SWNOVELXO Chapter 431 Frosty Blaze
"It's that powerful?"
Hong Bin exclaimed in astonishment when he saw Little Bing and Little Huo in action.
Jiang Shixue didn't speak, but her eyes showed she was equally surprised.
Wang Tao explained:
"It's attribute suppression, fire should suppress ice..."
Hong Bin looked around the icy and snowy surroundings, suddenly his eyes lit up.
"So, if that's the case, wouldn't Little Huo be invincible in this environment?"
"If the zombies outside mutated into these frozen zombies, then it's really hard to say..."
Wang Tao beckoned, and both Little Bing and Little Huo immediately ran up to his shoulders—Wang Tao actually couldn't make Little Huo obey commands, because Qu Shilin was its owner, but Wang Tao could convey his intentions to Little Huo through Little Bing or Lightning, and Little Huo, being clever, was willing to listen to Wang Tao when Qu Shilin wasn't around.
"Can you two continue to spit ice and fire?"
Wang Tao asked curiously.
Huff—
A jet of icy blue air whooshed from Little Bing's small mouth to the side, instantly making the surrounding area several degrees colder.
After Little Bing finished, Little Huo also spat fire, raising the ambient temperature significantly.
"Your awakening is quite interesting..."
Wang Tao remarked with some amazement.
Their awakening description said they could spit ice and fire during the duration, which made Wang Tao think their ability was similar to his Starfire Prairie, a short burst of awakening. After all, it mentioned "during the duration."
But now it seemed not to be the case—they had been going for a long time now, and they could still spit ice and fire...
Unfortunately, Wang Tao couldn't see how much awakening energy they had, otherwise, he would have known what the deal was.
However, since Little Bing was hatched from Wang Tao's HP and shared some intuitive connection with him, it sensed Wang Tao's confusion, and thus demonstrated spitting ice again, with Little Huo helping by the side.
Following their demonstrations and Wang Tao's mixed guesses, he seemed to understand the situation.
Their awakening was similar to a normal ability; the time they remained awakened consumed corresponding amounts of awakening energy. Unlike Wang Tao's Starfire Prairie, which requires 100 awakening energy to start and a minimum of 10 seconds of usage. Their awakening could be used at any time and turned off at any time, even for only 0.5 seconds! This meant there was no unnecessary waste and no cooldown period!
Just in terms of convenience and consumption of awakening energy, their awakening was better than Wang Tao's.
But this awakening had its downsides, specifically to them—since they couldn't fuse with Crystal Cores and couldn't replenish awakening energy through cores, they could only recover slowly over time, though their recovery was much faster than that of humans...
If they ran out of awakening energy, their combat efficiency would greatly decrease if they couldn't replenish it quickly.
So, powerful as they were, it was best not to use up all their awakening energy at once.
However, Wang Tao soon discovered that although they couldn't fuse with Crystal Cores, they could eat Awakening Energy Pearls, and they were effective!
That meant they weren't entirely unable to replenish awakening energy!
Of course, awakening energy pearls were rare, much rarer than Crystal Cores, and Wang Tao didn't have many... So, under normal circumstances, it was better to save and rely on time for gradual recovery. In emergencies, use the awakening energy pearls...
After figuring out the principles behind their awakening, Wang Tao felt their abilities were formidable. Ordinary people would consider awakenings as trump cards, but they didn't have to; regular use was possible since they themselves controlled the amount of awakening energy they used.
As for physical attributes, it matched with what Wang Tao had guessed—their small size meant their physical strength wasn't impressive, ordinary for Level 4 Lords. But that was sufficient for them, as they weren't meant to engage in close combat against humans.
"Great job!"
Wang Tao patted the heads of the two little ones, then turned to Hong Bin and Jiang Shixue and said,
"Let's search a bit more, I feel there might be more than just these few frozen zombies here."
"Okay! Oh, this is for you, see what kind of Crystal Core this is..."
Hong Bin passed over the loot from the zombies they had just killed, which were just Elite Zombies, so they didn't drop any materials, only Crystal Cores.
Six Crystal Cores in total, three blue and three purple, very balanced. And the types of Crystal Cores were all the same.
[Level 4 Crystal Core·Ice Attribute Defense]
[Quality: Excellent (60%)]
[Purity: 35% (Side effect: body stiffness)]
[Ice Attribute Defense: Passive Ability, enhances ice attribute defense]
The ability inside this Crystal Core was a passive defense type; Wang Tao thought it would be something like a freezing aura, but unfortunately, it wasn't.
Wang Tao wasn't particularly interested in this type of ability, but then again, this was for increasing ice attribute defense. If someone fused with this ability, wouldn't they become immune to cold and be able to move freely in cold weather?
Wang Tao thought it was possible!
"Keep the Crystal Cores, and when the opportunity arises, find someone to test them!"
However, this Crystal Core was Level 4, meaning only Awakeners could fuse with it. There weren't many Awakeners at the base, so it wasn't easy to find someone for experiments...
In addition to the six Crystal Cores, the zombies Wang Tao killed dropped Loot Packs, but since he didn't kill them at a higher level, the packs only contained a few materials, which were of little use.