The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 138 C-Rank Elite Beast (Thanks to Bei Mingfan for the donation)

This is a giant python, as thick as a bucket, over five meters long, with its body coiled up and its head raised higher than a person.

Its scales have long been completely transformed by the symbiotic strange flowers and saprophytic fungi.

From the gaps in the originally hard scales, layers of eerie, fleshy petals emerged, their color ranging between scarlet and dark purple.

A translucent fungal liquid flowed along the edges of the petals, while the stamens were covered with clusters of fine white mycelium.

Two enormous fleshy demonic flowers bloomed on either side of the python's snout, replacing the cheek scales. A ring of fungi wrapped around its eyes, and mycelial tentacles protruded from its forked tongues, from which spore fluid flowed downwards as it swallowed and exhaled.

The ventral scales on the underside of the snake's body have degenerated and been replaced by a flexible fungal membrane. Two rows of strong, fine whiskers grow on the fungal membrane, and with the help of these two rows of foot-like whiskers, it moves very quickly.

The tail end swells into a huge umbrella-shaped corolla, which serves as both a defensive organ and a special venom storage sac.

It can spray venomous arrows from within, attacking enemies from a distance; from afar, it resembles a giant, deadly python coiled with demonic flowers.

This is a C-rank fungal beast, the Demon Flower Python, with the fungal skill "Death Poison Arrow".

In terms of strength, although both are C-class beasts, it is much more troublesome than the Vine Demon Wolf.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen giant demonic flower pythons swam out. They moved extremely fast among these giant mushrooms and quickly surrounded everyone in this giant mushroom jungle.

"Everyone be careful!" Zhao Wu, the bald man, shouted. He knew that this kind of demonic flower python was more troublesome than the vine demon wolf, but it suited him just fine. He swung his rock spear in his right hand and charged forward first.

With a "whoosh," three "death arrows" shot towards him instantly.

Zhao Wu swayed, dodging two attacks. There was one more that he couldn't avoid, but he wasn't afraid. Instead, he raised his left arm to take the hit head-on.

The moment the "death arrow" struck his left arm, his left arm petrified. The poison arrow could not penetrate its defenses, and the toxin could not penetrate it either; it could only flow down the petrified arm.

To him, this so-called deadly venom was no different from ordinary liquid.

This is the special ability of his natal fungus, "Rock Fungus," which can petrify a certain part of his body, giving him powerful defense in an instant, making him impervious to the "Death Poison Arrow."

While blocking the "Death Poison Arrow", he flicked his right hand with the rock spear, and the giant serpent that was about to pounce on him was hit, and its huge body was flipped over.

Zhao Jun pushed off with both feet and almost leaped through the air, passing by the overturned, enormous python's body.

With a swift slash of his left-hand dagger, blood splattered, and the giant python's head flew off its body.

Despite losing its head, the giant python did not die immediately. It continued to twist its body, raise its tail high, and even launched a "death arrow" to attack its enemy.

When the "death arrow" was fired, Zhao Wu was taken aback. He hadn't expected the giant python to be so resilient. Even with its head cut off, it could still fire "death arrows." Caught off guard, he almost got hit.

If it weren't for his exceptional strength, someone weaker would have already been hit and would most likely be in grave danger.

After that, he attacked twice more, and the rock spear ripped open the belly of the headless giant python.

The headless, monstrous python fired another "death arrow" before its raised tail crashed down, and it lay still.

After killing a giant, demonic python, Zhao Wu broke out in a cold sweat and repeatedly reminded everyone that the python would not die immediately after its head was cut off, and that they should be careful.

Fortunately, with Zhao Wu's precedent, Bai Yan and Fang Ziming were on guard and each successfully killed a giant demonic python.

Compared to hunting the vine demon wolves, killing this kind of demonic flower python is much more difficult.

Li Yu entered "Super-Static Capture," doubling his speed, and opened the "Eye of Truth and Delusion" to first capture the vital points of this demonic giant python.

Even after Zhao Wu chopped off its head, it was still able to launch a "death arrow" in its dying struggle. Clearly, its most fatal weakness was not its head.

Each of Li Yu's "Superhuman Capture" sessions could only last for one or two seconds. He couldn't waste time, so he immediately used the "Eye of Truth and Delusion" to capture the fact that the fatal weakness of this demonic giant python was hidden inside the umbrella-shaped corolla at the end of its tail.

In the observation of the "eye of truth and falsehood," the umbrella-shaped corolla seems to conceal a blazing flame, which is its flame of life.

Withdrawing his Eye of Truth and Illusion, Li Yu pushed off with both feet, first dodging a "Death Poison Arrow" that shot towards him, then swung his Heavenly Wolf Blade in his right hand, aiming at the charging demonic flower python, specifically its head.

The giant python twisted its body, its massive form tumbling and then suddenly swung its enormous head horizontally.

Its tail is raised high, and its umbrella-shaped corolla opens as if to launch a "death arrow".

Little did anyone know that Li Yu's attack on its head was just a feint. As the wolf blade slashed out, he pushed off with both feet, using the momentum of the slash to leap up diagonally like a fish leaping over the dragon gate.

The Sirius Blade left a trail of afterimages in the air, and with a hiss, it precisely sliced ​​through the umbrella-shaped crown of the giant demonic flower python.

The snake's tail was instantly severed, and the umbrella-shaped flower crown flew away.

No one expected Li Yu to suddenly attack the umbrella-shaped flower crown. After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, the snake's head is the python's vital point, and no one would think of attacking the snake's tail.

