Slime Immortal.

Chapter 130 The riot begins

Magic Anomaly Point?
Chen Yu controlled the two brothers to leave the slave camp, but doubts still lingered in his mind.

The obsidian mine was much larger than he had seen before, and deep within it were several veins containing precious gems, which were the goblin legion's main targets for mining, and were also closer to the bottomless main mine shaft in the very center of the Rift Pass.

A massive magical outburst in such a place... Could it be that some terrible monster has appeared in the main mine?

As he pondered this, he crawled back to the Obsidian outpost through the narrow tunnel. Just as he entered the relatively spacious tunnel, a rapid and frantic buzzing sound came from the depths of the mine.

It's a stinging wasp.

The sound came from the direction of the mine tunnel at the outpost.

Could it be that the goblins discovered the mine tunnels?!
The wet nurse brothers immediately picked up the chubby little boy and rushed towards the source of the commotion as fast as they could.

As soon as he rushed into the mine tunnel, the scene before him stunned Chen Yu.

The suicide bee soldiers on guard were seen flying around anxiously, frantically firing their stingers at a target on the ground.

And their target was... a rock with arms and legs.

This little thing is about the size of a fist, and its entire body is made of rough rock, as if some invisible force has forcibly kneaded the scattered slag together.

It has a disproportionately large stone head, and is waving its short arms and thick legs made of rubble, making angry "ee-ee-wa-wa" noises.

It punched the approaching miner beetle repeatedly, its punches powerful enough to make the beetle's shell thud, but it couldn't break through its defenses at all.

The surrounding bee soldiers, remembering Chen Yu's order "not to make any loud noises," dared not use "magic explosion," and for a time they were helpless against this hard little guy.

"Earth element?" Chen Yu was surprised. "Where did this thing come from?"

Could this suddenly appearing little thing be related to the magical upheaval in the narrow pass mine?
The small earth elemental seemed to have gotten angry. Even when it saw the two clumps of slimes enter the mine tunnel, it didn't care at all. Instead, it pounded its chest even more arrogantly and made provocative "waaaah" sounds, as if to say, "I'm not afraid of you all coming at me at once!"

"This little thing has quite a temper."

With a thought, Chen Yu sent two stone swords flying out of the chubby boy's gelatinous body.

With two crisp clangs, the stone sword struck the earth elemental with pinpoint accuracy, instantly shattering its stone body into pieces.

The flying debris revealed an irregular, yellowish-brown crystal core hidden at its core. However, this creature was not dead and was still struggling to condense its stone shell to restore its body.

Chen Yu didn't care about that. He directly controlled the healer brothers to jump over and choke on its core in one gulp, letting out a satisfied burp.

The crystal nucleus was quickly digested, and the panel popped up.

[Devour and Digest Lv.6 triggered - Earth element characteristics recorded, talent in development (1/10)]

"Wow! This is good stuff!"

Chen Yu's eyes lit up instantly.

Unexpectedly, this crystal core is its magical organ.

Although it doesn't taste very good, this little thing is digested quite quickly; I feel like I could easily eat ten or eight in one go.

He immediately directed the beetles to carry away the two high-quality gray gravel crystals that had just been dug up, while simultaneously controlling the two fat brothers to continue exploring deeper into the mine.

Sure enough, not far along, near the mine tunnel walls and excavation site, more traces of earth elements were discovered.

These newly emerged little creatures are munching on the gray gravel fragments they've painstakingly dug up, and are embedding the shiny gray crystals into their bodies to make them look even stronger and shinier.

"They dared to steal my ore, what a bunch of scoundrels!"

Chen Yu was furious, feeling that his precious property had been violated.

The next moment, eight stone swords shot out from the little fat boy's body at the same time, like an enraged swarm of bees, and smashed them down on the earth elementals that were gnawing on the ore.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Each fierce impact of the stone sword shattered a small earth elemental, exposing its crystal core. The healer brothers followed closely behind, reaping the crystal cores one by one.

[Devour and Digest Lv.6 triggered - Earth element characteristics have been recorded, granting the talent: Earth Affinity Lv.1]

Some features?

Chen Yu's eyes lit up.

So this little thing has other talents?

This is practically a buffet delivered right to our doorstep by nature.

"Then I won't be polite!"

With the stone sword flying everywhere, Chen Yu advanced triumphantly, continuously pushing deeper into the mine tunnel, and he himself lost count of how many earth elementals he had swallowed.

The spiritual energy within the two clones was rapidly depleted, like a flood that had been released from its dam.

[Land Affinity Lv.1→Lv.2]

[Devour and Digest Lv.6 triggered - Earth element characteristics have been recorded, gain talent: Energy Storage Lv.1]

A new talent?
Chen Yu immediately stopped to rest, not because he was too full, but because the two little ones had almost exhausted their spiritual energy.

Far away in the Eastern Swamp Fortress, Chen Yu's main body immediately began to curiously test his newly acquired "Energy Storage" Lv.1.

He discovered that this talent allowed him to form stable bubbles within the gel, which acted like natural magical organs, storing magical energy and giving him an extra boost in power.

and many more.

If it can store magic power, then... what about spiritual energy?

