Half an hour later.
Grimm saw the pitiful Level 2 Draconian Zacha.
He could tell that the Draconian was lucky to not have been contaminated by the Void Energy during the explosion. However, at the same time, it was also unfortunate that it had become food for the Lightning Dragon Armes.
Grimm had thought that the Draconian was long dead, but when he used the Earth Elemental to wrap it up, he found that it was barely breathing.
Without hesitation, Grimm took out a Health Potion and fed it to the Draconian.
Unfortunately, while it might be able to save its life, it could not heal its limbs and a portion of its torso that had been devoured by the Thunder Dragon. If it wanted to recover further, it would have to move to the Flame Monarch's Wizard's Pagoda.
It would take at least a few months to fully recover from such a terrifying injury.
Even though there were many ways to quickly regrow one's flesh, they were all caused by the sudden stimulation of one's life force in a life or death situation. Once the spell was withdrawn, the damaged parts of the body would need to be carefully nurtured and repaired.
However, with the powerful physique of a Level 2 Draconian, as long as it had enough food and energy, it would be able to recover at a speed several times faster than a Wizard with a weaker physique.
Even though Draconian Zacha's life was hanging by a thread, it was still conscious. When Grimm saved it from the Thunder Dragon, it even used its weak mental energy to send a message of gratitude.
Even though he did not know how sincere the message was, Grimm saw a chance to subdue it!
Grimm did not have the time to slowly nurture the Level 2 Draconian, so he handed it over to the Poison Centipede and let it do whatever it wanted. As for him, he once again focused all his attention on the silent battle underground.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the Earth Elemental army that Grimm had built with all his might had been destroyed. The base value of 20 Wizard Earth Elementals had reached 50,000 magical crystals. If they were sold in the Wizard market, they would be worth around three hundred thousand Magic Crystals.
The death of the twenty Earth Elementals only brought Grimm more benefits than the Thunder Dragon Armes. The Thunder Dragon Armes that it had just accumulated was once again used up.
Although the Earth Elemental's feedback showed that the Grade 3 Thunder Dragon was on the verge of collapsing, it seemed like it could be brought down with just a little more effort. However, Grimm still didn't dare to be careless. He didn't dare to fight in person. He could only command the earth-elemental devil puppet to circle around the lightning dragon, waiting for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
With them around, the Thunder Dragon wouldn't be able to dig its way out.
Under Grimm's command, the Earth Elemental Puppet even destroyed a large portion of the tunnel behind the Thunder Dragon. In this way, the opponent would not even have a path of retreat.
Once the Thunder Dragon was surrounded, Grimm sent one Earth Elemental Puppet after another. He wanted to use this opportunity to subdue the frightening Tier 3 Thunder Dragon. However, it was a pity that every time the Devil Centipede Emissary was killed by the other party with a single claw strike. Then, a new round of battles would ensue.
After several fruitless attempts, Grim hardened his heart and stopped sending emissaries to summon the Thunder Dragon. Instead, he focused all his attention on killing the isolated Tier 3 Thunder Dragon.
In the past, Grim wouldn't even dare to think about such a thing. However, due to a fortuitous encounter, he had unexpectedly bumped into a big fish. Grimm would never forgive himself if he lost such an opportunity!
The excavation of the ground had stopped. All the Goblins had laid down their flags and drums, waiting for news.
As the main characters of the battle, Grim and Bliss hid in a small wooden hut and a tent respectively. Both of them remotely commanded their subordinates to harass and attack the Tier 3 Thunder Dragon in the tunnel.
No matter how strong the Tier 3 Thunder Dragon was, the sky was its stage. And underground, it was destined to be a nightmare for the rest of its life!
If Armes tried to dig his way out, the Earth Elemental Puppet would charge into the tunnel and harass him, using its innate ability to strengthen the soil around the tunnel. Although this would not be able to solidify the soil into stone, it would increase the difficulty of digging by more than tenfold.
If Armes gave up on digging and attacked the Earth Elemental Puppet instead, the Earth Elemental Puppets would burrow into the ground and use their earth spears and mud spells to entangle the Thunder Dragon.
Using this method, hundreds of Devil Centipedes and Thorny Scorpions roamed around the Thunder Dragon, taking turns to attack, reducing the consumption of the Earth Elemental Essence. After all, the Thunder Dragon and Thorny Scorpions couldn't replenish their Earth Elemental Essence in the Goblin Plane.
However, one side was stronger than the other. As the two fought underground, it was all about who could last and who would fall first.
In this aspect, the Thunder Dragon was clearly at a disadvantage.
This underground battle lasted for half a month, before the exhausted Thunder Dragon Armes collapsed and became a captive of the Earth Elemental Puppet Army.
Grimm had obtained a Tier 2 Dragonoid and a Tier 3 Thunder Dragon in one fell swoop. He was so excited that he could barely contain himself.
