Equipment and Item Levels—Spider Webs!

Sure enough!

Seeing its prey trying to escape, the Black-Green Serpent's meager intelligence obviously couldn't distinguish that this was deliberate.

The Black-Green Serpent leaned its upper body backward, raising most of its body upright. It compressed itself like a spring, then shot forward and bit at Tang Zheng.

An opportunity!

Tang Zheng's eyes lit up. This was exactly the move he had been waiting for.

He swung the Iron Sword in his hand and gripped it in reverse, then hurled it like a javelin straight into the Black-Green Serpent's open mouth.

Bang!

The astonishing force carried by the Iron Sword exploded through the air.

The Iron Sword pierced straight through the Black-Green Serpent's mouth, spraying large amounts of white mucus and red blood, along with pieces of flesh, all over the ground.

"Swish! Hiss!"

The Black-Green Serpent fell from midair and writhed constantly, letting out agonized hisses.

Bang! Bang!!

Its thick tail kept lashing about from the intense pain, wildly striking the surrounding trees and producing tremendous booms.

Tang Zheng looked at the Black-Green Serpent, whose head had been pierced and whose body continued to twitch in agony. He bared his teeth slightly and retreated several steps.

He quietly waited for the Black-Green Serpent to die.

Since its scales were both hard and slippery, he had attacked it from the soft inside.

It struggled for roughly two or three minutes.

The Black-Green Serpent, which had been twitching on the ground, gradually stopped moving and lay there completely still.

"Obtained 150 experience points"

Current experience: 421/1000.

"That's quite a lot of experience."

A smile appeared on Tang Zheng's face. Only then did he rise and walk toward the Black-Green Serpent. With the notification that he had gained experience, he didn't need to worry about it pretending to be dead.

He found the Iron Sword lying on the ground, covered in mucus and blood, and a trace of disgust appeared in Tang Zheng's eyes.

From his Item Box, he took out the yellowed, hardened paper he had previously made with a Magic Scroll. After wiping the mucus and blood off the Iron Sword, he picked it up again.

"The scales of this Black-Green Serpent should be pretty good for making armor."

Tang Zheng surveyed the Black-Green Serpent, which was more than six meters long. Aside from the severe damage to its head, the rest of its body was fairly intact.

However, Tang Zheng had little interest in making armor.

With the craftsmanship available to humans in the New World, the best armor they could produce would only reach the [Upper Class] level.

With that time,

Tang Zheng might as well spend some effort trying to obtain the Legacy of the "Eight Greed Kings" or the "Six Great Gods."

In the "YGGDRASIL" game, equipment and items were divided into ten levels in total.

[Lowest Class] Levels 1–10

[Lower Class] Levels 11–20

[Middle Class] Levels 21–30

[Upper Class] Levels 31–40

[Highest Class] Levels 41–50

[Legacy Class] Levels 51–60

[Relic Class] Levels 61–70

[Legendary Class] Levels 71–80

[Divine Class] Levels 81–90

[Guild Weapon] Levels 91–100

Of course, above these ten levels were items exceeding the standard, known as "World Items." These were counted separately.

For Tang Zheng to fight against the "Great Tomb of Nazarick," he needed at least one Divine Class piece of equipment.

"It should be worth quite a bit if I sell it."

Tang Zheng reached out and touched the Black-Green Serpent's corpse. With a thought, he stored it in his Item Box.

The disturbance he had caused just now was not small.

However, this area should all be the Black-Green Serpent's territory, so it probably wouldn't immediately attract other monsters.

Tang Zheng continued heading east.

The Great Forest of Tob surrounded the Azerlisia Mountains in a giant U-shaped stretch of primeval forest. It was 120 kilometers long and about 40 kilometers wide.

Carne Village was located roughly near the center. With the forest filled with obstacles everywhere, along with the frequent attacks he encountered,

Tang Zheng figured it would take him some time to enter the territory where the Troll Tribe lived.

Before he knew it, noon had arrived.

Tang Zheng took a pocket watch and a map from his Item Box, checked the time and his approximate location, then put them away again.

"I've covered about a third of the distance. I'm a little slower than expected, so I'll have to speed up."

Tang Zheng exhaled. With no intention of stopping, he pulled out some black bread and stuffed it into his mouth while continuing forward.

An entire morning had passed!

Apart from killing the Black-Green Serpent earlier, his Item Box now also contained the corpses of three wild boars and five giant pythons roughly five meters long.

Of course, there were also some small snakes, small beasts, venomous insects, and the like. Since they were merely ordinary beasts, the experience they provided was low, so Tang Zheng hadn't stored them in his Item Box.

After all, they had neither much value as food nor much resale value.

As for the two corpses of Eight Fingers members, Tang Zheng had thrown them into some part of the jungle shortly after entering the forest.

By now, the beasts had probably almost eaten them all.

Tang Zheng glanced at the dense jungle ahead.

He deliberately increased his traveling speed, creating even more commotion as he moved through the forest.

Perhaps because of this bold behavior, some beasts instead became more cautious. The hidden beasts in the forest no longer showed any signs of taking the initiative to attack him.

This surprised Tang Zheng somewhat.

If I'd known this from the start, I wouldn't have been so careful. After all, the beasts aren't his opponents at all, and the experience they provide is extremely low. They're practically worthless to him.

Whoosh!

Tang Zheng swung his Iron Sword, cutting through the branches and shrubs ahead and creating a path he could pass through.

Above his head, the lush branches of one great tree after another intertwined continuously. Combined with the forest's gloomy surroundings, they gave him a faint sense of oppression.

Suddenly!

A faint sound came from the left.

Tang Zheng's ears twitched. His advancing steps stopped, and he retreated to avoid it.

Whoosh!

A white strand of spider silk, as thick as a little finger, shot past his face and stuck to a nearby tree.

"A spider?" Tang Zheng quickly looked toward the spot on the left where the web had been fired.

On the branches where the leaves crossed and intertwined,

a spider the size of a washbasin hung upside down from the tree. Its entire body was earthen gray, with purple markings on its abdomen, and it possessed eight extremely sharp, flexible, long legs.

The white strand of spider silk from earlier had been spat out by it.

"Executioner Spider?" Tang Zheng's expression changed slightly when he saw the earthen-gray spider.

He had purchased intelligence regarding the Great Forest of Tob from the Adventurer's Guild, and this spider had been specifically mentioned.

It was a dangerous presence that even a Gold Rank adventurer party would find extremely troublesome!

That wasn't because this Monster Spider was particularly powerful. Rather, whenever one appeared, it meant that a large number of Executioner Spiders were nearby.

Rustle! Rustle!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Almost as soon as this thought appeared, rustling sounds came from the dense leaves all around him. Then, strands of white spider silk shot toward Tang Zheng from every direction!

Tang Zheng ran to evade the webs flying at him and charged away.

These spiders clearly had no intention of letting Tang Zheng go!

Following the constantly emitted white strands of spider silk, the spiders' sharp legs could actually slide rapidly along the webs. One earthen-gray spider after another pursued him.

In the blink of an eye, a huge, densely packed swarm had gathered behind him, filled with a creepy and terrifying aura.

Tang Zheng glanced over his shoulder, and the corner of his eye twitched!