Elementals were born in nature and would also die in nature. They didn't have their own civilization, but they generally wouldn't interfere with other civilizations unless someone invaded their territory. It was understandable if the taurens and medusas invaded the territory of the earth elementals, but why would the earth elementals team up with those demonic flies?
Chen Rui didn't know much about these demonic beasts, and now was definitely not the time to study this aspect. It was the first time he saw a battle of this scale. Both sides were fighting fiercely without any regard for their own lives. Some medusas and taurens even attacked him. Lusa and the previous taurens had already entered the battle. Who would help him distinguish between friend and foe?
< Analytical Eyes > showed that many of the creatures fighting around him had "Unable to Judge" strength. Chen Rui didn't dare to provoke them. He just pulled Athena and Dodo away from the dangerous battle. He only picked some soft persimmons like the E-level earth elementals to bully.
To avoid attracting too much attention, Chen Rui instructed Athena to restrain her demonic fire and preserve her strength to fight with the E-level earth elementals while trying to communicate with them. The strange thing was that the earth elementals should be creatures with a considerable degree of intelligence. However, in < Analytical Eyes >, all the earth elementals that Chen Rui met, including the D-level earth elemental that Chen Rui defeated previously, only had one message: Kill! Kill! Kill!
The bloodthirsty demonic flies were still the same as before. They didn't seem to have any thoughts at all. < Analytical Eyes > couldn't communicate at all.
The higher level decomposing demonic flies and another type of heart-eating demonic flies seemed to have some consciousness, but these consciousnesses were full of chilling evil and murderous intentions. They also couldn't be communicated with. As for the demonic flies in the "Unable to Judge" level battle, Chen Rui didn't dare to approach.
There were various caves and simple houses on this battlefield. It should be the taurens' lair. The main forces of the demonic flies and earth elementals seemed to be attacking one place. The battle in that place was the most intense. It seemed to be a small pool.
In front of the pool, there was a strong tauren wearing leather armor and holding two huge stone axes in his hands. When the stone axes were waved, even Chen Rui could hear a strong whistling sound from his position. The ground near the pool was also shaking. Judging from his strength and attire, he should be the leader of the Minotaurs.
The demonic flies close to the pool were torn into pieces by the terrifying wind pressure from a distance, including the larger decaying demonic flies that even the < Aura Blade > couldn't cut at once. This power was far beyond the reach of < Destructive Aura Blow >. Of course, the most important factor was the difference in strength.
Although the tauren leader was very fierce, his opponents were equally powerful. They were two light green earth elementals. They were smaller than the previous batch that Chen Rui encountered. Their facial features and muscle lines were relatively more delicate, and their strength was more terrifying.
Not only that, the cyan earth elementals could also cast all kinds of earth magic. They didn't need to chant spells like lich or necromancer. Many of them were even high-level powerful magic.
A huge fist condensed in the air, a stone prison that grew out of thin air on the ground, a stone flower that could explode … All kinds of offensive and defensive means emerged endlessly, effectively making up for the weakness of lack of attack.
The tauren leader's skill was also beyond Chen Rui's expectation. With a howl, a red halo suddenly appeared under his feet. This halo appeared under the feet of all taurens within a certain range near him, but the color was lighter. The taurens in this halo seemed to attack more fiercely and with more strength.
"Halo skill?" Chen Rui suddenly thought of a Paladin skill in a classic game in his previous life. It could give special buffs to surrounding teammates. The red halo of the tauren leader in front of him was obviously this effect. However, this "halo" could only be used on taurens. As an ally, medusas, although they were also within the range of the halo, there was no special display or effect on them.
Similarly, not far away, there was a tauren who also had this ability. He held a stone staff in his hand, and there was a cyan halo under the feet of his kind nearby, which made the tauren speed up a lot. It seemed that this auxiliary halo should be a special ability of the mutated tauren.
Chen Rui noticed that there was a corpse behind the tauren holding the stone staff. It was a tauren warrior who died in battle. After being surrounded by a group of demonic flies, his flesh and blood were not devoured. Instead, he stood up like a controlled "zombie". His eyes glowed with a pale yellow light, and he actually attacked his companion holding the stone staff.
The "zombie" tauren didn't seem to feel any pain. He didn't need to defend at all. He just attacked the tauren holding the stone staff madly.
Although the tauren holding the stone staff had the special power of the halo buff, his combat power seemed to be weaker. He gradually couldn't withstand it. The nearby taurens wanted to rescue him, but they were held back by the earth elementals and the demonic flies. Once this key tauren died, the buff effects of all his companions would disappear, and they would be in further danger.
The tauren holding the stone staff had been knocked a few meters away by a hammer and fell to the ground. The zombie tauren didn't give his former companion a chance to catch his breath and rushed forward in big strides.
