The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 125 C-Rank Black Locust (10,000 words, please subscribe and vote/thanks to reader 738 for the reward)

Even when Li Yu attacked, his iron spear pierced the soft part of the human-faced locust's belly. If it were in other places protected by its carapace, the iron spear would not have been able to penetrate at all.

Fang Mingxuan knew he was no match for these human-faced locusts, so he retreated behind Zhou Xigang and Qian Lili, using amplified attacks and spore arcs to launch attacks from a distance.

The drawback is that after each attack, there must be a 30-second delay before another attack can be launched.

A dozen or so people gathered together, surrounded by a dark mass above them. Amidst the loud buzzing, the area above their heads was almost completely obscured by these human-faced locusts.

The human-faced locusts that flew up from behind couldn't get up, so they kept flying and circling in mid-air. As soon as they found an opening, they immediately rushed down.

In a short time, the ground around the crowd was piled with the corpses of twenty or thirty human-faced locusts.

Tang Burou's performance was always the most stunning. Every time she swung her right whip, a human-faced locust would fall to its death amidst the loud crack.

Although everyone was on guard like an iron barrel, the sheer number of human-faced locusts swarming down and countless forelimbs slashing down was overwhelming. No matter how strong they were, mistakes were inevitable.

Soon, someone let out a muffled groan as he was struck by the large blade wielded by the forelimb, leaving a bloody gash on his body; he was injured.

The injured one was Li Mao from Tang Burou's team. He had just killed a human-faced locust when he was slashed in the back by the forelimb of another human-faced locust.

The leather armor he wore was no match for the power of the D-level rare beast; the sharp blade cleaved through the leather armor and sliced ​​across his back.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly, sensing something was wrong. He stretched out his right hand, and a creature resembling a black snake shot out from his palm, coiling around the large forelimb sword that had slashed into the flesh of his back, and pulled it sharply.

The human-faced locust was pulled so hard that it tumbled through the air and flew sideways, colliding with another human-faced locust with a loud bang.

On the other side, Ma Ping in the team suddenly let out a loud shout.

But then, from the dark mass of human-faced locusts above, a giant locust suddenly swooped down, its forelimbs wreathed in rotting black smoke, and cleaved down with a single stroke.

Ma Ping instinctively raised his long sword to block, but with a "clang," the sword was cleaved in two.

Ma Ping was shocked and had no time to react. He was about to be cleaved from the head down by the large blade of the forelimb, which was shrouded in rotting black energy.

Fang Qinian, who was beside him, reacted quickly and sensed something was wrong when the giant locusts rushed out.

With a sudden thrust of his red short spear, he caught Ma Ping before he could stop the giant locusts' attack, sending Ma Ping flying backward.

Even so, although Ma Ping escaped the death of having his head split open, the broadsword still cleaved through his leather armor and clothes, leaving a huge wound on his chest. He was just a hair's breadth away from being disemboweled.

Ma Ping was thrown heavily to the ground. Although he escaped death, his face turned deathly pale. If it weren't for Fang Qinian's quick reaction, he would be dead by now.

Fang Qinian used his red short spear to knock Ma Ping away, opened his mouth, and let out a furious roar.

A faint, visible sound wave was released from his mouth, instantly hitting the giant locust.

The giant locust swayed and then plummeted downwards.

Almost at the same moment, Tang Burou shouted, her long whip lashing out through the air: "Everyone be careful, it's the Human-Faced Black Locust!"

Li Yu also saw it in an instant: from the dark mass of human-faced locusts above, three giant locusts emerged, nearly twice the size of the ordinary human-faced locusts.

It is the more powerful Black Locust that evolved from the Human-faced Locust, a C-rank fungal beast, with the fungal skill "Black Locust Raid".

It had just unleashed the fungal technique "Black Locust Plunder," which not only severed Ma Ping's weapon but, had Fang Qinian not come to his rescue, would have cleaved Ma Ping in two.

Fang Qinian activated the special ability of his natal fungus, letting out a roar and launching a sonic attack that knocked the human-faced black locust to the ground. Meanwhile, Tang Burou drew her long whip and slashed at the second human-faced black locust.

This human-faced black locust is a C-level beast, whose speed, strength, and attack power can overwhelm advanced beings in the spore stage.

Once they charge into the crowd, they can instantly kill anyone who isn't a top-tier expert.

Li Yu knew something was wrong, so he entered "Superhuman Capture" without hesitation, unleashing his full power and swinging the Heavenly Wolf Blade at the third human-faced black locust that charged at him.

With his speed doubled and aided by Lin Muying's "Swift Spring," his movement and attack speed were now comparable to the swarming Black Locust.

The Heavenly Wolf Blade brought with it a faint, chilling whistle in the air, and instantly cleaved down onto the head of the Black Locust with the Human Face.

