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At this moment, Princess Yuebai's expression gradually turned rosy. She stretched out her palm, and a proud peacock instantly materialized. "No wonder, I've been observing carefully for so long but couldn't find the entrance to the elf's territory. It's so mysterious!"
Chapter 426 is not what I imagined.
Now that they've found the entrance to the elven settlement, why is Yuebai still so unhappy? Everyone looked puzzled.
But the proud and elegant peacock flying before them truly made everyone feel a sense of longing.
"Hehe, it's not as simple as you think, nor is it what you imagine. Once you step into the Elven territory, you'll understand why I have these thoughts."
Despite these things, Princess Yuebai still stood up. After all, she had just absorbed a large amount of energy from Liu Ziming's family; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to conjure elven power, let alone that arrogant elven peacock. "Let's not worry about that for now. Although the space here is temporarily shattered, there are still dangers. Why don't we go to the elven race's settlement for now? Since they can live there, perhaps it's a new hope for us?" Hearing their leader Liu Ziming say this, everyone had no other choice. After all, in this magical beast forest, if the elves could survive here imprisoned by the Demon King, it must be a different place.
But they never imagined that, just as Princess Moonbeam had said, life among the elves wasn't as idyllic as they thought. "Since you've made your decision, then come with me."
Princess Moon White's expression was very calm as she walked at the front of the group, like a white elf. The others followed silently behind her, filing into the entrance of the elven settlement.
What they didn't know was that after everyone had entered, the entrance miraculously disappeared, as if it had never existed at all.
"Boss, have we forgotten something? We still haven't found that Slime Hunter. What are we going to do?"
Not long after the giant ape elder entered the entrance of the elven settlement, his expression became extremely impatient. He suddenly remembered the slime, Shizuka, and spoke up.
In truth, Liu Ziming hadn't forgotten the Slime Mirror at all, but there was nothing they could do now. After all, in this shattered space, they couldn't find the Slime Mirror anymore. "Senior Giant Ape, let's not worry about it too much for now. Perhaps this guy has some incredible opportunity?" Hearing Liu Ziming's somewhat helpless explanation, Senior Giant Ape had no choice but to shut his mouth and say nothing more.
Everyone looked particularly heavy-hearted. After all, the disappearance of the Slime Mirror was too mysterious, leaving no trace, which made everyone's spirits plummet. "Don't be so discouraged, everyone. After all, we've found the Elven race's settlement. Perhaps we'll make some new discoveries there?"
The entrance to the elven settlement was utterly devoid of any surprises or dangers, appearing remarkably peaceful. The surrounding scenery constantly shifted, but no one seemed to appreciate it.
Princess Moon White always walked at the very front, without even turning her head once, as if the people behind her had nothing to do with her.
The sudden disappearance of the Slime Mirror weighed heavily on everyone's minds, including Liu Ziming's. "Everyone be careful. When we get out, what you see might be quite different from what you imagine."
"We're probably nearing the end of the passage," Princess Moonwhite cautiously reminded everyone. After all, everyone harbored too many fantasies about the elven settlement.
Liu Ziming also found it strange. Although he possessed powerful perception that allowed him to sense things in advance, it seemed to have failed him this time. "Is this the place? If we go in from here, we can truly enter the elven territory?"
Princess Moonlight pointed to a phantom door in front of her, which was carved with some incomprehensible things, making it look particularly mysterious, and then spoke.
No one expected that entering the elven territory would require passing through such an illusory gate, covered in incomprehensible scribbles. "Princess Moon White, are you kidding me? This illusory gate can't possibly stop us from moving forward. Why are you so serious?" The cat angel seemed completely bewildered, stepping forward and preparing to step over it. However, a bizarre scene suddenly unfolded.
The cat angel's kick was bounced back and slammed him heavily to the ground, making him extremely annoyed. "This is impossible, absolutely impossible! This thing is supposed to be an illusion, how can it be so bizarre?"
The cat angel sat on the ground, unable to accept the reality before him. After all, he had just experienced it firsthand, and it was all true.
However, Liu Ziming's eyes were fixed on the writing on the illusory gate, as if he had discovered something, his expression constantly changing. "Boss, did you understand what was written on it? Is it the secret to opening this gate?"
The giant ape elder looked at the leader with caution, and Liu Ziming's constantly changing expression suggested that he had guessed something.
