One vs. Six Trolls, Retreat

After "Sword Saint" reached max level, his speed clearly far surpassed the Troll's, but because the terrain worked against him, the distance between the two sides not only failed to widen—it was gradually shrinking.

"Trouble!"

Tang Zheng heard the movement behind him, and his expression turned ugly.

His current strength was greater than that of a single Troll, but not enough to crush one outright. Once he was surrounded, his situation was easy to imagine.

"My magic power is too low. I've only got 8 points left. I have to save enough for one Healing Magic."

Tang Zheng's expression was grave as his thoughts raced. His feet never stopped moving through the forest in an "S" pattern, using the cover of thick trees to hinder the Trolls pursuing him from behind.

Boom!

All of a sudden, a tremendous crash came from behind him.

Tang Zheng's steps paused. He quickly turned his head to look back, and his eyelids twitched.

He saw that the two Trolls charging at the very front had actually ripped a bucket-thick tree straight out of the ground by force.

Rumble!

The great tree was hurled over by the two Trolls together, its huge shadow enveloping Tang Zheng.

Faced with this situation, The corner of Tang Zheng's eye twitched. He quickly turned around, bent his legs, and raised the Iron Sword in his hands to block in front of him.

Bang!

The thrown tree slammed heavily into the Iron Sword, releasing a deep, muffled boom. A powerful impact surged along the Iron Sword, making Tang Zheng's face go pale.

More importantly, the tough, flexible branches on the trunk whipped continuously against Tang Zheng's body under the force of the impact.

They damaged his already-tattered clothes even further, and several wounds appeared even on Tang Zheng's face!

"HP:109/113"

Tang Zheng staggered back several steps, thin trickles of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

Thud—thud—

Aside from the two Trolls that had thrown the tree, the remaining four Trolls had already charged over through that opening.

"Peh."

Tang Zheng spat out a mouthful of bloody foam, a fierce look in his eyes. "Sure enough, a real New World isn't as gentle as anime makes it look."

No matter how these Trolls had thought to surround and attack him, even using a small Goblin settlement as a trap, he could no longer treat these guys as Monsters with no intelligence to speak of.

"Ah-roar!"

"Human, food!"

"Roar!"

"Wah-roar!"

The four Trolls that charged over first had dark-yellow, savage faces without the slightest intention of holding back. They stared viciously at Tang Zheng and smashed the enormous wooden clubs in their hands down hard.

Four powerful booms rang out above Tang Zheng's head!

"Quick Slash!"

A cold gleam flashed in Tang Zheng's eyes. He gripped the Iron Sword tightly with both hands and used his strongest move at the moment against the four enormous wooden clubs smashing down.

The 120% attack made the Iron Sword tear through the air with a shriek. Its astonishing cutting force severed the enormous wooden clubs one after another with a powerful offensive.

Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!

Bang—

The four broken wooden clubs flew apart under the force of the impact.

The webbing between Tang Zheng's thumbs and forefingers split open, blood flowing out. The already-notched Iron Sword finally could not hold on under the impact from both sides.

Clang—

The Iron Sword snapped and flew out as well.

The impact from both sides erupted in the collision. Tang Zheng retreated two steps before he finally steadied himself.

"Huff, huff."

Tang Zheng panted heavily, looked at his blood-dripping hands and the broken Iron Sword he still gripped tightly, then bared his teeth.

He hadn't gained any advantage!

But one against four, this result was already pretty good.

Fortunately, the weapons these Trolls used were all made from sturdy trees casually found in the forest. If they had been holding iron weapons, then that would have been real trouble!

Ordinary human weapons naturally would not be easy for towering Trolls to use, unless they were magic weapons that could adjust themselves according to the user's physique.

The four Trolls stared at the broken wooden clubs in their hands, blank looks appearing in their murky yellow pupils, but those were quickly replaced by rage.

Bang!

They threw away the broken wooden clubs in their hands.

The four Trolls waved their huge fists and charged toward Tang Zheng.

He reached out and grabbed at the air.

An Iron Sword appeared in Tang Zheng's hand again, and at the same time, he murmured a number. "10!"

"9!"

A pair of rough, murky yellow fists the size of soccer balls smashed down. Tang Zheng immediately raised the sword in his hand and blocked in front of himself.

Bang!

A dull impact rang out.

Tang Zheng's feet stood firmly on the ground. The corner of his eye flicked sideways, and he quickly turned his body.

A fist struck the spot where he had just been!

"8!"

"7!"

The other two Trolls flanked Tang Zheng from both sides.

Tang Zheng's eyes narrowed, and he immediately retreated to prevent himself from being surrounded. At the same time, he swung the Iron Sword, taking the lead in slashing at the fist of the Troll closest to him.

Crack!

Blood and flesh sprayed.

The sound of bone shattering rang out together with the Troll's agonized scream.

"6!"

But at the same time, a Troll lifted its foot and kicked over viciously.

Tang Zheng drew back the Iron Sword and held it across his chest again, blocking the kick. The corner of his eye also noticed the second Troll's fist swinging heavily toward him.

"5!"

"4!"

Facing another double attack.

Tang Zheng could only free one hand and take another Iron Sword from his Item Box, holding it at his left shoulder.

Of the four Trolls, one had been forced back after Tang Zheng cut its arm, and the attacks of the other two were blocked by the two Iron Swords respectively. But there was still one Troll's attack, and Tang Zheng could no longer spare a hand to defend against it.

"3!"

Thud!

The soccer-ball-sized fist slammed heavily into Tang Zheng's right shoulder.

The heavy force was something Tang Zheng, whose physical defense value was already extremely low, simply could not withstand.

Bang—

The Iron Sword in his right hand flew out.

Tang Zheng was blasted away by the punch and crashed into a large tree behind him before stopping.

"2!"

"1!"

"HP:71/113"

"Pfft!" Tang Zheng leaned against the tree, spitting out a mouthful of blood. He revealed teeth stained red with blood. "That really hurt!"

"But the cooldown's done."

Quick Slash had a ten-second cooldown.

As for Martial Arts, Fourfold Slash of Light would reduce attack power and at most wound a Troll; killing one was impossible. And Instant Reflex was far too ineffective when he was being surrounded.

"Waaah-roar!"

The Troll that had knocked Tang Zheng back continued waving its huge fists and charged over.

Seeing the Troll that had already rushed quickly in front of him, Tang Zheng bared his teeth, his gaze cold. "Then die for me!!"

Tang Zheng suddenly exerted force with his back, pushing off from the tree trunk he had been leaning against. His upper body leaned forward, both feet kicked hard against the ground, and gripping the Iron Sword, he charged up as well.

"Quick Slash!!"

Tang Zheng roared, and the Iron Sword in his hand swung upward with force from below.

120% attack power erupted instantly!

Having lost the wooden club that had served as its weapon to block with, the Troll, left with only two fists, simply could not stop the slash of the sharp Iron Sword.

Splurt!

Gouts of green blood and shredded organs shot into the sky!

The troll charging at him had been split in two by Tang Zheng's upward slash!

Bang—bang—

Masses of organs squeezed out from the split body and spilled across the ground, and the two halves crashed down with dull thuds.

Gained 310 EXP

EXP: 1581/5000!

The other three trolls that had been about to charge over saw this, and despite their crude intelligence, fear flashed uncontrollably in their pupils.

Tang Zheng lifted his head and looked at the three trolls opposite him, as well as the two trolls who had thrown the giant tree and were now rushing over.

While they were still stunned, he turned and plunged into the bushes, quickly vanishing from sight.