Chen Yu was immediately astonished by his own brilliant idea.

He immediately tried to carefully guide the spiritual energy in his body into a newly formed "storage bubble".

Gulu gulu...

Bubbling sounds came from inside the body. Although most of the spiritual energy dissipated during the injection process, a small portion was successfully trapped inside the bubbles and remained stably.

"Wow... this thing is really good."

Doesn't that mean that as long as you raise the level of your talent, it's equivalent to having a second dantian? Thinking further, he could even equip Little Flower and the others with the "energy storage" talent, so that they might be able to slowly absorb and store spiritual energy on their own in the future.

The cultivation slime is finally taking shape.

Just as Chen Yu was happily bubbling up, he suddenly sensed that the environment around the two fat brothers had become noisy.

He immediately switched his view back to the obsidian mine tunnel and was startled.

At some point, the mine tunnel ahead was densely packed with small earth elementals who had come after hearing the news.

Like an enraged swarm of ants, they emitted a dense cacophony of "ee-wah" sounds, surging towards the two fat brothers with overwhelming force, like rolling waves of stones.

There were so many that they blocked the entire mine tunnel.

"My goodness, how come there are so many?"

Chen Yu immediately realized that something had really happened deep in the mining area.

But he didn't have time to investigate the reason now; saving his life was the priority. He controlled the two little guys to turn around and run away.

He even threw away his beloved stone sword, and only managed to escape the little earth elemental's pursuit and flee the mine tunnel by relying on "stealth" and creating "illusions".

"Eee-wah-wah!"

The dust kicked up by the earth elementals engulfed the entire Obsidian Outpost. Instead of being discovered by the goblins, it was occupied by a group of outsiders.

A good slime doesn't suffer immediate losses.

The two clones have no spiritual power, so they won't play with them.

Chen Yu immediately issued an emergency retreat order to all the monster troops stationed there through one of the remaining stinging bee soldiers.

Then, the wet nurse brothers and the chubby boy disappeared back into the narrow tunnel leading to the slave camp.

Even this place has been occupied. Who knows what happened in the obsidian mine? We won't be able to wait for tomorrow's demonic tide.

They must leave today.

Otherwise, once the demonic tide erupts and the mining area is completely occupied by these elemental creatures, they will be trapped inside and die.

……

As dawn broke, there was only one day left before the arrival of the demonic tide.

Kane, as usual, joined the stinking queue, waiting for his meager green soup and tooth-grinding black bread.

He kept his head down, pretending to be listless, but in reality, he was secretly watching the goblin's actions.

Based on his years of experience as a mercenary and his understanding of the mining area, he keenly sensed that the atmosphere in the mining area today seemed significantly more tense than usual.

Heavy footsteps and the clanging of metal echoed through the tunnels as squads of goblin warriors, abandoning their usual carefree demeanor, hurried back into the fortress, clad in full gear.

As he pondered what had happened deep within the fortress, a commotion and the sound of whips whistling through the air suddenly arose ahead.

"Get out of here! All of you, go back to your homes!"

A group of menacing goblin overseers brutally drove the lined-up slaves, their whips lashing out mercilessly, knocking over the green soup in the broken bowls in the hands of several men, the foul-smelling liquid splashing all over the ground.

"No one is allowed to leave the camp today. Anyone who dares to take a single step out will be immediately dragged away to feed the scorpions!"

The slaves were bewildered by this sudden turn of events.

Most people simply lowered their heads more numbly, like frightened livestock, and were herded back to the stinking shack area by the overseers, their faces barely showing any expression, as if they were just waiting to die in another place.

But some whispers also spread rapidly among the crowd.

"what happened?"

"They seem to be in a hurry..."

"Did something happen?"

Some people looked fearful, worried that even crueler punishment was coming, while others were relieved that they didn't have to work today.

Some people had a barely perceptible glint in their eyes as they secretly observed the hurried goblins, wondering what the meaning behind this unusual change was.

Kane frowned, taking in the reactions of all the slaves, and then, taking advantage of the chaos, quietly slipped back to the small shack of the anvil.

At this moment, Anvil was sitting against the wall, while Little John nervously fiddled with the hay beside him.

Seeing Kane enter, Anvil immediately lowered his voice and asked, "What's going on outside? It's so noisy."

Kane quickly recounted what he had seen.

"The goblin brigade has been moved deeper into the area, and the area outside the camp is under martial law. No one is allowed to enter or leave."

As if afraid of attracting attention, he whispered into the anvil's ear:
“I suspect something must have happened at the Pass Mine to make them so nervous. This is an excellent opportunity. With the Legion’s defenses currently weak, perhaps we can make our move now.”

Iron Anvil's expression was solemn, and he subconsciously touched the cold jade talisman in his arms.

Should we act ahead of time? But that seems very risky.

A hint of hesitation flashed across his rugged face.

But just as he hesitated, two cool sensations silently pressed against his lower back, gently nudging him.

The anvil understood instantly.

It is a slime messenger.

They are here, and they support the action.

All hesitation vanished in an instant.

The hesitation on his face vanished instantly, and he nodded emphatically, his voice steady and decisive.

"Okay, let's get started now!"

(End of this chapter)