“It has begun.”
On top of Ranga's soft, large head, Lu Minghao watched Rimuru and the Storm Great Demon Vortex confront each other in the sky, his chin resting on his hand. At this moment, a faint blue light appeared on the surface of the Storm Great Demon Vortex, and the scales that had been destroyed earlier were rapidly recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a few seconds, brand new scales had covered the Storm Great Demon Vortex's body.
“It recovered?”
“How is that possible!”
On the side, Benimaru and the others also noticed the regenerating scales on the Storm Great Demon Vortex, and their faces instantly turned ugly. They had just experienced the power of these scales. If Lu Minghao and Rimuru hadn't suddenly appeared at the last moment, they would have already been cut into pieces.
“We can only try our best to fight.”
In the sky, Rimuru looked at the countless scales flying from the Storm Great Demon Vortex's body, raised his hand and patted his face to cheer himself up. At the same time, he flapped his wings vigorously, and his body instantly rose, easily dodging the oncoming torrent of scales.
“Ha!”
A violent gust of wind blew past his ears. Directly below the Storm Great Demon Vortex, Rimuru clenched his hands together fiercely. In front of his palms, black flames and lightning merged into one, instantly turning into a pitch-black pillar of light entwined with lightning, directly impacting the Storm Great Demon Vortex's body.
In the blink of an eye, continuous explosions rang out on the Storm Great Demon Vortex's massive body. Black flames and lightning completely enveloped the attacked areas. However, even though the attack hit the Storm Great Demon Vortex instantly, Rimuru's expression became even more serious.
“Not good!”
The next second, Rimuru suddenly sensed a dangerous aura. He flapped his wings, and his body began to constantly change direction. Above, the Storm Great Demon Vortex's huge single eye, nearly ten meters in size, tracked Rimuru's dodging body in mid-air at a speed that completely defied its appearance.
Just as the pupil completely locked onto Rimuru's body, a steady stream of magic essence gathered in the center of the pupil. A dark red magic cannon flew out and appeared in front of Rimuru in the blink of an eye. At the critical moment, Rimuru's body instantly transformed back into its slime form, perfectly dodging the attack thanks to the size difference between the two forms.
After successfully dodging the attack, Rimuru's body didn't stop at all. He leaped forward again, dodging the Storm Great Demon Vortex's next attack, and transformed back into his human form in the instant he dodged, rapidly approaching the Storm Great Demon Vortex's main body.
Boom!
At this moment, a huge explosion finally echoed from the forest below. Crimson red flames illuminated the entire forest. When the flames dissipated, the large forest that had once existed had turned into a wasteland churning with lava.
“That was dangerous. I almost got hit. But this guy should just focus on fighting, why is he destroying the forest!”
Rimuru, who had flown above the Storm Great Demon Vortex, looked at the consequences of the Storm Great Demon Vortex's attack below and patted his chest with lingering fear. Then, he stared at the Storm Great Demon Vortex's huge single eye and couldn't help but complain. If they continued fighting like this, wouldn't the Jura Forest have to be renamed after the battle was over? After all, the forest would be almost completely destroyed.
“Speaking of which, did my previous attacks cause any damage?”
As he spoke, Rimuru dodged the flying scales while looking at the area he had attacked earlier. He saw that the Storm Great Demon Vortex's massive body was covered with craters of varying sizes. Upon closer inspection, he would find that the flesh around the craters was constantly squirming, and strands of flesh buds were intertwined within the craters. The damage Rimuru had caused earlier was recovering at a terrifying speed.
“Great Sage, does this guy have the [Super Speed Regeneration] skill?”
“Answer: Judging from the body tissue's repair speed, the individual named Storm Great Demon Vortex undoubtedly possesses the extra skill [Super Speed Regeneration].”
“Uwa!”
After hearing the 【Great Sage】confirm that the Storm Great Demon Vortex really possessed the [Super Speed Regeneration] skill, even Rimuru couldn't help but feel troubled. After all, the Storm Great Demon Vortex's magic essence alone surpassed his. Coupled with its massive body and [Super Speed Regeneration], it already gave Rimuru a headache, and this didn't even include the Storm Great Demon Vortex's other skills.
