The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 122 Shadow Clone (10,000 words, please subscribe and vote)

The remaining six people looked similar to Lin Muying and Zhou Xigang. Although they could kill the Branch Bone Shadow Beast, they were not as relaxed and at ease as Tang Burou and Fang Qinian. They should be at the advanced stage.

Having roughly assessed their strength, Li Yu revealed the Heavenly Wolf Blade in his right hand. Against these Bone Shadow Beasts, he could kill one with almost every strike.

Although he did not enter the "super-capture" state, he possessed the extra power from the three enhancements of the Sirius Blade, as well as the power and speed boosted by Lin Muying's ability.

Therefore, he can instantly kill the Bone Shadow Beast.

Because he knew in his heart that he absolutely could not appear too weak.

Although the three parties are in a cooperative relationship, the cooperation is based on the premise that they are evenly matched in strength.

If they find out that none of the five of them are top-tier, I'm afraid it might cause trouble.

Therefore, Li Yu needs to deliver a sufficiently impressive performance, at least temporarily demonstrating strength that is no less than that of Tang Burou and Fang Qinian.

Like Li Yu, Tang Burou and Fang Qinian were also secretly observing each other's strength while killing these branch bone shadow beasts.

Seeing that Li Yu could instantly kill this branch-bone shadow beast, they assumed he was a top-tier expert, since it would be difficult to easily kill a D-level rare beast without reaching the top level.

Lin Muying and Zhou Xigang were at an advanced level, which was within their expectations. What surprised them was the performance of Qian Lili and Fang Mingxuan.

Even with these two combined, dealing with a single Bone Shadow Beast would be quite difficult.

Fortunately, Fang Mingxuan's "Spore Arc" was greatly amplified by the "Amplified Attack". Although it failed to kill the Branch Bone Shadow Beast, it briefly paralyzed it, giving Qian Lili the opportunity to kill it with the giant hook.

They watched with some surprise. Clearly, Qian Lili and Fang Mingxuan's strength was not at the advanced level, which was simply unimaginable to them.

"It's been more than twenty days. Anyone who's still alive must be at least at the advanced level, right? And these two are only at the intermediate level? It's unbelievable."

They were both surprised and curious, but they didn't think much of it and just kept charging forward.

Of the more than forty Bone Shadow Beasts that rushed out, half were quickly killed by them. Among them, Tang Burou, Fang Qinian and Li Yu were undoubtedly the most impressive.

Tang Burou held a whip in her right hand, and with almost every lash, a Bone Shadow Beast exploded and died instantly.

No matter how the Bone Shadow Beast dodged, it couldn't avoid her attack.

The whip was lashed out with lightning speed, a speed that far surpassed the advanced level and could only be achieved by top-tier experts.

Fang Qinian's performance was equally amazing. As he entered the cave, a weapon appeared in his previously empty right hand. It was a short spear with a faint red glow extending from his right hand.

The red short spear seemed to come alive in his hand. Upon seeing the Bone Shadow Beast, he thrust it out with incredible speed, the red short spear as fast as a red arrow.

Unable to dodge, the Bone Shadow Beast was instantly pierced by the short spear, followed by a burst of red light emanating from its body.

The red light emanated from between the withered branches and vines, tearing them to pieces.

Although Li Yu was a high-level cultivator, Lin Muying concentrated almost all of the "Fountain of Light" and "Fountain of Swiftness" on him, giving him a significant boost in strength and speed.

With the help of the Heavenly Wolf Blade and the enhancements from "Radiant Spring" and "Swift Spring," Li Yu was able to crush the Branch Bone Shadow Beast even in his advanced state.

At least in everyone's eyes, he didn't need a second strike to kill the Branch Bone Shadow Beast, so they instinctively classified him as a top-tier individual.

Even though his movement and attack speed were not as fast as Tang Burou and Fang Qinian, everyone just assumed that he was not using his true strength and was hiding his power.

Or perhaps he belongs to the weaker lower-level combat force among the top-level experts, but no one would suspect that he is actually only at the advanced level.

Lin Muying could tell that Tang Burou and Fang Qinian were both top-tier experts. If none of the five of them had a strong enough person to rival them, they would likely be targeted by others.

She still remembers what Bai Xiuluo said: at this supply point, we must be careful not only of the fungal beasts, but also of the humans.

Tang Burou and Fang Qinian noticed Li Yu's move, but they didn't suspect anything, assuming he was just keeping a low profile and deliberately hiding his strength.

They originally thought Zhou Xigang was the leader of the five-person team, but now, seeing their actions, they realized that Li Yu was the top expert, while Zhou Xigang was just a high-level expert.

They then realized they had misjudged him.

Soon, all forty-odd Bone Shadow Beasts were killed by them. Some of the dead Bone Shadow Beast corpses had symbiotic bacteria condensed on them, and two of the corpses had enhanced crystal cores.

