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Chapter 292 - 225 Lord of the Abyss_1

Chapter 292: Chapter 225 Lord of the Abyss_1

"The Pocket Toad and the Flowering Frog just finished having some tender moments and then hopped out of the wine bottle."

"The Pocket Toad opened its large mouth and spat out a pouch that looked like a purse, handing it over to you. All the other treasures it collected during this journey were taken by the Flowering Frog King. This is the only spoils of war it has left."

"You got the ’Magic Fungal Spore Pouch’."

"Magic Fungal Spore Pouch: A rare-grade necklace, a pouch designed exclusively to collect and store toxic pollen, made from the stomach of some poisonous creature. When worn, it increases resistance to poison by 30% and can automatically absorb plant toxins from the surrounding environment, condensing them into pollen. It cannot be worn with other necklaces."

The thing that the little frog stole from the Frog King was an equipment. It increased poison resistance by 30% and also made all plant toxins ineffective, making it the perfect piece of gear to counter Flowering Frogs.

"A pouch for collecting pollen..."

Mu You noticed this description, immediately pointed out the Spore Pouch, and took a glance.

The Spore Pouch looked like a purse necklace fastened with a rope. Upon opening the pouch, he found it was indeed full of pollen, practically filling up the bag.

Pollen is the exact item requested for the Fairy Lady’s mission—requiring the pollen of a hundred magic flowers. It didn’t specify the type of flowers, and the types of pollen in this bag must be well over a hundred.

The only problem is, all this pollen is from poisonous plants. He doesn’t know if the Moth Fairy can use it...

Mu You pocketed the spore pouch, only for the game to pop up with more text.

"The Pocket Toad was imprisoned under the lake for days and can no longer contain its heart’s desire to travel. The moment it gained its freedom, it said goodbye to you, desiring to continue on its treasure hunting journey."

"The Flowering Frog also asks to say goodbye, intending to travel with her husband. Both frogs are asking for your help to take care of their children."

What kind of lousy parents are these? Just taking off right after giving birth, only responsible for birth but not raising?!

Mu You was speechless, but he had no choice but to agree to their departure.

"You watched as the Pocket Toad and the Flowering Frog jumped into the river to leave, and reminded them to come back and visit."

After sending off the frogs, Mu You finally had the time to check out the tadpoles left in the wine bottle.

After counting, there were a total of 108 tadpoles and 223 successfully fertilized frog eggs in the bottle. That reproduction potential is astounding.

However, it’s not easy for frog eggs to survive and transition to the tadpole stage. Most of this batch of frog eggs will likely die off.

Mu You clicked on the tadpole text to take a look.

"Unnamed Tadpole: The offspring of the Pocket Toad and the Flowering Frog, they are asexual beings and cannot reproduce. They possess the characteristics of both the Pocket Toad and the Flowering Frog: a storage pocket grows on their bellies, but they lose the ability to sense treasures. A seed grows on their back, which can grow into the plants they have ingested, but they can’t inherit the plants’ toxicity and ability."

As expected, reproductive isolation exists. After the two different frogs interbreeded, the offspring aren’t either of the initial species, but instead became a new species, and they don’t have a gender, unable to further reproduce.

The new species has a pocket but can’t treasure hunt anymore, can grow plants and flowers, but can’t inherit the properties and abilities of the plants. The greatest abilities of the parental generation have all been thrown away while only inheriting the ornamental appearance.

However, this is welcomed news to Mu You.

He definitely can’t keep and raise all these tadpoles. Sooner or later, he will either set them free or sell them, and this kind of looks-good-but-useless ornamental quality will be quite suitable as pets.

Mu You has already made a decision. This new species will be called Bulbasaur Seed. A lively image, and also convenient for promotion.

He moved the tadpoles and frog eggs into the prepared tank, and after feeding them, the in-game work was also considered done.

Mu You came back to his senses and checked the time.

It was already 11 PM on Wednesday. In one more hour, it would be time for this week’s Magic Card meeting.

Mu You hurriedly prepared the cards he would need later.

There’s only one new card this week, which is the ’Lightning Ball Technique’ he got last week. Yesterday, he already converted it into Black Magic when he had spare time.

The converted Magic Card is still called ’Lightning Ball Technique’. Other than significantly increasing the damage compared to the original, it also added a ’Mana Drain’ effect. After the lightning ball hits, it will drain one-tenth of the opponent’s remaining mana.

The effect isn’t very powerful, but it can work in tandem with other spells such as the Mana Drain Water Prison Technique to quickly reduce a target’s mana, which could play a significant role in wearing down the enemy.

Moreover, there’s the ’Reaper’s Pact’, which is the card that he needs to exchange in this meeting. Mu You prepared a few more of them.

