Chapter 142: Steel Lich

Zhou Chu and Li Er arrived above Steel-Cast City at the same time.

Looking down at the entire Steel-Cast City from high altitude, everything that met the eye was a scene of ruin and desolation.

Several towers were now reduced to mere half-ruined stumps, with broken walls and debris scattered haphazardly everywhere, as if they had been wantonly toyed with by an invisible giant hand.

The streets were covered in pits and craters of all sizes, and some areas were completely buried under the wreckage of collapsed buildings, making it impossible to distinguish the original paths.

A faint mist permeated the city, and within that mist, a rich Calamity Aura seemed to be faintly discernible.

In the center of the city stood a square steel building that appeared grand in scale; even though it was now dilapidated, one could still see its former extraordinariness.

The Psionic Power fluctuations were most intense there, and at this moment, they were being emitted from that direction in an endless stream.

But Zhou Chu could clearly feel that this was not Psionic Power at all, but a dense Calamity Aura.

Clearly, all the Psionic Power here had been completely tainted by Calamity Power.

Zhou Chu immediately canceled Void Shuttle and revealed his form on the giant plaza in front of this massive steel building.

The plaza was covered in broken stones and mechanical wreckage that no longer looked like its original self, all of which exuded a strange, old, and decaying aura.

Just then, a low roar erupted from the square steel building.

The sound echoed through the steel across the entire plaza, making one feel a chill and causing one's scalp to tingle.

Immediately following, the sound of metal footsteps striking the ground approached from afar, and with every step that landed, it felt as if the earth itself trembled slightly.

The next moment, a huge figure slowly walked out from the shadows of the building, appearing even more sinister and terrifying under the shroud of the mist.

It was a monster clad in tall mecha that appeared atop the high steel steps.

It held a massive steel scythe in its hand, and above the mecha floated a skull emitting a ghostly green light, with purple flames burning in its hollow eye sockets.

A tattered, giant robe draped over the entire steel body, carrying an aura of decay and death.

【Steel Lich Modesa】 (S-Grade BOSS)

【Level: 30】

【Blood Value: 1.2 million】

【Attack Power: 100,000】

【Skills: Death Scythe, Grasp of Death, Death Aim, Destruction Trajectory, Summon Mechanical Bone Dragon】

【Description: Once the City Lord of the Steel-Casters, a powerful psionicist who died in battle to protect the city. Under the erosion of Calamity Power, he transformed into a Steel Lich, and with only a sliver of obsession remaining, he became the only terrifying existence guarding this city of death.】

After seeing the attributes of this BOSS, Zhou Chu's eyes went wide.

An S-Grade BOSS, its attributes were terrifyingly powerful.

Its Blood Value and Attack Power were terrifying to this degree.

It even had five skills that could be called magnificent.

At the same time, judging from the weapon configuration on its body, besides that huge scythe, it was covered in lethal weapons.

On its two shoulders, it carried two cannon barrels and two heavy Gatling guns, respectively.

Hanging from its waist and legs were several missile launchers with ample ammunition; its lethality was evident.

It was absolutely not something the previous undead mecha could compare to.

Li Er slowly descended from the air at this moment, and when she saw the BOSS before her, a trace of sorrow appeared in her eyes, and she couldn't help but call out: "City Lord Modesa..."

Upon hearing this call, the Steel Lich's burning eye sockets tightened suddenly, and after a long while, it emitted a hoarse voice: "Qiaosefu?"

"City Lord Modesa, I am not Qiaosefu, I am Li Er. Do you not remember me?"

The Steel Lich seemed to fall into a brief memory, the light in its eye sockets burning with purple flames flickering uncertainly.

After a long while, it slowly spoke, its voice still hoarse and unpleasant: "Li Er... I remember you, the little girl who used to play and laugh beside Qiaosefu. That's right, that's it..."

"But now, this Steel-Cast City is no longer what it once was, and I am no longer the me I used to be..."

"After that catastrophe, everything changed. I can only rely on this broken body to guard this city full of scars, to guard those memories of the past..."

As it spoke, it seemed to recall something painful; the mecha on its body trembled slightly, and the steel scythe in its hand swayed along with it, emitting a "humming" sound.

The Soul Fire in its eye sockets ignited fiercely once more, and a ferocious expression appeared on its withered skull face: "You are hateful devils, you are executioners who deserve to be cut into a thousand pieces! Today, I will surely crush you!"

Having said that, the cannon barrels on its shoulders began to calibrate rapidly, then emitted several "beep" sounds, and immediately after, several missiles shot out from the barrels, heading straight for Zhou Chu and Li Er.

Seeing this, Li Er hurriedly pushed her hands forward, and a giant, light-based anti-explosion shield blocked the path in front of her and Zhou Chu.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Several missiles struck the light shield one after another, instantly erupting into bursts of dazzling fire.

The powerful impact caused the surrounding air to vibrate violently, whipping up a gale that sent the broken stones and mechanical wreckage on the plaza flying in all directions.

However, Li Er, supporting the light shield, stood firmly there. Ripples of energy fluctuations appeared on the surface of the light shield, but it successfully withstood this wave of fierce attacks.

Just as the attack was completely blocked, the purple flames in the Steel Lich's eyes burned even more intensely, revealing thick killing intent.

The cannon barrels on its shoulders rotated again, beginning to calibrate for the second round of attacks.

At the same time, the two heavy Gatling guns also began to spin wildly.

"Da-da-da..."

The sound of the machine guns instantly resounded throughout the entire plaza, tongues of fire gushing out continuously. Countless bullets poured down toward Zhou Chu and the others like raindrops; the firepower was so fierce that it seemed capable of completely crushing everything in front of it.

However, Li Er's light shield remained incredibly tough. The bullets struck it, splashing out brilliant sparks like silver fireworks blooming in the night sky, densely interwoven together.

Immediately following, there were several more explosions, and several more missiles detonated against the light shield.

With a "bang," the light shield Li Er had erected finally shattered, turning into two beams of light that returned to her arm guards.

The next moment, Li Er's arms flickered, and she similarly transformed two black Gatling machine guns, unleashing a frantic counter-barrage at the Steel Lich in front of her.

The surging bullets struck the Steel Lich's body, instantly shaving off half of it.

Seeing this, Zhou Chu was truly taken aback.

Li Er's combat power could be said to be terrifyingly immense.

Relying on his own precision strikes and fire coverage, even when trading shots, he was completely crushing the S-Grade boss before him; it was truly too terrifying.

Moreover, the Blood Qi of this boss was already less than 10% at this moment.

But just at this time, the chest cavity of the Steel Lich swung wide open, and a beam of Light Tier radiance shot out, refracting into several beams through several steel steles on the plaza.

Finally, it submerged into a giant protrusion in the distance.

Accompanied by a buzzing sound, it was as if something inside that huge protrusion was desperately trying to break through its restraints.

Before long, that huge protrusion suddenly burst open, and shattered steel fragments flew everywhere.

A mechanical Bone Dragon with an incomparably massive figure slowly crawled out from within.