World-saving Plan: The Only Savior
Chapter 364 - 248 Combination Passive of the Star Ring

Chapter 364: Chapter 248 Combination Passive of the Star Ring

"These things seem to be able to stretch out from the ground only to a limited extent; it looks like they can stretch up to about ten meters at most..."

Zhang Xiaoman’s Spirit Detection Technique penetrated physical barriers and directly sensed the targets themselves. From his perspective, although these plants were quite long, they couldn’t burrow out of the ground excessively.

Due to the structure of the plants themselves, if they stretched out too much, they might not be able to provide enough strength for support, leading to a drop in their control.

Zhang Xiaoman was analyzing some information about the opponent as Chu Liang also ran over to his side.

When he looked out of the window at the two new giant tendrils that had sprouted, his expression turned ugly.

"Da da da da da!"

Below, a burst of gunfire suddenly rang out as a group of police officers came under attack from the monster and were now firing back in retaliation.

However, since those tendrils were quite flexible and relatively slender in shape, the effectiveness of the automatic rifles was not ideal.

Moreover, with the crowd being dense around them, they had to consider the safety of others while shooting, so they had to adjust their angles to avoid causing accidental injuries.

As a result, the already low hit rate was further reduced.

After several rounds of shooting, only a few bullets managed to hit the target, but the impact seemed minor and didn’t appear to have much effect.

"Flame throwers! We need flame throwers! Notify the command center quickly, request support!"

After witnessing their attacks having no effect, a middle-aged policeman in his thirties shouted to a young officer beside him.

The young policeman didn’t delay upon hearing this and ran back to the vehicle, likely wanting to use the car’s communication system to pass on the message.

The situation on the site was now very urgent. Although the crowd had gradually started evacuating from the center of the incident, nobody knew whether there were still other monsters hidden underground.

At this point, those who had thought themselves safe now put away their phones and didn’t dare to stay on the spot any longer, one after another began running out of the streets in a desperate rush.

Of course, there were also many people like Zhang Xiaoman who went straight into the surrounding buildings, hoping to avoid the monsters’ sneak attacks by standing at a higher vantage point.

Zhang Xiaoman frowned slightly upon seeing this. In order not to be disturbed by others, he immediately activated the Shadow Lord’s shielding function, intending to prevent these people from reaching his location.

However, to his surprise, his ability failed to work this time, and people soon stumbled up to the third floor, immediately spotting Zhang Xiaoman and Chu Liang.

But it seemed that the person didn’t pay much attention to them and, after a hasty glance, continued to run upstairs.

"It failed..."

Zhang Xiaoman muttered to himself and then shook his head quietly.

"No, it shouldn’t be a problem with the Skill..."

After a brief thought, he quickly found the answer.

The Shadow Lord was only able to shield against Tracking, but couldn’t prevent others from stumbling upon him. The difference probably lay in the definition of "tracking."

It makes sense, he thought. If the Shadow Lord really had the power to make one invisible to everyone, wouldn’t that be real invisibility?

Watching several more evacuees run past, Zhang Xiaoman moved to a more suitable location, entering a restaurant, where he could also see the scene below through the windows while avoiding being disturbed by others.

"Do me a favor, guard this door and don’t let anyone in to disturb me," Zhang Xiaoman said to Chu Liang.

At first Chu Liang was startled, then he quickly nodded in agreement.

He now fully recognized the other as a Transcendent and was very willing to help in this fight against the monster.

After switching to this appropriate position, Zhang Xiaoman immediately prepared to activate his Skill to take care of the monsters underground.

He first used the Soul Raiding Skill to absorb energy from his surroundings. Now, with the passive of the Morning Star, his Soul Raiding Skill’s recovery effect had increased from 40 points to 160 points.

As a result, his Dark Energy was fully replenished at this moment.

Shocked by this amount of recovery, Zhang Xiaoman was initially stunned, then after pondering for a moment, he realized why.

The principle was simple: with the passive of the Morning Star, the recovery he released and received were doubled, effectively doubling twice.

So, the Soul Raiding Skill, which originally recovered 40 points of Dark Energy, now effectively recovered 80 points with the Morning Star Ring’s doubling, significantly replenishing his Dark Energy.

"Interesting, this ability is really practical. This way, if I use Soul Raiding Skill on monsters in the future, as long as the opponent has enough mana, then couldn’t I absorb up to 160 points of energy at once?"

He said 160 instead of 80 because before the doubling effect of the Morning Star’s recovery took place, the damage doubling of the Spirit Star Ring’s energy needed to be calculated first.

Musing inwardly about the formidable effects of these combined Skills, Zhang Xiaoman then turned his attention back to the monsters below.

Just in that brief time, five more huge tendrils had burst forth from the earth.

Even the hard road surface couldn’t stop them, and at this point, the area within a hundred meters was completely overrun by the monster.

Faced with the threat of death, the crowd desperately made room, with only a few policemen remaining on the periphery struggling to hold on.

It seemed that more vehicles were coming to help from a distance, but due to the environment, they were momentarily unable to reach the scene.

Zhang Xiaoman observed the situation underground and, without further delay, immediately activated a Skill, summoning a small flame snake in his palm.

What he was about to use was the recently mastered ability, the Fire Python!

For these massive plant tendrils, the Fire Python was indeed the perfect choice at the moment.

Outside the door, Chu Liang also witnessed his actions. Since the door was made of glass, he naturally saw the whole scene.

"Is that... the magic trick from earlier?"

Seeing the small flame snake in his palm, Chu Liang’s eyes widened in shock.

He almost immediately remembered the magic trick that the other had performed on stage earlier and was flooded with thoughts.

Of course, Chu Liang now absolutely did not believe it was just a simple magic trick.

Watching the lifelike flame snake, he couldn’t help but be fascinated and started to wonder what the other man was about to do next.