The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 158 Black Dragon Xuan (10,000 words completed, please subscribe and vote)

Li Yu, Tang Burou, Yi Han, and Zhao Wu rested while watching.

They didn't interfere with the specific combination of elements, but let everyone discuss it among themselves.

Li Yu silently watched the black mist churning around him. There was wasteland on both sides of the road, and tall trees and giant mushrooms could be seen in the distance.

Further away, it was hidden in the black mist, and nothing could be seen.

After nearly twenty minutes of discussion, the twenty-two top experts were finally divided into five groups.

Fang Qinian, Zhou Dingfeng, Yuan Shuyao, and Jiang Yuan formed a group of four.

Fang Bo, Meng Suqing, Han Zichuan, and Wen Jingming formed a group of four.

Xu Mengwan, Peng Shaoan, Fang Ziming, and Zhou Chengyuan formed a group of four.

The remaining ten people were divided into two groups, plus the eleven advanced spore stage individuals who were divided into three groups, for a total of eight groups.

Yi Han slowly stood up and said, "We've rested enough, and the eight groups have been divided up. It's time for us to set off. This time, Li Yu and I will be at the front. Our goal isn't to kill these fungal beasts, but to break through and escape as quickly as possible."

The others also stood up, and after discussion, Xu Mengwan, Peng Shaoan, Fang Ziming, and Zhou Chengyuan followed behind Li Yu and Yi Han.

Then, under Li Yu's arrangement, Lin Muying, Qian Lili, and Zhou Xigang followed behind the group of four.

This way, he wouldn't be too far from Li Yu, and if they were in any danger, he could easily return to protect them.

Behind Lin Muying and her two companions was a team of four top-tier experts: Fang Bo, Meng Suqing, Han Zichuan, and Wen Jingming.

Next up is a four-person advanced spore stage team, and so on. The last team consists of Fang Qinian, Zhou Dingfeng, Yuan Shuyao, and Jiang Yuan, while Tang Burou and Zhao Wu stay at the back of the team.

"If you want to live, you have to fight for your lives. Stop expecting someone to protect you!"

Yi Han suddenly let out a low shout, then strode forward and was the first to step into the black mist ahead.

Then there was Li Yu.

After resting for more than 20 minutes, his headache has gradually disappeared, and his mental and physical strength has recovered considerably.

Although the number of people in the team has been reduced to thirty-seven, the efficiency has increased significantly. Everyone has sped up and is moving forward at a speed much faster than the average person walking normally.

There were no further dangers or sightings of fungal beasts along the way; all that could be seen on both sides of the road were wastelands, patches of trees, and giant mushrooms.

Gradually, Li Yu noticed that more and more tall trees were appearing on both sides.

Although they are called trees, they are actually a combination of trees and fungi, and the crowns of these trees are basically covered with giant fungal caps.

Suddenly, Yi Han, who was walking at the front, let out a soft exclamation and slowed down.

Li Yu also saw it and slowed down as well.

Dozens of meters ahead of them, a group of people were sitting on the ground resting.

Upon seeing these people, Li Yu immediately thought of the two teams that had set off before them.

He remembered the two teams that set off, one with more than forty people and the other with more than fifty people. The total number of people in the two teams must have exceeded one hundred.

Hearing the commotion behind them, the people who were resting on the ground turned around and looked at them.

Li Yu saw that there were about forty people resting there. Many of them were covered in blood and looked disheveled, obviously having gone through a brutal battle to get here.

These people, who managed to traverse cemeteries and ancient tombs to reach this place, must have encountered dangers no less severe than theirs.

These forty people should be the survivors of the previous two teams.

As for why they didn't find any corpses along the way, Li Yu guessed that they had been cleared away by the fungal beasts.

Li Yu and Yi Han slowed down and walked over. Li Yu soon saw a familiar face inside. It was the thin young man with dark skin who was wielding an ice spear.

As they approached, several people quickly stood up.

One of them was the young man with darker skin.

Fang Ziming, who was behind Li Yu, also noticed the young man and knew that he was a peak expert.

"We've finally waited for you."

Beside the dark-skinned young man was a woman with a round face and small eyes. She sighed softly and spoke as she approached him.

Yi Han sized her up, his brow furrowing slightly, and chuckled, "Waiting for us?"

At this moment, Tang Burou and Zhao Wu, who had originally stayed at the back of the group, saw people ahead and walked up from one side of the group.

