The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 157 Heavy Casualties (Thanks to reader 936 for the donation)

The fifth giant fungal beast suddenly stiffened, and its previously wildly flailing tentacles drooped as if it had lost all power.

Then its massive body crashed down, silent and instantly dead.

On the other side, after paying the price of spitting out a lot of blood, Yi Han successfully blasted the fourth fungal behemoth to death.

The five giant fungal beasts that had been blocking the front of the procession were finally all killed.

At this moment, Zhao Wu, on the right side of the group, also succeeded in killing a giant moss-like beast on the right.

The group ran wildly, and no more giant moss beasts appeared ahead. Led by Li Yu and Yi Han, they quickly fought their way out, and with the survivors, they finally broke through the road between the two giant pits.

As they moved away from the giant pit tomb, the mossy skeletons that had been rushing up frantically stopped.

The deep pits and ancient tombs on both sides are their nests. They will not stray far from their nests. Once they escape this area and are out of their perception range, they will give up the chase.

The group ran along the main road, fleeing until they were two or three kilometers away from the giant pit and ancient tomb, and finally stopped when they could no longer hear any noise behind them.

Many people could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.

Even the mighty peak expert Yi Han collapsed to the ground, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. His face was frighteningly pale, devoid of any color.

He quickly took out a jelly mushroom and a Ganoderma lucidum, and popped them into his mouth together.

While the berserk state gave him immense combat power, the side effects were equally severe; he felt as if his body had been hollowed out.

Li Yu's situation wasn't much better. He continued to unleash Yin power and superhuman capture, and at this moment, it felt like a raging fire was burning inside his chest.

A tearing pain was faintly rising in my internal organs, and the most severe pain was a headache that felt like it was going to split open.

Veins bulged at his temples, and Li Yu's forehead was covered in a dense layer of cold sweat.

Lin Muying was also panting heavily, but she still managed to activate "Fountain of Light" and "Fountain of Swiftness" again to help Li Yu and Yi Han.

Li Yu and Yi Han played a decisive role in their survival this time.

Bathed in the two vortexes of light, Li Yu felt the tearing pain in his body subsiding, but his headache was becoming increasingly severe.

Whether it's the "Fountain of Light" or the "Fountain of Swiftness," their powerful healing effects are mainly aimed at physical damage, but they cannot heal or restore damage to the mind and soul.

Despite his severe headache, Li Yu barely managed to reach into his pouch, take out a stimulant, and swallow it.

Before setting off, he bought 12 stimulants at the supply point, just in case, and they really came in handy now.

This refreshing bacteria can calm the mind and invigorate the spirit, and has a certain nourishing effect on the soul.

While it might not be as important as a Blood-Veined Mushroom that accelerates wound healing for most people, it was a treasure for Li Yu to alleviate and cure side effects.

So he bought all the energizing bacteria at the supply point in one go.

After consuming the refreshing mushroom, Li Yu could feel a cool sensation slowly rising within his body, gradually flowing towards his right eye.

Then he took out two more fluorescent fungi and ate them.

The severe headache gradually subsided after taking the energizing bacteria.

The burning sensation within my body, which had been like a raging fire, gradually disappeared as this cool aura slowly rose.

Li Yu finally caught his breath and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

In just a short time, he was covered in a cold sweat from the pain.

The power of the Yin Dog and the superhuman capture are indeed formidable, allowing him to reach a peak level comparable to a top-tier expert.

However, the price paid was extremely high, and this only lasted for a very short time. If it continued, Li Yu dared not imagine that his mind and body might collapse together.

Qian Lili lay on the ground like a dead person. She hadn't been completely idle all the way up, launching long-range attacks with explosive arrows from time to time.

While it may not necessarily kill C-rank beasts, it can at least occasionally injure them with arrows, making them easier for others to kill.

Tang Burou, who had been bringing up the rear, came to the front of the group. Her face was also very pale. She sat down not far from Li Yu and Yi Han, and then, after catching her breath, said, "There are only thirty-seven people left."

These words made everyone's hearts sink, and Li Yu couldn't help but turn his head to look at the line behind him.

Now everyone is mostly lying on the ground resting, the air is filled with a strong smell of blood, and the atmosphere is extremely oppressive.

In the distance, the black fog continued to surge, and visibility became increasingly low. Even with Li Yu's eyesight, he could only see about forty or fifty meters away; beyond that, he could only see some blurry black shadows.

The two teams had previously merged, bringing the total number of people to 69. In just this short period of time, they had lost 32 lives in that deep pit tomb.

Of those who died, the vast majority were advanced-stage spore cultivators, while only two top-tier experts died. However, three others successfully broke through and advanced to the top-tier level, including Yuan Shuyao, who advanced to the top-tier level.

Therefore, the number of top-tier experts has actually increased.

Zhao Wu slowly walked over from the other side of the team. Just now, he successfully broke through from the top level to the peak level. Because of his breakthrough, many fewer people died in the team.

Otherwise, I'm afraid no more than thirty people would have made it here alive.

