The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 83 Insect-Walking Beast (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)

Li Yu took the initiative to rush into the group of ghost wolf beasts. The iron spear in his hand seemed to come alive. He swung it left and right, and with two crisp "crack" sounds, two ghost wolf beasts were hit and sent flying into the air.

This iron spear was originally a specially made weapon to fight against the fungal beasts. It could withstand the erosion of fungi. When Li Yu wielded it, its power was astonishing.

If this ghost wolf beast is struck by the iron spear, its bones will shatter and its flesh will be torn apart, killing it instantly.

The dozen or so ghost wolf beasts that rushed out were quickly dealt with by the group.

After killing the pack of ghost wolf beasts, the group continued on their way. About five minutes later, they saw a group of fungus foxes in the distance, seemingly tearing at something.

The arrival of the group startled them, and they all turned to look at them, letting out sharp fox howls as they charged towards the group.

Li Yu, with his sharp eyes, noticed that the body on the ground, torn apart by them, resembled a human corpse. A thought struck him, and he immediately accelerated and rushed towards it.

He swung his iron spear repeatedly, killing one mushroom fox after another, and soon he rushed to the corpse.

The body was found to be that of a young man, his hands and feet mangled and bloody, as if they had just been torn and gnawed by a gnawed fox. The leather armor he was wearing had a small hole in the heart area, which was clearly his fatal wound, as his heart had been pierced by a sharp weapon.

Looking at the man's face, Li Yu's eyes narrowed slightly. He recognized the man; he was the one who had escaped from the two men and one woman who had tried to kill Bai Xiuluo. His weapon, a spiked club that was at least 1.8 meters long, was lying to the side.

Li Yu never expected that he would die here after escaping. Judging from the wounds on his body, they were not left by the fungal beast, but were caused by some kind of human weapon.

Given his strength, these fungal foxes couldn't have killed him; he must have died at the hands of other humans.

Looking at the open backpack, the scattered level-five edible fungi and some simple daily necessities, Li Yu understood that after the man escaped, he was alone and was likely seen as an opportunity by other indigenous people, who then killed him.

The mushroom foxes that rushed up from all sides were killed. The remaining three mushroom foxes, seeing that the situation was not good, turned and fled. The group did not chase after them, but instead surrounded them and looked at the corpses on the ground.

"This is terrifying. Does this mean that if you're alone and not strong enough, you'll be killed?" Qian Lili recognized the man as the one who had escaped earlier.

The leather armor and knee pads on the corpse had not yet been torn apart by the fungus fox. Without saying a word, Zhou Xigang stripped the leather armor, knee pads, and clothes off the corpse on the ground.

"Stop talking nonsense and change quickly." Zhou Xigang said, picking up his backpack again, hoping to find something, but unfortunately, apart from some edible fungi, there was nothing of value.

Lin Muying gave the leather armor to Qian Lili, took the spiked club for herself, and replaced the fire axe with many mold spots on its surface.

The knee pads were given to Fang Mingxuan. Now, Li Yu, Qian Lili, and Fang Mingxuan are all wearing leather armor and knee pads. Only Lin Muying is missing a piece of leather armor, and Zhou Xigang is missing a piece of knee pads.

Li Yu changed into her coat and gave the backpack to Zhou Xigang.

Fang Mingxuan felt a pang of pity as he looked at the corpse's hands and feet, which had been gnawed and mangled by the fungal foxes. He suggested digging a pit and burying it on the spot.

Zhou Xigang was disgusted by Fang Mingxuan's soft-heartedness. He had tolerated it before, but now he finally couldn't hold back and said, "As long as you die, whether you are buried underground and rot or eaten by these fungal beasts, the result is the same. We don't need to waste time on this. Instead, we should kill more fungal beasts to improve our strength sooner."

Fang Mingxuan glanced at him, pursed his lips slightly, and then shook his head, saying, "My reason is the same as before. We took his equipment, and this body will easily attract attention. It would be better to bury it on the spot to reduce unnecessary trouble."

Zhou Xigang laughed: "What trouble could this possibly cause? Just because someone sees that the leather armor and clothes on this corpse are gone, they think it was us? That's ridiculous."

Fang Mingxuan's face paled slightly, and he was about to speak again when Qian Lili couldn't help but interject, "Stop arguing, I think you both have a point. We took his equipment, so burying him won't hurt. It won't take long to dig a hole anyway."

Fang Mingxuan didn't say anything more. Instead, he reversed the crowbar in his hand and plunged the sharp beak into the ground. With his current strength, the beak immediately pierced deep into the ground. With another forceful pry, large chunks of soil and rocks were immediately overturned.

When Zhou Xigang saw that Qian Lili also said the same thing, and Fang Mingxuan even took action directly, he could only shut his mouth, pick his nose, and was too lazy to say anything in rebuttal.

Seeing that Fang Mingxuan was very determined to bury the body, Li Yu knew that he had obsessive-compulsive disorder and that his personality was somewhat different from others. When he was determined, it was difficult for anyone to persuade him. So Li Yu didn't say anything but offered to help.

The soil here was loose, and with their strength, they quickly dug a pit and buried the body.

Fang Mingxuan bowed to the corpse, muttering something softly. Li Yu, who was close by, could only vaguely hear Xiaoyue and the child talking.

He understood that Fang Mingxuan was praying to find Xiaoyue and her child, and also hoping that Xiaoyue and her child would be safe.

