Chapter 263

Humans—are an indescribably delicious treat.

Saliva and drool flew from the mouth of the Water Elemental Ogre, flowing down his open, foul-smelling mouth; in his memory, he had only tasted it once.

That was so long ago that he had already forgotten the taste.

Bang—bang!

Thick and powerful legs ran wildly on the mossy ground.

The Water Elemental Ogre was anxious to eat this arrogant human, but there was also a sense of caution in his fierce eyes.

He was not really brainless; as long as he relied on the ability of "Water Mistification," even that powerful Hao Wang could do nothing to him, let alone a weaker human.

The appearance of this human in front of him didn't look like any of those from the Holy Kingdom in the rumors.

"This is the hills, not a place where you humans can set foot; turn into meat for me!" The Water Elemental Ogre roared.

"Clearly a superior ogre race, but you still don't look very smart. Expecting a guy like you to have a brain is indeed asking too much."

Tang Zheng stood on the thick tree trunk, his gaze calm, and he raised his finger, pointing forward:

"Magic Arrow!"

【Experience Slot: 421356/510000】

Ten translucent arrow streams shot toward the rushing Water Elemental Ogre in unison.

Under the passive ability of 【Magic Transcender】, releasing First Rank magic now only requires consuming one point of magic power, but he was currently using experience-based spellcasting.

Since he intended to study the experiment after the 【Ninja】 job disappeared, he inevitably had to consume experience points; rather than consuming them in vain, it was better to use them to solve these small troubles.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The arrow streams flew, and in the blink of an eye, they had reached the front of the Water Elemental Ogre. The opponent not only made no move to dodge but instead let these magic arrows land on his body.

With a series of light "pop" sounds.

Go-Jin's white pupils widened a bit, and he clearly saw that the positions where the magic arrows touched the Water Elemental Ogre turned into clusters of water mist.

These arrows passed through the opponent's body.

Just now, the Water Elemental Ogre had also used the same method to dodge his blow.

"Eh."

The White Mist Witch leaned forward, and surprise appeared in her bright yellow eyes; the ability shown by this Water Elemental Ogre was a bit like her ability.

"Humph ha ha ha, useless human!"

The Water Elemental Ogre let out a wild laugh, his huge figure had rushed to the bottom of the big tree, raised the nail hammer in his hand, and swung it at the position where Tang Zheng and the White Mist Witch were:

"Go to hell!!"

Looking at the attribute panel, no information was displayed.

The "Water Mistification" technique just used by the Water Elemental Ogre was not magic or a skill, but a natural ability of the race.

Pity.

This is a quite good ability, possessing the ability to be ineffective against flying projectiles and to avoid some pure physical attacks.

Tang Zheng's face under the red hood was expressionless: "You're lucky, idiot. I've been a vegetarian lately, abstaining from killing."

"Sand Domain · All!"

【Experience Slot: 171356/510000】

Hum—

In an instant.

A giant magic circle flickering with magic light, about ten meters in size, appeared out of thin air on the moss-covered ground.

It not only wrapped the Water Elemental Ogre in it but even covered Go-Jin, who was standing not far away with a face full of guard.

Earth-brown light flickered on the magic circle.

Go-Jin and the Water Elemental Ogre felt a terrifying energy fluctuation at the same time.

"Idiot!"

Go-Jin's face changed drastically, he cursed in a low voice, and rushed toward the outside of the magic circle without hesitation.

Boom!

The earth-brown light on the magic circle flashed violently, and a large amount of yellow sand gushed out from the entire magic circle, turning into a fierce yellow torrent in the blink of an eye.

The Water Elemental Ogre was bound and wrapped by the quicksand without any ability to resist, with only his head exposed, forcibly locked in place.

"Steel Strike!"

Go-Jin roared, and the savage and domineering power erupted from the wolf-tooth club as his thick and powerful arms swung.

Bang—

The large amount of quicksand that wanted to bind Go-Jin was smashed to pieces by a single blow, turning into tiny quicksand particles and splashing in all directions.

But such a fierce blow could not cause any effective impact on the quicksand that was constantly surging from all directions.

"As long as I leave the magic circle—"

Go-Jin stepped hard, shaking off the quicksand that was rapidly covering his ankles: "Flowing Water Acceleration!"

