"No rush! He's using the territory shield, so it won't be easy to break it in a short time. If he recalls the main force of his clansmen, we'll be caught in a pincer attack, and we'll definitely suffer significant casualties."
"It would be better to wait until he brings back the divine artifact and the spark of civilization. By then, his army, which has just experienced a great battle, will surely be battered and bruised. We can then wait for them on their return journey, take advantage of their rest, and wipe out their main force in one fell swoop. Afterward, we can use the divine artifact they have painstakingly brought back to conquer his territory!"
"Hehe! Boss, you're awesome! This is a great idea!" The two people next to him lit up when they heard the plan and immediately expressed their agreement.
The three of them then waited quietly, awaiting the result from Ye Chen's side.
Ye Chen, standing on the Baixiantai, was also extremely troubled. Not to mention the three men who were eyeing him covetously, Taishan and the others on the wasteland planet had been missing since entering the Thunder Sea, and he didn't know what had become of them.
Zhang Liang and the others were alright; they could still catch glimpses of each other occasionally as they walked through the sea of thunder. As for Mount Tai, it was practically out of contact, completely vanished without a trace.
However, Zhang Liang's progress was quite good. Unlike other members of the Wu Clan who could only wander around the edge of the sea of lightning, Zhang Liang had already crossed the mountain gate and continued to walk towards the top of the mountain. The violent lightning around him had completely buried his figure. Only by following the movement of the dense lightning pool could one know that he was still alive and was still walking upwards.
Meanwhile, Taishan, located in the mountain fortress, was still enduring the baptism of lightning. His ever-growing physical body and ability to control lightning kept him moving towards the lava pool, yet he always remained a little distance away.
He needed more time to adapt to the lightning. He could sense that if he could truly enter the realm on his own, he might be able to seize the opportunity to advance and become a true Thunder God.
But at that moment, the sea of lightning suddenly disappeared, plunging the entire mountain into darkness, with only a wisp of fire still shining in the lava pool before them.
Taishan's tense body staggered, almost falling headfirst into the lava pool. If the spark of civilization were destroyed because of this, Ye Chen would probably blame him for a long time.
Before Mount Tai could recover, a loud rumble suddenly erupted from the mountain. Without the protection of lightning, a large amount of dark energy surged in, rapidly eroding and polluting the entire mountain, and even showing signs of collapse.
Without bothering to think about the reasons, Taishan quickly got up, used the Trident of Poseidon to protect the surroundings, and then began to collect the seeds of civilization to prevent them from being corrupted by darkness.
Meanwhile, the people waiting outside were truly dumbfounded. The dwarf's hammer, which even the fifth-level Thor Taishan could not approach in a short time, was actually lifted up by Zhang Liang, who was only at the third level.
At this moment, the towering Zhang Liang stood atop the mountain peak, holding the dwarf's hammer, his body crackling with lightning, like a thunder god descending to earth.
In fact, in the primordial world, the Ancestral Witch of Thunder was also known as the Thunder God, and his body was comparable to that of the Thunder God of Mount Tai.
Even Ye Chen didn't expect that this guy, with his Tier 3 body, would step into the lightning range of the Dwarf Hammer and successfully subdue it.
"That's too brave!" Ye Chen, standing on the power-up platform, was shocked. As the dwarf's hammer was picked up, the lightning in the sky gradually dissipated, and the projection returned to normal. He could only see Zhang Liang standing on the mountaintop like a thunder god, roaring towards the sky.
Of course, the three people crouching in the distance couldn't see this scene. They could only vaguely see changes in the electric light on the wasteland planet, as if the other party had already taken the artifact inside and was happily waiting for the other party to come out.
"Well done! Now we just wait for them to come out. After being battered by the dark creatures and the artifacts, this team must be exhausted. When they do, we'll take them down in one fell swoop, and the lord on the other side will be completely at our mercy!" The short lord in the lead said excitedly.
They once wanted to be good lords, fighting on the front lines against darkness. However, their inability to advance and their inferior status over a long period of time had distorted their values. Now, they would never let go of any opportunity that could allow them to advance further.
Little did they know that Ye Chen's army had not suffered much damage at all. On the contrary, Taishan and the Wu Clan had become even stronger because of this divine artifact. At this time, trying to ambush this army would naturally not yield any good results.
"Boom~~~" As Zhang Liang took away the dwarf's hammer, the entire mountain lost the protection of divine power and was quickly eroded by darkness.
In addition, the interior was hollow, and within just a few minutes, it began to collapse. Everyone ran to the back to avoid being caught in the crossfire.
When Zhang Liang, who had just come down from the mountaintop, heard that Mount Tai was still buried inside the mountain, he immediately wanted to turn back to rescue it. But he only heard a loud "boom" and the entire mountain collapsed completely. Large clouds of dust flew up, and what he saw in front of him had become a flat land.
"This? Taishan will be fine. Before he became the Thunder God, he was the Mountain God!" Ye Xi murmured, seemingly comforting himself, or perhaps comforting Ye Chen.
Taishan, as one of the earliest recruited members of the clan, had spent a year and a half with everyone, and now he was buried like this. No one could believe it.
"The other mountain gods go in to rescue people. Ye Jun, dispel the darkness to prevent a secondary collapse caused by its encroachment. The rest of you search and rescue everywhere, and be careful of the dark creatures around you!" Ye Chen quickly gave the order.
He also refused to believe that Mount Tai would just disappear like that. How could the mighty ancient Thunder God fall so easily?
"Bang!" The command had just been given, and before the Three-Legged Golden Crow and the others could carry it out, they saw the ground in front of them suddenly explode, and Mount Tai leaped out, holding a stone slab and a stone box.
"Go! All the mountain gods, go down and search. Before those things are completely eroded, quickly salvage some of them. These are all treasures!" Mount Tai shouted, tossing the stone slab and box in his hand to the three-legged golden crow before burrowing back into the ground.
"Chirp~~~" The three-legged golden crow did not take the two items, but instead had the fire crow next to it take them and then send them to the silver laurel moon elf below who was holding the projection.
When Ye Chen saw the contents of the stone tablet through the projection, he was immediately invigorated. The tablet depicted a rare forging technique, granting the dwarves a dramatic boost to their forging abilities.
"What a wonderful thing!" Ye Chen said with a hint of excitement. With these stone tablets, the civilization of this dwarf race has essentially received a complete inheritance. As long as the population keeps up, it will become a clan that has reached its peak in no time.
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