Mushroom Lord in the Underground City-Chapter 274 - 266: Epic Buff for Jida

"Magic Shield, Resonance——!"

In the cave, the echoing mushroom sound made Norris, who had been called over, shiver.

"B-boss..." Norris rubbed his tormented ears, "Why did you shout it out like that?"

"Isn’t it common knowledge to shout out before unleashing a finishing move?" Lin Jun said matter-of-factly.

There’s no such common knowledge!

Norris thought inwardly but only dared to weakly ask, "Then...why did you call me over?"

"Nonsense!" Lin Jun’s tone was as if to say "Shouldn’t you know this?" "If no one hears me shout, what’s the point of shouting?"

"..."

Beside him, under Lin Jun’s instruction, the three Pukis simultaneously unfolded their [Magic Shield LV6]. Lin Jun thought this skill most easily demonstrated the Resonance effect.

The edges of the three translucent light-blue shields bonded together under the influence of [Resonance].

It seemed like a real skill fusion!

However, after testing the strength, Lin Jun was disappointed; the shield’s strength had barely increased.

This shouldn’t be!

An LV60 upgrade skill shouldn’t just be about filling in blind spots, right?

Where’s the promised stacking?

"Magic Shield, Resonance!"

"Magic Shield, Resonance!"

"Magic..."

Ignoring the pale and nauseous Norris suffering from both sonic and mental attacks beside him, Lin Jun tried changing poses and soon made a breakthrough!

The three Pukis intertwine their fungal tentacles, knotting and finally rolling into a ball messily!

This time, the magic shields they released were finally whole, the blue light swirling appeared especially solid!

With the Pukis having the same intelligence attribute, a Level Nine Mushroom Cannon shot onto it would normally cause the shield to vibrate violently, but now it only caused a few ripples!

Defense indeed increased a lot!

However, looking at this lump rolled into a ball on the ground...

"How would you use this thing in real combat?"

Lin Jun was puzzled. Whatever extinct bee had resonance, were they rolled up into a ball like this too?

If so, their extinction isn’t unjustified at all!

"How about... mounting it on Jida?" Norris’s weak voice came from the corner. Even on the verge of fainting, he was thinking of his precious Jida.

In this light, doing so might work. Mounting on Jida would avoid any issues of inconvenient movement due to posture.

But Lin Jun still wanted to try other methods.

Like putting a large Puki inside a small Puki, and then deploying the shield!

The result was disappointing; the resonance effect was even worse than at the start, almost as if they were each deploying their own, with no sign of fusion.

After studying it for a while, Lin Jun understood.

Size, attributes, and skill level all affect resonance, the closer they are, the better the resonance!

Big and small, it seems like they’re using the same skill, but there’s likely a frequency mismatch, preventing resonance from triggering altogether.

Lin Jun tried to see which skills it applies to.

As expected, it was ineffective for skills like [Claw Strike], and even for toxins like [Hallucinogenic Spores].

[Mushroom Cannon], [Magic Shield], [Infrasound Attack], these magic, or energy-based skills can be used fairly simply.

Among them, [Infrasound Attack] is the simplest, needing only the Pukis placed together casually, though the downside is still the same old story—when used, it doesn’t distinguish between friend and foe, its high intensity making it infinitely close to another kind of [Self-Destruction].

As for [Mushroom Cannon], its use became a bit abstract; when Pukis huddle together side by side, energy turbulence easily causes an explosion. After figuring it out, the problem was solved by creating a series connection.

Pure natural Pukis won’t work for this; Lin Jun had to manually mold Pukis with a hollow from their backside to head, then insert them one by one to form a long-tube Puki cannon to use.

This combination naturally has no mobility and is only suitable for mounting on Jida.

The surprise was that it also had some effect on skills like [Chitin Shell] and [Rock Eating]; the shell and rock armor generated by standing together increased in hardness, though not by much.

The former can make Jida tougher, as for the latter... a few large stones fused to generate rock armor are indeed hard, but are also completely immobilized, making it hard to imagine a use.

Maybe a line of Heavy Armor Pukis can stand together to form a stone wall?

Currently, [Resonance] can only support three Pukis in collaboration. It’s not that Lin Jun doesn’t want more; it’s just that at LV1, three is the limit; more than that would cause interference and worsen the effect.

However, three are already enough for Jida.

Let’s do it!

Lin Jun first dismantled the heavy rock shield on Jida’s left hand and replaced it with a "Magic Shield Ball" formed by three hugging Pukis. Though there are more Pukis, the overall weight decreased quite a bit.

Next, he removed the original two single-tube Mushroom Cannons on Jida’s shoulder and replaced them with a newly assembled triple-barrel "long-tube Mushroom Cannon".

Finally mounting it on the right shoulder.

Actually, Lin Jun wanted to mount it on the right hand; aiming that way would be much more flexible! 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Unfortunately, Norris clung tightly to the Drilling Puki on his right hand, rejecting even Lin Jun’s genius compromise of moving the drill to the crotch region.

Ultimately, he begrudgingly placed it on the right shoulder.

The Pukis responsible for resonance on Jida are all elite individuals.

From current tests, after enhancement through resonance, be it the defense of the shield or the destructive power of the Mushroom Cannon, the power level is diamond-level!

Of course, if you really let Norris take Jida to fight Little Pig, Little Pig would undoubtedly wear him out without even directly confronting him.

At LV1, the resonance is too limited, only letting Jida play with it.

After LV10, will it be possible to mount a hundred-meter-long Mushroom Cannon, breaking the void with one shot, sniping Sword Saints?

A hundred-meter-long Mushroom Cannon... it’s abstract, but worth looking forward to.

Resonance should be used more by Pukis, not just those directly under command, but also the nodes below.

Perhaps it’s time to promote Jida among the Demon Race...

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Elsewhere, Inanna almost dashed all the way back to the Duke’s Mansion on fire with sparks of electricity.

In fact, Inanna was a bit anxious internally.

The Beautiful Dream Flower issue originated from childhood memories, theoretically, there should still be some, but she couldn’t honestly guarantee the real situation, after all, she wouldn’t casually inspect the family treasury before.

But the boss was just so happily patting her head, praising her for being capable. If she returned empty-handed... she dared not imagine the boss’s disappointment!

Driven by unease, she completed a two-day journey in a single day, rushing back to the Duke’s Mansion overnight.

At the gate of the mansion, she didn’t even bother to find Butler Eric and directly plunged into the family treasury.

Fortunately!

Under the guidance of the treasury guards, Inanna didn’t waste much effort finding the Beautiful Dream Flowers.

Except... the quantity seemed beyond her imagination!

An entire two rows of shelves, packed to the brim, all were Beautiful Dream Flowers!

Each one was carefully stored individually in special boxes carved with complex magic arrays.

Not to mention the flowers, just the boxes themselves held considerable value.

Taking down two of the boxes, the boss said only one flower was needed, she took an extra just in case.

But looking at these two tall rows of shelves, Inanna couldn’t help but have a tinge of doubt: why does the family store so many Beautiful Dream Flowers?

A footstep suddenly sounded behind her, it was deliberate, clearly for Inanna to hear.

Behind her came Butler Eric’s emotionless voice: "Miss, is there a special purpose for taking the Beautiful Dream Flowers?"