Black Screen

Early the next morning, the seven members of the Council of Sages gathered on the Lost Island. The reason for choosing this location was twofold: firstly, it was located near the Maelstrom and in the heart of the Great Sea, making it a convenient starting point for their search for N'Zoth.

Secondly, since the Battle of the Lost Island, the Alliance and Horde have completely retreated, and the land has fallen back into the hands of the Elemental King. Now, Ariel's merman army and Wotkud's Elemental Legion have recovered all the lost territory, and for convenience, a permanent Elemental Gate has been built, making it very convenient for the elemental army to assemble here.

At this very moment, the Elemental King has already mobilized Elemental Legion, ready for battle.

This 50,000- Elemental Legion was prepared specifically to collect N'Zoth's blood as cannon fodder. It consisted entirely of Water Elemental creatures, and was made up of ordinary units, with no elites among them. Their levels were also generally low, making them the old, weak, sick, and disabled of the elemental army.

There was no other way; the mission of this Water Elemental army was to be cannon fodder and die. In the face of such powerful beings as the Old Gods, there was no difference between elites and ordinary ones, so Xiao Yu had no intention of wasting his the Immortals.

The greatest advantage of elemental beings in their fight against the Old Gods is that they are not susceptible to control. Neither mental control nor control over the mutation of the body's flesh and blood has any effect on elemental beings.

In this respect, elemental creatures are even more effective than Undead.

Standing on the beach of the Lost Island, the Seven Sages were discussing their plans for the day.

"The first thing we need to do is find N'Zoth's location, otherwise the Great Sea is so vast that it's impossible to find him," Shen Yuan said bluntly.

Xiao Yu possessed the Magic Mirror of True Knowledge, but he didn't intend to use it voluntarily. He planned to observe the abilities of the others and see what special skills they possessed.

Shen Yuan nodded to Merlin then took out a crystal ball from his spatial storage.

This crystal ball looks a lot like the crystal ball used by Gypsy shamans for divination, but it's clearly a piece of equipment.

Xiao Yu thought to himself that this thing was quite fitting for Merlin's charlatan persona.

"What is this?" Naiser asked curiously.

"The Crystal Ball of True Knowledge —a Legendary item that can see images of any region, so there's nothing in this world I can't find if I want to," Merlin explained proudly.

After hearing Merlin's words, all the wise men gathered around.

Xiao Yu was somewhat surprised to hear this. This thing sounded similar to the Magic Mirror of True Knowledge, even its name contained the words "True Knowledge".

Merlin placed the crystal ball on a rock, then placed his hands on it as if casting a spell. Without chanting any incantation, a mist, like a cloud, suddenly appeared from the crystal ball as he cast his spell. The mist gradually dissipated, and then—the screen went black.

Inside the pitch-black crystal ball, not a single ray of light could be seen; it was completely black, and no image could be discerned at all.

"Huh? What's going on?" Merlin seemed a little surprised. Could it be broken? He picked up the crystal ball, shook it, and tapped it, but nothing changed.

"Hey Merlin, you didn't bring out a defective product, did you?" Naiser asked, amused. "What do we do now?"

Xiao Yu thought to himself, "Now it's my turn to perform. Watch me, mortal. Your understanding of fate is clearly far inferior to that of the Elemental King."

As he spoke, he took out the Magic Mirror of True Knowledge.

"This is the Magic Mirror of True Knowledge; it can see every corner of this world. All I need to do is recite the incantation—Mirror, Mirror on the wall, tell me, where is N'Zoth hiding?"

A burst of light appeared in the mirror, and the cloud-like thing appeared, then the cloud dissipated—and the screen went black.

What's going on? Xiao Yu was dumbfounded.

The fact that both of their detection devices went black is clearly not a coincidence.

"Could it be that N'Zoth possesses powerful magical abilities that allow him to shield himself from magical detection?" Medivh suddenly asked.

"No, N'Zoth is a sea monster and doesn't have such abilities, unless—" Shen Yuan suddenly thought of something.

"Unless what you see in the mirror is the real scene, the place where N'Zoth is hiding is clearly a completely dark place without any light—Hmm, I see, I understand now, N'Zoth must be hiding in the Bottomless Abyss."

"You mean the Endless Abyss?" Xiao Yu interjected.

"No, the Bottomless Abyss and the Endless Abyss are two different things. Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as the Endless Abyss. What people call the Endless Abyss is just a name for the deep trench at the bottom of the Great Sea. The Bottomless Abyss, on the other hand, is located in a much more hidden place, beneath the ancient capital of the Merfolk Empire — Atlantis."

Atlantis?

"That's right, Atlantis was the capital of the Merfolk Empire. Mermaids once ruled the Great Sea, until the city's center gradually collapsed, revealing a huge Abyss. Countless twisted and evil creatures poured out of that Abyss and waged a war against the Mermaids that lasted for tens of thousands of years."

"The Merfolk Empire declined during the ongoing wars until the Naga appeared. Atlantis was completely abandoned, and the Naga then occupied it. It is now occupied by the Naga," Xiao Yu added. He learned from his conversation with Qin Shiyue that after Azshara and her followers were transformed into Naga, they defeated the Merfolk and occupied Atlantis.

This puzzled Xiao Yu. The Highborne numbered only a few thousand or tens of thousands. Even if they mutated into Naga, their numbers couldn't increase out of thin air. How could they defeat the powerful Merfolk Empire? Now it seemed that the Naga were colluding with the monster in that Bottomless Abyss.

This means that to reach the Bottomless Abyss, they would have to pass through the Naga territory. Although the group wasn't afraid of the Naga, if they were discovered, the game company could easily find out, which would be disastrous.

"Don't worry, I've already met with Azshara, she won't interfere with us," Shen Yuan said confidently.

He wasn't bragging. During this time Shen Yuan had been running around, influencing the famous hero bosses in the Sky World, including Azshara. It turned out that Azshara's devotion to Elune had wavered because no matter how hard she tried, Elune hadn't lifted the Curse on them. Therefore, Azshara wasn't as enthusiastic as before, and she didn't even come to attack the Lost Island, only sending a few Naga subordinates to handle the matter.

When Shen Yuan tried to persuade Azshara, she clearly showed interest. With just the promise that he could lift the Curse on their expressions, Azshara readily agreed to attend the party on the night of the full moon.

Seeing Shen Yuan's confidence, Xiao Yu nodded. "Then, let's set off."

After saying this, the Elemental King led his army of Water Elemental into the sea and began marching towards Atlantis, with the sages following behind.

The N'Zoth blood collection operation has officially begun.