Slime Immortal.

Chapter 164 Fertile Feeding
Sergesh hurriedly withdrew his hand, stammering, "I'm sorry, I just gained the power, and I... I haven't fully controlled it yet..."

Iseryn was slightly surprised. "The power of an ice elemental giant? This contract seems quite magical."

Behind her, the enormous ice elemental giant's broken body was slowly repairing itself, with countless ice crystals gathering from the air to fill the huge wounds.

It followed silently behind Sergash, like a moving glacier, until it reached Chen Yu and Iserin, where it stood quietly.

Chen Yu curiously examined the large creature, then glanced at Sergas, and the panel popped up.

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Reputation Title: Frost Life

Acquisition Requirements: Shamans or priests of the Lizardman tribe who are undergoing the Trial of the Spirit of Life must form an alliance with the Frost Elementals in the Elemental Plane to cause a transformation in their lives.

Title effect:

1. Imprint of Reputation: The name "Frost Life" will be sung throughout all Frost Elemental and Lizardman civilizations, earning respect and worship.

2. Life Pact: Can cast "Life Synchronization", obtain frost spells from the contracted ice elemental descendant, and at the same time gain elemental feedback frost life force (immunity to cold environments, resistance to magical frost damage, and main attribute bonus).
Note: This covenant is made with bloodline as a sacrifice and Ice Soul as a witness. When Cold Blood and Ice Heart beat in sync, the boundary between the two worlds melts away between the scales of the contractors—elements are no longer borrowed power, but an eternal echo flowing in the blood.

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Gain a main attribute bonus?
Good guy.

No wonder this silly child is so strong; it turns out he received the power boost from the Ice Element Giant.

He suspected that if Thergash were to throw a punch now, it might not just be as simple as sending the orc flying.

Whether the body can be preserved intact is also a question.

"My lord, am I alright?" Sergash asked nervously, thinking something was wrong when he didn't speak.

"fine."

Chen Yu sprayed out a small clump of gel, which stuck to the ice element's cold body with a "splat".

Using this gel as a medium, he transmitted his thoughts: "Hey, I have a question for you. Why did you chase after me every time you saw me before?"

The massive body of the ice elemental trembled slightly as it sensed the voice that suddenly appeared in its mind; it seemed somewhat bewildered.

Sergash encouraged him, "Don't be afraid. This is the messenger, a very good slime. Just tell him whatever you want to say."

Encouraged by Sergash, the ice elemental mumbled haltingly in elemental language: "The flames are dazzling, clearly attracting strange creatures. My companions have disappeared because of it..."

"Strange guy?"

Iselin keenly caught the key words and exchanged a glance with Chen Yu.

It seems there's a clue to the mystery of the monster's disappearance.

"What kind of weirdo?" Chen Yu asked.

The ice element struggled to find a way to describe it.

"Very large, made of stone and wood, green, with six enormous legs... moving... devouring..."

Its description was very abstract. Chen Yu struggled to understand it for a long time before he could barely piece together a moving castle with six giant legs in his mind.

The castle has long legs, is it sentient?

Why does this elemental plane keep producing all these strange and bizarre things?

He subconsciously glanced at Viola's spirit, who was floating to the side watching the commotion.

Viola shrugged.

"Don't look at me like that. There are many strange things in Zearella. What's so strange about an exile who can move into a dimensional castle?"

She muttered to herself, "Maybe it's another mad alchemist or an alchemical creation left behind by an ancient civilization. The elemental plane connects the prime material plane and the outer plane, so it's normal for some strange things to wander in occasionally."

Well, since this knowledgeable tree spirit lord has said so, Chen Yu can only accept this setting for the time being.

After a moment of contemplation, Iserline asked, "Then why did this long-legged castle devour your companions?"

The ice element remained silent for a longer time before finally humming, "It's looking for something... It can only move by devouring monsters..."

"Looking for something?"

Iserline frowned. "It needs to devour the energy of elemental beings to maintain its movement?"

"And it is looking for something... what could possibly attract its attention on this desolate ice field?"

She suddenly realized something, "Wait, could that castle be searching for a dimensional rift?"

Ok……

That makes a lot of sense.

The most unique and valuable thing on this ice field is the rift behind them that connects to the prime material plane.

A strange alchemical castle trapped in the elemental plane... its greatest desire is probably to find a stable exit and escape from here.

In short, that thing was clearly beyond their capabilities.

slip away.

Let’s talk about it when we get back.

Chen Yu gave the order to retreat, and the demon army immediately began packing up their belongings, dismantling their artillery arrays, and preparing to withdraw.

