Chapter 166

After several more days of flight, Luode and company finally arrived at Zangar Marsh, and through the use of Observation Haki, they successfully located the Alliance's Draenei outpost.

"You, you are the Azure Dragon Demigod, please come with me, I'll go report to Lord Velen right away." After seeing Luode, a Draenei present was startled and then quickly ran out.

That day, Luode displayed his might before the Dark Portal, annihilating countless demon armies, and truly made a name for himself.

The Alliance and Horde armies expeditioning to Outland had high morale, because this time a Wild Demigod participated in the battle; the reputation of a demigod greatly inspires mortals.

Soon, Luode received a warm welcome from the Draenei at the gathering point and from some Alliance commanders.

"Hahaha! Lord Luode! As soon as I heard you were coming, I rushed out right away." Muradin Bronzebeard spoke.

"Long time no see, Muradin. I never expected you to be here too." Luode stepped forward and greeted the old dwarf.

This time, the dwarf clan's army entering Outland was led by Muradin Bronzebeard; besides him, there was a human commander, the Paladin Gaiyl, and his two undercover subordinates, the Runti siblings.

"I heard that you've created some kind of soul weapon over at the Storm Fortress on the Horde side; recently some blood elf adventurers and some night elf adventurers have been carrying this weapon, and it can even speak on its own—it's amazing. They actually possess their own life; could you make one for me too?" MulaDing Tongxu said.

"How to put it? This soul weapon is made by extracting the adventurer's own soul energy, that is, their lifespan; it roughly takes ten years of lifespan." Luode said.

"It actually requires ten years of lifespan? I was saying, why haven't any of those humans or orcs done it? For humans or orcs, the cost is too great." MulaDing said.

Given the dwarves' lifespan, if they really wanted such a soul weapon, it would be acceptable, but for humans or orcs to give up ten years of lifespan is simply outrageous.

"Lifespan is just theoretical; actually it consumes soul energy. If there were something that could replenish soul energy, like a potion or something else, then it would actually be equivalent to not consuming life." Luode said.

"Really? That's great; I'll go get a bottle of alchemical potion that can replenish soul energy right now."

Once I get it, I'll come find you and have you make me one.

"I want to make a big hammer that can automatically smash people and forge iron." MulaDing instantly became extremely excited.

"Actually, your brother MuaGeNi Tongxu already has this function." Luode smiled slightly and said.

Isn't that right? After eating the Hammer Hammer Fruit, isn't he just a hammer that can automatically attack and forge iron?

Pfft!

"Hahaha! You little rascal, this is perfect for teasing my big brother; if LaiEn finds out, he'll probably be able to be filial for several years." MulaDing Tongxu said.

After chatting with the old dwarf for a while, Luode came to the side of several Alliance leaders, especially Prophet Weylun,

This is the number one godman of Azeroth, leader of the Draenei, an old monster who has lived for tens of thousands of years. Even in status, he was previously equal to Kil'jaeden, and even surpasses Archimonde by a head. (As Archimonde, as one of the three leaders, rose later; in terms of seniority, Kil'jaeden and Weylun are first.) "I've heard of you, the Azure Dragon demigod blessed by Azeroth, the embodiment of life force; after you came to Outland, you wiped out countless demon legions, greatly boosting the Alliance soldiers' morale." Prophet Weylun said to Luode.

"I've heard of you, great prophet, leader of the Draenei. You were once one of the three leaders of Eredar, and you refused to accept Sargeras's enslavement, leading your people away from home." Luode said.

"That's all in the past; now I just want to properly protect my people. What brings you to our swamp, Luode?" Weylun asked.

"I've received news that the Burning Legion's lackey, Illidan, seems to be plotting something in the Dark Temple; our Horde blood elf leader Kael'thas is undercover beside Illidan."

"I got a shocking piece of news: Illidan plans to use the waters of the Eternal Spring to then summon Kil'jaeden's descent." Luode said.

"This damned traitor! He has indeed completely fallen!"

"He is the Burning Legion's lackey; I've said so before." Some Alliance soldiers began to chatter, and the Alliance side is quite opposed to Illidan.

"Is this information reliable, Luode? If it's true, we must stop it; Kil'jaeden's power is truly terrifying." Weylun said.

