NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 485: Student Awakening
"Could it be that as long as the attack is launched from the spear, whether it is melee or ranged, it can suck blood? But the blood-sucking effect of ranged attacks is only half that of melee?"
To ensure the accuracy of the test, Wang Tao continued to hunt mutated plants and conducted several tests.
The test results proved his conjecture—as long as his attacks were launched from the Iron Shatter Spear, they all had a blood-sucking effect, although the effect at a distance was halved.
This was excellent news for Wang Tao.
If only melee could suck blood, that restriction would be quite severe. But if ranged attacks could also suck blood, then it was a completely different story. Take Wang Tao's Dark Shockwave, for instance; its range was not small, capable of hitting a multitude of monsters in a short period of time. Even if the ranged attacks only had a 5% blood-sucking effect, the quantity could fully compensate for the quality!
Moreover, there was an important matter: when Wang Tao had previously killed the Catastrophic Serpent, he acquired a bracelet.
[Bracelet of Ebbing]
[Fourth Rank (Epic)]
[The wearer's HP decreases by 1% per second (capped at 99%) and attack power increases by 1% per second (capped at 99%).]
This bracelet was powerful, theoretically able to increase attack power by up to 99%, but the HP cost was excessive. Especially since it was a percentage-based reduction, for Wang Tao, it meant losing two thousand HP every second!
Although with the healing of the Jade Lotus, or Ding Yuqin's Spring of Healing, Wang Tao wasn't afraid of such HP loss.
But Wang Tao couldn't always fight by their side, so since getting the bracelet, he had barely used it. Of course, this was also related to not encountering a suitable opponent—if he met someone he couldn't defeat, Wang Tao would simply run; if he could defeat them, there was no need to risk using the bracelet.
Such a powerful piece of equipment, lying quietly in his Space Backpack most of the time, was somewhat wasted; now it was used when Wang Tao needed to reduce his HP.
But now it was different. With the means to regenerate HP during battle, there was no longer any pressure to use the Bracelet of Ebbing in combat.
So, in other words, after Wang Tao switched to a new weapon, he not only gained blood-sucking ability but also gained a lot more attack power. It was like hitting two birds with one stone!
However, the spear wasn't without its drawbacks.
The biggest downside was that only attacks launched from the spear could suck blood, and many of Wang Tao's attack methods did not need a spear.
For example, the high-temperature rays shot from his eyes known as [Scorching Eyes]; the fusion technique [Hellfire], also emitted from the eyes; various mental attacks launched with the mind; dark air bullets fired from guns or hands; fireballs conjured with the hands...
These abilities were all incapable of using a spear to attack, so that was that. However, luckily, abilities similar to the Shockwave could suck blood, and as Wang Tao's strength improved and his control over various elements became more precise, perhaps he could use the spear to simulate all sorts of attacks...
In addition, there was a minor regret that Wang Tao currently lacked a Level 5 Crystal Core suitable for inlaying into a weapon. Otherwise, if he made a hole in this weapon and inlaid a Crystal Core, it would be even more perfect.
As for the consumption of the blood-sucking ability... it was completely negligible.
Not just blood-sucking, but similar abilities inherent in equipment, such as Bleeding, Armor Break, and so forth, used very little Awakening Energy. Their main role was to activate and bind the weapon, acting as a threshold—only Awakeners could activate these special abilities of the weapon. So the consumption was ignorable.
...
The others didn't know what Wang Tao was testing, but when Wang Tao completed his experiment and shared about his new weapon with them, they expressed their surprise.
"Blood-sucking? That's interesting..."
"A blood-sucking weapon sounds very strong!"
"..."
In terms of personal combat power, Wang Tao usually did not hide anything from his own people. They were a team and often needed to coordinate; if others were not aware of his combat power, they might unwittingly do more harm than good, so it was better to be clear on this matter.
"Speaking of this steel whip and spear, who wants them?"
Since he had the Iron Shatter Spear, the Iron Thorn Steel Whip, which Wang Tao had recently replaced, was naturally superfluous, and the Ironwood Spear was even less needed.
Both weapons, one being heavy and the other long and thin, were obviously not to the liking of the ladies.
The men, such as Xiang Hongbin, however, lit up at the sight; they loved these kinds of brute force weapons.
In the end, Xiang Hongbin took the Iron Thorn Steel Whip, and Wei Zhenguo took the Ironwood Spear.
Actually, Wang Tao also had an Impact Hammer in his possession, which was also a strong weapon with the same added 150 attack power as the Iron Shatter Spear, but unfortunately, it had the side effect of reducing attack speed by 50%.
Probably influenced by Wang Tao, they all valued speed, and they typically didn't like to use equipment that reduced it, so Wang Tao didn't insist.
"By the way, Wang Tao, here's your bracelet back; I can now confirm that it's of no use to us..."
Lan Yulian passed a black bracelet to Wang Tao. It was the Dark Night Bracelet that Wang Tao had obtained earlier.
[Dark Night Bracelet]
[Fifth Rank (Excellent)]
[Attack inflicts Dark Property Damage, Dark Attribute Attack +20]
Wang Tao decided to give the bracelet to Lan Yulian after deciding to bring people into the Rift. He wanted to see if, when Lan Yulian boosted everyone's HP, making everyone's attacks have the Dark Attribute, it would have any additional lethal effect here...