Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

The two continued deeper into the area, which was described as a mining island, but there was nothing around except rocks.

"Boss, maybe we're going in the wrong direction. We haven't found any ore yet," Li Ming couldn't help but say.

"Hmm, you're right. So, which way do you suggest we go?" Xu Jiawei gave up her spot.

"Hey boss, shall we go this way?" Li Ming asked, seemingly observing Xu Jiawei's reaction.

Xu Jiawei nodded. "Let's go."

It was indeed a matter of luck. We hadn't found anything after following Xu Jiawei for so long, but after following Li Ming for less than ten minutes, an iron mine stood there.

Xu Jiawei: This is fake, tell me this is fake!

The two remained silent for a moment, then silently took out their pickaxes and began mining. The mine was small, and it was gone in less than an hour. They each received a few dozen pieces and continued on their way.

Li Ming was leading the charge when a sudden chill ran through him, and Xu Jiawei immediately pulled him aside. "Watch out!"

A huge, jet-black wolf appeared where Li Ming had just been standing.

"Sister Xu, thank you." Li Ming, still reeling from the ordeal, was in a state of shock.

"Do you have any weapons? I won't be able to take care of you later." After Xu Jiawei finished speaking, she looked at the hundreds of wolves that had surrounded her. There were more than a dozen elite demon wolves. More importantly, Xu Jiawei looked at the jet-black demon wolf from before. This should be the wolf king.

"Yes, yes, I will try my best, boss, and try not to hold you back." Li Ming took out a purple axe and slashed at the ordinary demon wolf.

Xu Jiawei pulled out her purple longsword and approached the elite demon wolves, intending to kill the smaller monsters first before fighting the wolf king.

However, the wolf king did not give Xu Jiawei this chance and pounced on her directly. It seems that the method used to deal with snakes cannot be used, and the wolf king must be dealt with first.

Xu Jiawei's knife struck the wolf king.

[Ding! Player has encountered a level 10 boss, the Demon Wolf King. A limited-time quest has been activated: Defeat the boss to receive generous rewards.]

Level 10! Xu Jiawei is only level 5 now, halfway there!

The knife struck the wolf as if it were cutting steel, leaving only a bloody mark. Xu Jiawei's face was extremely pale. Her strength was close to 70, so why couldn't she cut it?

[Defense Specialization: Reduces damage taken by 70%.]

No wonder it's impossible to cut. Who the hell could cut this? Xu Jiawei released parasitic spores, which drifted into the air.

"Hold your breath and stay away from me," Xu Jiawei shouted at Li Ming. One bad thing about this parasitic spore is that it can't distinguish between friend and foe, except for Xu Jiawei herself.

Li Ming quickly moved away from Xu Jiawei.

The spores entered the wolf king's body through its respiratory tract and quickly took effect. It was obvious that the wolf king's speed had slowed down. Using the spirit-binding spell again, a group of highly venomous snake mushrooms began to line up and try to burrow into the wolf king's mouth, but unfortunately they were still too cumbersome, and none of them succeeded.

Xu Jiawei creates opportunities for the mushrooms.

Deliberately revealing an opening, the wolf king immediately pounced. Xu Jiawei threw a mushroom into the wolf king's mouth, and the mushroom desperately crawled inside. The wolf king's speed slowed down, so it roared loudly.

Instantly, all the wolves blocked the wolf king's path and pounced on Xu Jiawei. Fortunately, she had activated a purple armor earlier, and with the damage reduction from the Biological Charm Body, she was able to recover completely thanks to the Snake Death God title. However, Li Ming might not be able to recover.

Xu Jiawei tossed all the crude potions she had concocted yesterday to Li Ming, saying, "Remember to pay!"

"Sister, you are my own sister! I will follow your lead from now on." Li Ming was deeply moved. Even though Sister Xu faced the wolf king herself, she still gave him the medicine.

After drinking a few potions, Li Ming's health was fully restored, and he continued to kill ordinary wolves. In just this short time, he leveled up to level two!

Xu Jiawei fought her way through the wolf king, stood before it, and plunged her longsword into its mouth. "Goodbye."

