Elf Trader: My trump card is the Light/Dark Mantis.

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As it turns out, Jiang Gu overestimated the mushroom monster's health!

After the trainer threw the 26th PP booster to Dal.

The mantis larvae replenished their energy and were just about to unleash Crescent Slash again...

But it hadn't even had a chance to make a move yet.

The figure of the overlord of the forests of Kross collapsed with a crash!

Although the mushroom monster has not lost consciousness, it is too weak to stand up again!

Its body was covered in countless wounds; it couldn't hold on any longer!

Jiang Gu was naturally overjoyed by this.

"It's done!"

He immediately threw an elf capsule over!

However, the mushroom monster broke free the moment the capsule captured it!

The mushroom monster has reappeared!

"Failed?"

"It's normal."

Jiang Gu nodded dismissively.

Back when he played games like Pokémon and Seer, catching a legendary Pokémon or a powerful Pokémon would cost him a few hundred Poké Balls, which was considered average.

Let's see who gives up first!

Jiang Gu looked relaxed!

Gua sha (scraping therapy) actually killed the mushroom monster...

Are you still afraid that you can't subdue them?

Thus began a protracted battle.

Jiang Gu threw out one capsule after another.

The mushroom monster, however, struggled to break free time and time again.

But each time it breaks free, its strength weakens.

In the game, whether a sprite can be caught depends on a random number.

In reality, breaking the capsule's confinement requires releasing energy!

The mushroom monster will eventually be unable to escape!

It was clear that this dominant elf was gradually declining.

The two little mantises, Dahl and Sadero, excitedly and curiously jumped to Jiang Gu's side, waiting for the battle to end.

However, subsequent developments disrupted Jiang Gu's plans.

After the mushroom monster forcibly broke free from the sprite capsule and revealed its true form once again, it seemed to realize the desperate situation it was in!

Currently, I am surrounded by two larvae of the Light and Dark Mantises...

They've been utterly defeated!

And this strange creature, its entire body covered in silver skin, seemed to be trying to capture him with this special device...

As the absolute overlord of the forests of Kross, a king who has ruled this place for countless years.

The mushroom monster revealed a human-like look of grief and indignation!

It absolutely cannot accept itself being so humiliated and controlled by others!

Therefore, it was as if it had made some kind of decision...

Suddenly, the internal energy within my body surged forth!

Then, the mushroom monster's already enormous body swelled up like an inflating balloon!

Streaks of white light scattered out...

The next second, a guess suddenly arose in Jiang Gu's mind...

Something is wrong!

This guy, is he going to...?

Just self-destruct!

Why don't you run now?

Jiang Gu reacted extremely quickly, swiftly returning Dahl and Sadero to their capsules, and then dashing off in the opposite direction from the mushroom monster!

He admitted that he had indeed made a serious mistake!

In reality, elves, especially those overlord-level creatures, would never easily submit to humans!

Jiang Gu could only run forward as fast as he could!

Fortunately, the location where they fought the mushroom monster was quite close to the cave where Yiyi lived.

Jiang Gu knew he was likely to be buried under rubble in the explosion, but he gritted his teeth and crawled inside!

Not long after, he felt a tremendous impact coming from behind!

"Gan!"

A word flashed through his mind before he lost consciousness.

……

Jiang Gu regained consciousness not long afterward.

His nanosuit offers decent protection against impacts.

Jiang Gu felt a dull pain in his chest and back.

He was still able to stand up, but at the same time, he realized that he had just been hiding in the cave.

Now, however, he was blown away by the massive shockwave and explosive force, and lay directly in a pile of rubble.

A significant portion of the surface of the cave, which served as the home of the Yi Yi clan, was destroyed by the bombing.

As for...

The mushroom monster naturally vanished into thin air...

"No way, all that effort for nothing??"

Jiang Gu looked pained.

He didn't seem to think much of the close call he had just experienced.

After all, the last time Jiang Gu returned to Kross, he only had Dahl protecting him, and he narrowly escaped death several times...

But the thought of spending 40 points to buy PP boosters in an attempt to capture this mushroom monster, only to fail...

Jiang Gu felt as if his heart was bleeding!

40 points!

That translates to 400,000 Alliance Coins, enough for me and Xiao Lan's food expenses for a year!

However, before he could dwell on his sorrow for long, he spotted a strange sphere emanating a gentle, grass-like energy slowly emerging from the remains of the mushroom monster…

"This is?"

In an instant, Jiang Gu matched the energy cluster in front of him with something from his memory...

"The essence of the little mushroom?"

"Could it be that……"

"I didn't lose money this time?"

Jiang Gu took three steps in two and rushed forward.

Then, he confirmed what he had seen.

【Name: Little Mushroom】

[Level: lv.0 (Essence State)]

[Type: Grass]

[Characteristics: None]

[Mastered Techniques: None]