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Chapter 144
Chapter 143: Impure Impact Shield, Begging for Mercy, Submission
Tang Zheng swung the magic greatsword with one hand in a downward slash.
A visible mana slash was unleashed from the magic greatsword, colliding with the fireball in mid-air and cleaving it in two.
Boom!
The sundered fireball exploded in mid-air, but the mana slash continued toward Demon Snake Naga.
Seeing the mana slash fly out from the exploding flames, Demon Snake Naga’s expression turned to one of alarm. It grabbed the ghost bear's fur and yanked hard, causing the ghost bear to immediately dodge to the side.
Thud!
The mana slash struck the spot where Demon Snake Naga had just been standing, leaving a gash about three meters long in the ground.
"This... is not magic!"
Demon Snake Naga gazed at the gash on the ground, its pupils contracting. As a magic caster, it could naturally tell whether or not this was magic.
*That human isn't just a magic caster, but also a warrior who's mastered ranged attacks?*
Demon Snake Naga quickly analyzed the situation in its mind.
"I just wanted to say hello, and perhaps cooperate a bit."
Tang Zheng stood up from the wooden stake, hefting the magic greatsword onto his shoulder with one hand. He tilted his head slightly, looking at Demon Snake Naga in the distance.
"You're smarter than the trolls, but it seems your discriminatory attitude is even more severe."
He remembered that in the anime, from the very beginning of its encounter with the Bone King, Demon Snake Naga had shown a face full of reverence, even surrendering with its hands up after only a moment of resistance.
It was a far cry from the haughty posture it was displaying now.
In the eyes of the various races of this otherworld, the term "weak" had indeed become a deeply ingrained synonym for "human."
At this moment!
Demon Snake Naga had also realized that this calm-faced human before him was no simple character.
However!
As one of the three dominators of the Touv Great Forest.
How could it possibly flee before a human? Moreover, that fool Gu was under this human's control, which could potentially cause all sorts of trouble.
"Vine Entanglement!"
Demon Snake Naga waved its two withered arms.
The already numerous weeds on the ground began to grow with visible speed. Then, several thick vines extended from them, whipping toward Tang Zheng in unison.
Faith-based magic?
Tang Zheng took out a magic item, 'Forest Crossing,' and aimed it forward.
The attacking vines immediately parted around Tang Zheng, dispersing in other directions.
Bang!
Tang Zheng pushed off the ground, raising his magic greatsword and charging toward Demon Snake Naga. A cold sneer echoed, "I hope your strength matches your attitude and isn't so disappointing."
"Bastard! Go to hell!"
Hearing this, Demon Snake Naga's face twisted with rage. It whipped its tail, lashing it fiercely against the ground.
"Rock Scatter!"
The patch of ground it struck immediately shattered into countless small fragments of stone, shooting like bullets toward the charging Tang Zheng.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Tang Zheng's magic greatsword danced rapidly. All the flying stones were easily shattered, and his speed didn't decrease in the slightest.
Demon Snake Naga quickly flipped off the ghost bear's back, its aged voice roaring, "Beast Control!"
"Roar!"
The ghost bear's eyes immediately turned crimson. It let out a frenzied roar and charged directly at the incoming Tang Zheng.
At the same time, its massive body also served to shield Demon Snake Naga!
"Hmph!"
Tang Zheng snorted coldly. He switched to a reverse grip on his magic greatsword and swung it in an upward slash.
Squelch!
The seemingly sturdy ghost bear, with its thick hide, was split in two by a single blow. Its thick fur and the faint, earthy-yellow glow around its body did nothing to stop the power of this sword!
The damage from the combination of two passive buffs, 'Aura of Courage' and 'Weapon Extra Specialization,' nearly doubled the power of this seemingly ordinary sword strike!
[Experience Gained: 1511]
Tang Zheng looked forward, only to find that Demon Snake Naga's figure had vanished.
"Xiao Hei!" Tang Zheng called.
"Awhoo!"
