This mutant vine is the strongest enemy that Wang Tao has killed so far, although Wang Tao was very calm throughout the whole process, and he didn't lose much blood, but this is indeed the case, after all, 500,000 blood.

In fact, Wang Tao can not use [Hellfire], after all, the consumption of [Hellfire] is too large, and it will consume 1000 Awakening Energy if used once. With this 1000 Awakening Energy, it is completely possible to kill mutant vines with other abilities.

Mainly because Wang Tao wanted to know how much damage the [Hellfire] would do to the 500,000 fifth-order lords.

Now he knew that even in the face of a fifth-order lord, the [Hellfire] could still cause about 100,000 damage!

This is definitely the ability with the highest damage at the moment, and it is a powerful hole card for Wang Tao!

After Wang Tao put away the loot of the mutant vines, he did not rush to check it, but walked into the pile of rubble and checked the treasure chest.

The treasure chest in front of me seems to be made of wood and brass, which is a little larger than the excellent treasure chest obtained before, and its quality is obviously higher - this is an excellent treasure chest.

This made Wang Tao very pleasantly surprised, obviously the higher the quality of the treasure chest, the greater the probability of opening good things.

Unopened treasure chests can't be stored in the storage space, so Wang Tao put his hand on the keyhole of this treasure chest, ready to open it with an awakening key. There are still a lot of awakening keys in him, so there is naturally no problem in opening a treasure chest.

Then, Wang Tao was stunned.

He found that the Awakening Key couldn't open this [Excellent Treasure Chest], but needed a high-level Awakening Key!

"Huh?"

Using the Advanced Awakening Key?

100 Normal Awakening Keys can be fused into 1 Advanced Awakening Key, so the cost of opening this [Excellent Chest] is 100 times that of opening the [Excellent Chest]! That's too high!

Wang Tao suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

Not only did the uncomfortable cost increase greatly, but more importantly, he didn't have 100 ordinary Awakening Keys now...... So it's not a question of whether he wants to open the treasure chest, it's that he can't open it if he wants to!

However, Wang Tao can only obtain the Awakening Key by killing Lords of the Fifth Order and above...... He only has 80 in his hand, and he is still 20 short.

He really wanted to kill twenty fifth-order lords, but he wouldn't be able to touch them for a while!

And there is another point, the awakening keys in Wang Tao's hands are all physical awakening keys, which can be used or traded by teammates. If you use these awakening keys to open treasure chests, it always feels like too wasteful-

"That's right! I don't have to open this treasure chest, I can let someone else open it! ”

Wang Tao's eyes suddenly lit up.

Although he can only kill fifth-order lords and above to obtain the Awakening Key, Ding Yuqin is still fourth-order, and they can only kill fourth-order lords.

Judging from the current situation, there are still quite a few fourth-order lords here, especially the first layer, where there are fourth-order lords everywhere!

It shouldn't be difficult for them to save enough 100 Awakening Keys, especially with Wang Tao's help, it would be even easier.

"That's it!"

Wang Tao immediately made a decision, he contacted Ding Yuqin and told them to stay where they were and not leave, and go to find them by himself.

The treasure chest is such a thing, if it is not discovered, forget it, since it has been discovered, then as long as there is a chance, Wang Tao will definitely open the treasure chest first. So he's going to open this treasure chest and then continue to explore.

Wang Tao waited until the lightning had devoured the corpse of the mutant vine, and then said to it:

"Let's go, let's go back to the next floor."

"Wang~"

The lightning is a wayman, it quickly becomes larger, and it runs back with Wang Tao on its back.

Sitting on the back of Lightning, Wang Tao took the opportunity to check the loot he had just obtained.

The mutant vines burst out with 5 kinds of physical loot.

[Obtain: 5th Order Crystal Nucleus: Vigor*1]

【Obtained: Premium Tree Essence*3283】

【Acquire: Steel Vine*1】

【Acquire: Devouring Seed*1】

【Acquire: Alloy Vine*8】

Needless to say, the red crystal nucleus, the vigorous crystal nucleus, the old face.

The few fifth-order lords that Wang Tao had killed before had not exploded the [high-grade tree essence], but the fourth-order lords had exploded a lot. Wang Tao thought that the fifth-order lord would not explode this kind of thing, but it didn't seem to be. This time, more than five thousand exploded at once, ten times more than the fourth-order lord exploded!

Wang Tao happily put away the high-grade essence, whether he can break through 200,000 blood volume can only rely on these high-grade essences for the time being.

