Doomsday: I can see the health bar, kill monsters and drop treasure.

Chapter 478 Iron Thorns and Steel 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, this is indeed the case. After all, he has half a million blood.

In fact, Wang Tao doesn't need [Hell Fire]. After all, [Hell Fire] consumes too much. One use will consume 1000 awakening energy. With this 1000 awakening energy, the mutated vines can be killed with other abilities.

Mainly because Wang Tao wanted to know how much damage [Hell Fire] would cause to a five-million-dollar fifth-level lord.

Now he knows that even when facing a fifth-level lord, [Hell Fire] 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 mutated vines, he did not rush to check, but walked into the pile of rubble to check the treasure box.

The treasure chest in front of me seems to be made of wood and brass. It is larger than the fine treasure chest I obtained before, and its quality is 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 finding good things.

Unopened treasure chests cannot be stored in the storage space, so Wang Tao put his hand at the keyhole of the treasure chest, preparing to open it with an awakening key. He still has many secret keys to awakening, so there is no problem in opening a treasure chest.

Then, Wang Tao was stunned.

He found that the Awakening Secret Key could not open this [Excellent Treasure Box], but that a high-level Awakening Secret Key was needed!
"what?"

Use advanced awakening key?

"That's right! I don't have to be the one to open this treasure chest. Others can be the one to open it!"

He wanted to kill twenty fifth-level lords, but he couldn't reach them for a while!
And another point is that the awakening keys in Wang Tao's hands are physical awakening keys, which can be used or traded by teammates. If you use these awakening keys to open treasure chests, it always feels like a waste——

Although he can only obtain the awakening key by killing the fifth-level lord or above, Ding Yuqin is still fourth-level, so they only need to kill the fourth-level lord.

Wang Tao suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

[Obtain: Advanced Tree Essence*3283]

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

[Obtain: Fifth-order crystal core, great power*1]

Wang Tao waited until the lightning had devoured the corpse of the mutated vine, then said to it:

"Wang~"

If something like a treasure chest has not been discovered, forget it. Now that it has been discovered, Wang Tao will definitely open the treasure chest first if there is a chance. So he wants to open this treasure chest before continuing to explore.

But now Wang Tao can only obtain the awakening key by killing lords of level five and above... He only has 80 in his hand, 20 less.

"Come on, let's go back to the next level."

Lightning remembers paths, and it quickly grew in size, carrying Wang Tao on its back and running back.

Judging from the current situation, there are still a lot of fourth-order lords here, especially on the first floor, where there are fourth-order lords everywhere!

Mutated vines exploded with 5 kinds of physical loot.

What's uncomfortable is not only that the cost has increased significantly, but more importantly, he now doesn't have 100 ordinary awakening keys... So it's not a question of whether he wants to open the treasure chest, but he can't open it even if he wants to!

It takes 100 ordinary awakening keys to be merged into one advanced awakening key, so the cost of opening this [Excellent Treasure Box] is 1 times that of opening the [Excellent Treasure Box]! Then the cost is too high!

"Just do it!"

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

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

Wang Tao's eyes suddenly lit up.

[Get: Steel Vine*1]

[Obtain: Devouring Seed*1]

[Obtain: Alloy Vine*8]

Needless to say, the red crystal core, the powerful crystal core, looks the same.

None of the fifth-level lords Wang Tao killed before exploded [Advanced Tree Essence], but the fourth-level lords exploded a lot. Wang Tao thought that a fifth-level lord wouldn't explode such a thing, but it seems that's not the case. This time, more than five thousand were exploded at once, which was ten times more than what the fourth-level lord had exploded!
Wang Tao happily put away the advanced essence. Whether he could break through 20 blood volume, he could only rely on these advanced essences for the time being.

[Steel Vine: Production Materials]

"Steel Vine" is a part of the body that fell from the mutated vine, and is a crafting material. So to be precise, this monster should be called Steel Vine...

This material is very large, and Wang Tao doesn't know yet what he can make. He is looking forward to it.

[Swallowed seed: It can grow when planted in the body of a fourth-level lord creature. When it grows up, it will bear a swallowing fruit. The swallowing fruit can swallow a certain amount of wood materials, thereby transforming them into higher-level wood materials]

When he saw the name "Swallowing Seed", Wang Tao thought it was a good thing like "Magic Seed" that could increase hidden attributes, but it turned out not to be the case.

As for the introduction of this swallowing seed, it is said that you can use the swallowing fruit to swallow other wood materials and transform them into more advanced materials... It sounds good, but the materials alone are useless, you must have the corresponding manufacturing drawings!

Even if you get high-end materials, it's still useless if you don't have the blueprints... Although the research institute can also use these materials or use these materials to make equipment, it is definitely not as good as making blueprints...

However, Wang Tao also has a lot of materials in hand, and it doesn't cost any money anyway. He can try it later and see what the effect is.

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

This "alloy vine" was the thing that was hidden underground by the steel vine before. Wang Tao collected all of them, eight in total. It is not one with the steel vine, it is a bit like the weapon of the steel vine.

The introduction of alloy vines says that it is made of material and emphasizes that it is very hard. I guess it should be a good material, but I don’t know if there are any corresponding design drawings...

After putting away the trophies, Wang Tao looked at the trophy package again.

There are 5 loot packages in total, the first one is the 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 [ Fifth-order crystal core·Absorb nutrients].

