Final Lord

Chapter 207 Deep Mother-Daughter Bond
Damn, that's terrifying! Wang Bufu didn't think much of the phrase "become nutrients," but the addition of "give me the gold coins" made him feel terrified.

This isn't a monster-controlling machine; it's a complete economic annihilation machine.

"No, the angle is too steep, we can't escape, we can only fly! Cavemen, burrow underground! Those who can't, jump onto the harpies' backs! Tina! Southeast direction!"

Wang Bufu leaped onto the banshee's back, wrapping his arms around Tina's shoulders: "Use the wind blades to cut through those three sections of flesh and blood; they've blocked the passage we just dug!"

The emerald storm exploded in response, and the banshees' accumulated wind blades precisely pierced the flesh-and-rock layers. Strange, crimson fluid spurted from the severed flesh, and the shrill cries of the corrupting roots were laced with pain and agony. Suddenly, metallic mycelium sprouted rapidly from the core area, kneading the twenty cultist corpses into razor-sharp, mantis-like metallic monsters.

Wang Bufu was taken aback, then immediately understood. It seemed that all the corrupted roots underground were probably part of the corrupted root nest's body.

The metal monster roared and charged into the flesh cave in a bizarre manner, trying to keep Wang Bufu and the others there.

"Knicks, cover the rear! Blind Cat, get treatment ready!"

"Yes, Lord! Miasma Barrier!" Nix led his people in spewing out a thick indigo mist, forming a miasma barrier. The newly born metal monster crashed into the miasma, its speed suddenly decreasing, and rust spots immediately appeared on its body.

In this confined terrain, the miasma barrier of the beetle people is quite useful.

The shell armor is highly mobile, allowing it to leap through the flesh caverns without relying on the harpies. The moment the metal monster crashes into the miasma, it launches a totem assault, the poisonous spikes exploding with dazzling sparks as they pierce the monster's joints.

It wasn't dead! The armored creature was stunned for a moment. His determined attack had only left a shallow scratch on the metal monster. He was quite frustrated.

"Shell Armor, run! Don't linger!" Wang Bufu's voice rang in Shell Armor's mind. He leaped to dodge a metal strike and quickly caught up with Wang Bufu's team.

The sunlight outside the cave pierced through the miasma of the swamp, and the harpy spun as it rushed out of the underground cave.

We're finally out of trouble!
Before Wang Bufu could catch his breath, he saw the dark purple mycelial remains of the decaying root nest rush out of the cave and twitch on the mud.

Three hundred harpies, their emerald feathers billowing, fled swiftly at low altitude, their beetle-like figures warily watching the ground.

"My lord, it's rebuilding its root system underground!" The blind cat and the caveman emerged from the distant swamp, and the sticky sound of mycelium multiplying immediately came from the depths of the swamp.

The mud beneath their feet suddenly swelled up, and twenty scarlet roots carrying metal fragments burst through the ice!

"Retreat!" The harpy flapped her wings and retreated rapidly, and the cavemen also ran away as fast as they could.

Just as the roots were about to attack, Wang Bufu threw out a pile of metal ore.

The roots paused in mid-air, then immediately swept towards the metal ore.

After creating distance, Wang Bufu immediately summoned the construct cannons. The five cannons deployed into a firing array amidst the miasma.

Boom boom boom!
Rune cannonballs tore through the air! Just then, the main trunk of the Corrupted Root Nest suddenly shrank into the ley line fissure, leaving behind only smoldering broken tendrils scattered on the ground.

"Is this bastard an earthworm?" Wang Bufu frowned and immediately saw the remaining mycelium on the ground greedily devouring the metal ore he had just thrown out, turning it into a hideous metal puppet in the blink of an eye.

A shriek from the Corrupted Root Nest came from the underground swamp: "Gold coins...more gold coins!" The swamp near Wang Bufu suddenly collapsed into a quicksand vortex, and tentacles emerged from the vortex, only to quickly retract.

Unbeknownst to them, the main trunk of the corrupted root nest had already caught up from underground.

What goes around comes around. In the past, it was the cavemen who used burrowing underground to annoy monsters, but now the Wheel King is the one being annoyed by burrowing underground instead.

"Retreat again! Tactical advance!" Wang Bufu widened the distance again, his brow furrowed, and he quickly came up with a plan.

Attack the enemy and save him!
"The decaying root nest can run away, but the spring water can't!"

"Blind Cat is healing the construct cannon, coordinates 774, 333, Corrupted Spirit Spring, give it a good blast!"

The rune array of the five magic cannons traced a dark blue trajectory in the sky above the swamp, and the energy accumulated at the muzzles caused the surrounding miasma to rise into a spiral vortex.

Boom boom boom...

Wang Bufu firmly adhered to the old tactics, attacking one round and then moving to another location, giving the corrupt roots no chance to approach from underground.

Just as the third round of overloaded artillery fire was about to hit the corrupted spiritual spring, the entire mound of rotten bones suddenly began to convulse violently as if it were alive!
"Rumble--"

A mournful sound like metal tearing came from deep underground. Flesh and blood roots, wrapped in metal and mycelium, broke through the soil and used their bodies to block the continuous shelling!

The metallic mycelium layer of the corrupted root nest melted crimson under the scorching heat of the rune cannonballs, yet it still wrapped the corrupted spirit spring layer by layer in a twisted, sacrificial posture.

The seven priest heads shrieked: "I am the one who deceived you; He is innocent. Do not touch Him!! He will become our new god. If you will kill my child, kill me first."

"My God!" the blind cat cried out in shock. "My lord, that monster is draining its own life essence to repair the spirit spring!"

"Damn it, what kind of mother-son bond are you putting on for me? Did you get Lingquan's permission to recognize you as her child? It's definitely an act!"

Wang, defiant and arrogant, waved his hand and shouted, "Blind Cat, keep charging! Bombard me hard!"

Boom boom boom!
As the barrage of cannon fire continued, the Corrupted Root Nest was torn apart by the magical shells, its tentacles snapping off one after another, and it roared as blood gushed out.

Yet it clung tightly to the corrupted spirit spring, preventing it from suffering any harm.

Even the blind cat was astonished by this scene. It whispered to Wang Bufu, "This lord, this doesn't seem like acting. It's quite real. Could this spirit spring really be from a demon?"

Wang Bufu's heart remained as firm as iron: "Nonsense! Don't be deceived by the monster's appearance. If it really cared so much about the spiritual spring, why didn't it come out during our first round of bombardment, but only during the third round?"

Blind Cat hesitated for a moment, then cautiously asked, "Is it possible that it only has a speed of four points, and is running too slowly?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. It must be an act." Before Wang Bufu could finish speaking, two muttered words rang out on the battlefield.

One sound was from a decaying root nest, and the other sounded like a little girl.

"Mom, get out of the way quickly! Your body is bleeding a lot, you won't be able to hold on like this."

"Shh! Baby, don't talk. Mommy's okay. Listen to Mommy, go hide in the underground pit for a bit. Mommy will come down and find you as soon as the bad guys leave."

"Mom, I'm afraid of the dark."

"Listen to me! If you don't, Mom won't give you your favorite fern marrow to eat anymore."

(End of this chapter)