Although it instinctively pushed itself to level 48, or even level 49, according to magic beasts' judgment, that monster's level couldn't be determined. But based on this method, that monster wouldn't be able to reach level 50 even after ten million years. Its mana would keep getting stronger and its soul would keep getting bigger and bigger, but the highest level it could reach would always be level 49.
Lin Yun led his group forward while thinking about the current situation. What was different from the records, but he couldn't figure out what was different.
In the future, it would take several millennia from the first discovery of this plane to the start of its development. During those millennia, monsters would awaken many times and this plane would almost be destroyed in battle. Only existences above the 7th Rank of the Heaven realm wouldn't be able to control the monsters when they awakened.
But it was impossible to develop a plane with only powerhouses above the 7th Rank of the Heaven realm. The gathering of resources, the planting of magic items, and the development of many resources required a huge amount of manpower. Even combining the characteristics of that plane and urging the breeding of new materials, they needed to be researched in that plane.
Even at Noscent's peak, they weren't so extravagant as to let a group of powerhouses above the 7th Rank of the Heaven realm come here to do hard labor. Puppets could be used to mine ores, and they could even be used to plant magic plants. But there were many things that puppets couldn't do. Humans had to do it personally, and mages had to do the research themselves.
Lin Yun couldn't think of anything that wasn't recorded in the records. The only thing he was sure of was that this monster was very different from the plane in the records.
Lin Yun led his group to the surface, and in another direction, over a kilometer underground, the Crown of Thorns' group had already been wiped out. A layer of crystals had condensed on the surface of their bodies, and after opening their mouths, they could see that the insides of their mouths and nostrils were covered in crystals. The insides of their bodies were also covered in crystals. Their bodies had completely crystallized.
Almost all of their power came from the transplanted bloodline, the opportunity to advance to the Heaven Rank, or the reason they became stronger, it was all because of the transplanted bloodline. Their souls couldn't even compare to Heaven Mages, so how could they resist that monster's control when they weren't on guard?
The group of people was easily controlled. Max walked in front expressionlessly, and the rest of the people from the Crown of Thorns followed behind him. The group of people shuttled through tunnels and caves, heading deeper into the underground.
Suddenly, the group stopped and turned around to return to the surface. Their path back was a lot shorter and faster than the one Lin Yun had found. Under the monster's control, their footsteps didn't stop and they maintained a terrifying speed as they rapidly shuttled through tunnels and caves. It took them less than half an hour to reach the surface.
On the ground, the gigantic worms covered the sky and seemed to cover the entire land. In the sky, flying magical beasts flapped their wings and floated there like a dark cloud.
The magical beasts were originally natural enemies, but now they were all standing together. Countless magical beasts completely surrounded the entrance of the cave that was hundreds of meters high. The surrounding area of more than ten kilometers was completely surrounded. Underground, there were a large number of stone worms, giant worms, and all kinds of underground monsters. They surrounded the entrance of the cave through the underground tunnels and caves, and the encirclement was constantly shrinking.
These monsters, insects, and flying magic beasts all had the same aura. Every magic beast's body was covered in a layer of crystals, and their bodies were also crystallized.
Max led the Crown of Thorns' powerhouses out of the cave. They looked like human-shaped crystal sculptures walking out of the cave.
After the Crown of Thorns' group appeared, they stood together with the giant insects and turned to look at the huge cave entrance, calmly waiting.
The entire plane's magic beasts, as well as the underground insects, were all controlled by that monster. Moreover, the Crown of Thorns' dozen Heaven Rank powerhouses were all waiting for Lin Yun to appear, ready to surround and kill Lin Yun.
Everything in the entire plane was under the control of that monster. The path Lin Yun chose, where he would appear on the surface, everything was under the monster's control. And now, if Lin Yun wanted to quickly return to the surface, this cave entrance was the only entrance. There were even a large number of monsters gathering to surround him. Even if Lin Yun wanted to change his path, he would be forced back to his current path.
They didn't meet any more obstacles as they moved underground, they didn't even see a single lifeform. Their path was very smooth, but the smoother it was, the more Lin Yun felt that something was wrong.
"Stop, let's change our direction. Something's wrong, we can't be controlled. For that monster, this is completely unacceptable. Our souls, to that monster, are the most delicious nourishing food for countless years. It's impossible for it to give up, it'll definitely kill us at all costs.
"As long as we die here, everything will be devoured by that monster. Sir Shawn and Hughes are pure soul lifeforms, they are irresistible to that monster. But we have already come this far without meeting any obstacles. There can only be one explanation, there might be a trap ahead!"
