Chapter 111

The dark curse energy released by the Dark Wave contained two negative effects: "Fear" and "Weakness Curse."

The negative status formed by these two effects would force the opponent into "Action Restriction."

This was also the reason why the Basilisk's entire body was frozen in place.

"No curse resistance."

Tang Zheng looked at the Basilisk, which was exuding a fishy stench and thick liquid, and was only about half a meter away from him, and reached out to grab at the void.

An iron sword appeared in his palm.

"Rapid Slash!"

A cold, icy glint flashed on the sword, and a strand of black curse power wrapped around the iron sword, slashing at the Basilisk's protruding head as Tang Zheng swung.

In an instant!

The two negative statuses wrapped around the Basilisk came into contact with the curse power on the iron sword, forming a dark, misty energy that caused powerful destruction at the point where the blade landed.

The other characteristic of "Dark Wave" activated: negative status removed, causing double damage.

Splat!

More than half of the Basilisk's head was easily split open.

Seeing such destructive power, Tang Zheng was startled and hurriedly looked at the Basilisk; he was afraid that his strike would kill the humanoid monster that had transformed into the Basilisk.

He still wanted to extract some useful information from the opponent's mouth.

Crack!

There was no blood or disgusting matter splashing from the Basilisk's split head; instead, a sound like some object shattering came from within the Basilisk's body.

Gurgle~

The giant Basilisk began to collapse rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye; in a moment, it turned back into the original humanoid monster and fell from the air to the ground.

Crack!

Another sound of an object shattering rang out; this time it was the iron sword in Tang Zheng's hand.

Under the erosion of the curse power, it broke directly after launching one attack.

"Curse..."

"Pain, pain..."

The humanoid monster rolled on the ground in pain, and the black spots dotted on its earth-brown, tree-bark-like skin began to wriggle as if they were alive.

"What is this?" Tang Zheng's gaze sharpened.

The large areas of black spots on this humanoid creature were not decorations or natural; they were a rotting curse similar to Reynas's situation.

However, compared to Reynas, this humanoid monster was covered in rotting spots, yet it was not as severe as Reynas.

"Enemy, enemy!"

The humanoid monster struggled to crawl up, a pair of green, bloodshot eyes appearing from the dense hair, looking at Tang Zheng with eyes full of resentment.

"Ah-li-wa!!"

The humanoid monster let out a sharp, bizarre-toned scream; this sound, under the infusion of magic power, spread rapidly into the forest.

Even though there is a rule in this world that automatically translates languages, the words spoken in this bizarre tone still made it impossible for one to understand.

'Discovered Second Rank magic "Ally Call", requires Faith-type spellcaster level (8-14), current conditions met.'

'Do you wish to consume 1 skill point to learn?'

Clatter!

A large amount of dense, tiny sounds began to come from the dense forest, and peculiar monsters of various sizes with spider-like appearances and lobster shells surged through layers of branches and bushes.

"Blood Boil"!

The humanoid monster cast magic again, but this time the magic was cast on this group of insect monsters.

"Hiss!"

"Hiss!"

"Hiss!"

The insect monsters, some over a meter long and others only a few centimeters, were stained a blood-red color, and their crawling speed increased significantly.

"Outnumbered?"

Tang Zheng glanced at the dense insect monsters surging from all directions, and magic scrolls were squeezed open one by one from his sleeves.

Bright white light flashed continuously!

Tang Zheng summoned ten Flame Archangels in one breath; the 30-plus Flame Archangel scrolls he had originally stored were consumed by half all at once.

"Kill them all!"

Tang Zheng waved his hand, and all the Flame Archangels immediately lunged at the surrounding insect monsters.

'Experience Gained: 17'

'Experience Gained: 3'

'Experience Gained: 56'

'…………'

'Experience Gained: 12'

On the attribute panel, the experience gain information kept refreshing.

Tang Zheng exerted force under his feet, stepped on the shoulder of the Principality of Observation to leap into mid-air, and an iron sword appeared in his hand again, which he swung toward the humanoid monster. "Magic Slash!"

A blue light flashed on the iron sword, and a translucent slash was released from the tip of the sword!

Crack!

The iron sword shattered again.

Tang Zheng didn't care; after landing steadily in the air, he flipped his palm and another iron sword appeared.

He had purchased a batch of these cheap weapons.

Boom!

Wherever the translucent Magic Slash passed, the branches and trees blocking the way were cut off in one strike, leaving behind smooth cuts.

However!

The humanoid monster actually avoided the Magic Slash's attack with agile speed.

"Is this speed a racial talent?"

Tang Zheng saw the opponent's agile, petite body, and his gaze flashed.

He had long noticed that the opponent possessed quite excellent physical agility; it had been able to move with ease even when surrounded by two Flame Archangels before.

"Stealth!"

=9+Shu_ba

Thief-type skill!

Tang Zheng's body swayed, and in the already deep and dim jungle, his body instantly disappeared from the humanoid monster's field of vision.

Seeing Tang Zheng disappear.

The humanoid monster hurriedly observed its surroundings in a panic, and at this moment, a figure emerged from the shadows, appearing out of thin air beside the humanoid monster.

"Enemy!"

The humanoid monster screamed, its agile body dodging toward the rear.

"Four-Light Consecutive Slash!"

The iron sword in Tang Zheng's hand instantly turned into four afterimages, slashing down in mid-air.

With such a close distance combined with four consecutive slashes, even with the agile body the humanoid monster displayed, it could only barely dodge one attack.

"Shrink!"

The humanoid monster screamed, and its body height, which was only about sixty centimeters, suddenly shrank to thirty centimeters.

The even smaller body caused all four slashes Tang Zheng had prepared to miss!

"This guy." Tang Zheng's eyes twitched.

It was definitely the most difficult opponent he had encountered so far.

"Instant Reflex!"

Tang Zheng gave a low shout, his entire body glowing with a layer of blue light, forcing his body to retract from its pre-attack posture, and then his gaze turned cold, "Four-Light Consecutive Slash."

Four cold slashes appeared in the air again, enveloping the humanoid monster!

However!

The humanoid monster dodged these four slashes directly at a speed twice as fast as before.

In one breath.

The humanoid monster had already distanced itself from Tang Zheng, and in another breath, it had already appeared two meters away.

"Plant Entanglement!"

Clatter!

The weeds in the forest grew wildly, turning into vines that swept toward Tang Zheng, who was standing in place.

Hum—

The bone magic item with the "Forest Traversal" ability hanging on Tang Zheng's arm flickered slightly.

These sweeping plant vines all stopped in front of Tang Zheng, unable to continue their attack.

"Curse, enemy!"

"Enemy!"

The humanoid monster kept screaming, wanting to control the plants to continue attacking Tang Zheng, but it could never break through the range of the "Forest Traversal" ability.

Tang Zheng straightened up and looked at the shouting humanoid monster opposite with a solemn gaze.

"Not only did its body shrink, but its speed also increased significantly?"

With the speed the opponent just displayed, he knew very well that he couldn't catch up to it; the only fortunate thing was that the opponent was a spellcaster, not a warrior.

Otherwise, at the speed it had now, the one in danger would be him.

Tang Zheng's thought moved, and the information on the attribute panel appeared in front of him quickly.

'Discovered class skill "Shrink", requires basic class "Wizard", current conditions not met...'

'The "Genius" class has activated, conversion successful, learning conditions met. Do you wish to consume 1 skill point to learn?'

"Learn!"

【Skill Points: 36→35】

Skill: Shrink

Consumption: (2/day)

Introduction: Can be used on oneself and companions, reducing body size by half and doubling agility value (maximum increase of 100 points)

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