Chapter 100: 99 Proper Burial

Occasionally, a tree demon getting killed is considered normal.

Even if the tree demon's strength is considered strong on this floor, the dungeon lacks nothing more than accidents.

But the culprit who killed the tree demon right before his eyes still made Lin Jun exclaim "Holy crap!"

What a huge flower bud!

What a huge flower demon!

So huge!

Of course, Lin Jun had long transcended the mundane and possessed no such worldly desires; he was simply marveling at it.

Come to think of it, flower demons growing their flower cores into the shape of a human upper body was originally meant to trap humans, right?

But such mimicry behavior was long outdated; which adventurer nowadays still falls for that?

Besides, although flower demons look human, they actually lack high intelligence.

Whether emitting sounds resembling speech or making various expressions and movements like humans, it was all merely a hunting behavior, essentially no different from a Venus flytrap secreting nectar to attract insects.

It's just... this flower demon is really huge!

The deep purple base of the flower crown filled the entire small basin, looking as if its weight had crushed the surrounding land down; the tree demons, taller than humans, looked like toys before it.

Who knows how that tree demon provoked it; now it had already been flattened by the flower demon's stems and leaves, turned into scrap wood.

If the tree demon's corpse could still be considered intact after being slapped, then Puji, who went over with the tree demon, suffered much worse.

They were all smeared onto the ground, hard to scrape off; only one standing far away remained a survivor.

He didn't intend to seek revenge; although this flower demon being so big was indeed quite rare, it held no special value for Lin Jun.

After all, Lin Jun wasn't craving the materials on its body; keeping it as a feature of the sixth floor was quite good.

On the contrary, the tree demon's corpse held more value—Plant Kinship skills!

It was rare to find a tree demon that died naturally; he must take it back to the fifth floor to bury it properly.

However, such matters were not suitable for asking other tree demons for help; he could only rely on Puji.

Soon, a ragtag army of Puji rushed down from the fifth floor.

Since they were gathered on a whim, there were all sorts of Puji types.

Cannon Mushrooms, Whip Mushrooms, Ox-Horse Mushrooms, Self-Exploding Mushrooms, Big Black Mushrooms...

???

"Xiao Hei? Why did you follow?"

"Followed the Puji!"

Making a scene was fine.

If you want to follow, then follow.

For safety's sake, Lin Jun still gave a reminder: "Just follow and watch, don't cause trouble!"

"Mm!"

The Puji advanced towards the giant flower demon in great numbers; since there were no tree demons to clear the way, the Puji were attacked by many plants along the path.

Lin Jun didn't bother; plants had a problem of slow digestion; feeding them some Puji along the way meant they wouldn't finish digesting for half a day, so they were all neutralized.

Seeing the Puji get caught, Xiao Hei initially tore the plants apart, but she soon realized she would fail to keep up with the main force, so she simply stopped caring.

Arriving at the edge of the small basin, the number of Puji remaining was over forty; now only the final hurdle remained—snatching the tree demon corpse.

Lin Jun still planned to use the old method: feigning an attack on the east while striking the west.

First, drop a few decoys down; when it attacks the decoys, the Ox-Horse Puji would pull the tree demon corpse up.

Simple strategies were always very effective against these brainless monsters.

Suddenly surrounded by a swarm of Puji from a distance, the flower demon seemed somewhat restless.

Stems suddenly pierced out from underground, impaling a Puji standing outside the basin.

What the hell?

Isn't this outside its attack range?

Soon, more stems pierced out, and the Puji were skewered one by one.

Damn!

This flower demon even knew how to hide its strength?

The remaining Puji had stood at the basin's edge without incident, making Lin Jun mistakenly believe the flower demon's attack range was limited to inside the basin!

In just a few seconds, over a dozen Puji perished.

Lin Jun commanded the remaining Puji to retreat; he needed to reorganize his formation!

Only one slow-reacting fellow was left behind on the spot—Xiao Hei.

Ding ding ding—the flower demon's stems kept poking out from the ground, striking the scales of the Big Black Mushroom and making crisp sounds.

Not a single mark appeared on the scales; instead, all the stems broke upon hitting themselves.

Xiao Hei stared at the small holes left by these stems underground, then looked at the flower demon in the center of the small basin.

After thinking for a long time, she seemed to finally realize she had been attacked by the flower demon.

Just as Lin Jun had reorganized his troops, a huge boom echoed from the small basin.

When the Puji approached, they saw the flower demon smashed into the ground... the kind you couldn't even scrape out.

"Wait... how did it get killed?"

Such a huge one was so rare!

"It poked me!" Xiao Hei pointed at the pile of flower demon on the ground.

"It couldn't even poke you..."

Sigh—

"Forget it, let's pack up and go. Xiao Hei, bring the Flower Demon along; don't waste it."

The Puji lifted the Tree Demon, while Xiao Hei grabbed the core connected to the Flower Demon, yanked it out, and then dragged the Flower Demon, three times her size, following behind the Puji.

Lin Jun looked at the flower bud left behind, wondering if another Flower Demon could grow from it?

The Flower Demon was already smashed to pieces, and this dragging only made bits fall off here and there; by the time they reached the staircase entrance, it looked like less than half remained...

"Boss?"

The voice from within the Fungus Network made Lin Jun shudder.

Xiao Lu stood not far away, looking puzzledly at the human-shaped rotten wood the Puji were carrying.

"Xiao Lu... how did you come out?"

"I sensed many Puji coming down... so I came to see if I could help..."

Then came a stretch of silence, with only Xiao Hei looking around, not understanding why they had stopped.

The Tree Demon had by now realized what was happening, but how to put it... it was just awkward.

After a long while.

Xiao Lu: "Accidental death?"

Lin Jun: "Accidental death, and we even avenged it."

Xiao Lu glanced at the Flower Demon's remains, then at the big black mushroom dragging the wreckage, and some less beautiful memories flooded his mind.

Nodding, the Tree Demon retreated the way it had come.

Lin Jun also breathed a sigh of relief; although he had done nothing wrong, being misunderstood would not be good.

It was rare to have raised the Tree Demon's favorability; planting seeds of doubt now would be troublesome.

Fortunately, it was the sensible Xiao Lu... I'll give it an A-rank Magic Crystal later! —

While Lin Jun was busy dealing with the corpses of the two demons, far away a thousand li, Dylan was doing the same thing.

Heavy rain fell on Dylan's face, wetting his eyelashes, but Dylan had no time to wipe it away because his hands were gripping something.

"Brother Dylan, be careful not to slip!"

In the small forest, two men braved the heavy rain, carrying a corpse one behind the other.

"Do you still remember the location?" Dylan asked.

Upon hearing this, Chrollo looked up at the surroundings, then turned and indicated a direction.

"Over there!"

Not long after, the two men carried the corpse to the destination, where another corpse they had carried over was already waiting.

Dylan stepped back two paces and sat down heavily on the ground.

He wasn't tired, just panicked.

This was already on the edge of the port city of Clark; he hadn't expected that he hadn't messed things up, but the experienced Chrollo had caused a scene!

Looking at the two corpses on the ground, Dylan was speechless.

How did it come to this?

(End of this chapter)