"Go, brave man!" Tom, the wretched-looking hunter, patted John's shoulder, casually ordering the man around, instantly attracting a few sharp glares from his teammates.
This guy is really bossy and thinks he's the best, but he doesn't even dare to be the one attacking the slime.
How is he different from the cowardly Charlie?
The burly John twitched his lips at Tom's blatant attempt to slack off, but as the main attacker of the team, he could only pick up his dagger.
It's just killing a slime cub, anyway. It's not a big deal.
Still, when John aimed his dagger at the "melting" slime on the ground, his eyes were full of pity and reluctance.
Ah. His "money tree" will be gone just like this.
John really didn't want to kill such a unique slime.
He felt that it would be better to sell the slime for money.
A pity. The slime had to die.
Slash!
The knife chopped down the second time, but despite Neo's deep frustration, his body honestly moved to dodge the dagger.
Gyut. Gyut.
The slime dodged…
Exactly a millimeter.
The dagger missed the original target, the slime core, a conspicuous black ball inside the slime's transparent body, yet it still slashed Neo's body from top to bottom, just like cutting butter.
Strangely, Neo didn't feel any pain.
However, from the reflection of the dagger itself, he could see half of his body separated from the other half, and then bouncing away a few inches.
Thud. Thud. Thud.
This time, everyone looked at the slime that somehow survived the attack with blank eyes.
…how come this slime is so lucky?
It just avoided the fatal damage to the core, sacrificing half of its body.
Or maybe the mutant slime was indeed much smarter than an ordinary slime.
Seeing the other half of his body on the ground not far from his main body, Neo suddenly had a strange instinct, just like when he suddenly thought of spraying the human called John before.
It was as if he could actually regenerate his lost body part as long as the core was still there.
Is this the slime race's innate ability?
Right when Neo thought of the slime's regeneration skill or something like that, a familiar cold voice sounded in his mind for the second time.
DING! [Immortal Body] skill is activated.
[Immortal Body]
(Skill level: SSS)
There was also a small logo of a tiny transparent slime, indicating that the skill was the slime race's innate basic skill.
Next, a row of notifications sounded in Neo's mind and countless small panels popped up.
DING! [Deducting the user's rank to use the skill]
[The user's rank is F. Can't be lowered.]
[Initiating the skill effect ••• ]
In an instant, a white light enveloped Neo's whole body, so bright that even Neo almost went blind for the second time.
If this continued, he would have to request for sunglasses from the system.
What Neo didn't know is that, in the eyes of the hunters, the palm-sized slime they had just cut in half suddenly glowed like an angel.
Then, the whole slime really floated in the air and soon, a pair of small white wings appeared on his smooth back.
A round halo was dropped above the slime's bald head and a ray of heavenly light shone over the floating slime.
The slime, which shouldn't have an expression or a face at all, abruptly looked like a calm and peaceful little angel.
There was even a background sound, similar to "Jingle Bell".
The slime looked like it was about to ascend!
After the series of special effects, the next second, just like a miracle, the severed jelly ball a few meters away from the tiny slime suddenly bounced on its own.
Boing. Boing. Boing. Boing.
The jelly ball jumped and pounced at the angelic slime in the air.
Soon, it blended with the main body seamlessly, as if it had never been separated from the main body!
The six people not far from the slime cosplaying as an angel dropped their jaws to the floor.
They had seen a slime's regeneration, and there were also countless slimes who could "stitch" their severed body part as if nothing happened.
After all, the slime was immortal as long as their core was intact.
Still, it was their first time seeing a slime using the basic skill of the slime race and activated the special effect...
What kind of special effect is that?
Is it because the skill is a healing skill so that the special effect is an angel?
The six hunters were collectively speechless.
They had been to many F-rank dungeons and countless slime dungeons all over Dungeon Zone at World District 9.
But they really had never seen such a strange slime.
Neo didn't bat an eyelid at the hunters' strange gaze at him, and immediately tried to crawl away for the n-th time.
Just because he used the skill to regenerate his body, it didn't mean he felt full of energy.
On the contrary, maybe because his rank was lowered to the lowest level, his energy was sucked dry.
He could still use the slime's other basic skills that didn't have any cooling down time, but this [Immortal Body] skill was really unfriendly to a cub like him.
Even though his rank remained the same, an F-rank slime, using the [Immortal Body] skill robbed him of all his energy.
Neo felt that even crawling bit by bit was difficult.
Sleepiness and dizziness swept over him.
If he had a belly, he would definitely hear his belly growling, asking for food.
Food...food...
Where could he find food now? Ate some rocks and pebbles?
But as a human being, Neo still restrained his instinct to eat indiscriminately and endured the hunger in his small belly.
With his belly gurgling in the dark, begging for food, Neo slowly crawled away from the hunters, intending to run away while they were still distracted.
Adios, ladies and gentleman!