The Heartbeat of the Cruel Elves

"In addition, the awakening of the witch's son is actually not a good thing for its owner. Let me ask you again, are you really not considering reselling it to me to stop the loss in time?"

"We can talk about this later," Cassia smiled, "once we all get out alive."

"That's right," Du Feiya nodded and returned to the topic. "In that case, let's discuss how to deal with the current situation. What do you think?"

"First of all," Cassia turned her head and looked at the wall beside her, "Since it is a high-level stone shaping spell, or a similar spell, then it means that your previous guess was not wrong."

"This wall is not hollow, but its thickness is probably beyond our imagination."

"So," Du Feiya turned his head and looked at the army behind them, "are we going to break through this wall manually?"

The troops of the two elven princesses carry special digging tools, which are essential props for exploring the underground world, especially the maze tunnels.

"Using physical strength to fight magic?" Cassia thought, "This is also a way."

"but……"

"But what?"

"First of all, our speed of excavation may not be able to match the speed at which the other party's advanced stone shaping technique can change the terrain. We can only pray that the number of spells they have is limited, so that we can achieve the final victory in this battle between magic and brute force."

"Secondly, even if this method is really effective..."

"Those guys, I'm afraid they won't just sit there and let us pass through safely."

"If this method is really effective, then we will probably have to force those nameless beings to show up. Or force them to use other more treacherous means to deal with us."

"In short, we must be extremely careful in our next actions."

As soon as Cassia finished speaking, her eyebrows trembled, because she suddenly felt a slight tremor coming from the soles of her feet. This tremor quickly grew larger, from her feet to her head, and in an instant, it spread all over her body. She first looked up suddenly and saw Du Feiya, who was sitting opposite her, also had a look of astonishment on her face. Then she turned back in astonishment, but saw that every soldier had a look of shock and fear on their faces, and they all looked around.

The shaking sound came from under the feet, from the side, from above the head, and from all directions. For a moment, it seemed that the entire huge rock tunnel was shaking.

A loud rumbling noise suddenly came from a distance, and it kept getting closer and faster, like thunder and lightning. As the sound kept getting closer, the vibrations around the rock tunnel became more and more violent, as if the sky was collapsing and the earth was collapsing.

After a while, the rumbling sound like thunder was not far away, and the elves could see clearly the source of the sound: at the other end of the tunnel, in the dark hole, a huge boulder several dozen feet high, almost filling the entire tunnel, was rolling towards them like the wheel of a huge chariot.

There were panicked screams from the troops, including dark elves and slave soldiers. Because everyone knew that if the boulder rolled over, all of them, without exception, would become a pool of muddy meat sauce under the rolling stone!

They ran around in panic, but found that they had no way to escape - behind them was a completely blocked stone wall, and if they retreated, they would only become a smear of meat sauce on the wall instead of on the ground. There was no essential difference between the two.

Some of the dark elves who were quick to seize the opportunity noticed the narrow gap between the boulders and the two ends of the tunnel, and immediately changed from running backwards to running to the sides, quickly sticking to the stone wall.

The other dark elves and slaves also reacted immediately and followed suit. However, the troops were numerous, and the walls on both sides of the tunnel could only accommodate a limited number of people. Despite this, one soldier after another continued to stick to the sides of the wall. When there was no more space on the wall, they would stick directly to the body of the previous soldier. Soon, there were four or five layers of people on each side of the wall, and the remaining soldiers had no choice but to stick to them quickly...

As their flesh continued to rub and squeeze, the dark elves who initially threw themselves to the sides of the wall to earn a little space for survival soon discovered that their originally wise move turned into a disaster - the soldiers on the periphery knew very well that their positions were not safe at all, so the instinct for survival and the situation where there was no other way out forced them to squeeze in tenaciously and with all their strength.

As a result, the elves on the innermost side soon burst into a series of miserable screams - before the boulder fell, they were about to be crushed into a meat paste by their own people!

Chapter 146 Return

It was not only the dark elves who were crowded together, but also the slaves. And because the dark elves saw the opportunity quickly, most of them took the lead and occupied the inner position closer to the rock wall, while the slave soldiers on the outer side of the rock wall had to squeeze in desperately in order to survive.

