Chapter 150: 147 Anyway, It's the Great Expedition!

Hiss—huff—

Another magic-laden blast struck beside him, splashing mud onto his face.

The four-meter-tall minotaur rubbed its abdomen, still raw and bloody from earlier hits; it knew it could no longer rely on brute strength to tank attacks as usual.

Charging blindly would only end like that giant spider nearby, smashed to pieces.

In fact, elsewhere, if it had met that giant spider alone, it would have been a life-or-death battle.

But today, facing those suddenly arriving Pujis launching indiscriminate attacks, the two rival species had to temporarily unite against a common foe.

Indeed, right now, it even needed to borrow strength from the remaining part of that giant spider.

More precisely, it needed to borrow the rear half of the spider's massive body—that thick, fleshy buttock.

The minotaur turned, swung its great axe, and severed the dead giant spider's buttock; it grabbed the thick chunk with one hand and held it before itself as a shield.

Puff! Puff!

Two more mushroom cannons fired, exploding on the spider's buttock and spraying pale green bodily fluids, while the minotaur behind remained unharmed.

Effective!

The minotaur let out a low roar and, using the spider's buttock as a meat shield, charged toward the Pujis.

The minotaur was not the only one attacking the Pujis.

Mud monsters, crystal-shelled crystal-cluster beasts, demon-toothed wild boars, and the most numerous shadow bats… they all rushed toward the Pujis from every corner of the cavern.

This was a super-large cavern possessing freshwater resources extremely rare in deep zones, thus attracting many different kinds of monsters to dwell nearby.

Any monster with basic survival wisdom would avoid fighting near water sources to prevent damaging this precious resource. But those mushrooms clearly lacked such wisdom.

They launched indiscriminate area attacks, slaughtering every living creature within sight.

Even in the initial assault, they blasted several venomous lizards drinking by the lake into fragments, causing toxic bodily fluids to seep into the lake water and contaminate the source.

Such behavior undoubtedly aroused the hostility of all monsters in the cavern, temporarily uniting them under the goal of resisting a common threat.

Moo—!

Relying on the spider's buttock and on other monsters drawing fire, the minotaur charged into the ranks of the Pujis.

Throwing aside the already nearly obliterated spider buttock, the minotaur swung its great axe in a windmill motion!

The fragile bodies of the Pujis offered no resistance to the axe, even giving the minotaur the illusion of swinging at empty air.

But in truth, that single strike eliminated eight Pujis.

The minotaur swung the heavy great axe again and again, creating afterimages in the air.

After all, they were just weaklings; once in close range, they were utterly helpless!

Lost in the slaughter, the minotaur failed to notice several crimson blood lines swiftly weaving through the ranks of the Pujis.

By the time it smelled that pungent scent of blood, it was already too late.

Thick fur and hard muscles could not stop those blood lines even slightly; in an instant, several blood-filled holes were pierced through the minotaur's body, inflicting severe wounds.

The minotaur knelt halfway among the Pujis, and some Pujis aimed their mushroom cannons at it.

A pale yet powerful hand pressed down on a Puji's mushroom cap, gently turning it toward another direction.

Louisa slowly stepped forward, and the Pujis voluntarily cleared a path for her.

At this moment, her face was full and her posture elegant, showing none of the wretched appearance she had when she first descended a few days ago.

Clearly, the food here was much better for her.

Louisa herself stood two meters tall, yet even kneeling, the minotaur before her towered far above her.

However, she did not take the minotaur before her seriously.

The vampire directly thrust her finger into the minotaur's pierced arm; accompanied by the minotaur's muffled groan, she hooked out a string of fresh blood and held it in her mouth. Her other hand supported her chin, and a satisfied expression appeared on her face.

Though not human, though carrying a slight bovine odor, it was at least the fresh blood of a humanoid intelligent creature, and so vibrant, with such vigorous life force within the blood!

She was nearly lost in it.

While Louisa closed her eyes to savor the taste, the severely wounded minotaur, driven by sheer willpower, actually stood up again.

Its right hand, still bleeding fresh blood, raised the great axe high and suddenly swung down fiercely at the woman before it who had disregarded it!

However, a palm firmly caught the axe handle; no matter how hard the minotaur pushed, it could not press it down even a fraction.

Only then did Louisa slowly reopen her eyes.

Although not a race specialized in strength like the minotaur, the gap in levels still granted Louisa higher strength attributes than this minotaur, let alone that the minotaur was already injured.

Watching the minotaur before her, still unwilling to give up and trying to smash her with its fists.

Louisa gently curled her fingers, and fresh blood from the minotaur's wounds surged out, gathering into her hand.

In a short while, the minotaur would be drained dry.

"Cough!"

Suddenly, a cough came from within the fungal network.

Louisa's hand immediately trembled, nearly causing the blood sphere in her hand to scatter.

The deliciousness of the blood had nearly made her forget the mission assigned by that terrifying existence!

She hurriedly stopped the action of extracting the minotaur's blood and even controlled herself to return a little.

The boss's requirement—humanoid creatures, capture only, do not kill!

Good, good; the minotaur still had a breath left. She did not want to experience more incidents of mushrooms suddenly growing on her body.

Reluctantly, she watched as several cow-horse Pujis dragged away the unconscious minotaur—the very last drop of blood before death is the most precious part.

Unfortunately, with the KPI assigned by the boss looming, her own life was far more important than a momentary craving.

Work, work…

She casually hooked out fresh blood from some dead monsters, condensed it into blood lines, and shot them toward the shadow bats flying everywhere, knocking down the dozen or so closest ones.

Facing the countless monsters before her, Louisa did not intend to handle them all personally.

With a mere thought, the elite Pujis swarmed around her, launching a fierce assault on the demons.

She only took care of the stragglers that managed to slip through the crossfire.

Within this Puji expedition, the only unit she could directly command was this elite Puji squad, specifically tasked with assisting her in dealing with higher-level demons.

As for ordinary demons, countless ordinary Pujis were responsible for cleaning them up.

Just as now, the real trouble in this cave was the swarm of black shadow bats flying wildly in the air; soon, the Pujis deployed their own bats!

The difficulty of the black shadow bats lay in their ghostly, unpredictable ambushes, while the speed of the bat Pujis was nothing compared to them.

But the bat Pujis would explode the instant they were touched!

In an instant, fireworks erupted above the cave, and fragments of mycelium and the broken corpses of black shadow bats fell together.

The fate of this cave was now sealed.

Louisa drank the remaining minotaur blood in her hand, her gaze growing hazy once more; she now only hoped to stay down here forever, never to return to the Fifth Floor, which was filled with her painful memories!

(End of Chapter)