The human-faced black locust suddenly shuddered, its forelimbs wielding large blades, and black mist immediately appeared on its surface as the fungal skill "Black Locust Raid" was activated.

With a clang, one of the forelimbs raised its large blade upwards, blocking the falling Heavenly Wolf Blade, while the other forelimb's large blade swung forward, slashing down at Li Yu's head.

Li Yu did not activate the fungal technique of the Heavenly Wolf Blade. The Heavenly Wolf Blade could not withstand the power of the "Black Locust Raid" and was rebounded by a huge force.

Unable to withstand the terrifying power, Li Yu instinctively stumbled back half a step, almost just as the other forelimb's large blade was about to fall on his head.

He discarded the iron spear in his left hand, gripped the Heavenly Wolf Blade with both hands, and instinctively took a deep breath, feeling the boiling power within his body flowing in endlessly. This was the power of Lin Muying's "Fountain of Light".

All of this happened in an instant. Li Yu suddenly took a step forward, and the Heavenly Wolf Blade he held with both hands left a trail of afterimages in the air as he slashed down from above at an angle.

The blade gleamed with a dark blue-green light, which then emerged from the blade and transformed into a meter-long blade of light that instantly sliced ​​through the body of the human-faced black locust.

Although the human-faced black locust's body was covered with a hard fungal shell, it was as fragile as tofu in the face of the three-time enhanced Sirius Blade and the powerful fungal technique "Sirius Slash," and its body immediately cracked open without any resistance.

At this moment, the two forelimbs of the human-faced black locust, which were unleashing the power of the "Black Locust Plunder" fungal technique, raised one of their large blades upwards, not having time to retract it, and slashed forward with the other, leaving no time to defend.

It never expected Li Yu's attack to be so cunning, perfectly avoiding its pair of forelimb blades, slicing in from above its body at an angle, and then cutting open from below its belly.

Before it could even think, its body suddenly split in two, its internal organs and fluids gushing out.

Li Yu had already sheathed his sword and retreated, then suddenly swept it out, killing another human-faced locust that tried to pounce.

Having successfully killed the C-rank human-faced black locust within the one or two-second time limit of "Super Capture", Li Yu's face was somewhat pale.

He had just deliberately slashed down with the Heavenly Wolf Blade, guessing that the Human-Faced Black Locust would use its forelimb blades to launch a "Black Locust Raid" counterattack.

His main objective was to lure away the pair of forelimb swords, preventing them from using them to defend themselves, so that he could launch the truly fatal attack.

He didn't have much time to waste; he had to kill his opponent within a second or two.

He had almost killed the human-faced black locust in one move and had just breathed a sigh of relief when, unexpectedly, a fourth human-faced black locust rushed out from the dark mass of human-faced locusts above.

He was startled; without "superhuman capture," his speed immediately dropped from the top level back to the advanced level.

Given the vast speed difference between the two sides, even if the "Heavenly Wolf Slash" technique is powerful and he is skilled at calculation, it is meaningless if his "Heavenly Wolf Slash" cannot hit the opponent.

The black locust with a human face that had just rushed out seemed to have locked onto Li Yu. It flapped its wings and swooped down from the air. Its pair of forelimbs unleashed the "Black Locust Plunder" attack, which was accompanied by a faint whistling wind. In an instant, it landed on Li Yu's head.

Li Yu's face turned extremely ugly as he activated the "Eye of Truth and Delusion".

Almost the instant the human-faced black locust appeared and pounced, he was already calculating the possible direction of its attack.

He was slower than his opponent, so he could only calculate the direction and the point of attack in order to dodge and defend in advance.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye. Li Yu suddenly darted to the left, effectively dodging the attacking forelimb blade of the Black Locust's right side. He gripped the Heavenly Wolf Blade tightly with both hands and blocked upwards, unleashing the "Heavenly Wolf Slash".

Almost simultaneously, the other forelimb of the human-faced black locust, a large blade, landed precisely on it, "Black Locust Plunder" versus "Sky Wolf Slash".

With a piercing sound, the Sirius Blade, enhanced three times, overwhelmed the forelimb greatsword, cutting a huge gash in it and nearly severing it completely.

Li Yu knew he had calculated correctly, but he felt no joy, because he understood that even the best calculations have variables and a certain degree of luck involved.

If I calculated it correctly this time, what about next time? If there's even one unexpected change, I'll be dead.

Ultimately, it was because I was too weak that I was forced to plan and deduce in advance, gambling my life on this stroke of luck.

The thought flashed through my mind in an instant, as I felt the immense power surging from the Heavenly Wolf Blade.

Although he had calculated correctly and blocked the attack of the human-faced black locust, he could not withstand its power.