[Ding! Congratulations on defeating the boss, the Demon Wolf King! Experience +4000, Wolf King's Treasure Map *1, Gold Treasure Chest *1]

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the limited-time mission and obtaining 1 gold-tier equipment]

[Ding! Congratulations on reaching level 6! You have received 1 free attribute point. You are the first player in the entire server to reach level 6 and are eligible for rewards. 1. Luck +1, 2. ...]

"1" Xu Jiawei made her choice after the system finished explaining what "one" meant.

Li Ming, standing nearby, thought to himself: "It seems like the big boss is really unlucky."

Just when everyone thought it was over, a sudden change occurred. An elite demon wolf began to grow larger, and its fur began to turn black. "Oh no, it's going to become the wolf king."

Xu Jiawei immediately leaped forward and slashed at the elite demon wolf with her sword.

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for defeating the Half-Demon Wolf King. Experience +2000.]

Before they could even catch their breath, the next elite demon wolf began to mutate as well, and ordinary demon wolves surrounded it, blocking the mutated elite demon wolf.

Seeing this, Li Ming gritted his teeth and cleared a path for Xu Jiawei.

Xu Jiawei charged towards the elite demon wolves once again.

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for defeating the Half-Demon Wolf King. Experience +2000.]

The other elite dire wolves were hiding behind the ordinary dire wolves; trying to kill them one by one would only lead to exhaustion.

No wonder it's five-star difficulty, now I know the problem.

Xu Jiawei used the parasitic spores again to charge down the next mutated wolf.

Xu Jiawei was already panting heavily at this point.

"Sis, use this!" Li Ming, who was also panting heavily, handed a bottle of energy potion to Xu Jiawei. "This is the only bottle, sis, it's up to you now." Li Ming shouted.

Xu Jiawei poured the medicine into her mouth, wanting to finish quickly!

No longer concerned about mana consumption, Xu Jiawei used up all the Poisonous Mushrooms and then used three Parasitic Spores in succession. The surrounding demonic wolves slowed down, and Xu Jiawei accelerated directly to the mutated demonic wolf and killed it with a single strike. Fortunately, she did not specialize in defense during the mutation.

While the demonic wolf was still affected by the parasitic spores, Xu Jiawei swiftly killed three elite venomous snakes that had not mutated. A minute later, the effect wore off.

Xu Jiawei is once again facing a tough battle.

There are also five elite demon wolves.

She fought her way to the next mutated wolf and slashed down hard. Xu Jiawei still had some strength left. The next wolf began to mutate. Since the number of ordinary wolves had decreased, most of them surrounded the mutated wolf, which gave Xu Jiawei an opportunity to take advantage of the situation and kill an elite wolf.

The ordinary dire wolves immediately returned to defend, and Xu Jiawei took the opportunity to kill the mutated dire wolves. There were still two left. What should she do? Xu Jiawei began to breathe slightly. Well, she decided to take a gamble.

"Let's each attack one, and don't let them provide reinforcements," Xu Jiawei shouted to Li Ming.

"Alright!" Li Ming gritted his teeth, took out a miniature bomb, his last line of defense. With a bang, most of the ordinary demon wolves died.

Xu Jiawei also used all her strength to kill the mutated wolf.

[Ding! Congratulations on reaching level 7! You have received 1 Free Attribute Point. You are the first player in the entire server to reach level 7 and are eligible for the following rewards: 1. Luck +1; 2. Random Equipment; 3. Random Rare Blueprint]

There were no potions this time, not even anything useful. Xu Jiawei directly chose option 1, putting all two free attribute points into physical strength. Xu Jiawei squeezed out a bit of strength and killed the mutated dire wolf. After seeing that all the elite dire wolves had been killed, the ordinary dire wolves immediately fled.

Xu Jiawei collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath, and fainted, while Li Ming had already passed out.

The chat channel was stirred up again by Li Ming and Xu Jiawei. The lucky guy suddenly jumped to third place on the ranking list, only a few dozen experience points away from the second-ranked leader, while Xu Jiawei leveled up two levels in a row, which immediately sparked discussion among everyone.