Chapter 1328: 1328 **Chapter 1328: Anyway, There’s No Rush to Save People** On the other side, the Stone Demon struggling in the Flame Galaxy had its solid stone body melted, and most of its flesh was burned away. Lin When the Flame Lich withdrew the flames, it was already on the brink of death. The Flame Lich, also empowered by the original spell, had its combat power greatly enhanced. The Stone Demon, being a high-defense, low-attack type, had no resistance against the Flame Lich. However, the Flame Lich did not kill it, leaving it with a breath of life. Because Lin Moryu needed its corpse, if it were killed by the Flame Lich, there was a 99% chance that not even ashes would remain. Such good material would be too wasteful. Moreover, when entering the deeper regions, facing ninth-level Divine King Stone Demons, this would be the best weapon. Lin Moryu came over, swung his bone sword, and delivered the final blow to the Stone Demon. He collected the Stone Demon’s soul power, confirming its death. The skeletons came over, dragging the still-hot Stone Demon corpse back to the base. Only then did Lin Moryu have time to check on the Stone Demon he had bombed ten times in a row. Its body was blown to pieces, dead beyond dead. Ten consecutive explosions were equivalent to ten eighth-level Divine King Stone Demons self-destructing around it. Moreover, the power of the self-destruction was all concentrated on it, more terrifying than a real self-destruction. Even if its defense had transformed, it still had to die. Lin Moryu returned without making another move. Purple light flickered on his body, and his soul relaxed after reaching its limit, then shattered. The price of the original spell had to be borne. At the moment of shattering, his talent activated, a flash of purple light passed, repairing his soul and restoring it to its peak state. The Starlight Lich reappeared, and after a short rest, it had recovered more than half. With the cooperation of the two Liches, plus the Skeleton King and the scraping army, they quickly cleaned up the battlefield. Half an hour later, the entire battle was completely over. Lin Moryu stood in front of the thoroughly destroyed base, with skeletons searching for crystal cores from various positions in the base. During the battle, due to the influence of the illusion, the Stone Demons bombarded everywhere, severely damaging the base. The ground cracked, and the underground yellow sand surged out again. Crystal cores were scattered in every corner, some buried under rubble, some falling into cracks and lost underground, never to be found again. Lin Moryu sighed lightly; this was unavoidable. He could only recover as many as he could. Lin Moryu reviewed the entire battle, although the most intense part lasted only a few minutes. But Lin Moryu had already discovered some shortcomings in his actions. The main issue was his lack of understanding of the Stone Demons, not knowing that their defense would transform at the ninth level of the Divine King realm. He also didn’t know that ninth-level Divine King Stone Demons had the ability to revive. Otherwise, he would have definitely changed his tactics. Additionally, the Demon’s Eye had a strong restraining effect on illusions, causing the Starlight Lich’s illusion to lose its effect. Since he knew this from the beginning, he should have delivered the final blow immediately to ensure the Demon’s Eye was truly destroyed. As a result, his oversight led to the premature collapse of the illusion. Although it didn’t affect the final outcome, it did cause him a lot of trouble. Otherwise, even if the ninth-level Divine King Stone Demons had the ability to revive, they wouldn’t have been able to escape and would still have been played to death by him. Lin Moryu summarized the gains and losses during the battle, carefully reviewing to ensure he wouldn’t make similar mistakes in the future. His aura was slowly strengthening, pushing him towards the eighth level of the True God realm. After using the original spell to kill the enemy, the absorbed soul power was refined, becoming his own power, uncontrollably enhancing his realm. This enhancement could only be temporarily suppressed, and the suppression time couldn’t be too long, making it meaningless. In fact, Lin Moryu didn’t want to advance to the eighth level of the True God realm now, but the reality was that he had to use the original spell. Especially in the deeper regions, facing battles with ninth-level Divine King monsters and demons, he might need to frequently use the original spell. In that case, his cultivation would inevitably break through to the eighth level of the True God realm, or even the ninth level. But not using the original spell was impossible, as the subsequent battles would be even more intense. The growth of his realm would become uncontrollable. Lin Moryu closed his eyes in contemplation, after some thought, weighing the gains and losses, he made a decision. A few hours later, all the crystal cores that could be found in the base were collected. A total of 1,731, almost all of which were seventh-level Divine King crystal cores. There were 1,651 seventh-level Divine King crystal cores, and 80 eighth-level Divine King crystal cores. Among the 1,651 seventh-level Divine King crystal cores, more than 1,500 belonged to the Yellow Sand Demon Eyes. Although they were all crystal cores, there were still differences, which could be distinguished. Lin Moryu looked at these crystal cores, pondering for a moment, and thought of a possibility. Among the demons, there were ninth-level Divine King Stone Demons. Even if their attack power was lacking, dealing with eighth-level Divine King monsters shouldn’t be a problem. If they took action, they should be able to quickly collect a large number of crystal cores. But judging by the current situation, that wasn’t the case. Only 700 or so crystal cores, completely insufficient to summon a leader monster. "Exceeding the leader monster by one level will affect the number of keys and materials dropped." "If it’s an ordinary monster, exceeding it by one level means no crystal cores will drop." Lin Moryu thought this was entirely possible; otherwise, the current situation couldn’t be explained. After some thought, he released a wisp of Undying Flame and revived a ninth-level Divine King Stone Demon. The seventh-level Stone Demons didn’t know enough, but the ninth-level ones, being leaders in the middle layer, would know more. There were only three pieces of flesh in total, and now one was gone, making Lin Moryu a bit distressed. The ninth-level Divine King Stone Demon was reborn before his eyes, its soul reconstituted. The 20-meter-tall body knelt devoutly before him. From its mouth, Lin Moryu learned the confirmed answer, which matched his guess. In the Yellow Earth Desert, to obtain crystal cores, one must be at or below the monster’s realm. If the realm exceeded the monster’s, no crystal cores would drop after the monster’s death. So the three ninth-level Divine King Stone Demons were purely waiting here to collect enough crystal cores. The information it knew was indeed more. From its mouth, Lin Moryu learned the exact number of crystal cores needed to summon a leader monster. A total of 1,000 eighth-level Divine King crystal cores were required. If using seventh-level Divine King crystal cores as substitutes, the number needed would be ten times, a full 10,000. The ratio between the two was 1:10 and could be mixed. For example, 100 eighth-level Divine King crystal cores and 9,000 seventh-level Divine King crystal cores. As long as the total amount met the requirement, even using fourth-level Divine King crystal cores was fine, with the number increasing tenfold for each lower level. If using fourth-level Divine King crystal cores, even killing all the monsters in the outer layer wouldn’t be enough. The method to summon a leader monster was also simple, just pile enough crystal cores together, and it would automatically summon, requiring no other actions. Originally, they had collected over 3,000 seventh-level crystal cores and over 400 eighth-level crystal cores. They had completed about 80% of the collection. But after a great battle, most of the crystal cores were lost. Lin Moryu had a thought, and a large number of skeletons immediately began digging, searching under the yellow sand. Unfortunately, after a thorough search, there were no results. The crystal cores had sunk into the yellow sand, disappearing without a trace. Lin Moryu even had the urge to rob the Sand Tribe and Earth Monster Tribe for crystal cores but eventually gave up. "Just as well, I’ll take this opportunity to settle down." "Anyway, there’s no rush to save people. A thousand years have passed, so a year or half a year won’t make a difference."