The underground river was in utter chaos!
The Water Spirit Pearl Hou Niao occupied had attracted the covetous attention of a great many Undead. Although many of the lower-realm Hundred-Eyed Monsters did not quite understand what it was, that did not mean they failed to recognize it as an extraordinary treasure.
The desire for treasure knew no racial boundaries, even among the Undead.
The Undead had only just begun destroying the underground river. They thought seizing this treasure would take little time. In the underwater environment, with spiritual energy radiating from the defensive barrier Hou Niao struggled to maintain, it was like a firefly in the night, so dazzlingly conspicuous that almost every Undead sensed its presence at once.
Then they swarmed toward it.
The Undead were hardly a tightly organized race. Their attitude toward treasure was first come, first served; whoever struck first gained the upper hand.
Several thousand Undead were drawn over, without exception. Then they encountered the great crowd of followers behind the treasure.
Without any probing, the humans attacked immediately, because they knew what they had encountered!
It was actually a coincidence, but no one would think so. Everyone believed this was precisely why the Water Spirit Pearl had led them here!
What else could they do? Turn around and flee? Humans and the Water Race might enjoy a temporary peace, but the people of the Northwest and the Undead were mortal enemies who could not live beneath the same sky!
Even knowing they might have been duped, they still had to fight this battle. They had to fight, and fight hard!
As soon as the humans charged, the water demons followed close behind. They likewise had no basis for coexistence with the Undead. The Flowing Sand Lord understood the stakes all too well and knew