The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 240 Advancement and Breakthrough (Thanks to ricky007 for the donation)

One of the elite guards saw Wei Tian stumble and lunged forward, his Bone-Bone Heavy Blade transforming into a massive rainbow of light as it slashed down from mid-air.

At this moment, Wei Tian's halberd was knocked away, his arms went numb, and his palms were covered in blood. When he saw the blade light that suddenly slashed down from the sky, his expression changed drastically.

Fortunately, Li Yu saw this and suddenly leaped in, sweeping his scarlet scythe horizontally, with a faint roar coming from inside.

The fungal technique "Roar of the Dead" is activated.

With a "clang," it blocked the blade light that slashed down from mid-air, saving Wei Tian. The scarlet divine light shot out and swept horizontally.

With a "hiss," the fungal tendrils all over the elite guard exploded, intertwining to protect him. Although the crimson divine light severed these tendrils one by one, the elite guard had already retreated to create distance and avoid his attack.

Four elite guards launched an attack together, unleashing four "Soul-Devouring Slashes" along with "Loop Binding".

Nan Muyu shouted, flung the crystal wheel in her left hand through the air, and then retreated rapidly.

He cursed Wei Tian inwardly, thinking that since he was no match for this group of elite guards, he should have retreated immediately upon seeing so many elite guards suddenly appear.

As a result, he insisted on going head-on, causing them to believe that Wei Tian could fight against this group of elite guards, so they did not retreat but stayed where they were.

Now that a horde of elite guards is rushing up, not to mention the spore-stage cultivators who haven't broken through yet, even their mycelium-level experts are in danger.

Wei Tian's face was extremely ugly. He rolled backwards on the ground, then got up, looking rather disheveled.

"Retreat!" he roared, ordering Guo Jun, Wang Huai'an, and the others to retreat, but it was too late. A group of elite guards unleashed "Soul Devouring Slash" in succession, with giant blades slashing down from the sky.

This was not just one elite guard, but more than twenty elite guards. They suddenly charged into the crowd, and screams rang out. In an instant, at least ten people were killed.

Li Yu let out an angry shout, waved his left hand, and the Death Mushroom Umbrella opened, smashing down from mid-air.

With a deafening roar, several heavy blades slashed through the air at the incoming Death Mushroom Umbrella, instantly shattering and exploding it.

Although the Death Mushroom Umbrella had amazing defense, it couldn't withstand the "Soul-Devouring Slash" launched by several elite guards working together.

Li Yu seized the opportunity and retreated at full speed.

"Back off!" Li Yu also turned around and shouted at Lin Muying and the others behind him.

The crowd retreated like a tide, while over twenty elite guards charged into their midst, blood splattering everywhere, and the constant screams filled everyone with fear and unease.

Wei Tian's face was somewhat ferocious. His halberd reappeared in his right hand, and he wanted to turn around to block these elite guards, but when he saw the four elite guards rushing towards him, his scalp tingled, and he could only turn around and run away.

As a fellow mycelium expert, his strength is definitely among the top in his class. Even when facing two elite guardians, he is not afraid to fight two against one.

However, the four elite guardians were far beyond his capabilities, and now he finally realized that he had seriously underestimated their strength.

Li Yu retreated, protecting Lin Muying, Qian Lili, Zhou Xigang, and the others behind him. When he saw the two elite guards rushing towards him, he immediately activated "Roar of the God of Death" and "Crimson Destruction".

A massive crimson divine light engulfed what lay ahead, blocking the two elite guards who charged forward.

Suddenly, another elite guard lunged from the side, and behind Li Yu, the Tree-Eyed Beast rose up, gripping the Heavenly Wolf Giant Blade with both hands, and slashed out from mid-air.

The powerful "Heavenly Wolf Slash" was activated, instantly unleashing three sword lights that condensed into a giant, dark blue sword light that shot out from the blade, reaching a length of three meters.

The incident was sudden; even a powerful elite guard never expected that Li Yu had a Tree-Eyed Beast on his back, and that it could launch a sudden attack.

