"Eat this... Slime Ejection!"
His entire body shot upward with such speed that it left a green afterimage in the air. He made no attempt to dodge, crashing straight into the falling Simo.
"What...?" Simo’s pupils contracted. He never expected his opponent to counterattack in such a suicidal manner.
"BANG!!!"
The speeding green "cannonball" struck Simo square in the chest. In that instant, he felt the exact same thing Allen had moments before.
It was as if what he’d collided with wasn’t a soft Slime, but a dragon charging at full speed.
An irresistible force slammed into him, abruptly halting his descent. He was sent flying backward as if struck by a battering ram, crashing to the ground like a meteorite.
"BOOM!!"
A shallow crater several meters in diameter was blasted into the ground, filling the air with dust. Simo lay at the bottom, his chest churning and the arm holding his war hammer throbbing with a numbness that wouldn’t subside.
’What the hell, how is this Slime so strong?!’
With a look of shocked suspicion, Simo climbed out of the crater. He scrambled to dodge a few Magic Missiles from Louisa, then let out a furious roar and charged at Chen Yu, who had just landed.
Chen Yu tumbled in mid-air a few times to bleed off the recoil, then extended his Gel Wings again, attempting to hover.
However, his enemies gave him no chance to catch his breath.
Like a viper emerging from the shadows, Allen’s dark form suddenly materialized in the air to Chen Yu’s rear.
He moved so fast it was like he’d teleported. An arm’s-length red blade, gleaming with a deadly light, appeared in his hand. He silently stabbed it toward Chen Yu’s gel body.
At first, Allen felt an unusually tough resistance at the tip of his dagger, as if he were piercing some kind of resilient monster hide.
But with the power of an Extraordinary Assassin and the sharpness of his dagger, the defense was instantly breached. The blade slid smoothly into the Gel’s interior.
’Did I succeed?’ A flicker of joy crossed Allen’s mind, but his expression soured just as quickly.
It was as if the blade he’d thrust into the Gel was being held fast by a thick, viscous fluid. He couldn’t pull it out.
In mid-air, his eyes met Chen Yu’s small, round ones. He thought he could see a glint of a triumphant schemer in them.
’This is bad!’ As a seasoned combatant, Allen immediately sensed the danger. He decisively let go of his beloved blade and shot backward in retreat.
But he was a step too late.
[Flame Affinity]
[Pea Shot]
[Magic Burst]
Chen Yu’s Gel body instantly turned red-hot, as if magma were flowing within it. The intense heat caused the surrounding air to shimmer and distort.
A fist-sized glob of Gel shot out from his body, flying unerringly toward the retreating Allen.
"BOOM!!!"
The violent, point-blank explosion completely engulfed Allen. Though he did his utmost to evade at the last second, he was still caught by the shockwave.
"Argh!"
Allen let out a muffled grunt and fell like a kite with a cut string, plummeting into the surging tide of monsters below.
Clutching his injured shoulder, he gritted his teeth against the intense pain. His figure flickered a few times as he rapidly escaped the blast zone, his face pale and his heart still racing with lingering fear.
’He’s okay even after that?’
Chen Yu was a little surprised. It seemed he had underestimated the Elemental Resistance and survivability of an Extraordinary Professional.
If it had been a tough, thick-skinned Warrior like Simo, that last attack probably wouldn’t have even scratched him.
He glanced at the blade still stuck in his Gel, which was trembling slightly.
’Hmm... it took eight thousand of my health. That’s actually pretty high, isn’t it?’
[Devouring and Digesting]
[Life Siphon]
With a single thought, the blade stuck in his body—along with a few unlucky monsters caught in the blast—was sucked into a miniature black hole that formed inside his Gel.
[HP +500]
[Max HP +120]
[HP +300]
[Max HP +5]
...
The health he had just lost was instantly restored, and his max HP even increased by a few hundred.
Oh?
’This weapon gives this much max HP? It must be high quality.’
Princess Louisa froze for a moment, clearly not expecting Chen Yu to handle the Assassin’s sneak attack so effortlessly, let alone turn it around and injure him.
