Chapter 58: The Reaction of the

As food!

Hearing these words, the other hobgoblin nodded hurriedly in fear.

Every winter, members of their tribe would be eaten by trolls; whenever that scene came to mind, an indescribable terror would surface in this hobgoblin's brain.

Before this!

They had never imagined that Agu would actually make such a crazy move, actually requesting help from the trolls.

That kind of terrifying monster...

Looking at Agu, who had walked out unscathed, this hobgoblin truly could not imagine what the other had looked like when meeting the trolls.

At the very least, in front of a troll, he would likely be so scared he couldn't even speak.

Thinking of this.

This hobgoblin was filled with awe for Agu.

"It's fine."

Facing the two tribesmen who were trembling all over, Agu spoke softly, "It is still summer, food is plentiful, and the trolls will not eat us."

"W-we, what do we do now?" the stuttering hobgoblin continued to ask.

In truth, according to the tribe's thinking, neither trolls nor powerful humans were things they could afford to provoke; it was best to leave them alone.

Unless that human intruded deep into the jungle where they lived, the troll lords would not care.

"Big Brother is the strongest hero in the tribe; we must save him."

"Let's return to the tribe first, take all our valuables, and beg that human to let Big Brother go."

Agu gritted his teeth and said.

Half a month ago, Big Brother Mugu, who had gone to the outer jungle, suddenly went missing, followed immediately by the deaths of a large number of goblins.

They had only learned what happened after inquiring with the goblins who had fled from the outer areas to the depths of the jungle.

According to the goblins' descriptions, that human's strength was terrifyingly powerful; even the mighty ogres were easily killed by him!

This caused the entire Jike Tribe to panic.

Judging by the strength that human displayed, it was simply not something their Jike Tribe could contend with!

Only then did Agu have to risk danger to go to the trolls' cave, requesting their help to deal with that human.

As it turned out... the trolls didn't care at all.

Two days later.

Upper Fire Moon, July 2nd.

In the jungle.

"Grrr-rrr-rrr!"

"Grrr-rrr-rrr!"

A low, hissing roar echoed through the woods.

Two large magical beasts, nearly three meters in size and taller than a man, were clawing at the ground with their feet, lowering their heads to reveal sharp, drooling teeth as they circled Tang Zheng.

"Is this your territory? If I back out now, is it still in time?"

Tang Zheng held the hobgoblin Mugu in one hand and lightly gripped his sword hilt with the other, his eyes shifting slightly as he watched the two magical beasts circling him from front and back.

"Awoo!"

One of the beasts let out a hiss.

"Alright, looks like that's a refusal." Tang Zheng shrugged, his eyes turning slightly solemn.

At this moment, the hobgoblin Mugu was already so scared that he didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

These two magical beasts were covered in dense black fur and looked like larger magic wolves, but they were not. Magic wolves were pack-dwelling magical beasts.

Furthermore, these two beasts had even more distinct features, with two horns protruding and extending outward from their heads.

Most eye-catching was the black chain wrapped around their bodies, like a snake ready to strangle its prey at any moment.

As the two beasts moved, the black chains wrapped around them also slithered slightly, not hindering their movements in the slightest.

Evil Spirit Hounds!

Some also called them Hound Demons!

A rather terrifying type of magical beast within the Tobu Great Forest, capable of hunting ogres.

They were higher in rank than ogres, and with the Evil Spirit Hounds' superior agility, movement speed, and special attack methods.

Facing the clumsy ogres who only had brute strength, they occupied a dominant position during the hunt!

Over the past two days, because the number of goblins had been mostly wiped out, Tang Zheng had to expand his search range.

As a result, he accidentally moved closer to the depths of the jungle and entered the territory of this pair of Evil Spirit Hounds.

Thus, the situation before him occurred.

Tang Zheng scanned the black chains on the Evil Spirit Hounds, feeling it was a bit tricky.

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As the saying goes, copper head, iron bones, tofu waist.

When dealing with these canines, the abdomen was clearly the easiest place to strike and cause heavy damage.

But the chains wrapped around the Evil Spirit Hounds completely negated this weakness, and besides, this chain wasn't just for defense.

"Grrr!"

An Evil Spirit Hound circling to Tang Zheng's rear, its greenish-brown beast eyes fixed on Tang Zheng's back, let out a low hiss, its slowly moving limbs pausing.

Whoosh!

This Evil Spirit Hound couldn't hold back first; its hind legs kicked off the ground, and it lunged toward Tang Zheng's back.

The Evil Spirit Hounds' sadistic hunting nature made them prefer the vicious game of playing with their prey during the hunt; teasing the prey and killing them in their despair was what they loved most.

Yet now.

They had actually abandoned this preference and launched the attack first.

It was evident that Tang Zheng's existence made the two Evil Spirit Hounds feel threatened.

Whoosh!

The Evil Spirit Hound's massive black figure lunged straight at him with a foul wind, its large, drooling, foul-smelling mouth wide open, biting toward Tang Zheng's sword-wielding right hand.

Hearing the movement from behind.

Tang Zheng's expression remained unchanged; he quickly turned sideways, moved one step to the left, and simultaneously swung his right hand, slashing forcefully behind him.

A sword shadow flashed!

Bang!

The blade of the iron sword collided with the horns on the Evil Spirit Hound's head, emitting a dull thud.

"Awoo!" The Evil Spirit Hound let out a painful low roar, its entire head pressed hard against the ground by the iron sword, a look of panic appearing in its brown beast eyes.

It hadn't expected that the human before it, clearly so much smaller than itself, would have such great strength; the ogres it had hunted before were already the strongest creatures it had seen in this forest.

Creak—creak—

The blade and the horns rubbed against each other incessantly.

The Evil Spirit Hound panted rapidly through its nostrils, struggling to lift its head, but it could never manage to do so.

The other Evil Spirit Hound, which had also been preparing to sneak an attack when its companion launched the assault!

However.

Upon seeing the terrifying strength of the human before it, who had pressed its companion to the ground with a single sword strike, its intended attack was not only startled to a halt!

"Not attacking?"

"Then I won't be polite."

Tang Zheng stood sideways, using his iron sword to pin one down with one hand, tilted his head to look at the other Evil Spirit Hound that didn't dare to attack, and smiled lightly.

(End of chapter)