Chapter 113: Double Attack, Troublesome Guy, Shrink Skill
The dark curse energy released by Dark Wave contained two negative effects: "Fear" and "Weakness Curse."
These two effects, forming negative statuses, would force the opponent into "Restricted Movement."
This was why the Petrified Lizard was stiff and rigid in place.
"No curse resistance."
Nolan looked at the Petrified Lizard, which exuded a fishy smell and thick liquid, about half a meter away from him, and reached out to grab an imaginary object.
An iron sword appeared in his palm.
"Quick Slash!"
A cold glint flickered on the sword, and a black curse power coiled around the iron sword. As Nolan swung, he slashed at the protruding head of the Petrified Lizard.
Instantly!
The two negative statuses entwined on the Petrified Lizard, upon contact with the curse power on the iron sword, formed a dark, misty energy. As the blade fell, it caused powerful destruction at the point of impact.
Another characteristic of "Dark Wave" activated: negative statuses were removed, causing double damage.
Puff!
More than half of the Petrified Lizard's head was easily split open.
Seeing such destructive power, Nolan was startled. He quickly looked at the Petrified Lizard, afraid that his attack had killed the humanoid monster that had transformed into the Petrified Lizard.
He still wanted to extract some useful information from the opponent's mouth.
Crack!
No blood or disgusting substances splattered from the Petrified Lizard's split head. Instead, a sound like something breaking came from within the Petrified Lizard's body.
Gurgle ~
The giant Petrified Lizard began to rapidly collapse at a visible speed. In a moment, it transformed back into its original humanoid monster form and fell from the air to the ground.
Crack!
Another sound of something breaking rang out. This time, it was the iron sword in Nolan's hand.
Under the erosion of the curse power, it was directly damaged after a single attack.
"Curse—"
"Pain, pain—...."
The humanoid monster rolled on the ground in pain. Black spots, like tree bark, on its earthy-brown skin began to writhe as if alive.
"What is this?" Nolan's gaze sharpened.
The large area of black spots on this humanoid creature was not decorative or innate, but a rotting curse similar to Renas's situation.
However, compared to Renas, this humanoid monster was covered in rotting specks all over its body, yet it wasn't as severe as Renas's case.
"Enemy, enemy!"
The humanoid monster struggled to get up, a pair of green, bloodshot eyes peering from its thick fur, filled with hateful gaze towards Nolan.
"Ah Li Wa!!"
The humanoid monster let out a sharp, strange-toned cry. This sound, amplified by magic, quickly spread through the forest.
Even if this world had a rule for automatic language translation, the words spoken in such a strange tone were still incomprehensible.
'Discovered Tier 2 magic "Ally Call," requires Faith-type spellcaster level (8-14), current conditions met.'
'Do you want to spend 1 skill point to learn?'
Whoosh!
A large number of dense, rustling sounds began to come from the dense forest. Strange monsters of varying sizes, with spider-like bodies and lobster-like shells, surged through layers of branches and bushes.
"Blood Boil"!
The humanoid monster cast magic again, but this time the magic was cast on this group of insect-like monsters.
"Hiss!"
"Hiss!"
"Hiss!"
The insect-like monsters, some over a meter long and some only a few centimeters, were all dyed blood red, and their crawling speed noticeably increased.
"Is it a numbers game?"
Nolan glanced at the dense insect-like monsters surging from all directions, and one by one, magic scrolls in his sleeves were unrolled.
Dazzling white light flashed continuously!
Nolan summoned ten Flame Archangels in one breath, instantly consuming half of his originally stored 30-plus Flame Archangel scrolls.
"Kill them all!"
Nolan waved his hand, and all the Flame Archangels immediately pounced on the surrounding insect-like monsters.
"Gained experience: 17"
"Gained experience: 3"
"Gained experience: 56"
"Gained experience: 12"
On the attribute panel, experience acquisition information was constantly refreshing.
Nolan suddenly exerted force with his feet, stepping on the shoulder of the Surveillance Archangel to leap into mid-air. An iron sword reappeared in his hand, and he swung it towards the humanoid monster.
"Magic Slash!"
A blue light flashed on the iron sword, and a translucent slash was released from the tip!
Crack!
The iron sword shattered again.
Nolan didn't care. After landing steadily in mid-air, he flipped his palm, and another iron sword appeared.
He had bought a batch of these cheap weapons.
Boom!
Wherever the translucent magic slash passed, the branches and trees blocking its path were cut in one strike, leaving smooth cuts.
However!
The humanoid monster actually dodged the magic slash's attack with agile speed.
"Such speed, is it a racial talent?"
Nolan's eyes flashed as he observed the opponent's flexible, small body.
He had already noticed that the opponent possessed excellent physical agility. Before, it had been effortlessly fending off attacks from two Flame Archangels.
"Stealth!"
Rogue-type skill!
Nolan's body swayed, and in the already deep and gloomy jungle, his body instantly disappeared from the humanoid monster's sight.
Seeing the disappeared Nolan.
The humanoid monster frantically looked around, and at that moment, a figure emerged from the shadows,
Appearing out of nowhere beside the humanoid monster.
"Enemy!"
The humanoid monster shrieked, its agile body dodging backward.
"Four-Light Consecutive Slash!"
The iron sword in Nolan's hand instantly transformed into four afterimages, slashing down in mid-air.
At such close range, combined with four continuous slashes, even with the agility the humanoid monster displayed,
it could only barely dodge one attack.
"Shrink Skill!"
The humanoid monster cried out. Its body, which was already only about sixty centimeters tall, suddenly shrank to thirty centimeters.
Its even smaller body caused all four slashes Nolan had prepared to miss!
"This guy." Nolan's eyes twitched. He was definitely the most troublesome opponent he had encountered so far.
"Instant Reflex!"
Nolan let out a low growl, and a layer of blue light appeared over his entire body, forcing him to return to his pre-attack stance. Then, his gaze turned cold, "Four-Light Consecutive Slash."
Four cold slashes reappeared in the air, enveloping the humanoid monster!
However!
The humanoid monster, moving at twice its previous speed, directly dodged these four slashes.
In one breath.
The humanoid monster had already put distance between itself and Nolan. In another breath, it had appeared two meters away. "Plant Entanglement!"
Whoosh!
The weeds in the forest suddenly grew wildly, transforming into vines that swept towards Nolan, who stood in place.
The bone magic item with "Forest Traverse" ability, hanging on Nolan's arm, shimmered slightly.
All these sweeping plant vines stopped in front of Nolan, unable to continue their attack.
"Curse, enemy!"
"Enemy!"
The humanoid monster continuously shrieked, trying to control the plants to continue attacking Nolan, but it could never break through the range of the "Forest Traverse" ability.
Nolan straightened up, his gaze solemn as he looked at the shouting humanoid monster opposite him.
"Not only did its body shrink, but its speed also significantly increased?"
With the speed the opponent had just displayed, he knew very well that he couldn't catch up. His only relief was that the opponent was a spellcaster, not a warrior.
Otherwise, at the opponent's current speed, he would be the one in danger.
Nolan's thoughts stirred, and the attribute panel information quickly appeared before him.
'Discovered professional skill "Shrink Skill," requires basic profession "Wizard," current conditions not met—'
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'"Genius" profession activated, successfully converted, learning conditions met. Do you want to spend 1 skill point to learn?'
"Learn!"
[Skill Points: 36 → 35]
Skill: Shrink Skill Cost: (2/day)
Description: Can be used on self and companions, reduces body size by half, doubles agility value (maximum increase of 100 points).