Chapter 179: Third-Level Weapons

"Brother Wang, are you okay?"

Seeing Wang Tao coming up, Xu Xiaojun ran over immediately.

"Haha, it's okay, the monster below has been dealt with!"

Wang Tao laughed.

This time I was lucky, I happened to have gasoline, and I happened to encounter a plant monster that was very afraid of fire.

A big fire saved Wang Tao a lot of effort and avoided a lot of dangers. It was almost like cheating.

"I hope you're all right! It's a pity that I couldn't help..."

Xu Xiaojun had a look of shame on his face.

Seeing this, Wang Tao patted Xu Xiaojun on the shoulder and said:

"Don't think too much, let you guard the car, you are our retreat. If we didn't have this retreat, I wouldn't dare to attack with fire so boldly!"

Xu Xiaojun's current strength is not bad, but he cannot see at night, and his movements at night will be greatly restricted, so he is not allowed to come with him. There is no way.

Although Wang Tao's words were comforting words, Xu Xiaojun was still greatly encouraged after hearing them.

"Then let's..."

Wang Tao looked at the stars in the sky and said:

"Now find a place to rest and you will drive. We will meet Yang Changhong tomorrow morning."

It’s still too dangerous to drive at night. Unless it is an emergency, Wang Tao prefers to travel more safely during the day.

The agreement with Yang Changhong was for three days, and tomorrow happened to be the third day, so I could catch up.

"good!"

boom--

The off-road vehicle's engine roared and moved away from the scorched earth-like reservoir.

In the car, Wang Tao took a sip of water and then began to inspect the loot.

The first is the increase in blood volume upper limit. Although the tree root he killed did not increase the upper limit of his health, killing the human-faced tree monster did. Just added 3849!

Therefore, Wang Tao’s blood volume is now [29999/29999]!

Before Wang Tao came, he just thought that since he got the news about the second-level zombies and they were not too far away, he naturally couldn't waste it. Even if there was no loot, it would be good to add some blood.

But he didn't expect that when he came, he only had 15,000 blood, and when he returned, it would be almost 30,000!

Now we are only one drop of blood away from thirty thousand!

Of course, this drop of blood is not easy to obtain. He has now reached the upper limit of the second level. It is estimated that it will be the same as when he was at the first level. After all his abilities are promoted to the third level, he can be promoted to the third level and reach more than 30,000 blood. But Wang Tao's current abilities are all +1, and it will take a lot of effort to upgrade them all...

But Wang Tao was satisfied, after all, the blood volume was gained much faster than he expected. The speed at which he can advance to the third level may actually be faster than the speed at which he can advance to the second level!

The human-faced tree monster is a third-level lord monster, so it is naturally a leapfrog kill for Wang Tao. So in addition to the increase in blood volume, there is also special energy - his special ability is directly increased by 6000!

Special energy and blood volume are the same, which means that Wang Tao actually obtained the upper limit of 6000 blood volume. Unfortunately, it has reached the upper limit of the second level, so it can only add less than 4,000 blood.

Let’s talk about special energy. Adding these 6,000, Wang Tao’s special energy reaches 13,740!

This amount of special energy can already extract two second-order abilities. Wang Tao can now directly extract the shock wave and precision shooting abilities, and then use the all-powerful crystal core to upgrade the barrier!

But there is no rush now, Wang Tao continues to look at other trophies.

He had previously killed the second-level zombies in the sea of ​​fire and obtained a lot of crystal nuclei. These crystal nuclei were basically all ones he had seen before. Among them, the ones that were useful to Wang Tao were shock wave, omnipotence and precision shooting.

As for the loot they exploded, they were all potions, making materials, etc., and overall they were relatively average. However, these second-level zombies don’t have much health. Most of them have only been promoted to the second level not long ago. It’s normal that they don’t have any good things.

Then Wang Tao looked at the focus of this harvest, the loot obtained from the cave.

The tree root with a hundred thousand blood only exploded a loot package.

Wang Tao thought that the tree roots would explode like the flesh and blood in the Night Demon's lair, peeling off crystal nuclei or something. But actually it’s not, it’s a tree root——

[Level 3 Weapon·Tangled Roots]

[HP: 10000/10000 (upper limit 100000)]

[Status: Sleeping]

[Amplification: HP, attack, defense (weakness: fear of fire)]

[Fitness: 0%]

"Third level...weapon?"

