NOVEL NEXT Chapter 602 - 251 Sharp Dog Tooth_3
"Go!"
Whoosh!
Upon receiving the command, Lightning immediately charged over, unaware of what the word "fear" meant.
The heavy rain significantly impaired the zombies’ perceptions, and coupled with Lightning’s speed, by the time the zombies noticed him, he had already pounced on them.
Bang!
The zombie was directly tackled to the ground.
"Grrr..."
It struggled to get up, but Lightning bit its face.
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Seeing this damage figure, Wang Tao was somewhat surprised.
"Such high damage!"
Even though they were both Level 1, Lightning only had 1000 HP.
With just one bite, Lightning had torn off most of the zombie’s face, leaving it with only a sliver of HP. It waved its claws, trying to grab Lightning, but Lightning quickly retreated, spitting out the black blood from its mouth.
Wang Tao carefully observed Lightning’s body data to confirm that there were no signs of internal impurity or infection and heaved a sigh of relief.
This zombie, no longer suppressed by Lightning, slowly got up, but then Lightning rushed forward again, leaping high into the air and biting the zombie’s head.
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The zombie died on the spot.
Wang Tao glanced at Lightning’s attributes again. Its HP had not increased.
"Still not gaining HP, huh..."
Wang Tao was somewhat disappointed.
Lightning couldn’t fuse with Crystal Cores. It didn’t gain HP from killing zombies. Was there really no way to increase its strength?
Suddenly, a few rotten Zombie Dogs emerged, all Level 2 Elites.
"Lightning, come back!"
Wang Tao shouted, and Lightning immediately ran back to his side, then bared its teeth at the Zombie Dogs.
After all, they were Level 2 Elite Zombies, and Wang Tao wasn’t willing to let Lightning take the risk.
He took out his Bone Knife and slashed at the Level 2 Zombies, leaving them nearly dead. Then he turned to Lightning and said:
"Go, finish them off!"
"Woof!"
Lightning immediately ran over and dealt the finishing blow to the crippled, dying Zombie Dogs.
"Huh?"
Then Wang Tao noticed that Lightning’s HP bar had increased!
"Could it be that only by killing Level 2 Zombies, or Elite Zombies, it can increase its HP bar?"
Wang Tao suddenly remembered that when humans reached 1000 HP, they no longer gained HP from killing zombies. They had to become Ability Users and kill at least Level 1 Elite Zombies to continue increasing their HP.
Was it the same with Lightning?
No, that’s not right, Lightning didn’t have an Ability... maybe it’s different for animals than for humans?
Another little issue was that Lightning had gained too little HP!
After finishing off the four Level 2 Elite Zombie Dogs, they had only given Lightning 600 HP... It seemed Lightning didn’t get an HP bonus for killing zombies above its level?
However, being able to increase HP was a good thing; at least it proved Lightning still had room for improvement.
Wang Tao called Lightning back and then checked its mouth.
It had just bitten so many zombies to death, but there was no residual blood or flesh in its mouth. It seemed to be the effect of its Hidden Attribute.
"That’s great, keep it up!"
Wang Tao continued to clear the surrounding zombies with Lightning.
He hoped to encounter a few Level 3 Lord Zombies, but this military base seemed to be the territory of that Zombie Dog, with only one Level 3 Lord.
However, there were still plenty of zombies here. By the time Wang Tao and his party cleared all the zombies inside the base, Yang Changhong and the others had greatly increased their HP.
Including Lightning; its HP had risen to 4999, but this also troubled Wang Tao. Because Lightning’s HP bar wasn’t increasing anymore, just like the humans, it was stuck at the Level 1 bottleneck.
Even if Wang Tao let it kill Level 2 Elite Zombies, it still wouldn’t gain HP anymore. And Lightning couldn’t fuse with Crystal Cores either... was there really no way to break through this bottleneck?
Wang Tao felt there must be a way; he just hadn’t found it yet...
Feeling somewhat helpless, Wang Tao suddenly thought of Jiang Shixue who was in a similar situation – unable to fuse with Crystal Cores or achieve Ascension, stuck with HP. However, Jiang Shixue had 100% Internal Impurity while Lightning had none.
"Forget it, let’s not worry about it for now..."
Wang Tao, not having the time to investigate at the moment, made sure that all zombies outside the military base were cleared, then he and the others barricaded the gate to the base.
Thus, both the interior and exterior of the military base were secure.
But the military base was too large, and Wang Tao and his people were unable to defend the outer area, so they still lived in the inner section.
"We’re all tired. Let’s rest, and tomorrow we’ll deal with the zombies on the outskirts!"
The zombies outside the base were more numerous and generally of a higher level than those inside. It would be a good opportunity for Yang Changhong and the others to increase their HP.
"Okay!"
Clearing so many zombies was exhausting, but the reward was worth it. Not to mention the Crystal Cores, their HP had increased a lot.
After dinner, Wang Tao found that He Jijun, who had slept for 24 hours, was now awake.
"How do you feel?"
Wang Tao asked with a smile.
"I feel... I can’t really describe it, but it feels good..."
He Jijun didn’t know how to express himself. After all, his Ascension had been too fast. For these first Ability Users like Wang Tao, transforming from ordinary people into Ability Users, from Level 1 to Level Two Ascension, each step required a lot of effort.
Whereas He Jijun had transformed from an ordinary person to a Level 2 Ability User within just a few days. He still wasn’t used to being an Ability User...
"Haha, no worries. Tomorrow we’ll go out and hunt some zombies, and that’ll get you more familiar with it!"
Wang Tao said with a laugh.
"Right!"
He Jijun nodded, looking forward to it.
"Once we’ve cleared all the zombies around the military base, we’ll have to check the city!",
Wang Tao had yet to engage a Level 4 zombie head-on. The Illusion Beast he encountered in Zijing City didn’t count since he hadn’t directly fought it.
Wang Tao felt that with his and his team’s strength, they should be qualified to confront Level 4 zombies.
Of course, that didn’t include the Giant Zombie – setting aside its strength, just considering its huge size, Wang Tao didn’t even know where to start.