The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 99 The Giant Slug Insect (Thanks to reader 20221011182228738 for the donation)

The crystallizing knife was incredibly sharp; with each slash, large amounts of mangled flesh immediately splattered everywhere.

The giant slug, as thick as a water tank, was quickly hacked to pieces, and the stomach acid inside its body flowed out, corroding its flesh and blood.

"Li Yu, what's wrong?" Fang Mingxuan's worried voice came from afar. He didn't know what had happened here, but the noise was obviously not right.

Li Yu stopped, panting, and replied, "Be careful and hide well. There are monsters here. Don't make any more noise. I'll come find you."

Fang Mingxuan's strength was too weak. If he encountered such a giant slug, he would surely die. Li Yu was anxious and hurriedly told him not to make any more noise.

Just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly noticed a faint white light emerging from the mangled corpse of the giant slug. The light subsided and transformed into a small crystal core, which rolled out of the wound on the corpse.

Li Yu's heart skipped a beat; it was actually an "enhanced crystal core."

He stretched out his left hand and grabbed the enhancement crystal core. The crystallizing bacteria in his left hand immediately reacted and began to fuse with and absorb the enhancement crystal core.

It seems that the crystallized bacteria, which have been strengthened once, can be strengthened a second time, which makes Li Yu happy.

After examining the giant slug corpse one more time and confirming that there was nothing else to gain, Li Yu turned and ran towards Fang Mingxuan's direction.

Soon the crystallizing bacteria completely digested and absorbed the "enhanced crystal core," but unfortunately, the crystallizing bacteria did not receive any enhancement this time.

"It feels like it's still not enough. It seems that the second enhancement requires more than one enhancement crystal core."

Li Yu inwardly lamented his misfortune as he sprinted forward. The ground gradually hardened, and his speed increased.

As his eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness, he began to see enormous mushroom-shaped mountains on both sides. These two mountains rose abruptly from the ground, their height unknown; he could only barely see a few dozen meters above them before disappearing into the darkness.

It's hard to imagine how vast this underground space is, hiding such enormous mushroom mountains, and above these mushroom mountains are countless mushroom shells and the ground.

The battle between the giant squid and the rotting mushroom had shattered the ground and the mushroom shell, causing them to fall together.

Li Yu understood that he must have just tumbled down from these mushroom-shaped hills.

We can no longer hear any movement from the giant squid or the rotting human-faced mushroom, so we don't know where they fell. We also can't hear the voices of Lin Muying, Qian Lili, and Zhou Xigang, so we don't know their situation or where they are now.

Li Yu was anxious. If one giant slug had appeared, there was a possibility that a second one would appear. This giant slug was very powerful, almost comparable to the rare four-winged fox that had appeared before.

Of the five of them, only he was able to kill it in "Superhuman Capture". The other four would surely die if they encountered it.

Thinking of the dangerous situation of the other four, Li Yu became increasingly anxious.

The space ahead grew larger and larger, and between the two mushroom mountains appeared a large amount of mycelium as thick as giant pythons. In the distance, there were also piles of giant mushrooms that rose up like small hills.

"Mingxuan, where are you!" Li Yu estimated the distance he had traveled and figured he should have reached the area where Fang Mingxuan had just made his voice, so he hurriedly called out.

"I'm here—"

A somewhat deep voice came from the side of a giant mushroom. As Li Yu approached, he immediately saw Fang Mingxuan sitting there with blood on his mouth and nose, looking like he was in a very bad situation.

Fang Mingxuan gripped his long sword tightly, looking around warily. He only breathed a slight sigh of relief when he heard Li Yu's voice.

His eyesight wasn't as good as Li Yu's, so he could only rely on sound to determine Li Yu's location.

Li Yu did not approach immediately, but observed the surroundings to make sure that he did not see any danger or abnormality before he got closer.

"How badly are you hurt?" Li Yu looked at Fang Mingxuan sitting on the ground and prepared to reach out to help him up.

Fang Mingxuan, holding a long sword in his right hand, supported himself and slowly stood up, saying, "I was hit when I fell—my internal organs were shaken, and I coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood. I felt really dizzy just now, but I'm feeling better now—cough—"

Just as he finished speaking, he coughed twice, and more blood oozed from his mouth.

Li Yu saw this and understood that Fang Mingxuan's internal injuries were probably very serious.

"We must find Mu Ying and the others immediately."

Li Yu knew that the best option for Fang Mingxuan in his current condition was to stay here and rest to recover, but he was anxious about the safety of Lin Muying and the other two, and he had to find a way to locate them.

We can't leave Fang Mingxuan here alone, so the only solution right now is to get him away from here first.

Fortunately, they all possess amazing recovery abilities. Although Fang Mingxuan's injuries look serious, they are not in any danger to his life.

Fang Mingxuan wiped away the blood he had just coughed up, pursed his lips, and said, "I'm fine, I'll get better soon. The important thing now is to find Mu Ying and the others—"

Li Yu nodded slightly and said, "We all rolled down from up here, so they shouldn't be too far away."

As he spoke, he raised his voice and called out Lin Muying's name.

If the other three people were not far from this area, they would definitely respond when they heard his voice.