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

[Obtain: Antidote Potion*50]

Another fifty antidote potions. There are a large number of mutated plants in the caves, and many of the mutated plants are poisonous. There are absolutely two completely different feelings between having antidote and not having antidote, especially in situations like poisonous lakes. Antidote and potion faction It's been put to great use.

Inside the third trophy is a physical awakening key. [Obtain: Awakening Key*1]

The fourth loot package contains the essence.

[Obtain: Advanced Tree Essence*10240]

The mutated vine had just released more than 3,000 essences, and the loot package had released another 10,000. Wang Tao estimated that he would not be short of this in a short time.

Wang Tao looked at the last trophy package. He hoped that there were two production drawings in it. But unfortunately there is only one.

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

【铁刺钢鞭制作图纸：可以制作出一根硬鞭，所需材料：钢铁藤蔓*1，五阶晶核*1，铁块*50、钉子*50、橡胶*50、螺丝*50、钢丝*50】

[Iron-thorned steel whip: with armor-piercing properties]

Wang Tao raised his eyebrows when he saw this production drawing.

When he first saw the name, he thought the weapon made from 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 the bamboo joints evenly distributed on the whip body, and the end is sharp. It is mainly used for slashing, but it can also be used for stabbing.

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

If it were a soft whip, Wang Tao would definitely not use it because he doesn't know how to use it. But if it was a hard whip, then he could give it a try.

The sharp sword he is using now is a good weapon, but after all, he is already at level 5, and the sharp sword is still at 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 immediately started production.

After a moment, the lightning that was still running emitted a burst of colorful light, and then a huge hard whip appeared in Wang Tao's hand.

"Huh? So big!"

Wang Tao was immediately surprised when he saw the weapon in front of him, which was two meters long, as thick as a cup, and had a total of thirteen sections.

You call such a big thing a whip?

This should be called a stick more appropriately, right? And it’s still a thick stick…

But let’s not talk about it. With its size and weight, Wang Tao felt that it was quite suitable for him when he held it in his hand.

Of course, whether it is suitable or not depends mainly on its attributes. If the attributes are poor, it won't work no matter how suitable it is in the hand. And its attributes made Wang Tao say 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 thorns: A large number of iron thorns grow on the whip. At this time, the armor-breaking effect is weakened, but the attack power is +20, and comes with a bleeding effect (the bleeding effect requires awakening energy)]

The durability and attack power of this hard whip have been increased by 120. It is the equipment with the second highest attack power currently in Wang Tao's hands!

The equipment with the highest attack power is the [Impact Hammer] he obtained before. That weapon adds a full 150 attack points, and the damage is very terrifying. But it has a side effect - reducing the attack speed by 50%, which is an intolerable shortcoming for Wang Tao. After all, Wang Tao is good at speed. Therefore, Wang Tao generally does not use it unless there are some special circumstances.

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

Moreover, [Iron Thorn Steel Whip] does not have the side effect of deceleration, and it also carries an armor-breaking ability, which is a bonus for Wang Tao.

But what surprises Wang Tao the most is that the Iron Thorn Whip comes with a special ability [Iron Thorn]! [Iron Thorn] can increase the attack power of the weapon by 20!

[Iron Thorn Steel Whip] originally has an attack power of 120, but adding 20 more will make it 140! It’s only 10 points lower than the Impact Hammer!

Wang Tao would definitely be willing to exchange ten points of attack power for 50% of the attack speed.

Although the armor-piercing ability is somewhat weakened after activating [Iron Thorn], it comes with an additional bleeding effect, and the attack power of 20 is real, so even if the armor-piercing effect is really weakened, it won't be a big problem.

Wang Tao took hold of the iron-thorned steel whip and swung it a few times, feeling quite comfortable.

He activated the iron thorn ability of the steel whip again, and instantly saw sharp iron thorns appearing on the steel whip. At this time, it didn't look like a steel whip, but more like a mace.

These two states can be switched at will without consuming anything. Wang Tao likes this function very much.

The usage of these two states is also very simple - when you encounter monsters with harder shells, you can use the steel whip state to break armor; when you encounter monsters with less hard shells, you can use the iron thorn state to hit more enemies. harm!
For example, in the caves now, those mutated plants generally have no shells, and the direct use of iron thorns should be more lethal.

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

Until a better weapon is found, this iron-thorned steel whip will be used as the main weapon in the future. As for the sharp long knife, it can be used by Lu Yingfeng.

Lu Yingfeng currently uses the Night Demon Short Sword. Although the Night Demon Short Sword is of the fifth level and has stronger attack power than the Sharp Long Sword, Lu Yingfeng uses a long sword after all, and the short sword affects her performance.

Now that Wang Tao's sharp sword has been replaced, it can be given to Lu Yingfeng. With her sword skills, it is estimated that she can exert at least 15% of the sharp sword's capabilities...

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

But Lightning went back strictly according to the route he came from, and Wang Tao cleaned up all the mutated plants on the road. So he didn't encounter a single monster, which made Wang Tao a little disappointed.

After spending some time, one person and one dog finally arrived at the entrance to the second underground floor.

After going up, you can obviously feel that the first layer of black mist is much thinner than the second layer. For Wang Tao, it had no impact, but Lightning relaxed a little. When it was on the second floor, it always felt very depressed, but it got much better after coming to the first floor.

Wang Tao followed the guidance of the induction ring to find Ding Yuqin and the others, but he did not 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 be wrong, so he tried to contact Pan Jian, the dean of students, using a walkie-talkie, and he was quickly contacted.

Pan Jian told Wang Tao that there was nothing wrong with them, it was just that their exploration was slow.

(End of this chapter)