Caught off guard, he managed to take a half-step back, but still couldn't completely dodge the attack, and the huge blade of light slashed through his shoulder.

In an instant, the heavy bony blade detached from the body and flew away.

The elite guard groaned and stumbled backward.

Apart from Li Yu, Wei Tian, ​​Nan Muyu, and Lin Shuang, who could barely hold off the enemy, the rest of the group was routed. Nearly two hundred people collapsed and were hunted down by more than twenty elite guards and a large number of native guards.

People screamed and collapsed from time to time; in just a short time, at least forty people died here.

The group fled back for several hundred meters before the elite guards who had caught up finally stopped, and then led the horde of native guards back slowly.

The survivors stopped, looked at each other, their faces still showing shock, and all of them looked extremely pale.

The original two hundred people have now become more than one hundred and sixty.

Wei Tian remained silent, then suddenly sat down on the ground, his eyes fixed on the twenty-odd elite guards who had retreated into the distance.

He clearly possessed the ability to kill elite guards, but he had just been so humiliated, especially in front of everyone, which was an utter disgrace to him.

Li Yu slowly withdrew his Yin power and sat down to rest, letting out soft breaths. He understood that these twenty-odd elite guards were currently beyond their ability to deal with.

Especially since these elite guards are no longer scattered but concentrated in one place, they are even more beyond their ability to deal with.

Nan Muyu and Lin Shuang glanced at Wei Tian again. They both thought the same thing: Wei Tian was largely responsible for the deaths of so many people.

However, they couldn't say these words aloud.

"This man is just showing off and has harmed so many people," Nan Muyu cursed inwardly. She couldn't stand Wei Tian.

"What do we do now? Turn back?" Wu Xiuchun looked at Bai Yan beside him and said slowly and softly, "There are more than twenty elite guards, and who knows how many more are hidden deep ahead. Unless we can all break through to the mycelium stage, there is no hope of getting those treasures."

Bai Yan glanced at Wu Xiuchun and said, "I'll be done soon, how about you?"

These past few days, they've mostly been hunting fungal beasts together, and they've gradually become familiar with each other.

Wu Xiuchun frowned slightly and said, "It feels like it's coming soon, but I can't say exactly when the breakthrough will occur."

Bai Yan nodded slightly. She understood that sometimes, although it felt like it was coming soon, it could take several days to actually break through.

Looking at the treasure mushrooms faintly radiating a halo in the distance, Li Yu couldn't help but feel tempted. Unfortunately, there were so many elite guards gathered in front of him, and they could only watch those treasures with their eyes open, unable to get their hands on them. This feeling was not pleasant.

During the break, the group discussed the powerful elite guards and the many people who had just died. Some also discussed whether to stay here or return to find more suitable fungal beasts to hunt so they could break through to the peak as soon as possible.

After all, time is passing day by day, and the day of the next fungal disaster is getting closer and closer. Only by breaking through to become a powerful mycelium can they survive the next fungal disaster.

Everyone who hasn't yet achieved a promotion or breakthrough feels a sense of unease.

Inside this ghost temple, one cannot see the sky outside, nor can one even perceive the passage of time. Li Yu can only guess that it should be June now, but he doesn't know the exact date.

The bacterial outbreak occurred on June 15th, which means that there are at most less than fifteen days until the next bacterial outbreak.

As the group rested and discussed, a large number of figures suddenly appeared behind them again.

Everyone turned to look, and this time there were nearly two hundred people.

These two hundred people were naturally the same batch of newcomers from the ten supply points as them, but they arrived at the Ghost Temple later than them.

Many people who were resting immediately stood up, and some waved from a distance, indicating that quite a few of them knew each other.

Qian Lili also let out a soft exclamation; she also spotted someone she knew among the two hundred people.

Li Yu had the best eyesight and could spot the two hundred people from afar, including familiar faces like Tang Burou, Yi Han, Zhao Wu, and Fang Qinian.

Zhou Dingfeng, Yuan Shuyao, and others.

Li Yu remembered that when they were in Lingxu City, their group had formed a team and invited him to join them, but he declined because he was going to the North District Hotel with Bai Xiuluo.

