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Chapter 617 Dark Forest
The Dark Forest of the continent of Okan.

As the largest forest on the western side of the entire continent, the Dark Forest covers an extremely vast area, with towering giant trees growing within it, almost enveloping the entire Shadow Troll tribe.

This territory, almost entirely controlled by the Shadow Trolls, has been transformed over hundreds of years, resulting in a dense concentration of dark elements within the Dark Forest. This has created an ideal environment for dark creatures, giving rise to numerous powerful dark magical beasts.

However, due to the Shadow Troll tribe's absolute control over the Dark Forest, even though the Dark Forest possesses an environment and resources conducive to the birth of powerful magical beasts, the magical beasts there can only survive under the captivity of the Shadow Trolls.

It can be said that, in terms of control over magical beasts alone, the Shadow Troll tribe's control over the magical beasts in the Dark Forest is truly powerful, far surpassing the Frost Troll tribe's control over the Snowy Mountains.

Therefore, compared to the magical beasts in the Snowy Mountains that could still put up some resistance, the magical beasts in the Dark Forest, apart from the low-level ones who were even rejected as food, were all controlled and domesticated by the Shadow Troll tribe, like livestock, with no ability to resist.

In the past, the Shadow Troll tribe earned considerable wealth among the six major troll tribes by selling large quantities of monster materials, making them quite wealthy overall.

However, with the arrival of the Flame Emperor human race and the subsequent construction of the Demon Extinction City, and after the troll race needed each tribe to send strongmen to guard the Okan Fortress, in order to prevent unexpected situations from occurring within the tribe, the Shadow Troll tribe began to abandon most of the animal pens that housed high-level magical beasts.

This has resulted in the Shadow Troll tribe now having very few Tier 5 monsters, a stark contrast to the past when they even bred quite a few Tier 6 monsters.

Right now, in the core area of ​​the Shadow Swamp within the Dark Forest.

Suddenly, a silver light flashed in this sparsely populated area, and a mountain giant tens of meters tall emerged with a wary expression. Following closely behind was a red crystal dragon over twenty meters long, and a Moon Shadow Spirit Cat perched atop the dragon's head.

They were none other than the pathfinders sent by Ye Mo: the mountain giant Wang Tuze, the red crystal dragon Isaac, and Bai You.

"Looks like I didn't teleport to the wrong place. This is the Shadow Swamp." Bai You, who was perched on top of the giant dragon's head, stood up and calmly said after scanning the surroundings.

The reason for choosing to teleport here is not only because it is close to the location of the Shadow Totem, but also because the Shadow Swamp is filled with a lot of light elements, which are elements that shadow trolls naturally repel.

Although the Shadow Swamp contains many extraordinary resources, the Shadow Troll tribe ignores them because of their low level and the difficulty of mining them.

Under normal circumstances, shadow trolls rarely come here, so teleporting here is relatively hidden and safe.

“There is no sign of life nearby, but I can sense some life fluctuations further away, but the aura is weak, and they are probably all below the third rank.” After spreading his soul perception outward for a while, the mountain giant Wang Tuze spoke up and said the result of his perception.

The Crimson Crystal Dragon Isaac remained obediently in place. Among the three, he was far inferior to the Mountain Giant King in terms of strength and level, and in terms of other roles, he was also inferior to Bai You. Therefore, staying obediently by Bai You's side and protecting her was the most sensible choice.

"Okay, let's begin." Bai You nodded slightly and said in a cool tone.

After speaking, Bai You began to act. First, she set up an invisible array around her to conceal herself, and then she began to set up a teleportation array.

During this process, the Mountain Giant King harnessed the power of the earth, and within the limits of the invisible formation, began to slowly transform the surrounding swamp into solid land.

After all, although the magical beasts that arrive later can all fly, using magic to fly will cause considerable magical fluctuations. If these magical fluctuations increase, they may still be transmitted outside the formation.

As for the Crimson Crystal Dragon Isaac, he followed closely behind Bai You, acting as a guard and assistant, and could be of some use when needed. A few minutes later, thanks to Bai You's efforts, a fourth-order teleportation array was successfully constructed.

Although it's described as a fourth-tier teleportation array, it incorporates a significant amount of fifth-tier materials, making it in no way inferior to a fifth-tier teleportation array in terms of stability. After all, most of those being teleported will be fifth-tier beings, so a stable teleportation array is essential.

After the formation was completed, Bai You took out a spirit crystal to activate it. Silver spatial power flowed above the formation, and soon a teleportation portal was formed.

As the spatial ripples gently spread and the silver light began to brighten, powerful beings emerged from the teleportation portal.

A short while later, a dozen or twenty powerful extraordinary beings were found sitting on this previously lifeless Shadow Swamp, most of whom exuded an aura as high as the fifth rank.

"According to the information we have, if the Shadow Troll tribe has not changed the location of the totem, then the location of the Shadow Totem is to our west, in a large city within the Shadow Troll tribe—Nightshade City."

Ye Mo spoke seriously and solemnly to the magical beasts and spirit pets around him: "Although this plan requires speed, for safety's sake, after arriving at Night Shadow City, in addition to investigating Night Shadow City's intelligence, we will also need Youyou to set up a few more formations as a backup plan."

"Hmm, leave it to me." Bai You said with deep eyes and a cold tone.

Upon hearing this, Ye Mo nodded.

Although the locations of the four ritual totems, including the Frost Totem and the War Totem, were the same as the information given by the War Palace, there's always a chance of something going wrong. Therefore, it's still necessary to confirm again whether the Shadow Totem is located within Nightshade City.

Otherwise, if a strong attack is launched and the totem is moved, not only will the battle be in vain, but the Shadow Troll tribe will also receive the information and become more cautious in protecting the totem.

As for Youyou's backup plan, that's something Ye Mo also has to do.

Although he had subdued so many magical beasts through the trading contracts, on paper, conquering Nightshade City, where most of the strongmen had been transferred away, should have been easy. However, the Shadow Troll Tribe was still a powerful tribe with legendary trolls, so no amount of caution was excessive.

Just like when he carried out the mission to destroy the Frost Totem, the opponents that Qingqiu Yaoyao, Teacher Chen Ying and Anlan encountered were either fifth-tier troll powerhouses who were good at spatial manipulation, or troll legions with considerable combat power. Although the difficulty was not low, it was far inferior to his.

It should be noted that he was facing an invincible fifth-tier troll powerhouse. It can be said that unless he used all his trump cards, even if he led more than ten fifth-tier magical beast subordinates to attack together, he probably would not be able to defeat the opponent, and he might even suffer a lot of losses.

Having experienced what happened before, even with time running out, he couldn't help but be vigilant this time.

"Let's go."

After he finished speaking, led by Ye Mo, more than ten fifth-tier magical beasts flew out of the Shadowlight Swamp and headed west.

The teleportation array within the Shadow Swamp was concealed by Bai You using an invisible formation. Unless a peak fourth-tier transcendent happens to engage in battle there, the teleportation array hidden by the formation will not be exposed.

(End of this chapter)