Chapter 1178: Experimental Results (2)

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

Chapter 1178: Chapter 482: Experimental Results_2

Chapter 1178 -482: Experimental Results_2

“Don’t worry, I’ve cleared all the mutated plants on the second layer, so it’s temporarily safe, just the last two Fifth Order Mutant Plant Lords remaining...”

Wang Tao reassured them while having them run a test.

He then realized that this suppression probably had nothing to do with the black mist, even if he cleared all the surrounding black mist, Ding Yuqin and the others still experienced a suppressed state. The black mist only made them uncomfortable and did not suppress their strength. He, on the other hand, was completely unaffected...

Wang Tao was very different from the others, for instance, he had awakened three times, while others only once; his Awakening Energy was the highest...

But the greatest difference was simply this—he was a Fifth Order Awakener, while the others were Fourth Order Awakeners!

Thus, Wang Tao felt that this situation was most likely related to their levels. Perhaps there existed some sort of “rule” on the second layer that targeted humans, suppressing the Fourth Order Awakeners, and only Fifth Order Awakeners could exert their full strength...

To prove whether this hypothesis was correct was not difficult. Later, Wang Tao planned to bring some Level 3 and Level 2 Ability Users here to test if they were suppressed and to what extent, then it would be clear...

But that was a matter for later; his current priority was to deal with those two Fifth Order Mutant Lords.

Wang Tao led the people to the vicinity of the two mutated plants, dispersed the surrounding black mist, and allowed everyone to see the targets.

These were two trees that looked alike, both completely black, about five meters tall, and quite stout—somewhat chunky. The trees had thick black leaves, and among them were some smooth black fruits...

[HP: 400,000/400,000]

[Mana: 200,000/200,000]

[Level: Level 5, Lord]

[Skill: Seed Shooting]

[Seed Shooting: Fires its seeds to cause damage]

Both these large mutated trees had 400,000 HP, clearly demonstrating their formidable strength.

These were also different from the mutated plants Wang Tao had encountered before. Previously encountered mutated plants could move their upper parts, leaving only their roots immobile, but their roots were well-hidden and not easily detectable.

However, by the looks of these two large trees, they seemed entirely immovable.

Naturally, this was good news for Wang Tao and his team; immobile and with such a large body size, they were perfect targets for an attack.

But there was one problem— their SKILL was ranged attack!

No wonder they were totally immobile, as they had means for ranged attack.

Wang Tao shared this information about the two mutated large trees with everyone and instructed them to be on their guard.

Then his eyes emitted a red light, as two high-temperature rays instantly shot toward one of the mutated large trees.

The others also used their own methods of ranged attack, and those who didn’t have any just used guns, targeting the same tree.

Since the two mutated large trees were immobile, there was no need to attack both at the same time; it was best to focus on the nearest one and take them down one by one.

Sizzle—

[-15,203]

[-15,392]

[-15,611]

[...]

This large tree’s defensive power was very high; Wang Tao’s high-temperature rays could only cause fifteen thousand damage.

The damage caused by the others was even lower, particularly those using guns, whose bullets could only inflict several tens of damage...

And this mutated large tree had healing abilities; though not substantial, the bullets were practically ineffective against it.

The mutated large tree’s healing was somewhat unexpected to Wang Tao, but it wasn’t a major issue. Its healing, no matter how fast, could not outpace his attacks. Just a continuous ten-odd seconds of high-temperature rays would be enough to kill it!

However, the mutated large tree obviously wouldn’t just let Wang Tao attack it; a second after they attacked, the large tree shook violently, its black leaves rustling. At the same time, the black fruits were completely exposed, and then, with a “bang,” the fruits explosively burst. Following the fruit explosion, a shower of what seemed like steel pellets flew toward Wang Tao and his group!

Wang Tao had already warned them, so they were prepared for the large tree’s attack, promptly hiding behind some large rocks.

Although these rocks were not as hard as those in the Stone Forest, they were similar enough, clearly serving as a natural defense.

But to Wang Tao’s surprise, when a seed hit the rock, it directly smashed a huge crater in it! When several seeds hit the same rock simultaneously, that large rock simply burst with a loud bang!

“Damn! That’s some high damage!”

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Xiang Hongbin was somewhat shocked; even at his Full Peak State, he couldn’t leave much of a mark on such rocks, yet just a few seeds from the mutated large tree caused such a large rock to explode.

“Everyone, get down on the ground!”

Wang Tao immediately had everyone get down.

There were many rocks here, and although [Seed Shooting] could destroy the rocks, it would take quite some effort to destroy so many.

Everyone waited for a moment, and the sound of shooting finally slowly faded away. Wang Tao raised his head and observed carefully. He saw new fruits appearing on the two large trees. The fruits were small, but they were growing visibly larger!

“Is the Skill entering its cooldown phase?”

Wang Tao didn’t hesitate and immediately called for everyone to attack.

“Attack!”

Swoosh

Various ranged attacks instantly landed on the mutated trees, the other people’s attacks just managed to counter the mutated tree’s Blood Regeneration Ability, Wang Tao’s High-Temperature Ray was the main offensive measure.

However, just a few seconds later, fruits on the mutated tree started exploding again.

Wang Tao called for everyone to get down again.

Another round of intense explosions erupted, blasting away many rocks in front of everyone.

When the explosions subsided, Wang Tao looked up again and the High-Temperature Ray attacked once more.

Actually, Wang Tao felt that under the activation of Starfire Prairie, he could have engaged in close combat, but being too close would expose him to the indiscriminate, omnidirectional Seed Shooting of the two mutated trees, which could leave him nowhere to hide.

So, there was no need to take that risk. Using ranged attacks was just a matter of using more Awakening Energy.

Wang Tao used [Scorching Eyes] three times, each lasting for several seconds. The large tree couldn’t move, so it endured full damage, and now it had only fifteen thousand HP left.

Wang Tao immediately stopped the attack and, taking advantage of the fact that the fruits on the mutated tree had not grown yet, he directly threw a [Growth Fruit] over.

Wang Tao’s throw was well-measured, landing the fruit right at the base of the mutated tree.

“I wonder if the mutated tree will eat it...”

The shaking body of the tree seemed to pause for a moment, then a thick branch stretched down, quickly curling around the [Growth Fruit] and stuffing it into the dense leaves.

“It ate it?”

Wang Tao hadn’t had time to be happy when he saw the tree suddenly shake wildly. The word “poisoning” appeared under its health bar.

[-10000]

[-10000]

[-10000]

[...]

Losing 10,000 health per second!

“It’s poisoned! This poison is fierce! Even a Level 5 Lord can’t withstand it...”

As the mutated tree was about to die from the poison, Wang Tao decisively fired the High-Temperature Ray again.

He wasn’t sure if being killed by the fruit would count as his kill, so he still had to snatch the victory.

[-5273]

[0/400000]

The mutated tree’s blood bar emptied.

“...”

Wang Tao was somewhat frustrated; the first experiment had failed... Wang Tao turned his attention to another mutated tree a bit further away.

“Fortunately, there’s another one. Hope it doesn’t fail this time.”

Wang Tao immediately attacked the other mutated tree.

The battle proceeded in the same way as before, and when this tree’s HP was low, Wang Tao threw the last [Growth Fruit] at it.

Similarly, this mutated tree swallowed the fruit, but this time, no sign of poisoning appeared above its head.

But Wang Tao’s eyes widened.

“What the fuck! A Disaster Class?”