Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 803 An Egg Hitting a Rock

Corpse Pool activated.

The gray, corpse-like aura surged forth as if it were a living thing, instantly infecting the surrounding mycelial environment.

This corpse energy, originating from deep underground and condensed and refined by Xiao Zhenye's special methods, exhibited astonishing corrosiveness once it spread.

The icy, bone-chilling sensation was precisely transmitted through the mycelial network to the collective consciousness of every mycelium member involved in constructing the ring.

This is not low temperature in the physical sense, but a freezing cold that directly affects the soul.

Those subordinates who were fixed in their positions by Hao Yan's orders felt as if their consciousness had suddenly fallen into a cold abyss.

A massive panic, stemming from the instinct for survival, grew wildly like weeds.

If it weren't for the fact that Chong had always been a powerful and ruthless ruler, and that the slightest disobedience could result in the destruction of their souls, these guys would have already run away by now.

"Has it already started?" Hao asked Zhao Qingming, standing to the side and feeling the chill emanating from the surroundings.

"here we go!"

After Zhao Qingming responded, the mycelium all over his body began to wriggle, transforming him into the shape of a gate.

Then, the mycelium on Xiao Zhenye's body wriggled and turned into a pair of large hands.

Interlace your four fingers, make an ear with your thumb, and bow towards the door in front of you.

"King Yama is knocking on the door!"

Xiao Ran's heart skipped a beat when she saw this familiar method.

He never expected that this unremarkable technique could be presented in such a way.

However... Zhao Qingming is a spirit immortal, so where does the portal he transformed into lead?

Just then, Xiao Ran suddenly recalled the scene of Zhao Qingming leading him into the ancestral graves and even sending a group of Zhao family ancestors to the underworld, and his heart skipped a beat.

"Could it be..."

Xiao Ran grinned; "These two old men are really daring."

As Zhao Qingming bowed, the portal through which he transformed suddenly trembled violently.

"Rumble..."

The gate made a buzzing sound, and the surrounding minions immediately let out a scream. They wove their mycelium into a ring, which suddenly burst into flames, flashing with emerald green flames.

"This!!" Upon seeing this scene, Hao and Chong were both shocked. This power was clearly beyond their comprehension.

Shocked, I was also alarmed, as the commotion was far too great.

"Stop! Stop!!!"

Realizing something was wrong, Hao immediately spoke up, telling Xiao Zhenye to stop, but Xiao Zhenye ignored him.

He bowed down again, facing the door.

This bow seemed to cause the entire Spirit Tomb City to tremble violently, and then the portal transformed from mycelium by Zhao Qingming burst into a burst of emerald green flames with a "boom!"

The once empty gate, illuminated by the firelight, seemed to have been forcibly torn open in this world, and a chilling wind immediately surged out from within.

As this aura spread, it immediately threw the entire Spirit Tomb City into chaos. They didn't understand what this aura was, but they instinctively trembled with fear, as if their souls were about to be uncontrollably sucked away.

Sure enough!

Xiao Ran was very familiar with this aura; it came from the Netherworld.

When his grandfather, Xiao Zhenye, bowed to the gate for the third time, the green flames on Zhao Qingming's body suddenly surged.

The flames instantly illuminated the surrounding area with a vibrant green hue.

But a string of curses came from behind the door.

"Zhao Qingming, you will die a horrible death!"

"Beast!! You wretched creature!!"

The curses grew louder and louder, then the door burst open with a roar, and countless consciousnesses rushed out of it.

The curses he was spewing were so vulgar, he seemed to want to tear Zhao Qingming apart with his bare hands.

Without a doubt, these consciousnesses were all Zhao Qingming's ancestors and relatives. Their consciousnesses, bursting out of the gate, each possessed immense energy, and in an instant, they all surged into the mycelium of the Spirit Tomb City.
This immediately caused chaos throughout the entire Spirit Tomb City.

Those consciousness entities hiding in the shadows were completely powerless to resist these ancestors of the Zhao family.

In just a moment, these old guys forcibly took over the mycelium and seized control of it.

Even the black mycelium used to protect the Spirit Tomb City began to collapse in an instant.

"Zhao Qingming!! What kind of hellhole is this? You beast, get out here!!"

