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Chapter 309
chapter 267 part 1
Chapter 266: I've Been Vegetarian Lately. A Conspiracy Targeting the Hills?
Humans... are an indescribably delicious delicacy.
Saliva splattered from the Water Elemental Ogre's mouth, drooling down its foul, open maw. In his memory, he had only tasted it once.
It was so long ago that he had already forgotten the taste.
Thump—thump!
Its thick, powerful legs sprinted wildly across the mossy ground.
The Water Elemental Ogre was eager to devour this arrogant human, yet a hint of caution lingered in its fierce eyes.
He wasn't truly brainless. As long as he relied on his "Water Misting" ability, even that powerful Valiant King couldn't do anything to him, let alone a much weaker human.
Besides, this human before him didn't look like any of the famed individuals from the rumors about the Holy Kingdom.
"This is the Abelion Hills, not a place for you humans to set foot in! Turn into meat for me!" the Water Elemental Ogre roared.
"You're a higher-tier species of ogre, yet you don't seem very bright. Expecting a creature like you to have a brain is indeed asking for too much."
Tang Zheng stood on a thick tree trunk, his gaze calm. He raised a finger and pointed forward:
"Magic Arrow!"
[XP: 421356/510000]
Ten translucent, shimmering arrows shot out in a neat volley toward the charging Water Elemental Ogre.
With his [Magic Surpasser] passive ability, casting a first-tier spell now only cost one point of magic power, but he was currently using his experience points to cast instead.
Since he planned to conduct experiments after his [Ninja] job disappeared, he had to spend his experience points anyway. Rather than letting them go to waste, it was better to use them to solve these minor troubles.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The streaks of light from the arrows reached the Water Elemental Ogre in the blink of an eye. The creature made no move to dodge, instead allowing the magic arrows to strike its body.
With a series of soft 'splat' sounds.
Gagaran's white pupils widened slightly. He clearly saw that wherever the magic arrows touched the Water Elemental Ogre, they dissolved into puffs of water mist.
The arrows passed right through the creature's body.
The Water Elemental Ogre had used the same method to dodge his attack earlier.
"Oh?"
The White Mist Witch leaned forward, surprise showing in her bright yellow eyes. The ability this Water Elemental Ogre displayed was somewhat similar to her own.
"Hmphahaha, useless human!"
The Water Elemental Ogre let out a wild laugh. Its massive figure had already charged to the base of the tree. It raised the nailed hammer in its hand and swung it at the spot where Tang Zheng and the White Mist Witch were:
"Die!"
He glanced at his status panel, but no information was displayed.
The "Water Misting" technique the Water Elemental Ogre had just used was neither magic nor a skill, but an innate racial ability.
A pity.
It was quite an impressive ability, granting immunity to projectiles and the means to evade some pure physical attacks.
Tang Zheng's face under his red hood was expressionless. "You're lucky, you idiot. I've been vegetarian lately, abstaining from killing."
"Sand Domain: All!"
[XP: 171356/510000]
Hummm—
In an instant.
A giant magic circle, roughly ten meters in diameter and shimmering with magical light, materialized out of thin air on the moss-covered ground.
It enveloped not only the Water Elemental Ogre but also Gagaran, who was standing nearby with a wary expression.
An earth-brown light flickered across the magic circle.
Gagaran and the Water Elemental Ogre simultaneously felt a terrifying surge of energy.
"Idiot!"
Gagaran's expression changed drastically. He cursed under his breath and unhesitatingly dashed toward the edge of the magic circle.
Rumble!
The earth-brown light on the magic circle flashed intensely, and a massive amount of yellow sand erupted from it, instantly forming a ferocious yellow torrent.
With no way to resist, the Water Elemental Ogre was bound and enveloped by the quicksand, leaving only its head exposed, forcibly locked in place.
"Firm Strike!"
Gagaran roared, and a brutish, domineering power erupted from his spiked club as he swung it with his thick, strong arms.
Boom—
The mass of quicksand attempting to bind Gagaran was shattered by the blow, scattering in all directions as fine grains of sand.
However, such a ferocious strike had no lasting effect on the quicksand that continued to surge in from all sides.
"As long as I can get out of this magic circle—"
Gagaran stomped hard, shaking off the quicksand that was rapidly rising past his ankles. "Flowing Water Acceleration!"
