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

Chapter 545: Chapter 232: How Did You Shrink?_3

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[Level 3 Superpower·Berserk Enhancement]

[Berserk Enhancement: Passive Ability, can increase strength, defense, spirit, running speed, athletic ability, throwing technique, and constitution; standing in sunlight allows absorption of solar energy, slowly regenerating Mana; standing on the ground allows the drawing of nutrients from the soil, slowly regenerating HP; when HP falls below 30%, Trigger Berserk (side effects: none)]

Staring at this long list of terms, Wang Tao grinned. This looks truly exhilarating!

Then Wang Tao extracted the [Integration] and [Yin Yang Harmony] superpowers. He was only left with [Berserk Enhancement] now.

The reason for doing this, naturally, was because he intended to fuse with the Omnipotent Crystal Core.

After all, the other three superpowers hadn’t been synthesized yet, and since the Berserk Enhancement was maxed out, in order to avoid upgrading those three superpowers with the Omnipotent Crystal Core, they naturally had to be extracted.

Wang Tao happened to have quite a few Level 3 Omnipotent Crystal Cores at hand, as killing zombies above his level made it especially easy to drop [Omnipotent] and [Ascension] Crystal Cores.

A moment later.

[Level 3 Superpower·Berserk Enhancement (+10)]

The level of this superpower was instantly maxed!

Since Wang Tao’s passive superpower contained attributes such as strength and constitution, the level increase to +10 produced a relatively tangible feeling.

Wang Tao could clearly feel that his attributes had become much stronger!

He felt that if he were to fight a Level 3 Night Demon again, even if he didn’t use Entangling Roots or any other superpower, just with his own physical conditions he should be able to suppress and beat a Night Demon!

This wasn’t arrogance, but confidence in his own progress this time!

Wang Tao was preparing to find a few Night Demons later to test his abilities…

After briefly enjoying the sense of his own enhancements, Wang Tao turned his attention to [HP Enhancement] and [Energy Boost].

Since these two superpowers would increase HP and Mana after fusion, Wang Tao had an idea: to synthesize these two Crystal Cores as an emergency ability!

+10 HP Enhancement could add 10,000 to current HP and maximum HP. Suppose Wang Tao was critically injured, suddenly extracted his other superpowers, and then fused this +10 HP Enhancement into his body—wouldn’t that be like instantly gaining an extra 10,000 HP?

If it really worked that way, it would be a life-saving ability at critical moments! If it turned out to be infeasible, it didn’t matter, because Wang Tao had a lot of Special Energy at the moment. Having used only 180,000 just now, he still had over 340,000 left, enough to give it a try.

Wang Tao fused the two Crystal Cores and obtained a New Superpower, [HP Enhancement]. He then used an Omnipotent Crystal Core to max this new superpower to +10.

[Level 3 Superpower·HP Enhancement (+10)]

[HP Enhancement: Passive Superpower, adds 10,000 HP, adds 10,000 Mana]

At this point, Wang Tao’s HP had increased by 10,000, and his Mana increased by 14,400!

The reason for such a significant increase in Mana was that Fusion Crystal Cores themselves add Mana, and he fused these cores one by one, naturally adding a lot of Mana.

HP Enhancement is a very plain and unadorned superpower, but it should play a significant role at crucial times.

However, it can only be used at such times; normally, of course, the other four main superpowers would be used.

So Wang Tao was preparing to extract it and switch back to his main superpowers.

Using 30,000 Special Energy, he successfully extracted the [HP Enhancement] superpower into a Crystal Core.

But just as Wang Tao was about to integrate the two extracted superpowers back into his body, he suddenly paused.

“Huh? Why haven’t my HP and Mana decreased?”

Theoretically, once he extracted the Crystal Core, the bonuses it provided to his body should have been lost, things like HP and Mana should have been gone too. But now… they were still there!

And that extracted [HP Enhancement] Crystal Core was still lying properly in his backpack!

“Could it be that HP and Mana are different from other attributes? If I keep fusing ‘HP Enhancement’ Crystal Cores, could I continue to raise my HP and Mana?”

Wang Tao suddenly became excited; did he just find a bug in this world?

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So, he immediately prepared to fuse the extracted “Level 3 Superpower – HP Enhancement (Discarded)” Crystal Core again.

However, Wang Tao realized that he couldn’t fuse it anymore! And he hadn’t looked carefully before, but he noticed now that the name of the extracted Crystal Core had changed. Normally, inside the parentheses, it should say “+10,” but now it had turned into “Discarded”!

“Damn! I knew it, there’s no such thing as a bug…”

Wang Tao felt somewhat disappointed. If this bug really existed, then through the extraction and fusion process, he could have infinitely boosted his HP and Mana. Unfortunately, he couldn’t.

But Wang Tao wasn’t too discouraged. Although he couldn’t boost his attributes infinitely, he had managed to fuse the attributes of this Crystal Core into his body.

After Wang Tao fused the other two extracted abilities again, he checked his attributes.

[HP: 40000/40000]

[Mana: 40000/40000]

40,000 HP, 40,000 Mana!

In just a short while, Wang Tao’s strength had increased significantly!

It felt rather exhilarating!

It’s a pity that this could only happen once. If it could happen several times, that would be even more exciting.

Wang Tao looked at the discarded Orange Crystal Core; its exterior was still sparkling gold, giving no indication of its discarded status.

Perhaps in the future, if he found someone displeasing, he could use this Crystal Core to trick them?

A Crystal Core extracted from Wang Tao’s fused abilities couldn’t be used by anyone else anyway. But if it were a functioning Crystal Core, Wang Tao definitely wouldn’t want to waste it. Since this Core was already discarded, it might be good if he could find a way to recycle it.

Moreover, Wang Tao suddenly thought that if this wasn’t a bug but a mechanism of this type of superpower, could others use it in the same way?

For instance, if Jade Lotus fused with an “HP Enhancement” Crystal Core and then used an Extraction Crystal Core to remove it, would Jade Lotus also gain an additional 10,000 HP?

But Wang Tao only had a Level 2 Extraction Crystal Core, not a Level 3. Since Jade Lotus was already Level 3, it wouldn’t work.

“Later, I’ll find a Level 2 person to experiment with…”

If it really worked, this could be an alternative way to enhance strength!

At this moment, Wang Tao heard someone entering the room.

Then with a click, the lights in the room went out.

Wang Tao could sense someone approaching the side of the bed. He raised an eyebrow.

“What is Jade Lotus up to, wanting to play role-playing games? Fine, I’ll play along.”

Wang Tao lay on the bed without getting up or opening his eyes, pretending to be asleep.

Then Wang Tao felt Jade Lotus hovering by his bed for quite a while without coming closer. It seemed like she was… hesitant?

Wang Tao suddenly got a bit more expectant. Even though Jade Lotus often stuck close to him, she was rather traditional in certain aspects… Wang Tao felt that Jade Lotus might have come up with something new this time.

A moment later, as if resolute, Jade Lotus cautiously made her way to the side of the bed. Then she quietly climbed onto it, carefully avoiding any contact with Wang Tao, as if afraid to wake him up.

Wang Tao didn’t know what she was up to, thinking that with Jade Lotus’s personality, she would normally just hug him directly. Could it be that she wanted him to take the initiative?

So, Wang Tao suddenly stretched out his arm, directly embracing the person who had just lain down beside him.

“Mmm~”

The other person seemed startled and tensed up completely.

But Wang Tao paused, puzzled.

“Huh? How come you’ve gotten smaller?”