In the dim depths of the earth, Baine could hardly feel the passage of time.
After falling into this grotto, he and Mayla led the tauren, joining forces with Jianxi, Qinxi, and Zhu Talan and a group of elites to kill a rock turtle covered in stones, a three-headed snake that spat frost, flames, and poison, and encountered a Death God Snail in the sewers that meant certain death to anyone who touched it.
Finally, they defeated a group of raptors entrenched in the patio, hammered to death a one-eyed aberration, and finally found the right path, returning to the Thunder God's palace!
The process was quite arduous. Apart from the Shadow Pan Assault force's pandaren masters suffering no losses, most of the wild tauren who fell into the low cave with them died, and not a single terracotta warrior remained.
When they returned to the surface, they found that it had been occupied by the hozen and the terracotta army, who were tying up a monster covered in spikes and red pustules.
"This is...?"
Faced with Baine's doubts, Jianxi, the jade sergeant who remained in place, replied: "Respected ally, the mogu flesh shapers created this lizardman prototype using a mysterious substance of unknown origin. It is also the first lizardman in this world. After this fortress was sealed, this experimental subject has been imprisoned in the dark pool!"
"The master ordered us to leave it alive so we can control all the lizardmen in Pandaria, so Commander Qingyu defeated it and ordered us to imprison it!"
After Jianxi finished speaking, he led the terracotta soldiers away from the test site.
Seeing this situation, Baine said in a muffled voice to his wife: "It seems that Qingyu and the Monkey King are progressing faster than us. Let's hurry up and catch up, don't let them steal all the credit!"
Mayla also carried her battle halberd and strode to catch up with the departing terracotta warriors: "Then what are we waiting for, dear? This time, our tauren must make the greatest contribution in front of the Grand Warlord!"
"Let's go!"
There was a trace of fatigue in Baine's tone, but more of excitement.
The tribe's shaman had once predicted that the son of Cairne Bloodhoof was too weak in character and not firm enough in mind to be the next chieftain of the tauren tribe.
Because of this prediction, the young tauren boy trained himself to death in the training camp of Minas Tirith during his youth. Galen would also give him and some talented people extra lessons in his spare time, such as Vol'jin, such as the Mograine brothers, and instill in them the idea of adhering to their original intentions and protecting Azeroth.
Although Baine now hopes that Azeroth can achieve peace as soon as possible because of the tauren's nature, the concept of peace has changed!
"Respect comes from fists, and peace comes from swords!"
Galen's casual remark has become Baine's motto and has been followed ever since!
When Baine and the others saw the next hall, their idea of making the greatest contribution fell through!
This place had already been cleaned up by Qingyu, and the young tauren could faintly feel that Qingyu's aura was more condensed, it seemed that he had gained a lot of improvement in the previous battle.
"Damn it, Kreetik, tell your hozen cubs to be careful, these are all precious constructs, important gifts that I want to dedicate to the master!"
The hall was filled with various strange constructs, a round body with metal legs and claws similar to limbs.
"What is this?"
Baine couldn't help but ask: "It doesn't look like the arcane constructs of the high elves, nor does it look like the engineering machines of the goblins and gnomes, but it does look a bit like those heavy-duty constructs of the draenei!"
The new home of the draenei is in Azshara in Kalimdor, and Baine was fortunate enough to travel with Galen.
"During his reign, Lei Shen spared no effort in creating mechanical servants to guard the fortress fearlessly." Qingyu knew something about these things, after all, he was a powerful mogu warlord.
"The master specifically instructed before that these mechanical servants should be properly handled, and after occupying Thunder Isle, they should be handed over to the gnome and goblin masters for research."
Qingyu glared at Kreetik dissatisfiedly when he said this: "This damned hozen actually dismantled the largest Dark Animus!"
"Qingyu, you old dog, if I didn't dismantle that big guy, would I let it kill my hozen cubs!" The Monkey King was not convinced.
"Don't quarrel, even if it's dismantled, it doesn't matter," Baine began to persuade, he had already discovered that Qingyu, the mogu general, and the Monkey King, the hozen, were simply a pair of enemies. "The gnome master Gelbin Mekkatorque and the goblin master Gazlowe are both top figures in engineering. They will restore this mechanical servant!"
