e-booksonline Chapter 44 Soloing the Gnoll Den
Chapter 44 Soloing the Gnoll Den
All mind flayers are controlled by a giant brain, also known as the "Mastermind".
Once a mind-stealing tadpole is implanted in the brain, whether it transforms into a mind-stealing demon is entirely up to the mastermind.
Once transformed into a Mind Flayer, a person will be completely possessed by the Mind Flayer tadpole. Although the transformed Mind Flayer still has the person's memories, these are only those inherited by the Mind Flayer tadpole from the person's mind.
Ronan considered for a moment and, feeling that he was capable of saving these people, used his ability to manipulate objects, riding a stone on the ground towards the cave where the "Fang of Yenogu" was located.
The cave was winding and seemed to have no end, but he used his mystical light technique to track the stone's flight path and manipulated it to fly to the cave where the "Yenogu's Fang" was located.
Then, he suddenly poured out his magic power, and the stone accelerated abruptly. Before the other gnolls could react, it smashed the stone basin containing the Mind Flayer tadpoles into pieces with a loud bang.
The whitish culture medium and wriggling white worms were scattered all over the ground.
Then, Ronan manipulated the stone, rolling it on the ground and crushing all the Mind Flayer tadpoles scattered on the ground into mincemeat.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
"Yenogu's Fang" recovered from the sudden turn of events and let out an angry roar like a hyena.
The power from Yenogu, while enhancing its strength and giving it intelligence comparable to that of ordinary humans, also made it more irritable.
It grabbed its flail, rallied the other gnolls in the cave, and dashed out of the cave.
At this moment, Ronan had already used his magic to draw his steel greatsword from its sheath.
At the same time, he made a sword finger gesture and held it in front of him, thus casting the [Mist Formation] spell.
The magic power connected with the magical energy, forming a dense fog in one place. Then, this fog continuously absorbed the magical energy, becoming thicker and thicker, and spreading at an extremely fast speed.
In the thick fog, the gnolls could not see and could hardly track his steel greatsword.
He possessed a divine light emanating from between his brows, which allowed him to visualize the location and form of the gnolls even in the thick fog.
Ronan made a hand seal and used the [Demon Slayer] technique, tapping the steel greatsword.
The steel-cast greatsword immediately glowed with a blood-red light.
Outside the cave were only gnoll minions with an average challenge level of 1/2, which he could kill with ease with his current strength.
As the steel-forged greatsword slashed through the air, several gnolls fell to the ground, their blood splattering everywhere.
[You killed a gnoll grunt with your steel greatsword, gaining 100 XP. You have become a Level 5 cultivator.]
You killed a gnoll grunt with your steel greatsword and gained 100 XP.
[Experience Points: Level 5 Cultivator (6585 XP/14000 XP)]
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For Ronan, the gnoll minions were nothing; what he needed to pay attention to were the gnoll chieftain and the gnoll Yenogu's Fang.
These two types of gnolls have greater muscle strength, faster reaction speed, and more resilient physique.
This means that these two types of gnolls have a certain probability of hitting his steel greatsword with a flail, or even if they are injured by his steel greatsword, they are not so easy to kill.
If he still doesn't use any swordsmanship skills and just maneuvers the steel greatsword in a straight line, and if these two gnolls predict the trajectory of the steel greatsword, they can swing their flail in advance, deflecting the steel greatsword or even smashing it.
Ronan focused some of his attention on the cave entrance where the gnoll chieftain and the gnoll Yenogu's Tooth were located.
As soon as they emerge from the cave, I will ride my flying sword to strike them, catching them off guard.
Ronan quickly wiped out the gnoll minions outside the cave.
The valley was filled with the strong stench of blood.
Ronan used his mystical light technique to see that Yenogu's Fang, as the strongest gnoll, was the fastest running, and it would be the next to rush out of the cave.
Although the "Yenogu's Fang" possesses human intelligence, it lacks human strategy and does not know how to send out minions to test the waters first.
Ronan seized the opportunity and took a few more steps forward, approaching the cave.
Three breaths later, the Fang of Yenogu burst forth from the cave.
Ronan immediately aimed at Yenogu's Fang, pointed it, and launched a [Immobilize] spell.
Yenogu's Tooth, holding a flail, ran forward at full speed.
But at this moment, its movements suddenly froze, and its entire body fell forward like a sculpture due to inertia.
Ronan wielded his steel-forged greatsword and slashed towards his neck.
brush!
The steel-forged greatsword blurred into a streak as it slashed across the neck of the gnoll Yenogu's Fang.
The next moment, the jackal was instantly decapitated.
Its head spun and flew forward.
Blood gushed from his neck like a fountain.
Ronan's eyes narrowed. At this moment, the information he had gained from his experience did not appear in his mind.
This means that even though the body and head are separated, the Yenogu's Tooth still has vitality.
Immediately, Ronan used his telekinesis to toss the flail of the Yenogu's Fang high into the air.
Yenogu's physical attributes far surpass those of the gnoll minions, and his skull must be even harder.
Therefore, Ronan would use gravity to smash his head.
Without its head, he estimated that the monster would have little ability to fight.
As the flail rose to its highest point and began to fall, Ronan applied the power of his manipulation technique to it, wielding it to smash it down on the head of Yenogu's Fang.
The flail fell with tremendous force, smashing Yenogu's head like a watermelon with a loud bang.
[You killed a gnoll named Yenogu's Tooth with a flail, gaining 1100 XP.]
[Experience Points: Level 5 Cultivator (9685 XP/14000 XP)]
Information immediately appeared in my mind.
Amidst splattering blood and brain matter, a blood-soaked white worm slithered swiftly through the woods, crawling to one side.
It seems that there really is a Mind Flayer tadpole in the head of this Yenogu's Tooth, which probably crawled out of the head when the body and head were separated.
Ronan immediately harnessed his flying sword and cleaved the Mind Flayer tadpole in two.
To prevent the headless corpse of Yenogu's Fang from moving through unknown forces, he piloted his flying sword and shattered it into several pieces.
With the most powerful gnoll in the lair dead, the other gnolls naturally pose little threat.
Ronan continued to wield his flying sword and charge towards the remaining gnolls.
The remaining gnolls, whether they fled outside the cave or hid inside, all perished at Ronan's hands.
Information kept appearing in my mind.
You killed a gnoll chieftain with a steel greatsword and gained 450 XP.
You killed a gnoll grunt with your steel greatsword and gained 100 XP.
You killed a gnoll grunt with your steel greatsword and gained 100 XP.
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[Experience Points: Level 5 Cultivator (13635 XP/14000 XP)]
Ronan used his Xuan Guang technique to investigate and found that there were no more jackalmen in the valley. He then revealed himself and used the [Borrowing Wind] technique to blow away the thick fog in the valley.