Chapter 1097: Chapter 442: Explosion-Proof Suit Chapter 1097: Chapter 442: Explosion-Proof Suit Wang Tao stored the Omnipotent Shield Crystal Core in his storage space, anticipating that he could learn this ability after his Level 5 Ascension and another Awakening.

Once equipped with the Omnipotent Shield, even if he encountered enemies much stronger than him, he’d at least have a chance to save his life. Against enemies of the same strength or weaker, it could be like the zero-damage situation he had experienced when attacking the Hammer Zombie,
After examining the tangible spoils of war from the Hammer Zombie, next were the Loot Packs.

There were five Loot Packs in total; the first held a Crystal Core Gift Bag.

Inside the gift bag were five Crystal Cores, consisting of a Red “Fifth Order Crystal Core: Awakening”, a Purple “Fifth Order Crystal Core: Promotion”, a Blue “Fifth Order Crystal Core: Omnipotence”, another Blue “Fifth Order Crystal Core: Great Strength”, and an Orange “Fifth Order Crystal Core: Giant Strength Impact”.

The last Crystal Core was one Wang Tao had never seen before.

“Fifth Order Crystal Core: Giant Strength Impact”
“Quality: 100% (Epic)”
“Purity: 30% (Side effect: increased physical strength consumption)”
“Giant Strength Impact: Consumes energy, Awakening Energy, and current HP to swing the weapon in hand towards the ground, causing wide-range shockwave damage (only usable by System Awakeners)”
This ability was clearly the same wide-range, high-damage ability used by the Hammer Zombie.

No wonder the Hammer Zombie lost 50,000 HP; it turned out this ability consumed HP!

However, the greater the consumption, the stronger the power. If it weren’t for Lan Yulian and Lightning blocking much damage, they might have almost been annihilated by this move…

This Giant Strength Impact ability was impactful, but its restriction, especially the HP consumption, clearly made it unsuitable for frequent use. Nevertheless, it was a powerful ability that could potentially turn the tide in critical moments.

However, Wang Tao couldn’t tolerate its side effects as every bit of his physical strength was precious. He always sought ways to conserve energy, and increased consumption would definitely shorten his stamina. In outdoor battles, although bursts of power are important, endurance is crucial especially since the number of enemies is uncertain. So for Wang Tao, although the ability is impactful, unless he could negate the side effects, he would definitely not integrate it.

“Let’s see if the others are interested.”

Wang Tao rubbed his chin.

There were quite a few System Awakeners in his team, and he figured they might like it.

After storing the Crystal Core, Wang Tao continued to examine the spoils of war.

The second Loot Pack contained a physical awakening key, and the third one contained an Awakening Energy Pearl.

“Acquired: Awakening Key x1”
“Acquired: Awakening Energy Pearl x1”
Both were familiar items but highly valuable.

Killing such a powerful Level 5 Monster Lord and not obtaining an Advanced Awakening Secret Key suggested that only “Disaster-class” creatures could drop it, regardless of how powerful other Lord Rank creatures might be…

Wang Tao needed an Advanced Awakening Secret Key for another awakening, otherwise the chance was too low.

He needed three Advanced Awakening Secret Keys for his third awakening, but he had none on hand.

“I need to look for information on Disaster-class creatures…”

Wang Tao remembered the Level 5 Catastrophe-Level Radiation Zombie he had seen in Wuyang City; it was the first time he had encountered a Disaster-level zombie. If he couldn’t find any, perhaps a trip back to Wuyang City was due. However, there was an issue; that zombie was already Level 5 back then, what if it had ascended to Level 6 by now? He wouldn’t stand a chance against it, even a Level 5 would be difficult. After all, just being near a Disaster-class creature continuously drained HP…

“I’ll check that later, it would be best to trace other Disaster-class creatures, ideally Level 4…”

Shaking his head, Wang Tao went back to examining the spoils of war.

The fourth Loot Pack contained potions.

“Obtained: Elemental Amplification Potion x5”
“Elemental Amplification Potion: After injection, all elemental attributes increase by 10% for 1 minute with a cooldown of 24 hours.”

“Huh? Good stuff!”

The pack contained only five potions, but these instantly caught Wang Tao’s eye.

He still had many Strength Potions and Defense Potions, but their effect durations were short and cooldowns long, so Wang Tao rarely used potions. Generally, battles he faced were of two kinds: those he couldn’t win, where more potions were useless, and those he could win, which didn’t require potions.

Such prolonged battles as today’s were rare currently, leaving little opportunity for potion use.

Moreover, Wang Tao’s greatest damage capabilities came from Awakening abilities related to Fire and spiritual power, not physical qualities. Strength Potions wouldn’t enhance his Awakening damage; thus, even during explosive engagements, these potions offered little benefit to him.

But this Elemental Amplification Potion was different. It was somewhat similar to the Ice Attribute Enhancement Potion but enhanced all attributes, not just Ice. It could boost both his Fire and spiritual power!

An increase of 10% in elemental attributes could equate to his Awakening damage increasing by 10%, right? Even if it were not 10%, any boost to Awakening damage was significant. In the future, during explosive moments, he could try an Elemental Amplification Potion and see its effects.