The flame monster turned into a ball of flames that grew bigger and bigger.

When a certain critical point was reached, only a boom was heard, and the area was instantly enveloped in flames, turning into a sea of fire.

A brilliant fiery mushroom cloud slowly rose.

The surrounding zombies, plants, buildings, and rain were all engulfed in flames, including Wang Tao.

……

The sky suddenly turned fiery red, and then a shockwave was seen hitting the helicopter.

The helicopter shook violently, and everyone in the plane staggered.

He Jijun hurriedly stabilized the helicopter, and then several people looked at the direction of the shock wave at the same time.

That's a small mushroom cloud, there...... It's Wang Tao's location!

"Brother!"

Jiang Shixue's face turned pale, and her big beautiful and pure eyes were full of panic.

"Wang Tao! Wang Tao, are you okay? ”

Yang Changhong immediately frantically contacted Wang Tao in the headset, but there was no sound inside.

Xu Xiaojun's face was a little dazed, he felt that Wang Tao would definitely not die. He believes in Wang Tao! But...... This mushroom cloud has come out!

"What the hell is this!"

Even He Jijun, who has always been calm, is not calm this time.

Look at the size of this mushroom cloud, it's like it's been bombarded by a missile!

Wang tao...... Is he still alive?

"Brother Wang......"

Nie Siyan was still a little incredulous.

"Wow!"

The lightning bolt, tied to the seat belt, moved wildly, trying to break free of the seat belt and go to its owner.

Even the giant zombie was attracted, and it directly gave up the little mosquito in front of it that had been buzzing, and strode towards the sea of fire.

……

On the ground, the flames exploded and went as fast as they came.

The brilliant flame mushroom cloud slowly vanished, revealing the ruins of the sea of fire within.

Suddenly, one of the slightly bulging ruins shook for a moment.

Whoop -

The building debris parted to the sides, and a huge figure rose from the rubble and emerged from the flames.

He slowly straightened up, revealing his burly body that was more than four meters tall and the broken roots that were wrapped around him.

"Ahem...... What a power! ”

The man looked up, revealing the youthful face beneath the mask of the broken roots.

"Wang Tao!"

On the helicopter, everyone who saw this figure immediately cried with joy.

When they saw a huge figure rising from the ruins of flames just now, they thought it was a flame monster.

It wasn't until the huge figure walked out of the sea of fire and revealed Wang Tao's iconic set of tree root armor that everyone knew that Wang Tao was not dead!

At this time, He Jijun said very calmly:

"Shoot, attract the giant zombies!"

The giant zombie just went towards Wang Tao!

Yang Changhong and the others reacted at this time, and they hurriedly pulled the trigger.

Da Da Da –

But to the giant zombies, these bullets are like mosquito bites. It doesn't care at all now, because it seems to have discovered something more interesting.

Yang Changhong shouted frantically in the headset:

"Wang Tao, the giant zombies are over! Come on! ”

on the ground.

The first thing Wang Tao did when he got up was to look around, and at a glance he saw the giant zombies striding over.

He grinned, and ran straight towards the other ruins.

Whoop -

Wang Tao used his big fan-like hands to dig into the ruins.

A few seconds later, he found a body covered in black, but with no facial features—it was a flame monster!

He took out the bone knife and stabbed the other man's head.

Fight cattle across the mountains!

【-1200】

【0/120000】

Whoop -

The fire monster bursts out with a pile of loot.

"Huh?"

Wang Tao discovered that the layer of black armor on the flame monster had a name. And a small flame with a name burst out of the body of the flame monster!

Wang Tao didn't have time to take a closer look, he quickly put away all the loot and ran.

As he ran, he picked up all the crystal nuclei on the ground around him, and pointed in a direction to the helicopter in the sky.

"Let's go!"

He Jijun piloted the helicopter and flew towards the location Wang Tao pointed to.

Buzz –

The helicopter flew in the direction pointed by Wang Tao, and Wang Tao also ran towards this place.

The giant zombie seemed to have discovered Wang Tao, and it immediately quickened its pace.

But before the giant zombie caught up, Wang Tao had already joined the helicopter and came to the bottom of the helicopter.

