The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 192 Illusion (Thanks to Mingri Xingchen for the reward)

A sliver of light shone obliquely through the hole in the ceiling of the banquet hall, and the figure looked up.

Li Yu was jolted awake and almost cried out.

"Fang—" Qian Lili had only uttered one word when she woke up with a start and quickly covered her open mouth with her hand.

Li Yu, Lin Muying, Qian Lili, and Zhou Xigang all widened their eyes, their expressions filled with disbelief.

No one could have imagined that the figure emerging from the shadows of the banquet hall was actually the deceased Fang Mingxuan.

Although Lin Muying and the others discovered that Fang Mingxuan's body, which was buried in the ground, had disappeared and seemed to have crawled out on its own, it was only a guess.

And now, this guess has come true. The living Fang Mingxuan appears before us, holding the corpse of a blood mushroom monkey, with a strange smile on his face, which is twisted and becomes indescribably eerie and terrifying.

He seemed oblivious to Li Yu and the others outside the golden gate, and instead, with the corpse of the Blood Mushroom Monkey in his arms, he walked toward another Blood Mushroom Monkey corpse lying on the ground.

"Xiaoyue—look—Li Yu is here—he's toasting us—hehehe—"

Using the faint light filtering through the hole above, Li Yu saw Fang Mingxuan grinning, smiling happily and contentedly.

The Blood Mushroom Monkey he was holding had a lot of jelly-like rotten flesh on its surface, but he didn't care at all. It seemed that in his eyes, this was the person he loved most.

"Cheers!"

Fang Mingxuan spoke again, and Li Yu watched as he stretched one hand out in mid-air, seemingly holding a wine glass, and then poured it into his mouth, as if he were drinking the wine in one gulp.

"No, no, no—this is too much—I can't drink anymore—"

Fang Mingxuan suddenly turned around and chuckled at the other corpses of the Blood Mushroom Monkeys lying on the giant net of mushroom whiskers.

"Oh, Li Yu, you seem to have too much too—Lin Muying, help Li Yu to rest for a bit—"

Fang Mingxuan spoke to the air, his right hand waving gently, as if Li Yu and Lin Muying were really standing in front of him.

"Uncle, Xiaoyue and I toast you."

Afterwards, Fang Mingxuan, carrying the corpse of the Blood Mushroom Monkey, smiled and made a toasting gesture towards another Blood Mushroom Monkey corpse lying on the ground.

"I've had too much too, Xiaoyue. Are you tired? Let me rest with you for a while—"

As he spoke, he embraced the corpse of the Blood Mushroom Monkey and sat down along the giant net of fungal tendrils.

Outside the banquet hall, Li Yu, Lin Muying, Qian Lili, Zhou Xigang, and others, watching all this through the cracks, were dumbfounded, their faces filled with shock.

The resurrected Fang Mingxuan seemed to be in a hallucination, as if a wedding banquet was being held in his world at that moment.

He mistook the corpse of the Blood Mushroom Monkey for Wang Xiaoyue, and the surrounding corpses of Blood Mushroom Monkeys for guests attending his wedding banquet.

Bai Xiuluo frowned. He recognized Fang Mingxuan and knew that he was Li Yu's companion. He originally thought that Fang Mingxuan was dead, but he did not expect to see him here again.

Extending his left hand, Bai Xiuluo slowly pushed a golden door completely open.

For him, the most important thing now is to find the big secret hidden in this hotel. Fang Mingxuan, who had disappeared, has mysteriously appeared here. Judging from his behavior, he has obviously fallen into some kind of illusion. What needs to be done now is to wake him up.

"I remember he was one of your companions. He must be under some kind of illusion spell. We need to find a way to wake him up."

The voice of Bai Shura rang out.

Li Yu nodded slightly. Now that Fang Mingxuan has been resurrected, whether he has truly come back to life or his body has been parasitized and possessed by that silver-purple light, the most important thing now is to awaken him from this illusion.

The "Eye of Truth and Delusion" opened, observing Fang Mingxuan in the hope of making a discovery. Upon closer inspection, in addition to seeing the fungal spores hidden in Fang Mingxuan's right hand, it also saw faint silver-purple light tendrils wriggling slightly on his waist.

These silvery-purple rays of light formed a circle around his waist, precisely where he had been cut in half at the waist that day, and a ray of light could be faintly seen there.

It seemed that this ray of light merged with his severed body, bringing him back to life.

After a moment's hesitation, Li Yu finally followed the crisscrossing giant net of fungal tendrils into the ground.

"Fang Mingxuan—" Li Yu raised her voice, trying to wake him up.

"If that thing parasitized and possessed his body, how could Mingxuan have entered the hotel, come here, and even fallen into the illusion of the wedding banquet? From this perspective, perhaps Mingxuan really has come back to life?"

Li Yu wondered to himself, "Or is it that the silver-purple evil thing read Fang Mingxuan's memories, causing all of this?"

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Li Yu couldn't figure out which situation it was, so he could only step forward, trying to get closer to awaken Fang Mingxuan.

However, he was very cautious, gripping the Sirius Blade tightly in his right hand, his muscles tense, ready to deal with any unexpected changes at any time.

Bai Xiuluo followed beside him, raising his giant axe in his right hand.

Lin Muying, Qian Lili, and Zhou Xigang stood at the door watching, with Lin Muying ready to activate "Defense Spring" at any time.

Fang Mingxuan, sitting on the mushroom tendrils, did not respond to Li Yu's calls. He was still holding the corpse of the Blood Mushroom Monkey and muttering to himself.

