"And then?"

Xue Wuqing seemed quite intrigued, as if she was listening to a play, waiting for what came next.

"Do I even need to ask? I led that dumb Black Elf here," Banana said with a chuckle, feeling he had done the wisest thing.

"What?"

Su Ran looked at Banana both amused and exasperated, "Banana, oh Banana, let me ask you— who is dumber, the Black Elf or you? Knowing I was here, you still brought him this way. Do you want to make things even worse?"

"No worries, the Black Elf doesn’t know you’re really here, and besides, with the Sky-reaching Vine here, where can he act rashly?"

Banana didn’t take it seriously at all. With the Sky-reaching Vine protecting the Elf Palace, how could it allow any petty actions in its presence?

The reason Banana was so confident in the Sky-reaching Vine was because he had suffered a huge loss at its hands. Having experienced the terror of the Sky-reaching Vine firsthand, he came up with the idea of using it to eliminate his enemy.

However,

Banana failed to realize that although the Black Elf was sealed in the forbidden land, he was still an elf by nature and would not trigger the Sky-reaching Vine’s attacks. This foreshadowed that his clever plan was doomed to fail.

"What a pity the Elf Queen isn’t here. If she were, she would have driven this Black Elf back to the restricted area and wouldn’t have wasted this time."

Before Banana could continue, a sharp voice exploded in the hall, startling Su Ran and his companions almost out of their wits.

"That woman isn’t here? Hahaha, this is a great opportunity!"

The voice was very distinctive, and almost instantaneously, Su Ran recognized it as that of the terrifying Black Elf.

"Damn it, that guy has followed us here!"

"Dammit, how can this Sky-reaching Vine let any elf come in? It’s over, we’re in trouble now!"

Banana cried out in frustration. Had he known it would turn out like this, he wouldn’t have led the Black Elf here even if it killed him. Wasn’t this digging his own grave?

Damn!!!

"The Black Elf is targeting me; you all need to get out of here, I’ll hold him off!"

As the crisis deepened, Su Ran’s thinking grew clearer. He stared at the Black Elf approaching, only to unexpectedly discover that this BOSS was missing an arm.

What happened?

Could this be the price for forcefully breaking the seal of the forbidden area?

A sense of malicious joy surged from the depths of Su Ran’s heart. If the atmosphere weren’t so tense, he would have burst out laughing.

Hey, want to hunt me down? How could you do it without losing some parts?

Serves you right!

"Overturning Water, brother, it’s my fault you’re involved. Today, I declare, even if it means death, it shall be within the palace!"

Banana pulled out his golden longbow and aimed down the long corridor. When the Black Elf entered the range, he released an arrow that tore through the spatial constraints, shooting straight at the BOSS.

This arrow sounded the battle horn and also ignited the rage of the Black Elf.

"Get ready for battle!"

Xue Wuqing drew out her icy spear and advanced towards the Black Elf, showing Su Ran with her actions that she, too, wanted to stay.

"Shush, shush, shush!"

Given this, Su Ran didn’t try to dissuade him anymore. He didn’t dare waste the precious pre-battle time, so he summoned all his pets and attacked the black elf. His task now was to hold this boss back, waiting for the Elf Queen to teleport back to the Elf Palace, which would signal the crisis had been averted.

"Get out of my way!"

The black elf had no time to entangle with Xue Wuqing as his hatred was fully focused on the Undead skeleton ahead. If it escaped again, he would explode with rage!

"Whoosh~!"

A howling wind blew out of nowhere, surrounding the black elf and forming a fierce wind barrier that blocked Xue Wuqing’s attacks from reaching him.

Moreover, as Xue Wuqing was a frost warrior, her spear imbued with the cold ice attribute could not penetrate this thick barrier. This would inevitably prevent her from stopping the black elf’s advancement, and she could only watch helplessly as he moved forward.

"Swoosh, swoosh!"

Two streaks of white light flashed and struck the wind barrier, also failing to penetrate this strong defense. The arrows broke and fell to the ground.

"Foolish elves, you dare protect an Undead from the Demon World, unforgivable!"

At this moment, the black elf Fandi was burning with anger, wishing he could eliminate all obstacles in front of him. However, this place was the foundation of the elves, so he restrained himself from going too far, breaking through all obstructions with strong momentum and attacking the hated Undead skeleton.

"Roar!"

The Dark Bone Lion charged forward, unleashing a Lion’s Roar right away. The sound waves vibrated, blasting onto the black elf.

"-1"

A mere point of forced damage, without even triggering dizziness, didn’t showcase any advantage for the Dark Bone Lion in front of the black elf; it could only endure using its own skeleton.

Not only the Dark Bone Lion but also the bone centipedes, Sand Puppet, and mini zombies failed to constrain the boss. Even the mini zombie’s usually unbeatable Soul Bewilderment skill missed. Seeing this scene made Su Ran shake his head in disappointment. Battling a boss of a different league was simply masochistic!

He had no choice; after all, he had emptied the guarded Spirit Spring, which fitted the old saying, "Debts of December, pay them quickly..."

"Swoosh!"

Faced with this defensively aberrant black elf, Su Ran thought for a moment and then directly activated the Poison Bone Piercing skill. A sharp bone spike shot rapidly, blasting towards the black elf.

If hitting doesn’t work, maybe poison will?

As he expected, upon hitting the target, the bone spike released a cloud of greasy green poison mist, successfully coloring the black elf green.

"Undead skeleton, you damned thief!"

After being poisoned, the black elf appeared even more furious, veins throbbing on his bald head, and his blood-red eyes glaring hatefully at Su Ran, wishing he could crush him to dust right then!

"What thief, don’t falsely accuse good people! There’s no name written on it, who’s to say it’s yours? This is a treasure bestowed by nature, to the victor go the spoils!"

While instructing Wang Cai to back off and trying to keep a distance from the black elf, Su Ran pulled out the Plague Glass Bottle, using ten drops of plague beads to summon a Plague Mud Monster in front of him.

The Plague Mud Monster, large as a small hill, shielded Su Ran behind it. However, the monster also had a critical weakness: it moved too slowly, which Su Ran found a bit regrettable.

"Drip, drip."

The Plague Mud Monster emitted a strong toxic aura and continuously dripped mud, looking quite disgusting. However, its appearance made the black elf show a slight change of color and choose to go around for the first time.

"Spurt..."

The Plague Mud Monster didn’t give the black elf a chance and immediately spat a mouthful of highly toxic mud, dousing the black elf.