Wang Tao stretched out his hand to the helicopter, and the iron tree vines on his wrist suddenly flew towards the helicopter, and soon wrapped around the hook reserved by the helicopter.

He Jijun immediately pulled up the helicopter, Wang Tao's feet slowly left the ground, and then he was hoisted by the helicopter and left in the opposite direction of the base.

"Roar—"

The giant zombie roared and continued the chase, but it was not as fast as the helicopter and was quickly lost.

For the sake of insurance, He Jijun still deliberately went around like the last time he went back.

An hour later, when the helicopter was about to run out of fuel, it finally returned to the military base.

At this time, Wang Tao had already changed back to his normal size, and after coming to the sky above the base, he asked the iron tree vine to let go of the helicopter, and then landed directly on the ground.

Boom!

Wang Tao landed smoothly.

Soon, the helicopter landed smoothly.

"Brother!"

"Wang Tao!"

Jiang Shixue and Yang Changhong jumped off the plane and threw themselves into Wang Tao's arms. Then he subconsciously checked whether Wang Tao was seriously injured.

Wang Tao had already put away the roots of the entwined tree, but the clothes on his body were in tatters, the black sweatshirt was ruined, and the Night Demon breastplate and leg armor were also destroyed. The bare skin was covered with dried blood and scars...... It looks miserable.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Wang Tao smiled and rubbed the hair of the two girls.

He was miserable, but he still had more than 10,000 blood, and his life was not in danger.

Wang Tao let go of the two of them and hugged He Jijun, Xu Xiaojun and Nie Siyan again.

Then he deliberately squatted down and hugged Lightning, and Lightning buried his head in Wang Tao's arms and whimpered a few times.

"I really didn't expect you to be alive under such a big explosion! Terrible! If you don't die in a big disaster, you will have a blessing! ”

He Jijun hammered Wang Tao on the chest.

"Haha, I haven't lived long enough, how can I die early! Let's go inside. ”

Wang Tao laughed.

Together, they got the helicopter into the hangar and returned to the command center. After all, it's all corrosive acid rain outside, and helicopters can't be in the rain all the time.

"Wang Tao, why did you suddenly get so big before? Now it's back to the way it was? Or is it ...... I'm dazzled? ”

Yang Changhong asked with some uncertainty.

Everyone else also looked at Wang Tao curiously, which was obviously not Yang Changhong's dazzle.

"That's one of my abilities. It's called Berserk...... If it weren't for this ability, I might have died. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Tao was a little embarrassed.

[Berserk: When the HP is less than 30%, the rage will be triggered automatically, and can only be triggered once a day.] After the rage is triggered, the HP, Blue, Stamina, and Spirit are fully restored, the size increases, all negative status is removed, the attack power is greatly increased, the speed is increased to a certain extent, and the defense is reduced to a certain extent. The rage lasts for 1 hour and returns to normal after 1 hour.

After Wang Tao fused the ability of rage, he didn't use it once.

After all, this is an ability that can only be triggered by residual blood, Wang Tao is very cautious and rarely has residual blood.

Based on his current HP, it will not activate until it drops to 33,000.

The last time he was attacked by the giant zombie, he still had 37,000 HP, so he couldn't trigger it.

Even Wang Tao himself almost forgot this ability.

This time I fought with the flame monster, but I didn't expect it to have a similar ability to self-detonate.

At that time, the roots of the winding tree instantly lost blood, and Wang Tao was supplying blood to the roots of the winding tree, so the roots of the winding tree sucked up the remaining blood of Wang Tao, reducing Wang Tao's blood volume to 30%, thus triggering the rage!

When the berserk ability triggers, all stats are increased except for a decrease in defense, and both blood and blue are restored to full value.

But this defense reduction is after the official opening of the rage. Before the rage opens, there is a transformation-like action for a few seconds. And in these few seconds, Wang Tao's defense is very high!

It was precisely because of this that most of the attacks of the flame monsters were blocked.

Otherwise, Wang Tao felt that even if he was full of 100,000 blood, he might not be able to withstand the great move of the flame monster!

The Flame Monster's move was not the same, but it was only 1200 blood left, and it was buried in the ruins, and even the flames on its body were gone.

So after the explosion, Wang Tao immediately ran over to solve it.

