The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 110 Level Three Enhancement (10,000 words, please subscribe and vote/thanks to Bei Mingfan for the reward)

The corpse energy within its body grew increasingly severe, and large chunks of its skin and flesh rotted and fell off.

The squid-like head initially emitted faint sounds, but gradually quieted down. The dark red fungal flesh on its surface slowly dissolved, forming a juice that seeped and flowed downwards.

The corpse energy that had invaded its body slowly dissipated, and eventually, everything became deathly silent.

The giant squid, its enormous body was mostly dissolved, leaving only some remains.

Everyone watched silently as the powerful life form died completely. Finally, Li Yu let out a soft sigh and walked over.

The giant squid's corpse turned into something resembling dried, dark red tree bark, but its two eyeballs, larger than basketballs, remained, rolling to one side.

A faint halo appeared in Li Yu's right eye, and the "Eye of Truth and Illusion" was activated. With a wave of his right hand, the Crystallization Blade appeared.

Carefully cutting open a fungal tentacle that had turned into a dark red tree bark, everyone's eyes lit up. Inside was a crystal core, which turned out to be an enhancement crystal core.

Li Yu picked it up, then cut open the second withered tentacle that had turned into tree bark, and there was another enhancement crystal core inside.

Lin Muying, Zhou Xigang, and the other three watched in astonishment and wonder. In fact, each tentacle of the giant squid remnant contained a strengthening crystal core.

"No wonder this guy was so powerful. Even after he died, a single tentacle could condense into a fungal nucleus. That's amazing." Zhou Xigang exclaimed in astonishment.

Relying on the "Eye of Truth and Delusion," Li Yu dug out a total of seventeen enhancement crystal cores from the remains of the giant squid.

Adding to the previous four, there are now twenty-one enhanced crystal cores.

In addition to these enhanced crystal cores, Li Yu also dug out two symbiotic bacteria shrouded in a faint white light from the carcass of the giant squid.

Zhou Xigang and Fang Mingxuan were both excited to see the two symbiotic bacteria that had been dug up.

They are currently a steel-skinned bacterium and a tree-patterned bacterium, both of which are defensive symbiotes that can only increase basic strength. They have long wanted to switch to weapon-type symbiotes, but have not been able to obtain them.

These two symbiotic bacteria were dug out from the body of the giant squid. Given the strength of this monster, how could the symbiotic bacteria that appear inside its body be bad?

The two of them immediately stared at Li Yu expectantly.

Li Yu smiled and handed the two symbiotic bacteria to them.

Although these two symbiotic bacteria might not be bad, Li Yu now has crystallized bacteria that have been enhanced twice, as well as the mysterious symbiotic cocoon in his heart, so he doesn't care much for these two unknown symbiotic bacteria.

Zhou Xigang took the symbiotic bacteria and immediately began to peel off his own steel-skin bacteria.

Even though this steel-skinned fungus had been enhanced, he didn't care about it at all.

As the steel-skin bacteria were peeled off, Zhou Xigang grasped the newly acquired symbiotic bacteria, intending to integrate it into his left hand, but found that he could not.

"What's going on?" He frowned, then a thoughtful look appeared on his face, clearly indicating that the bone fungus inside his body had given him a message.

"I see, there are such amazing symbiotic bacteria."

His face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly took off the shoe on his right foot, which was covered in fungal mud, and placed the symbiotic fungus on it.

Black mycelium immediately extended from the symbiotic bacteria that were originally unable to merge, penetrating into the back of his foot and quickly merging completely into his right foot and disappearing.

The next moment, a large amount of black mycelium extended from the sole of his foot, covering his right foot, making it look as if he had suddenly put on a black shoe.

Qian Lili, seeing this, exclaimed in astonishment, "What kind of symbiotic bacteria is this? How can it fuse with my feet?"

Zhou Xigang said excitedly, "This is called Swift Shadow Bacteria. It can enhance the speed and power of my right leg. There is also a bacterial technique called 'Swift Shadow Kick.' It's incredible that there is such a symbiotic bacterium."

"This Swift Shadow Fungus even has fungal abilities?" Everyone stared at Zhou Xigang in surprise.

Li Yu only knew that some powerful fungal beasts might possess fungal skills, but he didn't expect that these symbiotic fungi also possessed fungal skills.

Zhou Xigang excitedly let out a low shout: "Swift Shadow Kick!"

He suddenly raised his leg and kicked out, instantly creating three afterimages in the air: one above, one in the middle, and one below. Two of the afterimages disappeared, leaving only the one in the middle as the real attack.

Li Yu noticed this and felt a slight chill. This "Swift Shadow Kick" could create three afterimages, making it impossible to distinguish which one was the real attack.

Moreover, Zhou Xigang's kick was extremely fast, making it difficult to defend against. This "Swift Shadow Kick" technique was indeed terrifying.

