NOVEL NEXT Chapter 790: Giant Holy Beetle (Part 2)
Wang Tao felt that the size difference was a bit too much, could it be that after being armed, it would also become very big?
As he pondered in his heart, Wang Tao had already taken out the Crystal Core to bind and awaken it. The first person to activate these beetle biological weapons would automatically bind them.
A moment later, this Sixth-Rank Crystal Core completely merged into the Holy Beetle, its Compatibility directly reached 100%, and at the same time, it was awakened by Wang Tao.
"Ka—"
With a series of cracking sounds, the giant beetle shook its body, then slowly stood up.
It still resembled a beetle, but its size was already about as big as the state of being armed with Beetle Armor. If it starts arming... wouldn't it be even bigger?
Wang Tao stroked his chin and then looked at the current Attributes of the Holy Beetle.
[Sixth-Stage Weapon·Holy Beetle]
[HP: 1000000/1000000]
[Status: Awake]
[Enhancement: Independent Attack, Growth, Armed (HP, Attack, Defense, Morale)]
[Compatibility: 100%]
The armed state of these beetle-type biological weapons generally provides at least three attributes: HP, Attack, and Defense.
The fourth attribute depends on the Insect Clan Monster that the beetle biological weapon devours. If the devoured Insect Clan Monster has strong Fire Resistance Ability, then the beetle biological weapon might have an additional "Fire Resistance" attribute; if the devoured Insect Clan Monster has strong Acid Liquid Ability, then the beetle biological weapon might have an additional "Acid Liquid" attribute.
As for this Holy Beetle in front of him, it hasn't devoured any Insect Clan Monsters, but its armed effect still has a fourth attribute—
[Morale: Within a certain range, increase the overall Combat Power of other beetle-type biological weapons by 30%, except for the Holy Beetle]
"Hiss!"
Seeing this detailed introduction of Morale, Wang Tao was somewhat astonished.
This means that if others wear Iron Beetle, Silver Beetle, Gold Beetle around him, they will receive a 30% Combat Power Enhancement!
Perhaps for Iron Beetle, this 30% increase in Combat Power isn't considered much, and a 30% increase might not be enough to single-handedly defeat tough Level 5 Lords.
For Silver Beetle, this Enhancement is somewhat more significant, as it is a percentage increase, and the stronger one's power, the more worthwhile it becomes.
And for Gold Beetle, this 30% increase is absolutely amazing!
Because the highest rank now is Level 6, with Disaster Class being rather peculiar, disregarding that, just say Level 6 Lord Rank, if Gold Beetle increased its Combat Power by 30%, probably no Level 6 Lord Rank could defeat Gold Beetle!
Just uncertain about the exact range of Morale, it seems it shouldn't be too small. If it were a limited-range ability, the introduction would directly state small range instead of a certain range...
Wang Tao wasn't in a hurry to test but rather looked at the "Growth" Enhancement that had completely manifested just after activation.
[Growth: High own potential, combat will make it grow, growing to a certain extent will have combat power similar to Seventh Level]
This "Growth" is pretty much in line with Wang Tao's previous speculation, the power of this Holy Beetle isn't static, but can increase with combat!
But why say, grown to a certain extent will have "combat power similar to Seventh Level," instead of "Ascension to Seventh Level"... Wang Tao roughly understood the reason.
Because ascension to Seventh Level requires "Power of Laws," and the Holy Beetle probably can't obtain the Power of Laws, the Power of Laws obtained from monsters killed by the Holy Beetle should be fed back to the user themselves, rather than Holy Beetle, so Holy Beetle can't Ascend to Seventh Level, it only grows to have a combat power similar to Seventh Level.
Wang Tao estimated that after the Holy Beetle grows to this degree, its combat power should be slightly weaker than a true Seventh Level, considering it lacks abilities like Law Domain which are extremely powerful. But it certainly will be much stronger than Level 6!
"Armed!"
After studying the attributes of the Holy Beetle, Wang Tao couldn't wait to activate the armed state.
