This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 294, Section 293: Little Black's User Manual
The moment Payne saw Blackie appear, a whirlwind surged around him, lifting him and Gray up and sending them flying into the distance.

Seeing that the enemy was about to escape, Xiao Hei wanted to check if Norris had any exploding scales first.

"Little Black!" Lin Jun shouted urgently through the mycelial network, "See that flying thing in the sky? The guy with horns on his forehead! Beat him up! He'll be well-fed with red stuff! Plus a huge, shiny red thing!"

"Red and shiny! A big piece!" The little black dragon's eyes suddenly lit up!
"Yes, yes, it's a huge piece!" Lin Jun's promise was extremely tempting.

Norris, who couldn't run, and Bright Red, who could run, were both determined to be more important by Little Black's clever brain in just three turns.

The dragon's wings suddenly unfurled, stirring up a cloud of snow and dust, transforming into a black lightning bolt that hurtled straight at the two departing figures in the air, leaving Norris coughing incessantly in the choking smoke.

Once the dust had settled, Norris crawled to Jida, whose head had been kicked open by Gray, lay down on Jida's chest, and checked the condition of the Yellow Book.

On the charred cover, there was a clear, scorched fist mark, but the book itself was exceptionally tough and was neither damaged nor punctured.

"Phew... Senior is still the most reliable..." Norris breathed a sigh of relief, tucked the book away, and turned to run back towards the direction where Hunti had been knocked away.

On the other side, seeing the little black dog rapidly approaching him, Payne quickly analyzed the current situation.

The fact that this dragon-man has only just appeared indicates that the opponent has been holding back and may have a backup plan, so we shouldn't linger.

But if you try to run, the other side is too fast.

Even if he left Gray behind, he still couldn't outrun his opponent.

Although it's unlikely, maybe the only thing the opponent has is speed?

Let's give it a try...

With a thought racing, he suddenly flung Gray downwards from a height of over twenty meters, yet Gray remained unharmed!

Payne quickly drew another short and delicate wand from inside his robes with his left hand!

At this moment, his right hand's main wand and his left hand's secondary wand simultaneously shone with completely different magical radiance!

A massive fireball crackling with blinding lightning rapidly coalesced in front of him!
The interplay of lightning and fire gave it a speed far exceeding that of an ordinary fireball!

Under Payne's mental lock, the fireball seemed to have eyes. Even though Little Black made an emergency side turn, it was still hit hard by the edge of the violent energy!

A deafening explosion erupted in mid-air, black smoke and flames billowed, and Xiao Hei was blasted backward, tumbling through the air.

However, after flying only a dozen meters, Xiao Hei stabilized itself, flapped its dragon wings with all its might, and the black smoke was torn apart by the airflow as it accelerated and rushed forward again with even greater momentum!

"What a strong defense!"

Payne plummeted downwards. Although his wind magic was agile, it was still clumsy against an enemy like a dragonman. Aerial combat was too disadvantageous for him.

The moment he landed, Payne swiftly struck with his staff!
Several menacing water snakes, formed from ice and flowing water, emerged from the cracks in the frozen soil and coiled around the lunging little black snake.

At the same time, the frozen ground bulged up, and several sharp rock spears were shaped and shot towards Xiao Hei with a whooshing sound.

[Title: Full-Time Mage (Can use all types of magic, shares magic level)]

This guy is quite something; I don't know where he got that title from.

However, despite the endless stream of methods employed, Payne's expression grew increasingly grim.

While using his wind-based movement technique to retreat rapidly and create distance, he unleashed a barrage of low- and mid-level spells of various elements on Xiao Hei, seemingly successfully kiting the beast.

But he knew that most of these seemingly gorgeous attacks were easily deflected by the deep dragon scales, leaving not even a deep scratch!
To truly break through the defenses, one must use high-level magic that requires a long time to channel and condense magical power!

But right now, being chased by this black dragon, he could barely catch his breath, let alone have time to cast spells.
Not to mention those annoying poops, constantly emerging from the surrounding holes, spraying acid, firing magic cannons, releasing toxic gases, and even trying to hug their legs and self-destruct!
Although the individual power was not great, it greatly disrupted his casting rhythm and dodging space, which was extremely annoying.

He can cast all types of spells, but his magic power is limited, and it will be troublesome if it is depleted further.

Payne kept thinking of a solution, while casually releasing several clone illusions.

Little Black, who was charging forward headlong, suddenly stopped and looked around in confusion.

Her [Magic Perception] could easily see through invisibility, but these clones were purely magical creations, and her perception was full of real magical sources!

