Free Web NovelChapter 753: Chapter 521: Mushroom Prophet (Part 2)
It looks like something akin to a mouse, but judging from the size of its footprints, it’s probably as big as a wild boar.
While at Evil Mushroom Village, he carefully sensed the aura of those mushroom people.
Honestly, they were quite weak.
If they could roam this mountain, the magical beasts here probably aren’t much stronger.
A big bunch of summoned creatures on their side could easily dominate this place.
Rustle, rustle, rustle...
In the midst of their conversation, they heard a distinct noise coming from the bushes ahead.
"It’s coming."
Li Pu halted and signaled the straw man to scout ahead.
[Grass!]
The obedient straw man raised both its arms and swaggered over.
[Goo goo jiji!]
But before it got closer, something emerged from the bushes, revealing itself.
"Uh... what the heck is that thing."
Wu Guinan’s expression froze.
At first glance, one might think it was a mushroom.
But upon closer inspection, it was more than just a mushroom.
It was a strange creature whose body resembled a mushroom but was actually a sharp-nosed squirrel.
It was a peculiar blend of squirrel and mushroom, quite bizarre.
"Could the mushroom realm be like the snail realm?"
This reminded Long Ren of the snail realm, where all creatures carried snail shells.
"Be careful, there’s more than one."
But Li Pu was more focused on the changes in the surroundings.
Rustle, rustle, rustle rustle...
Indeed, as his words fell, many mushroom squirrels jumped out from the bushes or trees.
Some were holding unknown mushrooms, gnawing on them while glaring menacingly at the group.
Li Pu could see that, unlike the cute and fierce-looking mushroom people of Evil Mushroom Village, these guys genuinely seemed malicious.
"Go ahead."
He extended a hand and rubbed Bubbu’s head.
These mushroom squirrels were quite numerous, with at least over twenty.
Just not sure if Bubbu could blast them all away.
[Chomp chomp da~]
Bubbu seemed to have learned something from the mushroom people, even its call had slightly changed.
But just as its small hands reached into its pouch, a sudden change occurred on the field.
Buzz...
Suddenly, everyone felt as if time and space had frozen.
In that instant, Li Pu was startled to find himself unable to move.
Then, they watched as a horizontal blue line formed between them and the group of mushroom squirrels.
At first, it was just a horizontal line, then it became two parallel lines.
Two lines became three, four, five...
Extending all the way to under their feet.
Once the horizontal lines were laid out, vertical ones appeared, changing from one to two, then two to three.
In no time, these blue lines created a grid-like board beneath their feet.
"I’ve heard that some realms have battle rules completely different from what we know."
At this moment, Qian Shanshan seemed to remember something.
"So then, what are the rules now?"
Wu Guinan inspected the ground.
He found himself standing right in a square, and the others were the same.
"Ouch!"
A cry of pain came from Chang Shoushang nearby.
Everyone clearly saw that he tried to step out of his square, but it was like crashing into glass, and his face got squashed flat, especially his nose.
He was now seated on the ground with his nose bleeding profusely.
"I-I’m injured!"
He cried out.
"An air wall, is it."
Li Pu knocked his hand against the front.
Knock, knock.
Sure enough, it was hard, with an almost indestructible feel.
[Ding dong!]
[Enemy’s turn arrives]
An emotionless voice sounded in their ears.
"No way, is it a turn-based battle?"
Wu Guinan immediately realized.
Because he happened to be playing a turn-based game recently.
"Starting second, that’s a bit disadvantageous."
Qian Shanshan obviously understood this mechanism too.
"So what, they’re just a bunch of weak magical beasts."
Long Ren stood with arms crossed within his square.
[Goo goo jiji!]
At this moment, a mushroom squirrel on the opposite side raised the mushroom in its hand and hurled it over.
And its target was the pincers scorpion.
Thud!
[Clip clack!]
The pincers scorpion was hit hard, feeling both pain and surprise on the spot.
