Chapter 113: 112 Advancement System

What kind of mutated Pujie is this?

These scales that have erupted look just like dragon scales...

Facing the Great Black Mushroom, with no retreat left, Lacus once again drew fresh blood from within his body.

This damn layer is all mushrooms; he couldn't find any monsters to draw blood from, so he had to use his own.

If the Blood Cone can't break the Great Black Mushroom's scales, then go around them!

He, Lacus, is a genius!

He no longer condensed the fresh blood into a Blood Cone, but instead subdivided it, and subdivided it again!

He condensed the fresh blood into threads, controlling the movement of every single blood thread...

The requirement for such fine control made Lacus's head split with pain, but between life and death, he stubbornly endured this agony that nearly made him faint.

【Skill Upgrade: Blood Manipulation lv6→lv7】

"Ugh—ah!"

Countless blood threads shot out, rushing straight at the Great Black Mushroom before him.

The blood threads did not collide with the scales; instead, after approaching, they changed angle, piercing through the gaps between the scales, and then detonated the mana and life force contained within the fresh blood.

For a moment, the Great Black Mushroom trembled all over and retreated two steps.

There was no time to gloat; Lacus, taking advantage of the Great Black Mushroom's interrupted movement, directly transformed into a bat, grabbed the Holy Scripture, and flew into the air.

Along the way, the mycelia hanging from those mushroom trees actually reached out toward him; fortunately, thanks to the bat's small size, he dodged them while twisting and turning, breaking out of the mushroom forest.

Only after flying up to mid-air did Lacus finally relax a little.

Fortunately, he could fly!

The Holy Scripture wasn't lost either; next, he just needed to figure out how to fly out of the Fifth Layer...

Suddenly, he felt something approaching rapidly... a Pujie?

A Pujie spreading its wings and gliding over from the dome?

What the hell is that thing!?

The bat form was inconvenient for counterattacking; Lacus could only flap his wings as hard as possible to get away, but he wasn't as fast as that Pujie.

But it didn't matter; Lacus figured it out. This Pujie could only glide, not fly; after it approached, he just needed to quickly dodge around it...

Boom—

After the close-range explosion, the bat that Lacus had transformed into was spun and blown away, taking a long while to regain balance.

He didn't even have time to care about the injuries on his body; his empty claws made him turn pale with shock.

"The Holy Scripture? Where's the Holy Scripture?"

The Holy Scripture he had been holding had vanished in the explosion; he still wanted to risk going down to look for it, but he felt something blocking him from above?

Pitch-black scales, golden vertical pupils, massive wings, and claws swiping toward him...

Lin Jun, still immersed in the joy of playing a dive-bombing self-destruct, immediately got a headache again when he saw the half-vampire, who had been swatted down like a cannonball.

Did I swat him to death?

As the first demon to enter his own dungeon, Lin Jun naturally gave this guy twelvefold attention.

He didn't expect it to be charging for the Huang Pishu.

He had originally wanted to interrogate him, but if he got swatted to death directly, that wouldn't be good.

Lin Jun didn't dislike guys who could break through in the midst of battle; who wouldn't like providing more skill proficiency?

But why did you have to hurt Seeing Xiao Hei...

To be fair, this guy is quite impressive; only level 40, just stepping into the Gold tier, yet he could deal effective damage against Seeing Xiao Hei alone, although it was just a little bit.

You have to know, the last time Seeing Xiao Hei was injured, it was the result of four Gold-tier and nearly twenty Silver-tier working together.

Fortunately, the panel hasn't disappeared yet...

Soon, the Pujies responsible for cleaning up tied up the escaped Huang Pishu and his accomplice, the half-vampire, and brought them over.

The Huang Pishu was fine; except for the edges of the pages being slightly scorched yellow, it looked quite spirited, and the text on it kept refreshing like a scrolling screen.

Through learning, Lin Jun's 【Human Common Tongue】 was now level 6; even with guessing and guessing, he could understand some of it. Most of it was nonsense about clearing his name and begging for mercy.

It is worth mentioning that when Lin Jun read the characters on the Huang Pishu, he kept his panel open at all times.

If he discovered a charm effect, he would let the Huang Pishu know that the previous days had already been quite good.

As for this half-vampire who barely retained a human form... sprinkle some spores and start the interrogation!

"So you came here on your own?"

The interrogation went smoothly; sitting in front of Seeing Xiao Hei, showing this thief the scene of brutally eating Pujies, combined with Lin Jun's parasitic spores and hallucinogenic spores, Lacus almost told everything he knew.

Everything about searching for the Holy Scripture, about the Vampire Duke, and his guess that he was a scout, was all spilled out by Lacus.

It's just that Lin Jun didn't quite understand.

"Since you suffered harsh treatment, why not choose to break away?"

Lacus, who had never had blood to drink and couldn't recover his injuries, lay on the ground and answered in a muffled voice:

"Bloodline contract... if I betray my lord, even if I survive, I can never advance."

"What is advancement?"

"A title is power... and also a shackle," Lacus suddenly coughed violently, dark red blood soaking into the ground, "Unable to advance to Viscount... means the level cannot exceed 40, and the lifespan limit... is no more than 120 years..."

Sounds like a system with strict hierarchy and extremely strong control.

It made Lin Jun feel a bit envious.

His own parasitic ability, beyond the range, was still a bit weak in terms of compulsion.

Looking at the already unconscious Lacus on the ground, Pujie nearby carried him off to the Sunken Swamp.

He indeed had the Death Replay status, letting him die slowly in the swamp, ensuring no information would leak from this side.

There was no intention to take him in as a dog.

The interrogation had already revealed he was not a peaceful fellow; besides, he was blocked by the promotion system, so he was unsuitable as a subordinate by any measure.

What Lin Jun found more concerning was the Demon Race's level of attention toward the Huang Pishu; no matter how one thought about it, the Huang Pishu was a disaster...

Should I throw this book away?

In just one second, Lin Jun rejected this idea.

This thing has stayed here for so long; it cannot simply be let out like this.

Rather than throwing it away, it would be better to let Seeing Xiao Hei tear it apart!

The Holy Scripture on the ground, for some unknown reason, suddenly increased its speed of typing for mercy by a third...

As for the possible Demon Race squad that might come later, Lin Jun did not care too much.

Demons dying in the Amethyst Dungeon would not produce any negative effects on Lin Jun.

They couldn't possibly send a Duke to infiltrate just to trouble him, could they?

It was not that Lin Jun held any prejudice against the Demon Race; from the Shapeshifter Kluo, one could see that the so-called racial distinctions in this world were probably just so much.

Lin Jun even quite wanted to exchange more with races other than humans—Elves, Dwarves, the Demon Race, and so on.

But the prerequisite is that you must be friendly.

For bandits coming to snatch things, there was no need to be polite.

He checked his panel again; no Charm, good.

A Pujie stepped forward, rolled up the Holy Scripture that was still chattering nonsense about being a "honest book," and Lin Jun intended to forge a new seal for it.

At least dozens of landmine Pujies were deployed around!

By the way, there is also his Elite Pujie project; the first batch is almost ready. He hopes to finish it before other Demons arrive, just to invite them to help test its practicality.

(End of this chapter)