Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot - Chapter 1609: 676: The Bitter End Leads to Sweetness_2

Chapter 1609: Chapter 676: The Bitter End Leads to Sweetness_2

Just now, it was this kind of situation. Those negative emotions were too overwhelming, and Wang Tao was struggling to endure them. Luckily, they only persisted for three seconds, and during those three seconds, they gradually dissipated. Otherwise, Wang Tao might not have been able to hold on…

“I mentioned before, even if the internal impurities are minimal and don’t affect personal safety, it’s still necessary to find a way to expel them, otherwise there’s always an uncomfortable feeling… So this was waiting for me here! Fortunately, I had the foresight…”

Wang Tao felt a bit fortunate. If he’d brought those internal impurities here… then he’d probably be desperately resisting those negative emotions right now!

During those three seconds, in addition to understanding the nature of these negative emotions, Wang Tao sensed one thing— even if he had impurities in his body, as long as he could persevere for a certain amount of time, those negative emotions would disappear on their own.

Although Wang Tao wasn’t sure what would happen after the automatic disappearance of these negative emotions, he was certain it was related to comprehending the Law Domain. All he needed to do was endure.

But since Wang Tao didn’t have internal impurities, as long as the volume of negative emotions wasn’t too large, they couldn’t harm him in any way. Even the wave-like surge of negative emotions just now still failed to pose a life-threatening challenge…

So Wang Tao hesitated for a moment, deciding whether to simply wait out the time here or to actively provoke those negative emotions near the magma. Wang Tao had a vague intuition that if he could withstand the onslaught of these negative emotions, it seemed to have a certain benefit for his comprehension of the Law Domain. It might even allow him to directly grasp the Laws?

“It doesn’t harm me anyway; sitting around waiting isn’t my style!”

After hesitating briefly, Wang Tao quickly made his decision.

He didn’t know where this place was, nor did he know if this place was virtual or real. He only knew that he had just one opportunity in his life to comprehend the Law Domain here— he couldn’t let it go to waste.

Thus, Wang Tao proactively approached the magma area, but he didn’t dare touch the magma directly like before. Instead, he waited for the negative emotions to come to him.

These negative emotions seemed to catch the scent of blood and quickly detached themselves from the magma, rushing toward Wang Tao.

Having experienced this situation many times, Wang Tao had become quite composed. Standing rigidly upright, he let the negative emotions flood into his mind.

This wave of negative emotions was undoubtedly smaller in quantity than the previous one, lasting only a fraction of a second in Wang Tao’s mind. Wang Tao himself remained unaffected.

“Bring it on!”

Wang Tao took another step forward, attracting more tangible negative emotions to charge at him.

…

Perhaps it was psychological, but knowing these negative emotions couldn’t settle within his body, Wang Tao felt his resistance to them growing stronger and stronger.

He continued testing his limits, slowly making his way into the magma. The magma emitted high temperatures, but for Wang Tao, it felt like merely fifty or sixty degrees Celsius— something that posed no threat to him. He even began soaking in it.

As his entire body submerged into the magma, countless negative emotions surged wildly in Wang Tao’s mind. Although they couldn’t linger within his body, they washed over him repeatedly like turbulent waves.

It was as if Wang Tao were flipping through slides, witnessing scenes designed to evoke extreme emotional fluctuations. For instance, the people he’d killed revived, sneering sadistically as they tortured him; or the zombies he slayed rising again, encircling him to tear him apart piece by piece; or countless terrifying Seventh-Rank Destruction Level Magma Monsters towering over him, ready to stomp him to death…

For anyone else, they’d have likely spiraled into madness already, but Wang Tao’s consciousness remained crystal clear.

Though his face was pale and drenched in sweat, his status didn’t seem great, Wang Tao was well aware that it was all an illusion— none of it was real. Thus, he could endure it.

No one knew how long he held out, but just as Wang Tao began to reach his limit and considered leaving the magma, he suddenly discovered the negative emotions in his mind had vanished. He felt an unprecedented sense of ease, though at the same time, he also noticed an intense heat around him.

Wang Tao opened his eyes and realized he was no longer inside the magma but back at his starting point.

“Huh? Why am I back here again? Is it not over yet?”

Wang Tao was perplexed after persisting for so long.

Instinctively, he took a step toward the magma area again, but he abruptly froze.

“…Damn it! This is actual magma!”

Thɩ𝙨 𝐜h𝓪p𝕥𝙚r ı𝐬 p𝖔ṡ𝐭𝕖∂ b𝖞 𝒌𝗶ƚ𝕖ṅℴⱽᥱ𝐥

Wang Tao immediately felt something was off— he was no longer inside the magma, but it felt even hotter here than in the magma!

After taking that single step forward, a heatwave instantly engulfed him with a terrifying high temperature that caused Wang Tao’s complexion to drastically change.

He quickly raised his hand and saw that the skin on his hand was visibly cracking. Not just his hand, but his arms, legs, face, and torso— everywhere his flesh was splitting under the scorching heat!

An excruciating pain surged through every part of his body, and Wang Tao felt as though he might cry, if not for the fact that his tears had already evaporated under the blistering heat.

Wang Tao instinctively thought to activate [Wildfire Spread] as a shield and check how much HP he had left, but he quickly realized he couldn’t— he had already lost his awakening and no longer had a blood bar.

“Ah—”

A hoarse scream escaped Wang Tao’s throat, but it brought him no relief from the agony.