Chapter 210: Duke Andy

The next morning.

The cats packed their belongings and set out again toward Witch Peak.

Tally had been unusually excited last night.

In one night, Luo De gained nearly two hundred points of Lust.

As for the two Headless Knights, Mimi experienced a bout of being left behind.

Under the torment of 【Enchanting Fluid】, she was much weaker this morning.

Her sister Tata, having no head, was unaffected by 【Enchanting Fluid】, and slept like a corpse by midnight.

Both sisters were knocked unconscious and sealed inside the shadows.

Their black horses were a form of the Headless Knights' innate spiritual art, and vanished when the sisters lost consciousness.

They climbed upward.

The daytime mist was thin, making the path easy to traverse; before noon, they had already reached the mid-slope.

Luo De carefully sensed the joy emanating from the forest; his 【Growth Spirituality】 points surged straight upward and successfully broke past 100.

He did not hesitate.

He directly allocated twenty points to the Black Slime.

【Special Slime (Unnamed) acquired skill: Memory Devouring】

【Details: Growth Spirituality activated an innate spiritual art the Special Slime (Unnamed) had not yet mastered—this skill can devour a creature's memories and convert them into its own energy or knowledge.】

【Special Slime (Unnamed) acquired skill: Super Absorption】

【Details: Growth Spirituality activated an innate spiritual art the Special Slime (Unnamed) had not yet mastered—this skill allows the Slime to directly absorb necessary nutrients from its environment, with efficiency far beyond that of ordinary Slimes; this enhanced absorption also accelerates the Slime's growth.】

【Remaining Growth Spirituality: 82】

When Luo De finished reading the descriptions.

The slime in his hand, no larger than half a palm, rapidly swelled and expanded into the size of a football.

But then, it slowly shrank back to its original size.

"Memory Devouring is a pretty useful skill—if only I could share it."

Luo De had tried enslaving it.

But the enslavement spell returned an error, stating it did not accept races without gender.

At that moment, the Black Slime in his palm suddenly stirred.

It extended two tiny hands, wrapped around Luo De's wrist, and rubbed against it like a small animal.

"Oh?"

This was the first time Luo De had seen the little thing move.

Though called a Slime, it was no different from a lump of flour.

He glanced again at the descriptions of the two skills.

"It must be Super Absorption."

In good spirits, it had undergone noticeable change—the elemental resonance he sought was no longer out of reach.

Luo De reviewed his recent efforts to strengthen his physical origin.

First and most effective: Spirit Seeds.

Over the past half-month, swallowing ten Spirit Seeds had not only enhanced his body but directly raised Luo De's innate talent ceiling across the board.

The previous helplessness—being unable to learn gravity spells no matter how hard he tried—would never return.

The same applied to spiritual arts: he could now infuse 【Giant Slash】 into every strike; 【Aetheron Flash】 had reached the Ninth Flash level, and the Tenth Flash was not far off.

His spiritual depth was even more profound—recall how he cut down the Plague Mage Amel with a single blow; that was no joke.

Though it had been a prolonged battle, that was only because the opponent possessed a supernatural ability to regenerate far beyond a normal seventh-rank.

Simply put: after breaking his spell, he could kill him at will.

Second: 【Tongue of the Gravity Frog】.

One word: stable.

Daily use, whenever he sweated, he could clearly feel his body growing stronger bit by bit.

This feedback was addictive.

As for Battle Soul and Elemental Resonance,

both had been disappointing, still yielding no results.

Battle Soul construction had issues—he'd already torn it down and rebuilt it; Elemental Resonance? That's the current state of the Black Slime.

But at least there was hope.

As he was methodically sorting through these thoughts, a sinister wind swept through the path ahead.

The thin mist scattered instantly.

In its place, black vapor surged from the ground, forming rings in midair.

Buding and the other cat spirits went on high alert.

"My Lord Luo De, this is Duke Andy—I've seen his ability before."

"How so?"

"It's an evil curse field that shrinks living beings and makes them cuter. Beware—touching the black vapor will infect you with the curse!"

"?"

Luo De blinked, thinking he'd misheard.

"Besides that, what other effects does it have?"

Buding stared at him in shock: "Isn't that evil enough? Doesn't the Dragon God's emissary care at all about this curse?"

"First, this so-called 'curse' has zero impact on combat power."

"But it makes us smaller and cuter! What could be more vile than that?!"

Realizing he'd overreacted, Buding quickly apologized: "Forgive me, My Lord Luo De—I know your strength renders this curse meaningless, but I'd rather die than be touched by it."

All the cat spirits now wore expressions of fear.

They were even showing signs of retreating.

You fought the Headless Knights without hesitation, yet now you're backing down from this ridiculous "curse."

Luo De rubbed his forehead.

"Tally, do you know anything about cat spirits? Any peculiar habits or values they have?"

The succubus chuckled: "No. Cat spirits are an exceedingly rare sentient race. My mother's ancestral memories contain no record of them at all. Frankly, I'm more surprised that a witch cat could even reach Bahadur."

"Forget it. Go bring Duke Andy here."

"As you wish, Brother~"

The next instant, Tally vanished downward as if falling into an abyss.

Less than ten seconds later.

She reappeared, dragging upside-down a cat spirit dressed in luxurious robes.

"Duke Andy?!"

Buding exclaimed: "My Lord Luo De, how did your servant—?"

"This curse doesn't affect us."

The cat spirits were stunned.

Their gazes toward Luo De and Tally grew even more reverent and envious.

Luo De: "..."

Duke Andy, dangling upside-down, was furious.

He spat curses at everyone, including Luo De, in his hoarse voice.

"Fool! Traitor! Cat traitor! Buding, you coward—you're destroying the Cat Spirit paradise!!"

Buding remained unmoved.

He declared firmly: "You've lost, Duke Andy. Your crime of kidnapping Princess Mei Mei has been exposed. Besides, I've long loved Mei Mei—your brutal methods only backfire."

"Kidnapped? Loved? Nonsense! Princess Mei Mei and I pledged our lives to each other long ago—this journey is our elopement. What does a lapdog like you, who only sends rotten wildflowers and cheap love letters, have to do with it?!"

(End of Chapter)