Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1332 - 550 Sixth Rank Disaster Class_2

"I’m going down to take a look; wait for me at the entrance."

Wang Tao was daring with his great talent, his spiritual power was so strong that he would’ve returned early if there was an irresistible danger.

"Be careful, and call me immediately if you need anything!"

Jiang Shixue instructed.

"Okay, hold onto these two for me."

Wang Tao handed over the two little ferrets in his pocket to Jiang Shixue, and then entered the cave cautiously.

The cave was much deeper than Wang Tao had imagined. The further he went inside, the stronger the burning sensation became, and Wang Tao saw that he was actually losing HP, the word "burning" appeared on his HP bar.

Though he wasn’t losing much, the sensation felt somewhat familiar...

Moments later, Wang Tao’s mental detection finally discovered the source of the burning aura.

"Zombies?!"

At the bottom of the cave was a skinny, small zombie, its body enflamed with raging fire!

"Sixth-Rank... Disaster-level! But... it seems like it’s dying!"

[HP: 1024/1000000]

[Mana: 0/0]

[Level: Sixth-Rank Catastrophe]

[Cataclysmic Awakening: Life within a certain range is continuously burned]

[Status: Weakness, Soul-loss]

[Weakness: All Attributes reduced by 99%] ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

[Soul-loss: Loss of the ability to act]

Looking at this zombie, burning with flames yet with a dull expression, barely a sliver of HP left, plunged into a soul-lost, 99% weak state... Wang Tao blinked, somewhat doubting what he was seeing.

Could good luck really fall from the sky?

No wonder that sensation of continuous HP loss was familiar, it turned out to be Cataclysmic Awakening!

However, the zombie was too weak, even its Cataclysmic Awakening posed no threat, which is why Wang Tao didn’t initially think in that direction.

Resisting the urge to deal with the zombie immediately, he first took a careful look around.

Aside from this Sixth-Rank Disaster-level zombie, there were some red, appetizing fruits on the ground.

But after seeing the name of these fruits, Wang Tao cursed under his breath.

"Damn, what the hell is this!"

[Summoning Altar Catalyst (Fire): Upon consumption, Constitution is enhanced for 24 hours, and there’s no need for water replenishment. If 1 liter of water is not consumed within 24 hours, you will become a sacrifice (Fire)]

This thing could actually turn a person into a sacrifice!

So to become a sacrifice, it wasn’t necessary to stay inside a Summoning Altar for 24 hours; consuming this "Catalyst" had the same effect!

Wang Tao immediately understood why those ordinary people, although it was their first visit, became sacrifices—they must have eaten these catalysts!

According to the description, after eating this Catalyst, Constitution would be enhanced for 24 hours, and there would be no need to drink water—just looking at that, it does seem like good stuff. These ordinary people, even Awakeners, were probably deceived into eating them. Then, they inexplicably became sacrifices.

The word "Fire" tagged along with this Catalyst suggested that it was likely concocted by the Fire God, solely to be used as a sacrifice for itself...

[Acquired: Summoning Altar Catalyst (Fire) x213]

Wang Tao immediately collected all these Catalysts. They were of no use to him, but they must not fall into the wrong hands, or else it would be troublesome if the Fire God got sacrifices from elsewhere.

Other than these Catalysts, there was only the Disaster-level zombie left.

Wang Tao took a closer look at this zombie; even when he approached it, it remained dull and stupid, as if it couldn’t see him at all.

This must be related to its "Soul-loss" status, which deprived it of the ability to act...

Wang Tao felt that this Disaster-level zombie was either created by the Fire God or brought here by some means used by the Fire God.

As for why he would want a Disaster-level zombie, it must be that the Fire God wanted to use this zombie for some purpose. Like... using this zombie to control the Summoning Altar!

Even though Wang Tao had never seen the Fire God and was ignorant of its methods, he felt that his guess was probably not far off...

While Wang Tao pondered, he noticed the zombie’s HP bar move slightly; over three hundred HP had gone, leaving only a little over six hundred.

