Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1140 - 463 Stone Puppet_2

In the face of Xiang Hongbin’s attack, the Stone Golem did not try to evade at all; it directly slapped at Xiang Hongbin as he jumped up.

If Xiang Hongbin didn’t retract his fist, he would be hit by the Stone Golem at the same moment he landed his attack.

Xiang Hongbin’s style was rough to begin with, and now that it was just a sparring match, with Jade Lotus present, there was no risk of life-threatening danger, so Xiang Hongbin didn’t dodge and went for a head-on collision once more.

Bang—

His punch solidly connected with the Stone Golem’s abdomen. The punch was strong enough to make the massive body of the Stone Golem take a step back. But the Stone Golem’s palm also struck Xiang Hongbin.

Splat—

Xiang Hongbin was sent flying, plunging headfirst into the snow.

“…”

Everyone was dumbfounded.

This Stone Golem was too strong! Could it be that even the powerful Xiang Hongbin couldn’t beat it?

“Come on, keep going!”

Xiang Hongbin climbed up from the snow, instantly engaging in combat with the Stone Golem once again.

Watching Xiang Hongbin’s fight, Wang Tao shook his head somewhat speechlessly.

“Really, what a brute!”

Through Xiang Hongbin’s battle with the Stone Golem, Wang Tao already had a good idea of the Stone Golem’s combat strength.

To put it simply, this Stone Golem was approximately at the Level 4, Lord grade, possessing immense strength and high defense, but it was very slow and lacked agility.

Xiang Hongbin could definitely beat the Stone Golem, as its weaknesses were quite obvious.

But Xiang Hongbin refused to back down and stubbornly matched the Stone Golem in an area of its strength…

So the battle went back and forth, with the Stone Golem perhaps even having the upper hand!

If Xiang Hongbin hadn’t chosen to slug it out, but rather took advantage of his own strengths, such as speed, then defeating the Stone Golem would have been no problem at all…

Of course, it wasn’t just that Xiang Hongbin was too reckless; the main reason was that this was only a sparring match, without any life-or-death crisis. In such situations, Xiang Hongbin fought more liberally. Moreover, he was a half-human half-mechanical System Awakener! If he lost to the Stone Golem in terms of strength, wouldn’t that be embarrassing?

Bang!

Bang!

…

After a while, Xiang Hongbin sat on the ground, panting heavily.

“I give up, I give up!”

Opposite him stood a slightly smaller version of the Stone Golem, with many broken stones at its feet.

As the fight between the two ended, the crowd felt somewhat unsatisfied. After all, such a technical-less and physically intense battle was indeed thrilling to watch.

Then, people instinctively looked at the Stone Golem, thinking to themselves, “So strong.”

“Good effort.”

Wang Tao said with a smile as he walked over.

After this test, he had basically figured out the combat strength and fighting style of the Stone Golem.

The Stone Golem was proficient in strength and defense; despite having only 100,000 HP, even if it stood still and allowed Xiang Hongbin to punch it, Xiang Hongbin would still need quite some time.

But its speed was relatively slow, all the fourth-order Awakeners present were faster than the stone golem.

So, normally speaking, in attacking the stone golem, you would have to leverage the speed advantage, and even theoretically, you could kill it without sustaining any damage. After all, it did not have the ability for ranged attacks and was slow, so you could easily kite it…

It was only because Xiang Hong Bin was headstrong, insisting on matching the stone golem’s strength, that he hadn’t taken it down already.

That said, this combatant possessed high attack, high defense, but low speed. Facing peers, human Awakeners should prevail, since they were smarter and adaptable.

But against zombies, it could be a different story!

Some zombies were clever, but the majority were rather dumb. Faced with the stone golem, most zombies would likely be as headstrong as Xiang Hong Bin. However, could the zombies break the golem’s defense like Xiang Hong Bin? Perhaps not!

Wang Tao had already thought of a use for the stone golem—to serve as their meat shield! Or to toss it into a herd of zombies to wreak havoc!

Sadly, Li Qiuyu lacked sufficient combat experience; she let the stone golem attack freely. If Wang Tao were in control, he estimated its combat effectiveness could increase by at least thirty percent!

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Others seemed to understand the use of the stone golem as well, giving heartfelt praise.

“This puppet is great! With this thing from now on, we can have it attract the zombies, since its whole body is stone and wouldn’t fear the zombie virus! It might be tough even for the zombies to bite through!”

“Exactly, it’s like a natural tank!”

“Though, the size of this golem is a bit too big, not convenient for traveling in a vehicle…”

“…”

Wang Tao asked Lan Yulian to heal the golem and Xiang Hong Bin. They were both down to half HP.

Xiang Hong Bin’s HP was quickly restored, but the golem’s health bar didn’t move—Lan Yulian’s healing had no effect on it…

This made Wang Tao frown.

He turned to look at Li Qiuyu.

“The golem can’t receive healing?”

“Ah? I don’t know… It seems so, healing doesn’t work on it. It’s like… disposable!”

“Disposable?”

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, then their eyes lit up.

Disposable was good!

If it were to exist permanently, they would have to worry about the golem’s life and death in future battles, and taking it along might also be inconvenient.

But if it was disposable, that indicated Li Qiuyu could keep summoning it! Even if it truly died, there was no loss. They could send the stone golem to handle dangerous missions in the future!

“But it seems I can also take it back…”

Li Qiuyu scratched her head.

“Take it back? Try it and let me see.”

Wang Tao immediately said.

“Okay!”

Li Qiuyu waved at the stone golem, then watched as it crumbled in an instant, turning into a pile of dust before disappearing.

“I feel like I’ve recovered some of my Awakening Energy…”

Li Qiuyu closed her eyes and concentrated before speaking.

“Can you continue to summon the stone golem?”

“It seems so…”

With a wave of her hand, Li Qiuyu brought the stone golem back to life, and it was back to full HP!

“Jeez! That feels quite powerful! As long as there’s enough Awakening Energy, couldn’t you keep summoning…”

Wang Tao stroked his chin, then discussed the matter further with Li Qiuyu.

They talked until the sky lightened, and Wang Tao finally had a rough understanding of this “Stone Puppet Awakening.”

In simple terms, Li Qiuyu could use 100 Awakening Energy to summon a level 4 golem with 100,000 HP, but she could only summon one at a time. Unless this golem died or she actively took it back, she couldn’t summon another.

If she took it back actively, Li Qiuyu would be refunded half the Awakening Energy. This half was related to the golem’s remaining HP. For example, if the golem with 100,000 HP was taken back, Li Qiuyu would be refunded 50 Awakening Energy, but if the golem only had 50,000 HP, then Li Qiuyu would only get back 25 Awakening Energy.

This Awakening seemed quite useful, but it did have certain limitations. That was, within an hour, Li Qiuyu could only summon one golem, starting from the time it was summoned.

In other words, if the golem died immediately upon summoning, she would have to wait an hour before summoning again; if the golem died half an hour after being summoned, she would have to wait half an hour to summon again. Even if she took it back actively, there was still an hour cooldown…