Boiling Beast Bloodline
Chapter 690 - 144: Cross-Strait Connection_4

Chapter 690: Chapter 144: Cross-Strait Connection_4

These past few days have been torturous for Liu Zhenhan; he simultaneously hoped for the arrival of these messengers, yet also wished they would never come.

There was an indescribable feeling in his heart, like a dull knife slowly cutting into his very soul. When the messengers from Moore arrived, Liu Zhenhan finally realized that what he was feeling was guilt.

On the path to greater strength, bravery and fearlessness alone are not enough to solve all the problems. There is a proverb amongst the Sea Clan, "A fish in the river is not in control of its own fate," it succinctly captures the current helpless situation faced by the lord.

The few considerate madams did not realize that Liu Zhenhan was putting on a brave front and going through the motions. They thought of it as a normal negotiation. Even the shrewd-thinking Ning Yu did not consider the deeper implications.

For the past few days, Ruona has been naively choosing locations for the teleportation magic arrays for the two fallen elves clans. She planned to evacuate these fallen elves as soon as Liu Zhenhan successfully finishes the negotiations.

Ruona’s plan was quite ingenious. She planned to set up the "Wind Tunnel Magic Teleportation Array" on two platforms, one on Ladder Mountain, and the other at the entrance to the Underground. The platform near Ladder Mountain is adjacent to the Gang Wind Trench, which is abundant with wind magic power, providing an ample elemental tide that several magic arrays atop the platform can absorb - all magic arrays have the ability to absorb elemental power.

In this way, there is no need for a Wind Magic Tutor to replenish the startup magic power of the magic array, it can conduct wind tunnel teleportation at any time.

While Ruona’s ingenious strategy to construct the Magic Teleportation Array does take advantage of the geographical benefits, it does have an undeniable drawback: since there is only one magic array that can be activated all day, and the magic coordinates are fixed, these two bi-directional magic arrays are actually a one-way dead end. They can only transport the fallen elves to the vast Kalimdo plains. Unless these fallen elves can obtain the support of a Wind Magic Tutor, they are left no other choice.

This outcome is exactly what Ruona was expecting.

The naive madams thought, as long as the fallen elves were offered the secure means they have been yearning for to reach the surface, and our own strength is also adequate, negotiations between Richard and them would undoubtedly be easy.

Expecting to sell out, and having a 99% chance of losing their lives, such harsh conditions, even the worldly Fairy Dragon would never expect to be contemplated, a merit that Liu Zhenhan claimed with his adept concealment.

For this trip to the second layer of the Underground in the black domain continent, Liu Zhenhan planned to bring only Guoguo, and not others. Despite knowing that the fallen elves were dependent on him, and Richard himself was extraordinary, the madams were still very worried. Daisy and Ruona were even scrambling to accompany Liu.

What a joke!

If both of them went along, it would be chaos! Liu Zhenhan, of course, would not agree to let these two jealous jars accompany him. These two fairy dragons are not like Helen, who is both dedicated and rational. Dragons, unlike other races, have a tradition of monogamy, if Ruona allowed her jealousy to dictate her actions and summoned a powerful magical beast using "Emerald Dream" causing havoc, it would be disastrous.

Liu Zhenhan had anticipated this situation and had prepared his excuses in advance. The weapons made by the Difeng Giant need a magic imprint, right? There is a military standoff in Flame Mountain Valley that needs someone to coordinate, right? Feilengcui is only a step away from the Underground World and needs occasional care, right?

Then what are you all going to do? Everyone stays here. Liu Zhenhan declared.

Ning Yu and Helen were easily persuaded, but Moer and the two Fairy Dragons were stubborn. In the end, even Gortani meddled in, pushing the little nun, Joan of Arc, who had nothing to do, to be Liu Zhenhan’s junior follower.

Liu Zhenhan was puzzled by the fact that odds and ends inexplicably disappear from around him and often end up with Gortani. The lord found himself deep in thought as Katusha, the little piglet, giggled at the side.

Jeanne, the young nun, almost had a breakdown at the prospect. The poor girl agreed to everyone’s request with a martyr’s gaze. She found herself in an awkward and challenging situation.

Daisy and Ruona were still somewhat worried, so they ensured the four Dragon Guards were supplied to Liu Zhenhan.

Liu Zhenhan was at a loss for words. What he had done with the dark elf queen in the Ink Crystal Valley had been observed by the silly bear, Vieri. Despite this, Vieri accompanied him again, along with Fat Luo, Nedved, and the new face Iverson.

If any of them dared to speak out of turn...

Liu Zhenhan’s head was at bursting point just thinking about it.

Nedved, the god Archer, had exhausted all his "Annihilation Arrows". Nana hurriedly helped him forge thirty flame arrows due to her busy schedule. When these flame arrows hit their targets, they’ll explode due to an instantaneous repulsion between the mismatched magical elements. Although they’re not as impressive as the the "Annihilation Arrows", they are still a nice alternative.

Because of the women’s kerfuffle, they were delayed by another day. Liu Zhenhan facetiously said that being late is a privilege of those in a strong negotiating position.

Riding on the winged Pegasus across the Black Domain Continent, Liu Zhenhan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Regardless, the first hurdle had been cleared. Convincing the fallen elves was another matter altogether.

If he does everything the opposition says, Liu Zhenhan felt that he would lose face. He had quite a few conditions waiting to be proposed. Holding the key to the opposition’s hopes, Liu Zhenhan did not plan to concede easily.

The landscape of the Black Domain Continent was much better than the first layer of the Furious Flame Continent. There’s nearly an equal number of levitating suns here, illuminating the whole area. On the ground, herds of underground nightmares could occasionally be seen. These hybridized monsters were formed during the demon clan’s invasion of the Aegean Continent and have somehow set up homes in the underground over time.

In the distance, colossal strange birds could be seen fluttering near the volcanoes. Below them, non-predatory sub-dragons were making gravelly calls towards Liu Zhenhan and the Troll Bat Knights flying overhead. In Liu Zhenhan’s experience, these similar to the hell beasts spawned by the Hell Black Dragon after descending the underground, but he didn’t want to admit it.

The soil of the Black Domain Continent was black, although it appeared deep red under the bloody underground light. The planet’s vegetation was more lush compared to the Furious Flame Continent. The highways were lined with the silhouettes of plants.

Liu Zhenhan could finally understand why the fallen elves chose to settle here and not on the first layer, the Furious Flame Continent. The Black Domain Continent was simply too beautiful.

"These fools~" Vajra the parrot curled lazily in Liu Zhenhan’s embrace and muttered a sentence.

These were also Liu Zhenhan’s thoughts about the fallen elves.

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