The Lesser Soulhound, which had been watching the battlefield all along, pounced forward, its gaze fixed sharply on an empty spot.
Clatter!
Black chains swept out from the Lesser Soulhound's body, lashing violently at that empty space.
Great Chain Whirlwind!
"Damned Soulhound!"
Demon Snake Naga was struck and forced out of its invisibility. Its wrinkled face contorted with fury. "I should have dealt with you from the start!"
Although it wasn't injured, it was utterly infuriated!
But soon.
Demon Snake Naga noticed Tang Zheng charging at it again. Its expression changed drastically, and it hurriedly began to chant:
"Forest Mist!"
"Invisibility!"
Whoosh—
A thick white mist rapidly spread out from Demon Snake Naga. Combined with its invisibility ability, its figure vanished once more.
This time, it was even more concealed and difficult to spot.
"As expected, pure warriors are much easier to deal with." Tang Zheng glanced around at the dense fog that completely obscured his vision, and he frowned.
Suddenly!
Tang Zheng felt his body tighten, as if something had rapidly coiled around him.
The next moment, the vanished Demon Snake Naga had bound him with its thick, serpentine tail. Its voice held a trace of excitement as it yelled, "Human, die!"
Its fine, greasy white scales were extremely smooth, which made the constriction incredibly fast and impossible to break free from quickly.
"Get off me!"
Tang Zheng's eyes blazed. "Impure Impact Shield!"
Boom!
An eruption of black energy burst from Tang Zheng's body, forming an omnidirectional shockwave. It not only instantly blasted Demon Snake Naga away...
...but also cleared the surrounding white mist in one go!
...
Skill: Impure Impact Shield
Cost: 2/day
Description: Generates a pure energy shockwave centered on the user. Possesses a knockback effect and also has the ability to dispel and nullify the target's magic.
...
This was the job skill he had acquired after raising his Valkyrie class to Level 3.
After slaughtering a large number of high-grade magical beasts and wild beasts in the eastern region, as well as over 200 ogres, the experience in his experience bar had surpassed 140,000.
Naturally, Tang Zheng didn't save it, dumping it all into his Valkyrie class at once.
Now, his Valkyrie class had reached Level 4.
[Experience Bar: 26933/60000]
Bang!
Tang Zheng's figure flashed, and he appeared before the blasted-away Demon Snake Naga. He grabbed its tail, lifted it up, and slammed it forcefully into the ground with a tremendous crash.
"It seems you're not as strong as you claim."
Tang Zheng continued to swing it by the tail, repeatedly smashing it against the ground.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Heavy thuds and miserable screams instantly echoed through the air.
"I surrender!"
"I surrender!"
"I am willing to submit!"
Demon Snake Naga wailed.
CRASH!
Another loud crash.
Demon Snake Naga was covered in its own blood, its two withered arms broken. It lay twisted and paralyzed on the ground.
"Good. You're much smarter than the trolls." Tang Zheng walked up to the miserable Demon Snake Naga and planted his magic greatsword into the ground beside it.
With a flip of his palm.
An iron sword appeared in Tang Zheng's hand, and a dark curse power was released, covering the blade.
Tang Zheng picked up the iron sword with a cold gaze and stabbed it directly into the location of Demon Snake Naga's heart, though not deeply.
"Ahhh!!"
Demon Snake Naga let out another agonized scream.
As the iron sword was withdrawn with a spray of blood, Demon Snake Naga's body began to tremble uncontrollably.
"What is this..."
"It's so painful!"
Demon Snake Naga curled up on the ground, twitching and trembling ceaselessly. Its already pale face turned ghastly white.
It felt the approach of death, as if it could perish at any moment.
"Save me, I'm willing to submit... Human... don't kill me..."
Demon Snake Naga writhed its way to Tang Zheng's feet, wailing.
If its previous pleas for mercy and submission were merely a ploy to make Tang Zheng stop his attack, then now, with the pure terror of death upon it, Demon Snake Naga had no other thoughts left in its mind.
