Chapter 134: 144 Solo Kill

Wow!

Such a huge lump, was it actually a cocoon and not a nest?

This was the first time Lin Jun had seen a monster in this world that could form a cocoon.

What would a Thousand-Pivot Mayfly become after cocooning was complete?

Would it become larger, or would it transform into another form?

Lin Jun didn't know.

He only knew that these few hundred Puji were likely done for, because the [Stiffened] effect on the giant mayfly below had just vanished.

The mayfly detached from the coiled stone peak and, like a swimming dragon, flew toward the bat Puji hanging under the mycelial platform.

Pop—

Although he felt it was futile, Lin Jun still let the Puji open fire.

The mushroom cannons hit the giant insect's carapace, but it couldn't be said they had no effect.

They could chip off a tiny bit of the shell, but it was truly insignificant compared to the shell's thickness.

If these hundreds of Puji could hit the same spot simultaneously, they should still be able to cause effective damage.

However, such technical work was difficult even for a fixed target, let alone a moving one.

Xiao Hei’s venomous breath was effective, but the quantity was too small, and the damage it caused to the giant creature before him was truly limited.

The lv65 Thousand-Pivot Mayfly didn't even use any attack skills; it just circled back and forth twice.

Wherever it passed, the mycelial platforms snapped, and the Puji it touched died on the spot, as if hit by a dump truck.

It was clear it was still very angry about being disturbed while cocooning.

After killing most of the Puji, it continued upward, destroying the remaining mycelial platforms along the way.

The batch of Puji guarding the fork were, unsurprisingly, also wiped out along the way.

The destruction continued for half a day, and by the time it coiled back to its original position, Lin Jun’s front line had been pushed back to where it was 4 days ago.

The remaining Puji below were being slaughtered by smaller Thousand-Pivot Mayflies, and the fungal carpet the giant insect hadn't bothered with was also being cleared away bit by bit.

In short, they were back to where they started overnight...

Lin Jun sorted things out a little and finally understood the habits of this thing.

The passage Lin Jun initially thought had no giant insect actually just had the giant insect cocooning.

Then, he didn't know if it produced them itself or simply gathered a batch of low-level mayflies to be responsible for bringing it food.

And those areas with only giant insects were those that hadn't started cocooning yet.

Which meant there was a high probability that all areas had giant insects...

And this cocooning giant insect couldn't be ignored, because if you killed all its underlings and there was no one to feed it, it wouldn't just stupidly starve to death in the cocoon, would it?

Looking at the one before that exited the [Cocooning, Stiffened] state, it only took a few minutes.

It was clearly different from the cocooning of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly in his past life, where it melted itself down and recast.

In that case, didn't it mean that if he wanted to go down, he had to fight a lv60+ Thousand-Pivot Mayfly?

Lin Jun hated fighting giant insects the most...

And what if he fought one, and another one moved in?

The population of this Thousand-Pivot Mayfly group was clearly not small.

Tsk!

If only it weren't aerial combat; the terrain limitations were too many.

Xiao Hei should still have no problem fighting the Thousand-Pivot Mayfly; [Strong Acid Breath] had a suppressive effect, and in terms of speed and flexibility, she stood in an invincible position.

Did he really have to risk letting Xiao Hei down?

Did everything have to be handled by Xiao Hei?

The Puji were not such inconvenient things!

In the end, Lin Jun still didn't choose to let Xiao Hei go down, but silently increased the production of bat Puji.

A week later, when the Puji returned, their numbers had multiplied several times over!

A single layer of mycelial platform couldn't hold them, and Lin Jun didn't intend to crowd them all together.

Instead, he divided them into batches, forming five layers of defense lines.

The vanguard was still the mushroom cannons, which went all the way down, clearing out the low-level mayflies that had gradually recovered in numbers over the week.

Although some mayflies had gathered again, their numbers were ultimately not what they were at the beginning.

