Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 898 - 353 Continuous Monster_2

"Damn! Miscalculated, we shouldn’t have retreated!"

Upon encountering an unknown danger, Wang Tao’s first instinct was naturally to run, but what he didn’t anticipate was that the acid sprayed by the Acidic Worm wouldn’t dissipate!

After retreating several times like this, a fifty-meter radius around the Acidic Worm was engulfed in a murky fog of acid! Anyone who entered the range of the acid would lose HP.

Though they had Jade Lotus on their side, which could stop the loss of HP, once the acid clung to their skin, it caused a burning and intensely uncomfortable sensation. Even Jijun, who had an extremely strong will, trembled at the mouth, let alone everyone else.

If they had slain the creature before the acid had covered such a large area, there wouldn’t be so much trouble. But now the Acidic Worm had essentially laid down an Acid Array, and anyone wanting to enter would have to endure this pain.

"I can rush in!"

At that moment, Jijun spoke up.

Although the acid was also hard on him, he could bear it.

Jiang Shixue didn’t speak, just looked at Wang Tao, ready to charge in as soon as Wang Tao commanded.

"Forget it, don’t charge in!"

Wang Tao shook his head.

The area covered by the acid was extensive, and entering it would continue to drain HP. Therefore, if they were to charge, they would need to bring Jade Lotus with them. Otherwise, if Jade Lotus was too far away, her healing would not reach them.

Putting Jade Lotus, a healer, into the midst of such acid was somewhat dangerous.

"Let’s attack from a distance!"

Wang Tao handed over his Crystal Energy pistol to Jijun, then he took up the Crystal Energy Sniper Rifle. It was the perfect opportunity to test this gun’s power!

Watching the beast that was still continuously spraying acid, Wang Tao raised his sniper rifle, having already loaded a Rank Four Orange Crystal Core with no attributes. He then aimed at the creature and pulled the trigger.

Bang!

A not-so-loud gun sound resonated by Wang Tao’s ear, but he stepped back involuntarily.

Wang Tao felt his entire shoulder go numb, almost making him fall to the ground.

"..."

Wang Tao remembered Qu Shilin mentioning the sniper rifle’s heavy recoil, essentially comparing it to a cannon... It really was true! The recoil was such that anyone with a weaker physique probably would have fallen down immediately.

However, a greater recoil meant greater power.

As the beam of orange light hit the Acidic Worm, a huge damage number floated up.

[-15384]

Damage of fifteen thousand five hundred with one shot!

Biu!

At that moment, Jijun also fired his gun.

An orange beam of light accurately hit the Acidic Worm’s head.

[-3012]

A fivefold difference in damage! True to its reputation as a downsized cannon!

Wang Tao was utterly impressed by the damage of his own shot. After all, attacking this Acidic Worm directly, he probably would have inflicted just over ten thousand HP with a slash, making this shot equivalent to his all-out attack.

But his attack required getting up close to use the high-frequency vibration, while this shot was from dozens of meters away—a ranged attack! Relatively speaking, the ranged attack was definitely better!

However, the cost of high damage was significant recoil, high consumption, and long cooldown times.

Let’s not talk about the recoil, which probably only he, Jijun, and Jiang Shixue could handle. If others used this rifle, they might end up injured like Qu Shilin.

Speaking of its high consumption, it’s because each Crystal Core loaded could only shoot one bullet! The Crystal Core Wang Tao just used was a Rank Four Orange Crystal Core, which meant his shot cost 5000 dollars!

In terms of cost-efficiency, this Crystal Energy Sniper Rifle certainly was not as good as a Crystal Energy pistol, since a single Orange Crystal Core could be used for 18 bullets in a pistol, and if one bullet did three thousand damage, then 18 bullets would total fifty thousand damage—much higher than fifteen thousand of this one shot…

Finally, the cooldown time. After firing this shot, the small screen on the stock of the Crystal Energy Sniper Rifle displayed that there was still over fifty seconds to the next shot. That means, one could only fire once a minute! Whereas, the charging time for the Crystal Energy pistol was only 15 seconds.