The criteria for selecting slaves by the dark elves were not based on their intelligence or agility, especially the former being a deduction, but only on their brute strength. Therefore, most of the slave soldiers were strong and robust races such as orcs, grimlocks, and bugbears. At this moment, they relied on their brute strength and pushed desperately, and the dark elves in the inner layer were in great pain. The dark elves in the innermost layer could only open their mouths and let out helpless screams. They could not reprimand these slaves who dared to offend their masters as they did in the past. The dark elves in the middle were under less pressure, but driven by their survival instinct, they were only afraid that their position was not safe enough, and in order to avoid the pressure from behind, they just kept pushing forward desperately.

At this moment, the entire army no longer had any distinction between elves and slaves. All lives were pitiful creatures desperate for a glimmer of hope in a huge crisis, and they became the most primitive animals. There was no distinction between high and low, noble and humble.

Li Yin stood there in a daze, watching the chaotic actions in front of him, not knowing what to do.

It seemed that he should, like the elves and slave soldiers around him, quickly find a shelter for himself near the rock wall.

However, he was not quick to see the opportunity - after realizing that the boulder was approaching, his first reaction was not to find shelter, but to instinctively turn his head and cast an anxious gaze at the two princesses.

He couldn't tell whether it was out of concern or a request for help. In short, when he turned around, it was too late.

Now, looking at the crowded groups on both sides of the tunnel, Li Yin realized that although the outermost soldiers were still trying hard to squeeze in, they had actually gone too far beyond the safe distance and were inevitably in the path of the huge rolling stones.

Moreover, because of this, none of these soldiers who were hiding would be safe. When the boulder rolled over, not only would the soldiers on the outside be crushed into pulp, but the soldiers on the inside would also be caught in the crossfire. Now the dark elves clinging to the rock wall had already let out waves of heart-pounding wails. When the boulder rolled over, the huge pressure would be transmitted through the flesh and blood of the soldiers on the outside, causing them, who were originally in the safe range between the stone ball and the rock wall, to be crushed to pieces!

If... a thought flashed through Li Yin's mind. If he could squeeze to the side of the rock wall in the first place, he would still have a chance of survival. Perhaps he was the only one who had a chance of survival. The guys lying on the surface of the rock wall would die from broken bones, broken tendons and ruptured internal organs under the huge external pressure when the boulder rolled over. They would just not be completely crushed into meat paste like the soldiers on the outer layer. Only he, who had an immortal body, might have a chance of not dying in such a situation where his body was extremely twisted and deformed.

It's a pity it's too late.

It was impossible for him to squeeze in the innermost part.

He turned around and looked at the two princesses again.

Cassia, who was always cold and firm like ice, showed panic for the first time. Du Feiya also looked pale and bit her lips tightly...

It's over, he thought, before he could finish...

The huge rocks rolled down with a rumble, and the huge friction and collision sounds almost tore his eardrums.

Du Feiya suddenly opened her mouth and seemed to shout something at him, but Li Yin didn't hear it clearly at all.

At this moment, amidst the earth-shaking and mountain-shaking roars, the only thing Li Yin could hear clearly was the extremely sharp and shrill screams beside him - the rapidly approaching boulder had already crushed the soldier at the end of the team, and in an instant blood spurted out, and flesh and bone fragments flew everywhere.

Li Yin was stunned for a while. He suddenly remembered that he could still communicate with Du Feiya through telepathy, so he urgently focused his mind -

But Du Feiya's next move frightened the little bit of mental strength he had just gathered, causing it to instantly break apart - she suddenly raised her hand, with a flash of silver light between her fingers, shooting straight towards Li Yin.

Li Yin was stunned for only a moment before he understood what it was. Instantly, his already horrified body went even colder.

That is her specialty, flying knife!

This woman - Li Yin only had time to have these few scattered thoughts in his mind before a sharp light flashed past him. Then, he was staring at Du Feiya angrily, but saw that Du Feiya's body also disappeared out of thin air in an instant.

He was stunned for a moment, then reacted and turned his head subconsciously. He saw a familiar figure suddenly appear in the air in the direction where the boulder came from. The dark blue wizard robe and silver-white hair fluttered wildly under the huge wind pressure. The slender body faced the hard boulder that was dozens of feet high, like a flying bird about to be swallowed by a tsunami. The boulder rolled and whistled, but this "little bird" did not retreat, but moved forward and stretched out a finger.

