In the backyard of the grocery store, there were many corpses of ghouls that had been chopped to pieces by Tang Dun.
Flesh-like fragments and bloodstains were everywhere, plus the foul smell that filled the air, making it seem like a slaughterhouse.
"Isn't it too dangerous?" Seres worried about Danton's safety. "Why don't we just kill these ordinary ones instead? It won't take any effort anyway."
Seris didn't have experience distinguishing enemy strength, but that was okay. She just needed to hold the Grimoire and Holma would tell her everything.
"Too slow!" Tandon wiped the blood off with a rag, "Aren't you guys tired of killing these small fries?"
These ordinary ghouls have not yet grown soul marks on their skulls, and cannot absorb magical energy. They are not even the lowest rank, weak to the point of being pitiful.
With Tang Dun's current strength, he can easily take down a dozen or so people. One-on-one, he really doesn't have any pressure.
"They're indeed too weak, posing no threat at all. Only in a life-or-death battle where they could die at any moment would the mages not dare to slack off, fully devoting themselves to the fight and thereby honing their formidable combat prowess."
Homa was actually fed up with it long ago. She just wanted to let Tang Dun take the initiative to bring it up and see if he had a fearless heart.
It turns out that the new master's courage is quite good, and he wants to challenge a powerful enemy in less than a day of becoming a magic user.
"Naturally, the giant dragon in the greenhouse, even the earth spirit dares to wield a battle axe and provoke! "Tang Dun said a proverb from the Western Continent," Don't forget I still have number two!"
Number Two seemed to have sensed that its master was talking about it and looked over, but that rotten, glowing skin face looked terrifying no matter how you looked at it.
Seris summons a devourer, Thanton starts with a spectral confession, if it doesn't work, he'll cut it down.
The failure rate is still high and scary, but the number makes up for it. After overturning more than sixty ghouls, I finally managed to tame one again.
Tangton named this lean and gaunt ghoul No. 2, and also found a suitable suit of armor for it at the weapons shop, which he put on its body.
"What are you doing?" Seres saw that Danton had abandoned the torn dragon tooth and was holding a shield in his left hand, while picking up a Roman short sword with his right.
"I can't rely on that ten-minute usable Giant's Power effect for the rest of my life, can I? My own martial skills are what I should trust!"
"Get ready!" Holma was very pleased with Tondon's choice. If one were to become obsessed with powerful magical equipment, they would ultimately only become a puppet of theirs.
The dead female demon held the magic book in front of her chest and floated away.
On the street, ghouls roamed about, completely ignoring Seres, allowing her to easily approach a lower-ranking ghoul.
Homa released a magic detection spell, and a faint blue rune suddenly appeared on the Lich's head, disappearing in an instant.
"Alright, Soul Stage One." Holma reminded, "Don't lose the Corrosion Technique this time, use Phosphorus Fire Arrows and release them before running away."
"Hmm!" Seris was so tense that her spellcasting gestures were slightly distorted, fortunately she was using soul chanting, otherwise it would have caused pronunciation errors.
"Calm down, it can't catch up with you!" Holma entered the mentor state again, correcting every mistake of Seris.
Yin Shadow Arrow is powerful, but it consumes too much magic, the incantation is complicated, and the casting time is long. Holma doesn't think highly of it, so she taught Seres Phosphorus Arrow instead.
In comparison, the Phosphorus Arrow is less powerful but faster. The time it takes to release a Shadow Arrow is enough to fire three Phosphorus Arrows. If all of them hit, the total damage will be more than double.
"Low-level ghouls, although not intelligent, have a survival instinct. At your level, they can easily dodge shadow arrows, which would put you at a disadvantage. If you switch to phosphorus fire arrows, you'll have three attack opportunities in the same amount of time. As long as one hits, it's an advantage."
"If you land the first hit, generally the enemy will at least get tense for a moment, this is pressure. As long as you maintain this pressure, the enemy will eventually collapse."
"Keep calm, even if you're scared to death, show a flat expression on your face. In battle, mentality is crucial. A single glance can reveal your true intentions to the enemy."
Homa projects a large amount of text, it is indeed the master of combat, with rich experience that cannot be added to. This kind of teaching is enough to make any apprentice benefit endlessly from now on.
A cluster of white phosphorus fire appeared in front of Seres, burning, stretching, and forming a half-meter-long arrow that whizzed towards the Ghoul.
The low-ranking ghoul sensed the danger and instinctively twisted its neck, but unfortunately, Seres was too tense and her aim was off, shooting wide.
Boom, the phosphorus arrow hit the bluestone road surface and blasted out a small pit like a coconut.
Roar, the ghoul squeezed out a hoarse scream from its throat and pounced on Seres like a mad dog.
"Idiot, don't run, keep attacking." Holma swiftly projected a bright red message, "Calculation time, enough for you to shoot another phosphorus arrow, and the closer the distance, the easier it is to hit."
Seris's personality is timid and weak, seeing Holma's words filled with severe tone, she felt wronged to the point of tears, but didn't dare escape, and forcibly released her magic.
