WTYTIAAN Chapter 19
by Volare“A person’s energy is limited. How can one be proficient in everything through dual cultivation? I advise you to… be careful!”
Lillian’s voice suddenly rose, the sharp trailing sound making Yan Yunqing subconsciously jump to the side.
The ground where he had been standing suddenly cracked, and a huge dark shadow burst out, causing dust to fly everywhere.
“Pui, pui, pui!” Yan Yunqing was staggered by the strong wind raised, rolled twice on the spot to get away from the dark shadow, and couldn’t open his eyes from the splashed mud. He spat out the mud that had gotten into his mouth, “What is that thing!”
The moment the dark shadow appeared, Lillian flew away from the range of the splashing mud, avoiding unnecessary disasters.
She took out her magic wand from her bosom and looked down at the huge dark shadow from the air. Her voice even had a hint of schadenfreude, “I’ll tell you good news, the magical creature you were curious about just appeared.”
Yan Yunqing: ???
Yan Yunqing wiped the mud off his face with his sleeve, and the blurry dark shadow in the flying dust gradually became clear. Yan Yunqing looked in shock at the giant long creature in front of him, more than three meters and nearly four meters long, and the exaggerated health bar above its head.
The monster was covered in mud and unknown mucus. Its skin was stacked layer upon layer, the shape at first glance resembling a pile of skulls. The overall shape was a brownish-red long strip, without other limbs. Its entire body trembled slightly with each breath. Yan Yunqing seemed to be able to see the blood surging under the monster’s skin.
Moving his gaze upward, the long, strip-shaped monster had no eyes on its head, but instead a terrifyingly large mouth, filled with sharp, jagged teeth. The circles of teeth triggered trypophobia in viewers. A viscous substance, probably saliva, gradually gathered and slid down those teeth. If bitten, one would probably be crushed instantly.
The scene was shocking, reminiscent of an indescribable being from the Cthulhu mythos.
Yan Yunqing subconsciously swallowed and took a step back. The dead branches and leaves under his feet made a crunching sound, and the monster’s mouth immediately turned towards his position, slamming down hard.
Yan Yunqing’s scalp went numb, and he quickly rolled to the side again, “What the hell is this thing!”
“A magical creature, I just said.” Lillian cast a lightness spell on Yan Yunqing, “Looking at its appearance and way of moving, it should be a Grimface Earthworm.”
“It just so happened that it rained in this forest recently, which suits the Grimface Earthworm’s living habits.”
“Congratulations, weren’t you curious about magical creatures just now? Now you’ve seen one.”
As Lillian’s words fell, the name and level also appeared above the monster’s health bar.
[Lv.12 Grimface Earthworm]
Two levels higher than Yan Yunqing’s current level.
“The level isn’t high, it’s just a newly born magical creature that hasn’t had time to devour others.” Lillian observed while flying in mid-air, “It’s something you can handle. Great, I don’t have to collect your corpse.”
“Do you hear what you’re saying!”
With the help of the lightness spell Lillian cast on him, Yan Yunqing desperately avoided the Grimface Earthworm’s continuous attacks and nimbly climbed up a thick tree. As a result, the earthworm directly performed a whirlwind sweep, snapping the tree in half in a few strokes.
He had no choice but to come down from the tree and run away in another direction.
“What the hell, how can this be an earthworm? Aren’t those things supposed to eat rotten plants? Why is it chasing after me???”
What kind of earthworm is this big!
Yan Yunqing found an opportunity to take out his magic wand from his backpack, and without worrying about causing a forest fire, he smashed a few fireballs at the Grimface Earthworm, along with wind blades, causing the monster to raise its head and howl.
As everyone knows, fire + wind = diffusion reaction, damage bonus *1.5.
Yan Yunqing watched the fireballs land on the earthworm, making sizzling sounds of roasting meat, and the wind blades also scraped out a few cuts, splattering dark red liquid, but the damage numbers displayed showed no damage bonus.
…Okay, this set of elemental reactions doesn’t seem to work in this other world.
And it seems to have further angered the opponent.
Realizing that the earthworm had not been repelled by his fireballs and wind blades, but had instead increased its attack frequency, Yan Yunqing came to a conclusion.
“It’s already a magical creature, what’s wrong with changing the menu?” Lillian opportunistically gave Yan Yunqing another buff, “At least its menu has only changed from eating rotten plants to eating rotten plants and rotten small animal corpses.”
“It hasn’t changed that much, right?”
With Lillian’s buff, Yan Yunqing dodged the Grimface Earthworm’s attacks more smoothly, occasionally hitting it with a few spells, making the monster look ‘ragged’, thoroughly unappetizing.