Looking at Fang Mingxuan again, he integrated the symbiotic bacteria he obtained into his right hand, and it appeared. Only a faint white halo appeared on the surface of his right hand, and other than that, there was nothing special about it.

Lin Muying asked curiously, "Fang Mingxuan, what kind of symbiotic bacteria is this? Why is it only covered by a faint white light?"

Li Yu was just as curious, feeling that these two symbiotic bacteria dug out from the remains of the giant squid were quite special.

Fang Mingxuan showed a look of surprise and said, "This is called amplification fungus, and it also has fungal skills called 'amplification attack'."

As he spoke, he opened his right hand and suddenly released a spore arc. A blue-white arc of electricity appeared between his palm and fingers and fell violently towards the corpse of a fungal beast in front of him.

With a hissing sound, Li Yu saw the arc of electricity fall, and sparks immediately appeared on the surface of the corpse, followed by a pungent smell of burning. Large patches of charred color appeared on the dried corpse.

The power of this attack was astonishing, exceeding the attack limit that a mid-stage spore cultivator could unleash.

Everyone was slightly startled and looked at Fang Mingxuan. Li Yu felt that the power of this attack was probably enough to damage even a rare-grade fungal beast.

Qian Lili looked surprised and said, "Fang Mingxuan, your amplifying bacteria is amazing! This 'amplification attack' can enhance the power of the spore arc?"

Fang Mingxuan nodded, a hint of excitement on his face, and said with a slight pursing of his lips, "Yes, it's not just spore arcs." As he said this, he suddenly gripped the long sword in his right hand and swung it wildly. The long sword moved with a faint wind, and each strike was extremely sharp.

Li Yu watched as the faint halo that appeared on the surface of his right hand gradually extended to the long sword.

It seems that this "amplified attack" can not only enhance the attack power of the spore arc, but also increase the lethality of every slash he makes.

After unleashing several consecutive slashes, Fang Mingxuan felt extremely relieved, his eyes shining brightly, and the confidence he had long lost finally returned.

In his view, this amplifying bacterium is more powerful than any other type of symbiotic bacteria that has appeared so far.

Lin Muying and Qian Lili watched with envy.

None of the symbiotic bacteria they obtained possessed any bacterial skills. The symbiotic bacteria that appeared in the body of the giant squid after its death were indeed extraordinary, possessing such powerful abilities as bacterial skills.

Li Yu discovered that these amplifying bacteria and swift-shadow bacteria were neither defensive nor weapon-like, and guessed that they were a third type of symbiotic bacteria besides weapons and defenses.

These types of symbiotic bacteria are likely very rare, and each one is extremely powerful. The fact that this giant squid is so powerful is probably related to these two mysterious and rare symbiotic bacteria in its body.

Fang Mingxuan sheathed his longsword, took out the enhancement crystal core he had kept but never used, and enhanced the "amplifier".

With the successful enhancement, the "Amplification Bacteria" that had received the enhancement underwent a noticeable change, and the faint halo on Fang Mingxuan's right hand became brighter.

A hint of excitement appeared on Fang Mingxuan's face. The amplification bacterium that had been strengthened once had a greater amplification intensity than the one that hadn't been strengthened before.

Li Yu gave him three enhancement crystals, allowing him to enhance the "Amplification Bacteria" to level two.

Afterwards, Li Yu gave Qian Lili and Zhou Xigang four enhancement crystal cores each, allowing them to enhance their symbiotic bacteria to level two and improve their combat power.

As for Lin Muying's Rock Claw Fungus, it has been strengthened to level two and cannot be upgraded for the time being. After all, no one knows how many enhancement crystals are needed to strengthen it to level three.

Even with so many enhancement crystals, fusion might not be successful, so Li Yu couldn't afford to waste them under such uncertain circumstances.

Qian Lili's giant hook fungus was enhanced to level two, increasing its attack range from two meters to three meters. A faint white halo also appeared on the surface of the giant hook, indicating that its destructive power had been greatly enhanced.

Zhou Xigang was overjoyed and kept trying to kick out with his right leg, testing the power of the second-strengthened Swift Shadow Fungus in battle.

The three were given eleven enhanced fungal crystals. Li Yu now had eleven enhanced crystal cores left, and he began to fuse them one by one into his crystallized fungus, wanting to see if he could break through to level three.

He had already fused with five enhancement crystal cores, and now he fused with four more. Finally, the crystallizing bacteria reacted and successfully enhanced to level three.

The crystallizing bacteria, which had been enhanced to level three, underwent an astonishing change; the crystallizing blade, originally two feet long, grew to one meter in length.

The blade is an astonishing five centimeters wide, and the mycelium that can extend between the blade and his left hand has grown from one foot to half a meter.

