Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot
Chapter 1282 - 529: Seventh-tier Summoning Altar_2

Chapter 1282: Chapter 529: Seventh-tier Summoning Altar_2

He didn’t even bother to check the spoils of war but instead appeared beside a Mammoth Base staff member in an instant. Then, like pinching an insect, he picked him up and held him in front of his own eyes.

"You! Where are those thousands of survivors from your base!"

Wang Tao’s voice, emitted through the Gold Beetle, was somewhat suppressed and terrifying.

The man was so scared that he wet his pants, thinking it was a monster that had invaded the Mammoth Base. Though unclear why the monster could speak human language, the instinct to survive made him immediately answer in a trembling voice:

"They are all in the hall—uh, the hall is gone... but they were indeed all in the hall, they were brought in by our leader a few days ago, and then they never came out..."

"..."

Wang Tao had still been holding onto a sliver of hope, but now it was confirmed. Those exquisite human sculptures were the ordinary survivors of the Mammoth Base!

Wang Tao wished he could kill all these Mammoth Base managers on the spot. However, he still needed to interrogate these people, so he suppressed the urge to kill.

He carelessly threw the man out, who fell nearly to his death. Then Wang Tao said indifferently:

"Everyone, come here and line up. Those who disobey die!"

His voice was not loud, but it spread throughout the entire Mammoth Base.

Naturally, the people of Mammoth Base didn’t want to come over, but the hall that signified authority and status had collapsed, their boss had not appeared for a long time, and now there was a creature with a horrifying aura present... they didn’t dare not to listen.

In a moment, more than ten people stood in front of Wang Tao.

"Is this all that’s left of Mammoth Base?"

Wang Tao frowned.

"They all entered the hall one after another before..."

Someone who was quick-witted spoke up promptly.

"...This Tian Hua, not only does he consume the lives of ordinary people, but he doesn’t even spare his own subordinates! To let him die like that is really letting him off easy!"

Wang Tao ordered the ten-plus people to hug their heads and squat down. He stepped out from the Gold Beetle.

The Gold Beetle was now battle-damaged and would probably not have been able to hold up much longer, even if it were given more Crystal Cores to sustain it.

Wang Tao put away the Gold Beetle and fed it a large number of Crystal Cores for sustenance. Then he finally had time to look at his feet—when the hall had collapsed earlier, he had noticed a name appearing on the ground!

With a casual wave of his hand, the circular stone floor disappeared. When he reached out again, a palm-sized small disc appeared in his hand. The disc was full of intricate patterns, looking very exquisite.

[Obtained: Seventh-tier·Summoning Altar x1]

"A Summoning Altar?"

This was an item type that Wang Tao had never seen before. He immediately looked at the specific attributes of the Summoning Altar.

[Seventh-tier·Summoning Altar]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Number of uses: 1/3]

[Sacrifice: 0%]

[Function: Consume all sacrifices to randomly summon a Seventh Order creature]

"Summon... a Seventh Order creature?"

Wang Tao frowned. Tian Hua had summoned that what’s-it-called Stone God to imbue him, yet it only turned him into a Sixth Rank, albeit a Sixth Rank Disaster Class, but after all, it was still Sixth Rank, not Seventh Level.

Moreover, the creature summoned seemed not to be a solid entity, but more like a stream of energy that directly blessed Tian Hua...

Wang Tao hurriedly looked at the detailed explanation below.

[Quality: The quality of the Summoning Altar will affect the number of uses. An Ordinary quality Summoning Altar has a usage count of 1/1, Excellent quality is 2/2, excellent quality is 3/3, outstanding quality is 4/4, and Epic Quality is 5/5]

[Usable times: The maximum number of summonings. When the count reaches zero, the Summoning Altar is destroyed]

"This Summoning Altar is of excellent quality and can be used up to three times. It now shows there is one use remaining, which clearly indicates the other two were used by Tian Hua..."

Wang Tao stroked his chin and continued to read.

[Sacrifice: Sacrifice any life energy, summoning can be initiated with more than 1%]

"Life energy sacrifice!"

