Chapter 583: Twisted Mushroom Speaker

As soon as the words fell, Chi Jinan swung his scythe backhand and slashed down.

Ying Guang Lu fluid spurted from the fissure, splashing Chi Jinan; the corrosive juice caused a layer of Blood Crystal to instantly form on his body's surface, sealing the acid outside.

He lowered his head to glance at the Blood Crystal on his hand being corroded, as if enlightened.

"This Ying Guang Lu is quite poisonous," he muttered, then swung his scythe again.

The others felt that Chi Jinan treated the mushroom as another person he wanted to cut but couldn't.

Chi Jinan's scythe ignored tactics, merely venting destruction onto the giant mushroom.

Each slash gouged out a large chunk of Ying Guang Lu mushroom; the tissue, once detached, lost its glow and turned into gray‑white rot.

The giant mushroom began to wither again; each time it tried to counterattack, its energy drained faster.

Meanwhile, Lin Xin, freed from Core control, lay on his back, his hollow eyes staring at the empty apex—the opening Chi Jinan had "opened" when he descended from the sky.

It was the sole link to the outside; even though the place was deep enough that no light could penetrate, Lin Xin stubbornly kept his gaze on it.

Chi Jinan leapt off the giant mushroom's corpse, landing and kicking up a cloud of withered mycelium ash.

He looked around, finally fixing his gaze on Qi Junyi.

"So," he said, "this glowing mushroom turned the Eternal Silent Abyss into its backyard?"

The one who shows up last and jumps straight into the kill has no right to speak!

Meng Kexin released the hammer's grip, shook off the mycelium tangled on the head, letting it fall, theatrically gathered the playing cards, Xie Jingyan took a slight wound and retreated to the back to receive treatment with Qi Hengyu.

Ying Duo piloted his mech back to his side, inspecting the damage and refilling the ammunition that had just been expended.

Everyone chose to ignore Chi Jinan; only Qi Junyi, after confirming Qi Hengyu was unharmed, shifted his gaze to him.

"How did you find this place?"

Qi Junyi had originally prepared for a prolonged loss of contact with Chi Jinan, never expecting Chi Jinan to put on a show of descending from the heavens.

Even with Special Ability Practitioner Xie Jingyan guiding them under the law of life, it still took them considerable time to locate this place.

Even though that giant mushroom was in revolt, why Chi Jinan chose to carve a straight line straight at it remains a question.

"That Ying Guang Lu Aberrant Arts."

Chi Jinan said coldly, Ying Duo's Team Channel is a glaringly intrusive tool; whenever someone posts a message there, a red dot appears on the chat window, forcing him to click and check.

Previously he could explore the cavern at his own pace; as long as his route overlapped with Ying Duo's, he could follow the map they had charted.

But because of the recent fungal uprising, the entire underground layout underwent drastic change, many once‑solid rock layers were eroded by mycelium and became extremely fragile.

Coupled with the boost from Qi Hengyu's Balanced Technique, this gave Chi Jinan the chance to descend from the sky.

That massive mushroom was resolved, and even with so many members sharing experience, it allowed Ying Duo's stalled level to breakthrough, instantly refilling the Blue Bar and health.

Unfortunately, the others couldn't miraculously replenish on the spot like Ying Duo.

Nevertheless, this counts as saving medicine for Chen Mo Zhi.

"Huh—"

Chi Jinan's massive Blood Crystal scythe spun in his hand; his ink‑black eyes flicked to Lin Xin, and like harvesting fungi, the scythe swung toward Lin Xin's head.

"Wait," Qi Junyi hurriedly pressed Chi Jinan down, "physical attacks won't affect him."

Chi Jinan lifted his gaze, glanced at him, then changed direction and cleaved off one of Lin Xin's arms.

This time, perhaps because the giant mushroom's core had been shattered by Chi Jinan, Lin Xin, linked to it, lost the devil‑fruit‑like regeneration he once had.

"Heh."

Chi Jinan sneered, "So this is what Qi Junyi meant by physical attacks being useless?"

But he didn't raise his hand to strike Lin Xin's head again; he merely watched the still‑lying Lin Xin, even after losing a hand, and his interest waned.

In his view, Lin Xin's self was nearly extinguished, and he had no desire to act.

Qi Junyi watched Chi Jinan walk away, then glanced down at Lin Xin; something sluggishly writhed at the severed arm's stump, but the former regenerative power was gone.

He crouched to examine Lin Xin, even though Chi Jinan's scythe was already poised at Lin Xin's throat, remaining as motionless as a puppet without a controller.

"He can't communicate at all now......"

Qi Junyi scratched his head, feeling a terrible headache.

Only now, at this stage, the team had already suffered over half casualties; Qi Hengyu's Aberrant Arts had also been employed, and recovery in a short time seemed unlikely.

Die Yuzhe, when it had just breached the giant mushroom's Consciousness Space, seemed severely wounded; before it could confront their true objective, it had already become this tragic state......

Ying Duo silently walked from behind Qi Junyi, stared at the giant mushroom's corpse, and began to examine it.

Seeing Lin Xin's condition, utterly unlike any normal human, Qi Junyi seriously considered whether to give Lin Xin a swift end, but Lin Xin might be their only source of information......

If he could regain some self‑awareness and communicate.

Ying Duo searched the giant mushroom's corpse for a long time but did not find the divine fragment within its body.

None?

Yang Yixie was puzzled; he was certain that for the giant mushroom to root so deeply in the Eternal Silent Abyss, it must have absorbed massive divine fragments, thereby linking to the so‑called "God".

Yet even inside the giant mushroom, Yang Yixie found only fragments of Lin Xin's Aberrant Species Core, and no trace of any presumed divine fragment.

It can't have been digested, can it?

Ying Duo glanced back at the Lin Xin lying on the ground and simply walked over.

Ying Duo suddenly crouched right beside Qi Junyi, startling him, and couldn't hold back a swear.

"With that hair color, don't run around everywhere!"

Having just fought that Nightglow Mushroom, Qi Junyi now feels a psychological shadow when looking at Ying Duo.

Heh, jealousy twists a man's visage.

Ying Duo ignored Qi Junyi, turned to Lin Xin, placed a hand on him, and activated the 【Search】 skill.

【Name: Lin Xin (Lv. 60)】

【Title: Twisted Mushroom Speaker】

【Age: 23】

【Race: Aberrant Species】

【Faction: Dome】

【Affection: 0】

【Current Status: Exhausted, seriously injured, lost Core, confused consciousness】