After obtaining some benefits, its intelligence had increased a bit, and the monster immediately forgot everything. It had instinctively wanted to kill all the invading lifeforms of this plane, but it also gave up on that thought. Clearly, maintaining a good relationship would give it greater benefits.
On the ground, a group of people calmly waited. Those who had already been controlled by the monster were still being controlled, but the mage army that had just come out of Lin Yun's Natural Demiplane wasn't controlled by the monster. There was no need for Lin Yun to say it, everyone knew that those who hadn't resisted that wave of attacks had been controlled.
They could feel the earth shaking, the plane shaking, and they could even hear a painful roar directly pouring into their souls.
"Merlin, the monster seems to have discovered us, we are in big trouble …"
Shawn sensed the angry and painful roar of the soul and his expression sank, his eyes filled with fear.
There were very few things that could make Shawn afraid, but this was one of them. Although the quality of the soul was pitifully low and couldn't withstand a single blow compared to that incomparably huge soul power, once that soul power reached a certain level, it would be very frightening.
Shawn could easily tear apart his opponent's soul, but he would also drown within it. As long as he was caught, it would be like an ocean drowning a piece of steel. No matter how powerful a soul's essence was, as long as it didn't exceed a certain threshold, it would easily drown in that ocean of soul power.
This was the power of being unreasonable. Coupled with this unreasonable monster, there was no way to resolve the situation.
Hughes had gone out to report and hadn't returned yet. He was clearly a bit afraid. Hughes definitely wouldn't come back without thoroughly settling this matter, because he was afraid of that monster. As a soul lifeform, he absolutely couldn't provoke that kind of monster.
The others didn't have much of a reaction. Xiuban bared his teeth and raised Carnage, ready to fight at any time. Although that monster's rank was high, unfortunately, it only had instincts. It had huge mana and a huge soul, and after being unable to control this plane's lifeforms, it didn't have much fighting power. As long as they stayed on the surface, they would be safe. If they wanted to leave now, that monster wouldn't be able to stop them.
"Shawn, what are you afraid of? With Lord Xiuban here, that monster wouldn't dare to do anything. At worst, Lord Xiuban will personally make a move and destroy its nest …"
Xiuban casually patted Shawn's body, almost killing him. But Shawn wasn't in the mood to pay attention to Xiuban.
Lin Yun looked at the motionless Max and didn't care.
"Don't worry, there are too many impurities in its soul. For it to be able to give birth to intelligence with so many impurities, the probability is already very small. The effect of that medicine might not be too obvious to ordinary people, and it might even tear their souls apart.
But to this monster, the loss of soul power is negligible. After being torn apart, the reassembled soul will become stronger. To it, the most obvious thing is that its intelligence will increase. Of course, the process will be a little painful, but to this guy that has never felt pain before, this should be a good thing … "
Lin Yun didn't care, and the others didn't care either. Sure enough, a few seconds later, fierce soul fluctuations appeared on Max's body, and the language used by the Soul Lifeform was transmitted. Shawn's expression became strange.
"Sir Merlin, it wants more of that potion and is very anxious. It repeated that sentence a dozen times …"
Lin Yun squinted and smiled.
"Don't worry, the effect of the potion is too good. It's impossible to reach the goal in one go, and the soul won't become so powerful in one go. This process needs to be separated, and the soul will be injured in one go. After some time, the next potion will have the best effect.
"I'll have someone stay here and help you temper your soul every once in a while. This is the best way to make your intelligence stronger."
After Shawn translated those words, the monster calmed down. Although it didn't understand most of the words, it understood that Lin Yun said this would increase its intelligence, and that was enough. The rest didn't matter …
"There's nothing else for you to do here. I'll send the potion to you the next time you need it."
After Lin Yun said those words, the monster immediately stopped moving. The numerous beasts on the ground suddenly started crystallizing, and the Crown of Thorns' group also stopped crystallizing. All the lifeforms on the surface of the earth instantly lost control.
The awakened magical beasts didn't kill each other as expected. Instead, they were like a group of frightened cubs as they turned around and ran back to their nests. The magical beasts that were supposed to be natural enemies didn't care about the natural enemies that were running with them. All the magical beasts only had one thought, and that was to return to their nests. Only that was the safest place …
Madly running, trampling …
Countless magic beasts fell down, and then were trampled into meat paste by the stampeding magic beasts behind them. A magic beast tripped a magic beast behind it, and a chain reaction caused thousands of magic beasts in the surroundings to tumble down. But this large group of magic beasts falling down and colliding didn't have much effect on the magic beasts behind them. Even if the magic beasts that were trampled together were innumerable, they were still trampled by the stampeding magic beasts.