Although he knew that making a sound could attract danger, Li Yu had no choice but to take the risk in order to find Lin Muying and the other two.

"Let's go." After confirming that there was no movement around, Li Yu half-supported and half-carried Fang Mingxuan, quickened his pace, and circled around the giant mushroom on the left.

Surrounded by endless darkness, Li Yu had no idea how vast this underground world was; all he knew was that there were mushrooms everywhere.

They quickly walked around the mushroom-shaped hill for about thirty or forty meters when Li Yu raised his voice again and called out to Lin Muying.

Before the cry had even faded, a huge black shadow, as large as a water vat, suddenly appeared in the darkness above, accompanied by a foul-smelling, eerie wind.

Li Yu had already noticed the abnormal fluctuations in the light spot above and was on guard. At this moment, he reacted with lightning speed, instantly entering "hyper-state capture" and retreating rapidly to the side with Fang Mingxuan, whom he was supporting.

Fang Mingxuan's mind couldn't keep up with the speed at all, and he didn't even understand what was happening. He only felt a huge force throw him aside.

Li Yu looked up, and above him, another giant slug appeared.

While shaking off Fang Mingxuan, he swung his iron spear, using "super-capture" to overwhelm the giant slug with his speed.

With a dull thud, the iron spear struck the giant worm precisely, sending its massive body flying. The spearman leaped forward, and with a swift, crystalline blade, dismembered the giant slug.

After killing another giant slug, Li Yu stared at its corpse, hoping for the appearance of the enhancement crystal core.

Unfortunately, this time, apart from the semi-transparent liquid flowing out of the giant slug's corpse, nothing else was found.

"It seems that not every one of these fungal-infused beasts will develop an enhanced crystal core."

Li Yu hesitated for a moment, then sighed inwardly. He helped Fang Mingxuan up again and found that his face was frighteningly pale.

Looking at the giant slug that Li Yu had killed, Fang Mingxuan felt a wave of fear. He realized that if it weren't for Li Yu, he would have been eaten by the giant slug.

"Let's go." Li Yu's expression was solemn. As he killed the second giant slug, his heart grew heavier and heavier.

Firstly, his "superhuman capture" has a 30-second interval. If two giant slugs appear in a row, it will be a huge problem.

Secondly, I am increasingly worried about Lin Muying and Qian Lili.

The more slugs there are, the higher their chances of encountering danger.

"No, we must find them as soon as possible."

Li Yu felt anxious. He hadn't felt anything when Lin Muying was always by his side, but now that he couldn't see her, he felt an overwhelming sense of fear and unease.

He didn't want anything to happen to her.

"Muying"

As Li Yu helped Fang Mingxuan continue forward, he raised his voice again, hoping to get a response.

Suddenly, a faint, indistinct voice came from the darkness in the distance.

Li Yu perked up and immediately dragged Fang Mingxuan along, speeding towards the direction from which the sound came from.

His right eye contracted slightly, constantly observing whether the surrounding light spots showed any abnormal fluctuations, so as to predict danger in advance.

"Mu Ying!" Li Yu called out again.

Sure enough, two echoes came from the darkness ahead, both calling Li Yu's name. This time the voices were much louder, indicating that the other party was also approaching them.

The response relieved Li Yu; he recognized the voices as those of Lin Muying and Qian Lili.

After determining the approximate location of the other party in the darkness, Li Yu dragged Fang Mingxuan and accelerated again, stepping on mushrooms scattered all over the ground, their juices splashing everywhere.

Fang Mingxuan couldn't keep up with Li Yu's speed and was almost dragged along by him. His internal organs were already severely injured, and he felt a tearing pain in his chest cavity, a sweet taste in his throat, and blood was about to gush out.

However, he understood that the situation was critical and Li Yu had to find Lin Muying and the others as soon as possible. Every minute of delay would be dangerous, as the giant slug was not something that Lin Muying and the other two could handle.

So he gritted his teeth and endured it, not making a sound at all, so as not to disturb Li Yu.

Soon, Li Yu saw three figures moving around near a mushroom-shaped hill ahead, approaching them. Although he couldn't see their faces clearly, he knew they must be Lin Muying, Qian Lili, and Zhou Xigang, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, a point of light appeared to fluctuate abnormally a dozen meters ahead, and it seemed to be approaching Lin Muying and her two companions.

Li Yu knew something was wrong, so he suddenly let out a loud roar, trying to draw the danger to his side with his voice. At the same time, he abandoned Fang Mingxuan, pushed off with both feet, and rushed at full speed towards the direction where the light spot was fluctuating abnormally.

Sure enough, with a thunderous roar, the giant slug that rushed out of the darkness was affected and stopped its round, water-jar-like body.

Almost simultaneously, Li Yu rushed within five meters of it, activated "Superhuman Capture," and increased his speed again, thrusting out his iron spear first.

The giant slug had barely twisted its round body, and before its sac-like mouth could fully open, it was pierced through by an iron spear with a "whoosh".

Its round body immediately trembled violently, still trying to resist. Li Yu swung his crystallized blade out repeatedly, quickly cutting its body into pieces and killing it.

After killing another giant slug, Li Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked up into the darkness.

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