After the banquet, the Hell Manor, the Demon Dragon Royal Clan, and the Four Great Emperor Clans all departed one after another. After all, aside from the Four Great Emperor Clans, both the Hell Manor and the Demon Dragon Royal Clan had mobilized their entire forces. They feared retaliation from the Heavenly Dao Palace and the Human Villa, so they had to return and hold the fort.
At that moment, Lord Luokong called Lord Lianghua and Chu Feng aside.
"Lord Luokong, may I ask what has happened?" Chu Feng asked. He had long sensed that something was weighing on Lord Luokong's mind, and being summoned like this could only mean there was something he needed to say.
"Truthfully, these words are difficult to speak, but for the sake of the bigger picture, I have no choice but to say them."
"Young Friend Chu Feng, I must take Lord Lianghua away," Lord Luokong said.
"Could it be that the battle between the Ancient Elves and the Dark Hall has turned unfavorable?" Chu Feng asked.
"That is indeed the case. Before the Moonlit Labyrinth, the Dark Hall was merely tying down our Ancient Elves. It was only after the battle at the Moonlit Labyrinth that they revealed their true strength."
"The Dark Hall's power is far greater than we ever imagined. Combined with the continuous deployment of ancient Fierce Beasts onto the battlefield, our Ancient Elves urgently need Lord Lianghua to return and hold the line," Lord Luokong said.
"The Ancient Elves possess a method to counter the Fierce Beasts, don't they? Has it stopped working?" Chu Feng asked.
Last time at the Moonlit Labyrinth, the Ancient Elves had suffered at the hands of the Fierce Beasts, but Chu Feng had assumed it was simply because they were unprepared.
But now, the Dark Hall had launched a full-scale offensive against the Ancient Elves, relentlessly assaulting their various strongholds. Moreover, after the Moonlit Labyrinth, they had begun deploying Fierce Beasts in massive numbers to attack the Ancient Elves. Under such circumstances, the Ancient Elves should have long since activated their Golden Bells — the very tool capable of countering the Fierce Beasts.
Yet the battle was still going poorly, which could only mean one thing: the Golden Bells no longer worked against the Fierce Beasts.
"They're useless. We don't know what method the Dark Hall used on the Fierce Beasts, but our Ancient Elves can no longer counter them. We can only fight head-on." Lord Luokong shook his head with a sigh.
"To think we still underestimated the Dark Hall," Chu Feng said, his brow furrowing deeply upon hearing this.
All along, they had believed it was the Dark Hall that feared the Ancient Elves. But now it was the Dark Hall that had taken the initiative to attack them. If even the Ancient Elves could not hold, then who else in the Martial Continent could stand against the Dark Hall? Who else could stop them?
Seeing Chu Feng's somber expression, Lord Luokong assumed he was worried about who would protect Greenwood Mountain after Lord Lianghua left, so he said:
"Young Friend Chu Feng, the reason I brought such a large force here this time was precisely because His Majesty the King ordered that everyone from Greenwood Mountain be taken into our Elven Kingdom. Within the kingdom lies an ancient grand formation, so it is absolutely safe there."
"There is no need for that, Lord Luokong. The Ancient Elves can guard Greenwood Mountain for a time, but not forever. You may take Lord Lianghua with you without worry. As for Greenwood Mountain, I can guarantee its safety," Chu Feng said.
"You can guarantee Greenwood Mountain's safety?" Lord Luokong was stunned by these words.
Though Chu Feng's strength was considerable, their repeated clashes with the Dark Hall had given Lord Luokong a clear understanding of just how powerful they were. Never mind Chu Feng — even Lord Lianghua would not be able to hold Greenwood Mountain if the Dark Hall truly set its sights on it.
The reason was simple: they were on the defensive. They had no idea where the Dark Hall's headquarters were. But the Ancient Elves' various strongholds sat right there, exposed. The Dark Hall could attack whenever it pleased, wherever it pleased.
Meanwhile, the Ancient Elves could only take the blows passively, unable to launch any offensive of their own.
Therefore, if the Dark Hall Master himself came to Greenwood Mountain, its destruction would be inevitable.
"Lord Luokong, I have developed a formation. It is capable of withstanding the attacks of a peak Martial Emperor."