Chapter 755 - 742: Lin Jun’s Approval
Chapter 755: Chapter 742: Lin Jun’s Approval
The hidden refuge of the merfolk could only fool that dumb bug Chis; it didn’t take long for Lin Jun to detect an anomaly with [Vibration Perception].
In short, it’s a form of concealment magic that utilizes sonic waves.
Either find the right place and break it apart violently with massive magical power, or use the same-source [Charm Sound] to dissolve this thin membrane and find the missing Sword Saint and Norris.
This deserves a round of applause for Norris.
Lin Jun immersed himself in the sea too late to acquire the merfolk skill [Charm Sound]. Luckily, Norris fired that Resonance Cannon and blasted Chis’s giant tentacle, tearing off a huge chunk.
Lin Jun recycled and broke down the flesh, obtaining the merfolk skill from it.
Although the level is low, Puki’s speech costing is cheap, so whipping up a bunch of them temporarily isn’t hard — if the quality isn’t enough, just use quantity to make up.
The only bit of trouble is that ever since transforming into a mushroom, Lin Jun hasn’t sung in a long time.
In fact, if Lin Jun’s memory crossing is fake, then as a god-made mushroom, Lin Jun might have never sung ever!
However, seeing so many merfolk worshiping his enchanting voice so much that they prostrated themselves, Lin Jun felt at ease.
As for their conditions like [Disgust] and [Dizziness], perhaps they had food poisoning earlier.
Upon entering, they saw a mermaid hiding behind the Sword Saint and Norris hiding three behind him, even more exaggerated.
A Fat Otaku Puki fish swam heavily before Norris, and as Norris and the three mermaids were somewhat bewildered, two sharp insect limbs split open the Fat Otaku Puki’s belly, and a battered Six Claw worm emerged halfway from within.
The three mermaids screamed in terror and fled crying.
Meanwhile, the Six Claw worm continually squeezed out, baring its claws and drawing closer to Norris.
Then, "splash," the lower half of the insect fell to the ground, revealing two short legs of Puki inside.
"Boss...?"
"Ugh!" Seeing through the disguise, Puki crawled out of the Six Claw worm shell. The Fat Otaku Puki got up and stuffed the insect corpse back in.
And that Puki controlling Six Claw for a puppet show gracefully dusted off the purple blood on its mushroom hat, sternly coming to Norris’s side, extending a tentacle and poking Norris’s chest.
"Xiaonuo, constantly attracting mermaids like this, how am I supposed to explain to Karen and Xiaohai?"
"What does this mean... Boss, I didn’t..."
"Hmm?"
"Boss, you are indeed right." Norris finally realized his mistake and lowered his head.
Suddenly, Lin Jun sensed a strange thought.
"Elvyn, is this your king? Is it also rebirthed as Puki?" Saphirea looked incredulously at that Puki and asked.
"No, Boss has always been like this..." The Sword Saint was not entirely sure either, but there’s no need for detailed explanations anyway.
Saphirea’s thought waves attracted Lin Jun’s attention.
From earlier, Lin Jun felt that there was an external awareness within the Fungal Network of this region.
After flipping through the panel of this mermaid, besides the title of Mermaid Empress, there was an unseen skill — [Listening].
This skill seemed to allow her to forcibly hear the surrounding mindful conversations, which was unfortunate; looking at Sword Saint, he seemed to be inedible.
Puki came before one mushroom and one fish, scrutinizing them thoroughly and couldn’t help but sigh: "Sword Saint, Sword Saint, shame Mortis isn’t a girl; otherwise, you wouldn’t have failed back then!"
Even the Sword Saint struggled to withstand Boss’s attack power and could only attempt to change the subject: "Boss, Saphirea... this is the Mermaid Empress, she might have clues about Chis’s true form!"
"Oh?!" The topic transition was quite rough, but the content was alluring enough to captivate Lin Jun.
With a flick of its tail, Puki quickly approached Saphirea, laying a tentacle on her rigid shoulder, a scene that startled the surrounding merfolk, while Lin Jun was indifferent.
"Little fish, do you truly have clues about Chis? Outside, I saw Chis’s mermaid tentacle too; it’s just too cruel!" Saying this, Puki shook its mushroom hat mournfully, "But don’t worry, now that this mushroom is here, there won’t be Chis in the sea from now on; just help me pinpoint its location!"
Saphirea lifted her gaze toward the shelter’s outside; without the sonic barrier, the external view was unobstructed.
Numerous giant fluorescent mycelium tentacles emerged from above the darkness, wrapping and decomposing the Chis masses clinging to the rocks, leaving behind a layer of white mycelium.
It’s hard to say if the scene before them is considered driving the tiger to swallow the wolf for merfolk, and for some reason, the Puki before her gave an extremely bad feeling, despite looking no different from the current Elvyn...
However, regardless, the merfolk forced into a dead-end by Chis had no other choice.
"I’m not sure if that counts as Chis’s true form, but our previous habitat in the trench was indeed filled by that massive creature..."
Saphirea had just finished speaking when the Puki before her couldn’t stop its tentacle from trembling.
"Hehehe, hahahaha!"
"Chis!"
"Chis!"
"Chis!!!"
"Two years? Or three years? Finally... this time, let’s see how you escape from my tentacles again!"
No wonder Lin Jun couldn’t forget Chis; it’s the only one that twice escaped from Lin Jun’s death grip, even the Demon King only managed once.
And look how it rapidly aggregated power exceeding before in such a short time.
Although it’s merely a small bug, Lin Jun reluctantly acknowledges it as a worthy opponent.
The most profound respect Lin Jun shows to his opponents is killing them as soon as possible!
Saphirea listened intently, yet something seemed off — why did it sound like Chis was chased here all the way by Elvyn’s boss?
She struggled to even envision a scenario where numerous heroes would vanquish it together; as for that kind of monster being chased away?
Lin Jun cared little about what this mermaid was pondering, entirely focused on the grand insect extermination quest!
Having garnered the location of the merfolk’s homeland from Saphirea, Lin Jun began discussing the extermination strategy with Little Pig; he refused to grant Chis any opportunity to flee again.
As for these thousand-plus merfolk, for the Sword Saint’s sake, Lin Jun wouldn’t arrange any swift parasitic mycelium subplot for them.
Living within the Fungal Mat’s domain, it’s inevitably going to happen sooner or later.
Entrusting the task of organizing to Sword Saint and not inquiring further, Lin Jun refrained from asking more.
...
Meanwhile, the hero fleet setting out from Silver Sand Bay, packed with islanders, had to alter their route due to the fog swallowing up the original path.
"What lies along this route?" Sofia inquired while scrutinizing the marine chart showing an alternative route.
Priest Samuel pointed to the central area of the route: "Here lies a vast reef area, a zone where merfolk operate. In the past, ships intending to pass through had to prepare costly spiritual protection measures, thus it wasn’t popular. But now..."
Sofia recalled the request made by the two Fishmen in the party and continued: "Now the merfolk probably don’t know where Chis chased them to, so we likely don’t need to worry about the merfolk anymore. Just... hope the bugs there aren’t too many..."