Wow!

That massive structure is actually a cocoon, not a nest?

It's the first time Lin Jun has seen a Demon in this world that can form a cocoon.

What will the Thousand Core Mayfly look like once it completes its cocooning?

Will it become larger, or transform into another form?

Lin Jun doesn't know.

He only knows that the few hundred Puki here are likely doomed because the Stiffness effect on that Great Mayfly below has just worn off.

The Mayfly detached from the perched stone peak and flew towards the bat Puki hanging below the fungal mat platform like a swimming dragon.

Bang, bang——

Although he thought it was futile, Lin Jun still ordered the Puki to fire their cannons.

Mushroom Cannon shots hit the giant insect's carapace, but they didn't have much effect.

They could chip off a tiny bit of the outer shell, but relative to the thickness of the shell, it was trivial.

If hundreds of Puki could simultaneously hit a single point, they might still inflict effective damage.

But such a technical feat is hard enough on a stationary target, let alone a moving one.

Xiao Hai's acid breath was effective, but the amount was too small, causing limited damage to the giant creature in front.

The Level 65 Thousand Core Mayfly didn't even use any attack skills; it merely wandered back and forth a couple of times.

Wherever it passed, fungal mat platforms crumbled, and the Puki it encountered died instantly as if hit by a bulldozer.

You could tell it was very angry about being disturbed during cocooning.

After killing most of the Puki, it continued to destroy the remaining fungal mat platforms on its way upward.

The batch of Puki guarding the crossroads was predictably wiped out in passing.

The destruction lasted for most of the day, and by the time it returned to its original position, Lin Jun's frontline had been pushed back to where it was four days ago.

The remaining Puki below were being slaughtered by smaller Thousand Core Mayflies, and the Fungal Mat, which the Great Worm ignored, was also being cleared away.

Simply put, it was like going back to the start overnight...

Lin Jun sorted it out a bit and finally figured out this creature's habits.

What Lin Jun had initially thought of as a passage devoid of Great Worms was actually just a cocooned Great Worm.

He didn't know whether it produced or simply summoned a batch of low-level Mayflies to bring it food.

And those areas with only Great Worms were those that hadn't started cocooning yet.

In other words, all areas likely had Great Worms...

And the cocooned Great Worms couldn't be ignored because if you killed all its minions, leaving it with nothing to eat, it wouldn't just starve itself in a cocoon, right?

Judging by how quickly the last one exited the 'Cocooning, Stiffness' state—it only took a few minutes.

Clearly, this is not like the caterpillar-to-butterfly metamorphosis where the creature melts and recasts itself.

That said, does it mean if I want to go down, I'll have to fight a Level 60+ Thousand Core Mayfly?

Lin Jun really hates fighting giant insects...

And what if defeating one attracts another?

This swarm of Thousand Core Mayflies is obviously large in number.

Tsk!

If only there was aerial combat, the terrain is too limiting.

Xiao Hai should still be able to handle the Thousand Core Mayfly; its Strong Acid Breath counters it, and in terms of speed and agility, it has the upper hand.

Do I really have to risk sending Xiao Hai down?

...

Does everything require Xiao Hai's intervention?

Puki isn't so useless!

In the end, Lin Jun chose not to send Xiao Hai down but instead silently increased the production of bat Puki.

A week later, when the Puki made a comeback, their numbers had multiplied several times over!

A single layer of fungal mat platform couldn't accommodate them, and Lin Jun hadn't planned on grouping them all together anyway.

Instead, he divided them into batches, forming five layers of frontline.

The vanguard was still the Mushroom Cannons, clearing out the low-level Mayflies that had gradually increased in number again over the past week.

Though some Mayflies had regrouped, their numbers were nothing like at the start.

After sacrificing less than eighty Puki, the vanguard reclaimed the spot where they had faltered last time.

Above that hanging stone peak was a Great Worm, half rewrapped in silk!

The Puki ruthlessly bombarded a few miscellaneous Mayflies that had gathered in front of it.

And the Great Worm, not yet in the cocooning state, naturally saw these little things bothering it again.

A sharp screech came from its mouth.

The Great Worm bit through the half-woven cocoon and charged forward!

The advance team, though fighting hard, like last time, could only chip a little of its shell before the hundred-odd Puki were almost completely wiped out by the Great Worm.

Lin Jun's heart remained unmoved; it was an expected loss after all.

The Great Worm continued upward, intending to smash all the fungal mat platforms that had branched into its domain like last time.

However, it soon entered a dense purple spore fog.

[Hallucinogenic Spores Level 7]

A rift like this isn't exactly sealed; the poison fog easily disperses.

But as long as the Puki are numerous enough and the timing is right, the effect can still be achieved in a short period.

So... what was the effect?

In the poison fog, the Great Worm's vision was blocked. Even though it could still locate enemies via Vibration Perception, Lin Jun had all the Puki go into stealth mode after releasing the spores in one go.

The Great Worm could only flail around blindly, relying on luck to cause destruction.

Unfortunately, for the Level 65 Thousand Core Mayfly, its body was just too large, and even so many hallucinogenic spores couldn't paralyze it.

Still, it wasn't entirely ineffective; after breaking through the second line of defense, the Great Worm's movements had noticeably slowed.

Faced with the advancing Great Worm, the third line of Puki, under Lin Jun's command, charged head-on.

Simple yet effective Self-Destruction.

Countless fireworks exploded on the Great Worm.

Small fireworks were followed by big ones, and the fourth layer's fungal mat platform was particularly thick because there sat Fat Otaku Puki.

Several bat Puki lifted Fat Otaku Puki into the air and dropped them at the right spot.

Like dropping bombs, the tricky part was timing the self-detonation.

Unlike bombs, which explode upon impact, if a Puki dies on impact, it can't use Self-Destruction.

A total of ten Fat Otaku Puki.

The Great Worm's shell already had numerous fine cracks from the previous bat swarm's self-destructive attack, and now facing the more powerful Fat Otaku Puki, it finally breached defense.

The outer shell of its head broke apart, and the insides were blasted into a bloody mess, with one Fat Otaku Puki exploding directly in its mouth, severing its mouthparts.

What was once a formidable Great Worm suddenly became unstable, suspended in mid-air, emitting mournful cries.

Lin Jun had prepared backups for the fifth line of defense, but it seemed unnecessary now.

A bat Puki lightly flew to the head of the still-dazed Great Worm, holding an entire bottle of newly collected strong acid breath liquid with fungal tendrils.

There were no reservations; the liquid was poured all over the exposed, shell-less insect brain.

Accompanied by a sizzling sound of corrosion, the Great Worm's screams grew more pitiful.

However, these cries didn't last long; as Lin Jun watched, the Great Worm's already dwindling health bar quickly hit zero.

The moment it hit zero, its wings stopped flapping, and the massive body slammed into the jagged stone walls and tumbled down.

Whew——

Back when the Level 65 Flame Demon could block Lin Jun's path.

Now, a Level 65 flying giant insect had been beaten to death by it.

It's impossible not to feel a little pride.

But Lin Jun wasn't relaxed, instead laying down the Fungal Mat even faster than before.

It was one thing with the corpses of those low-level Thousand Core Mayflies before, but there was no way he'd let other Demons devour this Level 65 one.

The Level 60+ Thousand Core Mayfly has an additional Cocoon skill that other low-level Mayflies don't have.

Lin Jun was very curious about what effect this thing has!

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