Zhu Tian started by deceiving his father-in-law from the perspective of pirates.

"Ah!" Rhode grabbed a demon hunter by the head and then forcefully pulled out the demon hunter's skull and spine with one hand.

A demon hunter was grabbed by the wings by Rhodes and then torn in two alive.

"Is this all the demon hunters you've trained?" Rhodes threw the severed corpse on the ground and looked at Illidan.

Despite Rhodes's taunts, Illidan gritted his teeth and remained silent, continuing to brandish his weapon in an attempt to break through the blockade and come to the rescue.

"Where are you going, Mr. Illidan? Let's keep playing." The Felfire Homies unleashed bursts of flame, enveloping Illidan and sealing off all his movements.

After absorbing the Phoenix Flame inside Storm Fortress, his power became even greater.

The spiked club was constantly being swung, and occasionally fel magic was unleashed to attack Illidan.

Meanwhile, the demon hunters on the other side were still being slaughtered by Rhodes, who possessed demigod bodies and bodies modified by fel energy and life energy.

Even the sharp blades of these demon hunters could not tear through Rhode's dragon scales, and even Armament Haki could not break through them.

Rhodes, now in his dragon form, became even more brutal, his claws covered in a layer of fel energy, and he instantly slashed across the neck of a demon hunter.

Corpses littered the ground beneath Rhodes' feet. More than twenty demon hunters, none of whom could withstand a single blow from Rhodes, all perished tragically.

Rhodes showed no mercy to these die-hard Illidan fans.

"Alright, I've taken care of your subordinates. Now it's your turn." Rhode activated the power of the Soul-Soul Fruit, directly binding the soul of the already dead demon hunter.

These demon hunters, like Illidan, have been transformed into demons, and their souls can be captured; moreover, their soul power is stronger than that of ordinary demons.

"I guarantee you'll pay the price, you demon!"

"I heard that your biggest dream isn't to destroy the Burning Legion?" Rhodes clapped his hands and started his verbal sparring.

"Hmph! Destroying the Burning Legion is my life's goal, and you cannot shake my resolve."

"Is that so? Shouldn't your biggest wish be to win your sister-in-law's heart?" Rod said sarcastically.

"What did you say? Say it again if you dare." Illidan's eyes gleamed with fel energy as he glared fiercely at Rhodes.

“Oh! Your eyes are terrifying. I long for comfort in Tyrande’s arms,” Rhodes said.

"You tried to provoke me, and you succeeded, demon." After saying that, Illidan violently shook Rhodes' weapon away, then activated his demonic transformation, instantly turning into a giant demon more than four meters tall, his body wreathed in fel flames.

He swung the Warblade of Azzinoth, summoning green fel elementals. These elementals resembled fire, water, or shadow elementals, but their bodies were made of fel energy—a special spell developed by Illidan.

Rhodes let out a cold laugh, and with a clench of his hands in mid-air, the newly formed fel energy elements instantly exploded.

"What are you trying to do with fel magic in front of me, kid? My fel power was bestowed upon me by Sargeras himself."

Illidan, in his demonic transformation, began firing shadow orbs at Rhodes. Rhodes let out a cold laugh, activated his demonic dragon transformation, and covered his body with Armament Haki, forming a fel energy shield. He then stepped forward, enduring Illidan's attack.

Seeing that his ranged attacks were ineffective, Illidan, transformed into a giant demon, swung his fist at Rhodes. However, compared to Rhodes, who was seven or eight meters tall in his demon dragon form, Illidan's demon form was rather tiny.

"Your fists are weak and powerless, no wonder Tyrande doesn't like you!"

How can you possibly hug your sister-in-law with such a weak fist? Look closely, this is what a fist looks like.

Rhodes clenched his fist, his Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki covering his body, and he added Fel Energy, transforming his life energy into rage.

He slapped Illidan across the face, landing a hard punch.

