The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 159 Complex Symbiotic Bacteria (Thanks to ricky007 for the donation)

Sun Haocheng stretched out his right hand, and a Mo Dao (a type of ancient Chinese sword) extended from his palm. The Mo Dao was pure white with a few black lines faintly visible, clearly a weapon-like symbiotic fungus with great power.

Su Juan raised her hands, and Li Yu saw a large number of mycelia continuously emerging from her hands. These mycelia combined and transformed into a giant crossbow that was over a meter long.

This giant crossbow was entirely blood red, with a faint red glow on its surface, giving it a hint of murderous intent.

This was the first time Li Yu had ever seen a weapon with mycelium binding together on both hands.

Not only him, but Zhao Wu and Tang Burou also showed a hint of surprise.

Zhao Wu couldn't help but ask, "Miss Su, is this a complex symbiotic organism?"

Su Juan nodded in agreement, saying, "Yes, this is called the Crimson Giant Crossbow. To craft such a crossbow, you need both hands."

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Zhao Wu knew that this type of complex symbiotic bacteria existed, but he had never obtained it. This weapon-type complex symbiotic bacteria needed to be fused into both hands at the same time, with one symbiotic bacteria occupying two positions, hence the name complex symbiotic bacteria.

For example, a top-tier expert could originally fuse with a maximum of three symbiotic bacteria, but if they fuse with this type of composite symbiotic bacteria, they can only fuse with one more symbiotic bacteria at most.

However, correspondingly, this complex symbiotic bacteria is extremely powerful, far exceeding the power of ordinary symbiotic bacteria that fuse with one hand.

Hao Tie produced a long halberd in his right hand and a heavy shield in his left. The shield was almost half his height and looked clumsy and heavy.

A long, ice-carved spear appeared in Heilongxuan's right hand.

Almost as soon as the four stepped into the black mist, they revealed their weapons, clearly showing their wariness and vigilance towards the mist ahead.

Seeing their seriousness, Li Yu, Tang Burou, and Zhao Wu dared not be careless and revealed their weapons. They had seen Hei Longxuan in action and knew that he was no weakling. Since they were so serious, the monster they were about to face must be extraordinary.

Only Yi Han chuckled, his hands still empty, not revealing his weapon, the jade ruler.

In fact, what truly made him powerful was not the jade ruler, but his berserk right arm and giant fist.

The eight people moved very fast, quickly advancing dozens of meters. Suddenly, a dark shadow appeared in the black mist ahead, making a "meow" sound, as if it was about to pounce on them.

The dark figure that appeared had the outline of a goat's body, with its limbs replaced by hooves wrapped around ancient brown-black tree roots, the roots spreading densely along the leg bones and penetrating into the flesh.

Its back and neck are covered with thick, grayish-brown bark, and its fur has been completely replaced by grayish-white, flaky mushrooms. Strings of small, umbrella-shaped mushrooms hang from its neck.

The horns on the head are no longer horny, but twisted and forked dead tree roots, with tender yellow mycelium embedded in the crevices of the roots.

The abdominal skin and flesh are symbiotic with putrefactive fungi, with exposed intertwined white mycelium, and the tail is a bundle of coiled thin tree roots, with clusters of small round fungal balls at the end.

It is twice the size of an adult goat and has a faint musty smell of decaying wood around it.

When Li Yu saw it, he immediately recognized it as a C-level common fungal beast, a tree sheep beast.

For a top-tier expert, a C-rank ordinary tree sheep beast is no match for them.

Su Juan raised the blood-red giant crossbow in her hand and fired it suddenly.

A red light shone through the giant crossbow, and with a whoosh, the tree-goat beast that had just appeared twenty meters in front of everyone suddenly shuddered as the red light pierced through its entire body from head to tail.

The next instant, with a loud "boom", the front half of the tree sheep beast's body exploded.

Its head, along with most of its forequarters, exploded instantly, sending flesh and blood flying everywhere, and it disappeared.

Everyone who saw this couldn't help but secretly admire the power of this complex symbiotic bacteria and the blood-red giant crossbow.

Not only is it incredibly powerful, but its firing speed is also astonishing. Even a top-tier expert might not be able to dodge this sudden crossbow bolt.

The tree sheep beast died, and behind it appeared a dark mass of tree sheep beasts, numbering at least one or two hundred in the black mist.

However, although the one or two hundred tree sheep beasts emerged from the black mist, they did not immediately pounce on them. Instead, they remained in the black mist, occupying the road they were about to pass through and the surrounding area.

A tree-goat beast picked up the remaining corpse from the ground, retreated into the black mist behind it, and disappeared.

Further away, shrouded in mist, the view was indistinct, with only a large number of blurry black shadows visible. It was unknown how many tree-goat beasts were hidden within these shadows.

Countless tree-goat beasts, with their eerie emerald eyes wide open, stood tall in the mist, looking at the eight of them. However, they remained silent and motionless, appearing indescribably eerie.

This is the first time I've seen something like this; these mutated fungi didn't attack them at all.

Su Juan, who was in the lead, also stopped, then pointed into the fog ahead and said, "Look at the end of that road."

