Deathwing suffered heavy blows in the Plaguelands, and the other elemental lords in other places didn't fare much better either.
Take, for example, the Firelands' invasion of Mount Hyjal:
After the Turtle God Tortolla joined the front lines, the Fire Elementals' frenzied offensive was contained. Although the Night Elf forces didn't yet have enough strength to launch a counterattack, they weren't worried about it. Because their reinforcements included far more than just Tortolla, this one Ancient Guardian.
In the time that followed, Cenarius's father, the white stag "Malorne, Watcher of the Road," was resurrected, the wolf god Goldrinn was resurrected, the raven god Aviana was resurrected, and even several other demigods not mentioned in Aiden's original history: the bear god brothers Ursol and Ursoc, and the wild boar demigod Agamaggan, were resurrected.
Now, Azeroth's development was completely different from history. Cenarius had never died, but neither had his son Remulos or his daughter Avrilla in history. Now, this pair of siblings also took advantage of the very thin barrier between the Emerald Dream and reality to catch up with the resurrection craze.
With the addition of this large group of powerful Ancient Guardians, Ragnaros of the Firelands suddenly found his days very difficult. The other side quickly launched a counterattack, and the Fire Elemental army was routed. The other side had even chased in.
Those fierce demigods were all immortals who had faced the Burning Legion head-on in its prime. How could their combat power be resisted by these Fire Elementals?
Or, for example, the invasion of Uldum by the wind elementals:
"Al'Akir the Windlord's" encounter was even worse than Ragnaros's.
He had expected that he would encounter opponents, but he never thought that his opponents would be so powerful.
Not to mention how powerful the five Guardians were, and there were also those ascended demigods who were good at desert warfare, as well as a group of powerful heroes? And that wasn't all.
Al'Akir led his servants, carrying hurricanes and lightning all the way, flew down from the Skywall, rushed into the Halls of Origination aggressively, preparing to sweep away all the enemies inside, and then master the equipment in this Titan laboratory. As long as the plan was achieved, he would make the greatest contribution and clear all obstacles for his master.
You must know that the Halls of Origination contain instruments and power that can reshape all life in the world. Once activated, Al'Akir could complete the destruction of the world even without Deathwing!
After Al'Akir led the wind elemental army to the Halls of Origination, he immediately launched an attack on it.
At first, the progress was very smooth. His legion almost swept all the way, crushing all the guards. It wasn't until he entered the hinterland of this pyramid that the heroes who had arrived here earlier suddenly revealed their fangs.
Because of Aiden's special permission and the special nature of the Ulduar Keepers, the Halls of Origination had already been opened to them. Tyr and the five other Keepers led them into it without hindrance, and successfully won over those Keepers inside, and formulated this ambush plan.
When Al'Akir reacted, he was facing an encirclement by the five Ulduar Keepers, the seven Halls of Origination Keepers, and more than a dozen heroes including demigods such as Nasus, Azir, Renekton, and countless other elite forces.
The wind elemental legion, which had underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, was quickly defeated. Al'Akir's army was almost completely annihilated, and he himself had paid an extremely heavy price, sacrificing countless high-level elemental servants to escape.
But this defeat was not the end, because his enemies had no intention of giving up the pursuit. They all knew the location of the Skywall very well.
The flames of war quickly spread to the Vortex Pinnacle. The heroes were advancing triumphantly, and they would soon be able to break through the weak defenses here, and then storm the Throne of the Four Winds to punish the wind elemental king who was in a panic all day long.
The situation in the earth elemental plane has also greatly improved.
At first, Stone Mother Therazane mistakenly thought that the Earthen Ring and the vanguard were Deathwing's servants, and the fact that the other party killed her daughter Princess Theradras, so she started a full-scale war with them. However, the subsequent war became somewhat abnormal, and these abnormalities quickly aroused Stone Mother's attention.
After Deathwing shattered the World Pillar, its fragments mainly became three parts. One piece was picked up and preserved by Stone Mother herself, and the other two pieces fell into the hands of Deathwing's two servants respectively. And this group of "invaders" resisted the attacks of the stone elemental army while dispatching elite troops to seize these two fragments from Deathwing's servants.
