Chapter 290: Lava Dragon Turtle

Wang Gang is skilled at manipulating Spore.

And his Pet Beast are all mushroom-shaped.

Ripples appeared in the surroundings, and one after another, giant mushrooms emerged.

Ice Snow Mushroom, Blazing Fire Mushroom, and Highly Toxic Mushroom appeared one after another.

The top of the Ice Snow Mushroom was covered in frost; at a glance, it was a design that exuded a biting chill.

It held two ice shields in its hands, and its body was covered in cold air.

On its back, it carried a large number of ice thorns.

【Name: Ice Snow Mushroom】

【Gender: Agender】

【Attribute: Wood/Ice】

【Trait: Frostfall: The surrounding air will instantly turn cold, and at the same time, snowflakes will drift down from the sky.】

【Level: Tier 5, Level 5】

【Skills Mastered: Cold Air (Control): Sprays extremely cold gas from a mouth shaped like a trumpet.

Zhagen (Control): Extends tangled roots into the ground to recover its own stamina.

Ice Shield (Proficient): Summons three frost shields to protect itself.

Ice Thorn (Proficient): Summons ice thorns to attack opponents.】

【Evolution Path, Frost Mushroom: Ice Core, Ice-type Pet Beast Core*3, evolve in extremely cold weather.】

The Blazing Fire Mushroom looks like a mushroom with a very explosive temper at first glance.

A large amount of flames surged from its body; its entire body was black, and one could vaguely see Mars emerging from the Blazing Fire Mushroom's body.

【Name: Blazing Flame Mushroom】

【Gender: Agender】

【Attribute: Wood/Fire】

【Trait: Fierce Fire: Exudes the scent of sulfur from its body; after its stamina weakens, its combat power increases.】

【Level: Tier 5, Level 5】

【Skills Mastered: Fire Tongue (Control): Sprays tongues of fire from a mouth shaped like a trumpet.

Fire Whip (Control): Manipulates flames to attack opponents and condenses them into a long whip covered in blazing fire.

Fire Shield (Proficient): Summons three fire shields to protect itself.

Great Explosion (Proficient): Approaches the opponent and undergoes Expansion of its body; the main idea is that explosion is art.】

【Evolution Path, Blazing Flame Mushroom: Fire Core, Fire-type Pet Beast Core*3, evolve in a place filled with lava.】

"Ye Bai, is it? There is a path to Heaven Gate, yet you do not take it; there is no door to Hell, yet you come knocking."

Wang Gang is a man with a gloomy appearance.

On his body, mycelium-like things similar to mushrooms also appeared.

It seems he has also been infected by a Parasite mushroom.

"Do you think that my body has been occupied by mushrooms?"

"Haha, actually, my body has been used as a breeding ground for mushrooms."

"I can control various Spore as I please."

"And my body can also transform into various Spore."

Wang Gang smiled.

He opened his hand, and a milky-white white jade mushroom appeared.

The appearance of this mushroom was like a fine glazed lamp.

"Damn, a White Jade Glazed Mushroom; this is an Exotic Beast born specifically for healing."

"It is said that this kind of Exotic Beast is extremely rare; I didn't expect you to have cultivated one."

Ye Bai exclaimed in admiration.

The White Jade Glazed Mushroom can heal a dying person and allow them to quickly recover to their best state.

"Since you possess such ability, why not serve the Yan Country?"

Ye Bai said with a frown.

Wang Gang looked into the distance with deep eyes, a hint of feminine softness on his face.

"My parents served the Yan Country and died at Nantianmen."

"As an orphan, I should have received a large pension, but I never expected that the pension would be embezzled by others."

"When I was hungry, I once gnawed on tree bark and ate grass roots."

"I also once ate Guanyin clay; my stomach swelled up, but it was extremely painful."

"I kept gritting my teeth and persevering, but when I awakened this talent for manipulating Spore, I discovered that I didn't even have a single Pet Beast."

"It was Professor Du Bo who gave me a different life, a second life."

"I am very grateful to Professor Du Bo."

Wang Gang's eyes became moist.

"Ye Bai, you are a genius."

"A genius who could have left a name for posterity."

"But you met me, so you can only meet your downfall here."

A hint of madness appeared in Wang Gang's eyes.

"Rest assured, I will preserve your body and Soul, and then use Spore to turn you into a living dead person."

"I will let your body be used to grow mushrooms, do you know that?"

"The order Professor Du Bo gave me is to eliminate you at all costs."

"I must execute Professor Du Bo's order and slaughter you completely."

"Ice-Snow Mushroom, use Ice Spikes."

"Blazing-Fire Mushroom, Fire Tongue."

The Ice-Snow Mushroom slammed its palm heavily against the ground.

Endless ice spikes emerged from the ground.

The ice spikes densely pierced toward Ye Bai.

At this moment, a flame like a tsunami erupted from the mouth of the Nether Wolf.

