Chapter 293: Accident! Leader of [Zuranon] Appears

The more Khajiit spoke, the more heated he became, and he couldn't help but reveal an extremely evil smile on his face.

Originally, he thought that Tang Zheng's cooperation with him was to restart the layout in the "Common Graveyard" of "E-Rantel".

As a result, the other party brought him into the Abelion Hills, a place ruled by various demi-human races, and what surprised him even more was that Tang Zheng had already mastered a demi-human force here.

Chaos, death, fighting!

These were the true main themes of the Abelion Hills.

Compared to hiding in "E-Rantel", there was no need to worry about these things here.

"Hehe, this place is simply wonderful."

Khajiit stood on the hill, watching the vast hills in the distance, and couldn't help but open his arms to embrace this chaotic place.

His goal in the past was to accumulate strength to destroy the entire "E-Rantel" and create a dead city; he didn't even care about humans, let alone these demi-humans.

Excitement was excitement.

Khajiit certainly knew that he could safely lay out the "Spiral of Death Ritual" because of this mysterious person in front of him.

If it weren't for the demi-human race controlled by the other party, let alone collecting a large number of demi-human corpses, with his strength, he wouldn't have survived for a few days.

"Hero Realm" was too strong!

This was the level he longed to reach; it belonged to the top powerhouses in various countries and could even become an existence sung by those bards.

Who exactly was the other party, and why had he never heard of them?

Khajiit had this thought flash through his mind, and his smooth head without a single hair reflected slightly under the scorching sun.

"Old friend, how did you manage to make those demi-human powerhouses submit?" Khajiit bowed and asked with curiosity and respect.

He didn't know the identity of this mysterious person, and the other party had never told him, so Khajiit naturally wouldn't ask a redundant question.

"Old friend" became a name-like address, even if these three words were a humiliation to Khajiit.

"Heh, what do you think?" Tang Zheng returned to his senses from thinking about the two rituals.

Khajiit's expression stiffened, knowing he had asked a stupid question.

Tang Zheng swept a cold glance at Khajiit.

The atmosphere went quiet.

This group of demi-human races was indeed not easy to control, especially the Zuranon Na Sulini, a powerhouse among the "Ten Demi-human Talents".

The reason why the kings of these demi-human races honestly submitted to Tang Zheng now was entirely because he could activate the ritual and let the Lizardman Crusch Lulu release the Sixth Rank spell "Weather Control".

This represented power; as long as the kings of these demi-human races were not stupid, they understood what they should do.

And those ordinary demi-humans didn't show any signs of resistance, which was because the hilly region had clearly fallen into drought, lack of water, and food shortages.

Tang Zheng possessed the ability to provide them with enough food and water.

Speaking of "drought".

Tang Zheng's heart stirred, feeling the hot temperature, his gaze moved upward, looking at the cloudless sky and the scorching, dazzling sun.

Recently, he had rarely assisted the Lizardman Crusch Lulu and others in releasing the "Weather Control" spell.

Because it was no longer needed.

Even Tang Zheng didn't realize at first that continuously releasing the Sixth Rank "Weather Control", blowing away rain clouds and keeping the hilly region exposed to the sun,

This continuous influence had now gradually evolved into a real "drought"!

"Climate phenomena have always been unpredictable; continuous magical intervention actually gradually changed the direction of the climate." Tang Zheng thought silently in his heart.

The more he understood Rank magic, the more he could feel that some of these spells could not be judged by simple Rank levels.

"The layout of the ritual must be speeded…… Eh?!"

Tang Zheng spoke coldly, and before he could finish, his eyes suddenly became sharp.

Suddenly!

"Having experienced the baptism of death, you are still able to ask such a stupid question."

"Khajiit!"

"Your wisdom has almost become as stiff as an undead."

A dry voice rang out on the flat ground on this hill, like two bones rubbing against each other; there was a unique magnetism in the voice that should have been harsh, and it wasn't unpleasant.

Almost the moment the voice rang out!

In the direction behind Khajiit, the empty air suddenly rippled, then twisted and blurred, and a black figure appeared out of thin air.

Fifth Rank teleportation magic!

No need to look at the information displayed on the attribute panel.

As a user who frequently used this spell, Tang Zheng recognized this spell at the first moment.

Knowing Khajiit, a member of 【Zuranon】?

There was something like positioning magic on Khajiit!

Several thoughts flashed through Tang Zheng's mind, his gaze turned cold, and he looked at the black figure that appeared out of thin air.

