Julian and Karen were certain that the Beetle Gong had not been struck, otherwise the Qiraji within the seal would have started to riot long ago.
Cho'gall used the power given by the ancient gods to force his way through the seal, and Julian sneaked in behind him.
When Cho'gall left, Julian, who was still following closely, suddenly heard three rather familiar calls.
A moment of confusion prevented him from keeping up with Cho'gall, and unfortunately he was trapped in the Beetle Wall.
Anachronos and other dragons thought that the three dragon princes trapped in Ahn'Qiraj were dead long ago, but in fact they are all still alive... although their lives have been worse than death in the past thousand years.
C'Thun didn't know what his plan was. He did not kill the dragon princes who were trapped in Ahn'Qiraj, but would often torture their souls.
The soul torture of the ancient gods is beyond the endurance of ordinary people. Even the guardian of the earth, Neltharion, has fallen in whispers over the years.
But what surprised Julian was that the three dragon princes did not fall into the abyss under C'Thun's torture and still maintained their complete sanity.
Preliminary speculation is that C'Thun's strength, suppressed by double seals, has been severely restricted.
The ones being tortured at the moment were Alygos and Melinthera. The red dragon Karen took advantage of this short time to sneak out through the projection to meet Julian and formally apologize to him.
Julian has been trapped in Ahn'Qiraj for several months, and this is the first time Karen has found a way to sneak out.
Anyway, they were trapped in the seal, and Julian originally planned to take this opportunity to discuss with Karen to see if he could find an opportunity to release them.
Karen didn't have any expectations for this, because the place where they were imprisoned was near C'Thun's body, located in the deepest part of the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj, and was very tightly guarded.
While the two were discussing, the air patrol happened to pass above, and Julian could only hide temporarily.
Unexpectedly, Karen suddenly made a shocking statement at this time, saying that a fellow red dragon had entered the Beetle Wall.
"Wait a minute……"
Julian frowned and rubbed his temples: "Enter the Beetle Wall? How did he do it?"
"And you took the initiative to jump into this devil's cave. Do your compatriots think you have lived too long?"
Karen's face was also full of doubts: "If you ask me, I don't know either."
"I can only sense his existence through the life network between the red dragons. I don't know the specific situation at all."
Karen sighed worriedly and looked in the direction of the Beetle Wall with a complicated expression.
"Fortunately, C'Thun hasn't found it yet. I want to go over and take a look at the situation...Julian, what are your plans?"
"Hmm~" Julian lowered his head and thought for a moment: "I'll go too, maybe I can find a chance to escape."
…
After passing through the Beetle Wall with the Quicksand Scepter in hand, Sarlayan and Valeela immediately tensed up.
The depressive atmosphere inside Ahn'Qiraj is even more serious than outside, and you can faintly hear whispers that continue to ring in your ears.
Fortunately, the blessing given by Remulos is still in effect, which should allow Sharlayan and Valeera to persist for a few more hours.
Sarlayan originally thought that after being locked in the seal for nearly a thousand years, the Qiraji people had long lost their vitality.
But the reality was very different from what he imagined.
As soon as they entered Ahn'Qiraj, the two saw a small group of flying insect-men heading away with their backs turned towards them.
"Be prepared to start the infiltration operation, first establish the soul link."
After entering the stealth state, both of them will not be able to see each other.
In order to avoid accidentally getting lost in the crisis-ridden Ahn'Qiraj, Remulos taught the two a little trick.
Soul Link was originally a skill used by hunters to strengthen communication with their beast companions.
After Remulos's transformation, this skill can be used between people, allowing them to communicate and share vision in a state of soul connection.
As powerful as it sounds, this temporarily modified skill also has a small side effect.
If the emotions of both parties involved in the link are relatively intense, what they are thinking will be sensed by the other party, which can be called a public execution.
After establishing a soul connection with their foreheads touching, Sarlayan and Valeera took a deep breath at the same time and tried to control their emotions.
Everyone has secrets in their heart that they don’t want anyone to know, no matter how close the relationship is, there will be no exception.
