Chapter 338： ripe fruit

Chapter 338 The fruit is ripe

“The fruit is about to ripen!”

Everyone was a little excited when they saw these golden fruits.

After waiting for six days, the awakening fruit is finally ripe!

“There’s still half a day left, don’t let your guard down, there might still be danger…”

Wang Tao is not too worried. As long as there are not a large number of fourth-level lords or fifth-level lives, it will not be a big problem for them.

"clear!"

Everyone nodded.

Yesterday, there were night demon zombies and giant zombies again. The whole group was very nervous, and Wang Tao didn't even have time to look at the loot.

After seeing that there was no danger for the time being, Wang Tao turned over the loot.

The first is ordinary and elite zombies. Wang Tao didn't kill many of these zombies, so there were no loot packages, but these zombies all had crystal nuclei.

There are 153 fourth-order crystal nuclei of various colors, and 319 third-order crystal nuclei! The remaining more than 1,600 crystal nuclei are all gray.

However, not many of these crystal nuclei have special powers, only a few... This probability is too low.

Of course, even without special powers, the value of these crystal nuclei is still very high. Converted into crystal coins, Wang Tao estimates that it should be a few hundred thousand?

Then he killed three fourth-level lord night demons and the giant zombie, which brought Wang Tao 4 high-level special energies, 4 awakening keys, and 400 awakening energy.

The items dropped by the Night Demon Lord are not much different from before.

【Obtain: Fourth-order crystal core·Dali*3】

【Obtain: Level 4·Night Devil's Claw*6】

【Obtain: Fourth-level weapon·Night Demon Type I*3】

【Obtain: Strength Potion (Medium)*60】

【Obtain: Strength Potion (Small)*60】

【Obtain: High-power UV flashlight*3】

【Get: Small UV Flare*300】

【Obtain: Strip UV Lighting Lamp*60】

【Obtain: Large UV Flare*15】

【Obtain: Awakening Energy Beads*3】

【Obtain: Awakening Key*2】

For Wang Tao, his favorite is naturally the key to entity awakening. Of course, there are also equipment drawings.

【Obtained: Night Devil Belt Production Blueprint*1】

【Obtained: Night Devil Boots Production Blueprint*1】

【Obtained: Night Devil Gloves Production Blueprint*1】

【Obtained: Night Devil Helmet Production Blueprint*1】

【Obtained: Night Devil Belt Production Blueprint*1】

【Obtained: Night Devil Ring Production Blueprint*1】

Another complete set of Night Demon equipment blueprints, except for the dagger blueprints. But this was intended for He Jijun to use, and there was no need for a dagger.

Wang Tao has discovered that when he drops equipment blueprints, he usually does not drop duplicates. Duplicates will only start to drop after a set of equipment blueprints has been dropped. I don’t know if this is some kind of mechanism or just good luck.

After some production, all the equipment was completed, and then Wang Tao took the two breastplates and leg armors from He Jijun and integrated them into the Night Demon Ring. In this way, He Jijun can instantly change into the Night Demon suit like Wang Tao and Jiang Shixue.

Then Wang Tao looked at the giant zombie’s trophies, which was the focus of this harvest.

The giant zombie itself dropped 5 items and 5 loot packages. This is one less package than the last giant zombie.

【Obtain: Fourth-order crystal core·Awakening*1】

【Obtain: Awakening Energy Bead*1】

【Obtain: Blood Bead*1】

【Obtain: Eye of Giant*2】

【Obtain: Giant's Heart*1】

Seeing this blood bead, Wang Tao was pleasantly surprised.

【Blood Beads: Randomly increase the upper limit of blood volume by a certain amount】

Is this something that giant zombies must explode? If this is the case, then this giant zombie must be killed!

Without any hesitation, Wang Tao directly used the blood beads.

After a while, Wang Tao could clearly feel that his strength had increased a lot, and he looked at his blood volume.

【180000/180000】

180,000 blood!

Previously it was 160,000, but this time it increased by 20,000. Although it is not as much as the 30,000 blood points that were added last time, Wang Tao is not qualified to dislike it.

