The dwarf laughed happily, as if he had already completed the crusade.

After laughing, he sized up Vera and then glanced at the two sisters waiting for Vera in the distance.

"Young man, you must be quite skilled to make it to this layer, Silver Level?"

Vera nodded; she already guessed what he was going to say.

"How about it, want to join us?

That Big Black Mushroom has special scales which are good stuff, not to mention there's a bounty on it.

Once the crusade is completed, all the gains will be split: the four Gold Level members take half, the remaining Silver Level members take the other half.

You definitely won't lose out!"

"I can't decide this alone; I need to discuss it with my teammates," Vera said with a smile.

The dwarf nodded, expressing understanding.

His comment was more of a casual suggestion; whether Vera joined or not didn't really matter.

After returning to the two sisters, Vera recounted everything she learned.

"What do you think?"

Fei Ling said incredulously, "How can there be a demon on the fifth floor that even Gold Level can't defeat?"

"Sister, it might be a floor BOSS," Fei Yin said softly from beside her.

The term floor BOSS refers to some special entities that exceed the typical strength of the layer, like the Old Bat.

But in reality, this is an unofficial expression.

After all, not every layer has such demons, and each one is an exception.

"I don't think we have to; we don't know much about that Big Black Mushroom.

If even Gold Level can't beat it, it must be quite dangerous. There's no need to complicate things."

Their purpose this trip was to go to the sixth floor to collect the Flower Demon's Paralyzing Liquid.

Most of it was for submitting as a mission, while a small part was kept by Fei Yin for making tools.

Fei Yin nodded her head to indicate her agreement with her sister's view.

The thoughts of the two sisters did not surprise Vera, as he thought the same.

Courteously declining the dwarf, the three swiftly headed toward the sixth floor before nightfall.

Before leaving, they even waved goodbye to the dwarf.

What Vera didn't know was that this was the last time he would see these people.

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The brilliance of magic shone in a corner of the Mushroom Garden.

A large group of adventurers was surrounding and attacking a large black Puki here.

Boom!

A Mushroom Fist sent a person flying, and upon landing, the Silver Level Adventurer with broken hands let out a painful wail.

But this did not affect the actions of the other adventurers at all.

Taking advantage of the pause after Xiao Hai threw a punch, two adventurers wielding Great Shields pressed forward, attempting to use skills to restrict her.

Xiao Hai shoulder-checked one of them, once again creating some distance.

After the adventurers regrouped their formation, they steadily surrounded her again.

Xiao Hai tried to back away, but several ice walls appeared behind her.

She seemed to be stuck in a passive situation.

This was actually Lin Jun's concern.

Lin Jun had long noticed these adventurers sleeping on the staircase, but wasn't clear on their intentions.

With no notable movements, Lin Jun had focused most of his attention on the scouts.

When the battle in the Mushroom Garden erupted, Lin Jun realized that they had already started fighting with Xiao Hai.

It completely caught Lin Jun off guard.

What were these humans thinking?

I had been advising Xiao Hai daily, and she only recently learned not to attack humans.

Though she somehow developed a collection addiction, in reality, empty glass bottles could satisfy her.

Now her little den was full of such "trash."

Yet these people willingly came to die?

It would be understandable if one or two came to die; in the Underground City, it's normal for some people to die.

But twenty-two people!

And four of them were Gold Level!

If they all disappeared together, it would definitely cause a great sensation above!

Lin Jun had to be cautious.

So upon noticing the battle, he constantly had Xiao Hai hold back.

Though Xiao Hai was unhappy, she was still obedient.

Otherwise, the punch earlier would have caused the Silver Level adventurer to explode.

Lin Jun had already summoned the Pukis over; just seven more minutes and they would arrive.

By then, they would injure these adventurers severely, strip them bare and toss them out; hopefully, the adventurers would learn their lesson.

Lin Jun originally thought like this...

Originally, this plan could have spared them...

[Charge LV6]

An adventurer wielding a Great Shield charged forward, Xiao Hai kicked straight toward him, sending the adventurer rolling away with the shield, but he didn't suffer much substantial damage.

Due to holding back, Xiao Hai had a hard time gauging her strength.

After another two minutes of entanglement, the dwarf finally found an opportunity, and hacked at the base of the Big Black Mushroom with an axe.

[Earth Binding Slash LV5]

"Hahaha, let's see how you run now!"

Chains formed by earth elements wrapped around Xiao Hai, not strong, she could easily break them by brute force in half a second.

But that half a second was enough.

[Piercing Strike LV7]

Tier Six Magic—Stone Fall Skill.

Tier Seven Magic—Thunder Strike.

...

Four or five different attacks came swiftly, striking Xiao Hai.

"These scale defenses are really strong!

Anyone willing to sell me their share of scales?

Guaranteed fair price."

The dwarf, while moving his arms, was already offering a price for his new armor material.

In his view, the Big Black Mushroom was only a bit troublesome due to its speed; even though the scale defense was high, it should be maimed if not dead after enduring that attack.

Next, they only needed to retreat timely, avoiding being surrounded by the Pukis.

Actually, Xiao Hai indeed got her defense broken.

[Blood Volume -120]

Three scales on the right shoulder shattered.

Not a very serious injury, but [Mimicry] failed, and Xiao Hai got angry.

"This... what is this?"

"A humanoid?"

As the smoke cleared, what appeared before all the adventurers was an enraged Dragon Man...

Doomed!

Lin Jun was already wanting to cover his non-existent eyes.

The adventurers took three minutes to find the opportunity to break the defense.

Xiao Hai spread her wings, charged into the crowd, full force erupted; it only took two minutes to kill all the Silver Level adventurers.

With absolute speed, each adventurer stood isolated, facing Xiao Hai's assault alone.

Two minutes later, in the battlefield's central area strewn with corpses, the four Gold Level adventurers huddled together, already sweating profusely.

"Damn it, what's going on? Are we not fighting a Puki? What is this thing?"

"Fool! Can't you see? Mimicry!"

"This kind of monster mimicking a Puki?"

"Going to die, going to die, going to die, going to die..."

Amidst the clamor, Lin Jun's Pukis finally arrived at the scene.

[Mushroom Cannon Level 8] xN

...

Xiao Hai landed on the ground, venting her frustrations on a corpse, and then flew back to the Mushroom House feeling wronged.

Was she blaming herself for making her hold back, which resulted in her getting hurt?

Sigh——

Next, I'll have to send some new flavors over to coax her...

What's the plan now?

How will humans react?

Thankfully, I'm no longer in the same uncertain state as when I first arrived at the fifth floor.

In any case, first produce another batch of battle Pukis.

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One day later.

"This time was really smooth."

Fei Ling, returning from the sixth floor, exclaimed.

"After this task is handed in, we won't be too strapped for a while; Vera, your sword should also be maintained."

"Vera?" Seeing Vera not responding, Fei Ling turned her head in confusion.

Vera was squatting on the ground, digging out a piece of scrap iron from the soil.

It seemed to have chipped off from some battle axe...

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