When Han Shuo reached the lizardmen's living area, the first thing he heard was the cacophony of battle. Looking around, Han Shuo saw that the whole place was filled with dark elves charging towards the lizardmen's caves inside the large reddish-brown mountain.
The lizardmen were hiding in the caves of the auburn mountain, using their crude weapons to defend themselves against the dark elves' attacks. These dark elves were all dressed in different colours, including purple, black, light green and several other colours. They were clearly an alliance of different clans.
There were nearly ten thousand dark elves, but only a small portion of them were actually attacking the great mountain. Nearly seven thousand of them were still watching outside, waiting to take part in the attack.
Among the dark elves, there were a few handsome young men. Each of them wore a particularly ancient scent that gave Han Shuo a headache. From the scent, Han Shuo could tell that their true age did not match their youthful appearance.
There was also a tent of purple veils in the middle of the handsome youths. Han Shuo could sense a monstrous presence within the tent, evil yet somehow charming. When he tried to probe the tent with his consciousness, the person inside reacted instantly, sending a wave of aura back along the path of Han Shuo's mental energy.
Han Shuo was shocked and quickly covered his own aura. Giving up on the idea of going straight through, he decided to use the Earth Elite Zombie to open a secret passage into the centre. Han Shuo decided to meet the leader of the lizardmen before planning his next move.
Based on the aura, Han Shuo could sense the tremendous strength of the person inside the purple veil tent. Although this person's strength was not as monstrous as the ancient lizard king Dagassi, it was much stronger than the typical great swordmaster or grand magus. Han Shuo thought carefully for a moment. This person's aura felt about as strong as Lawrence's master, the Sacred Swordsmaster Karel Ascot. When he came to this conclusion, he was shocked.
Han Shuo had never thought that he would encounter such a strong expert in the underground world. With Han Shuo's current strength in the separate demon realm, the Demonslayer's Edge, and the little skeleton, he could still handle a fight with such an expert. However, this expert was also accompanied by a few talented youths with particularly strong auras. Even if they couldn't hold a candle to the expert in the purple tent, they would still be a big problem for Han Shuo.
Moreover, there were still more than seven thousand dark elves surrounding them. Han Shuo wasn't presumptuous enough to think that he could fight this group of formidable dark elves on his own.
Using the Earth Elite Zombie to create a passageway, Han Shuo travelled towards the centre of the large reddish-brown mountain. Along the way, he heard waves of clanking and clashing from battles. It seemed that the Dark Elves and Lizardmen were fighting directly above him.
When he'd left the underground world the last time, Han Shuo had discovered the location of the core zone of the Lizardmen territory, as well as the method to contact the Lizardmen directly. After Han Shuo had hurriedly made his way to the central area, he used the Demon Slayer's Edge to cut through the hard rock and directly break through to a crucial gathering point in the mountain.
The crucial junction was a large ring-shaped cave. It was about the size of a basketball court, and its ceiling was covered with bright red, sharp stones that looked as if they might fall at any moment. There were stone pedestals scattered around the cave. These stone pedestals had been ground down by the lizardmen until they were flat and suitable for sitting on.
A large group of lizardmen had gathered. It looked like they were discussing how to deal with the dark elves. When Han Shuo appeared, the lizard chief was pleasantly surprised. Speaking in the lizardmen's language, he leapt to his feet and muttered a few sentences, leading the group of lizardmen in a bow to Han Shuo.
"True God's Envoy, you must be here to save us. We have been waiting for you for so long." The head of the lizardmen used the common language as respectfully as he could.
Wrinkling his eyebrows, Han Shuo replied, "The True God must have left this place by now. What about all those dark elves outside, why would they dare to come here?"
"Lord Envoy, not long after the True God left, all the dark elves in the underground world unexpectedly stopped their internal conflicts after they were all subdued by a dark elf named Adele. It is said that this dark elf could communicate with their beloved evil goddess, Rose. She possessed an evil power that united all the dark elves of the underground worlds in one short month.
The leader hastily explained, "She has been leading the dark elves in attacking us lizardmen for the past few days. However, these bastards still do not dare to confirm whether our true god has left. That's why they've been probing us incessantly, but they don't dare to force their way in.