A blue luster flashed on his strong body, and he forcibly crashed through layers of quicksand barriers, leaping into mid-air, intending to completely rush out of the encirclement of the magic circle.

Suddenly.

A stream of quicksand like a snake wrapped around Go-Jin's ankle, making Go-Jin's movements pause, followed by his whole body becoming stiff.

Bang!

Go-Jin fell from the air, fell into the quicksand, was quickly surrounded by the quicksand, and also only had his head exposed.

"Damn it!"

"Cloud Mist—Cloud Mist!"

Go-Jin and the Water Elemental Ogre struggled constantly, but they couldn't break free from the shackles of the quicksand, and even martial arts and magic couldn't be activated normally.

"Sand Domain" is a movement-obstructing magic of the binding type, and it also has effects such as silencing, unless one possesses "Movement Obstruction Complete Resistance."

Go-Jin and the other clearly did not possess this ability.

"End."

Tang Zheng clapped his palms together, and his disguised voice made a hoarse sneer: "250,000, even if I slaughter the two of you, it's not worth this price."

Go-Jin's face was very ugly, and he struggled hard, making the quicksand make a "creaking" sound, but he still couldn't break free from the shackles of the quicksand.

"You came for me, right!"

Go-Jin raised his head and looked at Tang Zheng standing on the tree trunk: "I don't remember knowing such a powerful magic caster like you."

That mysterious demi-human wrapped in white mist had been secretly following him, and the appearance of this human spellcaster was clearly related to it; it was not hard to guess.

Go-Jin kept recalling; no matter what, he had a certain status in the Empire and was famous in various countries for his strength, and he could be bound by magic.

Is this power a Fifth Rank magic?

A strong man in the Heroic Realm!

He had never heard of a powerful magic caster dressed like Tang Zheng.

"Why can't my power be used? What exactly did you do, human!" The Water Elemental Ogre showed a panicked look on his face, opened his throat, and roared and shouted.

"So noisy."

"Fire."

Pop!

Tang Zheng snapped his fingers, and the quicksand wrapping the Water Elemental Ogre and Go-Jin became scalding hot in the blink of an eye, exuding intense high temperature.

"Ah ah oh!"

"Humph ah ah!"

Go-Jin and the Water Elemental Ogre screamed in pain at the same time, and their bodies wrapped in quicksand were corroded by the scalding high temperature, constantly burning. "Sand Domain" is an original magic of the country-destroying level; in addition to the magic's own ability, it can also inject negative energy into the sand.

Tang Zheng did not master negative energy, but he could use the 【Magic Swordsman】's passive ability "Magic Infusion" to inject fire-attribute energy into the sand.

Demi-humans like ogres, trolls, and trolls are all very afraid of fire-attribute and acid-attribute damage; this type of damage can also restrain regenerative abilities.

"Don't kill me, ah roar... don't kill me!" The Water Elemental Ogre wailed in pain while begging for mercy.

Pop!

The snapping sound rang out again.

The fire-attribute energy pouring into the quicksand dissipated, and the heat wave formed by the high temperature dispelled the dampness in the air here.

Large areas of moss on the ground were scorched and roasted by the high temperature.

The Water Elemental Ogre's eyes rolled back, his body kept shaking, his originally white-with-a-hint-of-blue skin turned crimson, and his exposed head even had large areas of burns.

With the recovery ability of a superior ogre race, such injuries were not fatal, and could even be completely recovered after a period of time.

Swish!

Tang Zheng's sole stepped on the tree trunk, his figure floated down from the air, and landed precisely on the Water Elemental Ogre's head.

!

"Long is willing to submit." The Water Elemental Ogre spoke in panic while twitching in pain.

"Smart choice."

Tang Zheng let out a hoarse laugh, half-squatted on the opponent's head, and grabbed the sand that had turned crimson under the influence of the fire element:

"Then what about you, 'Martial King' Go-Jin."

Spread his palms.

The crimson scalding sand spilled from Tang Zheng's fingers.

Go-Jin gritted his teeth, his pupils contracted in painful support; even his strong physique was burned by the high temperature of the sand, yet the opponent held it in his hand without any effect.

"This man... who exactly is he!"

Go-Jin's fierce white eyes stared dead at the figure wrapped in the red magic robe:

"You, you want to... do what?"

