Chapter 441 - 32: New Talent, Soul Mushroom

Chapter 441: Chapter 32: New Talent, Soul Mushroom

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[Soul Spores]: The spores of the Charming Mushroom have undergone a spiritualization phenomenon due to the influence of the territory’s Reincarnation Hall.

The spores produced by the Charming Mushroom now contain souls. After entering a living organism, the Soul Spore parasitizes the host’s original soul, using it as raw material to grow.

After a period of development, a soul from within the spore will replace the original, seizing the body and becoming its new master.

Any souls that fail to seize a body will return to the Reincarnation Hall.

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"As expected of the World Tree’s choice!"

After reading the three entries, Lin Yu could only marvel at how good, how brilliant the World Tree’s choices were!

All three of these entries were extremely useful.

[Spore Mist] transforms the Charming Mushroom’s spores from a brief, burst-type skill into a long-term environmental buff, and it also allows the mushroom to survive after the burst.

This greatly increases the Charming Mushroom’s survivability and raises its chances of becoming a Mushroom-man.

[Frenzy Spores] significantly boosts the attack power of charmed creatures, drastically enhancing the damage they deal to enemies.

[Soul Spores] is an even more transformative ability. It combines the spores’ power with the Reincarnation Hall, changing the Charming Mushroom’s ability from controlling a creature’s body to replacing its soul.

It fundamentally and completely controls the creature, directly changing its allegiance to the territory.

"I want both Spore Mist and Soul Spores..."

Lin Yu was conflicted. ’It would be great if I could pick both. They’re a match made in heaven!’

Unfortunately, without a Refresher Orb, he could only choose one entry per enlightenment.

In the end, Lin Yu chose "Soul Spores" as the result of this enlightenment. As for [Spore Mist], he’d just have to pick it during the next enlightenment. Hopefully, that entry would still be available then.

Having sorted out the effects of his Lord level-up, Lin Yu got busy again.

The territory’s combat strength had increased once more. With the addition of the Super Gravity Slimes and the Charming Mushrooms upgrading into Soul Mushrooms, he needed to redeploy his strategy.

Lin Yu’s consciousness first arrived at the administrative center.

"Chenxi, the Slimes over by the Titan Race have mutated into Super Gravity Slimes. Did you see them?"

"My Lord, I’ve already seen the Super Gravity Slimes. They are currently placed in the Slime settlement area. Is there anything I need to do with them?"

Chenxi, who was handling administrative affairs in the administrative center’s office, quickly stood up upon hearing Lin Yu’s voice.

"These Super Gravity Slimes have great potential."

"However, they can’t control their abilities very well yet. I need your help."

"Send them to the research institute, the Jade Sanctuary, and the Spiritual Power and Comprehensive Science College. Have the researchers help analyze their abilities, and then have the teachers at the Sanctuary and the College help them master those abilities."

"Get them combat-ready as soon as possible."

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Lin Yu continued to issue orders, taking the opportunity to modify the territory’s defensive layout.

The Beastmen to the west had suffered heavy losses during their initial reconnaissance. Coupled with the official start of their war with the Human Race, they had stopped sending scouts into Lin Yu’s territory.

Currently, the border with the Beastmen to the west was very peaceful. The intense battles Lin Yu had anticipated never occurred.

On the other hand, the Crystal Core Giants to the east relentlessly sent Nuclear Crystal Beasts toward the border, causing losses on the eastern defensive line to mount continuously.

Many of the defensive plants in the eastern abyss have already been cleared out. If not for the overwhelming power of the Corn Cannons on the cliff saving the day, the Abyss Barrier would have been broken by the Nuclear Crystal Beasts long ago.

However, flying-type Nuclear Crystal Beasts have recently appeared. These sky-borne Nuclear Crystal Beasts fly directly over the abyss to attack the defensive plants on the cliffs above.

Although they haven’t been able to break through the defensive line on the cliffs yet, based on the growth rate of the Nuclear Crystal Beasts, the number of flying-types will soon be enough to overwhelm the cliff-top defenses.

The Nuclear Crystal Beasts were also growing stronger. They would often destroy a number of defensive plants right before dying, which put Lin Yu on high alert.

Therefore, Lin Yu planned to deploy more Soul Mushrooms along the eastern border facing the Crystal Core Giants, letting them do their best to convert the giants’ Nuclear Crystal Beasts into combatants for his own side.

This would not only make the battles in the east more intense, but also mitigate the losses on his side.

After finishing his administrative instructions for the territory, Lin Yu went to the military center.

However, Meiying wasn’t at the military center. Lin Yu swept the area with his consciousness and found her where the Super Gravity Slimes were located.

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"These Slimes are amazing! To think they could mutate in the middle of a bombardment from the Titan Clan People’s Gravity Cannons!"

"Their potential is incredible!!"

In the Slime settlement, Meiying was fawning over the Super Gravity Slimes, which were lying motionless on the ground. She couldn’t get enough of them, picking one up from time to time to feel its weight.

The Super Gravity Slimes were very heavy. Even as one of the Legendary Heroes, Meiying needed to use some effort to lift one.

On a whim, Meiying said to the Super Gravity Slimes, "Why don’t you use your skill? Let me feel it!"

Hearing Meiying’s request, the Super Gravity Slimes immediately agreed. They had been eager to try out their abilities ever since they’d gotten used to them.

Countless different gravitational forces then enveloped Meiying. The conflicting pulls of attraction and repulsion from various directions made her feel extremely uncomfortable, as if different parts of her body had developed minds of their own and were trying to run off in different directions.