"Xiaoyue—do you prefer a son or a daughter?"

"I love them all—whether they are children or babies, as long as they are our babies—I love them all—"

He looked blissful, a smile playing on his lips, and gently stroked the corpse of the Blood Mushroom Monkey, his movements tender, as if he were caressing the pregnant belly of his beloved, feeling the little life inside.

Li Yu saw this and felt a pang of sorrow in his heart.

"Mingxuan".

"Mingxuan!"

Li Yu kept calling his name, trying to wake him up, while trying to push Fang Mingxuan with the back of the Heavenly Wolf Greatsword.

He didn't know Fang Mingxuan's current state, or even whether the person in front of him was the Fang Mingxuan of the past, or a monster that had been parasitized by the silver-purple light.

Therefore, he dared not touch it casually with his hands, and all the muscles in his body were tense, ready to deal with any sudden changes at any time.

With a push from the back of the Sirius Greatsword, Fang Mingxuan's body swayed forward. He finally seemed to react, turning his head sharply. A frighteningly bright silver-purple light suddenly shone in his eyes.

Almost at the same moment, Li Yu realized something was wrong and suddenly retreated.

As Fang Mingxuan turned his head, silver-purple fungal tendrils suddenly extended from his waist. These tendrils, seemingly real yet illusory, suddenly extended and resembled giant pythons, lunging at him.

Li Yu retreated and dodged, hesitating whether to make a move, fearing he might hurt Fang Mingxuan. At that moment, Bai Xiuluo silently stepped forward and suddenly snatched out his giant axe.

With a "whoosh," the giant axe fell, severing each of the silvery-purple tendrils that had extended out.

More fungal tendrils grew from Fang Mingxuan's waist, taking root in the giant web woven by the tendrils below.

Supported by his tendrils, he stood up, his face contorted, looking eerie and terrifying, the silver-purple light shooting from his eyes growing ever more intense.

Lin Muying, who had been in a state of tension, was busy activating "Fountain of Defense," and a vortex of light appeared, protecting everyone within it.

Fang Mingxuan's silver-purple whiskers suddenly transformed into countless fine whiskers, which intertwined and merged to form two thick whiskers, as thick as arms, which ran up his waist like two giant pythons wrapped around his arms.

Fang Mingxuan's face contorted as he waved his arms, the fungal tendrils wrapped around them suddenly lashing out into the air.

Just then, Lin Muying activated "Fountain of Defense." The fungus stung the "Fountain of Defense," producing a loud sound, and the vortex of light protecting everyone fluctuated violently.

Bai Xiuluo frowned slightly, and a light appeared on his right hand. This light extended along the giant axe, as if flames had suddenly ignited on the surface of the axe.

Li Yu gripped the Heavenly Wolf Giant Blade in his right hand, activated his Eye of Truth and Illusion, and observed Fang Mingxuan's body.

He knew that the silvery-purple whiskers must be the power manifested from the mysterious silvery-purple light entering Fang Mingxuan's body.

He was able to enter the third floor of the hotel and kill so many Blood Mushroom Monkeys, which must have been due to the power of this silver-purple light.

In his "Eye of Truth and Delusion," he saw the spores of Thunder Fungus rising from Fang Mingxuan's right hand, and he could see a ring of silver-purple light hidden around his waist.

Countless luminescent hyphae extend from these silvery-purple rays, forming the two thick, tentacle-like tendrils.

These two fungal tendrils resemble giant pythons and possess immense attack power. A single strike can cause fluctuations in Lin Muying's "Defense Spring."

Bai Xiuluo guessed that Li Yu was reluctant to make a move, but he had no scruples and snatched the giant axe without hesitation, slashing out once again.

Just as the giant axe was about to strike one of the fungal tendrils, the tendril suddenly twisted in the air and wrapped itself around the giant axe.

A strange light flashed in Bai Xiuluo's eyes.

The mushroom-like tendrils resembled a nimble python, coiling around the giant axe and moving towards him along the axe handle.

Li Yu realized something was wrong and finally made his move, swinging his Heavenly Wolf Greatsword in his right hand and unleashing the "Heavenly Wolf Slash." At the same time, he activated the "Eye of Weakness."

Just as he had guessed, Fang Mingxuan stood there, seemingly attacking, but in reality, he was more like a medium. The real attack came from the silver-purple light hidden within his body.

Fang Mingxuan stood still, and the "Eye of Weakness" easily hit him.

The "Heavenly Wolf Slash," strengthened four times, was incredibly powerful. The two dark blue blade lights merged into one, striking another silver-purple vine that was extending towards them.

At the same moment, Bai Xiuluo also launched his attack. Seeing the fungal tendrils entwined around the giant axe, he suddenly leaped to the side, exerting force with his right arm to pull the fungal tendrils.

Both tendrils were instantly stretched straight, and Li Yu's "Eye of Weakness" began to take effect. Fang Mingxuan, who was frozen in place, remained motionless, but the silver-purple light in his eyes had dimmed considerably.

Li Yu was shocked to find that his "Heavenly Wolf Slash" had struck the fungus tendrils but failed to sever them.

The toughness of these two silvery-purple tendrils is beyond imagination.

The mushroom tendrils that had been struck twisted violently and quickly wrapped around the giant wolf blade, lunging towards Li Yu along the blade.

Li Yu no longer held back. He turned around and appeared behind Fang Mingxuan, stretching out his left hand and striking him heavily in the back and waist.

Within the "Eye of Truth and Delusion," he knew that the silver-purple light had merged into the wound where Fang Mingxuan had been cut in half at the waist.