Cold and dark, this was the first feeling that Sarlayan and Valeera felt after entering the time and space portal.
Before their vision could be restored, the skin of the two of them had a stress reaction, subconsciously arousing a layer of goosebumps.
The intense sense of threat that followed caused Sarlayan and Valeera to reflexively roll to the left and right sides to avoid it.
"Boom!"
The roar of something heavy hitting the ground rang out in their ears. They had no time to communicate or even think about it. The instinct of survival drove the two people, who had a perfect understanding of each other, to quickly adjust their posture and continue to maneuver at high speed.
In terms of mobility, Sarlayan in human form is far inferior to Valeela in her flexible limbs.
After rolling around on the ground, Sarlayan immediately used Dru Yin's transformation technique and transformed into a majestic silver wolf.
Using all four legs, Sarlayan finally caught up with Valeela, found a simple natural cave nearby and crawled into it to hide.
"Boom! Boom!"
There was still a loud noise outside the cave, and you could vaguely feel the violent fluctuations in magic caused by the collision of different spells.
Obviously, the previous attacks were not aimed at Sarlayan and Valeera, who had just arrived in this era. There was an armed conflict going on nearby...or should I say, a war?
"Gan!"
Sarlayan is still a little shaken after being killed by the door, and Valeela beside him is also trying to calm down his breathing and nervousness.
Although he didn't see clearly what the object that just attacked was, his body instinct told Sarlayan that that thing must not be intercepted forcefully.
"I want to see which great god is so enthusiastic?"
After adjusting their mood, Sarlayan and Valeera had time to carefully observe the outside environment.
Nozdormu has never left Azeroth in his life, and the test location he chose is naturally one of the time streams that Azeroth has experienced in the past.
However, both Sarlayan and Valeela subconsciously ignored one issue.
Nozdormu never said that they would be sent to the branch timeline to be tested.
In other words...the point in time where Sarlayan and Valeera are now may also be an important historical node on the time trunk that Azeroth has already experienced.
Yes, just like Ronin, Krasus and Brox were sent to the War of the Ancients.
While confirming that they were still in Azeroth, Sharlayan and Valeera looked at the dim sky outside the cave with somewhat blank expressions.
"This..." Valeera paused for a moment with a dull expression before asking in a tone of silence: "Shalayan, we are indeed still in Azeroth, right?"
"probably?"
Sharlayan is also a little unsure about this, because the environment here is completely different from the Azeroth they know.
The air is filled with a nauseatingly rich power of void, almost to the point where the energy has become substantial.
The sky that should have been blue and clear was also obscured by the power of void filled in the atmosphere, causing the entire sky to look dark and foggy.
"I have a guess that I don't want to make come true." Sarlayan smiled bitterly and rubbed his eyebrows: "Here..."
Valeera took a deep breath, and then immediately coughed several times subconsciously because the too strong power of the void entered her body.
"Ahem! Unfortunately, your guess and mine should be the same."
"We are probably sent by Nozdormu to the darkest period in Azeroth's history."
Sarlayan and Valeera looked at each other with bitter expressions, and at the same time told their guessed answers.
"Dark Empire."
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When Azeroth was born, there was no life on the planet, only primitive elements raging.
The four elements of fire, water, earth, and wind were entrenched in the original Azeroth, and they fought with each other endlessly.
Catalyzed by the arcane energy unconsciously escaping from the star soul of Azeroth, the elements gradually gained their own will, and over a long period of time formed the first batch of creatures in Azeroth - elemental creatures.
Since then, the surface of Azeroth's planet has been covered by a turbulent elemental frenzy, and those who lead these wild elements are four terrifying beings called the Lords of the Elements.
This chaotic war led by the four kings of the elements lasted for countless millennia. Each king of the elements hoped to make Azeroth into what he wanted, until... a group of extraterrestrial visitors came to the world.
In order to corrupt the entire universe with the power of the void, the Lord of the Void, who lives outside the material universe, indiscriminately releases seeds of the void to every planet in the material world.
And the life forms hatched from these seeds were the cancers of the planet that were later called the Ancient Gods.
