NOVEL WEB Chapter 483: Slaying Disaster_3
Logically speaking, trees should be of the wood attribute, and fire attributes should have a bonus against them. But whether it was High-Temperature Ray or Fireball, Wang Tao felt that there was no such bonus to the damage… or maybe there was, but it wasn't significant?
While pondering, a dark energy emerged in the palm of Wang Tao's right hand and then, like a bullet, flew towards the tree.
Swoosh—
[-1523]
[Curse: Blindness]
"..."
Alright, Wang Tao could now confirm that fire attributes indeed had a bonus. The Dark Air Bullet he simulated with dark attribute only dealt fifteen hundred damage...
However, the curse status seemed to work just fine, even on a Fifth-Order Catastrophic entity; the curse took effect regardless.
Thus, Wang Tao immediately abandoned the idea of using Fireballs and instead alternated between scorching it with High-Temperature Rays and attacking vigorously with Dark Air Bullets.
In the blink of an eye, three curse statuses had been applied, but the curses were ordinary and didn't have a significant effect.
For the first time, Wang Tao felt the duration of the curses was too long!
He could only afflict the same enemy with three curses, and a new curse could only take effect if one of the existing curses disappeared. Naturally, what he wanted was [Curse: Slaying], but the chances of triggering it were too low, so he had to be patient.
So, Wang Tao settled into an Endurance Battle.
Although the tree could use Blood Sucking, with only Wang Tao within its awakened range, it could only drain blood from him. Wang Tao deliberately maintained a safe distance, only losing a few hundred HP per second, whereas his attacks on the Catastrophic Tree dealt several thousand.
Under these circumstances, the tree's HP began to decline gradually.
But Wang Tao couldn't keep this up indefinitely; he would attack for a while, then retreat to rest and recover some HP, and then attack again—taking advantage of the fact that the Catastrophic Tree couldn't move.
However, the Catastrophe Rank Tree's healing ability was also strong. Even though it couldn't drain much blood from Wang Tao, it still managed to recover a significant amount of HP.
After much effort, Wang Tao finally depleted three hundred thousand of the Catastrophic Tree's HP, and he also consumed a large amount of Awakening Energy.
Just as Wang Tao fired another Dark Air Bullet, preparing to retreat again to rest and replenish his energy, he was startled.
He saw the roots of the Catastrophic Tree wriggle a few times, then its body began to move slowly! Although it wasn't fast, it was definitely moving towards Wang Tao. Instantly, Wang Tao lost an additional hundred HP.
"Learned how to walk?"
If the Catastrophic Tree could move, then his disreputable strategy would no longer be effective!
Just as Wang Tao was notifying Ding Yuqin to prepare for evacuation, his eyes suddenly lit up.
His last Dark Air Bullet had finally inflicted [Curse: Slaying]!
Without any hesitation, Wang Tao threw the [Explosive Heart]!
Swoosh—
Countdown, 29, 28...
Wang Tao immediately ran backward, his gaze never leaving the Catastrophic Tree.
He didn't know how large the blast radius of the Exploding Heart was, so he had to get as far away as possible, which was why he didn't hold onto the bomb and wait to throw it when the timer ran out.
But he was also worried that the Catastrophe Rank Tree might throw back the Exploding Heart. Though he felt the tree probably wasn't that smart, he couldn't be too cautious.
Fortunately, the tree completely ignored the Explosive Heart and continued to sluggishly pursue Wang Tao.
"What's the situation now?"
As others saw Wang Tao running back, they were about to ask when suddenly they saw a small blinding light in the distance.
Buzz—
The [Self-Destruct Heart] exploded.
The sound wasn't loud, the range wasn't wide, and there was no dangerous aura—only the light was somewhat dazzling.
The others squinted their eyes subconsciously, while Wang Tao's eyes showed delight.
[-622731]
He saw first a six-hundred-thousand damage floating up; that was the explosion damage of the [Self-Destruct Heart]!
He knew the Exploding Heart's damage was high, after all, it was a monstrous one thousand attack power, but the six hundred thousand damage still surprised Wang Tao.
[-75734]
[0/1000000]
Then, a seventy-five thousand damage appeared—that was [Curse: Slaying] taking effect. Finally, the blood bar of the Catastrophe Rank Tree was zeroed out.
This left Wang Tao with mixed feelings. A million HP, Cursed Slaying could take out two hundred thousand HP, but since the opponent's HP was not enough, only over seventy thousand were taken out. Was this, in a way, a waste?
"What's happening over there?"
The others only saw a flash of light and then the silence of the Catastrophe Rank Tree; they weren't clear on the specifics.
"It's dead! That guy is dead!"
Wang Tao laughed loudly.
"Phew—"
Hearing this, amidst their joy, everyone finally sighed in relief.
"It's finally dead!"
"That was so hard to kill!"
"I bet even Sixth Rank Lords aren't much different, right?"
They didn't know how much HP Wang Tao had taken from the Catastrophe Rank Tree; they just knew that he had been battling for a very long time, probably his longest battle recently.
Facing the others' sighs, Wang Tao shook his head with a smile.
He had faced Sixth Rank Lords, and he was sure that dealing with a Sixth Rank Lord was definitely simpler than a Fifth-Order Catastrophe. After all, the vast range of Cataclysmic Awakening, Blood Sucking Ability, and its own Healing Ability were too buggy...
Although Wang Tao was at Level 5, he hadn't yet fused with a Level 5 Crystal Core to upgrade his Ability. Currently, he had also saved up some Level 5 Omnipotent Crystal Cores; it was time to enhance his strength.
But for now, he had to check the spoils of war first.
A Level 5 Catastrophe... Wang Tao was very much looking forward to it!