Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot
Chapter 1396 - 578: Reaching 1 Million HP_2

Chapter 1396: Chapter 578: Reaching 1 Million HP_2

The range of the ice chain is also important; the small skull has a range of 25 meters from the weapon, the medium one 50 meters, and this large one 100 meters!

A radius of 100 meters covers an area of over 30,000 square meters, which is the size of four or five football fields. This range might not seem like much for giant zombies but is quite powerful for humans.

The last thing is the additional attributes provided by the ice chain. The large skull has an attribute cap that is 5% higher than the medium and 10% higher than the small! Additionally, like the medium skull, it has ice attribute defense, but with a higher cap of 20%! Moreover, the large skull has an extra attribute—extra movement speed with a cap of 20%!

If one could maximize the HP of this skull and find enough people to form the ice chain, the increased attributes would be quite exaggerated, especially since it could increase the stats for 500 people simultaneously!

Unfortunately, Wang Tao’s team is too small to make proper use of this kind of weapon.

He feels the military would be the most suitable to handle it, given their discipline and adherence to commands. If someone experienced were to lead the team, getting 500 people to fight together within a 100-meter radius should not be difficult.

Wang Tao plans to give this skull to Cheng Yiyi to enhance the battle strength of her Sixth Legion. As the weapon size issue is resolved, it’s well-suited for them.

Besides these tangible spoils of war, the giant zombie also dropped 5 loot packs. After organizing the tangible spoils, Wang Tao turned to these loot packs.

The first one contained a Crystal Core Gift Bag with 6 crystal cores.

They were an orange [Sixth Rank Crystal Core: Awakening], an orange [Sixth Rank Crystal Core: Omnipotence], an orange [Sixth Rank Crystal Core: Stripping], a red [Sixth Rank Crystal Core: Strength], a blue [Sixth Rank Crystal Core: Defense], and a purple [Sixth Rank Crystal Core: Mental Defense].

All of these crystal cores are useful to Wang Tao, especially the Sixth Rank Omnipotent Crystal Core, which he currently needs.

As for the Exraction Crystal Core, it’s great and rare as well; currently, there’s only one Sixth Rank Exraction Crystal Core. However, Wang Tao doesn’t need it now, as he is still satisfied with his abilities and doesn’t need to change them.

The second loot pack contained potions.

[Acquired: 30 x Strength Potion (Large)]

[Acquired: 30 x Defense Potion (Large)]

[Acquired: 30 x Life Elixir (Large)]

[Acquired: 30 x Energy Potion (Large)]

A total of four types of potions. Wang Tao still has plenty of Strength and Defense potions, but the key ones are the latter two—Life Elixirs and Energy Potions!

Wang Tao previously killed a Fifth-Order Giant Zombie, which dropped medium-sized Life Elixirs and Energy Potions; and when he killed Fourth Order Giant Zombies, he found small-sized Life Elixirs and Energy Potions.

These elixirs can increase the cap for HP and Mana! However, there’s a limit on usage, with a maximum of 10 bottles for each size.

Wang Tao has already reached the max usage for both small and medium-sized elixirs, and this is the first time he has encountered large-sized ones.

[Life Elixir (Large): HP cap +10,000 (max 10 bottles)]

[Energy Potion (Large): Mana cap +10,000 (max 10 bottles)]

Each large elixir bottle increases 10,000 HP or Mana, with a maximum of 10 bottles use.

"Good, good—wait, hang on!"

Wang Tao thought of something.

With 950,000 HP now, he had planned on hunting another giant zombie and using Blood Beads to reach 1,000,000 HP. But now... it seems he doesn’t need Blood Beads! Just 5 bottles of the large Life Elixirs would be enough!

Without hesitation, Wang Tao began to consume the elixirs.

First, he gulped down 10 Energy Keys, instantly increasing his Mana from 350,000 to 450,000.

Wang Tao was going to chug 5 Life Keys as well, but after a bit of thought, he took out 6 large Life Elixirs.

He decided to test if his HP could still increase after surpassing 1,000,000.

Although he previously assumed the cap for the sixth level was 1,000,000 HP and couldn’t be raised any further, since raising it might mean reaching Seventh Level, he wasn’t absolutely certain without trying.

So, Wang Tao drank 6 large Life Elixirs straight.

[HP: 1,000,000/1,000,000]

[Mana: 450,000/450,000]

"The 6th elixir indeed had no effect... but it doesn’t matter, I’ve reached 1,000,000 HP!"

Wang Tao felt a surge of power throughout his body! This is the life energy of a Sixth Rank at its pinnacle!