The ground was covered in blood, and the corpses of countless magic beasts were left on the ground …
The giant worms that were originally living underground also scattered like a tide. These giant worms brought the corpses of the magic beasts on the ground with them, and they poured into the ground through the entrances leading to the underground.
The flying Magical Beasts that were like dark clouds in the sky also scattered into clusters of black fog that scattered in all directions …
After a few minutes, not a single magic beast could be seen on the ground or in the sky. These magic beasts were crazily running back to their nests, shivering.
The magic beasts disappeared, and apart from Lin Yun's people and the puppet army, only the Crown of Thorns' powerhouses remained. The group regained consciousness and fell to the ground, howling in pain. Many of the more seriously injured ones didn't even have the strength to scream.
Before, their bodies had been completely crystallized, and there hadn't been any backlash from using the power of their bloodlines. All the side effects had been suppressed by the crystallization. But now that the crystallization had dissipated, the backlash and side effects of their bloodlines burst out. Even Max was half-kneeling on the ground, letting out a painful howl as his body kept being crystallized and then crystallized again …
The others were even starting to suffer from the backlash of the transplanted bloodlines. The transplanted bloodlines were devouring their original bloodlines and changing their shape, ultimately turning them into another species. Their souls would be annihilated during this process, and their bodies would still be alive, but they would only be soulless monsters with instincts.
If nothing unexpected happened, the Crown of Thorns' group would all die here. Once they all turned into soulless monsters, it wouldn't matter if they died or not.
Lin Yun coldly watched from the side. They hadn't died yet because that monster couldn't distinguish whether the Crown of Thorns' people were Lin Yun's companions or not, and it was even more likely that the monster wasn't interested in these guys that it could control at any time.
Now that the monster had a way to become stronger, it naturally listened to Lin Yun and obediently hid underground, sinking into a half-asleep state. Complex thinking was something that the monster couldn't do, its mind was unbelievably simple.
The monster was unscrupulously controlling the Crown of Thorns, but the Crown of Thorns had already suffered a backlash from their transplanted bloodlines to the point where they could no longer suppress it …
"Lord Merlin, Lord Merlin, we can use our souls and mana as the price to swear that we definitely won't divulge anything about this plane, we won't divulge any information about you.
"Please save us, we are willing to pay any price, we won't even have a problem submitting to you …"
Max half-knelt on the ground, his limbs already starting to turn into translucent crystals. This was the crystal bloodline in his body starting to devour his human bloodline. This kind of forceful devouring would result in him completely turning into a crystal monster.
Just the transformation of his limbs wasn't too serious, but once his internal organs or head were transformed and his soul started to be damaged, it would be irreversible.
Max's face was deathly pale, blood also starting to seep out of his single crystal eye, but he still endured the pain and raised his head to look at Lin Yun with a pleading expression.
Right now, only the Lord Merlin can save us, I can't hold on much longer, at most ten minutes, someone will complete the irreversible transformation. At that time, even if the Lord Merlin wants to save us, he won't be able to …
Right now, only he can save us, as long as we have that bloodline stabilizing potion, we can survive …
When I was being controlled by that underground monster, I still had a bit of consciousness, and I still vaguely remembered a bit of the battle with the Lord Merlin.
He wasn't being controlled by that monster, and none of his subordinates were being controlled by that monster. He definitely knew all of this, his understanding of this plane had already reached an unimaginable level.
He definitely can do it, but those two damned idiots from the Rose Circle offended the Lord Merlin, and we also had some unpleasantness with him, he's already being very merciful by not killing us, why would he save us …
[The greatest price we can pay is to directly submit to him. Everything in the Crown of Thorns will submit to him. Only then will he show his benevolence and save us …]
'Moreover, Sir Merlin's research regarding bloodline transplants has already reached a frightening level that I can't understand. Even if we serve him, it wouldn't be a big deal. As long as he is willing, I believe that most of the people in the Crown of Thorns would definitely agree.
The powerhouses here who have seen the corner of Merlin's research on bloodline transplants definitely wouldn't oppose it …
Despite the pain of his body and the torment of his soul, Max still quickly thought of a way to save himself, and even directly decided to submit to Lin Yun. Although he already had this thought before, he had completely made up his mind now …
Max painfully pleaded, but Lin Yun didn't say anything.
The Shadow Tower and the Rose Circle were subordinate forces of the Crown of Thorns, or it could be said that they were forces established by members of the Crown of Thorns. Due to the enmity between them and the Shadow Tower, the Shadow Tower thoroughly became low-key and almost never appeared again. Lin Yun also didn't go to the Shadow Tower to kill his way into the Shadow Tower. Those who deserved to die were all dead, or they were thrown into the Natural Demiplane and brainwashed by Shaun.
