Stalemate and Renewed Battle

Demon Hunter Yudian, Archer Captain Ina, the Purple Savage Elephant, and the Tong Ape had fallen into a bitter battle. Although Yudian held a slight edge over the Purple Savage Elephant, while the Tong Ape and Archer Captain Ina were evenly matched, no one could know the outcome until the very last moment.

"Stop!" The Purple Savage Elephant suddenly darted aside and shouted.

"What, are you begging for mercy?" Demon Hunter Yudian halted as well, watching the Purple Savage Elephant with a cold sneer. Since the Purple Savage Elephant was in no hurry to attack, neither was Yudian. The situation was already clear: unless someone on their side died in battle, they could not possibly lose. The opponent was thick-skinned and tough, and though it was slower than him, it guarded all its vital spots carefully, giving him no chance to land a killing blow. Moreover, whenever it saw him use a major skill, it immediately fled far away. It truly was cunning.

"If we keep fighting like this, there will be no result. Even if I am no match for you, it will still be impossible for you to kill me!" The Purple Savage Elephant swung its trunk and snorted.

At this point, Archer Captain Ina and the Tong Ape also stopped, staring coldly at one another. They too felt helpless against such a troublesome opponent.

"So what? Even if we cannot kill you, we lose nothing." Demon Hunter Yudian once again assumed the bearing of a noble prince as he calmly looked at the Purple Savage Elephant.

"Your Excellency is right. However, if we escape from here and harass you in the future, it seems your people are not very numerous, are they?" The Purple Savage Elephant swept its gaze across the Night Elf faction archers around them and sneered.

"Then what do you mean..." Upon hearing this, Demon Hunter Yudian's gaze finally turned completely rigid. His eyes seemed to carry boundless killing intent as they bore into the Purple Savage Elephant, while the latter acted as if it felt nothing.

"The same as before. Hand over that life treasure from your tribe, and my brother and I will never invade your people's territory. We will also treat what happened today as though it never occurred. How about it?" The Purple Savage Elephant seemed certain of victory, brimming with confidence as though Demon Hunter Yudian and the so-called chieftain would surely accept its terms.

"Then you should first tell us exactly what this life treasure you want is." Huang Long slowly walked to Archer Captain Ina's side and smiled. "Or do you have something similar? Let us see the aura it gives off. Then perhaps we will know."

"Haha, since you are so insincere, then forgive us for not keeping you company any longer!" A flash of anger crossed the Purple Savage Elephant's eyes as it spoke viciously, lifting one of its legs as if to leave.

"Wait!" Huang Long immediately called after them. He hesitated slightly as well. If he truly let them leave like this, it would have a major impact on the base's future. Although Huang Long knew that the Purple Savage Elephant before him was putting on an act, for the sake of the base, he still stopped the sinister-looking Purple Savage Elephant.

"Respected Chieftain, have you thought it through?" The Purple Savage Elephant felt immensely pleased as it watched Huang Long's hesitant expression. The resentment it had suppressed during its fight with Demon Hunter Yudian was instantly released.

"Haha, you are merely a defeated opponent, yet you dare speak such arrogant words. Aren't you afraid the wind will make your tongue twist?" At that moment, Demon Hunter Yudian suddenly sneered, looking at them with open mockery.

"Elf Chieftain, is this how you discipline your people?" Seeing Demon Hunter Yudian humiliate it so, the Purple Savage Elephant could not help asking in a deep voice.

Huang Long frowned slightly, his gaze fixed firmly on the Purple Savage Elephant. He said coldly, "Sorry, Yudian is not an ordinary elf. He is not only a hero of the elves, but also my best brother in this world! And I have a habit: my brother's wishes are my wishes!"

The foremost secret of The Art of the Emperor was this: do not employ those you doubt, and do not doubt those you employ. If he was always suspicious of his own subordinates, how could he make them serve him wholeheartedly? Although Huang Long had never considered Demon Hunter Yudian a subordinate, it was even more important to uphold this principle between brothers.

Since Demon Hunter Yudian had already spoken, there was no possibility of stopping him. How could he reprimand a good brother for the sake of an enemy?

In a sense, Huang Long was extremely protective of his own.

He could criticize his own friends, but if an outsider interfered, Huang Long would not mind joining forces with his brother to crush that outsider first, then continuing their argument afterward.

"Elf Chieftain, are you turning against me?" If the Purple Savage Elephant had been human, Huang Long would certainly have been able to see just how livid and ugly its face was at this moment.

"Hadn't we already turned against you?" Archer Captain Ina said expressionlessly, seemingly deeply disdainful of the Purple Savage Elephant. At first, it had thought their chieftain was easy to bully, so it had tried to use the Shadowless Snake to coerce their chieftain and threaten them. When its scheme was exposed, it immediately tried to coerce their chieftain with his own people. Ina truly despised such a person.

"Damn it!" The Purple Savage Elephant let out a long roar, and its trumpeting instantly resounded through the heavens.

"Master, leave this place quickly!" Archer Captain Ina hurriedly pushed Huang Long away, signaling for him to leave at once.

"I know. Ina, Yudian, be careful!" Huang Long stopped wasting words and immediately prepared to move away from the area.

"Wooo!" Trying to leave now? Too late! With a roar, the Purple Savage Elephant charged straight at them with its nearly 0-meter-tall body.

"Damn it!" Archer Captain Ina cursed under her breath. Just as she was about to raise her bow and fire, a figure appeared before her.

"I will protect the chieftain. Go deal with that monkey first!" A calm voice entered Ina's ears, making her heart tighten. Looking at the figure before her, not tall yet overflowing with charm, Ina's heart stirred with an indescribable feeling.

"Understood!" Archer Captain Ina hurriedly replied, turning to leave.

"Wait, our reinforcements have arrived!" Demon Hunter Yudian's voice rang out again. Archer Captain Ina paused, and even Huang Long felt somewhat baffled.

"Where did the reinforcements come from?"