Slime Immortal.

Chapter 9 A Knight Came from Underground

Ziarella.

The swamp forest after the rainstorm is busier and more lively than ever before, with many foreign slimes fighting for territory in the swamp.

The arrival of monsters in this ecological niche, which is equivalent to grassland or humus layer, did not have much impact on the swamp forest. It was like grass growing after rain, growing silently in corners that no one cared about.

The stinging bees are still taking care of the moss monster farm under the tree. Compared with the moss monsters, they are not very interested in these slime monsters crawling everywhere. They mostly use the slime as a nest adhesive or to store food.

But because of the behavior of a certain slime, the stinging bee's attitude towards these foreign slimes subtly changed, and it slightly expanded its hunting range.

Many unlucky slimes died from the stings of the stinging bees.

I don’t know if it was the impact of the rainstorm or the stinging bees’ out-of-bounds behavior that angered some monster groups, but the usually peaceful and tranquil underground also welcomed an uninvited guest today.

A patch of growing grass might be worthless in the eyes of a predator like a stinging bee, but in the eyes of some monsters, it is no different from a buffet falling from the sky.

Especially for digging beetles, the chewy and juicy slime is the best choice as food.

This monster, covered with chitinous shells, is good at burrowing and sneaking underground. It likes to find slime nests hidden underground. Then it hangs its barbed limbs on the slime and stretches out its slender mouthparts to feast on it.

After a full meal, they will occupy the slime nest as a habitat to reproduce and give birth to the next generation.

They are also a group of thieves, occasionally hunting moss monsters kept by stinging bees, and their diet is quite diverse.

Under the swamp, mud worms wriggle in the soft soil as usual, using their mouthparts to absorb the rich nutrients from the humus layer to sustain their growth needs for the day.

But some slight vibrations soon attracted their attention. The originally slowly wriggling swamp worms silently sped up and drilled in the direction away from the vibrations.

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A slow-crawling mud worm suddenly began to twitch all over, and its body shrank and dried up at a speed visible to the naked eye, until only a molt remained in the soil.

The culprit who did this was a digging beetle that broke into the territory of the stinging bee.

Its shell is pitch black, full of ferocity and hardness, just like a knight wearing heavy armor, and the sharp arched horns on its head are the sharpest knight's sword.

hum...

The knight's sword slashed on the ground, and the vibrating sound seemed to be announcing the arrival of death.

At this moment, the Death Knight was searching for traces of monsters in the soil, and then he crawled towards the upper right with determination.

And that direction is exactly the slime nest where Chen Yu is, and it is also the only slime nest in this swamp.

As a monster that lives underground, slimes, like swamp worms, also have a weak sense of "vibration".

When the elastic and sensitive slime gel begins to tremble slightly, a sense of uneasiness will spread along the nerves like an electric current to the depths of the slime's heart, thus forming the prototype of an ability similar to "danger perception", allowing them to detect the approach of predators in advance.

Chen Yu was awakened from his sleep by the instinctive trembling of his body. The originally weak and imperceptible vibration underground was constantly amplified in his auditory tissue, making a rustling sound, full of chaotic noise, which was harsh and unpleasant.

An inexplicable feeling of irritation welled up in him, as if alerting him to the danger approaching.

The naughty little kid also sensed the coming danger and began to shiver in the grass nest, clinging to Chen Yu for safety and comfort.

"Is there something approaching underground?"

While Chen Yu was alert, he jumped out of the grass nest quickly, pulled out the dozen or so poisonous swords hidden under the roots of the tree in the nest, put them into his body, and was ready for battle.

After a few breaths, the ground suddenly shook violently!

The hard arched horns pierced the earth like a sharp sword, tearing apart the tranquility of the nest. Then, a ferocious black shell burst out of the ground with a crushing force. A giant beetle, comparable in size to Chen Yu, swept into the slime's territory, carrying with it the smell of mud and the depths of the earth.

The shiny black shell reflected the faint light of death in the dim light, and the ferocious horns seemed to be able to easily pierce through the hardest rock.

Though it's called a beetle, its aura is that of a solemn and terrifying knight. Is it a monster that invaded the territory of the stinging bees after this torrential rain?

The moment the huge shadow came into view, deep within Chen Yu's gel, an alarm originating from the origin of life and ingrained in his instincts exploded!

Every inch of gelatin was screaming wildly - Danger! Extremely dangerous!

Without thinking, his sticky body was already under the absolute control of instinct, contracting and trembling violently, almost ejecting backwards uncontrollably.

The one standing in front of him was definitely a Black Iron Level 3 predator!
[Willpower Test Passed!]

[Race test failed!]

【You have fallen into an abnormal state (fear)】

"Why are you doing this again?"

For Chen Yu, the trouble is not only the digging beetle, but also the slime's fear instinct.

It was like he was given a weakening buff before the battle even started.

He wanted to move, but his body was still shaking violently and uncontrollably. Every contraction pulled at his clear thinking, as if his soul and colloid were being forcibly torn apart.

This fear that came from his blood was like a layer of sticky and cold mud, tightly wrapping up his will to resist.

The body is completely unable to move.

But fortunately, the art of controlling objects has nothing to do with the slime's instincts. It is just a pure skill. Even in this situation, as long as you concentrate, you can still perform it.

Just when he was about to take action,
The digging beetle turned its huge body and gave up on the seemingly difficult Chen Yu, pointing its ferocious horns directly to the depths of the grass nest - where a tiny slime was curled up and shivering.

Their pure and fragile light was like a candle in the wind under the huge shadow of the beetle.

"——!!!"

The moment he witnessed this scene, for some reason, Chen Yu felt unprecedentedly angry for the first time.

Even though he found these little guys annoying sometimes, they were not to be bullied by any monster.

In any case, the beetle annoyed him.

He was very angry and the consequences were serious.

A completely different, scalding torrent suddenly exploded from the deepest part of his gel.

The instinct of fear was still roaring, and every bit of gelatin that made up his body was screaming.

But the faint light in the grass nest, like a red-hot iron, burned into his consciousness fiercely, and a more primitive and fearless emotion erupted! It violently tore apart the cold shackles woven by fear instinctively!

An unprecedented force began to gather frantically! The colloid that had originally shrunk and tried to disintegrate due to fear was now forcibly melted together by his will.

It was as if the soul had grabbed the slime's instinctive throat, slapping its face desperately, asking it if it would submit.

Accept or not.

If you are not convinced, draw again until you are convinced.

At the moment when will overwhelmed instinct, the soul broke through the walls of separation built by the flesh's instincts, reason and wisdom returned to the body, and a curtain of light suddenly flashed before his eyes.

Huh?
Prestigious title?

(End of this chapter)