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Chapter 88 Breakthrough
However, this "white forest" was indescribably silent. Apart from the endless stream of giant silver mushrooms, there was no sign of other life activities.

“There doesn’t seem to be any fungus-related punishment beasts among the Moon Wolf’s followers.” Because of his previous experience with the giant toad Kux, Lucian didn’t dare to underestimate the mushroom forest in front of him, for fear that he would accidentally attract some extremely terrifying monster.

While Lucian was observing this "mushroom forest", other wizard apprentices and half-elves also came to this mushroom forest area from the original garden.

"This... these are actually Kuka! They are so big!" After a younger half-elf came in, he saw the mushroom forest in front of him and couldn't help but exclaimed in amazement.

"Kuka?" Lucian heard this unfamiliar term and guessed that it should be the name of a certain kind of mushroom. It seems that these mushrooms here should also exist in the outside world, but their sizes may not be as exaggerated as these mushrooms here.

But to be on the safe side, Lucian still tried to identify these mushrooms.

【Item】: Kuka
[Position]: Fungi, edible fungi, giant individuals

[Description]: This edible mushroom was improved and cultivated by the goblins. It has grown to a gigantic size due to the special growing environment. It is said that some powerful goblins often use this fungus to feed some domesticated monsters.

【detail】:
1. Except for the spores, all Kuka can be eaten directly. The taste of raw food is somewhat similar to bread, but you need to be careful not to consume too much at one time, otherwise it will produce an effect similar to being drunk.

2. Kuka's spores have a certain ability to transform. They can parasitize on nutrients and transform them into their own hotbeds through transformation magic. At the same time, Kuka's spores are also a common material for auxiliary casting of transformation witchcraft.

3,……

"We've found traces of buildings, but we need to cross this mushroom forest!" Under the command of Bennett and the goblin leader, three half-elves or wizard apprentices who were good at long-distance witchcraft detection all used their own methods, and soon they shouted one after another, pointing together to the south of the mushroom forest.

Bennett and the goblin leader looked at each other and tacitly chose to continue their current journey together. After all, both sides were a little short of manpower, and it would be beneficial for both sides to join forces before entering the real inheritance land.

As a sign of sincerity, the goblin leader also revealed some basic information about Kuka.

After a short rest, the two sides carefully entered the mushroom forest and slowly explored forward. However, in this "forest", it seemed to be very peaceful and monotonous. The team advanced in the forest for nearly a day, and the scenes they saw were all similar. Apart from being a little boring, they did not encounter any other creatures, let alone dangers.

At night, the team dispersed into small circles of two or three, keeping a safe distance from each other.

Carly brought two pieces of roasted dry food from the campfire, and handed the larger one to Lucian. "Here, Mentor Lucian."

To be on the safe side, even the group of half-elves who were used to eating Kuka did not collect the giant mushrooms here, but used some of the food they brought with them as an emergency measure.

Lucian waved his hand and took out the Song of the Deep Sea that he had exchanged for the sacrificial badge.

He wanted to take this natural potion directly to improve his mental strength. However, when he saw Lilia meditating with her eyes closed not far away, Lucian was a little apprehensive, and worried that this guy, whose mind had been twisted by the rag doll, would deliberately cause trouble.

After a little thought, Lucian looked at the giant Kuka mushroom beside him.

Although it might be a bit risky, according to the system's appraisal results, the risk should be within a controllable range...

Lucian quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind, then gritted his teeth, opened and closed his mouth slightly, and began to talk quickly with Carly through his mental power.

"Ah?" Carly, who was originally holding her dry food and eating happily like a little hamster, heard Lucian's message. Her eyes widened visibly, and then she looked a little flustered, but then she became eager to try.

Lucian's mouth twitched, but he still carefully peeled off some grayish-white immature spores from the mycelium that looked like a thick root system on the ground...

Soon, the preparations were complete, and Lucian uncorked the Song of the Deep without hesitation, then quickly swallowed the precious natural potion.

Although Song of the Deep Sea is a natural wine, it tastes cool and sweet when you drink it. It does not have the spicy taste of alcohol, but instead feels like drinking cold natural spring water.

But soon, Lucian felt the "burning sensation" of the strong liquor of Song of the Deep Sea. After the liquor began to spread throughout his body, he felt his body become light, while the spiritual sea in his head began to heat up rapidly. The spiritual vortex in the central area of ​​the spiritual sea began to spew out a large amount of pure spiritual power like an underwater volcano.