"Humph! I hope so! Stinky monkey, I'll remember this, I won't bother with you now, it's important to occupy Thunder Isle!"
"Hey, are you afraid of you, Qingyu you idiot, let's complete the Grand Warlord's mission first, and we'll have a fight when it's over!"
The Monkey King was unwilling to show weakness, as the saying goes, you must be tough in your words!
However, the Monkey King also knew that there should be no infighting at this time, otherwise Galen would settle accounts after the fall.
After leaving the underground palace where the mechanical servants were stored, the terracotta warriors used warhammers to break through the gate of a palace.
When Qingyu and the Monkey King scrambled to enter the empty palace courtyard, there were already hundreds of mogu soldiers on guard in the courtyard!
A particularly burly mogu man riding a red quilen came out from the crowd, with two quilens of different colors flying beside the red quilen.
"Who is it! Who dares to break into this sacred palace!"
Faced with the enemy's clamor, Qingyu was ready to draw his sword and fight!
"Wait, Qingyu!"
Baine stopped Qingyu, "I have already given the Zandalari vanguard Jin'rokh to you, and Grand Warlord Galen has designated Warlord Jalak to Kreetik, and we have not made any contribution so far."
Baine waved his hand secretly, and several yak men with turtle heads, tricolor tongues, giant eyes, and raptor claws on their backs retreated quietly.
"You and the Monkey King can't take all the benefits, that's a bit unreasonable!" Baine was taking advantage of Qingyu's ignorance of the situation in the low cave. In fact, Baine, Mayla, and Zhu Talan had already joined forces to kill several underground lords.
"Then... shall I give this to you?" Qingyu looked at the young tauren's simple and honest appearance, and thought it made sense. In the future, everyone should get along in the same camp.
"In that case, I won't be polite!"
Baine raised the runic spear his father had given him and stepped forward: "I am Baine, the new chieftain of the Ordoh Fire Camp, who are you! State your name!"
"I am Iron Sky, the Thunder King's personal guard!"
The strong mogu man with red skin waved his arm with the thunder tattoo, pulled out a spear from behind, and pointed it at Baine!
"Loyal warriors of the Thunder God! Hear my command and eliminate the invaders!"
"For the Thunder King!"
"Roar! For the Thunder King!"
Under Tieqiong's command, the Mogu soldiers on the square raised their spears and launched a charge!
"Warriors of the Oordu Fire Camp, follow me and charge, crush them!"
Baine was not to be outdone, his body brimming with blood energy, almost forming a tangible wave. The tauren under his command were elites from the Oordu Fire Camp, Bloodhoof Tribe, and Highmountain Tribe, their size comparable to the Mogu. Led by Baine, they crashed fiercely into the Mogu guards!
"Hey, Shaohao's kin, do we need to help?" The Monkey King saw at a glance that the imperial guard named Tieqiong was not easy to deal with. His strength was probably at the mid-stage of the Legendary realm, which Baine should be able to handle.
However, this guy also has three armored quilen mounts. The elemental aura emanating from them is not weak. Tieqiong and his three mounts combined would probably produce a qualitative leap in attack power!
"No! This tauren has considerable potential, and he has the heart of a strong person. This battle may be the opportunity for him to break through." Zhu Talan had been working with Baine underground for half a day and had a certain understanding of him, so he dissuaded the Monkey King.
"Mr. Monkey King, Mr. Qingyu, I'll watch here. You continue to advance!"
"Just what I wanted!"
Qingyu glanced at the battlefield again, and led Jian Xi, Qin Xi, and the remaining terracotta warriors towards the Peak of the Thunder King!
"Ah! Damn invaders, don't even think about entering the Emperor's palace!"
Tieqiong saw that Qingyu and the Monkey King were bypassing them and wanted to enter the final palace, which he was unwilling to see.
After all, not long ago, the Thunder King issued an order for him to guard the gate, and he didn't want to be punished by the Thunder King afterward!
So he burst out with all his strength, trying to break free from Baine's entanglement and stop Qingyu and the Monkey King!
However, Baine was not to be trifled with, wielding his runic spear so tightly that Tieqiong could not move an inch!
"Kuez'zar, Dai blade, stop them!"
