The scene descended into chaos as team members either slumped to the ground clutching their chests, leaned against tree trunks supporting their breasts, or incredulously pulled open their collars for an internal inspection. They watched their chests ballooning with horror, more terrifying than any crisis. "How could this happen? Why, why are my breasts getting so big? I'm a man!"

"Quick, check if the ding-ding is still there..."

"Can we recover? What's going on? I suddenly feel so tired..." the team members discussed in alarm, caught completely off guard.

Tianxia Guihuo stood by the roadside, one hand supporting his ever-expanding chest, the other propped against a tree trunk, his face ashen and twitching violently.

Although a Fire Master with wisdom, he was still a Fire Master, and could not endure such "humiliation." Beside him stood the effeminate and beautiful Yin Chi, his eyes wide with disbelief.

Jiang Jingwei sat slumped on the ground, staring at her chest with a mix of astonishment, bewilderment, and a sort of eager "experiencing adulthood" excitement. She seemed to find it quite amusing.

Asano Ryo collapsed to the ground, her face flushed with shame, muttering words like "disgusting" and "pervert." The scene was utter chaos.

Zhang Wuqing, clinging to Guan Ya's back, looked down to see his chest constantly expanding, pushing him further and further away from Guan Ya.

He felt something rapidly swelling beneath his skin, and although he didn't know what it was, he was certain it wasn't fat.

This has to be a G-cup. I'll finally have the capital to leer at women... Although he found it frustrating, as a leader, Zhang Yuanqing knew this was not the time for an existential crisis. With a solemn expression, he patted Guan Ya's shoulder and said, "Put, put me down."

The old driver was already an F-rank powerhouse; he couldn't add to her burden. Guan Ya half-squatted and placed him on the roadside.

"Are you, okay?!" Only then did Zhang Yuanqing notice that Guan Ya's breasts hadn't expanded at all, remaining their original pleasing fullness. Guan Ya glanced at Yuanshi Tianzun's chest, maintained a straight face, nodded, and said with some confusion, "I seem to be fine."

Why was she unaffected? It couldn't be that her breasts were too big, reaching a bottleneck and unable to increase further! Zhang Yuanqing keenly realized that understanding the reason for Guan Ya's unchanged breasts might solve the current situation everyone was facing.

What was special about Guan Ya compared to the others? It certainly wasn't her profession; there were many scouts in the team. Was it the effect of a tool?

Zhang Yuanqing noticed the vine armor Guan Ya was wearing on her chest. A thought struck him. "Guan Ya-jie, try taking off the vine armor."

"No!" Guan Ya righteously refused. "Do you think my breasts aren't big enough?!"

After saying that, she quickly pursed her lips, trying hard to suppress a laugh. "You want to laugh, don't you!" Zhang Yuanqing stared at her expressionlessly.

Guan Ya turned her face away, but couldn't help but "poof" out a laugh.

"Sorry, sorry, I know I shouldn't, it's inappropriate, but I just can't hold back. Haha, hahaha... Too bad there's no phone in the instance, haha..."

"Ahem, I think the defensive function of the set may be in effect. No matter why your breasts are getting bigger, there's no doubt it's an external attack." This stinky woman... Zhang Yuanqing took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and tried hard to analyze the current situation. Guan Ya was right; the cause of the breast expansion was a form of attack, and it was related to the Thorn Cat Forest. Perhaps a curse...

Come to think of it, with the enlargement of the breasts, the itchy sensation faded, replaced by a dull pain, a needle-like sting! Accompanied by a strong sense of drowsiness, the physical discomfort made it impossible for him to think calmly. At this moment, the Cowherd's Hill fairy, whose breasts had expanded first, called out weakly, "It's, it's spores..." We're being parasitized by spores..."

As a Wood Imp, after a brief moment of panic, she noticed that along with the expansion of her breasts, there was also a surge of rich life energy. The reason she felt weak and tired was because her life essence was being drained by the spores.

"How to solve it, how to solve it? Can you Wood Imps help to remove the spores?" The team members around her chimed in.

"Cannot be removed." The "Little Match Boy," who was unable to stand because of his breast enlargement, cried out, "We Wood Imps can only compete with them for life force..." "I feel like my chest is about to burst..." a female Earth Spirit cried out.

As soon as she finished speaking, her swollen chest "popped" open, as expected, tearing her clothes and spewing out gray misty gas.

Immediately afterward, clusters of mushrooms grew on the Earth Spirit's face, tender green mosses and cyan ferns sprouted under her skin, layered lingzhi mushrooms and twisted vines... In just a dozen seconds, she was covered in plants. "Save, save me..."

She didn't die immediately, and weak cries for help came from within the dense vegetation.

Seeing this scene, everyone felt a chill in their hearts, as if they were seeing their own end. "Stop!"

The Fire Master next to her, as if stimulated, reversed his dagger and stabbed it hard into his bulging chest. With a "bang," his chest exploded, blasting out gray misty gas. Immediately, mosses, fungi, and ferns grew wildly on his body, their roots piercing into his skin, seizing nutrients. Zhang Yuanqing roared, "Don't be impulsive, don't be reckless!"