Unexpectedly, they finally met again in the ghost temple of this ancient forest.

Seeing that Tang Burou was safe and sound, Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief for some reason, as if he had been relieved.

As the two hundred people walked up, Tang Burou's eyes scanned the crowd and quickly settled on Li Yu.

She didn't expect to see Li Yu here; Li Yu had entered the depths of this ghost temple even faster than her.

"Li Yu." Tang Burou smiled and waved to Li Yu from afar.

"Brother Li." Yi Han chuckled; he also had a good impression of Li Yu.

Li Yu smiled and nodded at them, then stood up.

Although Yi Han has a rather arrogant personality, he treats Li Yu well and is a friend worth making.

Li Yu noticed that Tang Burou had become much stronger since he last saw her, and he could sense the powerful aura emanating from her body.

After all, these past few days in the Ancient Wood Ghost Forest, not to mention anything else, just the enhancement crystal cores that have been dropped are enough for everyone to upgrade the symbiotic bacteria to the limit of level five.

This one improvement alone can greatly enhance everyone's strength, not to mention that it may also hide other opportunities.

Tang Burou, Yi Han, Zhao Wu, and others came over, and Bai Yan stood up to greet them; they were all old acquaintances.

"I really didn't expect you to get in here even faster than us." Zhao Wu smiled and looked at Bai Yan, then suddenly seemed to remember something: "By the way, where are Ma Tao and the others?" He remembered that Ma Tao was with Bai Yan at the time.

Bai Yan shook her head with a bitter smile and said, "Dead."

Upon hearing the news, Zhao Wu's heart skipped a beat, and then he sighed. He and Ma Tao had a decent relationship, though they weren't particularly close friends, but Zhao Wu still felt a pang of sadness upon hearing of his death.

Then he saw Wei Tian and the others, and hurriedly went up to greet them.

Besides them, Nan Muyu, Lin Shuang, Wu Xiuchun, the man in the black hat, and others on the other side also greeted the familiar faces among them.

"Among you, how many of you have broken through the spore stage and advanced to the mycelium stage?" Nan Muyu suddenly raised her voice and asked one of the men she knew.

Now everyone is stuck here, unable to go any further. Seeing that they can't get their hands on the treasure, Nan Muyu is also a little anxious. She hopes that there are more people in the mycelium stage among them so that they can break through.

She felt a surge of hope for the two hundred people who had arrived. If there were a few more powerful mycelium members among them, perhaps they could kill the elite guards and obtain the treasure.

"There are two in total, this one and this one." The man she was asking was not a mycelium expert, so he introduced them to Nan Muyu.

One of the two he mentioned was Yi Han, and the other was a man with angular features, pale skin, and a thin build. He had a cold and stern aura and gave people a feeling of being unapproachable.

Through his introduction, Nan Muyu learned that the two people's names were Yi Han and Ling Xiuyun.

After hearing the man's introduction, Li Yu realized that Yi Han in front of him was already a powerful expert in the mycelium stage.

"You've broken through to the mycelial stage? Congratulations!" Li Yu smiled.

Yi Han laughed and said, "I've only broken through for less than half a day."

Li Yu thought of Yi Han, who was also an outstanding figure at Supply Point No. 5, having reached the peak of the spore stage many days earlier than himself.

He broke through to become a mycelium expert half a day ago, and I'm almost there too, I should be able to advance today.

So, all things considered, my hard work hunting powerful fungal beasts these past few days has finally made up for the gap I've been missing.

His current rate of growth means he's slowly catching up with the group of people who are growing the fastest.

At least for now, Tang Burou has not yet been able to break through.

Tang Burou reached the peak of the spore stage several days earlier than him.

Disappointment showed on Nan Muyu's face. Out of these two hundred people, there were only two at the mycelial stage? Including them, there were only six people. With the strength of six people, it was obviously impossible to fight against more than twenty elite guards.

Tang Burou looked at Li Yu in front of her with a complicated expression. She remembered that when she left Lingxu City, Yuan Shuyao and Zhou Dingfeng had said that when Li Yu entered Lingxu City, he was only at the top level of the Spore stage, not even at the peak.

