167: Chapter 167 Pollution Descends, the End of the Microbiome!

However, the monster rapidly coagulated once more, and along with it, the massive Treant Monster also reformed.

But at this moment, it stared fixedly at Su Lin, its eyes filled with terror and disbelief.

It had originally thought that the reason the undead followed this human's every command was perhaps because some kind of Restriction had been placed upon it.

As long as it killed this human, the Restriction would be lifted, and the undead might just gain its freedom.

At that point, it could take the opportunity to win over the undead and recruit it into its ranks.

And if it could win the undead over, its plans would certainly be accelerated.

As for the human himself, there was no spiritual energy fluctuation on him; he looked like an ordinary person at a glance.

No matter how strong his guards were, as long as it bypassed them, it could surely deal with him easily.

Therefore, it had specifically gathered so many Treant Monsters and spore monsters to serve as a distraction.

To ensure nothing went wrong, it had even acted alone, sneaking around to the back with the intention of launching a sneak attack.

Who would have thought that it would actually be discovered!

Moreover, the human had actually unleashed the power of thunder, blasting it into fragments with a single strike.

In other words, this human was not an ordinary person; he was also a Transcendent.

But why was there no spiritual energy fluctuation on him?

Why had he been standing in the back watching the show from the moment the battle started until now, never once making a move?

Could it be that all of this was intentional?

Was he deliberately hiding his strength, baiting it into a sneak attack, and then delivering a fatal blow?

This human had such deep schemes!

The more the monster thought about it, the more terrified it felt, but it had no time to dwell on these things now.

It spoke in a hoarse voice, loudly questioning:

"Why on earth are you working against us? Do you really not want to attain eternal life and infinite power?"

Its tone was filled with confusion and unwillingness.

Just a moment ago, it had realized it was no match for the undead, so it planned to sneak attack the main body as a workaround.

Yet now, it discovered that it was not a match for this main body either.

The sneak attack failed, and it couldn't win in a direct confrontation; it had no more trump cards left.

It could only pin its hopes on the temptation of benefits, attempting to sway the unfathomable human before it.

However, Su Lin merely smiled contemptuously and mocked:

"Eternal life? Infinite power?"

"You don't actually think that with your meager abilities, you can dominate the world, do you?"

"You can't even beat me, yet you harbor delusions of opposing the entire human civilization? Don't you find that laughable?"

He paused, then continued:

"Besides, while your ability to reproduce and spread is indeed strong, as long as humans establish quarantine zones and research various restrictive rituals and secret arts targeting you, we can easily contain you."

"Any random Transcendent organization, as long as they are willing to put in the effort, can crush you into the dirt."

"You are merely frogs at the bottom of a well, taking the fragmented memories you obtained through devouring as the entirety of the world."

Hearing this, the monster flew into a rage, its voice sharp and piercing:

"Bullshit! We, the Spore race, are perfect beings! We possess infinite reproductive capabilities, we can devour all nutrients, and we can adapt to any environment!"

"Lowly creatures like humans are not worth mentioning in front of us. As long as we break out, we will soon occupy the entire world!"

It roared, acting like a madman, its eyes filled with insanity.

Clearly, it held unrealistic fantasies about its own race.

Relying on fragmented memories obtained through devouring, it thought it understood the whole world.

Truly a frog at the bottom of a well.

The monster was clearly thoroughly enraged.

It violently urged the surrounding spores to condense into a massive, grayish-white palm, which it then swiped fiercely toward Su Lin!

"Go to hell!"

The palm was several meters large, its five fingers spread wide, with each finger wreathed in terrifying energy fluctuations.

However, Su Lin merely waved his hand casually.

"Crackle!"

Purple thunder exploded violently from his palm.

Like a roaring Dragon of lightning, it instantly blasted that giant hand into fragments.

Spore fragments scattered and splashed, drifting in the air.

The monster was furious, seemingly wanting to continue condensing spores to launch an attack.

However, in the next second, its movements froze abruptly.

It discovered with horror that the surrounding spores were no longer obeying it.

They did not continue to condense, did not continue to attack, and it could not even retrieve them.

They remained motionless, as if they had lost their lives.

"Wh-what's going on?!"

The monster's voice was trembling, its grayish-white eyes filled with disbelief.

It desperately urged the spore energy within its body, wanting to regain control of those spores.

But no matter how hard it tried, those spores had absolutely no reaction, like inanimate objects.

Su Lin watched its terrified appearance, merely smiled playfully, and said indifferently:

"It seems your spores have been thoroughly polluted."

Hearing this, the monster was stunned for a moment:

"What? Polluted?"

However, when it looked around, it was completely dumbfounded.

It saw that the surrounding mushroom forest, which had originally been full of vitality, was now rapidly withering, rotting, and turning into ash.

Those grayish-white mushrooms were turning black from the edges, and the decay was spreading rapidly, like a plague.

The sweet, cloying scent permeating the air was also replaced by a foul odor of decay.

No, it wasn't just the surroundings.

Even it itself was now rotting and disintegrating!

Dense, dark green spots began to appear on the surface of its body.

Those spots wriggled and spread like living things, and wherever they passed, the fungal spore tissue rapidly necrosed and rotted.

"No! This is impossible!"

The monster let out a terrified roar, desperately urging its spore energy to stop the spread of the decay.

But the moment those energies touched the dark green spots, they were like clay oxen entering the sea, instantly devoured.

The speed of the decay not only didn't slow down, but instead became faster and faster.

Its body began to disintegrate, falling off piece by piece, turning into grayish-white powder that drifted into the air.

"You... what exactly did you do?!"

The monster stared fixedly at Su Lin, its eyes filled with fear and unwillingness.

It still didn't understand how it had been polluted.

Su Lin merely smiled contemptuously and said indifferently:

"While you were putting on a show over there just now, my partner was already releasing pollution into your spore colony."

"You thought you were stalling for time?"

"What a coincidence, so was I."

Hearing this, the monster suddenly realized the truth.

So, from the very beginning, this human had never intended to let it go.

He intentionally listened to its nonsense, intentionally refrained from attacking, just to give it the illusion that it "still had a chance."

And during this process, one of his partners had already silently infiltrated its spore colony and released some kind of pollution.

From the very beginning, it had been played in the palm of this human's hand.

"You... how ruthless..."

Su Lin did not answer.

He just snapped his fingers.

"Bone King."

As soon as the words fell, Bone King raised his right hand, and blazing flames condensed frantically in his palm.

Then, he swung it out violently!

"Boom!"

The flames instantly engulfed the monster's remaining body.

Along with the surrounding mushroom forest that was rotting, everything turned into ash.

This time, the spores did not condense again.

Those spore fragments drifting in the air rapidly carbonized and disintegrated in the flames, completely losing their vitality.

The monster was finally dead.

Su Lin watched this scene and nodded with satisfaction.

He walked to the spot where the monster had disappeared and silently thought:

"System, Extract Materials."

[Extracting...]

[Extraction Successful!]

[Obtained Materials: Mutant Fungal Colony Core (4-Star) — A fungal colony modified by someone through secret arts, possessing powerful reproductive and adaptive capabilities. It can rapidly adapt to various harsh environments and propagate, possesses parasitic abilities, can parasitize and control individuals, can release toxins, and possesses consciousness linking, allowing it to Rebirth through other individuals even if the individual dies.]