Du Feiya's lips moved, and Li Yin still couldn't hear clearly what she said, but he saw the familiar arcane glow emanating from her.

For a moment——

The boulder that had been invincible and unstoppable suddenly took a turn, a turn that seemed very natural but was actually extremely strange - the moment Du Feiya's fingertips touched the boulder, the boulder with a diameter of dozens of feet did not stop at all, but moved extremely smoothly, with the same swift speed and huge momentum as when it came, rumbling in the completely opposite direction, rolling back to the path it came from!

At the same time, Du Feiya's slender and tall blue figure swayed a few times in the air, and then fell straight down.

Li Yin was not surprised or confused. His body instinctively rushed forward like lightning. After several consecutive leaps, he caught her in the air more than ten feet high and landed steadily.

"Are you okay?" He hurriedly looked at the elf princess in his arms and asked with concern.

Du Feiya shook her head, her face looking slightly pale. She coughed lightly, and blood appeared at the corners of her mouth.

Seeing this, Li Yin's worry and anxiety grew even more intense.

Seeing his anxious eyes, Du Feiya ignored the blood boiling in her chest and spoke tremblingly, gasping for breath to comfort him: "No, it's okay, I'm just a little exhausted."

"Just take a short rest, it's nothing serious."

"Okay," Li Yin quickly put her on the ground and at the same time stretched out a finger, indicating that she didn't need to talk anymore and just concentrate on resting.

Du Feiya sat cross-legged on the ground, eyes slightly closed, as if she was lost in meditation. Li Yin did not dare to disturb her, but listened attentively. He heard her breathing, which was rapid and disordered at first, but gradually became gentle and regular as time passed. His pounding heart gradually calmed down.

The surviving soldiers around them gradually realized that the danger had passed and left the rock. The dark elves of the Denitya family were the first to quickly gather around their princess.

"Slave, what do you want to do?" One of Du Feiya's personal guards saw Li Yin standing next to Du Feiya, looking eager to try (but at a loss), and was shocked and angry, and immediately shouted loudly.

"My servant just saved your master," a clear and calm voice sounded. Cassia stepped forward with a faint smile on her face, surrounded by the soldiers of the Borginia family. "While you were busy trying to survive and clinging to the rock wall like a gecko."

The female dark elf warrior who scolded Li Yin suddenly showed a trace of shame on her snow-white cheek. It was unclear whether it was because she was ashamed for having just abandoned her princess, or because she was angry because she did not dare to fight Cassia due to her status.

"Of course," Cassia added after a pause, in a relaxed and grateful tone, "after she just saved all of us."

"Therefore," she bowed slightly towards Du Feiya, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground with her eyes slightly closed, "Please accept my sincere gratitude, Princess Du Feiya."

"Not everyone," Dufia opened her eyes and turned to look at Cassia. Her violet eyes were still a little tired, but they still sparkled in her bright smile, like ripples in a pool of autumn water under the bright sunshine.

"At least you don't need me to save you." The tone of her voice had become basically fluent and natural, which made Li Yin feel more at ease.

"Before you left, I saw that you were ready to use Spider Walk."

Li Yin turned around and looked at Cassia, a little surprised, but more of a sudden awakening.

Spider Walk, as the name implies, is a spell that allows the caster to walk directly on a completely vertical wall or even an inverted ceiling like a spider. In the previous scene, after using this spell, Cassia no longer had to squeeze with other soldiers on the ground, but could directly climb to the gap above the rock wall, which was a truly safe location.

This spell was classified as a second-ring arcane spell by the mages in Lahya, but as a priestess of the Spider Goddess, it seemed reasonable for Cassia to use this spider-related spell as a divine spell?

"Your ability to identify spells is truly outstanding," Cassia smiled and nodded in acknowledgment.

"But no matter what, your actions were enough to save us all, so my gratitude to you remains undiminished..."

"What about you?" Seeing that Du Feiya was indeed fine, Li Yin finally had the opportunity to ask the doubts in his heart. While Du Feiya was talking to Cassia, he contacted her through telepathy.

"What kind of magical spell was that you just used?"

"Such a big rock, it suddenly..." Li Yin recalled the rock with a diameter of dozens of feet, and was still frightened. He silently estimated in his mind:

"That stone must weigh millions of pounds, right?"

"Not only did you completely stop its forward momentum in an instant, but you also bounced it back?"

"How powerful is this force?"

