Apocalypse: My Items Can Upgrade Infinitely

Chapter 369: Chapter 197: Genetic Warriors vs. Samurai Hunter Zergs, Countdown

The Samurai Hunter Zergs leading the charge were only at the Tier Two Early Stage, but their numbers were a staggering one hundred and eighty, far outnumbering the members of the human Tier Two Battle Group.

The counter-attack force—made up of over seventy Tier Two Genetic Warriors and fifty ordinary Tier Two members—instantly clashed with the first wave of Samurai Hunter Zergs.

The Genetic Warriors among them who had Flying Ability, clad in armor and wielding sabers, could easily suppress a single Samurai Hunter Zerg. Even when fighting one against two, they could handle the situation with ease.

Meanwhile, the ordinary Tier Two members could only rely on the powerful Defense Power of their Tiger Armor to hold their own against Samurai Hunter Zergs of the same tier. This meant they had to fall back to the second line and coordinate with the Tanks to concentrate their fire and annihilate the dozens of Samurai Hunter Zergs that slipped through the net.

This maneuver protected the dozen or so Tanks at the front of the fleet, allowing them to successfully break free from the pursuing Swarm and Samurai Hunter Zergs.

As for the direct confrontation on the main front, it was handled entirely by the Genetic Warriors.

In an instant, an astonishing aura and pressure erupted in the hundred-meter gap between the main Zerg Swarm and the fleet. It was so terrifying that the Black Spine Zergs at the front of the Swarm immediately fell back, not daring to take another step forward.

The battle between the Genetic Warriors and the Samurai Hunter Zergs was not just an intense close-quarters melee; it was also filled with a bloody, frenzied madness.

The Samurai Hunter Zergs were inherently an unstable element within the Swarm, filled with savagery and a fractured consciousness. Once the battle began, the Hai City Mother Empress gave up control over them entirely to reduce her own Spiritual Power consumption, allowing her to focus on controlling the main Zerg Swarm and the dozens of Tier Two Middle-Late Stage Samurai Hunter Zergs.

The Samurai Hunter Zergs were an important trump card she had carefully cultivated.

But for the Zerg Race, they were also a double-edged sword.

Back during the invasion of Red Star, the Red-Armored Beetles—created by fusing with the Red Race—had proven devastatingly effective in battle. This led to the birth of numerous Tier Two and even Tier Three King Red Zergs. However, controlling them later on consumed too much Spiritual Power, which triggered a massive Red Zerg rebellion. This rebellion disrupted the Zerg Race’s plan for the final battle, and the resulting chain reaction even allowed the Red King to escape.

Now, the Samurai Hunter Zergs, cultivated from humans, also required an extremely high expenditure of her Spiritual Attribute to control, forcing the Mother Empress to treat them with caution.

This was especially true since they also possessed a degree of cognitive ability.

The stronger the Samurai Hunter Zerg, the more intelligent it became.

Therefore, even though the cost to cultivate them was only one-third that of a Tier Two Tiger Spine Zerg, the Hai City Mother Empress had not fused and hatched them in large numbers.

And now, on the battlefield, the uncontrolled Samurai Hunter Zergs had fallen into a bloodthirsty, frenzied state. The dual torment to their spirit and body, brought on by the forced genetic fusion, had filled them with an innate and powerful desire for destruction.

While this ferocity could elevate their strength to another level, a battlefield isn’t a place where one can achieve a crushing victory simply by fighting recklessly. When the power gap is small, combat intelligence and mutual cooperation are the keys to victory.

This was also why Lin Feng had been willing to forgo direct implantation that would have drastically enhanced the Genetic Warriors’ strength, choosing instead to ensure their mental and conscious stability.

As long as their sanity remained intact, even a slow, gradual increase in strength was acceptable.

A madman brings no benefits; on the contrary, he becomes a ticking time bomb within the team.

Take, for example, the Samurai Hunter Zergs, who were now gradually losing control. While locked in a bloody deathmatch with the Genetic Warriors, many of the Hunting Zergs even began to indiscriminately kill the Black Spine Zergs behind them, putting on a spectacle of friendly fire.

Lacking coordination and offensive rhythm, they were easily suppressed by the Genetic Warriors, who fought in groups of four or five.

One hundred and eighty Tier Two Early Stage Samurai Hunter Zergs faced off against seventy-two Genetic Warriors. The latter held their ground thanks to their coordination and their captains’ timely commands.

Amid the stalemate, the two Battle Group Leaders, both at Tier Two Late Stage Perfection, took on the role of breaking the deadlock.

Relying on their Physique Attribute of over a thousand points, they could instantly unleash more than a hundred tons of Power. Against the Tier Two Early Stage Samurai Hunter Zergs, they were even more effective than a Level 19 Scatter Cannon.

They took them down with a single punch each, every blow a pulverizing headshot.

Combined with their near-supersonic speed, they weaved through the battlefield as if no one was there.

Once the balance between the two sides was broken, the Tier Two Early Stage Genetic Warriors also began to swing their Heavy Sabers, reaping the lives of the Samurai Hunter Zergs.

Seizing the opportunity, the fleet, which had retreated to create distance, regrouped and unleashed a torrent of firepower on the Tiger Spine Zerg Swarm behind the Genetic Warriors.

The Black Spine Zergs might be frightened to a standstill by the battle between Tier Two Life Forms, but the Tiger Spine Zergs were not.

Under the Mother Empress’s command, they advanced to support the Samurai Hunter Zergs on the front line.

However, under the suppressive fire from the Tanks and the Dreadnought Battleship, they paid a heavy price for every few dozen meters they advanced across the short, one-kilometer distance; several of them were killed or severely wounded with each push.

The Super Firepower of the Dreadnought Battleship was especially devastating; a single salvo from its ten Battleship Heavy Cannons was enough to annihilate any member of the Zerg Race below the Tier Two Middle Stage.

Using the time bought by the fleet, the Genetic Combat Team successfully annihilated most of the Tier Two Early Stage Samurai Hunter Zergs, though it cost them several lives and left over a dozen more seriously wounded.

This great battle, where they were outnumbered nearly three to one, ended in a decisive victory for the Genetic Combat Team, who had triumphed against the odds!

But they didn’t have long to celebrate. Suddenly, an even more intense battle erupted from within the main Zerg Swarm up ahead!

A dozen Black Spine Zergs were sent flying by the shockwave. The violent clashes kicked up a massive cloud of dust, and amidst the afterimages of the fighters, waves of energy from blades and swords, seemingly solid, could be seen slicing through the Swarm.

The two leading Battle Group Leaders, both at Tier Two Late Stage Perfection, immediately thought of the second-strongest person on their team—the progenitor of this group of Genetic Warriors and the one who had already reached the Tier Two Peak: Shen Jie!

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