Everyone basically remembered which Bone Shadow Beasts they had killed, and whoever killed the Fungal Beast got to keep the spoils that appeared on its corpse.

Of the two enhancement crystal cores, one belonged to Tang Burou, and the other belonged to Ma Ping, one of the four people from Fang Qinian. Although Li Yu and his group of five did not obtain any enhancement crystal cores, they did acquire three symbiotic bacteria.

Two of them are defensive symbiotic bacteria, and one is a common weapon symbiotic bacteria.

Without resting, the group put away their weapons and, led by Tang Burou and Fang Qinian, the thirteen quickly passed through the cave. At the end of the cave was a passage about three or four meters long.

Passing through the passage, they found themselves in another giant cave, similarly filled with a large amount of withered branches and vines. Startled by their intrusion, the branches transformed into countless branch-bone shadow beasts.

The number of Bone Shadow Beasts appearing in this cave has increased to more than fifty.

The thirteen men rushed forward quickly, especially Tang Burou and Fang Qinian, who pierced through like two sharp knives.

The more than fifty D-level rare beasts, while not a threat to top-tier experts, still put some pressure on a group of high-level individuals, especially Qian Lili and Fang Mingxuan.

Under Li Yu's whispered instructions, they retreated to the side of the crowd or within the circle, where they could seize any openings to attack the Branch Bone Shadow Beast, but dared not rush too far.

Otherwise, if they were to fall into the clutches of these Bone Shadow Beasts, they could easily die given their strength.

Li Yu didn't dare to stray too far, killing the branch-bone shadow beasts while keeping a close eye on the two of them.

With two top-tier experts in the team, Li Yu wasn't worried about the safety of everyone else, but rather about Qian Lili and Fang Mingxuan.

With Li Yu protecting them, Qian Lili and Fang Mingxuan didn't need to worry about danger and focused all their efforts on attacking the Bone Shadow Beasts.

With their intermediate level, when facing such a rare-grade Bone Shadow Beast, their innate bacteria felt immense pressure, which in turn stimulated their innate bacteria to evolve faster.

Soon, the group had killed most of the fifty-odd Bone Shadow Beasts. At the end of the cave, a hoarse and strange howl suddenly came, which sounded very jarring and made people's scalps tingle.

A giant branch-bone shadow beast suddenly rushed out from the end of the passage.

Compared to other branch-bone shadow beasts, its entire body of withered branches has transformed into jet-black bone armor. The most eerie thing is that a black cloud swirls in the gaps between its bone armor and the vines that form its limbs.

The dark cloud clung to its body like a shadow, sometimes overlapping with it and sometimes separating, creating an indescribably eerie atmosphere.

When Li Yu first saw the Branch Bone Shadow Beast, he already thought of the description of this D in the booklet.

If a rare-level Bone Shadow Beast can obtain the power of "Ruins", it has the opportunity to evolve into a more powerful Ruins Shadow Beast.

The dark cloud clinging to its body is the Void Shadow, which is also the fungal technique it possesses called "Void Shadow Clone".

After the Vine Demon Sirius, Li Yu finally encountered the second type of C-level bactericidal beast.

A hoarse, deep sound emanated from the Shadow Beast's body as it burst forth from the passage, overwhelming the Branch Bone Shadow Beast in both speed and power.

In terms of pure speed, he is comparable to top-tier experts like Tang Burou and Fang Qinian.

Tang Burou suddenly let out a shout, and her right hand whipped down, smashing a branch-bone shadow beast that was blocking her way.

With a push of its feet, it passed between the two Bone Shadow Beasts, its target being the Void Shadow Beast.

A hint of excitement flickered in her eyes.

Killing the Branch Bone Shadow Beast was too easy for her; her main target in entering this fungal nest was the even more powerful C-rank fungal beast.

Fang Qinian reacted similarly to her. Upon suddenly witnessing the appearance of the Void Shadow Beast at the end of the distant cave, she immediately abandoned the Branch Bone Shadow Beast in front of her.

With a sweep of his right hand, he swung the red short spear left and right, then leaped forward, a step slower than Tang Burou, and rushed in front of the Void Shadow Beast.

A hoarse sound continued to erupt from within the Shadow Beast, and the dark shadow cloud clinging to its body suddenly split apart.

It transformed into a huge black shadow similar in appearance, and together with its main body, it pounced on Tang Burou, who was rushing the fastest, from the left and right.

This is its fungal technique, "Shadow Clone," which can instantly create a shadow clone with similar power. A C-rank beast suddenly becomes two.

"Okay!" Tang Burou felt the pressure and her face became more and more excited. Her short hair flew backward as she moved at an astonishing speed.

Her right whip suddenly extended to an astonishing 1.5 meters, creating a sonic boom in the air and leaving a trail of afterimages as it lashed out at the Shadow Beast's main body.

