Wizard: This mushroom is too fierce.

On the arena, Roland's gaze sharpened as he looked at his opponent.

A girl dressed in a purple wizard's robe slowly walked out of the passage, followed by a giant wolf that was at least two meters tall.

The girl stepped into the center of the arena, a faint smile on her face: "Greetings, Lord Roland. I am Tiffany, a third-class wizard apprentice from the Beast Taming Circus, specializing in beast taming magic."

"This is my mutated giant wolf. Please give me your guidance."

Roland pondered for a moment. The Beast Taming Circus, a small wizarding organization outside the deep cave, seemed to make a living by performing circuses for various wizarding organizations.

"Perfect, let's use this person to test the fighting power of the Puji and collect some data at the same time."

Roland stretched out his palm, and the next moment, a summoning circle instantly appeared on the field.

In the blink of an eye, a five-person Puji squad appeared on the field.

"In response to your call, great king!"

The squad was fully equipped. The two Puji at the front were holding a shield and a longsword respectively, the middle Puji was holding an iron spear, the most muscular Puji was holding a giant axe, and the Puji at the back was holding a trident.

"Are you also a wizard of the Summoning School?"

"Is this your summoned creature?"

Tiffany was slightly shocked to see the five armored, weapon-wielding Poogies that appeared before her; they seemed to be just Walking Mushrooms.

No... it must be a variant. Regular walking mushrooms aren't this big; these are almost half a meter tall.

"Battle Mushroom Squad... My research results, please give me your feedback." Roland glanced at the giant wolf on the other side, then took out a crystal ball, released magic power, turned on the recording function, and pointed it at himself and the Puji: "My name is Roland Colt, a third-class apprentice in the Deep Cave. This is my research result, 'Battle Puji,' which is completely modified from Walking Mushroom. Now, let's conduct the first combat power test."

"What are you doing..." Tiffany's face darkened. Although she came from a small organization, she must have some skills to participate in the competition. This was treating her like a nobody to be easily bullied. This was extremely disrespectful.

"Stain, tear them to shreds!" Tiffany's voice was icy. They were just five Pooji, but she was going to show this guy what she was capable of.

Roland stood behind the Puji team, not saying a word, just holding a notebook and quietly watching from the side.

As the voice faded, the two-meter-tall mutated giant wolf burst forth with its limbs, its massive body whipping around in a gust of wind, and suddenly extended its sharp claws, slamming them straight at the shields of the two shield-wielding figures at the front.

clang!

"How is this possible?" Tiffany's eyes widened, her expression one of disbelief. If that claw had been placed on a mortal, the terrifying impact alone would have been enough to kill them. Was this really a "puji"?

The sound of clashing weapons rang out, and two shield-bearing figures, each half a meter tall, stood firmly in place, seemingly not yet at their limit, using their bodies to hold up the shields.

The next moment, the gun-wielding and fork-wielding Puji, who had been waiting in the back row for a long time, rushed through the gap and attacked the demonized giant wolf.

After failing in his first attack, the demonized giant wolf Starin launched a series of fierce attacks, attempting to break through the obstacles and directly target Roland behind him.

Unable to break through after a prolonged attack, and enraged by the constant jeers from the stands, Tiffany stretched out her palm, slightly gathering her magic power. After a dozen breaths, a purple magical light shone in her hand.

"Berserk Technique!"

The classic spell of the Beast Taming School enhances summoned beasts by about 30%, but its drawback is that it causes the user to lose their sanity. From apprentices to high-level wizards, almost everyone uses this spell.

Roland's gaze was deep as he pondered for a moment before writing in his notebook: "The first combat test of the Combat Puji Squad has far exceeded my original expectations."

"From a purely scientific research perspective, the Puji Squad fights in perfect unison, acting as one entity. Secondly, their endurance is remarkable; although they are smaller than humans, their ability to withstand attacks is several times greater than that of ordinary humans."

After hesitating for a while, Roland wrote again: "The problem is also obvious: a lack of offensive means."

"Although we can temporarily hold off this mutated giant wolf by relying on our tacit understanding and the characteristics of fungi, we cannot achieve true victory with just ordinary iron weapons."

"Magic!" Roland wrote deeply in his notebook: "The Puji need to possess magic or some kind of special power."

The battle was drawing to a close, and the Puji Squad was gradually becoming exhausted: "King..."

"For our great king, we cannot fail!"

"We must win for the king and tell our brothers."

The five battle mushrooms, back to back, panting heavily, expressed their thoughts: "We can't give up!"

However, the only response they received was from the already enraged, demonized giant wolves, whose attacks became increasingly frequent while their counterattacks and resistance became increasingly rare.

"Aren't you going to make a move?" Tiffany's voice held a hint of curiosity. "Third-tier apprentices from the Deep Caverns shouldn't be like us small-organization wizard apprentices, only knowing one spell, right?"

Roland remained expressionless, his gaze slightly lowered as he looked at the battle-hardened squad, now covered in wounds, and said softly, "Your demonized giant wolves are well-trained."

"But for me, that's not enough!" Roland stretched out his palm, and in the blink of an eye, several white magic circles lit up from the arena. The next moment, seven or eight fully equipped Puji combat squads appeared in front of Roland: "Puji!"

"Fight for the great King!" Jin Duoduo stood at the forefront of the squad, clad in golden armor and wielding a silver longsword. Its gaze was cold and menacing as it looked at its brothers, Puji, who were locked in fierce combat. Uncontrollable rage blazed in its small eyes: "Damn it... those who harm my brothers, though far away, shall be punished!"

"Your Majesty!" Jin Duoduo raised his head and shouted, "Let's attack!"

"Pfft!" all the mushrooms shouted in unison!

Roland nodded slightly as he looked at the indignant expressions of the Puji.

The next moment, shouts of battle rang out one after another. Under Jin Duoduo's command, the combat team continuously shrank the space where the demonized giant wolf could move, and finally it was completely surrounded by mushrooms.

"kill!"

"Kill this monster that bullied our brothers!" Jin Duoduo stood at the forefront, his eyes filled with rage and his expression a terrifying shadow. Holding the exhausted Puji brothers, he raised his longsword and shouted, "For the great king, for our wounded brothers!"

"We must completely destroy it!"

"Its death will be proof of our victory!"

"Its corpse will become our offering in praise of the great king!"

"We are invincible, we are omnipotent!"

"We are invincible!"

"Kill them!"