Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1524 - 637 Sea Beast_2

Moments later, a black rift appeared within their view.

They instantly spotted the location of the temporary water extraction base, which had now turned into ruins. Yet, there were no signs of struggle.

Clearly, the water collectors and soldiers had not been able to put up any resistance and were swallowed whole. On the ground, there were fine trenches, which Wang Tao suspected could be made by the sea beast’s teeth...

After imagining the attack these people had suffered, Wang Tao was somewhat reluctant to let the Golden Eagle land there. After all, the unknown was the most terrifying. Without knowing how strong this sea beast really was, it was better to be cautious.

So Wang Tao had the Golden Eagle circle above the rift as they carefully observed the water below, looking for any clues.

However, the rift was too deep, and the water inside was pitch black; nothing could be seen.

After finding nothing near the temporary water base, Wang Tao instructed the Golden Eagle to continue flying along the rift to see if there were any discoveries elsewhere.

Just as the Golden Eagle turned around, a gigantic black fish head suddenly shot out of the calm water with a "splash"!

The fish head was even larger than the Golden Eagle! Its mouth was wide open, filled with rows of dense teeth, and its bulbous eyes emitted a strange green glow.

Chiu—

The Golden Eagle was a Level 5 Lord after all, quick in response. The moment there was a hint of movement on the water’s surface, it was already taking off into the sky.

As the big fish leaped out of the water with its mouth agape, the Golden Eagle narrowly avoided its attack.

Bang!

The big fish snapped at the air, its mouth closing with a dull sound.

Sizzle—

Simultaneously, Wang Tao’s eyes shot out two red light beams, hitting the big fish’s head directly.

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Its eyes became even more ferocious, but because it had exhausted its momentum and couldn’t produce new force in mid-air, it could only watch helplessly as the Golden Eagle flew higher and higher.

Splash—

The big fish fell back into the water, creating a myriad of splashes.

It immediately dove into the water and vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye.

"That gave me quite the scare!"

Cheng Yiyi could clearly feel her heartbeat, she had sensed the breath of death in that moment. If it weren’t for the Golden Eagle and Wang Tao, she might have been fish food by now!

"So this is a sea beast..."

Looking at the dark surface of the water, Wang Tao thought of the attributes he had just seen.

[HP: 1000000/1000000]

[Mana: 0/0]

[Level: Sixth-Rank Catastrophe]

[Internal Impurity: 68%]

[Cataclysmic Awakening: Highly Poisonous Water Vapor]

[Highly Poisonous Water Vapor: Emits a large amount of deadly poison water vapor, causing continuous damage to living beings within it.]

This sea beast was a Sixth Rank Disaster-level creature.

Its disaster awakening was related to water and somewhat similar to other disaster awakenings, causing continuous loss of HP.

However, after briefly encountering it, Wang Tao realized that the range of its water vapor wasn’t vast, certainly not as expansive as the disaster zombies’ awakenings on land.

It was only after it emerged that Wang Tao noticed he was losing HP; they were actually quite close to it.

Of course, it might also be because it had left the water surface? Perhaps its disaster awakening range inside the water was larger?

And what’s most formidable about it is not the Cataclysmic Awakening, but its Blood Regeneration speed.

Wang Tao had just used [Scorching Eyes] to knock off 20,000 HP from the big fish and sea beast, but as soon as it fell into the water, its HP regeneration increased by 3,000 per second, and it replenished its HP to full within seconds!

This healing ability is a bit too strong. The enemies that Wang Tao has faced before with powerful healing capabilities were generally worn down over time. Killing them is quite troublesome.

But Wang Tao also saw very clearly that this big fish’s healing ability is only effective when it enters the water. When it was attacked mid-air, it did not heal. It only started rapidly regenerating after falling into the water.

Therefore, if we could lure this sea beast ashore, killing it shouldn’t be a problem. It’s not feasible in the water; not to mention its healing ability, once it dives into the water, Wang Tao won’t be able to find it.

