Chapter 122: First Encounter with the Alien Race

Why hasn't the message come through yet?

When Lu Xun flew to a passage on the cliff wall, he still hadn't received a message from Chu Youqing.

Troublesome.

The environment of this cellar secret realm is too special; it's made up of many small cellars, not an open space, so the communication stones are blocked.

If I go look for her, I don't know when I'll find her... I gave her so many methods, there shouldn't be too much trouble...

After some consideration, Lu Xun decided to go downward first.

With Chu Youqing's strength, she basically has no chance of getting first place.

Lu Xun doesn't have high expectations for her; as long as she safely passes this secret realm trial, it's fine.

Before entering the secret realm, Lu Xun had also considered this situation and specifically told her to put safety first.

Chu Youqing herself didn't have high demands either.

With the various trump cards Lu Xun prepared for her, and having teamed up with the sisters from Qingxu Academy, there shouldn't be much trouble.

So, what Lu Xun needs to do now is find the core crystal, then open the passage downward.

None were found in this cellar for the time being.

Lu Xun dove straight into the passage and quickly arrived at the second cellar space.

This space is larger, with a diameter exceeding ten kilometers.

Lu Xun flew in on his sword and began searching for core crystals inside.

Over there.

Soon, he had a gain.

The points-sensing bracelet detected a core crystal.

As long as the core crystal is within 100 meters, the points-sensing bracelet will sense it.

Someone's up there.

Flying that fast, it must be Lu Xun!

Being able to fly is great.

Brother Xun, I'm your little fanboy~

Those students showed envious expressions.

Another student shouted with arms raised.

Lu Xun!

No one noticed that Wang Tengyun's face in the crowd instantly darkened.

What's there to be happy about? If he finds all the core crystals in this cellar, we'll have to go to another cellar to look for them.

Wang Tengyun's remark instantly made the other students unhappy.

That's exactly the effect he wanted, to make an enemy of Lu Xun.

Although doing this isn't very effective, at least he felt pleased.

Boom!

A group of Star Void Alien Species were instantly killed by Lu Xun.

Here, it turns out to be a nest of Star Void Alien Species, with many of them inside.

These Star Void Alien Species are mostly first-tier, with a few second-tier.

In points, first-tier gives 1-10 points, second-tier 11-20 points, and so on.

This refers to base points; in the secret realm, each lower layer doubles the points, which is an increase over the base points.

As for alien peoples, with the same strength, their base points are twice that of Star Void Alien Species.

Done.

Lu Xun successfully obtained a core crystal.

He crushed the core crystal, used its powder to draw a circle on the ground, then drew several mysterious symbols inside the circle.

Soon after drawing it, the circle turned into a dark hole.

Lu Xun jumped down, thereby entering the cellar secret realm of the next layer.

The hole exists for less than ten seconds before disappearing; due to the short time, a single core crystal can allow only a few people to pass through.

No one on the second layer; let's first gather some core crystals.

On the second layer of the secret realm, there are currently no other students.

Lu Xun didn't rush downward; he began collecting core crystals in each cellar space.

Someone's here.

In a cellar space, he encountered several students.

These students made it down to the second layer so quickly; among freshmen, they're outstanding.

They appear to be students from Wanliu Academy, each wearing very luxurious treasure robes.

Can a freshman fly? Could he be that Lu Xun?

It's possible.

Acting alone, he's really confident.

Those students guessed Lu Xun's identity.

Not many freshmen can fly.

After Lu Xun's gaze swept over them, he didn't confront them and flew straight away.

Enough.

After gathering more than ten core crystals, Lu Xun stopped gathering.

The core crystals above are smaller, those below are larger.

He took out two core crystals, crushed them, and then drew circles.

The passage to the third layer opened, and Lu Xun entered.

"Let's go up together."

"Upon entering, we encountered a group of students fighting the starspace aliens."

Lu Xun glanced, then took out a communication stone and activated it.

"Sure enough, it's useless."

The chronicle stone simply cannot transmit.

The points wristband can send a distress signal, but only when facing mortal danger to summon help nearby; it cannot be used to locate people.

"Murong Wan? We haven't seen her."

"Brother Xun, we haven't seen her either."

Lu Xun didn't go straight down; he checked several cave spaces and asked the sophomore students he met.

These sophomore students are older than Lu Xun, but the nickname "Brother Xun" has started spreading.

Some students also habitually call Lu Xun "Brother Xun".