“Here it comes again!”
Just then, the scales on the Storm Great Demon Vortex's body regenerated once again, and instantly detached from the Storm Great Demon Vortex's body, gathering together and flying towards Rimuru. In the blink of an eye, Rimuru was completely surrounded by countless scales, and from a distance, it looked as if Rimuru had been swept into a huge tornado.
But unlike ordinary tornadoes, this tornado contained countless sharp scales. Fortunately, Rimuru's slime characteristics granted him immunity to physical damage, otherwise Rimuru would have been cut into pieces of varying sizes by now.
“Everyone, use all means to attack the Storm Great Demon Vortex. It doesn't matter if the damage is not ideal. Just don't give it time to recover and exhaust all of its magic essence!”
At this time, with the help of the Perfect Recovery Potion, Benimaru and the others beside Lu Minghao had completely recovered. Even Hakuro, Gobuta, and Kurt, the monsters who had been scattered earlier to deal with the remaining Sky Swim Giants, had rushed over and gathered here.
After seeing that Rimuru's attacks hadn't caused too much damage to the Storm Great Demon Vortex, Benimaru understood that he and the others had to help. Even if they couldn't cause significant damage to the Storm Great Demon Vortex, as long as they could delay the Storm Great Demon Vortex's progress and speed and consume a little of its magic essence, it would be good to buy Rimuru a little more chance of winning.
“Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!”
“Awoo!!!”
On the side, after hearing Benimaru's words, the monsters raised their hands high with high morale and aimed them at the Storm Great Demon Vortex above. Those with skills used their skills, and those without skills, like Kurt and the other pig-men, directly threw the battle axes in their hands at the Storm Great Demon Vortex with all their might. After throwing the battle axes, they casually picked up stones and other things from the ground.
In short, except for Lu Minghao, Shali, Luoyina, and Milim, all the remaining monsters began to attack the Storm Great Demon Vortex with all means. Rimuru, who was fighting the Storm Great Demon Vortex head-on, also began to go all out, attracting all of the Storm Great Demon Vortex's attention to himself while constantly dealing damage and consuming its magic essence.
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Time slowly passed. After what seemed like several hours, the sun that had been hanging high in the sky had already set. The orange-red sunset shone on the earth full of battle scars. In the sky, a trace of exhaustion appeared on Rimuru's cute and delicate little face, his eyes staring intently at the Storm Great Demon Vortex that was still flying forward.
Compared to when the battle had just begun, the Storm Great Demon Vortex was now emitting black smoke all over its body, and the original blue scales had also become somewhat charred. But other than that, there was no obvious damage on the Storm Great Demon Vortex's body. And most importantly, in Rimuru's perception, only less than 30% of the Storm Great Demon Vortex's magic essence had been consumed, and the consumed magic essence was still recovering rapidly.
“These guys are really patient, they've been scraping for a whole day.”
On top of Ranga's head, Lu Minghao, who had been sitting, had now turned into a Ge You lounging position, resting his chin on one hand and yawning boredly. Then, he looked at Rimuru, who was already visibly exhausted, and Benimaru and the others in the sky, who had already rotated several times.
Even in the distance, the pig-men had established a temporary camp. At this moment, some pig-headed men were cooking food, while others were carrying the injured monsters to the camp to receive treatment. After all, even though the Storm Great Demon Vortex's attention was attracted by Rimuru, it was just lacking intelligence, and would still instinctively launch attacks on the monsters on the ground like Benimaru and the others.
It's like when humans are walking and are suddenly surrounded by flies. Even though their attacks don't cause any harm, they still feel annoyed and instinctively want to kill those flies.
And this time, the monsters who played the role of flies in the battle with the Storm Great Demon Vortex were seriously injured under the Storm Great Demon Vortex's random attacks. If Rimuru didn't have enough Perfect Recovery Potions under his command, most of the monsters he brought, except for a few high-ranking monsters like Benimaru, would have died.
“However, after exhausting 30% of the Storm Great Demon Vortex's magic essence with all our might, that guy should be about to wake up.”