The other party was wrapped in a black mist-like energy, making it impossible to see their appearance, only barely able to make out their build.

A cold aura spread out.

The originally somewhat hot temperature dropped by a few degrees with the appearance of the other party; that black mist was negative energy!

Khajiit's pupils trembled, and hearing this familiar voice, his expression stiffened, and he turned around slowly with some disbelief.

When he saw the figure standing behind him clearly.

Tang Zheng observed that Khajiit shivered imperceptibly, and his already pale, bloodless face seemed to become even paler.

Noticing this small emotional change.

Tang Zheng's gaze condensed, and the light of mana flashed in his eyes: "Ninjutsu: Detection!"

Whoosh!

Only to see a deep, dark light suddenly flash in the black mist on the other party's body.

"Blocked?"

"It's counter-probing." Tang Zheng's gaze quickly swept across the attribute panel, and there was no reaction.

Passive ability? Or some kind of magic item?

Hum——

【Discovered Second Rank spell "Magic Detection", requires Mana-type spellcasting level (8–14lv), current conditions met……】

At the same time Tang Zheng activated the probing spell, the other party also activated a probing spell.

"Magic Detection" was a probing spell that could detect whether an opponent was carrying magic items.

Although it couldn't obtain the opponent's information, it could analyze the opponent and lock onto their position through the number of magic items.

"Detection Interference."

A faint light flashed on Tang Zheng's body, blocking the other party's probing ability.

Both sides hadn't spoken yet!

A brief probing offense and defense had already been completed in the blink of an eye.

"Lea, Leader." Khajiit panicked and knelt on the ground, his hands on the ground, lowering his head tightly and speaking in a panic.

The Leader didn't look at the terrified Khajiit, but stared at Tang Zheng opposite.

"In this world, only power that makes people unable to resist can make a group of wild demi-humans submit to another race."

The Leader answered Khajiit's question just now unhurriedly, "I now realize that resurrecting you might have been a stupid decision."

"What do you say, my high apprentice."

Wow!

Khajiit's heart was immediately filled with fear, and he pressed his head directly against the ground, panicking: "Leader, subordinate…… subordinate, absolutely did not leak any information about the organization."

Leader of 【Zuranon】!

Tang Zheng heard Khajiit's address to this person, and astonishment appeared in his eyes under the red hood; he thought he might meet this Leader in the future, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

Then he heard Khajiit's panicked opening of "not leaking information", and a sneer couldn't help but appear on his face behind the mask.

In fact.

Khajiit didn't know much; 【Zuranon】 was a loose organization to begin with, let alone this mysterious Leader.

Even the other high apprentices rarely met each other, let alone how much they understood each other.

Facing this suddenly appearing Leader.

Tang Zheng's heart rose with vigilance, but he wasn't worried; with his current strength, unless there was a cross-level gap, such as True Dragon Lords or God-kin.

As for others?

Tang Zheng wouldn't mind blowing them away with a Tenth Rank spell 【Heating】; what he was vigilant about was whether the other party's sudden appearance would affect his plan.

According to Khajiit.

This Leader should currently be located in the territory of "Terror", one of the legendary three dark liches!

That was a small country destroyed between the Baharuth Empire and the eastern part of the Katze Plains, which had long since become a true land of undead.

"This is indeed a good place."

"Why didn't I think of using the chaos of these demi-humans before…… Eh, seems to have thought about it, should be more than 20 years ago."

"Strange, why did I give up this idea at that time."

The Leader raised his arm wrapped in black mist negative energy, touched his chin, and muttered to himself as if no one else was there.

Whether it was Khajiit lying on the ground in fear, or Tang Zheng standing not far away opposite, he seemed completely indifferent.

More than 20 years ago?

Tang Zheng remembered that this was also the time when 【Zuranon】 became truly famous in various countries as a cult group.

This Leader occupied a ruin and used the "Spiral of Death Ritual" to cause chaos, indirectly destroying a city.

"Remembered." The Leader spoke again:

"There are quite a few demi-human powerhouses here, it will waste too much energy, and the degree of secretly creating chaos is limited, the most important thing is—this place is too close to the Slane Theocracy."

"Heh, heh, the anomaly in the hilly region now is your doing, right? I don't think you have this strength."

"Tell me, how did you do it?"

The Leader stretched out a skin-and-bone withered finger from the black mist and pointed to the sky.