With his other hand, he grabbed Illidan's demon wings to prevent him from flying backward, then swung his fists and smashed them into Illidan's face.

This directly reduced the demon hunter to his original form, with green, evil blood flowing all over Illidan's body.

This was the toughest battle he had ever faced since his debut; this guy's strength seemed to have no weaknesses!

His ranged attacks were ineffective against him, and in melee combat, he was completely overwhelmed by the opponent. His fel energy was also suppressed.

Rhodes' massive dragon claws seized Illidan's demonic horns, and with a sudden burst of strength, ripped the horns off.

"Uh!"

Illidan groaned, and green blood flowed from his forehead, staining his entire head green.

"Look! If you want life to be interesting, you have to wear a green hat!"

Illidan still tried to struggle, but he was so badly injured that he had little ability to fight back.

He wasn't afraid of death, but he couldn't just die like this. His plan to counterattack Argus and destroy the Burning Legion wasn't finished yet! He hadn't even gone to Mardon to seize the Sargerite Keystone.

Rhodes grabbed Illidan by the neck, lifted the demon hunter up, and swung his dragon claws, intending to end his life.

A figure suddenly appeared behind Rhodes, wielding a round, sharp blade, and slashed down at Rhodes's arm with a dragon claw.

With a sizzling sound, sparks flew between Rhodes' dragon claw and the opponent's round blade weapon. This attack did not harm Rhodes, but it interrupted his actions.

A figure clad in a green cloak and armor landed nimbly on the ground, snatching Illidan from her grasp.

Chapter 176 Capturing Maiev, Ending Illidan's Reign

Rhodes narrowed his eyes. He had forgotten to activate his Observation Haki during the fight, and he hadn't expected this girl to be here.

In this timeline, shouldn't you be locked up? You were the one who launched a surprise attack on the Dark Temple ahead of time!

Illidan hasn't even sent any demon hunters to Mardum to seize the Sargerite Keystone yet!

"Cough cough! Maiev? You actually saved me?" Illidan struggled to his feet, looking at the woman in front of him with disbelief.

“Don’t misunderstand Illidan. The heinous crimes you’ve committed are absolutely unforgivable, but I’m going to kill you with my own hands.” Maiev turned and glanced at Illidan.

"Heh! I'm saving our world. None of you understand. I'm your savior," Illidan scoffed.

"How did you end up here? This is a bit of a problem for me." Rhodes looked at the two people in front of him with his hands behind his back.

Why is Maiev here? Could it be that Akama, that two-faced guy, has done something shady again?

"Hmph! Great demigod, you actually know me? What an honor!"

"But you are a creation of Azeroth, and Azeroth trusted you so much, entrusting you with her protection, yet you have betrayed her and joined the Burning Legion." Maiev looked at Rhodes with a disdainful expression.

After years of hunting Illidan in Outland, she finally heard some good news: the combined forces of the Horde and the Alliance had attacked, and a Wilderness demigod had come to their aid.

But now, this demigod of the wilderness, the original hope of the allied forces, has actually defected to the Burning Legion, which is a huge blow to Maiev.

Although Illidan, that bastard who deserves to be torn to pieces, should die a horrible death, she must inform the Horde and the Alliance that a demigod has betrayed Azeroth.

He had only come to the Dark Temple to gather some useful information, but he hadn't expected to find that the Dark Temple had been invaded as soon as he entered, and that the demigod's subordinates were attacking it.

Maiev was initially very excited, thinking that she could come up and personally give Illidan a good whack on the back.

But upon reaching the top of the Dark Temple, he was surprised to see that the demigod had transformed into a demon.

Although she felt a sense of satisfaction from Illidan's brutal beating, she still chose to intervene and save the bastard.

"Demigod, look at yourself! How are you any different from Illidan?"

“The difference is huge, Miss Maiev, like this.” Rhodes instantly shed his demonic transformation and reverted to his form as a demigod of the wilderness, his body radiating a brilliant and boundless life force.

