I Own the Evolution Domain

Golden shards shatters before it fades as it falls down the ground, blood splattering all over the Golden Slime’s body as its opponent proceeds to thrust the blade of mana swirling around his arm, reaching its body and piercing through.

Seeing this opportunity to end the fight once and for all, Novus immediately follows through as he raises his other arm, mana gathering around it as his fist becomes reinforced, strength flowing through each fiber of his muscle as his arm explodes in both speed and strength, targeting the slime in front of him.

[Immortal Energy: 1255/1435]

[Immortal Energy: 1215/1435]

For the first time since their battle began, Novus’ fist reached the Golden Slime’s body, allowing him to get a feel of how different this one is compared to the other variance of its kind.

The slimy flesh is quite tough, as if it had been reinforced time and time again in order to achieve such degree of defensive capabilities, and even then, it is completely different to an Amber Slime’s reinforced exterior.

This is due to the fact that from that single punch alone, Novus can tell that the toughness of the creature in front of him goes all the way through, outer and inner part indifferent as it fully defends the core from being damaged through tough defensive layers.

"Impressive..." he praised as he pulls his fist back, mana beginning to swirl as the reinforcement collapsed, the energy’s structure repurposing itself away from enhancement and defensive capabilities, solely improving just two things; piercing and slashing prowess.

Mana Blade forms, piercing through the Golden Slime’s shell after quite the struggle, the young man utilizing the technique smiling as he begins assuming that this fight will only get easier for him from this point onwards.

As it seems like the fight is already turning for the better for him however, the Golden Slime made its move to respond to his attack, making him feel like the Mana Blade piercing through the slime flesh began consuming so much more from him.

Still, he pushes through, choosing to ignore the massive toll of mana that the blade requires as he began cleaving through part after part of the Golden Slime.

Through each slash, each part that he dismembers away from its main body, Novus finally realized why is it that Mana Blade seems to take more toll on him than usual, the slime seemingly using its body to absorb everything that is coming in contact to it, refining and turning it into its own flesh to regenerate.

[Immortal Energy: 1175/1435]

[Immortal Energy: 1135/1435]

’This... absurd...’ seeing the process of regeneration the Golden Slime is going through as it begins absorbing, no, devouring everything around it, Novus couldn’t help but remark, finally realizing why is it that Medea is often so amazed every time she witnesses him quacking recovering, even regenerating his body from severe damages that would’ve claimed anyone else’s life.

After all, recovering fully after tanking a massive amount of damage would be something impressive, if the one watching it is an ally of the one recovering, and an extreme horror, should the one watching an individual rapidly recover is an enemy instead.

Around him, whistling sounds begins approaching as even the previously thrown golden spears began returning to its caster, the earth, vines, leaves and all other matters clinging onto those spears as it reenters the casters body absorbed without fail, as if the slime can devour anything and everything that it comes through.

"Let’s see where your limits are..." Novus smiles as he watches the Golden Slime’s attempt in regenerating its damaged body parts, power surging from the depth of his being as he raises his arms, swinging them with absurd swiftness and extreme precision as he proceeds to brutally dismantle the slime matter protecting his opponent’s core.

A vertical cleave, followed by a horizontal slash that prevents another golden spear from forming, then a thrust that removes the slime matter wrapping around the nearly exposed core.

Novus continues peeling the Golden Slime layer by layer with practiced precision, almost as if the small time he had done it already made him extremely familiar with how he should move.

Still, the Golden Slime remains unyielding, with each slash that its opponent made, its body just regenerates, making it closer to being complete once more.

Watching its rate of regeneration, Novus knew full well that he needs to do something about the stalemate he is currently locked inside of, as just keeping the current state will eventually result in him getting more and more tired as time goes by all while this monstrosity continues to just devour and refine everything around them.

[Immortal Energy: 1095/1435]

[Immortal Energy: 1055/1435]

’Kind of a pity that I am inside a forest right now, an explosive fireball would’ve worked well on this guy...’ recalling the kind of firepower the sole spell he is capable of casting can dish out, Novus thought to himself in pity as the thought of utilizing it was shoved to the back of his mind.

After all, not only will the Golden Slime fall from such attack, but more than likely, him as well, as the forest guarantees that he will have no escape from the flame that will be the aftermath of such attack.

Hence the reason why for now, he just continues cleaving through the slime’s constantly regenerating flesh, everything around it being devoured, absorbed and refined, turning into a constant source of regenerating flesh for itself.

Indeed, everything.

Including the immortal’s poisonous blood.

Another slash falls.

This time, the Golden Slime’s flesh trembles once more, however, not from regeneration, but from the lack of.

The flesh constantly growing back begins to shake, the consistent, tough golden flesh beginning to leak out drops of yellow, almost as if its own flesh is threatening to collapse on itself.

Novus realized it as well, and after finally having a better chance to think, it is only now that he noticed the massive amount of his blood being absorbed within the Golden Slime’s system.

Sure, the current level of poison within his blood, according to the system’s description, is only capable of hindering an E Tier creature.

Consumed in such large amount however, even the D Tier Golden Slime has finally fallen under its effects.

"Hup!!" realizing that the opportunity has come for him to finish it, Novus took a step closer, thrusting his hand forwards as mana wraps around it, the sharp, corporeal blade piercing through the flesh and eventually, cutting through the core.

It was quite the crude cut, with the blade of mana being completely disrupted by the absorbing property of the slime’s flesh.

Crude as it may, however, it works more than enough to kill the Golden Slime.

As its body fall down the forest’s cold ground, Novus was met with a floating screen confirming his success, making him smile as he reads through it with a faint trace of excitement in his face.

[Defeated: D Tier Golden Slime (1). Rewards: D-Tier Evolution Crystal (3), Slime Substrate (9), Slimy Gold Dust (3)]

"Haha... got it..." seeing the kill notification and the reward for the successful hunt, he clenches his fist as he realized that he had acquired the very resource that is the reason why he refuses to run away from such troublesome opponent.