Mushroom Lord in the Underground City-Chapter 221 - 218: Primitive Yet Effective Traps

Let’s not rush to attack; these two stone statues don’t have any panels, so they should belong to traps.

Could it be too rigid? 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Earlier, Puki was only attacked after passing halfway, so what about beyond that?

With a thought, a sacrificial Puki was driven to the edge of the platform, close to the boundary line, with the Mushroom Cannon charged and aimed—

Bam!

Bad luck, despite the short distance, the mushroom bomb brushed past the statue, hitting the tightly closed door behind it, leaving no mark.

The statue still activated!

The statue still held its long staff, the heavy body took a few steps forward, and the staff swept across with a dull wind sound, causing the second sacrificial Puki to follow its predecessor’s fate.

Lin Jun once again made the Pukis retreat beyond the platform; the distance was now quite far, and the hit rate of the Mushroom Cannon was low.

When the Mushroom Cannon brushed against the statue’s shoulder, chipping off a small fragment of stone, the statue activated once more.

But this time, unlike the previous two, both statues rushed out together, and after stomping the third sacrificial Puki flat, they didn’t stop but instead turned their targets to all the Pukis present.

The real battle erupted suddenly!

The Pukis were still crowded together when the giant shadow of the statue’s staff fell like a mountain!

In an instant, the Pukis didn’t even have time to counterattack before they turned into fungal filament dust, either floating in the air or sticking to the ground!

Lin Jun urgently ordered the Pukis to scatter and counterattack, but the situation was almost immediately clear.

The Mushroom Cannon could only chip off bits of stone from the statue, yet each terrifying swing of the stone staff cleared a large area like a giant scythe sweeping through a wheat field!

The two stone statues dealt with the main Puki force effortlessly, but the final chase of scattered survivors cost more time.

Once the area was void of any complete Pukis, the statues retreated heavily to their original positions, the purple glow in their eyes slowly dimming, turning back into statues.

A total annihilation, and a complete, irreversible one at that.

Whether crushed into fungal cakes by giant feet or smashed into uncohesive fragments by the stone staff, it was beyond the repair capacity of [Fungal Filament Reassembly].

However, though there were no more Pukis, Lin Jun still had the Fungal Mat!

If the Fungal Mat could spread over...

The moment the Fungal Mat crossed the midpoint, the statue’s eyes lit up with purple light again.

Flames caressed over, and only when the entire platform was cleared did they retreat once again.

Tch!

Although it was guessed that passing through by exploiting bugs might not work, it was unexpected that these two statues would be this intelligent!

Just on the third test, they identified all present Pukis as enemies, even precisely recognizing and clearing threats like the Fungal Mat that were non-individual!

It seems the only option is a frontal assault.

But blasting the statues only chips off some fragments; to defeat such large statues, who knows how many Pukis would be needed.

In any case... let’s mobilize the troops first.

...

Pukis one by one jumped across the rift and returned to the Purple Crystal Dungeon.

Just two hundred were left at the Stone Castle to maintain operations.

The rest of the Pukis all headed toward the core.

Not wanting to delay, Lin Jun even brought Xiao Hai along, who seemed quite happy to return to the warmer area.

Norris and Little Pig stayed behind in that area.

Norris’s strength didn’t warrant participation in this kind of battle; even driving the Puki mecha, one or two hits might be all he could endure.

Little Pig was part of the Extreme North Special Team, keeping an eye on the possibly advancing south Demon Race.

The statue’s attack power was quite violent; even Heavy Armor Puki couldn’t withstand a direct hit, given their ten-meter-tall figures.

Though their speed was quite fast, considering their immense, heavy bodies, Xiao Hai was far more agile than the two statues.

Lin Jun didn’t want to rely on Pukis charging and wearing down the stone skin gradually, as it would waste too much time, so she pulled Xiao Hai to assist.

If worst comes to worst, just let Xiao Hai run.

After nearly a day’s trek, over two thousand Pukis arrived in the core area, including Heavy Armor Pukis, Elite Pukis...

Xiao Hai, who had been sleeping soundly all the way, wobbled out from a Fat Otaku Puki’s body and, under the Pukis’ pointing and chattering, finally understood the opposite two statues were the enemies.

Not rushing in noisily; the good part about these trigger-type enemies is having plenty of time to strategize.

Pukis spread out into positions, and Drilling Pukis busily made pre-battle preparations, some even taken up by Bat Pukis to work on the rock ceiling.

After a half day’s wait, nearly causing Xiao Hai to fall into a second sleep, Lin Jun finally finished the deployment.

Under Lin Jun’s unified command, all Mushroom Cannons, near and far, roared as one!

Over a thousand magic cannon blasts thundered, instantly engulfing the two stone statues.

Shocks of stone fragments, and dust clouds rose to the sky!

As the statues rushed out of the dust, their bodies were covered in pits and craters, one of their long staffs was even blasted off a segment, quite a pleasant surprise.

Unfortunately, once the statues started moving, the hit rate of the far-off Pukis sharply dropped, with bad luck even causing hits on allies.

Guarding the front line at the platform edge were thirty Heavy Armor Pukis.

They were not there to take hits; they were there to self-destruct!

The lead statue swung its long staff, golf-clubbing four Heavy Armor Pukis into flight, then stomped another into a pool of fungal filaments and stone fragments.

However, when it took a second step, it stepped into a trap, sinking its foot into a large pit.

The Heavy Armor Pukis seized this opportunity, gathered by its foot, and exploded together.

In the thunderous explosion, several stone mushroom caps flew into the air, one even following a steep curve to crush a distant, still waiting Mushroom Cannon.

The sacrifice of the Heavy Armor Pukis was useful; when the dust cleared, one of the giant statue’s feet was blown off, the other covered in cracks, appearing difficult to move.

Its upper body swung the long staff, smashing any approaching Pukis, but Lin Jun didn’t need to get close, not even needing the Mushroom Cannon.

On the rock ceiling, Drilling Pukis worked tirelessly to sever all connections between a hewn giant stone and the ceiling.

The crude yet powerful rockfall trap had only one downside: Lin Jun couldn’t control the timing of its drop well, so restricting the movement ability of the statue below was crucial.

Under the relentless efforts of the Drilling Pukis, it seemed the giant stone was finally cut from the rock ceiling, along with ten-plus Drilling Pukis that suddenly lost support.

The statue moved to notice the falling stone, swinging its staff...

The giant stone fell like Mount Tai, its impact sending nearby Pukis flying, with splintering stones causing widespread casualties.

However... success!

The statue trapped beneath showed no further movement.

Now, with one left, it’s down to a hard clash.

"Xiao Hai!"