Chapter 10

The Puji are ready.

Filling the mana of every Puji (including Inanna) not only consumed the batch of mana from decomposing the Fire Mosquitoes, but even the stock was completely gone.

The mana naturally collected afterward would definitely not keep up with the consumption, which means this batch of Puji has no chance of a second replenishment.

The Earth Worm hunting operation is today.

Earth Worms are not only huge in size, but their outer layer is also covered with a thick rock shell. Neither Hallucinogenic Spores nor Digestive Mucus has any effect on it.

As for the shelled Puji, there is even less need. If they are grazed by the attack of a heavyweight existence like an Earth Worm, they will definitely be killed instantly, regardless of whether they have a shell or not.

To defeat such a worm, Lin Jun can only choose to pour damage.

Of course, there is a plan.

These worms that dig around underground all day long eat nothing but various minerals, and their favorite snack is naturally the specialty of the Amethyst Dungeon—magic crystals.

And Lin Jun happens to know how to detonate magic crystals.

In the team, Lin Jun specially prepared 10 special Puji.

Their hollow abdomens are filled with magic crystals, and they are also equipped with the Mana Storage skill as energy to detonate the magic crystals.

For this hunt, Lin Jun can be said to have brought out his entire fortune.

All the magic crystals that were originally inserted into the mushroom garden soil to accelerate mana collection were dug out, directly causing the mushroom garden's natural mana collection efficiency to be cut in half.

These magic crystals are both bait to lure the Earth Worm to appear and the first stick to give it a head-on blow.

As for after the blow, it depends on how effective Inanna's Mud Swamp spell is.

"Are we really going..."

The pink mushroom cap is shaking. Fighting an Earth Worm at least 15 levels higher, she has no sense of security at all.

"New recruit, I remember the hiring fee was already given to you, right?"

Inanna feels the large A-grade magic crystal on top of her head, and she can't bring herself to give up.

It's too fragrant!

Not only does it allow her to cast spells in Puji form, but the spell power is also almost doubled.

The amplification effect is far from what her previous small B-grade magic crystal could compare to.

"If the situation is really bad, I allow you to run away, and I won't take back the magic crystal." Lin Jun relaxes the conditions at the right time.

Although Inanna still wants to say that she might not be able to run away with her short legs, she thinks that having an escape permit is better than not having one.

The pink mushroom cap nods, and a consensus is reached.

Allowing Inanna to run away is not because Lin Jun has a sudden burst of kindness; it's simply because if the situation is impossible, there's no need for her to die in vain.

After the battle at the Fire Mosquito lair, Lin Jun also discovered that magic is indeed easy to use.

If Puji are gone, they can be produced again. If magic crystals are gone, they can be mined again. If Inanna is gone, where can he find another one who knows magic and is easy to order around?

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This journey is much further than the trip to the Fire Mosquito lair. Inanna even feels that they deliberately took a lot of detours.

However, they didn't encounter any obstacles along the way, only meeting a large black and white spider halfway, which had its head cut off by Inanna with a tracking Ice Blade.

The destination is a broken cave.

It can't even be called a cave anymore.

The entire space is densely packed with tunnels left by Earth Worms, and even describing it as "leaking from all sides" is an overstatement.

After Lin Jun's observation, he found that there were several new tunnels compared to when he came to investigate last time.

He places the self-destructing Puji and magic crystals on a relatively complete piece of ground, and the other Turret Puji are scattered around the scattered caves.

Lin Jun didn't arrange Inanna elsewhere, but let her stay at the edge of the tunnel where they came from.

Slowly driving mana into the magic crystals, the mana fluctuations emitted by the large number of magic crystals make even Lin Jun feel greedy.

Inanna also knows the specific plan. Looking at that pile of magic crystals, she is full of regret.

Boss Lin Jun is a spendthrift. To increase the success rate, he actually used even some A-grade magic crystals as explosives.

Although they are not as big as the one on her head, they are still A-grade magic crystals!

Placing this pile of magic crystals outside would be enough to hire a diamond team to kill ten Earth Worms, but now it's just to blow up an Earth Worm once.

It's truly a waste of heavenly treasures.

After the mana fluctuations spread out, the Earth Worm didn't appear for a while, but some other monsters came instead.

There were the black and white spiders encountered on the road, and also deformed monsters with sharp teeth.

However, they were all blasted to death by the Puji around them, causing no trouble.

What surprised Lin Jun was that he actually saw a LV35 Minotaur, also known as a bull-headed man.

Lin Jun is also encountering a classic monster like a Minotaur for the first time.

The other party obviously has high intelligence and retreated when it saw the lineup here from afar.

If he had encountered it at another time, Lin Jun would definitely try to communicate with it. As intelligent monsters, maybe they could coexist harmoniously?

But forget it today.

Finally,

A continuous vibration comes from underground. The rubble beside Inanna's feet shakes crazily in the soil layer, and some newly opened tunnel entrances are dropping rubble with a rustling sound.

An unlucky Puji was smashed into a puddle of mycelium by the falling rocks above before it even started, becoming the first sacrificial mushroom of this operation.

"It's coming, it's coming. When should I cast the spell? Should I cast Mud Swamp now?"

Inanna becomes nervous again when the time comes.

"Calm down, Inanna. I will tell you when to cast it. Don't mess yourself up."

Lin Jun gently advises Inanna to stay calm, but he doesn't notice that his own tone is tightening uncontrollably. Beneath the calm tone is excitement that cannot be suppressed.

It didn't keep the two in suspense for too long.

The ground on one side of the cave collapsed with a bang, and a large worm rose from the ground, and 20 Puji disappeared into the giant mouth in an instant.

[Level: LV49]

It is exactly Lin Jun's target—the Earth Worm!

"It's here!"

The Earth Worm's body bent in the air, and it pounced toward the magic crystals with a clear goal.

All the Puji didn't fire, and Lin Jun even stopped Inanna, who was about to cast magic due to stress.

Not yet, not yet.

Mana frantically poured into the magic crystals, and the mana fluctuations became more and more intense.

Just as it reached its peak, the giant mouth fell, enveloping the ten Puji along with all the magic crystals.

1... 2...

Boom—

The earth-shattering explosion tore the Earth Worm's giant mouth to pieces, and several meters of rock armor burst from the inside.

The splashing rock fragments flew in all directions at a terrifying speed, causing significant casualties to the Puji.

The entire mouth of the Earth Worm was completely blown to pieces.

As for the brain, Lin Jun wasn't very sure where the Earth Worm's brain was, or rather, he wasn't sure if it had a brain.

He only knew that even after suffering such an injury, it still didn't lose its vitality but was struggling painfully.

The remaining body twisted crazily, and the half-worm body slapped the surrounding rock layers, causing a collapse. The remaining digging feet were frantically digging the ground, trying to drill back underground.

Inanna's body trembled violently, and Lin Jun's command exploded directly in her consciousness in the form of a broken voice:

"Mud Swamp! Quick!"

(End of chapter)