Lin Jun collected the Red Dragon's broken horn, planning to mount it later as a signature trophy.
Before that, the Marshal Puchi climbed to the top of the horn with a sense of ritual. Mushroom cap raised slightly, tentacles spread out, he used a simple Photo Spell to preserve this heroic posture.
"Tsk tsk tsk, big red lizard. Looked scary, but that's all there is to it. Just one random blast, ashes to ashes!"
Beside him, the Sword Saint, who had just revived and crawled out of a mycelial cocoon, shook his new mushroom body that he wasn't used to yet: "Is the combat style of the Mushroom Garden to turn one's own people into ashes along with the enemy?"
Before the battle started, no one told him he was going to act as disposable bait to attract firepower, and in the end, had to tank a map-wiping blast that didn't distinguish between friend and foe!
He thought he was supposed to cooperate with No. 4 to heavily injure the Red Dragon and create opportunities for a subsequent siege... Wasn't this operation of sacrificing teammates a bit too decisive?
"Didn't you just die once! It's not the first time, why so coy?" Lin Jun's thoughts retorted righteously. "Didn't I pull you up immediately? A majestic Sword Saint should be more open-minded! Relax, if you really only had one life, I definitely wouldn't use you so casually."
Sword Saint: "..."
Beside them, another fungal cocoon ruptured, and No. 4 flowed out limply.
Even with the Giant Beast Puchi form equipped with the overpowered regeneration ability of [Life Source Essence], it couldn't withstand the extreme violent output of the Ultimate Resonance Cannon.
After No. 4 came out, its thoughts were full of weakness and helplessness:
"Strength... disappeared again... feel so empty inside..."
They were currently using ordinary Puchi bodies. The gap in mushroom body abilities plunged No. 4 briefly into a dispirited state of losing strength.
The Sword Saint was actually about the same. That new body missing flexible tentacles also made him feel very awkward, just that he couldn't lie on the ground showing his belly like No. 4.
These were all normal "resurrection sequelae." After Lin Jun finished reviving them, he began to count the harvest.
After being hit by the Ultimate Resonance Cannon, the Red Dragon's body was directly blown into countless pieces of varying sizes.
Lin Jun had people pick two pieces. One was taken to stew soup to fulfill the promise Piggy made without authorization to let the soldiers eat dragon meat.
Although in the end, everyone would probably only get a shred of meat, eating it counted as eating it.
The other portion was given to Little Black to gnaw on, to see if it could increase the [Way of the Ancient Dragon] progress.
As for the rest, just let the fungal mat decompose it on the spot.
And on the panel.
[Obtained Title: Dragon Slayer (Immune to Dragon Fear)]
[Seven Sins of Greed Triggered]
[Plundered Skill: Flame Breath LV3]
[Plundered Skill: Flight Mastery LV2]
[Plundered Skill: Energy Absorption (Fire) LV2]
[Plundered Skill: Combat Instinct LV2]
[Plundered Skill: Dragon Fear LV2]
...
Have to say, the harvest was quite rich.
Not to mention anything else, just look at this Mushroom Fear... Activate!
In an instant, the Marshal Puchi leaked dominance sideways!
The bright red cape behind him also fluttered in the wind under the effect of a Breeze Spell cast simultaneously!
However...
The Sword Saint beside him was still silently adapting to the new body, not even turning his mushroom cap. No. 4, paralyzed on the ground, just lazily flipped over.
The Sword Saint already had the [Dragon Slayer] title, and No. 4 was essentially a part of Lin Jun, so the [Dragon Slayer] title effect Lin Jun obtained was also useful for it.
They didn't even notice Lin Jun used [Dragon Fear LV2].
The Marshal Puchi nonchalantly turned off the Mushroom Fear, then used the Photo Spell to take another picture, as if the Breeze Spell just now was used for the photo.
Leaving the matter of Mushroom Fear aside for now, the other harvested skills also had great potential.
[Flight Mastery LV2]: For a long time, the Mushroom Tribe Air Force always had shortcomings in high-speed maneuvering and complex aerial combat skills, which was why it couldn't develop. This skill could undoubtedly greatly improve their aerial flexibility.
[Combat Instinct LV2]: This skill was similar to a beast's intuition. It was the kind of skill that took effect automatically after being equipped, not requiring Lin Jun to spend attention to use it. It could improve the combat ability of ordinary Puchis by several percent.
There were also new skills like [Flame Breath LV3] and [Energy Absorption (Fire) LV2], which could also be explored for uses.
Truly worthy of the Dragon Race standing at the top of the food chain; the body itself was like a walking skill treasury!
The only problem was...
[Mark of Vengeance (Locating the caster)]
The dragon was killed by Lin Jun controlling the Ji-God Soldier, but this mark didn't attach to any Puchi composing the Ji-God Soldier. Instead, it anchored directly to Lin Jun's soul.
Clearly, this was a positioning mark targeting the soul.
However, this didn't exceed Lin Jun's expectations.
As early as before deciding to kill the Red Dragon, Lin Jun had already considered the existence of the Mark of Vengeance.
So-called marks either marked the body or the soul.
If it marked the body, discard the marked Puchi.
If it was more powerful and marked Lin Jun's mushroom main body, then use split body transfer to get rid of the mark.
And if it was like now, marking the soul...
[Inspiration LV8]
Lin Jun sank into the depths of consciousness and began a soul self-check lasting half a day, finally successfully finding that black mark attached to the soul.
The reason it took so long wasn't how concealed this mark was, but purely because Lin Jun's soul volume was excessively massive. Checking the soul completely once was a huge project in itself.
[Soul Touch LV4]
After finding the mark, destroy it at the pinpoint location.
This Mark of Vengeance still had some tricks; it actually wasn't eliminated in one go. After being attacked once, most of it still remained, just the black color became slightly lighter.
But effective was effective. At most, it counted as a stubborn stain. Lin Jun spent another small half day and thoroughly erased this mark.
On the panel, the marked status indeed disappeared.
Everything was under control.
After all, if not confident in clearing this kind of positioning mark, Lin Jun wouldn't have the guts to blast out that strike.
The elimination of the mark was smooth, but Little Black's side didn't achieve the expected goal.
After feeding the distant relative's fragments mixed with Delicious Puchis to Little Black, who finally stopped being restless, Little Black's [Way of the Ancient Dragon] showed no movement at all.
The Red Dragon coming over was definitely due to the attraction of the [Way of the Ancient Dragon], but now, after eating the Red Dragon, Little Black's progress didn't increase.
Looking at it this way, the [Way of the Ancient Dragon] wasn't the kind of evolution Lin Jun imagined that relied on devouring each other to fuse power in the end.
Did it require Little Black to fight personally?
Or more strictly, no help from others allowed, must rely on Little Black to win a duel alone?
If only someone could clear up the confusion.
This time, mainly because both the Mushroom Fortress and the Ji-God Soldier were in actual combat for the first time, and the opponent was a dragon!
Lin Jun didn't have a clear bottom line in his heart and dared not hold back, afraid of overturning the car like those guys who talked too much and didn't like to finish off enemies.
If he had known earlier he could one-shot the Red Dragon, Lin Jun would have thought of a way to capture it alive.
Wonder if other dragons would come knocking?
(End of Chapter)
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