In an instant!
The beast's instinct made the Evil Spirit Dog feel the approach of a death crisis. The chains on the Evil Spirit Dog, which was pinned to the ground by the iron sword, flashed with a gray light.
"Chain Whirlwind"!
Clatter!
The chains on the Evil Spirit Dog's body suddenly moved rapidly, making a sound like iron chains cutting through the air, transforming into an iron whip, and striking fiercely towards Nolan.
"Hmm?"
Nolan noticed the force of the chain's strike, his eyes twitched, and without hesitation, he quickly leaped backward.
The sharp cold glint from the circular iron ring at the end of the chain cut past Nolan's front, emitting a sharp whooshing sound.
Boom!
Not far away, a large tree was directly snapped in half, crashing to the ground with a loud bang.
Nolan landed steadily after jumping back, glanced at the snapped tree, and hissed, "Such powerful destructive force."
With his physical defense, if he had been hit just now, he would definitely have been injured.
"Is this the Evil Spirit Dog's ability? No wonder it's rated as more dangerous than ogres by adventurers."
After his surprise, Nolan's face showed a slight smile as he looked at the Evil Spirit Dog, which had gotten up from the ground, panting, and its spirit considerably weakened.
"However, such an ability can only be used once, right?"
Indeed!
The incredibly powerful chains from just now had already re-wrapped around the Evil Spirit Dog's body.
The chains, which had originally moved like snakes on the Evil Spirit Dog's body, now seemed to have completely lost their activity, hanging down its back.
"Chain Whirlwind" was an ability the Evil Spirit Dog could only use once a day. It was generally a decisive move used only when facing a crisis or in a battle where victory was certain.
"Since that's the case, it's my turn now."
Bang!
The ground beneath Nolan's feet shook as he quickly charged towards the weakened Evil Spirit Dog.
In a single breath, he had already reached its front.
The iron sword swung, unhesitatingly striking at the Evil Spirit Dog's waist.
"Oh, roar!"
Suddenly, a dark shadow covered the sky.
The other Evil Spirit Dog saw Nolan, let out a roar, and leaped into the air, charging towards Nolan.
"Quick Slash!"
Nolan had already noticed the movements of this Evil Spirit Dog. The iron sword, which was originally aimed at the weakened Evil Spirit Dog, twisted in mid-air and slashed upwards.
Clatter—
The chains on this Evil Spirit Dog's body moved rapidly, forming a shield as the blade struck its body.
Ping!
Crack!!
The powerful slash caused the chains on the Evil Spirit Dog's body to deeply embed into its abdomen, and the sound of a fractured sternum could be heard.
Bang—
The Evil Spirit Dog, which was pouncing from the air, was directly sent flying by this strike, crashing into the distant jungle!
If it weren't for the obstruction of the chains, this strike would have been enough to split the Evil Spirit Dog in half.
"Roar!"
With the obstruction of this Evil Spirit Dog, the weakened Evil Spirit Dog also reacted, immediately opening its bloody maw and pouncing.
A gaping maw appeared right before his eyes.
"Instant Reflex!"
Nolan's body retreated rapidly as if time was reversing, pulling away from the Evil Spirit Dog to dodge the attack, while simultaneously swinging his iron sword.
Pfft!
The weakened Evil Spirit Dog's abdomen was easily sliced open, blood mixed with internal organs gushed out, and it fell to the ground, twitching.
The smell of blood permeated the air!
"After using its ability, the chains can't even be moved normally?"
"Such an ability is better left unused."
Nolan looked at the motionless chains on the weakened Evil Spirit Dog, shook his head, and flicked his wrist, shaking the drops of blood from the iron sword onto the ground.
'Gained 369 experience'
"The experience is even higher than an ogre's. As expected of a monster near the depths of the jungle," Nolan thought to himself.
The experience given by one Evil Spirit Dog was equivalent to more than half a day's effort for him these past few days.
"Roar!"
Accompanied by the rustling sound of bushes and leaves, the Evil Spirit Dog that Nolan had sent flying stumbled back, its steps faltering.
"Hoo~"
"Hoo~"
It continuously gasped for breath through its nostrils, and red blood dripped incessantly from the corners of its mouth.
This Evil Spirit Dog's fierce beast eyes glanced at the other dead Evil Spirit Dog, then stared intently at Nolan.
"I thought you had run away. It seems you two have a good relationship," Nolan observed it with calm eyes.
"Roar!"
The Evil Spirit Dog roared, moved its four limbs, and charged forward fiercely.
A cold glint flashed in the air.
The three-meter-long body of the Evil Spirit Dog stiffened and fell to the ground, kicking up a circle of fallen leaves.
'Gained 382 experience'
Nolan glanced at his attribute panel.
'Experience Slot: 9256 / 9500'
He was only a little over two hundred experience points away from leveling up "Genius" to level ten.
Nolan couldn't help but feel a sense of relief.
Having stayed in this jungle for a month, the dark and gloomy environment always gave one a sense of oppression after a long time.
"As expected of Milord."
"So amazing, even Evil Spirit Dogs are no match for Milord."
"Milord is the strongest human I have ever seen."
"Before, several ogres who protected our tribe died in the mouths of Evil Spirit Dogs."
"They are a very hateful and insidious bunch."
"..."
With the death of the two Evil Spirit Dogs, the Great Goblin Mugu, who had been held in Nolan's left hand, trembling with fear, was now both surprised and delighted, chattering with immense reverence.
"Shut up."
The air fell silent again.
Nolan walked towards the Evil Spirit Dog's corpses. The most valuable part of these two Evil Spirit Dogs was the chains wrapped around their bodies.
The Evil Spirit Dog's corpses should also have some value, but Nolan really didn't want to throw any more monster corpses into his item box.
Just the corpses of those two thousand-plus goblins already gave Nolan a headache; he didn't know how to deal with them later.
The Adventurers' Guild collects goblin ears, but he wondered if they collected goblin corpses?
This thought flashed through Nolan's mind as he looked at the chains on the Evil Spirit Dog's body.
From the outside, both the metallic texture and sound resembled iron chains, but in reality, they were not at all; they were actually bones.
They were just black and had a metallic luster!
Nolan looked in the direction the chains extended from and only then realized that the front end of the chains actually extended from the back of the Evil Spirit Dog's neck.
The Evil Spirit Dog's own fur was black, and the color of the chains was also black, especially in a forest environment like this.
It looked as if they were floating in mid-air, wrapped around the Evil Spirit Dog's body.
"No wonder they are called Evil Spirit Dogs."
"In my previous life, it would be an unimaginably magical creature. These bone chains extending from the neck can both protect the exposed back of the neck and the vulnerable abdomen."
"They completely compensated for its disadvantages."
Then.
Nolan was not polite; he used his iron sword to cut open the Evil Spirit Dog's back neck. He had originally thought the connection point would be as hard as the bone chains themselves, but to his surprise, it was quite fragile.
It didn't take much effort to remove the bone chains.