Chapter 144

"Want to escape! It's too late now!" Tang Zheng saw the Forest Sage King Hamsuke fleeing rapidly.

He immediately got up and prepared to chase after it.

Whoosh!

The ejected tail whip lashed out fiercely; Tang Zheng's eyelids twitched, and he hurriedly threw away the iron sword hilt in his hand, took out the magic greatsword again, and blocked in front of him.

He still used this magic greatsword quite handily, so he had switched to an ordinary iron sword when using curse power to attack just now.

Otherwise, this magic greatsword wouldn't last many uses.

Bang!

A heavy force lashed onto the magic greatsword and surged through the sword body.

Tang Zheng retreated a few steps to unload the force; in the blink of an eye, the fleeing Forest Sage King Hamsuke had already disappeared.

"Does the other party still have magic to hide their figure?"

Tang Zheng scanned forward, not hearing a single sound at all.

"However! Even if you have such magic, you can't escape." Tang Zheng's gaze was indifferent; he walked up, squatted down, and looked at the ground.

He saw drops of fresh blood remaining on the ground.

Even if it could hide its figure, the fresh blood flowing from its body couldn't be hidden along with it.

Curse power suppresses recovery effects!

Moreover, his curse power also contained the power of the "Instant Death Curse."

"Since it was able to escape under the influence of the 'Instant Death Curse' power, the Forest Sage King Hamsuke indeed has a certain resistance to negative statuses."

Tang Zheng looked at the blood remaining on the ground, and his eyes flashed: "Track!"

Mobile Corps Commander ability.

Through the residual bloodstains, a blurry route appeared in his field of vision.

Tang Zheng lifted his foot and chased after it rapidly.

In the lush, vast jungle.

One kept fleeing, and one kept chasing, causing a large number of bird calls and beast roars to ring out in the jungle constantly.

The Forest Sage King Hamsuke was naturally very familiar with the territory it dominated.

So much so that it often led Tang Zheng into the territories of some relatively strong monsters in the forest, or monsters similar to hanging spiders or magic wolves that lived in groups.

As time passed!

This chase lasted until night fell.

Tang Zheng changed from his original ease to solemnity; he had originally thought that with the power of the "Instant Death Curse," even if the Forest Sage King Hamsuke had a certain resistance, it wouldn't be able to hold on for long.

As a result!

Until now, the Forest Sage King Hamsuke was still able to flee; the other party's resistance to negative statuses far exceeded his expectations.

Night.

In the deep jungle environment, human vision was completely useless; what entered his eyes was only deep and oppressive darkness.

Tang Zheng took out a monocle magic item with "Night Vision" ability and wore it on his left eye; the night environment immediately became clear.

He lowered his body and observed the blood on the ground.

Compared to the drops of blood at the beginning, the blood traces now had become much larger.

"It looks like you can't hold on for much longer either." Tang Zheng looked at the residual blood traces and realized that the Forest Sage King Hamsuke's state was probably very poor.

Even if it didn't die immediately under the power of the "Instant Death Curse," as long as this curse power still existed, it would continue to have an impact on the injured party.

Until it reached the critical value of "Instant Death."

This was also a conclusion Tang Zheng had reached after experimenting with various monsters and beasts during this period; just like Reynas in the past, as long as the curse wasn't cleared, it would continue to be affected.

Of course!

In this process, the curse power would also be consumed.

And like Tang Zheng, who possessed the passive of complete curse resistance, he could ignore this influence, or possess abilities like negative status resistance, which could also delay and weaken negative effects.

Rustle! Rustle!

The sound of branches and leaves rubbing rang out from all directions.

Tang Zheng raised his head and looked around; pairs of green eyes emerged in the night, surrounding him.

This was the territory of a magic wolf pack!

"What a nuisance."

Tang Zheng exhaled, got up, and raised the magic greatsword in his hand.

Magic wolves were a bit like evil spirit dogs, but they didn't have horns or bone chains.

In a moment!

