Chapter 333: Myconid

Chapter 333: The Fungus Men

Having dealt with the Poison Widow Spiders, Li Wei and the others pressed on.

Encountering a new cavern filled with toxic fog, Li Wei wished to burn it away with fire.

Yet Evelyn stopped him.

"Do not do this; it would waste too much of your mana, moreover the toxic fog serves a purpose, shielding us from many unnecessary troubles."

"Within the Poison Dragon Cave, our enemies are not merely the environment and poisonous insects, but also other humans."

"Humans are even more dangerous than poisonous beasts and insects."

Hearing this, Li Wei abandoned his plan to clear the fog.

He condensed a fireball to illuminate the surroundings.

"Let us continue, where is the entrance to the third level?" Li Wei asked.

Evelyn shook her head, saying, "I am unsure, it should lie deeper still."

Li Wei glanced around, "It would be nice if someone could ask for directions."

"Doesn't anyone sell maps of the Poison Dragon Cave within Poison Dragon City?" Li Wei asked somewhat strangely.

Evelyn replied, "Even if someone sold them, no one would dare believe them; most who buy maps are novices fresh to the Poison Dragon Cave, while veterans possess their own exclusive maps, trusting only regions they have explored themselves."

Li Wei felt somewhat helpless, without a map, were they to wander aimlessly?

Lilith spoke up, "I can find the entrance."

Li Wei and Evelyn turned their gaze toward her.

Li Wei said, "How do you find it?"

Lilith said nothing, answering Li Wei's doubt with action.

Shadows surged beneath her feet.

Vast numbers of shadow creatures spread outwards, burrowing into caves in different directions.

Li Wei displayed an expression of surprise.

What spell was this?

Glancing at Lilith, he felt this resembled not a spell, but some sort of supernatural trait.

Commanding so many shadow creatures was simply unbelievable.

Ordinary mages could summon at most single-digit summons.

How could one like Lilith command hundreds or thousands of shadow creatures under her hand?

This reminded Li Wei of necromancers.

Only necromancers possessed such vast-range summoning and control over summons.

Subconsciously, he touched the middle finger of his left hand.

He could still feel the shape of the Golden Bone Ring.

In a certain sense, he actually possessed the ability to control numerous summons.

However, he could only control, unable to summon.

Furthermore, he did not know spells to summon undead creatures.

The Golden Bone Ring could exert incomparably powerful effects in ancient battlefield ruins and places teeming with the undead.

A genuine legendary-grade equipment.

But in the current environment, there were simply no undead creatures for Li Wei to control.

The Golden Bone Ring could only serve as a decoration.

It was worse than the trashiest magic staff.

At least a magic staff could amplify a tiny bit of spell power.

"Found it."

Lilith stated.

Hearing this, Li Wei's thoughts returned to reality.

He asked, "Where is the entrance?"

Lilith said, "Not the entrance, I found other people."

Li Wei: "..."

"Forget it, finding other people is fine, let us go ask them for directions," Li Wei said.

Evelyn raised no objection.

Thus, Lilith led the way, the three moving toward the place where people were.

After walking for a long time, the cavern ahead suddenly became spacious.

Li Wei felt the air had become much more humid.

"Is there an underground river ahead?"

Li Wei guessed.

He sensed the moisture in the surrounding air had grown heavier.

A soft sensation came from beneath his feet.

Looking down, he discovered colorful mushrooms everywhere on the ground.

"So many mushrooms," Lilith said.

Evelyn looked around; through the power of her Hundred Flower Kin, she could sense the plants nearby.

She said, "These mushrooms all possess extreme poison, be careful."

"Do not touch them, even skin contact will cause poisoning."

"Do not disturb them, avoid mushroom spores flying up and spreading in the air."

Evelyn hurriedly warned the two. Li Wei gazed into the distance, saying, "What you say seems rather late."

He saw large patches of colorful mushroom spore clouds moving toward them ahead.

Evelyn urgently said, "Be careful, retreat quickly."

Li Wei wanted to use fire to burn.

However, there were people within the mushroom spore cloud.

They were here to ask for directions, not to kill.

Li Wei had no choice but to retreat.

The invisible armor on the three bodies remained in an activated state.

Resisting the erosion of mushroom spores and toxic fog.

Mushroom spores fell upon the three of them, making them appear clad in garments of vibrant hues.

A mere movement caused vast clouds of dust to drift down.

Li Wei's spiritual sense perceived a powerful presence drawing near.

He shouted loudly, "Something is approaching behind them!"

"Ah!"

A scream of agony echoed through the air.

Li Wei launched a fireball, illuminating the distant scene.

A colossal silhouette appeared before everyone's eyes.

Amidst the multicolored mist of mushroom spores, a towering figure seized the slowest runner.

The victim screamed, his face rapidly turning pale, gray-black, while colorful mushrooms sprouted across his body.

Eventually, the corpse dried into a mummy, discarded underground to become nutrient for countless poisonous fungi.

Evelyn identified the monster, shouting loudly, "Fungus Man!"

Upon hearing this, knowledge regarding the Fungus Man surfaced in Li Wei's mind.

The Fungus Man is a peculiar race inhabiting the subterranean world.

They are also known as Mushroom Men.

Typically, one can only find their traces within the underworld.

The Fungus Men within the Poison Dragon Cave had mutated, becoming incredibly powerful.

Endowed with extreme toxicity.

The mushroom spore mist Li Wei observed was merely one of the Fungus Man's abilities.

"There are people over there, run quickly!"

After seeing the fireball, the fleeing few noticed the figures of Li Wei and the others.

Hurrying towards the trio.

As the saying goes, better a fellow Daoist dies than the poor one.

At this moment, one simply needed to run faster than the rest.

They showed no concern whatsoever for dragging Li Wei and the others into danger.

"Thorn Bind!"

Evelyn acted, causing masses of thorns to roll out from the soil, wrapping around the tall Fungus Man's legs.

The Fungus Man lifted its leg, attempting to snap the resilient vines.

However, strength was not its forte.

Half a day passed without it managing to break free from the thorny vines binding it.

Seeing Evelyn restrain the Fungus Man, the fleeing few instinctively slowed their pace.

They turned to look back.

Boom!

Vast clouds of toxic fog exploded from the Fungus Man's body.

Hiss hiss hiss!

The magical thorn vines were corroded by the poison mist, growing poisonous mushrooms with sharp thorns.

These were toxic spores capable of even corroding magical energy.

This was supernatural power.

Witnessing the Fungus Man's eruption, the frightened few hurriedly increased their speed to flee.

A figure emerged from behind the Fungus Man.

A shadow giant taller than the Fungus Man waved arms like scythes, hacking at the Fungus Man's body.

Squelch! .

The Fungus Man was cleaved in half.

Yet it did not die.

Countless fine threads stretched from the middle of the severed body.

All composed entirely of mushroom spores.

The Fungus Man turned and threw a punch toward the shadow giant.

The shadow giant dissolved into flowing water and vanished, while the Fungus Man punched the air, emitting a loud crack.

Whoosh!

A blue fire serpent shot forth toward the Fungus Man.

(End of Chapter)