"My spirit is burning, but my consciousness is extremely clear, and my mind is extremely active." Lucian's consciousness was immersed in the sea of ​​spirit, and he felt light and floating, but he also felt that he was full of infinite possibilities at this moment. "Rather than calling it the song of the deep sea, it would be more appropriate to call it an underwater volcano." However, at this time, he also seized the time to quickly refine the gushing spiritual power.

However, the changes in Lucian's body also caused some movement. At this time, several apprentices who were meditating all felt the movement of the magic elements around them. A large amount of free magic elements seemed to be attracted by something and began to move in one direction on a large scale.

Lillia was the first to open her eyes. She stood up and looked in the direction of Lucian.

She recognized this aura immediately; it was the special fluctuations produced when taking Song of the Deep Sea.

She originally thought that Lucian asked for this potion in preparation for his promotion to a formal wizard, and she thought that she could pay a price to get it back from Lucian later. But she didn't expect that he would use this potion so extravagantly!
And "Lucian" glanced at Lilia coldly, snorted softly, and then closed his eyes again.

Lillia looked at Lucian, her chest rising and falling slightly, and she held Adeline with a little more force on her right hand.

"Teacher, calm down. Now is not the right time. And there are those fairies..." Gagarin seemed to notice Lilia's restlessness. He bravely reminded her and asked Lilia to look at the half-fairies on the side who seemed to have expectations on their faces.

"Hmph." Lilia sat down heavily, then looked coldly at the group of half-elves.

At this time, "Lucian" nervously grabbed a handful of mycelium under him with his hands.

Carly felt like her heart was about to jump out of her chest. After all, this was her first time to confront a third-level wizard apprentice head-on!

Although Lillia did not use her mental power to oppress Carly this time because she had suffered a loss in the last mental clash with Lucian, the simple confrontation with Lillia made Carly feel a little nervous. If the confrontation continued for a while, Carly might not be able to maintain her expression.

Fortunately, the simple transformation magic set up by Mentor Lucian is still quite intimidating... Carly secretly rejoiced in her heart, and at the same time looked at "herself" beside her, silently praying that Mentor Lucian's meditation would end soon.

At this time, Lucian's consciousness was fully focused on activating the spiritual vortex in his spiritual sea to refine his spiritual power. He only maintained a trace of spiritual power in the outside world to stay alert.

But at this moment, he could feel that with the blessing of the Song of the Deep Sea, his mental strength level was increasing rapidly at an exaggerated rate.

If [Moonlight Tribute] is a relatively mild potion with a slightly slow effect but without too many side effects, then Song of the Deep Sea is a more overbearing potion.

Under the influence of Song of the Deep Sea, Lucian felt that a large amount of mental power was suddenly poured out of his spiritual sea. This mental power was so huge that his spiritual vortex did not have time to completely purify it before it was "squeezed out" of the vortex by the subsequent influx of mental power.

Even the little moonlight spots on the mental vortex caused by taking Moonlight Tribute were transformed into not very pure mental power and squeezed out of the mental vortex under the simple and rough squeezing of Song of the Deep Sea.

This kind of spiritual power obviously contained impurities and was relatively superficial, with a significantly lower purity. If he wanted to have a solid foundation, Lucian would have to find a way to refine this spiritual power.

Although it has its drawbacks, Song of the Deep also has a huge effect on increasing mental power. Under Lucian's control, a large amount of mental power condenses into mental runes and is embedded in Lucian's sea of ​​​​mind.

Not long after, Lucian's spiritual sea began to vibrate slightly, and the spiritual power vortex began to transform under this vibration, and the spiritual sea began to slowly expand again.

According to the description of Graybone Meditation Method·Revised II, Lucian was now officially promoted to a third-level wizard apprentice, and his mental strength had also been significantly improved due to this expansion.

Rumbling--

Lucian's consciousness was rumbling slightly, but compared to the previous transformation, this transformation was much milder. The expansion of the spiritual sea only increased by about one-third, but the membrane walls around it became unusually thick and tough, which increased the endurance of Lucian's spiritual sea by several levels.

“Hmm?” Lucian suddenly felt a physical urge.

This is the body's instinctive desire to be promoted to a higher life form, and as Lucian sensed it, he also felt the "perfection" on the spiritual level.

As long as he wanted, he could now try to break through the level from a third-level wizard apprentice to a formal wizard. He did not need any potion assistance, nor did he need to arrange any rituals to increase the chance of promotion. He only needed to "lift his legs" slightly, and his mental power would easily break through the bottleneck, allowing his mental power to transform and sublimate again.

(End of this chapter)