Chapter 478 Iron Whip

This mutant vine is the strongest enemy that Wang Tao has killed so far. Although Wang Tao was very calm throughout the whole process and did not lose much blood, it is true that it has 500,000 blood.

In fact, Wang Tao does not need [Hellfire]. After all, [Hellfire] consumes too much energy. Using it once will consume 1,000 awakening energy. With this 1,000 awakening energy, other abilities can also kill the mutant vine.

Mainly because Wang Tao wants to know how much damage [Hellfire] will cause to 500,000 fifth-level lords.

Now he knows that even when facing a fifth-level lord, [Hellfire] can still cause about 100,000 damage!

This is definitely the ability with the highest damage at present, and it is a powerful trump card of Wang Tao!

After Wang Tao put away the spoils of the mutant vine, he did not rush to check it, but walked into the pile of rubble to check the treasure chest.

The treasure chest in front of him seemed to be made of wood and brass. It was larger than the fine treasure chest obtained before, and its quality was obviously higher-this is an [Excellent Treasure Chest].

This surprised Wang Tao. Obviously, the higher the quality of the treasure chest, the greater the probability of opening good things.

Unopened treasure chests cannot be stored in the storage space, so Wang Tao put his hand on the keyhole of the treasure chest and prepared to open it with an awakening key. He still has a lot of awakening keys, so it is no problem to open a treasure chest.

Then, Wang Tao was stunned.

He found that the awakening key could not open this [excellent treasure chest], but required a high-level awakening key!

"Ah?"

Use a high-level awakening key?

It takes 100 ordinary awakening keys to merge into 1 high-level awakening key, so the cost of opening this [excellent treasure chest] is 100 times that of opening the [excellent treasure chest]! That cost is too high!

Wang Tao suddenly felt uncomfortable.

Not only did the cost increase, but more importantly, he didn't have 100 ordinary awakening keys now... So it's not a question of whether he is willing to open the treasure chest, but he can't open it even if he wants to!

But Wang Tao can only get the awakening key by killing lords of level 5 or above... He only has 80 in his hand, and he still needs 20.

He wanted to kill 20 level 5 lords, but he couldn't get them for a while!

And there is another point. The awakening keys in Wang Tao's hand are all physical awakening keys, which can be used or traded with teammates. If these awakening keys are used to open treasure chests, it always feels too wasteful--

"By the way! This treasure chest doesn't necessarily have to be opened by me, you can let others open it!"

Wang Tao's eyes suddenly lit up.

Although he can only get the awakening key by killing lords of level 5 or above, Ding Yuqin is still level 4, so they just need to kill the level 4 lords.

From the current situation, there are still many level 4 lords here, especially on the first floor, where there are level 4 lords everywhere!

It shouldn't be difficult for them to collect 100 awakening keys, especially with Wang Tao's help, it will be even easier.

"Let's do it!"

Wang Tao made a decision immediately. He contacted Ding Yuqin and told them to stay where they were and he would go find them.

If the treasure chest had not been discovered, it would be fine. But since it was discovered, Wang Tao would definitely open the treasure chest first if he had the chance. So he would open the treasure chest before continuing to explore.

Wang Tao waited until Lightning had finished devouring the body of the mutant vine, and then said to it:

"Let's go, let's go back to the upper level."

"Woof~"

Lightning remembers the way, it quickly grows bigger, and runs back with Wang Tao on its back.

Sitting on Lightning's back, Wang Tao took the opportunity to check the loot he had just obtained.

The mutant vine exploded with 5 kinds of physical loot.

[Obtained: Fifth-level crystal core·Powerful*1]

[Obtained: Advanced tree essence*3283]

[Obtained: Steel vine*1]

[Obtained: Devouring seeds*1]

[Obtained: Alloy vine*8]

Needless to say, the red crystal core, the powerful crystal core, is a familiar face.

The five-level lords Wang Tao killed before did not drop [Advanced Tree Essence], but the four-level lords dropped a lot. Wang Tao thought that the five-level lords would not drop such things, but it seems that it is not the case. This time, more than five thousand dropped at once, ten times more than the four-level lords!

Wang Tao happily put away the advanced essence. Whether he can break through 200,000 health points depends on these advanced essences for the time being.

[Steel vines: production materials]

"Steel vines" are part of the body that fell from the mutant vines, and are a production material. So to be precise, this monster should be called steel vines...