【Steel Vine: Crafting Materials】

The "Steel Vine" is a portion of the body dropped from the mutated vine, and is a crafting material. So to be precise, this monster should be called the Iron Vine......

The volume of this material is very large, and Wang Tao does not know what can be made for the time being, and he is looking forward to it.

[Devouring Seed: Planted in the body of a fourth-order lord organism can grow, and when it grows up, it will produce a fruit Devouring Fruit, which can devour a certain amount of wood-based materials, thus transforming into higher-level wood-based materials]

When he saw the name of "Devouring Seed", Wang Tao thought it was a good thing like "Magic Seed" that could increase hidden attributes, but it turned out to be not.

As for the introduction of this Devouring Seed, it is said that it can be used to devour other wood-based materials with Devouring Fruit to transform into higher-level materials...... It sounds good, but it's useless to have materials alone, you have to have the corresponding manufacturing drawings!

Even if you get high-grade materials, it's still useless to have no drawings in your hand...... Although the research institute can also use these materials, or use them to make equipment, it is certainly not as good as making drawings......

However, Wang Tao also has a lot of materials in his hand, and it doesn't cost money anyway, so you can try it when you go back and see what the effect is.

[Alloy vines: Crafting materials, vines made of alloys, very hard]

This "alloy vine" is what was ambushed underground by the steel vine before, and Wang Tao put it all away, a total of eight. It's not one with the Steel Vine, it's a bit like the Steel Vine's weapon.

The introduction of alloy vines says that it is made of materials, and emphasizes that it is very hard. It is estimated that it should be a good material, but I don't know if there is a corresponding design drawing......

Putting away the loot, Wang Tao looked at the loot package again.

There are a total of 5 loot packages, the first of which is the Crystal Nucleus Gift Pack.

They are orange [Fifth Order Crystal Nucleus - Promotion], red [Fifth Order Crystal Nucleus - Awakening], red [Fifth Order Crystal Nucleus - Omnipotence], purple [Fifth Order Crystal Nucleus - Defense], and blue [Fifth Order Crystal Nucleus: Nutrient Absorption].

Since there was no special crystal nucleus, Wang Tao put it away at a glance, and then checked the second loot package, which contained an antidote.

【Acquire: Antidote*50】

Another fifty antidotes. There are a large number of mutant plants in the cave, and many mutated plants are poisonous, and having an antidote and not having an antidote are definitely two completely different feelings, especially in the case of a poisonous lake, the antidote potion comes in handy.

Inside the third loot is a Key to Entity Awakening.

【Acquire: Awakening Key*1】

The fourth loot package contains the serum.

【Obtained: Advanced Tree Essence*10240】

The mutant vine itself had just burst out of more than 3,000 essences, and another 10,000 had burst out of this loot package, and Wang Tao estimated that he would not lack this thing in a short period of time.

Wang Tao looked at the last loot package, which he hoped contained two production drawings. But it's a pity that there is only one.

[Obtain: Iron Spike Whip Crafting Blueprint*1]

[Iron Spike Steel Whip Crafting Drawing: Can make a Hard Whip, Required Materials: Steel Vine*1, Fifth Order Crystal Nucleus*1, Iron Block*50, Nail*50, Rubber*50, Screw*50, Steel Wire*50]

[Iron Spike Steel Whip: With Armor-Piercing Attribute]

Seeing this production drawing, Wang Tao raised his eyebrows.

When he first saw the name, he thought that the weapon made in this drawing was a soft whip, but he didn't expect it to be a hard whip with armor-piercing attributes......

The hard whip is a kind of weapon that resembles a bamboo joint, and the whip body is evenly distributed with protrusions similar to bamboo joints, and the end is sharp, mainly for splitting, but it can also be used to pick and thorn weapons.

This kind of weapon was mostly used in horse warfare in ancient times, and it was considered a blunt weapon, so it itself had a strong armor-piercing ability.

If it was a soft whip, Wang Tao would definitely not use it, because he wouldn't. But if it's a hard whip, then he can give it a try.

The sharp long knife he is using now is a good weapon, but after all, he is already a fifth-order, and the sharp long knife is still a fourth-order, so it will naturally be better if he can change to a fifth-order weapon.

Wang Tao took a look at the materials in the space backpack, and they were all sufficient. So Wang Tao immediately started to make it.

A moment later, a burst of colorful light emanated from the lightning bolt that was still running, and then a huge hard whip appeared in Wang Tao's hand.

"Huh? So big! ”

Seeing the two-meter-long, glass-thick weapon in front of him, with a total of thirteen knots, Wang Tao was immediately surprised.