Following the direction she pointed, Li Yu saw that behind these tree-goat beasts, there were some giant tree-goat beasts standing.

Li Yu, with his sharp eyes, noticed that these giant tree sheep beasts were already the size of water buffaloes. Compared to these ordinary tree sheep beasts, their bark armor was thicker, forming a more powerful defensive armor.

The ram's horns are as thick as a bowl, and when bent, they resemble menacing spikes.

Li Yu saw it and immediately recognized it as a C-level elite beast, the Fungal Horned Giant Sheep, which had evolved from the Tree Sheep Beast through many years of nurturing and nourishment in the underground.

The horns of this giant ram with fungal horns are hollow and filled with highly toxic fungal liquid, which can be sprayed from a distance, causing skin ulceration upon contact.

If a wound comes into contact with this bacterial fluid, the fluid can immediately penetrate the wound's bloodstream, enter the body, and breed parasitic fungi that devour the flesh and blood, leaving the body empty from the inside.

This is its fungal technique, "fungal liquid spraying," which is extremely terrifying.

Besides the group of tree sheep beasts that appeared in front, there were also more powerful C-level elite mushroom horned giant sheep behind them. However, like the tree sheep beasts, these mushroom horned giant sheep simply gathered there and did not attack the group.

Su Juan carried the blood-red giant crossbow in her hand and slowly walked forward, approaching the dark mass of tree-goat beasts ahead.

"Look at those giant horned sheep, what's that among them? That's the monster we were talking about. If we don't eliminate this monster, we won't be able to get through this level."

Hearing Su Juan's words, Li Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and looked behind these giant horned goats in the distance. Soon, he saw that behind these giant horned goats, there were large patches of fungal columns that looked like white coral.

These white coral columns grow not far to the left of the road, forming a towering fungal forest. At the center of this fungal forest is a throne built from a mixture of countless animal bones and mycelium.

On the throne was a gigantic head composed of a ram's skull and twisted white horns, the horns adorned with spores like wind chimes, swaying slightly in the surging mist.

When Li Yu and the other three saw it, they were all slightly taken aback.

Zhao Wu was the first to exclaim, "What's that?"

Su Juan stopped, her face grave, and slowly said, "We don't know either. Although the booklet that records the fungal beasts mentions tree sheep beasts and fungal-horned giant sheep, it doesn't have any information about this thing."

Tang Burou looked at her and said, "You mean, the four of you were blocked by this thing before?"

Su Juan nodded slightly, and Sun Haocheng slowly chimed in, "Yes, these tree-sheep beasts and fungus-horned giant sheep are nothing. Before, we led our people to the edge of that fungus forest that looks like white coral. We didn't think much about it at first, we just wanted to lead everyone over there."

He swallowed hard before continuing, "At that time, what blocked our way were several giant horned goats and a flock of tree-goat beasts. Although these giant horned goats were terrifying, they still couldn't stop us—"

He glanced back at Li Yu and Tang Burou before continuing, "But just as we were about to rush over, something strange happened. These giant horned goats suddenly seemed to unite, blocking our way and injuring us. If it weren't for Brother Long's rescue, I would have died there."

These words surprised Li Yu and the other three slightly. Li Yu couldn't help but ask, "These giant horned sheep have become this powerful when they unite?"

Zhao Wu asked in even greater confusion, "Didn't you say that what hurt you was a monster? How did it turn into these united giant horned sheep?"

Sun Haocheng sighed and said, "The monster I'm talking about is these giant horned sheep that have joined forces."

Li Yu's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the giant horned goats gathered around the fungus forest and the throne in the distance.

Could these giant horned sheep, united, be so powerful that even a peak-level expert like Sun Haocheng was almost killed?

He found it hard to believe.

Seeing their expressions, Su Juan seemed to understand that they hadn't understood, so she interjected, "You didn't understand what Sun Haocheng meant. He didn't express it clearly. Actually, it shouldn't be said that those giant horned sheep united, but rather that they suddenly transformed into one entity and became a monster."

"Although what we see are individual horned giant sheep, like separate individuals, they are actually part of a monster. That feeling is hard to describe in words. You will understand once you come into contact with them yourself."

Hao Tie, who had been silent until now, finally spoke up: "Yes, it's as if they've become one. We suspect it's related to the giant head on the Fungus Throne; perhaps it's controlling these giant horned goats."

"No, it's not just the giant horned goats, it also includes these tree goats. In short, these things seem to form a whole, and the feeling is indescribably eerie."

As Hao Tie spoke, Li Yu, Tang Burou, and Zhao Wu exchanged glances, finally understanding what the other was trying to say.

Although these tree-sheep and mushroom-horned giant sheep appear to be separate entities, there seems to be an unimaginable force that binds them together into a massive whole, which is what they call the monster.

"They won't attack us unless we get too close, but if we want to get to Lingxu City, we have to keep moving forward. Unless we can bypass them, but—"

As Su Juan spoke, she looked into the fog on both sides of the road. Going around the road ahead meant they were about to leave the road beneath their feet. No one knew what was hidden deep within the fog on both sides.

"I'm sure you've all heard that the only way to get to Lingxu City from the supply point is to follow this road. If you leave, you'll get lost in the endless black fog and never come out alive."

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