Chapter 41: Justice Value: Surrounded!

Watching the numerical changes on the attribute panel.

Tang Zheng felt that all these days of effort had finally not been in vain; "Sword Saint" had been raised to the maximum level.

The next profession that needed to be leveled up was "Genius." Once it was raised to level 10, it should satisfy the basic prerequisites.

"The experience point requirement has reached '5000.' As the level increases, the experience points required are also becoming more and more." Tang Zheng swallowed the wild boar meat in his mouth.

However, there was no helping that.

Tang Zheng had been worried that in the later stages of leveling, there wouldn't be enough monsters for him to kill.

He shook his head.

This was not something he should be considering at the moment.

"The Justice Value has changed."

"I killed so many goblins, yet the numerical change is positive, so this 'Justice Value' is based on the perspective of one's own race?"

Tang Zheng looked at the Justice Value on the attribute table, thinking to himself with some contemplation.

The value of "Justice Value" was also a very important metric in the game "Yggdrasil."

It was not only related to race, equipment, and certain profession issues, but it also had significant amplification or weakening effects on some skills.

For example, the eighth-tier magic "Moral Distortion" could twist an individual with a high Justice Value into a negative Justice Value.

For the tenth-tier "Divine Flame," the higher the Justice Value, the higher the damage dealt; when it was a negative number, its power was not even as good as a first-tier attack spell.

In Tang Zheng's view, "Justice Value" being either too high or too low was not a good thing; in the "Yggdrasil" game, there were quite a few skills or spells targeting Justice Value.

Keeping the "Justice Value" at a low level was a good choice.

If there were no requirements from one's profession, race, or equipment, it was even safer to keep the "Justice Value" at a constant 0.

Gulp.

Tang Zheng took another drink of water, his gaze falling on the iron sword, which already had quite a few notches.

It seemed this iron sword had reached the time for retirement; fortunately, he had prepared ten iron swords beforehand, so he wouldn't be without a weapon to use.

"According to the situation where the values provided by intermediate professions are higher than those provided by low-level professions."

"The attack level of a maxed-out 'Sword Saint' should exceed the level of a level 15 adventurer in this other world. Perhaps it won't be too high, but how should it be... around level 17?"

Tang Zheng speculated in his heart.

If combined with the skill "Rapid Slash" and passive bonuses, it would cause 120% physical attack strength, at least increasing the power by another level.

Rustle!

Rustle!

Rustle, rustle—

Hm?

Tang Zheng raised his head expressionlessly, looking toward the movement coming from behind the bushes in the forest ahead.

Bang!

The sound of heavy footsteps treading on leaves rang out, and a massive, dark yellow figure pushed aside the tall bushes and walked out.

"Ogre?"

"I knew it. Since the number of goblins in this goblin colony wasn't small, how could there not be any ogres?"

Seeing the appearance of the ogre, Tang Zheng not only showed no signs of panic on his face, but instead, he cracked the corner of his mouth into a smile.

But the next moment!

The smile on Tang Zheng's face paused.

As it turned out, behind the ogre that had walked out first, another ogre appeared.

Two of them?

Rustle, rustle—

Swish—

Rustle, rustle—

Within the surrounding forest, the sound of branches and leaves rubbing against each other came continuously.

A series of heavy footsteps approached.

The smile on Tang Zheng's face disappeared completely.

One by one, ogres walked out from all around, surrounding Tang Zheng in a scattered formation!

"Hey, hey, six ogres—this number is a bit abnormal." Tang Zheng muttered to himself. The appearance of six ogres caused the atmosphere to suddenly become heavy.

Tang Zheng stood up, his expression serious.

With his current level and strength, dealing with one ogre was no problem at all, and dealing with two wasn't much trouble either, but dealing with six all at once...

This was no longer a question of whether he could fight them.

"The meager intelligence of an ogre shouldn't be able to come up with something like setting a trap."

Tang Zheng's eyes flickered, and he turned slightly to the side, trying his best to keep as many ogres as possible within his field of vision.

The small goblin colony he had just wiped out was simply not enough to support six ogres, and the opponents had appeared in a complete encirclement formation.

This also did not fit the characteristic of ogres having low intelligence.

However!

The ogres clearly would not give Tang Zheng time to think.

"Human!"

"Roar!"

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"Die!"

Almost at the same time, the six ogres let out roars with their ferocious faces, brandishing the giant wooden clubs in their hands as they charged toward Tang Zheng.

Heavy footsteps rang out in unison.

Their thick, two-meter-plus-tall builds caused the ogres' charge to stir up an invisible gust of wind and pressure.

Must not be surrounded!

This thought flashed through Tang Zheng's mind instantly. He scanned his surroundings quickly and soon locked onto the ogre furthest away from him.

"Magic Arrow!"

In this situation, it was clearly not the time to save mana.

Mana was drawn from Tang Zheng's body.

In an instant, three magic arrows condensed in mid-air and shot straight toward the direction of the ogre furthest from him.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The three magic arrows struck the ogre's chest at high speed, and three fist-sized bloody holes appeared.

"Agh-roar." The ogre let out a painful cry.

However!

This level of injury was not enough to cause any serious damage to an ogre with a massive build and thick skin.

After all, Tang Zheng's "Magic Attack" value was only 13 points.

He hadn't expected the magic attack just now to cause much damage to that ogre anyway.

When the magic attack landed, the ogre's charging motion paused, instantly creating a gap in the "circle" that had originally been an encirclement.

While Tang Zheng was launching the magic attack, he also moved at the same time, rushing toward this gap.

"Waa-roar!"

The ogre that had been hit by the magic attack saw Tang Zheng rushing over and angrily swung the giant wooden club in its hand.

A heavy sound of breaking air rang out!

Whoosh!

While rushing forward, Tang Zheng quickly performed a squat, letting the giant wooden club brush past the top of his head, dodging the attack and simultaneously using this to break completely out of the ogres' encirclement.

"I'll play with you guys next time."

Tang Zheng didn't look back; he kicked off the ground and quickly left the area.

However!

The six ogres behind clearly didn't intend to let Tang Zheng go, and they all roared in unison as they chased after him.

Bang—bang—

The heavy footsteps caused the ground to vibrate slightly and continuously.

The dense bushes and the obstruction of trees seemed not to exist for the ogres; as their massive bodies charged, these intertwined branches and leaves were all smashed to pieces.

The forest was their home turf!

But for Tang Zheng, these branches, leaves, and bushes severely hindered his speed.

(End of chapter)