Final Lord

Chapter 14: The Ruler of the Black Forest
An hour later.

Wang Bufu sat under a mushroom tree, eyes tightly shut. Weiyi stood beside him, sword in hand, observing his surroundings with a wary expression.

Fifty poisonous cavemen were hiding underground, cautiously advancing toward the Black Forest. Wang Bufu was using perfect command to constantly switch perspectives among the cavemen. In the three pitch-black fields of vision, the bright red names stood out.

[Fungus Stone Beast], [Straw Bag Monster], [Spore Fly], [Slime Mold Slime], [Walking Grass]...

It actually works!

Wang Bufu became more and more excited the more he watched.

In "God's World", there are restrictions on players' ability to find monsters through the system. Monsters must be within the player's field of vision for the player to see their names. If there is an obstacle between the player and the monster, the monster's name cannot be displayed.

But Wang Bufu was surprised to find that cavemen are born blind. Their vision is a unique perceptual vision and is not affected by obstacles. Even in the soil, cavemen can still see through monsters!
Therefore, all monsters were one-way transparent in Wang Bufu's eyes.

There's a bug! Caveman-type self-propelled perspective plug-in!

The cavemen's movement speed after burrowing underground was only 1, but the number of poison cavemen made up for this shortcoming. Fifty cavemen conducted saturation reconnaissance in fifty different directions. The extremely dangerous Black Forest was like a sleeping female classmate, gradually revealed to Wang Bufu.

Wang Bufu had a white drawing board in his hand, and he drew down the locations of the monsters detected by the cavemen one by one.

In less than half a day, Wang Bufu finished drawing the outer periphery and part of the middle layer of the Black Forest.

Wei Yi picked up the drawing paper and took a look. She saw shapes of all sizes scattered randomly on the paper.

She tilted her head in confusion and asked, "You spent all this time just to get this? What is this?"

Wang Bufu pointed at the map and said, "This is the distribution map of monsters in the Black Forest. Our location is here, right here on this little flag. The circles on the map represent fungus beasts, the triangles represent grass monsters, and the skulls represent spore flies..."

This large irregular circle is the dividing line between the outer and middle layers, and the big question mark in the center of the drawing paper represents the central area of ​​the Black Forest that we have not yet explored.

The perception of extraordinary monsters is much stronger than that of ordinary monsters. Even if the cavemen are burrowing underground, they can still be discovered and killed. Considering our main goal is to cross the Black Forest, I didn't send the cavemen deeper. A map of the outer and part of the middle layer is enough.

Wang Bufu picked up a pen and drew a crooked line at the location of the flag on the distribution map, all the way to the outskirts of the Black Forest.

He explained, "This line is the crossing route I planned. As long as we follow this line, we can avoid all the dangerous monsters that we can't deal with. This way we don't have to waste too much time clearing the road."

"This line... oh, part of it went into the middle layer of the Black Forest and even brushed past monsters. Is this really possible?" Wei Yi was a little surprised.

"No problem." Wang Bufu was very confident. "Each monster has its own hatred range and hatred triggering method.

As long as the Mycelium Beast enters its hatred range, it will quickly wake up, while the Spore Fly will only wake up when it attacks them or makes a noticeable noise. The Mycelium Beast is an active monster, while the Spore Fly is a passive monster.

The route I planned avoids the aggro range of all active monsters and is a very safe route."

"I see." Weiyi's eyes sparkled. "Is this also taught at Commander Academy?"

"Hey, sort of." Wang chuckled. The Player Forum is also known as Commander Academy. I just created it.

"Kate, can I have a copy of this map? With this distribution map, my future training in the Black Forest will be much easier."

Wang Bufu laughed and said, "Copying it to you is useless. The distribution map is time-sensitive. In about a week, the distribution map will become invalid due to the changes in the monsters in the Black Forest.

As our team advances, we can only use the route on this map as a guide, and we must adapt flexibly according to the specific circumstances during the journey. But no matter what, this distribution map can reduce our chances of being wiped out in the Black Forest by 90%.

Let's go back and tell Uncle Ming the good news. The monsters will become more aggressive at night, so we should set out at dawn tomorrow."

……

After a night's rest, the cavemen who were in charge of exploring the path also recovered their strength. Under the protection of the cavemen, the carriage set off on its journey.

Blind Cat volunteered to take a few cavemen with him to act as scouts and walk about 200 meters ahead of the convoy to clear the way.

Wei Yi and two cavemen followed at the end of the convoy.

Although the army consisted of only about seventy men, Wang Bufu still carefully divided the troops into three parts: the front army, the center army, and the rear army. This is called not putting all your eggs in one basket.

In a blink of an eye, it was noon.

During this half-day journey, Wei Yi became more and more frightened.

"We're only two kilometers away from leaving the Black Forest. Just as Kate predicted, the team didn't encounter any monsters.

