Chapter 151: Justice is the Winner: The Lost Lizardman Treasure, the Crucible

Bang—bang—

Flowers of blood bloomed one after another on the body of the Hunting Chief Lizardman; the force behind Su Kui Zhu Zhu's pebble attacks was indeed astonishing.

But!

"Too weak, Magic Arrow!"

Tang Zheng chanted in a low voice.

Magic arrows materialized out of thin air. With a continuous consumption of mana, ten were condensed in one breath and shot toward Su Kui Zhu Zhu with a boom.

"Damn it!"

Su Kui Zhu Zhu's expression changed. He hurriedly rolled on the ground to dodge the first few that attacked, then quickly pulled out pebbles and aimed them at the arrows.

Clang! Clang!

The pebbles and magic arrows collided continuously in the air, emitting intense clashing sounds.

"Plant Entanglement!" The old Lizardman priest also regained his senses and quickly activated magic.

Vines emerged from the ground around Tang Zheng, winding toward him like swimming snakes.

With a flip of his palm, a "Forest Crossing" magic item appeared. He waved it at the vines, and all of them immediately bypassed Tang Zheng.

"Magic Arrow!"

Tang Zheng released magic again, aiming at the old Lizardman priest.

"Flash!" the old Lizardman priest shouted.

A blinding light bloomed.

Tang Zheng squinted his eyes. Under the blessing of the passive "Divine Body," the dazzling light did not fully affect his vision.

The magic arrows shot out!

"Ah!" The old Lizardman priest could not dodge in time; he was struck by the magic arrows, which pierced through his body.

"Elder!" Su Kui Zhu Zhu's expression changed drastically upon hearing this scream.

"Run quickly, we are no match for him!"

The old Lizardman priest coughed up fresh blood, collapsed on the ground, and shouted to Su Kui Zhu Zhu in a weak tone.

When he saw that Tang Zheng could summon a second Flame Archangel, he had already realized the gap between the two sides.

The wailing sounds of the tribe's warriors.

Made the old Lizardman priest use his remaining strength to aim at Tang Zheng: "Earth's Binding!"

Whoosh~

With Tang Zheng as the center, the entire ground rippled and squirmed like waves. Then, the ground began to sink like a swamp, quickly wrapping around the feet of Tang Zheng, the Evil Spirit Dog, and the Hunting Chief Lizardman.

But the depth of the ground's sinking was not great, barely enough to cover their calves.

"Go!"

The old Lizardman priest looked at the stunned Su Kui Zhu Zhu and shouted weakly.

"Binding-type magic? Pity the intensity isn't high."

"None of you are leaving."

Tang Zheng exerted force with both feet, forcibly breaking free from the binding mud.

He was a warrior around level 30 himself; with the passive reduction for this level of binding magic, he could break free with a little effort.

Boom!

The bone chains on the Evil Spirit Dog also whipped hard against the ground beneath its feet, creating a crack in the surging mud, and with a powerful leap, it jumped out of the ground.

The next moment!

"Awoo." The Evil Spirit Dog roared and charged toward Su Kui Zhu Zhu.

"Magic Arrow!"

Tang Zheng activated magic again.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Three arrows flew out, sealing off Su Kui Zhu Zhu's escape route.

Su Kui Zhu Zhu's expression was ugly, a hint of despair in his eyes, as he helplessly engaged the charging Evil Spirit Dog.

At the same time.

The Flame Archangel had also slaughtered all those Lizardman warriors and, under Tang Zheng's command, charged into the tribe.

Soon.

Screams and wails came from within the tribe again. The bound Flame Archangel broke free. Under the offensive of the two Flame Archangels, the Lizardmen were routed.

Tang Zheng lifted his feet and walked toward the old Lizardman priest, whose aura was weak.

"Why, why do this."

"The children of the tribe... I curse you, you evil human, you will surely have your head severed by righteous Lizardman warriors and hung high under the gaze of the ancestral spirits!"

The old Lizardman priest lay weakly on the ground, hearing the wails and screams from the tribe, and looked at the approaching Tang Zheng with a face full of resentment.

"A curse? Sorry, curses shouldn't work on me." Tang Zheng arrived before the old Lizardman priest, his expression calm:

"Evil? Justice? In my eyes, the winner is justice."

Just like the future Bone King and the Great Tomb, the justice and evil played out between nations—even if seen through by smart people, so what?

The winner is justice!

And the loser is merely an evil clown!

"You evil..." the old Lizardman priest spoke weakly, unwilling to give up. "Mass Charm!"