After this flurry of activity, time soon arrived at midnight.

Mu You summoned his Wooden Clone in advance, and passed the Gemini Ring and several Lightning Ball cards over to it.

Moments later, two red teleportation gates appeared in the bedroom right on time. Mu You and his clone stepped into them.

The scene shifted, and Mu You once again found himself in the familiar palace.

As he glanced around the palace, he quickly froze in surprise.

The twelve seats of the council were all occupied this time!

The others’ appearance was not out of expectation, but Taurus’s presence was quite strange. Mu You had just killed that guy a few days ago. Mu You initially speculated that Taurus wouldn’t be able to join any meetings for a while, yet surprisingly, someone had already taken Taurus’s seat within a week...

Could it be that Taurus had arranged a successor before dying?

Subconsciously, Mu You directed his gaze at the figure sitting at Taurus’s seat.

The person sitting in Taurus’s seat was also shrouded in black fog, but from her silhouette, it was clear that this was a long-haired woman. And her hair was excessively long, trailing down to the floor.

Not just Mu You, the other ten people were also sizing up the new Taurus - the only person who had changed since their last meeting.

"Eh? Who’s this person? In just a week of not seeing each other, did Taurus undergo a sex change? Or did Taurus switch to a different person?" Lion curiously looked at Taurus’s figure.

The woman at Taurus’s seat was also scanning the others. After looking at the people, she began looking around the palace. After a full scan of the surroundings, she finally spoke slowly: "Interesting! Who are you all? And what place is this?"

The rest of the people looked startled upon hearing her words, not because of her questions, but because she was speaking the Star Spirit Language!

Usually, when someone finds themselves in an unfamiliar environment, they would first speak their native language. If she were from Earth, even if she didn’t speak Mandarin, she would speak some other Earth language, yet she spoke the Star Spirit Language... There was only one possibility: she was not from Earth but from the Star Spirit World.

"Whoa, milady, ain’t you the Fool?" Lion replied in astonishment in the Star Spirit Language.

"The Fool? So, are all you people the Fool?"

The woman glanced around at the others once more, a sudden smile broke out on her face: "This is getting even more interesting!"

As she spoke, she seemed to want to stand up, but was stuck firmly to the seat underneath her.

The others were not surprised, as it was natural for one to be unable to leave their assigned seat in this meeting space.

What they didn’t expect was that when the woman discovered she couldn’t move, an ethereal Soul Body surged from within her, both hands resting on the table, as though she wanted to force her way out of her physical body.

However, just before she could float half a meter above the ground, numerous invisible chains shackled her Soul Body and pulled her backward.

Unwilling to give up, the woman’s Soul Body let out a beast-like growl, straining forward, going as far as to climb on the table.

Yet, she could only make it that far. She had reached her limits. No matter how much she tried after that, she couldn’t move a finger.

"Whoa, lady, act normal! You are starting to behave like Sadako!" Lion exclaimed. The woman’s actions had exposed some of her physical appearance, revealing her pallor attire, with long hair cascading down and covering her face, giving her a similar appearance to Sadako, crawling out of a TV screen.

The woman frowned, stopped trying futilely, and her spiritual body withdrew back into her physical body. She then turned to look at Lion and asked: "Who is Sadako?"

"Sadako is... umm, that’s not important right now, what is important is who you are, why are you here, did you kill Taurus? Or did you just find Taurus’s ring?" Lion shot out a barrage of questions.

The woman furrowed her brows and straightened her back before responding: "I have no idea who the so-called Taurus is, I am... Hmm?"

She paused midway and twisted her head to look strangely at Mu You beside her.

Just now, she had suddenly felt her voice being forcefully cut off, and the source of that energy was coming from the man beside her.

"What do you mean?" The woman frowned.

"You should not casually reveal your real identity during a magic council meeting. This is the fourth rule of the Magic Council, you should have heard it when you came in." Mu You explained.

In fact, before he silenced her, he had already gone through a time reversal and heard the name: Lord of the Abyss — Qionsen Maccioli, from her words.

Of course, Mu You had never heard this name before. But from her tone and behavior, it seemed that this person didn’t know Taurus. She had likely obtained the ring by chance.

Lord of the Abyss... As for the Star Spirit Realm’s abyss known by Mu You, there was only a Lochmaddy Abyss, the location for the Sunlight Elf’s mission.

If the "Abyss" she spoke of refer to the Lochmaddy Abyss, then this woman’s identity would be extremely significant...

The unfortunate thing was, Vivian, who just got a new body, was still adapting and didn’t join Mu You in this meeting. Otherwise, he could ask Vivian about this woman’s identity.