I became a god through frontier slaughter, and I crushed the academy's prodigies!

Three Purple Spirit Clan heavy transport ships sat silently on the wasteland.

The ship has a streamlined shape, and its purplish-black hull is covered with dense spiritual patterns. Even when the power is off, those patterns still emit a faint, cold light.

Each ship is 100 meters long.

Shen Tian walked to the hatch of the first spaceship, placed his palm on it, and probed it with his spiritual power.

A second later, the hatch burst open.

Shen Tian stepped inside.

Chu Feng followed closely behind.

The two stopped in their tracks at the same time.

Holy crap.

Chu Feng blurted it out.

Shen Tian didn't speak, but his pupils contracted slightly.

The interior space is much larger than it appears from the outside.

The Purple Spirit Clan's space compression technology is at least an era ahead of the Human Clan.

The first deck is the armory.

On both sides of the wall, hundreds of sets of standard weapons of the Purple Spirit Clan were neatly hung.

Scimitar, spear, psychic piercing dagger, energy crossbow...

Each piece was made of a purplish-black alloy that Shen Tian had never seen before.

Shen Tian casually picked up a curved sword and weighed it in his hand.

light.

It is at least 40% lighter than the same volume of humanoid alloy.

But its hardness... is even harder than that of the human race's alloy.

"This alloy is called 'dark etching gold'."

Chu Feng's voice came from the side, trembling with barely suppressed emotion.

"A specialty of the Purple Spirit Clan. It has extremely high hardness, extremely light weight, and is naturally compatible with spiritual energy. Humans have only seen it mentioned in documents, but have never seen it in person."

He swallowed hard.

"The value of one kilogram of Dark Corrosion Gold is roughly equivalent to... ten kilograms of the crystal core of a fourth-tier alien beast."

Shen Tian glanced at the hundreds of weapons on the wall.

It is entirely cast in dark etched gold.

This one wall alone is a gold mine.

But Shen Tian did not linger in the armory.

Because these are insignificant compared to what comes later.

The two descended the metal stairs to the second deck.

The moment the hatch opened, Chu Feng's legs went weak.

The cabin was filled with purple light.

Densely packed.

Neat and tidy.

Thousands of purple crystals were sealed in transparent energy containers, each about the size of a fist, with liquid-like spiritual energy flowing inside.

Soul Crystal.

The core of the spiritual signal tower.

The raw materials for the war puppet driving the crystal core.

The energy foundation of the Purple Spirit Clan's entire war system.

Chu Feng was speechless. His mouth was open, his fingers were pointing at the crystals, and his lips were trembling.

"How much... how much will this cost..."

Shen Tian's mental energy swept across the entire cabin, and he gave his answer three seconds later.

"Three thousand seven hundred and twenty-six."

Chu Feng's knees actually bent slightly.

More than 3,700 high-purity soul crystals.

This thing is priceless and unavailable on the black market of Earth.

Humans have never found a natural vein of soul crystals.

All circulating soul crystals come from drops after defeating high-level demons.

One of them costs an astronomical price.

More than three thousand seven hundred?

Chu Feng felt like he was dreaming.

Shen Tian's face didn't show much change in expression, but his breathing rhythm changed.

Half a beat too fast.

These soul crystals are enough to forge hundreds of spirit signal towers.

It is sufficient to power tens of thousands of war puppets.

The fact that the Purple Spirit Clan vanguard brought so many soul crystals indicates that they originally planned to build towers and cast puppets on a large scale within the Dragon Kingdom.

The 10,000-strong vanguard was just an appetizer.

The real feast is the 100,000-strong army that follows.

If they succeed—

Shen Tian didn't continue thinking about it.

Because it's no longer necessary.

These things now belong to the Shen family.

"Let's go, let's see the next floor."

The third deck.

When Shen Tian pushed open the hatch, even he was stunned for a second.

The cabin was full of parts.