Helpless, Tieqiong had to release his blue and white quilen mounts!
The two quilens obeyed their master's orders, broke free from the tauren on the ground, spread their wings, and swooped towards the Monkey King and Qingyu!
"Courting death!"
"Ignorant fools!"
Tieqiong was only distracted for a moment, and after two bursts of shouting, he lost contact with his two mounts!
"Ah!"
Those were not only two legendary quilens, but also partners who had been with him for thousands of years!
Tieqiong's heart was bleeding!
Qingyu, on the other hand, retrieved the broadsword that beheaded the white quilen, and the Monkey King also retrieved the golden cudgel that smashed the blue quilen, and left the courtyard with his men without looking back!
With two of the three quilens gone, Baine was now firmly in control!
In the Emperor's Will Legion, four terracotta warriors wielding heavy hammers smashed open the gate of the final throne hall, and Qingyu and the Monkey King entered this throne hall.
"Eh, Qingyu, you idiot, didn't you say that the final palace must be the Thunder King's bedroom? Why can't I even see a bed?"
The Monkey King jumped up and down, and even somersaulted and climbed up the pillars, scanning the entire hall on the beams.
This throne hall looked very empty and did not look like the Thunder King's bedroom at all, especially the places near the walls where there were many weapon racks, filled with various large knives, spears, sticks, and cudgels, which were obviously the models used by the Mogu.
"..."
Qingyu also didn't understand what was going on. At least there should be a magnificent throne like the Mogu'shan Palace, right?
"There!"
The Monkey King seemed to have discovered something, and jumped down from the beam of the hall, coming to the northeast corner of the hall.
Qingyu also led the crowd and strode over!
In the corner, two Mogu women, one green and one yellow, were hugging each other and shivering, obviously having lost their minds!
"The Mogu Twin Consorts?"
Qingyu obviously recognized their identities and blurted out, but his expression was very strange at the moment.
These two Mogu women were very slender, wearing Mogu-style phoenix crowns, and also wearing many gorgeous accessories.
"Qingyu, you idiot, I remember that you Mogu don't have females, right? At least I've never seen one!"
The Monkey King also patted Qingyu's knee with a strange expression.
That's right, the demi-god monkey, less than a meter tall, only reached the warlord's knee when standing, at least the Monkey King didn't have to jump to hit Qingyu's knee.
"That's right, the ancient Mogu were born from stone statues, and the number of our ancestors has never increased."
Qingyu began to recall some ancient Mogu classics.
"Later, the Thunder King rose, and he possessed the Titan engine under the Mogu'shan Vault, and you also know that the Titan creation can shape life!"
"In order to show his imperial majesty, the Thunder King specially created many Mogu women and bestowed them upon his loyal subordinates."
"Hehe..."
The Monkey King covered his mouth and snickered, he glanced at Qingyu's crotch, where there was a rock-like skirt armor protecting his lower body.
The Monkey King had killed many half-flesh Mogu, and he knew that there was nothing in the Mogu's skirt armor.
"Humph!"
Qingyu was very unhappy with the Monkey King's contemptuous eyes, but he continued: "It is said that the Mogu Twin Consorts are the most important treasures of the Thunder King. They are not only the Thunder King's spoils of war, but also close guards, helping him resist many people who coveted the throne!"
"That's not right!"
The Monkey King seemed to have thought of something: "Since the Thunder King created many Mogu women and bestowed them on his subordinates, how come I never saw one back then?"
"Buried alive!"
Qingyu's face showed a cruel look: "No male Mogu can tolerate his spoils of war being possessed by the next male Mogu, and they are still female Mogu bestowed by the emperor!"
"If you say that, I understand."
The doubts in the Monkey King's heart were dispelled, and his mind finally returned to the matter at hand.
"Speaking of why are they two shivering in the corner? Didn't you say that they are also the Thunder King's personal guards, and they should be very good at fighting, right?"
"This..."
Qingyu was about to speak when he felt a powerful pressure descend on him. Not only him, but Jian Xi, Qin Xi, and all the terracotta warriors and monkey soldiers behind him were all weakened by the pressure and collapsed on the floor tiles of the hall!
Even Qingyu was struggling to support himself.
Only the Monkey King looked solemnly at the gate deep in the palace!
