79: Chapter 79 The Troublesome Jelly, the Splitting Boss

“Boom!”

The thrusters behind the mecha spewed blue flames, and its heavy metal body carved two deep furrows into the ice, kicking up a violent air current.

Like an out-of-control hundred-ton king, it charged ferociously at the hill-like Slime, demanding a cuddle!

The Slime seemed to have finally reacted.

Its massive, jelly-like body began to squirm violently, emitting strange “gurgling” sounds.

Facing Li Taiping's aggressive strike, it didn't dodge or evade, but its massive body suddenly sprang upward!

“Death wish!”

Li Taiping's eyes hardened; he had already raised his greatsword high, pouring all his strength into it, and slashed down fiercely at the Slime's body!

He wanted to cleave this disgusting thing in two with a single strike!

However, what happened next completely exceeded his expectations.

“Splat!”

The greatsword pierced deep into the Slime's viscous body without any resistance.

But there was no blood, nor any scream.

Li Taiping only felt as if his sword had hacked into a huge marshmallow; it was soft and mushy, offering absolutely no resistance.

The Slime's body possessed unimaginable elasticity and toughness.

The terrifying power contained in the greatsword was diffused layer by layer by the viscous liquid the moment it made contact with its body, making it impossible to cause any effective damage to its core.

“What the hell is this thing!”

Li Taiping was startled.

What made it even worse was that a huge suction force came from the Slime's body, firmly sticking to his greatsword, making it impossible for him to pull it out for a moment!

Just then, the Slime launched a counterattack.

A part of its body suddenly turned into a thick Slime tentacle, like a whip, and with a whistling, malicious wind, it lashed fiercely toward the mecha's chest!

Li Taiping reacted extremely quickly, immediately giving up on pulling out his sword and controlling the mecha to raise its left arm to block.

“Bang!”

A dull, loud noise rang out.

The Slime tentacle struck heavily against the mecha's thick armor, the immense force causing the entire mecha to tremble and slide back several meters.

Inside the cockpit, alarms blared.

Li Taiping glanced at the data displayed on the screen; that single strike had actually reduced the mecha's armor durability by nearly 5%!

“What immense strength!”

Li Taiping's mood instantly became grave.

This thing was much trickier than he had imagined!

Physical attacks weren't very effective against it, while its attacks could cause real, tangible damage to him.

From the very beginning, the battle had reached a stalemate.

Li Taiping tried various methods.

He hacked with his sword, smashed with his fists, and even used the mecha's thrusters to burn it.

But the effects were minimal.

The Slime's body was like taffy, impervious to both soft and hard tactics, and slippery.

No matter how big a wound he inflicted, the guy could heal it by squirming within just a few seconds.

The Slime's attack pattern, however, appeared much more monotonous.

It only knew how to ram with its body or extend tentacles to lash out.

Its massive body, after charging up, could unleash a terrifyingly powerful impact, each time causing significant damage to the mecha.

However, its charging motion was far too obvious, with a long wind-up, allowing Li Taiping to easily dodge by relying on the mecha's mobility.

As for those ordinary tentacle attacks, although dense, their power was limited, and to the mecha's thick armor, they were no different from being tickled.

For a time, the battle became exceptionally intense.

Li Taiping couldn't hurt it, and it couldn't hit Li Taiping.

Both sides traded blows, engaging in a long tug-of-war within the massive ice crystal cave.

Time ticked by, second by second.

Li Taiping's mental power was also being continuously consumed.

The 【Mecha Summoning】 Talent, although powerful, also consumed a huge amount of mental power.

Every second the mecha was on the field, it was burning his mental power.

Furthermore, every bit of damage the mecha sustained in battle was synchronized and fed back to his mental power, accelerating the consumption.

Li Taiping glanced at his mental power bar; it had already dropped by nearly a third.

If he kept draining it like this, once his mental power was exhausted and the mecha automatically disengaged, he would have no choice but to fight this monster head-on with his physical body.

That risk was just too great.

“Can't drag this out any longer!”

Li Taiping's eyes hardened, deciding to take a gamble.