Holding the one-meter-long crystallization knife, and looking at the faint white halo that appeared on its surface, Li Yu's face showed a joyful expression.

The crystallized bacteria, having undergone three enhancements, have seen a significant improvement in both toughness and sharpness. He can now cut through the defenses formed by symbiotic bacteria that have not been enhanced using his crystallized blade.

With the blade and mycelium combined, the total length reaches 1.5 meters. This means that by controlling the mycelium and using the length of his arm, Li Yu can easily attack enemies more than 1.5 meters away with the crystallized blade.

Its attack range and area are in no way inferior to the left-handed iron spear.

"Level 1 enhancement requires one bacterial core, level 2 requires three, and level 3 requires nine. It seems that each enhancement requires three times the number of bacterial cores of the previous level. If four enhancements are possible, then to enhance the crystallized bacteria to level 4, 27 enhancement crystal cores will be needed."

Li Yu still had six enhancement crystal cores left, so he tried to fuse another one to see if he could achieve a level four enhancement.

The sclerotium merged into the crystallized bacteria that had been strengthened three times, like a mud ox sinking into the sea, without causing the slightest ripple. This confirmed that as long as there were enough strengthening crystal cores, a fourth strengthening could be carried out.

Li Yu did not fuse the remaining five enhancement crystal cores into the symbiotic bacteria again, but temporarily put them away, deciding how to use them later depending on the situation. After all, these enhancement crystal cores could not only enhance the symbiotic bacteria, but also be sold for money.

Fang Mingxuan, Zhou Xigang, and Qian Lili all tried to adapt to the symbiotic bacteria that had been enhanced a second time, and each of them could not hide their excitement.

This is a significant improvement for them.

Li Yu suddenly felt hungry, opened Fang Mingxuan's backpack, took out another jelly mushroom and ate it.

The mushrooms that were eaten turned into a stream of heat, which was then absorbed by the cocoon in the heart area and slowly digested.

Everyone else looked surprised, not expecting Li Yu to digest the jelly mushroom so quickly, especially considering it was a level four edible fungus.

Fang Mingxuan now has seven jelly mushrooms left in his backpack.

After the initial excitement subsided, everyone felt exhausted and sleepy.

In this underground world, the people were completely unaware of the passage of time or what time it was. They could only feel that a very long time had passed and that they hadn't slept in a long time.

At the end of the mountain of corpses, there was no road, only a rock wall thirty or forty meters high. The only way out was to climb up the rock wall.

After discussing it, the five decided to rest on the spot and recharge before climbing the rock face again.

Sitting on the ground, Lin Muying and the other three each ate a jelly mushroom, leaving them with only three jelly mushrooms.

However, Li Yu had already spotted some leaf-green mushrooms, a type of level-five edible fungus, on the rock wall from afar, so there was no need to worry about food for the time being.

Li Yu told them to rest well. He had now learned to rest while sensing the fungus, in a semi-awake, semi-sleep state, which allowed him to quickly recover his physical and mental strength while remaining alert to his surroundings.

He can be alert immediately if anything seems amiss or danger approaches.

He had taught this method to Lin Muying and the other three, but he didn't know whether they had learned it or not.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Yu sensed that Lin Muying and the others had woken up, so he opened his eyes as well, his previous drowsiness completely gone.

Fortunately, no bacterium-infected beasts appeared during their rest period.

Perhaps Li Yu fused with the cocoon, and nothing could attract those fungal beasts to this place anymore.

Everyone regained their energy, and Li Yu felt hungry again, so he ate a jelly mushroom.

After eating the jelly mushroom, it turned into a warm current that flowed into the heart and was absorbed by the cocoon. Li Yu felt a slight stirring in his heart, sensing faint energy fluctuations within the cocoon.

"It seems there's been a change. Is it time to hatch?" Li Yu asked excitedly.

After witnessing the rare symbiotic bacteria that Fang Mingxuan and Zhou Xigang obtained, he became increasingly eager to see what kind of special symbiotic bacteria would be born in the cocoon that his heart had fused with.

"Let's go, hopefully we can leave this awful place today."

Zhou Xigang looked up at the rock wall. Although the rock wall was very steep, reaching a height of thirty or forty meters, it was covered with a large amount of mycelium.

But with their current skills, barring any unforeseen circumstances, climbing up shouldn't be difficult for them.

Everyone nodded in agreement and began climbing up the rock face.

Li Yu held the iron spear in his left hand and crystallized his right, easily grabbing into the crevice of the rock wall and taking the lead in climbing upwards.

The group moved quickly, as agile as monkeys, and fortunately, they did not encounter any fungal beasts or any danger along the way.

Along the way, they saw a patch of green mushrooms, stopped, picked them, filled two backpacks, and then climbed to the top one after another.

Li Yu flipped over and climbed onto the rock face, then paused slightly in surprise.

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