……

Wang Tao briefly explained his ability and his previous experience, and everyone was very amazed after hearing it.

This is also thanks to Wang Tao, but whenever someone comes over, I don't know how many times I have died.

"Speaking of which, I'm also a little bit overbearing. I thought this flame monster didn't have much attack. But who knows, if it doesn't attack, it's just that, and one attack is such a devastating move......"

Wang Tao sighed.

He now felt that the strength after the fourth order was not necessarily accurate just by looking at the amount of blood.

For example, this flame monster, if Wang Tao hadn't wrapped around the iron tree root to help him block a large amount of burn damage, Wang Tao wouldn't have been able to stand the burn damage on the monster alone, let alone fight it. I'm afraid it won't turn to ashes in a moment...... In this case, the flame monster may be even more terrifying than the giant zombie with 200,000 blood!

Several people listened to Wang Tao's words, and their faces were also a little serious.

To some extent, Wang Tao is also a negative example, which deserves their vigilance.

"Then your crystal nucleus ......"

He Jijun asked suddenly.

He hadn't forgotten the purpose of the operation.

"Advancing to the crystal nucleus is enough! After resting for a while, I'll go and study what the fourth-order awakening situation is! I'll share it with you later! ”

Wang Tao said with a smile.

Hearing Wang Tao say this, everyone first breathed a sigh of relief, and then a little excited. I finally have a chance to be fourth-order!

"Okay, then we won't bother you, Wang Tao, you have a good rest!"

He Jijun patted Wang Tao on the shoulder.

"Hmm."

I nodded, and then looked at the crowd with a serious face:

"Thank you this time, if you hadn't helped me drag down the giant zombie, I wouldn't have been able to kill this flame monster, thank you!"

"Haha, everyone is their own person, and they should help each other!"

He Jijun laughed.

Everyone else had smiles on their faces.

After He Jijun and the others left, Wang Tao looked at Jiang Shixue, who had been following him, and he whispered:

"I'll go find Yang Changhong to replenish some energy, and you can sleep by yourself at night."

Jiang Shixue's face turned red suddenly, she knew what Wang Tao meant by this.

"Hmmm......"

Jiang Shixue lowered her head and snorted.

Wang Tao came to Yang Changhong's room, today's Yang Changhong is more active than last time, but very gentle. After all, this time she almost parted with life and death, and she also needed to vent.

After the two of them were sweating profusely for a while, Wang Tao was full of blue again.

He immediately turned on his self-healing ability and let his HP slowly recover. Then he hugged Yang Changhong in his arms and began to check the loot this time.

What the flame monster is, Wang Tao doesn't know. It drops quite a few things, though, and it seems to be pretty good.

The first is the special energy, which brought Wang Tao 28,000 special energy, and gave Wang Tao a key to awakening. Wang Tao now has 3 Awakening Keys.

Then there is the crystal nucleus, and the crystal nucleus in the head of the flame monster is a [Fourth-Order Crystal Nucleus: Spiritual Defense].

No wonder Wang Tao's spiritual attack had no effect on it.

Of course, Wang Tao's spiritual attack is not strong, after all, he is not mainly based on spiritual attacks.

There are a total of five crystal nuclei in the Flame Monster Trophy package, which are the red [Fourth-Order Crystal Nucleus: Promotion], the purple [Fourth-Order Crystal Nucleus: Omnipotent], the blue [Fourth-Order Crystal Nucleus: Self-healing], and the orange [Fourth-Order Crystal Nucleus: Explosion].

Counting this promotion crystal nucleus, Wang Tao has a total of four, two excellent, two epic, he can fuse!

But don't rush for the time being, let's look at the loot first.

Of these crystal nuclei, only a burst of flames he had never seen.

Ordinary crystal nuclei have only one pattern in them, and they are generally distinguished according to the pattern.

This explosion is different, there are two patterns in it - one is a small flame burning, and the other is a red point of light that contracts for a while and expands for a while.

【Fourth-Order Crystal Nucleus: Flameburst】

[Quality: Epic (100%)]

[Purity: 35% (Side effect: Blood volume reduced to 1% after use)]

[Flame: Compress all the awakened energy, and then explode instantly (the power is related to the awakened energy, only the fire awakened can be fused)]

This blast ability is the Fire Monster's final ultimate.

