"Well, it's another matter to keep in mind," Slime#47 muttered, narrowing his eyes at Mama Slime.
He left it to his future self, not knowing how to deal with it yet.
'Let's first check out the skills,' he mused, opening the skills panel.
[ —Skills—
…
—Haste {Uncommon}—
—Elemental Pulse {Uncommon+}—
—Double Elemental Shield {Uncommon+}—
…
—Spirit Body {Uncommon+}— ]
'Same skills as Lesser Elemental Slime,' he thought as he swept through the skills panel.
"The only difference is I acquired a new skill—Spirit Body," he muttered, curious to test it out.
"Spirit Body," he said, activating the skill.
He turned transparent; even the light passed right through him.
"I'm a ghost," he said as his tiny palm swept through the water trough.
He tried going through the ground. 'I can…' He grinned. 'But it drains a lot of mana,' he thought as he quickly returned.
"If I turn back to physical form underground… I'm toast," he said, checking his reserves. 'It's only because of my Lesser Spirit Body trait that I can even use this skill at my current reserves.'
"So that's how the dragon sneaked behind me," he muttered, narrowing his eyes, recalling how it had done so while he was hiding underground.
"So I can slip through objects now," he grinned.
'But it's weak against energy attacks.' He opened the skill description.
[ —Skills—
...
—Spirit Body {Uncommon+} Lv.1—
—Can change the body into spirit form, non-physical form.
—It costs a high amount of mana.
—The higher the level, the stronger the spirit form.
—Note: Almost immune to physical attacks.
—Caution: Weak to energy attacks. ]
"Tch," he clicked his tongue. "Well, everything has its advantages and disadvantages," he grinned lightly.
"As for physical attack immunity… it's definitely OP, but…" He sighed. "In this world, every attack is enhanced either by mana or aura and true magic… so it's useless."
'Now then, let's get the class,' he thought, opening the class list.
[ Ding! Opening class evolutions! ]
[ —Classes—
…
—Detected all elemental masteries Tier 2
Unlocked: Great Elemental Lord {Uncommon+}
—Detected Dark Magic Rune Mastery Tier 1
Unlocked: Dark Mage {Common}
—Detected Fist Mastery Tier 2 and Earth Mastery Tier 2
Unlocked: Bedrock Brawler
—Detected Fist Mastery Tier 2 and Fire Mastery Tier 2
Unlocked: Flamebody Brawler
… ]
He took his time to read the full list.
'No other class seems more powerful than five elements combined,' he mused, clicking on Great Elemental Lord.
[ Ding! Your class evolves to Great Elemental Lord {Uncommon+}! ]
[ Ding! You have acquired the skill… ]
[ Ding! You have acquired the skill… ]
[ Ding! You have acquired the trait… ]
...
"Same as Elemental Lord," he said, as he quickly went through the two skills. "Elemental Slash! Elemental Fist!"
Though it seemed similar, he knew it had higher potential and granted faster training due to the trait that came with it.
He opened his status, since his stats were the ones that improved more.
[ —Status—
Name: Slime#47 {Temporary}
Race: Lesser Elemental Spirit Slime ★ {Uncommon+}
Class: Great Elemental Lord {Uncommon+}
Traits: Eternal Mastery, Elemental Viscous Body, Amorphous Being, Lesser Elemental Resistance, Aura Furnace, Mana Furnace, Adamant Soul, Boundless Growth {Blessing}, Lesser Spirit Body, Elemental Growth
Titles: True Language Creator
Level: 50
Tier: 2
Strength: F
Endurance: F
Will: F {Original: D… suppressed, and leak covered by combat style mark}
Wisdom: F {E}
Dexterity: F
Perception: F
Agility: F
Vitality: F {E}
Aura Power: F
Mana Power: F ]
"Traits are accumulating," His eyes swept through the list. The powerful traits didn't fill him with joy; instead, they showed him how much he'd suffered.
'Each and every one of those is acquired via agony,' he mused, as his eyes focused on the Adamant Soul trait.
'That's the difference,' he muttered, glancing at the new trait granted by the class.
[ —Traits—
—Elemental Growth {Uncommon}
—Training of all the basic five elemental spells/skills, irrespective of aura or mana, gets a moderate boost. ]
'Good,' he nodded, then sighed. "I don't have anything more to train for now except demonic magic and masteries."
---
He then killed his way to White Wolf Gang territory while saving the Oakfield village.
He subdued the Aqua crocodile along the way and later wolves as well.
Over the next few days, he leveled up to 91 using mana crystals from the slime farm owner.
He leveled up faster than before loops due to spamming the Supreme Body Forging Technique, which he'd learned from Thomas.
'It sure takes a lot of energy… and I need a recovery skill for this technique,' he thought, as he did push-ups while running the technique.
The demonic force rampaged crazily inside his body, making him tremble.
'I can't cough blood,' he mused, sneakily glancing at Mama Slime watching over the slimes.
"Demonic Recuperation," he cast, as his body swept with demonic force, healing the injuries from spamming the technique.
"I really miss the gravity magic," he said, sighing as he wiped his sweat.
"I have to adjust," he muttered, glancing at the heavy rock on his back.
He then entered his soul dimension. "Not bad… same as before." He glanced at his soul and inspected the seal.
He didn't forget his future self's words to reinforce the seal once in a while.
"Seal Modification: Reinforce," he cast sealing magic, as his mana was drained in a flash by the chains.
---
After Dancing Lightning arrived, he killed them and teleported to Demon King Castle, like in the previous loop, after rushing to the Ruins City Lunxia.
Taking a deep breath, he entered the Demon King's Heir Trial magic array.
He sat cross-legged in humanoid form.
Mama slime was too keen on her vision, hence Young slime could only be a plushie.
---
"Trial of Wisdom is cleared," Shadow declared, glaring at Young Slime with his crimson eyes.
Slime#47 nodded. 'As expected… hiding didn't work,' he thought.
He'd hidden the title of True Language Creator, but somehow Shadow was able to check it even then.
"Hiding the title is a good trick…" Shadow praised in appreciation. "You would have been able to go to the past like you wanted if…"
"But failed…" Young Slime cut in, tilting his head plainly.
"Yes. Spotted, because your trick to hide titles won't work on expert appraisers," Shadow said, shaking his head.
"Now on to the Trial of Combat," he declared, glaring at Slime#47.
'I didn't expect to meet so soon,' Young Slime thought, grinning as he recalled the lion instructor and Nobi. 'I'll—'
Shadow cut Slime#47's thoughts as he declared, "Prepare to fight."
"What? Fight?" Young Slime asked. "No training?"