Qiyana, who was buried in the yellow sand, carefully raised her head, spit out the sand in her mouth, and looked around in confusion.
She remembered that the terrifying witch spirit flying in the air had just launched a devastating blow to the entire Vicora, and her 'teacher' Sewell teleported over to hold up the magic protective shield, and took a picture when the shield was broken.
own shoulders.
She couldn't see clearly what happened next. She only felt sand and dust constantly hitting her face. If she hadn't instinctively used magic defense, the majestic queen would have lost her appearance.
I shouldn't have stayed, it was a war belonging to the gods. She thought to herself, nervously searching the surrounding area with her magic... Sewell won't get into trouble because he wants to protect me, right?
Wait, where am I?
What about Vicola?
What is that Grand Canyon in the distance?
After being stunned for a few seconds, her mouth slowly opened wide, and then... she took another mouthful of sand.
…
So the girl was asked to stay as a 'bait'?! Nasus did not expect the situation in front of him at all and was greatly surprised.
What surprised him even more was the power that Ji Xing possessed. Xerath, who he and Renekton could not defeat together back then, was actually at a disadvantage from beginning to end. In this battle, his help was minimal.
of.
This human mage is far stronger than ordinary Ascended Ones, stronger than Renekton and me. The powerful Shurima has never had such a precedent. Since the legendary three ice sisters in ancient times, there has been another human mage.
Once upon a time, a mage with the power to challenge the gods was born?!
Witnessing Xerath's figure disappearing in the flames of Ji Xing, Nasus, who was holding a long ax, was shocked and surprised, but he did not relax his vigilance, but shouted: "Be careful! The witch spirit is not that easy to kill!"
Of course Ji Xing knows.
Boom! A purple thunder fell from the sky, instantly defeating Xerath who had re-formed behind Ji Xing. Xerath then let out a shrill and painful howl!
Click——click——
Then similar things happened again many times. No matter where the witch spirit energy escaped and reunited, it was greeted by a powerful thunder, which Xerath, who was already traumatized, was unable to resist.
In the blink of an eye, Ji Xing was defeated six times, and the dark energy in the sky was weakened a lot. When Xerath, who appeared in the sky for the seventh time, was defeated, Ji Xing frowned slightly and saw an ancient sarcophagus fragment in the thunder.
Struggled downwards, and finally collapsed into debris falling into the yellow sand!
As an ancient wizard spirit, Xerath is already an energy life, which can also be said to be an aggregation of dark energy. What binds these energies together are the chains and sarcophagus fragments on his body. That is what he is.
body!
The previous defeats of energy bodies weakened Xerath, but this time breaking the sarcophagus fragments could be said to have severely damaged Xerath.
But it shouldn't be so fast.
Although their combat power is only at the level of "destroying the country", these guys with the blood of ascension do have the ability to be reborn with blood.
Just killing him seven times in a row still didn't hurt his true nature, unless he did it on purpose.
Actively throw out part of the body to escape.
Sure enough, when Xerath appeared again, it was already over the other end of the canyon more than ten kilometers away. Ji Xing's magic could certainly cover it, but it was not enough to defeat him across that distance.
The witchcraft power of Xerath who appeared there was obviously much dimmed, and he immediately fled away from Ji Xing and Nasus.
At the same time, of course, I didn’t forget to leave a cruel message: “I won’t let you go!! Mage!”
"We can't let him escape!" Of course, Nasus would not let go of this golden opportunity, and immediately ran and chased him.
Ji Xing wouldn't fight for a long time and let his enemy escape because he was worried about him.
With the blessing of the staff, his flying speed was like a meteor, quickly closing the distance between him and Xerath. Xerath looked back, his energy face was distorted, and it accelerated like a burning fire.
Two of the three were in the air, and one was running on land. They quickly left the canyon behind and crossed the vastness.
A patch of yellow sand. A few dozen miles later, Ji Xing suddenly felt something in his heart and threw out a card from his sleeve.
"Are you here?"
The real deadly threat?
Boom!!
There was a sudden muffled explosion, and Zeras, who was flying at the front, fell into the yellow sand like a cannonball, causing the yellow sand earth to roll up and down!
Nasus stopped.
Ji Xing is also hovering in the sky.
Xerath emerged from the sand in a panic, Xerath was shocked and annoyed: "Who is it?!"