Instead of being scattered and piled up, they are categorized, numbered, and sealed in standardized metal boxes.

Each box had a label with the Purple Spirit Clan script on its outer wall.

After Shen Tian's weapon-forging technique was upgraded, it came with technical understanding, so those words were no obstacle for him.

[Small War Puppet - Joint Components - Type A-7]

[Small War Puppet - Armor Plate - Standard Parts - B-12 Type]

[Medium-sized War Puppet - Energy-Focusing Arm Module - Type C-3]

[Large-scale War Puppet - Core Crystal Base - Type D-1]

Shen Tian walked along while quickly counting the items.

The complete set of parts for a small puppet—enough to assemble three hundred units.

The core module of the medium-sized puppet is enough to assemble fifty units.

The key component of the large puppet—enough to assemble five units.

Chu Feng followed behind, completely numb.

His expression now resembled that of someone who had been poor for thirty years and suddenly won the lottery jackpot.

But what truly caught Shen Tian's eye was not these parts.

Instead, it was a separate safe room located at the very back of the third deck, sealed by a triple mental energy lock.

Shen Tian shattered the combination lock with a single palm strike, and the hatch sprang open.

There was only one thing inside.

A palm-sized, jet-black crystal.

The crystal surface had no luster, like a charred stone.

But the instant Shen Tian's spiritual power touched it—

The entire sea of ​​consciousness trembled violently.

The concentration of spiritual energy contained within that crystal was hundreds of times greater than that of the soul crystals outside.

Even Shen Tian's breathing was somewhat heavy.

Chu Feng looked bewildered when he saw Shen Tian pick up the black crystal.

"What is this?"

Shen Tian quickly searched his mind for the memories of the Purple Spirit Clan.

【Soul Crystal Mother】

"The matrix crystal of the Soul Crystal. It contains an extremely pure and concentrated source of spiritual energy."

"It can be used to quickly help spiritual practitioners improve their cultivation level."

Shen Tian also learned this by reviewing his memories.

This item is the reward promised by the Purple Spirit Clan to Lin Hai in the transaction.

Shen Tian gripped the crystal mother tightly.

The Purple Spirit Clan used it as leverage to bribe Lin Hai.

No wonder Lin Hai, a seventh-grade weapon-forging master of the human race, was willing to lead the alien race to the heart of the Dragon Kingdom as a guide.

Just for this thing.

With it, Lin Hai will be able to break through to the eighth rank.

And now.

It's in Shen Tian's hands.

Shen Tian put the Soul Crystal Mother into his bosom and turned to walk out of the cabin.

"There are still two ships we haven't seen."

Chu Feng followed, his steps almost unsteady.

The two stepped out of the first spaceship.

The wind blowing across the wasteland carried the pungent smell of purple blood.

The hatch of the second spaceship opened with a bang under Shen Tian's mental power.

More dark gold.

More Soul Crystals.

More puppet parts.

as well as--

A complete set of spiritual signal tower components.

From the base to the top, from the energy array to the amplification module, nothing is missing.

Chu Feng had stopped talking; he felt like his heart was about to stop.

The third spaceship, Shen Tian pushed open the hatch, and it was the same.

This time, the Purple Spirit Clan must have come fully prepared.

They plan to establish a Purple Spirit Clan outpost in the occupied area of ​​Jiangcheng.

What's even more ridiculous is that Shen Tian's "preparing to welcome guests" was completely unintentional.

Lin Hai believed that Shen Tian was truly preparing for "peaceful exchange," and conveyed this message to the Purple Spirit Clan.

They came without any preparation.

As a result, all the supplies from these three aircraft ended up in Shen Tian's pocket.

It became his start-up capital.

Thinking of this, Shen Tian couldn't help but sigh inwardly, realizing that he should use this kind of subtle and euphemistic writing style more often in the future.

He turned his head and glanced at Chu Feng.

Chu Feng met his gaze, and the two stared at each other for three seconds.

"I'll be busy when I get back."