Chapter 867 - 431: Demon King Species, Birth of the King_3
"Water Manipulation!"
In the ongoing close combat, Gauss’s understanding of the Slime’s bodily composition gradually deepened, and his ability to restrain murderous intent quickly enhanced, further coupled with Eden’s inevitable absorption of some of the water bodies Gauss had dispersed.
At this moment, under Gauss’s sudden move to manipulate the water body, Eden’s form stiffened, with the water body inside strongly restrained.
And just then, a golden light pillar descended on Eden’s landing spot, with timing and position perfectly aligned, as if rehearsed hundreds or thousands of times in Gauss’s mind.
"Buzz!"
The White Magic Wand in Gauss’s hand shone brilliantly.
A surge of divine light attack suddenly descended! Dawn!
In this unusual state, Eden seemingly found it hard to organize effective resistance measures.
Its round eyes turned twice, glancing at Gauss across the void.
At the next moment, under Gauss’s perplexed gaze, its aura vanished instantly.
It actually voluntarily gave up all its defensive power.
"Boom!"
The dazzling pillar of light completely consumed it.
Countless particles peeled off from its soft body, rushing to the high air, eventually forming a sky full of brilliant star points scattering down.
"Dead?"
Gauss, witnessing this scene, remained somewhat dazed.
Has the enhancement period ended? Or did it use some special life-preservation measure, essentially already escaped?
According to his perception, this combo should, at most, severely wound the Slime, evidently not enough to achieve lethal effect.
In his consideration, at least two or three more similar coordinated attacks are needed to possibly exhaust this Slime, which has maxed out both its life force and defensive power.
Moreover, an aspect that even Gauss himself may not realize is that throughout sustained combat, his murderous intent toward Eden was not only restrained but also dissipated significantly.
Thus, after the dawn light completely obliterated Eden, he even felt a slight sense of loss and vagueness.
He stood silently, waiting until the dawn light dissipated, and the air became exceptionally pure.
The surroundings no longer showed the slightest presence of Slime, as if it had completely died.
At the location where Slime Eden was, a treasure chest slowly emerged.
Suddenly, Gauss seemed to remember something.
He quickly opened the Monster Atlas.
"Congratulations on killing..."
A special notification popped up on the atlas, but before it could unfold, the prompt stalled there.
It seemed to encounter some anomaly, causing the atlas to enter a brief error hang-up condition.
"..."
"..."
The information bounced for a long while.
Finally, it gradually expanded.
"Congratulations on killing Commander Level... Extraordinary Level demon [Born King of Slime ’Eden Graham Liddy....’] (Demon King Species Initial State)"
Gauss was seeing such a dense string of content for the first time, dense mosquito-like text almost occupying his entire visual field.
Normally, a Slime not mastering Domain power should fall within Commander Level, even if it exhibited Extraordinary Level combat strength, yet the atlas seemed to categorize it as Extraordinary Level demon due to the earlier error?
Additionally, the demon’s name was entirely listed, with a prefix of Born King of Slime and a suffix of Demon King Species Initial State.
It sounds extremely significant, doesn’t it?
What is the Demon King Species Initial State? Does it have any relation to the Demon killed by the Legendary Sword Saint?
Is Eden truly dead? Why did it suddenly die so abruptly? Even Gauss couldn’t help but question.
Because of Eden’s yearning for death stance, he even prepared for the opponent to possess some incomprehensible capability.
However, the panel had issued a kill notification, and based on his past experiences, Eden was undoubtedly dead beyond doubt. Even with numerous questions in Gauss’s mind, this already became a settled fact.
"Congratulations on your first kill of an Extraordinary Level demon."
"Unlocking the Extraordinary Road."
"Kills 5 types of Extraordinary Level demons (1/5). Reward: Randomly draw a racial talent from Extraordinary Level demon."
"Since you killed a special demon, Demon King Species. You acquired the rewarded title [Demon King Slayer] (Cannot be upgraded)."
Gauss looked at the newly rewarded title.
The title information was exceptionally concise.
[Demon King Slayer]: You have acquired the qualification for completely slaughtering Demon Kings.
He raised an eyebrow.
Judging by the title’s term effect, does slaying a Demon King require qualification?
He can comprehend qualifications such as mastering Magic or awakening bloodline powers, but what does the qualification for slaying Demon Kings imply? Isn’t it merely a matter of being strong enough to achieve it?
Many puzzles still flooded his mind.
The anomaly within the Monster Atlas also verified his earlier guess, that Slime Eden was an exceptionally unique entity.
Its body seems to be filled with many secrets; if it remained, perhaps it would be eager to provide Gauss with some explanatory information. But now, it’s dead, having abruptly dismantled all its defensive powers in a suicidal fashion.
Just as Gauss sighed and prepared to fly over to claim the treasure chest that Eden had exploded, and the stone opening to the next level, a voice sounded beside him, instantly making every hair on his body stand upright.
"Gauss, what a shame, you almost... nearly killed me."
Still that juvenile voice, carrying not much emotion.
He quickly glanced around, surprise flashing deep in his pupils, attempting to find Eden’s figure.
Slime Eden didn’t die? But surely the Monster Atlas already issued the kill notification?
Did a bug really occur in the Monster Atlas?
Keep in mind, in the past tens of thousands of kills, the Monster Atlas never encountered any anomaly. Hence, he often treated the Monster Atlas’s kill notification as an assessment method for determining monster survival or not.