Wild Demonfolk Tribe

The elf priest also looked at Zhou Yu. Compared to Mi Yue, he felt that Zhou Yu posed a greater threat.

As for Mi Yue, she had not used her full strength at all. She had not even assumed her Bloodkin form. From beginning to end, she had merely been probing the elf priest's strength. Moreover, her main abilities were not high-powered offensive spells, which was why she had given the elf priest the mistaken impression that she was weaker than Zhou Yu.

"Dark Elf Temple, follower of the Nature Goddess, Priest Alpha greets you." The elf priest stood before the natural barrier and spoke with a smile, as though greeting an old friend he had not seen in years.

The Wild Demonfolk Tian Ye had already led the alien legion inside. Looking at Zhou Yu and Mi Yue confronting the elf priest, his gaze burned with fervor.

Miuo took a deep breath. Seeing that the entire alien force had arrived, delight flashed through his eyes. He no longer watched the battle between the three great mages. Time was pressing; they had to move quickly!

"Go! Seize the walls and every key position at once!"

He let out a low roar and took the lead. His greatsword flashed with blood-red light as he swept it toward the Dark Elves rushing in without end!

The strength of a Fourth-Tier Swordmaster was on full display!

Tian Ye looked reverently at Zhou Yu and Mi Yue, who were invincible in battle and had the elf priest pinned down so thoroughly that he did not dare move. Then Tian Ye's expression turned solemn, killing intent surging in his eyes. With a swing of his double-bladed axe, he charged after Miuo!

Tian Ye was born among the Wild Men of the Messiah Great Forest. Silent Night Forest had once been home to a powerful Wild Men tribe. At its peak, it had even dared challenge the surrounding kingdoms. That changed when the Dark Elves arrived and slaughtered their people to the brink of extinction. Had their ancestors not fled swiftly, the Wild Men might have long since been wiped out by the Dark Elves.

Unlike the fear other races felt toward the Dark Elves, the Wild Men felt only hatred.

A hatred forged from a sea of blood.

"Kill!!"

More than two thousand soldiers behind them roared, charging into the enemy like fierce tigers descending the mountain into a flock of sheep.

Blood sprayed, bones scattered, and mangled corpses fell. Miuo and Tian Ye served as the vanguard. The two Fourth-Tier experts were like twin meat grinders, leaving rivers of blood wherever they passed!

Their faces were icy, their murderous aura soaring into the heavens. Blood flowed everywhere as Dark Elves retreated again and again, drenched in sweat and utterly unable to stop them!

Suddenly, a figure in the distance entered Miuo's sight. He gave a cold smile, his expression savage. Blood dripped down his face, making him look like a demon that had crawled out of hell!

"Die!"

With a thunderous shout, his powerful body sprang into the air like a savage leopard poised to strike with a fatal blow!

Watching the Dark Elves fall back step by step, Bierteli's face turned as pale as paper. He was preparing to slip away. He had already suffered grievous wounds; if he remained here, he would almost certainly die.

As for the other Fourth-Tier experts in Oldwood Fortress, they had long been assassinated one by one by the Destruction Secretariat. Unlike the fierce, direct assaults of Aini, the other members were assassins. After entering Oldwood Fortress, they had focused on killing Dark Elf leaders and experts. This was also the key reason the Dark Elves had collapsed so quickly.

Suddenly, Bierteli's entire body stiffened. He turned around in horror, and his vision was instantly filled by a huge black axe overflowing with savage killing intent!

Like a dying beast, Bierteli roared. His face twisted as he watched the massive axe descend, a fierce will to survive erupting in his eyes!

The longsword in his hand trembled violently and gave a mournful cry. True essence surged through his body as he poured his entire life's cultivation into a single strike!

He only prayed that this sword could force his opponent back. Only then could he survive.

This was his yearning for life.

Clang!

Bierteli's full-power strike did indeed spare him from being killed outright by Tian Ye. But before he could rejoice, he saw a greatsword pierce through his chest.

It was Miuo's greatsword, its blade engraved with the Catfolk totem.

Miuo pulled out the greatsword without another glance and turned away. Blood dripped slowly from the blade, while killing intent filled his eyes. Like a frenzied demon, he let out a cold howl and charged at the terrified Dark Elves around him.

Boom!

Blade marks crisscrossed the ground like scars. Hot blood sprayed out and flowed quietly down, quickly filling those trenches.

Bathed in blood, Miuo's eyes were crimson. His murderous aura shook the air, blade energy swirling around him. He swept his gaze over the surroundings, looking at the Dark Elves who were too afraid to approach. He sneered disdainfully, then leaped up and rushed toward the city wall.

Their brothers had already taken control of most of the walls and begun moving the ballistae, turning their muzzles toward the natural barrier.

Watching the ballistae slowly turn, Alpha finally sighed and ordered a retreat.

Once the ballistae on the walls began firing, even he would not be able to withstand them. Oldwood Fortress had fallen.

"Retreat!"

Alpha looked coldly at the two before him and said flatly, "We will return."

"Return? No need to hurry. How about we come find you instead?" Zhou Yu shot back.

Zhou Yu and Mi Yue descended to the ground. They coldly watched the direction in which the Dark Elves retreated, said nothing, then turned and walked toward the castle at the center of Oldwood Fortress.

It was not that they did not want to keep the Dark Elves there. The enemy still had many remaining troops, and swallowing them whole would certainly come at a considerable cost.

Despair Fortress had only just begun to improve. Zhou Yu would not squander its strength like that.

As for the more than one hundred captured elves, Mi Yue took them all for herself. Given Mi Yue's nature, those Dark Elves, male or female, would all become her blood food.

The other races within Oldwood Fortress also left alongside the retreating Dark Elves and were not given much trouble.

This battle was meant to establish Despair Fortress's authority. At the same time, it needed to inherit Oldwood Fortress's trade position in the Messiah Great Forest, so naturally it could not slaughter all those merchants.

The next day, news spread throughout the Messiah Great Forest. Even the surrounding kingdoms received word, shocking countless people.

Oldwood Fortress, which the Dark Elves had operated for over a century, had been breached!

Bierteli, the former lord of Oldwood Fortress, had been publicly beheaded, and his head was hung above the fortress gate.

The new lord of Oldwood Fortress was the Wild Demonfolk Tian Ye.

All the Wild Demonfolk were moved into Oldwood Fortress. Under Zhou Yu's instructions, Tian Ye also raised the banner of the former War God Tribe and began gathering the Wild Men scattered throughout the Messiah Great Forest.

In a short time, Tian Ye had indeed gathered several thousand Wild Men and completely brought Oldwood Fortress under control.

The Piten Tribe was nearly five hundred li from Oldwood Fortress. The land within dozens of li around the tribe belonged entirely to them. Their numbers had long surpassed five thousand, making them a true major tribe within the Messiah Great Forest.

They had come to Oldwood Fortress this time partly out of hatred for the Dark Elves, but also to seize the spoils. Such a vast Oldwood Fortress was occupied by fewer than four thousand Wild Demonfolk, and those four thousand-plus Wild Demonfolk came from more than a dozen tribes.

Once their Piten Tribe arrived, would they not be able to take charge and become the great lords?