The Arachnid, whose numbers had sharply dwindled to just over two hundred thousand, fell into disarray because many of the higher-ranking Big Claws, the Warriors, had been leading the charge.
These Warriors had always served as Commanders for the Arachnid's early-stage troops; although their intelligence was not outstanding, their basic troop deployment was very effective, which was typically the work of Brain Bugs.
However, the Broodmother's forces were simply too barren, with no extra Brain Bugs to dispatch; otherwise, when Lin Fan disguised himself as a Warrior and changed the Arachnid's strategy, it would not have been accepted.
The remaining two to three thousand Warriors conspired together, using their extremely limited brain cells to perform the work of Brain Bugs.
But there was nothing on the ground ahead?
Yet, the casualties were heavy!
This caused a logical contradiction.
The Warriors couldn't understand and continued to send the Big Claws forward, but immediately, Bone Forks shot into the sky, and the twenty thousand Big Claws sent as a test were once again impaled and exploded.
Hydralisks could originally launch Bone Needles up to 1500 meters through their muscles, with a total of 4000 muscle fibers condensed. Now, the Hydralisk variant, the Lurker, converted that 1500-meter range into the power to eject Bone Forks!!
Any target struck, unless harder than the Bone Fork, would suffer severe damage, and most creatures' abdomens and weak points were directly facing the ground.
The Warriors finally concluded: there was a trap.
But there was still nothing on the ground, only the corpses of their comrades who had been impaled and exploded earlier.
The Decomposers, transforming into a mist of atoms invisible to the naked eye, still largely resembling Worker Bees, were rapidly disassembling the Big Claws' corpses.
So, while the Warriors were still confused, those dismembered Big Claws vanished into thin air? What it looked like was that they were rapidly melted by something!
Since Lurkers are semi-invisible in burrowed mode, they cannot be detected without Advanced radar.
The Warriors deliberated repeatedly and decided to dispatch Kamikaze Artillery Bugs for bombardment, but these pillbug-like creatures, when they crashed to the ground, only created huge craters without any other result.
The Arachnid marched again and found no Bone Forks this time? The Warriors knew that the Kamikaze Artillery Bugs must have blown up those traps.
The Big Claws surged forward, continuing their advance.
However, when the Laser Scorpions in the rear attempted to advance, these fragile scorpion-like units were ambushed again.
Lin Fan sat within the Overlord, a smirk playing on his lips; as long as these Laser Scorpions were eliminated, then when the Splitters entered the field, they could wipe out the Big Claws.
Even the Big Claws couldn't withstand the Bone Forks, and the Laser Scorpions were instantly impaled and exploded. Even if the Warriors ordered the Big Claws to return and counterattack, there was no target at all???
The Big Claws, without a target, stood within the Lurkers' range and were slaughtered foolishly.
However, these troublesome Big Claws actually reduced the casualties of the Laser Scorpions.
The Warriors' emotions grew irritable; unlike Lin Fan's Zerg, these Arachnid possessed a different, simple intelligence, which made the Brain Bugs' work simpler.
At this moment, the Tank Worms burrowed through the ground and unearthed over twenty Lurkers.
The Lurkers' weakness is their inability to move underground; they need to take root in the soil and attack by absorbing trace elements from it.
When Lurkers appear without any other troop type assisting them, they are quickly eliminated, unless they have a chance to burrow again, though by then the enemy would surely find ways to counter them.
The Lurkers' purpose is a surprise attack, suddenly erupting when the enemy is unaware, causing incalculable losses and throwing troop formations into disarray.
Lin Fan put on his Zergling mask, leaped from within the Overlord, and fifty Void Sword Shadows appeared at his feet, heading towards the Tank Worms.
Tank Worms are mobile, building-sized flamethrowers, possessing extremely large and wide concentrated flame waves that can instantly melt steel.
Furthermore, Tank Worms can excavate the ground; although clumsy and slow-moving, the threat of these self-propelled artillery units leaves many civilizations helpless.
Their sturdy carapaces and the flammable, explosive stomach acid within them, once they approach the enemy's logistical System, will cause incalculable damage.
Among a million Arachnid troops, there were only 5 such Tank Worms, highlighting their importance and high rank.
In Lin Fan's God's Eye, Tank Worms possessed a fifth-tier physical strength and second-tier spiritual energy, allowing them to essentially walk unscathed through the bombardment of main tank cannons.
"Bloodfiend Claws, open, Blood Emperor Armguard, possess."
Lin Fan's right hand transformed into the dark red Bloodfiend Claws, and on the outside of his arm, a two-meter-long, two-foot-wide Blood Emperor Armguard materialized.
Those energy pulses struck the Blood Emperor Armguard, and Lin Fan used his telekinetic power to accelerate, escaping the range of the Laser Scorpions.