As he spoke, Lu Minghao licked the corner of his mouth and raised his head to look at the Storm Great Demon Vortex in the sky. In Lu Minghao's perception, a consciousness that had been sleeping within the Storm Great Demon Vortex was gradually awakening, but due to the Storm Great Demon Vortex's violent and massive magic essence, the awakened consciousness didn't have much rationality.
Moreover, after a day, although they tried their best to block the Storm Great Demon Vortex, they are now not too far from the central city 'Rimuru'.
"What to do? Should we ask Ming Hao and Milim to take action?"
"Uh… Uh… Damned Milim and slime, kill… kill you…"
Suddenly, just as Rimuru was considering asking Lu Minghao and Milim to take action, a discontinuous voice filled with resentment and anger came from within the Storm Great Demon Vortex. What Rimuru cared about the most was that the voice was very familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.
"Great Sage, analyze and identify!"
"Explanation: The lifeform confirmed to be the parasitic host of the Storm Great Demon Vortex seems to possess considerable intense anger."
"Intense anger? Towards Milim and slime?"
Hearing the words of [Great Sage], Rimuru closed his eyes and began to think. At the same time, he was angry at Milim or slime, and the voice that made him feel familiar seemed to only belong to that guy named Phobio, one of the Three Beast Warriors of the Beast Kingdom.
"So, it turns out it's this guy! But, isn't he a leopard person? How did he suddenly become the Storm Great Demon Vortex?"
"Explanation: It should be the existence of individual named Phobio who entered the Storm Great Demon Vortex…"
"Forget it, anyway, this kind of thing is not important, but since Veldora didn't come to me alone, that is to say, I can ask Ming Hao and Milim to deal with this guy together… Huh? Great Sage, what's wrong with you?"
Before the Great Sage could finish explaining, Rimuru directly interrupted it. Anyway, now that he knew that the Storm Great Demon Vortex was not coming to him alone because of Veldora inside its body, that is to say, the responsibility for this matter was not entirely on him. Rimuru could completely let Lu Minghao and Milim help.
At this time, Rimuru, who had already reacted to the fact that Phobio had become the host of the Storm Great Demon Vortex, noticed the extremely depressed [Great Sage] and hurriedly asked a question. Unfortunately, the current [Great Sage] completely ignored Rimuru, who interrupted its explanation, and fell into complete silence.
"? ? ?, Forget it, it's not a big deal anyway."
After calling out a few times and receiving no response from the [Great Sage], Rimuru, who had no idea what he had done, had a few question marks floating above his head. However, the next second, Rimuru threw this matter to the back of his mind.
"Ming Hao, Milim!"
"Coming."
"Ah! I'm not sleeping, I'm awake!"
As soon as Rimuru finished speaking, Lu Minghao's figure appeared beside Rimuru. As for Milim, who was originally waiting on the cliff for Cang Hua to feed her, she had already eaten her fill and was lying asleep on a blanket. When she heard Rimuru's voice, she hurriedly lifted the blanket on her body and sat up, looking at Lu Minghao and Rimuru in the distance, who were looking at her in the sky.
Milim hurriedly wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth, indicating that she was not asleep at all. She was just meditating just now.
"Forget it… I say, this guy seems to be looking for the three of us. The host he's parasitizing is that guy named Phobio, under Demon Lord Carrion of the Beast Kingdom."
"What! ! !"
Upon hearing Rimuru's words, Milim, who was still drowsy, instantly woke up, her little face full of excitement as she stared at the Storm Great Demon Vortex. With [Dragon Eyes], all the information of the Storm Great Demon Vortex appeared in Milim's eyes. With just one glance, Milim completely grasped the information of the Storm Great Demon Vortex.
"That, because I previously thought that this guy was just looking for me, so I thought it was my own business. But now that it's not the case, and our strength doesn't seem to be a match for the Storm Great Demon Vortex, so can I ask you to solve it?"
After speaking, Rimuru glanced at Milim, who was completely excited, then turned his head and looked shyly at Lu Minghao. Especially after noticing Lu Minghao's gentle smile and a pair of jet-black, gem-like eyes, Rimuru lowered his head shyly. If you looked closely, you would find that even Rimuru's ears had turned red.
"Don't worry, Rimuru, we are best friends. Of course, I will take care of this little thing."