Sergasus, holding the little slime, watched the busy crowd from the side, feeling a little lost at the thought of their impending separation.

After the demon army finished setting up their artillery, she waved goodbye to everyone: "Thank you all, I...I'm leaving..."

Chen Yu's voice suddenly came through: "Wait, tell me your current address."

"Address?" Sergash was taken aback. Although he didn't understand what the envoy was going to do, he quickly told him the name of his tribe and the most iconic twin snow peaks next to the tribe.

"Good. Stay in the tribe for the next few days and don't wander around. I'll send you some 'airdrops,' so remember to receive them."

"Airdrop?" Serghash was even more confused.

"It's like I'll drop some supplies for you from the sky. Just tell me what you need."

Serghash then realized what was happening and was immediately flattered. He quickly waved his hand, saying, "This...this is too much trouble for you. I can't accept it..."

The slime clone bumped into her.

"This is my investment in you. The old ways of letting children suffer and hone their skills are no longer popular. Now it's an era of competing for resources."

The terms "investment" and "resource competition" were only half understood by Serghash; they were all too new to her.

But since the envoy said he would give her something and cared about her so much, she was quite happy and quickly nodded obediently, "I understand... I understand, thank you, envoy."

"Um, if it's possible, could you please bring some food up?"

“The snow-capped mountains are exceptionally cold this year, and there are far fewer prey than before. The wild tribe has very little food stored up, and everyone is starving…” After she finished speaking, she lowered her head somewhat embarrassed, feeling that she had made too many requests.

Chen Yu was speechless for a moment.

This silly girl's first thought was to ask the savage tribe that had taken her in for food.

I don't even know if they'll ask for any equipment or anything.

It really made him worry.

Sending some food is fine, though; the grain that just arrived from the tree spirit territory is more than they can eat.

Consider it payment for her food expenses as an international student.

"Alright, food it is. I'll also get you some local elf specialties to try." Chen Yu agreed.

That being said, he's already considering preparing some staff equipment and scrolls to send over.

"Remember not to wander off. The airdrop will arrive in a few days." "Okay! I'm not going anywhere." Sergash nodded vigorously.

After giving his instructions, Sergash's spirit finally faded away completely and disappeared.

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Inside the warm snow house, firewood crackled in the fireplace.

Serghash slowly opened her eyes, enveloped in the familiar warm air.

The first thing she saw was her sister Sermia, who was facing away from her, carefully adding firewood to the fireplace to make the fire burn brighter.

Sermia seemed to sense that she had woken up. She turned her head and handed her a bowl of hot soup that had been kept warm by the fire, asking with concern, "How are you? You weren't in any danger, were you?"

Sergash took the warm soup bowl and was about to speak when she lost control of her strength. A cold current flowed from her palm and instantly spread to the earthenware bowl. The steaming broth inside visibly condensed, covered with a thin layer of ice, and even the bowl's walls were covered with frost.

Sermia stared in disbelief at the soup bowl that had instantly frozen solid.

She looked up abruptly, staring intently at Sergash, her eyes filled with surprise: "You passed the trial?"

Seeing Sergash nod vigorously, somewhat embarrassed, confirming the news, Sermia's tense face finally broke into a relieved smile. She let out a long sigh of relief: "That's great... Thank goodness!"

After the initial excitement, Sermia glanced at the few remaining food bags in the corner, stood up, picked up the spear and hunting bow leaning against the wall, and said, "There's not much food left in the tribe. I'll go out and see if I can hunt a deer. We'll have to celebrate properly for you tonight."

Sergash opened his mouth, intending to tell her that the messenger would send food in a few days.

But she swallowed the words back.

She figured the envoy's "airdrop" wouldn't arrive for several more days, so she might as well wait until it arrived to give her sister and the savage tribe a surprise.

So she simply nodded obediently and said, "Okay, sister, be careful."

Sermia rubbed her head and smiled confidently: "Don't worry, just wait for my good news."

After saying that, she pushed open the wooden door, her agile figure disappearing into the wind and snow outside.

Serghash sat by the warm fire, hugging his knees, a smile involuntarily creeping onto his face as he began to anticipate the "airdrop" that would arrive in a few days.

……

The monster army passed through the dimensional rift in an orderly fashion and returned to the prime material plane.

The main force of Stinging Bees began to retreat, returning to the Treant territory to continue their defense, leaving only a small squad of Stinging Bees to guard the entrance to the rift.

These third-generation bee descendants all have thick chitinous carapaces, making them more resistant to the cold.