After doing this, the vanguard and the shamans of the Earthen Ring gathered together and began to counterattack the stone elemental legion.
This force cannot be underestimated. You must know that this is the most elite tauren troop in Thunder Bluff, plus the joint tauren troop and troll troop of the Valoran Federation. Stone Mother is certainly powerful, but facing a large group of heroes and elite warriors, as well as the most powerful shamans, her troops are still being defeated.
The loss of the battle situation certainly made her annoyed, but she sent digging worms to monitor the conversations of these mortals, and gradually learned the truth.
It turned out that these people were not Deathwing's servants, but people who came to crusade against Deathwing. Both sides regarded each other as Deathwing's allies. Who knew that in the end, Deathwing was their common enemy?
Therefore, out of consideration for the overall situation, Stone Mother sent an envoy again. This time, all misunderstandings were clarified.
The only thing that made Stone Mother dissatisfied was that the fact that her daughter was killed was not a misunderstanding. It's just that the person who sent her this news distorted part of the facts.
Princess Theradras did have a reason to die, but she was still her daughter after all.
Therazane didn't want to be used as a gun by Deathwing. She also wanted to see the World Pillar repaired as soon as possible, so she reached an agreement with the Earthen Ring: the other party must swear to withdraw from Deepholm immediately after repairing the World Pillar, and never come in to disturb her!
Muen agreed on behalf of the coalition forces.
The two sides ceased fighting and began to confront each other. Then the shamans of the Earthen Ring united to repair the World Pillar through a huge and lengthy ceremony.
The battle situation in these three elemental planes was very favorable to the Azeroth coalition forces, and at the same time, in the seabed, the war in the last elemental plane also began.
The four major elements were once servants of the Old Gods, but after the defeat in ancient times, Stone Mother and Neptulon took the opportunity to escape the control of the Old Gods while being sealed.
Stone Mother stayed in Deepholm, and N'Zoth could only suppress her through Deathwing, but Neptulon was different—he was the ruler of the waters, and the place where N'Zoth was imprisoned was also in the deep sea.
Under such circumstances, how could N'Zoth allow this guy to escape his control?
After the seal of the Elemental Plane was broken, N'Zoth immediately began his operations. It dispatched its most powerful servant, "The Faceless One" Ozumat, leading a large group of Naga loyal to it, into the Water Elemental Plane, "Abyssal Maw", preparing to use thunderous means to force Neptulon to return to its embrace.
This was a scene from the classic storyline. Although there was player assistance in the game, Neptulon was ultimately captured by Ozumat.
But this time, the "players" helping him were much stronger.
The Naga, led by two powerful leaders, Lady Vashj and Lady Naz'jar, fiercely attacked the Throne of the Tides. At the same time, the Faceless Ones legion, led by Commander Ulzok, charged towards Neptulon's palace. The giant octopus monster Ozumat was even more unstoppable, crushing any water elementals into primal water elemental essence wherever it went.
"The Tidehunter" Neptulon was furious. He personally led the water elemental legion into battle, but he underestimated the strength of his opponents. Even though this was his domain, N'Zoth had long been prepared. Two powerful Naga took out pre-prepared treasures, releasing the psychic power from N'Zoth. Neptulon couldn't resist at all and was immediately severely injured.
Just as the Naga and Faceless Ones legions were sweeping through, preparing to capture Neptulon, who was fleeing into the depths of the Throne of the Tides, a third-party force joined the battlefield.
In the deep sea, a group of warriors, encased in water bubbles, rode seahorses and rushed into the battlefield along with the gentle undercurrents.
They were large in number, and there were dozens of heroes leading them! As soon as they engaged, the Naga legion in the rear instantly collapsed.
Among the enemy ranks, "Fizz, the Tidal Trickster" summoned a giant dragon shark. The deep sea was his home court, and the Seastone Trident exerted unparalleled power in his hands. He moved nimbly through the enemy ranks. Sometimes the dragon shark drove the enemies to his side, allowing him to wait at his leisure; sometimes he chased the Naga and sent them to the dragon shark's mouth. No matter what, those Naga quickly realized that this was definitely not someone to be trifled with.
