Final Lord

Chapter 239 Entering the Cave
The skill panel of cave carriers is very special. In the normal stage, they will not gain any skills with each advancement, but will only gain 1 mushroom slot.

You can change the special abilities of the mushrooms you plant on the mushroom grid.

The strength of the mushrooms that can be grown on the mushroom grid is related to the initial mushrooms of the cave carrier. A cave carrier who advances using ordinary mushrooms can only grow ordinary mushrooms even at Ordinary Tier 3. Their potential is locked the moment they advance.

But Blind Chicken is different. He used a level 2 Extraordinary Stone Mother Mushroom to complete his initial advancement through near-death experiences, which means he can control all mushrooms at the Extraordinary stage with ease.

Wang Bufu turned his head and saw hope in the blind chicken for conquering the mushroom ring.

……

Under Wang Bufu's meticulous command, the harpies moved like ghosts along the edge of the spore-smoke-filled meadow. They operated according to their predetermined tactics: the first group, led by Heska, deliberately circled above the mushroom rings to provoke the fungal beasts and lure them out of the ground to spray spores; the second group of harpies lay hidden to the side, ready to swoop down and capture their prey weakened by the poisonous miasma.

"Three on the left have taken the bait!" Hera telepathically transmitted the message. Three fungal beasts were seen chasing Heska's afterimage as they rushed out of the mushroom ring. Their fungal armor gleamed coldly in the moonlight. As they stepped into the poisonous miasma zone that the cavemen had prepared in advance, their speed quickly decreased, and turbid slime seeped from the joints of their mycelium.

"Attack!" Wang Bufu gave the order, and twelve invisible harpies suddenly swooped down from all directions. Their claws were wrapped in semi-metallic nets woven by cavemen, traps hastily made from white spirit leaves, which could temporarily suppress the resistance of the fungus-dwelling beasts and were indestructible.

The metal net fell, and the three fungal-dwelling beasts were immediately caught in it and taken out of the mushroom area.

As soon as the harpies landed on the ground, the fungus began to struggle wildly.

"Look! At mine!"

The muscular tentacles of the Touch King wrapped around their necks like iron chains, dragging them into the dungeon that had been dug beforehand.

Under the pressure of the Touchmaster's strong muscles, the tiny Fungal Beast stuck out its tongue and white eyes, its expression resembling that of a female protagonist in an anime.

For a full half-day, 279 fungus-dwelling beasts were imprisoned in the dungeon.

Just then, the mushroom ring suddenly trembled violently. The wonder, now unguarded, began to contract its defenses. The mycelium of the seven types of mushrooms intertwined to form an impenetrable barrier, and the entrance to the burrow was completely sealed off by the wriggling mycelium. No new fungal beasts were born from those mycelium—their manpower had finally dried up.

It's now!

Wang Bufu immediately stretched out his palm towards the blind chicken.

"Blind chicken, come on."

"My lord, are you really coming?" The blind chicken was clearly a little nervous.

"There's no better solution; we have no choice but to go this way." Wang's determination was unwavering.

The blind chicken hesitated: "But, but this is my first time, I'm afraid I'll make you uncomfortable, my lord."

"It's okay, I'll endure it. Don't be afraid, I believe in you."

"Then, I'll come in!"

"Woo!!"

The blind chicken suddenly grabbed Wang Bufu's hand, and many fine mycelia climbed up Wang Bufu's arm and onto his body, taking root in his skin and forming a thick, sticky fungal network on his body.

A full half hour passed, and the ceremony was finally completed. The blind chicken was trembling, exhausted as if it had died once. Wang Bufu was also drenched in sweat, his face pale from the mycelium.

"Vaccination complete." Wang Bufu breathed a sigh of relief and checked his panel.

[Special conditions: Parasitic on *Stone Mother Fungus* / Parasitic on *Mammillaria lobata* / Parasitic on *Flammulina micrantha*]

The three parasitic mushrooms reduced Wang Bufu's maximum health by a total of 90 points. The effect was quite powerful. Wang Bufu now possesses spore resistance similar to that of a blind chicken, allowing him to enter the mushroom forest.

However, this state cannot be maintained for long, otherwise Wang Bufu's maximum health will decrease until he kills himself.

Upon seeing that the two had completed the ritual, Blind Cat and Touch Master rushed over and used a few healing spells to restore Wang Bufu and Blind Chicken to their original state!
"Let's go, we need to hurry." Wang Bufu raised his torch and rushed towards the central cave of the Mushroom Ring with Xia Ji.

Apart from him and Blind Chicken, no other unit could move inside the spore-filled mushroom ring. Only the two of them charged towards the mushroom ring alone.

Fortunately, with the fungal beasts no longer interfering, Wang Bufu successfully passed through the mushroom ring and arrived at the entrance to the cave in the center.

"Help me hold the torch." Wang Bufu handed the torch to the blind chicken, took out a flame from his chest, and pressed it against the mycelial barrier.

The two forces of order collided violently, bursting forth with a dazzling silver-green light.

After a ten-minute struggle, the mycelium finally slowly receded, revealing a dark hole.

As the light of the fire tore through the last barrier of mycelium, Wang Bufu's pupils suddenly contracted—a sticky, wriggling sound came from deep within the cave, accompanied by the harsh scraping of something against the rock wall.

Not long after entering the cave, Wang Bufu heard some noises coming from inside the cave walls.

"Watch out!" He grabbed the blind chicken that was about to peek out, and the two of them were thrown back. The next second, a monster three times the size of an ordinary fungus-dwelling beast burst out of the ground!

This mutated fungal-dwelling beast's armor displays a bizarre spiral pattern of alternating bronze and indigo, with twelve mycelial tentacles swaying behind it like living chains. Most terrifying of all is its cap, which is inlaid with seven sporangia of different colors, flickering in rhythm with its breathing.

【Fungus-Dwelling Beast Lord - Fungal Colony Beast (Transcendent Tier 1)】

"Extraordinary troops! Lord, step back!" The blind chicken's stone mother fungus instantly covered his entire body, transforming into a stone wall that blocked Wang Bufu's path.

Blind Chicken knew in his heart that he was the only guard Wang Bufu had brought with him, and he was prepared to protect Wang Bufu's safety with his own life.

"Although my rank is lower than itss and my attack power is insufficient, I'm incredibly durable. It would take it a long time to kill me!"

Despite his trembling legs, the blind chicken clenched his fists tightly and cried out, "My lord, I'll hold it off! You hurry—"

Before he could finish speaking, Wang Bufu had already drawn the spear from his back. The spear tip traced a golden arc in the torchlight, precisely piercing the gap in the fungal armor of the fungal beast's right forelimb.

"Roar!" The monster roared in pain and rage, its spore sacs contracting violently. Just as the seven-colored poisonous mist was about to erupt, Wang Bufu suddenly spun and leaped into the air. His cloak fluttered in the cave, and his spear swept across the monster's lower body like a dragon.

Click!Click!Click!
With three sharp cracks, Wang Bufu severed the mycelium at the joint of the monstrous colony. Just as it staggered and knelt, the tip of Wang Bufu's spear pierced the brightest sporangium in its chest.

(End of this chapter)