"When I was young and inexperienced, I struggled to even throw a decent punch!"
Above the Throne of Thunder, Galen delivered a Rising Dragon Fist, slamming it hard into Lei Shen's chin, sending the entire body of the mogu emperor flying.
"But after so many years of training, I am no longer the same!"
Galen stood upright, hands behind his back, watching Lei Shen land with the air of a grandmaster!
It wasn't that he wanted to show off, but in this bare-knuckle boxing match, he fought with increasing courage. The combat skills he learned from his old father and the palace instructors as a child, along with some of the monk techniques that Master Shang Xi and Old Chen had taught him, all came together at this moment!
...
Gradually, Lei Shen couldn't keep up with Galen's speed and began to falter, falling into a disadvantage. Galen almost beat Lei Shen into a state of depression.
People are always in high spirits when good things happen, and he inadvertently said something cool that fit the current situation.
Moreover, what Galen said was the truth. While other noble youths were flirting with maids, seducing wealthy women, and developing mistresses, he was toughening his body.
When other nobles reached adulthood and began indulging in extravagant pleasures, living it up night after night, Galen was sweating like rain!
His strength had an element of cheating, but he never slacked off. This account was his own!
But Lei Shen's was not!
He was a hacker!
After landing, Lei Shen stood up in a fit of anger. After looking around, he ran to the edge of the throne and pulled out his Thunder Battleaxe and Shocking Spear!
"You have angered me, vrykul scum!!"
"I am the Lord of Thunder! Die!"
Countless lightning bolts flashed from the sky, all converging to strike Galen. Unfortunately, it was useless. Galen couldn't completely immune this kind of same-level spell, but he could resist seventy or eighty percent of it, leaving only a tingling sensation.
Enraged, Lei Shen, seeing that the lightning spell was ineffective, immediately swung his battleaxe, a Thunder Strike bringing a wild and cool lightning to cleave at Galen!
Galen took a step back with his right foot, moving his entire body to avoid Lei Shen's attack. At this moment, he was like an unparalleled grandmaster!
"You want to play with weapons? Well, I'm wide awake now!"
Compared to hand-to-hand combat, Galen's weapon specialization, two-handed swords and one-handed swords, had been honed to perfection, and he had even lit up the Titan's Grip talent!
Clang!
Galen didn't know where he pulled out the Ashbringer and Strom'kar. Golden holy light and red rage simultaneously rose from the two artifact swords!
The next moment, Galen charged towards Lei Shen, unleashing a storm of attacks!
Galen's movements were very fast, so fast that the air already echoed with hissing sounds!
The Ashbringer and Strom'kar not only blocked Lei Shen's battleaxe and spear, but also constantly slashed back and forth on Lei Shen's stone skin, leaving scars on Lei Shen's body!
After three hundred rounds of fierce fighting, Galen felt refreshed all over!
"It's time to end this, usurper!"
Galen's shout of 'usurper' made Lei Shen's heart skip a beat. Before he could react, a golden giant appeared behind Galen!
The golden giant opened its wings and embraced Galen!
"Judgment Declared!"
The golden greatsword appeared in the sky above the throne, the blade tearing through the blue lightning, accurately landing on Lei Shen's head!
"No! This is impossible, this world is the domain of thunder!"
After being locked on by the golden greatsword, Lei Shen felt an unprecedented sense of oppression. He hurriedly raised the Thunder Battleaxe and Shocking Spear in his hands to parry!
But!
Since Galen developed this move, Dema… Judgment Declared, no one had been able to resist it!
After a deafening roar, Lei Shen was suppressed on the ground by the golden greatsword and couldn't move!
"Be enlightened, usurper!"
At this moment, Galen had merged with the ancient kings, instantly increasing the infusion of holy energy!
The next moment, the helmet, shoulder pads, and wristbands on Lei Shen's body cracked inch by inch!
"No! I haven't completed my mission yet!"
Lei Shen roared unwillingly.
"Your mission?"
Galen sneered: "Stealing the Thunder Heart for too long, do you really think you are a Titan Watcher?"
"Stealing?"
Lei Shen suddenly perked up!
"No, he is not worthy to be a Titan Watcher at all, they have long been decadent, I am the savior of this world!"
