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Chapter 496
chapter 367 part 2
*Did the effects of "Sand Domain" cause his magic to fail?*
Evileye immediately confirmed that there was nothing wrong with her body. After all, in this world, no one could be certain just how many strange and bizarre types of magic existed.
Perhaps only the *Nameless Book of Spells*, a legendary magical item left behind by the Eight Greed Kings, would know of every spell in the world. It was an item beyond imagination that automatically recorded all magic.
Rustle!
The yellow sand writhed.
They watched as Tang Zheng, who was supposed to be bound within the "Sand Domain," simply walked out of the sand coffin with ease.
As if he were just a phantom!
*I see. A complete resistance to movement impairment,* Evileye realized. She herself possessed such an ability; it was a talent of her current body.
Her opponent must have used some kind of magical item!
No wonder he had so easily escaped the ninjutsu's restraints earlier. She had assumed he had used some form of teleportation magic, which was why she chose to use a spell that had both movement impairment and silence effects.
"In that case!"
Evileye decided to try a different method. Since her opponent had means of movement, she had to seal off his mobility to end the fight quickly.
If "Sand Domain" wouldn't work, then she'd use "Partial Petrification"!
Evileye raised her palm.
"Wait a moment."
Tang Zheng suddenly spoke, stopping her.
"It's too late to call for a stop now. You've already provoked me!" Evileye responded coldly.
"Originally, I was just curious about an undead who had infiltrated the ranks of humans."
Tang Zheng spoke in his hoarse voice, "I didn't expect you to be such a troublesome opponent. In that case, I can't waste any more time."
"A little heads-up..."
Tang Zheng took a step back and gave a cold laugh, magic power surging through his body. "A monster's coming, you know."
Monster?
Evileye froze for a moment.
Swish!
"Teleportation."
Tang Zheng's figure vanished instantly.
His vision shifted. When his figure reappeared, Tang Zheng had arrived at the border between the Touv Great Forest and the Great Wetland.
Tang Zheng stood on a thick branch of a lush tree. With a thought, he summoned his stat panel.
*Nothing was triggered?*
*Then I'll have to proceed with the second plan. I hope it doesn't fail.*
Tang Zheng's brow furrowed slightly before relaxing again as he muttered to himself.
And at this moment!
Back on the Hill where Blue Rose was located.
The five members regrouped.
A dense swarm of goblins was surging up from the bottom of the Hill, like a green ocean.
The commotion from the earlier fight had attracted the attention of the goblins at the base of the Hill.
"What was all that about just now?" Gagaran asked, her facial expression twitching as she sniffed the foul stench wafting through the air.
"That Zuranon guy mentioned a monster was coming."
Evileye spoke, her voice tinged with annoyance. "It was probably just a strategy to distract me and make his escape easier."
"Gah!"
Tina let out a strange cry. "Is now really the time to discuss that? There must be at least ten thousand goblins here. Shouldn't we retreat?"
Tia took a few steps back, covering her nose and mouth.
Weak goblins could be dealt with easily, but in numbers like these, even the powerful members of the group felt their hair stand on end.
Despicable, weak, bullying the fearful and fearing the strong!
These words were synonymous with goblins. Normally, they would scatter at the first sign of overwhelming strength, but a goblin's courage was directly related to its numbers.
With this many present, they likely couldn't be frightened away by killing just a few dozen or even a hundred of them.
"First, this suspicious number of goblins."
"Then, a Zuranon member shows up here. The Touv Great Forest probably has a problem, just as the Adventurer's Guild suspected."
Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra had no choice but to cover her nose, her fingers muffling her voice into a cute, nasal sound.
"Also, haven't you noticed? The so-called dominator of this place, the legendary Wise King of the Forest, hasn't shown up at all."
Gagaran said, "A pity that guy got away. Captain, should we retreat for now?"
The "monster" he mentioned was worth taking seriously.
Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra looked at the composed Evileye beside her and shook her head. She had no intention of abandoning the mission.
"Waaah!!" "Yawaah!!" "Waaah!!"
The ear-piercing screeches of countless goblins echoed through the jungle as they charged up the rolling Hill toward the members of Blue Rose.
Seeing that their captain had no intention of retreating, Gagaran and the others prepared to meet the enemy. But in the next moment, the densely packed ranks of charging goblins froze in place, as if time itself had stopped.
Even their shrill howls vanished, replaced by an unnerving silence!
Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra and Gagaran had yet to process what was happening.
Evileye's entire body began to tremble uncontrollably. Behind her ruby-white mask, her pupils dilated wildly as a chill shot from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.
"Run!"
"Gather to me!"
Evileye suddenly screamed frantically, grabbing Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra's arm with one hand while reaching for Gagaran with the other.
Tina and Tia, the two ninjas who always had the fastest reactions, were now uncontrollably rigid, frozen as if their bodies had been locked in place.
VMMM—
An indescribably terrifying pressure descended from above like the ocean itself, crashing down like a tidal wave upon the minds of every creature present.
The tens of thousands of goblins collapsed in great swathes, as if cut down by a scythe. Some simply fell, unable to withstand the pressure, while others were frightened to death on the spot!
A colossal shadow fell over the forest.
A giant dragon appeared. Its body was over twenty meters long, and its massive draconic wings spanned more than fifty meters when unfurled. Its entire body was crimson, covered in a layer of what looked like fish-like scales.
Its terrifying dragon's aura was unleashed without restraint, sending out waves of crushing pressure!
"A dragon... Why would one be here!"
Faced with this situation, Evileye abandoned her usual vocal disguise, her voice becoming youthful. Her movements suddenly accelerated as she dragged Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra and Gagaran, lunging toward Tina and Tia.
"Tele..."
Just as Evileye was about to reach the others, she began to cast a teleportation spell.
Whoosh!
The giant dragon's figure instantly appeared above Evileye and the others, its long, thick, red tail whipping down abruptly.
BOOM!
The air before the descending tail shattered, creating a piercing sonic boom.
"Too fast! There's no time!" Evileye's expression changed drastically; she was still some distance from Tina and Tia.
"Crystal Shield Wall!"
Evileye had no choice but to abandon the teleportation spell and switch to defensive magic. If she had continued casting, she could have only taken her captain and Gagaran, leaving Tina and Tia to be killed.
She couldn't abandon her comrades!
A translucent crystal shield instantly coalesced before them.
BOOM!
*CRACK!*
The thick dragon tail unleashed a terrifying force, easily shattering the crystal shield, and a powerful shockwave swept over them.
All of Blue Rose were sent flying by the single blow!
(end of chapter)
*Did the effects of "Sand Domain" cause his magic to fail?*
Evileye immediately confirmed that there was nothing wrong with her body. After all, in this world, no one could be certain just how many strange and bizarre types of magic existed.
Perhaps only the *Nameless Book of Spells*, a legendary magical item left behind by the Eight Greed Kings, would know of every spell in the world. It was an item beyond imagination that automatically recorded all magic.
Rustle!
The yellow sand writhed.
They watched as Tang Zheng, who was supposed to be bound within the "Sand Domain," simply walked out of the sand coffin with ease.
As if he were just a phantom!
*I see. A complete resistance to movement impairment,* Evileye realized. She herself possessed such an ability; it was a talent of her current body.
Her opponent must have used some kind of magical item!
No wonder he had so easily escaped the ninjutsu's restraints earlier. She had assumed he had used some form of teleportation magic, which was why she chose to use a spell that had both movement impairment and silence effects.
"In that case!"
Evileye decided to try a different method. Since her opponent had means of movement, she had to seal off his mobility to end the fight quickly.
If "Sand Domain" wouldn't work, then she'd use "Partial Petrification"!
Evileye raised her palm.
"Wait a moment."
Tang Zheng suddenly spoke, stopping her.
"It's too late to call for a stop now. You've already provoked me!" Evileye responded coldly.
"Originally, I was just curious about an undead who had infiltrated the ranks of humans."
Tang Zheng spoke in his hoarse voice, "I didn't expect you to be such a troublesome opponent. In that case, I can't waste any more time."
"A little heads-up..."
Tang Zheng took a step back and gave a cold laugh, magic power surging through his body. "A monster's coming, you know."
Monster?
Evileye froze for a moment.
Swish!
"Teleportation."
Tang Zheng's figure vanished instantly.
His vision shifted. When his figure reappeared, Tang Zheng had arrived at the border between the Touv Great Forest and the Great Wetland.
Tang Zheng stood on a thick branch of a lush tree. With a thought, he summoned his stat panel.
*Nothing was triggered?*
*Then I'll have to proceed with the second plan. I hope it doesn't fail.*
Tang Zheng's brow furrowed slightly before relaxing again as he muttered to himself.
