Eighty vampire descendants formed a spearhead formation, leading the way. Gu Chen and the others followed behind, setting off on a forced march.
Along the way, numerous Beast Corpse Warriors formed into attacking formations and charged towards the group.
Gu Chen didn't want to waste time, so his method for dealing with them was simple.
Once the Beast Corpse Warriors began charging, he had the Nightmare Overlord summon Nightmare Servants to entangle the leading Beast Corpse Warriors in place.
This sent the Beast Corpse Warriors tumbling to the ground. By the time they regrouped and prepared to pursue, there was no trace of Gu Chen and the others.
From the entrance to the second-floor dungeon to the main dungeon, even at the shortest possible distance, it was ten kilometers.
Without Xu Xia's advanced navigation technology, it would have taken days to navigate this intricate dungeon.
It was precisely because of the dungeon's complexity that many professionals, even with a guide and map, encountered numerous detours.
The final boss requires the annihilation of all ordinary alien races, making the Bone Dungeon's dungeon record unbeatable.
Forty-five minutes later, Gu Chen and his companions arrived outside the second-floor main cell.
After dealing with a group of soldiers who had been drawn in, they entered the cell.
Superficially, the cell looked identical to the rest of the dungeon, but the interior was vastly more spacious and permeated with a strong, icy aura.
"This should be it," Xu Xia said, surveying his surroundings. "Another elite alien race resides within the second-floor cell. The voodoo shaman stitched together the corpses of an orc and a dwarf queen, successfully creating the Beast Queen, a creature possessing both strength and reason."
As Xu Xia spoke, gusts of black wind blew around them, a deep roar echoed, and a burly figure emerged from the depths of the cell.
The Beast Queen appeared, covered in matted fur and colorful scales, her form monstrous, barely resembling a human form.
Her form was even uglier than that of the Beast Chieftain, resembling a monstrous fusion of several species of orcs and dwarves.
[Alien: Beast Corpse Queen - Elite]
[Level: LV.18]
[HP: 151500]
[Attributes: Strength 210, Agility 197, Constitution 212, Spirit 190]
[Skill I: Violent Charge]
[Skill II: Acidic and Poisonous]
[Skill III: Beast Corpse Frenzy]
[Skill IV: Summon Beast Corpses]
A level 18 elite alien with over 150,000 HP, even more formidable than the Dwarf Chieftain.
"This Beast Corpse Queen seems quite formidable,"
Gu Chen immediately commanded his summoned beasts to attack.
The Blood Tribe Overlord flashed forward, dual pistols in hand, unleashing a barrage of bullets like a torrential rain.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Fist-sized bloody holes blew across the Beast Corpse Queen's body.
"Ah—"
the Beast Corpse Queen let out a piercing scream, wounded.
Then, a cloud of purplish-black smoke erupted from its mouth. This smoke was highly toxic and had an area-of-effect effect.
Lin Yuan, Lin Qingqing, Su Ran, and Xu Xia were all enveloped by the poisonous fog, their health rapidly decreasing.
Fortunately, Lin Yuan and the others had followed Gu Chen through a Hell-level dungeon, which not only boosted their stats but also yielded valuable equipment from dungeon chests and first-pass gift boxes.
This significantly boosted their defense, preventing some damage.
But Xu Xia wasn't so lucky.
A single blow from the black fog reduced him to a mere sliver of life. He survived only because he immediately used an invincibility scroll.
With only a sliver of life remaining, Xu Xia's face paled as he immediately pulled out a health potion to restore his health, grateful for his quick reaction; otherwise, he would have been dead.
Xu Xia definitely had more than one life.
As a key figure in the Eternal Life Group, he surely possessed items like the Resurrection Cross.
However, even with a resurrection item, it wasn't unlimited; it had a cooldown. After using it once, it couldn't be used again for a short period of time.
They hadn't even completed half of the Bone Dungeon's abyss. If they wasted a resurrection item here, how would they progress through the later stages?
"You retreat first," Gu Chen immediately said to the crowd.
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, the sound of mechanical churning echoed from Mark 1's armor.
The next second, Xu Xia took off running, unwavering.
It was then that he realized the Abyss was truly not a place for a mere mortal like him to venture into.
Having watched Gu Chen slaughter his way through the dungeon's first floor, instantly slaying even a level 20 Dwarf King statue, he'd subconsciously let his guard down.
Gu Chen's effortless slaughter of the first wave of Beast Corpse warriors on the second floor had instilled in him a disdain for these aliens.
But now it dawned on him: he was just an ordinary person. Any single alien in the Abyss could kill him, so what right did he have to underestimate them?
Perhaps it was Xu Xia's crippled form that made him too conspicuous. The Beast Corpse Queen erupted in a wave of black energy, launching herself at Xu Xia like a cannonball.
[Furious Charge]
This scene terrified Xu Xia. This was the Beast Corpse Queen's ability!
If the Beast Corpse Queen had touched him, he would have been dead.
He quickly produced his teleportation scroll and teleported away, barely missing the Beast Corpse Queen's charge.
It was a hair's breadth!
Xu Xia's figure appeared behind Gu Chen. His legs were weak, his clothes drenched in cold sweat.
He had barely escaped being killed by the Beast Corpse Queen again!
After two close calls with death, Xu Xia had become resigned, cowering among Lin Yuan and the others, trembling in fear.
Meanwhile, outside the main prison, a large number of Beast Corpse soldiers charged aggressively.
"Human, how dare you kill my people? You're courting death!"
Gu Chen ignored him and activated his skill.
[Transfer]
The next second, the vampire descendant closest to the Beast Corpse Queen flashed and suddenly transformed into a towering corpse golem.
Due to level restrictions, summoned beasts could not leave Gu Chen's three-kilometer radius, so the corpse golem had been stationary somewhere in the dungeon three kilometers away for ten minutes.
In other words, the Corpse Golem's defense and recovery have been multiplied sixfold!
Buzz!
A rich black light emanated from the towering golem, and the bodies of the aliens, including the Corpse Queen, trembled in unison, instantly inflicted with [Extreme Exhaustion] and [Black Death Plague].
"Kill them all, leave no one alive," Gu Chen said calmly.
For ordinary professionals, the Beast Corpse Queen and the charging Beast Corpse Soldiers were simply unstoppable. Surviving such a battle intact was considered a blessing.
However, in Gu Chen's eyes, these aliens were no more than chickens and pottery dogs.
Their stats were halved, their damage taken doubled, and their health continuously decreased while in the Plague state.
What was there to fear from such aliens?
Even elite aliens would be slain without mercy!
The Blood Lord and the Nightmare Overlord immediately joined the fray. Bullets whizzed, black mist filled the air, and the Beast Corpse Soldiers were harvested like leeks.
A cold glint flickered in the Beast Corpse Queen's ferocious eyes. She didn't lead her Beast Corpse Soldiers into the fight, but instead gazed at the towering and imposing Undead Golem beside her.
"A debuff-type summoned beast! I'll kill you first!"
With a low growl, the Beast Corpse Queen activated her abilities, charging towards the Undead Golem.