First Encounter with the Crystal Marrow Race

"Yes, Master!" Qiuqiu waved its tentacles, quickly issuing commands to its underlings via telepathy.

One for each person, paralyze them with their souls!

Suddenly, a faint golden light shot out from the large eyes of the Evil Eye in the sky. The invisible mental power crossed space and struck the three unsuspecting crystals.

Lin Xu witnessed this invisible clash through the eyes of the Evil Eye. The powerful mental force collided with an invisible protective shield, but instantly broke into pieces, quietly penetrating the seemingly unified defensive wall and touching the soul of the crystal body.

The moment the Evil Eye launched their attack, the crystals protected by the mental barrier were alerted. But before they could do anything, they were enveloped by an invisible mental force. Their thoughts were like those of a creature that had been electrocuted, their consciousness jolted and plunged into chaos.

Lin Xu's gaze sharpened. "The Light of Temptation?!"

"Light of Temptation" is a mage skill in the game "Legendary" that can temporarily convert a target into an allied unit.

In the days since the Zombie Mine descended, the two disciples stationed in the mine have been using the "Spirit Lamp Prayer Art" to increase the item drop rate, and they have almost collected all the skill books for the three Legendary professions.

Considering that "Light of Temptation" is a mind-based spell, Lin Xu specially gave a copy to Qiuqiu so that it could learn it when it had time. Unexpectedly, it not only learned it itself, but also taught its little brother!

I subconsciously opened the Qiuqiu's attribute panel and glanced at it. Sure enough, a new skill, "Light of Temptation," had appeared in its skill panel, and the skill level had reached Master level.

"They're really talented!" Lin Xu watched the Evil Eye's performance with a mixture of surprise and delight.

Without him even lifting a finger, the three Evil Eye put on a textbook-perfect battle.

A short distance away, an invisible mental force suddenly attacked, easily bypassing the mental protective spells of the three crystal lifeforms, and directly paralyzing their consciousness with mentally simulated lightning.

At this moment, the three crystal lifeforms were in a semi-comatose state, completely losing their perception of the outside world, let alone being able to interfere with the battle.

"Rakanishu ~"

Bilusi raised his lamp and shouted, and a group of Fallen Demon charged forward with a great commotion.

The shorter the creature, the louder it is. These red-skinned boys, shouting and yelling, launched an attack, immediately activating the alchemical construct's automatic defense mechanism.

"Beep~"

The alchemical constructs, acting as guardians, unfolded multiple limbs, each wielding a weapon to attack the Fallen Demon.

"Whoosh~"

Several alchemical weapons drew a dense net of blades in the air.

"Boom~"

The fireball exploded, sending an alchemical construct staggering.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Fallen Demon stepped forward and slashed down with its spirit-patterned steel blade.

"Clang~"

Sparks flew as a slender metal limb was severed.

Lin Xu glanced around and saw that the Fallen Demon were not particularly strong, but fortunately, the spirit-enchanted weapons they used were all crafted by him personally and were extremely sharp, which enabled them to achieve victory in one strike.

Before the alchemical construct could react, the other Fallen Demon swiftly stepped forward and swung their steel blades.

One by one, the metal limbs were severed. In just over ten seconds, the massive alchemical machine lost all its joints and collapsed to the ground, turning into a piece of scrap metal.

Yang Hui and his companions, who had originally wanted to show off in the battle, stared blankly at the battlefield. The clumsy alchemical constructs had no power to fight back and were quickly cut down by the Fallen Demon.

Lin Xu had already arrived at the battlefield. Broken metal fragments were scattered everywhere on the ground, and the massive construct lay broken and lying on the ground.

He observed them carefully for a moment; these crystals had no flesh or blood at all and looked more like some kind of magically intelligent machine.

Lin Xu reached out and pressed his hand on the head of a crystalline entity, his mental power quietly attacking the soul of the alien life form.

After a moment, he withdrew his hand with a solemn expression.

"They really are aliens..." Lin Xu's expression shifted.

There are occasional rumors of encounters with aliens on the Spirit Realm Forum, and there is even more information about human adventurers encountering aliens on the intranet, but this is the first time he has truly faced these alien beings directly.

He didn't get much information from the crystal's consciousness. This race called themselves the Crystal Marrow Race, and they were originally a primitive race that lived on a rocky planet in the universe.

About ten thousand years ago, the planet inhabited by this race was invaded by the Spirit Realm and was ultimately defeated, causing their home planet to fall into the Spirit Realm, and the entire race became part of the Spirit Realm.

What's quite remarkable is that this race, which was originally technologically backward and small in number, quickly developed alchemical-like abilities after arriving in the Spirit Realm, thanks to their racial talents, and rapidly grew in strength.

The three Crystal Marrow Race in front of him were sent out by a nearby stronghold to collect resources. What worried Lin Xu was that they had discovered Dong Haochuan and his group first and sent an alarm back to the stronghold.

"This stronghold must be taken down!" Lin Xu didn't hesitate and immediately ordered the Evil Eye Ball to send a message to the territory to mobilize troops, "Have Zhao Yan bring men over, and be quick!"

He turned to Dong Haochuan and Wang Peng, saying, "You guys go back to the territory first."

He didn't intend to let the news about aliens leak out.

"Yes, sir!" Dong Haochuan bowed and then left the battlefield with the adventurers.

The area within the Evil Eye's field of vision was their spellcasting range. Qiuqiu immediately looked towards the territory and relayed the lord's command to its companions.

Twenty minutes later, Zhao Yan arrived hastily with over a hundred soldiers and a dozen Daoist priests. "Master!"

Lin Xu glanced behind the soldiers and saw five giants with exposed dark gold skin standing silently, like heavy iron towers.

The Profound Nether Dharma Protector Deity have discovered some of the potential of these self-cultivating corpses in a short period of time, reaching the level of "Hopping Zombie" and greatly improving their flexibility.

"Let's go!" Without wasting any words, Lin Xu immediately led the group in a certain direction.

After eliminating three roaming monster squads, a massive and bizarre building quietly appeared in their view.

It looks like a complex cube made of rock and crystal, with thousands of irregular facets that cleverly form a regular shape.

The magical patterns on the building's exterior faintly emitted a blue light, indicating its extraordinary nature.

Lin Xu opened the building panel, but found nothing except the words "Arcane Alchemy Matrix".

The Crystal Marrow Race hid inside the building, and this time the Evil Eye could only serve as support; the main force in the battle was the Dao Soldiers.

Zhao Dan led his soldiers in a scattered formation, five men per group, interspersed with each other, forming a battle formation as they slowly advanced.

"Mass Invisibility!" Lin Xu unleashed the spell with a wave of his hand. The skill from the Daoist class in the game "Legendary" underwent a qualitative change in his hands.