A dark expression crossed Wang Tao’s face; Tian Hua had evidently sacrificed the lives of over three thousand Survivors at Mammoth Base to perform the summoning.

Wang Tao could never commit such an inhumane act... But that being said, the information above mentioned the sacrifice was life energy, not necessarily human life energy... So, would zombies work?

He might want to try it if there was a chance later!

Putting aside whether to summon or not, Wang Tao just wanted to know if this so-called life energy included zombies.

[Function: All of the sacrificed energy is consumed when summoning. If the sacrifice is less than 100%, the summoned creature will descend upon the summoner, the higher the percentage of the sacrifice, the greater the energy bestowed upon oneself. When the sacrifice reaches 100%, the summoned creature will personally descend. If the Summoning Altar has two or more summoning opportunities, and if the summoned creature does not visit in person the first time, then the subsequent summons will still be of this creature]

[Note: When a summoned creature descends upon oneself, although it will enhance one’s strength to a certain extent, it will affect one’s sanity. The more energy that descends, the greater the increase in strength, and the lower one’s sanity, eventually resulting in complete loss of reason. Please use caution when allowing a summoned creature to descend upon oneself]

Having read this feature explanation, Wang Tao suddenly understood the previously unclear aspects.

As long as the sacrifice exceeded 1%, he could initiate a summoning, but in that case, the summoned creature couldn’t come directly but would descend upon the summoner in the form of energy!

When the sacrifice reached 100%, then the summoned creature would personally come.

This was why it was written on the Summoning Altar that a Seventh Order Creature could be summoned, but Tian Hua was only Sixth Rank—because he didn’t gather enough sacrifice to reach 100%, the so-called Stone God did not personally appear but instead, the energy of the Stone God blessed Tian Hua, granting him Sixth Rank Disaster-level strength!

The Altar was of excellent quality, capable of summoning three times. Tian Hua’s first summoning was of the Stone God; perhaps at that time, being infused with the Stone God’s power, he directly advanced to Level 5 and thus worshipped the Stone God, starting to believe in it.

After that, Tian Hua started preparing for the second summoning of the Stone God; during the first attempt, he probably didn’t use much life energy, so he planned to use more for the second.

But nearly all the people of Mammoth Base were sacrificed, and still, there wasn’t enough; so Tian Hua momentarily refrained from summoning. He probably wanted to accumulate 100% before summoning again.

But then, Wang Tao arrived.

Discovering he couldn’t defeat Wang Tao, Tian Hua had no choice but to initiate another summoning.

This time, since the sacrifice was not 100%, the Stone God still did not appear personally, but apparently, there was a significant amount of sacrifice, so the Stone God poured even more energy into Tian Hua, transforming him from a Fifth Order Awakener to a Sixth Rank Disaster (Residual).

Ordinary humans couldn’t possess a suffix like "Disaster," so while Tian Hua was hosting the Stone God, his body remained his own, but presumably, he had lost all his reason, completely influenced by the Stone God’s power.

This was why Tian Hua at that time seemed less intelligent to Wang Tao.

The likely reason why Tian Hua’s combat power was increasingly formidable was the growing influence of the Stone God.

Wang Tao had a hard time bringing Sixth Rank Disaster Tian Hua down. With his dying breath, Tian Hua said, "I’ll remember you," a phrase that was almost certainly not uttered by Tian Hua himself, but by the Stone God. It seemed like the Stone God saw Wang Tao through Tian Hua’s body.

Being targeted by a Seventh Order creature, Wang Tao couldn’t say he felt no pressure. Who knew where that thing was hiding; since Tian Hua could summon it, maybe others could too!

The energy the Stone God gave Tian Hua could turn him into a Sixth Rank Disaster, and it took all of Wang Tao’s might to take him down. If the Stone God were to intervene personally, not many Wang Taos would suffice...

But Wang Tao didn’t panic; pressure breeds motivation. So long as his strength was sufficient, even if this so-called Stone God came in person, he’d make sure it was a one-way trip!