Mage Joan

Chapter 1072 Purple Fungus

Hyrule, Audrey, Holden, and Belling, first heard the roar of the giant worm, and then received Joan's warning, they stopped in their tracks and looked alert.

Hyrule held the hilt of the sword with his backhand, and Audrey also raised the shield, blocking her younger brother and the dwarf mage behind her, and looked at the hillside ahead vigilantly.

As if responding to the giant worm's roar, there was an unusual movement on the gentle hillside.

In the dark mushroom forest, the folded mushroom caps trembled at the sound, and moved down the hillside one after another. After a while, they passed through the mushroom forest and appeared in the field of vision of the five explorers.

These supernatural fungi are about the height of a dwarf mage, and they look like huge purple "morchella" from a distance, with the countless roots below the fungus as their feet, creeping in the direction where Joan and the others are. come over.

When he first saw this group of big purple mushrooms that could walk, Holden naturally thought of the warm and hospitable mushroom people, so he activated the "Diplomat Ring", activated the "Slick Words", walked forward, and waved to them. Groups of purple activated mushrooms say hello.

"Hi~ good afternoon, may I ask if you are relatives of the fungus clan?"

Facing Mr. Poet's friendly greetings, those purple mushrooms didn't respond. They seemed to ignore them. They still slowly climbed down the hillside and surrounded the explorers.

Holden still wanted to negotiate, but was interrupted by the increasingly intense and sharp howl of the blood moss.

If the initial buzzing of insects was just an early warning, the buzzing of insects at this moment sounds more like a charge horn!

In this strange land, blood mosses, as "natives", obviously know better than outsiders what kind of creatures can deal with and what kind of creatures are unreasonable.

Judging from its frequent hostile screams, those mysterious purple mushrooms seem to belong to the latter kind of creatures.

Realizing this, Mr. Poet couldn't help but change his face, and hurriedly retreated to his companion, and said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid those purple mushrooms are not as easy to get along with as the mushroom man!"

Joan felt the same way.

Those purple mushrooms crawling on the ground are completely different from the "fungus man" with a human face, and there is no trace of humanoid features at all.

After careful observation, Joan remembered that when he and Clark, Shrek, and Casio were hunting for treasure in "Owl Bear Valley", he used a magic bean to grow a strange fungus called "Screaming Fungus", which looked like The purple mushroom in front of me is almost exactly the same.

Are these guys screaming mushrooms too?

However, Qiao An clearly remembered that the "Screaming Mushroom" was rooted in the ground and had no ability to move. The big mushroom opposite was crawling on the ground. Although it did not move fast, it gave off the impression of a ferocious predator.

At this time, those purple mushrooms showed a new dynamic - while squirming their roots and approaching everyone, several sticky purple tentacles protruded from the dense holes on the surface of the mushroom cap, swinging back and forth in the night sky, like Waving a long whip, making a sound breaking the wind and whistling.

"Hey! Guys, do you still remember the rotting welts on the corpse of the blood moss?" Hailar's face was solemn, "If I'm not mistaken, it's this kind of weird big mushroom that used their tentacles and long whips to kill That blood moss!"

"That must be a purple fungus!"

Belling, who had been observing the purple mushrooms curiously, suddenly screamed, his face full of nervousness.

After all, he is an aborigine of the Underdark region, and he knows more about the strange and dangerous creatures in the underground world than his companions from the surface world.

"Be careful, everyone! Purple mushrooms are not easy to mess with. Don't be touched by their disgusting and poisonous tentacles, otherwise the flesh will rot and fall off soon—just like that unfortunate blood moss!"

After being reminded by Hailar and Belling, Joan also remembered that in the "Fungus Sub-volume" of "Vares Monster Illustrated Book", there is a record of "Purple Fungi".

Purple Fungus, perhaps the most notorious supernatural fungus in the Underdark.

Travelers often find traces of their habitation or predation in areas where purple mushrooms hide.

According to rumors, if a corpse is covered with terrible whip marks, and the flesh and blood on the wounds are rotting and peeling off in large chunks, it indicates that purple mushrooms may be encountered nearby!

Purple fungus is a saprophytic supernatural fungus, but unlike other saprophytic plants, they are not satisfied with taking root on the ground and silently absorbing the humus in the soil, but are more willing to wield the whip-like tentacles that secrete strong acid and actively hunt living things.

The flesh and blood of the creatures that are whipped by the tentacles of the purple fungus will rot and fall off at an alarming speed, leaving only the bones that still have body heat.

After a period of time, even the hard and dense calcareous bones will be corroded by this organic strong acid into pus, which the purple fungus can absorb nutrients!

The blood moss and the purple fungus are both top predators in the blood tundra area, but they occupy completely different ecological niches.

The blood moss is an omnivorous creature that mainly feeds on the blood moss and eats insects and small animals living in the moss to supplement nutrition.

The purple fungus is mainly carnivorous, and is more aggressive than the blood moss.

In places like blood tundra where there are rare traces of humans and large animals, the main source of meat for purple mushrooms is blood moss.

It is precisely because the blood moss with rich vegetation in this field has raised enough blood moss insects that the purple fungus can obtain sufficient sources of meat, and then reproduce and expand the size of the group.

Of course, the blood moss doesn't have to be hunted by the purple fungus without any resistance.

In fact, the fighting strength of a blood moss can at least be equal to ten adult purple mushrooms!

It's a pity that the blood moss is a solitary creature.

Only during the short mating period, two or three males will form a temporary family with a female partner. After the females lay eggs, the males who have completed the mission of inheriting the family will leave and resume their solitary lifestyle.

The purple fungus is similar to the fungus man. It is a typical supernatural fungus that lives in groups. Although fighting alone is not the opponent of the blood moss, the victory lies in forming a gang and having many relatives.

Every time the purple mushrooms go out to hunt blood moss moss, they will always bring their families along. The number of adult mushrooms participating in the hunting operation is usually not less than double digits.

Even so, sieges of single blood moss worms are not always successful.

For example, the corpse of the blood moss worm that Qiao An and the others encountered during their journey was besieged by more than a dozen purple mushrooms.

The purple fungus and the blood moss are old enemies in the unique ecological circle of the blood tundra, restraining each other and hating each other.

From the perspective of maintaining the local ecological balance, Joan should not take sides.

If the purple mushrooms are all wiped out, the blood moss worms will lose the restriction of natural enemies and reproduce wildly until the blood moss on the field is eaten away, and the entire local ecological circle will also collapse.

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