Unexpectedly, after the umbrella-shaped corolla was cut off, the tenacious giant python with the demonic flower immediately stiffened.

The demonic flowers blooming on its body suddenly withered rapidly, and its body, as if all its strength had been drained, collapsed limply and stopped moving.

"Its weakness lies in its tail; if you cut off its umbel-shaped corolla, it will die immediately."

Having confirmed the vital point of the demonic flower python, Li Yu warned the others while quickly pouncing towards the second demonic flower python.

The dozen or so giant pythons that appeared were quite troublesome. He could only kill two at most in a short time, and he would need to rely on the others to hold them off for the remaining thirty seconds.

So he immediately revealed the fatal weakness of the demonic flower python.

Knowing the fatal weakness, the group could then target the giant python's tail, instantly changing the situation on the field.

Just as Li Yu was about to successfully kill the second demonic flower python, his "Superhuman Capture" state disappeared, and the speed at which he swung his Heavenly Wolf Blade immediately slowed down.

The giant python quickly retracted its umbrella-shaped tail crown, escaping unscathed.

Li Yu realized something was wrong and quickly retreated, after which he would have to rely on the others.

Even though these giant pythons were much stronger than the vine-demon wolves, he couldn't kill two of them in the one or two seconds of "superhuman capture".

Soon, half of the dozen or so demonic flower pythons that had charged out were dead. These people had grasped the demonic flower pythons' fatal weakness, making it much easier to kill them from now on.

In particular, Zhao Wu, Bai Yan, and Fang Ziming are all true powerhouses among the top.

Even when Li Yu was under "superhuman capture", his speed was only barely comparable to theirs, but he was far inferior in other aspects such as strength and defense.

Even if they were to actually fight, Li Yu, who was under "hyper-capture," would not be a match for them.

The reason they had the illusion that Li Yu was as strong as them was entirely due to his "superhuman capture" in a second or two.

China seized the speed advantage.

Their sudden outburst and instant kill of a C-level beast led everyone to believe that the four of them were at the same level.

At this moment, the three of them unleashed their full power, and the giant python with its weaknesses exploited was instantly killed by them in one or two seconds.

Li Yu estimated that by the time his "superhuman capture" ability recovered, most of these demonic flower pythons would have been killed, and he wouldn't have a chance to take action anymore.

Just as he had this thought in his mind, a giant python suddenly rushed out from between the two giant mushrooms, and with a sweep of its tail, it struck one of the mushrooms.

With a loud "boom," the giant mushroom couldn't withstand the force and immediately burst open.

The giant python tumbled and surged out, its forked tongue flicking from its gaping maw.

It made hissing sounds, its expression ferocious, and charged towards the crowd.

This giant python that suddenly appeared was even larger than the Demon Flower Python, with a body length of an astonishing seven meters or more.

Its body is as thick as an ancient tree. Compared to the giant python with the demonic flower, the demonic flower that originally clung to its scales has completely merged with its flesh, transforming into fleshy flower scales that shimmer with a dark red aura.

Each scale is both a petal and a suit of armor, with sharp fungal spurs along its edges.

Its head is even more grotesque and bizarre, covered by a closed, ghostly lotus. As the lotus petals open and close, they emit swirling black mist.

Through its gaping maw, one could vaguely see a cluster of giant coral-like poisonous fungi growing deep in its throat, its inner walls covered with life-giving hyphae and tendrils.

A large, raised, crown-like spine runs through the center of its back, extending from the top of its head to the tip of its tail.

Along the way, there were more than a dozen hell flowers the size of washbasins, with wriggling fungal sclerotia inside their stamens.

Several thick, vine-like tendrils extend from both sides of the snake's body, capable of freely extending and retracting, like extra limbs that can whip, entwine, and pierce.

The umbrella-shaped corolla at the tail end evolved into a much larger, deadly giant mushroom, with a wide, umbrella-like cap and countless mycelial curtains hanging down from it.

Its crawling is no longer limited to the ground; the vines on both sides of its body can embed themselves in rock walls and building ruins, allowing it to dangle and move with lightning speed and unpredictable strangeness.

When the giant python burst out from between two giant mushrooms, Zhao Wu saw it and suddenly cried out, "Death Python!"

He was a top-tier expert, but upon seeing the giant python charging out, his expression suddenly changed.

Immediately afterward, Bai Yan, Fang Ziming, and the others all changed their expressions, especially the two wielding sabers and maces, whose faces changed drastically. They instinctively retreated, wanting only to get away from the giant python of death.

The Death Python evolved from the Demon Flower Python. Although both are called pythons, their strengths are completely different.

Like D-class bactericidal beasts, C-class beasts are also divided into three levels: common, elite, and rare.

The C-rank beasts they encountered before were all the lowest-ranking ordinary beasts in the C-rank category.

A C-rank ordinary beast already possesses strength comparable to a top-tier ordinary powerhouse.

The even more powerful C-rank elite beasts possess terrifying power that can crush top-tier experts and is comparable to peak Spore Stage experts.

This is the real reason why top experts dare not enter the Eastern District casually.

They are not afraid of C-level beasts, but they are afraid of encountering this kind of C-level elite beast.

Although the probability of encountering a C-rank elite beast is very low, once you do, you are doomed.

That's why they only dared to enter the East District when they were in large groups.

Only by joining forces with a group of top experts could they possibly fight against this terrifying and powerful C-class elite beast.