Chapter 1664: Chapter 701: The Situation of the Eighth and Ninth Levels_2

For Wang Tao, this is naturally a good thing — although he can’t defeat a destruction-level monster in its normal state, the destruction monster can’t catch up with him! As long as he’s not trapped, he can escape. Even the wind-attribute destruction monster before couldn’t fly as fast as Wang Tao.

So Wang Tao used his powerful flying abilities to keep baiting this magma monster.

After some time, Wang Tao returned near the spot where he had previously scavenged and killed the magma monster. Just looking at the flames ahead, his eyes widened.

“No way…”

When Wang Tao left, there was a volcano here, formed from the body of that destruction-level magma monster.

But now, it’s not just one volcano; it has turned into several! Each volcano emits a terrifying, scorching aura that no creature can survive in!

Obviously, these volcanoes were formed after the death of seventh-rank destruction-level magma monsters. Did these magma monsters come here deliberately to die waiting to die?

Wang Tao was somewhat puzzled about what was going on. But now wasn’t the time to consider these things. Seeing the magma monster behind him was about to catch up, Wang Tao maintained his [Infinite Karma Fire] state and dove headfirst into the group of volcanoes.

The range of these volcanoes overlaps, and the power they display also has a certain degree of stacking. Wang Tao could clearly feel that it was more terrifying than the original volcano.

However, Wang Tao’s law domain could still withstand it, so there was no problem for the time being.

The magma monster that followed Wang Tao here seemed to become somewhat excited, perhaps sensing the aura of its kind.

Wang Tao’s goal was to lure this magma monster here. Now that the goal had been achieved, Wang Tao quickly distanced himself from the magma monster, disappearing from its sight in an instant.

Even though the target was gone, the magma monster did not pursue Wang Tao any further. Instead, it stayed here, wandering around as if it really liked the place.

Wang Tao hid among the clouds, watching the magma monster below. Its HP was already at the bottom, and it would probably die soon. Wang Tao intended to kill it before it died since it’s a seventh-rank destruction-level spoils of war, too good to waste.

After observing, Wang Tao felt this magma monster really liked the place and might plan to die here.

This, fortunately, saved Wang Tao a lot of trouble, so he just quietly waited. About half an hour later, when the magma monster’s HP was almost depleted, Wang Tao took action.

Swoosh–

Wang Tao, carrying the [Infinite Karma Fire] domain, descended directly from the sky, landing beside the magma monster. The magma monster instinctively attacked Wang Tao, and the two engaged in battle temporarily, with neither being able to overpower the other. But with only a sliver of HP left, the outcome was already decided for the magma monster.

Boom–

A moment later, the magma monster’s blood bar was cleared, and it was Wang Tao who killed it!

[Acquired: Seventh-Rank Fire Crystal Core x1]

[Acquired: Destruction Crystal x1]

[Acquired: Fiery Flame Rose x1]

[Acquired: Advanced Blood Bead x1]

Several pieces of loot and loot packs exploded out.

These tangible loot items were exactly the same as those obtained from killing the magma monster last time.

Wang Tao first ate the [Advanced Blood Bead] and then looked at his own blood bar a moment later.

[HP: 4000000/4000000]

He had previously had an HP of 4 million, and this advanced blood bead directly increased his HP cap by 1 million. Although the role of HP wasn’t as big as before, it still added to his attributes and increased his margin for error, which was quite good.

Wang Tao then opened the loot pack.

[Acquired: Seventh-Rank Fire Crystal Core x1]

[Acquired: Destruction Crystal x1]

[Acquired: Flame Potion x3]

[Acquired: Flame Gloves x1]

The loot pack contained the same crystal cores, crystal stones, and potions as before, but the equipment was different. Previously it was a cloak, and this time they’re gloves. However, their attributes were the same.

[Fiery Flames Cloak]

[Seventh Rank (Epic)]

[Slight increase to the effect of the Fire Attribute Law Domain]

Equipment above the seventh rank doesn’t have fancy attributes; it just enhances one’s law domain. Wang Tao liked this aspect very much.

Rumble–

When putting on the new gloves, the dead magma monster had already begun turning into a volcano. Wang Tao was about to leave but suddenly remembered something, so he quickly went to look at the other volcanoes.

When Wang Tao saw a crystal core buried at the mouth of a volcano, he immediately grinned.

“Sure enough, there’s a fire crystal core!”

Wang Tao searched a few other volcanoes and found a fire crystal core in each.

These monsters weren’t killed by Wang Tao, so there were no loot packs, but they had crystal cores in their heads, which came out after they died.

For Wang Tao right now, fire crystal cores were still very useful, so he unceremoniously collected them. Together with the crystal core from the magma monster he had just killed, he had precisely 5, enough for a fusion!

Wang Tao chose to synthesize them, and after a burst of multicolored light, a Seventh-Rank Crystal Core with 100% purity appeared in Wang Tao’s palm.

[Seventh-Rank Fire Crystal Core]

[Quality: Epic (100%)]

[Purity: 100% (Side Effect: None)]

Wang Tao flew into the sky, preparing to fuse with this crystal core.

During the fusion, he kept a close eye on his own status. The last time he fused a seventh-level crystal core, he entered a very miraculous state and discovered many things.

Wang Tao wasn’t certain if that state would appear again this time, but he certainly hoped it would.

Boom–

The moment he began fusing with the fire crystal core, that familiar “omniscient and omnipotent” sensation returned!

With experience now, Wang Tao seized the opportunity to quickly observe the world and himself.

In reality, only a moment passed before Wang Tao awoke from this state. He was a bit regretful, thinking how great it would be if it lasted longer.

Wang Tao looked at his own attributes.

[Law Power: Fire (Basic): 110/110]

The basic law power increased by another 5 points, now totaling 110. Although it enhanced his combat strength somewhat, it was still far from being comparable to destruction-level monsters.

However, the focus this time wasn’t the increase in combat power but rather Wang Tao’s discovery of some information about levels above the seventh during that “omniscient and omnipotent” state, such as Level 8 and Ninth Level!

The situation after reaching Level 8 was far more complex than Wang Tao had imagined!

The seventh level uses the basic law power. In theory, as long as the necessary conditions are met, anyone could wield the basic law power. Wang Tao could use “Law Power: Fire (Basic),” and others could as well. It’s not a conflict.

But Level 8 is different. Level 8 uses intermediate law power, and for each attribute, the total amount of intermediate law power is limited to 100!

In other words, under the same attribute, only 100 creatures can ascend to Level 8!

Taking Wang Tao’s fire attribute as an example, if there were already 100 Level 8 fire attribute creatures, Wang Tao wouldn’t be able to ascend to Level 8 no matter how many crystal cores he fused, because the slots for ascension to Level 8 would be gone.

In such a circumstance, the only way for Wang Tao to ascend to Level 8 would be to find and kill an existing Level 8 fire attribute creature to take over its “slot” or “intermediate law power!”

Similarly, there are limitations for the Ninth Level as well. And the restriction is even more terrifying since the Ninth Level uses advanced law power, and for each attribute, only one “advanced law power” can exist, meaning there’s only one slot for ascension to the Ninth Level!

For instance, if a magma monster ascends to the Ninth Level, Wang Tao will never be able to ascend to the Ninth Level in his lifetime unless he can kill that Ninth Level magma monster and take its “slot!”

Simply put, within the same attribute, the number of seventh-level domain users is unlimited, but the number of Level 8 domain users is limited, with a maximum of 100; as for the Ninth Level, there can be even fewer, only 1!