Just as he finished speaking, the Holy Beetle immediately began wriggling in the shocked eyes of everyone, and rapidly expanded. In the blink of an eye, a white beetle monster as large as a Giant Zombie appeared in front of everyone.
Looking at such a big guy, not to mention others, even Wang Tao was a bit flustered.
"So big!"
He had just seen the attributes of the Holy Beetle and thought its main advantages were in "Growth" and "Morale." Without considering these two Enhancements, its Combat Power shouldn't be much higher than Gold Beetle.
But now, seeing Holy Beetle's exaggerated size and feeling the terrifying aura on it, Wang Tao felt he had underestimated the Holy Beetle before. Its combat power definitely surpasses Gold Beetle, should be similar to Sixth-Rank Giant Zombie!
What Combat Power does Sixth-Rank Giant Zombie have? Although it's Lord Rank, its combat power is on par with Sixth Rank Disaster Class!
This means the combat power of this Holy Beetle should be comparable to Sixth Rank Disaster Class! While among Level 6 creatures, the highest rank is the Sixth Rank Disaster Class. To be stronger than Sixth Rank Disaster Class, one must ascend to Seventh Level.
So in the absence of Sixth Rank Disaster Class, the Holy Beetle seems to have no opponents, even Sixth Rank Disaster Class cannot do anything to the Holy Beetle.
Perhaps only Wang Tao can easily suppress the Holy Beetle, considering Wang Tao now can easily slay the Sixth Rank Disaster Class.
Looking this way, the Holy Beetle armed state should be one of the strongest combat powers in the world currently aside from Wang Tao himself. Most monsters and zombies at Level 6 are no match!
Wang Tao thought while commanding the Holy Beetle. The Holy Beetle immediately squatted and stretched out its huge palm to Wang Tao.
It was too tall; the entry point into its body is in its chest, if one can't fly, entering its body to maneuver would be troublesome.
But fortunately, after giving it the command, it would immediately squat down halfway, extend the hand to Wang Tao, and once Wang Tao jumped onto its hand, it would quickly place the hand in that specially opened space in its chest.
Controlling the Holy Beetle is the same as controlling other beetle-type biological weapons, it's all handled through mental control, and one's perspective would turn into the beetle biological weapon's perspective. Initially, it might be somewhat unfamiliar, but once accustomed, beetle-type biological weapons would feel like point and shoot, very agile, especially since controlling Powered Armor is much simpler.
For instance, now, once Wang Tao got the Holy Beetle's perspective, he immediately had one feeling—Great!
After all, this was a dozens of meters high Holy Beetle, many things in its view appeared like ants.
Upon noticing a herd of zombies coming from afar, he walked over with big strides and stomped on the zombie herd, as if stepping on an ant colony—in fact, he indeed stomped a host of ants, that Fourth and Fifth Rank zombies held no resistance, even their Level 5 Lord was also stepped on and crushed by Wang Tao!
"Is this the common sensation of a Giant Zombie... kind of awesome!"
Within the Holy Beetle, Wang Tao curled his mouth.
Although his own power is greater and his attack methods more varied, occasionally experiencing such straightforward and simple attack means is quite interesting.
Moreover, this Holy Beetle can enhance its strength through battle, perhaps if its power grows near to Seventh Level, it might be stronger than him now.
Wang Tao originally didn't intend to retain any beetle-type biological weapons, as these weren't much use to him. But now after trying out this Holy Beetle, he thought maybe he could keep it around for himself, using it for combat and letting it grow continually. Of course, regardless of who uses the Holy Beetle, the effect won't be much different...
After taking a stroll outside, Wang Tao finally arrived at Wei Zhenguo's location and disarmed the armed state, turning the Holy Beetle into a beetle resembling the size of a small house.
Seeing the excited expressions on everyone's face, Wang Tao briefly explained about the Holy Beetle and let them try it too.
"Other places should also have meteorites containing Holy Beetles, we need to retrieve those meteorites..."