The two remaining human corpses were clearly not for these Goblins to use, even if the Troll had already eaten its fill.
"Wah?"
A Goblin sitting on the outskirts, licking a bone from some unknown beast, twitched its pointed green ears and turned around warily.
The next moment.
A look of terror appeared on the Goblin's face as a black figure suddenly burst out of the bushes.
Before the Goblin could cry out a warning!
A swift iron sword slashed down from the air, splitting the Goblin in two with a single blow.
Tang Zheng emerged amid the splattering green blood.
"Fourfold Slash of Light!"
Tang Zheng twisted his wrist around the iron sword's hilt.
In an instant!
Four cold flashes streaked through the air.
The four Goblins nearest the outskirts did not even have time to react before the iron sword pierced through them, and they collapsed to the ground!
Experience gained: 27
Experience gained: 31
Experience gained: 22
Experience gained: 25
Messages rapidly appeared on the status panel.
Fourfold Slash of Light unleashed four strikes in an instant. Although it sacrificed accuracy and dispersed some of its power—
As the Warrior Captain's signature move, and the skill Tang Zheng had used to defeat Nail Clipper, its strength was beyond question!
The New World was a real world, not a game where taking damage merely reduced a numerical health bar.
Once injured, one's strength naturally declined. If a vital area was struck, one might even be executed on the spot.
Even with its power dispersed and reduced, Tang Zheng's attacks were not something these Goblins could withstand.
In the blink of an eye, five Goblins had died. Only then did the other Goblins, who had been eating, react.
"Wah!"
"Wah, ah!!"
"Wah wah—"
Panicked, fearful cries rang out.
The Goblins swiftly threw down their food, scrambled to their feet, and scattered in every direction.
Goblins were timid by nature. Faced with such a sudden situation, they clearly would not join forces to surround Tang Zheng. Their first instinct was to flee.
Unfortunately!
Tang Zheng's agility far surpassed theirs. If the Goblins had joined forces to attack him, they might have caused him some trouble.
But scattering and fleeing was practically offering themselves up to be slaughtered!
Tang Zheng moved at high speed without pause. Every swing of his sword claimed another Goblin's life.
Experience gained: 25
Experience gained: 29
Messages flashed across the status panel.
"Human?!"
The Troll finally reacted. Watching the Goblins get executed one after another, it roared and grabbed the enormous wooden club resting outside the low grass hut.
Bang!
Bang!
The Troll's two-meter-tall body made the ground tremble with every step.
Tang Zheng had been watching the Troll all along. Seeing it charge toward him, he remained calm. Not only did he not stop killing Goblins, his movements became even faster.
He had no intention of letting these Goblins interfere while he fought the Troll.
Bang!
The massive wooden club smashed heavily into the ground with a deep, muffled boom.
Tang Zheng had already darted aside the moment the Troll swung its club, dodging the blow and casually finishing off another Goblin.
Experience gained: 27
"Food! Human!"
The Troll kept roaring furiously, swinging its massive wooden club with all its strength. Powerful gusts of wind swept up wherever it passed.
However.
Tang Zheng easily dodged every attack.
After a brief exchange.
Tang Zheng had already realized that his movement speed exceeded the Troll's.
Once he understood that.
Tang Zheng had even fewer concerns, and his movements grew faster still.
"Wah—"
"Wah, wah!"
The Goblins' screams and wails rang out without end.
In just a few moments, all eighteen Goblins in the small Goblin settlement had been slain by Tang Zheng.
Elsewhere.
Perhaps because the Goblins had been slaughtered, perhaps because of the huge festering wound in its chest, or perhaps because it had eaten too much, the Troll's movements and speed were affected.
"Huff... huff..."
The Troll, which had been chasing Tang Zheng while swinging its massive club, stopped and panted heavily. Its eyes glowed red as it glared viciously at the human who had slaughtered the Goblins.
Sensing that furious gaze, one that wanted to tear him apart!
Tang Zheng stood seven or eight meters away from the Troll and grinned at it.
"Now it's just the two of us."
Tang Zheng swung the iron sword, flinging the green blood staining it into the grass. His voice was cold.
Based on what he had observed, this Troll truly was stronger than the two Trolls that had once attacked the Rock party.
Even so!
Tang Zheng still held a certain advantage in speed. Taking advantage of the Troll's injury and sluggish movements, he could wear it down until it died.
But—
Tang Zheng recalled the sight of it devouring human corpses. He raised his iron sword and gripped it tightly with both hands.
Thud!
Tang Zheng stomped the ground and charged straight at the Troll.
The distance of seven or eight meters between them vanished by Tang Zheng's third step, and he was already in front of the Troll.
"Food!"
The Troll was startled and enraged. It clearly had not expected this human food, which had been darting around everywhere, to dare face it head-on.
Boom!
Its muscular dark-yellow arm, thicker than an ordinary human thigh, tensed and bulged as it swung its enormous wooden club down heavily at Tang Zheng.
"Roar!"
It wanted to smash this little human into a pulp!
The sheer force behind the swing created a powerful whistling sound through the air.
"Food? Go die!" Tang Zheng's gaze turned cold as he swung with both hands.
"Quick Slash!"
Bang!
The hard wooden club and iron sword collided heavily, creating a dull, thunderous boom.
Two equally astonishing forces collided, forming an invisible ring of force around them that bent the surrounding weeds and pressed them flat against the ground.
This strength...
It was enormous!
The force transmitted through the hard wooden club and into the blade made Tang Zheng's arms go numb, and even the webbing between his thumb and forefinger ached.
Quick Slash was a Sword Saint skill that dealt 110% damage!
Combined with the passive Slash Enhancement (8%), it amounted to 118% damage. Tang Zheng's physical attack was 93 points, making his raw numerical damage roughly 110!
That was basically equivalent to the attributes provided by a max-level Sword Saint class!
Therefore!
The destructive power of Tang Zheng's strike just now had definitely reached, or even exceeded, the level of a Gold Rank adventurer in the New World!
Yet this Troll's attack power was actually slightly greater than the force of Tang Zheng's strike!
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