And at this moment!
Back on the Hill where Blue Rose was located.
The five members regrouped.
A dense swarm of goblins was surging up from the bottom of the Hill, like a green ocean.
The commotion from the earlier fight had attracted the attention of the goblins at the base of the Hill.
"What was all that about just now?" Gagaran asked, her facial expression twitching as she sniffed the foul stench wafting through the air.
"That Zuranon guy mentioned a monster was coming."
Evileye spoke, her voice tinged with annoyance. "It was probably just a strategy to distract me and make his escape easier."
"Gah!"
Tina let out a strange cry. "Is now really the time to discuss that? There must be at least ten thousand goblins here. Shouldn't we retreat?"
Tia took a few steps back, covering her nose and mouth.
Weak goblins could be dealt with easily, but in numbers like these, even the powerful members of the group felt their hair stand on end.
Despicable, weak, bullying the fearful and fearing the strong!
These words were synonymous with goblins. Normally, they would scatter at the first sign of overwhelming strength, but a goblin's courage was directly related to its numbers.
With this many present, they likely couldn't be frightened away by killing just a few dozen or even a hundred of them.
"First, this suspicious number of goblins."
"Then, a Zuranon member shows up here. The Touv Great Forest probably has a problem, just as the Adventurer's Guild suspected."
Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra had no choice but to cover her nose, her fingers muffling her voice into a cute, nasal sound.
"Also, haven't you noticed? The so-called dominator of this place, the legendary Wise King of the Forest, hasn't shown up at all."
Gagaran said, "A pity that guy got away. Captain, should we retreat for now?"
The "monster" he mentioned was worth taking seriously.
Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra looked at the composed Evileye beside her and shook her head. She had no intention of abandoning the mission.
"Waaah!!" "Yawaah!!" "Waaah!!"
The ear-piercing screeches of countless goblins echoed through the jungle as they charged up the rolling Hill toward the members of Blue Rose.
Seeing that their captain had no intention of retreating, Gagaran and the others prepared to meet the enemy. But in the next moment, the densely packed ranks of charging goblins froze in place, as if time itself had stopped.
Even their shrill howls vanished, replaced by an unnerving silence!
Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra and Gagaran had yet to process what was happening.
Evileye's entire body began to tremble uncontrollably. Behind her ruby-white mask, her pupils dilated wildly as a chill shot from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.
"Run!"
"Gather to me!"
Evileye suddenly screamed frantically, grabbing Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra's arm with one hand while reaching for Gagaran with the other.
Tina and Tia, the two ninjas who always had the fastest reactions, were now uncontrollably rigid, frozen as if their bodies had been locked in place.
VMMM—
An indescribably terrifying pressure descended from above like the ocean itself, crashing down like a tidal wave upon the minds of every creature present.
The tens of thousands of goblins collapsed in great swathes, as if cut down by a scythe. Some simply fell, unable to withstand the pressure, while others were frightened to death on the spot!
A colossal shadow fell over the forest.
A giant dragon appeared. Its body was over twenty meters long, and its massive draconic wings spanned more than fifty meters when unfurled. Its entire body was crimson, covered in a layer of what looked like fish-like scales.
Its terrifying dragon's aura was unleashed without restraint, sending out waves of crushing pressure!
"A dragon... Why would one be here!"
Faced with this situation, Evileye abandoned her usual vocal disguise, her voice becoming youthful. Her movements suddenly accelerated as she dragged Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra and Gagaran, lunging toward Tina and Tia.
"Tele..."
Just as Evileye was about to reach the others, she began to cast a teleportation spell.
Whoosh!
The giant dragon's figure instantly appeared above Evileye and the others, its long, thick, red tail whipping down abruptly.
BOOM!
The air before the descending tail shattered, creating a piercing sonic boom.
"Too fast! There's no time!" Evileye's expression changed drastically; she was still some distance from Tina and Tia.
"Crystal Shield Wall!"
Evileye had no choice but to abandon the teleportation spell and switch to defensive magic. If she had continued casting, she could have only taken her captain and Gagaran, leaving Tina and Tia to be killed.
She couldn't abandon her comrades!
A translucent crystal shield instantly coalesced before them.
BOOM!
*CRACK!*
The thick dragon tail unleashed a terrifying force, easily shattering the crystal shield, and a powerful shockwave swept over them.
All of Blue Rose were sent flying by the single blow!
(end of chapter)
