Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 954 - 381: Corrosive Poison Needle

[HP: 20000/20000]

[Mana: 40000/40000]

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[Level: Level 4]

[Internal Impurity: 2%]

[Awakening: Corrosive Poison Needle]

[Corrosive Poison Needle: Condense 1 Corrosive Poison Needle, maximum storage of 3 needles]

Nie Siyan's awakening was also something Wang Tao had never seen before. After letting her test it for a while, he roughly understood the effects of this awakening.

Nie Siyan's hidden attributes were related to poison, which, when combined with her ability, Throwing Master, resulted in a throwing-type Poison Awakening.

This type of awakening was different from all other awakenings Wang Tao had seen before, as it was one that could "store" energy.

Nie Siyan could consume 100 Awakening Energy to condense a transparent poison needle about the size of a ballpoint pen refill. She could then throw this needle to inflict damage.

When Nie Siyan had enough Awakening Energy, she could condense up to 3 needles. These needles would dissolve into her body and appear in her hand instantly whenever she wished. When the needle hit the target, it would quickly melt into their body without leaving any trace.

This awakening was somewhat unpredictable, almost like how Wang Tao could instantly pull out a weapon from his Space Backpack.

The damage from the poison needle was roughly equal to that of Wang Tao's Air Bullet. However, since the Air Bullet is just an ordinary ability, the needle's damage was somewhat low.

But the needle's damage was continuous, causing the victim to lose HP every second after being pricked.

As to how long the effect lasted, Wang Tao and Nie Siyan had not figured it out yet because the duration of the poisoning was not fixed and varied.

On the Iron Beetle, one needle lasted as long as a minute, with sixty instances of damage popping up above its head.

Even though the damage per instance was not high, the aggregated damage was still considerable.

And there was another crucial point, Nie Siyan could store her poison needles, and their damage could stack.

Nie Siyan could store up to 3 needles and attack a single target with all of them. If all hit, that would mean triple the toxin damage!

Such damage was significant.

In battle, if someone could withstand the enemy's attack and allow her to hit the target with all 3 needles, there might be a chance to poison a strong enemy to death!

Unfortunately, Nie Siyan could only store up to 3 needles inside her body.

For every needle she condensed, in addition to requiring a minute, she also needed 100 Awakening Energy.

Once she had condensed the 3 needles, her awakening would go into cooldown, which lasted about an hour.

Though not very long, this cooldown essentially made it impossible to condense needles continuously in combat.

If her 3 needles weren't depleted, and once the cooldown was over, if she condensed a fourth needle, then the first needle would disappear... So, she could only condense and store up to 3 needles at most.

Nie Siyan had an inkling that as her Awakening Energy increased to a certain level, the number of needles she could store would also increase, possibly to 4, 5, or even more. However, she couldn't tell how much Awakening Energy that would require.

Wang Tao hadn't wasted too many Awakening Crystal Cores on her, considering he had many people to attend to, and those cores were nearly depleted. Naturally, he would prioritize people like Lan Yulian and He Jijun, leaving Nie Siyan to wait for her turn.

Overall, Wang Tao thought that the [Corrosive Poison Needle] awakening was pretty good.

Theoretically, its potential was high. However, its lower limit and margin for error were quite low.

Because this thing requires throwing, and the poison needles are too small, unlike Lu Yingfeng's blades and Wang Tao's fireballs which cause area damage, it's just pure single-target damage.

Throwing poison needles is a real test of skill, Wang Tao felt it was best to throw them from close range, and not to treat the poison needles as a long-range attack ability, as this would make it relatively easier to hit the target…

While also being a Poison Awakening, Nie Siyan has a single-target attack ability, whereas Gao Hua has an area attack.

[HP: 20000/20000]

[Mana: 40000/40000]

[Grade: Level 4]

[Internal Impurity: 4%]

[Awakening: Poison Explosion]

[Poison Explosion: Releases poison gas, detonates poison gas within a certain range]

Gao Hua's Awakening allows him to release poison gas. However, his release of poison gas is very slow, and the affected area is quite small; the gas doesn't have an explosive impact... Not only is the instantaneous damage from releasing the gas low, the sustained damage is also very minimal!

If you just look at the release of the poison gas, it's even inferior to some ordinary abilities.

However, the important part of this [Poison Explosion] Awakening is the subsequent detonation.

Gao Hua can spend 100 Awakening Energy to detonate all the poison gas he has released centered around himself! And he would remain unharmed.

The power of this detonation is not insignificant. Additionally, the strength of the explosion is related to how much poison gas he releases.

This is yet another ability that is theoretically very strong—imagine he releases copious amounts of poison; the moment an enemy enters the range of his detonation, he detonates it, potentially killing them instantly.

But the chances of such a scenario happening are almost nonexistent, after all, he is releasing poison, who would foolishly walk into it? Maybe not even the zombies, although most zombies don't have much intelligence, they still have instincts...

Of course, even if it's not possible to achieve this theoretical scenario, in actual combat, this Awakening is still quite good. It's just that this Awakening is not suited for fighting alone; it needs to be combined with others to unleash its full potential.

And Wang Tao thought of something—could Gao Hua detonate other people's poison gas?

His Awakening description didn't specify that he could only detonate poison gas he released himself...

So Wang Tao had Nie Siyan run a test to see if Gao Hua could detonate the poison needles she threw. But whether the needles were simply thrown or had already hit an enemy, Gao Hua was unable to detonate them.

However, Wang Tao did not give up, because he had two more pieces of equipment, [Corrosion Armor] and [Corrosive Spear]!

[Corrosion Armor]

[Fourth-tier (Excellence)]

[Durability +100, defensive power +80, when worn, the wearer is corroded, continuously losing HP. Also forms a large range of poison gas, within which all creatures other than the wearer continuously lose HP (Poison Gas Attribute not activated, activation requires Awakening Energy)]

Both pieces of equipment release poison gas, but the wearer will lose HP, so even with good attributes, they were not used by anyone.

Wang Tao thought that maybe Gao Hua could give it a try!

After a series of tests, a smile spread across Wang Tao's face.

It really works!

And Gao Hua's face was filled with utter despair. Because this was practically treating him like a poison gas bomb… Although the power was indeed not low, he always felt as though he was a Self-exploder...