In midsummer, the air in the dense forest is hot and humid.
Lu Yuan pushed aside the bushes in front of him. In front of him was a stone forest, in which some insects with dark yellow carapace were busy, as if they were building nests.
This place was originally the territory of the Green Snake, but now it obviously has a new owner.
Lu Yuan's eyes cast into the distance.
In the distance, at the edge of the stone forest, rugged peaks hundreds of meters high stand abruptly, with strange flowers and rocks on them.
The dense harpies roared and flapped their wings, surrounding two strong harpies. The two fought fiercely, tearing together, and their blood-stained feathers flew.
The original leader of the tribe, the Harpy Queen, died last night.
They are competing for the leadership position.
In just a few days, a new harpy queen will be born in this tribe.
And the colony of harpies, which is only a few hundred in sight, will develop and multiply rapidly.
The demonic tide brought creatures from other worlds and permanently changed the surrounding environment.
This is a challenge that all territories will face.
At this time, Lu Yuan did not take the opportunity to solve these troubles.
He led more than 300 soldiers through the outskirts of Snake Valley. Some insects raised their heads and stared at these uninvited guests with their small eyes, but they were too afraid to attack.
Lu Yuan did not stop and quickly headed towards the black swamp.
Along the way, the original terrain has undergone many changes. Lakes suddenly appeared in the original forest, or hills turned into hills.
Two hours later, the army arrived at the Black Swamp.
A group of soldiers held a knife in one hand and a stick in the other to test the road. The entire army stretched into a long snake.
Passing through a muddy field, a ruins appeared in front of us.
Some wooden buildings had completely collapsed, and there were piles of corpses lying inside. Many of the corpses were bloody and bloody, as if they had been eaten by some creature.
Lu Yuan could vaguely see that they were some soldiers from the Snake Tribe.
There are also corpses of monsters among them, most of which are crocodile-like monsters.
Perhaps they were the ones who broke through this territory.
There are still a lot of supplies piled in the warehouse. Obviously, the lord of this territory is likely to be lying among these corpses.
"Lord, a group of people are coming." A night elf ranger jumped over the remains of the building and came to Lu Yuan.
"It's Queen Medusa's team."
"Oh?" Lu Yuan raised his head and looked to one side.
A group of soldiers walked out of the sparse forest. In front of them were the sturdy snake-man halberdiers, followed by the crossbowmen and snake-man mages.
Behind is Queen Medusa, who is guarded by heroes. She is still hiding behind the water barrier.
"Your Excellency Lu Yuan, I didn't expect to see you here again. I'm very happy to see that you are safe and sound." Queen Medusa's charming voice came.
"Your Majesty the Queen, I am equally happy to see you." Lu Yuan showed a sincere smile.
Lu Yuan was sizing up the opponent. Queen Medusa's army seemed to be stronger than before.
Being able to maintain such combat power after the demonic tide shows the strength of the opponent.
Queen Medusa also observed Lu Yuan's team, but was secretly frightened.
Lu Yuan's team's strength has more than doubled compared to before.
Not only are there many powerful units, but the heroes are also powerful.
The opponent is just a third-level lord... No, he has already reached the fourth level!
The opponent's improvement speed is too fast!
Queen Medusa was secretly frightened. Such strength might be enough to destroy herself!
How on earth can this human being maintain so many troops? You must know that high-level troops consume a lot of money and cannot be summoned and done.
And after such a powerful Kuroshio, there is still such strength, which is even more terrifying!
Queen Medusa was afraid in her heart.
"Your Majesty, you are here to recover resources, so I won't bother you." Lu Yuan smiled and commanded the troops to leave.
He had no intention of taking these resources. Now he simply didn't have the energy to divide his troops to transport these things back to his territory. It would be just right to return them to the other party.
Queen Medusa watched the other party leave, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
If this human being breaks out suddenly, her troops may not be a match.
"Wait." Queen Medusa suddenly spoke.
Lu Yuan turned back in confusion, with a hint of caution in his eyes.
"Lord Lu Yuan, I leave this to you. This is the map to the north of the Black Swamp. You may need this." Queen Medusa handed something to a soldier.
The snake soldier handed something into Lu Yuan's hands. It was a parchment scroll, which was a hand-drawn map of the black swamp.
"Although the terrain in some places may have changed after the Kuroshio, there should still be no problem in going to Giant Wood City."
Lu Yuan frowned slightly, the other party knew that he wanted to go to Giant Wood City.
But then I thought about it and felt relieved.
The biggest news during this period of time is probably that the four races have jointly attacked the human race's Fengxi Castle. It is not surprising that the other party knows that they want to go to the Giant Wood City.
"Thanks."
Lu Yuan nodded slightly, and then disappeared with his troops into the forest exuding a light mist.
"My Lady Queen, according to your information, the four tribes are attacking the human race this time with great force. It may be impossible for the human race to defend the city. That human being... is going to support me, I'm afraid...
"Hercules didn't finish what he said, but everyone understood what he said next.
With the power of one clan against the four major races, except for a few upper-level races, the other races are completely unstoppable.
And Lu Yuan's ending is not difficult to predict.
"I hope you can live longer." Queen Medusa sighed and murmured in a low voice.
"After all, my revenge has not been avenged yet!"
........
Lu Yuan relied on the guidance of the map and successfully avoided three monster lairs, but he also ran into a dragon fly lair due to the demonic tide.
Fortunately, we didn't go too deep. After escaping for ten miles, we finally got rid of the pursuers behind us.
Of course, there are always some guys who can't be avoided.
They also eliminated five or six batches of small groups of monsters.
It was not until evening that Lu Yuan finally saw the Thorn City located in the backwater swamp.
The city wall of Thorn City is fifty meters long, and there are clusters of thick black thorns growing outside.
There are many signs of damage outside the city wall, obviously left by the demonic tide last night.
Lu Yuan also saw the body of a hundred-meter-long snake outside the city, and some short, ferocious-looking fishmen were busy.
Or they were dealing with the corpses of monsters, or repairing the holes in the city wall, while some half-dragons were holding whips and shouting and cursing loudly.
At the city gate, stood two teams of fully armed half-dragons.
In front of them, there was a long queue of caravans and lords who wanted to enter the city.
These lords were from all major races, and Lu Yuan also saw human lords among them. They brought a large number of troops, perhaps to support Fengxi Castle.