Demon King: Hero, don't run away!-Chapter 444: From Zero to One

He Meng originally planned to crazily snack while inside Bai Jin’s hood, but Yang Yu unexpectedly caught her and tossed her toward the passageway like throwing a baseball.

Sensing the purple Poison Liquid rushing toward her face, He Meng didn’t even know what to say.

Yang Yu had once again caused a big problem without her knowing.

Having no choice, He Meng extended her sticky gel-like body, transformed into a huge pale blue membrane, and blocked the passageway in front of them.

The purple liquid "Bam" splashed over, and apart from feeling a bit ticklish, He Meng felt nothing else.

In most game settings, the seemingly ordinary Slime could actually be immune to most abnormal statuses.

Being poison-immune was also a common feature for Slimes.

Yang Yu wasn’t worried about He Meng accidentally getting poisoned, anyway, this guy was always snacking idly. Even if she got poisoned, it wouldn’t affect the team’s combat effectiveness. There was no better shield than He Meng.

After Yang Yu’s relentless feeding, He Meng’s Favorability toward him had finally gone back to zero from a negative.

Considering that the zero Favorability He Meng would accept temptation and come to help, Yang Yu thus gained the courage to face a large number of Black-footed Mother Spiders.

The outbreak of Poison Liquid lasted a while before it finally ceased. The Female Warrior had long vanished without a trace, replaced by mottled purple Poison Liquid covering the cylindrical space, mixed here and there with some blood red.

Constricting her body, He Meng casually landed in front of the passageway, returned to her original round shape, and absorbed the Poison Liquid attached to her into her body, mixing it into a lump.

He Meng tried to devour a bit of it, found it too disgusting, and spat it out like spitting phlegm.

Relieved, Yang Yu pushed Bai Jin’s back, helping Bai Jin to stand up again.

Bai Jin looked befuddled, everything was too sudden, her waist sore from Yang Yu’s knee, and gripping her Magic Wand tightly, she knocked Yang Yu on the head.

She knew Yang Yu did this to quickly take He Meng out of her hood...

But was it necessary to be so forceful, couldn’t he be a bit gentler?

As long as he embraced her, he could still take He Meng out of the hood.

But that was just Bai Jin’s one-sided fantasy.

At that moment, the only thing on Yang Yu’s mind was how to get He Meng out of Bai Jin’s hood and then fiercely throw her at the approaching Poison Liquid to block the passage.

Using Skill to reach Bai Jin’s side, Yang Yu faced Bai Jin with the erupting Poison Liquid behind him. He couldn’t just embrace Bai Jin, spin around 180 degrees on the spot, and then take He Meng out from her hood to throw at the Poison Liquid, could he?

If anything went wrong, and He Meng rolled out of the hood, he wouldn’t have the time to crawl around picking her up.

So, Yang Yu had knocked down Bai Jin in a very rough manner to take out He Meng, thereby avoiding someone being corroded by the Poison Liquid.

However, while it prevented the danger, it really did aggrieve Bai Jin. Being kneed in the waist like that was actually quite painful.

Bai Jin also symbolically hit him with the wand to express her dissatisfaction.

As long as the Favorability didn’t decrease, it was still within Yang Yu’s acceptable range.

The issue was, after spitting the "phlegm," He Meng immediately jumped up again, full of energy, venting her dissatisfaction toward Yang Yu.

Although He Meng was strong, Yang Yu was really steady.

Facing the flying He Meng, Yang Yu didn’t panic at all, skillfully catching He Meng like an experienced gatekeeper.

Gazing at the angered He Meng, Yang Yu lifted her with one hand while the other gently stroked her head,

"Thank you, it’s thanks to you that we were able to safely avoid disaster."

Faced with Yang Yu’s gentle touch, He Meng was a bit caught off guard. She had never seen that expression on Yang Yu before—it was a sincere gratitude that came from the heart.

What the heck, so this guy can show that kind of expression too. He really cares about his companions, deep down he’s definitely not a bad person, he even feeds me Clover every day...

Having traveled with them for so long, I’ve also grown significantly stronger due to the Blood Contract.

It looks like it’s time to improve our relationship.

"I need your help to clear out the spiders here, He Meng."

Yang Yu attempted to communicate with He Meng, and to his surprise, this time He Meng did not show a face full of disdain; instead, her body transformed into a hand and gave Yang Yu an OK sign.

Witnessing this scene, Yang Yu was utterly shocked.

Has this proud tsundere finally softened?

He opened the panel and saw that He Meng’s Favorability towards him had changed from zero to one, achieving a breakthrough from nothing to something.

A mischievous smile appeared on Yang Yu’s face. In his view, He Meng had always had a liking for him; otherwise, she wouldn’t have spared his life when he had just left Newbie Village and formed a "Blood Contract" with him.

It was just that He Meng had buried her fondness for him deep, requiring careful nurturing over time to fully open her heart to him.

It must be my act of selflessly saving my teammates that influenced her, making her feel that she can’t continue being an indifferent bystander, which is why she opened up to me for the first time.

Giggling, this proud tsundere, tsundere indeed—there’s only zero or countless times, and from now on, she will only open her heart more to me.

The side story of the Slime Kingdom is just around the corner.

Noticing the proud expression on Yang Yu’s face, He Meng suddenly felt as though she had made a wrong decision, withdrew her hand, and transformed back into her round, chubby form.

Even though He Meng knew the human language, she was still unable to produce human sounds.

"I heard that if you learn ’Mimicry’ and ’Color Simulation,’ you can transform into a human appearance. If I can look just like them, maybe I can have a proper conversation with them?"

He Meng thought to herself.

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From Qing Shi, Yang Yu learned that the Mother Spider did not manipulate people with silk, nor did it detonate poisons in others’ bodies.

Yang Yu had every reason to believe that these abilities were obtained from the "Great One" mentioned by the Mother Spider.

Knowing the unknown dangers that lay ahead in the deep, Yang Yu wanted Lotcar to lead Hake and Qing Shi, who had no combat abilities, out of the Underground Maze and back to town first.

Qing Shi shook his head at Yang Yu, "I’ve said it before, it’s very dangerous in the desert, I can’t be at ease about you. Moreover, I think I can be of some use."

Having said that, Qing Shi took out herbs and minerals from his bag that he had brought along and began making Antidote on the spot. Yang Yu’s collection of Poison Liquid was just enough to make two bottles of Antidote.

Qing Shi handed both bottles to Yang Yu, telling him that here, Yang Yu needed them more.

Seeing Qing Shi insisting on staying, Hake and Lotcar also expressed their desire to remain.

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