This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 655, Section 654: The Great Magic Mushroom
Honestly, even if Ivan and Number Ten were instantly reduced to ashes by that lightning ball, Lin Jun wouldn't even flinch in her mushroom cap.

After all, it's not a big deal if Number 10 dies.

But Lin Jun had just made the decision to save Ivan, and now a lightning ball had killed Ivan. It was a bit disrespectful to her as the savior.

Since most of the people nearby had already left, Lin Jun could now act a little more freely.

Below Ivan, from the gaps in the iron grate of the sewer, the holes under the cracked floor, and the rat holes at the base of the wall, countless tough tentacles shot out and stuck to Number Ten, who was hiding behind Ivan.

The magic power of the entire area converged from the underground network and was continuously supplied into Number Ten's body.

The fluorescence of the number ten mushroom cap was brighter than ever before, a manifestation of magic reaching its limit.

"Go for it, number ten, let's see your strength now!" After saying that, Lin Jun went into spectator mode.

It's a pity that it's time for Fei west to control her body now, otherwise it would be even better to eat and watch it with honey and red wine.

……

Garr, who had already run quite a distance, kept looking back as he ran, squinting uncertainly, and said, "It looks like there's something on the ground connected to Ivan?"

"Never mind all this nonsense, can't you just run faster?" Night Owl said, but she couldn't help but glance back. The magical vortex made it impossible for her to see what was connected to Ivan. "Half of Norvid went down with him, Ivan's death was quite spectacular... and what about our savings..."

The thought of having his savings of more than ten years used to compensate for losses, and incurring a huge debt in the process, made Night Owl consider the option of hiding back in the Elf Forest and becoming a deadbeat.

"It's about to land!" Nova's words interrupted Night Owl's chaotic thoughts.

In the distance, the lightning ball moved.

It didn't fall, it pressed down.

As the lightning ball moved, the dark clouds, magic, and even space itself were slightly distorted downwards.

And number ten finally retaliated.

More than a dozen tentacles emerged from under the mushroom cap, each tip of which held a spell drawn out of thin air.

Before entering the Super Magic Library, Number Ten, relying on the S-rank magic crystal within his body, could only unleash one type of magic at a time, and would have been annihilated by the lightning ball after only a few uses.

But now, with the combined blessing of abundant magic power, strong mental strength, and the spellcasting techniques learned in the Super Magic Library...

Fireballs, ice spikes, wind blades, lightning strikes, shadow arrows, light spears... all kinds of magic of various attributes and forms surged upwards, pouring towards the descending lightning ball.

They exploded on the surface of the lightning ball.

One regiment, two regiments, ten regiments, one hundred regiments.

The explosion's light merged into a single, multicolored burst, firmly holding back the downward-suppressing ball of lightning.

"What is he doing?" Night Owl's eyes widened, and through the storm, she thought it was Ivan waking up and casting a spell. "Using magic... to block that thing?"

“It’s not blocking it, it’s depleting it.” Nova was clearly more sensitive to magic than Night Owl. “It’s just that this fluctuation… doesn’t seem like Ivan’s magic…”

However, Nova didn't dwell on it too much. In this illogical situation, the abnormal fluctuation of magic power was entirely possible.

The lightning orb continued to press down, passing through the first wave of magical rain and exploding into countless specks of light; it passed through the second wave, only to be consumed again; then the third wave, the fourth wave…

Once the lightning sphere was formed, it no longer required a replenishment of magic, while Number Ten drew endless magic from the entire fungal carpet, continuously outputting magic from its tentacles without ever ceasing.

Those who ran outside the city, looking at the colorful magical light in the sky, all had the illusion that they had arrived at the front line of the fiercest battle.

As time went on, the lightning ball loomed over Ivan's head, and the two were less than ten meters apart, with danger imminent.

However, Number Ten knew that the lightning ball was already at its last gasp.

When another wave of magic struck, it crumbled. The energy, condensed to its limit, was instantly released, surging out in all directions and pouring its accumulated energy onto the surrounding world.

The blinding light engulfed everything, and within the light, a blue magical shield blocked the arc of electricity that was flying towards Ivan.

The night owl closed its eyes and felt the whole world tremble.

The ground beneath her feet undulated like ocean waves, and all she could hear was a deafening roar. She didn't know how much time had passed before the roar subsided, and she opened her eyes.

Ivan remained suspended in mid-air, the surging magic around him having subsided considerably.

In the distance, the tallest building in the city center, the lord's castle, was now missing its upper half.

The spot where the magic tower once stood is now just a pile of crooked ruins.

The broken stone pillar crashed down from mid-air, smashing through the side of the castle and into the square in front of it.

Night Owl thought that Viscount Palen must hate Ivan so much that he would want to kill him.

"Night Owl! Catch Ivan!" Nova's shout drew Night Owl's attention back to Ivan.

As the gathered magic dissipated, Ivan gradually fell downwards, his speed increasing.

Before the night owl could answer, it darted into the shadow beneath it.

Fortunately, the ruins along the way provided large areas of shadow, allowing the night owl to move forward at top speed.

But it seemed to be a step too slow. Just as Ivan, who had finally survived his ordeal, was about to fall to his death, his descent suddenly stopped, as if something had lifted him up.

Before the night owl could even wonder, it leaped out of the shadows below, grabbed Ivan's foot, and pulled him into another patch of shadow.

When they reappeared, they were already next to Nova and the others.

"Ugh, the magic around this guy is still unstable. He almost made me bounce off several times." With that, he threw Ivan into Gar's arms.

After taking it, Garr skillfully poured himself a bottle of magic protection potion.

High in the sky, Number Ten, who had just used wind magic to support Ivan, also landed unsteadily on the ground.

Although it remained invisible, the magical turbulence had dissipated, and continuing to float in the sky would inevitably attract the attention of mages.

Moreover, it's not in such good condition right now.

Finally, among the lightning that dissipated on the shield, there seemed to be some unknown information mixed in. It instinctively felt that this was something very important, but it was also afraid that there was danger involved.

The only way is to use powerful mental strength to restrain it first, and then analyze it little by little.

After all that commotion, even with Number Ten's current mental strength, he was starting to feel the strain and collapsed onto the fungal carpet, feeling dizzy and disoriented.

The mycelium beneath it wriggled, and soon the mushroom body of number ten disappeared into the mycelial carpet.

Number 10 returned to that warm and comforting place once again. Its fatigue slowly melted away in its unconscious state. In a daze, it seemed to hear the voice of its master: "So awesome, it should have a title to make it more classy! Hmm... Magic... Great Magic Mushroom?"

……

Meanwhile, amidst the ruins of the courtyard, the Silver Thorn Squad, filled with mixed emotions of joy and worry about Ivan's survival and the subsequent compensation they would face, suddenly heard a faint cry for help coming from the rubble.

The group exchanged glances, finding the voices somewhat familiar.

The night owl made a round trip and brought out Orcas, who was hiding in a buried burrow, covered in dust and dirt, and who couldn't believe he had survived—no one cared about him when the crisis occurred.

(End of this chapter)