Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot - Chapter 1628: 684: Crushing

Chapter 1628: Chapter 684: Crushing

“Please, Fire God’s true body, descend…”

After Wang Tao silently recited this in his heart, the summoning altar in his hands ignited just like the first time he summoned a Fire Beast. The offerings and available uses rapidly reset to zero, until the entire summoning altar was completely consumed by flames.

Before him appeared a familiar small black hole, emanating scorching heat. The surrounding fire elements became intensely active, and the temperature soared rapidly.

For others, this might be unbearable. If their strength were weak, they might even collapse and die instantly. But for Wang Tao, he felt extremely comfortable instead. After all, his affinity with the Fire Attribute Laws was very high; the more fire elements there were, the stronger he became.

This also made Wang Tao suddenly ponder a question: he and the Fire Beast about to be summoned both aligned with fire attributes. Could it lead to an inability to harm one another?

There wasn’t time to dwell on it though, as a tiny flame abruptly emerged from the black hole. The temperature surged dramatically before it vanished in an instant. The black hole disappeared, and a massive flame appeared before Wang Tao.

[HP: 10,000,000/10,000,000]

Th𝖎ʂ 𝘤h@pτҽr 𝖎𝙨 pℴ𝓈ṯҽ𝑑 bყ 𝐾ḭ𝓉𝙚𝖓𝑜𝐯𝕖𝗅

[Level: Seventh Rank Lord]

[Law Power: Fire (Basic) 100/100]

[Law Domain: Fire]

[Fire: Pure Fire, Burning Sky and Boiling Sea]

Swish—

The moment the Fire Beast emerged, Wang Tao immediately activated [Infinite Karma Fire], enveloping the Fire Beast in an instant.

Wang Tao didn’t want to risk using his Law Domain prematurely, fearing it might scare the Fire Beast back into the black hole before it fully emerged. To play it safe, he waited until the black hole completely vanished before deploying his domain.

The Seventh-Rank Fire Beast was clearly bewildered at this moment.

It had initially sensed the summoning of a seemingly weak human and assumed it had found an opportunity. Excitedly, it woke from its slumber and rushed over.

But upon arrival, it realized this was no weak human—this human’s power exceeded its own!

Compared to the previous Stone Beast, as a fellow Fire Attribute Domain User, it could even more deeply sense the might of Wang Tao’s Law Domain.

Above Seventh Rank, the Law Domain is the most fundamental, most crucial ability. In battles between domains of the same attribute, if one’s Law Power is weaker, they will remain perpetually suppressed, with slim chances of turning the tide.

Too bad it couldn’t curse. Otherwise, it would’ve been guaranteed to unleash a torrent of profanity.

Whoosh—

Unlike the previous Seventh-Rank Fire Beast, this one, upon seeing Wang Tao, didn’t react with immediate aggression. Instead, it activated its domain and tried to flee!

Unable to confidently take down Wang Tao, it opted to escape for now. After all, it had already arrived in this domain. If given enough time, it could grow stronger, ascend to higher levels. Engaging in a prolonged battle with a more powerful human wasn’t worth risking everything.

But while it wanted to leave, Wang Tao had no intention of letting it go.

Before summoning this Fire Beast, Wang Tao had already prepared for the possibility of it attempting to flee, keeping his focus entirely on it. As soon as he noticed even a hint of retreat, Wang Tao immediately pursued.

Red and black flames instantly surrounded the Fire Beast. While its Law Domain shielded it from damage for now, neither could it manage to escape.

“Since you’ve come, why not stay a little longer?”

Wang Tao grinned, then intensified his efforts, countless red-black flames surging toward the Fire Beast.

The range of Wang Tao’s [Infinite Karma Fire] spanned roughly 2,500 meters, whereas the Fire Beast’s [Fire] range covered only 1,000 meters. This created an overlapping area between their domains. Within this overlap, [Infinite Karma Fire] and [Fire] temporarily clashed in a stalemate—but Wang Tao could clearly feel [Fire] steadily losing ground.

“Oh?”

This piqued Wang Tao’s curiosity.

Earlier, he had been musing whether, as fellow Fire Attribute Domain Users, their attacks might lack any significant effect on each other, potentially unable to even cause harm. After all, Wang Tao was currently immune to fire! And the Fire Beast, being pure flame itself, surely wouldn’t fear fire either, right?

But now, he found that things weren’t unfolding the way he’d imagined?

While Wang Tao hadn’t yet inflicted any damage on the Fire Beast, his Law Domain was evidently dominating from the outset. The Fire Beast’s domain seemed to be retreating slowly, unable to hold out for long. If Wang Tao fully suppressed its domain, it might prove even simpler to hunt this Fire Beast than it was to hunt the Stone Beast!

“Could it be that the Fire Beast is pretending to be weak? Planning some kind of scheme?”

While attacking, Wang Tao scrutinized the Fire Beast carefully. Suddenly, a trace of realization dawned on his face.

“I think I’ve figured it out…”

Wang Tao roughly understood what was happening. The Fire Beast wasn’t feigning weakness—it truly couldn’t withstand him!

The Fire Beast appeared weaker than the Stone Beast not because it was genuinely inferior, but because both shared the Fire Law Domain—

Ultimately, all Law Domains utilize elemental manipulation as their primary offensive approach.

Within a given timeframe and area, the number of elements manipulable is finite.

Between domains of identical attributes, if the stronger Law Domain controls one more element, the weaker one loses access to that same element. This give-and-take means the weaker domain is effectively short two elements. Under such circumstances, it cannot unleash its full potential.

Thus, in battles between same-attribute, same-level Law Domains, the result is often a case of “the strong get stronger, the weak get weaker.”