Novel Catchup
Chapter 496: Chapter 216: Buy on Credit_2
Chapter 496: Chapter 216: Buy on Credit_2
“Strong!”
Jade Lotus exclaimed in admiration.
Taking a deep breath, Lu Yingfeng then said to the others:
“Now, I will merge with an Ascension Crystal Core and upgrade to Level 3…”
She placed an Orange Ascension Crystal Core into her mouth.
Moments later, she opened her eyes, her expression somewhat excited.
“Athlete has ascended to Level 3!”
“Congratulations!”
Jade Lotus and the others quickly offered their congratulations.
But after waiting for a while, Lu Yingfeng’s frown returned.
“However, I don’t feel that I can ascend to Level 3…”
“What?”
Everyone was taken aback.
Wang Tao’s brows furrowed as well.
When he wanted to ascend, merging just one Crystal Core had no effect; he had to successfully merge four Ascension Crystal Cores. Could it be… Lu Yingfeng faced the same situation?
After asking Lu Yingfeng and Jade Lotus some questions, Wang Tao had an epiphany.
“I think I understand what’s happening…”
When Lu Yingfeng was ascending from Level 1 to Level 2, she used four Ascension Crystal Cores!
At that time, after successfully merging one Ascension Crystal Core, she felt she could advance. However, Jade Lotus told her that the more Crystal Cores she merged, the stronger the enhancement she’d get at Level 2. Therefore, she held back from advancing and specially ascended all four abilities before progressing to Level 2.
Indeed, even though she had two useless abilities, she was substantially stronger than most Second-order Superpower Owners.
So, Wang Tao thought, perhaps because she merged four Crystal Cores at Level 1, she would also need to merge four at Level 2?
Upon hearing Wang Tao’s analysis, Lu Yingfeng and Jade Lotus were somewhat stunned.
If this was the case, wouldn’t that mean this Ascension Crystal Core was used in vain? After all, Lu Yingfeng still had two abilities at +1… Wang Tao didn’t have the right Crystal Core for her to upgrade at the moment. The Omnipotent Crystal Core could work, but Wang Tao didn’t have many, and he had already used them himself.
Although ascending an ability to Level 3 would also significantly increase combat power, if one didn’t ascend themselves, it would still be inferior to a normal Level 3 ability user. Defeating so many zombies, or subduing the General and others, would still be difficult…
The usually calm Lu Yingfeng suddenly felt anxious — she felt like she had wasted a valuable Ascension Crystal Core, especially since Jade Lotus had obtained it at a great cost!
Wang Tao looked at Jade Lotus.
“How about you? How many Ascension Crystal Cores did you use when you ascended to Level 2?”n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
“Four…”
Jade Lotus said with some resignation.
This meant she also couldn’t ascend to Level 3 anytime soon.
Suddenly, Jade Lotus looked at Wang Tao with anticipation and asked:
“Wang Tao, you should be able to ascend to Level 3, right? Why don’t you ascend to Level 3 and then help us suppress the General and his people?”
She didn’t trust the other people in the club; she trusted Wang Tao.
However, Wang Tao shook his head.
“I also need four Ascension Crystal Cores to ascend to Level 3, but my abilities haven’t fully upgraded, and I don’t have the Crystal Cores I need right now.”
Even without ascending to Level 3, he could suppress the General and his men. But Wang Tao wouldn’t be staying here for long as he was planning to go to the military base. It wasn’t possible for him to help Jade Lotus with this request.
And what he said was true. He only had two Level 2 abilities at +10, and he couldn’t ascend. He hadn’t even used Ascension Crystal Cores for these two abilities because ascending them to Level 3 would require 30,000 Special Energy for Extraction or merging, while Level 2 would only need 5,000… Since he wasn’t sure whether he would extract in the future, he didn’t advance to save some energy.
“So what do we do now…”
Jade Lotus was somewhat at a loss. She now had the Ascension Crystal Cores but no suitable candidate to use them.
At that moment, Nie Siyan, who was standing behind Wang Tao, suddenly raised her hand. She looked at the others somewhat timidly and said:
“Ahem, that… When I ascended to Level 2, I only merged one Ascension Crystal Core…”
After saying this, she swallowed nervously. She was both excited and apprehensive.
It seemed that among all present, she was the only one who met the condition… Could this enormous fortune fall into her lap?
Jade Lotus and Lu Yingfeng turned their gazes to Wang Tao. They weren’t familiar with Nie Siyan and were unclear about her character. Although Nie Siyan had a bad reputation, she was now following Wang Tao…
Wang Tao turned to Nie Siyan.
Nie Siyan didn’t care about the gazes of the two women and walked over to Wang Tao in an understanding manner, kneeling in front of him to express her respect and submission.
Jade Lotus and Lu Yingfeng looked at the two with surprise. They previously thought that Nie Siyan and Wang Tao had a cooperative relationship. But now it seemed that the relationship between them might be deeper…
Wang Tao gently stroked her hair, as if he were petting a small dog.
“Do you want to ascend to Level 3?”
“Yes!”
Nie Siyan nodded frantically. Then she quickly rubbed her face against Wang Tao’s hand and said:
“Master~ I will be obedient!”
Jade Lotus and Lu Yingfeng looked at Nie Siyan with odd expressions but said nothing.
Wang Tao looked into Nie Siyan’s anxious, expectant eyes, gently pinched her cheek, and simply said, “Just be obedient.” He believed Nie Siyan knew the consequences of betraying him.
Nie Siyan had killed quite a few zombies today, and her HP had already reached the cap of 29,999, but her abilities hadn’t yet reached +10.
Nie Siyan’s four abilities were [Rush], [Athlete], [Throwing Master], and [Dream Interpretation].
Wang Tao thought for a moment, it was either not to ascend to Level 3 at all or to do so in the most perfect way possible.