Liquid Slime

Biodata

Appearance

• Natural form: Nearly adult-sized, resembling translucent jelly with a layer of flowing liquid over its body 15.
• Observed disguises: Soft Bone Rabbit and Man Faced Demon Spider; Gu Ping’an identifies it after witnessing the transition between these forms through his Blue Silver Grass sensory network 14.
• After fatal draining: Its scattered remains shrivel into dried, jelly-like pieces and release black motes that gather into a ten-thousand-year soul ring 15.

Abilities & Skills

Transformation

Liquid slimes possess more complete transformation abilities than ordinary slimes, including access to some basic abilities of their assumed forms 14.

• The encountered slime convincingly resembles a ten-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, fooling Dugu Bo even after Gu Ping’an points it out 14.
• Witnessing its liquid-like change of shape allows Gu Ping’an to identify it 14.
• Its combat strength does not match the creature it imitates, providing a potential way to expose the disguise 14.
• Gu Ping’an realizes afterward that he had encountered other liquid slimes during the search without recognizing them 15.

Liquid Reconstitution

Its body can reform after severe damage, making conventional killing methods ineffective in the encounter 14 15.

• Blunt impact: Dugu Bo’s kick splatters it into a puddle, but it reforms into an unharmed spider disguise 14 15.
• Piercing: A longsword thrust into the disguised spider’s head produces neither blood nor a soul ring; the slime returns to its natural form without a wound 15.
• Explosive damage: Gu Ping’an’s fire-enhanced Rasengan scatters it into fragments, which become liquid puddles and attempt to reunite 15.
• Limit: Draining its life essence and soul power kills it despite its recovery ability 15.

Combat Limitations

• Weak in direct combat, with poor defenses and slow movement 14 15.
• Easily restrained by Dugu Bo’s soul power 15.
• Not adept at spiritual power; its lingering soul produces only a feeble soul shock during Gu Ping’an’s ring absorption 15.

History

Gu Ping’an chooses a ten-thousand-year liquid slime as the target for his third soul ring. After half a month of travel to the Star Dou Great Forest and seven days of searching with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, his Blue Silver Grass detects a Soft Bone Rabbit flowing into the shape of a Man Faced Demon Spider. Dugu Bo cannot distinguish the disguise from a real spider, but his attack exposes its liquid body 14.

Dugu Bo restrains the slime while Gu Ping’an attempts to kill it. Neither stabbing its head nor blasting it apart succeeds. Gu Ping’an then wraps its scattered body in Blue Silver Grass and uses Silver-Blue Devouring to drain its life essence and soul power. The slime dies and produces a black ten-thousand-year soul ring 15.

Soul Ring Legacy

Gu Ping’an absorbs the ring as his third, reaching level 34. Its energy nearly overwhelms his body, requiring his Blue Silver Emperor right-leg soul bone to repair the internal damage; the slime’s soul shock proves comparatively weak 15.