The round-faced woman turned around and pointed into the black mist ahead: "It's too dangerous ahead. We can't get through alone. We have to join forces with you. By the way, how many of you have reached the peak?"

A short man behind the woman with the round face chimed in, "There must have been at least three or four, otherwise it would have been difficult to get through the deep pit of the ancient tomb to get here."

Zhao Wu stepped forward and asked in a deep voice, "How many of you are peak experts?"

The woman with the round face glanced at him and said, "Four of us, the four of us. And you?"

She was referring to herself, the dark-skinned young man, the short man behind her, and another man who looked sturdy with thick eyebrows and big eyes.

Zhao Wu walked up to Li Yu and stopped, saying, "There are four of us too."

Then he pointed to Li Yu, Yi Han, and Tang Burou, who had just come up.

The woman with the round face beamed when she heard Zhao Wu say there were four, and said, "Then we'll have eight peak-level experts in total. How about it, can we give it a try?"

As she spoke, she turned to look at the three people beside her.

The short man nodded and said, "It should be worth a try, about 50/50 chance."

Then he looked up at Zhao Wu and Li Yu and said, "By the way, my name is Sun Haocheng, and this is Su Juan."

Then he introduced the muscular man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, named Hao Tie, and the thin, dark-skinned young man named Hei Longxuan.

After seeing that the other party had given their names, Zhao Wu also gave his own and Li Yu's names.

These are all top-tier experts, the first tier among them. When they speak, even the most powerful experts don't have the right to interrupt.

Tang Burou asked with some curiosity, "What kind of danger is it that even with eight of us at our peak working together, we only have a 50% chance?"

She found it hard to believe.

Do you know what it means for eight top-tier experts to gather together?

Even if a group of C-rank elite beasts came, they could fight their way out.

When Tang Burou asked about it, Sun Haocheng looked a little scared and said, "Yes, we just tried it. If it weren't for Brother Long, I'm afraid I would have died there."

The "Brother Long" he mentioned was the dark-skinned man standing to the side who hadn't spoken; he was Hei Longxuan.

Hearing Sun Haocheng say this, everyone was shocked. Sun Haocheng was a peak expert, and he almost died there.

It should be noted that even if several C-rank elite beasts joined forces to attack, they might not be able to kill a peak expert.

"Sun Haocheng, are you telling the truth?" Zhao Wu was somewhat skeptical.

Sun Haocheng's face was a little pale. He nodded and said, "It's not something to be proud of, why would I lie to you? There's a monster over there whose strength surpasses that of a C-rank elite beast—"

He took a deep breath, his face grim, and said, "There's no information about this monster in the booklet. Even the four of us combined weren't a match for it. Luckily, we escaped alive. I almost died there. This monster's strength completely surpasses the level of even our peak experts—"

He shook his head as he spoke, his face revealing a hint of lingering fear.

Sun Haocheng's words made Tang Burou and Zhao Wu both show solemn expressions. A beast that surpasses C-level elite beast and almost killed a peak expert can be imagined how powerful and terrifying this monster is.

Yi Han chuckled.

Hearing the laughter, Sun Haocheng felt it was mocking him, and his face showed displeasure: "What are you laughing at?"

"I'm not laughing at anything. I just think that there shouldn't be any fungal beasts with strength surpassing that of peak experts on the road to Lingxu City."

Sun Haocheng angrily retorted, "What do you mean by that? Are you implying that we're not strong enough? That we're not at the peak level?"

Yi Han chuckled and said, "I didn't say that. I was just expressing my opinion."

"Then what are you doing?" Sun Haocheng's face turned red, and he couldn't help but move forward, but Su Juan blocked him.

"Brother Sun, don't get agitated. That's just his catchphrase; he didn't mean it to you," Zhao Wu quickly tried to smooth things over.

Li Yu glanced at Yi Han and thought to himself that Yi Han's emotional intelligence was a bit low and that such a personality would easily offend people. However, Sun Haocheng also had quite a temper.

A hint of anger flashed across Yi Han's face. Just as he was about to speak again, Li Yu suddenly stepped forward, blocking him from Sun Haocheng, and asked, "How far is that monster from here? What kind of abilities does it have?"

Seeing Li Yu standing in front of him, Yi Han swallowed back the words he was about to say. He had seen Li Yu's performance all the way through the battle.