However, there’s still a crucial issue—

"Since this sea beast’s Cataclysmic Awakening is ’Highly Poisonous Water Vapor’, could it have contaminated the water with poison?"

Changhe Base still needs this water, and if it’s poisoned, that would be very troublesome.

So Wang Tao directed the Golden Eagle to fly above the water surface, he and Cheng Yiyi kept tense, guarding against a possible sneak attack.

But until Wang Tao successfully scooped a bucket of water, the big fish did not appear.

Having the Golden Eagle fly back to high altitude, Wang Tao examined the water, which seemed to be non-toxic by sight. He licked it himself and did not lose any HP.

"It seems that this sea beast’s Cataclysmic Awakening is similar to other Disaster-level creature’s awakenings. While it can deal continuous damage to all life within its range, the damage is not permanent; you are safe once you leave the range of the Awakening. So, the big fish and sea beast’s way of making the water poisonous is temporary, the water should return to normal after it leaves..."

Assured of this, Wang Tao took a breath of relief.

As long as the water source hasn’t been contaminated, there’s still a game to be played.

Wang Tao shared the situation of this sea beast with Cheng Yiyi.

"Continuous and rapid regeneration of Life Energy in water... Isn’t that a characteristic of sea beasts? Anyway, when we previously fought with sea beasts, we were on the shore, and they were in the water, and it felt like no matter what, we couldn’t kill them, probably because they were regaining Life Energy... Perhaps this is a natural ability of sea beasts!"

"A natural ability, eh... To kill it then, we need to lure it onto land!"

Unless Wang Tao could instantly slay the sea beast, it clearly held a great advantage in the water—it could not only regenerate HP quickly, but could also flee if outmatched! And Wang Tao wouldn’t be able to chase it in the water...

"Actually, luring them onto land isn’t hard, we’ve successfully drawn them ashore with some food before! Anyway, the sea beasts we’ve encountered previously weren’t very intelligent. But..." Cheng Yiyi immediately explained, but her expression turned awkward at the end, "we haven’t fought them, and we were almost annihilated... These sea beasts are also very strong on land!"

"It’s fine if we can lure them out!"

This was good news for Wang Tao.

"We’ll go back and prepare bait to lure out the sea beast, and this area will be marked as extremely dangerous for now."

This sea beast couldn’t be dealt with for the time being, and since there was one sea beast, there were definitely more inside the Rift. Therefore, Wang Tao directly labeled the Rift as an extremely dangerous area, prohibiting other Survivors from getting close.

After returning to the base, the two immediately called a meeting with the base’s higher-ups to discuss the situation with the Rift sea beast.

"Damn it..."

Gu Yun’s expression was very unsightly; his fears had materialized.

It was a period of water shortage as it is, and now the issue with sea beasts had arisen; they had to confront these monsters.

However, fortunately, Cheng Yiyi had some experience fighting with sea beasts.

Provided they could lure the sea beasts ashore, Wang Tao had the power to slay them.

Therefore, a meat processing plant within the base was immediately activated, beginning the production of bait to lure the sea beasts.

Cheng Yiyi took the opportunity to merge with the Crystal Core Wang Tao had given her earlier, preparing for her Ascension to Level 6. Fighting against such a level of sea beasts, with only Fifth-Order Power, she could basically provide no assistance; it was urgent to ascend to Level 6.

Wang Tao, on the other hand, returned home. There was no need to go to the Rift before the bait was ready.

Just as he reached the door, Wang Tao sensed a few familiar and powerful presences in his house.

The people inside the house also heard the Golden Eagle’s movements and immediately rushed out.

"Wang Tao! I’ve successfully ascended to Level 6!"

"So have I, hahaha!"

Xiang Hongbin, Wei Zhenguo, and others were indescribably excited.

The ladies were a bit more composed, but not by much.

Now they had finally caught up with Wang Tao’s pace; they would no longer hold him back in the future.