The main purpose was to warn the Fire Master. Seeing this scene, the others dared not act rashly.

So that's what the Breeding Forest means; it's not to stimulate the animals entering the forest to reproduce, but for the plants to devour the flesh and blood of living things to reproduce... The spores must have been inhaled into our bodies through the air, so, I really was in heat just now, that's why I thought Guan Ya smelled so good... Zhang Yuanqing felt his chest swell again, almost to the limit. At this moment, he saw Tianxia Guihuo's chest shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, from the swelling on the verge of explosion, reducing to a D-cup. Tianxia Guihuo breathed a sigh of relief and shouted,

"Concentrating fire-attribute spiritual energy on the chest can kill the activity of the spores!" Hearing this, the Fire Masters followed suit, and their ballooning chests did indeed shrink. The Water Ghosts were inspired and tacitly drew their weapons, attacking their chests with either slashes or stabs.

With a series of "poofs," their chests didn't explode, but instead activated their passive ability, transforming into clear streams of water. Gray, granular spores were clearly visible in the water. "No, it still doesn't work!"

But when their bodies returned to normal, their chests swelled as before.

Unless they abandoned the part that had turned into water, but the problem was that there were no ponds or rivers around. Abandoning this part of their bodies would mean they couldn't replenish themselves, which was equivalent to cutting off one chest, a dead end. On the other side, the Fire Masters whose chests had just shrunk began to swell again, but the speed had clearly slowed down. Tianxia Guihuo said in a deep voice, "No, we have to leave here immediately."

Currently, Wood Imps were the only ones who could effectively curb the growth of spores, followed by Fire Masters. If Water Ghosts could collect enough water, they could barely resist spore parasitism. But Earth Spirits and Scouts were destined to die.

Especially the former, as Earth nourishes Wood in the five elements, and the spores obtained the most nutrients in the Earth Spirit's body.

Zhang Yuanqing's eyes, capable of seeing through darkness, swept over the crowd, clearly seeing that the Wood Imps already had the urge to abandon their companions and flee. The same was true for the Fire Masters. The Water Ghosts and Earth Spirits looked desperate.

No, I have to think of a way, otherwise morale will collapse in panic sooner or later... Zhang Yuanqing quickly asked, "Tianxia Guihuo, can you Fire Masters help curb the activity of the spores?"

Tianxia Guihuo shook his head,

"Fire-attribute spiritual energy is the most uncontrollable. While killing the spores, it will also kill you, and you will die even faster. Because spores are more fire-resistant than flesh and blood." It's like drinking poison to quench thirst.

Zhang Yuanqing fell silent, his thoughts racing. Although he had the Yin-Yang Robe, with water and fire control skills, the abilities were bestowed by the item, not from his body. He had no fire-attribute power.

Night Wanderers had strong vitality and could last a little longer than ordinary professions, but it was still very dangerous. Deploying the Yin-Yang Array could temporarily resolve the crisis, but it was only a stopgap measure and couldn't solve the problem completely. What was a way to kill the activity of the spores without harming the body? For example... controllable flames? Zhang Yuanqing thought of an item he hadn't used in a long time -- the Demon Subduing Pestle!! The Demon Subduing Pestle containing the power of the sun god.

The purification effect of the Demon Subduing Pestle had a strong restraint against negative buffs, and the effect was slightly lower for situations such as entering the body. But, using the Demon Subduing Pestle, would it attract the Old Hag?"

The thought flashed through Zhang Yuanqing's mind, and then he took out the Demon Subduing Pestle. He made this choice because two reasons gave him courage. First, the Ghost Bride had spoken about the Old Hag's attitude towards him, annoyed but not very murderous. If the Old Hag really descended into the Slaughter Instance, he could use his unique skill -- kowtow and worship! And obediently offer the item.

Second, this was not an ordinary instance, but a Slaughter Instance.

Slaughter Instances were different from ordinary Instances. Their purpose was to screen out the best in each stage and provide opportunities for job transfers, which was very important. According to normal logic, the more important the Instance, the stronger the "encryption" level. Would the Spirit Realm allow an overly powerful boss to interfere with the Slaughter Instance? Zhang Yuanqing thought that the Old Hag probably couldn't get in.

Since she probably couldn't get in, and even if she did, there would be no danger to life, then why not use it! With the heavy brass pestle in hand, he did not hesitate to stab his thigh with a knife.

The blood turned into threads, pouring into the Demon Subduing Pestle. The dazzling golden light burst out immediately, dispelling the darkness and coating the surrounding trees with a golden glow. Zhang Yuanqing felt a heat all over his body, and bright golden light surged in his eyes.

Immediately. He felt his chest, which was about to burst through his T-shirt, quickly shriveling, reducing to a female's B-cup size, becoming two hard, lumpy protrusions. It really worked, but it couldn't completely kill the spores... Zhang Yuanqing rose into the air and said loudly, "I've found a way to alleviate it."

