Chapter 48: Enhancement—The Terrifying Metallim Beam (Please Follow and Bookmark)

As for Bemular and Ace Robot, they could still play with the Tyranids for a while, as neither of them had used a single reinforcement opportunity.

If Red King could be evolved into his EX form, or directly upgraded with a Sphere to become a Sphere-fused beast, he would gain some long-range abilities.

Right now, reinforcing his height one more time would push Red King's base form to its absolute limit.

Rod could also choose to forgo the height reinforcement this time and instead give Red King a long-range attack.

However, he would only be able to buy a basic long-range fire attack for Red King, and it would be the non-upgradable kind. (Buying a beam attack for a monster that lacks beam abilities consumes its potential; this was mentioned earlier.)

A simple burst of flames wouldn't even reach those kite-flying airborne bugs, which were maintaining a considerable distance from Red King.

All things considered, the Sphere or a future EX Red King was a more cost-effective choice.

To evolve Red King into his EX form, Rod would need to unlock the next stage of the reinforcement system.

It would cost two million system coins to upgrade the reinforcement system and unlock subsequent monster evolutions.

The reinforcement system featured various variant upgrades and even fusion capabilities further down the line, but all of these required system coins!

In the end, Rod decided to recall his plain, unupgraded Red King.

The guy was simply not suited for this battlefield, and his sudden disappearance would also create a confusing illusion for the Tyranid swarm, making it difficult for them to gather subsequent intelligence.

When dealing with Tyranids, you had to keep playing new trump cards; otherwise, you would get completely crushed by this species.

Meanwhile, in another sector of the battlefield, Bemular was having a feast in the skies. His atmospheric flight speed of Mach 5 had made him a terrifying Tyranid slayer.

Nothing that flew could outfly Bemular, and nothing running on the ground could outfly him either. This giant bird had also brought Rod a very considerable income in system coins.

However, Bemular's arrogance didn't last long. Some massive Hive Ship bio-vessels in the sky flew into the planet's atmosphere and launched a fierce bio-artillery bombardment against him.

These colossal bio-vessels hovered at high altitudes thousands of meters above the planet, with over a hundred Hive guard bio-ships launching a dense barrage like a storm of rain.

Before Bemular could dodge in time, he took two direct hits head-on.

"Goo! Squeak! Squeak!"

Seeing this, Rod immediately applied a weight reinforcement to Bemular. The monster was enveloped in a layer of golden light, and immediately reappeared, completely unharmed and full of vigor.

He then resumed his attacks on the Tyranids.

This scene seemed somewhat familiar, and the Tyranid swarm instantly connected Bemular to the vanished Red King.

They promptly changed tactics, attempting to use the same evasive maneuvers they used against Red King while launching ranged attacks.

However, trying to kite Bemular was nearly impossible; his flight speed was far too agile.

The Hive bio-vessels in the sky also posed a massive threat, and dozens of them were now heading toward Rod's position.

The combined energy shields of King Joe and the Peban ship currently stood no chance against the bio-artillery fired by the Tyranid warships!

Rod now had two choices: abandon this densely fortified fire position and scatter into guerrilla warfare, or reinforce Ace Robot's Metallium Ray to extend its range, allowing it to strike the Tyranid bio-warships that had just entered the planet's atmosphere.

The power of the Metallium Ray was more than enough to destroy these bio-warships. Following a period of highly efficient slaughter, Rod's system coin balance had already surpassed 25,000.

Rod immediately spent 5,000 system coins to upgrade Ace Robot's Metallium Ray, boosting its power and range.

He then spent another 2,000 system coins to give Ace Robot its first metal armor reinforcement.

A burst of golden light enveloped Ace Robot's body. His height, weight, and tonnage increased, and his completely depleted energy was fully restored.

Just as the Tyranid bio-warships were about to enter artillery range, Ace Robot struck first, crossing his arms into an L-shape and firing the Metallium Ray.

This time, the Metallium Ray shot out tens of thousands of meters, instantly striking a Tyranid Hive bio-warship in the extreme distance.

The moment it came into contact with the Metallium Ray, the Tyranid bio-warship exploded violently, turning into fireworks filling the sky.

Ace Robot had no intention of stopping. With a slight spin of his body, the Metallium Ray swept toward another Hive bio-warship, shattered it, and then turned toward the next target.

This firing session lasted for several minutes straight, directly wiping out a full five Tyranid bio-escort ships. Each of these hundreds-of-meters-long giant bio-warships provided Rod with over a thousand system coins.

Sitting in the cockpit, Rod was extremely satisfied with this attack. As expected of the Ultra race's bugged beam skill!

Its power was truly monstrous, and its range was more than enough. If he performed a final upgrade, it could directly strike enemies outside the planet, likely blowing up a Hive Mother Ship.

However, there was a downside: the energy consumption was massive. Just this single round of firing had depleted Ultraman Ace's energy by half.

Yet this was no time to cower; when facing Tyranids, showing any weakness was out of the question.

Rod immediately ordered Ace Robot to unleash a new round of the Metallium Ray, destroying several more Tyranid bio-warships.

Once Ace's energy hit rock bottom, Rod spent 4,000 system coins to give him a second metal armor upgrade, fully restoring Ultraman Ace's energy once again.

He then continued firing ultra-long-range Metallium Rays at the bio-warships in the sky. Following the second round of upgrades, Ace Robot could now fire the Metallium Ray at full power three times.

After three rounds of attacks, more than half of the Tyranid Hive bio-warships in the sky had been wiped out. Over 20 bio-warships were destroyed, instantly netting Rod another 20,000 system coins.

Using the next 6,000 coins, Rod performed a third metal armor upgrade on Ultraman Ace, increasing the number of full-power Metallium Ray firings to 4 times.

Following four rounds of attacks, the Tyranid bio-warships in the sky were completely cleared out.

The terrifying power of the Metallium Ray was simply astonishing!

Yet, even with so many bio-warships destroyed, the Tyranids showed not the slightest intention of halting their advance.

The Hive Mother Ship in outer space dispatched even more bio-warships to hurl themselves at Ace Robot.

Want to go head-to-head with me, do you? Bring it on! Whoever backs down is a coward!

Rod spent 8,000 system coins to perform the fourth metal armor reinforcement, bringing the number of full-power Metallium Ray firings to 6 times.