Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1686 - 711 Ascension to Level 1

Wang Tao silently slipped into an old residential building and, after ensuring no zombies were following, began to check the spoils of war.

The crystal core burst out from the Big Hammer Zombie was unsurprisingly the Shockwave.

[Level 1 Crystal Core · Shockwave]

[Quality: Epic (100%)]

[Purity: 50% (Side effect: Light-sensitive eyes)]

The attributes of the Shockwave Crystal Core were no different from the previous life, and similarly had the side effect of light-sensitive eyes.

Wang Tao certainly wouldn’t be fusing it just yet, but that wasn’t a big problem, as it would work once synthesized later.

The reason Wang Tao was so certain he could still get another Shockwave Crystal Core was because the blue light cluster from the Big Hammer Zombie contained a Shockwave Crystal Core.

[Obtained: Level 1 Crystal Core · Shockwave x1]

[Obtained: Strength Potion x1]

Inside the blue light cluster were two items, one was a Shockwave Crystal Core, the other a bottle of Strength Potion.

The crystal core was of Blue Quality, and although the quality wasn’t high, it was enough to synthesize with the previously obtained Orange Quality shockwave.

The Strength Potion, however, was slightly different from the one Wang Tao had seen in his previous life.

[Strength Potion: Increases own strength, duration 10 minutes, cooldown time 1 hour]

The Strength Potions now were no longer divided into "large, medium, small", with an extremely simplified description. It didn’t specify exactly how much it could enhance.

Most notably, its duration had changed. Previously, the Strength Potion only lasted one minute, with a cooldown time of 1 to 12 hours, with smaller potions having longer cooldowns and larger ones shorter.

But now, this Strength Potion had a duration of 10 minutes, and a cooldown time of only 1 hour.

From the perspective of duration and cooldown speed, the current Strength Potion was better than the previous life’s version. After all, 10 minutes offered a higher margin for error.

As for the enhancement effect... Wang Tao used the Strength Potion immediately.

Pooch—

Wang Tao instantly felt a surge of strength throughout his body and looked at his attribute panel.

[Strength +100%]

Wow, his strength had doubled!

"Not bad, not bad!"

Wang Tao was quite satisfied with this Strength Potion. The previous strength potion’s upper limit was higher, but its enhancement was unstable, and its duration was short. Now, the strength potion doubled the strength increase and had a longer duration. Overall, the current potion was better.

At this point, Wang Tao started synthesizing the two Shockwave Crystal Cores in the Space Backpack. In the blink of an eye, a pure crystal core with no impurities or side effects appeared in Wang Tao’s hand.

Without hesitation, Wang Tao put it directly into his mouth, and a warm flow instantly spread throughout his body, and then... nothing happened.

"Huh? Where’s my ability?"

Wang Tao was a bit baffled.

Logically speaking, after a successful fusion with the Shockwave Crystal Core, he should have gained 100 mana, as well as the [Shockwave] ability.

But now, he had neither 100 mana nor the Shockwave ability. freёweɓnovel_com

What about the effect of the crystal core?

If not for Wang Tao’s level having changed, from zero-level to Level 1, he would have thought that this 100% success rate crystal core had failed to fuse!

Although, given Wang Tao’s current strength, he actually didn’t need abilities, as his talent was stronger than abilities. However, the problem was, without abilities, he couldn’t awaken, and without awakening, he couldn’t comprehend domains, and without domains, he couldn’t ascend to the Seventh Level...

No, that’s not right!

Wang Tao quickly shook his head again.

According to past life experience, humans couldn’t ascend to Level 1 without learning abilities and could only remain ordinary zero-level individuals. Yet, he had already ascended to Level 1 and could clearly feel that his strength had risen significantly!

Could it be that past life experiences no longer applied? Or was it due to his unique circumstances? After all, this life he had both talent and constitution, completely different from his previous life...

Wang Tao believed it was likely the latter, given that the crystal core had indicated an ability, yet he hadn’t received it. It was impossible that the crystal core was fake, right?

Since there was no ability, Wang Tao did not insist. After all, given his current talent, forget abilities; even awakening was not comparable. Once his strength grew further, surpassing domains wouldn’t be an issue!

It wasn’t that Wang Tao was arrogant, but rather that his "talent" and abilities, awakening, domain, they were entirely different systems.

Take the Law Domain, for example; the Law Domain controls elements within a certain range for personal use. If two Fire Attribute Domain Users fought, the stronger one would control more fire elements, and within a certain range, the quantity of fire elements was limited, so the weaker one could only control a few fire elements. This would result in a situation where the strong remain strong and the weak remain weak.

But Wang Tao’s talent was different. When he used his talent, he used neither mana nor awakening energy, and didn’t require mobilizing the elements between heaven and earth. He only consumed physical strength... so even when encountering a Domain User, he wouldn’t be restrained!

Thinking this way, not having abilities was actually a good thing. The premise was that he could ascend to Level 4, Seventh Level.

Whether he could ascend or not, he would see when he reached the Level 3. Wang Tao was quite optimistic about this.

As for now, although Wang Tao did not have abilities, he could clearly feel that his power had increased significantly!

The most direct aspects were [Super Perception], [Steel Body], and [Sky-controlling Flight].

At the zero-level, he could only sense the movements within an old residential building, but he couldn’t determine what was causing the movement.

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