Upon hearing Yi Tian's words, Elf Queen Elvira swiftly led him to the Holy Spirit Forest.
The situation in the Holy Spirit Forest had indeed left all of Elfkind in a terrible bind. In fact, it was even worse than she had described to Yi Tian.
The human and the elf flew swiftly, crossing South China and passing through the elven kingdom to reach the Holy Spirit Forest in no time.
As soon as Yi Tian arrived, he saw an extremely tense standoff.
At the center of the Holy Spirit Forest stood a tower-like structure. Above it hung a circular vermilion opening, suspended over the forest like a blazing sun.
This had to be the Ruins Entrance for the third stage of the War God Trial.
Outside the center of the Holy Spirit Forest, almost all the elves had taken defensive positions to protect the entrance.
Facing them were members of various other races, outnumbering them several times over. Their forms varied greatly, but every contingent bristled with aggression, eyeing the War God Trial's entrance hungrily.
Few things were worth fighting over for so many races at once... Even mutually hostile races among these forces, including the Elemental Spirits, Giant Race, Sacred Beetle Race, and Evil-Eyed Monkey Race, had joined forces for a chance to enter the ruins.
Such was the allure of the War God Divine Core!
Even if their odds of obtaining it were only one in ten thousand, these races would never give up.
"More and more of them are fighting their way in!" Elf Queen Elvira hovered beside Yi Tian, her brow furrowing slightly as she watched the fighting below.
She looked at Yi Tian apologetically. "I'm very sorry, but... Elfkind simply cannot hold back so many other races. Some of them are ranked extremely high.