The two lunatics of the Rose Circle were also dead, and now, the Rose Circle was once again under the control of the Crown of Thorns.
But the previous conflict wouldn't be so easily resolved. He didn't get rid of them right away because they would undoubtedly die.
"Lord Merlin, we can use our souls to swear …"
Amy and Sunny were already dead. Actually, I wasn't very clear about what they had done. In the Crown of Thorns, it wasn't just one person who had the final say. The Rose Circle was independent. I only found out a little bit about it after Sunny came here. We had already been drifting in the endless void for a very long time.
"Most of the members of the Crown of Thorns are only looking for a new path leading to the true meaning of magic. Many of them have poor talent, and if not for the bloodline transplants, they might have already reached the end of their lives.
"Lord Merlin, we don't have any enmity towards you. One person can't represent the entire Crown of Thorns, and I don't want all of us to fall here. The people in the Crown of Thorns are people like Sheldon, who can give up everything and betray everything for power. They will definitely use the power of the Crown of Thorns to expand. That would be a disaster.
"My soul has been contaminated, it can no longer be considered a human soul. Sunny's appearance has already made me understand that this is a disaster …"
Max had a pained expression as he struggled to persuade Lin Yun. As for the other members of the Crown of Thorns, they wanted to say something, but they couldn't open their mouths. Their symptoms were even more serious than Max's, and some of them had already started fiercely transforming.
Lin Yun had a complicated feeling as he looked at Max's appearance.
Lin Yun was very clear about the records of the Crown of Thorns. At first, the founder of the Crown of Thorns had been willing to sacrifice himself in order to create a new magic path for those who came after him.
After all, everyone knew that this path was bound to be filled with thorns and tribulations. There was no need to think about the possibility of falling on the path, it was inevitable.
That kind of spirit disappeared later on. Later on, when the Crown of Thorns frantically expanded, it was because the members of the Crown of Thorns were filled with madmen who were willing to give up everything for power. They could betray everything for power, betray themselves, betray their souls.
That group of madmen ultimately caused a terrifying disaster known as the Variant Calamity, which affected all of Noscent for the next few millennia.
If not for those guys dragging them down, Noscent would have definitely been stronger at its peak.
Lin Yun didn't have a good impression of those madmen, but hearing Max's words, Lin Yun suddenly understood.
The Crown of Thorns' authority was still several millennia away from the era when a single person held all the authority. During that time, the majority of the Crown of Thorns still had their original intentions.
People like Sunny and Sheldon, who could give up everything for power and even sacrifice their own souls, were in the minority.
If Max, the Great Elder of the Crown of Thorns, the person with the greatest authority, died here with his subordinates, then the development of history would be accelerated by many years. Those madmen who could betray others for power would definitely take advantage of that opportunity to wantonly erode the authority of the Crown of Thorns.
And Max had already paid attention to those madmen and had even made up his mind to suppress them. If they were still alive, it would be a good thing for the future.
At the very least, they wouldn't have the opportunity to cause trouble. After all, after the Crown of Thorns was controlled by a group of madmen, not only would the Demon Overlords of the Abyss dare to directly summon them, but even the Devil Overlords of Hell would dare to directly summon their true bodies.
Everything was for the sake of hunting and obtaining the higher grade bloodline power of the other side. Crazily summoning lifeforms from other worlds would bring chaos to Noscent, and it would continue for a very long time.
Lin Yun frowned as he pondered. He had originally left these people to fend for themselves. Apart from not having a good impression of them, it was also to protect the secret of this plane.
Now that he could keep the secret, there would be a more favorable direction for development. Could he save these people first?
After thinking about it, Lin Yun decided that after saving these people from the Crown of Thorns, the remaining people would all be Max's people, so their ideals should be the same as Max's. After all, in the Crown of Thorns, if one's ideals were different, they definitely wouldn't walk together.
It could be seen that Sunny and Shelton weren't very willing to listen to Max's orders, they were only forced to obey.
After making his decision, Lin Yun took out a pile of materials and rapidly refined some crude potions. He used mana to control these crude potions and poured them into the mouths of the Crown of Thorns' members.
Very soon, their bloodline backlash was suppressed. Although it wasn't very effective and they would still be in pain for a period of time, the transformation of their bloodline had stopped. Moreover, as their bloodline stabilized, it began to slowly return to its original state …
Max's limbs that had turned into crystals slowly recovered his flesh and blood. After standing up, he deeply bowed towards Lin Yun, his eyes filled with gratitude.
The Crown of Thorns' members struggled to stand up and walked behind Max before bowing towards Lin Yun. To these guys, this didn't just represent gratitude, it also represented respect.
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