A blue light flashed across his powerful body. He forcefully broke through layer after layer of sand barriers, leaping into the air in an attempt to completely escape the magic circle's encirclement.
Suddenly.
A stream of quicksand, like a slithering snake, coiled around Gagaran's ankle, causing him to pause mid-action. Then, his entire body stiffened.
Thud!
Gagaran fell from the sky and plunged into the quicksand. He was quickly enveloped, and just like the ogre, only his head remained exposed.
"Damn it!"
"Cloud Mist—Cloud Mist!"
Gagaran and the Water Elemental Ogre struggled ceaselessly, but they couldn't break free from the quicksand's restraints. They couldn't even properly activate their martial arts or magic.
"Sand Domain" was inherently a binding-type movement impairment spell. It also possessed effects like Silence. Unless one possessed "Complete Resistance to Movement Impairment," escape was impossible.
Clearly, neither Gagaran nor the ogre possessed this ability.
"It's over."
Tang Zheng clapped his hands together, his disguised voice letting out a hoarse, cold laugh. "That was 250,000. Even killing the two of you wouldn't be worth that price."
Gagaran's face was grim. He struggled violently, causing the quicksand to make grinding noises, but he remained unable to break free.
"You came for me, didn't you!"
Gagaran lifted his head to look at Tang Zheng on the tree trunk. "I don't recall knowing a magic caster as powerful as you."
That mysterious demi-human shrouded in white mist had been secretly following him. It wasn't hard to guess that this human spellcaster's appearance was related to it.
Gagaran racked his brain. After all, he held a certain position in the Empire and was famous throughout various nations for his strength. Magic that could restrain him...
This level of power... was it fifth-tier magic?
A powerhouse in the Heroic Realm!
He had never heard of a powerful magic caster dressed like Tang Zheng.
"Why can't I use my power?! What did you do, human!" the Water Elemental Ogre shrieked, its face contorted in panic.
"So noisy."
"Fire."
Snap!
Tang Zheng snapped his fingers. The quicksand enveloping the Water Elemental Ogre and Gagaran instantly became searing hot, radiating intense heat.
Chapter 266: I've Been Vegetarian Lately. A Conspiracy Targeting the Hills?
Humans... are an indescribably delicious delicacy.
Saliva splattered from the Water Elemental Ogre's mouth, drooling down its foul, open maw. In his memory, he had only tasted it once.
It was so long ago that he had already forgotten the taste.
Thump—thump!
Its thick, powerful legs sprinted wildly across the mossy ground.
The Water Elemental Ogre was eager to devour this arrogant human, yet a hint of caution lingered in its fierce eyes.
He wasn't truly brainless. As long as he relied on his "Water Misting" ability, even that powerful Valiant King couldn't do anything to him, let alone a much weaker human.
Besides, this human before him didn't look like any of the famed individuals from the rumors about the Holy Kingdom.
"This is the Abelion Hills, not a place for you humans to set foot in! Turn into meat for me!" the Water Elemental Ogre roared.
"You're a higher-tier species of ogre, yet you don't seem very bright. Expecting a creature like you to have a brain is indeed asking for too much."
Tang Zheng stood on a thick tree trunk, his gaze calm. He raised a finger and pointed forward:
"Magic Arrow!"
[XP: 421356/510000]
Ten translucent, shimmering arrows shot out in a neat volley toward the charging Water Elemental Ogre.
With his [Magic Surpasser] passive ability, casting a first-tier spell now only cost one point of magic power, but he was currently using his experience points to cast instead.
Since he planned to conduct experiments after his [Ninja] job disappeared, he had to spend his experience points anyway. Rather than letting them go to waste, it was better to use them to solve these minor troubles.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The streaks of light from the arrows reached the Water Elemental Ogre in the blink of an eye. The creature made no move to dodge, instead allowing the magic arrows to strike its body.
With a series of soft 'splat' sounds.
Gagaran's white pupils widened slightly. He clearly saw that wherever the magic arrows touched the Water Elemental Ogre, they dissolved into puffs of water mist.
The arrows passed right through the creature's body.
The Water Elemental Ogre had used the same method to dodge his attack earlier.
"Oh?"
