Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1566 - 657: Earth Soul Pearl

Swoosh——

The Golden Eagle dove down, its steel-like claws aiming directly for the Disaster-level Mutated Dead Tree.

The Mutated Dead Tree reacted belatedly, writhing its body and flailing its branches in an attempt to block the Golden Eagle’s attack, but it was too late.

Thud——

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Since its Ascension to Sixth Rank, the Golden Eagle’s combat power had increased significantly. Combined with the fact that this was currently its highest damaging move—"Raking Dive"—dealing over eighty thousand damage to the Mutated Dead Tree was quite reasonable.

The Golden Eagle wanted to grab the Mutated Dead Tree and throw it from the sky, a hunting technique it often used before. However, whether it was because the Mutated Dead Tree was too heavy or its roots were dug deep into the ground, the Golden Eagle couldn’t lift it despite trying.

The Golden Eagle’s strength lay in its ability to fly and high mobility. Tangling with the Mutated Dead Tree on the ground was clearly unwise, so the Golden Eagle decisively released its grip on the tree and soared back into the high skies.

Several thick, dead branches swung out but landed on empty space.

Roar——

As the Mutated Dead Tree writhed, a fierce and ghastly face emerged from its body. It roared furiously into the sky, clearly agitated. Unfortunately, the Golden Eagle was already flying too high, and it didn’t have any Ranged Attack ability, leaving it in a rage of helplessness.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, it slowly turned its head. What it saw was a burning, flaming figure nearly pressed to its face, delivering a slash directly at it.

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[Curse: Blindness]

A series of damage numbers popped up above the Dead Tree’s head.

The Mutated Dead Tree instantly lost its vision. However, the vision of these Mutated Plants wasn’t particularly important to begin with. Countless branches shot out from its body like tentacles, swinging frantically in all directions. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

Though it had mutated from a dead tree, this wasn’t your typical Wood Attribute plant—it was System-based instead!

Its steel-like, hardened body made it not particularly afraid of fire. As long as it could grab that fiery figure, it could devour them! The aura emanating from this Fire God... smelled so delicious!

The Mutated Dead Tree’s intentions were clear, but despite its branches flailing into residual afterimages, it still failed to grab Wang Tao. On the contrary, Wang Tao managed to land several more slashes on it.

Roar——

It let out another roar of frustrated anger.

It was at this moment that the Golden Eagle initiated its second dive.

Swoosh——

Thud!

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The Golden Eagle’s claws sank deeply into the Mutated Dead Tree’s body, dealing massive damage. However, it still couldn’t lift the tree off the ground.

The Mutated Dead Tree instinctively tried to retaliate against the Golden Eagle, but the latter simply shot back into the skies. Meanwhile, Wang Tao, with his Flame Wings unfurled, also closed in rapidly, launching another attack against the Mutated Dead Tree.

Faced with the two-pronged assault of Golden Eagle and Wang Tao, the Mutated Dead Tree was rendered powerless, its HP plummeting rapidly. Wang Tao, luck on his side, managed to inflict a [Slaying] curse upon it.

"Time to finish this."

Wang Tao raised his blade once more. If this slash connected, it would trigger the [Slaying] effect.

But just then, alarm bells screamed in Wang Tao’s mind! He felt a threat—a deadly one!

Swoosh——

Wang Tao immediately abandoned his attack on the Mutated Dead Tree and retreated almost instantaneously, leaving only a residual flash in front of the tree.

Right at that moment, a streak of dark red light pierced straight through his residual afterimage. Without slowing, the beam continued, slicing through a row of large trees as it passed!

If Wang Tao hadn’t dodged just now, that red light might have punctured his chest.

"What the hell is that!"

Wang Tao cautiously scanned the forest.

The speed of that red light, coupled with its sudden appearance, had been too much for Wang Tao to register its form. But he caught a detail—the entity possessed a blood bar, and his own HP had dropped slightly. This confirmed it—a Sixth Rank Disaster-level creature had passed by!

The distant forest remained eerily quiet, and the trees pierced by the red light showed no visible damage, as if nothing had happened—as if it had been a mere illusion...

Wang Tao’s expression turned grim. This was no illusion—he’d crossed paths with a troublesome foe!

Meanwhile, the nearby Mutated Dead Tree had resumed its attacks, but Wang Tao easily evaded them with nimble footwork.

Yet Wang Tao’s focus wasn’t on the Mutated Dead Tree; his gaze was locked firmly on the distant forest.

At a particular moment, just as Wang Tao dodged an attack from the Mutated Dead Tree, that red light reappeared!

This time, Wang Tao was ready. The instant it emerged, he twisted his body and narrowly avoided the strike. At the same time, he finally discerned its specific attributes.

[HP: 1000000/1000000]

[Mana: 0/0]

[Level: Sixth-Rank Catastrophe]

[Internal Impurity: 66%]

[Cataclysmic Awakening: Spiritual Stab]

[Spiritual Stab: Reduces the Spiritual Defense Power of surrounding life forms. Within range, can use spiritual power for unlimited stabs on targets.]

"A Psychic System Disaster Monster! Spiritual power stabbing?"

Wang Tao was both surprised and had a sudden realization.

No wonder he had felt such deadly threat earlier—his Omnipotent Shield was relatively weak against spiritual defenses. Coupled with this creature’s Cataclysmic Awakening ability that lowered spiritual defense power, Wang Tao would barely survive even if stabbed!

This Psychic System monster was peculiar—it had concentrated all its spiritual power into the red light without a trace of leakage, which was why Wang Tao hadn’t immediately sensed its psychic nature. Additionally, its method of focusing spiritual power greatly enhanced the damage of its attack.

If someone else were in this situation, they might have been outright annihilated.

But Wang Tao wasn’t flustered. Fear stems from the unknown—and now that he knew what it was, he simply had to counter it appropriately.