At the critical moment, a ball of light with a diameter of more than one meter whizzed toward the zombie tauren. The tauren, who was naturally resistant to magic, couldn't withstand the impact of this ball of light. It was pushed to a boulder at high speed by the ball of light. His entire body was engulfed, leaving only a blackened body shape. Then, the entire boulder collapsed.
The tauren holding the stone staff stood up and looked in surprise at the stranger who saved him at the critical moment. This person was neither an elemental, a medusa, nor a tauren.
The stranger pounded his chest, and a clear and understandable voice sounded in his head, "Friend! Chen Rui! "
Although the tauren was a little surprised, he did the same action without hesitation, "Friend! Torre! "
Chen Rui's attack was obviously considered. Both taurens and medusas could communicate with [Analytical Eyes], and he could use this battle to win favor. The chances of surviving in the underground world and even finding a way out would be greatly increased. If the taurens failed, they would definitely die facing the earth elementals and demonic flies who couldn't communicate with each other.
Chen Rui saw that Torre's close combat ability was relatively weak, so he called Athena over. The two of them protected Torre in the middle. Torre just happened to have a free hand. He yelled again, and there was another type of halo under the tauren's feet. It was the red halo used by the Chief Tauren. This way, the nearby taurens not only had speed, but their attack power also increased a lot.
The halo used by Torre could be superimposed and effective at the same time, while the Chief Tauren's halo was only red. It seemed that Torre's talent in halo was even greater than the Chief Tauren's. He was probably an important figure in the tauren tribe.
With Torre's lesson, after the tauren warriors died, their corpses were immediately dismembered and destroyed by their companions. It could be seen that the taurens were quite indignant about this, but there was nothing they could do. Chen Rui faintly understood why Medusa Lusa wanted to destroy her companions' corpses. It seemed that the power of these demonic flies was quite strange. They could actually control corpses! The Demon Realm's version of the T virus?
With the help of Chen Rui and Athena, Torre began to move. He actually headed for a more dangerous battle. He kept shouting along the way to buff his companions who were fighting hard. The pressure on Chen Rui and Athena was also increasing, but this action made the taurens have a better impression of the two strangers who were protecting Torre.
Another brave tauren fell. After his companions dispersed the demonic flies that surrounded him, they were helplessly about to destroy the corpse when they were suddenly stopped by Chen Rui. Chen Rui also saved the tauren's life just now, so the tauren couldn't be angry at the moment. He just reminded Chen Rui that the corpse would be resurrected by the demonic flies and become an enemy.
Chen Rui nodded and directly reassured the tauren through [Analytical Eyes]. He then called Athena and Dodo to come over and resist the enemy. He bent down and began to observe the corpse that was about to become a zombie. When he first helped the taurens with Lusa and the others, he discovered that the eyes of those earth elementals were somewhat abnormal. There was some kind of crystal-like substance that seemed to be flowing tears. At that time, he didn't have time to take a closer look. Just now, he noticed that several "resurrected" zombie taurens seemed to have the same strange characteristics in their eyes. Now that he finally got a "living body", he could take the opportunity to verify a certain speculation.
He saw that the tauren's originally dead body began to twitch slowly, which was a sign of "resurrection". A strange liquid flowed out of the huge bull's eyes. It was not tears, but a pale yellow liquid. After it flowed out of the body, it quickly solidified into a crystal-like shape. The bull's eyes gradually opened, faintly glowing with a pale yellow light.
Chen Rui's heart moved. He opened his hand and aimed at the tauren's head. He decisively activated a skill: [Aura Conversion].
Unknown energy substance found. It can be converted into aura. Do you want to convert?
As expected!
The tauren's dead body's eyes were almost fully opened. Once they were opened, the "zombie" transformation would be completed. Chen Rui quickly confirmed the "conversion". The tauren's body began to twitch violently. The "crystal" quickly disappeared into powder. The yellow light in its eyes gradually dimmed. There was a squeaking sound coming from its nose. It only disappeared after a long time.
Chen Rui retracted his hand in surprise. The conversion just now actually increased his aura by 10,000!
His guess was right. This crystal that could turn taurens into zombies was indeed an energy substance that could be converted into aura. Moreover, it should be the kind of crystal on the "waste ores"!
The crystal on the waste ores turned out to be the special secretion of the demonic flies! Not only that, the < Analytical Eyes > hinted that it was not only the crystal that was converted, but also the crystal-secreting demonic flies. This was a very small demonic fly that could drill into the body through the nostrils or ears and secrete crystals to control the corpse.
This demonic fly was the heart-eating demonic fly that Chen Rui saw earlier! Comprehensive Strength Assessment: D!
Waste ores with four hundred years of history … crystal … demonic flies …
Chen Rui had an intuition that a corner of a big secret had been uncovered by him.
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