He used to look down on everyone, believing himself to be invincible in his berserk state at its peak. But now he realized that Li Yu's performance was no less impressive than his own.

He is a person who values ​​strength above all else, and among all these top experts, the only one he currently considers worthy of his attention is Li Yu.

Hei Longxuan, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke, his voice carrying a cold and aloof quality.

"If we don't cooperate, we won't get through here, we won't reach Lingxu City, and we'll all die."

Upon hearing Hei Longxuan speak, Sun Haocheng, who had initially seemed somewhat excited, suddenly calmed down, nodded to Hei Longxuan and replied "Yes," then looked at Li Yu and said, "I don't know how to describe this monster to you. It's not a single entity; you'll only understand once you see it for yourself."

Li Yu looked slightly surprised when he heard him say that.

Zhao Wu said, "In that case, shall we go and take a look?"

If the two sides joined forces, that would be eight peak experts. He believed that with such strength, he could resolve any kind of danger.

Sun Haocheng looked at Heilong Xuan and asked, "Brother Long, what do you say?"

It's clear that he respects this Black Dragon Xuan very much.

Hei Longxuan nodded, his voice still carrying a strange coldness, and said with a slight nod, "Go give it a try."

Sun Haocheng said, "Okay, then the eight of us will go and take a look."

Li Yu said, "Just the eight of us?"

Sun Haocheng nodded and said, "It's too dangerous for all of us to go together. Let's go check it out first, and if everything's alright, we'll come back and bring everyone else along."

Li Yu hesitated for a moment, glancing at Lin Muying, Qian Lili, and the other two, uneasy about leaving them there.

Su Juan seemed to see through his thoughts and said, "Don't worry, it's safe for everyone to stay here. We've been here for quite a while and haven't seen a single fungal beast. As long as we don't go any further and enter the lair area of ​​these monsters, they won't attack."

Li Yu's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this, but Zhou Xigang suddenly interjected, "If these monsters have a certain range of activity, then can't we bypass their lair? Wouldn't it be safer to avoid their range of activity?"

Su Juan glanced at him as if he were an idiot, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "How do we get around? This road passes right through these monster lairs. If we want to take a detour, we can't go along this road. There's black mist all around. Let alone whether we'll get lost or find Lingxu City, the most important thing is that no one knows if there are even more terrifying monsters in this black mist."

"Yes, following this path, although we may encounter dangers, we can generally handle these monsters with our abilities. But once we leave this path, anything can happen."

Zhao Wu chimed in, then glanced at Zhou Xigang, thinking that this guy was a bit out of touch with reality. They were peak experts discussing something, and even top experts didn't dare to interrupt, yet he, a mere high-level expert, was speaking up so casually.

However, he knew that Zhou Xigang was one of the three friends Li Yu brought, and that Li Yu was very protective of him, so he didn't make a scene.

Zhou Xi listened to their explanation, seemed to understand something, nodded slightly, and then said nothing more.

After listening to Sun Haocheng's description of the monster, Li Yu finally agreed. He was curious and wanted to see it for himself.

Since this monster can threaten even top-tier experts, it's understandable that we won't be bringing everyone along for safety reasons.

"Let's go check it out first. If things aren't right, we'll come back immediately and wait for more people to arrive."

Sun Haocheng gave the instructions again, and it was clear that he was still somewhat afraid of that monster.

Su Juan twisted her neck and said, "If the eight of us can cooperate well, we should have hope."

He walked forward as he spoke.

"You all stay here and rest. If anything happens, just shout loudly, and we'll come back immediately when we hear you," Tang Burou instructed the group she had brought.

Li Yu also whispered instructions to Lin Muying and the other two, telling them to be flexible and to run towards him if any danger arose, while shouting for help.

Lin Muying and the other two nodded to indicate that they understood, and then the group of more than thirty people sat down on the ground to rest.

"Li Yu, you be careful too," Lin Muying couldn't help but say, her face showing concern.

Li Yu forced a smile, trying to comfort her.

But having come this far, with so many deaths, my heart is heavy, and I can't bring myself to smile. I can only nod and say:

I understand, I'll be right back.

After saying that, he walked forward with Tang Burou, Yi Han, and Zhao Wu.

At this moment, Hei Longxuan, Sun Haocheng, Su Juan, and Hao Tie were already waiting for them at the front of the group.

The eight people gathered, and Hei Longxuan took the lead and walked into the black mist ahead.