This material is very large, and Wang Tao is not sure what it can be made from for the time being. He is looking forward to it.

[Devouring seeds: Planted in the body of a four-level lord, it can grow and bear a swallowing fruit when it grows up. The swallowing fruit can swallow a certain amount of wood materials and transform them into higher-level wood materials]

When Wang Tao saw the name "devouring seeds", he thought it was a good thing like "magic seeds" that can increase hidden attributes, but it turned out not to be.

As for the introduction of this Devouring Seed, it says that the Devouring Fruit can be used to devour other wood materials and transform them into higher-level materials... It sounds good, but having the materials alone is useless, there must be corresponding manufacturing drawings!

Even if you get high-level materials, it’s useless if you don’t have the blueprints... Although the research institute can use these materials or make equipment with them, it’s definitely not as good as making blueprints...

However, Wang Tao also has a lot of materials, and it doesn’t cost money anyway, so he can try it later to see what the effect is.

[Alloy vines: production materials, vines made of alloy, very hard]

This "alloy vine" is what was ambushed underground by the steel vines before. Wang Tao collected them all, a total of eight. It is not integrated with the steel vines, and it is a bit like the weapon of the steel vines.

The introduction of the alloy vines says that this is a production material and emphasizes that it is very hard. It should be a good material, but I don’t know if there is a corresponding design drawing...

After collecting these spoils, Wang Tao looked at the spoils package again.

There are a total of 5 spoils packages, the first one is a crystal core gift package.

They are orange [Level 5 Crystal Core·Promotion], red [Level 5 Crystal Core·Awakening], red [Level 5 Crystal Core·Almighty], purple [Level 5 Crystal Core·Defense] and blue [Level 5 Crystal Core·Nutrient Absorption].

Since there was nothing special about the crystal core, Wang Tao took a look and put it away, then checked the second loot package, which contained an antidote.

[Obtained: Antidote*50]

Another fifty antidote potions. There are a large number of mutant plants in the cave, and many mutant plants are poisonous. Having an antidote potion and not having an antidote potion are definitely two completely different feelings, especially when encountering a situation like a poisonous lake, the antidote potion comes in handy.

The third loot contains a physical awakening key.

[Obtained: Awakening key*1]

The fourth loot package contains essence.

[Obtained: Advanced Tree Essence * 10240]

The mutant vine just exploded more than 3,000 essences, and this loot package exploded another 10,000. Wang Tao estimated that he would not be short of this thing in the short term.

Wang Tao looked at the last loot package, he hoped there would be two production drawings in it. But unfortunately there was only one.

[Obtained: Iron Thorn Steel Whip Production Drawing * 1]

[Iron Thorn Steel Whip Production Drawing: can make a hard whip, required materials: steel vine 1, fifth-level crystal core 1, iron block 50, nail 50, rubber 50, screw 50, steel wire 50]

[Iron Thorn Steel Whip: with armor-piercing properties]

Seeing this production drawing, Wang Tao raised his eyebrows.

When he saw the name just now, he thought that the weapon made by this drawing was a soft whip, but he didn't expect it to be a hard whip with armor-piercing properties...

The hard whip is a weapon shaped like a bamboo joint, with protrusions similar to bamboo joints evenly distributed on the whip body, and a sharp end. It is mainly used for chopping and smashing, but it can also be used for stabbing.

This kind of weapon was mostly used in horse battles in ancient times. It was considered a blunt weapon, so it has a strong armor-piercing ability.

If it is a soft whip, Wang Tao will definitely not use it because he doesn't know how to use it. But if it is a hard whip, then he can try it.

The sharp long sword he is using now is a good weapon, but he is already level 5 after all, and the sharp long sword is still level 4. It would be better if he could change it to a level 5 weapon.

Wang Tao looked at the materials in the space backpack and found that they were all sufficient. So Wang Tao started making it immediately.

After a while, a burst of colorful light came out from the running Lightning, and then a huge hard whip appeared in Wang Tao's hand.

"Huh? So big!"

Seeing this two-meter-long, cup-mouth-thick weapon with a total of thirteen sections in front of him, Wang Tao was very surprised.

You call such a big thing a whip?

It should be more appropriate to call it a stick, right? And it's a thick stick...

