The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 124 Human-Faced Locust (Thanks to reader 696 for the donation)

After killing so many fungal beasts, the group stopped and rested for a while. Those who felt hungry opened their backpacks, took out edible fungi, and ate them.

Li Yu noticed that Tang Burou took out a jelly mushroom from the fourth-grade edible fungi and ate it, and breathed a sigh of relief.

He had been wondering if eating the Glowing Star Mushroom in public would attract too much attention, but now that he found out they also had Level 4 edible fungi, he felt relieved.

Li Yu now needs to eat two Firefly Fungi at a time, because the nutritional needs of the cocoon inside his body are enormous.

However, what delighted him was that with each battle, the life force within the cocoon grew stronger and more active, seemingly ready to hatch and manifest at any moment.

He was increasingly looking forward to what kind of symbiotic bacteria would hatch from the cocoon that even several super monsters couldn't forget.

Based on the information he currently has about Pupil Bacteria, it seems that there are no such symbiotic bacteria.

"Or perhaps—this cocoon isn't a symbiotic organism?"

Li Yu fell into deep thought. Even though the auxiliary symbiotic bacteria obtained by Zhou Xigang and Fang Mingxuan were extremely rare, he had never heard of them requiring a drop of blood to fuse, let alone incubating inside the body.

At least this cocoon is completely different from the three types of symbiotic bacteria that have appeared so far.

Li Yu noticed that there were many level-five edible fungi growing on the walls of the surrounding caves, but since everyone had edible fungi, they were not short of food at the moment.

After resting for more than ten minutes, the group continued into the passage at the end of the cave.

Upon entering the passage, Tang Burou, who was walking at the front, suddenly stopped, turned to look at the group behind her, and said, "Everyone, be careful. This fungal nest is more difficult with each level. Normally, the first three levels are very simple and are just for us to get used to. Starting from the fourth level, the difficulty will increase significantly. Of course, the greater the difficulty, the greater the rewards."

She paused for a moment and continued, "Two Shadow Beasts appeared in the third level. If nothing unexpected happens, at least three C-level beasts will appear in the fourth level. Fang Qinian, Li Yu, and I will hold off these C-level beasts, so you don't need to worry. Apart from these C-level beasts, you will have to take care of the remaining D-level rare beasts."

Standing beside her, Zhou Dingfeng said calmly, "Don't worry, no matter how many D-level rare beasts come, we are confident we can handle them."

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His strength is among the top in the advanced Spore stage, and he has a chance to break through to the top level in the next few days. His tone is full of self-confidence.

Fang Qinian and the three people behind him nodded slightly. Fang Qinian stepped forward, came to the front of the group, and walked to Tang Burou's side.

Tang Burou looked at Li Yu and said, "Li Yu, you and we will go to the front. The three of us will have to do our best in this level and take care of those C-level beasts as soon as possible so that we can help the others."

After witnessing Li Yu's final outburst, instantly killing five Bone Shadow Beasts, she no longer doubted Li Yu's strength and knew that he was a top-tier expert.

However, judging from the current situation, his strength is only average among the top-tier players, similar to Fang Qinian. Tang Burou felt a sense of helplessness. With their strength, they might not be able to break through the fungal nest this time.

Li Yu nodded to indicate that he understood and walked to the front.

With his current strength, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he should have no problem killing a Void Shadow Beast with "Super Capture" combined with the Heavenly Wolf Blade.

To reach the top level before the 15th, he must hunt as many powerful C-level beasts as possible. He was not afraid of the fourth cave; on the contrary, he felt a sense of excitement.

Seemingly sensing his slightly agitated mood, the cocoon hidden inside his heart suddenly reacted, and the life signs within it began to fluctuate violently.

Li Yu felt a surge of joy, realizing that the cocoon was getting closer and closer to hatching.

Tang Burou glanced at everyone again to make sure they were all ready, and finally took the lead, stepping through the passage and entering the fourth cave.

Li Yu and Fang Qinian followed her closely, one on each side, as they walked out of the passage.

Outside the passage, it was no longer the cave as before, but a huge underground space, at least several times larger than the previous cave.

Among them stand towering rock pillars, each as thick as a water vat, covered with mycelium and mushrooms.

These rock pillars vary in height, some about one or two meters high, others three or four meters high, and all of them are inhabited by fungal beasts.

Around these rock pillars, a large number of fungal beasts have also gathered. At a glance, they are densely packed, numbering at least a hundred.

These fungal-shaped beasts are about two meters long, with bodies that resemble locusts. Their bodies are covered with hard insect shells and black and green mold spots.

Its head resembles a swollen, rotting human face, with a split mouth full of serrated fangs, four transparent insect wings on its back, and two front claws that resemble the large knives of a mantis.

The sudden intrusion of Tang Burou and her two companions immediately startled them, causing their insect wings to vibrate and a buzzing sound to fill the entire space.

"These are human-faced locusts, they can attack by flying, everyone be careful!" Tang Burou shouted, holding a whip in her right hand, and was the first to rush out.

Fang Qinian followed closely behind, only a step behind Tang Burou.

Li Yu knew that these human-faced locusts were also rare D-level beasts. Their most distinctive feature was that they could fly in the air and attack using the forepaws of their mantis-like blades.