"What should we do? If this continues, I'm afraid we might not even make it to Lingxu City." Zhao Wu panted, put away his rock spear, and slowly sat down.

A sliver of color returned to Yi Han's previously pale face, and she sat up, looking at the crowd.

"Right now, how many people are still at the advanced spore stage? Raise your hands so I can see."

His voice carried far, and people among the resting crowd began to raise their hands.

Li Yu gestured for Lin Muying and the other two to raise their hands as well.

Li Yu silently counted: eleven hands.

Of the original thirty-seven members, only eleven remained after the high-level spore stage.

The remaining twenty-six people were all peak and top-tier experts.

Lin Muying looked around at the eight advanced Spore Stage cultivators who had raised their hands, besides the three of them. She knew that if it weren't for Li Yu protecting the three of them, they might have died long ago.

On the way to Lingxu City, the mortality rate of advanced spore-stage beings was simply too high.

She finally understood Bai Xiuluo's words completely: why one had to reach the top level to have any hope; otherwise, even if you managed to gather 10,000 gold coins, you wouldn't be able to reach Lingxu City, let alone escape the bacterial calamity.

"Alright, eleven advanced-level ones—" Yi Han gestured for these people to put their hands down, glanced at Zhao Wu, and chuckled, "Your name is Zhao Wu, right? Including you, we currently have four peak-level ones, so the top-level ones are twenty-two people."

He stroked his chin as he spoke, then suddenly addressed the crowd, "Among you top-tier individuals, is anyone close to a breakthrough?"

These people looked at each other, but no one spoke.

Seeing that no one responded, Yi Han looked at Li Yu and Tang Burou, spread his hands, chuckled twice, and said, "Judging from the current situation, it's difficult for the four of us to make it on our own."

Li Yu looked at Zhou Xigang beside him and asked, "Can you calculate roughly how far we've walked?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xigang immediately stroked his chin, his mind racing with calculations. He quickly nodded and said, "Starting from the supply point, taking the road east of the supply point as the starting point, we traveled approximately seventeen to eighteen kilometers."

Li Yu nodded slightly. He knew that Zhou Xigang had this kind of talent. Since he said it was seventeen or eighteen kilometers, it must be within that range. There was no mistake.

The road leading to Lingxu City is said to be over fifty kilometers long, which means they must have covered about a third of it.

However, judging from the casualties so far, it will be very difficult for the remaining 3,070 people to reach Lingxu City alive.

Tang Burou brushed her short hair behind her ear and suddenly said, "Before, there were many people, and many high-level spore stage cultivators needed protection, but the situation is different now. I have a suggestion: divide the twenty-two top-tier cultivators into five groups, with four to five people in each group. If four or five top-tier cultivators work together, they should be able to hold off a C-level elite beast."

Li Yu nodded slightly. He had had this idea for a long time. If they continued to be a disorganized bunch like before, they wouldn't go far.

Zhao Wu said in a deep voice, "I agree. Everyone come over and discuss it."

As he spoke, he clapped his hands, signaling the twenty-two top experts to gather over, and then divided the group into teams.

"This is also for everyone's safety. There were so many giant fungal moss beasts just now. It would be difficult for the four of us to completely stop them. What if we encounter more C-rank elite beasts on the way? If we fight on our own, we will only suffer heavy casualties."

These top experts exchanged glances and nodded slightly. They already had enough advanced Spore Stage beasts in their team. When the C-level elite beasts arrived, they only needed to hide among the advanced beasts behind them and use them as cannon fodder to feed the C-level elite beasts.

But now there are only eleven advanced spore stage cultivators left, which is only half of their top-tier powerhouses. It's no longer meaningful to use them as cannon fodder. Now, they need to unite and fight against the C-level elite beasts together.

"Okay." Fang Ziming, who had been silent all along, was the first to agree.

Then, top experts such as Fang Qinian, Zhou Dingfeng, Yuan Shuyao, and Fang Bo nodded in agreement.

"Then everyone can form groups of four or five people each, and try to make five groups. It would be best to form groups based on complementary abilities, such as melee, ranged, and support. You can discuss the specifics among yourselves."

At this point, Zhao Wu looked at Lin Muying and the others and said, "You eleven advanced-level members shouldn't be idle either. You eleven can form three groups. Although you can't deal with a C-level elite beast, it shouldn't be difficult for three or four people to temporarily hold off a C-level beast."

"Now we only have thirty-seven people left. It's different from before. Everyone has to fight with all their might, for everyone else, and even more so for themselves."

Yi Han chuckled and said, "That's right. To put it bluntly, if you don't fight with all your might, I'm afraid that apart from those who can reach the peak, most of the rest of you won't be able to see Lingxu City alive."

His words sent a chill down everyone's spine.

After that, almost everyone took action. People formed groups based on their relationships or complementary abilities. Lin Muying, Qian Lili, and Zhou Xigang were naturally in one group.

The remaining eight advanced spore-stage individuals were divided into two groups of four.