"Your series of self-talking questions made me forget that this should be my territory."

Tang Zheng made a hoarse, cold voice: "I don't like uninvited guests; this makes it impossible to judge whether they are guests or enemies!"

A tense atmosphere spread between the two!

"Enemy? Ha."

"Wait a moment, you will hear it from your own mouth, before that……" The Leader didn't care about Tang Zheng, his tone was full of arrogance and disregard, his gaze coldly looking at Khajiit lying on the ground:

"Tell me, why did you suddenly appear here? You should be in "E-Rantel" right now."

"I transferred using "Teleportation" magic several times before I found your exact location; if you don't give me a satisfactory answer, death will not be your final destination."

Whenever someone became a high apprentice of 【Zuranon】, the Leader would lay out special magic rituals on them, which could determine the location of these subordinates.

And also to prevent high apprentices from being resurrected after being killed.

Upon noticing that Khajiit suddenly disappeared from "E-Rantel" for no reason and appeared in a much more distant location.

The Leader rushed over to find out the situation; after all, two high apprentices had died consecutively during this time, making him suspect whether someone was eyeing 【Zuranon】.

Khajiit crawled on the ground without the slightest hesitation and spoke quickly: "It's the "Spiral of Death Ritual"!"

Before Khajiit could finish speaking.

The Leader seemed to understand something: "Sure enough, the only thing on you that can be eyed is this ritual."

"How long has it been since someone dared to covet 【Zuranon】's things."

The Leader let out a low laugh, as if he had discovered something interesting, raised his arm, and aimed at Khajiit: "Fire……"

He naturally wouldn't believe that Khajiit hadn't leaked any information about 【Zuranon】; he originally thought the other party had good talent and was worth cultivating.

Now—die!

"Leader! The Orb of Death is on him, he can summon a Bone Dragon!" Khajiit felt the arrival of death and roared sharply.

The Leader's hand movement paused, and he felt a flash of thunder and lightning attacking from afar.

"Dragon Lei Guang."

Blinding white electric light illuminated the surroundings; the terrifying, clawing, and surging lightning light transformed into a bolt of lightning in the air, rapidly blasting forward.

"Teleport!"

The Leader's figure flashed and disappeared from the spot instantly.

A huge roar rang out!

The location where the Leader was just now was directly blasted into a huge scorched pit by the thunder, and the high temperature generated by the lightning formed an air wave, flipping Khajiit who was lying on the ground.

Pfft! Pfft!

The gravel generated when the ground exploded turned into flying bullets, splashing in all directions.

"Ah, ah!"

Khajiit didn't have time to react; he was first flipped over, rolled a few times on the ground, and was hit by the scattered gravel, letting out miserable screams.

Keen intuition.

Allowed Tang Zheng to discover the Leader who had teleported to a height of more than ten meters in the sky at the first moment, and he looked up at the sky: "What do you want to do to my partner?"

Khajiit couldn't die now; the "Spiral of Death Ritual" hadn't been laid out yet.

"Fly!"

After the Leader appeared in the sky, he immediately used the "Fly" spell to let himself hover in mid-air without falling.

"You are courting death!"

In the unique magnetic voice produced by the rubbing of two bones, there was anger.

"No one can retreat unscathed after provoking 【Zuranon】!" The Leader's pale pupils hidden behind the black mist were extremely cold:

"Fifth Rank: Ruinous Bone Prison!"

Pfft——pfft!

The ground under Tang Zheng's feet broke, and sharp black-gray bone spikes poked out from underground.

A sense of restraint surged from the ground, making him realize that this spell could affect the use of teleportation magic.

The Leader clearly knew that he had also mastered teleportation magic, so he used magic attacks that had restraint and affected movement.

The Seventh Rank "Upper Teleportation" could easily get rid of this restraint, but Tang Zheng didn't need to use this level of magic.

"Come out, Bone Dragon!"

A dark light flashed on the surface of the "Orb of Death" held in Tang Zheng's hand.

Hum——

A huge magic circle appeared under his feet.

The pale figure of the Bone Dragon emerged from underground, easily destroying the "Ruinous Bone Prison" spell that had risen under Tang Zheng's feet.

It could actually summon a Bone Dragon!

The Leader was a bit surprised.

Just now he didn't fully believe Khajiit's words; he knew the magic item "Orb of Death", and Khajiit had spent several years collecting negative energy without summoning a Bone Dragon.

How long had that magic item been lost?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 294 =====