This was the first time Wang Tao had seen this thing, so he quickly read the detailed explanation above.

[Weapon: a weapon that can only be used by humans]

[Twining tree roots: Can be wrapped around the body to provide oneself with extra HP, attack and defense, but there is a limitation of "weakness: fear of fire"]

[Health volume: The weapon's own blood volume. When the blood volume is cleared, the weapon dies]

[Status: The current state of the weapon. Only weapons in the "awakened" state can be used]

[Amplification: The amplification attributes provided by weapons for humans]

[Fitness: Weapons can only be used when it is greater than or equal to 1%. After using the weapon for a certain period of time, the degree of compatibility will decrease. The higher the compatibility between humans and weapons, the more potential the weapons can unleash. Improving the compatibility requires crystal cores or one's own blood volume to nourish the weapon. Nourishment will restore the weapon's current blood volume. After nourishing to 100%, the upper limit of the weapon's blood volume will be increased. If you use your own blood to nourish the weapon, you will fall into an extremely weak state]

After reading the introduction, Wang Tao looked surprised.

This is a living weapon!

If you wrap this entangled tree root around your body, it is equivalent to an extra 10,000 health points, a certain amount of attack and defense!

If you are attacked, the health points of the entangled tree root should be deducted first. Only when its health points are deducted will the wearer's health points be deducted.

However, if you want to use this entangled tree root, you have to improve the compatibility, at least to 1% before you can use it.

And the way to improve the compatibility is to either use the crystal core or use your own blood points to nourish the weapon. If you use the crystal core, it will definitely consume the crystal core. If you use your own blood points, you will fall into an extremely weak state...

Wang Tao suddenly thought of the third-level monster he had just killed.

That monster was in a 99% weak state and had a lot of blood left. Is this nourishing this entangled tree root?

If so, everything seems to make sense--

Wang Tao poured a lot of gasoline on the entangled tree root before, and then ignited it. The entangled tree root is afraid of fire, so the flame has a high degree of damage to it. Its blood points dropped wildly.

The monster using the entangled tree roots saw that the entangled tree roots were losing blood, so he wanted to nourish them with his own blood. The monster may not have a very high IQ, but it will consciously protect its own things.

In fact, the human-faced tree monster almost succeeded, and it used its own blood to save the entangled tree roots. Otherwise, the fire might have burned the entangled tree roots to ashes.

But after the flames went out, Wang Tao came in again. The fire was set by Wang Tao, and he must come in to check the situation.

As a result, the entangled tree roots with residual blood were found, and they were killed directly by Wang Tao. Then Wang Tao found the monster in an extremely weak state and killed it again...

If he didn't set the fire, he would not only have to fight the entangled tree roots first, even if he could rely on time to grind the entangled tree roots to near death, he might face a full-state third-level lord monster again!

Or if he was even less lucky, the monster came out of the protection of the entangled tree roots, and both attacked Wang Tao at the same time... Then Wang Tao would definitely be dead!

So it can only be said that Wang Tao was really lucky this time. A possible fatal crisis was avoided.

Wang Tao, who was a little scared, took a deep breath and took the entangled tree root out of the space backpack.

This is a black, skinny, twisted tree root, the size of a palm, which looks ordinary and no one would pick it up if it was thrown on the road.

After taking it out of the space backpack, the status it displayed changed. It was "dormant" before, and now it is "awakenable".

Wang Tao held it and vaguely felt a very weak... consciousness?

He was not sure, but he felt that he could wake it up by shouting at it.

So, Wang Tao silently said in his heart: wake up.

But it didn't move.

"Oh, I almost forgot, the current fit is still 0%..."

Wang Tao quickly took out a first-order crystal core. Then he silently said again: wake up.

As soon as the thought moved, he saw this section of the tree root slowly wriggling and slowly wrapped the crystal core.

Then, this section of the tree root began to grow wildly as if time was accelerated.

Wang Tao and Jiang Shixue beside him both widened their eyes.

A few seconds later, the tree roots were all wrapped around Wang Tao, with only his head exposed, and the rest of his body was wrapped up, forming a full body armor made of tree roots!

Wang Tao moved his arms slightly, and the tree roots also moved, which basically did not affect his flexibility.

Wang Tao felt as if he was connected to a very weak and simple consciousness, and he silently said in his heart: Cover your face. The tree roots on his body moved a little, covering his face as well!

"It's a bit magical!"

Wang Tao's buzzing sound came from the tree root armor.

