Chapter 381 - 201: The Power of the Ion Laser Cannon, Retreat and Street Fighting

Chapter 381: Chapter 201: The Power of the Ion Laser Cannon, Retreat and Street Fighting

[Lv30/39 Ion Laser Cannon, Golden Quality]

[Upgrade Points: 0/2, Basic Damage: 1000, Effective Range: 20 kilometers, Unlimited Instant-Fire Shots, Energy-Gathering Ion Cannon: 10/10, Energy Recovery Speed: 1/h]

[New Extra Attribute: Laser Energy Concentration]

[Laser Energy Concentration: When locked onto a target, the Ion Light Cannon’s beam persists for 10 seconds. In addition to its Basic Damage, it gains 500 Damage per second as the temperature rises.]

[Note: Damage decays with distance. The stability threshold is ten kilometers; beyond that, total Damage decreases by 10% for every additional kilometer.]

[Switchable to Lv29 Electromagnetic Cannon mode.]

[Evaluation: A Golden weapon capable of destroying multiple layers of Defense with intense heat. It can reach a maximum temperature of six thousand degrees within ten seconds, piercing through anything. If one shot isn’t enough, fire another!]

[Note: Has received synergistic Tier Jumping Upgrade Energy. You may initiate a personal Upgrade when in optimal condition.]

The corner of Lin Feng’s mouth lifted into a slight smile. ’With the Ion Laser Cannon’s Laser Energy Concentration, the Damage will ramp up by 5000 points over ten seconds. Add the 1000 Basic Damage, and the total will hit a maximum of six thousand—enough to shatter the defenses of a Tier Three Middle-Stage Zerg Race Mother Empress.’

’Against a Tier Three Early-Stage Mother Empress, a continuous four- or five-second beam would be all it takes.’

For a slow-moving Mother Empress, the Laser Cannon’s continuous searing beam, striking at the speed of light, would be impossible to defend against. There would be nowhere to hide.

The ten-kilometer damage-decay threshold also meant Lin Feng could go back to fighting from a distance. He would no longer be forced to rely on his melee weapon, the Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword, to break through defenses in dangerous close-quarters combat, like when he killed the Jiangbei Mother Empress.

Unfortunately, the cramped underground space didn’t offer enough room to use it effectively. He’d need a situation like the Jiangbei Mother Empress bursting from the ground to unleash the Ion Laser Cannon’s full potential and achieve a truly flawless kill.

After a moment of reflection, Lin Feng pushed the thought aside and raised the Lv30 Ion Laser Cannon.

Now, having switched modes, the cannon measured three meters long and nearly half a meter at its widest point. The body was no longer a slender launch tube but had transformed into a regular hexagonal, orange-glowing energy accumulator. Its cross-section, like a honeycomb, radiated a scorching light.

The Ion Laser Cannon looked nothing like a traditional weapon; its appearance was more akin to a futuristic superweapon from a sci-fi film.

As Lin Feng lifted the Ion Laser Cannon, which weighed several hundred kilograms, and aimed it at the dozen or so Tank Flame Beetles in the distance, he prepared to give it a trial run...

The defense of these Tank Flame Beetles was comparable to that of a Tier Two Peak Tiger Spine Zerg. A shotgun blast against their thick outer armor would, at most, leave a small, shallow dent, let alone pierce their multiple layers of defense.

Aside from the Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword, only Shen Jie, by activating his Slaughter Realm, could even contend with them.

But at that moment, Shen Jie was pinned down by several Tier Two Late-Stage Samurai Hunter Zergs working in concert with the Tank Flame Beetles. He was unable to break free and was forced onto the defensive.

This left the other Genetic Warriors faltering under the combined assault of various Tier Two Zerg Race. Many warriors, letting their guard down for just a moment, were successfully ambushed by the Samurai Hunter Zergs.

’I have to turn this dire situation around, and fast!’

As Lin Feng raised the Ion Laser Cannon, the hexagonal Energy Concentrator at its muzzle split into six long Energy Concentration Restraint Rings. They began to spin around the central, honeycombed cannon mouth, gradually accelerating.

The next moment, a brilliant, orange-red column of light shot out at light speed, striking the back of one of the Tank Flame Beetles. The distance between them was eight or nine kilometers, still shy of the ten-kilometer threshold, so the Laser’s Damage didn’t suffer any decay.

Lin Feng also noticed that the cannon’s muzzle kept the beam focused into a one-meter-diameter circle, but only up to a distance of ten kilometers. Beyond that, it could no longer maintain its stability and began to diffuse, causing the drop in Damage.

As it was, the distant swarm of Tank Flame Beetles was well within the weapon’s maximum-damage range.

As the Laser’s energy concentrated over time, the temperature shot up, and the Damage skyrocketed.

Starting from its one thousand Basic Damage, it surged to two thousand within two seconds, punching straight through the Tank Flame Beetle’s shell, which was over a meter thick.

The beam’s color shifted from orange-red to orange-yellow, gradually taking on a dazzling golden glow.

After effortlessly killing one Tank Flame Beetle, Lin Feng didn’t stop. He flew into the air, aimed at a distant row of the beetles, and began to pivot the Ion Laser Cannon, using its beam to obliterate them one by one.

In the process, the Laser beam swept across numerous Tier Two Tiger Spine Zergs, which were instantly dismembered.

They stood no chance against a Light Cannon that dealt thousands of points of Damage.

The Ion Light Cannon’s sweep lasted for a full thirty seconds, consuming the energy equivalent of three charged shots.

In its wake, it left a field of mutilated Zerg corpses and flying gore. The massive holes torn into their bodies were cauterized, filled with cooked flesh and charred remains. The thick, acrid smell of burning hung in the air, a shocking sight to behold.

This was the power of the Lv30 Ion Laser Cannon, a weapon on par with Tier Three Golden-Quality equipment.

Sixteen Tank Flame Beetles and dozens of Tier Two Tiger Spine Zergs were completely annihilated in under thirty seconds.

If he hadn’t been afraid of hitting the Genetic Warriors fighting among them, he could have swept away all the Samurai Hunter Zergs as well.

With a weapon that struck at the speed of light, no Tier Two creature could escape its locked-on beam in time.

To be targeted was to die instantly!

This was the essential feature that set the Laser Cannon apart from traditional artillery, and even from the Electromagnetic Cannon.

A strike velocity of three hundred thousand kilometers per second—even if it needed to charge up to deal high Damage, it was enough to deliver a truly overwhelming blow to any lifeform on the planet, an attack from a higher dimension of power.