But it's true that Wang Tao felt that it was quite suitable for him when he held it in his hand with its size and weight.

Of course, whether it is suitable or not depends mainly on the attributes. If the attributes are not good, it doesn't matter how good the feel is. As for its attributes, Wang Tao exclaimed that it was awesome.

[Iron Thorn Steel Whip]

[Level 5 (Excellent)]

[Durability +120, Attack Power +120, with Armor Breaking Effect (Armor Breaking Effect requires Awakening Energy) Ability: Iron Thorn]

[Iron Thorn: A large number of iron thorns grow on the whip, and the armor breaking effect is weakened at this time, but the attack power is +20, and it has a bleeding effect (bleeding effect requires awakening energy)]

The durability and attack of this hard whip are both increased by 120, which is the second highest attack power equipment in Wang Tao's hands!

The equipment with the highest attack power is the [Impact Hammer] he obtained before. That weapon adds 150 points of attack, and the damage is very terrifying. But it has a side effect-reducing the attack speed by 50%, which is an unbearable disadvantage for Wang Tao, after all, Wang Tao is good at speed. So unless in some special circumstances, Wang Tao generally doesn't use it.

Although the 120 attack power of this [Iron Thorn Steel Whip] is not as high as the [Impact Hammer], it is already very good. After all, Wang Tao's main weapon, the sharp long sword, only adds 80 attack power.

And the [Iron Thorn Steel Whip] has no side effect of deceleration, and it also has an armor-breaking ability, which is a plus for Wang Tao.

But what surprised Wang Tao the most was that the Iron Thorn Steel Whip came with a special ability [Iron Thorn]! The [Iron Thorn] special ability can increase the attack power of the weapon by 20!

The [Iron Thorn Steel Whip] already has 120 attack power, and adding 20 is 140! It is only 10 points lower than the impact hammer!

Wang Tao is definitely willing to trade 10 attack points for 50% attack speed.

Although the armor-breaking ability is weakened after activating [Iron Thorn], it has an additional bleeding effect, plus the 20 attack points are real, so even if the armor-breaking effect is really weakened, it is not a big problem.

Wang Tao held the Iron Thorn Steel Whip and waved it a few times, feeling quite comfortable.

He activated the Iron Thorn ability of the steel whip again, and instantly saw sharp iron thorns appear on the steel whip. At this time, it does not look like a steel whip, but like a mace.

These two states can be switched at will, and they do not consume anything. Wang Tao likes this function very much.

The usage of these two states is also very simple-when encountering monsters with harder shells, you can use the Steel Whip state to break armor; when encountering monsters with less hard shells, use the Iron Thorn state to deal more damage!

For example, in the cave now, those mutant plants generally have no shells, and the lethality of using the Iron Thorn state directly should be stronger.

After getting familiar with it for a while, Wang Tao decided to change weapons.

Before finding a better weapon, the main weapon in the future will be this iron spike steel whip. As for the sharp long sword, it can be given to Lu Yingfeng.

Lu Yingfeng is now using the Night Demon Short Sword. Although the Night Demon Short Sword is a fifth-level one and has stronger attack power than the sharp long sword, Lu Yingfeng is a long sword after all, and the short sword affects her performance.

Now Wang Tao's sharp long sword has been replaced, which is just right for Lu Yingfeng. With her swordsmanship, it is estimated that she can at least exert 150% of the power of the sharp long sword...

On the way back, Wang Tao hoped that a few monsters would appear so that he could try the power of the new weapon.

But Lightning strictly followed the route he came from, and the mutant plants on the road were cleaned up by Wang Tao. So he didn't encounter any monsters, which made Wang Tao a little disappointed.

It took some time for the man and the dog to finally come to the entrance of the second underground floor.

After going up, it was obvious that the black fog on the first layer was much thinner than the second layer. For Wang Tao, it didn't have any impact, but Lightning was slightly relieved. When he was on the second floor, he always felt very depressed, but it felt much better after coming to the first floor.

Wang Tao followed the guidance of the induction ring to find Ding Yuqin and others, but he didn't meet anyone from the base along the way.

"I've been down there for a long time, and no one has come yet..."

Wang Tao was worried that something might have happened, so he tried to contact the director of teaching Pan Jian with the intercom, and he was quickly connected.

Pan Jian told Wang Tao that they were fine, it was just that the exploration speed was slow.