The dark elf named Adele had suddenly appeared after Dagassi had left. In a short month, she had managed to unite the scattered dark elves to form the most terrifying force in this layer of the underground world. When Han Shuo heard the lizard leader's explanation, he was a little confused. He did not know how Adele had suddenly appeared and even seemed to know a little about the ancient lizard king Dagassi.
Undoubtedly, the expert who had felt Han Shuo's mental probe was the dark elf Adele.
If it were not for the fear of the presence of the Ancient Lizard King Dagassi, based on the powerful aura Han Shuo felt from her body and the strength of the Ancient Dark Elves beside her, they would have broken through this place long ago and enslaved all the lizardmen.
As for how this dark elf Adele appeared, Han Shuo didn't have time to think about it at that moment. Coming to the underground world this time was precisely to fulfil Han Shuo's promise to Dagassi to protect the lizardmen. Therefore, as soon as the lizardmen leader explained the situation to him, Han Shuo immediately took out all the weapons he had brought into the space ring this time and said, "I have brought these weapons for all of you. Don't worry, I will help you fight off the dark elves together."
"Thank you, Lord Envoy!" The leader of the lizardmen kowtowed in gratitude.
Nodding his head, Han Shuo didn't have much to say. He watched as the lizardmen leader arranged the manpower to quickly distribute the weapons, and then released all twelve of the newly refined Mystical Demon . Ten of the mystical Demon flooded the entire cave complex, while the other two flew out of the reddish-brown mountain, hovering in the sky and spying on the dark elves' movements from afar. At the dark elves' camp, a handsome youth asked, "Matriarch, it's been five days. The lizardmen are completely unable to resist; shall we launch our main attack?"
"Let's wait a while, I felt a strange aura just now. It was actually trying to spy on me. When I went to look for the source, the aura disappeared. This is very strange. A lazy, yet chilling female voice wafted from the tent. When the several hundred "young" dark elves beside the tent heard this voice, their mouths went dry. A wave of fear rose from their hearts.
"Matriarch, what kind of existence is that big lizard? Hasn't he already left? If not, it would have come out and attacked us by now." A handsome dark elf swallowed before speaking respectfully.
"You ask me, but who should I ask? Same as you, I just escaped from that dreaded place. Do you think I know everything? But I heard legends about it when I was alive. You are all still young. Your ancestors probably didn't tell any of you about it. Anyway, all you have to remember is that he is an extremely strong lizard! The female voice inside the purple veil tent seemed to contain a hint of guilt, but it still sounded pleasant and enticing to the ears.
"Matriarch, I really don't get it, why didn't he help the lizardmen clean up the underground world when he broke out from under the gourd mountain? With such a strong figure around, the lizardmen could have easily wiped out us dark elves!"
The few of us were even imprisoned by those immortal dark dragons in the layer below. He shouldn't have any trouble conquering this entire layer, so why would he wait until now? Another handsome youth also spoke up in confusion.
"Idiot, have you been imprisoned for too long?! Haven't you listened to the children's descriptions? I'm afraid even the dark dragon race from the layer below wouldn't be able to deal with this giant lizard. Do you think we can stop him with just a few of us?" The voice from inside the tent was angry. Then, as if the anger had never been there, a seductive laugh accompanied her next words, "As for why that big lizard hasn't attacked us, it's definitely not because he's afraid of us. With just the few of us, we are definitely no match for a strong being like him."
"Then who is it afraid of?" The dark elf who had asked the question earlier followed up.
"You are all idiots! It is because your faith in the Goddess is not sincere enough that even after living so long, you still can't feel her presence deep within your soul!" scolded the goddess inside the tent. The antiquated elves standing around were all extremely submissive, each one agreeing wholeheartedly. However, after being reprimanded by Adele, these old farts began to faintly understand the meaning of her answer. It seemed that the powerful lizard's hesitation was due to her goddess, not to them.
"Alright, let's wait a little longer. Earlier, the captured lizardmen said that their true god had already left and would not return to this place. That is why we are here. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare bring you idiots here to throw away your lives. I suspect that the great lizard has indeed left. If not, it would have come out to kill us by now. Adele patiently explained to the few old fellows.
At that moment, a dark elf with a bow suddenly burst out of a cave. He reached the front of the purple tent and looked surprised as he reported, "Matriarch, these lizardmen have suddenly gotten their hands on some sharp weapons. These weapons looked as if they were tailor-made for the Lizardmen. They hold the weapons with ease and can easily cut through our bodies. Furthermore, for some unknown reason, there has been a sudden influx of undead creatures into the caves. These undead creatures have blocked the passageways and are helping the lizardmen resist our attack.