What is this mushroom made of, why is it as hard as a rock?!
It hurts so damn much when it hits!
[Mush Mush Squeak Squeak!]
Soon another hard mushroom was flung over.
But since the pincers scorpion has the richest experience of dying on the battlefield, this time it skillfully dodged the attack within its own grid.
[Mush Mush Squeak Squeak!] xN
However, dodging it once doesn’t mean dodging it multiple times, especially with numerous hard mushrooms being thrown at the same time, it’s difficult to achieve complete avoidance.
After a round of hard mushroom bombardment, the squirrels that didn’t throw mushrooms charged over directly.
[Clip clack!]
Amidst their group assault fire, the pincers scorpion eventually could not withstand it and met its demise.
"Oh dear, my pincies kicked the bucket again."
By now, Long Ren seems to have accepted the setting where the pincers scorpion must die at the start.
"Fortunately..."
Chang Shoushang felt grateful that these summoners stood behind their summoned beasts, otherwise they might have been the focus of the enemy’s fire.
Except for Li Pu, who stood in the front row with the summoned beasts.
"But don’t you guys find something strange?"
At this moment, Qian Shanshan raised a question.
First, she acknowledged that the pincers scorpion does indeed draw a lot of aggro.
But the aura of these mushroom squirrels is not strong at all.
Logically, even with a round of concentrated attack, it’s impossible to flip the pincers scorpion so easily.
"Not good, quickly check your summoned beasts’ panels!"
Being reminded by her, Wu Guinan immediately made a discovery.
Qian Shanshan, Long Ren, and even Chang Shoushang all opened their summoned beasts’ panels, and found out the reason the pincers scorpion was beaten to death by a group of weak magical beasts.
It turned out that the strength of their summoned beasts had dropped down to a tenth of its original!
"Is it a special weakening mechanism due to the special rules of the alternate world?"
Chang Shoushang’s expression changed.
[Ding dong!]
[Our turn has arrived]
Just then, that voice sounded again.
[Grass!]
Then they all saw the scarecrow rush up to a mushroom squirrel and punched it, flipping it over.
That squirrel didn’t even have time to let out a scream before being dealt with.
"Uh, didn’t you say they were weakened?"
The power of that punch left everyone puzzled.
Buzz!
Long Ren quickly released a [Barrier], trying to envelop the people in the back row together.
But he found himself powerless, what he usually could easily do with summoner skills was now taking him several seconds and only forming a small bubble to cover himself.
"It’s not only summoned beasts, we’ve been weakened too."
This led him to a new discovery.
"Damn, skills are failing!"
"Me too!"
"Looks like the spiritual power has been weakened!"
The other three tried briefly, finding their situation even worse than Long Ren’s.
But just as they said this, they saw a wisp of yellow sand appear above each mushroom squirrel.
The yellow sand was slender and more solid than it appeared.
Forming stalactite-like structures in the cave, they shot towards the squirrels.
[Mush Mush Squeak Squeak!] xN
Instant kill.
"Damn it, that’s insane." x4
The four exclaimed in unison.
Then they exchanged glances, all secretly admit they couldn’t hold back.
This round was a draw.
Buzz...
As the magical beasts were annihilated, those blue light lines began to shrink.
In the blink of an eye, they vanished without a trace.
And the air wall that trapped everyone also retreated.
Actually, when they reminded him earlier, Li Pu had glanced at the panel.
Found that besides the scarecrow, Bu Bu and the others were all weakened to a tenth of their original.
And he himself used the skills without finding them weakened.
He guessed that one of the effects from [Willpower] was active, offsetting this type of weakening.
Thinking about it, it made sense, if those mushroom men were also weakened to a tenth, they would have been extinct long ago in this world. So there should be some way to counter the weakening in turn-based mode.
But none of this really mattered, facing the mushrooms squirrels sprawled out everywhere, he was more concerned about the loot.
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