The various curses turned into pheromones, spreading outwards.

However, Zhao Qingming selectively blocked out all of this information.

"You!! What have you done?!"

Seeing the Spirit Tomb City collapsing and deforming, Hao and Chong's expressions changed drastically, and their consciousnesses immediately rushed towards Xiao Zhenye.

Unfortunately, before they could get close, they were forced back by the chilling corpse aura emanating from Xiao Zhenye.

The mycelium that Xiao Zhenye was parasitizing writhed and emitted a pheromone to the two of them.

"What am I going to do? I'm going to kill you all, of course."

The two were stunned. Why did they suddenly turn against each other?
Clearly, given their intelligence, they couldn't possibly understand why the two would suddenly turn against them. Even if the promised compensation wasn't enough, it could have been negotiated. Why did they do this?
"Stop, stop! We can talk. I can give you more compensation."

Pet sent pheromones to Xiao Zhenye again.

Xiao Zhenye laughed when he saw the message this guy sent.

I wonder if the world of mycelium is too convenient, which has led these people to be so naive.

Now that he's started, how can he stop? Besides, the person you're dealing with is his own grandson. Even if it's just to vent his anger for his grandson, Xiao Zhenye will never stop.

Without exchanging any more words with the two, he suddenly increased his yin energy, raised his hand which had transformed into mycelium, and slapped the two of them.

A faint bluish-gray light flickered on the mycelium. The moment it came into contact with the two objects, a sinister force pierced through the mycelium and struck their souls, instantly obliterating them.

Meanwhile, amidst the chaos that engulfed the entire Spirit Tomb City.

The leaders behind the scenes of Lingmu City also realized that something was wrong. Instead of slowly approaching as planned, they began to lead their troops to rush towards Xiao Ran.

In fact, Spirit Tomb City is a unique entity within what seems to be a no-man's-land.

But in reality, it was just a trading center set up by a few notorious bandits from a lawless area.

The city of Spirit Tomb itself naturally doesn't station too many elite troops; leaving one group of leaders for each faction is enough.

The real main force was scattered around the Spirit Tomb City. At this moment, these great bandits mobilized their entire army and formed several fungal balls in a short period of time. Individually, they were naturally no match for Xiao Ran's size.

There were as many as eight of them, and each of the fungal balls was enhanced by mutated mycelium. They surged forward and charged straight at Xiao Ran's body.

"Charge! Tear it open!!!"

A fungal ball, about a quarter the size of Xiao Ran's, came rushing over from the left.

Inside Xiao Ran's body, the bandits who had been recruited immediately recognized that this fungal ball was one of the strongest bandit groups in the no-man's-land. The bandit group's leader was called Ben, so the bandit group was also known as the Ben Bandit Group.

As the bandit gang charged, the mycelium on their surface intertwined, forming a huge, sharp drill, which was then covered with a layer of pale silver, mutated mycelium.

From a distance, it looked like a gleaming silver spear, ready to charge straight at Xiao Ran, either to smash a hole in her skin or tear her apart.

These silvery mycelia are called silver steel mycelia, and they are a high-grade product carefully cultivated by them.

It was indestructible; even the black mutated mycelium in Spirit Tomb City couldn't withstand such an impact.

At the same time, fiery red mycelium extended from behind the fungal ball. These mycelium suddenly burst into flames, emitting a huge roar, and the entire fungal ball rushed towards us at an extremely fast speed, like a rocket being launched.

This is a unique method used by the Ben Thieves. They use the explosions emitted by the mutated mycelium they cultivate to accelerate the impact and maximize its force.

This tactic has proven effective time and again; it's the signature move that made their band of thieves famous, and no other bandit group dares to try it head-on.

Meanwhile, within the Ben Thief Gang.

Ben, already eager to release its pheromones, issued one command after another to the elites of each team.

[After tearing this thing apart, Third Brother and Second Brother, you two force your way in from the left and right, trying to take over as much of the mycelium inside as possible.]

[Fourth brother, you lead the elite troops to ensure the replenishment of the second and third brothers.]

[Fifth Brother, you control the mutated bacteria and completely isolate this guy!!]

[Sixth Brother, notify the other bandit groups to rush over quickly and tear this arrogant bastard to shreds in one go.]