However, Liu Ziming seemed to have entered a state of complete absorption, staring at the things on the gate with particular excitement. "Boss, boss, what exactly did you see?"
The old Flame Dragon also seemed particularly anxious because he noticed that Liu Zimeng's expression was a bit strange (oh dear), and he was really afraid that this guy was losing his way in the past, which would be a real problem.
The seven-colored deer also seemed particularly nervous, and walked straight up to Liu Ziming, pulling at him repeatedly, trying to make him wake up quickly.
"Quiet down! This illusory gate is strange. The runes on it actually record a secret that no one knows. It's really terrifying!"
Seeing that their leader, Liu Ziming, hadn't lost himself at all, everyone seemed relieved. This guy had simply discovered the secrets of those runes; that's why he was acting this way. "Hehe, boss, what exactly did you see? Can you tell us and let us experience it too?"
The old Flame Dragon's expression was quite peculiar, because he couldn't understand anything about the things on the gate. Although he had awakened the bloodline of the ancient ancestral dragon, it was completely incomprehensible to him.
Chapter 427 When something goes wrong, there must be a monster
Because what's recorded on this gate is truly terrifying. If what's recorded is true, it would be a fatal blow to Liu Ziming and his group. "Hehe, it's nothing, just a matter concerning the elves. It doesn't have much to do with us, so everyone doesn't need to worry."
Liu Ziming was completely astonished by the runes before him, but he didn't want to reveal the secret to everyone. He knew they would be scared if they knew, and he didn't want to cause an excessive disturbance.
Although Liu Ziming had concocted a fairly perfect excuse, the others looked on with disdain. They knew that Liu Ziming wasn't telling the truth at all. "Hmph, so what if he doesn't want to talk? What's the big deal?"
The cat angel patted its bottom, stood up from the ground, looking extremely unhappy, and spoke directly.
The seven-colored deer looked very nervous because he found the runes in front of him to be quite strange. Although he couldn't understand what they were, he knew that they were definitely unusual.
"Alright, everyone, don't worry about these things. As long as we work together to open this illusory gate, we can completely enter the land of the elves. Let's ignore everything else for now." Liu Ziming didn't want to waste too much time with 233, so he made this suggestion directly to divert everyone's attention from the runes.
Princess Yuebai was completely taken aback that Liu Ziming could actually understand the runes on the illusory gate, and her expression became particularly strange.
"You people shouldn't waste your time. This illusory gate is not something you can open. Only the power of the summoned spirits can truly open it. I can't think of any other way." Clearly, if they wanted to enter the elven territory, they might have to rely on Princess Moonwhite, because so far only she could truly summon the power of the spirits.
However, these people seem to have overlooked a crucial point: Liu Ziming's bloodline can complement, and even merge with, that of Princess Yuebai. "It's not as complicated as you imagine, but it's not as simple as you imagine either. Opening this illusory door doesn't require that much effort at all?" Liu Ziming didn't believe Princess Yuebai's nonsense, because he knew she was only saying that for ulterior motives.
Upon hearing Liu Ziming's words, Princess Yuebai's expression instantly changed, becoming extremely hesitant. She bit her lip, her heart filled with complex emotions. "No, no, something's not right. This illusory gate appearing out of nowhere is abnormal. We should be careful."
At this moment, the giant ape elder stood in front of this illusory gate, his eyes fixed on the strange runes, as if he had discovered something unusual, and he seemed to be muttering to himself.
The Flame Dragon Elder was truly puzzled. Even with his awakened Ancestral Dragon bloodline, he couldn't decipher what those things were. Why was the Giant Ape Elder saying this? His expression was one of disdain. "Giant Ape Elder, do you understand what these things are? Or can you decipher the runes on them? Why do you say that?"
At this moment, Liu Ziming also seemed particularly nervous. Once the giant ape senior understood the runes on it, it would be quite troublesome for him.
However, the giant ape elder kept shaking his head, his expression extremely solemn, and he remained silent. "Old monkey, what have you figured out? Don't play games and prevent us from entering the elven territory?"
At this moment, the Flame Dragon Elder was truly anxious, because he noticed that the Giant Ape Elder was constantly staring at the runes, which was quite irritating. "Liu Ziming, don't blame me for not warning you, if you open this illusory door in front of you, the scene behind it will definitely not be what you imagine?" Princess Moon White, though her expression was uncertain, still spoke up.
