Of course!
Seeing its prey trying to flee, the Black-Green Giant Snake's scant intelligence clearly could not tell that this was deliberate.
The Black-Green Giant Snake arched its upper body backward, raising most of its body upright. It compressed itself like a spring, then shot toward Tang Zheng with its jaws wide open.
An opening!
Tang Zheng's eyes lit up. This was exactly the move he had been waiting for.
He swung the iron sword in his hand, gripped it in reverse, and hurled it like a javelin straight at the Black-Green Giant Snake's open mouth.
Bang!
The tremendous force carried the iron sword through the air with an explosive impact.
The iron sword pierced accurately through the Black-Green Giant Snake's mouth, spraying white mucus, red blood, and even chunks of flesh all over the ground.
"Hiss! Hisss!"
The Black-Green Giant Snake fell from the air, twisting its body incessantly as it let out agonized hisses.
Bang! Bang!!
Its thick lower tail thrashed wildly from the intense pain, lashing at the surrounding trees and producing deafening crashes.
Tang Zheng watched the Black-Green Giant Snake convulse in agony, its head pierced clean through. He grinned and took several steps back.
He quietly waited for the Black-Green Giant Snake to die.
Since its scales were hard and slippery, he would attack from the soft interior.
After struggling for roughly two or three minutes.
The Black-Green Giant Snake, which had been convulsing on the ground, gradually stopped moving and lay motionless.
"Obtained 150 Experience Points" Current Experience Points: 421/1000.
"Not bad experience."
A smile appeared on Tang Zheng's face. Only then did he walk toward the Black-Green Giant Snake. With the experience notification, there was no need to worry about it playing dead.
He found the iron sword lying on the ground, covered in mucus and blood. A trace of disgust showed in Tang Zheng's eyes.
He found the yellowed, hardened paper he had previously made with a Magic Scroll in the Item Box. After wiping the mucus and blood off the iron sword, he picked it up again.
"These Black-Green Giant Snake scales should be pretty good for making armor."
Tang Zheng examined the Black-Green Giant Snake, which was over six meters long. Aside from the severe damage to its head, the rest of its body was relatively intact.
However, Tang Zheng had little interest in making armor.
With the craftsmanship humans possessed in the New World, the best armor-type equipment they could make would only reach High Tier.
With that time.
Tang Zheng might as well put some effort into seeing whether he could obtain the Legacy of the Eight Greed Kings or the Six Great Gods.
In the game YGGDRASIL, equipment items were divided into a total of ten tiers.
Low Tier: Levels 1–10
Lower Tier: Levels 11–20
Middle Tier: Levels 21–30
High Tier: Levels 31–40
Top Tier: Levels 41–50
Legacy Tier: Levels 51–60
Relic Tier: Levels 61–70
Legendary Tier: Levels 71–80
Divine Tier: Levels 81–90
Guild Weapon: Levels 91–100
Of course, above these ten tiers were items that exceeded the standard, known as World Items. Those were counted separately.
If Tang Zheng wanted to stand against the Nazarick Great Underground Tomb, he would need at least one Divine Tier piece of equipment.
"It should fetch quite a bit of money."
Tang Zheng placed a hand on the Black-Green Giant Snake's corpse. With a thought, he stored it in the Item Box.
The commotion just now had not been small.
However, this area should have been the Black-Green Giant Snake's territory, so it would not immediately attract other magical beasts.
Tang Zheng continued east.
The Great Forest of Tob encircled the Azerlisia Mountains, forming a massive U-shaped primeval forest. It stretched for 120 kilometers and was roughly 40 kilometers wide.
Carne Village happened to lie near the center. With obstacles everywhere in the forest and attacks liable to occur at any time.
Tang Zheng felt that it would take him some time to reach the Ogre territory.
Before he knew it, it was already noon.
Tang Zheng took a pocket watch and a map from the Item Box, checked the time and his approximate location, then put them away again.
"I've covered about a third of the distance. It's a little slower than expected, so I need to pick up the pace."
Tang Zheng let out a breath. He had no intention of stopping. He stuffed black bread into his mouth as he continued onward.
Over the course of the morning!
Aside from executing the Black-Green Giant Snake earlier, his Item Box had gained the corpses of three wild boars and five giant pythons roughly five meters long.
Of course, there had also been some small snakes, smaller beasts, venomous insects, and the like. Since they were merely ordinary beasts, they gave little experience, and Tang Zheng had not put them in the Item Box.
After all, they had neither value as food nor much value for sale.
As for the two corpses of Eight Fingers members, Tang Zheng had thrown them somewhere in the jungle not long after entering the forest.
By now, the beasts had probably almost eaten the corpses clean.
Tang Zheng looked at the dense jungle ahead.
He deliberately increased his speed. As a result, he made more noise while moving through the forest.
Perhaps because of this bold behavior, some of the beasts became more cautious. The beasts hidden in the forest no longer showed any signs of attacking him on their own.
This surprised Tang Zheng somewhat.
If he had known, he would not have been so cautious from the start. Ordinary beasts were no match for him anyway, and the experience they provided was pitifully low, making them worthless to him.
Swish!
Tang Zheng swung the iron sword in his hand, cutting through branches, leaves, and shrubs ahead to create a path he could pass through.
Overhead, the lush branches and leaves of towering trees intertwined continuously. Combined with the forest's dim environment, they gave off a faintly oppressive feeling.
Suddenly!
A faint sound came from his left.
Tang Zheng's ears twitched. He halted mid-step and retreated out of the way.
Whoosh!
A white spider thread as thick as a pinky shot past him and stuck to a nearby tree.
"A spider?" Tang Zheng quickly looked toward where the thread had come from on his left.
On a branch where leaves and boughs crossed together!
A basin-sized spider hung upside down from the tree. Its entire body was earthy gray, its abdomen bore purple patterns, and it had eight extremely sharp, nimble legs.
The white spider thread from earlier had been spat out by it.
"A Gallows Spider?" Tang Zheng's expression changed slightly when he saw the earthy-gray spider.
He had bought intelligence on the Great Forest of Tob from the Adventurer's Guild, and this type of spider had been specifically emphasized.
Even a Gold Rank adventurer team would find this creature extremely troublesome!
It was not because these magical spiders were especially powerful, but because the appearance of one meant there were large numbers of Gallows Spiders nearby.
Rustle! Rustle!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Almost the moment that thought surfaced, rustling erupted continuously from the dense foliage around him. Then white spider threads shot at Tang Zheng from every direction!
Tang Zheng broke into a run, dodging the incoming webs.
These spiders clearly had no intention of letting Tang Zheng go!
Following the white threads they continuously spat out, the spiders used their sharp legs to slide rapidly across the webs. One earthy-gray spider after another pursued him.
In the blink of an eye, a vast mass had gathered behind him, densely packed and filled with a chilling, terrifying presence.
Tang Zheng glanced behind him, and the corner of his eye twitched violently!
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