During this time, Kate even led the caravan through a group of straw beasts and left at a leisurely pace. He made this dangerous Black Forest look like his own backyard.

"Toxins wiped out the bandits in the desert, traps dug into hollow trees, and a map showed how to force his way into the Black Forest... With such proficiency, why was Kate expelled from Commander Academy? If he was expelled, what are those guys still attending Commander Academy like? Monsters?"

Wei Yi tightly gripped the sword in her hand, with a hint of worry in her eyes.

At this moment, Kate's voice suddenly came to Wei Yi's ears.

"Weiyi. Why is there no sound from your end? Did you notice anything unusual at the end of the team?"

"Ah! Nothing unusual!" Weiyi cursed herself mentally. She'd been so relaxed the entire way that she'd lost her focus in such a dangerous place. "Now's not the time to overthink things. Cheer up."

Wei Yi breathed a sigh of relief and was about to speed up to catch up with the convoy when suddenly, her ears moved slightly as if she heard some sound.

Wei Yi looked up at the sky in surprise, and saw a gray smoke slowly falling from the gaps in the mushroom trees.

"what is this?"

Hearing Wei Yi's doubts, Wang Bufu immediately switched his focus to the caveman beside her. But Wang Bufu saw only darkness, nothing at all. This was the shortcoming of the caveman's vision; it couldn't observe anything too detailed.

Wang Bufu made a prompt decision and transferred the perfect command to Wei Yi.

Wei Yi felt a thought trying to force its way into her body, and she immediately resisted fiercely.

"do not want!"

"Uh." Wang Bufu was confused. The failure of command brought him a heavy mental burden. He shook his head, forced himself to be strong, and said to Wei Yi:
"Weiyi, don't resist. Now is not the time to be willful. I command you perfectly and you can share your vision."

"No, what do you want to do to my body?"

"I'm not doing anything. I'm just checking on your situation! Your situation could mean the difference between life and death for all of us! I promise I'll just be checking and won't do anything to your body. Relax."

The king's unyielding will once again descended upon Wei Yi, tough, overbearing, and aggressive.

Wei Yi wanted to refuse but was afraid that she would delay the opportunity, so she gritted her teeth and cursed Wang Bufu as despicable, then let go of her defense and allowed Wang Bufu to enter her body.

"Just this once, never again! Ah, you come in."

The command was successful! Wang Bufei was convinced and quickly looked up at the sky.

Wei Yi didn't recognize what the gray dust floating in the sky was, but Wang Bufu did.

"It's mushroom spores!"

"What?" "Spores, you can think of them as mushroom seeds. Why are there so many mushroom spores here? Could it be that..."

Wang Bufu locked his mind on the gray spore dust, not wanting to miss a single opportunity. A breeze blew by, revealing a gap in the spore dust that was only slightly larger than the crack between a fingernail.

Wang Bufu seized this brief moment and suddenly concentrated his mind! In an instant, a huge bright red name appeared in Wang Bufu's eyes through the gap!
【Corpse Fungus Sky Island

Dominate Monsters

Rank: Extraordinary 6nd level

Level: 6

Attributes:
Life: 1600
Mana: 800
Attack: 35
Defense: 88
Ability Power: 40
Speed: 10
Special skill:

Behemoth: Damage received is reduced by 40 points

Forest Watering: Continuously flow fungal liquid to transform the surrounding terrain into a mushroom forest.

Master of the Fungus: Permanently becomes invisible while in the Mushroom Forest.

Corpse Fungus Spores: Releases a spore cloud around. The spores in the spore cloud will continuously absorb the health of surrounding units and grow into spore flies after absorbing enough.

Spore Reunification: When the spore flies disappear, they will return their vitality to the Corpse Fungus Island. The health value that exceeds the upper limit will be converted into nutrients for the growth of the Corpse Fungus Island.

Spellcasting Unit: Can release six spells including Fungal Explosion, Corrosive Poison Mist, and Flying Insect Army.

Hiss! Wang Bufu's heart trembled. His worries came true.

There are no such things as group summoning monsters. All the spore flies in the Black Forest are summoned by the same summoner.

The extraordinary level 6 Fungus Corpse Island!

It wasn't just the spore flies that were created, the entire Black Forest itself was created by it. It wasn't even in the center of the Black Forest, but rather it was constantly floating above it, maintaining a permanent invisible presence while continuously releasing bacterial fluid to pollute the earth.

The fungal liquid absorbs substances from the soil and air to form a mushroom forest, and the Fungal Corpse Island uses spore flies to absorb the mushroom trees and turn them into nutrients for its own growth.

In this way, it eats away at the world bit by bit, swallowing all the matter around it into its body. To it, the world is like a huge loaf of bread, which it gradually digests with the Black Forest and turns into its nutrition.

"You're kidding! Is this the boss I should encounter right after leaving the Novice Village? Luckily, it doesn't seem to have the desire to attack intruders personally. It's a passive monster. Releasing spore clouds is probably just its daily behavior. Just don't disturb it."