Galen's eyes narrowed. Damn it, why waste words? Just kill him! Don't give this guy a chance to rally. Even if you want to communicate, wait until you have taken his soul and turned him into one of your own!
"I'm not listening! Die!!"
The golden greatsword fell again, humming as it nailed Lei Shen to the platform of the Throne of Thunder, even cracking the entire platform!
The golden light dissipated, and Lei Shen's body lay quietly in the center of the platform, the Thunder Battleaxe and Shocking Spear scattered on both sides of the platform.
Galen came to Lei Shen's body, his head had been shattered by the Judgment Declared, dead as could be.
"Spirit detected, collect?"
"Collect!"
After Lei Shen's soul was absorbed, Galen raised Strom'kar and stabbed it hard into the chest of the corpse!
Galen felt a sensation of inserting into stone, and then Lei Shen's chest was opened!
He reached into Lei Shen's chest and pulled out a hard, circular object!
A ball-shaped metal creation as big as a watermelon!
This spherical metal creation was full of cyberpunk style. Needless to say, this was Lei Shen's heart, the source of his power, the Thunder Heart from the hand of Aman'Thul, the father of the Titan gods!
Galen's figure shrunk, and he took out new clothes from his bag and put them on, and then took out a roll of magic-weave cloth and wrapped the Thunder Heart and hung it around his waist.
He wanted to put the Thunder Heart in a magic bag, but it was feared that a low-level sub-space like a magic bag would explode the next moment because it could not withstand the power of the gods.
At that time, all his possessions would fly all over the sky!
Seeming to think of this chaotic scene, Galen almost couldn't help but laugh.
Now that Lei Shen was resolved, his body and mind were also relaxed, and his use of power between his gestures was also more handy. Next, he should go see that reclusive Titan Watcher.
To be honest, Galen really looked down on this Highkeeper, who had lost his fighting spirit and directly became reclusive. He was, after all, a Highkeeper who had experienced the cruel war with the Old Gods, and was also bestowed by the Titans as the leader of all Titan constructs in Azeroth. His performance was too weak!
To put it another way, even if you are reclusive, how can you be attacked by your own creation and have the Thunder Heart stolen?
Are you out of your mind?
In the hall outside the Throne of Thunder, Jade Serpent now understood why the Mogu Twin Consorts were in a state of mental breakdown, huddled in the corner shivering!
If it weren't for the fact that his millennia of imprisonment had forged a strong heart, he would probably have hugged them and sought a glimmer of warmth!
Divine might is like a prison!
These four words flashed through Jade Serpent's mind like lightning!
The Monkey King continued to stare intently at the tightly closed gate. He suddenly spoke, "It's over!"
In the next moment, Qingyu felt his entire body relax, and a sense of relief washed over him.
The Mogu Twins also recovered, but just as they were about to resist, an iron rod was already pressed against their faces.
"Hairless, foolish concubines, don't move! Await the new master's judgment!"
As soon as the Monkey King finished speaking, the sealed gate opened, and Galen, clad in black leather armor, strode out.
"Oh, ho, everyone's here!"
Galen chuckled and then praised, "Good progress! Rewards will be given after everything is finished!"
With that, he prepared to leave, seeking the secret chamber where Ra-den was imprisoned.
"Great Lord, what should we do with these two female Mogu?" Qingyu asked, cupping his fist.
"Female Mogu? The Mogu Twins?" Galen glanced at the two ugly Mogu and casually said, "If you like them, keep them!"
After saying that, he ignored the Monkey King and Qingyu, and went alone to the laboratory where the Saurok were created.
Inside the laboratory was a large platform filled with blood, which looked quite disgusting.
Galen then scanned the laboratory with his mental power and quickly found the mechanism for the dungeon.
"Rumble!"
After a series of rotating gears, a descending spiral staircase appeared in the corner of the laboratory.
As a Paladin, acting as a humanoid light source was a basic skill. Without torches or illumination spells, Galen directly walked down the ancient staircase.
Soon, he reached the end of the staircase and saw the scene he had been anticipating.
It was a Titan giant over ten meters tall, his body a bluish-gray rock.
His arms were chained, and his entire body was suspended by the chains, kneeling upright on the ground. He wore simple armor, and many scars could be seen on his exposed chest, especially the large gash on his chest, which looked shocking.
