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Chapter 639 - 264 Flame Monster_1
Chapter 639 - 264 Flame Monster_1
Chapter 639: Chapter 264 Flame Monster_1
This active attack-type crystal core is called “Instant Strike,” and Yang Changhong and his team encountered a group of Level 3 Elite Zombies, and after killing them, this type of crystal core emerged.
[Level 3 Crystal Core · Instant Strike]
[Quality: Excellent (60%)]
[Purity: 40% (Side effect: Reduced attack power)]
[Instant Strike: Consumes energy for an instant attack. There is a certain interval between attacks.]
This ability is quite interesting. According to what Yang Changhong said, the group of zombies all wielded sticks, machetes, and other cold weapons. As soon as you get into close combat with them, you’re bound to be attacked first!
It’s difficult to see how their attacks are delivered because they’re too fast. But the damage isn’t very high—at least not fatally threatening to those wearing Iron Tree Armors.
Wang Tao, after seeing the specific attributes of this crystal core, roughly understood that the attack was purely fast.
Of course, speed is also a symbol of attack power in itself; the simplest example is a bullet. Yet, the side effect of this crystal core is to reduce attack power…
So this is why Yang Changhong and his team felt that the enemy’s attacks were fast, but not very powerful.
Of course, this was not a problem for Wang Tao.
He used three Instant Strike crystal cores to synthesize an Epic one, then he extracted another ability from it and fused them.
Moments later, Wang Tao successfully fused “Instant Strike.”
After experimenting, he found that without the side effects, the power of Instant Strike was indeed significant, almost on par with high-frequency vibration. However, high-frequency vibration had no interval between attacks—he could use it any time as long as he had the energy. Instant Strike, however, had an interval of about ten or more seconds.
But for Wang Tao, this was already enough. The feature of Instant Strike was not the damage, but the immediate attack that made it impossible for the enemy to defend against. Wang Tao felt it was very suitable for sneak attacks.
If there was a drawback, it would probably be that the attack range was rather short.
Wang Tao reviewed his abilities.
Instant Strike and Mastery Fusion indeed could be combined, with over ninety percent probability. Wang Tao went ahead and fused them.
Shortly after, a new Mastery Fusion ability appeared, with the same name but an additional term.
[Level 3 Grade 1 · Mastery Fusion]
[Mastery Fusion: Consumes energy to use abilities such as Instant Strike, Continuous Slash, Air Bullet, high-frequency vibration, Shockwave, Indirect Attack, and Energize One Hit.]
Wang Tao immediately began fusing with Level 3 Omnipotent Crystal Cores.
His Level 3 Omnipotent Crystal Core was already nearly depleted, and the drop rate for Omnipotent Cores was not high. However, they had eliminated a large number of zombies, many of which were Level 3 Elites, so he had managed to gather a few Omnipotent Cores, marginally sufficient for his needs.
After some time, Wang Tao’s Mastery Fusion ability also successfully reached +10. At this point, all four of his abilities were at Level 3 +10!
Now, all he lacked was a Level 4 Ascension Crystal Core!
…
Wang Tao and his group rested for three days at the base, gathering their strength.
The rain had lessened a bit that day.
With ample preparations, Wang Tao and his group set off in a helicopter towards the Wuyang City urban area, led by He Jijun.
With the experience from before, He Jijun flew the helicopter high right from the start, traveling at a high altitude.
Though the strategy couldn’t make the noise disappear, it spread out and lessened it somewhat, preventing zombies from quickly gathering below them.
Of course, as long as the helicopter kept moving, it wouldn’t be an issue. Otherwise, if they stayed in one place for too long, they could still attract many zombies.
They had barely approached the urban area when Wang Tao cursed under his breath.
“Damn it!”
Because from the helicopter he could clearly see the giant figure at the edge of the city!
“Giant Zombie!”
Everyone’s faces looked a bit grim.
Since the Giant Zombie was here, naturally they couldn’t pass by this area. Even though Giant Zombies were definitely slower than the helicopter, if one giant palm slapped them down, they would be in dire straits. There was no need to take that risk.
So He Jijun began to take a detour.
But just as they barely skirted around that Giant Zombie, another one appeared in the distance!
Everyone was somewhat stunned.
What’s with these several Giant Zombies, why have they moved to the outskirts of the urban area? Could it be… they specifically came to block us?
“How so?”
Yang Changhong asked with concern.
“This Giant Zombie, it’s not one of those three we encountered before.”
“What?”
Everyone was taken aback.
“Do you mean there are other Giant Zombies?”
“Correct.”
The appearance of these Giant Zombies was pretty similar and hard to distinguish. The three Giant Zombies Wang Tao had seen before had HP levels of 200,000, 300,000, and 400,000.
Yet this Giant Zombie had 350,000 HP, and the one they had just circumvented was 300,000 HP.
Clearly, this must be another new Giant Zombie!
How many Giant Zombies could there be inside Wuyang City urban area?!
Suddenly, Wang Tao felt an urge to leave the military base right away. After all, the presence of so many Giant Zombies close to the base made it hard to rest easy!
After hearing Wang Tao’s firm statement, everyone fell silent for a moment.
Four Giant Zombies—a number that embodied despair and there could still be more than four… As if to prove their thoughts, after He Jijun had detoured around this Giant Zombie from a long distance, yet another Giant Zombie appeared in the distance!
“Have the Giant Zombies in the Wuyang City urban area all run to the outskirts? Could it be… they specifically came to trap us?”
Nie Siyan suddenly said.
The idea was a bit far-fetched; could the zombies remember them? And even set up an ambush specifically for them? Could they really be that smart?