Even the surrounding land began to sprout flowers and grass, and a sense of life and nature wafted over.

“How is this possible? This is impossible. You have already accepted the power of fel energy. You cannot still maintain this posture.” Illidan showed an incredulous expression.

“We both gained fel power, but you have become a demon, despised by all, while I have maintained this holy appearance. So are you jealous, Illidan?” Rhodes said, glancing at Illidan.

"This is impossible! What kind of trick is this? Did you use some unknown spell to become like this? You just cast a fel spell, I'm absolutely certain I didn't see wrong!" Illidan roared.

He couldn't accept it, he couldn't accept any of this!

He sacrificed everything—his golden eyes since birth, his night elf form—to become a demonic creature through and through, thus gaining control of the powerful fel energy.

But the demigod in front of him had just transformed into a demonic form that was completely different from his own. Yet the other party had not been infected by the evil energy and had retained the form of a demigod. This was absolutely impossible!

But the life force around them cannot be faked.

"Don't deceive yourself, Illidan. You have ghostly vision, which allows you to see things that ordinary people cannot."

So whether I lied to you or not, you can see it clearly, that's right!

"I control both fel energy and the power of life." Rhodes smiled, and powerful life energy erupted from his body once again.

This feeling was like a gentle breeze, incredibly refreshing. Maiev even felt that if she hadn't just witnessed the other person turn into a demon, she would have been in a much better position.

The creature before them was a demigod of the wilderness, and the most powerful one at that.

"I don't know how you manage to control both life and fel energy at the same time, but that doesn't change the fact that you've sided with the Burning Legion."

"Heh! Do you know what the Burning Legion's ultimate goal is? Do you know what Azeroth is thinking? I became a demigod by personally accepting the power of Azeroth," Rhodes retorted.

"The Burning Legion's ultimate goal is to destroy all life in the universe and annihilate all realms," Illidan answered Rhodes' question for Maiev.

"The Burning Legion's primary objective is to fight against the Void Lords. Sargeras's only real enemy is the Void!" Rhodes shook his head.

The Burning Legion has even abandoned its expedition plan. If Sargeras adopts its plan and it succeeds, then its plan is clearly more suitable for dealing with the Void.

However, with his joining the legion, a brand new expedition, an expedition to all the heavens and myriad worlds, began.

Moreover, according to a rumor, it was leaked by the "glass shards uncle party".

Later in the story, Sargeras will be redeemed and return with Illidan to help players fight against the Void forces.

"That's just Sargeras's excuse."

"So Illidan, you keep saying that everything you do is for Azeroth."

But the damage you've inflicted on Azeroth and Outland is actually no less than that of the Burning Legion.

"Even if I hadn't come here today, the Alliance and the Horde would have come to defeat you in the future." Rhodes looked at Illidan.

“Prove to me that you are a demigod! What you said is true!” Maiev said, looking at Rhodes.

"Hmph! I don't need to prove anything to you. I've said enough, and you won't remember anything I said anyway."

Rhodes unleashed his Conqueror's Haki on Maiev, causing her to lose her senses. He instantly appeared behind Maiev, grabbed her by the neck, and knocked the female Night Elf Watcher unconscious.

The demon hunters who followed Illidan were all his loyal supporters.

No matter how cruel Illidan's actions may be, they will always say that Lord Illidan did it for the sake of Azeroth.

Pshaw! Danzo, the most loyal retainer of Konoha, would have said that he did all this for the sake of Konoha!

They won't even acknowledge their own prince anymore; these traitors!

Rhodes will be eliminated, but this female night elf can be kept and then cleverly manipulated.

Oh! Right, I remember there's a night elf demon hunter named Altruis. Maybe we could recruit him.

He was at odds with Illidan from the start, and even though he knew all of Illidan's plans, he didn't trust his mentor, Illidan.