Mushroom Lord in the Underground City-Chapter 323 - 315: Only the Strong Deserve Beauty!
Louisa withdrew her sharp teeth from Karen’s neck, silently retreating to the side, frowning as she irritably picked out the gray wolf fur stuck between her teeth with her fingertips.
Initially, when the boss mentioned they could taste werewolf blood, she was quite excited—it was a legendary race on par with the Blood Race, after all.
But when she truly bit down, the furry sensation in her mouth made her regret it. Heaven knows how many strands she accidentally swallowed just now...
On the other side, a Puki elegantly scattered its spores evenly over Karen, whose expression was dazed from the blood drain. The mycelium seeped into her skin, beginning to grow and entangle.
[Fusion Parasite] had now been upgraded to Level 8, and the blood volume required for parasitism had been raised to 20%, no longer requiring the host to be on the brink of death as before.
There were many ways to lower one’s blood volume, but clearly, having Louisa extract their blood was the most "painless" option.
Therefore, Lin Jun designated Little Pig as the "exclusive blood nurse" of the Mushroom Garden. The only pity was that this world didn’t have nurse uniforms... perhaps priest outfits would do?
Elsewhere, as the parasitism completed, Xiao Lan’s voice echoed in Karen’s mind: "I can feel you in the Fungal Network, can you hear me?"
With some weakness, Karen lifted her eyelids and glanced at Xiao Lan, who was staring at her excitedly from not far away, carefully savoring the magical feeling of being connected by an invisible network: "Ah... I can hear you."
The other werewolves also went through the same "baptism" one after another, gloriously advancing to become "Half-Mushroom Wolves." Before Louisa, the wolf fur she picked from her teeth had already been rolled into a small ball.
Once all the werewolves had recovered from their weakness, Lin Jun fulfilled the earlier promise—to take them to see the real sun and moon!
Before setting off, Lin Jun kindly reminded them: "It might be a bit cold outside, do you want to wear an extra layer of clothing?"
These werewolves, except for a tattered leather pants around their lower bodies, were essentially bare-chested, Karen included, but it didn’t matter as their fur was thick.
"No need! I’ve never felt cold!" Xiao Lan was evidently full of confidence in his fur, and the other werewolves chimed in agreement.
Half an hour later, passing through the newly torn rift in the Stone Castle, the werewolves instantly experienced what "unprecedented sensation" meant.
"So... so... so cold!" Xiao Lan hugged his arms, teeth chattering, sniffing hard.
He had to quickly suck his snot back in, or he’d end up like the companion next to him, whose nose had completely blocked by frozen snot.
"Where... where is this? Why is it so cold?" Karen couldn’t stand the cold either.
"The Land of the Far North. But saying that might not mean much to you... here, hold this!" A Demon Race member led over a dozen Drilling Pukis, distributing one to each werewolf.
The Drilling Puki continuously emitted heat, and the werewolves hastily hugged them tightly to their chests, gradually warming up their frozen bodies.
"Big Mushroom is truly omnipotent..." Xiao Lan buried his face into the warm body of the Puki, exclaiming from the bottom of his heart.
In a new environment, the werewolves’ curiosity was ignited once again, launching into a "hundred thousand whys" mode. The statues, bricks, icicles of the Stone Castle... whatever they hadn’t seen before, they had to go over, sniff, and question.
And when they finally stepped out of the Stone Castle into the open canyon, raising their heads to the sky to see the gigantic and luminous moon about to set, all the werewolves fell silent.
Their attention was firmly captured by the clear and mysterious glow, awakening a stirring from deep within their bloodline.
"Awooooo————"
Uncertain which werewolf first howled at the sky, the others quickly followed suit, as if receiving a command. For a moment, the desolate and distant howls reverberated through the canyon, echoing continuously.
And amidst these excited howls, the werewolves’ already imposing figures visibly expanded once more, muscles bulging, and their aura becoming even more ferocious.
Corresponding changes also appeared on the panel:
[Full Moon (Power and Agility increased by 10%)]
Enhanced under a full moon? That seemed fine.