(end of chapter)
Tang Zheng swung the magic greatsword with one hand in a downward slash.
A visible mana slash was unleashed from the magic greatsword, colliding with the fireball in mid-air and cleaving it in two.
Boom!
The sundered fireball exploded in mid-air, but the mana slash continued toward Demon Snake Naga.
Seeing the mana slash fly out from the exploding flames, Demon Snake Naga’s expression turned to one of alarm. It grabbed the ghost bear's fur and yanked hard, causing the ghost bear to immediately dodge to the side.
Thud!
The mana slash struck the spot where Demon Snake Naga had just been standing, leaving a gash about three meters long in the ground.
"This... is not magic!"
Demon Snake Naga gazed at the gash on the ground, its pupils contracting. As a magic caster, it could naturally tell whether or not this was magic.
*That human isn't just a magic caster, but also a warrior who's mastered ranged attacks?*
Demon Snake Naga quickly analyzed the situation in its mind.
"I just wanted to say hello, and perhaps cooperate a bit."
Tang Zheng stood up from the wooden stake, hefting the magic greatsword onto his shoulder with one hand. He tilted his head slightly, looking at Demon Snake Naga in the distance.
"You're smarter than the trolls, but it seems your discriminatory attitude is even more severe."
He remembered that in the anime, from the very beginning of its encounter with the Bone King, Demon Snake Naga had shown a face full of reverence, even surrendering with its hands up after only a moment of resistance.
It was a far cry from the haughty posture it was displaying now.
In the eyes of the various races of this otherworld, the term "weak" had indeed become a deeply ingrained synonym for "human."
At this moment!
Demon Snake Naga had also realized that this calm-faced human before him was no simple character.
However!
As one of the three dominators of the Touv Great Forest.
How could it possibly flee before a human? Moreover, that fool Gu was under this human's control, which could potentially cause all sorts of trouble.
"Vine Entanglement!"
Demon Snake Naga waved its two withered arms.
The already numerous weeds on the ground began to grow with visible speed. Then, several thick vines extended from them, whipping toward Tang Zheng in unison.
Faith-based magic?
Tang Zheng took out a magic item, 'Forest Crossing,' and aimed it forward.
The attacking vines immediately parted around Tang Zheng, dispersing in other directions.
Bang!
Tang Zheng pushed off the ground, raising his magic greatsword and charging toward Demon Snake Naga. A cold sneer echoed, "I hope your strength matches your attitude and isn't so disappointing."
"Bastard! Go to hell!"
Hearing this, Demon Snake Naga's face twisted with rage. It whipped its tail, lashing it fiercely against the ground.
"Rock Scatter!"
The patch of ground it struck immediately shattered into countless small fragments of stone, shooting like bullets toward the charging Tang Zheng.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Tang Zheng's magic greatsword danced rapidly. All the flying stones were easily shattered, and his speed didn't decrease in the slightest.
Demon Snake Naga quickly flipped off the ghost bear's back, its aged voice roaring, "Beast Control!"
"Roar!"
The ghost bear's eyes immediately turned crimson. It let out a frenzied roar and charged directly at the incoming Tang Zheng.
At the same time, its massive body also served to shield Demon Snake Naga!
"Hmph!"
Tang Zheng snorted coldly. He switched to a reverse grip on his magic greatsword and swung it in an upward slash.
Squelch!
The seemingly sturdy ghost bear, with its thick hide, was split in two by a single blow. Its thick fur and the faint, earthy-yellow glow around its body did nothing to stop the power of this sword!
The damage from the combination of two passive buffs, 'Aura of Courage' and 'Weapon Extra Specialization,' nearly doubled the power of this seemingly ordinary sword strike!
[Experience Gained: 1511]
Tang Zheng looked forward, only to find that Demon Snake Naga's figure had vanished.
"Xiao Hei!" Tang Zheng called.
"Awhoo!"
