133: King-level water monster

Qiao Yu had the fungal nest birth dozens more Lord Level Black-crowned Golden Eagles, attempting to disrupt the Red Divine Eagle flock. However, King-level flying monsters were clearly incomparable to those on land.

A King-level Monster is equivalent to a Martial Artist who has surpassed the War God Level, and they are already capable of flight.

With the enhancement of this flight ability, the flying speed of King-level flying monsters can be said to have exploded.

If a King-level Silver Moon Fierce Wolf can reach ten times the speed of sound, then a King-level flying monster can reach nearly 20 times the speed of sound while flying.

If it weren't for the fact that land-based King-level Monsters are thick-skinned and tough, and that flying monsters aren't very interested in inhabiting cities, the terrestrial overlords would likely have lost a spot or two to them.

While Qiao Yu was contemplating on a hillside several kilometers away, a terrifying sense of crisis suddenly enveloped his heart, giving him goosebumps and causing him to dodge quickly on the spot.

The moment Qiao Yu dodged, the hillside where he had been standing was instantly pierced by a water column. The path the water column took left a semi-cylindrical mark on the hillside, the soil within mixed with fresh traces of water.

"What the hell is that?"

After quickly evacuating the spot, Qiao Yu found a hidden place and looked in the direction the water column had been fired from.

It was a vast lake, and from Qiao Yu's line of sight, he couldn't see the end of it for the time being.

"I'm afraid I've been attacked by an aquatic monster. Is this... coming from Taihu Lake?"

Qiao Yu looked at the shimmering surface of Taihu Lake, which only showed faint ripples, as if the water column from just now was merely an insignificant drop of liquid from the lake.

Qiao Yu swallowed hard, feeling a wave of lingering fear. He looked around and realized that because he had focused too much on the Red Divine Eagle's territory, he had forgotten that he had already spread the fungus to City No. 023, which was formerly Suzhou.

Next to Suzhou is Taihu Lake, one of China's largest freshwater lakes, and the aquatic monsters within it are countless.

Today's aquatic monsters have evolved to possess amphibious capabilities. Most of the super monsters in City No. 003 come from the coastal waters.

Taihu Lake, after all, is only a freshwater lake. The fish-type monsters within it are limited by their nature and aren't overly powerful, but there are always exceptions.

"A fish-type monster that can spray water columns... it should be a Perch-eyed Water Monster."

Qiao Yu recalled information about marine monsters in his mind and speculated.

Before evolution, the Perch-eyed Water Monster was a type of fish that could spray water. Originally found only in brackish waters, it also grew limbs and gained amphibious abilities after evolving. However, since its primary means of attack is spraying water, the Perch-eyed Water Monster spends more time staying in the water, waiting for an opportunity.

Among the information Qiao Yu remembered, a God of War was killed by a Lord Level Perch-eyed Water Monster while resting in the surrounding Wilderness Area during a monster cleanup in City No. 023.

"I'm afraid that Lord Level Perch-eyed Water Monster is this fish right here."

Qiao Yu gazed at the shimmering lake surface. The water had already returned to calm, and under the reflection of the moonlight, visibility was extremely limited. Even the eyesight of a God of War-level Martial Artist would find it difficult to penetrate the surface and see the situation underwater.

Seeing this situation, Qiao Yu could only temporarily avoid its edge... That's impossible!

"You think you can run after provoking me? I'm going to settle this with you today!"

Qiao Yu directly ordered the Mycelium to spread into Taihu Lake.

However, Taihu Lake is an aquatic environment after all. As soon as the fungus entered the water, it was dispersed by the lake water. Although it remained alive, it could not connect or combine with each other to form an effective shape.

"Quantity leads to quality. I don't believe this!"

Qiao Yu continuously let the Mycelium spread toward Taihu Lake and attempted to have the Mycelium aggregate on the land near the shore.

Finally, heaven rewards the diligent. Through Qiao Yu's relentless efforts, a mass of viscous black mushy substance gathered on the shore. The situation was somewhat similar to a red tide, except the color was black.

However, before Qiao Yu could be happy for long, that mass of black mushy fungal clump was sucked into the stomach of a giant creature in the water.

Qiao Yu facepalmed speechlessly. The results of ten minutes of hard work were swallowed directly into a fish's belly.

Could it be that he would have to let this damn Perch-eyed Water Monster go tonight?

Just as Qiao Yu was having a headache, he sensed that the position of the fungal clump in Taihu Lake was constantly changing.

That's right. Although the fungal clump was eaten by the Perch-eyed Water Monster, it was still essentially composed of black god fungus. Unless this Perch-eyed Water Monster had reached the King-level, it would be fundamentally unable to digest the fungal clump.

But before Qiao Yu could get happy, he felt the sensing of the fungal clump getting weaker and weaker.

"No way? Could it be that the Perch-eyed Water Monster has already reached the King-level?"

Qiao Yu then remembered that the information about a God of War being killed by a Perch-eyed Water Monster in his memory had been recorded over a decade ago.

In over ten years, progressing from Lord Level to King-level was quite plausible.

In terms of fish age, ten-plus years already made it an old monster.

"Have I stumbled into a nest of King-level Monsters these past few days? Why are King-level Monsters everywhere? There's a King-level Monster on land, one flying in the sky, and now there's even a King-level Monster swimming in the water."

Thinking about how he had hit a wall almost everywhere lately, a surge of inexplicable irritability rose in Qiao Yu's heart.

He had originally thought that once he analyzed the genes of the King-level Silver Moon Fierce Wolf, everything would be fine.

He hadn't expected that some areas would remain unconquerable, and the construction site for the level 3 fungal nest also needed a good location to avoid attracting the organization's attention again. How would he explain it then?

"Right, can I build a level 3 fungal nest in a lake or the ocean?"

A thought suddenly popped into Qiao Yu's mind. Satellites shouldn't be able to detect the situation in seawater, and even if they did, they couldn't do much.

Because human Martial Artists generally don't dare to set foot in aquatic or marine areas. Given the current human situation, entering the ocean is far too dangerous. Even to kill monsters in the sea, they need to lure the opponent onto land to perform the kill.

Thinking of this, the more Qiao Yu considered it, the more feasible it seemed.

But there were no objects in the lake water for a fungal nest to parasitize. How could he solve this?

Qiao Yu thought of red tides again. Why did the nest have to be built inside the water?

Why couldn't a fungal nest be parasitized upon another fungal nest?

Pondering this, Qiao Yu began working on establishing a Level 2 Fungal Nest on the surface of Taihu Lake.

As long as there were enough air bubbles inside the fungal nest, it could completely achieve drifting on the lake surface. Since Mycelium couldn't aggregate in water for now and would be swallowed by monsters, he would just create a fungal nest directly, making it impossible for monsters to swallow!