But the problem was... the three huge "disks" in the sky had never waxed or waned, it was a full moon every day!
An inexplicably strange status name...
The werewolves’ excited howls pierced the silence, awakening the captives in Mushroom Garden No. 3 from their dreams.
The former half-demon leader Bastardos sat on the edge of the makeshift prisoner hut he had built, gazing in the direction of the sound, muttering to himself: "Lizardmen, Demon Race, Vampires, Dragon Men... now even werewolves are gathered. This must be the Demon Race’s main base..."
"Roar——!!!"
At that moment, a powerful dragon roar erupted from deep within the Stone Castle, overpowering all the wolf howls.
The werewolves seemed to have their throats seized, and their howling abruptly stopped.
Only Xiao Hai, with his head poking out from the Mushroom House, retracted it with satisfaction after confirming the world was quiet again, continuing her nap. As a growing dragon, she needed to sleep at least twelve hours a day.
While Xiao Hai could sleep peacefully, Norris was thoroughly woken up.
The wolf howls were bearable since they were far away and had already weakened considerably by the time they reached the Mushroom Garden.
But Xiao Hai’s dragon roar was nearby, shaking his insides into turmoil, completely dispelling any drowsiness.
With a drooping face, Norris, eyes bleary with sleep, trudged to the canyon entrance, muttering: "What on earth is..."
"Little Lizard!" As soon as he appeared, Karen excitedly called out in the Fungal Network, her voice echoing directly in his mind.
[Reached the arousal standard]
The line in the Yellow-covered Book made Norris feel like he was plunging into an abyss.
He looked up, only to see Karen, standing nearly two and a half meters tall in the moonlight, striding determinedly toward him.
Just as she opened her arms, seemingly about to give him a "loving" hug, Norris shivered, agilely leaping back.
"What’s wrong?" Karen seemed very puzzled.
"Well... Ka-Karen," Norris gestured wildly with both hands, trying to explain, "you see, we’re different races, behaviors like this... this intimacy may not be appropriate..."
"Oh! I see!" Karen appeared to finally understand Norris’s refusal, her eyes dimmed slightly, and her tone also carried a hint of disappointment, "Since you don’t want to, then I have no choice but to..."
Seeing her look so dejected, Norris felt a pang of softness in his heart, wanting to comfort her, yet he had no experience dealing with such situations, unable to utter a single word.
[Attack desire rising, here it comes!]
"What?" Norris stared at the words in the Yellow-covered Book, not fully grasping their meaning before the sound of wolf claws slicing through the air reached his ears.
By now, Norris was no longer the weak mining boy he once was. Confronted with the sudden attack, he reacted swiftly, ducking as the wolf claws narrowly swept over his head.
He retreated swiftly to distance himself, both astonished and furious: "Karen! What are you doing?!"
[You fool! Only the strong have the right to choose mates, don’t you even know that basic knowledge?]
"What kind of common sense is that?!"
However, it seemed to be the werewolves’ common sense. Karen flicked her sharp claws, speaking with utmost seriousness: "Don’t worry, Norris! I’ll only knock you out, I won’t hurt you badly!"
"Boss! Boss?" The boss indeed didn’t respond at all!
Norris now fully understood the vile nature of his boss!
If Karen intended to kill him, the boss would definitely come out to punish her, but if it was just to "grab him for mating" ... the boss was surely hiding behind the scenes watching with great interest!
As for whether the boss would rescue him if he actually got caught... Norris didn’t dare to gamble...
Possible allies like Sister Blood, Black Sister, Kong weren’t nearby, now he could only rely on himself!
"Damn damn damn damn it!" Never in this lifetime did Norris imagine he’d be fighting to preserve his chastity, "Jida!"
Thud thud thud thud——
The heavy footsteps were like war drums, coming from the long, deep corridor of the Stone Castle.
In the next moment, the four-meter-high Jida, with unstoppable momentum, charged out from the darkness!