The White Mist Witch leaned forward, surprise showing in her bright yellow eyes. The ability this Water Elemental Ogre displayed was somewhat similar to her own.
"Hmphahaha, useless human!"
The Water Elemental Ogre let out a wild laugh. Its massive figure had already charged to the base of the tree. It raised the nailed hammer in its hand and swung it at the spot where Tang Zheng and the White Mist Witch were:
"Die!"
He glanced at his status panel, but no information was displayed.
The "Water Misting" technique the Water Elemental Ogre had just used was neither magic nor a skill, but an innate racial ability.
A pity.
It was quite an impressive ability, granting immunity to projectiles and the means to evade some pure physical attacks.
Tang Zheng's face under his red hood was expressionless. "You're lucky, you idiot. I've been vegetarian lately, abstaining from killing."
"Sand Domain: All!"
[XP: 171356/510000]
Hummm—
In an instant.
A giant magic circle, roughly ten meters in diameter and shimmering with magical light, materialized out of thin air on the moss-covered ground.
It enveloped not only the Water Elemental Ogre but also Gagaran, who was standing nearby with a wary expression.
An earth-brown light flickered across the magic circle.
Gagaran and the Water Elemental Ogre simultaneously felt a terrifying surge of energy.
"Idiot!"
Gagaran's expression changed drastically. He cursed under his breath and unhesitatingly dashed toward the edge of the magic circle.
Rumble!
The earth-brown light on the magic circle flashed intensely, and a massive amount of yellow sand erupted from it, instantly forming a ferocious yellow torrent.
With no way to resist, the Water Elemental Ogre was bound and enveloped by the quicksand, leaving only its head exposed, forcibly locked in place.
"Firm Strike!"
Gagaran roared, and a brutish, domineering power erupted from his spiked club as he swung it with his thick, strong arms.
Boom—
The mass of quicksand attempting to bind Gagaran was shattered by the blow, scattering in all directions as fine grains of sand.
However, such a ferocious strike had no lasting effect on the quicksand that continued to surge in from all sides.
"As long as I can get out of this magic circle—"
Gagaran stomped hard, shaking off the quicksand that was rapidly rising past his ankles. "Flowing Water Acceleration!"
A blue light flashed across his powerful body. He forcefully broke through layer after layer of sand barriers, leaping into the air in an attempt to completely escape the magic circle's encirclement.
Suddenly.
A stream of quicksand, like a slithering snake, coiled around Gagaran's ankle, causing him to pause mid-action. Then, his entire body stiffened.
Thud!
Gagaran fell from the sky and plunged into the quicksand. He was quickly enveloped, and just like the ogre, only his head remained exposed.
"Damn it!"
"Cloud Mist—Cloud Mist!"
Gagaran and the Water Elemental Ogre struggled ceaselessly, but they couldn't break free from the quicksand's restraints. They couldn't even properly activate their martial arts or magic.
"Sand Domain" was inherently a binding-type movement impairment spell. It also possessed effects like Silence. Unless one possessed "Complete Resistance to Movement Impairment," escape was impossible.
Clearly, neither Gagaran nor the ogre possessed this ability.
"It's over."
Tang Zheng clapped his hands together, his disguised voice letting out a hoarse, cold laugh. "That was 250,000. Even killing the two of you wouldn't be worth that price."
Gagaran's face was grim. He struggled violently, causing the quicksand to make grinding noises, but he remained unable to break free.
"You came for me, didn't you!"
Gagaran lifted his head to look at Tang Zheng on the tree trunk. "I don't recall knowing a magic caster as powerful as you."
That mysterious demi-human shrouded in white mist had been secretly following him. It wasn't hard to guess that this human spellcaster's appearance was related to it.
Gagaran racked his brain. After all, he held a certain position in the Empire and was famous throughout various nations for his strength. Magic that could restrain him...
This level of power... was it fifth-tier magic?
A powerhouse in the Heroic Realm!
He had never heard of a powerful magic caster dressed like Tang Zheng.
"Why can't I use my power?! What did you do, human!" the Water Elemental Ogre shrieked, its face contorted in panic.
"So noisy."
"Fire."
Snap!
Tang Zheng snapped his fingers. The quicksand enveloping the Water Elemental Ogre and Gagaran instantly became searing hot, radiating intense heat.