After sacrificing less than eighty Puji, the vanguard unit fought back to the position where they had previously failed.

And on that inverted stone peak was the giant insect, which had re-wrapped itself in silk halfway! The Puji, right in front of it, ruthlessly blasted the few stray mayflies that had gathered around.

And the giant insect, which had not yet entered the cocooning state, naturally saw these little things that had come to harass it again.

A sharp hiss came from its mouth.

The giant insect bit through the half-woven cocoon and charged over!

Although the vanguard unit fought back hard, just like last time, the giant insect only had a bit of its shell broken, and these hundred-plus Puji were almost wiped out by it.

Lin Jun felt no inner turmoil; it was just an expected loss.

The giant insect continued upward; it wanted to do the same as last time and smash all the mycelial platforms that had extended into its territory.

However, it soon entered a dense fog of purple spores.

[Hallucinogenic Spores lv7]

The terrain of a rift wasn't actually closed, so the poisonous fog dissipated easily.

But as long as there were enough Puji and the timing was right, it could still achieve an effect in a short time.

So... what was the effect?

In the poisonous fog, the giant insect's vision was blocked. Although it could still use [Vibration Sensing] to find enemies, Lin Jun had the Puji enter a silent state after spraying all the spores at once.

The giant insect could only scurry around, relying on luck to cause destruction.

Unfortunately, the lv65 Thousand-Pivot Mayfly was still too large; so many hallucinogenic spores couldn't make it fall into paralysis.

However, it wasn't completely ineffective; after breaking through the second line of defense, the giant insect's movements slowed down slightly.

Facing the advancing giant insect, the third layer of Puji, under Lin Jun's command, charged forward to meet it.

Simple and efficient [Self-Destruct].

Countless fireworks bloomed on the giant insect's body.

After the small fireworks came the big ones; the fourth layer of mycelial platforms was extra thick because sitting on it were the Fat Otaku Puji.

Several bat Puji dragged the Fat Otaku Puji into the air, and after aiming, dropped them directly.

It was just like dropping bombs; the difficulty of this thing was that you had to control the timing of its self-destruction.

Unlike bombs that would explode when they hit something, if the Puji died from the impact, they couldn't use [Self-Destruct].

A full ten Fat Otaku Puji.

The giant insect had already had a large number of fine cracks appear on its carapace from the previous round of bat swarm self-destructions, and this time, facing the more powerful Fat Otaku, it finally had its defense broken.

The shell on its head collapsed, the inside was blasted into a bloody mess, and one Fat Otaku Puji even exploded directly in its mouth, blowing off its mouthparts.

The originally aggressive giant insect suddenly became shaky, hovering in the air, emitting bursts of mournful cries.

Lin Jun had prepared a backup for the five-layer defense, but now it seemed unnecessary.

A bat Puji flew lightly onto the head of the giant insect, which was still in a dazed state, its mycelial tentacles holding a full bottle of the newly collected strong acid breath liquid.

With no intention of saving it, it poured it all onto the giant insect's head, which had lost its shell protection.

Accompanied by the "hissing" sound of corrosion, the giant insect hissed even more miserably.

However, this hissing didn't last long; under Lin Jun's gaze, the giant insect's already low health bar soon hit zero.

The moment it hit zero, its wings stopped flapping, and its huge body hit the rugged stone wall and rolled down.

Phew—

Back then, a lv65 Flame Demon could block Lin Jun's path.

Now, a lv65 giant flying insect had been beaten to death by him.

It was impossible not to feel a little smug.

But Lin Jun didn't relax; the speed at which he laid the fungal carpet downward was even faster than before.

The corpses of those low-level Thousand-Pivot Mayflies were one thing, but he would never let this lv65 one be eaten by other monsters.

lv60+ Thousand-Pivot Mayflies had an extra [Cocooning] skill compared to other low-level mayflies.

Lin Jun was so curious about what effect this thing had!