However, compared to other crystal nuclei, this crystal nucleus is also very different from other crystal nuclei in addition to its appearance.

The first is the issue of fusion, which says that only the "Fire Awakened" can be fused. In other words, after awakening, it will be divided into fire and water?

Then there is the problem of side effects, after the successful fusion of this crystal nucleus, there are only side effects when it is used, and there are no side effects in normal times. This is very different from other crystal nuclei.

Finally, there's the issue of attrition, which doesn't consume blue, but awakened energy. The more energy you awaken, the more powerful it becomes.

Wang Tao estimated that this flame monster should have a lot of awakening energy, which is why it is so powerful......

Wang Tao looked at the other loot.

In addition to the loot package, the Flame Monster itself dropped two items, a black armor-like layer on the outside of its body, and a small flame.

【Acquire: Blackstone Armor*10】

[Blackstone Armor: Crafting materials, which can increase equipment with certain defenses, spiritual defenses, elemental defenses, fire prevention, and malleability]

It's a crafting material, but with several added stats!

No wonder Wang Tao's previous use of a spiritual attack on the flame had no effect. Not only because it has psychic defense, but also because of this Blackstone Armor!

The equipment made from this blackstone armor should be very good!

【Acquire: Magical Flame*1】

[Magical Flame: After release, it will grow into a fire beast.] After devouring, it gains a hidden ability]

"Huh?"

When he saw the magic flame before, Wang Tao felt that it was a bit similar to the magic seed.

Looking at it now, sure enough.

There are two options for treating this miraculous flame, one is to release and the other is to devour.

After being released, it is said that it will grow into a "fire beast", but is this fire beast the fire monster? Or something else?

Wang Tao didn't know, but it was obviously impossible to release it, after all, after devouring, he would gain hidden abilities!

Wang Tao didn't hesitate and put the small flame directly in his mouth. Whether he held it in his hand or in his mouth, there was no burning sensation. On the contrary, it is warm and very comfortable.

After a few moments, the fusion was complete.

[Countdown to Magical Flame Fusion: 9 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds]

Like the last magic seed, it takes ten days for the fusion to succeed.

Ten days is not a long time, and Wang Tao can afford to wait.

Then he looked at the loot package.

This flame monster exploded five loot packages.

Wang Tao's cross-level kills will generally burst out more than three packages, and five is considered very lucky.

The first crystal nucleus gift package has been seen in advance.

And the second package is a grenade!

Wang Tao hadn't seen this kind of grenade-type item for a long time.

【Get: Flame Grenade*10】

[Flame Grenade: It contains a certain amount of awakening energy, and after detonation, it forms a detonation within a circle of 50 meters]

"Contains a certain amount of awakening energy? Then this grenade should be the blast ability! But...... A circular range with a radius of 50 meters? ”

Wang Tao called out to the good guy, is this a grenade or a missile!

A circle with a radius of 50 meters! Then the area of this explosion must not be seven or eight thousand square meters? The area of a standard playground is about 10,000 square meters, that is, the range of this grenade explosion is equivalent to most of the playground!

Wang Tao can only say cow beep!

Not to mention the size of the power, this range is already outrageous.

And the power is definitely not small, after all, as mentioned above, there is awakening energy in it!

Wang Tao put these grenades away, Wang Tao estimated that this thing should be able to deal with fourth-order zombies! The next time you encounter a fourth-order zombie, there will be one more means!

Wang Tao looked at the third loot package.

【Acquire: Awakening Energy Orb*1】

Inside is an Awakening Energy Orb.

The explosion rate of this thing is obviously not high, and the explosion-proof zombies have not exploded. The flame monster itself didn't explode, it was his extra loot that exploded.

Counting this awakening energy bead, Wang Tao only has three now.

Inside the fourth loot package is the equipment blueprint that Wang Tao is looking forward to!

A lot of his equipment was damaged during the operation, and he was looking forward to seeing if there was any new equipment that would suit him.

[Obtained: Blackstone Armor Crafting Blueprint*1]

[Obtain: Blackstone Armor Pants Crafting Blueprint*1]

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