Chapter 142

The Demon Snake Naga was drenched in cold sweat, his expression pained as he twisted his body incessantly at Tang Zheng's feet.

That indescribable feeling of suffocation surged through his entire body, as if his heart were being rapidly gnawed on by countless ants, or being tightly gripped and squeezed by someone else's hand.

Does the Naga race have a certain resistance to curses?

But it doesn't look like the resistance is very high.

Tang Zheng watched the Demon Snake Naga's pained, suffocating appearance and thought to himself.

"It seems we can communicate normally now."

Tang Zheng reached out his palm, aimed it at the spot on the Demon Snake Naga's chest where he had stabbed him with the iron sword, and made a grasping motion in the void.

Black curse energy overflowed from the wound and dissipated into the air!

The Demon Snake Naga's suffocating pain began to recede, and he lay on the ground in a disheveled state, gasping for air.

Regarding the manipulation of curse power.

Tang Zheng had become increasingly proficient; during this period, he had been constantly refining his own power, especially the curse power, which was the most bizarre method of attack currently in his hands.

Aside from using the large number of beasts and magical beasts to gain experience, they also provided him with quite a bit of experimental reference; he discovered that the closer the "curse attack" was to the heart, the better the effect it exerted.

"This old one is willing to submit." The Demon Snake Naga's gaze was filled with terror and palpitations; he caught his breath and hurriedly spoke.

The human before him was completely different from the weak humans he had encountered in the past; the other party could truly kill him!

Thinking of that feeling of being on the verge of death just now.

The Demon Snake Naga's whole body trembled slightly.

"No, no, you misunderstood."

Tang Zheng threw the broken iron sword in his hand to the side, picked up the magic greatsword that had been stuck in the ground just moments ago, and shook his head.

Seeing Tang Zheng's movement, the Demon Snake Naga shrank his head and curled his tail in fear, terrified that Tang Zheng would give him another slash.

"To be precise, it's cooperation." Seeing the Demon Snake Naga's fearful appearance, Tang Zheng tried to make the expression on his face look as gentle as possible.

It was just that.

This gentle smile, in the eyes of the Demon Snake Naga, was instead even more terrifying; he knew that weak humans were very good at some conspiracies and tricks.

As for words like "cooperation."

The Demon Snake Naga did not believe it from the bottom of his heart; he only hoped that the other party would let him leave, and then he would immediately flee this place!

The Tob Forest was so vast; as long as he could escape, the Demon Snake Naga believed that with his abilities, even if the human before him was stronger than him, he still wouldn't be able to find him.

"Any interest in ruling the entire Tob Forest? Western Dominator, Demon Snake Naga..." Tang Zheng spoke gently, his voice pausing at this point.

"Rulalus Spenia Aindelen." The Demon Snake Naga clutched his fractured arm and spoke in a hoarse, low voice.

"Oh, alright." Tang Zheng shrugged his shoulders and then continued:

"I have already cleared out the territory of the Ogre, Gu; all the powerful monsters and beasts have been dealt with, including the large group of ogres under Ogre Gu's command."

"Now, as long as you want, you can easily rule this territory."

The Demon Snake Naga's snake pupils dilated as he looked in disbelief at the smiling Tang Zheng before him.

He suddenly remembered that before arriving here, he indeed hadn't encountered any strong beasts or monsters along the way. Especially in this area of the forest rift, the ground was stained red by a large amount of fresh blood, and there were residual traces of destruction.

Gulp~

"This old one's territory is in the far west, and the Forest Sage King's territory is still in between."

The Demon Snake Naga's throat moved, and he shrank his neck, speaking subconsciously.

Ruling the entire Tob Forest!

This was something the Demon Snake Naga hadn't even dared to think about before; his strength was neither as good as the Forest Sage King's nor as good as Ogre Gu's, so he hadn't had this thought from the very beginning.

Even.

If it weren't for the fact that the Forest Sage King only knew how to eat and sleep, and Ogre Gu was a guy with a brain full of muscles, perhaps the ones ruling the entire Tob Forest would have been those two.

"I can also help you solve them together."

Tang Zheng saw that the Demon Snake Naga was clearly tempted and spoke with a smile.

Once these words were spoken!

The Demon Snake Naga couldn't help but show a fiery look in his pupils; the thought he had just had about how to escape was thrown directly to the back of his mind.

But soon.

The Demon Snake Naga reacted; why would this human with terrifying strength before him do this? He didn't believe the other party would help him for no reason.