Under the astonished and joyful gazes of the crowd. He walked towards his teammates, bearing his not-so-full chest. Giving each of them a shot. Streams of dazzling golden light erupted, extinguished, and pairs of eyes surged with brilliant golden light, then contracted. Soon, everyone regained their ability to move.

Except for the Earth Spirit who "exploded" at the beginning and had already died, the second Fire Master who took the initiative to explode his chest was still alive and had received "treatment." The power of the sun god burned away most of the plants on his body.

"Smaller, smaller-"

The Fire Masters were so grateful that they wanted to kowtow and worship. "Thank you."

Peony Fairy covered her still-large breasts, biting her lip and winking flirtatiously.

She had to cover them because the earlier swelling had caused the straps of her underwear to break, causing the underwear to fall off. Summer clothes were thin, and if she didn't cover them, it would be too obvious.

The others thanked him one after another.

Zhang Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief, put away the Demon Subduing Pestle, pressed his hand down, and said loudly,

"The purification time is limited. When you feel your chests swelling again, tell me in time. Now, let's leave this place quickly." Hearing this, the team members shuddered and immediately reorganized their formation, moving forward again.

Thirty minutes later, after four rounds of purification, the slightly anemic Way of the Extraordinary heard a prompt from the Spirit Realm: [Ding! You have successfully traversed the Thorn Cat Forest, reward: 10 points.]

Everyone was happy, no, almost burst into tears of joy. Recalling the experience of the past half hour, with their chests constantly swelling and shriveling, it was simply a nightmare. This was more saddening than facing a powerful boss head-on.

[Little Book Pavilion]

Huh? No item reward? Zhang Yuanqing was stunned, and then he heard Guan Ya say with glee, "I was rewarded with a consumable -- rapidly breeding spores."

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Why reward her? This woman didn't do anything, is the reward mechanism who has the most vigorous vitality after crossing the Breeding Forest, who is the MVP? Zhang Yuanqing quickly said, "What attributes? Let me see, see, see, see, see, see."

Guan Ya opened the item bar, spread out her palm, and a handful of gray powder appeared in her palm. Zhang Yuanqing took a step back instinctively and took a deep breath, poking his finger into the pile of powder. [Name: Rapidly Breeding Spores] [Type: Consumable] [Function: Reproduction]

[Introduction: Rapidly breeding spores, a type of plant-based demon, often resides in living organisms, absorbing the host's nutrients to grow. It can parasitize through the respiratory tract, skin, etc.] [Note 1: It just wants to reproduce, what's wrong with it?] [Note 2: Because it is a consumable, it has no cost.]

Contact with the skin will also cause parasitism? This meant that most defenses were useless, unless one had a powerful set like Guan Ya. Zhang Yuanqing was delighted. With this thing, he could let the evil professions taste the feeling of having bigger breasts again. Fortunately, he had the Demon Subduing Pestle, which could suppress spore parasitism.

"We're almost out of the Labyrinth Forest." Baihu Wansui, who was responsible for reporting the route, said with a worried tone instead of joy, "I remember this is the last part of the route, and there are three more entrances behind me. According to the current pattern, it will probably take another forty minutes to cross the Labyrinth Forest." So, we will encounter at least one more crisis, a crisis near the exit. These words made the smiles on the faces of the official Way of the Extraordinary who had just been happy slowly disappear, and their mood became heavy. "But no matter what, we're finally getting out." Zhang Yuanqing said. Only then did the teammates cheer up.

Ten minutes later, as they trudged along the small path in the dark forest, they heard the task prompt again: [Ding! You have entered the Moving Forest, please pay attention to your surroundings and leave as soon as possible.]

In the deep and distant "Cosmos", countless stars formed a brilliant Milky Way.

While most of the rulers were paying attention to the battles of the Saints, an Elder of the Psionic Society who took the time to stare at the Transcendence Realm Slaughter Instance let out a light "huh," and then showed a hint of shock: "Among the little guys in Transcendence, someone is controlling the power of the Night Wanderer?"

This sentence caused all the beings present, including the female marshal, to turn their gaze towards the primeval forest. Their eyes penetrated the layers of overlapping treetops, staring at a certain place. The female marshal asked in a melodious voice, "What is that item in Yuanshi Tianzun's hand?" Taiyou beside her replied:

"It's the one he took from the Niangniang Temple on Three Paths Mountain."

"I wrote it very clearly in the report, didn't you read it again?... the dog elder slandered in his heart. Then, he saw the white-haired female marshal looking over with clear and deep eyes, and said lightly: "I really didn't read it."

Dog Elder: "..."

In front of the scout leader, even if you are expressionless. She can see through your thoughts.

Suddenly, the female marshal, the Terror Heavenly King, the president, and the Pope, the four strongest, all turned their heads and looked towards a certain place in the deep starry sky. There, a golden light was whistling, like a comet.