Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot

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This hunting mission was definitely a huge success, but Wang Tao’s losses were not insignificant.

There’s no need to dwell on his personal injuries or those from the entangling roots, for those could heal and weren’t a big concern.

The main issue was the damage to his gear.

The anti-rip black hoodie and black sport trousers he wore were ruined; the Level 3 Night Demon chest armor and leg armor were also destroyed; even his Rush Suit had suffered damage—having narrowly escaped destruction at the hands of the Giant Zombie previously, this time, it didn’t make it through.

In fact, the destruction of his gear couldn’t entirely be blamed on the Flame Monster, as when Wang Tao triggered Frenzy, his size increased significantly, and these pieces of gear had their limits…

At that moment, although Wang Tao could have stowed his gear in his Space Backpack, they were enhancing his defense, so for the sake of his own life, he had to let them take the damage.

Therefore, Wang Tao was now eagerly anticipating the Blueprints the Flame Monster might drop.

[Obtained: Black Stone Armor Top Blueprint x1]

[Black Stone Armor Top Blueprint: Can be used to craft one Black Stone Armor Top, Required materials: Black Stone Armor x1, Level 4 Crystal Core x1]

[Black Stone Armor Top: Comes with “Defense, Mental Defense, Element Defense, Innate Ability” Attributes]

[Black Stone Armor Pants Blueprint: Can be used to craft one set of Black Stone Armor Pants, Required materials: Black Stone Armor x1, Level 4 Crystal Core x1]

[Black Stone Armor Pants: Comes with “Defense, Mental Defense, Element Defense, Innate Ability” Attributes]

The Black Stone Armor Top and Pants were quite interesting as they only required Black Stone Armor and a Crystal Core, with no need for additional materials.

Furthermore, typical equipment tended to have “unknown attributes,” but these descriptions included four distinct attributes!

Wang Tao immediately began crafting.

Moments later, the crafting was complete.

When Wang Tao saw what the two pieces of equipment looked like, he was momentarily stunned.

This top and trousers looked rather skin-tight, very much like… a set of black Autumn Clothes?

These two pieces of equipment might look unremarkable, but their attributes were explosive!

[Black Stone Armor Top]

[Level 4 (Epic)]

[Durability +200, Defensive Power +100, Mental Defense +50, Element Defense +10, Fire Resistance, Ability: Not Inlaid (requires Awakening Energy to activate)]

[Black Stone Armor Pants]

[Level 4 (Epic)]

[Durability +200, Defensive Power +100, Mental Defense +50, Element Defense +10, Fire Resistance, Ability: Not Inlaid (requires Awakening Energy to activate)]

This was the strongest gear Wang Tao had seen thus far!

A direct plus of 200 to durability—one of the highest he had seen in gear before was the Mutant Explosion-proof Shield, and that was only 100.

Then there was the increase of 100 to defensive power, which was on par with the Mutant Explosion-proof Shield’s defense!

However, the most important were the subsequent attributes.

Mental Defense +50! This was the first time Wang Tao had seen such an attribute, which must be an innate trait of the “Black Stone Armor” material.

As for how strong this 50 mental defense was, Wang Tao wasn’t sure, but considering the Flame Monster had completely ignored his mental attacks, it must be strong.

Next was Element Defense +10, which might be defense against elements like fire and water?

This kind of ability seemed related to Awakening… meaning, it likely provided a certain defense against Awakening abilities?

Wang Tao had yet to Awaken, so he wasn’t quite clear about this “Element” thing yet.

Last was Fire Resistance and the innate Ability.

The Fire Resistance probably wasn’t much different from Entangling Roots, maybe even stronger, as after all, these were items dropped by a Flame Monster.

As for the innate Ability, all Wang Tao could say was incredible!

Looking at the situation, the top and trousers could potentially inlay two different Crystal Cores! After all, this was an ability carried by individual pieces of gear, not a set.

However, he was currently unable to inlay any Crystal Cores, as doing so required Awakening Energy to activate, which Wang Tao did not have at the moment.

“Awakening Energy… It seems a lot of things above level 4 need Awakening Energy!”

Yang Changhong had already fallen asleep; Wang Tao tried on the clothes.

Surprisingly, this set of gear was the most comfortable that Wang Tao had ever worn.

Wang Tao suddenly thought that if he wore this set inside, he could wear other equipment on the outside!

“Night Demon Set…”

Wang Tao stroked his chin.

Having lost the Night Demon Breastplate and Leg Armor, he thought perhaps he could hunt more Night Demons to see if he could get more Blueprints to drop…

Wang Tao turned to look at the last Loot Pack, which contained something that looked like a key.

[Obtained: Awakening Key x1]

[Awakening Key: The necessary key for Awakening]

“Huh? Can this thing actually drop?”

Wang Tao was surprised.

The Awakening Key he had acquired from killing a Level 4 Lord Zombie was not a physical object but resembled Special Energy, visible now in his attribute panel.

Of course, he could feel a few light points inside his body as well.

But in any case, it wasn’t a physical object he could take out.

And yet, he was now looking at an actual Awakening Key!

The Awakening Key gave him a sensation similar to the virtual Awakening Keys inside him. He could also fuse it like a Fusion Crystal Core!

However, Wang Tao wasn’t in a hurry to fuse it. He could wait until he needed it to fuse because once fused, he wouldn’t be able to extract it again.

After inspecting all the loot, Wang Tao took out a Level 4 Ascension Crystal Core.

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