The SAN-Dropping Legion

In his desperation, Su Li opened his mouth again.

"Fus—!!!" The Dragon Roar blasted out like a cannonball, hitting the Big Finger Bug in the air.

However, reality was cruel.

Without absorbing a dragon soul for reinforcement, and only the first stage of an incomplete Dragon Roar, its effectiveness was greatly diminished against such a large monster.

The Big Finger Bug's massive body merely shifted its direction by a few centimeters; it wasn't blown away directly.

"As expected, skills that aren't paid for are just tickles."

But even a momentary pause in a high-level fight could be fatal, and this gave Su Li time to react.

He lunged sharply to the right, followed by a standard invincible roll.

"Boom!" A pink binding magic grazed his ribs, and then the Big Finger Bug's dozen or so fingers slammed down where he had been standing, sending dirt flying.

But it missed!

"Pipi Axe! Use Whirlwind Slash quickly!"

"Roar!!!"

Pipi Axe, who had been ready for a while, had flames burning intensely around its neck. It spun like a top into the fray, its Double-Edged Battle Axe leaving a series of marks on the Finger Bug's grayish-white hard shell.

"Krak krak krak!"

Although it couldn't completely break through the Big Finger Bug's thick outer defense, the immense impact made its whole body tremble, and its movements clearly slowed down.

Pipi Finger also charged forward with extreme bravery. Despite the disparity in size, it clung tightly to one of the Big Finger Bug's small fingers and desperately tried to pry it open.

Thus, one person and one finger were locked in a fierce struggle with the behemoth.

Su Li got up from the ground, looking at the tense situation with a headache.

"It's a shame I don't have any decent fire magic. Although this Finger Bug is thick-skinned, it's extremely weak to fire. If I had a Fireball Technique, this guy would have been a roasted pig's trotter by now."

"To deal with it, I need fire. To deal with the Flame Dragon Lizard, I need to deal with it first. Isn't this a vicious cycle?"

Despite his helplessness, this Big Finger Bug was ultimately just an Elite Monster, not strong enough to be unbeatable.

Su Li took a deep breath. Seizing the moment when the Big Finger Bug's aggro was drawn by Pipi Axe, he raised one foot high.

"Eat my kick again! War Stomp!!"

"Rumble!" Dozens of sharp bone spurs erupted from beneath the Big Finger Bug, impaling it like a hedgehog.

[Rot Value is full! Crimson Corruption triggered!]

Dark red special effects surged, and the Big Finger Bug let out a piercing scream, its movements instantly becoming weak.

"It's hit by Crimson Corruption? That makes things easier!" Su Li breathed a sigh of relief and charged forward with his Corrupted Iron Sword.

"While you're down, I'll take your life!"

The subsequent battle turned into a one-sided beatdown. Under the combined assault of the three, the once-arrogant Big Finger Bug finally depleted its last sliver of Health Bar and fell to the ground with unwillingness.

[Successfully killed a Large Finger Bug, gained EXP +120, Spirit +1, Strength +1]

"Phew..." Su Li wiped away nonexistent sweat.

Next was the most crucial part. He walked to the battlefield and struck each of the Finger Bug corpses on the ground with his sword.

"Rise, my warriors!"

A few minutes later, a teeth-grinding scraping sound echoed.

Six Medium Finger Bugs shakily stood up, followed by four Small Finger Bugs.

Their grayish-white skin had all turned dark red, clearly transformed into corrupted creatures.

But the largest Finger Bug lay there, unmoving.

"Tsk, what a pity. The enslavement rate for these Elite Monsters is still too low," Su Li shook his head regretfully.

Looking at the purple ring on the Big Finger Bug's middle finger, Su Li had a sudden idea. "Pipi Finger, go take that ring off and try wearing it!"

Pipi Finger struggled to put the ring on its finger. It waved its hand and spun around, but apart from looking a bit nicer, there was no reaction.

"Looks like it's not usable for now," Su Li sighed and gave up.

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"Alright, all ten of you, go to the Corrupted Cave and wait! Don't embarrass yourselves here."

Watching the ten newly acquired subordinates crawl away in a grand procession, Su Li felt a slight sense of being a Legion Commander.

"The main event is next. Pipi Finger, Pipi Axe, let's go! Time to stock up at the Slime territory!"

The scene here was still peaceful, with a glowing blue Mushroom Jungle, clear lake water, and groups of blue jelly-like creatures hopping by the lake.

"Heh heh, I didn't expect there to be such a bright place in this gloomy Undead Mountain Range," Su Li chuckled.

"However, the more normal a place looks, the more sinister it usually is," Su Li focused his gaze.

If you ignored the half of their bodies writhing with flesh tentacles and the dozens of blood-red eyeballs staring at you, they were indeed quite cute.

"With that appearance, they're practically born suicide trucks."

The tactic was simple: Pipi Axe would tank and gather monsters, Pipi Finger would harass, and Su Li would use War Stomp and the Corrupted Iron Sword to harvest.

"Let's grind!"

[Killed Abyssal Corroding Slime (Small), EXP +100]

[Killed Abyssal Corroding Slime (Medium), EXP +150, Spirit +1]

The overlapping kill notifications were more beautiful to Su Li than the most wonderful music in the world.

For a good half of the day, Su Li had almost wiped out the slimes in this area.

[Total EXP Gained: 5000, Strength +10, Spirit +6]

[Basic Swordsmanship Proficiency +200 (Lv3), Swordsman (Lv1) Class Proficiency +20]

Golden level-up light pillars lit up one after another!

[Level: Lv6 → Lv8, Current EXP: 860/6400]

[Strength: 36 → 46, Spirit: 26 → 32]

[Gained 6 Free Attribute Points]

Su Li waved his skeletal hand and distributed the attribute points.

[Constitution: 27 → 30, Agility: 15 → 18]

"Awesome!!" Su Li looked at his rapidly increasing stats, feeling like he could now punch a cow to death.

"I'm almost level 10! I can evolve again then!"

"And the EXP from these Abyss monsters is so generous, I almost want to train here until level 100 before coming out."

Unfortunately, ideals are often grand, but reality is harsh.

As his level increased, Su Li found that the EXP gained from killing low-level slimes began to decrease significantly.

What was even more frustrating was that the World Module was ineffective against these Abyss-corroded creatures; no new ones spawned.

"Yeah, if you could infinitely farm these high-EXP monsters, this game would have experienced hyperinflation long ago." Su Li reluctantly accepted this limitation.

At this moment, the battlefield was a mess.

And amidst this mess, a true "SAN-Dropping Legion" had risen.

A full 25 Abyssal Corroding Slimes! They wobbled and lined up before Su Li.

The left half of their bodies consisted of wildly writhing flesh tentacles and spinning eyeballs, while the right half was dark red, corrupted jelly, constantly dripping viscous poison.

Each one let out a "gurgling"怪声.

Even Su Li felt a bit nauseous looking at them.

"If these things charged into a crowd and exploded... tsk, the scene would be too beautiful."

"Hmph, Flame Dragon Lizard, the army is at your gates, won't you disarm and surrender?"

Elsewhere, the Flame Dragon Lizard, which was gnawing on a wild boar, suddenly sneezed.

Looking at the blackened meat in front of it, it fell into deep thought.