Looking at Rimuru, whose neck and ears had turned red with shyness, Lu Minghao swallowed subconsciously, and secretly made up his mind that he must get the Niang溺泉 thing done as soon as possible if he had the chance, so that he wouldn't have to worry about other things and could hold Rimuru and stick to him to his heart's content.
As for saying that even after using Niang溺泉, even if Rimuru's body becomes a girl, but his inner self is still that thirty-year-old great magician, then Lu Minghao doesn't care. Anyway, he doesn't have soul communication with Rimuru, they are just purely exchanging flesh (meow) bodies.
This kind of thing, to explain it in a popular and easy-to-understand way, is that if a person goes to a brothel to drink tea, and the top card only sells art but not her body, then if you have finished playing and don't give money, isn't that selling art but not the body? Because no money was given, the act of prostitution is completely invalid.
"I'm going up, hehe!"
At this time, Milim brushed and flew to Lu Minghao and Rimuru's side, waving her small fists and looking at the Storm Great Demon Vortex in the distance, which was constantly roaring at Milim and slime, with a look of eagerness to try. She couldn't wait to give the Storm Great Demon Vortex a punch.
"Hey hey! Milim, wait a minute, leave this guy to me, I want to eat it!"
Looking at Milim who was about to rush up, Lu Minghao hurriedly grabbed her, fearing that if he was a second late, his long-awaited big meal would be smashed to pieces by Milim's punch. Wouldn't his last big meal before leaving this world be ruined?
"Eh? Why is that? I clearly wanted to play too."
After hearing Lu Minghao's words, Milim turned her head, her little mouth pouting high, and looked at Lu Minghao with a grievance on her face.
"How about this, as a reward, Cang Hua will be lent to you later, and she will become your exclusive cook?"
Looking at Milim's aggrieved appearance, Lu Minghao twitched the corner of his mouth and pointed to Cang Hua, who was next to Sally not far away, saying that anyway, after he left the Slime world, there would be a short period of peace.
At that time, Rimuru would leave the Jura Forest and go to the Kingdom of Ingracia, where the Adventurers' Guild headquarters and the Free Union were located, and there were students left by Miss Shizu there. During this peaceful time, Rimuru would become a teacher there, teaching the students left by Miss Shizu.
It just so happened that it was useless for Cang Hua to stay in the Jura Forest during this period, so it would be better to send her to Milim as a cook. Maybe during this period, he could also obtain the key to other plane worlds that Milim had mastered.
"Really? Then I agree!"
After hearing that Lu Minghao was giving Cang Hua to her as a cook, Milim's originally aggrieved little face instantly showed a happy smile, and she even hugged Lu Minghao and jumped up and down, completely unreservedly expressing her inner happiness and excitement.
However, Lu Minghao understood this. After all, after Cang Hua became Sally's subordinate, during that time, in order to eat better for himself and Sally, Lu Minghao specially transmitted the culinary knowledge he knew in his previous life to Cang Hua, plus the powerful learning ability and body control ability after becoming a high-ranking dragonewt.
It can be said that the current Cang Hua is completely a top-notch cook. Such an existence is simply the best gift for the foodie Milim.
"Okay, okay, Milim, let go of me first, I have to go clean up that guy first."
With that said, Lu Minghao stretched out his hands and took down Milim, who was hanging on him, and put her aside casually before flying directly towards the Storm Great Demon Vortex. Behind Lu Minghao, Rimuru raised his head and glanced at the Storm Great Demon Vortex, with a hesitant expression on his face.
But the next second, Rimuru shook his head vigorously again, silently looking at Lu Minghao. Originally, he intended to let Lu Minghao save Phobio if he could, but when he thought that this guy had seriously injured Rigurd and the others as soon as he arrived in the central city 'Rimuru'.
Moreover, after he let him go, he used some method to become the host of the Storm Great Demon Vortex, wanting to take revenge on them, Rimuru threw the idea of wanting Lu Minghao to save Phobio aside.
Indeed, Rimuru doesn't like death and is full of kindness in his heart, but having seen the cruelty of the real battlefield, he is no longer as simple as in the original book. Facing Phobio, who wanted to hurt him again and again, he had given up the idea of saving him.
