NOVEL NEXT Chapter 331: Easy Slaying_2
Wang Tao didn't wait for him to adapt, and as soon as he saw the Fire Patterned Ant charging at him again, a long knife instantly appeared in his hand.
Whoosh!
Wang Tao charged at the Fire Patterned Ant again.
This time, the Fire Patterned Ant seemed to have learned its lesson. It didn't just try to bite Wang Tao with its large jaw but also used its legs and even antennae to attack him.
Wang Tao intended to use the tendrils again, like flying over like a spider, but seeing the situation, he reckoned that he would probably be intercepted halfway. So, a shield appeared in his hand.
Bang!
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All of the Fire Patterned Ant's attacks struck the shield.
Wang Tao took a step back, feeling somewhat numb.
Even while holding the shield, Wang Tao had lost over a thousand HP, indicating the high damage of the Fire Patterned Ant's attack. However, his electric shield also reflected back more than a thousand HP worth of damage to the Fire Patterned Ant, so it wasn't a complete loss.
The Fire Patterned Ant, being large in size, was relatively less agile. After this attack, it needed a very brief moment to react, and Wang Tao took advantage of this moment to immediately leap up high, then stepping on the Fire Patterned Ant's large jaw, he quickly ran up to its head. Then he grasped the knife with both hands and slashed down on its head.
Squish!
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Using the same location, the same high-frequency vibration, and the same weapon with equal attack power, Wang Tao's previous strike with a sickle had caused eight thousand HP damage, and with poison attack, a total of nine thousand HP.
This time, Wang Tao's single strike caused ten thousand, and along with three bleed damages, it accumulated to thirteen thousand HP!
Clearly, the additional two thousand or more HP damage was from the Armor Breaking attribute!
Wang Tao wasn't sure how exactly the Armor Breaking damage was calculated, but this Armor Break was not just a simple damage boost, it genuinely 'broke' the armor—his strike had actually pierced directly into the Fire Patterned Ant's head!
This was equivalent to breaking the armor in that specific small area, right?
So Wang Tao pulled out his long knife and struck the same spot again.
Squish!
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The total damage of this strike neared twenty thousand!
Seeing this number, Wang Tao roughly understood the specific meaning of the Armor Breaking attribute.
When attacking with the Armor Breaking attribute, it could ignore a part of the defense, allowing his attack to increase, but it also genuinely 'breaks the armor,' penetrating the opponent's shell!
Normally, the hardness of these creatures' shells is related to their HP levels; only by reducing the opponent to critical HP levels could one possibly penetrate the shell, and then the inflicted damage would increase.
But now, even when the Fire Patterned Ant still had a lot of HP left, the Armor Breaking attribute could directly penetrate the shell! Thus, when Wang Tao attacked this shattered spot, the damage would be even greater!
And it wasn't just Wang Tao. If others attacked this spot, their damage would definitely also increase, especially since its shell wasn't as strong as before!
After figuring this out, Wang Tao immediately grinned.
The Armor Breaking attribute of his Sharp Long Knife was indeed very effective against creatures with shells!
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However, if it were used against those soft-bodied zombies that he had encountered earlier, like bugs, then the Armor Breaking attribute probably wouldn't be very effective, a case of specializing in a particular skill...
While mulling over this, Wang Tao struck three more times.
Each hit caused nearly two thousand damage, and in just a short moment, the Fire Patterned Ant was left with just over forty thousand HP.
Squeak—
The Fire Patterned Ant went completely mad, twisting its body wildly, even rolling on the ground!
Wang Tao couldn't stay on its head anymore, so he had to jump down.
Seeing Wang Tao, this little bug, leave its body, the Fire Patterned Ant immediately charged at Wang Tao. It ignored the attacks from Jijun and the others, even though Jijun was jumping on its face, but its target was still Wang Tao!
Jijun's damage was not low, when the Fire Patterned Ant charged at Wang Tao again, it was left with just over ten thousand HP.
While Wang Tao's hands had already conjured a little, charged Fireball well in advance, and as soon as the Fire Patterned Ant reached him, he hurled this massive Fireball at it.
Boom—
The Fireball hit the Fire Patterned Ant's head, immediately turning it and the surrounding area into a sea of flames.
But what shocked Wang Tao was that his massive Fireball didn't kill it instantly!