One order after another was issued.

The greatest advantage of mycelium is that the spread of pheromones is very convenient, ensuring that every command is delivered to every member in the fastest, simplest and most direct way.

This has resulted in almost every leader in the Tomb Kingdom possessing extremely high command abilities and combat skills.

Ben, as one of the top bandit groups in the no-man's-land, is so large that it can easily crush the bandit leaders of the four major tomb cities of spring, summer, autumn and winter in the lower district. Their ability to command and fight is by no means to be underestimated.

It's no exaggeration to say that Ben's ability to unite and persuade is at least stronger than that of ordinary people, or even commanders like Lu Cheng.

Every detail, every operational deployment, and even the cooperation with other bandit groups were all completed in a single instant.

However, Ben clearly overlooked one thing.

No matter how strong one's command ability is, it is all just empty talk when faced with a force far beyond one's imagination.

As the bandit gang charged toward Xiao Ran's body at incredible speed, a deafening roar followed.

But there was no scene as expected, where the enemy was directly pierced or torn apart.

Instead, the sharp drill of the thieves shattered in an instant, the scene resembling a world diving champion crashing headfirst into a concrete road from the height of a thirty-story building with extremely graceful posture and dazzling movements.

A loud "crack!"

Under the watchful eyes of all the bandits, the bandit group's fungal sphere shattered into pieces, completely destroyed.

The sky and the ground were filled with fragments of the Ben Thieves.

When the scene they witnessed was transmitted to the other bandit groups, those bandits who were rushing towards them were also stunned.

They may not have brains, but that doesn't mean they lack thought; it's just that their thoughts are frozen at this moment, and they have no ability to think at all.

The scene was so shocking that it completely exceeded everyone's expectations.

Under such a powerful impact, the bandit gang, which no one dared to confront head-on, actually managed to shatter itself in one fell swoop?

"how so??"

"Impossible! Are you sure there's no mistake?"

"What did that idiot Ben do?? The other party didn't even move an inch??"

The stark contrast left the bandits bewildered, even psychologically unable to accept it.

It's like a car company advertising its vehicles and telling everyone that their cars can crash head-on into large trucks, and even overturn them.

As a result, after you confidently drove into the truck, the truck didn't even lose its bumper, and you and your beloved car were reduced from a sedan to a hatchback.

The contrast is so stark that it makes one wonder if the boasts the Ben Thieves make are really just empty talk.

However, now is not the time to dwell on this issue.

The other bandit groups had no way out either. Although they couldn't understand the failure of the Ben Bandit Group, they had to rush in at this moment.

Four enormous fungal balls suddenly appeared from two other directions, crashing into us.

Their speed is clearly no match for the Ben Thieves, but they have the advantage of being safe.

"Charge! Charge!!"

As they collided with Xiao Ran's body, countless consciousness entities surged from these bacterial balls, instantly taking over the bacterial community outside Xiao Ran's body.

This brought a look of delight to the leaders of the other thief gangs.

Once they occupy the opponent's mycelium, their people can continuously log on until they completely squeeze the opponent's consciousness out step by step.

At this moment, however, these leaders were unaware that Number Two, along with a group of bandits he had gathered, was easily sensing the commotion outside.

Some thieves even couldn't help but secretly mourn for their fellow thieves.

They knew perfectly well that the outer layer of green mycelium was just a demonstration by Xiao Ran to keep a low profile.

Sure enough, after the bandits had enthusiastically occupied a large area of ​​mycelium, they immediately controlled the mycelium and quickly split it apart to the left and right, preparing to expose the inside of the mycelial ball.

However, when they tore apart the surface hyphae, what awaited them was not the internal structure of Xiao Ran's body, but a dazzling golden light.

"What is this???"

Upon seeing Xiao Ran's true form, not only the bandits but even the bandit leaders felt a chill run down their spines.

Countless golden, mutated mycelia intertwined tightly, layer upon layer, forming a giant golden sphere.

Only at this moment did they finally realize why the bandit gang had scattered like an egg.

"Damn it, this is actually a whole mutated mycelium sphere?"

When these bandit leaders realized that the situation was completely beyond their expectations, a thought flashed through their minds simultaneously.

Run!

(End of this chapter)