The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 188 Accelerated Growth (10,000-word update, please subscribe and vote)

Afterwards, he led Guo Jun, Wang Huai'an, and a group of others away from Lingxu City and headed to the Ancient Tree Ghost Forest, one of the six dangerous areas outside Lingxu City.

Behind Wei Tian and his group, Li Yu saw Tang Burou.

Beside Tang Burou were Fang Qinian, Zhou Dingfeng, Yuan Shuyao, and a few others he knew. They were originally a team, so Li Yu wasn't surprised that they were together now.

Unexpectedly, Yi Han also brought a few people with her, it seems they have joined forces as a team.

When Zhou Dingfeng and Yuan Shuyao saw Li Yu, they couldn't hide the surprise in their eyes.

They suddenly remembered that when they were queuing to enter the city yesterday, according to the information given by the woman in black armor, Li Yu was only at the top level of the spore stage.

This incident shocked them. Afterwards, they encountered a bacterial outbreak upon entering the city and spent the entire night in fear and anxiety, so they stopped thinking about it. But seeing Li Yu now suddenly brought it to mind again.

Tang Burou walked over and wanted to invite Li Yu to go to the Ancient Tree Ghost Forest together.

"I'm sorry, we had already arranged to meet up together." Li Yu could only politely decline.

Bai Xiuluo didn't look at her, but said indifferently, "That's right, the five of us have already agreed to stay together and not team up with others anymore."

Tang Burou glanced at Bai Xiuluo, then looked at Li Yu in front of her. Her lips moved, as if she wanted to say something, but she hesitated. Finally, she nodded slightly and said, "Alright."

Being rejected again left her feeling somewhat disappointed and disheartened.

Afterwards, she and Yi Han and a group of others also left Lingxu City.

After leaving Lingxu City, Yuan Shuyao finally couldn't hold back and said, "Sister Tang, do you know that Li Yu is only at the peak of the Spore Stage?"

Tang Burou, who was walking ahead, suddenly stopped, turned around to look at her, and her face showed extreme surprise: "What did you say?"

She thought she had misheard.

Yi Han and the others also looked at Yuan Shuyao in astonishment.

Zhou Dingfeng chimed in, "That's right. We heard it clearly yesterday. When Li Yu entered the city, the black-armored woman who inspected him said that Li Yu was only at the top level of the spore stage."

This time, Tang Burou was certain she hadn't misheard. Everyone around them gasped softly, and Yi Han's eyes betrayed her shock: "You mean Li Yu is only at the peak of the Spore Stage?"

It should be noted that even by the standards of the peak of the Spore Stage, Li Yu is one of the top experts, and his performance even surpasses that of him and Hei Longxuan. Now, Yuan Shuyao and Zhou Dingfeng are saying that Li Yu is only at the top of the Spore Stage.

This is simply unimaginable.

Tang Burou was equally shocked. Looking at Zhou Ding and Yuan Shuyao, they couldn't possibly be lying to her. So, was Li Yu really just a top-tier spore stage cultivator?

The scene of Li Yu refusing her invitation just now flashed through her mind, and her heart skipped a beat, overwhelmed with indescribable feelings.

"Yes, I paid special attention and saw that he paid 10,000 gold coins before entering the city." Yuan Shuyao nodded with certainty.

The surrounding crowd fell silent, and several people couldn't help but turn their heads to look into the city.

Among these thousand-plus people, the peak Spore Stage experts basically formed groups of two or three, and then, together with some top experts they were on good terms with, they formed new teams.

Everyone's target is basically the Ancient Tree Ghost Forest, one of the six dangerous areas.

Some surviving advanced spore-stage cultivators, unless protected by a powerful peak expert with a strong enough connection, have no choice but to follow these newcomer teams back to the supply point.

Even some top-tier experts, after careful consideration, chose to return to the supply point.

Li Yu, Lin Muying, Qian Lili, and Zhou Xigang, along with Bai Xiuluo, followed the fifth batch of a thousand new recruits out of Lingxu City.

As they left the city, three carriages led the way side by side, while eight black-armored knights spread out behind them, protecting the thousand newcomers on both sides to prevent them from encountering danger.

Although the probability of this is extremely small.

After all, with three Lingxu City carriages leading the way, even a C-level fungal beast would be intimidated and dare not approach.

Unless there is a powerful being beyond C-level.

Li Yu noticed that besides the five of them, there were four more people following behind them.

Li Yu recognized one of them as Jiang Yuan, a top-tier expert. He felt that the three people beside him looked familiar, but he didn't know their names.

Then he remembered that they were all people who had entered Lingxu City from Supply Point No. 5 before. They were all high-level spore stage survivors, so Li Yu had only seen them but did not know their names.

Now they are with Jiang Yuan, clearly preparing to return to Supply Point No. 5 with this thousand-strong team.

At the peak of the spore stage, following a top-tier expert, one can still try their luck in the Ancient Ghost Forest.

Previously, it would take several top-tier Spore Stage cultivators working together to have any hope of killing a C-rank elite beast.