Wherever the flames passed, the ice spikes melted away directly.

At this time, the Blazing-Fire Mushroom spat out a long fire tongue from its mouth.

The fire tongue swept toward the direction of the Nether Wolf.

The Nether Wolf opened its Blood Basin Mouth, and the flames surged into the Nether Wolf's mouth as if being swallowed by a whale.

After the flames here had all disappeared, the Nether Wolf let out a big, satisfied burp.

"Damn it, Blazing-Fire Mushroom, Self-Destruct."

"Turn everything in these surroundings into ashes."

Wang Gang laughed coldly.

Being extreme, he wanted to kill everyone in the Laboratory directly.

"Do you have that ability?"

"Nether Wolf, use Shadow Transformation, destroy the Blazing-Fire Mushroom."

After hearing this, Wang Gang wore a look of disdain.

"My Blazing-Fire Mushroom is about equal in strength to your Nether Wolf."

"There is no way it would be finished off by the Nether Wolf so easily."

Just as his voice fell, the body of the Blazing-Fire Mushroom was pierced through by the Nether Wolf's Lijua.

The core of the Blazing-Fire Mushroom was gouged out by the Nether Wolf.

The tearing sensation caused by the broken contract made Wang Gang wish he were dead; that feeling was like his own Soul being torn back and forth by a pair of invisible hands.

"Cold-Ice Glass Dragon, this Ice-Snow Mushroom is handed over to you, have a snack."

The Cold-Ice Glass Dragon was summoned out by Ye Bai.

The immense dragon might made the Ice-Snow Mushroom tremble; the dragon bloodline is almost at the pinnacle of the pyramid for all Exotic Beasts.

Who knows how many Exotic Beasts dream of becoming dragon-type Pet Beasts.

"Resist, Ice-Snow Mushroom."

Wang Gang shouted loudly; he was grimacing in pain at this moment, but if he didn't speak up, the Ice-Snow Mushroom might be torn to shreds by the Cold-Ice Glass Dragon.

Just like the Blazing-Fire Mushroom had its core gouged out by the Nether Wolf earlier, the Ice-Snow Mushroom used its trumpet-like mouth to spray out streams of ice-blue airflow.

The airflow condensed in mid-air, and waves of frost aura blasted toward the Cold-Ice Glass Dragon.

The Cold-Ice Glass Dragon grinned; it was originally a darling of frost, so how could it be frozen into ice by frost? This cool breeze blowing over made the Cold-Ice Glass Dragon feel exceptionally comfortable.

So comfortable that every pore on the Cold-Ice Glass Dragon's body expanded, and it turned into an arrow released from a bow, blasting toward the Ice-Snow Mushroom.

An ice-blue figure flashed past.

The Ice-Snow Mushroom collapsed onto the ground, and a hole the size of a bowl appeared on its chest.

Ice-blue liquid flowed out from the Ice-Snow Mushroom's body, splashing all over the ground.

"Ice-Snow Mushroom!!!"

Wang Gang was shocked instantly.

At this moment, he discovered that he was surrounded by the Nether Wolf and the Cold-Ice Glass Dragon.

"Nether Wolf, capture Wang Gang."

Ye Bai did not want a special talent like Wang Gang to die just like that.

Just the fact that he could cultivate White Jade Glazed Mushrooms was a huge plus.

The White Jade Glazed Mushroom is a very delicate Pet Beast.

It has very high requirements for its growth environment; it won't do if the temperature is too high or too low, and its requirements for moisture and soil are also very high.

Once, someone also wanted to transplant White Jade Glazed Mushrooms to a test field.

However, the White Jade Glazed Mushrooms that were growing perfectly fine in the wild withered immediately once planted into the test field and emitted a foul odor.

This odor could not be cleared within a month.

Wang Gang's eyes held a trace of madness, and he looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, even if I die, I am unwilling to become someone else's prisoner."

One could see Wang Gang's body constantly undergoing Expansion, and blindingly bright light erupted from his eyes, nostrils, and ears.

Unwilling to become a prisoner, he Self-Destructed.

"Self-Destruct?"

"Ten-Thousand Change Silkworm."

The Ten-Thousand Change Silkworm directly summoned four Clones, which scattered to the surroundings and set up a small Barrier.

A blindingly bright light erupted from the Barrier.

A deafening sound impacted the Barrier wave after wave.

Even the four Clones summoned by the Ten-Thousand Change Silkworm had drops of fresh blood flowing from their nostrils.

Clearly, Wang Gang's explosion had already exceeded the range they could bear.

After the light dissipated, the four Clones vanished into thin air.

The Myriad-Change Silkworm collapsed on the ground, panting heavily.

It had almost reached its limit just now; it had overdrawn its mental energy to successfully guard Ye Bai and protect the entire Underground Laboratory.

Looking at Wang Gang, who had turned into charred remains, a trace of regret appeared in Ye Bai's eyes.

