Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1568 - 658: Controlling the Sword with Spiritual Power

Chapter 1568: Chapter 658: Controlling the Sword with Spiritual Power

This kind of item, which can permanently increase attributes by 50% without any side effects, was something Wang Tao had never seen before.

After all, this is a noble percentage-based attribute boost—the stronger your power, the greater the enhancement.

And now, Wang Tao had encountered it.

Excited in his heart, Wang Tao didn’t hesitate at all. He directly placed the [Earth Soul Pearl] into his mouth, and it instantly vaporized.

Several seconds later, Wang Tao’s spirit surged.

"This is truly amazing!"

Feeling his significantly enhanced spiritual power, Wang Tao licked his lips.

He had already reached the pinnacle of Level 6, where further improvements were difficult to achieve. But after consuming this [Earth Soul Pearl], his overall strength improved substantially once more.

With his current spiritual power, if he encountered another Level 6 enemy, he could directly attack them with spiritual power without worrying about backlash.

Wang Tao wondered: among his peers, could there really be any monsters with spiritual power stronger than his?

The saying goes, "Misfortune and fortune are intertwined." Although he had been ambushed today and his Basic Law Force had been forced down to 90%, greatly lowering his margin for error, obtaining an [Earth Soul Pearl] was unquestionably a huge gain!

Moreover, he hadn’t even checked the loot pack dropped by the Mutated Bird. Wang Tao eagerly anticipated what other treasures might be inside.

The first loot pack turned out to be a Crystal Core Gift Bag, containing: an orange [Sixth-Rank Crystal Core: Awakening], an orange [Sixth-Rank Crystal Core: Omnipotence], a red [Sixth-Rank Crystal Core: Stripping], a red [Sixth-Rank Crystal Core: Mental Defense], a red [Sixth-Rank Crystal Core: Spirit Armor], and an orange [Sixth-Rank Crystal Core: Spirit Enhancement].

Among these crystal cores, three were related to the Psychic System, and two of them Wang Tao had never seen before.

[Sixth-Rank Crystal Core: Spirit Armor]

[Quality: Excellent (80%)]

[Purity: 25% (Side Effect: Reduced Defensive Power)]

[Spirit Armor: Passive Ability, reduces damage from mental attacks]

The Spirit Armor ability can be simply understood as being somewhat similar to a Mental Defense crystal core—they both increase spiritual defense power. However, Spirit Armor’s side effect is a reduction in physical defense power.

Generally speaking, physical defense is more critical than spiritual defense since psychic-type enemies are relatively rare. Therefore, while this crystal core is decent, it has certain limitations unless its side effect can be removed...

[Sixth-Rank Crystal Core: Spirit Enhancement]

[Quality: Epic (100%)]

[Purity: 25% (Side Effect: Reduced Defensive Power)]

[Spirit Enhancement: Passive Ability, enhances mental attacks]

The final crystal core was [Spirit Enhancement]. Judging by its name, it seemed similar to another crystal core in Wang Tao’s possession: [Mental Enhancement].

However, the two differed significantly in practice.

Mental Enhancement is an active ability that, when used, temporarily boosts one’s spiritual power, helping the user to focus better. The increase in spiritual power provides simultaneous boosts to both spiritual attack and spiritual defense.

On the other hand, Spirit Enhancement passively strengthens only the user’s mental attack. Unlike spiritual power increases, it does not boost mental defense. However, being a passive ability, it has no energy consumption and no cooldown period.

In a comprehensive analysis, Wang Tao still preferred [Spirit Enhancement].

But the downside of [Spirit Enhancement] was its defensive power reduction, which was rather frustrating. Of course, Wang Tao wasn’t urgently in need of fused crystal cores right now. In the future, if he obtained a few more, he could synthesize them and provide them to other Psychic Awakeners—many of them could really use such a crystal core...

After storing away these crystal cores, Wang Tao opened the subsequent loot packs one by one.

[Obtained: Awakening Key x1]

[Obtained: Advanced Awakening Key x1]

[Obtained: Awakening Energy Pearl x1]

[Obtained: Mental Attack Enhancement Potion x30]

[Obtained: Spirit Defense Enhancement Potion x30]

[Obtained: Light Feather Short Sword Creation Diagram x1]

"Huh? A short sword blueprint?"

It had been a long time since Wang Tao had found a short sword blueprint.

[Light Feather Short Sword Creation Diagram: Allows the crafting of a short sword. Required materials: Sixth-Rank Crystal Core x1, Flying Light Feather x2]

[Light Feather Short Sword: Attributes unknown]

Typically, weapon equipment blueprints involved materials like "Iron Block" or "Steel Wire." However, crafting this short sword required only crystal cores and the core materials dropped by monsters.

Curious, Wang Tao wondered how this short sword might differ from his previous weapons.

He immediately began crafting it. A burst of multicolored light flashed, and a semi-transparent short sword appeared in Wang Tao’s hand.

The short sword was approximately thirty centimeters long and two fingers wide. Its semi-transparent blade was etched with wing-shaped patterns. He couldn’t quite determine which material it was made of, but it felt incredibly light in his hand.

The edges of the blade were double-sharpened, but the transition between the blade and the hilt lacked a guard, meaning there was no hand protection. Wouldn’t such a design risk injury during combat?

Wang Tao quickly checked its detailed attributes.

[Light Feather Short Sword]

[Sixth Rank (Epic)]

[Durability +300, Attack Power +150, Mental Attack +200, Ability: Flying (Requires Awakening Energy to activate)]

[Flying: Under the control of spiritual power, allows rapid flight]

This short sword not only offered 150 additional attack power but also provided a 200-point boost to mental attack power! Such equipment is extremely rare.

And most importantly, it came with a built-in ability: [Flying], which seemed to allow spiritual power to control its flight!