Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Chapter 1701 [Fufu's Bizarre Adventure 93] Zombies and Skeletons

Chapter 1701 [Fufu's Bizarre Adventure 93] Zombies and Skeletons

The originally bright yellow scales had turned gray, with large areas of them festering and falling off, revealing the dark red muscles and even bones underneath.

The once nimble steps now seemed extremely stiff, the pupil had disappeared, and the entire eyeball had turned a lifeless pale color, like a corpse that had begun to rot.

Perhaps because it smelled the scent of the living, the thief dragon, which looked no different from the legendary zombie, staggered over.

Such behavior goes against the nature of the thief dragon. They should be very averse to fighting alone. Even if the opponent is just a maru bird, they will go out in groups.

There was a flash of fire.

The little thief dragon that rushed in front of Feng Ying was cut in half. The blazing flames gushing from the sword ignited its body. The two-part remains twitched constantly in the flames until they were burned to charcoal.

The firelight shone through the eyepiece of the mask and illuminated Feng Ying's pupils.

She couldn't guess what the thief dragon was thinking, but she believed deep down that turning into ashes in the flames was a relief for it.

A little angry.

Feng Ying shook off the filth that had turned into burnt ash on the blade, put away the sword, put on a sullen face, and quickened her pace. With the adequate rest before entering the island, she felt that it would not be a big problem for her to go without sleep for two or three days and nights.

In this spore hell filled with mycelium, I'm afraid few people can fall asleep.

On this foggy island, the changes between day and night seem blurred.

During the day, the sunlight becomes dim due to the obstruction of fog and miasma, but at night, the mushrooms and hyphae everywhere emit a hazy glow, making vision less difficult.

From day to late night, she crossed the forest area and came to the center of the original land coral area. The ground crack passage leading to the underground area was not far away.

Suddenly, she stopped.

Through the hazy spore mist, one can vaguely see a huge black shadow lurking in front, which seems to be some kind of sleeping giant beast.

Out of caution, Feng Ying raised her sword and large shield, lowered her body, and approached slowly with light steps.

When she got closer, she was finally able to see clearly with the dim light emitted by the mycelium mushrooms.

It was a skeleton that was more than 20 meters long. Around the skeleton, there were layers of hyphae, and some strains had even grown to the size of small trees.

A few scales, whose original color could not be seen, hung pitifully on the dark yellow bones. The soft tissue under the scales had long disappeared, turning into nutrients for the growth and reproduction of fungi.

Silently putting away the weapon, Feng Ying came to the front of the skeleton and picked up a fang that was still hard and sharp.

"Tyrannosaurus?"

Feng Ying inevitably recalled the time when the Tyrannosaurus Rex landed in the Demon Gathering Land, beat the Corpse Halo Dragon half to death, and fled in panic.

To be honest, if the Corpse Hazard wasn't so skinny and had very little flesh, the rotten meat hanging on its body would be really unpalatable, and the Miasma Valley area was its home ground and it was familiar with the roads, making it easy for it to escape.

Perhaps it had already been eaten up by that angry Tyrannosaurus.

Could the arrogant "Angry Tyrant" who was fleeing in panic after the ancient dragon be the same individual as the broken and dried skeleton in front of him?

Feng Ying couldn't come to a conclusion directly, but she was more inclined to a positive answer.

The reason is very simple. The soft tissue of the corpse has long since rotted away, but the hard bones are still relatively intact.

Judging from the size of its bones, this Tyrannosaurus Rex was nearly 25 meters long when it was alive, approaching the growth limit of the species, which is the so-called "big gold" individual.

The Tyrannosaurus Rex that wreaked havoc in the Demon Gathering Land, hunting and devouring countless large monsters, was also a giant beast of astonishing size.

The number of Tyrannosaurus Rex is already rare, and the probability of two large golden individuals appearing on an island at the same time can only be said to be pitifully small.

Judging from this angle, the owner of the skeleton in front of him should be the angry Tyrannosaurus Rex who was as strong as a muscle mountain and relied on his ridiculously strong immunity to ignore the erosion of miasma to a certain extent.

As to how it finally died, no one can judge.

Feng Ying took a last look at the big mouth with only bones and teeth left, and put the question behind her. She was not a scholar and did not have the time to get to the bottom of it.

Even though she had done her best to protect herself, wearing anti-miasma stones and never taking off the filter mask for a moment, after half a day, she began to feel noticeably uncomfortable.

The skin becomes red, swollen and has rashes, the lungs become itchy, breathing becomes difficult and one may even choke on blood.

These are all symptoms of a fungal infection, and they will rapidly intensify over time, leaving her with little time.

Feng Ying walked around the Tyrannosaurus skeleton and continued forward. Soon she came to the crack in the ground that led to the underground area.

Like a crater spewing volcanic ash, large amounts of spore mist mixed with miasma rolled out from this nearly ten-meter-wide crack in the ground, and drifted around with the wind.

Obviously, the underground miasma area is the source of the spore fog and miasma that covers the island. No wonder the hunter who was in charge of the investigation retreated halfway. With such a concentration of spores, anyone who goes in will be seeking death.

Feng Ying took off the roll of dragon skeleton cloth around her neck one circle at a time.

She had already given up her plan to enter from here and go directly to the core area of ​​the underground. As the seal of the dragon skeleton cloth was lifted, the unique "forbidden" aura spread around like a bright light in the dark night.

Feeling the restlessness of the [Dragon Mark], Feng Ying simply further lifted the restrictions and directly entered the awakening state.

The forehead-protection-like visor opened with a clang, covering the eyes that had turned into golden vertical pupils.

Suddenly, Feng Ying's movements paused.

She originally just wanted to activate the moment of awakening and announce her arrival to someone hiding underground, but she didn't expect some unexpected changes to occur at this time.

Silver-blue energy flowed along the ground and poured into her body like water. The pain and discomfort caused by the fungal infection disappeared instantly. The fungi that had taken root and grown in her body lost their activity under the radiation of this energy.

"Is this... earth energy?" Looking at the dragon-patterned armor that was shining with energy and seemed to be cheering, Feng Ying had some kind of enlightenment in her heart.

There was actually some earth vein energy left in the Demon Gathering Land? It wasn't surprising, as the Demon Gathering Land was originally a mini new continent created by the Red Dragon.

After it dies, this residual energy has nowhere to go.

If the ecology of the Demon Gathering Land remained stable, these earth vein energies might be able to enter circulation and create prosperity, but the balance of the Demon Gathering Land had already been disrupted.

The nutrients produced by the continuous decomposition of the residual earth energy and miasma provide the best "rich" environment for the crazy reproduction of spore mycelium, and therefore have a tendency to spread outside the island. Wait?

Fungi reproduce very quickly. As long as the environment is right, two or three years is enough for the mycelium and spores to spread throughout the island. Logically, the spread should have occurred long ago.

But those spores have only now begun to appear in small numbers outside of the Guiding Lands.

"Have you been restraining them all along?" Feng Ying whispered to herself.

Suddenly, she noticed that the spores and miasma gushing out of the cracks in the ground seemed to be controlled by some force, and their concentration and quantity were rapidly decreasing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

I can still vaguely hear the strange sounds coming from underground.

The worry and uneasiness that had been lingering in her heart for many days were swept away. Feng Ying shook her head with a smile, released the awakening state of the [Dragon Mark], and wrapped the dragon skeleton cloth around it again to seal the ominous aura.

Then, without any hesitation, she turned over and jumped into the crack in the ground, falling towards the bottomless underground area.

(End of this chapter)