CHAPTER 35: CHAPTER 35: LEVEL 50, NEW SKILLS

Magic bullets exploded in the swamp, churning up a sky full of black mud and half-rotted tree bark fragments.

After several months, fierce artillery fire once again descended upon the Swamp Area.

But this time, there were only two Beastmen as enemies.

Realizing they were surrounded, Inigo and Miro’s beast eyes simultaneously locked onto the direction of the forest.

If they could escape the Swamp Area, even if there were more enemies on the outskirts, they could rely on the complex forest terrain to run away.

Of course, the premise is that they need to break out of the Swamp Area.

Neither of them planned to fight; Puki were simply too many.

So many that even if they stood there letting them hack away, the two would simply die of exhaustion.

Only by breaking through before the encirclement tightened could they have a chance at survival.

While sprinting, several Mushroom Cannons sliced through the air, descending towards their positions.

[Acceleration Level 6]

[Evasive Maneuver Level 7]

Both used their respective skills to evade the attacks, but it was merely a prelude.

Nearly saturated firepower coverage made the entire swamp boil; they exerted all efforts to maneuver and jump through the mud, trying to avoid direct hits.

As for the aftermath of the explosions, they could only endure them.

Inigo, aware of his thicker hide, charged with greater ferocity.

Nearing the edge of the encirclement, there were dozens of scattered-standing Puki ahead.

Inigo raised his long sword, charging swiftly behind one Puki, sending its upper body flying into the air.

With nimble maneuvers and Beastman’s excellent battle intuition, Inigo could always precisely find gaps in the kill zone, breaking through all the way outwards.

Almost at the edge!

Ahead, several Puki rolled up into balls, simultaneously launching a charge at Inigo.

Such a scene nearly made the Tiger-man laugh aloud.

That type of Magic Cannon he indeed dared not take head-on, but how could these soft Puki play melee against him?

Crossing swords in the charge, he could instantly...

Amidst a series of self-destruct explosions, the Tiger-man burst out from the chaos, scorched all over.

In the final moments, his intuition spurred him to escape, but it was a bit too late.

Inigo’s left leg below the knee had vanished without a trace.

By that time, he had collapsed on the ground, unable to rise again.

Meanwhile, the Puki had pointed their Mushroom Cannons at him from afar.

"Fifth layer... cough cough... this will have them laughing, this is worse than being lost in the fog."

In the last moments, he looked towards Miro’s direction.

Seeing the figure blasted into the air.

The posture in flight was so comical, Inigo couldn’t help but laugh.

"Poof!"

Bang——

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After finally dealing with two troublesome adventurers, Lin Jun was preparing to tally up the losses.

Suddenly, a message he had longed for appeared in his mind.

[Level Up from Level 49 to Level 50]

[Added Optional Race Skills +]

Finally!

Finally reached 50!

Leveling up was really tough; you should know that he had been Level 48 when he reached the fifth layer.

First, he almost consumed all the demons on the fifth layer, then relied on fungus filaments spread across the entire level to gather magic for several months.

Finally achieving the final push now!

He was moved to tears.

According to Lin Jun’s experience, every 10th level offered skills that matched one’s race.

Like the Mushroom Cannon, clearly tailor-made for the mushroom race, more useful than most randomly acquired skills.

Quickly, see what skills can be chosen.

[Available Skills:

Remote Transmission (greatly increases spore drift distance, allows ultra-long distance transmission)

Fungal Filament Reassembly (no matter living or dead, can autonomously repair using filaments)

Delicious (unparalleled taste)]

...

Is this Delicious serious?

Aiming to become the most exquisite delicacy in the Otherworld?

Speaking of which, there’s been an option for Juicy before.

So the mushroom race truly has a superfood upgrade path?

Really, don’t be too ridiculous.

Excluding Delicious, Remote Transmission doesn’t hold much significance for Lin Jun either.

Without connected filaments, Lin Jun’s will cannot be transmitted, making management impossible.

Just like the Mushroom Garden in the Deep Area, once he moves away, he can’t sense anything.

Seems like there’s no choice but one.

[Received Skills: Fungal Filament Reassembly Level 1]

Soon, a test subject Puki was hurriedly matured in the Swamp Area.

A small knife wrapped in tendrils was plunged into Puki’s body.

With only 10 blood volume, Puki perished on the spot.

After waiting a while, Puki seemed to have no response.

But Lin Jun, who was watching intently, saw that the skill indeed had an effect.

Healthy filaments around the wound slowly gathered magic, split new filaments to replace severed parts.

Only, the process is exceedingly slow.

After much time, Puki finally stood back up.

[Blood Volume: 1/10]

Currently, the wound wasn’t completely healed, but Puki’s mobility was restored.

Lin Jun slashed again, this time cutting Puki into two halves.

And then,

Puki was truly gone...

After several retests, Lin Jun finally figured it out.

Puki’s completeness needs to be over 80% for repair to be possible, and the more severe the damage, the slower the recovery.

Like being cut in half, crushed, burned, or frozen, none can be restored.

Simultaneously, due to generating new filaments to patch up wounds, it requires consuming environmental magic.

If Puki itself possessed [Magic Storage] skill, repair speed could vastly improve.

Overall, it’s not as practical as Lin Jun imagined; he thought it could be like Slime, able to regenerate even if a small lump remained by replenishing magic.

It might also be due to only being Level 1.

However, even at Level 1, it seems there are situations it could be utilized.

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At the cave area bottom level, Old Bat’s cave.

A Hallucinogenic Puki swaggered through the corridor.

Like before, it was instantly killed by supersonic waves as soon as it showed its head.

Puki, with several tiny internal wounds, immediately fell and lay among already decomposed predecessors.

After dealing with it, Old Bat lost interest.

All these mushrooms were toxic, inedible, coming nonstop, it only felt annoyed.

Only it didn’t know, filaments within this Puki slowly repaired itself.

Long after, Puki jumped back to life.

The casually napping Old Bat heard the commotion and instantly awoke, killing the just-dashing Puki again.

This time Old Bat lingered at Puki for a bit, but didn’t figure out the situation.

When Puki got back up once more, Old Bat finally couldn’t hold it.

Crushed Puki with a claw.

This time, no regeneration was possible, but the violent destruction directly triggered Puki’s Hallucinogenic Spores to erupt.

Old Bat, being close by, flapped its wings wildly to retreat but still inhaled some spores.

Luckily, not much, Old Bat only felt slightly uncomfortable, returning to normal after resting inverted for a brief time.

Yet a sense of foreboding lingered in its heart.

It indeed should feel foreboding.

On Lin Jun’s side, given the confirmation of effectiveness, a new production line of 100 custom Puki for Old Bat had already been established.

Once this legion lands, those three pieces of S Level Demon Crystal will be in Lin Jun’s pocket!