Lin Xu didn't know what Phantom was thinking, but he could tell that the female demon was a little excited.

It seems that what I just said provoked this female demon?

However, Lin Xu couldn't guess exactly which sentence had provoked her.

The Phantom then spoke:

"Adventurer, you have successfully passed the first test. However, I must remind you that you will receive a reward and blessing for every choice you make, regardless of what you choose. But if you do not choose anything as before, you will not receive any reward at all."

"I see..."

Lin Xu's eyes flickered, but he didn't believe in Phantom at all.

If he had actually taken those three illusory female figures as real and even made a choice between them, it would have definitely caused problems in his mental world.

This female demon was definitely up to no good!

Lin Xu's thoughts popped into his head in an instant, but he immediately hid them in his subconscious, leaving only the instinct to make a choice.

He gave himself another warning: he must never become addicted to the illusions he was choosing!

The phantom sensed a trace of Lin Xu's thoughts, but it couldn't read his mind very clearly.

She was slightly annoyed and gave Lin Xu a reproachful look.

What a troublesome human!

The Phantom muttered to herself, deciding not to give Lin Xu any more time to conceal his thoughts, and pulled Lin Xu aside, saying:

"Let's quickly tackle the next level! Once you reach the ninth level, you can make a second choice!"

Lin Xu followed the phantom to one end of the cave, and there he actually saw a staircase leading down into the cave below.

This staircase is not an illusion; there are indeed deeper layers of ruins below.

"It seems the 18-level challenge is real, so the problem lies in the illusion choice..."

As Lin Xu thought this, Mei Ying's expression immediately froze.

Phantom:

"Adventurer, there's nothing wrong with choosing illusions! Those are just limitations imposed by the ruins!"

Lin Xu did not answer, nor did he think too much about it, so as not to reveal his thoughts.

He stepped directly down the stairs and entered the lower cave.

The phantom figure behind him vanished without a sound, and no one knew where the female demon had hidden.

Just as Lin Xu began his ascent into the lower levels of the ruins, chaos erupted outside.

Wang En and most of his men had already gathered and landed at the entrance of the ruins.

However, these people looked very unwell at this moment, as there were many corpses within their ranks.

Others covered their heads, looking dazed and confused; they had become mentally impaired.

"Damn it, Lin Xu! This ruin actually has a trap!"

Wang En also learned about the chain of ruins from Chen Shaojie.

But Chen Shaojie was clearly unaware that there would be a mental test outside the Black Goat Ruins.

He had just led a large number of elite troops near this place when they were attacked by the scythe-wielding goat. If it weren't for the fact that the main force of the team was wearing noble breastplates that could withstand mental attacks, everyone would probably have suffered a great disaster. It would have been good if only one or two of them had survived.

Even Wang En, recalling the terror of the scythe monster, felt a lingering fear.

If he hadn't been wearing the knight's breastplate, he definitely wouldn't have been able to withstand that monster's attack; his mental world would have been torn apart.

That bastard Lin Xu, he clearly doesn't have noble equipment, so how did he manage to withstand such an attack?

What trump card does that guy have that allows him to repeatedly overturn his understanding?

Wang En looked back at his team members; he had just brought down about five hundred elite warriors.

However, 300 of these 500 people were ranged archers, so they did not get close to the ruins and were lucky enough to survive.

He took the remaining two hundred people to the entrance of the ruins, but one hundred and fifty of them could not withstand the mental shock.

Some people went berserk on the spot, slaughtering their companions around them, and then were killed themselves.

Others became like idiots, clutching their heads and crying or laughing hysterically, completely useless now.

Currently, only about thirty of them are still capable of fighting.

These people included Wang En himself, ten knights in attendance, and some of the most powerful mercenaries.

But they had just tried it; once they entered the area covered by the goat's head, there was no way to retreat, otherwise they would be subjected to the goat monster's mental attack again, which no one could withstand.

Now Wang En can only use the communicator to tell the three hundred shooters to keep their distance, aim and wait at a distance, and be responsible for covering them.

These thirty-odd people had no choice but to wait in vain in front of the ruins.

They just hoped that the damned Lin Xu could clear the ruins quickly so that the ruins would disappear and they could be free.

"And Lin Xu's island, we must find a way to destroy all that equipment and facilities there!"

Wang En glared hatefully at the distant void.

Just as they approached the ruins, the ten islands they were on also acted on orders and went to besiege Lin Xu's sky island.

However, Wang En was so shocked by the firepower of Lin Xu's Sky Island that he was speechless.

In just a few days, the firepower of Linxu Island has increased again.

I really don't know how Lin Xu got his hands on that kind of machine gun that can fire in rapid succession and bomb a large area.

Under the bombardment of those machine guns, the ten knight squire islands were even chased and brutally beaten, and now three islands have fallen.

The remaining seven islands, despite their numerical advantage, were still being hunted down by Lin Xu's small island.

Wang En and his group are now trapped in the ruins, and the soldiers on their respective islands are bound by contracts and cannot abandon them to escape on their own. Therefore, these islands are forced to circle around the loose soil of the ruins.

However, although Lin Xu Island's maximum speed cannot match that of Knight's Servant Island, its turning is unusually agile. In this circling escape situation, the seven islands have no way to shake off the pursuit.

By this time, two more islands had been captured.

Wang En estimated that if this situation continued, his soldiers on the floating island would either be wiped out or they would have no choice but to abandon the island and jump down to hide on the loose soil with them.

"What's going on! Didn't Lin Xu already enter the ruins? Why is his command on the island still so strong? Who is helping him? He didn't hire any soldiers or capture any slaves, did he?"

Wang En couldn't figure out who Lin Xu's foreign aid was.

At that moment, he suddenly realized that Lin Xu had a lot of secrets.

This kid might have some trump cards that many people can't even imagine.

Although he had made ample preparations to assassinate the kid, it seemed that his preparations were still insufficient.

These are things that Young Master Chen needs to know.

Wang En thought about organizing some words to describe Lin Xu's special qualities and convey them to Chen Shaojie.

But just as he was about to leave a message, he realized that he had not yet made any contributions, and had instead lost a large number of troops because of Lin Xu.

If this situation were told to Young Master Chen, he would definitely be furious and might not listen to his description at all.

Wang En temporarily put an end to his desire to leave a message.

He realized that he had to successfully ambush and capture Lin Xu to wash away his shame.

That way, Young Master Chen will realize the value of what he said, and the current predicament can be resolved.

Therefore, Lin Xu must be caught!

Or even if we can't capture him alive, we should kill this kid!