Mushroom Lord in the Underground City

Chapter 667: Chapter 656: Sword Saint’s Journey

No. 10 was held in Inanna’s arms for the first time in a long while, and it did not refuse.

No. 4 squatted on the low table nearby, pacing back and forth.

Its tentacles were fiddling with a glistening white tooth, transferring it from tentacle to tentacle, from left to right, constantly swaying it in front of No. 10.

Unfortunately, No. 10 never asked the question No. 4 was anticipating.

Frustrated, No. 4 thought the tooth was too small and not noticeable enough, deciding to get a bigger trophy next time.

Preferably something like that dragon horn of the Mushroom Lord!

Recently, there are plans to build a Marshal statue at the Fungus Castle, and that dragon horn will be used as decoration. No. 4 also wants to acquire such a gigantic, handsome trophy!

However, to get a trophy, one must venture out into battle, but without the Pink Puki, then...

Seeing Inanna’s hands, No. 4 hesitated again.

No. 4 hasn’t made up its mind yet, but No. 14 has already decided.

...

"Are you going to travel alone?"

"It’s not a journey, it’s to annihilate the Hand of Death."

No. 10 was communicating with Lin Jun in the Fungal Network while handling the attacks from Norris and Ming.

Jida lunged in from the left, its four-meter-tall beast body shaking up snow with each step, the Resonance Cannon on its shoulder accumulating ghostly blue light.

Ming charged in swiftly from the right, without making any defensive move.

The Sword Saint didn’t use a sword, relying merely on the Tentacle Blade carried with the Puki body.

One sweep tripped up the charging Ming, and another slash cut down the Resonance Cannon Jida was energizing.

Jida’s left arm drill roared forth to strike, but it was too slow.

The Sword Saint just sidestepped, and the drill brushed past the edge of the mushroom cap.

It seemed like defeat was imminent.

"Ming!"

"Got it!"

Both retreated simultaneously, pulling away from the Sword Saint. The Sword Saint didn’t pursue, standing at ease and waiting for them to devise a strategy.

Ming leaped into the air.

Jida raised its left arm, the drill unexpectedly aimed at the descending Ming.

With Lin Jun’s voiceover saying "Fusion!", Ming’s body landed mid-air, precisely slotting his legs into the center of the drill.

Jida’s drill began to spin, first slowly, then faster and faster, increasing rapidly.

Ming was turned into a mere afterimage.

He opened his mouth to shout something but could only produce a garbled "wurrrr" sound, his saliva and something resembling vomit were flung by centrifugal force, tracing arcs in the air.

"Physical Immunity Windmill!"

Jida turned with Ming, charging toward the Sword Saint once more.

This was also a desperate tactic.

After multiple contests, they realized that apart from Ming, all attacks would be severed by No. 14.

And Ming’s solo charges were always toyed with using various techniques by No. 14, leaving them no choice but to come up with this breakthrough strategy.

The Sword Saint, who had journeyed extensively and seen much, even retreated a few steps, seeing Ming turned with vomit flying everywhere.

If an ordinary person were spinning like this, not counting the high temperatures inside the Drilling Puki, just the spinning speed would be enough to dislocate bones.

Ming, relying on [Physical Immunity], is unaffected no matter how he’s tossed around...

"It’s a pity."

[Stepping on the Moon Level 7]

A silver arc illuminated the snow, swift as moonlight itself in motion.

Norris only saw a fleeting blur before the afterimage had bypassed its front, and the Sword Saint’s form gently landed on the snow behind it.

In the next instant, cracks appeared at Jida’s joints, and it just fell apart right there.

As for Ming, together with the Drilling Puki, was flung away by the massive centrifugal force.

He tumbled over a dozen times in the air, tracing a high parabola, finally crashing into a snow pile over ten meters away, with only his two legs visible, twitching.

Norris raced over and took a lot of effort to dig him out of the snow.

Ming lay on the ground, eyes swirling, still bubbling "glug-glug" sounds from his mouth.

After the sparring, the Sword Saint finally returned to the main topic.

"I promised to help you with things. But recently there’s been nothing that requires my help, right? Don’t tell me you can’t handle those two Dukes."

It’s only by becoming a Puki that one can truly experience the might of the Mushroom Garden.

Even without considering the boss’s strange intelligence gathering ability, just the overt power of Fungus Castle isn’t something the two Dukes can tackle.

According to the Sword Saint’s estimate, the Empire would need to deploy at least the lineup used in the historical attack on the Human Kingdom to gain an advantage, assuming the Fungus Castle doesn’t send out Eastern Ji Divine Soldiers.

As for the Ji Divine Soldiers, their deployment would undoubtedly lead directly to high-level combat at the site, and the outcome of that he couldn’t predict.

This is within the Mushroom Garden, not to mention the Fungal Mat that covers half the world.

In short, from the Sword Saint’s perspective, the situation is still far from requiring his involvement.

"Taking advantage of this downtime, I plan on cleaning out those hidden bugs again... Ah, I mean the Hand of Death."

"Why did you emphasize that?"

"..."

Fortunately, after a brief silence, Lin Jun agreed, "Okay... I’ll make a note... Alright, you can go, but don’t lose contact for more than a month outside the Fungal Mat’s range."

As the Sword Saint anticipated, the boss did not stop him, even providing some recent areas of activity of the Hand of Death.

After all, from the Sword Saint’s observation, the boss seemed to loathe the Hand of Death as well.

Though unclear why a group of Pukis would despise a cult unrelated to them, having aligned interests in eliminating the Hand of Death is beneficial.

The Sword Saint Puki embarked alone, leaving only a round, rolling, carefree silhouette behind.

Lin Jun noted him down once more.

...

Indeed, Lin Jun was planning to deal with the Hand of Death.

The reason was simple; they seemed to have some intentions regarding her.

Since the priests from the Hand of Death were driven into hiding by the Empire, they had been quiet for quite some time.

Lin Jun didn’t know where they had been hiding during this period, as there’s no Fungal Mat in the Empire, so Lin Jun lacked vision.

But recently, trails of their activities appeared near Eleanor’s territory.

Although they were mere minions, their actions of stealing Pukis and collecting mycelium from the Fungal Mat raised suspicions for Lin Jun.

After all, they were backed by a God, even though that God couldn’t protect her followers, leading to the Hand of Death being hunted down to near extinction.

But there’s still a God behind them, with unknown mysterious powers.

Lin Jun did not wish to overlook them due to arrogance, only to allow them to conduct some ridiculous ritual and create big trouble for herself.

The best approach, naturally, is to launch a proactive strike and annihilate them before they create chaos!

After all, they were backed by a God, even though that God couldn’t protect her followers, leading to the Hand of Death being hunted down to near extinction.

But there’s still a God behind them, with unknown mysterious powers.

Lin Jun did not wish to overlook them due to arrogance, only to allow them to conduct some ridiculous ritual and create big trouble for herself.

The best approach, naturally, is to launch a proactive strike and annihilate them before they create chaos!