Xu Xiaojun didn't pay attention just now, and when he heard Wang Tao's voice, he subconsciously glanced at the rearview mirror. He was immediately startled.

How did Wang Tao become a monster!

"Wang, Brother Wang?"

Xu Xiaojun shouted in fear.

Then the tree roots on the face of the "monster" moved for a while, revealing Wang Tao's handsome face.

"Haha, Xiaojun, how about my new equipment?"

Wang Tao laughed.

"Huh... Brother Wang, I'm glad you're okay!"

Xu Xiaojun first breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Wang Tao in the rearview mirror with amazement.

"Brother Wang, your equipment is too awesome! I almost thought it was a monster just now, the oppression was too strong!"

"Haha, then stop the car, I'll go down and take a look."

"Okay!"

Xu Xiaojun quickly stopped the car.

Wang Tao opened the door, and the moment he got out of the car, the tree root armor on his body began to wriggle again. Soon, under the faint starlight, a burly figure of two meters and five meters tall appeared in front of Wang Tao and Jiang Shixue.

Xu Xiaojun was taller and stronger than Wang Tao. But now he had to look up slightly to look at Wang Tao.

As for Jiang Shixue, she was only 1.6 meters tall, so she could only look up hard.

"This feeling... is a bit cool!"

Wang Tao clenched his fists, and he could clearly feel the power bonus brought to him by the entangled tree roots.

Wang Tao glanced at his attributes.

[HP: 29999/29999 (10000/10000)]

Now he has 40,000 HP!

Wang Tao took another look at the entangled tree roots.

[Level 3 weapon: entangled tree roots]

[HP: 10000/10000]

[Status: awakened]

[Amplification: HP, attack, defense (weakness: afraid of fire)]

[Compatibility: 1%]

The HP did not change much, and the compatibility only increased by 1%... But after all, this is a third-level weapon, and he used a first-level crystal core, so it feels good to increase the compatibility by 1%.

Wang Tao took out another second-level crystal core. He had obtained a lot of second-level crystal cores in the past two days, so he could use it for experimentation.

When Wang Tao silently chanted to nourish the entangled tree roots in his heart, the roots on his body immediately squirmed, and then swallowed the second-level crystal core in his hand.

After a while, Wang Tao looked at the properties of the entangled tree roots again, and the compatibility became "11%"!

1 first-level crystal core adds 1% compatibility, 1 second-level crystal core adds 10% compatibility, so it seems that 1 third-level crystal core should add 100% compatibility!

As for how much compatibility can be added by using his own HP to nourish the entangled tree roots, Wang Tao did not plan to experiment. After all, that extremely weak state is too dangerous. A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Wang Tao is not without a crystal core, so there is no need to test it for the time being.

The properties of the entangled tree roots do not specify how much strength and defense bonus there are, but Wang Tao can sense that there are indeed some.

There were a few ordinary zombies on the side of the road, and Wang Tao went directly over and swung his huge fist at these zombies.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The heads of these zombies burst like ripe watermelons!

"Awesome!"

Wang Tao felt that he didn't exert much effort, just swung his fist casually, and the heads of these zombies all exploded!

And this degree is still 11% fit, how powerful would it be if it was 100% fit? Would it directly give him the combat power of the third level?

However, it is not so easy to improve the degree of fit. Either use 100 first-order crystal cores, 10 second-order crystal cores, or 1 third-order crystal core... Although Wang Tao has many crystal cores, it would be painful for him to take out so many crystal cores at once.

Moreover, this degree of fit does not mean that you don't have to worry about it after it is improved. When using weapons, the degree of fit will be consumed.

If weapons are compared to cars, then the degree of fit is equivalent to the amount of oil. The more oil, the more powerful the car is and the faster it runs. But when driving, the amount of oil will continue to be consumed. When the oil is used up, it can't be driven anymore, and you have to refuel...

Wang Tao returned to the car, and then his mind moved.

The tree roots on his body began to wriggle and shrink rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, the tree root armor on Wang Tao's body disappeared, leaving only a small section of twisted tree roots in his hand.

Jiang Shixue's eyes lit up, she felt that this thing was very interesting.

Xu Xiaojun looked at Wang Tao with admiration. He didn't know where Wang Tao got it from. Maybe he got it from the cave, but it didn't matter. Brother Wang was awesome!

Wang Tao thought about it, then took Jiang Shixue's hand and put the root in her hand.

