The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 116 The Swift Spring (10,000 words, please subscribe and vote)

Li Yu asked, "What ability have you comprehended?"

"The Fountain of Swiftness is somewhat similar to the Fountain of Radiant Light. It lasts for ten seconds with a thirty-second interval, and can increase speed and accelerate the healing of injuries."

Li Yu's eyes lit up slightly: "Can we use them at the same time?"

Seeing Lin Muying nod, Li Yu smiled and said, "Then the combined effect of these two abilities will be extremely powerful, especially in team battles."

Afterwards, Lin Muying activated "Fountain of Light" and "Fountain of Swiftness," and Li Yu and the others were granted dual buffs, simultaneously increasing their strength and speed.

Li Yu tested the increased strength and speed, and a look of joy appeared on his face.

"This is a significant improvement. With these two abilities, we can try our luck in the central area."

This western district is mainly inhabited by elite beasts, with very few rare ones, making it unsuitable for Li Yu at this point. He's staying here purely to keep everyone company and waste his time.

According to the map, the danger level of the central area is high, one level higher than that of the western area.

Now that Lin Muying has advanced to a high level, and given that her two abilities can also enhance everyone's strength, he wants to try his luck in the central area.

Lin Muying responded, "Okay, then let's go to the central area to take a look."

Zhou Xigang hesitated. The weakest beasts in the western district, which had a moderate level of danger, were elite beasts. What kind of monsters would be in the central district, which had a high level of danger?

The weakest of them would probably be a rare beast. With his current strength, it would still be dangerous for him to face a rare beast alone, and he might even lose his life.

Fang Mingxuan nodded in agreement without hesitation. He understood that he was lagging behind others in terms of growth rate, and if he wanted to catch up, he had to work harder than everyone else.

With the three of them agreeing, Zhou Xigang and Qian Lili had no choice but to acquiesce.

Lin Muying took out the Shield Strike Fungus, peeled the Rock Claw Fungus from her left hand and transferred it to her right hand, while the Shield Strike Fungus merged into her left hand.

Clenching his left hand, the shield-strike bacteria were activated, and a large number of black mycelia extended from the back of his left hand, condensing into a black circular shield about one foot in diameter, with a hard texture.

Lin Muying tapped it, and the surface faintly emitted a dull, metallic sound.

"This shield-attacking bacteria is interesting." Zhou Xigang couldn't help but laugh.

Lin Muying liked it very much. She had a spiked club as a weapon and the Rock Claw Fungus that had been strengthened twice, so her attack was more than enough. Now she had an extra shield for defense, so she was good at both offense and defense.

In particular, this "Shield Bacteria" also possesses a special bacterium technique called "Shield Strike," which is quite powerful.

After resting for a while and recovering their strength, the group began to walk towards the central area.

The central area depicted on this map is actually the city center of Jiangcheng. Geographically located in the heart of Jiangcheng, it was once the most prosperous area in the city and also the area with the highest land prices, making it incredibly valuable.

The group then encountered several waves of Shadow Lizards, which were easily dealt with. Among them, a rare Shadow Lizard was killed by Li Yu.

Half an hour later, the group left the West District and entered the more dangerous Central District.

Upon entering the central area, Li Yu spotted four people sitting by a partially collapsed building, eating mushrooms. It seemed they were resting and eating at the same time.

They had hardly seen any indigenous people all day, but now that they had just entered the central area, they found four of them.

The four people, three men and one woman, were all around twenty years old. Their leather armor and knee pads were somewhat damaged, and they looked rather disheveled.

The woman had short hair, was not ugly, and had a heroic air about her.

When Li Yu saw the short-haired woman from afar, his heart skipped a beat, and he immediately remembered that he had seen these three men and one woman before.

He still remembers the short-haired woman wielding a retractable whip with immense power; wherever it struck, an explosion would occur.

He now understood that it was a weapon-like symbiotic bacterium with tremendous power.

Even among weapons, their actual power varies greatly, resulting in significant price differences when they are sold. The inferior ones can only be sold for 800 gold coins, while the superior ones can fetch 1,000 or even 2,000 gold coins or more.

The whip weapon in the short-haired woman's hand was clearly a top-quality weapon.

Li Yu never expected to see them here again.

A dozen or so corpses of fungal beasts lay scattered on the ground not far from them. When Li Yu saw them, his heart skipped a beat.

This was a group of rare Dark Lizards, all of whom died here, likely killed by these four people.

The three men and one woman also noticed Li Yu and his group of five approaching from a distance. They looked up at them and then continued eating their mushrooms.

"As expected of the highly dangerous central area, there's actually a group of rare-level Dark Lizards—" Li Yu thought to himself, feeling somewhat excited. He changed direction and went around to the other side to avoid the four people.