At this point, Wang Tao didn’t hesitate any longer and immediately drew his broadsword.

Pfft!

[-659 HP]

[0 / 1,000,000 HP]

With one slash, the six-rank calamity-level zombie with a million HP died at Wang Tao’s hand.

Whoosh—

A pile of items burst out.

[Received: Sixth Rank Crystal Core: Promotion x1]

[Received: Awakening Energy Beads x2]

[Received: Advanced Awakening Key x2]

[Received: Magic Flame x1]

[Received: Flame Finger Bones x5]

[Received: Awakening Seed x1]

"Eh, there’s actually a divine artifact flame!"

Wang Tao was suddenly a little excited.

[Magic Flame: If released, it will grow into a Fire Beast. If devoured, one will obtain a Hidden Ability]

This thing could give a person a fire-system hidden attribute, allowing for the awakening of fire abilities.

Fire awakenings were quite nice. Wang Tao looked back to see if Lan Yulian and the others might need it.

The flame finger bones were crafting materials, and just by looking at this material, Wang Tao had no idea what equipment could be crafted from it.

The Awakening Seed used to be somewhat useful to Wang Tao, but not that important. Now however, things were different. Qu Shilin had developed Gene Potions, so the Awakening Fruits that grew from the Awakening Seeds were naturally very useful.

"It looks like Lightning is out of luck enjoying this six-rank calamity-level corpse."

Wang Tao chuckled shaking his head.

The number of fruits produced by planting Awakening Seeds on corpses of different ranks varied, and the time required also differed.

Previously, when Wang Tao planted an Awakening Seed on the body of a fourth-order disaster-level Giant Serpent, it took seven days to produce 33 Awakening Fruits. But when planted on the body of a fifth-order disaster-level Great Tree, it took five days to yield 99 Awakening Fruits.

Now, using it on this six-rank calamity-level zombie, he didn’t know how many days it would take or how many Awakening Fruits would be yielded. Wang Tao was very much looking forward to it.

However, it definitely couldn’t be planted now as the place was too small. He needed to move the zombie out.

Previously, the bodies of disaster-level creatures couldn’t be moved because even in death, their Cataclysmic Awakening was still effective, though somewhat weakened.

But this disaster-level zombie had an extremely weak Cataclysmic Awakening with a much smaller range. He guessed it was something arranged by the Fire God so as not to have his offerings burned to death. And this was perfect for Wang Tao; he could bring the body of this disaster-level zombie back to the base and plant the Awakening Seed directly there!

After collecting these items, he turned his attention to the Loot Packs.

There were a total of five Loot Packs.

The first was a Crystal Core Gift Bag, containing Awakening, Omnipotent, Extraction, Advanced Defense, Mental Defense, and Fire Attribute Defense Crystal Cores.

Wang Tao saw a Fire Attribute Defense Crystal Core for the first time, it was similar to the other Defense Crystal Cores, mainly differing in the defensive attribute.

Among them, there was an orange Extraction Crystal Core, which was quite good. Currently, Wang Tao only had two epic quality sixth-rank Extraction Crystal Cores.

Inside the second Loot Pack were Secret Keys.

[Received: Advanced Awakening Key x2]

The third Loot Pack contained Potions.

[Received: Fire Attribute Amplification Potion x20]

[Received: Fire Attribute Defense Potion x20]

[Fire Attribute Amplification Potion: After injection, increases self’s fire damage by 10% for one minute, with a 12-hour cooldown]

[Fire Attribute Defense Potion: After injection, increases self’s fire defensive power by 10% for one minute, with a 12-hour cooldown]

The Fire Attribute Amplification Potion was quite useful for Wang Tao, as it could enhance his explosive power. The Fire Attribute Defense Potion seemed less useful, but if he ever had to fight the Fire God, it could come in handy.

In the fourth Loot Pack was a semi-transparent red pearl that appeared to have flames flickering within.

[Received: Xuanhuo Pearl x1]

[Xuanhuo Pearl: After consuming, permanently increases fire defensive power by 20% and fire attack power by 20%]

"Eh? This is good stuff!"