This was the first of the Azerothian Keepers, Highkeeper Ra-den!
His authority was even higher than Odin, the Prime Designate, truly the eldest son of the gods!
Yet, this revered eldest son of the gods gave off a sense of twilight.
It was an aura of despair. Yes, despair. Ra-den emanated despair.
Galen's arrival did not cause Ra-den to move. He remained with his head bowed, and Galen could only see his messy gray-white hair and beard.
"Ahem!"
The sound Galen made brought a hint of life to the silent dungeon.
Clang!
Ra-den finally raised his head, the movement causing the chains to rattle.
Galen finally saw Ra-den's face. His right eye was ruined by a scar, and only despair remained in his left eye.
"I've come!"
"You shouldn't have come! Starcaller's pawn!"
"But I came anyway!"
"What's the point?"
Ada!
Galen had already mentally simulated chopping Ra-den into pieces, then flogging his corpse, and then flogging it again!
"Your brothers are waiting for you. Many things have happened outside."
"Irrelevant to me!"
"Loken has been corrupted. He drove Odin away, ambushed Mimiron, killed Tyr, imprisoned Freya, and alienated Thorim and Hodir. Only Archaedas escaped Ulduar."
"Oh!"
Oh?
Oh?
You say 'oh' to me?
Oh your head! Is this over yet!
Galen realized that he couldn't communicate with this shut-in at all, and the more he tried, the more anger surged in his heart.
No, I can't keep going like this, or I'll end up killing him! Then all the merit will be gone!
Don't get angry!
Don't get angry!
Galen chanted it several times in his heart and then stopped talking. He silently took out a large number of magical materials from his backpack and began to arrange them.
Ra-den in this state would resist the teleportation scroll, so Galen could only draw the teleportation array again!
Because Ra-den was a Highkeeper and a demigod, this teleportation array consumed a lot of Galen's precious materials.
But it didn't matter, Thunder Isle had already been captured, and all of Lei Shen's treasures were his!
Soon, a huge teleportation array was drawn with Ra-den at its center.
Galen clapped his hands, wiped away the non-existent dust, and then took out Strom'kar again, a spinning jump!
Clang!
Clang!
Two intersecting cold lights flashed in the dim space, and the two thick chains locking Ra-den were severed!
"Come on! Big guy!"
Galen immediately chanted the spell after landing, and the teleportation array on the ground was activated!
"Off you go!"
A burst of white light flashed, and the dungeon returned to silence.
It was still the Alterac Mountains, still that valley, the familiar recipe, the familiar taste.
But this time, waiting for Ra-den were not only a circle of Golden Holy Dragons, but also the Titan Keepers of the Ulduar lineage.
Storm Lord Thorim, Frost Lord Hodir, Earth Lord Archaedas, Life Binder Freya, Inventor Mimiron, and Tyr, the reborn Order Lord!
In their expectant gazes, Galen and Ra-den appeared through the teleportation array!
Seeing his brothers and sisters after ten thousand years, a glimmer of light finally flashed in Ra-den's eyes, but it quickly subsided again.
Freya stepped forward to check Ra-den's body. Apart from the chest wound, there were no other problems.
The body was fine, so the problem was in the mind, which required professional help.
"Great Lord... this...?"
Galen sighed, "This is what I told you before, autism."
"Because of that truth?" Archaedas asked back, his tone full of disbelief.
"Isn't it just the Pantheon being wiped out? Is it so hard to accept? Is it so hard?" Aragorn, reborn as Tyr, had been with Galen for a long time, and occasionally he would be a bit cheeky, joking about the ultimate secrets of the universe.
"Is there still hope?" Mimiron's mechanical voice sounded.
"Maybe we can still try to save him one last time!" Galen teleported Ra-den over to play his final card.
"Then, please save the Highkeeper!"
Faced with the Keepers' request, Galen waved his hand, "Archaedas, Thorim, you carry him inside!"
"Yes, Great Lord!"
The Earth Lord and the Storm Lord each picked up an arm of the Highkeeper and strode towards the interior of the valley.
The Golden Holy Dragons guarding the valley showed expressions of schadenfreude.
Another sucker!