He stopped dodging and, seizing an opportunity, controlled the mecha to actively meet one of the Slime's charged heavy strikes!

“Boom!”

The massive sound of impact echoed in the cave.

The mecha's chest armor was dented with a huge depression, and countless electric sparks jumped across the surface of the armor.

Li Taiping in the cockpit also felt a violent jolt, and his mental power instantly dropped another large chunk.

However, he also successfully pinned the Slime firmly beneath him using the mecha's heavy body!

“Now!”

Li Taiping's eyes were bloodshot; he abandoned the greatsword in his hand and controlled the mecha's two steel arms to firmly grip the middle of the Slime's body.

Then, he turned the thrusters on his back to maximum power!

“Give me... open!”

Accompanied by a roar, unimaginable, terrifying power erupted from the mecha's arms!

“Riiiip—!”

A teeth-grinding tearing sound rang out.

The massive Slime was actually torn in half by him, right down the middle!

No, into four pieces!

The torn body split again in mid-air, turning into four blobs of Slime of varying sizes, flying toward the four corners of the cave like cannonballs, and with a “splat,” stuck to the walls.

“Huff... huff...”

Inside the cockpit, Li Taiping breathed heavily, the feeling of mental exhaustion rushing in like a tide.

That last move had almost exhausted his remaining mental power.

But... it was finally resolved, right?

He looked at the four blobs of Slime stuck to the wall, motionless, and breathed a sigh of relief.

However, just as he was preparing to disengage the mecha and go forward to collect the loot, a dazzling purple light appeared out of thin air in the center of the cave, right where the Slime had just died!

“It dropped something!”

Li Taiping's spirits lifted, and all his fatigue was swept away.

Forcing himself to stay focused, he controlled the now battered and broken mecha and walked over step by step.

He reached out with the mechanical hand and picked up the purple ball of light.

In his hand was an ancient parchment scroll.

【Resurrection Scroll (Epic Grade)】

【Effect: Can bind one Survivor of Epic Grade or below. When the bound person dies, the scroll will automatically activate, causing them to respawn at a safe location in full status.】

【Note: One-time consumable.】

【Appraisal: If you give this to your partner, you can confidently shout, “Resurrect! My lover—!”】

“Holy crap!”

Seeing the description of this item, Li Taiping's eyes almost popped out.

Resurrection!

It was actually an item that could resurrect people!

And it was a super life-saving trump card that could be used all the way up to Epic Grade!

What kind of godly item is this!

Having this thing was equivalent to having an extra life!

In this perilous world of Survivor, the value of a life was simply immeasurable!

A huge surprise!

This was absolutely a huge surprise!

Li Taiping was trembling with excitement.

What was there to hesitate about?

He didn't have any hesitation and immediately chose to use it.

“Bind! Bind myself!”

【Binding target: Li Taiping. Confirm binding?】

“Confirm!”

【Binding successful, Resurrection Scroll is now effective.】

Following the system's prompt sound, the ancient scroll turned into a golden light, merged into Li Taiping's body, and disappeared.

Li Taiping could clearly feel that there seemed to be an extra layer of solid protection deep within his soul.

Although this Boss only dropped this one item, this single item alone was enough to make him feel that all the previous hard work and risks were worth it!

“Hahaha, awesome!”

Li Taiping laughed with satisfaction.

He raised his head, his gaze once again cast toward the three blue and one purple light orbs in the depths of the cave.

Now, it was time to collect the final rewards.

However, just as he was preparing to take a step, his expression changed abruptly.

Because he clearly saw that the Slime he had previously torn into four pieces and stuck in the four corners was actually starting to squirm again!

The four blobs of Slime slid down from the walls, gathered on the ground, and then slowly deformed and condensed.

Eventually, they turned into four Slimes that were a size smaller but still possessed powerful auras!

【Slime (Excellent Grade mid-stage)】 x4

Four of them!

A full four mid-stage Excellent Grade monsters!

They surrounded Li Taiping's mecha tightly from four directions!

Oh my god!

This thing could actually split!

Li Taiping's heart instantly sank to the bottom.