Lin Yun frowned, his expression a little grave. The greed of the devil, the cruelty of the devil, any intelligent lifeform could appear in such a situation, because the other party might calculate the losses and think of other things.
But if there was only instinct, especially for this monster, its instinct was to get rid of them and devour them at all costs. Or it could be said that the other party simply didn't know how to calculate the price. All the lifeforms in this plane were not considered a price to it.
Controlling the lifeforms of the entire plane to attack was what the underground monster should be doing, and that was the only thing it could do. Suddenly, there was no threat at all, so there was only one possibility. The other party had already opened its bloody mouth in front, waiting for them to walk in.
That was the only way to make this beast-like monster do nothing.
Lin Yun gave up on the passage he was going to take, and instead turned to walk into another passage. But just as he passed through this passage and entered the next cave, a large number of giant insects erupted from the seven passages in this cave like a volcanic eruption. These giant insects were wrapped in a layer of crystals, like a group of specimens sealed in crystals.
However, the speed of these giant worms was faster than before. Their eight legs were constantly moving forward, like steel needles stabbing into the ground. Those hard stone walls were instantly left with small holes after being stepped on by these giant worms.
Ripples appeared on the stone walls as the tide of worms emerged. Stone worms drilled their way out of the walls and opened their mouths, revealing their crisscrossed teeth as they aimed at Lin Yun's group.
In less than three seconds, Lin Yun discovered that apart from the passage behind him, all the other passages had been occupied by these giant insects. Moreover, it only took a few seconds for a third of the eight hundred-meter-long cave to be occupied by these insects. These insects were piled on top of each other, densely packed together like a group of ants.
"Sir Merlin, we are screwed! These guys have already blocked the way, we can't rush over …" Shawn shrieked in horror.
Shawn screamed in horror. Although these monsters were only around level 20 and could be easily crushed, this meant that the monster had already taken control of everything here. In the end, they would definitely be exhausted to death, and everyone would die here.
Xiuban took down Carnage from his shoulder and grinned as he prepared to rush out.
"Uncle Xiuban can kill a dozen of these monsters with one swing of his hammer, I'll kill as many as they come …"
Lin Yun had a serious expression. In this plane, especially in this kind of situation, using the Natural Demiplane to escape was impossible. As long as everyone entered the Natural Demiplane, the coordinates left here would definitely be shaken, and they would never be able to return.
It was impossible for a Dimensional Monster that had evolved from the corpse of a Space Behemoth to not have mastered the power of space within this plane.
Although there weren't many insects in front of them, it already exposed a problem. Their path forward had already been grasped by the monster, and the monster was already waiting to harvest their harvest.
Changing directions now was simply impossible. Even if they could rush past these insects, the monster would definitely start chasing them with all its might. At that time, they would have to fight underground, and it would be under the monster's control.
Rather than that, it would be better to follow the monster's intentions and rush to the surface. Fighting on the surface would allow them to see everything, and they would be able to clearly discover the other side's arrangements. They would only need to rely on their own strength to fight.
"Let's go, we'll follow the original path and return to the surface! We can't fight here. If we do, we will be trapped to death. Besides, we don't know if the people from the Crown of Thorns died when the mana storm erupted. If they didn't die, then they definitely retained most of their fighting strength and were controlled by that monster. In the underground, we have no advantage at all. "
Lin Yun turned and returned to the previous passage. Seeing Lin Yun turn back, the controlled insects chased after him. They crossed another cave and saw that most of the cave was filled with insects. Only one cave entrance didn't have any insects near it.
Lin Yun didn't fight these insects, but rather followed the route he had originally planned and rapidly advanced. After ten minutes, Lin Yun appeared in the huge cave on the surface. Behind him, numerous insects were piled up one after another, forming a huge insect wall that thoroughly blocked the path behind him. Then, the swarm of insects started attacking, like a several-dozen-meter-tall flood suppressing him.
Lin Yun took out his Draconic Staff and the Book of Mantras and the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel silently appeared beside him. In an instant, a several-dozen-meter-tall gate of flames and tornadoes appeared, and sharp tornadoes and black flames spurted out of that gate. It was like a black flaming tornado was spurting towards the outside of that huge cave.
As for Anderfa, he controlled the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and the Elemental Storm transformed into a four-colored flood that crushed towards the swarm of insects behind them. The berserk elemental storm was like a tornado tearing through everything and instantly tore apart the swarm of insects. Countless crystallized insects were drawn into the elemental storm and torn to shreds.
The mana here was at least twice as dense as when they first entered this plane. Any spell would be a lot more powerful here, and a pure destructive power like the Elemental Storm would be two to three times more powerful here.