"We can't find her this way... let's keep going down."

Lu Xun gave up.

The cave secret realm contains too many cave spaces, and ordinary communication methods are useless; searching like this, it's hard to find anything even after days and nights.

He wanted to meet up with Murong Wan, but that's impossible for now.

Murong Wan is not weak.

She has already broken through to the third realm, her martial skills are formidable, and she also has the saint-rank flowing cloud layered shadow sword Lu Xun bought for her, plus spirit talismans and battle pills.

With her strength, even acting alone, her chances of winning the sophomore team championship are high.

Thus, Lu Xun continued downward.

Soon he entered the fourth layer, gathered some core crystals here, and in one go reached the fifth layer where the senior students are.

The fifth layer has many students, distributed across various caves, and some have already advanced to the sixth layer.

Lu Xun proceeded straight into the sixth layer.

When he entered the sixth layer, an incident occurred.

In the cave where he appeared, there were many exotic beings.

A group of students was battling these exotic beings, and the fight was unusually fierce.

"Is this... the horn demon clan?"

Lu Xun stood on his flying sword, looking down from above at the battle.

There are many types of exotic beings.

Not all exotic beings are hostile to humans; some have weaker aggression.

Those exotic beings imprisoned in the secret realm, serving as experience fodder, are basically especially ferocious and mortal enemies of humanity.

For example, members of the horn demon clan.

The horn demon clan, like the dark demon clan, belongs to the demon clan.

The demon clan is humanity's definition.

They share a trait: they are exceptionally cruel.

To grow, they often devour members of other species; when they encounter other planets in space, they launch attacks without hesitation.

All life can be seen by them as food and a source of strength.

By comparison, although the human diet is broad, few people eat other humanoid intelligent life.

Humans are not as warlike; when they encounter friendly species, they are willing to coexist peacefully and even form alliances.

These horn demon clansmen are not weak; in their prime, they basically have strength at the second realm or above.

Some horn demon clansmen have even broken through to the third realm.

"Trapped in a secret realm without dark energy, yet they can still break through to the third realm—no wonder they're demon clan."

Lu Xun thought.

Different races have different ways of growing.

The demon clan is rare in that they can grow stronger simply by eating—by devouring other life.

They even dare to eat starspace aliens.

Of course, this eating is not without risk; many demon clans suffer problems from overeating and lack of discrimination.

For example, they may explode and die, or internal power imbalance causes their cultivation to plummet.

The demon clan has strong reproductive ability and a large population base; even if many run into trouble, some still manage to grow.

These students are mostly juniors and seniors; their strength is likewise not weak, basically all at the third realm.

Under the combined effort of those students, the horn demon clan members were defeated quickly.

"Humans, die!"

A horn demon spotted Lu Xun, leapt up from the woods, and launched a sneak attack.

Lu Xun glanced at him indifferently, flicked his finger, and a dozen flying swords pierced him in succession, turning the horn demon into a cold corpse.

"372 points... an early third-realm horn demon."

This horn demon provided 372 points; since this is the sixth layer, dividing by six gives the horn demon's base points, namely 62 points.

The points of exotic beings are twice those of starspace aliens, indicating this is a first-layer third-realm horn demon.

"Don't kill her."

Below, the battle had basically ended.

After the students stormed the horn demon's camp, an accident occurred.

In the camp, a horn demon less than a meter tall, looking only two or three years old, walked out.

Although adult horn demons look ferocious, the young ones still possess the innocence and cuteness of children.

That little horn demon sucked its finger, curiously watching the group of students.

A girl with a rather pure appearance instantly felt motherly love surge, shouting to stop a boy who was about to attack the little horn demon.

The boy lowered the knife he had raised.

Just then, the little horn demon suddenly lunged forward; with a single strike, it disemboweled that boy.

"Ah!"

The boy screamed miserably, swinging his battle knife, and chopped the little horn demon in half.

At this moment, more young and old horn demons rushed out, launching an attack on the students.

"What are you standing there for? Kill them all—they are the enemy!"

A tall student let out a loud shout and took the lead in attacking.

"Kill!"

Having just learned that lesson, the other students hesitated no longer and all sprang into action.

"Anyone locked up here is not innocent."

Lu Xun silently left.

This battle left Lu Xun without hesitation; from now on, when he encounters young or old members of other races, he will show no mercy.

After finding some more core crystals, Lu Xun continued downward.