it was not electric arcs, but magical radiance formed after substantial energy was compressed and concentrated.
When the flickering electric arcs reached a certain level, the entire Pyrocrystal Cannon emanated intense white radiance, with a straight silver beam directly shooting out of the cannon muzzle formed by the tubes. = = Photon Blast!
Indeed, it was not a straight beam like the most commonly seen aurora, nor was it a physical weapon, but a cannon blast that blasted the enemy with a burst of photon blast in order to achieve a certain objective …
And right now, the Pyrocrystal Cannon's objective was to peel off the Tunnel Eye Serpent's skin!
The photon blast of unknown principle easily drowned the Tunnel Eye Serpent, and from the outside, the Tunnel Eye Serpent's body was being disintegrated by the photon blast.
After all, the Tunnel Eye Serpent was able to take the Players' Colored Skill head-on and emerge unscathed, with its HP bar not even lighting up!
Didn't that mean that the cannon blast was several times more powerful than the first-rate Players' Colored Skill?
Hence, one of the Players sneakily ran to the photon blast and reached his hand inside.
"What the hell. That thing's a little strong — my gauntlet's durability is gone in an instant!" Just as the idiotic Player finished, a branch appeared in the photon blast and curled up along his arm, devouring him entirely and vanishing before the solid and powerful photon blast calmed down.
The other Players couldn't help clicking their tongues in wonder when they saw that. "You're gone too …"
Naturally, the Player was chatting away in the chat room, fighting ten against one.
The other Players finally understood that the photon beam was indeed troublesome, and subconsciously moved a little further away from it.
Even if the players could revive, not many of them would want to die because of a moment of carelessness. After all, it would cost EXP.
By the time the light died down, the silver tubes of the Pyrocrystal Cannon had turned red. It was obvious that the cannon was overloaded and could not be used for the time being.
Meanwhile, the true form of the Tunnel Eye Serpent.
Beneath the cover of stone and mud, the Tunnel Eye Serpent's skin hid a large number of Illum crystals. Calling it the Tunnel Eye Serpent now was a little unrealistic — the monster now resembled an eastern dragon formed from crystals and gemstone clusters of various colors.
At the same time, the HP bar that the players had been waiting for finally appeared!
Edward's long-puzzled heart was suddenly relieved at the sight. "I see. That's why it's an Illum lifeform. The soil and stone skin over its body were all fake from the start! Only a little of the Illum crystals exposed is where its true form is! "
That was why they couldn't see the Tunnel Eye Serpent's HP bar before because they couldn't see its true form. Now that the 'skin' over the monster's body was completely wiped away by the photon beam, the monster's true form was completely exposed to them, and that was why the HP bar was showing up!
Of course, it wasn't certain that they couldn't see the monster's HP bar when its body was covered. Sometimes, the Players would be able to find the hiding enemy's name that floated in the air. Still, considering that this was a Boss battle, it was probably a hint from the God of Games that they couldn't see its name!
Edward couldn't help praising the God of Games inwardly at that very thought. As expected of the God of Games!
Compared to Edward, the other Players were much more realistic, firing their various skills at the Tunnel Eye Serpent as if they were free!
And yet …
"No, it's still too tough! Every attack only takes away 1 HP symbolically, and its HP bar is so long that we can't affect it at all! "
Soon, the Players realized that they were having a hard time.
If the Tunnel Eye Serpent was still far away from the city, they would have had a lot of time to grind it out. However, it was almost outside the city now, and the evacuation that Simba and the others had led had yet to be completed. There were still many who were unable to escape the city.
"Is there a way to lure it away?" Joe couldn't help asking.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Gou Dan shook his head.
It wasn't as if the Players hadn't tried the simple tactic of luring the Tunnel Eye Serpent away, but regrettably, they didn't know why the monster was running towards them. It had been running like a machine without rest, and since it was immune to Taunt, the simple tactic of 'luring the Tunnel Eye Serpent away' had never worked.
It was Eleena who acted in the critical moment, directly casting her sacred shield and forcing the Tunnel Eye Serpent to slam its head against the barrier of light, forcibly halting its advance!
Until now, Eleena was the only Player who had successfully stopped the Tunnel Eye Serpent.
Be that as it may, her sacred shield was already covered in cracks after being struck twice by the Tunnel Eye Serpent, and clearly wouldn't be able to hold it for long.
"There's no other way. Abandon the city walls. Tide Callers, hurry up and make ice walls to form the second perimeter! Get ready to retreat to the second perimeter! Try to use this area, where most of the people have already evacuated, as a battlefield to wear them down! "
Eventually, Edward determined that the damage the Players could do was limited before the Tunnel Eye Serpent crashed into the city walls. That was why he promptly decided to wait for it to invade the city, and then rely on the many buildings to fight it off.
And yet, just as the Players abandoned the first perimeter and retreated to the second perimeter, something unbelievable happened.
"Oh no, there's someone who didn't escape in time in the direction the Tunnel Eye Serpent is heading!" The sharp-eyed Gou Dan cried out.
"Joe, bring it …" Edward had just finished when he sensed that something wasn't right. "Wait, that thing …"
The one blocking the middle of the road wasn't someone who didn't escape in time!
From the other party's turbid eyes, rotten body, and the incomparably turbid magic power emanating from its body, it could be seen that this fellow was an Undead!
"An undead elf?" Joe was rather curious. "It's the first time I've seen one."
And it was a rather high-level one at that!
The undead reared its head and bellowed at the Tunnel Eye Serpent, as if warning it not to advance.
But it was no use. The Tunnel Eye Serpent wasn't a creature with brains in the first place, and anyone with a little stupidity would understand.
In the very next moment, the ground outside the city broke apart with a resounding crash. Then, a terrible, colossal head reared up from the earth, biting the Tunnel Eye Serpent that had been showing off its might like a child!
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