The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 126 Life Fluctuations (Thanks to ricky007 for the donation)

A top-tier expert like Li Yu can easily kill the rare D-rank human-faced locusts, but his performance against the higher-ranking human-faced black locusts was truly indescribable.

In this battle, several people were injured. Tang Burou took out the Blood-Patterned Mushroom that she had obtained from killing the Shadow Beast, cut it into several pieces, and handed them to the injured Li Mao, Ma Ping, and Fang Mingxuan.

"Take this and apply the Blood-Striped Mushroom to the wound. It will heal in just over ten minutes."

Only then did Li Yu realize that this "blood-patterned mushroom" with blood-like markings had such miraculous effects. When it was mashed into a paste and applied to the wound, it could heal the wound and restore it to its original state in just over ten minutes.

When she handed a piece of blood-striped mushroom to Fang Mingxuan, she explained how to use it.

She had already realized that Fang Mingxuan was at the intermediate stage of the spore stage. Although she couldn't imagine why he was evolving so slowly, she didn't treat him differently.

Now that they've all entered the fungal nest together, they're all her companions.

Afterwards, everyone counted the spoils of the battle: over a hundred D-rank rare beasts and five C-rank beasts. Although several people were injured in the battle, none of the injuries were fatal, but the gains were enormous.

The corpse of the human-faced black locust that Li Yu killed contained an enhanced crystal core, a symbiotic bacterium, and a blood-patterned mushroom.

It can be said that the harvest was very large, but unfortunately this symbiotic bacterium is just an ordinary weapon and does not have any bacterial skills.

Besides the loot from the corpse of the human-faced black locust, the five of them also obtained a strengthening crystal core and four symbiotic bacteria from the dozens of human-faced locusts they killed.

These four symbiotic bacteria include three ordinary defensive bacteria and one weapon-type bacteria, but none of them possess any special abilities.

The teams led by Tang Burou and Fang Qinian reaped even more spoils.

Li Yu looked at their total harvest. Excluding the enhancement crystal cores that everyone had already fused, there were currently eight enhancement crystal cores remaining, as well as eighteen defensive symbiotic bacteria and six weapon symbiotic bacteria.

If they sell all of these to the supply point, they can get close to 30,000 gold coins. At this rate, it won't be long before they can gather the 50,000 gold coins needed to enter Lingxu City.

This made him let out a soft sigh of relief.

Fang Mingxuan's weapon was broken and could no longer be used, so Li Yu gave him his iron spear.

With the Sirius Blade, especially as the fungal beasts they encountered became increasingly powerful, holding a regular iron spear in their left hand became cumbersome and practically useless.

Even if Fang Mingxuan's sword didn't break, Li Yu was prepared to abandon the iron spear. The example of facing the powerful human-faced black locust was just a case in point. The iron spear in his left hand was not only useless in such a battle, but it also affected his performance.

Therefore, these top-tier experts, after acquiring weapon symbionts, rarely use ordinary weapons such as iron spears or longswords unless under special circumstances.

After the battle, everyone rested for a while, waiting for the wounded to heal.

The fourth cave was already so difficult; if we continue down, the next cave will inevitably be even more dangerous.

During the break, Tang Burou looked around at everyone and suddenly said, "With our current strength, we'll probably only reach the fifth level. This fifth level might be a bit dangerous for you—"

After all, three people were already injured in the fourth level, so the fifth level was naturally even more dangerous.

As she spoke, she glanced at Fang Mingxuan to the side, thinking that if Li Yu hadn't bumped into him, he wouldn't have been injured while hiding in the crowd. He had suffered an undeserved misfortune.

Fang Qinian said, "Miss Tang, what do you say? Are we going to attempt the fifth level or not? It's not a big deal between you and me, but I'm worried they won't be able to withstand those D-level rare beasts."

Tang Burou wanted to reach the peak, so she naturally couldn't bear to give up on the fifth level. Looking at the injured Fang Mingxuan, she suddenly had an idea. She looked at Li Yu, tucked her short hair behind her ear, and said, "If we want to pass the fifth level, we need to plan carefully. Judging from the situation just now, the real trouble is not the C-level beast that we were worried about at the beginning, but the D-level rare beast. So I have an idea."

"Fang Qinian and I will handle the C-level beasts that appear later. Li Yu, you focus on helping everyone fight the rare beasts and reducing potential dangers or even casualties. After all, everyone's safety is the top priority, and we can't let small things cause big losses. Are you willing?"

She thought that although Li Yu was top-tier, his strength was relatively weak. Judging from his performance just now, the second human-faced black locust almost injured him and also caused his companions to be injured.

Not to mention facing several C-level beasts at the same time, which could be life-threatening.

She was a decent person; although it was her first time meeting Li Yu, she couldn't bear to see him take risks and even lose his life because of it.

I was afraid of hurting his pride if I said it directly, so I mentioned this win-win solution in a roundabout way.

In this way, Li Yu would not have to risk his life to fight against C-level beasts, and he could also reduce the pressure on everyone. Although he was weak among the top-level beasts, he could crush D-level rare beasts.