This Gold-rank Slime seemed stranger than any Demon Lord she had ever encountered.
’My weapon...’ Allen’s heart bled for his lost blade, but he didn’t dare show himself, terrified of being targeted by Princess Louisa’s Magic Missiles.
He drew a spare enchanted dagger. Watching Simo charge at Chen Yu, he gritted his teeth, melted back into the shadows, and began circling to the flank, preparing to coordinate his attack with Simo’s.
After taking a full-power hit from Allen, Chen Yu had a much clearer understanding of his own capabilities and felt slightly more at ease.
He dropped straight to the ground and retracted his wings. His round body crouched low, facing the charging Simo and the hidden Allen.
[Dominate Beasts]
Louisa’s Magic Staff glowed faintly as a powerful mental wave spread out, instantly charming dozens of the low-level monsters charging past.
Their eyes lit up with a magical glow as they roared, turned, and swarmed Simo, biting and clawing frantically.
"Get out!" Simo let out a deafening war cry. The invisible shockwave stunned the attacking monsters, forcing them to fall back.
He swung his giant hammer with the force to shatter mountains and again brought it crashing down on Chen Yu.
[Shatterstone Strike]
"BANG!!!"
Where the giant hammer struck, the ground cracked as if trampled by a behemoth. Rubble shot out in all directions like a fountain, and spiderweb cracks radiated more than ten meters from the point of impact.
At the center of the attack, Chen Yu’s Gel body was flattened by the immense force and pressed deep into the ground.
But the incredible elasticity of the Slime’s body was on full display. Like a compressed spring suddenly released, Chen Yu shot up from the crater. The reactive force of his Gel body not only deflected the heavy war hammer but also allowed him to dodge Simo’s follow-up strike.
With the help of his Slime-like bounciness and his Gel Wings, he began to deftly hop and weave between Simo and Allen, who periodically lunged from the shadows with his dagger.
Every one of Simo’s hammer blows was immensely powerful, leaving deep craters in the ground and sending dirt flying.
When the hammer occasionally struck stone, even solid rock was instantly pulverized.
Allen’s dagger strikes were vicious and cunning. Each time he appeared, he would leave a moderately deep, poisoned gash on Chen Yu.
Without any defensive skills, it was difficult to withstand the coordinated assault of the Extraordinaries. Chen Yu could feel his health plummeting.
However... while he had no defensive abilities, he had Healing Talents in spades.
[Devouring and Digesting]
[Life Siphon]
[Thermal Recovery]
[Blood Recovery]
[Vampiric Touch]
As the various recovery effects mixed, Chen Yu’s Gel body shifted in color—at times a vibrant, dripping green, then a dark red, then glittering with specks of silver light. It even triggered an unstable surge of Magic Power.
His wounds healed at a visible rate. His rapidly dropping health recovered at an astonishing speed, completely offsetting the damage dealt by the two Extraordinaries.
He was unkillable. Utterly unkillable.
They couldn’t deal damage faster than he could heal.
Simo and Allen had been fighting the Slime for a while, and the longer they fought, the more alarmed they became. Something was deeply wrong.
’This little thing... why won’t it die?’
’If anything, it seems to get more energetic and lively the more we hit it!’
They felt less like they were fighting a Slime and more like they were attacking a bizarre, indestructible rubber ball.
Simo and Allen exchanged a look. At that moment, they shared a single thought.
Run!
But Louisa had already anticipated their plan. She raised her Magic Staff and began to chant.
[Plant Growth]
[Nature’s Wrath]
In just a few seconds, trees sprouted from the monster dung and grew at a fanatical pace, a forest labyrinth rising from the earth.
Nourished by the Magic, the small forest seemed to come alive. Weaving vines grew thick and dense, trapping the two men in a green prison where they could barely move an inch.
[The Wise Man’s Enlightenment]
[First of Xixu Long]
[All Grass and Trees Are Soldiers]
Chen Yu’s entire Gel body radiated a verdant light of life, which spread into the surrounding trees.
Enveloped in the life energy, five oak trees grew even taller. They uprooted themselves, surrounding Simo and Allen.