He understood that if he didn't stop Liu Ziming and his group from acting recklessly, once they entered the elven territory, the rest would be beyond their control.
However, Liu Ziming completely ignored what Princess Yuebai was saying and still appeared very domineering.
"Hehe, no matter what's behind the door, how will we know if we don't look? At worst, we'll just have another fight. We've been through such bloody scenes before, what's there to worry about?" Because at this moment, Liu Ziming was certain that no one could understand what the runes on it were; this secret was known only to him.
So he put on a very arrogant act, insisting on opening the illusory door in front of him, in order to destroy those illusory runes and thus make the secret disappear completely.
Because the contents recorded on that illusory rune were too evil, and seemed to have some connection with the Evil God Emperor, Liu Ziming refused to reveal them. "Senior Giant Ape, step aside. Let me use my power to completely smash this illusory gate, and then we'll see what's behind it clearly." Liu Ziming stretched out his large hand, pulled the senior Giant Ape aside, and then quickly placed his palm on the illusory gate.
A surge of immense elven power erupted from his body, carrying unparalleled light as it hurtled directly towards the illusory gate. "My goodness! Boss can use elven power at will, without even needing to summon it! That's incredible!"
Liu Ziming's extraordinary actions attracted everyone's attention. They never expected that this guy would possess elven power. How come they had never seen him show it before? "Boss, what exactly are you hiding from us besides humans? Could it be that you understand what's recorded on these runes but are just not telling us?" At this moment, Liu Ziming had no time to pay attention to everyone's questions, because he had to control his elven power to prevent himself from going astray.
"You lot, do you think I can't see that our leader has used all his energy? If he speaks now, he'll definitely suffer a qi deviation!" The giant ape elder stepped forward, arrogantly blocking everyone's path, spreading his arms to completely separate their leader, Liu Ziming, from the rest of the group.
Chapter 428 Lamentations Everywhere
After about three or four minutes, Liu Ziming used his elven power to make the illusory figures before them completely disappear, and an even more terrifying scene instantly appeared before everyone's eyes. "My God! What is this? Is this hell?"
As the illusory gate shattered completely, the scene before them sent a chill down everyone's spine.
Seeing the scene of widespread devastation, everyone felt a strange unease. Had they come to the wrong place? Was this not the territory of the elves at all?
"I already said before, the scene behind the gate isn't what you imagine. Now you've seen the miserable state of the elves, but we have no way out now—" Yuebai muttered to himself, his expression unchanged, as if he had known everything all along. "This is impossible, absolutely impossible! Even if the Demon King were alive, it couldn't be this terrifying?"
As a member of the dragon race, the elder Flame Dragon upheld the power of justice. He could no longer bear to see the tragic scene of widespread suffering before him.
It's no wonder the old Flame Dragon reacted so strongly; the scene before him was simply too horrific. Bones were everywhere, piled high, and visible to the naked eye. "It seems the Demon King had ulterior motives for keeping the elves in the Monster Forest, but I never expected it to turn out like this?"
The sight of so many white bones before him made Liu Ziming instantly realize that this was likely all the work of the so-called Demon King; otherwise, Yuebai wouldn't have been so dejected. "Who dares to trespass into the Elf race's territory? Do they have a death wish?"
Just as everyone was astonished, a trembling voice suddenly rang out, lacking even the strength to speak.
However, when Yuebai heard that voice, her expression changed drastically, and she pounced on it like a madwoman. "Uncle Penguin, is that you? What happened to you?"
However, when Princess Yuebai ran over, he found nothing. The trembling voice seemed to have vanished instantly, as if it had never existed.
The others also seemed particularly strange, because they felt Princess Yuebai's behavior was too unusual; she must be hiding something from everyone. "Uncle Penguin, why won't you come out and see me? I'm Yuebai!"
Princess Moonlight knelt directly on the deep white bones, sobbing uncontrollably, tears streaming down her face, seemingly oblivious to her own pain. "Is this the Elf race? Isn't it said that the Elf King possesses terrifying strength, but how come all the elves under his command have turned into skeletons?" The giant ape elder also seemed particularly puzzled, as the scene before him sent a chill down his spine.
He had never seen such a horrific scene before; countless bones piled up into a mountain, sending chills down his spine. "You two go and drag that girl Yuebai back?"
