Chapter 56: Beast Corpse Queen

Eighty vampire descendants formed a wedge formation to clear the way ahead, followed by Gu Chen and the others as they entered a forced march.

Along the way, numerous beast-corpse combatants arranged in attack formations rushed toward them to slaughter them.

Gu Chen had no desire to waste time here, so his method of dealing with these beast-corpse combatants was very simple.

Once the beast-corpse combatants charged, he had the Nightmare Sovereign summon nightmare minions to entangle all those in the front row right in their tracks.

As a result, the beast-corpse combatants behind them tumbled over one another in chaos. By the time they reorganized their formation for pursuit, Gu Chen and his group were already completely out of sight.

From the entrance of the second-tier dungeon to the main prison, even taking the shortest route was ten kilometers.

Without Xu Xia's black-technology navigation, who knew how many days they would have spent wandering around this intricate labyrinth of a dungeon.

Precisely because of the dungeon's complexity, many professionals wasted a significant amount of detours here even with walkthroughs and maps.

Furthermore, since the condition for the final boss to spawn required all ordinary alien races to perish, the dungeon record for the Boneyard Dungeon had always remained unbreakable.

Forty-five minutes later, Gu Chen and the others arrived outside the main prison of the second tier.

Having dealt with the squad of combatants attracted to them, the group stepped into the main prison.

From the surface alone, the main prison looked no different from the rest of the dungeon, but the interior space was much wider and accompanied by an intensely frigid aura.

"This should be it," Xu Xia said, surveying the surroundings. "The second-tier main prison also houses an elite alien. That Voodoo Shaman stitched together the corpses of the orcs and the dwarf queen, successfully creating the Beast-Corpse Queen, who possesses both formidable strength and sanity."

Just as Xu Xia was speaking, gusts of black wind swirled around them, low roars echoed from the depths, and a rugged figure stepped out from the inner sanctum of the main prison.

The Beast-Corpse Queen had appeared, her entire body covered in filthy beast fur and colorful scales, with an exaggerated physique that was barely humanoid.

Her appearance was even uglier than the Beast-Corpse Chieftain, resembling a monster cobbled together from several different orcs and dwarves.

[Alien Race: Beast-Corpse Queen · Elite]
[Level: LV.18]
[Health: 151,500]
[Attributes: Strength 210, Agility 197, Constitution 212, Spirit 190]
[Skill I: Berserk Charge]
[Skill II: Acidic Corrosive Venom]
[Skill III: Beast-Corpse Frenzy]
[Skill IV: Summon Beast Corpses]

An 18th-level elite alien with over 150,000 health points, making her even more terrifying than the Dwarf Chieftain.

"This Beast-Corpse Queen seems a bit fierce."

Gu Chen immediately ordered his summoned beasts to initiate the attack.

The Vampire Sovereign's figure flashed as she rushed forward wielding dual pistols, unleashing a continuous torrent of bullets like a rainstorm.

Bang! Bang! Bang!...

Fist-sized bloody holes exploded across the body of the Beast-Corpse Queen one after another.

"Ah—!"

Suffering damage, the Beast-Corpse Queen let out a piercing and shrill scream.

Following that, she spewed out a massive cloud of purplish-black smoke from her mouth. The smoke was highly toxic and dealt area-of-effect damage.

Lin Yuan, Lin Qingqing, Su然, and Xu Xia were all engulfed in this toxic fog, their health bars plummeting rapidly.

Fortunately, Lin Yuan and the others had cleared a Hell-grade dungeon alongside Gu Chen. Not only had their attributes improved, but they had also obtained decent equipment from dungeon treasure chests and first-clear gift boxes.

This significantly enhanced their defense, mitigating a portion of the damage.

However, Xu Xia was not nearly as fortunate.

Having merely brushed against the oncoming black fog, he was left with only a sliver of health. The only reason he survived was because he used an invincibility scroll at the very first instant.

Left with only a shred of health, Xu Xia turned deathly pale and immediately pulled out a health restoration potion to heal himself, feeling a deep sense of relief that he had reacted in time, otherwise he would already be dead.

