Mushroom Lord in the Underground City-Chapter 302 - 294: The Yellow-covered Book’s Disturbance

Chapter 302: Chapter 294: The Yellow-covered Book’s Disturbance

Can’t you stop being so erratic?

It’s really hard for me to cooperate like this!

Luckily, there’s still Knight Puki on the scene!

First, a Mushroom Cannon shot towards the casting Pine, followed by the rapid spinning of the Fungal Blade Whip, activating the Blade Storm Level 7, like a top, crashing into the target at high speed!

Gray quickly flashed in front of Pine, scattering the Mushroom Cannon with his burning fist, at the cost of his entire fist being covered in bloody flesh!

He endured the intense pain and kicked the charging Knight Puki away fiercely!

The blade whip of the Puki left several bone-deep wounds on his leg!

It’s not that he didn’t understand other techniques, but at this moment, he had to use his body to build the last line of defense for Pine, without dodging at all!

Knight Puki bounced on the ground twice while burning, then stood up again, the flames on its body quickly extinguished under the protection of High Temperature Resistance Level 8, leaving only some scorch marks.

Seeing Knight Puki charging again, the slightly farther Xiao Hei, relying on Puki, finally confirmed their location, and Gray felt that he was probably finished.

At this moment, a hand suddenly grabbed Gray’s shoulder.

"Go!" Pine shouted sharply!

He finally completed the bizarre spell, and a pitch-black hole, seemingly capable of devouring light, suddenly opened at his feet. He pulled Gray in without hesitation, and their figures were instantly swallowed by the darkness!

What is this? A Teleportation Gate?

Knight No. 3 switched to Subordinate Control, intending to chase immediately.

An unexpected change occurred!

A small part of Lin Jun’s attention had never left the Yellow-covered Book.

Just now, it audaciously and secretly devoured a soul floating on the battlefield!

This was behavior explicitly prohibited by Lin Jun!

Was it simply greed or did it think my attention was all on the enemy and tried to take advantage of it?

No matter! 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Within the Yellow-covered Book, Lin Jun’s immense soul immediately wrapped around it, intending to crush it completely.

In the nick of time, the Yellow-covered Book, with not even a single complete page grown, instantly wrote a line of words on its only half page:

[Don’t kill me yet, keeping that Vampire has great use]

The writing was scribbled and distorted, not even caring about punctuation.

Lin Jun’s soul maintained the posture to crush it at any time, while his attention shifted back.

Yuni’er had compressed her entire body into a Blood Arrow, shooting at extreme speed towards the pitch-black hole!

The speed was so fast that even Xiao Hei couldn’t intercept it in time!

Tsk!

Knight Puki No. 3, who was originally about to rush into the hole, turned around, colliding with the Blood Arrow!

Yuni’er didn’t dodge, seemingly intending to pierce through Knight Puki directly.

No way I’m crashing with you!

Self-Destruction Level 8

Its own Attributes plus the enhancement of Crystal Symbiosis created a destructive explosion far beyond that of the Fat Otaku Puki!

At the same time, the Resonance Cannon on the city wall also fired a salvo this way.

The violent shockwave even sent Xiao Hei, who was in pursuit, rolling away!

Yuni’er, bearing the brunt, was in an even more miserable state, her Blood Arrow form was forcibly blown apart, revealing a bruised and battered human form, crashing heavily to the ground like a ragdoll!

The smoke and dust filled the air, and the pitch-black hole on the ground had disappeared without a trace, whether destroyed by the explosion or because the spell’s duration expired.

In any case, only a wounded Vampire unable to control blood smoothly was left on the battlefield. Her fate was easily imagined.

After a futile yet fierce struggle, she was eventually captured.

Little Pig specially came over and stepped on her a few times, a look of satisfaction and delight on his face, more than if he had drunk his fill of blood.

The battle was over.

The battlefield was a scene of devastation.

The corpses of Lizardmen, Half-demons, and countless Puki were piled layer upon layer, filling the view, with the most numerous being the bodies of Puki.

Besides those who were completely dead, there were many seriously wounded moaning in pain amidst pools of blood, and Cow and Horse Pukis began to methodically handle them.

Of course, many were fleeing all over the place, and Pukis had already been dispatched to chase them.

Most of them wouldn’t escape Lin Jun’s Fungal Mat.

As for the Half-demon Leader’s group, Lin Jun was in no hurry to deal with them.

These tribes can run, but they can’t leave their temple, moving an entire clan is not easy.