The magic activated.

The old Lizardman priest's angry cursing came to an abrupt end.

As the charm magic transferred, the previously controlled Hunting Chief Lizardman suddenly woke up, but he had not yet figured out the situation before him.

The intense pain from the wounds Su Kui Zhu Zhu had blasted into him with pebbles surged through his entire body, and he fell to the ground with a scream.

Although charm-type magic can be used multiple times, it can only be used to precisely control one person. If "Maximize Magic" is used, then multiple people can be charmed and controlled.

The battle on the Evil Spirit Dog's side also ended quickly; it ran over from afar, excitedly carrying the blood-drenched Su Kui Zhu Zhu in its mouth.

"Well done."

Tang Zheng glanced at Su Kui Zhu Zhu, not in a hurry to deal with him for now.

"First, take me to the place in your tribe where various knowledge is stored."

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Tang Zheng took out a regeneration potion and sprinkled it on the old Lizardman priest. Under the effect of the recovery potion, the wounds on his body quickly recovered and scabbed over.

The old Lizardman priest stood up from the ground in a daze and led Tang Zheng toward the interior of the tribe.

The Evil Spirit Dog followed closely behind, carrying the unconscious Su Kui Zhu Zhu.

Inside the tribe.

Large swathes of the ground had been dyed red by blood, and the broken bodies of Lizardman warriors lay scattered everywhere, making the already thick, bloody scent in the air even heavier.

Facing such a scene,

Tang Zheng found his heart to be very calm.

"Have I become so cold-blooded without realizing it? Perhaps from the bottom of my heart, I never regarded these demi-humans as my own kind."

Tang Zheng stepped on the blood-stained ground and then self-deprecatingly said: "I am not qualified to pity others, other races, right now."

"What's more, I didn't wipe them all out."

He had long noticed that a portion of the women and children in the "Small Tooth Tribe" had already fled under Su Kui Zhu Zhu's prior arrangement.

Tang Zheng had no intention of hunting down this group of Lizardmen. These Lizardmen were left for the Bone King who would descend in the future.

"Tell me about that lost Lizardman treasure of yours."

Tang Zheng spoke to the old Lizardman priest leading the way while walking forward.

At the same time, his gaze swept toward the attribute panel.

【EXP Bar: 173405/70000】

With an increase of about 45,000 experience points, the Lizardman warriors and some ordinary Lizardmen of the "Small Tooth Tribe" should have been mostly slaughtered by the Flame Archangels.

According to the experience required for leveling up, over 170,000 experience should be enough to raise him two levels.

"After maxing out 'Magic Swordsman,' it's time to consider the next leveling plan."

Tang Zheng thought silently in his heart.

Facing Tang Zheng's inquiry, the old Lizardman priest began to speak in detail.

The Lizardman race has a clear class structure; the one with the highest status is naturally the chieftain, followed by the Council of Elders composed of priests who assist the chieftain.

Since the chieftain is held by the strongest in the tribe, the turnover rate of the chieftain is much higher than that of the Council of Elders, who hold priestly abilities.

It is precisely because of this situation that the members of the Council of Elders know far more about the secrets of the Lizardman race than the chieftain, let alone ordinary Lizardmen.

Under the old Lizardman priest's narration.

Tang Zheng finally learned what that lost Lizardman treasure, which was never mentioned in the original work, was.

It was a magic crucible!

As for its specific abilities, the old Lizardman priest was rather vague, only able to give a rough idea, because this one of the four great treasures had never fallen into the hands of the "Small Tooth Tribe," even before it was lost.

However.

From some of the vague information mentioned by the old Lizardman priest, Tang Zheng was able to analyze a bit about the magic crucible's abilities.

He remembered that the Lizardman race reveres ancestor worship and believes that ancestors bring them strength, so when holding special ceremonies.

Ceremony participants drink a potion made from special herbs; this potion allows the drinker to feel happiness, passion, and dispel fear, among other effects.

The Lizardman priests used this to promote the ability of ancestral possession; furthermore, they would use special pigments to carve totem patterns on their bodies, further promoting and creating a sense of realism for ancestral possession.

This kind of situation.

It made Tang Zheng recall that when the Lizardmen were at war with the Undead Army, they had specifically performed this kind of ritual, which had seemed useless at the time.

Thinking back on it now,

he suspected whether this was related to that lost magic cauldron; thinking carefully, the Twin Witches had passed up the most powerful "Frozen Fang."

The things they snatched must be more useful to them.

(End of chapter)