Chapter 1179: Chapter 483: Slaying Disaster Chapter 1179: Chapter 483: Slaying Disaster Boom–
The ground trembled, and rocks tumbled down.

Thick roots bulged like muscles, and the mutant tree visibly grew larger before their eyes.

Wang Tao and his companions steadied themselves, ready to attack the mutating tree at any moment.

But Wang Tao didn’t immediately order an attack; he was waiting.

The mutant tree that had just swallowed the Growth Fruit had been poisoned and died, but there were no signs of poisoning on this tree. Instead, it began to expand suddenly.

Wang Tao knew this was the work of the Growth Fruit.

But why would enhancing strength increase the size of the tree? Could it really ascend to become a Sixth Rank Lord?

Wang Tao was not afraid, rather, he was somewhat excited.

He was no longer satisfied with being a Level 5 Lord–he was eager to test his strength against a Level 6 Lord!

As the mutant tree absorbed the Growth Fruit, its attributes changed too, but to Wang Tao’s surprise, it didn’t evolve into a Level 6 Lord but mutated into a Level 5 Disaster Class!

[HP: 1000000/1000000]
[Mana: 0/0]
[Level: Level 5 Disaster]
[Cataclysmic Awakening: Life Drain]
[Life Drain: Drains the HP of surrounding living beings]
To be honest, Wang Tao would rather face two Sixth Rank Lords than one Level 5 Disaster.

Just looking at these monstrous attributes, the Disaster Class tree had an HP cap of 1 million, which was 2.5 times that of the previous 400,000! And this Cataclysmic Awakening–
Wang Tao clearly saw a blood-draining status appearing above his own head.

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Losing 1000 HP every second!

At first glance, this blood loss seemed manageable, since they had Lan Yulian, a mighty healer, even though her healing ability was also suppressed, but the amount of HP she could regenerate every second was enough to counteract this blood loss.

But the problem was that Lan Yulian and the others also had the blood-draining status, and they were losing ten times the blood Wang Tao was!

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“It’s a Level 5 Disaster Class! Retreat first!”

Wang Tao immediately led everyone to fall back rapidly. The farther they got from the mutant tree, the less blood they lost. They finally stopped bleeding when they retreated over a hundred meters away.

Lan Yulian hurriedly healed everyone, and they all had only thirty or forty thousand blood left. Thankfully, Level 3 Chen Zhuang didn’t come over; the others were all Level 4 Awakeners with over a hundred thousand HP. Otherwise, there would definitely be a risk to their lives.

“It’s terrifying!”

Xiang Hongbin, who was usually fearless, also seemed a bit shaken.

They had had a similar feeling when they faced the Catastrophic Serpent last time. However, the Serpent was after all Level 4 and was slain by everyone’s combined efforts.

Compared to this Level 5 Disaster Class tree… there was no comparison!

The mutant tree’s Cataclysmic Awakening range alone was far beyond that of the previous Serpent; only beyond 100 meters did they stop losing blood. The range covered by Cataclysmic Awakening was probably a circle with a radius of over 100 meters, an area that amounted to over 30,000 square meters, equivalent to more than four standard football fields!

Not to mention the blood loss was even more monstrous!

They were at least forty or fifty meters away from the tree just now, a distance that was already beyond many people’s range of ranged attacks. Yet even at that distance, they lost ten thousand HP every second! With their HP over a hundred thousand, they could only last for about ten seconds more.

If they got any closer, maybe they would lose several tens of thousands of HP per second, and die instantly!

Wang Tao felt somewhat relieved; he was glad he had been cautious and hadn’t let everyone get too close. Otherwise, it wasn’t certain that the others could have returned safely.

“A Disaster Class…”

A Level 5 Disaster Class was obviously more difficult to deal with than a Level 6 Lord. HP and defense were secondary; the main issue was the “Cataclysmic Awakening.”

So far, he had encountered three Cataclysmic Awakenings; all wide-ranging, indiscriminate, sustained attacks! And they seemed to have no consumption at all, just like a monster’s Passive Ability!

This kind of Cataclysmic Awakening was too monstrous, leaving no way for them to get close. Especially for a Fourth-order Awakener like Xiang Hongbin, getting close meant certain death.

Although as a Level 5, Wang Tao could withstand the blood loss, he could only do so at medium to close range. If he tried to approach the mutant tree, he guessed he would lose tens of thousands of HP…

The only relief was that the mutant tree, even though it had ascended to a Disaster Class, still couldn’t move. So as long as they didn’t do anything reckless, they could safely leave.

“Wang Tao, what should we do?”

But obviously, the group was unwilling to just leave like that.

This was a Disaster Class! Moreover, a Level 5 Disaster Class, and Wang Tao was also Level 5. Surely they had to try, right?

“I’ll try its strength first. Don’t come over.”

Wang Tao instructed, then charged straight toward the mutant tree.

The space here was not open. There were many obstacles such as rock walls around, and Wang Tao couldn’t see the mutant tree directly from this point. He had to get closer.

As he re-entered the range of the Cataclysmic Awakening, Wang Tao started losing blood again.

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By the time Wang Tao laid eyes on the mutant tree, he didn’t hesitate; two red High-Temperature Rays shot out instantly.

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Seeing the damage numbers, Wang Tao decisively stopped the High-Temperature Rays.

Before the evolution of the mutant tree, the High-Temperature Ray could cause 15,000 damage every half second; now, after the evolution, it only did 3,000 damage… The damage had reduced by five times! And its HP had gone from 400,000 to 1 million!

It wasn’t hard to calculate that to kill the tree with the High-Temperature Ray now, Wang Tao would have to shoot for five minutes!