Mushroom Lord in the Underground City

Chapter 539 - 529: Super Magic

Speaking of which, it was thanks to Little Pig’s set of Demon Crystal equipment that Lin Jun remembered Ivan and discovered he was still in a coma.

Otherwise, with so many things happening on the Fungal Mat every day, Lin Jun really wouldn’t have noticed this little issue.

[Status: Super Magic·Thought Overload]

Initially, Lin Jun thought it was a similar state to magic power exhaustion, something that would resolve with a few days of sleep.

But the Silverthorn Squad had tried countless methods over the months to no avail, clearly indicating it was not ordinary.

After all, the Silverthorn Squad was no ordinary adventurers; they had money and connections, and it seemed there was truly no way out now.

This made Lin Jun somewhat curious, and with some spare time, decided to check it out.

The reason for coming secretly was also deliberate.

Bringing a numbered Puki under the guise of treatment openly was possible, but it would be embarrassing if it turned out to be unmanageable.

Coming secretly was different; she could boldly research, and if accidental research led to death, it would be helping him find release prematurely, while no one would know it was Puki’s fault.

The main aim was not having to be accountable.

A little bit of Hallucinogenic Spores, establishing connection, and then...

[Spiritual Guidance]

...

Ivan’s dream was a giant circular library, so vast that its dome was unseen. Countless dark wooden shelves spiraled upward in layers until they disappeared into the hazy shimmer at the edge of sight.

Its scale far exceeded Inanna’s Tea Party Manor and Xiaoxi’s Throne Hall.

In the air, pale golden specks floated like dust, resembling frozen magical embers.

There were no windows or lamps, yet each book spine emitted a soft glow unique to each.

Even more astounding to Lin Jun was the realism of this dreamscape.

Puki Puki—

The wooden floor, stepping on it felt very tangible.

When tentacles brushed along the shelves, they could even feel the indentation of wooden textures.

Normally, the more detailed a dream part is, the more blurred it becomes, sometimes like Inanna, where even her mother’s face is indistinct, which is common.

Not to mention having such detailed realism as this library, and such a massive one!

Ivan was sitting atop a towering book ladder.

He wore a mage robe, facing the bookshelf while flipping through a book in hand, indifferent to Puki’s arrival.

Puki sprinted along the upright bookshelf, running to Ivan’s side: "What are you doing?"

Ivan flipped through the pages, eyes swiftly scanning over the glowing runes without pause, answering: "I want to finish reading all the books here."

Lin Jun tilted his fungal cap, his senses rising along the spiral, seemingly endless wall of shelves, even he couldn’t sense its end.

Alright, now understanding why this guy can’t wake up.

It’s truly miraculous if he could wake up.

Ivan finished the book emitting orange-red halos, closed it, placed it back, then incessantly picked another scroll pulsing with green-purple streamers.

Lin Jun picked up the book Ivan just returned, opened it to look.

Everything in the dream library was surface-level; essentially, it was a space of spiritual power, hence the green Puki quickly "read" through the book.

It explained how to condense and transform original magic power with no attributes into a stable fiery form.

The principle resembled the most basic Fireball Technique, but the writing was from a completely different angle.

The magical tomes Lin Jun read in the past mostly taught "how to cast," like instructional manuals.

Whereas this book explained the principles of "why it is done this way."

Even a simple process like "creating a flame" was written deeply and complexly, making Lin Jun’s mushroom cap ache.

Lin Jun closed the book and put it back.

Lin Jun went back to the lower tier, randomly pulled out a book, and the content indeed became much simpler.

It seemed the knowledge levels in this library ascended from bottom to top.

The book’s contents were clear and logical, not whimsically fabricated by the dreamscape.

But with so much quantity, it didn’t seem to stem from the mage’s own knowledge.

So, what exactly is this [Super Magic]?

A few more Puki slipped in, and Lin Jun invested more spiritual power into it.

Without causing destruction, the Pukis each extended tentacles, took a book from the nearest shelf, sat down, and began reading.

One book after another, the efficiency exponentially higher compared to Ivan above.

Within the infinitely sprawling library shrouded in a faint glow, only the sound of Ivan and the Pukis flipping pages remained.

...

The following morning, Nova entered Ivan’s room with a basin of warm water.

He came to change the bedding and cleanse the old mage’s body. Afterward, Gall would come in to feed Ivan, who couldn’t swallow, some liquid nutritional concoction.

Night Owl went out to gather all kinds of rumors, hoping to find some folk remedy.

No choice, all conventionally reliable methods had been tried, and Ivan had truly reached the stage where saving him was now "as good as treating a dead horse as a living one."

Looking at the old mage’s unaware face, Nova could only sigh helplessly.

His actions were as gentle as possible, hoping his old friend wouldn’t feel too uncomfortable in his final days.

...

Meanwhile in Pujie Dungeon, in the Deep Area.

A whole night of continuous reading did not bring much fatigue to Lin Jun’s spirit.

[Spiritual Guidance] had now reached Level 9, but the amount of spiritual power that could be transmitted in a short time was small compared to Lin Jun’s total.

To Lin Jun, this skill’s upper limit was somewhat low.

Lin Jun needed to conduct an experiment to see what was actually gained from the night’s efforts.

A Puki raised a tentacle, and the invisible magic power began to gather at its tip. A few seconds later, a stable and gentle orange glow appeared at the tip, dispelling the gloom around the rock walls.

Lighting Technique!

An extremely simple magic, which Lin Jun naturally already mastered long ago.

However, this successful casting surprised Lin Jun.

Because this time, Lin Jun didn’t rely on Demon Crystals for casting but completed it independently with Puki!

Puki is unlike humans.

Even without Demon Crystals, humans can still cast spells, for them Demon Crystals act merely as amplifiers of spell power.

But Puki can’t, lacking Demon Crystals as the environment, Puki can’t cast spells on their own.

This is due to structural differences between the two.

Humans, Elves, or the Demon Race, they have seven magic nodes in their bodies.

Magic power circulates through different paths, forming cycles within the seven nodes, which describes the casting process.

Essentially, their bodies are highly versatile, able to adapt to various spells, akin to "living magic arrays."

Magics as complex as Teleportation Technique, because its circuit goes beyond the limits of internal nodes or ordinary Demon Crystals, must depend on externally drawn complex arrays to achieve.

Whereas Puki, only have one magic node.

Thus, even the simplest Lighting Technique requiring two magic nodes to build a cycle, Puki must rely on Demon Crystals to cast.

However now, Lin Jun accomplished this theoretically impossible task.

Lin Jun seemed to somewhat understand what [Super Magic] means.

Is it the essence of magic?