lovenovelstory Chapter 207 Miasma
Chapter 207 Miasma
Chapter 207 Miasma
To be honest, Thor hadn't set foot in the Underdark for quite some time. After all, that place was far too cramped for giant creatures, and staying there for too long would inexplicably make him restless.
Looking at the blue mushroom man in front of him, he suddenly became interested and decided to flap his wings and take off to see how the mushroom garden underground was doing.
As his strength increased, Thor's size grew larger and his flight speed increased.
A crimson figure, like a shooting star, streaked across the sky, covering dozens of kilometers in no time. The enormous red dragon descended from the sky, plunging into the narrow crevice and rushing downwards.
Heavy footsteps pounded the earth, and a muffled thunderous roar echoed throughout the passage. Blazing flames erupted from Thor's body, scorching the surrounding rock walls red.
Such a huge commotion completely violated the survival rules of the creatures in the dark lands, making them instantly realize who had arrived.
So when Thor appeared at the entrance to the huge cave where the mushroom people's home was located, he saw the mushroom king, whose purple canopy was adorned with silver halos and whose body radiated spore light, already waiting respectfully with a group of mushroom people.
As a fertilizer, the deep dragon is indeed very nutritious. The mushroom in front of us, which was already huge, has grown even taller, and is now almost three meters tall.
As Thor approached, the colorful mushroom-men of varying sizes immediately began to sway, their iridescent lights shimmering as they offered a sincere greeting.
"Good night, Great Dragon Lord! Welcome! May I ask how I may assist you?"
As Thor looked at the mushroom-like creatures flashing like neon lights, he inexplicably had the illusion of standing atop a tall building in a past life, overlooking a bustling metropolis at night.
He wondered if he could make a profit if he moved some of them to taverns and gray areas in the surface world to use as ambient lighting.
But that's something to consider later. The great red dragon doesn't need to seek superiority from a bunch of mushrooms. He immediately waved his claws and let out a low growl.
"Enough! Stop flashing! You stay here, everyone else disperse and go back to your own corner!"
Upon hearing this, the many fungus people immediately agreed, their glow quickly extinguished, and they all burrowed into the thick fungal carpet, leaving only the largest fungus king behind.
The cave returned to its quiet state, with only a few scattered points of light remaining, which made Thor feel much more at ease.
He looked at the mushroom king before him and asked again.
"How are the mushrooms and fungi I gave you doing in their cultivation?"
An invisible wave emanated from the silver halo of the umbrella above the Fungus King's head, vibrating the air, and responded in a flat, monotone voice.
"Everything went smoothly; they all survived successfully and are now reproducing and growing."
Especially those last yellowish-green fungi; they were incredibly active and aggressive.
Yellowish-green fungus? Is it miasma from the Valley of Miasma?
Thor's eyes flickered as he recalled that he had indeed drawn this item and casually tossed it to the mushroom people along with the other mushrooms.
This is an extremely dangerous thing. Ordinary fungi usually feed on humus, but this thing is carnivorous.
He looked up into the cave and saw a thin layer of yellowish-green mist spreading in the air. The deeper he went, the thicker the mist became.
If it weren't for the constraints imposed by the mushroom people, this thing might have spread long ago.
It's important to understand that even powerful monsters like fire dragons, whose attributes are mutually exclusive, can be infected by it. For ordinary creatures in the Underdark, it would likely be a catastrophe.
This piqued Thor's curiosity. In a world with not enough corpses and a completely different environment, how could these miasmas survive so well?
So he immediately stepped into the cavity, and the fungal carpet beneath his feet instantly contracted as if electrocuted, avoiding the high temperature on Thor's claws, and opened up a wide passage for him.
He walked towards the area with the densest miasma, and with each breath, he inhaled these tiny spores into his body.
Logically speaking, with Thor's body temperature of over a thousand degrees, let alone fungal life, even a piece of steel would be quickly melted if it entered his body.
However, these tiny spores, which should have turned directly into a wisp of smoke, have shown an extremely tenacious vitality.
A strange magical power mixed with negative energy emanated from these spores, corroding and absorbing Thor's energy at an imperceptible rate.
This is an ability that the original miasma does not possess; even the miasma exhaled by Vaal Hazak itself cannot do it.
It is said that all ancient dragons represent a natural phenomenon and wield the authority to govern certain rules.
The miasma in the Rotten Vale is, in a sense, an extension of the power of the Vaal Hazak. Could the reason these spores exhibit special abilities different from the original be due to adaptive changes resulting from their combination with the magic of this world?
Thor sensed a decaying aura emanating from it, an extension of the undead, a cycle of matter.
In the next instant, violent dragon-attribute energy erupted from his body, and black and red lightning flashed across his skin, instantly annihilating all the tiny spores into dust.
By this time, he had arrived at the source of all the miasma.
As the thick fungal carpet spread outwards, the gaunt shadow of a dragon, tightly bound by iron chains, was revealed.
This was indeed the Deep Dragon. Its once resilient and smooth skin was now covered with fungal spores of all sizes, pulsating as if breathing, and with each contraction, it would spray out a large amount of spore dust.
Even so, thanks to the dragon's tenacious vitality, this powerful creature did not die. The flames burning on Thor's body brought long-lost light and warmth, causing him to weakly open his eyes.
Through the gaps in the mycelium, those white pupils saw the enormous red dragon and immediately their eyes filled with deep hatred.
"Kill—Kill—!"
The long imprisonment and the draining of its nutrients have rendered the deep dragon unable to utter a complete sentence, yet it still struggles, trying to attack Thor.
This action only earned him a mocking smile from Thor.
He stretched out his large claws and grabbed the Deep Dragon's head. The void rippled like water, and large chunks of dragon crystals appeared, which he forcibly stuffed into the Deep Dragon's mouth.
"I think I said we should take it slow and steady, we can't let this guy die! How did he end up like this?"
After forcibly nourishing the deep dragon, Thor immediately turned his head, his molten gold pupils fixed on the mushroom king following behind him, and questioned him.
The rolling sound waves swept across the mushroom king's purple canopy, causing it to twist and deform slightly. The fluorescent light on its body flickered erratically, as if it were expressing tension.
"Those new saprophytic fungal mists are too active and too aggressive. They can't be completely controlled yet, so people have been inhaling them too much."
After a while, they will be completely integrated into the fungal network, and this situation will never happen again!