He flew through the air, knife and all, and crashed heavily backward, hitting Fang Mingxuan who was not far behind him.

On the other side, Tang Burou successfully killed the human-faced black locust in front of her. Turning her head, she saw Li Yu kill another human-faced black locust and thought to herself, "This Li Yu is very strong."

No sooner had this thought crossed his mind than a fourth human-faced black locust appeared, leaping into the air. Although Li Yu blocked its attack, he couldn't withstand its force and was thrown into the air, even knocking down his own teammates.

Tang Burou was greatly surprised when she saw this. Li Yu, a top expert, was actually weaker than the Human-Faced Black Locust.

At their level, these top-tier beings are absolutely no weaker than a C-rank beast like the Human-Faced Black Locust in terms of pure physical strength.

Unless he has some kind of congenital physical defect, or his aptitude is too poor, the strength of his body after the same evolution is not as good as that of other top experts.

The black locust with a human face watched as Li Yu was thrown out, then flapped its wings and swooped down, almost as fast as Li Yu who had been thrown out, its two forelimbs like large blades, slashing down from the air once again.

One of its forelimbs was nearly severed, and it appeared extremely angry, wanting to kill Li Yu in an instant.

Suddenly, a huge fireball appeared and slammed into it from the side with a whoosh.

The fireball exploded, and a large amount of flame spread from its body.

Startled, the black locust with the human face forgot to attack Li Yu and hurriedly twisted its body, trying to extinguish the flames on its body.

Tang Burou appeared silently, and her right hand whip, like a dragon, suddenly fell from the sky, as fast as a black lightning bolt.

The black locust with human faces had just been hit by a fireball, and flames were rising from its body. It was in a panic, flapping its wings frantically. Little did it expect that Tang Burou's whip would be so fast. In an instant, the long whip struck the rotten and swollen human face.

With a "pop," the face, which lacked the protective shell of the fungus, burst open, and the headless body, now without a face, lost its balance in the air and hurtled off to the side.

Meanwhile, Fang Qinian successfully killed the human-faced black locust that had fallen due to the interference of his sonic attack. His red short spear blasted another human-faced locust, and he suddenly discovered that a fifth human-faced black locust had appeared on a rock pillar in front of him.

He stomped his feet, charged forward, opened his mouth, let out a roar, and launched another sonic attack.

The roar startled the locusts in front, causing them to shudder and fall downwards.

The black locust with a human face on the rock pillar flapped its wings and took flight. Black energy rose from its two forelimbs, which were like large blades, and swirled around them as it launched the "Black Locust Raid" and headed towards Fang Qinian.

Li Yu, who had been thrown out, quickly got up, knowing that he had knocked down Fang Mingxuan and thrown him out of the crowd to protect him, and that he would inevitably be attacked.

Sure enough, just as he got up, he saw a human-faced locust's forelimbs slash at the top of Fang Mingxuan's body, who was lying on the ground.

Fang Mingxuan remained calm in the face of danger, and in the face of life and death, he grabbed the long sword in his hand and blocked it horizontally.

With a clang, although the longsword blocked the giant blade of the human-faced locust's forelimb, this ordinary weapon could not withstand the sharpness of the giant blade and broke in two immediately.

The broadsword landed on Fang Mingxuan's chest; one strike would rip his stomach open.

Li Yu had just gotten up when he was shocked. He swung his Heavenly Wolf Blade out almost from a distance.

Jun Dong unleashed the strongest power of his "Heavenly Wolf Slash," which shot out through the blade, its dark blue light shooting out like a bolt of lightning.

With a hiss, the human-faced locust's forelimbs, like greatswords, narrowly killed Fang Mingxuan before completely cleaving his chest open.

Li Yu felt relieved after realizing that Fang Mingxuan was only injured, and then he noticed that his palms and back were covered in cold sweat.

Tang Burou killed the second human-faced black locust, looked up and saw Fang Qinian attacking the fifth human-faced black locust, and immediately rushed over.

His eyes constantly scanned the surroundings to prevent the appearance of a sixth human-faced black locust, while his long whip lashed out continuously, ready to help anyone in trouble.

She circled the porcelain circle formed by the crowd, constantly lashing out with her long whip, each lash capable of shattering a human-faced locust.

Since she knew Fang Qinian could handle the fifth human-faced black locust, she didn't go up to fight for it.

Fang Qinian quickly killed the human-faced black locust.

After that, no sixth human-faced black locust appeared. The remaining group of human-faced locusts, although numerous, were easily defeated by Tang Burou and Fang Qinian, who were free to engage in battle. Li Yu, also tied up, also fought with all his might. In the end, all of the more than one hundred human-faced locusts were killed.

After the last human-faced locust fell, Tang Burou, who had put away her long whip, glanced at Li Yu, as if about to speak but then stopped herself.