Mushroom Lord in the Underground City-Chapter 388 - 380: There’s No Saving It Anymore!

Puki was suspended in mid-air, wrapped in roots, the mycelium tendrils hanging limply, looking like it was resigned to its fate.

Its two little legs occasionally twitched involuntarily, otherwise remaining still, as if it were just an "ignorant wild Demon."

On the other side, Old Deng, the Elf, was still unaware of the gravity of the situation, struggling fiercely.

Time and again, he tried to gather Magic Power within himself, but each time he made some progress, the roots entwined around him would tremble slightly, instantly scattering the Power he painfully accumulated.

After several futile attempts, his wounds were aggravated, causing a trail of fresh blood to flow from the corner of his mouth.

"Such level of control... Who are you?" Ilo’s voice was suppressed by pain.

There was a subtle sound of plants being crushed in the darkness, followed by soft glows appearing between the sea of flowers around them.

What appeared in front of the human and the mushroom was a mound... woven from various roots, vines, and branches—a "tumbleweed"?

In the center of the spherical body made of various roots and stems, there was something emitting a faint light that seemed like an eye.

Embedded in the center of its spherical trunk was something emitting a faint light, resembling an eye.

This was not a physical entity, but rather a projection of consciousness existing in this special Abyssal Space.

Then, the voice directly appeared in Ilo’s and Lin Jun’s minds: "Scorching my roots, meddling in my consciousness, yet you still ask who I am?"

The voice was quite pleasant, like wind rustling through leaves.

"Divine Wood?" Ilo stared incredulously at the tumbleweed, "Impossible! How could Divine Wood possess complete self-awareness? There’s no record of this in any literature!"

The tumbleweed casually rolled half a circle among the flowers: "After all, never before have guests like you sneaked in here using petty tricks unnoticed."

Lin Jun felt the Divine Wood was quite reasonable, actually willing to explain to Ilo.

In the next moment, a thin branch emerged from his one-armed wrist, severing the tendons, causing the Magic Staff and Yesheng Wood Core to fall, disappearing into the flowers below.

"Yesheng Wood Core is not meant for your use like that. As for you..." The tumbleweed slowly rolled before Puki, its glowing "eye" seemed to examine it for a long time, yet remained silent.

On the other side, Ilo refused to admit defeat, screaming: "If you truly are Divine Wood, why hinder me? You should know the Ark Plan! Causing you harm was merely accidental, everything I’ve done was for the continuation of that plan!"

"Ark Plan?" Indeed, the Divine Wood’s attention was drawn back; it rolled back in front of Ilo, its light flickering slightly, "So, what is this ’Ark Plan’ you speak of?"

The Divine Wood’s tone carried a hint of amusement, allowing Lin Jun observing from the side to immediately realize Ilo’s plan likely contained fundamental errors.

Sure enough, when Ilo finished outlining his grand scheme of "using the Underground City as an Ark to withstand the mist, making it a base to analyze the mist for the ultimate solution," Divine Wood showed no joy in meeting a kindred spirit.

Several slender branches extended from the tumbleweed, entwining Ilo’s head, completely wrapping it eventually.

A moment later, Divine Wood seemed to understand something: "Multiple Will Level 10, indeed polluted by incorrect information."

"What information pollution? What nonsense are you spouting?" Ilo struggled to argue while bound by the branches.

"Ark Plan does exist, but it has nothing to do with what you said, and it has already failed long ago. As for you..." Divine Wood’s voice carried a measure of pity, "just another pathetic soul, attempting to analyze the Abyss, yet marked by those erroneous informations on your thoughts."

"No... that’s impossible!" Ilo’s voice shook with agitation, "Are you implying that even the mist apocalypse crisis is false?"

"It’s not false, but there’s no need to concern oneself with it!" Divine Wood said cheerfully, as if explaining common knowledge, "After all... there’s no saving it!"

???

"What do you mean by ’no saving’?" Lin Jun couldn’t help himself; he had just arrived over three years ago, how could the world be ending already?

"Your voice is quite unpleasant." Divine Wood commented disdainfully.

Hell!

If not for facing a Level 99 powerhouse, Lin Jun would have exploded with rage!

"No saving means no saving, whether utilizing the Underground City, performing sacrifices, slaughter—it’s all meaningless, all efforts are merely ugly struggles to prolong the inevitable. Better to just have a good sleep." As he spoke, a branch gently glided over Puki’s soft cap.

As Lin Jun prepared to resign himself to being encased as well, even contemplating self-destruction, Divine Wood’s branches withdrew, leaving only a sentence: "You’re the same."

What do you mean ’I’m the same’?

The roots wrapping around them suddenly loosened, with Puki falling onto the soft grass with a thud.

On the other side, Ilo sat in defeat on the ground, seemingly unable to accept the truth just revealed.

Suddenly, he lunged forward, grabbed the Yesheng Wood Core on the ground, and yelled at the tumbleweed: "You’re lying to me! You’re no Divine Wood! You just want to sabotage my Ark Plan!"

At this moment, Ilo wielded the Divine Artifact without hesitation, injecting a large amount of Life Energy.

But unlike when utilized by the Elf King, this Energy gathered at the tip of the staff, becoming a dangerous energy of destruction.

Attempting to use the Yesheng Wood Core to attack the Divine Wood entity? Lin Jun watched Ilo like he was a fool.

Sure enough, the next moment, the Divine Artifact fizzled out.

"Of course you wouldn’t believe," Divine Wood calmly stated, "since those false informations have become your truth."

Branch tendrils began winding up from Ilo’s ankle, but this time it wasn’t a simple binding.

The entwined parts started turning woody at a visible rate, the skin gradually displaying bark-like textures.

In the very last moments before transforming completely into wood, the Elf who rapidly aged because of sacrificing Life Energy, tearfully pleaded for a single answer:

"Tell me... I beg you, just tell me... you only want to stop me! So many sacrifices... it can’t be just..."

However, Divine Wood apparently had no intention of offering him hospice, merely watching as he completely transformed into a small tree.

The space was left with only Puki and the tumbleweed.

Lin Jun looked at the wooden form of Ilo, then at the tumbleweed nearby, proactively asking: "Are you going to finish me off too?"

"What would be the point in severing one or two of your tentacles?"

Puki Pim squeezed up to the voice Puki with its tendril and approached cautiously: "Divine Wood Lord, do you... know something?"