Then Wang Tao looked at the crystal core gift packages.

The first crystal core gift pack contains 6 crystal nuclei. They are orange [Level 4 Crystal Core·Promotion], purple [Level 4 Crystal Core·Almighty], red [Level 4 Crystal Core·Peeloff], purple [Level 4 Crystal Core·Powerful], and purple [Level 4 Crystal Core·Powerful]. [Level 4 Crystal Core·Defense] and the white [Level 4 Crystal Core·Psychic Defense].

All the crystal cores are the same as those exploded by the giant zombie before. Not to mention promotion and omnipotence, the main thing is to peel off the crystal cores. This is a good thing that cannot be bought with money.

The second loot package contains potions.

【Obtain: Strength Potion (Medium)*30】

【Obtain: Defense Potion (Medium)*30】

【Obtain: Secret Medicine of Life (Small)*30】

【Obtain: Energy Secret Potion (Small)*30】

In addition to strength and defense potions, there are still potions that increase blood volume and energy limit.

Although each person can only use 10 bottles of this medicine, Wang Tao has already used it himself, and these medicines can be used by other people.

The third loot package contains the Awakening Key.

【Obtain: Awakening Key*1】

Getting another physical awakening key, Wang Tao now has 7 physical awakening keys. However, the promotion crystal core in his hand is still a bit lacking. Once you save some promotion cores, you can let them awaken again!

Then comes the fourth loot package.

【Obtain: Inlaid hole opening device*2】

【Mosaic hole opening device: can open a hole for equipment that does not have a mosaic hole】

The last time he killed the giant zombie, he also got two mosaic devices. There are now 4 in total.

Things are good things, but what kind of crystal core should be embedded...Wang Tao plans to study it carefully after returning to the city this time.

The knife in his hand is very good and worthy of being inlaid. Moreover, the equipment on his body also has inlay holes, so it cannot be wasted.

The last loot package contains blueprints, but this time there is only one.

【Obtain: Giant Killer Ring Production Blueprint*1】

He already has this ring. He also wore it when he fought this giant zombie before.

When attacking a giant zombie, it can increase the damage by 10%. When being attacked by a giant zombie, it can reduce the damage of the giant zombie by 10%.

But to be honest, Wang Tao is not sure whether he triggered this ring during the previous battle.

Because he is armed with an iron beetle, he cannot use his awakening or supernatural abilities. It's hard to say whether the damage increase of this ring can be triggered. He didn't have time to test it at the time...

Wang Tao made this ring, and then suddenly thought of a question - if he wears two giant killer rings at the same time, can the effects be triggered at the same time?

Wang Tao immediately put on both giant killer rings, but he didn't feel anything, and no prompts appeared.

Wang Tao feels that there should be no such bug, but he is unwilling not to give it a try.

“Let’s try it when we have a chance in the future…”

Wang Tao thought silently.

…

It was already noon, and there were still no zombies or monsters coming.

Ding Yuqin cooked some food, and Wang Tao and his party simply ate some.

At this time, Wang Tao seemed to feel something and suddenly looked towards the big snake's cave.

"Another night devil has appeared. You continue to stay here, and I will take a look!" "Okay!"

Wang Tao immediately rushed into the cave.

He previously used level 4 Night Demon parasite eggs to parasitize 10 zombies. But except for the two night demons that appeared on the first day, the remaining zombies had not moved until today.

Wang Tao thought that the probability of this parasitism might be only 20%, but now he heard the noise again!

Wang Tao quickly rushed into the depths of the cave and saw a white bone-armored night demon at a glance.

Seeing the opponent's attributes, Wang Tao's face suddenly darkened.

He thought a Lord Night Demon would appear, but he didn't expect it to be an elite. He was overjoyed.

After all, the loot dropped by the Elite Night Demon was so great that Wang Tao was too lazy to take action.

So, Wang Tao directly took out three Night Demon hearts, and in the blink of an eye, the three Night Demon hearts turned into three pure black Night Demons!

Roar-

Under Wang Tao's order, Night Demon Type I immediately rushed towards the fourth-level elite Night Demon.

