NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 504: Silver Beetle
"It has an attack of 150 and a 100% attack speed not to mention an extra 20% movement speed... Really nice!"
Wang Tao muttered to himself.
These two daggers had strong attributes, but unfortunately, they were daggers. Wang Tao preferred to use long weapons, and he found the Iron Shatter Spear quite handy.
Moreover, in the entire team, aside from Jiang Shixue, no one else knew how to use daggers.
"Clearly, it's tailor-made for you."
Wang Tao handed the dagger to Jiang Shixue.
Jiang Shixue's eyes suddenly lit up as she took the dagger. She could clearly feel her body had become much lighter.
When she swung the dagger, her speed was also much faster than before.
"Thanks, bro!"
Jiang Shixue didn't refuse. She knew that none of the others were adept with daggers.
After Wang Tao had looked over the spoils of war, he let the Golden Eagle fly a bit lower, especially over those abandoned buildings, which were the focal points of observation.
Wang Tao still had three Sixth Rank Night Devil Parasite Eggs in his hand. If he could find another Night Demon's Nest, even if he could only hatch a single Sixth Rank Lord Night Demon, he would be satisfied.
But unfortunately, after searching around in these ruins, he did not find any other Night Demon nests.
There were definitely other Night Demon nests in the distance, but it wasn't worth expending too much effort for just another Night Demon nest.
After all, aside from the insect eggs, Wang Tao had some other things, like the Crystal Energy Meteorite.
"Let's stop right here."
Wang Tao commanded the Golden Eagle to land in a flat open space, then Wang Tao took out a collection of Crystal Energy Meteorites of various sizes.
He hadn't used up all the Energy Crystal Meteorites he bought from Cheng Yiyi last time; there were still 18 left. Three of those were Sixth Rank, and the remaining 15 were Fifth Rank.
With Wang Tao's current strength, opening a Level 6 Meteorite wasn't too much of a problem; even if a Sixth Rank Lord did emerge, he could handle it.
The issue, however, was that he didn't have enough Sixth-Rank Crystal Cores—cores like Ascension, Omnipotence, and Awakening were definitely not to be wasted on opening meteorites. He had just used the HP Increase and Energy Boost to craft the Night Demon Dagger, so now he was left with only a Power Crystal Core.
So that was that, he could only start with the Level 5 Meteors.
But it was not a big deal. Wang Tao's main objective for this outing was to test his own strength; everything else was just incidental.
However, before he started on the meteorites, Wang Tao took out a crystal core.
[Fifth-Rank Crystal Core: Omnipotent Shield]
[Quality: 100% (Epic)]
[Purity: 30% (Side effect: HP upper limit reduced by 200,000)]
[Omnipotent Shield: Passive Ability, a shield invisible to the naked eye is condensed outside of one's body, which can block any attack but has a limit. Once the damage absorbed reaches that limit, the shield will shatter. It can be reassembled using Awakening Energy. (Only System Awakeners can use this)]
Now at Level 5 and having awakened a System Ability, and with 210,000 HP, Wang Tao could finally fuse this crystal core!
He had refrained from fusing it before hunting the Sixth-Rank Night Fiend Lord because it would deduct 200,000 HP. He wasn't yet sure how strong this Ability was, and facing a Sixth-Rank Night Devil with only 10,000 HP was simply too risky.
But now there was no need to worry. Even if he managed to obtain a Level 5 Lord from the meteorites, he felt he could handle it with 10,000 HP, especially since the Ability was also of a defensive nature.
Wang Tao immediately placed the crystal core into his mouth. The Crystal Core vaporized instantly, diffusing through his limbs and body.
Eyes closed, Wang Tao silently savored the sensation.
After a moment, he opened his eyes and looked at his palm, murmuring with admiration.
"Not bad, really not bad!"
The Omnipotent Shield was a passive Ability. To others, there was nothing to see, but through Wang Tao's eyes, he could see a faint shield around his body.
This shield did not interfere with Wang Tao's movements, as if it didn't exist at all.
"Little Xue, give me a cut."
Wang Tao removed the Night Demon Gloves and stretched out a hand towards Jiang Shixue.
Whoosh—
Jiang Shixue did not hesitate and directly stabbed towards Wang Tao's hand with the dagger.
However, she wasn't using the Sixth Rank Night Devil Blade that Wang Tao had just given her, but instead, a Third Order Night Devil Blade.
Logically, even if it was a Level 3 dagger, with Jiang Shixue's strength, she should have been able to cut Wang Tao's hand.
After all, Wang Tao had no protective gear on his hand. Without any armor, no matter how strong Wang Tao's defense, he was still bound by the laws of flesh and blood.
Yet, in reality, the Night Demon Dagger didn't leave a single mark on Wang Tao's hand.
Taking a closer look, Jiang Shixue noticed that while her dagger seemed to touch Wang Tao's palm, they didn't actually make contact; there was a tiny gap between the dagger and Wang Tao's palm, and no matter how hard Jiang Shixue pushed, the dagger couldn't touch his palm.
"Something's blocking it!"
Jiang Shixue immediately grabbed Wang Tao's hand, but regardless of her scrutiny and analysis, Wang Tao's hand appeared just the same as before, and she didn't discover any "invisible gloves"...
"That's the Omnipotent Shield for you!"
Wang Tao explained with a smile.
Whether because the Omnipotent Shield was intelligent or because it operated on an incomprehensible set of rules, it didn't affect Wang Tao's contact with others but did block attacks!
The numbers "-0" bounced off Wang Tao when Jiang Shixue struck him, just like when he had eliminated the Hammer Zombie earlier.