Xu Xia certainly had more than one life.

As a core figure of the Eternal Corporation, he undoubtedly possessed items similar to a Resurrection Cross.

Even with resurrection items, however, they could not be used without limit; they all had cooldown restrictions. After using one once, he definitely could not use a second one in the short term.

With less than half of the Boneyard Dungeon Abyss traversed, if he wasted a resurrection item here, how would he survive the later stages?

"You guys fall back first," Gu Chen immediately told the group.

Almost the instant those words fell, mechanical whirring sounds erupted from the MARK 1 armor.

The next second, Xu Xia bolted away without a single trace of hesitation.

It was only now that he realized a place like the Abyss was truly not somewhere an ordinary person like him could dabble in.

Having previously watched Gu Chen slaughter everything in the first-tier dungeon with ease, even instantly killing the Level 20 Dwarf King stone statue with a single blow, he had subconsciously let down his guard.

So much so that Gu Chen's effortless annihilation of the first wave of beast-corpse combatants in the second-tier dungeon had caused him to look down upon these alien races with contempt.

Yet now, it finally dawned on him that he was merely an ordinary person, and any random alien in this Abyss could take his life. What qualifications did he have to underestimate the enemy?

Perhaps because Xu Xia, reduced to near death, was too conspicuous, a wave of black energy burst forth around the Beast-Corpse Queen, and her body propelled forward like a cannonball directly toward him.

[Berserk Charge]

Terrified by this sight, Xu Xia felt his heart leap into his throat. This was the skill of the Beast-Corpse Queen!

If the Beast-Corpse Queen even grazed him, he would definitely lose his life.

Hastily pulling out a teleportation scroll, he teleported away by a hair's breadth, narrowly dodging the charge of the Beast-Corpse Queen!

Whoosh!

Xu Xia's figure appeared behind Gu Chen. At this moment, his legs felt like jelly, and his clothes were drenched in cold sweat.

Just by a sliver, he had almost been killed by the Beast-Corpse Queen again!

Having brushed shoulders with death twice in succession, Xu Xia had completely learned his lesson, huddling and trembling among Lin Yuan and the others.

Meanwhile, outside the main prison, a massive horde of beast-corpse combatants stormed over with fierce momentum.

"Human, you dare to slaughter my kind? You're asking for death!"

Gu Chen didn't bother to reply, directly activating his skill.

[Displacement Swap]

The next second, the figure of the vampire descendant closest to the Beast-Corpse Queen flickered, suddenly transforming into the tall and towering skeletal revenant golem.

Because the skeletal revenant golem needed to remain stationary to stack its talent, Gu Chen had left it stationed at a certain location earlier, keeping it motionless for 10 full minutes.

In other words, the skeletal revenant golem's defense and regeneration had stacked up sixfold!

Hum!

A dense black radiance erupted from the tall golem, causing a group of aliens, including the Beast-Corpse Queen, to shudder simultaneously as they were instantly afflicted with [Extreme Fatigue] and [Black Death Plague].

"Kill them all, leave none alive," Gu Chen said calmly.

To ordinary professionals, the Beast-Corpse Queen and the charging beast-corpse combatants before them were utterly unstoppable. Surviving such a battle with an intact corpse would already be considered exceptionally fortunate.

Yet right now, these alien races were no different from stray dogs and headless chickens in Gu Chen's eyes.

With all their attributes halved, damage received increased by 100%, and their health continuously draining under the plague status—

What was there to fear about such aliens?

Even elite aliens would be slaughtered all the same!

The Vampire Sovereign and the Nightmare Sovereign immediately joined the battlefield. Bullets roared and black mist filled the air, while the beast-corpse combatants were reaped frantically like leeks.

A cold glint flashed within the Beast-Corpse Queen's ferocious eyes. Instead of leading the charge with her horde of beast-corpse combatants, she fixed her gaze on the tall and menacing skeletal revenant golem beside her.

"So it's a debuff-type summoned beast? Then I'll kill you first!"

With a low bark, the Beast-Corpse Queen directly activated her skill, charging fiercely toward the skeletal revenant golem.