The burning pain permeating his whole body made Go-Jin's speech intermittent, relying on his strong willpower to support himself and not beg for mercy like the Water Elemental Ogre.

"Don't you think the Abelion Hills are too chaotic." Tang Zheng's words were very calm.

Go-Jin widened his eyes, looked at Tang Zheng in disbelief, and for a moment, it seemed that even the pain in his body became much weaker; he felt the opponent's undisguised ambition.

This is too crazy!

"You can't do it!" Go-Jin said loudly.

Even though he had only been in the Abelion Hills for a few months.

He could clearly feel the chaos and disorder of the entire hilly area; hatred, blood, war, and fighting were the main themes of this Abelion Hills area.

The hatred that various ethnic groups had continued for hundreds of years or even longer had long been like vines on a cliff, entangled and unclear!

Even if there really was a King in the future who could integrate all demi-human races and tribes, it would not be a human.

"No, no."

Tang Zheng shook his head: "It seems you misunderstood; I don't want to rule this place... oh, I've talked too much nonsense with you."

Clatter!

The red magic robe swung.

Tang Zheng stood up, raised his arm from the wide robe, and held a peculiar black orb in his palm; dark energy radiated from the orb.

It turned into negative energy like black mist, shrouding Tang Zheng in darkness, showing a more terrifying and death-like aura.

"Live? Or die?"

A cold voice sounded.

"This is negative energy..." Go-Jin was not ignorant.

When he was in the Imperial Arena, he liked to challenge various types of opponents, and Osk even found undead for him to fight.

Negative energy... undead... chaos in the hilly area...

"Why find me?"

Go-Jin endured the pain while forcing himself to calm down; he was not good at thinking, but he also faintly sensed some conspiracy against the Abelion Hills.

Inexplicably.

Go-Jin's heart trembled.

Suddenly remembered the rumors about the birth of the undead; it is said that in some unclean places, those who died unnaturally, especially those who died in war, have a high probability of giving birth to the undead.

Could the opponent's purpose be...

"'Martial King' Go-Jin, appeared on the border of the Empire eight years ago, and at the invitation of Osk, the operator of the Imperial Arena, joined the arena for training."

"Shocked the entire Empire with powerful strength, known as the strongest among the generations of Martial Kings, the Eighth Martial King."

Go-Jin could hear the faint sarcasm when the other party said the two words "Martial King," and his fists wanted to clench, but he couldn't make any movement under the shackles of the sand.

"Left the Empire last August and entered the Abelion Hills."

Tang Zheng paused when he said this: "The only reason I found you is because you have lived in human society for eight years; compared to these brainless guys."

"Communication is simpler and much more convenient; this is also your only value, 'Martial King' Go-Jin."

As a martial artist with a noble warrior spirit.

Go-Jin had always regarded the title of "Martial King" as an honor; if it were before, he would definitely fight to the death and never submit.

And now.

"I choose to live." Go-Jin showed a tangled look on his face, finally lowered his high head, but a strange look flashed in his eyes.

He needed to figure out what this human wanted to do.

If it was really what he thought, with the powerful strength shown by the other party, he was afraid that he would need to unite the strong in the hilly area to deal with this human together.

"Very good."

Tang Zheng smiled inwardly when he saw Go-Jin submit so easily.

He understood Go-Jin's personality; even when facing the terrifying Ainz, he only submitted after being killed and resurrected, and now he showed submission so simply.

Tang Zheng could naturally guess the other party's thoughts.

In Go-Jin's eyes, he is now an arrogant guy full of ambition.

"The basic characters of the script have finally appeared."

Tang Zheng jumped down from the Water Elemental Ogre's head and swung his arms.

Clatter—

The magic circle on the ground dissipated, and the quicksand wrapping the two also disappeared along with it.

Go-Jin and the Water Elemental Ogre fell to the ground, panting heavily.

What he said before was true and false, but Go-Jin is indeed an important character in this script.

And the only reason is that Go-Jin knows him, or to be precise, knows "Genius Alchemist" Tang.

"The righteous genius alchemist, with the assistance of 'Martial King' Go-Jin, defeated the necromancer of the evil conspiracy."

"Well, the script is a bit cliché." Tang Zheng nodded imperceptibly.

(End of chapter)