The Grimface Earthworm’s health bar was constantly being pushed down by Yan Yunqing, surprisingly smoothly, if you didn’t look at Yan Yunqing’s embarrassing escape.
“It’s gone from vegetarian to omnivorous, and you call that not much change?!” Yan Yunqing bristled, “And since it eats rotten plants and animals, why is it chasing after me? Am I some kind of rotten corpse? I’m still warm! How rude!”
“You’re calling a mindless magical creature rude…” Lillian rolled her eyes, “How do I know why it has to chase after you? Maybe it wants to change its taste and try the taste of a living person?”
Great, the living are almost dead, and the corpses are still warm!
Thank you to the earthworm for its special attention, please don’t pay attention next time!
What else could he do? He could only bite the bullet and fight.
Anyway, the health bar is already out, what is Yan Yunqing afraid of?
For players, as long as you dare to show your health bar, they’ll kill even God for you!
As the Grimface Earthworm’s health decreased, Yan Yunqing’s magic points also plummeted. Casting magic was extremely mana-intensive for him. With the magic wand’s blessing, he could only better control the output of mana.
If he wanted high magical damage, magic consumption was inevitable. Yan Yunqing took the time to take out a small blue bottle he had crafted and chug it down. The Grimface Earthworm took the opportunity to slam down hard in Yan Yunqing’s direction. Yan Yunqing shivered and twisted his body to dodge, and the sharp teeth in its mouth grazed his arm and plunged into the ground, taking a big bite of mud.
“How is this damn thing attacking so quickly? I didn’t see it having eyes!” Yan Yunqing drew out his fine iron sword and slashed hard at the earthworm, splashing a burst of hot liquid.
“Earthworms don’t have eyes to begin with, do they? It should be using scent to sense your location.” Lillian conjured a water ball to wash away the earthworm’s blood that had just splashed on Yan Yunqing, “Be careful, this magical creature’s blood is slightly corrosive. You don’t want to be covered in it and become pitted all over, do you?”
Only then did Yan Yunqing realize that the exposed skin on his arms was already slightly red, and a slight burning and stinging sensation was coming from the surface of his body. The [Corrosion] debuff was also hanging on his personal panel. Because of the adrenaline rush from the battle, he hadn’t noticed the slight discomfort in his body.
Fortunately, elves were naturally good at healing magic. Lillian was now an excellent healer. After a few recovery spells, even the debuff on his body was cleared.
Rubbing the redness on his arm, Yan Yunqing distanced himself from the Grimface Earthworm and quickly chanted a binding spell, fixing the earthworm in place, and then quickly pulled away to a safe distance.
“Would it be useful if I changed my smell?” Yan Yunqing asked.
“Oh? That’s a good idea?” Lillian suggested, “Why don’t you roll around in the mud a few times and turn yourself into the smell of mud? Maybe it won’t chase after you then.”
Yan Yunqing did not recommend Lillian’s suggestion.
“Okay, stop talking. It’s just a level twelve ordinary monster, not even an elite. Do I need to roll around in the mud?”
As he said this, Yan Yunqing’s body retreated to an even further distance. After the cooldown was over, he cast another imprisonment spell on the Grimface Earthworm before chanting a lengthy incantation.
“Great…”
That’s the problem with magic. The prelude is always a long string of lines. Casting a big spell requires praying for ten seconds first. In that time, a swordsman could have slashed dozens of times already.
So those frail and untrained mages can only hide behind swordsmen, chanting their spells of praise for various things.
He really has to pick up swordsman skills as soon as possible, and then research whether magical incantations can be shortened!
While chanting the incantation, Yan Yunqing’s mind was also thinking about the future.
Faintly, he had a sense of relaxation that he had been dead for a long time.
The moment the incantation ended, flames blazed up, moving without wind, enveloping the Grimface Earthworm completely. It raised its head and howled and struggled, but could not escape the encirclement of the flames. The places scorched by the fire made sizzling sounds, and Yan Yunqing even smelled the aroma of barbecue.
Yan Yunqing: …
He must not have eaten barbecue for too long and his brain was hallucinating. How could such a disgusting earthworm emit the smell of barbecue?
He shook his head to clear his mind, vigilantly watching the Grimface Earthworm’s HP decrease little by little until it reached zero.
With a loud crash, the Grimface Earthworm’s body slammed to the ground, losing its breath.
Only then did the flames that had surrounded it gradually fade away, leaving only the scorching hot air and a messy Sunset Forest.