Beast Taming: Invincible Breeder-Chapter 342 - 317: Slime or Little Flame Demon

Using a water ball, I gave Shan Feihuai a cold shower to wake him up.

The contract with Shan Feihuai wasn’t so gentle, but it wasn’t too harsh either. It only required him to work for Li Cunxu for ten years.

What could Shan Feihuai do? Refusing meant death.

He could only agree.

Li Cunxu wasn’t surprised by his agreement. If Shan Feihuai had such backbone, if he weren’t afraid of death, he wouldn’t be a bounty hunter but a soldier.

Li Cunxu had no intention of taking Shan Feihuai out with him. The Shan Feihuai here was a projection, and a projection could be monitored by the Descent Mirror.

A projection leaving the Divine Concealment Forbidden Land would surely attract the attention of King Jin.

If Li Cunxu took Shan Feihuai out and let him work for him, wouldn’t that alert King Jin, who is watching Shan Feihuai, that he’s left?

If Shan Feihuai could work for Li Cunxu, it was likely because Li Cunxu had subdued him. If a subdued Shan Feihuai could leave, then Li Cunxu could definitely leave as well.

Taking Shan Feihuai out without having him work for him would be pointless. It would be better to leave him in this world to look after the Slimes for him.

...

Under the thick dark clouds formed by volcanic ash, a battle between the Slime army and the Little Flame Demons was about to erupt.

The Little Flame Demons randomly and chaotically hurled fireballs at the Slime army. Faced with so many fireballs, under the command of the Intelligent Slime, all the Yellow Slimes in the front row leaped forward.

These Yellow Slimes had a distinct feature: twenty-seven small stars above their heads.

The Yellow Slimes took a deep breath, puffed up their mouths, then exhaled forcefully forward. The breath was mixed with grains of yellow sand, and countless sand particles intertwined, transforming into a sandstorm that blotted out the sky.

The approaching fireballs were mercilessly swallowed by the sandstorm and attacked the distant Little Flame Demons.

A single grain of sand from the sandstorm hit a Little Flame Demon, causing it slight pain, akin to scraping, but what about the thousands of sand grains that followed?

As the sandstorm blew past, only the skeletal remains of Little Flame Demons, stripped by yellow sand, were left on the ground.

Seeing Li Cunxu’s interest in the Yellow Slimes, Xiao Bai Spider introduced them.

"These are Yellow Sand Slimes, with skills of blowing sand and a branch skill of Earth Explosive Bomb, the Sand Explosive Bomb. They mutated from consuming yellow sand. They absorb spiritual energy from the sand more efficiently than other Slimes, so they grow stronger faster. They can advance to a high Silver level within just five days of frantically consuming sand."

Li Cunxu said, "We should cultivate the Yellow Sand Slimes heavily."

"We’re already doing that. I allocated all the breeding potions we brought this time to the Yellow Sand Slimes."

"Very good."

Li Cunxu silently watched from the sky as the Slime army engaged with the Little Flame Demons.

Under the command of the Intelligent Slime, the Water Slime division, Earth Slime division, Thunder Slime division... all entered the battlefield one after another.

The Yellow Sand Slime division and Water Slime division performed the best.

The Yellow Sand Slime division had many Yellow Sand Slimes, and together they used their sand-blowing skill to quickly create sandstorms lethal to the Little Flame Demons.

The Water Slime division was effective because water-element skills countered the fire-element Little Flame Demons.

Every Water Explosive Bomb that hit a Little Flame Demon inflicted double the damage.

The Fire Slimes and Wood Slimes performed the worst.

The wood-element skills of the Wood Slimes were countered by the fire-element Little Flame Demons.

The fire-element skills of the Fire Slimes were also countered by the Little Flame Demons. The Little Flame Demons had an innate rare blue-level ability, Flame Demon Skin, which made them immune to fire burns.

The Little Flame Demons, which could bathe in lava, were completely unfazed by the fireball skills of the Fire Slimes. The Fire Explosive Bombs only had impact damage at best.

The battle between the Slime army and the Little Flame Demons spanned from day to night and from night to day. However, the skies of this small world were shrouded by volcanic ash, making it indistinguishable between day and night.

Unless something unexpected happened, the battle between the Slime army and the Little Flame Demons would persist.

The Slime army would surely capture more territory, while the Little Flame Demons had to defend their ground. Their battle was destined to be enduring.

Even if the Slime army stopped fighting, the Little Flame Demons wouldn’t abandon the war. These demon pets had a particular nature—they were warlike. A day without combat made them itch all over, only subdued by hibernation. But if suppressed for too long, their combat desire would become unconstrained.

They would awaken, seeking life to fight. If there were no other living creatures around, they would turn to their own kind.

Their kin served as a venting target as well.

Li Cunxu wasn’t worried about this war because the Slime army was ultimately in an advantageous position.

Under the Intelligent Slime’s command, facing the disorderly Little Flame Demons, the Slime army casualties would be minimal. Even with casualties, it didn’t matter. Xiaoruan’s Land of Rebirth could resurrect them endlessly, and the only loss would be their level.

Level loss could be regained quickly by consuming yellow sand.

Besides the Yellow Sand resources of Hidden World 168, there were also resources within Hidden World 167.

Although the resources of Hidden World 167 were polluted by Hell, Slimes that consumed them would die from the contamination, but that’s not an issue.

Normal Slimes might die, but demon-type Slimes of the same attribute would not only survive but thrive.

What to do if there are no demon-type pet beasts?

While it might be troublesome for others, was it an issue for Li Cunxu?

He had a batch of Fire Slimes injected with Mutation Needles to consume the blood and bones of the Little Flame Demons.

Within a few days, demon-type Slimes were born.

Xiao Bai Spider named it Demon Fire Slime.

The Demon Fire Slime could release flames of the same nature as the Little Flame Demons.

These flames carried a Hellish aura, making any injuries caused by them difficult to heal. Only holy-type healing skills could effectively treat such wounds.

The Demon Fire Slime also had a high fire resistance, allowing it to bathe in lava.

Additionally, Xiao Bai Spider keenly sensed that the Demon Fire Slime had untapped potential. Xiao Bai Spider brought over a pile of Little Flame Demon blood and flesh for a Demon Fire Slime with a Quick Digestion talent to eat.

Midway through eating, the Demon Fire Slime erupted in a burst of evolutionary light.

The Demon Fire Slime evolved into a Little Flame Demon.

"So does it now belong to the Little Flame Demons or the Slimes?"

Claiming it’s not a Little Flame Demon, genetic testing, and panel evaluations all confirmed it to be a pure Little Flame Demon.

Claiming it’s not a Slime, Xiaoruan’s citizen mark resides on its body. It executed Xiaoruan’s commands perfectly.

In fact, Li Cunxu had long wondered about this question.

He handed the dragon Slimes to Ao Meng for a contract. Her Dragon Blood Ancestral talent allowed the dragon Slimes to revert to dragons.

Then would that dragon belong to dragons, Slimes, or perhaps to both?

"This mystery will soon be resolved. Once Xiaoruan’s tax collection day arrives, it will become clear. If the collected tax includes the tax from the Slime that became a Little Flame Demon, its nature will be confirmed."