"Xiaoxue, try it."

Wang Tao briefly explained the method of use - in fact, it is also very simple to use. As long as you can feel the weak consciousness when holding the root, you can use it.

"Okay~"

Jiang Shixue felt it, and then saw the root in her hand began to grow wildly.

In a moment, a set of root armor was formed, which wrapped Jiang Shixue tightly.

With the blessing of the root armor, Jiang Shixue is about 1.8 meters tall, but she is slender, and this set of root armor is also slender, with a special beauty.

After letting Jiang Shixue experience it for a while, Wang Tao asked Xu Xiaojun to try it again.

Xu Xiaojun can also use it.

However, Xu Xiaojun was bigger. After being covered by the tree root armor, his height soared to three meters, much taller than Wang Tao. If he was asked to take the two-meter-long giant axe, the oppression would be unbearable!

After Xu Xiaojun smiled foolishly for a while, he quickly removed the entanglement and returned it to Wang Tao. After all, Wang Tao said that using this thing consumes crystal cores, and he can't waste crystal cores.

Wang Tao looked at this section of the tree root and silently thought in his heart, and saw the tree root wriggling for a while, and turned into a bracelet, which was directly worn on Wang Tao's right wrist.

"This is much more convenient!"

Put the entangled tree root into the space backpack, it will fall into a "sleeping" state. After taking it out, you have to wake it up before you can use it. If you put it on your body, it is in the "awakening" state and can be used immediately, which will be much more convenient.

After a simple test of the entangled tree root, Wang Tao saw a small building and asked Xu Xiaojun to drive over.

After a simple cleanup in the small building, the few people ate something, Xu Xiaojun began to guard the night, and Wang Tao continued to check the spoils.

The crystal core in the brain of the third-level monster he killed was a red crystal core.

[Third-level crystal core·Tree essence]

[Quality: Excellent (80%)]

[Purity: 40% (Side effect: body woodification)]

[Tree essence: Non-females cannot be successfully fused, and can produce tree essence liquid that can enhance the strength of organisms]

Seeing the properties of this third-level crystal core, Wang Tao frowned.

Non-females cannot be successfully fused?

He immediately felt discriminated against! The last perception crystal core was discriminated against once, and this happened again? And this is not a side effect, there is no way to eliminate it.

However, after carefully looking at the information of the tree essence, Wang Tao was stunned.

How is this tree essence liquid produced? Where is it produced?

Hiss——

Wang Tao seemed to have thought of something incredible.

No wonder only females can be fused!

"This is a good ability. It's just that the side effect of the body becoming wood is a bit big. Don't turn into a real vegetable in the end... By the way, I also have this tree essence!"

Wang Tao suddenly remembered that when he was in the cave, he found a lot of white liquid under the entangled tree roots with 100,000 blood.

He looked at the white liquid in the space backpack.

[Tree Essence Liquid * 9364]

[Tree Essence Liquid: Can enhance the strength of organisms]

This tree essence liquid is a bit like zombie culture liquid. Both enhance strength. However, zombie culture liquid can only be used for zombies, while tree essence liquid seems to be used by both humans and zombies!

But I don't know if this enhancement will add blood. If it can add blood, it would be a waste for Wang Tao to use it now, after all, his blood volume is full now.

"Try it on Xiaoxue and Xiaojun later to see what the effect is..."

Wang Tao is ready to use them as guinea pigs.

But Wang Tao thought of another question, why does this third-level monster want to cultivate zombies?

This tree essence liquid can also be used by itself, right? Or cultivate plants, after all, it is a plant monster. It didn't need to cultivate zombies. At that time, Wang Tao thought that there was a third-level zombie similar to the green-eyed zombie below...

After thinking carefully, Wang Tao felt that there were two possibilities.

One is that this human-faced tree monster was stupid and couldn't tell the difference between itself and the zombies. But this possibility is not great.

That's probably the second possibility. The human-faced tree monster wants to cultivate some bodyguards for it!

It may not be very safe for it to hide underground. But if there are second-level zombies outside to guard the door for it, it will be much safer!

After all, there are so many zombies here, who dares to come easily.

It's a pity that it didn't expect that Wang Tao not only burned all the zombies to death with a fire, but also exposed its nest...

But this raises another question. With its strength as a third-level lord, why did it hide underground and mass-produce a group of bodyguards...

What is it avoiding? Or what is it protecting?