High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 1714: Chapter 458: Truly Shameless

Cold sweat slowly trickled down Zheng Qing’s temple.

Along with him, Jiang Yu and the Black Cat under both of them also fell into silence.

Although since stepping onto the battlefield, they had shattered countless demons along the way, Zheng Qing once thought that whether they turned to dust or blossomed into blood flowers in mid-air, it didn’t seem to matter much.

But when the horned snake was brutally cut into seven or eight pieces in front of him, the heavy thud of those massive chunks of flesh hitting the ground shook the young wizard greatly. Warm blood gushed out like a fountain from the broken sections of flesh, sizzling, gurgling, quickly soaking a large patch of charred land.

Just a little bit more, and they would have been the ones cut into pieces.

Just a little bit more, and the blood irrigating this land would have been pumped from his heart. Zheng Qing has no doubt that after this battle, this battlefield will turn into fertile land suitable for various magic potions.

Perhaps the Hundred Herb Gardens at the school would even apply to establish a brand new branch here in the Black Prison.

Compared to the young wizard who was shocked and let his mind wander, the Black Cat recovered faster and more swiftly.

”Thirteen meters to the left front, nine meters to the right front!”

It shouted sharply, ”Aim at those mushrooms and blow them up!”

Zheng Qing immediately perked up, lifted the Remington in his hand, and aimed at a cluster of brightly colored pink mushrooms roughly thirteen meters ahead on the left. Jiang Yu aimed her Beretta Double-Barrel at the right front.

”Bang!”

”Bang!”

The two gunshots rang out in quick succession on the Black Cat’s back. Along with the gunfire, those clusters that appeared with thick caps and juicy flesh turned into scorched black.

”Were those mushrooms the ones that chopped up the snake?” Zheng Qing reacted after firing, feeling somewhat absurd: ”How did they cut it up?”

”It wasn’t the mushrooms; it was something hiding among them.” Jiang Yu saw more clearly because the mushrooms she aimed at on the right side were closer: ”I just saw something like a goblin hiding among the mushrooms.”

”It’s Mi-go larva.”

The Black Cat answered succinctly while flicking its tail, continuing to run forward. This time, it slightly slowed its pace, ears fully perked up, alertly swiveling left and right, ready to brake at any moment.

Upon hearing the Black Cat’s reply, Zheng Qing immediately recalled those pink ’MiG King Bugs’ that stirred their wing cases after invading this battlefield, scattering pink flocculent substances along the spreading lush willow branches — those pink fluffs floated down, quickly gathering, expanding, growing clusters of brightly colored mushrooms.

Back on the city wall, the Black Cat had even eaten a few pieces of mushrooms and developed a bunch of fleshy protuberances looking like mushroom caps on its body.

Originally, under Principal Atlas’s great blessing spell, all the willow trees in the Keiform Flight Land had become withered yellow, washing away the breath from the starry sky, causing mushrooms born from willow and starry sky to entirely vanish. Even the few remaining mushroom clusters seemed insignificant, and Zheng Qing unconsciously overlooked their threat.

However, this oversight unexpectedly brought them a great deal of risk.

With this caution, the Warlock instinctively scanned the battlefield. As far as the eye could see, scorched black and blood red pervaded, withered willow wood piled together, pink mushroom clusters dotting conspicuously yet quietly blooming among them.

Principal Urban’s great blessing spell could sweep away pollution for a time, but it couldn’t eliminate the continuous stream of seeds. The hybrid MiG King Bug had a strong resistance to the Big Wizard’s magic. As the blessing magic’s effect disappeared, it immediately stirred its wing cases again, spreading pink fluffs everywhere.

Having lost the willow as a nutrient source, this time, they chose the corpses on the battlefield as the substrate for cultivating the pink mushrooms. The magic power-filled flesh allowed those mushrooms to grow at an even faster rate.

”Mi-go larva.”

Zheng Qing muttered the term, raising his hand to smash an approaching demon, squinting to search for the small things hiding behind the mushroom clusters: ”How did they slice that big snake?”

If this question isn’t clarified, it really leaves no peace of mind.

The Black Cat paused, tilting its ear as if it heard something, but still leisurely explained to the young wizard:

”Perhaps it was some kind of special magic, perhaps some special tool, or maybe a new special talent they’ve developed. We don’t have the time or energy to research what kind of innovations the enemies have made on the battlefield.”

”As I told you before, the Mi-go is a kind of pan-universal creature, considered colonizers of other universes. A powerful race capable of colonial activities across different universes... Do you really think they’re just a bunch of goblins growing mushrooms?”

”They possess exceedingly sophisticated skills—across various levels—including but not limited to traditional magic, classical beliefs, scientific technologies, and so on. Moreover, these skills intersect in astonishing ways. For instance, they have a widely used technology that can extract a person’s brain, put it in a jar for traveling, and after long periods and distances, reimplant the brain into a new body without any impact on health and function.”

”The wizard world also has magic with a similar effect, but its applicability and popularity are far less than the Mi-go’s art.”

Zheng Qing listened patiently up to this point and finally couldn’t hold back, asking: ”What does this have to do with how they sliced up the big snake? Can they set up a production workshop on the battlefield? Relying on a swarm of larvae?”

The Black Cat didn’t look back, its ears slowly turned, responding softly: ”Don’t use your meager brain matter to ponder the limits of a great race... You should focus on how to safely preserve your little life.”

”Just like now.” The Black Cat completely stopped, cautiously tucking its tail, lowering its body, its voice became much lighter: ”We’re in trouble.”

”I have an amulet against mental interference,” Jiang Yu’s hurried voice whispered in Zheng Qing’s ear: ”It has been glowing before, but now it is getting noticeably brighter!”

Zheng Qing blinked blankly; he didn’t have those expensive amulets on him, but he also didn’t feel any intense psychic attack.

Soon, without needing to experience the psychic attack, the young wizard realized what the so-called ’trouble’ was.

A faint mist, from who knows when, began slowly closing in from all directions. Like barriers nobles use when hunting, leaving prey a small space.

From within the mist, ominous gnawing sounds and messy footsteps faintly emerged.

”These are not tactics that elite monsters would possess.” The Black Cat flicked its ears, looking up at the sky, its voice carrying a bit of anger: ”...Bullying the small with the big, so shameless!”