"Prophet Weylun, I don't know who is stronger between Kil'jaeden and you; I heard you two were once colleagues." A human soldier asked.

"Kil'jaeden's strength is above mine; I am no match for him. After being infused with Sargeras's fel energy, he has become a demon, and his combat power is extremely strong." Weylun said.

Upon hearing this, Luode rolled his eyes; if it weren't for me having seen the 7.0 storyline, I'd really believe it. You, with Illidan and Kadgar, three of you just beat the eggs into oblivion.

You should know that in the official setting, Kadgar is the weakest among you.

Illidan's strength, compared to Kil'jaeden's, is also not enough to look at; otherwise, back then Illidan wouldn't have accepted Kil'jaeden's order to destroy the Lich King.

So the real main force is you, this old godman, even if you're weaker than Kil'jaeden.

But you're not weak by much; after all, the three of you took turns blasting the egg student and yet didn't suffer a scratch.

"Back when Archimonde invaded our world, if it weren't for Malfurion the Great sacrificing the World Tree, our world would probably have been overrun by the Legion now." A night elf druid said.

"To eliminate Illidan, we must get rid of his lackeys, his most important subordinate. Lady Vashj of the Serpent God Temple is preparing for battle over at Storm Fortress."

"Preparing to attack Illidan's Dark Temple, so I've come to the Alliance side to see if there's anywhere I can help." Luode said.

"Your arrival is perfectly timed, Luode; we happen to be blocked by the Serpent God Temple's barrier, and there's a very strong arcane seal around it. We've tried many methods but couldn't break through." An Alliance rogue said.

"So, have you found a way to break it? Perhaps we can try using force." Luode said.

No matter how strong the seal is, I just need to blast it with a dragon breath, and it'll surely vanish completely.

"If we have Luode, breaking into the Serpent God Temple is a sure thing; you just need one strike to destroy it."

"Yeah, with Luode around, we don't even need to spend troops to attack."

The Alliance soldiers instantly became excited. Luode displayed his might before the Dark Portal; the power of that fiery breath and the whirling tornado he conjured, they saw with their own eyes—destroying a tiny Serpent God Temple would be a piece of cake.

"No! Violently clearing the Serpent God Temple would greatly damage Zanga Swamp's environment; the natives here are already suffering terribly, and destroying the temple would cause even greater harm to the environment." Prophet Weylun shook his head and said.

If violent clearing were possible, they'd have acted already; this is not feasible. Our swamp's already fragile ecological balance has been disrupted by the Serpent God Temple, and if we destroy it further, who knows what Zanga Swamp will become.

"Are we supposed to use that guy's method? The way that naga said, the method to break the Serpent God Temple's seal is simply impossible."

"Yeah, the materials he needs are far too rare; we simply can't find them."

"Can a few of you tell me what's really going on?" Luode said.

Finally we've drawn this out; the prequest to open the door of the Serpent God Temple is actually, if Luode wants, just drawing a portal would let us easily enter the Serpent God Temple.

"There's no need to go through all that trouble, but if we could enter that easily, how would we get involved in the subsequent plot?" "Our scout, while sneaking around the outside of the Serpent God Temple, discovered a imprisoned person—he is a heretic of the naga race, called Skahiss."

This guy told us that he wants to completely break all the seals of the Serpent God Temple.

"We need to go to Karazhan to kill the Nightbane, go to Gruul's lair to kill Gruul, and respectively obtain the Shining Insignia and the Earthen Insignia." A human mage said.

These two tasks are really difficult; first, Gruul is a demigod with tremendous combat power, and killing him is no easy feat.

The other, Karazhan's Nightmare, requires entering Karazhan, which was once the residence of the guardian Medivh, and reportedly after being corrupted by the dark titan...

Medivh turned Karazhan into a heavenly net and earthly trap, and it's also said that the Legion has its eyes on that place.

"If it's about these two places, I can help; first, if nothing unexpected happens, my subordinates have already gone to attack Gruul's lair." Luode said.

This morning when I got up, Jake that guy used a phone bug to contact himself, telling him they were about to arrive at Gruul's lair to launch an assault on that demigod.

"Luode, you mean! We should immediately launch the assault on Gruul now."

Lord Luode actually already dispatched his own subordinates to the Gruul nest.

(End of chapter)