When this elite night devil saw Wang Tao coming in, he bared his teeth and prepared to attack. However, he saw three different types of the same kind suddenly appeared, and they wanted to attack him, which made the elite night devil a little confused.

Its reaction was half a beat too slow, and in an instant it was pressed down and beaten by three Night Demon Type I.

Although the elite night devils have 100,000 health and the three night devils only have 10,000 health each, it is three against one after all, and the strength of the night devils is not bad. The elite night devils soon became overwhelmed. . It wanted to run, but the way back was blocked and it couldn't run at all.

Watching the Elite Night Demon being beaten violently, Wang Tao nodded silently at first, and then felt a little helpless.

This [Night Demon Type I] is actually very good, but for the current Wang Tao, its positioning is a bit awkward.

Because Wang Tao rarely fights at night. After all, this is the home ground of zombies. Even if Wang Tao is strong, he still needs to be cautious. The [Night Demon Type I] cannot be used during the day.

If you have to fight at night, there is a high probability that you will encounter the Night Demon. During his battle with the Night Demon, he would definitely use ultraviolet tools. This thing is particularly useful against night demons. Especially the large ultraviolet flares, which are just like artificial small suns, can restrain night demons and illuminate the battlefield, which is very convenient.

But ultraviolet rays can also restrain [Night Demon Type I], after all, it is also a night demon in essence.

So [Night Demon Type I] is very embarrassing—it cannot be used during the day and cannot be used at night.

Including the [Night Demon Type I] obtained yesterday, Wang Tao has exactly 10 in his hand. However, except for testing, he rarely uses them in normal battles. Even the [Night Stalker Type I] is not used as frequently as the [Bloody Chainsaw] which can only be used on specific occasions...

——

While Wang Tao was thinking, this fourth-level elite night devil was killed by [Night Devil Type I].

"Huh?"

But Wang Tao was a little surprised because he discovered that this fourth-level elite night devil actually dropped a loot package.

“Things killed by [Night Demon Type I] are also considered killed by me? This is a bit interesting..."

Wang Tao had not noticed this situation before. He had also asked [Night Demon Type I] to attack ordinary zombies before, but Wang Tao did not stare at [Night Demon Type I]. Even if there was a loot package, Wang Tao probably regarded it as the attack with his own hands. Killed.

But thinking about it, it seems reasonable. After all, this [Night Demon Type I] is bound to him. He can get a loot package when he kills zombies with iron beetle weapons. The Night Demon that can attack independently can drop a loot package is no exception.

What if he builds a group of [Night Stalker Type I] specifically to hunt zombies at night?

After all, zombies now have crystal cores, and [Night Demon Type I] is not weak at all. It should not be difficult to kill these ordinary and elite zombies.

“One way is to nourish [Night Demon Type I]. His blood volume of 10,000 is still too low. If there are too many zombies, he will be easily worn to death..."

Wang Tao is going to raise a few [Night Demon Type I] to give it a try. It's not that he doesn't want to raise more, the main reason is that he needs a lot of fourth-order crystal nuclei. And he has to nourish the [Iron Beetle] to 100,000 blood first...

Wang Tao put away the trophy package containing the ultraviolet suit and took back the three [Night Demon Type I].

Then Wang Tao took a look at the remaining seven zombies. They were all fine and grinning at Wang Tao.

Wang Tao first planted the awakening seeds and then used the Night Demon Parasite Eggs. And they all take seven days. So Wang Tao had to wait for another half day to confirm whether any more night demons had hatched.

“Wang Tao, what’s going on?”

When Wang Tao returned to the big tree, everyone asked with concern.

“Just an ordinary elite night devil.”

Wang Tao shook his head.

When everyone saw this, they stopped asking any more questions.

"Huh?" At this time, Wang Tao suddenly frowned, and then asked a little strangely, "Have you noticed that the leaves of this tree have turned yellow?"

"ah?"

Everyone looked up and looked at the green leaves with some yellow leaves. Ding Yuqin was a little unsure and said:

“When you say that, the leaves seem to have really turned yellow...”

They have been here all the time, looking at this tree, and their senses may not be very sharp. Wang Tao just left for a trip, and when he came back, he found that the leaves had turned a lot yellow.