"What does this old one need to do?" The Demon Snake Naga spoke in a hoarse, low voice.

A brilliant smile appeared on Tang Zheng's face; he glanced at the dazed Ogre Gu at the cave entrance, then looked back at the Demon Snake Naga before him: "As expected, I still like communicating with intelligent races."

"In the entire Tob Forest, help me raise goblins."

"Ah?" The Demon Snake Naga was bewildered, thinking he had misheard.

He had thought the human before him might have all sorts of conspiracies and tricks, but he hadn't expected the purpose to be this?

"That's right, you only need to help me raise goblins."

Tang Zheng nodded, signaling that the other party hadn't misheard.

As his own level grew higher and higher, Tang Zheng had long since begun to think about the problem of acquiring experience points; although the higher the level of the creature, the more experience gained after death.

But Tang Zheng was very clear that the Other World was not a game; after those powerful creatures died, there was no situation of them respawning.

Moreover.

If these powerful existences died on a large scale, they would inevitably be noticed by the True Dragon Lords and various forces.

But the acquisition of experience was an insurmountable major problem.

If one were to say that rabbits were one of the representatives of ordinary animals with extremely strong reproductive capabilities, then goblins were the representatives of monsters with the fastest reproduction speed!

As long as there was sufficient food, goblins could grow rapidly in just two or three months, and they could reproduce at least three batches a year.

"It's actually true?"

The Demon Snake Naga spoke blankly; he found that he couldn't keep up with the human's train of thought at all, nor could he understand why the other party would do this.

"Oh?" Tang Zheng looked at the Demon Snake Naga with surprise.

"This old one can distinguish whether others are lying." Facing Tang Zheng's gaze, the Demon Snake Naga's wrinkled, aged cheeks shivered, and he hurriedly spoke in a low voice.

"So the Naga race still has such an ability." Tang Zheng raised an eyebrow and spread his arms:

"I originally chose Ogre Gu; after all, monsters of a lower race like goblins can be easily controlled by an ogre, which is a higher race."

"Clearly, the other party was not a good partner for cooperation."

Tang Zheng did indeed feel a bit of regret.

"This old one is willing to serve you, my lord." The Demon Snake Naga's tone carried a bit of excitement.

The opportunity to rule the entire Tob Forest was right before his eyes, and the price to pay was merely raising goblins; in the Demon Snake Naga's view, there was no reason to refuse at all.

What's more, the situation before him didn't allow him to refuse.

"I said it already, it's cooperation."

"There is a Great Goblin race in this forest called the Jike Tribe; you only need to rule them to easily control ordinary goblins."

Tang Zheng reminded him again, then the smile on his face disappeared, and he stared at the Demon Snake Naga with a slightly cold gaze:

"Of course, I hope that no one else knows about this cooperation besides you and me; as a prerequisite for our cooperation, I have left a little something in the position of your heart."

As Tang Zheng's voice fell.

"Ah!!" The Demon Snake Naga only felt his heart tighten; that severe pain and suffocation like ants tearing at his heart surged again, causing him to let out a miserable scream.

But soon, this feeling disappeared again.

The Demon Snake Naga gasped for air, and a look of fear filled his cheeks once more.

This was a trace of curse power that Tang Zheng had deliberately left in the Demon Snake Naga's heart; it was very weak, not even enough to cause danger.

This was a little trick he currently had for using curse power.

That bit just now had completely exhausted this residual curse power, but the Demon Snake Naga didn't know that.

"Rest assured, you only need to help me raise goblins for four years; after four years, I will personally help you remove this power."

A gentle smile appeared on Tang Zheng's face again: "Your ability should tell you that I am not lying, right?"

"Your Excellency, Lord of the Tob Forest."

"This old one is willing!"

Hearing the words "Lord of the Tob Forest," the Demon Snake Naga prostrated himself on the ground, both excited and terrified.

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After the matter was settled.

Tang Zheng let the Demon Snake Naga leave on his own, incidentally letting him summon the powerful beasts or monsters within his territory.

Naturally, he didn't intend to let go of the experience in the other party's area either.

As for whether the Demon Snake Naga would have any ulterior motives?

Tang Zheng didn't care at all; even human subordinates of the same race couldn't guarantee whether they had other thoughts, let alone demi-humans of a completely different race.

He only needed to ensure that the Demon Snake Naga would do as he instructed, and as for four years later?

The Demon Snake Naga would naturally be unimportant.

"The manpower I can use is still too little." Tang Zheng sighed secretly and returned to the cave entrance.

