14: Chapter 14 All fear stems from insufficient firepower!

"I understand... I understand..."

The Slime frantically rubbed its head, its short little arms scratching at the top of its head until it was almost bald.

"As long as I have powerful enough attack power, I won't have to fear anything anymore."

It trembled with excitement, its entire body pulsing with red ripples.

But the next second, it froze.

The excited light in its small eyes dimmed bit by bit.

"But I can't do it..."

The Wind Demon raised his longsword, pointing the tip at Lu Yuan.

"Are you done talking nonsense?"

"Your Slime is indeed interesting, but that is all there is to it."

"Now, you can go die."

His figure instantly vanished from where he stood.

The next second, a flash of silver appeared, thrusting directly at Lu Yuan's heart!

Just at this moment—

A blue figure suddenly blocked the path in front of Lu Yuan.

'Want to hurt my Master?!'

'Step over my corpse first!'

The Slime actually opened its arms, blocking in front of Lu Yuan.

The Wind Demon grew impatient, looking down from above.

"Slime, the lowest rank of Magic Pet, crawl beneath my feet."

"Kneel!"

Terrifying pressure swept outward.

Yet the Slime did not retreat even half a step, continuing to block in front of Lu Yuan.

'The Slime is indeed the lowest rank of Magic Pet...'

'But so what?!'

It raised its head, burning flames in its small eyes.

'If you want to hurt my Master, you must first step over my corpse!'

'Master, run! I will help you hold him off!'

As the words fell, the heavily injured Shanji also struggled to stand up, holding a broken shield, stumbling to stand in front of Lu Yuan.

"Boss... run..."

Blood was still dripping from the corner of his mouth, but his gaze was unprecedentedly firm.

"We will hold him off... you go first..."

Li Meng and Yang Liu also struggled to climb up, blocking in front of Lu Yuan.

Four people, four broken figures.

Protecting the youth behind them with their lives.

Just then, Lu Yuan's calm voice rang out.

"Why are you being so tragic?"

"Aren't we here to kill the BOSS?"

"Once we kill the BOSS, we can just leave together."

Shanji froze.

"???"

That's right.

Run? Where to?

This is the Demon Challenge.

The only way to survive is to kill this Wind Demon.

Fight!

He gripped his shield tight, fighting spirit reigniting in his eyes.

"Boss is right! Let's fight him!"

Li Meng and Yang Liu also nodded heavily, setting up a combat stance.

The Slime trembled all over, its small eyes full of determination.

'Master is right!'

'This King will fight him!'

But it was useless; the Wind Demon's speed was too fast.

So fast that their attacks couldn't even touch the corner of his clothes.

The Slime chased him and exploded for a full three minutes.

It didn't land a single hit.

It stopped, panting heavily.

Its small eyes were filled with despair.

'It's no use... I can't hit him...'

'I'm too slow... too weak...'

The Slime was completely desperate.

The Master bestowed such powerful strength upon it, yet it couldn't do anything.

How could it live up to the Master's trust...

Just then, a hand reached out, picked it up, and slapped it on the head.

"Are you stupid?"

"Doesn't that guy just run fast?"

"You can't hit him because he always has a place to dodge."

"Then make it so he has nowhere to dodge."

"Firepower, increase the range of the explosion, perform an indiscriminate attack, understand?"

The Slime froze.

"What do you mean?"

Lu Yuan's mouth curled into a mischievous smile.

"If he won't hit you, can't you hit yourself?"

"As long as you Split enough times, you can cover the entire castle in your explosion range, leaving him nowhere to hide."

Hit itself?

Make the opponent have nowhere to hide?

You can do that?

The Slime suddenly realized.

Its small eyes widened, its mouth open wide enough to fit an egg.

It jumped up, hugged Lu Yuan's neck, and rubbed against him frantically.

'Genius! Master, you are a genius!!!'

'Why didn't I think of that!!!'

'By hitting myself, the Slime will cover all areas, and he won't have anywhere to hide.'

It jumped off Lu Yuan, trembling with excitement.

"Hahahaha!"

"You wretch, let me show you this King's ultimate technique."

"Infinite Split!!!"

"Infinite Self-destruct!!!"

It took a deep breath, and then its two short arms began to frantically slap itself.

Pieces of Slime-like substance constantly Split off.

But it still wasn't enough.

Too slow, still too slow!

The Slime suddenly raised its head, revealing scarlet eyes.

"You guys, attack me together!"

Shanji: ???

Li Meng: ???

Yang Liu: ???

Liu Jiesen: ???

"What?!"

Shanji doubted his ears were working.

"Boss, the Slime wants us to attack it?!"

Lu Yuan looked at the Slime with some surprise.

Look at what the child was forced into.

It was going crazy.

"Attack, everyone, use your fastest attack frequency to attack the Slime!"

Shanji and the others looked at each other.

What kind of divine operation is this?

But since it was the Boss's order, they had to do it.

They began to gang up on the Slime.

The Slime, meanwhile, frantically consumed 'Life Magic Crystals' to recover its HP.

Soon, dense Slime cells were Split off.

Falling on the floor, walls, pillars, ceiling...

More and more, more and more.

In the blink of an eye, the entire hall was covered in Slime tissue Split from the Slime.

The BOSS, Wind Demon, looked at the dense Slime at his feet, the smile on his face stiffening.

Fine beads of sweat seeped from his forehead.

He seemed... to have nowhere to hide.

The Slime slowly raised its head.

In its small eyes, a crazy light flickered.

'Come on!'

'Ex—plode!'

Those Slimes covering the whole field suddenly began to change.

From transparent blue, they slowly turned pale red.

The color became deeper and thicker.

Each Slime was expanding, getting bigger and bigger.

They approached each other, merging with each other.

Quantitative change leads to Qualitative Change!!!

The air in the entire hall was distorting.

The airflow swirled, the pressure was terrifying!

The Wind Demon's expression changed drastically.

He wanted to run, but there was nowhere left to run.

Those huge Slimes that had merged together suddenly erupted with blinding red light.

Amidst the red light, the Slime let out a distorted roar.

"Die for me—!!"

Boom!!!

The world went silent.

A blinding white light exploded, and the entire hall was instantly swallowed.

The shockwave of the explosion spread wildly, space itself twisted, and the ground crumbled inch by inch.

The terrifying energy turned into a huge mushroom cloud, shooting into the sky.

The walls of the ancient castle collapsed with a roar, and the ceiling shattered into powder.

The entire Demon Challenge dungeon was completely destroyed by this single blow.

...

...

Who knows how much time passed.

The smoke and dust slowly dissipated.

Only ruins remained in place.

Broken walls, rubble everywhere.

In the center of the ruins, only half of the Wind Demon's body remained.

His lower body had completely disappeared, leaving only his upper body leaning against the rubble.

His lips moved, but he couldn't make any sound.

How could it be...

How could it be so strong...

A Slime...

It was clearly just the weakest Slime...

Why was it so strong?

Shanji and the others also collapsed on the ground, dumbfounded.

"One shot almost killed the BOSS?"

Li Meng muttered: "A BOSS with 20,000 HP... just like that, it's gone..."

Yang Liu covered her face, tears streaming down, but this time it wasn't from fear, but excitement.

"We can survive..."

The four people looked at Lu Yuan in unison.

Everyone mocked the Magic Pet he summoned as being the lowest-ranked Slime.

Yet they didn't know, his Slime was more perverted than a Divine Beast!!!

Lu Yuan put his hands in his pockets, looking down at the Demon BOSS who only had a sliver of health left.

"Kill him, go home and sleep."