"No, it's not that exaggerated." Du Feiya's answer was very humble, even a little inexplicably shy.

"There's no 'powerful force'. I didn't use force field magic to bounce it back directly."

"That spell is called Stone Turning, a spell unique to our Denitya family. It was created by my father when he was young after communicating with some rock elf friends." When she said this, there was a hint of excitement and pride in her slender, clear voice.

"Its working principle is to use the caster's affinity with the earth element to directly manipulate the rocks with vectors, redirecting the rocks that are shot at you and making them return along their original path."

"Even so, it is indeed very difficult for me to control the direction of such a huge rock."

"So that's how it is," Li Yin suddenly realized, but his shock and admiration did not diminish. Although using a magic force field to directly rebound a weight of millions of pounds sounds more shocking, as a mage, he knows that vector manipulation is actually a skill that is countless times more advanced and profound than ordinary force field magic.

"Long live Princess Dufiya!" At the same time, as if to echo his admiration, the dark elves and slave soldiers around him who had survived the crisis also cheered from the bottom of their hearts.

"We are saved!"

"It's safe!"

Amid the roaring cheers and praises of the numerous soldiers, the rumbling sound of the huge rocks receding into the distance became increasingly faint in the long tunnel.

"That..." However, suddenly, a female dark elf's weak and untimely voice was heard amid the bustling noise, as if filled with some kind of concern: "This tunnel seems to... go downwards."

The cheers stopped abruptly. The dark elves were stunned for a moment, then all looked down at the ground. Li Yin also lowered his head.

This is indeed... a tunnel that slopes downward. Li Yin felt a chill in his heart and had a bad premonition.

This means that, if nothing unexpected happens, the boulder that just came with a rumble and then gradually moved away will, after running out of speed, roll back with a rumble again under the influence of gravity?!

"Is it going all the way down?" a dark elf asked tremblingly.

"It seems... yes..." a female dark elf replied.

"Where is the nearest fork in the road?" another male dark elf suddenly screamed.

"It's too late," a female dark elf replied tremblingly, "It will take at least half an hour there!"

The dark elves looked at each other, our lips tightly shut, in silence, all the same, with only pale fear written all over our fair faces.

In this complete silence, the sound of the boulder rumbling away became clearer and clearer. Although the sound gradually weakened, it was like a heavy hammer, hitting every soldier's heart again and again, and each hit was more violent than the last. Because everyone knew that the weaker the sound, the closer the boulder with a diameter of dozens of feet was to stopping, but it would not really stop completely, but would reverse after that!

The death knell is ringing loudly amid the increasingly faint tremors of the boulder!

"Get out of the way!" a dark elf officer shouted in panic.

Chapter 147 Breathing

No one asked Princess Dufia if she could cast the spell a second time. Her pale face had already revealed the answer. Besides, even if she could cast it again, what would happen? Would the boulder return along the same path and then swoop back again?

It simply prolongs the time of death along with fear!

"Don't crowd together!" Another dark elf officer who was a little calmer did his best and issued the last feasible order, "Go forward as much as possible, before that thing comes back, go forward as much as possible!"

Many dark elves and slave soldiers who were about to follow the previous example and throw themselves on their companions' backs suddenly realized what was happening. They gave up squeezing into the already bloated crowd and instead ran forward, looking for a blank stone wall that no one had yet attached to.

At this moment, in the deep tunnel, from the direction where the sound of rolling boulders gradually subsided, an extremely violent explosion suddenly came!

The entire tunnel shook violently at the loud noise. Everyone was swaying and about to fall down. The earth-shaking feeling was just like when the huge rolling stone was so close.

As he staggered, Li Yin suddenly realized what the violent noise meant - it was a collision. There was a corner on the road they came from, and the boulder that rolled back must have had a violent collision with that corner.

And this means that the boulder will come back sooner than expected!

Almost everyone remembered this fact at the same time. Overwhelmed by the fear aroused by the violent collision, many slaves could not bear it and continued to run forward with all their might, screaming and shouting.

"Your Highness." Li Yin came back to his senses from the pain in his eardrums and called out subconsciously.

He suddenly felt two pairs of eyes falling on him at the same time.

One came from the ground, and the other came from higher than his head.

Dufia and Cassia, the two dark elf princesses, one above and one below, one in front and one behind, looked at him at the same time.