The swarm of insects was suppressed inside the cave, and on the other side, Syudos controlled the Book of Mantras to spurt out a flood of wind and fire. It was like a black tornado of fire, and four to five thousand lifeforms surrounding the cave were instantly enveloped by the black tornado of wind and fire.
The power of the tornado tore apart the bodies of those insect-like magic beasts, and the black flames ignited their remains, turning them into ashes in an instant.
The black tornado of wind and fire spread through the entrance of the cave, and within a few seconds, everything within a kilometer of the cave was covered in black flames. All the magic beasts within the flames were burnt to ashes.
The magic beasts that looked like Crypt Demons were burning in the black flames, but they were still charging towards the cave. The insides of their bodies were burnt to ashes, and the remnants of their carapaces were still rolling towards the entrance of the cave. A second later, those carapaces emitting a metallic luster were also burnt to ashes.
Their bodies were thin, but they were over five meters tall. They looked like gray praying mantises, and their arms were four sharp blades flickering with light. The gray praying mantises were jumping towards the cave, but their bodies were torn to shreds by the power of the tornado in midair. Countless fragments fell down like rain before being burnt to ashes by the black flames.
Facing this black tornado of wind and fire, the magic beasts that were over Level 20 and above were few in number. But now, they were being controlled by the monsters to rush towards the cave, as if they were throwing away their lives.
The entrance of the cave was the best place to surround Lin Yun. Here, the magic beasts and the Crown of Thorns' powerhouses could display their greatest power. They wouldn't be restricted by the underground environment. Moreover, as long as they were surrounded, Lin Yun's group wouldn't be able to escape. They could only be exhausted to death.
Although this plane's lifeforms weren't too powerful, they were over Level 20 on average, and their numbers were a lot fewer than in other planes. But as a plane, the number of lifeforms in the entire plane was at least in the tens of millions.
Just the large insect-like magic beasts surrounding the cave covered a dozen kilometers of ground. Adding on the black cloud of flying magic beasts in the sky, there were at least ten million of them. If all the creatures in the entire plane were to be gathered here, there would definitely be more than a hundred million of them …
Even if these large insect-like magic beasts barely reached level 40, 99% of them were level 20. With so many of them, it wouldn't be a problem for them to kill a 5th Rank Heaven powerhouse.
The reason why the Undead Plane was so terrifying was mainly because of their huge numbers. If two Undead Overlords fought, it would be considered a small conflict if there weren't hundreds of millions of Undeads fighting for a few months.
As long as their numbers reached a certain level, unless it was an easy large-scale suppression, they would definitely be exhausted to death. Even Lin Yun, a powerhouse with a Natural Demiplane that would never run out of mana, might be exhausted to death there. His soul power would be completely consumed and he would die of exhaustion.
Behind him, the giant worm army rushed out of the ground, their numbers increasing. They forcefully withstood the Elemental Storm's strangulation. Every second, at least hundreds of giant worms were torn apart, but they forcefully used their lives to fill a path. Relying on their numbers, they withstood the Elemental Storm and slowly chased after them.
Outside the cave, magic beasts were piled up one after another, relying on their lives to forcibly resist Syudos' flood of wind and fire as they charged towards the cave.
The flood of insect-type magic beasts collided with the flood of wind and fire. Even if these crystallized insect-type magic beasts only needed a second to be burned to ashes by the black flames, there were simply too many of them.
They had already pushed forward a few hundred meters in a few seconds, and according to this trend, they would soon rush into the cave and rely on their numbers to fill every corner.
"Follow me!"
Lin Yun roared and his Draconic Staff shone brightly. The Book of Death in his left hand also automatically flipped open and condensed Four Element Bombs that transformed into a rain of bullets. Outside the cave, small mushroom clouds blossomed amidst the chaotic flames. The shockwaves spread and tore those insects to pieces, while the ones that were a bit further away were sent flying by the shockwaves.
After releasing a rain of Four Element Bombs, Lin Yun spat out a series of law runes, and one law rune after another rapidly condensed into a five-meter-long Four Element Bomb in front of Lin Yun.
With a whooshing sound, the Four Element Bomb disappeared from the cave. After rushing over a kilometer out of the cave, it fell among the magic beasts and the terrifying destructive power transformed into a rising sphere.
All the magic beasts within several hundred meters were annihilated into nothingness. A hole appeared at the top of the sphere, and a rumbling thunder echoed as a pitch-black mushroom cloud rose up.
Within two kilometers, there were no more giant beasts alive. Even the Crown of Thorns' powerhouses were blown away. Only Max, who had condensed a crystal shield in front of him, was blown back more than ten meters before stopping.
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