Chapter 1177: Trial of the Fruit |
Chapter 1177: Chapter 482: Trial of the Fruit
Chapter 1177 -482: Trial of the Fruit
Thinking about the introduction of the “Growth Fruit”, Wang Tao felt perhaps he could experiment using the mutated plants, considering the abundance of such plants here. Moreover, he now had two “Growth Fruits” in his possession. Considering a 50% success rate, at least one should work, right?
As soon as he thought of it, Wang Tao gathered the spoils of war and set out to find more mutated plants.
However, since he had only two fruits, adhering to the principle of using steel on the cutting edge, he naturally skipped the elite mutated plants, considering at least the mutated plant lords, and preferably Level 5 ones. After all, Level 4 lords were no match for Wang Tao, and even if their strength were to increase, it still would not be enough.
It wasn’t long before Wang Tao encountered mutated plants again, this time a group of Level 5 elite mutated plants.
Confirming there was no lord among them, Wang Tao didn’t use the [Scorching Eyes], instead, he charged directly with a thick steel whip.
Moments later, these plants were all smashed by Wang Tao, leaving a swath of destruction.
Wang Tao continued exploring.
Wang Tao also realized that this second layer was different from the first. It seemed much smaller. On the first layer, he couldn’t feel where the boundaries were, as it seemed like an infinitely vast space.
But on this second layer, he had already hit walls in three directions. Besides the initial stone wall which seemed passable, the other two walls connected directly to the ceiling, leaving no place to climb over... Moreover, Wang Tao found no entrance to a third layer, if there was one.
He was now heading towards the last direction; if he hit a wall again, it would mean two things—
This second layer had been fully explored by him alone; to continue exploring, he probably would have to climb over the previously mentioned even stone wall.
Wang Tao did not hope to finish exploring the second layer so quickly, as he still wanted to continue killing Level 5 mutated plants, and he hadn’t yet had a chance to experiment with the “Growth Fruit”...
After some time, Wang Tao had both good and bad news.
The good news was, he saw two Level 5 mutated plant lords, so he could proceed with his plan.
The bad news was, these two Level 5 mutated plants were near the last stone wall, which connected directly to the ceiling. In other words, this second layer had indeed been fully explored by Wang Tao, and the mutated plants were mostly eliminated by him. Only these last two Level 5 mutated plant lords remained...
Wang Tao was helpless, uncertain if he would find another place to hunt Level 5 lords. But at least there were still two Level 5 mutated plant lords, which was not bad.
After some thought, Wang Tao did not immediately go to hunt them. Instead, he contacted Ding Yuqin, planning to call them over.
The second layer had been confirmed safe, just two Level 5 mutated lords. Wang Tao alone could handle them, so they posed no threat to them. It would be good for them to fight more with Level 5 lords to gain experience.
When Wang Tao arrived at the entrance of the second layer, Ding Yuqin and the others had just arrived. He had them park the car outside, and everyone followed Wang Tao down.
“This place is strange...”
“My body suddenly feels much heavier...”
“It feels like I’m being suppressed...”
“...”
Upon entering the second layer, everyone spontaneously spoke up.
Wang Tao furrowed his brows. When he had discovered this passage earlier, Xiang Hongbin and the others also mentioned that the second layer gave them an uncomfortable feeling, as though they were being suppressed. If they came to this second layer, their combat abilities would likely be impacted.
Wang Tao initially thought it might be the excessive dark fog, causing those without Dark Attributes to feel uneasy.
But once they actually arrived at the second layer, Wang Tao realized that they were indeed being suppressed—
[Suppression: Strength restricted, can only exert 50%]
[Suppression: Strength restricted, can only exert 55%]
[Suppression: Strength restricted, can only exert 60%]
[...]
A “suppressed” status appeared above everyone’s heads, and they could only exert between 50% and 70% of their capacity... Was this suppression status random? At least for now, Wang Tao couldn’t find any pattern.
And animals like Lightning, Blacky, and Little Bing, although very alert and seeming like they were facing a great enemy, weren’t suppressed—their strength was normal.
This made Wang Tao frown; he had thought that perhaps others were affected by the dark fog because they hadn’t awakened Dark Attributes. But now, it didn’t seem like the dark fog, considering Lightning and the others were unaffected...
“Your strength has been weakened...”
Wang Tao briefly explained to them, immediately causing everyone to slightly panic.
Strength, after all, can only be gauged through combat. Normally, one might not clearly feel it—perhaps just feeling slightly off—but discovering something was wrong during combat would be too late.
Luckily, Wang Tao had given them advance notice, giving them some mental preparation. But even so, they were still very anxious—after all, strength was fundamental for survival. In this place without strength, their lives were seriously at risk!