Northern Mountains, Black Wolf Forest.
This area was one of the few forested terrains within the mountains.
It bore the Black Wolf prefix because the Berserk Beasts within were mainly wolves.
In particular, the Wolf King had once forced back Gao Chong all by itself. Its strength was evident.
However, to the aggressively advancing Elemental Kingdom, any creature standing in their way could be defined as an enemy.
Moreover, the recent Wrathful Dragon Campaign had greatly damaged their side's reputation.
Although the Fire Lord and the Evil Spirit Nobles both realized afterward that their impulsiveness had been a mistake,
as those in power, they could not admit their mistakes.
At least, not on the surface.
Most importantly, after analyzing the entire Wrathful Dragon Campaign, they had also discovered a problem.
Or rather, it was a flaw that should have existed within Douluo Continent itself, yet had somehow been overlooked.
That was, the other side lacked top-tier combat power, and the number of participants was far from comparable to their main army.
Even excluding the cannon fodder, they themselves could field several thousand peak-level elites.
Though their combat strength varied, they were ultimately stronger than Soul Masters below the � rank.
Thus, those old foxes had truly invested heavily, even dispatching nobles and Eagle Hounds.
Moreover, behind these two important figures, dozens of experts above the � rank and at the 3�� rank were hidden.
To put it plainly, they were fishing.
Of course, their purpose was also to finish gathering terrain information on the mountains as quickly as possible.
After all, once they obtained the information, they could send their main army to advance straight in.
As long as they could directly clash with Douluo Continent's main forces, their odds of victory would increase by at least thirty to forty