" Death Knight! Your end has come! The wrath of the High Elf, the wrath of the Sunwell, you cannot bear it!" Standing on the sky bridge, looking at the hateful Death Knight before him, his former rival, the prince he hated most, the one who had stolen his beloved and was now about to Devastation his beloved kingdom, Kael'thas could no longer remain calm. The little phoenix on his shoulder suddenly grew larger, transforming into the Phoenix God, resembling an ancient dragon, its Phoenix Flames burning across half the sky.
"Oh, let me see who this is... Kael'thas? Heh, the high and High Elf Prince? A member of the Council of Six? That... poor wretch who's always liked Jaina but never even touched her?" Arthas's voice echoed throughout Silvermoon City from his skeletal horse, "Just between you and me, Jaina's moans are so sweet! And she feels so good to touch!"
"Your Highness! Order the attack!"
"Your Highness! I'm going to kill him!"
"Your Highness! The Sunfury Legion will annihilate those damned Undead!"
One voice after another rose up, and the first to be filled with righteous indignation were not Arthas, but the others around him!
Who can stand idly by when a prince is humiliated?
Moreover, this prince's prestige far surpasses Arthas's in the Kingdom of Lordaeron, and he is deeply loved by all the High Elf!
Jiang Jie quickly realized that Kael'thas wasn't as angry as he had imagined.
This prince is no longer an impulsive young man. Kael'thas was born when Arthas' ancestors founded Lordaeron, and his life experience far surpasses that of King Terenas. This lowly humiliation cannot provoke him at all.
Most importantly, Kael'thas was never one to be swayed by romantic feelings.
His country and his people came first in his heart...
"We come from a distant continent, traversing countless mountains and rivers. We encountered endless hardships on our journey, yet we never regretted our sacrifices. We established our own nation, created our own glorious civilization. We defeated the Troll, we defeated the Orcs. No enemy can withstand the wrath of the High Elf, and neither can you, Arthas."
Kael'thas tried to keep his tone calm.
He raised the Golden Staff of the Sin'dorei in his hand, its tip gleaming with brilliant light. " High Elf, attack!"
Phoenixes soar, flames dance.
Thousands of mages joined forces to weave Flamestrike that enveloped the sky, sweeping across an area of tens of square kilometers ahead.
2800 years ago, High Elf mages and human mages joined forces to summon celestial fire, which Devastation tens of thousands of the most powerful troops of the Amani Trolls Empire;
Now, with the Troll gone and the continuous warfare that led to the deaths of many mages, the High Elf mages have been able to recuperate for 2800 years and their numbers have increased several times, even tenfold.
Such a Flamestrike will create an unimaginable sea of fire, which no amount of Undead could withstand.
Every elven mage believed that a single combined spell was enough to Devastation the 150,000 Undead before them—that... was not difficult.
However, while the mages were still weaving their spells, Arthas's voice rang out once more.
"Do not overestimate your strength, nor underestimate my power! I have endured nightmares beyond your imagination! I have traveled to the ends of the earth, and I have abandoned all my cherished possessions in exchange for unprecedented power! A power beyond your comprehension!"
Arthas produced a massive gem that emitted a rainbow of light. "Don't think your pathetic Runestone Barrier can deter me. I am the Lich King, the messenger of Devastation, I am death itself! I am Arthas! I'll say it again: surrender!"
Upon seeing the gem in Arthas's hand, the highest-ranking elves gasped in astonishment.
" The Key of the Three Moons! The Moon Crystal!"
"He's figured out how to use it! He's going to use it to reverse the energy of the Runestone Barrier! He's going to destroy the Runestone Barrier!"
" Dar'Khan! You traitor!"
Archmage Belo'vir immediately tried to use magic to attack Arthas and stop Arthas.
But it was too late.
A dazzling light illuminated the entire Silvermoon City in an instant.
The next moment, the golden hemispherical Runestone Barrier suddenly exploded!
The ground trembled, and uncontrolled Arcane energy danced and raged throughout Silvermoon City. The unprepared elven mages were instantly struck by the backlash of magic. At least half of them immediately coughed up blood, some even bleeding from all seven orifices, and collapsed unconscious. The other half were burned by the nascent flames and turned into fire people!
In the sky, a visible stream of incandescent energy swept across the entire defensive barrier, causing the energy field of the Gate of the Guardian to distort and fluctuate, emitting a deafening sound. A collapsing Flamestrike descended from the sky, and the flowing flames swept across the entire Silvermoon City.
The elves watched helplessly as the raging energy ravaged the defensive barrier protecting them, then vanished. In mere seconds, the Runestone Barrier, the most formidable defense line protecting the High Elf, was utterly destroyed!
This was not just simple destruction; it directly resulted in the death or serious injury of at least half of the High Elf mages, and a third of the remaining mages were completely rendered incapable of fighting. All the High Elf were affected by the energy turbulence, and the combat strength of the entire Silvermoon City was reduced by at least half as a result!
Dar'Khan's betrayal and the reversal of the energy of the Key of the Three Moons not only led to a precipitous decline in the absolute strength of the High Elf, but also to the collapse of their High Elf will.
The indestructibility of Runestone Barrier was a deeply ingrained belief among the High Elf. Now, it was being destroyed before everyone's eyes, and the High Elf ' faith was crumbling.
Frustration, fear, terror, madness, disbelief!
"This is impossible! Dar'Khan couldn't possibly know how to reverse energy! Lor'themar didn't know either!" Archmage Belo'vir shouted. He too had suffered a backlash and had yet to recover from the energy disorder within his body.
Reversing the energy of the Runestone Barrier using the Key of the Three Moons is the Runestone Barrier's top secret. Apart from the Sun King and Prince Arthas, only a handful of people know about it, such as him and the Grand Astromancer Solarian.
Many in the Silvermoon Council are unaware of this!
Dar'Khan has no right to know!
Unfortunately, he forgot that while Dar'Khan truly didn't know, after the Key of the Three Moons fell into Arthas's hands, Kel'Thuzad, who had perused the forbidden libraries of Dalaran and mastered numerous forbidden spells, along with the Lich King Ner'zhul standing behind Kel'Thuzad, devised a method to use it...
What was Jiang Jie doing at this moment?
Amidst the surging Arcane energy turbulence, Xiao Feng's voice echoed in Jiang Jie's mind:
"Hurry! Hurry! Get to the place where the Arcane energy is most concentrated! The game pod can finally absorb enough energy!"
Jiang Jie was stunned for a moment, then immediately ran!
Yes, it absorbs energy!
Prior to this, the Arcane energy of the entire Silvermoon City was controlled by the Runestone Barrier. Only High Elf could contact the Sunwell and the Runestone Barrier and mobilize the energy there.
At that time, energy belonged to someone else.
But now, with the Runestone Barrier exploding, the Arcane energy has gone out of control and no longer has a master, so the game pod can naturally absorb the Arcane energy!
Jiang Jie ran through Silvermoon City, heading towards the area with the most abundant Arcane energy.
The energy density of Silvermoon City is ten times that of Eversong Woods, and the energy density of Eversong Woods is ten times that of Lordaeron City.
In some Arcane turbulences, the energy density is ten times that of Silvermoon City!
Absorbing Arcane energy at a thousand times the speed, one second is almost equivalent to 20 minutes, and one minute is equivalent to nearly a day—this is a rare opportunity.
Jiang Jie knew that he didn't have much time left.
The Runestone Barrier will reopen, and the Arcane energy will recombine; he must seize every second.