This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 678, Section 677: Blood Manipulation - The End

The shadowy figure was moving at an absurdly fast speed.

Dean's men acted the instant Eugene was taken away.

A spiraling arrow whistled after it, followed closely by an arc of electricity.

However, both attempts failed; the arrow disappeared into the sky, and the electric arc struck a distant rock.

The shadowy figure was moving too fast.

Dean himself gave chase.

As one of the best among the demon race, his speed is enough to leave most of his kind far behind.

But at this moment, he could only watch helplessly as the dark figure in front of him grew further and further away, the distance between them widening little by little.

Behind them, another demon, skilled in speed, was barely hanging on, but it was clearly impossible for him to catch up.

Noticing that someone was chasing them, the little black dog carrying Eugene flew even harder with one claw.

Its claws gripped Eugene's head tightly, and through its fingers, one could see the Duke's pained and confused face.

Xiao Hei's other paw was also busy. It would occasionally reach out to scoop up a spot just above Eugene's head. There was clearly nothing there, but it scooped very carefully, its paw tip brushing against Eugene's hair each time.

From her perspective, a huge, translucent gemstone was suspended there.

The gemstone was not only beautiful, but it was also slowly rotating, enticing her.

Unfortunately, I couldn't get it.

No matter how hard you try, you can't catch it.

The more it scooped, the more frantic and forceful it became, until Eugene's head was on the verge of being crushed under its claws.

“That’s an image. You have to bring it back before you can exchange it for the real one!” Lin Jun explained from inside the mushroom net.

"Awoo!" Little Black finally stopped trying.

She didn't forget to look back carefully at the two demons who were still chasing her, making sure there was nothing above them, before accelerating and completely shaking them off.

Eugene finally broke free from the initial dizziness and the pain of having his head pinched in the claws.

But instead of struggling immediately, he was thinking.

He doesn't understand.

He had clearly used his trump card to save his life, sacrificing a large amount of his bloodline power to clear all the magical tracking marks from his body, and at the same time, he instantly burst out with a speed far beyond normal to arrive here.

Even if the other party knew about this method in advance through some channels, they shouldn't be able to find me with such a large escape range.

He would accept it if a large army blocked the entire border.

But right now, the dragon-woman who's giving me a headache is clearly acting alone; she must have her own precise location.

Although they had only clashed a few times, Louisa, the enemy's commander, could clearly sense that the enemy was the type who would make thorough plans before a battle and would not leave such a high-level combat force to wander around in the rear.

So, how exactly does the enemy position themselves?
Out of the corner of his eye, Eugene caught sight of the endless fungal carpet below, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

"I see……"

Why was I found and caught up with?
Why can't spies infiltrate the North?

Why can some Puji move at long distances even when the Puji Master is not nearby?
In an instant, all the doubts were resolved.

The answer has always been right under our feet; why didn't we notice it before?

No, it's not that I didn't notice.

Even if they had thought about it that way, they would quickly rule out that answer.

Using fungal carpets to monitor the entire northern region?

In other words, each piece of mycelium is equivalent to a reconnaissance magic circle.

And someone also needs to process such a massive amount of surveillance data.

This is completely illogical.

But now, there is no other explanation besides this possibility.

“No wonder we lost so badly…” Eugene’s single eye, peeking out from between his claws, turned to the endless ice plains and mycelium to the north. At this moment, he was absolutely certain that Louisa was not the true leader of the Fungal Fortress. “What kind of monster is she?” Unfortunately, he could not satisfy his last curiosity.

"Ha...hahaha, you want to capture me, the Duke, alive?"

"No matter what you are, you've miscalculated!"

"Your biggest mistake was not killing me immediately!"

"Blood Manipulation - End!"

The next moment, the little black claws missed their mark, and Eugene exploded into countless pieces of blood.

Unlike when escaping with a burst of blood, the blood did not condense but instead exploded outwards, shooting in all directions!

From Lin Jun's perspective, his panel also disappeared at the same time.

Most of the scattered blood fell onto the fungal carpet after shooting a distance, except for one wisp that flew out, circled around, and flew back the way it came, smearing Dean's face with blood.

At the same time, some brief but shocking and terrifying information also entered Dean's consciousness through the contact.

After a brief digestion, Dean looked incredulously at the fungal carpet at his feet.

The demon who had barely caught up saw Dean suddenly stop and couldn't help but ask, "Chieftain, are we not going to chase after them?"

"No need to chase, retreat!"

"Withdrawal...does that mean returning to the army?"

"No, withdraw the Empire, immediately!"

"what?"

The demonic offspring really wanted to ask why?
What should be done about those of Eugene's clansmen?
But Dean was already rushing back, so he had to keep his questions to himself for the time being.

However, just as he was about to catch up with the clan leader, a complex magic circle suddenly lit up beneath his feet.

"I clearly didn't..." His brief moment of surprise caused him to miss his chance to rush out.

On the other side, a magic circle suddenly appeared beneath Dean's feet as well.

Although I couldn't identify what kind of magic circle it was, I couldn't figure out how it came about.

But Dean responded immediately.

【Trampling LV10】

The earth cracked open, and a huge crater was stomped into the center.

This extensive terrain destruction directly caused the magic circle, which had not yet been activated, to collapse, resulting in a large amount of magic power leaking out and causing several small magic explosions.

Confirming there were no further attacks, Dean turned to look at the demon.

However, the latter had by then broken into three pieces.

Dean's face was terribly grim.

He leaped over, shattering the ground once more, and extracted the magic core from the fragments. After glancing one last time at the north, he turned and went back without looking back.

……

It seems unrealistic to use a temporary magic circle to trap and kill a master.

Neither Dean nor the demon were spellcasters and were not particularly sensitive to magic, otherwise they wouldn't have only discovered it at the final stage of the magic circle's activation.

Even so, Dean easily destroyed the temporary magic circle.

The only result was achieved by launching a surprise attack while he was thinking, which obviously cannot be used as a regular attack method.

Although they didn't want to let Dean go back, their main force was still on the Luohe side, and they only had Xiao Hei and some scattered cleanup troops deployed here. It was unrealistic to leave Dean and the troops he brought with them behind.

Ultimately, I never expected that a duke like Eugene would commit suicide so easily.

Lin Jun thought these immortal beings were just reluctant to die the longer they lived.

However, it's not a big problem.

He changed his previous strategy of feigning weakness and this time completely devoured Eugene because he had gained some new information from Fatsy and no longer intended to play the fool.

The empire's northern border should also be taken over!
(End of this chapter)