Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons

Kreya and the others looked at Kane's excited expression.

It was clear that this haul made him very satisfied.

After collecting all the materials in front of them into the space equipment, the group started to spread out and check if there were any mechanical golems in the ruins that needed materials to activate.

Kane activated his Eagle Eye, scanning the area for any overlooked spots.

A strong magic reaction suddenly appeared inside a relatively intact building not far ahead.

"Be careful, there's an enemy over there,"

Kane's loud shout drew everyone's attention.

They moved in the direction Kane pointed, surrounding the area.

Quickly forming a formation outside the building, they prepared for the monsters inside to appear.

The ancient, off-white building looked like a religious site from the outside, though nearly half had collapsed, and the remaining half was severely damaged.

The magic reaction inside finally began to take action.

"Get ready, it's coming out,"

The creaking sound of mechanical movement grew louder as a massive shadow emerged from the building's gap.

A giant mechanical spider, over three meters high, revealed its form, with four pairs of long, sharp hooked claws.

The sphere on its head was covered in a dense array of red photoreceptive devices, with red micro-patterns running across its body.

The enormous mouth emitted a chillingly hoarse roar.

The sound waves stimulated the spirit of Kane and the others, but fortunately, their mental defenses were strong, only causing a bit of irritation.

Spider silk shot out from Kane's hand, wrapping around the mechanical spider's slender hooked claws.

Longbei instantly transformed into a small giant, jumping in front of the mechanical spider.

His shield forcefully blocked the spider's mouth, which seemed ready to launch something, and his right hand's Defeat Evil smacked down on its head.

The giant hammer's inherent piercing skill exploded directly at its head, instantly destroying several red photoreceptors on one side.

A white phantom passed through the mechanical spider's body, slowing the struggling attacking claws as if they were jammed.

Ghost Kreya passed through, then raised her ethereal giant axe and struck down, freezing the surroundings of the cleaved mechanical body.

More spider silk sprayed out from Kane's wrist, entangling all the hooked claws on both sides of the spider.

"Rainbow Beam,"

A rainbow beam, as thick as a leg, appeared out of nowhere, piercing through the spider puppet's body and extending outward.

When the beam disappeared, there were still some colorful bubbles left along the path it took.

The giant mechanical spider had been pierced from head to tail by the beam.

Kane and the others could see a massive hole in its body.

The light on the mechanical spider's body suddenly went out, and it fell to the ground, slowly turning to dust and disappearing into the air.

Everyone looked in shock at Lilu who had fired the rainbow beam.

"Hehe, Lilu is amazing, right?"

Lilu fluttered her wings happily, flying up and down.

What a treasure they found.

Now, everyone finally had a clear understanding of Lilu's strength and realized the value of a race blessed by the mist.

Kane went to the pile of dust where the mechanical spider died and started carefully sifting through the magic items dropped from it.

The mechanical creature dropped two magic items as usual.

One of them was the decryption tool Kane and his team needed, a yellow crystal rod this time.

[Kinetic Crystal - Yellow]

[Magic Materials]

[Color: Copper]

[Attributes: Moderate boost to magic stone energy]

[Introduction: The mechanical intelligence race, constructing their energy core by mimicking their most fundamental energy, boasts extremely potent energy]

(Secret Intelligence Department: Missing one of three colors)

So they obtained two colors; now only the last color, likely red, is missing.

The other item was similar to the previous mechanical core but emitted a yellow glow representing its race.

However, its core was full of cracks emitting a blood-red glow.

[Polluted Mechanical Secret - Yellow]

[Magic Materials]

[Color: Copper]

[Attributes: Moderate boost to magic stone energy]

[Introduction: The energy core of a mechanical intelligence race polluted by plague, equivalent to their heart. From the glow emitted, this was a yellow mechanical.]

Does the blood-red glow signify it's polluted?

But this doesn't affect its conversion into magic stone energy.

Judging by the yellow energy core obtained, the team must have moved from the blue mechanical's area into the yellow mechanical's territory.

But encountering a polluted mechanical right away, does this signify something?

From all the material descriptions obtained so far, this dungeon must hide something, not just a simple mechanical dungeon on the surface.

The information in these descriptions seems interconnected, telling the story of the world's native race, from origin to destruction.

Forget it; can't make sense of it now. I'll understand these secrets after clearing this dungeon.

For now, let's find a good spot to rest in the ruins.

According to their watch, the team had been marching and fighting non-stop for almost 20 hours.

Kreya and the others were beginning to feel tired.

Kane entered the relatively intact building in front, where the mechanical spider had just appeared.

Though this building was more than half-collapsed, the fallen stones formed a triangular space.

Kane only needed to use spider silk to patch up the holes in the ceiling and surroundings and block the entrance to prevent outside light from penetrating.

As Kane started patching the holes with spider silk, Kreya and the others had already come in and started setting up camp.

"Kreya! Kreya! I want to eat fruit salad."

As soon as the camp was set up, Lilu couldn't wait to circle around Kreya. Yesterday, she was already captivated by Kreya's desserts.

Grabbing Lilu, who was flying around her, Kreya said helplessly, "Alright, alright, I'll make you some. You're making my eyes dizzy."

Even when sleeping, Lilu's crystal wings shimmered with radiant colors.

Kane found a spot near the campfire and sat down.

He took out all the magic materials from his space equipment and piled them in front of him.

Now it's time to splurge a bit.

His wallet had never been this full before today; praise the mist!