As early as when Sargeras was still hunting demons in the vast universe, the power of the void had quietly penetrated into the material world.
Sargeras, who was still a Bronze Titan at the time, witnessed with his own eyes a planet that held the Soul of the World being completely corrupted by the Old Gods.
In order to prevent the birth of the Dark Titan, he raised his sword and slashed the already hopeless planet, and from then on regarded the Lord of the Void as a deadly enemy that was far more threatening than the devil.
Coincidentally, the Lord of the Void, who cast a wide net, was lucky enough to sow some of the Void seeds to Azeroth, a nascent planet that also harbored star souls.
The void seeds that fell from the sky began to devour each other for the survival of the fittest before they even landed.
Only five Old Gods finally landed on the surface of Azeroth and were successfully hatched. They are C'Thun, Yogg-Saron, Y'Shaarj, En'zoth and Xal'atath.
The Old Gods that parasitized Azeroth were not in harmony with each other, and they continued to conquer each other as soon as they landed.
At the same time, the elemental kings with strong territorial awareness also discovered these foreign objects and launched an attack on them without hesitation.
The melee between the elements and the ancient gods lasted for countless years in the original Azeroth, and the nascent star soul of Azeroth was also severely damaged in this brutal planetary civil war.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Xalatath, the weakest among the ancient gods, was the first to fall during the war. Its limbs were devoured by the other four ancient gods.
A claw and a few soul fragments were left behind.
This claw of Xal'atath was made into a weapon by other followers of the ancient god, which is the Blade of the Dark Empire in Onyxia's hand.
In the long war with the Old Gods and their followers, the four elements were ultimately defeated and forced to surrender to the rising power of the Old Gods, helping them establish the earliest civilization in Azeroth - the Darkness.
empire.
Until Aggramar, who patrolled the universe, discovered Azeroth, this young planet hosting star souls had been ruled by the forces of the void.
The Old God unscrupulously penetrated his roots into the ground, trying to completely corrupt the star soul of Azeroth and give birth to a dark titan that obeyed the Lord of the Void.
During this process, the internal battles within the Dark Empire never stopped. The four ancient gods coerced the four kings of the elements to conquer each other. This period of history became the most chaotic and darkest period in Azeroth's recorded history.
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When they think of this, Sarlayan and Valeera have a headache.
Although Sarlayan came into contact with C'Thun, the Thousand-Eyed Demon, during the Second War of Quicksand, C'Thun was in a sealed state at that time and was far from his peak.
Sarlayan is not sure whether the ancient gods in their heyday have entered the realm of true gods, but he is certain that when the Dark Empire still exists, there must be many Xeraki.
Each Xeraki possesses at least half-god-level strength. The powerful Guardian of Order Tyr cannot defeat two of them one at a time, and can only block their attack on Azadas and Ai through self-destruction.
Lonaya's pursuit.
"Calm down, don't get nervous yet."
Under the comfort of the barrage, Sarlayan took a deep breath and adjusted his mentality.
"We need to determine one thing first. Which period of the Dark Empire has Nozdormu sent us to? Is it the early period when we are most powerful? Or is it the middle and late period when the Titan Guardians arrive?"
If it were the early days of the Dark Empire before the Titans had set their sights on Azeroth... Thalayan would have been able to hit GG directly.
Not to mention the Ancient Gods and Elemental Kings who were in their prime, even the Xeraki and Elemental Lords under their command were beyond the reach of Sharlayan, a rookie who had just stepped onto the threshold of demigods.
However, Sarlayan believed that Nozdormu was not so insane.
He boldly guessed that the time Nozdormu chose should be after the Pantheon noticed Azeroth and sent out Titan Guardians to lead a large number of Titan creations to start a counterattack.
...Otherwise, he would never have imagined how Nozdormu's test would be completed.
"The middle and late stages of Dark Empire..."
Valeela forced down her uneasiness and said thoughtfully: "In other words, it was the period after Y'Shaarj was crushed by Aman'Thul and the Well of Eternity might have stabilized?"
"Um?"
Valeera's words gave a flash of inspiration in Sarlayan's mind: "The Well of Eternity...?"