His energy body dimmed a lot again, which proved that the attack just now broke through the defense. There was a wolf behind him and a tiger in front of him. For the first time, he felt a fatal threat.
No! I was Azir's slave for decades in my previous life, so I should be his master in this life! I just got out of trouble, how could I die here?!
The witch energy in his body surged, and his momentum violently rose back to its peak. The waves of sand swept away the surrounding sand sea, revealing the figure in front of him.
Its height is actually about the same as Nasus, and its body is burly and strong, like a mobile war fortress. Its whole body is covered with thick black armor. The armor is engraved with ancient and strange runes. These runes are beating in the sand and dust.
It emits a faint but disturbing red light, as if it contains endless anger and wails!
He was holding a giant blade, and his head was covered by a huge, strange-shaped helmet, revealing only a pair of fiery red pupils and horns. Behind his back, a pair of wide, dark wings spread out, like a pair of wings in the night.
Bat wings!
"Aatrox?!" Xerath blurted out in shock, "You're still alive too?!"
Aatrox, the Ascended General, was a contemporary of Nasus and followed Queen Setaka. If Nasus was the leader of the "civilians" among his subjects, Grand Maester, Aatrox was the leader among the generals.
Outstanding.
He is kind and kind, dares to be a pioneer, and has a prestige in the Shurima Emperor's army that is almost second only to Queen Setaka.
But just for a moment, Xerath noticed something was wrong: "Your appearance..."
Xerath, who had been imprisoned for three thousand years and had just been released, did not know the story after Shurima's demise, nor did he know that the Ascended generals who participated in the Void War were contaminated by the Void.
Aatrox is no longer the beloved general of Shurima. He has a new title - "The Darkin's Sword Demon."
It was also the first time Nasus saw Aatrox after his fall. Facing such an old friend, he felt extremely heavy and full of guilt.
In that void war, only he and Renekton stayed behind to guard Shurima, so they were not contaminated by the void, but the two brothers failed to do anything in the end.
"Aatrox, why are you here?" he asked in a deep voice.
"Grand Maester." Scarlet eyes shot over, and Aatrox's voice seemed to echo in two voices: "You have also fallen, sinking into the abyss of cowardice.
I heard the desert travelers singing, Azir is resurrected and has come to pay homage to the Emperor of the Desert."
"Is that true?" Nasus didn't.
Hearing the kindness, he tightened his grip on the ax handle.
Xerath discovered something strange about Aatrox during his observation, and said in a surprised voice: "Aatrox, your Ascended body..."
Buzz——
The sound of the giant blade breaking through the wind echoed, and Aatrox pointed the blade at Xerath: "I remember you, although you have changed your appearance. Azir's slave, Xerath, the sinner who destroyed the capital."
"Slave?!" Xerath's voice changed slightly: "No, it's not that long ago. Azir gave me my freedom before the ascension ceremony."
"What?!" Nasus was shocked by this: "Then why are you still..."
"Yes, why?" Xerath looked back at Ji Xing warily, but did not continue to provoke Nasus, but said: "Let's work together to kill them, Aatrox.
I can see the weirdness in your body. I think you are not looking for Azir out of kindness, but because you want to ask about the secret of his resurrection. Nasus and this damn mage will be obstacles, so join forces with me.
, kill them here!"
"Aatrox!" Netheris roared immediately: "Do you remember the glory of the Ascended Ones?"
Aatrox only looked up at the quarter star.
The glory of the Ascended? He no longer had that kind of thing. When he fell into the Darkin and was sealed into his own blade due to the conspiracy of the twilight star Maisha, it disappeared.
It is true that he came to the desert to find Azir not to restore the Shurima Empire.
His current body is still the sword blade, he just usurped the bodies of the ignorant people who touched the sword blade and roughly changed them into his own appearance.
As the first dark descendant to escape from trouble, he has devoured countless flesh and blood in a similar way over the past few hundred years to strengthen his body's strength.
But even if his current flesh and blood is stronger than his original body, it is just a look-alike that only allows him to walk from one prison to another!
He wants to take back his ascended body, and he needs a way to revive Azir!
But... "It seems that I don't need to find Azir, can you give me the answer?"
Xerath was startled, and the explosion reverberated!
The giant blade of the darkin sword demon Aatrox once again came to Xerath's head, cutting Xerath's energy body in half almost instantly, causing Xerath to howl and shoot into the yellow sand.
"Aatrox!!"