This time, after walking less than a hundred meters, sounds of fighting and beast roars came from a residential area covered with giant mushrooms ahead.

Li Yu saw from afar that a group of rare-grade dark lizards were surrounding five men, and a fierce battle was taking place between the two sides.

Judging from the speed at which the five men moved, and the various symbiotic bacteria displayed on their hands, even the weakest of them were probably at the advanced spore stage.

After all, to be able to fuse two symbiotic bacteria, one must at least reach an advanced stage.

Its strength at the advanced stage of the spore stage is enough to hunt down D-level rare fungal beasts.

"It's strange. I've rarely seen these indigenous people before, but how come I've encountered them twice in a short time after entering this central area?" Zhou Xigang's face showed a strange expression.

Li Yu thought for a moment and said, "It's possible that the original inhabitants of this supply point have all grown to the advanced stage. The fungal beasts in the South and West districts are too weak and don't help the advanced level, so these people have all gathered in the central area."

Li Yu felt that this guess was quite plausible; otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why he had encountered two teams so soon after entering this place.

Lin Muying frowned slightly and said, "That should be the case. There are probably quite a few people in this central area, so we need to be careful, especially with the Glowing Star Mushroom. We can't just take it out casually."

These level-four edible fungi are extremely rare. If they were to be discovered with so many Glowing Star Mushrooms in their backpacks, they would inevitably be targeted.

They all nodded to indicate that they understood. Now they could only avoid the residential area ahead again and head deeper into the central area.

After walking about a hundred meters, Li Yu saw a row of collapsed storefronts not far away, their surfaces covered with a large amount of green vines, among which grayish-white mushrooms were growing.

Just then, he noticed unusual fluctuations in the light spots floating around the vines. Immediately afterward, a monster rushed out of the ruins covered by the vines.

This is a giant adult wolf. Its body is not covered with ordinary wolf fur, but instead with tangled, thin blue vines, as thin as a baby's fingers.

These vines grow tightly against the bones and muscles, clinging to the body like a layer of natural armor, with tiny grayish-white mycelia emerging from between these green vines and flesh.

Its head retains the fierce outline of a wolf, with a long and sharp snout and exposed fangs that gleam with a cold white luster. Its original beast eyes have turned into translucent amber fungal pupils, with narrow pupils and a cold and intimidating gaze, surrounded by a dark purple fungal halo.

A thick fungal ridge rises in the middle of its back, and several green vines stretch and extend backward along the ridge. The limbs are wrapped and reinforced by the vines, and the tips of the claws have hardened into dark green keratin.

When you step on the ground, the vines will briefly take root in the ground, which can stabilize your body and allow you to exert force.

"Demon Wolf Vine Beast"

Zhou Xigang suddenly exclaimed.

Li Yu also recognized it. The giant wolf that suddenly rushed out from a large number of green vines was a rare fungal beast recorded in the booklet, the Demon Wolf Vine Beast, a fungal beast that was powerful even among rare beasts.

The demonic wolf vine beast was incredibly fast. It let out a deep howl, gripped the ground with its claws, and leaped forward, charging towards the group.

Closely following behind it, from the collapsed ruins of the city, one after another, demonic wolf vine beasts leaped out.

In the blink of an eye, at least ten demonic wolf vine beasts rushed out and pounced on the group.

Li Yu rushed forward at top speed, his left hand wielding an iron spear that swept across the area with a fierce wind.

Zhou Xigang and Qian Lili's expressions changed. These were powerful and rare beasts. Ten of them pounced out at once, which made their scalps tingle.

Without hesitation, Lin Muying activated "Fountain of Light" and "Fountain of Swiftness" simultaneously, enveloping everyone in a vortex of light and enhancing their strength and speed.

Fang Mingxuan rushed up right behind Li Yu. Although he was only at the intermediate stage of the spore stage, he possessed the fungal skill of "Amplification Fungus" and also received the power and speed boosts from "Fountain of Light" and "Fountain of Swiftness".

Without hesitation, he locked onto one of the charging wolf vine beasts and activated "Spore Arc".

The fastest charging demon wolf vine beast collided with the iron spear that Li Yu swung.

The demonic wolf-like beast showed no fear whatsoever. The green vines wrapped around its body suddenly unfurled, resembling giant pythons, and abruptly coiled around the iron spear that Li Yu was thrusting at it.

The green vines wrapped around the iron spear and pulled it back sharply. The demonic wolf vine beast controlled the green vines, trying to snatch the iron spear from Li Yu's hand. At the same time, it leaped up and stretched out a sharp claw, grabbing Li Yu's abdomen.

A strange look flashed across Li Yu's face. This demonic wolf vine beast was indeed a powerful existence among rare beasts. Although it was also a rare beast, it was much stronger than the dark lizards and giant corpse beetles he had encountered before.