As symbiotic bacteria with fungal abilities become more widespread, and as the enhancement levels of everyone's symbiotic bacteria also increase, the strength of top-tier spore-stage bacteria continues to improve.

Especially among the top-tier spore-stage cultivators who manage to reach Lingxu City, the weak are basically eliminated, and those who survive are mostly outstanding powerhouses.

It can be said that many of them even possess the strength to single-handedly kill a C-rank elite beast.

However, those in the advanced spore stage are not so lucky; they basically only have one path to choose from.

That means returning to the various supply points, as only the areas surrounding the supply points have suitable bactericidal beasts for them.

As they left the city, the carriage ahead gradually picked up speed, and the thousand newcomers following closely behind also began to run.

"It's 50 kilometers away from supply point number five. How can these ordinary people have such good physical fitness?"

Zhou Xigang was somewhat surprised. Seeing the team ahead slowly accelerating, the five of them also sped up.

Bai Xiuluo replied, "They are no longer ordinary people. Not to mention that they undergo a lot of physical training during their growth period, their physical fitness is far stronger than that of ordinary people. Moreover, they can obtain their natal bacteria when they finish their growth period, and their physical strength will increase. Basically, they can enter the initial spore stage today or tomorrow."

"Moreover, running like this can also accelerate the growth of their natal bacteria. I broke through and advanced to the initial stage of the spore stage on my way to supply point number five."

The five of them chatted as they walked. At their current speed, they could easily keep up even if the newcomers ahead of them were running at full speed.

"It's too slow, let's go around." Bai Xiuluo glanced at Li Yu. He was in a hurry to get to the hotel and didn't want to follow these newlyweds any longer.

Although these newcomers were already running, at their speed, it would take them at least four or five hours to reach Supply Point No. 5, even without any attacks or obstructions from the fungal beasts, covering a distance of fifty kilometers.

"Okay." Li Yu nodded in agreement, then turned to Lin Muying, Qian Lili and the other two and said, "Let's speed up and overtake the group in front. Although it's safer to follow behind them, it's more beneficial for our life bacteria to grow if we go our own way, especially for the three of you."

Seeing that Li Yu agreed with Bai Xiuluo's suggestion, Lin Muying naturally had no objection and immediately said that it was acceptable.

She had long felt that her growth was too slow, and she wanted to catch up with Li Yu, so that she wouldn't seem completely useless.

She departed from the supply point on the 13th and arrived at Lingxu City on the 15th. Along the way, due to her limited strength, she was unable to kill many fungal beasts, but she continuously used "Fountain of Light" and "Fountain of Swiftness" to help Li Yu and the people around her.

Although her growth rate couldn't compare to Li Yu's, after so many days, she felt that the growth of the "light fungus" spores in her body was already approaching the top level.

It shouldn't be long before she breaks through to become a top-tier spore-stage expert.

Qian Lili habitually followed Lin Muying; if Lin Muying agreed, she wouldn't object.

"Alright." Zhou Xigang originally didn't want to go through such a difficult and risky journey, but seeing that everyone had agreed, he had no choice but to agree as well.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Bai Xiuluo nodded slightly, gripped his giant axe tightly in his right hand, and suddenly accelerated, running to the side of the road.

Now the roads are full of newcomers running around, so they have to leave the road and go around to the side.

Fortunately, this place is very close to Lingxu City, and there is no thick fog around them. Even if they deviate slightly from the road, they don't have to worry about getting lost in the fog.

Li Yu, Lin Muying, Qian Lili, and Zhou Xigang immediately sped up, bypassing the crowd in front and rushing up from the side.

Bai Xiuluo had excellent control over his speed; basically, Lin Muying, Qian Lili, and Zhou Xigang had to run at top speed to catch up with him.

Li Yu, on the other hand, deliberately lagged behind the group, just in case.

The newlyweds, who were running, also noticed the five members of the White Asura group who were overtaking them, and looked at them with a hint of curiosity.

The black-armored knights riding their horses, patrolling the sides of the procession and protecting the newcomers, also noticed them.

As long as they don't offend the previous batch of new recruits who return to the supply point with their team, they generally won't meddle.

They mistook the five White Asuras for the top or advanced spore-stage members from the previous batch, but what they didn't expect was that these five were so bold as to surpass their team.

Without them clearing the way and deterring those fungal beasts, these five top-tier or high-tier spore-stage individuals would have been no different from suicide.

The five of them moved very fast and quickly bypassed the thousand-person group in front of them. Bai Xiuluo gradually accelerated, and Lin Muying, Qian Lili and Zhou Xi had to run at full speed just to avoid being left behind.

In a short time, they ran four or five kilometers, leaving the thousand-strong team far behind.

In the distance ahead of them, mist slowly began to appear.

Looking at the towering rock pillars and clusters of giant rock columns in the distance, Li Yu realized that if he continued forward, he would enter the area inhabited by the Skull-Splittering Eagle Spider and the Eagle-Headed Spider.

