NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 509: Giant's Heart Necklace
Wang Tao removed his fourth-tier Giant Slayer Ring and switched it with this level 5 one. From now on, when he battled Giant Zombies, he would deal an extra 20% damage.
Then, Wang Tao looked at the second piece of equipment, a very simplistic silver necklace with a pendant resembling a tiny heart.
[Giant's Heart Necklace]
[Fifth-Order (Epic)]
[Strength +10%, Stamina +10%, Attack power +10%, Defensive power +10%]
"This attribute... seems quite impressive!"
Seeing the attributes of the Giant's Heart Necklace, Wang Tao was somewhat amazed.
It was the first time he had seen attributes like "Strength" and "Stamina" being increased, and by as much as 10% at that! And aside from strength and stamina, there was an additional 10% increase in attack power and defensive power!
Right now, Wang Tao wore a "Physical Necklace" around his neck, and its attributes were quite strong. It primarily increased mental defense power, reduced physical strength consumption, and reduced ability energy usage.
[Physical Necklace]
[Fourth-tier (Excellence)]
[Spiritual Defense Power +20, Physical strength consumption -20%, includes Focus Effect (Focus Effect requires Awakening Energy)]
[Focus: Reduces energy consumption when using abilities]
But right now, Wang Tao was not lacking in spiritual defense power, as he was a psychic system awakener, and he naturally had high spiritual defense.
Not to mention his mana, he currently had 200,000 mana, which was so much that he couldn't use it all up—because his main method of attack relied on awakening, and the energy consumption for his four abilities primarily used Awakening Energy, so he didn't use much mana.
As for the attribute of reducing physical strength consumption, Wang Tao found it somewhat useful, or rather, this attribute was very nice for the vast majority of people. But now that Wang Tao had experienced a System Awakening, his physical strength ceiling had increased by an unknown amount, and he didn't lack that little bit...
So, at present, this Physical Necklace offered only a limited enhancement to Wang Tao.
However, blueprints for items like necklaces had a very low drop rate, and up to now, Wang Tao had only obtained three blueprints. Another one was the Ice Necklace, which had great attributes, increasing both ice attribute attack and ice attribute defense by 20! Unfortunately, Wang Tao was not an ice attribute awakener, so he couldn't use it.
And now, he finally obtained another necklace, and it was a very strong one at that, ready to replace the Physical Necklace.
First, Wang Tao tried wearing two necklaces to see if there was any stacking effect, and, as he expected, the Giant's Heart Necklace didn't trigger.
So, he reluctantly removed the Physical Necklace and then put on the Giant's Heart Necklace.
In that instant, Wang Tao felt his body filled with more strength.
"This effect is somewhat noticeable..."
Attributes like increased attack power and defensive power aren't something one can intuitively feel; it can only be discerned through the process of combat. But strength and stamina are different; as soon as Wang Tao wore the Giant's Heart Necklace, he immediately felt stronger.
And with increased strength also came an increase in his physical attack, coupled with an additional 10% attack power bonus... Wang Tao felt the enhancement from this necklace would be substantial!
He was even somewhat eager to encounter Giant Zombies again, but Wang Tao didn't forget his mission.
"Lightning, can you swallow that?"
Wang Tao pointed at the corpse of the Giant Zombie and said.
During the battle, Lightning had stayed on the back of the Golden Eagle the entire time. Although he had a lot of HP, he was only at level 4. Facing such a level of combat, it wasn't easy for him to get involved.
"Woof~"
Lightning immediately opened his mouth wide, and then the body of the Giant Zombie rapidly shrank and entered Lightning's mouth. Lightning's HP ceiling increased by 5000, and his size grew slightly.
Wang Tao hadn't yet given the Life Elixir to Lightning, because Lightning could increase his HP by devouring corpses, while the Golden Eagle and others had fewer ways to gain HP, so it seemed more fitting to save it for others, and give it to Lightning later if there were excess.
"There are no other enemies around, right?"
Wang Tao asked.
"Chirp~"
"Woof~"
Xiao Jin and Lightning both told Wang Tao there were no more enemies around; this Giant Zombie was alone.
"Let's go."
Whew—
The Golden Eagle flapped its wings, carrying Wang Tao and Lightning back into the sky. Wang Tao took out a map, discerned the direction, and then had the Golden Eagle head towards the coordinates.
Perhaps due to the deterrent presence of the Giant Zombie, there were no zombies on the ground or in the air, and Wang Tao was happy for the peace.
He took the opportunity to reflect on the battle, summarizing the gains and losses.
The harvest from hunting the Giant Zombie was very bountiful, but the greatest gain wasn't the Blood Beads or the necklace, but rather, Wang Tao knew how he should hunt zombies of this level!
If he were to do it again, he was confident that he could resolve the battle in a short time!
In the future, he had to pay more attention to news of Giant Zombies; he might be well on his way to becoming a "Giant Slayer"...
"Oh right, I almost forgot about this!"
Wang Tao suddenly remembered that some of the equipment on the back of the Golden Eagle seemed destroyed, but some were still intact. The intensity of the previous battle had left no time to carefully inspect them, but now was a good opportunity to study them.
"I understand now..."
A moment later, Wang Tao's face showed a sudden realization.
He wasn't wrong before, indeed some equipment had been destroyed, but some weren't affected. And the reason for the varying outcomes seemed to be related to batteries—the equipment with built-in batteries were all destroyed irrespective of whether they were powered on or off, while the equipment without built-in batteries were fine.
"Could that strange energy in the sky be related to electricity?"