Chapter 612: Reunion and Siphoning

Unlike the fierce battles outside.

Surging spiritual waves drowned Luo De in his ascent.

Behind him, blue-white spiritual mist emerged, and one after another, battle spirits appeared.

The spiritual energy of the ascent quality enhanced each battle spirit.

This was somewhat expected.

After all, he was a spiritual warrior whose ascent centered on battle spirits; after reaching the eighth rank, naturally his battle spirits would be upgraded.

"Gorgon"

Suddenly, a familiar voice called out.

The battle spirit of the Fungal Warrior Gorgon glowed with light.

——Fungus Lady Zugmoi.

He raised an eyebrow, memories of that moment flashing in his mind.

Thinking about it made him a little excited.

Luo De shook his head and chose to ignore it.

The girls were still fighting; he had no intention of wasting time fooling around with Zugmoi.

Although time flowed differently in Zugmoi's plane.

Still, he wanted to finish his ascent quickly and go kill someone.

"Gorgon!"

Fungus Lady's voice carried clear irritation.

Hmph.

Answering you would be my defeat.

Luo De paid no heed and pushed all the spiritual energy he'd accumulated over two months toward it.

It was an enormous amount of spiritual energy.

The energy he absorbed through his breathing technique, and the energy cultivated jointly with the girls.

Most of it came from the derivative skill of 【Alluring Fluid】: 【Paradoxical Motivation】.

【Paradoxical Motivation: The desires beings feel toward you transform into the source of your power.】

Two months of Fengkuang living.

【Alluring Fluid】 stacked absurdly on itself, like stepping on one's own foot.

The immense desires of all the girls converged upon Luo De.

And now, at this moment, it was about to burst.

Suddenly.

The spiritual energy battle spirit of the Fungal Warrior Gorgon blazed with light, engulfing Luo De entirely.

"Hm?"

When he opened his eyes.

A familiar palace.

Along both walls, ornamental items cleverly crafted from fungi and wood were casually arranged; the walls themselves bore exquisite murals painted with fungal pigments, depicting the origins of each ornament.

He stood on a crimson fungal carpet.

Looking ahead.

At the far end of the crimson carpet sat a throne, fashioned from a giant mushroom cap.

Fungus Lady Zugmoi sat gracefully upon it.

Smiling at him.

Luo De: "."

Forced summoning?

That's cheating.

He checked his status and found he could still return easily, so he didn't care much.

"Gorgon, it's truly difficult for me to see you."

Zugmoi sneered.

Her appearance had changed significantly, but her standard spiritual aether remained unchanged.

The filth covering her body was gone.

The stinking, flat and curled fungal growths forming her torso had vanished.

Her lower half was no longer a bundle of thick, coiled pseudo-legs like whips.

Now, her humanoid traits were far more pronounced.

Her upper body was that of a woman, with a slender waist and back held perfectly straight.

Her pale pink skin was adorned with Cengcengdiedie fungal folds at her neck and nape, forming an elegant, noble high coiffure.

Her face remained unchanged: still Yaoyi and beautiful, with pitch-black pupils coldly indifferent to all life.

A layer of white fungal membrane covered her disproportionately large, upright breasts, faintly visible.

Her lower half was draped in a lavish, exaggerated gown formed by blood-red, massive fungal folds.

Luo De's eyes gleamed slightly.

Much better looking!

Before, she was barely an unfinished human sculpture that accidentally took the shape of a woman with charm.

Now, it was as if she'd deliberately tailored herself to his tastes.

He stepped forward boldly.

Ignoring Zugmoi's frown, he walked beside her and unfastened his belt.

"Are you not being overly brazen, Gorgon?"

Luo De's expression turned stern.

He handed her everything he'd obtained from the extreme Druid he'd sacrificed last time.

Said: "How could that be?"

"Hmph! I'll let this slide—for now."

Saying this,

Zugmoi gave a cold snort.

Luo De did not hold back.

The strip-like fungal folds serving as his eyebrows twitched intermittently.

Meanwhile,

【Paradoxical Motivation】 activated.

Zugmoi, as a high-rank entity, contributed vast amounts of primal energy.

Simultaneously, 【Elbert's Secret Tome of Delight】 was frantically absorbing her spiritual aether.

This breathing technique had two modes.

One was mutually beneficial; the other was one-sided absorption.

Naturally, the latter was far more effective.

Luo De felt the energy surging through his body, and combined with Hera's 【Amber Toxin】, he violently stimulated every muscle, bone, and organ.

His strength was skyrocketing.

Luo De acted boldly, brushing aside the thin white fungal membrane serving as her garment, revealing her entire pale pink skin.

Zugmoi snorted.

She mimicked what Luo De had said: "Is this enough?"

Obviously,

The enhanced 【Alluring Fluid】 made even her struggle to resist.

"Hmm, then continue."

"Hmph! Boring!"

She said that,

but Fungus Lady's words betrayed her—her body was utterly honest.

Luo De, meanwhile, frantically used his breathing technique to steal her power.

But still…

Last time he saw her, her energy felt highly refined and abundant; why now did she seem weaker?

Though I have certainly grown stronger myself.

After a long while,

another call reached his ears.

"Luo De…"

"Luo De!!!"

The call rose from low to piercingly shrill.

Another familiar voice he hadn't heard in ages—our newly crowned Goddess of Magic, Mystra.

Luo De let out a startled "Oh!"

He instinctively turned to look back.

Outside the palace, a hazy magical figure appeared.

"Hm?"

Zugmoi clearly noticed something.

She suddenly realized it and, face twisted with ferocity, unleashed a large cloud of red spores toward the palace exterior.

"Get out!!!"

But blue magic surged back and shattered the spore mist in an instant.

Zugmoi's arm instantly crumbled into Lanrou, as if she had seen a ghost.

Her shoulders jerked inward, her face contorted with utter terror.

But the rebounding magic ignored him, linking to Luo De.

With a soft pop, Luo De and the magic flickered and vanished.

"No! Gorgon!"

The Fungus Lady shrieked in anguish.

(End of Chapter)