Looking back and forth at the six Pine, Little Black recalled what the boss had said: defeating him would yield a red sparkle, and now, there were six red sparkles!

Unfortunately, when she lunged at one of the Paynes, that Payne vanished instantly.

Payne: !!!
Having found a solution, Payne did not hesitate at all. More illusions emerged like bubbles, instantly dividing the battlefield into an area where it was difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion.

At the same time, his wands lit up simultaneously, and he prepared two eighth-tier spells—Light Prison and Thunder Spear!
One binds, the other pierces; victory hinges on this single move. Little Black, however, remains completely oblivious, still lost in his illusions.

"Little Black, hit the one on your left!" A certain green mushroom decisively cheated, pointing out the only one with a panel, Paine.

Xiao Hei reacted extremely quickly, throwing a punch that whistled through the air at himself... an illusion on his right!
"Damn it...it's reversed! It's the other side! The other side!" Lin Jun's voice was almost split in two.

Xiao Hei then seemed to suddenly realize something and flicked its dragon wings, the huge wing membrane sweeping with tremendous force toward the real left.

Faced with this sudden attack, Payne had no choice but to forcibly interrupt the spell, even though it was almost ready.

The magical backflow of the two high-level spells churned in his chest, making him feel nauseous.

Coincidence? Luck?
More illusions surged forth, and Payne mingled among them. He suppressed his discomfort and once again channeled his magic, attempting to restart the spell.

"Little Black, head straight ahead!"

This time there's no way he'll make a mistake. Seeing the dragonman charging towards him, Payne couldn't understand why the guy who couldn't even distinguish the lowest-level illusions at the beginning could now accurately find him among more than twenty illusions.

Could it be that this dragon-man was deliberately feigning ignorance to impress me from the very beginning?!

Regardless of the truth, he could only awkwardly interrupt his spellcasting once again and retreat hastily!

However, on his retreating path, several puji wielding bladed whips fearlessly pounced on him, trying to stop him.

"Get out of my way!" Payne hissed angrily, casually waving his wand as a leaping arc of electricity swept towards the swarm of Puji.

Two of them collapsed with a thud, billowing black smoke, while the electric arc continued to shoot towards the third one—

A magical shield emerged from the third Puji, blocking the electric arc!
Knight Puji Number Three!

At extremely close range, with the [Crystal Symbiosis] bonus, the Mushroom Cannon boasts 200% increased power!

"TM..."

Even under these circumstances, Payne managed to use his shield to counter the mushroom cannon, but his retreat was interrupted.

The next moment, the dragon claw slammed solidly into Payne's chest!
Payne felt like he had been hit by a flying iceberg, and his whole body was sent flying like a punctured ball!

Blood gushed out, and if Gray hadn't arrived in time to catch him in mid-air, he would have been rolling half to death on the ground.

"Yunier! Stop them!" Payne shouted, coughing up blood.

"Useless!" Despite her insults, Yunier flew over quickly.

Although she kept the fight going against Starfire and Louisa, she initially wasted too much time cleaning up those Pooji who could control her health.

These fragile creatures can be easily killed if given the chance, sometimes even a dozen or more. Once they are dealt with, the creatures can control the blood on the field and easily crush the two opponents.

She just didn't expect that killing one batch of these creatures would only result in another batch emerging from the burrow, making it pointless to clean them up.

By the time she realized it, Payne was already on the verge of collapse.

The blood-formed blades, under Yunier's control, partially pierced through the gaps in the scales, causing some damage to Little Black.

A slight stinging sensation came, and Xiao Hei roared angrily, turning around abruptly. Its corrosive gray-black dragon breath instantly enveloped, eroded, and swirled back towards Yunier!

On the other side, taking advantage of the brief respite that Yunier had gained, Payne created another clone to confuse the audience, and at the same time, his wand glowed with a dark light!

A cold, chaotic, and ominous aura suddenly spread out, enveloping the surroundings!

Seventh-tier Abyss Magic - Transfer Gate!
Abyss Magic!

The familiar aura made Lin Jun immediately recognize this mysterious magic sect!
Yes, "shared magic level across all magic systems" naturally includes abyssal magic!

Although she didn't know what kind of magic the other party was going to use, Lin Jun didn't intend to let him use it: "Little Black, to the left front!"

The target was actually to the right front, but to accommodate Xiao Hei's intelligence, Lin Jun provided an optimized answer.

With a roar, Little Black flapped its wings without hesitation and charged rapidly towards... the left front!

Lin Jun: “￥%…&…（…！！！”

(End of this chapter)