However, an even greater surprise had yet to come.
Following the tunnel that the Thunder Dragon had dug, the two Thorny Scorpions dispatched by the Insect Lich arrived at the scene of the Spatial Furnace explosion. The area had become a strange void of energy. Anything that entered the void would be reduced to dust particles that were difficult to discern with the naked eye before being ejected again.
The dust particles that were ejected contained extremely powerful energy radiation. One of the Thorny Scorpions had gotten too close and was hit by a pillar of dust, its body disintegrating immediately.
From afar, the void of energy looked like a huge black rock with a diameter of ten metres, with fine energy particles lingering around it. Amidst the terrifying rumbling sounds, the centre of the void of energy emitted a dazzling multi-coloured energy.
The energy was filtered through the layer of dust on the outer shell of the rock, and was no longer as chaotic and violent as it was when it first appeared. It interacted with the laws of the Goblin Plane, turning into waves of extremely pure Earth Elemental Essence that dissipated into the surroundings.
Bliss was obviously at a loss when he saw this strange scene, but Grim, who had an encyclopedia of Magi in his head, recognised it at a glance.
"Beep. Discovered a wild source of Earth Elemental Essence … Based on analysis, the concentration of the Earth Elemental Essence is violent. Not suitable for Magi to consume directly …"
"A source of Earth Elemental Essence!" Grim's eyes lit up.
To be honest, this was a wild source of Earth Elemental Essence that had yet to be refined or tamed.
Although it had been created by a strange explosion, it matched the description of a source of Earth Elemental Essence in Grim's memories.
The so-called source of Earth Elemental Essence was just a name given to it by Magi. In reality, it was just a point where the energy of the void and the plane intersected. Here, the violent energy of the void would come into contact with the plane, resulting in an energy siphon.
It was because of the existence of a source of Earth Elemental Essence that the plane could receive energy from the void, allowing it to maintain a stable amount of Earth Elemental Essence. As for the Goblin Plane, it was precisely because of the lack of such a wild source of mana that the magical elements within the plane were thin. Hence, it became a notorious low-magical plane.
Grim could not help but sigh at the strangeness of fate.
If the rank 3 Thunder Dragon had known that there was a source of Earth Elemental Essence at the core of the explosion, it definitely would not have buried itself in digging. If it had stayed within the range of the source of Earth Elemental Essence, it would have replenished its lightning energy. At that time, who in the entire Goblin Plane could stop a rank 3 Thunder Dragon at its peak?
However, it was obviously scared out of its wits by the terrifying explosion. All it wanted to do was to leave this place, but it did not know that it had missed a chance that fate had arranged for it to make a comeback.
The source of Earth Elemental Essence was a gift from the heavens to powerful magical creatures. However, for those who were not strong enough, it was like a forbidden land of death.
Rank 1 Magi were still too weak. Once they got close to the source of Earth Elemental Essence, there was a high chance that they would be assimilated into a demonic spirit without a body. As a rank 2 Magus, Grim's body and mind had already been assimilated into the Earth Elemental Essence. Not only would he not be harmed when he got close to the source of Earth Elemental Essence, he could even feel the dense aura of Earth Elemental Essence.
If he used up all his Earth Elemental Essence in battle, he would only need to bathe in the source of Earth Elemental Essence for 5 minutes to replenish his Earth Elemental Essence.
To an Elemental Magus, a treasure like this was comparable to a Holy Artifact.
Moreover, Grimm remembered that it was recorded in the books that this source of mana could be shifted away through Witchcraft. If he could add it to the Magic Furnace that he had completed his initial design, he could increase the furnace's power by more than 10 times.
Standing 20 meters away from the black sphere, Grim tried to sense the structure of the source of Earth Elemental Essence. However, no matter how hard he tried, the void at the center of the source of Earth Elemental Essence was just pure darkness in his mind.
Regardless of whether it was his spells or his mental perception, he could not get any feedback from the source.
The moment his mental force entered the source of Earth Elemental Essence, it would be strangely devoured.
Yes, it was devoured, not gone missing!
Grim stood there for a long time before sighing helplessly.
The source of Earth Elemental Essence was indeed mysterious and wonderful. With his current strength, he did not have the qualifications to investigate its secrets.
After setting up a spatial marker for the area where the source of Earth Elemental Essence was, he tried to seal it.
Now, it was time for Grim to roam the underground!
The terrifying underground world that a rank 3 Thunder Dragon could not freely traverse, but Grim could traverse it as if it was flat ground. What he relied on was the powerful support that he relied on — the Elemental Puppet.
Originally, he wanted to hand over the task of developing Steel City to the Insect Lich, Bliss. However, it seemed that even he had underestimated the value of this place. Let alone the Planar Gate that had yet to reveal itself, even the things he had obtained so far had greatly exceeded his expectations.
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