Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

The three stood back to back on guard. The bubble stopped moving, and a whooshing sound came as a dark shadow attacked. Xu Jiawei slashed down with her sword, making a clang. It was so hard! The dark shadow then jumped back into the mud.

Zhang Yunting and Li Ming's expressions turned serious. Instantly, several dark figures sprang out of the mud again. The two drew their weapons to parry, their arms going numb from the impact.

Seeing that the mud and water were getting bigger and bigger, "Comrade Xu, Mr. Li, we can't be so passive."

"Brother Zhang, don't call me Mr. Li, just call me Little Li. Sister, what should we do?" Although Li Ming was in a critical moment, he felt awkward no matter how he heard "Mr. Li," so he corrected him directly.

"Why don't we run? We can't keep wasting our time with them," Xu Jiawei offered a sound suggestion.

As soon as the suggestion was made, everyone immediately agreed. Fortunately, there were bubbles, which allowed everyone to see where the mud pits were, making it easier to avoid the swamp.

Xu Jiawei took out her bow and arrows and shot several arrows at the swamp. One arrow turned into a wooden vine to cover the swamp, and another arrow turned into flames to ignite the vine. The dark shadow dared not rush over.

Taking advantage of Xu Jiawei's ability to hold back the shadowy figure, the three of them immediately used all their strength to run forward.

But there were more than just one or two shadowy figures; more and more bubbles surrounded them, encircling the three of them once again.

"Find a chance to break through!" Xu Jiawei said, and immediately drew her bow and shot in all directions, throwing poisonous snake meat into the water, but it had little effect. Li Ming and Zhang Yunting seized the opportunity to try to break through. Zhang Yunting used his developed talent, which greatly increased his attack speed, but it was to no avail.

As more and more shadowy figures appeared, Xu Jiawei found herself struggling to keep up. After she froze one of the shadowy figures that was about to jump out of the water with an ice arrow, the three of them were finally able to see what the shadowy figure actually was.

This is a jet-black crocodile, its entire body covered in hard scales. No wonder its body is so tough!

Xu Jiawei gritted her teeth and continued shooting arrows. However, when God closes a door, He also seals the window. A series of rapid, large bubbles, leaving a trail of water, flew quickly toward the three of them, and their expressions changed.

Xu Jiawei fired her guns immediately, but it was to no avail!

A huge crocodile crawled out, as fast as lightning. Xu Jiawei quickly pulled Li Ming aside, barely managing to avoid it. Li Ming patted his chest, relieved to have survived the ordeal.

"Run!" Xu Jiawei shouted, scattering the snake meat from her backpack around the area. Some crocodiles were attracted, and the three of them quickly ran towards the area with fewer crocodiles.

As they ran further ahead, the plants became fewer and fewer, making the place appear increasingly desolate, and many strange mushrooms appeared all around them.

The deeper they went, the larger the mushrooms grew. Xu Jiawei stopped, looked around at the mushrooms, and exclaimed, "I've got an idea!"

Li Ming and Zhang Yunting stopped in their tracks. Xu Jiawei immediately used the Spirit Attachment Technique, and the surrounding mushrooms rose up, growing hands, feet, eyes, and mouths. Under Xu Jiawei's command, they attacked the crocodile.

But how can a mushroom be a match for a crocodile? A crocodile can easily break a mushroom by opening its mouth to bite or swinging its tail.

Xu Jiawei fused the iron block with the mushroom to form an iron mushroom. After becoming an iron mushroom, not only was her defense greatly enhanced, but her attack power also increased, leading to a stalemate in the battle.

After the iron nails were used to upgrade the ship, some remained. Xu Jiawei used the spirit-enchanting technique again to bring the mushrooms to life. Using her talent, she fused the mushrooms with the iron nails, and soon the mushrooms grew sharp spikes that pierced through the crocodile with a single thrust.

All three of them breathed a sigh of relief, and even Zhang Yunting showed an expression of admiration.

However, the situation quickly reversed. The Crocodile King arrived, whipping the Shield Mushroom (Iron Mushroom) far away with a flick of its tail, while the Spiky Mushroom (Iron Nail Mushroom) couldn't do anything about it, its spikes breaking off. This name was just chosen by Xu Jiawei.

"Sis, use this!" Li Ming pulled out some bombs and threw them to Xu Jiawei. Xu Jiawei caught the bombs and immediately thought of the Doom-shroom from Plants vs. Zombies.