With a crisp "snap," Fang Mingxuan suddenly activated the Spore Arc and simultaneously launched an "Amplification Attack," increasing its power.

The lightning bolt struck down with incredible speed and without warning. One of the demonic wolf vine beasts was caught off guard and was instantly struck. Its body shuddered violently, and green smoke rose from its body. The green vines were immediately chopped into charcoal.

Although it wasn't instantly killed by the chop, it convulsed and became paralyzed for a moment, unable to move for a short time.

Fang Mingxuan seized the opportunity, taking advantage of the moment when the animal convulsed and became paralyzed, he gripped the long sword in both hands and slashed down fiercely.

A spurt of blood gushed out as Fang Mingxuan severed most of the demonic wolf's head and neck with a single strike, the blade deeply embedded in its flesh.

Fang Mingxuan's eyes showed shock. He had used all his strength to slash, but he couldn't cut off the head of the demon wolf vine beast. The demon wolf vine beast's green vine armor was just too strong.

The demonic wolf-like beast let out a mournful howl, and the green vines on its body suddenly opened up, making a hissing sound. One after another, the green vines shot out and instantly pierced Fang Mingxuan's chest, piercing him through.

Li Yu's iron spear was entangled by the green vines controlled by the demon wolf vine beast. Looking at the wolf's claws that had grabbed his belly, he was surprised by the power of the demon wolf, but also by its speed and reaction.

With a swift turn, he dodged the wolf's claws and arrived beside the demon wolf vine beast. The crystallized blade appeared in his right hand, and with a swift movement, the head fell.

Blood gushed from its neck like a fountain, and the head of the demonic wolf-like beast rolled off.

Without stopping, he noticed that Fang Mingxuan was in danger to the side. He pushed off with both feet and lunged diagonally, throwing the iron spear in his left hand.

With a hiss, the iron spear pierced through the side of the demonic wolf-vine beast's belly and came through from the other side.

With a burst of strength from her left arm, she lifted the pierced wolf-vine beast into the air with the iron spear and slammed it heavily into another wolf-vine beast that was trying to attack Qian Lili.

The two demonic wolf vine beasts collided and tumbled out of the ground together.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye. Li Yu killed a demonic wolf vine beast and saved Fang Mingxuan. On the other side, Lin Muying activated "Fountain of Light" and "Fountain of Swiftness" to increase everyone's speed and strength, and also rushed out.

She was already at the advanced stage of the spore stage. With both hands gripping the spiked club, and with the combined boost of strength and speed, the club swung out with incredible power.

With a loud "bang," a demonic wolf-like beast pounced forward, its claws wrapped around the green vines, trying to withstand the attack. However, it was struck by the wolf-tooth club and was instantly sent flying.

Its body was covered with green vines that stretched out and rooted themselves in the ground to steady itself, as if it were trying to get up.

Lin Muying had already taken to the air, a round shield appearing in her left hand, and slammed it down on the demon wolf vine beast.

As if sensing the danger, the demonic wolf vine beast extended its green vines like snakes and pythons, immediately wrapping around the falling round shield and pulling Lin Muying down sharply.

Lin Muying swayed and fell downwards, but she remained calm despite the shock. She released her spiked club and revealed her rock claws.

When the two got close, the 1.8-meter-long spiked club was too long and not as agile as the rock claw.

The rock claws opened, resembling sharp blades that fell down, severing the several green vines that had been wrapped around it. With a hiss, they pierced into the head of the demon wolf vine beast.

The five rock claws vibrated together, and with a sudden twist, they instantly ripped a huge bloody hole through the head of the demon wolf vine beast, along with its flesh and bones, even scooping out its brains.

This Rock Claw, enhanced to level two, is incredibly powerful once activated. Even a rare-grade demon wolf vine beast with strong defenses cannot withstand it.

Having successfully killed a demonic wolf vine beast, Lin Muying didn't even have time to breathe a sigh of relief before seeing another demonic wolf vine beast pounce on her side. She hurriedly raised her left-hand round shield to protect her head and face.

The demonic wolf-like beast crashed heavily into the round shield, producing a dull thud. Lin Muying shuddered and suddenly let out a shout, unleashing her mushroom skill "Shield Strike".

A powerful force erupted from the round shield, not only pushing away the demon wolf vine beast, but also smashing the shield down and directly cracking open the demon wolf vine beast's skull, causing blood to spurt out.

The demonic wolf swayed and collapsed, dying instantly.

The power of this fungal technique "Shield Strike" was somewhat beyond Lin Muying's expectations. She then realized that everyone had underestimated the power of "Shield Strike Fungus" before.

The power unleashed by this fungal technique, "Shield Bash," was far greater than she had imagined.

She stumbled upon a treasure by accident.