MTLNOVEL Chapter 773: Ascension to Level 5, Holy Blessing
When Wang Tao returned to the Changhe Base, the sky was already dimly lit.
A group of survivors, supporting each other, got down from the back of the Golden Eagle. Looking at the massive Changhe Base ahead, they all felt a sense of unreality.
"Someone will arrange accommodations for you later, take a good rest for two days, and then you can go to the Hope Research Institute to work."
Wang Tao turned back and said to them with a smile.
"Yes! Thank you, Mr. Wang!"
These survivors had much more to say, but once Wang Tao handed them over to the military, he immediately left. He was a bit impatient to ascend to Level 5!
This time when Wang Tao went out, although some things did not go as expected, like many survivors perishing and small survivor bases collapsing, his overall harvest was quite satisfactory.
Originally, Wang Tao thought it would take a few more days to ascend to Level 5, but unexpectedly he encountered a Night Demon's Nest, filled with Level 4 Night Demons. The Basic Crystal Cores they dropped were exactly what Wang Tao needed. After destroying this Night Demon's Nest, Wang Tao finally gathered enough Crystal Cores for ascending to Level 5!
As for the Giant Zombie that appeared afterward, it was a pleasant surprise for Wang Tao, because the Blood Beads it dropped increased his HP limit by 10,000, bringing his HP limit to 70,000, significantly enhancing his survival ability.
"Wang Tao, you're back!"
Ding Yuqin and the others had just gotten up, and they happened to see Wang Tao returning.
"I'm about to ascend, so don't disturb me for a while."
Wang Tao waved his hand to them and went straight back to his room.
Everyone looked at each other in disbelief, but then they all felt a sense of surprise and envy.
"Ascend again? Wang Tao is going to ascend to Level 5?!"
"It feels like he just recently ascended to Level 4... What an astonishing speed!"
"We need to step up our efforts too..."
"..."
In the room, Wang Tao took out all the synthesized Level 4 Basic Crystal Cores and then started fusing them one by one.
A moment later, Wang Tao had fused the number of Basic Crystal Cores to the limit of Level 4, and all his Basic Attributes were max level. Thus, Wang Tao lay on the bed, silently chanting in his heart: Ascension!
A wave of drowsiness washed over him, and Wang Tao slowly closed his eyes.
When Wang Tao woke up again, he felt more comfortable than ever as if he had broken through some shackles.
Wang Tao looked at his attributes.
[HP: 70000/70000]
[Level: Level 5]
[Talents: Lucky Star, Heat Energy Beam, Frozen Breath, Steel Body, Super Perception, Sky-controlling Flight, Mind Control]
[Constitution: Virus Immunity, Holy Blessing]
HP and talents remained unchanged, and the level, as expected, became Level 5. But to Wang Tao's surprise, he had acquired an additional constitution!
[Holy Blessing: Gain the effect of Holy Blessing when damaged]
"Ascending to Level 5 unexpectedly grants a constitution, not bad! But this 'Holy Blessing' effect…"
Wang Tao rubbed his chin.
In his previous life, he had seen the [Blessing] effect. Once blessed, various enhancement statuses would appear. It was a pretty decent ability, but Wang Tao had never seen [Holy Blessing] before. He had no idea what differences it had compared to Blessing... It needed testing.
Wang Tao glanced at the time. It was ten in the morning; he had slept for four hours, just like when he ascended to Level 4.
Upon stepping out, he found Ding Yuqin and the others waiting outside.
After all, ascending to Level 5 sparked curiosity about Wang Tao's post-ascension combat capabilities, so they stayed home waiting for Wang Tao to wake up.
"Good thing you guys are here, come test with me!"
Wang Tao and the group went to a training ground, then asked them to attack him.
The others exchanged glances, then proceeded to attack Wang Tao without much force.
This left Wang Tao a bit speechless.
"Put some effort in, don't worry about hurting me."
His [Holy Blessing] needed to be triggered by getting injured, but since Ding Yuqin and the others didn't hit hard, they couldn't harm Wang Tao at all, so it never activated.
After Wang Tao briefly explained, they got serious and then attacked Wang Tao.
Although they were only Level 3 while Wang Tao was Level 5, in their serious state, they were still able to hurt Wang Tao, albeit slightly.
At the moment of damage, Wang Tao saw a Holy Blessing status appear immediately on his attribute panel.
[Holy Blessing: Increase Physical Defense by 30%]
"Whoa, does the defense increase by a third?"
Looking at this blessing status, Wang Tao felt a bit surprised.
Although this blessing only lasted for one minute, its effect was strong, making a huge difference even if only for a minute.
Most importantly, as the others continued to attack Wang Tao, two more Holy Blessings appeared above Wang Tao's head.
[Holy Blessing: Increase Physical Defense by 10%]
[Holy Blessing: Increase Physical Defense by 20%]
This left Wang Tao somewhat dumbfounded; three Holy Blessings in total, all boosting physical defense from 10% to 30%. In total, it increased by 60%, nearly doubling his defensive power. Now he wondered how high his defense was!
So Wang Tao asked everyone to attack him with full force, and it turned out they couldn't harm him at all.
Wang Tao's defense was already formidable, now elevated to Level 5 with three blessings, Ding Yuqin and the others, only at Level 3, couldn't penetrate Wang Tao's defense whatsoever!
While pleased, Wang Tao was also puzzled. He just tested it; his body could only have three blessings at most, but why were all three blessings solely enhancing physical defense? It seemed too coincidental!