Even as the aura of the cold-resistant potion on their bodies gradually dissipated, they showed no discomfort. They simply hovered quietly around the rift, their compound eyes scanning the surroundings warily, like the most loyal sentinels, as if they were born to belong to this environment of ice and snow.

Peggy, on the other hand, felt nothing at all. After stepping out of the rift, she showed no signs of weakness from the cold. Instead, she shook her big head contentedly and snorted.

It even stretched its massive body comfortably and let out a satisfied groan.

"what?"

Viola's spirit curiously floated out of Iserline's body and circled Peggy twice.

"Strange, this big guy went in for a stroll and came out with a completely different aura."

After her reminder, Iserline also began to examine Peggy carefully, and the elf's keen eyesight quickly noticed the difference.

"Its fur seemed to be lighter than before we went in, with a... frosty white sheen."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yu also hopped closer to take a closer look.

Peggy's fur has indeed become lighter in color, especially her mane, which has almost turned silver-white.

Strange, what buff has been triggered?

Could it be that Peggy's ancestors were actually some kind of snow boar living in the far north snow mountains, and that her bloodline has reverted to its ancestral form after returning to a similar environment?

and many more……

He suddenly wondered if Peiqi had awakened her supernatural powers?

If you think about it, it's really possible.

"Peggy, try your superpowers and see if you can control the ice and snow around you, just like Kay breathes fire."

Peggy tilted her huge head, her small eyes filled with confusion.

Supernatural powers?
What's that delicious?

It obediently lowered its head and hummed twice, as if trying to sense and think about something.

Then it trampled its thick hooves on the ice and snow beneath its feet.

Click——!
Centered on its hoof, a chilling glint instantly spread out.

The ice and snow on the ground seemed to come alive, rapidly condensing and growing upwards, transforming into countless sharp and thick icicle branches.

These ice branches, as if possessing consciousness, quickly wrapped around Peggy's limbs and torso, eventually covering and solidifying her body to form a thick, full-body ice crystal armor.

This ice armor fits its massive body perfectly, with free movement at the joints and an astonishingly powerful defensive capability, making it look like a war behemoth from the depths of the ice plains.

That's incredible!
It is also a rare ability to control ice.

Kaka controls fire, and Peiqi controls ice; they've truly become the Fire and Ice People of the Forest.

Regardless, this is a good thing.

"In that case, Peggy, you stay here and guard this rift, and get to know and work on your new abilities."

Peggy gave a grunt in understanding, then, clad in ice armor, walked majestically to the crevice and stood there like a loyal guardian of the ice plains.

Actually, it was more concerned about what it would eat for lunch today than the ice armor on its body.

If only I could eat a bite of that crunchy, frozen tree fruit...

At this moment, Iserline had already mounted the chocobo mount left behind by the elven ranger.

She looked at Chen Yu and extended an invitation: "Lord Slime, are you planning to return to the fortress to deal with the matter of that vampire messenger?"

"If you're not in a hurry, you're welcome to come with me back to the tree spirit territory for a short rest."

"No."

Chen Yu's body swayed up and down. "I still need to go to the east and keep an eye on those goblins."

Judging by the time, the slime engineering team and beetle engineers he sent to the western swamp to build a forward fortress should have already arrived at the edge of the goblin army's territory and begun construction.

Those greedy and irritable goblins certainly wouldn't stand idly by while others built fortresses right at their doorsteps.

He needs to go there in person to oversee things, just in case.

As for that vampire... what was his name again, Mil?

Let him wait outside the fortress for now, let him linger.

Before leaving, Chen Yu wriggled his body and secreted a small slime equipped with "bat wings" and "fire affinity".

Chen Yu gave the little slime the order, "You, go with Miss Iserlin to the Treant territory. After replenishing your supplies, take a few strong beetle engineers and fly to the snow mountain to deliver the items to Sergash."

With a "splat," the little slime solemnly accepted the order, puffing out its little belly. Then, flapping its tiny wings, it wobbled and flew onto Iselin's chocobo's back, finding a comfortable spot to lie down.

Iselin looked at the oddly shaped little slime and smiled slightly: "Don't worry, Lord Slime, I will arrange everything. May nature guide your path."

She gave an elegant bow, gently pulled the reins, and the chocobo let out a clear cry, carrying her and the little slime tasked with the "airdrop" mission, turning lightly and speeding towards the dryad territory.

Chen Yu watched them leave, then turned around, his gel body slightly contracted, and gel wings condensed again as he flew southeast towards the western swamp.

(End of this chapter)