Chapter 546, Section 545: Team Up
Inside the Puji Dungeon, in that gladiatorial arena cave that is never open to the public.
Thick, fresh blood stained large areas of the fungal carpet a dark red, but the color was fading at a visible rate as the mycelium tirelessly carried out its decomposition mission.
Around the area, a dozen or so figures lay scattered about, all of them D-level personnel. Some were relatively intact, only unconscious or seriously injured, while others were mutilated, with severed limbs and internal organs exposed.
Those still clinging to life groaned in pain, while many others had already fallen completely silent.
Only Ming, covered in blood as if he had been pulled from a pool of blood, still stood in the field, panting heavily.
He was also carrying a Class D personnel whose legs had been broken.
"Please...please...have mercy..." the prisoner pleaded, his lips swollen.
He hadn't finished speaking.
Bang--!
With a muffled thud, Ming had already grabbed the man's head and slammed it hard into the solid rock wall on one side, blood flowing down the crater.
"You've already won, why do you still want to fight them?" A clear voice came from above.
The little elf Riel was sitting on a high vantage point, swinging his legs.
She held a bottle of bright green potion in one hand, while pinching her small nose with the other, the strong smell of blood below was a bit pungent to her.
She was accompanied by two Mushroom descendants who also served as her apprentices and assistants.
“Sister Riel!” Ming, her face covered in blood, raised her head and revealed a bright and cheerful smile. “The boss said that these people all deserved to die.”
Riel was aware of this, and she had no sympathy for these D-level personnel.
Among the D-class personnel were even the Ark members who had nearly caused her to be strangled to death by the berserk giant tree, but those few didn't survive to this day.
She simply felt that Ming was being a bit too violent.
Riel handed the specially made potion of life water, mixed with various precious ingredients, to Ming, who had climbed up, and couldn't help but mutter, "But if you kill them all, who will fight with you in the future? Me?"
Ming took the medicine, tilted his head back and drank it down. Hearing this, he paused for a moment, then scratched his hair, which was covered in blood.
He hadn't thought about that; all he knew was that if he won, the boss would praise him.
"What are you going to do in a bit?" Riel asked.
“Let’s have another round,” Ming said, wiping his mouth, his eyes gleaming with fighting spirit. “This time, I want to try fighting a complete Gold-level squad.”
"Sigh... Fighting, fighting, all you know is fighting." Riel sighed like a little adult. Although she was two heads shorter than Ming, her tone was like that of an older sister. "I asked you to come with me to learn some basic magic from Teacher Xinghuo, but you didn't want to. Your conditions are clearly very good."
As she spoke, she stretched out her small hand, and magic flowed, forming a large ball of clear water above Ming's head.
With a "splash," the water was poured down, washing away most of the blood and grime from his body.
"I...I can't remember..." Ming squinted as the water hit his face, his voice muffled and tinged with embarrassment, "Those winding magic circuits and incantations...I get dizzy just looking at them for a while."
In fact, this cannot be blamed on Ming, as he is actually less than a year old.
Although there are no intellectual or comprehension barriers, even if Lin Jun directly bestows upon him the relevant skills, he still needs to learn and experience on his own how to guide, control, and utilize magic.
Accumulating knowledge is a long and often tedious process.
In contrast, close-quarters combat gives him a unique advantage.
With his [physical immunity], as long as he is fully immersed in battle, his level and combat skills will naturally increase rapidly, which is much more direct and faster than studying those obscure magic theories!
But Riel didn't care about these objective reasons. In her opinion, learning some magic would always be beneficial to Ming's future.
"No more fighting this afternoon, come with me to Teacher Xinghuo's for class!" Riel said, grabbing Ming's arm and trying to take him to the Fungus Castle.
Just then, Lin Jun's call for reinforcements rang in both of their minds simultaneously.
Ming, who had seemed a little listless because he was required to study, suddenly brightened up.
"Boss! I want to go!" He responded almost without thinking, filled with eager excitement.
"Ming? Ah... um... okay." Lin Jun hesitated for a moment before agreeing.
Although he couldn't see the stats of the "seafood monsters," he could see the mermen's levels.
The fact that even the highest-ranking murlocs, only diamond-level, could withstand the invasion of those monsters, even with the help of the secret passage, suggests that the average strength of the enemy shouldn't be too outrageous.
It's time for Ming to be released and tempered in a more complex environment.
You can't really expect to train a "Ten Mile Slope War God" in your own closed arena.
Of course, someone had to accompany her, so Lin Jun started picking out mushrooms again in the mushroom garden.
Upon receiving permission, Ming jumped up immediately: "Yay!"
He looked at the little elf beside him, a smile on his face that was a mixture of apology and pleading: "Sister Riel, um... what do you think?"
Riel pouted, her face full of displeasure, but she still let go of his hand.
Ming grinned sheepishly, then turned and dashed off towards the mushroom garden like a gust of wind.
...
Lin Jun quickly assembled her team.
Since there is no fungal carpet on the opposite side, and the spread of fungal carpet in the water is relatively difficult, the main force is still the Puji Masters.
The number doesn't need to be too large; just select some elites, and let Little Pig lead them.
Little Pig was clearly eager to try out the effects of that magic crystal armor, but Lin Jun wasn't sure if there was a suitable opponent for her.
After all, it's hard to imagine that one of the opponents would have a lord-level strength.
Norris also signed up, wanting to test the new Jida's combat capabilities.
Lin Jun simply let him become Ming's nanny.
Norris is away on a business trip, but the Yellow Book has been left with Starfire; it will be needed to guide the setup of the city's defense magic array.
That should have been enough, but Lin Jun still woke up the drowsy Xiao Hei.
It's not that we really need her to fight any enemies, but we can't let her keep eating and sleeping all the time.
After months without any fighting, my biggest daily workout comes from chasing delicious food.
Although it was covered by thick scales, it was still obvious that Little Black had gotten quite chubby.
Thinking back to when we first met on the fifth floor, if you removed all the big black scales, Xiao Hei's body proportions were actually quite refined.
Now... it's starting to look like a fat lizard.
Xiao Xi's lack of self-control, resulting in weight gain and decreased combat power, serves as a stark reminder that Lin Jun cannot allow Xiao Hei to repeat the same mistake.
Therefore, I took her out to exercise so that she wouldn't become so fat that she couldn't fly later.
As for Xiao Hei's own thoughts.
After Lin Jun showed her several large, round, and shiny pearls from the seabed, Xiao Hei couldn't wait to set off.
Unfortunately, there are still many things to prepare before going into the water.
...
Two days later, in front of the widened crack on the seventh floor.
"Boss, do we... really have to do this?" Norris scratched his head, looking quite uncomfortable.
"This is called a sense of ritual! Don't you understand? The pre-departure declaration is very important; it can... it can boost morale! Stop dawdling, hurry up! Get it done and set off!"
Faced with his boss's demands, Norris had no choice but to steel himself!
"Silver Flash, Little White!" He spoke rapidly, almost indistinctly, and then tried to slip away like a thief.
“Scarlet Killer, Piglet!” Louisa said expressionlessly, her voice clear and flat, as if reading a report.
"Indestructible, Xiaoming!" Ming practically jumped out, his face beaming with excitement for the spring outing.
"Ah—woo—!" The line had six words, which Xiao Hei couldn't remember.
(End of this chapter)
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