Do you call something this big a whip?

This should be more appropriate to call it a stick, right? And it's a thick stick......

But don't really say it, with its volume and weight, Wang Tao felt that it was quite suitable for himself when he held it in his hand.

Of course, whether it is suitable or not depends mainly on the attributes. If the attribute is pulled, the feel is not suitable. And its attributes make Wang Tao call it awesome.

【Iron Barbed Steel Whip】

【Fifth Order (Excellence)】

[Durability +120, Attack +120, Armor-piercing effect (Armor-piercing effect requires Awakening Energy) ability: Iron Thorn]

[Iron Thorn: A large number of iron thorns grow on the whip, and the armor-piercing effect is weakened at this time, but the attack power is +20, and the bleeding effect is attached (the bleeding effect requires awakening energy)]

The durability and attack of this hard whip have been increased by 120, which is the second highest attack power in Wang Tao's hands!

The equipment with the highest attack power is the [Impact Hammer] he obtained earlier, and that weapon adds 150 points of attack, and the damage is terrifying. But it has a side effect - a 50% reduction in attack speed, which is an unbearable disadvantage for Wang Tao, after all, Wang Tao is good at speed. So except in some special circumstances, Wang Tao generally does not use it much.

Although the attack power of this [Iron Spike Whip] 120 is not as high as that of [Shock Hammer], it is already very good. After all, Wang Tao's main weapon, the sharp long knife, only added 80 attack power.

And the [Iron Thorn Steel Whip] does not have the side effect of deceleration, and it also carries an armor-piercing ability, which is a plus for Wang Tao.

However, what surprised Wang Tao the most was that the Iron Thorn Steel Whip came with an ability [Iron Thorn]! The Iron Spike ability increases the weapon's attack damage by 20!

[Iron Thorn Steel Whip] already has 120 attack power, and adding 20 is 140! That's just 10 points lower than the hammer!

Using ten points of attack power in exchange for 50% of the attack speed, Wang Tao must be willing.

Although after activating [Iron Thorn], the armor-piercing ability has been weakened, but it comes with an additional bleeding effect, and the attack power of 20 is real, so even if the armor-piercing effect is really weakened, it is not a big problem.

Wang Tao held the iron barbed steel whip and waved it a few times, feeling quite comfortable.

He activated the steel whip's own iron spike ability again, and instantly saw sharp iron spikes appear on the steel whip. At this point, it resembles a mace instead of a steel whip.

These two states can be switched at will, and they don't consume anything, Wang Tao likes this function very much.

The use of these two states is also very simple - when encountering monsters with harder shells, you can use the steel whip state to break the armor; When you encounter a monster with a less hard shell, use the Iron Thorn state to deal more damage!

For example, now in the caves, those mutated plants generally have no shells, and the lethality of directly using the iron thorn state should be relatively strong.

After getting acquainted with it for a while, Wang Tao decided to change his weapon.

Before finding a better weapon, the main weapon in the future will be this iron barbed steel whip, and as for the sharp long knife, it can be used by Lu Yingfeng.

Lu Yingfeng is now using the Night Demon Short Knife, although the Night Demon Short Knife is a fifth-order, and its attack power is stronger than the sharp long knife, but Lu Yingfeng uses a long knife after all, and the short knife affects her performance very much.

Now that Wang Tao's sharp long knife has been replaced, it is just right for Lu Yingfeng, with her knife skills, it is estimated that she can at least exert 15% of the ability of the sharp long knife......

On the way back, Wang Tao hoped that a few monsters would appear and let him try the power of the new weapon.

But the lightning went back in strict accordance with the route he came, and the mutated plants on the road were all cleaned up by Wang Tao. So he didn't touch a monster, which made Wang Tao a little disappointed.

It took some time, and the man and the dog finally came to the entrance of the second basement floor.

After going up, I could clearly feel that the black fog in the first layer was much thinner than in the second layer. For Wang Tao, it didn't have any effect, but the lightning breathed a sigh of relief, when it was on the second layer, it always felt very depressed, and after coming to the first layer, it was much better.

Wang Tao went to Ding Yuqin and them according to the guidance of the induction ring, but he didn't meet anyone from the base along the way.

"I've been down there for a long time, and no one has come yet......

Wang Tao was worried about whether there would be anything else, so he tried to contact the teaching director Pan Jian on the walkie-talkie, and soon got in touch.

Pan Jian told Wang Tao that they had nothing to do, it was just that the speed of exploration was slow.

(End of chapter)