With the assistance of soul link, Sarlayan and Valeela can confirm each other's position at any time and keep in step.
"Brush~"
After transforming into the black panther form, Sarlayan nodded to Valeera beside him, and the two of them entered the stealth state at the same time.
Although Sarlayan didn't like the fighting style of cats, there was no reason to just throw away what he had learned.
Feline stealth is still a very useful ability when necessary, like now.
There are countless Qiraji sealed in Ahn'Qiraj, and no matter how reckless Sarlayan is, he can't just rush in and open up unparalleled.
Even if C'Thun doesn't take action himself, just sending a few high-ranking generals can defeat him and make him happy.
Keeping in mind the warnings of Remulos, Elecos and others, Sarlayan and Valeela avoided the entrance to the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj in the west, entered the door and headed southeast, arriving at the former above-ground city of the Qiraji Empire.
, the current ruins of Ahn'Qiraj.
Since C'Thun recalled most of the main forces to the temple, there were not many bugs in the ruins.
Once discovered accidentally, the outcome waiting for the two of them is completely predictable. This is a difficult mission with zero mistakes.
Sarlayan, who had always been carefree, restrained his impulsive temper and patiently walked through the ruins cautiously, avoiding the patrol teams along the way.
On the other side, the legendary thief Julian is also sneaking with ease, and his efficiency is much higher than Sharlayan and Valeela.
Under normal circumstances, people who enter the stealth state will subconsciously slow down their steps, which will inevitably have a certain impact on their movement speed.
Julian seemed to have no such concerns at all. He was actually able to jump up and down like flying while in stealth mode, and was not discovered by the ground patrols who almost passed him by.
"Um?"
Arriving in front of a small insect nest in the east area of the ruins, Julian suddenly stopped and scanned the surroundings vigilantly while maintaining a stealth state.
Karen originally planned to follow Julian to see the compatriot, but the plan could not keep up with the change.
The torture of Melinsela and Arygos was over, and now it was Karen's turn.
In desperation, Karen told Julian the route of her compatriots, lifted the projection and returned to the depths of the temple.
What awaits him is a nightmare that lasts for several hours.
Julian, who is experienced in stealth operations, squinted his eyes: "There are stealth creatures nearby. Could it be the bug-men's special operations team?"
The Qiraji Empire is part of the Dark Empire.
The Dark Empire that once ruled Azeroth was a highly developed civilization. It took Titan himself to destroy this ancient empire that was parasitic on Azeroth.
Although the Qiraji failed to fully inherit the legacy of the Dark Empire, they themselves developed a relatively complete civilization system.
Unfortunately, in the two wars with mortals, the Qiraji Empire was defeated, and the development process of civilization was interrupted. There was even a civilization fault, and it regressed back to ancient slavery.
After these few months of research and observation, Julian roughly understood the class system of insect society.
The closer the insect-men evolve to human form, the higher their status within the group.
The vast majority of high-level insect slaves are hiding in the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj to enjoy their blessings, and those wandering in the ruins are mostly low-level insect slaves.
If he encounters lower-level bugs with only low-level intelligence, Julian has nothing to worry about.
But if he encounters a special operations team composed of high-level bugmen, I'm afraid his next actions will not go so smoothly.
'Let me see what your true form is.'
Through the surge of air around him, the experienced Julian captured the traces of one of the sneaking creatures, accelerated his pace and chased after him.
‘Hiss~’
Sarlayan's sense of danger was extremely keen, and the pinprick-like sense of threat in his back made the hairs on his body stand on end.
"Valeela, I seem to be targeted by something. Get ready for battle."
Deliberately exaggerating his emotions, Sarlayan revealed his thoughts to Valeera through the soul link, and at the same time lowered his body to prepare for the enemy's attack.
Just when a conflict was about to break out between the two sides, Saryan and Julian felt something was wrong at the same time.
"Um?"
"This familiar smell is..."
A big hand suddenly stretched out from the stealth state and accurately hit Sarlayan's head in black panther form.
"You brat! Do you want your life?! How dare you break into a place like this!"