"Kate! Have you seen enough? How long are you going to stay inside me?"

Hearing Wei Yi's embarrassed and angry voice, Wang Bufu came back to his senses.

He quickly explained to Weiyi in an easy-to-understand way, "This is bad, Weiyi. The fog in the sky is a summoning ritual for spore flies. Soon, many spore flies will emerge from the fog. The convoy must speed up and leave as soon as possible."

"Spore flies!" Wei Yi immediately became nervous. "Then you go ahead, I'll cover your rear. If any spore flies fly towards you, I'll find a way to lure them away."

"Okay, then it's up to you."

"Now's not the time to be pretentious, I... eh? You just agreed to this?" Wei Yi was stunned for a moment. She had fully expected Wang Bufu to dissuade her from leaving, but she had never expected Wang Bufu to be so straightforward.

"If the spore flies really catch up with our team, it will be a disaster. Someone must stay behind to attract the flies. You are the most suitable person, and only you have the ability to persist under the attack of the spore flies.

If I had your ability, I would choose to stay without hesitation.

But I don’t, so you have to be the one to sacrifice.”

"That's true, but it's too heartless," Wei Yi muttered. "If, and I mean if, I die, remember not to come and collect my body, or you'll get yourself into trouble."

"Then try your best and don't die."

"Get out of here! This isn't the first time I've been chased by spore flies. This level is nothing to me." Wei Yi stared at the sky. In just over ten seconds, the first spore fly appeared from the thick spore cloud.

It appeared without warning, seemingly emerging from thin air, and immediately fluttered its wings, fluttering around. Its sharp beak was so ferocious that the mere sight of it was terrifying.

Fortunately, the first spore fly did not fly towards the convoy, but flew in the opposite direction of the convoy.

But then, the second, the third... more and more spore flies continued to appear.

In the face of sheer numbers, even the smallest chance event collapses into inevitability. Thirty seconds into the convoy's accelerated retreat, three newly born spore flies flapped their wings and flew towards the convoy.

"Coward, you owe me a life, pay me back in the next life." Wei Yi took a deep breath, focused her mind, and swung a flaming blade towards the sky!
Whoosh! The flames engulfed the three spore flies in mid-air, and a huge explosion condensed into a dazzling fireball in the air, just like Wei Yi's burning life.

One stone caused a thousand waves!

All the spore flies that were flying around gathered towards where Wei Yi was, as if they had received some order.

"Monster! Come and chase me!" Wei Yi made a face towards the sky, turned around and ran.

Buzz!
In the sky, the sound of spore flies flapping their wings merged into a march of death, following closely behind Wei Yi. The spore cloud was also stimulated, accelerating the production of spore flies.

The dark cloud of death loomed over Wei Yi's head. The spore fly's sharp beak kept opening and closing, revealing its needle-like mouthparts.

They wanted to pierce Weiyi's body with their mouthparts, suck her flesh and blood, and then turn her bones into a seedbed for spores to grow. In the physical sense, they wanted to eat her up completely!

Weiyi jumped nimbly in the mushroom forest, using the dense mushroom trees as barriers to delay the flying insects from catching up with her.

From time to time, she would swing her sword while running, using her flaming blade to kill the spore flies that approached her. Sparks exploded in the air, brilliant and dangerous.

But the huge gap in speed cannot be easily eliminated. Even though Wei Yi tried her best to escape, she was still inevitably chased closer and closer by the spore flies.

What is even more distressing is that because spore flies keep exploding and dying, spore flies in other places are also alarmed.

The spore flies chasing Wei Yi changed from one direction to multiple directions, making escape much more difficult.

"I'm sorry, Kate, I might die." Wei Yi felt lost. She had lied. She had indeed trained in the Black Forest before, and had successfully escaped from spore flies, but that was at the edge of the Black Forest.

As long as she escapes from the Black Forest, the spore flies will no longer pursue her.

At this time, she was too far away from the edge, she was surrounded by enemies and had no other options.

"Red Flame, Slash!"

Seeing that she was about to be surrounded, Wei Yi turned around and swung her sword, using her ultimate move, burning the sky with one sword!
Waves of fire shot up into the sky from the Dark Forest, instantly engulfing dozens of spore flies! The violent explosion was as brilliant as fireworks.

Wei Yi, weakened, leaned on her sword, breathing heavily, awaiting the final moment. The spore flies were too numerous, the old ones reduced to ash, and new ones arrived, and in a blink of an eye, they were surrounded on all sides again.

"It's been more than ten minutes. Old Deng and Kate must have run out of the forest. My sacrifice was not in vain."

But at this moment, a familiar will suddenly appeared and knocked on Wei Yi's soul forcefully!

Open the door, girl! I'm your brother. Perfect command.

(End of this chapter)