Chapter 328: Betting One's Life!

In other words, Lin Yifan must make a choice at this moment.

In a single instant, Lin Yifan made an extremely risky decision that could even cost him his life!

"Ling Ling, disrupt the one on the side!"

He shouted sharply, and at the same time his body lurched backward, landing on a near‑ground iron board bridge, narrowly dodging the deadly mouthpiece thrust toward his throat!

The sharp mouthpiece, accompanied by a fishy wind, brushed past his nose tip; even a inch closer would have pierced his head straight through!

Meanwhile, his right hand, gripping the rune blade, did not retreat but poured most of his Yuan energy into it; the blade's blue aura surged, emitting a harsh buzz, and he struck hard at the vulnerable chest‑abdomen junction of the frontal Slaughter Fly exposed beneath him due to a missed attack!

This is a life‑for‑injury duel! He's betting on Ling Ling's ability to disrupt the side one in time!

"Squeak—!" Ling Ling's sharp, urgent cry rang out, carrying a soul‑piercing force!

Its tiny body burst with astonishing courage; despite the excruciating pain from its leg injury, it forced a twist and snapped its little mouth at the side‑approaching Slaughter Fly!

No flames, no claws.

But an ultra‑refined, almost invisible silver moonlight shot out from its mouth like an Arrow!

This is not a tangible attack, but the Moonshadow Fox Clan's innate ability—Mental Shock: Moonlight Stagnation!

It is the trump Lin Yifan is gambling with.

When he first discovered that Ling Ling was a Moonshadow Fox, he already knew it possessed this innate skill.

After all, Su Xiao xi exchanged all her combat potential for the ability—the pair of eyes that can see through others' information.

Although she likes Ling Ling a lot, she still relayed every single piece of information she saw from Ling Ling to Lin Yifan.

And Lin Yifan knew this little fox was concealing its true strength, yet he hadn't exposed it before.

Until this life‑or‑death moment, he had to gamble whether Ling Ling would abandon him to death.

Fortunately, the little fox did not disappoint him!

Buzz!

The side Slaughter Fly, poised to tear Lin Yifan's arm, suddenly halted its ferocious red eye glow!

Its high‑speed dive froze in the air for an extremely brief stasis, as if time on it had been paused for a few tenths of a second!

Its deadly thrust was abruptly broken!

It was those few tenths of a second!

Pfft!

The rune greatsword in Lin Yifan's hand precisely sliced into the frontal Slaughter Fly's chest and abdomen!

The blade, imbued with massive Yuan energy, cut through like rotting leather, and the blue aura instantly penetrated its body!

The Slaughter Fly let out a shrill wail unlike any insect chirp, its body convulsed violently, dark‑green viscous blood spurted out with strong corrosiveness, splashing onto Lin Yifan's protective Yuan field and producing a "sizzle" sound!

However, Lin Yifan's peril was not over!

The side Slaughter Fly, disrupted by Ling Ling's Mental Shock, recovered after a fleeting stasis, its ferocity even greater!

It abandoned the arm attack, its compound eyes locked onto the waist‑abdomen gap Lin Yifan exposed by the iron board bridge move, and its mouth, like a venomous dragon emerging, struck down fiercely again!

More deadly, the dark‑purple metallic‑sheen vines on the ground seemed fully activated by the scent of blood.

Several thicker vines with backward hooks writhed like raging boas, tearing through the mycelial layer again, lashing at Lin Yifan's ankles and waist!

Above, the massive mushroom's toxic mist had thickened to near‑liquid, continuously corroding his protective Yuan field, and the numbness grew stronger!

Around him, more translucent cocoons quivered violently, their "hiss" of breaking like death‑drumming beats, echoing in succession!

"Roar!"

Lin Yifan let out a low, angry roar, like a wounded beast.

His waist‑abdomen core power erupted instantly, forcing his body to twist, while both feet infused with Yuan energy kicked the ground hard, trying to retreat using the force!

The rune machete, after slaying the first Slaughter Fly, did not pause, tracing a curved arc to block the side‑approaching mouthpiece!

Clang!

The blade's edge collided violently with the Slaughter Fly's mouthpiece, sparking a few bright flares!

The massive impact jolted Lin Yifan's arm numb, his thenar cracked!

His hurried block couldn't fully dissipate the force; the mouthpiece, with terrifying penetration, still pierced his side clothing and carved a deep blood scar on his tough skin!

Intense pain and a chilling numbing toxin instantly spread along the wound!

"Brother Yifan!"

Ling Ling let out a terrified scream, spitting moonlight again without hesitation, trying to disrupt that Slaughter Fly.

But at this critical moment, a mutation rebirthed!

The Bloodsucking Vine Whip that had been coiling around Lin Yifan, fiercely battling those dark‑purple vines, suddenly erupted with an unprecedented strong reaction!

Buzz—!

The entire dark‑red vine whip quivered violently, emitting a high‑frequency buzz!

The fine backward spines along the vine stood up like a bristling beast!

A thought a hundred times stronger than before, mingling greed, excitement, and a bizarre home‑coming sense, surged into Lin Yifan's consciousness like a torrent!

The target of that thought was not an enemy but… the area deep within the mycelial carpet, near the root of the massive mushroom oozing black slime!

The sudden intense thought jolted Lin Yifan's spirit, and subconsciously he glanced in the direction the Bloodsucking Vine Whip "guided" him.

There, in the deepest shadow of the massive mushroom's root, beneath a thick mycelial layer, something unusual seemed buried.

The mycelium there was not a grim green but an eerie dark‑gold, pulsating with faint light in a rhythmic, breathing pattern.

Just now, as Lin Yifan slashed the first Slaughter Fly and blood splattered, the dark‑gold mycelial area surged upward sharply!

Immediately, as Ling Ling again interfered with the side Slaughter Fly and Lin Yifan blocked while injured—

Puff!

A deep, thudding boom like a heartbeat reverberated from that bulge!

The dark‑golden mycelium covering it shattered and peeled away like a fragile eggshell!

A... cocoon!

A giant cocoon, more than three times larger than the other white cocoons and entirely dark‑gold, burst out from beneath the mycelial layer!

The surface of this dark‑gold giant cocoon was not smooth; it was covered with black, vein‑like knotted protrusions that pulsed like living things, greedily drawing the energy that the surrounding white cocoons conveyed through vines.

The cocoon itself throbbed slowly and heavily, each beat releasing a suffocating, terrifying Overwhelming Pressure far beyond that of ordinary dark slaying flies!

That Overwhelming Pressure struck like a solid hammer, smashing into Lin Yifan and Ling Ling's chests!

Even the dark slaying fly that was attacking Lin Yifan was affected, its movements noticeably lagging, a flash of instinctive fear flickering in its compound eyes!