On the way back to Stathos, Qinchuan didn't have time to talk to Lü Zi before Lü Zi took the initiative to talk to Qinchuan.
"I won't go to the Ancient Shifter Ruins. I will stay in Stathos and train seriously while waiting for you to come back."
Qinchuan didn't expect Lü Zi to say such words. He looked at Lü Zi for a while before asking, "Sharmila looked for you?"
Lv Zi nodded and said, "Sharmilla told me about the opening of the ancient Demon Race's ruins. I know that it's very dangerous inside. If it's you, then you would want to act alone. But if I go with you, then because of the Divine Race's covetous eyes, you would want to keep me by your side. At that time, I would become a burden to you, right?"
After hearing Lü Zi's words, Qinchuan looked at Lü Zi and said, "Weren't you very confident that you won't become a burden to me?
Why are you suddenly saying that now? "
"Before you fought with Provence, I did think so. But after I learned about your battle with Provence, I realized that I underestimated you and overestimated myself."
Lü Zi looked at Qinchuan. If possible, she wanted to act together with Qinchuan. But it was obvious that her existence wouldn't be of help to Qinchuan. Instead, she would become a burden to Qinchuan. In this case, no matter how much she wanted to be with Qinchuan, she had to control her emotions and make the best choice for Qinchuan.
She didn't want to be a burden to Qinchuan after entering the Ancient Shifter Ruins and falling into a desperate situation.
Some things might not happen, but as long as there was a possibility of it happening, she would do her best to avoid it.
Qinchuan understood Lü Zi. He knew that Lü Zi must be very sad to make such a decision. He reached out and gently hugged Lü Zi. He stroked Lü Zi's hair and said, "I won't keep you waiting. After this trip to the Ancient Shifter Ruins is over, I will return to Stathos to find you. We will go to the Holy Cluster together."
Lü Zi closed her eyes and said softly, "I will wait for you to come back."
… …
Half a year passed in the blink of an eye. After experiencing the life and death battle with Provence, Qin Chuan's potential had been unearthed. He had successfully advanced to the peak of Dongxu Realm in this half a year, and his strength had reached a new level.
While Qinchuan was preparing to follow the Tian people to the Ancient Shifter Ruins, the Protoss were also actively making preparations. However, the Protoss's preparations weren't focused on how to obtain more benefits from the Ancient Shifter Ruins, but on how to capture Qinchuan alive and bring him back to the Deus Cluster.
Qinchuan didn't know anything about this, but he was certain that the Protoss wouldn't let him go.
Therefore, on the way to the Ancient Shifter Ruins, Qinchuan took the initiative to look for Thélon and asked Thélon about the Protoss' personnel allocation.
Thélon pondered for a moment, then said to Qinchuan, "As far as I know, the Protoss' lineup this time should have no less than 20 Body Integration Stage overlords. The rest should be Dongxu Realm cultivators. I don't know the specifics of their personnel allocation, but I will let you know if there is anyone you need to pay special attention to after meeting them."
Qinchuan curiously asked Thélon, "How many Body Integration Stage overlords does the Protoss have?
Since they can send almost 20 Body Integration Stage overlords to the Ancient Shifter Ruins at once, this means that the Protoss definitely have no less than 50 Body Integration Stage overlords. "
Thélon chuckled at Qinchuan's question, then said to Qinchuan, "Actually, you're also very curious about how many Body Integration Stage overlords we Tian people have, right?"
Qinchuan nodded honestly, and said, "I heard that the Celestial Cluster had 20 to 30 Body Integration Stage overlords, but after understanding the Celestial Cluster, I discovered that there are quite a lot of Body Integration Stage overlords in the Celestial Cluster. There should be no less than 50 Body Integration Stage overlords. If we count the number of Body Integration Stage overlords in the Tian people, I think there should be around 100."
On the surface, there were only 39 Body Integration Stage overlords in the Celestial Cluster. However, there were still many Body Integration Stage overlords hidden in the Celestial Cluster, such as Night Serenity.
Qinchuan felt that there must be many Body Integration Stage overlords hidden among the Tian people, and there should be quite a lot of them. Otherwise, they wouldn't have sent almost 20 Body Integration Stage overlords to explore the Ancient Shifter Ruins.
"You guessed pretty much right."
Thélon smiled and said to Qinchuan, "Among the Tian people, there should be about 60 Body Integration Stage overlords. However, there are only 13 Body Integration Stage overlords on the surface."
After hearing Thélon's answer, Qinchuan asked curiously, "What do these Body Integration Stage overlords do?"
Thélon replied, "They cultivate wholeheartedly. When there's a need, they'll come out of seclusion.
Right now, there are 20 Body Integration Stage overlords with us on the Heavenly King heading to the Ancient Shifter Ruins No. 36. "
Ruins No. 36?
When Qinchuan heard Thélon's name for the Ancient Shifter Ruins, he asked curiously, "Is this the 36th Ancient Shifter Ruin you've discovered?"
Thélon shook his head and said, "There are 42 Ancient Shifter Ruins in total. They're arranged according to the time they were discovered. The more recent the Ancient Shifter Ruins are, the fewer times they've been opened, and the fewer areas they've been explored. There aren't only 36 Ancient Shifter Ruins."
After hearing Thélon's explanation, Qinchuan asked, "How many Body Integration Stage overlords were killed in the most tragic Ancient Shifter Ruins in the past?"
Thélon was silent for a moment before he answered, "More than 30 Body Integration Stage overlords from the Protoss and the Tian people were killed. Moreover, they weren't killed by each other. All of them were killed by two Ancient Shifter Ruins!"
Qinchuan looked at Thélon in surprise and asked, "What kind of Ancient Shifter Ruins could defeat 30 Body Integration Stage overlords?"
"Ancient Shifter Ruins!"
Tai Long took a deep look at Qin Chuan and said, "I didn't participate in that battle, but I heard that more than ten overlords of the Form Synthesis Stage were eaten alive by it. They were eaten from head to toe, bit by bit!"
"Then is Shifter Ruins dead?"
Qinchuan was very curious. If Shifter Ruins couldn't be killed even after sacrificing more than 30 Body Integration Stage overlords, then Shifter Ruins was too terrifying!
"Shifter Ruins are dead. We've also obtained great rewards from the Ancient Shifter Ruins. Even so, it still took us several hundred years to recover."
Tai Long sighed and said, "This time, the opening of Ancient Demon Clan Ruins No. 36. If another Ferocious Beast like Qiong Zhong appears, I'm afraid our losses will be extremely heavy!"