The seven-colored deer and the cat were naturally on edge because Liu Ziming's gaze could send chills down their spines at any moment.
Although they didn't know what Liu Ziming was up to, they knew he must have something on his mind again. "Princess Yuebai, let's go back. Boss, Liu Ziming must have a reason for doing this."
Although the cat angel and the knight deer seemed extremely reluctant, they still managed to pull Princess Moon White back.
"Boss, what do you want to do? Do you intend to use your elven power and all your energy to completely destroy this pile of white bones in front of you?"
The old Flame Dragon had a puzzled look on his face, but he seemed to have guessed something, so he spoke directly.
After all, the mountain of bones blocking their path was their only option, which is why he had this strange idea. "Senior, besides doing this, do you have any better way?"
At this moment, Liu Ziming's expression was particularly cold, and his words were hard to accept.
But everyone knows that no one could accept this change.
"I refuse to believe that a mere demon king can cause such a commotion, treating human lives like dirt. I'll show him what true power is!" (Requesting flowers)
After saying these words, Liu Ziming did not hesitate any longer. He waved his hands incessantly, and a huge energy ball instantly appeared in front of him.
Everyone's eyes widened when they saw the enormous energy sphere in front of their leader, Liu Ziming. They couldn't believe it; it seemed Liu Ziming was draining all his energy. "Boss, no!"
"Boss, you absolutely can't do this!"
"Boss, please don't! What will we do if something happens to you?" Everyone cried out in alarm, but their cries seemed to come too late.
Because Liu Ziming had already raised the energy ball high and thrown it out hard, smashing it into the mountain of corpses in front of him.
With a deafening roar, the pile of bones before them, which had formed a mountain, instantly turned to ashes. Countless white powder particles drifted in the air, making it difficult to open one's eyes. "Cough cough cough cough cough cough cough!"
Everyone coughed violently from the white powder and looked extremely uncomfortable. "Everyone, quickly hold your breath! Don't let this white powder inhale!"
Liu Ziming quickly noticed something was wrong and immediately reminded everyone not to absorb the white powder.
But his warning seemed a little too late; everyone had already inhaled some, and their faces showed signs of great pain. "Boss, look! Who is that illusory person up ahead?"
Despite his physical discomfort, the giant ape elder pointed to a phantom figure in front of him and said with some surprise.
Because that shadow was all too familiar to them—it was the mysteriously vanished Slime Mirror. "Holy crap, it's that Slime Mirror guy! How did he get here?"
The old Flame Dragon's expression was truly exaggerated, because he realized that the somewhat illusory figure was actually the Slime Mirror, so he spoke up immediately.
Chapter 429 It turns out everything was real.
The reason Liu Ziming did this, even at the cost of draining all his own energy, to make this mountain of corpses vanish instantly, was for a reason. "It seems the things inscribed with runes on that illusory gate were actually real?"
Liu Ziming finally understood why there were runes on that illusory gate, and why those runes emitted such an eerie aura. "Boss, what exactly did you discover? Why are you bearing this all alone? Can't you just say it? We could discuss it together!"
From Liu Zimu's unpredictable behavior, the elder giant ape had already figured out that Liu was definitely hiding something from everyone, perhaps something too cruel for him to tell.
At this moment, Liu Ziming's expression was truly saddened, because he realized that the contents of the runes he had seen on the gate were actually true. The entire elven race had been completely wiped out, turning into the white bones before his eyes.
"Senior, do you remember that illusory gate we had before? The runes on it recorded the bloody fact that the Elven race was wiped out, but they themselves didn't know who did it. Perhaps they had foreseen this outcome?"
At this moment, Liu Ziming's expression was very calm, as if he were telling a horror story, without any emotional color.
When everyone heard their leader, Liu Ziming, say that the Elf race had been completely wiped out, their eyes widened, and their mouths gaped open, because they simply couldn't accept what they were seeing. "This can't be, this can't be, this can't be real?"
However, just as everyone was in a state of extreme shock, Princess Yuebai suddenly went berserk again and ran straight ahead.
As if he had spotted something, he ran forward desperately. "Princess Moonlight, what are you trying to do?"
However, the staggering figure, the Slime Mirror, suddenly grabbed Princess Moonwhite, his expression terrifying. "Let me go! Let me go! I need to find my mother! I need to find my mother!"
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