Suddenly, he understood why Fang Mingxuan was so determined to bury the bodies. Perhaps he wanted to accumulate some merit in the process, hoping to bless Xiaoyue and the child.

Although Li Yu didn't believe in these things, it was understandable that Fang Mingxuan wanted to seek divine protection in this almost hopeless world.

After burying the body, Fang Mingxuan finally picked up his backpack and crowbar. Li Yu looked at him and said, "Let's go."

Fang Mingxuan suddenly said softly, "Thank you."

Li Yu was slightly taken aback: "Thank me for what? There's no need for thanks between us—"

He stopped abruptly as he spoke, explaining that he had just seen a bus lying on its side in the distance.

The bus was covered with mushrooms of various sizes. Suddenly, a white figure darted out from the back of the bus, landed on it, and looked in their direction.

This is a monster about 1.8 meters tall. Its head is like an upside-down mushroom cap, with the top collapsed into a black spore sac. A three-lobed mouth that looks like a rabbit can be vaguely seen on the front, with fine ant mandibles and sharp teeth arranged along the edges.

The ears on both sides have degenerated and shriveled, with two breathing holes at the ends, from which faint, luminous spores can be seen being exhaled. The two eyes resemble the compound eyes of an ant magnified many times.

Its back is covered with a hard white carapace that faintly shines with a steel-like luster. It is segmented like a centipede, and soft fungal tendrils hang from the folds on its abdomen, swaying slightly in the wind.

The limbs are completely mutated, with long, segmented legs resembling those of an ant. They are divided into three segments, are dark and hard, and have sharp claws at the ends. Tiny mycelia sprout from the joint gaps.

It landed on the bus, its compound eyes staring at the crowd. Suddenly, it leaped up, almost bouncing, and jumped five or six meters away, rushing towards the crowd at an extremely fast speed.

Upon seeing the suddenly appearing monster, Li Yu immediately gripped the iron spear in his right hand, his mind racing as he pondered what kind of fungal beast it was and whether there was any record of it in the booklet.

He quickly realized it because its name was very special, Insect Beast, which was very different from the names of ordinary fungal beasts, so he remembered it very well.

The Insect Beast, a D-rank elite fungal beast, is known for its strength among elite fungal beasts. It is said that it not only has compound eyes similar to those of an ant and amazing jumping ability, but it can also unleash a force many times its own weight, just like an ant.

At this moment, its four arthropod legs exploded with powerful jumping force, leaping five or six meters with each bound, quickly closing in to within ten meters of the group.

A series of sharp hissing sounds rang out, and Li Yu noticed that several dozen meters away from them, one after another, smaller insect-like beasts appeared.

The real name of this small insectoid beast is larval insectoid beast. It has not yet fully grown and is relatively weak, only equivalent to an ordinary fungal beast.

Once they reach adulthood, their strength will rise to the level of elite beasts.

These larval insect-like beasts emitted hissing shrieks from their three-lobed mouths, and the lead insect-like beast began to charge towards the group.

Li Yu rushed out first, taking the initiative to meet the insect-like beast that had jumped ten meters away. He had killed countless elite beasts along the way, and he was confident that he could kill this insect-like beast even without the help of "Superhuman Capture" and crystallization bacteria.

The insect-like beast did not leap again, but instead lowered its body slightly and charged forward.

Li Yu swept his iron spear horizontally, carrying a faint whistling sound. The insect-like beast curled up and charged forward, relying on the hard white carapace on its back.

With a "bang," Li Yu's right arm jolted, and a strange look appeared on his face. The force of this insect-like beast charging forward was so terrifying that it bounced back the iron spear he had swept out.

The insect-like beast also failed to gain the upper hand, and was sent flying, tumbling along the ground, by the iron spear.

Its originally curled-up body stretched out, its limbs sprang to the ground, and it leaped into the air. Once in the air, it curled up again and crashed heavily into the ground.

Li Yu rushed forward almost simultaneously. This time, he didn't swing his iron spear. Instead, he used the spear tip to flick the charging insect-like beast, sending its body flying as it crashed into the abandoned car on the side.

With a loud "boom," the insectoid beast smashed into the abandoned car, causing it to immediately collapse and twist into a deformed shape.

At this moment, dozens of larval beasts swarmed over, and Lin Muying, Fang Mingxuan, Zhou Xigang, and Qian Lili came to greet them.

Lin Muying let out a shout and swung the spiked club she had just obtained.

With a loud "bang," it struck a charging larval beast, instantly shattering its carapace and spurting out blood.

The carapace on the back of the larval insect beast is not yet fully hardened and is far less tough than that of the adult insect beast, making it unable to withstand attacks from heavy weapons like spiked clubs.

Li Yu flicked the insect-like beast away, smashing it into an abandoned car. Then he swung his iron spear horizontally, knocking away a larval insect-like beast that was trying to attack him.

With his current strength, the targeted larval beast was no match for him; its body was blasted apart, and it died instantly.

Without stopping, Li Yu took a step and arrived in front of the twisted and deformed abandoned car, thrusting the iron spear in his hand towards it.

The insect-like beast wobbled as it crawled out of the smashed, abandoned car. With a sudden jerk of its four limbs, the terrifying power derived from insects erupted once more, causing it to leap into the air. Then, it curled up into a ball and, relying on the powerful defense of its hard carapace, charged towards Li Yu.

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