[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms":3,"chapter-this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-43":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","This Dungeon Has Sprouted Mushrooms",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2219098,3995,"Chapter 43: 44 Ancient Dragon","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-43",43,"\u003Cp>Lin Jun waited for the evil guest to come to the door in the cave full of spores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifth floor, however, had new changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rift that ran out the dragon-man and the giant rat hadn't refreshed any monsters for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was becoming unstable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space around the rift was slightly distorted, seemingly with a trend of expanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This change made Lin Jun's heart jump with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't understand space-related knowledge, but this was definitely very dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't want his fifth floor to become a dead zone of space shattering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or have a few more permanent rifts, where anyone could come in and take a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanting or not, Lin Jun was helpless against these changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And right now, dealing with the dragon-man was the top priority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coming!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Lin Jun's magic perception perspective, the dragon-man had already dug to the edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack, crack—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A section of the rock wall cracked slightly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, a pair of sharp claws broke through the stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon-man's head followed closely and drilled out, the fiery golden dragon pupils sweeping into the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing before it was the long-waiting Knight Puji, along with six Tentacle Mushroom Cannons, fully charged with energy and on the verge of firing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprised?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>6 shots of triple-power mushroom cannon, all hitting the bewildered dragon-man directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was a headshot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The huge explosion sound mixed with fierce vibration, and the entire rock wall was blasted to pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cave ceiling collapsed in the vibration, and large chunks of rubble fell one after another, burying the dragon-man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cave had been collapsing until one-third of the area was left before it barely stabilized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun was also helpless; facing the dragon-man, it was no longer a time to consider whether the cave collapsed or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn't over yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rubble pile suddenly exploded, and the dragon-man rushed out from it, but didn't pounce directly on the Knight Puji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, she dashed around the cave at a very fast speed and finally stopped in the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, the dragon-man looked incomparably miserable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only was her head full of blood, but most of the scales on her face had fallen off, and one of the horns on her head was broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps she was hit hard, as she was huddled in the corner now, growling low and not daring to approach easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon-man's current appearance made Lin Jun a bit surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, her facial features were hidden under thick scales, and with the horns, she looked more like a dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that most of the scales had fallen off, her facial features were exposed, and she actually looked more like a human face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, these were all unimportant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being able to maintain a standoff with the dragon-man at this moment was exactly what Lin Jun wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The six mycelium tentacle mushroom cannons on his body were all one-time use; after being used just now, the recoil shattered the tentacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they could still be used, he estimated he couldn't hit the dragon-man, whose movements weren't restricted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun's trump card had always been the hallucinogenic spores permeating the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although various resistances wouldn't be low for anything related to dragons, high resistance didn't mean immunity; as long as the time was long enough...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, the dragon-man finally moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its figure turned into a blurred shadow, circling around Lin Jun and closing in bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear that it had been beaten quite painfully, as it lacked any of the reckless, straightforward aggression it had shown when fighting the giant rats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Lin Jun liked this; he might not be able to react if she went straight at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the dragon-man was close enough, the Knight vibrated slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Infrasound Attack LV6]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon-man's internal organs were attacked, her movements paused abruptly, and she didn't have time to turn, so she just followed the inertia and bumped into the rock wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun didn't hesitate to add a mushroom cannon shot there, and the cave collapsed by another small half, burying the dragon-man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of the infrasound attack was far inferior to a mushroom cannon of the same level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But its benefit was that it ignored defense and caused damage directly to the inside of the body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Lin Jun's infrasound was only level 6, in a confined space like a cave, amplified by the symbiotic crystal, it was enough to cause certain damage to the dragon-man and disrupt her rhythm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone pile was pushed away, and the dragon-man who crawled out this time didn't look so energetic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she didn't delay, instead rushing over, rushing over directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Infrasound Attack LV6]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Evasion LV7]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relying on interfering with her movements, Lin Jun dodged this straight-line attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the dragon-man also learned to be smart; this charge didn't use full strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being interfered with, she adjusted her posture in time, circled around, and rushed over again in the gap of Lin Jun's infrasound attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a keen combat intuition!