With a flick of her left hand, a ball of flame suddenly shot out from her palm, transforming into a fireball about the size of a soccer ball, which she then hurled out.

With a "whoosh," the fireball flew out and struck the oncoming Shadow Clone.

The fireball exploded the moment it hit the Shadow Clone, scattering flames that immediately engulfed it.

Li Yu swung his Heavenly Wolf Blade in quick succession, having just killed two Bone Shadow Beasts. When he saw Tang Burou's attack, a strange look appeared in his eyes.

The Void Shadow Beast emitted a hoarse sound. Just as the separated Void Shadow clone was about to be devoured by the flames, it suddenly retracted, and with a violent tremor, it merged back into the main body.

With its two front paws extended, the whole body leaped up, and the two front paws spread out, transforming into a large number of green vines, each one baring its fangs and claws, resembling pythons flying all over the sky.

Although Tang Burou's whip was incredibly powerful, it only struck three green vines, shattering them to pieces.

The attack from the Shadow Beast, with its frantically shooting green vines, had already reached her and enveloped her.

Fang Qinian rushed forward a step too late, just as he thrust out the red short spear in his hand, but it was too late to help Tang Burou.

He had killed C-rank beasts before, but he never expected that this Shadow Beast was far stronger than any C-rank beast he had encountered before. Even among C-rank beasts, it was definitely one of the most powerful.

Given Tang Burou's top-tier strength, she not only failed to gain an advantage in this encounter, but was also likely to be injured.

"Alright!" Tang Burou suddenly shouted, and the flames surged from her left hand up her left arm and spread rapidly throughout her body.

Wherever the flames leaped, they condensed into a faint layer of fiery red crystalline armor. The green vines that shot towards them struck this faint crystalline armor, producing a crisp sound like striking glass.

Her right hand, which had missed its target, suddenly flipped over, like a black dragon turning over, and shot out with a whoosh, piercing through the body of the Shadow Beast.

She then wrapped her arms around the neck and head of the Shadow Beast, and with a forceful pull of her right hand, the enormous Shadow Beast was lifted into the air.

With a deafening roar, the head of the Shadow Beast slammed heavily into the ground, unleashing a terrifying force that exploded from its head into its body, startling many Bone Shadow Beasts.

Fang Qinian withdrew the red short spear he had thrust out. His expression froze, and a hint of surprise flickered in his eyes. Tang Burou's performance was beyond his expectations.

Watching the Shadow Beast explode in front of her, Tang Burou acted as if she had done something insignificant. The flames on her body subsided, and the faint crystal armor disappeared. Everyone turned to look at her performance.

"This woman is amazing." This thought flashed through Li Yu's mind as he watched three clusters of crystals emerge from the shattered remains of the Shadow Beast.

One symbiotic fungus, one enhanced crystal core, and another mushroom, but unlike the symbiotic fungus which was shrouded in a faint white light, this one was only the size of an infant's fist, with faint blood-like patterns on its surface. He couldn't recognize what kind of mushroom it was; the booklet didn't record it.

Tang Burou immediately put away the three spoils of war, a hint of joy on her face.

Killing this Shadow Beast was a great gain.

With the Shadow Beast killed, the remaining Bone Shadow Beasts seemed to have lost their will to fight and began to retreat towards the passage at the end of the cave.

Tang Burou and Fang Qinian blocked the passage to prevent them from escaping, and soon all the Bone Shadow Beasts were killed.

The corpses of more than fifty D-level rare beasts yielded a lot of loot. Li Yu and his group of five collected a strengthening crystal core, a weapon-type symbiotic bacterium, and two defensive symbiotic bacteria.

Unfortunately, they are all ordinary types and do not have bacterial technology.

There was a little incident during this time, involving Zhou Dingfeng from Tang Burou's team and Ma Ping from Fang Qinian's team.

Their attacks hit a Bone Shadow Beast at the same time, and now both of them believe that they killed the Bone Shadow Beast and that the enhanced crystal core found in the corpse should belong to them.

Upon seeing this, Tang Burou and Fang Qinian immediately stopped them from arguing. According to the previous rules, the spoils of war that were in dispute would be divided equally.

One enhanced crystal core can be sold for two thousand gold coins, which averages out to one thousand gold coins per person.

Afterwards, the enhanced crystal core was given to Zhou Dingfeng, who then gave Ma Ping a thousand gold coins.

However, he didn't carry that many gold coins with him, so he used two ordinary defensive symbiotic bacteria to make up for it.

These two symbiotic bacteria are worth exactly one thousand gold coins.

Although Ma Ping received two symbiotic bacteria, he felt somewhat uncomfortable.

After all, defensive symbiotic bacteria without sterilization techniques are not uncommon, but enhancement crystal cores are a scarce form of hard currency that can be used to enhance symbiotic bacteria.

If you wanted to buy it, it would cost far more than two thousand gold coins.

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