Adele's cry of surprise travelled from the tent, causing the elves around her to shudder in silent delight. There was a moment of silence before Adele replied, "It should be that necromancer called Bryan, so it can't be wrong. Looks like he was the one who just tried to spy on my existence. Sikong, take a trip. See if you can find this necromancer and bring him to me.
The dark elf, who had been asking questions, listened respectfully and nodded. Without further ado, he jumped forward like a feather and entered the cave. Sikong took out a blue crystal ball the size of a human head and held it in both hands. As he travelled through the caves, the crystal ball gradually absorbed the black silk-like threads that escaped from his palm. These threads slowly floated inside the blue crystal ball, forming one line after another, representing the passageways of the cave.
A plume of faint, blue, gentle light whirled out of the crystal ball like a fish, as if it could sense the complex passageways within the cave. A map of a large part of the cave gradually appeared in the blue crystal ball.
Han Shuo was still in the central lizard cave. Through the twelve illusory mystical demons, Han Shuo could see the dark elf matriarch Adele rebuking the other dark elves and roughly understood that they had escaped from the prison of the dark dragon clan on the level below him. As for how they had escaped, Han Shuo wasn't too sure, but from listening to Adele's conversation, the few dark elves that had suddenly appeared must have lived for a very long time.
As soon as the dark elf Sikong entered the cave, a mystical demon had already spotted him and clearly saw the activity within the crystal ball he was holding. Han Shuo, who was in the middle of arranging the lizardmen's formation to resist the dark elves, suddenly called out to the lizardmen's leader, "Help me look after these guys for a while, I'm going on a trip!"
Han Shuo finished his sentence and flew out of the area. The mystical demons had been floating around in the complex passageways for quite some time. As a result, Han Shuo had long since familiarised himself with the terrain and was able to find the dark elf who had entered the cave system in a very short time.
"Are you looking for me?" Han Shuo suddenly appeared from a distant cave and faced the dark elf Sikong, who still held the crystal ball in his hand.
"Eh. I never thought you would appear of your own accord. Necromancer, when you foiled our plans before, I did not expect you to dare to appear this time!" Seeing Han Shuo appear of his own free will, Sikong laughed happily and shone the blue crystal ball in his hand towards the sky.
Suddenly, all the absorbed lines inside the crystal ball burst out. The blue lines began to crisscross each other, quickly forming a huge net that quickly encircled the entire cave, with ten of the lines wrapping around Han Shuo.
"Hahaha, a mere necromancer actually dares to thwart the plans of our noble dark elves. You must want to die!" Sikong confidently proclaimed to Han Shuo who was caught in the blue spider web. As he finished chanting a spell, the crystal ball that had released countless blue lines slowly floated and followed him out of the cave.
Being trapped in the blue spiderweb, Han Shuo not only felt the binding force, but also felt a weak force leaking out, continuously weakening his mental strength. Although this dark elf Sikong looked handsome and young, he must have lived for countless years.
The lifespan of the dark elves was much longer than that of humans. As long as they weren't killed by others, it wasn't difficult for them to live for hundreds of years. Although a dark elf's strength wasn't entirely measured by their age, most older dark elves were much harder to deal with than younger dark elves.
The dark elves also had the advantage of practising some dark spells. Dark elves who had lived for hundreds of years were often all dark wizards, who were extremely difficult to deal with. In addition, because they worshipped the evil goddess Rose, the Dark Elves could also possess a special kind of strength, which made them difficult to fight.
Looking at this confident old dark elf, Han Shuo wasn't the least bit worried, even though he was tangled up in the blue spider web. After Sikong said his piece and planned to drag Han Shuo out of the cave, Han Shuo grinned at Sikong and revealed a strange smile. Then he whistled and a blood mist shot out of him. The Demonslayer's Edge was like a soaring dragon with a trail of blood-red light that completely sliced through the blue spider web that was entangling Han Shuo.
When the old dark elf Sikong saw Han Shuo's sudden eruption of violent aura that sliced through his blue spider web in an instant, he panicked. As Han Shuo stared at him with a strange chuckle, Sikong quickly calculated and suddenly realised that he had no certainty of defeating Han Shuo. The aura from Han Shuo's body made him tremble and he ran away without saying another word.