Chapter 521 - 250: What’s This About Accidentally Killing the Boss on the Side?
Chapter 521: Chapter 250: What’s This About Accidentally Killing the Boss on the Side?
Although he was currently just a Clone, and theoretically didn’t need to worry about being poisoned... his senses were linked. Lin Mo had no desire to experience the sensation of touching this slime-covered thing with his bare hands.
"Lin Mo" picked up the Poison Sac. At the same time, the huge commotion attracted the surrounding worms, who came to check on their matriarch.
One worm was the first to arrive. It saw that its matriarch was dead, and next to the corpse, a human was holding its "trophy."
The creature’s instinct to guard its matriarch immediately kicked in, and it charged toward "Lin Mo."
"Perfect timing!"
"Lin Mo’s" eyes lit up as he took the initiative, easily dodging the worm’s attack and leaping onto its back.
However, "Lin Mo" didn’t kill it. Instead, he used the Frost Dragon Scale Sword to carve a perfectly sized hole in its body and stuffed the Poison Sac inside.
’It shouldn’t fall out so easily this way, right?’
As "Lin Mo" thought this, he leaped up and began climbing toward the opening above.
The worm immediately gave chase, following close behind.
The Clone climbed for about seventy or eighty meters. Deciding that was far enough, he canceled the Skill.
As expected, the worm followed right behind him.
"It’s coming!"
At that moment, back on the surface, Lin Mo suddenly said something that left everyone baffled.
’Coming? What’s coming?’
The next moment, a faint rustling came from the deep maw of the cave. Two or three seconds later, a huge worm burst out of the opening, appearing before them.
"Holy shit!"
Luke cried out, hastily drawing his sword to attack the worm.
He was a Level Five Warrior, after all, and his sword left a deep gash in the worm’s body.
Lin Mo grew anxious. Forget about Skill Level for a moment—he couldn’t let them rupture the Poison Sac. He quickly stopped the others from attacking further and unleashed a [Thunder Strike Skill], impaling the worm.
The worm crashed to the ground, motionless.
Lin Mo pulled on a pair of acid-proof gloves, walked over, and retrieved the large Poison Sac. He then sliced open the worm’s body and pulled out a smaller Poison Sac from inside.
Everyone nearby was dumbfounded. Deke stepped closer, staring at the two Poison Sacs Lin Mo had placed on the ground. "Is this... the Poison Sac from the Crystal-devouring Worm matriarch?"
Lin Mo nodded. "Actually, I... accidentally killed it just now."
"???"
’What does he mean he "accidentally" killed the boss?’ Deke was utterly bewildered.
It wasn’t a question of power; with the might of Lin Mo’s Technique, instantly killing a Level 8 Demon was perfectly normal. What was truly absurd about this was the sheer luck involved.
’He just casually fired off a Sword Qi to dig a hole and happened to kill the matriarch with it?’
’That’s insane!’
"Boss, should we light the smokes now?" Hahn asked from the side.
"I don’t think that’ll be necessary..." Lin Mo said.
"Indeed."
Deke nodded as well, glancing toward the cave entrance. "For Demons like the Crystal-devouring Worms, the matriarch is their core. Without her, the colony can’t reproduce. So when the matriarch is killed, the remaining individuals enter a frenzied state to avenge her."
As soon as he finished speaking, another noise came from the cave.
No, it wasn’t just coming from the cave...
They could feel something tunneling through the ground beneath their very feet.
"Prepare for battle!" Deke shouted.
The next moment, a worm burst from the ground. It was a full meter in diameter, with sharp teeth and a body covered in disgusting, yellowish-green slime.
Even though his Clone had already seen them underground, Lin Mo couldn’t stop his eye from twitching. ’Okay, these Demons are going on my blacklist, right next to Slimes and Black Mud Monsters,’ he thought.
This was the perfect time for Magic.
Lin Mo hadn’t used Magic in a while and was itching for a chance. He immediately hurled a [Flaming Spear], which instantly pierced the body of a Crystal-devouring Worm. Raging flames erupted, instantly evaporating its slime and charring its body black.
The strange smell of cooked protein filled the air.
[Flaming Spear] Skill Level +30
These worms weren’t low-leveled, either. The one Lin Mo had just killed, for instance, was probably Level 5.
The others also jumped into the fray.
Ali swung her sword, and a blast of ice-blue Sword Qi instantly froze the spot it struck.
However, Ali’s strength clearly wasn’t enough to slice through the Demon in a single blow.
Ali lunged forward, landing several more blows before she finally managed to kill it.
Hahn drew his bow, nocked an arrow, and shot a worm in the head. The sheer power of the shot instantly blew its head apart.
A Level 7 Ranger’s strength was truly on another level.
Feney had already applied BUFFs to everyone. Now approaching Level 4, her Magic Power was no longer as scarce as it once was.
The battle was over in a matter of minutes.
These Demons were clearly no match for Deke’s squad.
"Nine in total? That’s fewer than I expected..."
But for them, the battle itself was less trouble than the cleanup that came after.
"This is so gross..."
Luke complained as he rummaged through a worm’s guts with his gloved hands, searching for its Poison Sac.