The howling of the wolf pack and scenes of flesh and blood flying permeated the forest, causing the jungle at night to quickly become quiet.

A night of searching quickly passed.

The sun rose in the eastern sky, and dazzling light spilled into the jungle, illuminating a forest rift in a small area. This was an area that, aside from a few weeds and low shrubs, was clearly much cleaner than other locations in the jungle.

Under a slightly raised mound of earth, there was a conspicuous underground cave.

As the dominator of this territory, the Forest Sage King Hamsuke lived here!

However, at this moment.

A faint smell of blood drifted in the air.

The Forest Sage King Hamsuke was leaning against the cave entrance; more than half of its face and its chest were completely stained red with fresh blood, its breathing was very weak, and its tough tail, more than twenty meters long, twitched every now and then to prove it was still alive.

Rustle!

Rustle!

A soft sound of footsteps came from the surrounding jungle.

Tang Zheng walked out of the forest with an expressionless face and immediately saw the Forest Sage King Hamsuke leaning against the cave, its breath very weak.

"It looks like I won, Forest Sage King."

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Tang Zheng stopped his steps and spoke softly while looking at the other party.

The injury of piercing the eye alone was naturally not enough to kill the Forest Sage King Hamsuke; the other party's state of being on the verge of death was clearly the effect of the "Instant Death Curse" continuing to play a role.

"Damn... human."

The Forest Sage King Hamsuke opened its eyelids, looked at Tang Zheng with hatred and pain in its eyes, and then suddenly revealed a glimmer of hope:

"Human, this one is willing to submit."

"I came here this time just to kill you." Tang Zheng shook his head and said lightly.

The Forest Sage King Hamsuke's body twitched subconsciously; it seemed to feel some shame and anger at having said the words of submission with its status, or perhaps at being rejected.

Bang!

Its tail couldn't help but lash out, landing on the ground and emitting a dull sound, but the weakness surging through its whole body made it completely unable to launch a complete attack.

"This one never thought that it would actually die at the hands of a weak human..."

"This... this one, has not yet repro... duced offspring..." The Forest Sage King Hamsuke's weak, struggling voice slowly fell silent.

"Experience gained: 9567"

【Experience Bar: 37933/60000】

A monster around level 30 added nearly 10,000 experience points?

Tang Zheng was a bit surprised, then looked at the Forest Sage King Hamsuke's corpse, feeling a slight sigh in his heart.

The other party was one of the popular characters in the anime, and now it had actually died at his hands.

Regret was out of the question.

Instead, the death of the Forest Sage King Hamsuke made Tang Zheng see reality more clearly.

Only powerful strength is the foundation; handing one's own life into the hands of others, or praying for others' salvation and mercy, is inherently a stupid thing!

Under Tang Zheng's gaze.

Only he could see a soul, identical in appearance to the Forest Sage King Hamsuke but very dim and phantom-like, slowly floating out.

This was naturally not the first time he had seen this.

After all, he could also notice the souls produced by the monsters and beasts he had killed before.

The "Shaman Mentor" passive only gave him a unique vision to use in conjunction with skills; at least for Tang Zheng at the moment, it had no other use.

"Become my power, Forest Sage King!"

Tang Zheng's eyes flashed, and he activated the "Totem Possession" ability.

He had always kept the slot for "Totem Possession" empty, just waiting for the first monster to serve as the first totem for possession; the Forest Sage King Hamsuke before him was naturally the most suitable in Tang Zheng's eyes.

Hum—

【Skill effect activated, please choose the position for possession—Head, Arm, Legs, Back, Chest】

Tang Zheng took a simple look at the five options and didn't hesitate.

"Arm!"

As the choice was confirmed.

A verdant green light flashed over Tang Zheng's whole body, forming a special gravitational force that sucked in the Forest Sage King Hamsuke's soul floating in mid-air and surged toward his arm.

In the blink of an eye!

A mouse-shaped totem tattoo appeared on both of Tang Zheng's arms.

【Totem Possession successful—please choose physical enhancement or specialty selection】

(End of chapter)