This Summoner Is Too Powerful

With the presence of telepathy, Li Pu was very clear about Caocao's ambush location.

So even amidst the vast desert sands, he could spot the location of the horned blade at a glance.

As he approached, he lightly leaped over the blade that was still swinging slowly.

[Popo don't run!]

However, the giant slime had no such preparation.

Poof...

Upon first contact with the blade, its (belly?) was easily sliced open.

Even the giant slime itself didn't feel anything strange.

But what followed was the tremendous impact attached to the sword's blade.

Crash!

Its entire body seemed to be split open by an invisible blade in the middle.

As it was split, it was also knocked back into the air.

"Whoa, is it really that powerful?"

Li Pu turned around and was also taken aback.

[Popo is finished...]

Now, the giant slime had at least two-thirds of its body split open.

It collapsed on the ground like a lump of mess, trembling slightly, with a large amount of blue glowing liquid flowing out.

It seemed it was on the brink of death.

As for the Attributeless Elemental Core, it fell out, waiting to be picked up.

"Is this the power of the LV25 scarecrow [WoCao]?"

He felt it was a bit exaggerated.

[Caocao!]

Having completed its mission, the scarecrow jumped out of the sand.

It raised its hands in cheer, but the horned blade in its hand was already broken and unusable.

"Don't rush, wait a moment."

"Be careful of its dying counterattack."

Seeing the scarecrow wanting to finish it off, Li Pu held it back.

At this moment, there's no point in finishing it off since the giant slime seemed inevitably doomed.

It's better to wait until it's completely dead to pick up the elemental core.

As expected, after a few minutes, the giant slime's trembling ceased.

Moreover, its originally gel-like body had begun to melt and couldn't maintain its form any longer.

If someone came by at this point, they probably wouldn't be able to recognize it as a slime.

"Wait a little longer."

However, to be cautious, Li Pu pulled the scarecrow to wait for a few more minutes.

After all, his experience with beasts was still too lacking, so it was better to be prudent.

So, only after the giant slime had melted into a puddle of goo did he allow the scarecrow to approach.

The first action upon approaching was not to pick up the elemental core.

According to Tu Lao's words, this elemental core is the world core of this small elemental realm.

Once touched by anyone or anything not belonging to this world, the entire world would quickly become unbalanced and return to the elemental realm.

And as outsiders, they would also be instantly ejected from the scene.

Therefore, before picking up the elemental core, he had the scarecrow use a few pure water buckets, which it usually used to carry cola, to collect the melted slime goo.

To free up these buckets, he had made the scarecrow drink a part of the cola inside earlier; the rest was poured out on the spot.

If he hadn't promised to replace it double, this guy might have flipped the table right there.

Li Pu believed that since the beast had an elemental core inside, it may have been nourished by the core over time. It could be valuable material, just right to take back to Tu Lao.

[Caocao!]

After finishing the collection, the scarecrow handed the buckets to Li Pu one by one.

Li Pu stored them all in his storage space.

As he received more and more feedback from his summoned creatures, his storage space had nearly doubled in size from the start, making it much more useful.

Though useful, the current space was still not very large.

Thus, despite wanting to get more materials, it wasn't feasible.

"Alright, pick up that pearl now."

It was only after collecting the materials that Li Pu pointed to the elemental core.

The bowl-sized pearl had a perfect round shape, emitting a glow.

[Grass!]

The scarecrow responded with a nod and dashed over to pick it up.

A few seconds later, the elemental core was in Li Pu's hands.

Holding it in his palm, information immediately fed back.

[Attributeless Elemental Core]: Purpose unknown.

"It's a bit strange."

Li Pu held the elemental core, looking puzzled.

He then stored it in his storage space.

But around him, it remained quiet, with nothing happening.

According to Tu Lao's words, by now the entire instance should have become unbalanced and ejected them.

[Pop...~]

Just then, there was suddenly a sound from the puddle of slime goo.

"Hmm?"

Li Pu raised an eyebrow, becoming immediately alert.

Looking in the direction of the sound, he unexpectedly saw a new slime forming.

The size of this slime was only about as big as a soccer ball.

It slowly hovered about 1 meter off the ground.

Next, a peculiar scene occurred.

Naturally, a large number of light points appeared in the air, rapidly flying toward the small slime.

Upon touching its surface, the light points were absorbed.

And there were plenty of these light points; at first, they were nearby, and later, even in the distance, there were light points flying in.

The whole process was quick, lasting less than 10 seconds.

[Popo!]

After absorbing all the light points, the small slime let out a clear chirp.

"What's going on here?"

Li Pu fixed his gaze and was indeed baffled.

Because inside this little slime, there was surprisingly another elemental core identical to the previous one!

Could it be that this small elemental realm's core had two parts?

[Popo collision!]

But before he could figure it out, the hovering small slime dashed over.

This creature could actually fly!

At this moment, it charged at Li Pu like a cannonball.

(It's fast!)

The opponent's speed surprised him inwardly.

With the effects of [Sprint] long gone, he felt he could react, but his movements couldn't keep up.

[Grass!]

Fortunately, at this moment, the scarecrow surprisingly showed a reliable posture.

Without waiting for Li Pu's command, it pounced and blocked in front of him.

Bam!

The small slime collided with the scarecrow, causing both to be knocked back simultaneously.

(It seems this little guy shouldn't be too strong.)

The small slime bouncing off itself slightly reassured him.

At the moment, it seemed that it was a winnable fight.

[Popo collision!]

Yet, although knocked back, the small slime stabilized its form faster than the scarecrow due to hovering.

While the scarecrow was still lying on the ground, unable to get up, it was once again charging at Li Pu.

(Bad!)

Li Pu silently thought this wasn't good.

In this short time, it wasn't enough for him to activate [Sprint].

It seemed this crisis situation activated his potential.

In this instant, he managed to use single-strand force to activate [Hardening] on one arm.

Given his current proficiency with [Hardening], this was incredibly difficult to achieve.

With the hardened arm in front, Li Pu crossed both hands to shield himself.

Bam!

Another violent collision sent him and the small slime flying again.

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