The Lesser Soulhound, which had been watching the battlefield all along, pounced forward, its gaze fixed sharply on an empty spot.
Clatter!
Black chains swept out from the Lesser Soulhound's body, lashing violently at that empty space.
Great Chain Whirlwind!
"Damned Soulhound!"
Demon Snake Naga was struck and forced out of its invisibility. Its wrinkled face contorted with fury. "I should have dealt with you from the start!"
Although it wasn't injured, it was utterly infuriated!
But soon.
Demon Snake Naga noticed Tang Zheng charging at it again. Its expression changed drastically, and it hurriedly began to chant:
"Forest Mist!"
"Invisibility!"
Whoosh—
A thick white mist rapidly spread out from Demon Snake Naga. Combined with its invisibility ability, its figure vanished once more.
This time, it was even more concealed and difficult to spot.
"As expected, pure warriors are much easier to deal with." Tang Zheng glanced around at the dense fog that completely obscured his vision, and he frowned.
Suddenly!
Tang Zheng felt his body tighten, as if something had rapidly coiled around him.
The next moment, the vanished Demon Snake Naga had bound him with its thick, serpentine tail. Its voice held a trace of excitement as it yelled, "Human, die!"
Its fine, greasy white scales were extremely smooth, which made the constriction incredibly fast and impossible to break free from quickly.
"Get off me!"
Tang Zheng's eyes blazed. "Impure Impact Shield!"
Boom!
An eruption of black energy burst from Tang Zheng's body, forming an omnidirectional shockwave. It not only instantly blasted Demon Snake Naga away...
...but also cleared the surrounding white mist in one go!
...
Skill: Impure Impact Shield
Cost: 2/day
Description: Generates a pure energy shockwave centered on the user. Possesses a knockback effect and also has the ability to dispel and nullify the target's magic.
...
This was the job skill he had acquired after raising his Valkyrie class to Level 3.
After slaughtering a large number of high-grade magical beasts and wild beasts in the eastern region, as well as over 200 ogres, the experience in his experience bar had surpassed 140,000.
Naturally, Tang Zheng didn't save it, dumping it all into his Valkyrie class at once.
Now, his Valkyrie class had reached Level 4.
[Experience Bar: 26933/60000]
Bang!
Tang Zheng's figure flashed, and he appeared before the blasted-away Demon Snake Naga. He grabbed its tail, lifted it up, and slammed it forcefully into the ground with a tremendous crash.
"It seems you're not as strong as you claim."
Tang Zheng continued to swing it by the tail, repeatedly smashing it against the ground.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Heavy thuds and miserable screams instantly echoed through the air.
"I surrender!"
"I surrender!"
"I am willing to submit!"
Demon Snake Naga wailed.
CRASH!
Another loud crash.
Demon Snake Naga was covered in its own blood, its two withered arms broken. It lay twisted and paralyzed on the ground.
"Good. You're much smarter than the trolls." Tang Zheng walked up to the miserable Demon Snake Naga and planted his magic greatsword into the ground beside it.
With a flip of his palm.
An iron sword appeared in Tang Zheng's hand, and a dark curse power was released, covering the blade.
Tang Zheng picked up the iron sword with a cold gaze and stabbed it directly into the location of Demon Snake Naga's heart, though not deeply.
"Ahhh!!"
Demon Snake Naga let out another agonized scream.
As the iron sword was withdrawn with a spray of blood, Demon Snake Naga's body began to tremble uncontrollably.
"What is this..."
"It's so painful!"
Demon Snake Naga curled up on the ground, twitching and trembling ceaselessly. Its already pale face turned ghastly white.
It felt the approach of death, as if it could perish at any moment.
"Save me, I'm willing to submit... Human... don't kill me..."
Demon Snake Naga writhed its way to Tang Zheng's feet, wailing.
If its previous pleas for mercy and submission were merely a ploy to make Tang Zheng stop his attack, then now, with the pure terror of death upon it, Demon Snake Naga had no other thoughts left in its mind.
(end of chapter)