So they fused the bomb and the mushroom together. Soon the mushroom grew arms and legs, its body was pitch black and it had red eyes. It surrounded the Crocodile King. The Crocodile King tried to dodge, but the Destruction Mushroom was too fast for the Crocodile King to avoid. Several purple mushroom clouds shot into the sky, and even the three people around it were affected.

All three had healing potions, so Xu Jiawei ignored the other two and directly took out a healing potion and poured it into her mouth. Her health immediately recovered. The Crocodile King was covered in wounds, so Xu Jiawei directly took out a long knife and stabbed it into the wound.

Zhang Yunting and Li Ming were not to be outdone, fearing that the Crocodile King might recover and take advantage of his illness to kill him.

[Ding! The player delivered the final blow and has received 10000 of the Crocodile King's full experience. (Note: Event experience is only awarded to the player who lands the final blow.)]

[Congratulations on reaching level 8! You are the first player on the entire server to reach level 8 and will receive a reward of +1 Luck...]

"111111" Xu Jiawei defeated the boss, and with the addition of a bunch of ordinary crocodiles, her experience bar was full.

Xu Jiawei hadn't noticed this when killing monsters before, but she thought the experience from this boss would be split evenly like when killing the guards.

Xu Jiawei still didn't understand the conditions for the system's experience sharing.

Li Ming exclaimed excitedly, "Sis, you're amazing!"

Zhang Yunting couldn't help but smile wryly: "Comrade Xu, you really are something else, you've widened the gap between us by quite a bit."

The group was panting heavily; even Xu Jiawei was exhausted. Just as she was about to drink her medicine, an arrow suddenly flew towards them. Before Xu Jiawei could react, Zhang Yunting pulled her back, and the arrow struck her shoulder. Xu Jiawei gritted her teeth and pulled the arrow out. "Who is it?"

Unexpectedly, one problem after another arose.

Seven or eight people emerged from behind the mushrooms in the distance.

"Young ladies, there are only three of you. If you know what's good for you, hand over everything. Don't force us to fight, or you might lose an arm or a leg." The man stood at the front, stroking his dagger. The others had been lying in ambush here, and only surrounded them when they saw that the three of them were almost unable to fight.

"We have the Mushroom Army, how dare you besiege us?" Li Ming stepped forward.

The man at the front licked his lips: "So, what about now?"

Xu Jiawei watched as the mushrooms surrounding her turned into ordinary mushrooms; the effect of the spirit-binding spell had disappeared!

"My talent allows me to forbid the use of skills. Kneel down and beg me, and I might spare your lives." The man at the front grinned evilly as he stepped forward.

"Hey boss, this woman's not bad looking, let's have some fun, hahaha." A man to the left and behind the man called the boss had a lewd smile on his face and his eyes were filled with lust.

"Yeah, bro, let's kill them after the brothers' had their fun," another man said.

Xu Jiawei was disgusting, her face filled with murderous intent. Even Zhang Yunting and Li Ming's eyes blazed with fury, and they unleashed their killing intent.

Xu Jiawei pulled out her bow and arrow and pierced the mouth of the lewd man who was talking happily. The blinding flames burned the man's mouth, but he could only make painful groans. Finally, the flames burned his entire head, and the lewd man struggled for a long time before dying in agony.

"Feeling good now? If you can't speak, then shut up forever!" Xu Jiawei said coldly, vowing to tear these people to pieces or she would change their names.

"You bitch, you dared to kill my brother! I'll make you wish you were dead!" The eldest brother, standing at the front, was furious.

War is imminent.

Xu Jiawei shot an arrow between the legs of another lewd man. His legs were instantly frozen into ice. The lewd man screamed in pain and hurled insults.

Tsk, off target. I was aiming for the limbs, but by sheer luck, I hit the fifth limb.

"Sorry, I missed, you got your pleasure." A flaming arrow struck the lecherous man in the throat, killing him.

The men present felt a chill run down their spines, and even Li Ming unconsciously covered his groin.

Xu Jiawei was very angry, and the consequences were severe; none of these people died a good death.

Soon, only the leader of the group remained, struggling to hold on. Seeing that things were going badly, the other leader pulled out a token. Xu Jiawei recognized it; Ao Tian had crushed the same token and run away before.

Xu Jiawei wouldn't suffer the same fate. She fired three arrows in quick succession, and before the smug look on the leader's face could fade, he was already dead.

Xu Jiawei picked up the sign.

[Teleport Token: Allows you to teleport back to the raft from any location.]

Xu Jiawei kicked the corpses a few more times before picking up their dropped backpacks, which they then divided among themselves.