However, the strength he displayed at that time was among the best even among those at the peak of the Spore Stage. Tang Burou still finds it unbelievable now. She has always wanted to see Li Yu and ask him in person.

But now that she saw Li Yu again, she suddenly realized she didn't know how to ask him anything.

At this moment, Nan Muyu and the others began to explain why they had stopped here. They heard that there were more than twenty elite guards ahead, who were powerful B-level elite beasts. The two hundred people who arrived here also showed expressions of shock.

According to information about fungal beasts, C-grade rare beasts are said to possess strength surpassing that of ordinary peak spore-stage beasts.

Of course, the peak of the spore stage here is generally compared to newcomers who have just broken through to the peak of the spore stage or those with relatively low combat power.

The weak, etc.

These days, they entered the Ancient Ghost Forest, and those with weaker strength were basically eliminated.

Those who have survived are all powerful individuals, especially those who have obtained a massive amount of enhancement crystals, allowing them to continuously strengthen and upgrade their symbiotic bacteria.

Now, let alone C-grade rare beasts, even the more powerful B-grade fungal beasts, including the strongest peak spore-stage experts, can be put to a fight.

However, no matter how strong and improved they become, their fighting limit is basically only B-grade fungal beasts. As for the more powerful B-grade elite beasts, they can only hope to fight them if they break through to the mycelium stage.

Now, hearing that there were more than twenty B-rank elite beasts in the distance, everyone felt their scalps tingle.

Although Yi Han was arrogant, he wasn't stupid. He was surprised to hear that there were so many elite guards.

"We have four mycelial stages here, including myself, Li Yu, Lin Shuang, and Wei Tian."

As Nan Muyu spoke, she pointed to Li Yu and Wei Tian, ​​then looked at Yi Han and Ling Xiuyun in the group and said, "Including you, there are six of us. If the six of us join forces, we might be able to give it a try, but it's very dangerous."

She thought of the method Lin Shuang had suggested before: to defeat them one by one. If they could find a way to separate this group of elite guards, they would have a chance to kill them.

Wei Tian shook his head and replied, "No, we need at least ten mycelial stages before we can even try. It's not worth taking such a risk now."

"Yes, let's wait a bit longer; perhaps new people will come."

There are more than a thousand new recruits in this batch. Although many will die along the way, Wei Tian believes that at least half of them will be able to enter the Ghost Temple, which would be six or seven hundred people. Only more than three hundred people have entered so far. If we just wait a little longer, more people will definitely arrive.

Why not gather more powerful mycelium species and fight again?

He had experienced the combined power of these elite guards before, and now he dared not be overconfident again.

Nan Muyu was surprised that Wei Tianyou, who had been so excited just now, had become so conservative. Her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly.

Lin Shuang chimed in, "I agree. It's too dangerous to act now. Let's wait. Is there anyone among you who is about to break through?" He suddenly raised his voice and looked at everyone.

If three or four of these three hundred people can break through the mycelial stage in a short period of time, then they will be confident.

The only downside is that the more powerful the mycelium grows, the more competitors there are for the treasures. This is like a double-edged sword, with both advantages and disadvantages.

Upon hearing Lin Shuang's question, Tang Burou suddenly said, "I should be done soon."

Li Yu glanced at her, surprised that Tang Burou was growing so fast. It seemed that she had been hunting fungal beasts relentlessly these past few days.

Bai Yan's lips moved; she seemed to want to say that she would be soon too, but then she didn't. She felt somewhat uncertain, only...

I feel like it's coming soon, but I'm still a bit unsure about exactly when I'll make a real breakthrough.

Li Yu sat down again, his eyes lowered, and stopped talking. Just now, he felt a strange fluctuation in the spores of the fungus in his right eye.

This fluctuation was strange; it had never happened before. This made him realize something, so he began to focus on sensing the changes in his right eye.

A strong feeling welled up in his heart: his pupil spores were undergoing a tremendous change.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, he's about to break through.

After a long wait, he is finally about to enter the mycelial stage of his growth.

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