Compared to the Branch Bone Shadow Beast, although both are D-rank rare beasts, they are far more terrifying.

Amidst the buzzing sound, almost all of the hundreds of human-faced locusts took flight.

In an instant, at least a dozen human-faced locusts flew to the top of the three people's heads, swooping down from mid-air, their sharp forelimbs like great knives falling towards their heads.

Li Yu, holding an iron spear in his left hand, strode forward and, aiming at a human-faced locust that was lunging at him, suddenly flicked the iron spear upwards in mid-air.

With a "whoosh," the iron spear, longer than the human-faced locust, pierced through his abdomen before the forelimb-shaped blade could even reach his head.

Tang Burou brought down her long whip. With a crisp "crack," the head of a human-faced locust was struck by the whip and instantly exploded. The headless body spun and fell downwards.

Fang Qinian's red short spear also pierced the body of a human-faced locust in an instant. Faint red energy burst out from its body, tearing the human-faced locust's abdomen into pieces.

The crowd following closely behind the three surged out, showing no fear in the face of these hundreds of D-rank rare beasts.

Zhou Dingfeng let out a loud shout and swung the long sword he was holding.

He was a powerful figure even among the advanced level, and was not far from breaking through to the top level. The long sword he had snatched out faintly emitted a white light.

Clearly, although he was holding an ordinary weapon, there were special symbiotic bacteria or abilities that enhanced the power of the longsword.

With a sweep of the longsword through the air, leaving a white afterimage, a locust-like creature with a human face was cleaved in two along with its two forelimbs as it pounced down.

The two women who came with Fang Qinian were also quite powerful, with Bai Xiaowan displaying a weapon resembling a scepter.

She held a scepter, on which a gem emitted faint halos of light.

Every time this halo was released, the human-faced locusts that approached the crowd seemed to be disturbed in some way.

Both their flight speed and reaction time were decreasing, and several of them even suddenly shuddered and fell from mid-air.

Clearly, this scepter possesses the ability to reduce and disrupt the bactericidal beasts.

Yuan Shuyao held the sword in both hands, the blade faintly gleaming with a crystal-like luster.

However, they were two identical weapon-type symbiotic bacteria, which she fused into her left and right hands respectively.

At this moment, she charged out, brandishing her twin swords, the blades faintly gleaming with a crystal-like luster.

A human-faced locust that swooped down on her head was pierced by the crystal light, its body instantly splitting open and falling to the ground.

Both of these crystal swords are top-tier weapons with fungal techniques. She has fused two of them together, making her a force to be reckoned with.

Clearly, none of Tang Burou and Fang Qinian's teammates were weak; any one of them could easily kill a D-level rare beast.

Lin Muying, Zhou Xigang, and Qian Lili have advanced to the same advanced spore stage as them. With the acquisition of symbiotic bacteria that possess fungal skills and have been enhanced, their strength is also advancing by leaps and bounds.

In particular, Qian Lili, after advancing to a higher level, mastered and comprehended a second, extremely powerful ability called "Exploding Arrow".

This is the first time I've used it. I've locked onto a locust with a human face that's swooping down from mid-air, and I'm suddenly unleashing "Exploding Arrow."

A faint light could be clearly seen from her chest, which transformed into a sharp arrow that flashed in the air and instantly struck the swarming human-faced locust.

The human-faced locust was hit by the light arrow, which punched a bloody hole about the size of a fist. Immediately afterward, with a loud "boom," an invisible shockwave exploded out of the hole, sending blood and flesh flying everywhere.

Most of the human-faced locust's body was blown apart, and the remaining parts spun and flew away.

With a single strike, Qian Lili killed a human-faced locust, her eyes gleaming with excitement. The power of this "explosive arrow" far exceeded her expectations.

Zhou Xigang, standing beside her, frowned as he watched the locusts with human faces swooping down from the sky.

Whether it's bone armor or bone blade cutting, his abilities are fine for dealing with oncoming human-faced locusts, but it's difficult to attack the human-faced locusts above his head. Swift Shadow Fungus's fungal technique "Swift Shadow Kick" has the same weakness.

With no other option, he could only grip the iron spear tightly with both hands and rely on it to attack the human-faced locusts swooping down from above.

Without the aid of his innate fungus abilities or techniques, relying solely on his own strength and attack speed, Zhou Xigang found it difficult to kill even a single human-faced locust using ordinary weapons like iron spears to deal with it.

He originally wanted to fuse the Steel Skin Fungus in his right leg and combine it with the Swift Shadow Fungus in his right foot, which would be an innovation.

He was quite pleased with himself for a while, but now, facing this fungal beast attacking from above, he realized something was wrong.

"No, we still need to find a way to get a weapon with fungal abilities similar to Li Yu's Heavenly Wolf Blade. Otherwise, if we encounter a flying fungal beast, we'll be completely helpless and it will be too troublesome."

Although the iron spear is sharp, it is ultimately not a symbiotic bacterium.

It was okay to deal with ordinary fungal beasts before, but as the fungal beasts that appear become more and more powerful, the defenses such as the fungal shell that forms on their body surface also become stronger and stronger.

Without sufficient power, it's impossible to break through the defense.

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