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Previously, when he used the Fireball against the Cockroach Monster, his fully charged Fireball could deal thirty thousand HP damage, but against the same level Fire Patterned Ant, it only caused fifteen thousand damage.
"Is its shell fire-resistant?"
Wang Tao didn't have time to ponder, He immediately followed up with a Shockwave.
Puchi!
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The Fire Patterned Ant's HP bar dropped to zero.
Seeing that the kill was his own, Wang Tao instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
The others were also attacking, although the damage wasn't high, but with so many people attacking, there was still a chance to snatch the kill.
It wasn't that Wang Tao didn't want to let others have the kill, it's just that others killing the monster wouldn't include a Loot Pack, not as profitable as him making the kill.
Watching the Fire Patterned Ant collapse with a thud, everyone's attacks also ceased.
The flames lingering on the Fire Patterned Ant's body quickly extinguished, normally, the flames should have continued burning for a while.
"Its shell really does have fire resistance ability!"
Wang Tao said his fully charged Fireball wouldn't have such low damage otherwise.
"Time to clean up the battlefield!"
Wang Tao called out, and everyone immediately began clearing the battlefield.
By slaying this Fire Patterned Ant, Wang Tao obtained 100 Awakening Energy, 1 Advanced Special Energy, and 1 Awakening Key. Then the Fire Patterned Ant dropped four items and five Loot Packs.
The four items were a pair of its large jaws, a pair of antennae, a Purple Crystal Core, and an Awakening Energy Pearl.
[Obtained: Level 4: Fire Ant's Jaws x2]
[Obtained: Level 4: Fire Ant Antennae x2]
[Obtained: Level 4 Crystal Core - Defense]
[Obtained: Awakening Energy Pearl x1]
The items it dropped were quite good, its possession of a Defense Crystal Core was within Wang Tao's expectations.
However, the fact that its shell with Fire Resistance Ability wasn't a named piece of equipment meant it was of no use to Wang Tao; he could sell it to Shilin later, she would probably like it.
Then Wang Tao checked the Loot Packs.
The first pack contained five Crystal Cores.
These included a Red [Level 4 Crystal Core - Promotion], an Orange [Level 4 Crystal Core - Omnipotence], a Purple [Level 4 Crystal Core - Awakening], a Blue [Level 4 Crystal Core - Perception], and a Red [Level 4 Crystal Core - Fire Attribute Resistance].
There was actually a Perception Crystal Core, which was a pleasant surprise for Wang Tao. Perception Crystal Cores were rare; so far, he had only seen Han Rui and himself with Perception Ability! This Perception Crystal Core might allow everyone to switch their Ability!
Then there was another Crystal Core Wang Tao had never seen before.
[Level 4 Crystal Core - Fire Attribute Resistance]
[Quality: Excellent (80%)]
[Purity: 35% (Side effect: Naturally reduced Mana regeneration speed)]
[Fire Attribute Resistance: Passive Ability, strong resistance to Fire attribute attacks]
"Huh?"
Seeing the properties of this Crystal Core, Wang Tao was somewhat surprised.
So not only was this Fire Patterned Ant fire-resistant, but it also had a specific passive Ability for fire resistance!
However, Wang Tao felt this Ability wasn't very useful except on specific occasions, like facing a very powerful Fire Attribute zombie monster or something similar.
After collecting all the Crystal Cores, Wang Tao opened the second Loot Pack.
[Obtained: Strength Potion (Medium) x20]
[Obtained: Defense Potion (Medium) x20]
Twenty bottles each of Strength and Defense Potions, that was quite decent.
The third Loot Pack contained an Awakening Energy Pearl, the fourth one an Awakening Key.
[Obtained: Awakening Energy Pearl x1]
[Obtained: Awakening Key x1]
Another Awakening Key obtained!
Wang Tao had earlier traded two ordinary physical Awakening Keys with Cheng Yiyi, now they were replenished. He now had a total of four ordinary physical Awakening Keys.
Inside the last Loot Pack were Blueprints.
[Obtained: Giant Axe Double Knives Blueprint x1]
[Obtained: Perception Ring Blueprint x1]
Seeing these two Blueprints, Wang Tao was somewhat surprised.
The first Blueprint could produce two knives, and the second could produce a pair of rings.