Roaring with gnashing teeth, Xerath, who had been being beaten, released powerful witchcraft energy at Aatrox who was following him, and the devastating impact was sounded again.
Even more violent than when Nasus and Xerath collided, Aatrox was worthy of the name of the Sword Demon. The two dark energies squeezed and flattened hundreds of miles of yellow sand as they expanded!
Ji Xing's figure landed next to Nasus, and a magic shield protected the two of them.
Nasus looked angry and complicated. Aatrox, do you still remember the glory of the Ascended?
Darkin...Void...Xerath...
The wise Grand Maester didn't know how to face Aatrox. He only knew that he didn't want Xerath to escape.
He looked at Ji Xing and said: "Thank you, the mage of Piltover. Things have not developed in the worst direction, but I still have to ask you to keep an eye on Xerath. Aatrox may not be his opponent. The two of them
I won’t fight to the death either.”
Ji Xing hummed casually.
From the moment Aatrox appeared, a sharp alarm sounded in Ji Xing's spiritual sense.
It seemed like he was being targeted by some kind of beast, one even stronger than the Jax he had once seen!
Not him, not Aatrox.
After watching the battle for more than ten seconds, Ji Xing determined that the dark sword demon Aatrox was very strong, but it was only stronger than Nasus, and comparable to Xerath at his peak, with slightly weaker destructive power and slightly stronger in actual combat.
This can cause you a little trouble, but it's far from fatal.
There are also experts.
Ji Xing squinted and looked around the desert.
Two minutes later, Xerath couldn't stand it anymore and screamed angrily: "Aatrox, have you become a madman?! Are you really going to hurt both of us here?!"
After experiencing Ji Xing's methods, he really didn't want to be hurt again at the hands of Aatrox.
"Why was Azir resurrected?" Aatrox simply asked in a low voice.
"You know it, but you can't do it!" Xerath said: "That is the ascended blood inherited by the ascended Martial Queen Queen Setaka, the power of blood!"
"Really? You were lying to me before." Aatrox said calmly: "Then what can I gain by joining forces with you to fight the Grand Maester?"
Xerath: "..."
His mentality is a bit fried. Has the outside world become so complicated?
Just when he wanted to make Aatrox stop, suddenly there was a sound of barking, and this was definitely not something that should appear on their battlefield.
The strange scene finally made the two people stop the collision. They looked into the distance of the desert and saw a group of dune hounds running towards them.
In this desert, the unity and ferocity of the dune hounds exceed
Wolves are one of the most feared creatures by merchants and travelers, but for Ascendants and Darkspawn, they can be destroyed with a wave of their hands.
But in this group of hunting dogs, Aatrox felt a familiar smell and power.
"Who are you……"
"Aatrox, long time no see, don't you recognize me?" The leader of the hunting dog said in a human voice: "I am Naya Feili. As you can see, there were some accidents. I was sealed.
The dagger was torn into pieces and eaten by these guys."
"Nayafil?" Nasus said in shock.
"Oh, Grand Bachelor."
Another powerful Ascendant, or another powerful Darkin! Like Aatrox, she is one of the most powerful Darkin, but obviously, her situation is a little weirder.
"I feel your power from the distant desert." Nayafeli did not communicate with Nasus, but said simply, and the dogs looked at Aatrox and Xerath again.
"Actually, there's nothing wrong with it. These little guys taught me some philosophy of life. I've been looking for you. Let's join forces. Aatrox... maybe we can bring Xerath with us?"
Nasus could no longer pay attention to Nayafili's condition, but turned his gaze to the other side of the desert, his expression gradually becoming sad.
The ascended ones can feel the power of the ascended ones' collision. Are you here too? My brother.
Renekton!
He can feel that the violent and violent "Desert Butcher" is also approaching here!
The ancient wizard spirit, the Ascended Grand Maester, two darkspawn, the crazy Renekton...
It's getting more and more confusing.
"It's not them." At this time, Ji Xing also moved his eyes away from the Nayafilis and looked in the same direction as Nasus: "Crocodile? No, it's not him either. They are worse than sword demons."
The sixth sense derived from the soul is spread to the extreme.
Ji Xing suddenly turned his head and looked at the desert in another direction. In the yellow sand, a new figure appeared vaguely!
It didn't move.
In other words, it cannot be moved
move.
Because it was a scarecrow that was inserted there by someone at an unknown time, swinging in the wind, with an abyss-like smile at the corner of its mouth!