Fang Qinian nodded slightly and said, "I have no objection. This arrangement will reduce your pressure. Miss Tang and I will focus all our efforts on dealing with those C-level beasts, while you should try to shrink your circle and hold off those rare beasts as much as possible. With Li Yu's help, it shouldn't be difficult. After Miss Tang and I have dealt with those C-level beasts, we will come to help you again."

He paused here, looked at Li Yu and smiled before saying, "Of course, this arrangement still depends on Brother Li's wishes and whether he is willing."

He and Tang Burou had just killed two human-faced black locusts, while Li Yu had also killed one, but his performance when facing the second one was shocking. In Fang Qinian's opinion, this was a disgrace to top-level experts.

This made him somewhat look down on Li Yu.

Even among top-tier experts, there exists a hierarchy of contempt. In a small circle like a supply point where strength reigns supreme, those who are weaker are naturally looked down upon.

Fang Qinian was well-mannered. Although he looked down on Li Yu, he didn't show it on his face. He had a serious expression and spoke in a calm tone. You could even feel his politeness and respect.

While he was being polite, he was thinking that if he had known from the beginning that Tang Burou's team was so weak and wouldn't have been of much use, it would have been better for him and Tang Burou's teams to enter the mushroom nest together, so that they could have obtained more spoils.

Listening to Tang Burou's arrangement, Li Yu understood that it was because his strength was inferior to theirs. However, this was also true. Although he could kill a C-level beast in "Superhuman Capture" and his performance was not much worse than theirs.

The biggest problem is that "hyper-capture" can only last for one or two seconds, after which he will be reduced to his original form.

The gap between advanced and top-tier experts is enormous and visible to the naked eye, and Tang Burou's arrangement suits his wishes perfectly.

After all, his "Super Capture" can only kill one C-class beast at most. If he faces a group of them, it would be too dangerous for him.

Just now, he almost caused Fang Mingxuan to lose his life.

Now all we need to do is retreat to the back of the group to defend against those D-rank rare beasts, and that will be much simpler.

"I'm fine with it." Li Yu nodded in agreement, then lowered his eyes slightly.

Li Mao, Zhou Dingfeng, Wu Qingyun, Ma Ping, Bai Xiaowan, and Yuan Shuyao listened to their discussion and couldn't help but look at Li Yu.

They all regarded Li Yu as a top expert and dared not underestimate him, but Li Yu's performance just now made them feel strange.

It seems that Li Yu, this top expert, is performing very inconsistently, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, which is somewhat inexplicable. But no one has considered that he is not actually a top expert at all.

Zhou Dingfeng realized that this arrangement was made because Li Yu, the top-tier talent, was useless. Therefore, Tang Burou and Fang Qinian made this tactful arrangement to save face for Li Yu.

He is very close to the top level and could break through at any time. Once he does, his strength will see a qualitative leap.

At that time, as top experts, he believed he would be much stronger than Li Yu, which gave him a sense of superiority when he looked at Li Yu.

Of course, he didn't show it, since he hadn't reached the top level yet and it wasn't appropriate for him to interrupt.

The atmosphere became a little strange. Although Tang Burou and Fang Qinian were very polite and no one showed any disrespect for Li Yu, Lin Muying and Qian Lili and the others felt a strange sense of oppression.

But when asked to pinpoint exactly where the oppression was, they couldn't quite put their finger on it.

This feeling is indescribably strange.

Seeing that Li Yu agreed to her arrangement, Tang Burou showed a satisfied expression and said again, "Then it's settled. Everyone take a rest. This time, don't stray too far from the entrance of the passage. If things don't look right, retreat immediately. It would be best if we could pass this fifth level, but if we can't, so be it."

Although she was confident that she would have no problem entering the fifth level, she was worried about the safety of everyone, since the C-level beasts in the fungal nest could easily kill high-level spore-stage beings.

She glanced at Fang Mingxuan, initially wanting to tell him it was best not to go, as it would be too dangerous. However, she then thought that leaving Fang Mingxuan alone would be even more dangerous, so she didn't say it.

A dozen minutes later, the three injured people had recovered. The healing effect of the Blood-Veined Mushroom was amazing. Fang Mingxuan looked at the healed wounds with some surprise on his face.

He never imagined that such mushrooms existed in this world.

During his rest, Li Yu silently sensed the pupil bacteria within his body. He had now developed a habit of being in a state of connection with the pupil bacteria while resting.

In this state of awareness, he can not only be alert to the surrounding noise, but also quickly restore his physical and mental energy, which is more effective than a normal night's sleep.

He could sense that the size of the pupil fungus spores had increased. Throughout the day, he had been constantly fighting, and the effects of consuming level-four fluorescent fungi were astonishing, causing the spores to grow at an accelerated rate.

"Although it's still a long way from a breakthrough, at least it gives me hope. There are still eight days left. If I can maintain this pace, there is still hope that I can break through to the top level before the 15th."

A hint of confidence flickered in Li Yu's eyes.

In his connection with the pupil fungus, he once again sensed the fluctuations within the cocoon in his heart. The life force within the cocoon was growing stronger and stronger, to the point that it was affecting the beating of his heart.

He had a strange feeling that his heart was beating slower.

This change had been happening quietly ever since his heart merged with the cocoon, but he hadn't noticed it before. Now that it had become so obvious, Li Yu finally realized it.