Even more unbelievable to the enemies was that they saw Murlocs in this army—not Murlocs like Fizz, but the native Murlocs of Azeroth following behind him.
Normally, Murlocs should have been the Naga's servant army. The Naga had always been the overlords of the sea, and most Murlocs would obey their orders and commands.
For example, during the Burning Legion's invasion, the Naga, under N'Zoth's instructions, had stirred up trouble, coercing Murlocs and Faceless Ones to attack the coasts of Kalimdor everywhere. Theramore was almost lost because of this, and Azshara and Darkshore were the focus of their attacks.
Why would Murlocs defect to their enemies?
Lady Vashj and Lady Naz'jar couldn't respond to the Faceless Ones commander's questioning gaze. How would they know that this group of Murlocs had been subdued by Fizz when he was playing in the sea two months ago?
This group of Murlocs was led by a Murloc leader named "Murky". Murky lost in a duel with Fizz, and later he fulfilled his promise, leading his tribe to pledge allegiance to Fizz.
So, in fact, this wasn't part of the Valoran Allied Forces' official organization, but rather Fizz's private army.
In addition to these Murlocs, a large number of Azeroth elite troops also joined the battlefield. Considering that this was underwater combat, most of the elite troops were melee fighters and spellcasters skilled in underwater warfare. The Valoran Allied Forces and Quel'Thalas elites were the main force, and some combat mage units from Dalaran also joined them.
They attacked from behind, instantly reversing the situation.
In a fit of rage, the giant "Faceless One" Ozumat gave up capturing Neptulon and turned to deal with these sneak attackers!
Ozumat's power was beyond doubt. This giant octopus monster had tentacles hundreds of meters long, and its entire body was so large that people couldn't see the end of it in the water!
Such a giant monster, even if it did nothing, just blocking the way would definitely make ordinary people helpless. Moreover, Ozumat definitely possessed strength matching its body.
It slowly waved its tentacles, seemingly slow, but the actual speed of movement was absolutely shocking. The distance between the two sides was rapidly closing.
Ozumat was fearless. Although the enemies in front of it were numerous and included some heroes, they posed almost no threat to it.
It was too big and too strong. It would be difficult to defeat it even if everyone besieged it together, and ordinary people would either die or be crippled if they were slightly touched by it.
This was a general comparison. However, since Aiden had arranged for these heroes to come, he wouldn't have failed to consider how to deal with Ozumat.
The Ice Witch Lissandra stood up. She was one of the first heroes summoned to Azeroth, had participated in many battles, and her strength had now been restored to its original state. She was a true demigod.
However, such power alone was not enough. A demigod could injure Ozumat, but killing it was almost impossible.
Lissandra held a green gem in her hand, which was the Eye of Sargeras.
In order to ensure the smooth operation, Aiden had given her this gem.
When ordinary people hold the Eye of Sargeras, although they cannot truly exert its most powerful force, it is still an incomparably powerful artifact.
Even if it is simply regarded as a gem that transforms power, it can definitely burst out with the power to threaten any enemy.
The green gem shone brightly in Lissandra's hand, and a beam of light shot out, directly hitting one of Ozumat's huge tentacles. The power exploded, causing a violent wave in the deep sea.
Ozumat let out an extremely ear-piercing roar. The seawater in the place where the beam hit was stained with turbid blood, and countless fragments of flesh were scattered everywhere in the sewage. The tentacle that was hit was broken off at the root, twitching weakly as it sank into the seabed.
After brewing for a long time after the start of the war, Lissandra's first strike severely damaged the strongest enemy of the local legion!
Ozumat was both painful and terrified. It was too big. In its eyes, these mortal legions were as small as ants. It was too difficult for it to distinguish the actions of an ant. It didn't even know who had just severely injured it, or what kind of power it was.
Its terrified emotions were transmitted to the minds of its other allies, and Vashj and Naz'jar immediately hesitated. They hadn't paid attention to the battlefield here, but were continuing to attack the Throne of the Tides. They all believed that with Ozumat's strength, it would definitely be able to easily crush the sneak attackers behind them.
But just now, in just a short time, before the two sides had even officially engaged, Ozumat's screams were heard?