Mushroom Lord in the Underground City

Chapter 815: Chapter 801: Ancient Dragon Egg

Puff—

The mycelium cocoon hanging from the ceiling cracked open, and a Puki fell out, bouncing twice upon hitting the ground.

"Why did I end up suspended in mid-air?" Number Four muttered as he got up, then immediately started shouting in the Fungal Network, "Mushroom Lord, Mushroom Lord!"

"Oh, Number Four, you’re alive."

"Mushroom Lord, what do you think, wasn’t it cool? My super big self-destruction!" Number Four said as he raised his tentacles, striking a cool pose as if he were self-destructing. "When you self-destruct, you can’t feel anything, but it should be cool, right?"

"Very cool, truly a work of art," Lin Jun objectively acknowledged.

"Heh heh!" Number Four, pleased with the compliment, stretched and contracted his body, making the entire mushroom jiggle like a piece of elastic gummy candy, nearly jumping in joy.

After basking in his own glory for a while, Number Four continued, "Mushroom Lord, where’s the Memory Crystal? I want to see it!"

"There isn’t one."

With those three simple words, Number Four froze on the spot, his mushroom cap faded to ash gray, as if hit by a petrification beam.

Trembling, he asked, "Why... why is that? Did the Mushroom Lord forget?"

"Didn’t forget, I was recording, but..." Lin Jun projected an image into Number Four’s consciousness.

In the center of the image was a massive semi-circular crater.

The half of the space where the barrier preserved the self-destruction’s energy remained, but even so, the ground was lifted entirely, exposing the gray-white bedrock covered in cracks.

As for the crater’s side, not to mention tree remnants, even the distant ridges were mostly shaved away.

Not only was the terrain affected, but the self-destruction also caused long-lasting damage to the magic power environment, with explosions and bursts of various sizes continually detonating in the air, transforming the area into a hazardous zone.

Number Four tilted his mushroom cap: "Is this... the mark of my self-destruction?"

"Yes, you think about it, with such a powerful self-destruction, could the Memory Crystal have survived?"

"No... it couldn’t."

Number Four’s mushroom cap drooped, the whole mushroom resembled a saltwater fish that had lost its dreams, lying on the ground as if about to melt.

He huddled in the Mushroom Garden, recalling the sacrifices made because of Leviathan, and feeling wronged.

Having watched him wallow in self-pity for quite a while, Lin Jun then said, "Not all the Memory Crystals were blown up."

!!!

The melting Number Four perked up again, tentacles wrapped in front of him, holding onto a final ray of hope, waiting for Lin Jun to finish.

"The one recording your self-destruction was destroyed, but the one recording your battle with the Giant Dragon was safely sent underground to a secure location, luckily unscathed."

"That’s great!" Number Four joyfully rubbed against the Fungal Mat, appearing nothing like an honored warrior.

"I’m busy now, but once I’m free, I’ll send the Memory Crystal to you."

"Mm!" Number Four nodded his mushroom cap forcefully, already starting to anticipate sharing the Memory with the Pink Puki and other members of the Mushroom Race.

"By the way, about that Leviathan..." Lin Jun suddenly mentioned.

Number Four’s mushroom cap jolted, hesitated a bit: "Mushroom Lord, can we delay that a bit..."

"Suit yourself." Lin Jun didn’t mind.

In truth, even if he equipped Number Four now, there wasn’t much spare magic power left to enhance his form.

The mist’s landing had caused a large collapse of the Fungal Mat, and the areas where the Fungal Mat remained intact were working overtime to produce various Puki, continuously sending them to the battlefront, becoming an endless army of Puki in the enemy’s eyes.

...

After dealing with Number Four, Lin Jun shifted his focus back to Xiao Hai.

A very serious problem arose—Lin Jun’s Void Realm was embedded in Xiao Hai’s chest, and couldn’t be removed!

To say it’s "embedded" isn’t entirely accurate; even though the polyhedron appears to be lodged between Xiao Hai’s flesh and scales, Lin Jun actually couldn’t touch it.

A small spatial cage enveloped the Void Realm, and touching would bypass the Void Realm’s surface straight to Xiao Hai’s skin.

Breaking this Void Realm Barrier is simple, have a Giant Puki self-destruct at point-blank range, though it would also kill Xiao Hai.

Lin Jun pondered for ten seconds before abandoning this idea.

There were other options; currently the Void Realm’s owner was Xiao Hai, and if he learned how to control it, he could easily remove it.

However, this all depended on whether Xiao Hai’s dense head could grasp it...

Judging from her experience opening the Void Realm Barrier, Xiao Hai was currently functioning purely on instinct; mastering the technique would require thorough training.

At present, however, there wasn’t time for Lin Jun and Xiao Hai to train.

[Ancient Dragon Path 100%]

With the completion of the Ancient Dragon Path, Xiao Hai’s body began mutating.

The black dragon scales that had nearly all shattered during the battle were regrowing at an astonishing speed.

Not only were they regrowing, the scales continued to elongate, giving an impression of phoenix tail feathers.

Ultimately, Xiao Hai’s form was entirely enveloped by extended scales, and once her wings folded, the elongated scales interlocked, forming an egg composed of dragon scales, levitating in mid-air.

Lin Jun didn’t intervene in this process, as it clearly appeared to be an evolution.

The question remained whether this "egg" would grow larger, given that Ancient Dragons were even bigger than Giant Dragons.

Would Xiao Hai, this Dragon Man, evolve into an Ancient Dragon?

Would she transform into a massive Dragon Person?

Or perhaps some other form?

Moreover... would her intellect be improved?

These were questions only time could answer.

Additionally, Lin Jun took a closer look at the elongated scales growing near the edges.

Very hard!

Lin Jun estimated that damaging these elongated scales would at the very least require Ji Divine Soldier’s Ultimate Resonance Cannon level, or a Giant Puki self-destructing up close.

This made sense, as it was likely an egg or cocoon for hatching an Ancient Dragon, so being tough is normal.

Furthermore, there might be other mechanisms within, although Lin Jun couldn’t easily investigate them.

Due to the extreme difficulty of moving this Ancient Dragon Egg, Lin Jun had no choice but to deploy numerous Puki to guard it, even though its inherent Defense was astonishing, Lin Jun couldn’t risk any oversight causing unexpected events.

Previously, a large batch of Puki was consumed while destroying the Spatial Barrier, now the newly produced Puki were again invested into guarding the Ancient Dragon Egg, depleting most of the magic power within the nearby Fungal Mats.

Therefore, Little Pig’s First Fungi couldn’t replenish the lost Puki in large numbers, resulting in the whole army having to halt.

Until a week later, having replenished nearly half of its combat strength, the First Fungi finally linked up with the now-separate Second Fungi, laying siege to Muling Castle, the Empire’s Capital.

It’s uncertain whether the Slime was in its lair or not? (More later, sent tomorrow morning)

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