Boom! The second phosphorus arrow shot out, the Corpse Eater dodged and weaved, but the arrow's speed was too fast, hitting its right rib and creating a gap.
"Run!"
The big font immediately ran out, Serese was like a amnesty, turned around and escaped into the grocery store.
Low-ranking ghouls are fast, but even if they gallop like horses, they can't catch up to a Death Witch with the innate ability of floating. That light and agile posture is as swift as the wind, perfectly elegant like a magnificent dance step. And even if they can't jump away, they can still rise into the air, which is also where Holma's confidence comes from.
Seris was stunned by Horma's sudden turn of events, and having never been attacked by a ghoul before, she had forgotten that there were such countermeasures.
"Downton, it's coming!" Seres burst into the backyard with a tearful face, shouting anxiously.
Dangton waved his hand and gave himself a layer of Hercules' glory, then immediately ran towards the door, accelerating gradually.
Iron boots trampled on the ground, making a "dang, dang" sound.
Downton didn't even glance at Seres who passed by him, his eyes fixed tightly on the doorway.
Whoosh! The ghoulish creature brought with it a whirlwind of stench and charged in.
The two sides approached each other instantly, within a distance of less than three meters. Tang Don could even see the wormholes on the teeth of the corpse-eating ghost.
"Get out!"
Dundon's right foot stomped the ground fiercely, suddenly bursting out, his right arm raised, holding up the shield in front of him.
Bang! The ghouls rushed up.
Dundon felt a jolt in his body, and the massive force transmitted from the shield made his chest cavity vibrate, making him want to cough.
Tang Dun held his breath, his left foot stomping the ground to stop his body from being knocked back, his right hand gripping the Roman short sword tightly as he hacked fiercely at the ghouls.
Giant Kill!
Whoosh, magical energy infused, the short sword immediately flickered with a dark red glow, like lightning, slashing towards the Ghoul's skull.
It's no wonder it's a low-ranking ghoul. As soon as its body shifted, it dodged the attack and swiftly swung its right claw at Tongdon's body.
*slurp...*
Danton raised his shield to block, his claws scraping against metal and striking sparks, creating an ear-piercing screech.
"Giant Stomp!"
Dongton's right foot lifted off the ground, and with a loud thud, it stomped the earth. With the point of impact as the center, the ground cracked like a spider web, then collapsed, sending rocks flying everywhere.
The ghoul immediately stood unsteadily and lost its balance, and its second claw also swung empty.
No. 2 finally ran over and slapped a paw on the Ghoul's body, wearing a heavy armor that slowed it down quite a bit.
Danton once again unleashed the Giant Slayer, his short sword first chopping off one of the Ghoul's arms before continuing its arc, slicing into its chest and splitting its body in two.
Bang, bang, the ghouls crashed to the ground, howling, but they had no mobility and were no longer a threat.
Tang Dun beheaded the Corpse Eater, shattering its skull, and was about to breathe a sigh of relief when a phosphorus arrow grazed his back, instantly covering him in cold sweat.
"Right, sorry!" Seres knew she was wrong and hid behind a rotten tree, only exposing one eye, looking at Danton timidly.
"It's nothing." Looking at the Death Fairy's pitiful expression, Tang Don didn't dare get angry and had to comfort her quickly.
"You don't need to help, this is Tandon's fight." Holma scolded Seres and flew to Tandon's side, "Your courage and grasp of attacking opportunities are not bad, but are you stupid? You actually competed with a full-force charging ghoul in strength, do you want your arm to be broken or internal injuries? If you were knocked flying just now, you would have been instantly put in a passive state."
The magic book projected words, fortunately it couldn't speak, otherwise Tang Don would have been sprayed with a mouthful of saliva.
"Wearing a suit of armor, like an iron can, you can withstand several claw strikes, what's the hurry to take action?" Holma pointed out Tangton's shortcomings, "Also, try to keep quiet, fortunately this is the backyard of a grocery store, far from the street, otherwise it would have attracted other ghouls."
"Alright, let's extract the soul remnants!" Tang Dong nodded, humbly accepting the lesson. "This one soul should be worth at least three or four strips, right?"
"Six pieces!" Even a damaged Demon's Tome had the ability to load soul power, saving Tang Dong the trouble of buying Soul Stones.
"So expensive? Luckily, I didn't know the price at first, or else I'd rather die than sell my soul to a low-ranking ghoul."
Danton was overjoyed, even if it was just the remnants of an ordinary ghoul's soul, the amount of soul power contained within was different, Holma had chosen the smallest one at first.
"Hmph, commoner, I am the wise Lady Holma!" Holma was very proud. At first, everyone was at the inn, surrounded by ghouls, and naturally assumed that they would be priced according to their residual souls.
"It was a steal, if measured by common standards, these 1,500 souls were only worth 500, and yet I managed to buy a Dragon Slaying Divine Technique with so little. At the time, I even thought it was expensive." Tang Dong wrote as he rested, "That divine lord is indeed generous, no, frugal."
"You mean cheap?" Holma projected a Danton's head with an expression of disdain, staring at him.
"Let's keep fighting!" Tandon opened his mouth, but in his heart, he was thinking about how to get the gods to sell one and give one.