Even Wang Tao couldn’t hide his excitement at seeing this string of numbers.

After all, 1,000,000 HP is the threshold for Ascension to Seventh Level and also the most basic threshold. Only by reaching 1,000,000 HP does one have the right to continue getting stronger!

Wang Tao clenched his fists tightly, feeling the surging strength within him, and then closed his eyes.

When he ascended to Level 6, he felt that to know the conditions for Ascension to Seventh Level, his HP must first reach the upper limit of Level 6, which is 1,000,000 HP.

Now that Wang Tao has reached 1,000,000 HP, he closes his eyes to feel carefully.

Moments later, Wang Tao opened his eyes, deeply furrowing his brow.

"What exactly are the conditions to ascend to the Seventh Level?"

He vaguely felt that he was just one thin layer away from unveiling the mystery of the Seventh Level. It was like a layer of window paper, seemingly easily punctured. But when he tried to puncture it, he found he couldn’t aim properly and consistently missed the mark. It was as if... he lacked the final piece of the puzzle!

"Hu——"

Taking a deep breath, Wang Tao decided to take a rest later before continuing his research.

Such matters could not be rushed; the more impatient he became, the more chaotic his mind, and the less able he was to finely tune into his senses. Anyway, he now had one million HP; there was no need to rush.

So Wang Tao continued to check the spoils of war.

Inside the third Loot Pack was an Awakening Key.

[Obtained: Awakening Key x1]

He no longer had use for this thing himself; it was all being saved for Ding Yuqin and the others.

Inside the fourth Loot Pack was an equipment piercing device.

[Obtained: Gem Slot Opener x8]

[Gem Slot Opener: Can open a gem slot on equipment without one]

This thing was quite good, able to enhance Weapon Equipment with Abilities. However, it had requirements for Crystal Cores, and it was best to find the ones that suited oneself to achieve an effect where the whole was greater than the sum of its parts.

The last Loot Pack contained three Blueprints.

It was Wang Tao’s first time seeing three Blueprints explode from a single zombie, his luck today was indeed not bad!

[Obtained: Giant Slayer Ring Blueprint x1]

[Obtained: Giant’s Heart Necklace Blueprint x1]

[Obtained: Eye of the Giant Necklace Blueprint x1]

[Giant Slayer Ring Blueprint: Can be used to craft a ring. Required materials: Eye of the Giant x1, Sixth-Rank Crystal Core x1]

[Giant Slayer Ring: Attributes unknown]

[Giant’s Heart Necklace Blueprint: Can be used to craft a necklace. Required materials: Giant’s Heart x1, Sixth-Rank Crystal Core x1]

[Giant’s Heart Necklace: Attributes unknown]

The first two Blueprints were for a ring and a necklace, but this time they were Level 6. Wang Tao was wearing a Giant’s Ring and necklace of Level 5, and this time he could upgrade.

The third Blueprint was also for a necklace, but this necklace wasn’t the Giant’s Heart but a necklace with the same name as the material dropped by the Giant Zombie—Eye of the Giant.

[Eye of the Giant Necklace Blueprint: Can be used to craft a necklace. Required materials: Eye of the Giant x1, Sixth-Rank Crystal Core x1]

[Eye of the Giant Necklace: Attributes unknown]

Wang Tao was very curious about the attributes of this necklace, so he immediately took out three Sixth-Rank Crystal Cores to start crafting. After a burst of multicolored light, all three pieces of equipment appeared in Wang Tao’s hands.

[Giant Slayer Ring]

[Sixth Rank (Epic)]

[When attacking a life form with the "Giant" Awakening, damage +30%; when attacked by a life form with the "Giant" Awakening, damage received -30%]

The Fifth-Order Giant Slayer Ring increased damage to Giants by 20%, whereas this Sixth-Rank one increased it by 30%! Quite good, Wang Tao immediately switched it.

[Giant’s Heart Necklace]

[Sixth Rank (Epic)]

[Strength +15%, Stamina +15%, Attack power +15%, defensive power +15%]

The necklace was also very strong, with each of the four attributes of the Fifth-Leveled one increasing by 10%, the Sixth Rank increased each by 15%! Once again, Wang Tao switched.

Then Wang Tao looked at the last necklace. The center of this necklace was a hollow eye, slightly resembling the eye of the Giant Zombies, but it wasn’t ferocious—instead, it was a bit foolish-looking.

[Eye of the Giant Necklace]

[Sixth Rank (Epic)]

[Self Blood Regeneration Ability +300%, when using Healing on a target wearing the Giant series of equipment, target’s Healing Effect +50%]

"Eh? It actually enhances Healing..."