Lu Yuan looked at Caoyuan.
"What's the BOSS's firepower configuration like?"
Caoyuan rarely showed a look of concern.
"The BOSS probably has more than one main weapon. The most obvious is naturally the triple Gatling gun turret on his back. It looks like the caliber is at least 14.5mm. Players without exoskeletons will be taken offline if they get hit once."
"Besides that, their heads also have weapons, probably large flamethrowers. And that Xiewei; on one of him is mounted a miniature rocket launcher pod, the other... I can't tell yet."
"Then let's first destroy the flamethrowers. These things are too big a threat to tank characters," Lu Yuan said.
High temperatures could cause the battery packs to explode.
"I agree. Then we'll concentrate fire to suppress Xiewei and the Gatling turret. We don't need to completely destroy them; as long as they vibrate, their accuracy will be greatly reduced."
Lu Yuan: "I'll help you."
A few minutes later, Lu Yuan and Caoyuan half-emerged from the darkness, each raising their weapons, while Guo Li Cheng and Ma Lou got ready to run.
"Pull!"
Boom!
Caoyuan's sniper rifle let out a huge sound. In stark contrast, Lu Yuan's plasma roller crossbow fired in silence.
All doubts about its power vanished at this moment.
As it flew, the crossbow bolt turned into a blue cross-shaped light blade, easily penetrating the BOSS's head armor, leaving a perfectly shaped cross-shaped cut.
Subsequently, the battery inside the crossbow bolt caused a small explosion due to the vibration, creating secondary damage within the BOSS.
Good luck, the first shot was a critical hit!
The mechanical BOSS lowered its head in the explosion. Accompanied by thick smoke and electrical sparks, molten liquid metal "blood" continuously dripped onto the ground.
Its main head weapon was completely scrapped.
After firing, Lu Yuan immediately pulled back. At the same time, Guo Li Cheng and Ma Lou charged out at full speed.
From the mechanical BOSS's perspective, the previous attack looked like it came from these two, creating perfect misdirection!
"What the!"
Rows of exclamation points appeared in the bullet screen comments.
"What kind of weapon is this!? A magic arrow?"
"The developers gave the beta testers cheats."
In contrast, there was a situation where Caoyuan's weapon power was insufficient. The flamethrower of the other BOSS was not completely destroyed, and the flowing fire quickly spread like an orange-red carpet.
"You think you're something, huh!"
Guo Li Cheng leaped high, dodged the flames on the ground, descended from above, and pierced the BOSS's head with a sword, making it completely shut up.
"Ma Lou, go aggro the other one!"
"Okay!"
"Others, follow up!"
"Charge!!"
Four new players stayed put to deal damage, while the remaining 10 people formed a column and charged forward.
The two BOSS-level colossi opened fire in return, but under the suppression of a large number of grenades, their accuracy wasn't high. Bullets whizzed past the players' scalps, and miniature rockets constantly exploded around them.
Soon, the players reached the back of the cover and set up their formation.
"Come here! Face me! Useless!"
Guo Li Cheng swung her greatsword, and Ma Lou swung two plasma hand axes, steadily dealing damage and continuously hacking at the BOSS's body.
The mechanical race's standard for judging threat is simple.
Energy signature.
Plasma melee weapons have the highest temperature and are the most obvious energy source on the field, not to mention the dazzling light effects, so they naturally quickly established stable aggro.
On the other side, Black Smoke slightly peeked out from behind the stone cover, carefully watching the BOSS's situation.
"Everyone, first focus damage on the BOSS Ma Lou is aggroing... Fire!"
The players simultaneously emerged from cover, aimed, and fired.
Explosions and gunshots merged into one sound. All firepower was directed at the BOSS until magazines were empty.
The main damage dealers were still Lu Yuan and Caoyuan. The two aimed at the most threatening miniature rocket launchers, and with the assistance of other players, scrapped another main weapon.
This round of damage "enraged" the two BOSSes. Both Gatling guns simultaneously rotated and began a frantic sweep.
For a moment, sand and stones flew everywhere.
Fortunately, the players had listened carefully to Black Smoke's tactical arrangements. They pulled back in time and weren't injured. After reloading, they unleashed another volley.
After the second volley, all the ranged weapons on the BOSS Ma Lou was aggroing were destroyed.
After losing its ranged attack capability, its behavior pattern changed. It ignored Ma Lou and charged directly towards the area with the highest concentration of players.
Crap!
The aggro couldn't be held.
If this mechanical giant was drawn into melee combat, players without exoskeletons would find it difficult to resist. Those eight long legs, just one kick could take away half their health!
But if everyone scattered and ran, the tanks wouldn't have time to save the situation, and the situation would only collapse faster...
A decision had to be made quickly!
"Tank swap! Those on the left and right sides of the area swap positions, everyone run!"
At the critical moment, Lu Yuan temporarily took over Black Smoke's command.
He decided to have the players actively move closer to the BOSS, giving the tanks enough time to re-establish threat.
Doing this was very risky. Most online gaming teams either couldn't execute it or would make mistakes in the chaos and wipe.
But Lu Yuan knew that those under him were not ordinary players. He fully trusted the players' strength!
Hearing this command, the team members were stunned for a moment, then started moving under the leadership of the most experienced players. Their reaction was quite agile.
Ye Xing ran at the front, performing a feint with a sudden stop followed by a restart, causing the approaching BOSS to stumble, and its speed also decreased.
"You're acting like I don't exist, huh!"
Guo Li Cheng, whose rage was maxed out, chased from behind with her sword. She unleashed a satisfying full set of damage. Her scorching plasma greatsword directly cut off two of the BOSS's legs. The severe injuries made it understand who the highest threat target here really was, and it turned back to find Guo Li Cheng again.
Meanwhile, Lu Yuan raised his war crossbow and calmly aimed at the Gatling turret on the back of the other BOSS.
Swoosh!
This arrow luckily hit a critical spot. The crossbow bolt easily penetrated the armor, severed the mechanical transmission device, and stopped the Gatling gun from rotating.
This type of weapon needs to rotate to load and eject shells, so it was completely silenced by this hit.
During this time, many players passed by the BOSS, not forgetting to use various weapons to sneak in some damage along the way. Guo Li Cheng also unleashed another set of sword skills.
Six of the BOSS's legs were destroyed, and its body finally lost balance, falling down with a crash.
It had previously lost its ranged weapons, and now it had lost its ability to run. It could only crawl with difficulty using its remaining two legs and could be temporarily ignored.
The players achieved a major victory with a perfect full-field maneuver!
"Everyone prepare for the final harvest!"
Black Smoke gave the correct command at the right time.
However, when everyone emerged from behind cover, Ye Xing suddenly felt a sense of unease.
It seemed a dangerous aura was spreading!
"Wait!"
He wanted to issue a warning, but it was too late. In the next instant, a striking red light filled the entire underground space. The upper body of one player was completely vaporized, and the remaining half of their body burst into flames, collapsing to the ground.