Dota: Becoming a God Starting with Dragon Knight

Alerted, the sprites immediately cast spells, and the putrid smell in the air was dispersed by gusts of fresh air.

The air around us had finally returned to normal; although it still smelled bad, it was at least not as unbearable as before.

The uncomfortable little elves quickly recovered after the air became fresher; after all, they were all first-tier transcendents, and their physical abilities were still up to par.

"Wow—I need my mom!"

"This place is no fun at all!"

Before Li Ming could relax, some of the little elves burst into tears, their cries deafening. The problem was that the cries spread like wildfire, and soon a whole bunch of little elves were crying.

Helpless, he could only try to comfort each of the little elves, but it was no use at all.

"What right do you have to call us kids? You're clearly younger than us! You little brat!"

Li Ming's face darkened when he heard this.

You brats, as if nobody cares about taking care of you?

In that instant, he had the thought of quitting.

However, the entrance to the secret realm had already closed, so they had to give up.

"If you cry again, I'm leaving! Don't blame me if you get eaten by a slime and turned into a jelly sprite!"

"Wow--"

The little elves burst into even louder cries, but seeing that Li Ming remained unmoved and even started to walk away, they feared that Li Ming, their only big child, would leave, so their crying gradually subsided and soon stopped.

"Alright, everyone stop crying. Tell me, what are we doing here in this secret realm?"

"A picnic!"

"Let's go everywhere!"

"I want to run like crazy!"

"Make jelly!"

"I want to collect treasures."

......

This tactic of diverting attention was very effective, and the little elves immediately started discussing it excitedly.

After they finished their discussion, Li Ming spoke again: "Since you all have your own plans and have formed your teams, I won't disturb you any longer."

He raised his left hand, revealing a bracelet on his wrist that emitted a faint glow.

"You all have this, right?"

"Yes!" (in unison)

"Message me if you encounter any danger, and I will come to your rescue immediately."

"Understood!" (in unison)

"Now you're free to do as you please, but try not to wander too far. Remember to meet back here tomorrow!"

After saying that, Li Ming quickly left the spot.

Within the Corruption Realm lies a swamp-like area with scattered, strange trees growing on the ground.

There is a thick layer of humus on the ground.

There were also fragments of some unknown life forms mixed in.

The entire secret realm was filled with a nauseating stench.

Slimes roamed the ground; for these scavenging creatures with no sense of smell, this secret realm was simply paradise.

Slimes reproduce simply by eating enough until they are stuffed. They will then stop to rest, and during this rest, some individuals may split off into new individuals, allowing them to start eating again.

In their eyes, food in this secret realm is virtually endless. As a result, there are so many slimes in this secret realm that there is almost one every ten steps, and each one is different.

Deep within the humus layer, there may be some magical items hidden, which slimes will swallow when they feed. Some of the more powerful items they cannot digest will be encapsulated in their bodies by secreting special substances, eventually forming slime treasures.

Li Ming ignored the slime wriggling on the ground and threw down [Scout Guard] as he ran.

This eye-shaped prop, which comes from the system, can provide him with a field of vision that lasts for 6 minutes and covers a radius of 1600 meters. The key is that it's free; one will refresh in the system shop every minute.

After learning about his mission yesterday, he has been buying [Scout Wards] from the system shop, and now he has 999 [Scout Wards] in his inventory.

Like the previous herb-gathering secret realm, this secret realm is not very large, and is even smaller, only about 100 kilometers in radius.

Li Ming didn't spend much time filling the entire secret realm with [Scout Guards].

A vast array of visual images were transmitted to him through the mental connection. The diverse scenes made him dizzy, as if his brain's CPU was about to burn out.

Fortunately, the system intervened in time, integrating all the images and forming a small map in his mind.

With the minimap, he can easily see the sprites and slimes active in the secret realm.

However, a small area in the center of the minimap is not lit up.

It's a black lake with no trees around. If you drop a [Scout Guard] from the sky, it will be swallowed by the black lake and won't work.

The area appeared to be completely empty, with no signs of biological activity, so Li Ming stopped paying attention to it.

Seeing that the middle of the minimap was missing was quite unsettling for him, but he couldn't think of a good way to place a [Scout Guard] there, so he could only let it remain undetected.

"Luckily I don't have OCD, otherwise I would be miserable."

He glanced at the sprites on the minimap and noticed that they were orderly spreading outwards from the entrance, looking quite well-trained.

So he stopped paying attention to them and turned his gaze to the slime on the ground, which was slowly walking and eating.

Slimes generally ignore adventurers entering the secret realm. In their minds, food is the most important thing, so as long as you don't attack them first, these slimes will not attack adventurers.

This is also why the school felt comfortable letting a first-tier powerhouse lead the Pokémon on this exploration; as long as the Pokémon didn't do anything reckless, nothing would happen.

"Now is my hunting time!"

He revealed his hands adorned with the [Hand of Midas], and a point of golden light flew toward the nearest slime.

Gold Coins +160

[Experience +200]

"Cool!!!"

"As expected, the monsters in the secret realm give experience points!"

After being cooped up for so long, I can finally grind experience points to my heart's content!

Li Ming drew the Shadow Blade from his waist, ran to a slime, and unleashed a thirteen-hit combo. It wasn't until the ninth strike that the slime exploded and died.

[Experience +100]

"It's a pity these jellies don't drop coins. It would be great if they had energy cores like the skeleton soldiers."

However, after searching the dead slime for a while, he found only a dagger with some magical damage, but no similar core. He had no choice but to give up and continue hacking away.

Slimes have a high amount of health, almost all of them are close to the first-tier limit, usually above 800.

It doesn't feel good to chop!

When the Shadow Blade struck the slime, the force feedback was terrible, like punching cotton, which was very unpleasant.

Furthermore, when some slimes die, they will instantly explode, splashing green slime out and activating the passive effect [Holyization] of their [Holy Robe].

A full-damage shield that can absorb 120 points of damage blocked the green slime.

"These things are disgusting!"

"However, for the sake of experience, I endured it!"

Li Ming wielded his Shadow Blade amidst the swarm of slimes, resolving the resource competition problem caused by their excessive numbers.

During this process, once Midas's Alchemy skill is off cooldown, he will alchemize a slime.

In order not to disturb the little elves' first experience of entering the secret realm, he deliberately placed his activity location far away from the little elves.

Aside from having to spend time every few minutes redeploying the [Scout Guards] to keep the minimap from darkening, he was constantly killing slimes.