Once the Pukis tidied up home, they’d go settle accounts with them.

As for the Demon Race here, even with the cannon fodder Pukis at the front, there were still some casualties, and rescue was being organized.

Fortunately, with parasitic mycelium and prepared herbs, even severe injuries could be recuperated.

The only regret was that the two Demon Race from the Empire seemed to have escaped, and there was no trace of them within the range of the Fungal Mat.

Long-distance Teleportation Gate?

Lin Jun remembers that the teleportation technique in this world has quite a lot of limitations. It requires a two-way fixed array and massive magic power support.

What was Pine using?

Abyss magic... is it really that powerful?

Why don’t those cultists that appeared at the ports come and develop here in Mushroom Town?

Lin Jun wants to study such powerful magic.

As for this vampire...

Marshal Puki, clad in a red cloak, bypassed Xiao Hai, who was happily wagging his tail while "treasure hunting" on the battlefield, and came to Norris, taking the yellow-covered book from his hand.

The voice Puki above issued a sound: "Tell me, what’s the big deal? I blew up a powerful Puki. If you’re just saying random things..."

Another squeeze on the soul above.

[Boss! I’m really remorseful! It’s the truth!]

[This vampire really has great use; how could I dare to deceive you!]

"Stop the nonsense!"

[Yes, yes, yes]

[She can help Louisa elevate her rank! Isn’t that very useful?]

"How to elevate?" Lin Jun showed interest.

[Naturally... by consuming her!]

[However, the usual method certainly won’t work; it requires a special ritual that very few know!]

[Just happens... I know a bit about it... hehe]

"Hmm..." Lin Jun pondered.

Louisa is still in the distance stepping on Yuni’er, enjoying the pleasure of trampling the Earl’s dignity, not noticing the content of the book.

Elevating Little Pig’s rank...

That’s indeed a tempting proposal.

Louisa’s loyalty is beyond doubt. While Lin Jun isn’t without reservation, he even trusts her more than the Demon Race.

If he could use this captive to achieve Little Pig’s power leap, it’s undoubtedly a lucrative deal.

Moreover, Lin Jun isn’t afraid of the yellow-covered book doing tricks in the ritual. Little Pig’s status is clear on the panel, and the yellow-covered book certainly wouldn’t risk its own life just to scam Little Pig.

"It’s indeed quite useful." Lin Jun gave affirmation.

[Then... after it’s done, can I...] The page revealed a line of writing filled with cautious expectancy.

"Not enough!" Without even listening to the request, Lin Jun harshly rejected.

[...]

"However," Marshal Puki’s antennae tapped the page filled with writing, "you can keep this page."

[Thank you, Boss! Thank you, Boss!] The writing instantly became incredibly sycophantic.

[You are truly merciful!]

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"Cough... cough cough!"

The metallic taste rising in his throat awakened Gray, who shook his groggy head, struggling to lift it.

In his field of vision, he couldn’t see the menacing figure of the Dragon Man, nor could he find those fungi and Puki. Only then did his taut nerves slightly relax.

He tried to brace himself to get up, but his left arm was pulled by a force.

Gray turned back bewilderedly, only to see much of his left arm deeply "embedded" in a nearby gray-brown rock.

He gritted his teeth, gathered his remaining strength, and fiercely punched the rock!

Fragments shattered and scattered, yet together with them, shattered and fell into powder, was his entire left arm!

"That’s... not embedded, but merged..." an extremely weak voice floated in from behind.

"Pine!"

Gray spun around, only to be utterly shocked by the scene in front of him!

Much of Pine’s body had fused with a tree!

Rough bark engulfed and consumed his waist, arms, and half his head; only a weakly dangling foot and a violently undulating half-torso remained exposed.

He looked like he could die at any moment.

"Your... luck... isn’t bad..." Pine’s mouth twitched laboriously, coughing out bloody foam, "I... just... a bit unlucky..."

"How to save you out?!" Gray dashed to the tree, helpless in the face of this never-before-seen bizarre magic.

He wanted to take out a potion, but somehow every potion had been smashed.

Pine weakly shook his head, his already dimming gaze resting on Gray: "My... demon core... please..."

The final syllable dissipated in the cold air, and his last moving torso stopped moving.

Gray sighed, silently reaching out, cautiously probing into Pine’s chest and gripping hard.

Clutching Pine’s demon core, Gray looked at the unfamiliar surroundings; he had to find a way back!