[Mushroom, oh mushroom! Mushroom, so great!]
Just as this red-headed mushroom was attracted and jumped out, it had barely set foot outside the valley.
Swish, swish!
Several vines sprouted up from the ground, immediately wrapping around its body and coiling several times.
[Mushroom, not great!]
The red-headed mushroom cried out in fear, but unfortunately, it was too far from its group, and no other companions noticed it was under attack.
[Damn!]
Caocao: Summoner! Ben Cao succeeded!
This was Caocao's first time using [Entanglement] on a living target. It seems the 10 wood attribute makes it quite talented in this area, successfully tying up the red-headed mushroom in one go.
"Very good."
Li Pu casually praised and dashed to the front of the red-headed mushroom.
When it comes to fighting, he's still stronger than Caocao for now.
[Mushroom, not good!]
However, upon seeing the enemy appear, the red-headed mushroom's originally mild and somewhat cute features suddenly turned fierce and menacing.
This contrast made Li Pu slightly startled.
At the same time, the red-headed mushroom aimed its head at him and charged.
Snap!
The impact of the skill directly tore through Caocao's vines.
This unexpected event left everyone somewhat off guard.
Li Pu, being relatively quick to react, only managed to cross his arms in front of him.
Bang!
A massive impact sent him flying backward.
[Mushroom, awesome!]
With the successful hit, the red-headed mushroom triumphantly waved its small fists in celebration.
"Hiss..."
As for Li Pu, he grimaced in pain.
Fortunately, he's now a Summoner, with his physique enhanced by feedback from Caocao.
If it had been his previous self, he felt his arms would at least be fractured.
It seems he underestimated these magical beasts. One should never let their guard down at any time.
[Swish, swish, swish!]
Little King Zen Tree: Cripple, are you okay!
[Damn!]
Caocao: How dare you harm Ben Cao's money master, oh wait, Summoner!
Caocao was instantly furious.
Its Summoner is a good one, always buys it cola to drink.
In its urgency, it charged straight at the red-headed mushroom, delivering a flurry of attacks.
[Damn!]
Caocao: Taste Ben Cao's Big Windmill Grass God Fist!
Thus, its two grass fists spun around in circles, relentlessly striking the red-headed mushroom, like school kids in a fight.
"Looks like I'll have to teach it some martial arts someday."
Li Pu stood up and, watching the slightly absurd scene, shook his head.
[Mushroom, awesome!]
[Damn!]
With another headbutt from the red-headed mushroom, Caocao was sent flying.
Thud!
Caocao collided with a big tree, then slumped down limply.
[Caocao!]
Caocao: Arrogant dwarf, Ben Cao is furious!
But in the next second, it raised its hands and stood up, roaring.
"It seems quite resilient."
Li Pu nodded repeatedly, observing from the side. But relying solely on Caocao's attacks might not solve the red-headed mushroom problem in a short time.
So, through telepathy, he instructed it to hold back and not get in the way, while he approached once again.
[Mushroom!]
When faced with another headbutt from the red-headed mushroom, Li Pu quickly sidestepped, evading the collision.
The earlier hit was due to carelessness, but when prepared, he can still react to this level.
"Hmm?"
But before he could throw a punch, he noticed the red-headed mushroom in front of him seemed to be showing signs of mental fatigue.
"So that's how it is."
The next second, he understood.
The red-headed mushroom is likely a berserk type magical beast. After releasing two consecutive headbutts, it's low on energy.
So the third headbutt consumed life energy to execute.
Due to the low intelligence of this magical beast, it likely needs to consume its life energy several more times to deliver skills, even without much effort, to defeat it.
Thus, Li Pu immediately changed his strategy, moving from aggressive attacks to maneuvering and deliberately slowing his steps.
This way, the red-headed mushroom would find it easier to target him and release headbutts.
Sure enough, it continued headbutt charging, but each time Li Pu, who was prepared in advance, managed to avoid it.
After a few rounds, the creature was close to exhaustion.
[Mushroom, crying!]
With Li Pu's punch landing on its head, the red-headed mushroom finally couldn't take it and collapsed to the ground.
Thud!
As it fell, its entire body shattered into several large mushroom fragments.
"Done."
Li Pu let out a long breath; it was surprisingly tiring.
[Damn!]
Caocao: Summoner is mighty!
[Swish!]
Little King Zen Tree: Little Cripple, you're the best!
Basically watching the whole time, Caocao and the tree cheered at this moment.
"Let's see the spoils."
Li Pu didn't respond to them but bent down to check the large mushroom fragments on the ground.
[LV1-Mushroom Headbutt (F)] 1/100
Active Effect: Charge forward violently, delivering a headbutt
Attribute Requirement: None
Type Requirement: None
Race Requirement: Has a head type
"..."
Looking at the last item, the race requirement, Li Pu found it quite reasonable.
Although he couldn't think of magical beasts without heads for now, the no-head type indeed can't use headbutt.
This skill feels mediocre.
After all, Li Pu personally experienced its power.
So considering giving it to Caocao to acquire would be out of the question.
Currently, a 0-turn Caocao can only master up to 5 skills, including this trash skill would just take up space.
Though fusion, Li Pu thought was worth a look.
Not that he truly wants to fuse, but since this function has a preview effect, there's no harm in checking.
[Snail Hammer (E)]: Initiates a powerful charging headbutt, during which actions slow down significantly, with a knockback effect.
"This is weak."
Seeing the first line, he felt speechless.
The grade drops from the previous C to E, and the "massive power boost" lost the "massive" part.
It seems skills don't necessarily get stronger just from fusion.
Now, let's see the fusion with [Entanglement].
[Charging Entanglement (F)]: Charge forward violently, then produce vines to entangle the target
"This is even funnier."
Li Pu couldn't understand, what's the point of using Entanglement and then releasing Entanglement after charging a distance; isn't this redundant?
Indeed, this skill can only be used as fertilizer, solely for sacrifice.
Moreover, in terms of cost, the money in his pocket now is just enough for sacrifice, exactly 500 Crystal Coins.
The acquisition cost is not only related to the skill's grade but also to the number of skills Caocao has.
The same F-grade [Entanglement] was 500 Crystal Coins for acquisition midday; now [Mushroom Headbutt] has become 1000.
Fusion cost seems to be related to the fusion targets.
The fusion cost for [Snail Grass] is much higher than for [Entanglement], all numbers he can't afford.
The only good news is that the mushroom fragments on the ground count more than just 1/100 related items.
The two largest pieces are each 1/100.
That means he might only need to defeat about 50 more red-headed mushrooms to truly acquire the skill.
"Alright, let's continue."
Li Pu glanced at the number of red-headed mushrooms in the valley, plenty enough.
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