He had put seventy to eighty percent of his strength into that axe strike, enough to kill even a Peak Main God, yet this worm had emerged completely unscathed and even bounced him back.
Lu Niaoniao frowned slightly as she studied the Abyss Worm's body. Its grayish-brown slime gleamed strangely in the sunlight and looked extremely elastic.
"Its surface seems to be covered by a special force field that dissipates most physical attacks," she mused. "And its body tissue is extraordinarily soft. Ordinary slashes and thrusts probably won't do much."
Ding Man was sweating with anxiety. "Then what do we do? We can't just watch it run rampant through the Academy!"
After a moment's thought, Lu Niaoniao took out a test tube filled with blue liquid and handed it to Niu Pao. "This can temporarily freeze and harden its surface. That should let you kill it."
Niu Pao took the test tube, his eyes lighting up as he watched the blue liquid slosh gently inside. "All right! I'll give it a try!"
He quickly rose, gripped the test tube tightly, and charged toward the Abyss Worm again.
This time, he did not swing his axe straight at it. Instead, he waited for the right moment and hurled the test tube just as he closed in on the worm's body.
The test tube traced an arc through the air and struck the worm's slick surface with precision. It shattered with a crack, and the blue liquid instantly spread.
A layer of white frost visibly formed wherever the blue liquid touched the worm's body, rapidly turning its springy flesh rigid.
"Now!" Lu Niaoniao shouted.
Niu Pao was already prepared. The instant the worm's surface froze solid, he leaped high, gripping his massive pink axe in both hands and pouring all his divine