"How do you know if you don't try?"
"There's no need." Reeves looked behind Angor and saw an orange-red lake of lava.
However, Leavis wasn't looking at the lava lake. Instead, he was looking at the strange patterns that kept jumping out of the lava lake.
Leavis looked at Angor with great sadness. "Even if I can be saved, it won't mean much. Besides, most of my body has already been assimilated by the parasite. Just like the Goddess of Spring, the assimilation is irreversible. "
In the wizarding world, there was a special name for the half-tree feather: "Goddess of Spring" Demeter.
Leavis was using the Demeter as an example to say that he was already "half-mushroomized" and could no longer be saved.
Perhaps it was because of the topic of saving, Reeves temporarily put aside the matter of the ruins and started talking about his current situation.
After listening to Reeves' explanation, Angor's face was filled with shock.
Angor found it hard to believe. Leaving aside what Leavis went through in the ruin, what happened to him after he was possessed by Mystique was beyond Angor's imagination.
Leavis inhaled the green mist and was controlled by Mystique. Their initial reaction was to go crazy and lose their rationality. They were filled with the desire to attack everything around them.
During that period of madness, Leavis destroyed many mushrooms, so Blair the Bee trapped him in a barren mountain.
And that barren mountain was where Angor and Mystique were standing.
At first, this place was not a lava lake. It was just dry land. After being trapped here, Leavis lost control of himself and began to use fire spells on his surroundings.
He was an Elemental Fire Magus. Because he was inclined towards the Lava Faction, he attacked the earth crazily. In the end, he turned a barren ridge above ground level into a magma lake.
About ten days after being possessed by Mystique, Leavis' skin began to sprout a large amount of mystique. Time slowly passed. After a while, Leavis' body was covered by the mystique and could not move. The only thing he could do was to let Mystique control him to release fire spells.
Under the nourishment of the pure fire energy, an isolated island of fire ores was formed under his feet.
After that, Leavis was completely covered by the mystique and slowly turned into a mushroom. The human body was hidden inside the mushroom.
After a few more months, Reeves' hands and feet were completely assimilated and turned into mushrooms. Along with the assimilation of his body, his original flame ability began to be squeezed, and finally escaped from the mind space that was already riddled with holes, forming various flame patterns in the magma lake.
As for how these flame patterns had turned into elemental life forms, Reeves didn't know. But, he was certain that some special ability of the mycelium within his body had combined with the flames of his main body to create a massive number of fire elemental life forms.
This was because the flame ability in his body was continuously weakening.
"The power of the mycelium is very strange. It can even affect the mind space. My mana whirlpool is already in tatters and is doomed to collapse. It is only the power of the mycelium that is keeping it from collapsing. "But I can feel that I won't be able to maintain it for much longer. At most, in half a month, my mana whirlpool will be completely squeezed dry and I'll die. Even my soul will be exhausted …"
It could be said that this high temperature region of flames was created by Reeves alone!
From this, it could be seen how terrifying Mystic Ying was. Not only would it assimilate you, but it would also completely control you, squeeze you dry, and use up all your remaining value before finally killing you.
Angor already imagined that Mystic Ying's effect would be far more effective than living infection. After all, Blair the bee said that Mystic Ying could be used against wizards. But now that he knew the truth, Angor was still shocked.
Mystic Ying did not mean to kill a wizard, but to cut off their flesh with a blunt knife. This was even more horrifying.
Of course, this was only from the perspective of the person being controlled. Mystic Ying was the most terrifying parasite Angor had ever seen. Not only would it torture you, but it would also slowly eat you away.
But if you looked at the surrounding fire mushrooms, it would definitely be a blessing. Rich fire energy, large numbers of fire elemental life forms, and all kinds of fire ores … Not only the mushrooms in the mushroom forest, even fire apprentices and fire wizards would find this place to be a holy training ground.
Mystic Ying could efficiently squeeze, purify, amplify, and spread the power of a wizard's entire body without wasting any energy. It was the most perfect masterpiece!
If a human wizard could control it, it would be a godsend! Not only could it kill enemies, but it could also improve one's own strength! Was there anything better than this in the world?
But this only made Angor even more cautious.
If Mystic Ying really spread out, someone would soon discover his secret. Of course, even if they did, they would not be able to take advantage of it. There would be a large amount of green mist around Mystic Ying. Even if they knew they could use the mist to train, they would not be able to control it.
But if Angor used Mystic Ying's larva to break through the green mist, things would go out of control.
Angor did not hesitate to use the worst method possible to predict the humans' reaction. When they realized that he could create such a holy training ground, not only would Angor's safety be threatened, but many innocent wizards would also be dragged into the mess and become human sacrifices to Mystic Ying.
Because of this, Angor was alarmed. He had to control the spread of this as much as possible. It would be best if he did not spread it at all.
"What's on your mind?" Reeves saw Angor's blank look and asked.
Angor shook his head. "Nothing."
Angor considered. It was still too early to think about this. After all, the Mystic Ying had not been leaked yet. Besides, the most important thing right now was to get more information from Reeves instead of falling into a mental trap.
"Is there anything I can do to help you stabilize your mind space?"
Reeves shook his head. "I don't know. But it's not necessary. Even if my mind space is stabilized, I'll still die. My body has been completely assimilated. "
There were no human organs left in Reeves' body. All he had was his mycelium. Moreover, these mycelium were constantly producing glowing green mist.
"Parasites … or the green mist you mentioned. Once they take over my mind, I'll lose control. I'll still die in the end. "
Angor pointed at the three Mystic Ying's larvae that were happily sucking the mist from Reeves' neck. "I can let them keep you awake."
"These mushrooms look like … Never mind. I don't want to ask." Reeves paused. "Even if I let them absorb it, it's still useless. The green mist from these mushrooms is consuming my energy. They can keep absorbing the green mist while I'm losing energy. When I run out of energy, I'll still die. Besides, my mana whirlpool can't be replenished. This is already a dead end. "
"I'm destined to die."
Reeves' words reminded Angor of the information he received from the mushroom forum.
That filthy bastard had reached the end of his life.
When the Mystic Ying reached the end of its fusion with a human, it was already destined to die.
At this point, no matter which direction it went, there was no way out.
Either the Mystic Ying would go crazy and die in half a month. Or the Mystic Ying would stay awake for a few hours and run out of energy.
No one could change Reeves' fate of death.
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