Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot - Chapter 383

Chapter 383: Chapter 178 Level 3 Weapon_3

Wang Tao took out another Level 2 Crystal Core. He had obtained a good number of Level 2 Crystal Cores in the past two days and decided to experiment with one.

When he silently wished to nurture the entangling roots in his mind, the roots on his body immediately wriggled and then swallowed the Level 2 Crystal Core in his hand.

A moment later, Wang Tao checked the attributes of the entangling roots again, and the compatibility had increased to “11%!”

An increase of 1% compatibility for a Level 1 Crystal Core, 10% for a Level 2 Crystal Core, so by that logic, a Level 3 Crystal Core should add 100% compatibility!

As for how much compatibility could be gained by nurturing the entangling roots with his own HP, Wang Tao had no plans to test it. After all, that extremely weakened state was too dangerous. A wise man does not stand under a shaky wall, and it wasn’t as if Wang Tao lacked Crystal Cores, so there was no need to take risks.

The attributes of the entangling roots did not specify how much of a strength and defense boost they provided, but Wang Tao could feel that there definitely was an increase.

There were a few Ordinary Zombies by the roadside, and Wang Tao directly approached them and swung his enormous fist.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The heads of these zombies burst like ripe watermelons!

“Awesome!”

Wang Tao felt that he had hardly exerted any effort; he had merely swung his fist casually, and the heads of these zombies had all exploded!

And this was just with 11% compatibility—how powerful would it be at 100%? Would it grant him Level 3 combat power?

However, increasing compatibility was not easy. It would take either 100 Level 1 Crystal Cores, or 10 Level 2 Crystal Cores, or one Level 3 Crystal Core… Although Wang Tao had many Crystal Cores, he would be pained to use so many at once.

Moreover, this compatibility was not something you could set and forget. Using the weapon consumed compatibility.

If you compared a weapon to a car, then compatibility would be like the fuel. More fuel meant the car was more powerful and could run faster. But driving the car consumed the fuel, and once it was depleted, you couldn’t drive anymore; you would need to refuel…

Wang Tao returned to his car and then focused his thoughts.

The roots on his body began to move quickly and shrink.

In the blink of an eye, the entangling root armor on Wang Tao’s body disappeared, leaving only a small twisted root in his hand.

Jiang Shixue’s eyes lit up; she found this thing very interesting.

Xu Xiaojun looked at Wang Tao with admiration. He didn’t know where Wang Tao had obtained it, perhaps from that cave, but that wasn’t important—Brother Wang was awesome, and that was all that mattered!

After thinking it over, Wang Tao took Jiang Shixue’s small hand and placed the piece of root in it.

“Little Xue, you try it.”

Wang Tao explained the usage method briefly—it was actually very simple to use. As long as one could feel that faint consciousness while holding the root, it could be utilized.

“Okay~”

Jiang Shixue sensed it for a moment, and then the root in her hand began to grow wildly.

In just a moment, a suit of root armor formed and tightly wrapped around Jiang Shixue.

With the root armor augmenting her, Jiang Shixue stood about 1.8 meters tall. Even though she was slender, the root armor was also slim, creating a unique aesthetic.

After letting Jiang Shixue experience it for a while, Wang Tao also let Xu Xiaojun give it a try.

Xu Xiaojun was able to use it as well.

However, Xu Xiaojun was larger in build, and once covered by the root armor, his height shot up to three meters, far more imposing than Wang Tao. If he were to carry that two-meter-long Giant Axe, the imposing effect would be extraordinary!

After basking in the fun for a while, Xu Xiaojun quickly deactivated the entangling state and returned the root to Wang Tao. After all, Wang Tao had said that using this item consumed Crystal Cores, and he didn’t want to waste them.

Wang Tao looked at the piece of root and thought silently, and the root began to wriggle and transformed into a bracelet that he wore directly on his right wrist.

“This is much more convenient!”

When placed in the Space Backpack, the entangling roots would enter a “dormant” state, and it would need to be awakened before use. But if kept on his person, it would be in an “awakened” state, ready for immediate use, which was much more convenient.

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After a brief test of the entangled roots, Wang Tao saw a small building and had Xu Xiaojun drive over.

Once they had cleared the small building a bit, everyone ate something, and Xu Xiaojun began his night shift while Wang Tao continued to inspect the spoils of battle.

The Level 3 monster he had killed had a red crystal core in its brain.

[Level 3 Crystal Core – Tree Essence]

[Quality: Excellent (80%)]

[Purity: 40% (Side effect: Body lignification)]

[Tree Essence: Only females can successfully integrate, it can produce Tree Essence Liquid which enhances the strength of organisms]

Seeing the attributes of the Level 3 Crystal Core, Wang Tao frowned.

Only females can successfully integrate?

He suddenly felt discriminated against! He had been discriminated against once with the Perception Crystal Cores, and now this again? Moreover, this wasn’t a side effect that could be removed.

However, after taking a closer look at the information on the Tree Essence, Wang Tao was stunned.

How exactly was this Tree Essence Liquid produced? And from where?

Hisss—

Wang Tao seemed to think of something shocking.

No wonder only females can integrate with it!

“This is a nice Ability. It’s just that the side effect of body lignification seems a bit severe, don’t end up turning into a real plant person… Right, I have this Tree Essence too!”

He suddenly remembered that when he was in the cave, he found a lot of white liquid underneath the hundred thousand HP entangling roots.

He looked at the white liquid inside his Space Backpack.

[Tree Essence Liquid*9364]

[Tree Essence Liquid: Can enhance the strength of organisms]

This Tree Essence Liquid seemed similar to Zombie Culture Fluid. Both enhance strength. However, Zombie Culture Fluid could only be used by zombies, while Tree Essence Liquid seemed to be usable by both humans and zombies!

But as for this enhancement, he wasn’t sure if it would increase HP. If it did increase HP, then using it now would be a waste for Wang Tao, since his HP was already full.

“I’ll try it on Little Xue and Little Jun later to see what the effects are…”

Wang Tao planned to use them as guinea pigs.

But then Wang Tao thought of another question, why did the Level 3 monster want to cultivate zombies?

This Tree Essence Liquid, it could use for itself, right? Or cultivate plants, since it was a Plant Monster. It didn’t need to cultivate zombies; initially, Wang Tao even thought there was a Green-eyed Zombie of Level 3 below…

After careful contemplation, Wang Tao felt there were two possibilities.

One was that the Human-face Tree Body Monster had gone stupid, unable to tell the difference between itself and zombies. But this possibility seemed unlikely.

So it was probably the second possibility, the Human-face Tree Body Monster wanted to cultivate some bodyguards for itself!

It kept itself underground, which might not be safe. But if it had Level 2 zombies guarding outside, that would be much safer!

After all, with so many zombies here, who would dare to come close carelessly.

Unfortunately, it never anticipated that Wang Tao would not only burn all the zombies to death with fire, but also expose its lair…

However, this raises another question – why would it, a Level 3 Lord, need to hide underground and had even mass-produced a bunch of bodyguards…

Was it hiding from something? Or protecting something?

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