He didn’t sense any danger now, which at least proved that the giant Mutated Fungi in the core area posed no threat to his life.

The main purpose was to test the waters and see if Su Ze would be in any danger.

A faint red light glowed from between Su Ze’s eyebrows...

The light was very weak, indicating some danger, but it wasn’t significant—it was something he could handle and overcome.

"Maybe we should just forget it," Mr. Ya said, shaking his head.

He didn’t want Su Ze to put himself in harm’s way for his sake.

"What’s there to be afraid of with a little danger? No risk, no reward. Let’s give it a try first," Su Ze said. "Besides, with you here to protect me, who could kill me unless they’re a Legend-rank expert? And even if my luck is bad and I die, I can still be revived by the Flesh Statue."

Seeing Su Ze’s determination, Mr. Ya didn’t try to persuade him any further. After some brief preparations, the two of them advanced toward the core of the Mystical Mushroom Forest.

Along the way, Mutated Fungi constantly attacked them. Su Ze simply unleashed his aura. The life force pressure of a Saint-level overlord made these sub-Saint level Mutated Fungi tremble and curl into balls.

For the ones that weren’t afraid of death and still dared to attack, he went over to "pick mushrooms." Transforming into a young man out harvesting fungi, he plucked five or six of the Mutated Fungi in a row, instantly silencing the entire forest.

These Mutated Fungi possessed a degree of intelligence. Once they recognized the enemy’s strength, they wouldn’t actively seek death.

Finally, the two made their way to the edge of the core area.

Looking at the giant Mutated Fungi before them, Su Ze didn’t attack rashly.

He wasn’t here to pick mushrooms, only to help Mr. Ya find the remaining Bloodline Crystal. But if these fungi tried to stop him, he would have no choice but to be merciless.

Su Ze wasn’t actually afraid of Tier 4 Mutated Fungi; he just wasn’t sure if there were any Tier 5 specimens among these giant ones.

Su Ze and Mr. Ya had made quite a commotion on their way here, so these giant Mutated Fungi must have long been aware of their presence. However, they were all silent at the moment, making no move to attack.

Su Ze didn’t step into the core area. Instead, he covered it with his Perception Tentacles, searching inch by inch. This was, in itself, a form of probing.

He needed to explore not only the surface but also underground with his Perception Tentacles, even penetrating the bodies of these Mutated Fungi to search within.

Each of these massive Mutated Fungi was like a small house inside, capable of storing many things. It was possible that the half of the Bloodline Crystal Mr. Ya needed was hidden in the gills of one of their caps.

Normally, these Mutated Fungi wouldn’t be able to sense his Perception Tentacles, but invading their bodies would inevitably be detected.

But to Su Ze’s surprise, his Perception Tentacles were blocked!

When he tried to probe underground, he was blocked by an invisible energy. When he tried to penetrate the bodies of the Mutated Fungi, he was blocked again.

This was an unusual situation.

Not many things could block his Perception Tentacles. After his Eye of Truth skill was upgraded, only the barrier erected by the New King Sponge had ever resisted them.

’Could there be Tier 6 or even God-level Mutated Fungi in here?’

Su Ze felt it was unlikely.

He expanded his body and split off a Liquid Clone, which flowed toward the core area.

The clone maintained its liquid form, spreading across the ground like a puddle of water, its coverage area growing ever wider.

Since his Perception Tentacles couldn’t explore the area, he resorted to the simplest method: using his own body to feel and search.

Just then, the giant Mutated Fungi could no longer hold back and began to attack.

From beneath the ground, strands of mycelium burst out, pierced the Liquid Clone, and began draining all the energy from its body.

Su Ze had the Liquid Clone erupt, splitting into three and quickly scattering.

The three Liquid Clones expanded their bodies again and simultaneously used Furious Waves. Roiling air waves raged, engulfing all the Mutated Fungi in the core area.

Green evolutionary light shone from within the Mutated Fungi as they each used their own methods to defend themselves, resisting the Air Wave Attack from Furious Waves.

At the same time, they launched a counterattack against Su Ze’s Liquid Clones.

Countless strands of mycelium entangled the three Liquid Clones. Another Mutated Fungus spat out a stream of spores that took root on the clones, draining them dry in the blink of an eye.

Losing the Liquid Clones affected Su Ze, but he let out a sigh of relief. The giant Mutated Fungi he had baited out were, as it turned out, only Tier 4.

Tier 4. He could handle them easily.

However, two or three other giant Mutated Fungi hadn’t been hit by his Liquid Clones, so he still wasn’t sure of their strength.

’Could there be a Tier 5 among those two or three?’

Su Ze suddenly looked toward a corner, where a small, ordinary-looking mushroom sat.

It was only fist-sized, its color wasn’t vibrant, and it looked almost identical to a common edible mushroom.

But Su Ze clearly remembered that there hadn’t been a mushroom in that spot before!

After a moment’s thought, he understood: it was an invisible mushroom.

Because the Mutated Fungi in the core area could block his Perception Tentacles, Su Ze hadn’t noticed this little mushroom earlier.

After Furious Waves was upgraded, it gained the effect of revealing invisible units, which was what had forced this Invisibility Mushroom to show itself.

Just then, the small mushroom’s form vanished again as it returned to an invisible state.

But Su Ze’s Perception Tentacles clearly sensed the Invisibility Mushroom uprooting itself and lunging toward him like a sharp sword.

’So it’s a mobile assassin mushroom!’

A Crystal Sword appeared in Su Ze’s hand, and he swung it at the Invisibility Mushroom.

CLANG! The web of Su Ze’s thumb went numb. He hadn’t expected this little mushroom to have so much strength and be so tough; the Crystal Sword hadn’t even managed to damage it.

The Invisibility Mushroom was extremely fast, like a well-trained assassin, and it stabbed at Su Ze again from a tricky angle.

Su Ze activated Ant Power and used his Crystal Sword to perform a Needle Strike at the Invisibility Mushroom.

But just then, the Invisibility Mushroom suddenly vanished from Su Ze’s perception!

It seemed to have disappeared into thin air. Even his Perception Tentacles couldn’t detect its presence.

Su Ze’s heart tightened. He immediately used Liquefaction on his entire body. At the same time, he sensed a small mushroom rapidly materializing above his head and stabbing down at the back of his neck.

The Invisibility Mushroom plunged into Su Ze’s head, but since he was now in a liquid state, he had powerful resistance to physical attacks.

The Invisibility Mushroom passed through Su Ze’s body. The powerful impact and friction caused a part of his body to evaporate, but it was a minor injury at best and didn’t have much of an effect on him.

Its strike having missed, the Invisibility Mushroom fled like a bolt of lightning toward the core area.

"Mr. Ya, get it!" Su Ze shouted hurriedly, simultaneously releasing a current of electricity to track the Invisibility Mushroom and guide Mr. Ya.

The move the Invisibility Mushroom had just pulled instantly made Su Ze think of Mr. Ya’s "Void" skill.

Only a skill like "Void" could allow something to vanish right in front of him, becoming completely undetectable even to his Perception Tentacles.

This convinced Su Ze that the remaining Bloodline Crystal was very likely inside this Invisibility Mushroom!

However, the "Void" skill had a weakness: it had a long cooldown and couldn’t be used again for a short time after activation.

Therefore, they had to catch the Invisibility Mushroom while this skill was on cooldown.