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the sharp claws swung by the dragon-man, at the critical moment, the Knight Puji's body pressed down slightly... and bounced up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Assault Ejection LV5]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The claws and the Knight crossed paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dodged, but not completely dodged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A claw mark was left on the Knight's shell, and it was just a little bit away from hurting the inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation seemed to be getting bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What about the hallucinogenic spores?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inhaled so much and still no effect?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon-man seemed to notice that she was gradually starting to gain the upper hand, and she grinned excitedly, revealing two rows of shark teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She adjusted her posture and pounced again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this time, the dragon-man had only rushed halfway when her limbs became uncoordinated, and she rolled into a ball on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, it wasn't Lin Jun who did anything; the infrasound attack was still a bit away from being ready.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, Lin Jun himself felt weak all over now, and his mycelium felt soft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The panel even had an extra status:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dragon Might (Total attributes reduced by 50%)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun quickly scanned the fifth floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That rift with unstable space had actually expanded by a circle at some point!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A giant claw 5 meters long grabbed the edge of the rift, causing the surrounding space to vibrate violently!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"GROOOOARRR——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The terrifying roar transmitted from the rift echoed throughout the fifth floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only because Lin Jun's main body was buried underground that he didn't hear it the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not hearing it didn't mean he wasn't affected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That Dragon Might was the best evidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, the owner of that claw was a dragon?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a dragon beast or sub-dragon, but a real dragon!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging from the size of the claw, that dragon absolutely couldn't pass through the rift, unless it continued to tear the rift bigger...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don't!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can't all the bad luck happen to me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun shivered under the Dragon Might, and the dragon-man opposite looked even more unbearable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She actually dug a hole on the spot and buried her upper body in it to play ostrich...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon claw seemed to want to continue tearing the rift, but a large number of electric arcs suddenly flashed in the space, hitting the dragon claw and blasting away a piece of dragon scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant dragon was in pain and actually let go of the claw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just at the end, it let out an angry roar toward this side again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, electric arcs wrapped around the rift, actually making it shrink smaller and smaller, and finally it disappeared just like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the rift disappeared, this position returned to the original stairs connecting the fourth and fifth floors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stairs were so clean that it was as if nothing had happened...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long after the rift disappeared, the negative status on Lin Jun's body finally vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the dragon-man was buried halfway in the soil, motionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Knight flew up its short legs and kicked her out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon-man hit the rock wall behind and just slumped down like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hallucinogenic spores finally worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn't expect it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragon Might actually helped him out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Knight came to the dragon-man's side and stomped on her face a few times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't an ordinary stomp; this was [Stomp LV3]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thirty consecutive lethal stomps, he finally lowered her HP and then gracefully sprinkled parasitic spores on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the spores completely merged into the flesh, he completely turned her into a parasitic puppet, and he would have an extra trump card!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally relaxing, Lin Jun also had time to look at this dragon-man's panel in detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, he was either commanding the battle, setting traps, or fighting the dragon-man head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only had time to glance at her basic attributes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he pulled it down, a row of LV8 and LV9 made Lin Jun very excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this excitement disappeared very quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the many pieces of information, three special entries were picked out by Lin Jun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Race Talent: Ancient Dragon Blood (All attributes increased by 20%)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Revenge Mark (Transferred to the murderer after death; the caster can track the murderer and cause extra damage to the murderer)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Title: Ancient Dragon Descendant (Main attributes increased by 50%)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of that dragon claw just now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is there any way to cancel the fusion parasitism?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 45 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1590,"2026-06-17T15:02:37.041Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","bb464cf10f0c5f9b0effb11959271edfe3ea9517005aff9902297b8034cebcff","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-44","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-42",165,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-dungeon-has-sprouted-mushrooms-cover.jpg"]