The Skull-Splitter and the Eagle-Headed Spider are not scary; what is scary is that a C-level rare beast, the Mother of Fungal Spiders, is hidden among them.

As the five continued to run along the road, soon a swarm of Skull-Splittering Eagle Spiders appeared in front of them.

The Skull-Splitter Eagle Spider is a C-rank elite beast with strength approaching the peak of the Spore Stage.

As swarms of Skull-Splitting Eagle Spiders appeared and blocked their path, Bai Xiuluo gripped his giant axe with both hands and began to swing it, charging forward with the four of them at breakneck speed.

Those skull-splitting eagle spiders were utterly helpless against his giant axe.

Without hesitation, Lin Muying activated "Fountain of Light" and "Fountain of Swiftness," enveloping everyone and increasing their strength and speed.

In addition, she conjured a round shield in her left hand and the Ghost Raven Sword in her right.

Although she wasn't strong enough to kill a Skull-Splittering Eagle Spider, some of the Skull-Splittering Eagle Spiders that pounced on her from all around were only severely injured by Bai Xiuluo's giant axe and did not die immediately.

She then unleashed "Ghost Feather Strangulation" to finish off the severely injured Skull-Splittering Eagle Spiders, thus accelerating the evolution and growth of the Light Bacteria within her right arm.

The Ghost Crow Sword is a sword-shaped weapon that is 1.2 meters long and is formed by combining a large number of steel feathers. When Ghost Feather Strangulation is activated, these steel feathers open up and turn into a large number of sharp steel feathers, forming a vortex.

Even the powerful Skull-Splitter Eagle Spider, when severely injured and unable to resist, can be instantly torn into a bloody mess once enveloped by these steel feather vortexes.

Qian Lili continuously launched "Exploding Arrows," attacking from a distance.

If a Skull-Splitting Eagle Spider, severely injured by White Asura, falls in front of her, she will activate the fungal technique "Shadow Strike" from her right-hand bone shadow sword.

The Bone Shadow Sword transformed into countless sword shadows, piercing out and instantly creating numerous bloody holes in the Skull-Splitting Eagle Spiders.

Zhou Xigang revealed a 1.5-meter-long black locust broadsword in his right hand, and with the "Swift Shadow Kick" of his right foot, he could now burst out with a speed faster than the two women in an instant.

When the Black Locust Greatsword's fungal technique "Black Locust Raid" was activated, two black blade shadows appeared, slashing out in a cross shape.

Although he couldn't directly confront the Skull-Splitter Eagle Spider, with the help of White Asura, he severely injured many of them, leaving them for the final blow.

Li Yu saw this and immediately understood that Bai Xiuluo was doing it on purpose; he was intentionally helping the three of them grow faster.

After all, the journey to the northern area of ​​Supply Point No. 5 was fraught with danger, and Lin Muying and her two companions were only at the advanced stage of the Spore Realm, which was far too weak.

When it really comes down to it, they might hold their team back. So, it's better to help the three of them break through and reach the top.

Now Li Yu understood why Bai Xiuluo insisted on not following the group of a thousand new recruits, but instead deliberately went around the group to take the risk.

He wanted to use this opportunity to help Lin Ying and the other two break through.

Although these Skull-Splittering Eagle Spiders were severely injured by Bai Shura, they were still C-rank elite beasts.

In terms of strength under normal conditions, a Skull-Splitter Eagle Spider possesses physical abilities, strength, and speed approaching those of a peak Spore Stage expert.

Even for Li Yu now, it wouldn't be easy to kill the Skull-Splitter Eagle Spider without using the special abilities of the Pupil Fungus such as Yin or "Superhuman Capture".

Not to mention Lin Muying and her two companions, who were only at the advanced spore stage; they were far inferior to the Skull-Splitting Eagle Spider.

That's why Bai Xiuluo had the three of them finish off the Skull-Splitting Eagle Spider. For the three of them, whose innate bacteria were only at a high level, this kind of stimulation was indescribable.

As they continued forward, Bai Xiuluo severely injured countless Skull-Splitting Eagle Spiders, leaving the rest for the three to finish off.

Soon, a Mother of Fungal Spiders appeared before them.

Bai Xiuluo clenched his right hand, and a ball of light was released from his right hand, extending out along the handle of the giant axe, quickly enveloping the giant axe, as if a faint light and flame were rising from the surface of the giant axe.

He strode forward, snatching the giant axe covered in flames. The spider legs that the Mother of Fungi Spiders thrust at him were rendered useless by the giant axe and were instantly severed. With a "whoosh," the giant axe cleaved into the Mother of Fungi Spiders' body, which was covered in a thick fungal shell.

A large amount of juice splattered out, but the white demon continued forward without stopping, its giant axe dragging the body of the Mother of Fungi Spiders as it was swung sideways.

This time, the target he threw the Mother of the Fungal Spider was Li Yu, who was behind him.

Clearly, he delivered the finishing blow from the Mother of Fungal Spiders to Li Yu.

The Mother Spider is too powerful; even a finishing blow is beyond the capabilities of Lin Muying and her two companions.