He put the wooden bucket filled with blood into his item box, took out another large wooden bucket, and placed it under Ogre Gu to continue collecting fresh blood.

This could not be wasted.

Ogre Gu's regenerative ability was stronger than that of ordinary ogres.

Tang Zheng felt that perhaps he could create a more excellent regenerative potion using the other party's fresh blood.

"By the way, I forgot to take some blood from the Demon Snake Naga; I wonder what effect an alchemical potion made from the other party's blood would have?"

"I'll take some next time."

Tang Zheng thought silently.

Lower Fire Month, September 25th.

After more than half a month, Tang Zheng once again entered the territory of the Forest Sage King, Hamsuke.

In mid-air.

Tang Zheng's whole body was covered in a layer of magic power; he looked down at the deep, lush forest below, waved his arm, and five ogre corpses appeared in mid-air, then smashed heavily toward the ground.

Bang!

The ogre corpses smashed into the jungle below, emitting a loud noise that startled a series of bird calls and beast roars.

Then came the wait.

The goblin corpses in Tang Zheng's item box had all been cleared out and distributed to the group of ogres that had been working for him before.

And now, in the item box, there were more than 200 ogre corpses.

He hadn't brought the small evil spirit dog this time; firstly, the other party wouldn't be able to help much in the upcoming battle, and secondly, he needed the small evil spirit dog to look after the controlled Ogre Gu.

"All-Race Charm" had a time limit.

The 30 Third-Rank "Angel Summoning" scrolls in his hand had been replenished; he should have made Fourth-Rank "Angel Summoning" scrolls, but in order to deal with the upcoming situation,

he temporarily made a few "All-Race Charm" magic scrolls and gave them to the small evil spirit dog; once the effect of the charm magic on Ogre Gu disappeared, he would have the small spirit dog bite a scroll to release it again.

Rustle!

Rustle!

Sounds soon came from the jungle below.

Tang Zheng, hovering in mid-air, clearly noticed a gray-white silhouette moving rapidly through the trees in the dense jungle below.

It was approaching the direction of the five ogre corpses.

Whoosh—

The Forest Sage King Hamsuke's seemingly fat body easily crossed the obstruction of layer upon layer of intertwined trees with agile speed and arrived before the five ogre corpses.

"Corpses?"

The Forest Sage King Hamsuke stood up on its hind legs, raised its forelimbs to cover its nose, and a human-like look of disgust appeared on its face: "No wonder the disgusting smell is so strong."

"Why are there ogre corpses here?"

The Forest Sage King Hamsuke tilted its head; in the environment of the deep jungle, its slightly glowing, eerie eyes were filled with doubt.

This suddenly made it think of that human who had escaped a while ago!

He could actually fly!

It hated things that could fly the most!

Boom!

Just at this moment, a sharp sound of breaking air came from above.

The Forest Sage King Hamsuke raised its head and looked toward the sky, but because of the obstruction of a large amount of lush branches and leaves overhead, it didn't see anything.

But the next moment!

A bright magic slash shattered the obstructing branches and leaves and appeared in the Forest Sage King Hamsuke's field of vision.

Bang—

The Forest Sage King Hamsuke waved its forelimbs, and its five black-gray nails, which had a metallic luster, collided with the magic slash attacking from mid-air, emitting a roar.

Air waves surged!

The Forest Sage King Hamsuke shook its head, shook off the broken branches and leaves that had fallen onto its body, and looked up at the sky again.

The collision of the attack just now and the influence of the magic slash had exposed a narrow, long area in the sky above, which had originally been blocked by lush branches and leaves.

"It's you, that disgusting human!!"

The Forest Sage King Hamsuke noticed Tang Zheng hovering in the sky at the first moment and let out an angry roar.

The attack just now was clearly released by that human!

"It was actually blocked so easily." Tang Zheng held the magic greatsword in his left hand and narrowed his eyes.

In terms of hard power, it was indeed a notch stronger than Ogre Gu and the Demon Snake Naga.

"This is more interesting!" Tang Zheng's eyes focused, his body suddenly leaned forward, and he rushed toward the ground at high speed.

Boom!

The silhouette falling at extreme speed quickly broke through the obstruction of the upper branches and leaves and arrived above the Forest Sage King Hamsuke's head.

"Rapid Slash!"

Tang Zheng held the magic greatsword with both hands and slashed fiercely at the Forest Sage King Hamsuke below.

"I am going to kill you; this time I will absolutely not let you escape, disgusting human!" The Forest Sage King Hamsuke let out an angry scream and also waved its claws.

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