This gun doesn’t need charging yet the attack interval is still so long, which, according to Qu Shilin, is because the gun material’s strength isn’t sufficient. When shifting from a cannon to a gun, a lot of material is reduced and its strength also diminished. Continuous shooting wasn’t impossible, but it risked a burst barrel.

The one-minute cooling period was the most appropriate timing tested by Qu Shilin.

Wang Tao didn’t understand much about this aspect but he certainly trusted professionals, so instead of using a Crystal Core, he shot with his Air Bullet Ability.

Bang!

[-3123]

The damage of the Air Bullet was similar to the Crystal Energy gun, both around three thousand.

After being shot several times in a row, the Corrosive Worm grew unwilling, it immediately started charging toward Wang Tao, while still spurting Corrosive Acid Liquid as it ran. It was essentially a moving biological weapon.

Seeing the range of the acid expanding further, Wang Tao decided not to drag it out. He didn’t have time to mess around with this creature any longer.

Since the gun’s effectiveness had been tested, it was time for a quick resolve.

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Wang Tao tossed the gun to Jiang Shixue and then said to the others,

"I’m going to quickly take care of this, you all watch out for any surprises!"

"Okay!"

After Wang Tao spoke, flames suddenly ignited around his body, causing the surrounding temperature to soar.

Blacky, who had always stayed by Wang Tao’s side, was startled and scurried away hissing, while Lightning had already hidden by Jiang Shixue, demonstrating the importance of experience since it had lost quite a bit of fur to the flames before.

After activating Starfire Prairie, Wang Tao immediately rushed into the acidic area.

Sizzle sizzle—

The flames collided with the acid, making a sizzling sound. The acid began to evaporate, and Wang Tao was losing some HP, but it was not much of an issue for him. Although he was losing HP, it was minimal and not uncomfortable.

Thus, Wang Tao charged unhindered to the Acidic Worm and raised his Flame Long Sword, hacking wildly at it.

The Acidic Worm, seeing someone daring to charge at it, felt provoked and angrily sprayed a vast amount of acid again. However, all the acid that landed on Wang Tao evaporated, and even though it made him lose some HP, it barely affected him.

Braving the torrent of acid, Wang Tao cleared the Acidic Worm’s HP within seconds.

Boom boom boom—

The body of the Acidic Worm heavily collapsed to the ground.

Wang Tao quickly collected his spoils and, considering that the state of Starfire Prairie was about to end, he hurried out of the acidic area. After all, Starfire Prairie would start using up Awakening Energy after 10 seconds, so it was better to save where possible.

"That’s really impressive!"

Jijun shook his head in admiration.

This was the true combat power of Wang Tao. Although he hadn’t seen many Awakeners, he felt there probably was no one stronger than Wang Tao.

"Hey! It’s quite intense, just not lasting."

After the flames around him extinguished, Wang Tao said with a smile, waving his hand.

Then, he briefly checked his loot.

"Huh? A ’Strange Poison Sac’? Nice nice!"

This thing could sell for five hundred thousand.

Next, there were some materials, a Crystal Core, potions, Awakening Energy Pearls, a Physical Key, and two Equipment Blueprints.

All things considered, it was quite a fruitful haul. Summoning monsters is indeed profitable!

Wang Tao then looked at the bodies in the acidic field and petted Lightning’s head saying,

"You’ll have to wait a bit for this body too; the acid should disperse soon."

"Woof~"

Lightning obediently wagged its tail.

Wang Tao took out another Meteorite.

"Continue!"

The 14th Meteorite opened, revealing a trash Crystal Core.

Disposed, next one.

The 15th Meteorite contained a Physical Awakening Key.

"Jackpot!"

Wang Tao grinned as he took the key and then opened the 16th Meteorite.

Inside was an Iron Bone Knife that Wang Tao had found before.

Not bad, a small gain.

In the 17th Meteorite, there was a complete set of armor.

[Iron Bone Armor]

[Rank Four (Excellent)]

[Durability +60, Attack Power +60]

These attributes, can only say they’re very average, and the armor looked kind of ugly; best to save it for selling later.

Wang Tao opened the 18th Meteorite.

A black shadow darted out, and seeing it expand and grow, Wang Tao let out a slight yelp.

"Huh? Is this a Fire-type Monster?"