"If this talent for manipulating Spores were used to cultivate botany experts, what a wonderful performance it would have."

"Key talents must be cultivated with focus; during talent testing, how many people miss out on a vast number of opportunities because they don't have a high understanding of their own talents?"

"By the time they discover it, the degree of talent development is very low, and they no longer have the energy to develop their talent."

"Their sharp edge is also smoothed away by society."

Ye Bai felt that Yan Country still needed to put in effort regarding the aspect of talent testing.

Otherwise, some special talents would be lost just like that.

Just as Ye Bai was about to leave, he suddenly discovered that white mold had begun to appear on the ground where Wang Gang had been standing, and this mold was growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The mold soon swallowed Wang Gang's corpse.

He immediately rubbed his eyes.

"Sunflower Emperor."

Sunflower Emperor understood what Ye Bai meant.

It directly extended a leaf and tapped lightly on the white fungus on the ground.

A drop of Heavenly Dew followed the leaf and fell onto the mold.

These molds proliferated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Before long, they had actually formed a giant, two-meter-tall Spore.

After he opened his Insight Eye, he discovered the clue.

Inside the Spore, there was actually a human shape, and it was holding several White Jade Glazed Mushrooms in its hands.

Strands of life force were being stripped from the White Jade Glazed Mushrooms and flowing into that body which had been burned to a crisp.

"So this is Wang Gang's method of cheating death."

"This has a major flaw."

"As long as someone remains here, they will definitely discover the truth of Wang Gang's fake death."

"However, since your current form is between a human and an Exotic Beast, I should be able to use a Beast Card to seal you away completely."

A Beast Card immediately appeared in Ye Bai's hand.

He waved it at the giant mushroom, and a terrifying suction force drew the mushroom into it.

At this moment, many people who had been parasitized by Spores gradually began to wake up.

However, because they had been parasitized by Spores for too long, the Spores in their bodies had not been completely cleared away.

So they fell back into a drowsy sleep.

"Phew, as long as I wait for the Blood Gu Silkworm to devour the Spores on these people, the parasitized people should be able to wake up."

The potion manufactured by Lan Fa had already been fully injected into the bodies of the vegetative people.

Just at this moment, a high-pitched alarm sounded.

Beep-beep, beep-beep.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Ye Bai walked out of the Underground Laboratory, feeling extremely suspicious.

The sky, which had been bright and sunny, was now covered in dark clouds, with rolling thunder.

In an instant, a crack split the dark clouds, and countless black fireballs fell from the sky like a meteor shower in the night.

The surroundings were filled with a thick smell of sulfur, and the fireballs smashed fiercely toward the fortress of Nantianmen.

The fireballs tore through the sky, accompanied by the whistling wind and dazzling firelight, and slammed into the Sturdy city wall, emitting a deafening roar.

Under the repeated Impacts, the hard outer wall of Nantianmen began to show cracks; stones scattered and splashed, and dust flew everywhere.

Standing on the city wall, the general Han Yan had a grave expression; he gripped the weapon in his hand tightly—a Painted Halberd.

This Painted Halberd was forged from black-gold metal, and the halberd was covered in sharp, cold glints.

Its long handle resembled black-gold dragon scales.

Drops of fresh blood dripped down along the Painted Halberd.

The fireballs were like a furious storm, ruthlessly sweeping through everything, and the air was filled with a heavy smell of gunpowder and scorched odors.

Jiao Mu Jiao and Fang Ri Tu were both watching the black fireballs whistling in from high above with tension.

"That Lava Dragon Turtle is about to wake up."

"The black fireballs are the prelude to its awakening."

Han Yan let out a long sigh; he understood how troublesome that Lava Dragon Turtle would be.

Every time it led numerous Exotic Beasts to besiege Nantianmen, it would let the majority of the Exotic Beasts die, and then lower its head to gnaw on the bodies of the Exotic Beasts.

It possessed the ability of absolute defense; ordinary Tier 7 Beast Tamers could not break through the Lava Dragon Turtle's defense.

Those layers of black, shiny turtle shells were constructed by the Lava Dragon Turtle day after day, year after year, by absorbing special metals from magma.

Ordinary physical attacks were completely ineffective against the Lava Dragon Turtle.

Even if someone sent out a Water-type Pet Beast to attack the Lava Dragon Turtle.

The Lava Dragon Turtle's body was simply too massive; the Water-type Pet Beast's attack was like a tiny stream of water.

Not only could it not deal with the Lava Dragon Turtle, but it would also enrage the Lava Dragon Turtle.

In any case, the Lava Dragon Turtle would only tentatively attack Nantianmen and would not truly strike.

As long as its food was collected, once the Lava Dragon Turtle was full and satisfied, it would leave directly.

"Fortunately, the Lava Dragon Turtle does not appear every month; once it is full, it will return to the magma to continue its slumber."

Must work hard tomorrow (End of this chapter)