“Is this a sign of ripe fruit...”

Everyone was a little surprised, but after all, this is an area that no one understands, so they didn’t get too entangled.

Wang Tao didn’t say anything more and continued to wait here. Wait a few more hours and the fruit on this tree will be ripe!

But after waiting for an hour, everyone looked at each other a little bit.

Because the leaves of this big tree have not only turned yellow, but also fallen.

A breeze blew by, and a large piece of yellow leaves fell from the tree and fell on everyone's shoulders, giving it a feeling of autumn.

As soon as these leaves fall, the golden awakening fruit on the tree becomes even more obvious.

Another two hours have passed and the sun is about to set.

There is still the last hour before the awakening fruit matures, and the awakening tree at this time... basically has no leaves, and the whole tree seems to be dying!

Wang Tao saw the changes in the Awakening Tree throughout the process, and he was suddenly speechless and said:

"Could it be that this awakening tree only bears fruit once in its life? It dies after it bears fruit?"

Wang Tao was thinking about what to do with the awakening tree after the awakening fruits were picked.

He doesn’t have time to keep guard here, and he doesn’t have the manpower, so should he sell this awakening tree to the city hall or the legion?

And how often does this awakening tree bear fruit? Do I need to feed monster corpses next time it bears fruit?

As a result, it seems that he was worrying too much. This awakening tree seems to only bear fruit once...

However, Wang Tao grinned when he saw the golden fruits on the tree.

Just tie it once and leave the awakening fruit behind. And there was more fruit than he imagined!

Before, because the leaves were blocking the fruits, Wang Tao was not sure how many fruits there were. Now that there are no leaves on the tree, it is easy to count. There are 33 fruits in total!

Although it is not yet clear what the purpose of these awakening fruits is and what they have to do with awakening. But the golden appearance of the fruit is a good thing at first glance. It's pretty good to get 33 Awakening Fruits at once.

“There’s only one last hour left, just wait.”

Wang Tao opened his mouth and said.

Others are also looking forward to it, especially Jiang Shixue, Lightning and the five black snakes, who are all drooling again.

The more critical the situation is, the more difficult it is to relax. Wang Tao has always turned on his plant affinity ability. There are a lot of dead grass nearby, so he can maximize this ability. Everything around him is under his control.

As the ripening time gets closer, the color of the awakening fruit becomes more brilliant, as if it is emitting a golden light.

The Awakening Tree is getting more and more desolate, and has even begun to wither. Visibly to the naked eye, these branches are beginning to break and fall. After falling to the ground, it fell directly into powder, as if it had already decayed.

“This awakening tree is really dead…”

Wang Tao was a little unsure before, but now he has basically confirmed that after the awakening fruit matures, the awakening tree will indeed die, and it is a one-time event.

Soon, only the main trunk and the branches bearing the awakening fruits were left of this towering tree, and the rest of the tree was rotten. But looking at the current situation, the remaining parts will also rot. There are only 3 minutes left before the awakening fruit matures. Maybe the awakening tree will collapse at the moment the awakening fruit matures.

Several black snakes were called down by Wang Tao. After all, the awakening fruit was not fully mature yet. What if the black snakes damaged the tree in advance and there was something wrong with the fruit...

In the last thirty seconds, the entire awakening tree was crumbling.

Just when Wang Tao and others were holding cloth bags and preparing to catch the awakening fruit under the tree, a fierce cry suddenly came from the distance.

Everyone raised their heads.

A huge figure with open wings, hidden in the last ray of sunset, flew towards everyone!

"day!"

Seeing this scene, Wang Tao cursed secretly, and then said quickly:

“Get ready to retreat to the cave!”

The minibus started instantly and started running in the cave.

Wang Tao and others did not get in the car, but looked at the awakening fruit on the tree.

When the countdown finally ended, there was only a roar and the crumbling tree collapsed. 33 golden awakening fruits fell from the sky.

Wang Tao and others quickly caught the fruit and ran towards the cave without looking back.

“Charge!”

Rumble —

(End of this chapter)