“This is...”
Dalun Li’s gaze lingered on the ground of this floor.
Although it was still primarily a forest, a new type of plant had appeared on this floor.
It was a dark purple vine that had actually grown to cover the entire ground of the floor.
Whether it was wetlands or dry ground, these vines grew everywhere.
It was clear that their vitality and reproductive capacity were incredibly strong.
Dalun Li separated a single vine and examined it closely.
Even after being cut away from the ground, the vine’s vitality remained completely unaffected.
Dalun Li suspected that even if this vine were cut into several sections, they would still grow rapidly upon contact with the ground.
“This kind of reproductive capacity and vitality...”
Dalun Li’s heart skipped a beat.
Currently, none of the monsters in the dungeon possessed the ability to reproduce.
Therefore, they required Dalun Li to create them personally.
If he could grant monsters the ability to reproduce and allow them to generate on their own, it would greatly save his power consumption.
He quickly used this vine as a material and began his Monster Creation.
He needed to preserve and strengthen the reproductive capacity and vitality of this plant before beginning the creation process.
The purple vines began to twist and grow.
Soon, a new type of monster was created by Dalun Li.
[Name] Dalun Li's splitting vine monster
[Level] lv5
[Skills] Vigorous Vitality lv2, High-speed Reproduction lv2, Stealth lv1, Splitting Growth lv1, Life Roots lv1, Growth Seed lv1
[Description] A monster servant created by the unknown existence Dalun Li; it possesses powerful vitality and reproductive capacity, capable of absorbing nutrients to grow and reproduce rapidly, and will have a certain impact on the environment.
“This is the one!”
Dalun Li looked at the writhing vines before him, quite satisfied.
However, these vines had no combat capability at all; they were closer to plants than monsters.
Next, he would modify and bestow this ability upon other monsters.
Trying to bestow it upon gargoyles or mimics from the start was clearly going to be difficult.
After all, this was a plant-based ability.
But the mandragora and wood soldier, which were also plants, could be used for experiments first.
It just so happened that Dalun Li intended to strengthen the mandragora before placing them in the fourth floor, so now was the perfect time to try.
After adjusting the forest of the fourth floor, the deployment of wood soldiers was completed.
Dalun Li transferred all the mandragoras from the first floor to the fifth floor.
Then, using the vines as material, he began creating a new monster alongside the mandragora.
[Name] Dalun Li's mandragora
[Level] lv4
[Skills] Camouflage lv2, Vigorous Vitality lv1, Growth lv1, Leaf Needle lv1, Mild Poison lv1, Growth Seed lv1
[Description] A monster servant created by the unknown existence Dalun Li; it is indistinguishable from a real mandragora but is a ferocious carnivore; although it is a fake, its medicinal effects are even stronger than a real mandragora.
It really worked.
Looking at the brand-new mandragora, Dalun Li was very satisfied.
He began to continue using his power to force the mandragora to grow; the mandragora grew rapidly and produced seeds.
However, the mandragoras grown from the new seeds were significantly weaker, with a level of only lv1.
Furthermore, their medicinal effects were very weak and could not be considered magic medicine; externally, they simply looked like immature mandragoras.
“As expected, do the reproduced mandragoras need time to grow?”
Dalun Li had intended to rely on this to get rich, but power truly wasn't generated out of thin air.
Still, it was already sufficient for trapping people.
Dalun Li then continued to strengthen the wood soldier, granting them stronger vitality and reproductive capacity.
He enabled the wood soldier to self-reproduce seeds, which would grow into new wood soldiers.
The fourth floor would be left to the new wood soldiers and mandragoras.
However, the fourth floor was not small, and the number of wood soldiers equipped with gear was insufficient.
After all, Dalun Li had only managed to accumulate a few dozen sets of equipment from adventurers...
Dalun Li looked at the splitting vine monsters writhing on the ground, wanting to get close but appearing somewhat sanity-draining, and a flash of inspiration struck his mind.
“Relying on the reproductive capacity of the vine monsters, I can do this!”
Dalun Li plucked branches from the large trees on the fourth floor and then began to modify the useless splitting vines that had no attack power.
He weakened the reproductive capacity, preserved the vitality, and strengthened the growth ability.
Then, he combined it with wood, allowing the growth ability to act upon the wooden material.
He also bestowed a certain degree of the gargoyle's hardening ability.
Phew, is the power still a bit insufficient for such a forced combination? I can only weaken the hardness a little then.
Using the splitting vine as a prototype, a new monster was created once again.
It looked like a growing piece of wood, with one side covered in roots.
The wood seemed to have a somewhat rocky texture and appeared quite hard.
This was exactly...
[Name] Dalun Li's wood armor monster
[Level] lv5
[Skills] Vigorous Vitality lv2, Growth lv2, Camouflage lv1, Stealth lv1, Hardening lv1, Growth Shaping lv1
[Description] A monster servant created by the unknown existence Dalun Li; it has high hardness and can grow into armor and weapons, parasitizing other monsters to obscure the host's presence to a certain extent; it is basically harmless when existing alone.
Clang, clang, clang!
Dalun Li combined the wood armor monster with an unequipped wood soldier.
The wood armor monster grew rapidly upon the wood soldier, quickly taking firm root and growing into armor and weapons.
Compared to real weapons and armor, the strength of these weapons and armor was slightly insufficient.
However, they could grow and repair themselves, and they could coordinate perfectly with the wood soldier!
“Am I a genius?”
Once these two types of monsters were combined, the problem of the wood soldier's lack of equipment was perfectly resolved.
He could completely leave the fourth floor to these two, giving the adventurers who entered a bit of monster awe.
“Heh heh, this is getting more and more interesting.”
Dalun Li was somewhat looking forward to the expressions of the adventurers when they saw this duo; they would surely admire him immensely.
He placed all the modified monsters back into the fourth floor.
At the same time, mimics could not be left out; he placed them in some tree hollows in the forest to leave some dungeon easter eggs for the adventurers.
However, it was time to give the dungeon a name.
Dalun Li looked at the boss room of the fifth floor, thought for a moment, and carved the dungeon's name onto the boss room.
[The fifth floor Guardian of the Well of Eternal Imprisonment · Wellmouth Sentry]
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