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"Careful"
However, before Jie could say anything, the only remaining shadow magic in Ku's body had expanded to its limit. He was like a balloon filled with the aura of destruction and exploded in an instant!
"boom!"
Endless black shadows completely swallowed up the light in the hall. Magical power like a black ribbon burst out from where Ku Shuo was, madly impacting everything around him.
Jie stood there in a daze, looking at the purple shield surrounding his body and the figure in front of him that blocked all the explosion damage for him.
The aftermath of the explosion lasted for a long time before gradually subsiding. The purple shield covering Jie's body was gradually worn away by the explosion, but he himself did not suffer any harm.
When the entire hall gradually returned to calm, Shen once again put the soul blade in his hand back into the scabbard behind him.
At this moment, Shen's eyes were as calm as water, staring quietly in front of him, which was also the place where his father, whom he once respected the most, had passed away.
Was his father killed by robbery?
Should I draw my sword against Jie?
It seemed that the moment he decided to help Jie stop his father's self-destruction, the state of mind of this young leader who had just taken over as Twilight Eyes also underwent a drastic transformation.
In the silent hall, Jie's voice came from behind Shen.
"Careful"
Shen turned around and looked at Jie behind him: "Jie, I want to know the truth of the matter, I want to know everything!"
Jie looked at Shen in front of him and sighed deeply. After experiencing so many things, Jie knew that Shen was qualified to know everything that happened in the past.
At this moment, the two people who were once as close as brothers stood facing each other, and Jie also whispered about the past.
Once, after witnessing Noxus' massacre of the Ionian people, but the Kinkou remained indifferent, Zed decided to defect from the Kinkou.
Later, when Jie decided to return to the Order of the Balance to snatch the Tear of Shadow again, Ku Shuo stood in front of Jie.
Leaving everyone behind, Ku Shuo and Jie came to the back mountain of the Sect of Balance.
It was also here that Ku Shuo told Jie, who was already prepared to have a battle with his master, about his plan.
It turned out that after witnessing the disciples of the Order of Balance leaving one after another and his most outstanding children choosing to part ways with him, Ku Shuo had also thought a lot.
In order to prevent Ionia from being invaded by Noxus, he made a decision that went against the teachings of the Order of the Balance:
Return to the Shadow with Zed and work in the dark to help Ionia fight Noxus!
However, Ku Shuo is the current Eye of Twilight after all. If he really did that, the already turbulent internal situation of the Order of the Balance would undoubtedly fall into greater turmoil.
However, Ku Shuo finally came up with a perfect way to deal with all of this.
He could leave the Order of the Kinkou without causing unrest within the order, while also protecting Ionia from the shadows.
However, this method would require Jie to bear endless infamy.
That means he died at the hands of Jie!
Only in this way can he disappear from people's sight naturally, and the Order of the Balance will not be affected in the slightest because Shen will succeed him as the next Eye of Twilight.
Ku said he had asked Jie if he was willing to do this.
The answer given by Jie was calm and firm: "I don't care whether I get a good reputation or not!"
In this way, a fake death operation that was hidden from everyone was quietly launched.
From that day on, Ku Shuo disappeared from people's sight, and he "died" at the hands of the equalizer traitor Jie.
After returning to Shadow Stream, Zed handed over the control of Shadow Stream to Kusuo, while he himself began to wander around Ionia, secretly protecting this stormy land.
Ku Shuo did not disappoint Jie. After he took on the burden of Shadow Stream, he quietly developed the power of Shadow Stream and secretly established an organization called Navoli Brotherhood in Navoli Province.
The Shadow Stream and the Navori Brotherhood together contributed tremendous strength to Ionia's fight against Noxus.
However, just after Noxus was defeated, everything began to develop in a direction that Jie had never expected.
After long-term exposure to Shadow Tears, Ku Shuo's mind began to be gradually distorted, and he began to covet the pleasure of holding power in his hands.
It was also from that time that he released the 'Golden Demon' from prison and had him stir up panic in various parts of Ionia in order to strengthen people's reliance on the Shadow Stream and the Navoli Brotherhood.
When the time was ripe, he planned to ambush Jie!
Having said that, Jie’s story is coming to an end.
In the hall, Jie stood in front of Shen, slowly retracting the blades on his arms, and a sense of relief wafted from his entire body.
"Shen, go ahead. I don't have anything to worry about now!"
Hearing what Jie said, Shen slowly shook his head.
"Ionia needs the Shadow Stream today, and it needs you, the Lord of the Shadow Stream, even more!"
Jie turned his gaze to the outside of the hall and suddenly smiled softly: "The Shadow Lord already has a suitable successor!"
"not enough!"
Shen raised his head and looked into Jie's eyes: "At least, your disciples cannot go with me to hunt down the Golden Demon like you do! It will be difficult for me without you to help me."
"!!!"
The moment Jie's voice fell, there was some violent fluctuation in Jie's eyes.
Neither of them spoke again, but just stared at each other quietly, just like when Shen first met Jie as a child.
After a long time, Shen bent his arms and raised them to his chest, then extended his right hand towards Jie.
And Jie looked at Shen's actions in front of him. After hesitating for a few moments, he finally raised his hand and held Jie's hand tightly.
Chapter 52: Relief! Rhaast's Guidance!
Just like the forbidden mysteries that each of them has comprehended, the calm Shen and the sharp-minded Jie are like the solidest shield and the sharpest spear.
Originally, the two were like brothers and were the perfect partners.
It was only the disagreement on the doctrine of equilibrium that caused the two to part ways in the end, and the once most perfect combination was forced to separate.
Now that everything has settled, all the knots have been untied, and both of them will choose the path they think is most correct.
"Shen, why are you here?"
After a long silence, Jie finally asked the question in his mind.
At this time, Shen also looked at Zuo Chi who was sitting in the corner of the hall with a bored look on his face.
"Thank you, Your Excellency!"
Jie turned his head in that direction with a puzzled look on his face: "Who is he?"
"Zhe, after you left, it was this Excellency who told me what you would face after returning to the Shadow Stream."
"!?"
"This..." After hearing Shen's words, Jie was so shocked that he was speechless.
At this moment, Zuo Chi also turned his head over here and smiled at the two of them.
"It seems that I have completed the task assigned to me by Kenan?"
"Master Kennen?" This time, Shen and Jie raised their eyebrows in shock at the same time.
As for Kennen, the most powerful and mysterious existence in the Order of the Kinkou, Shen and Zed can be said to have heard the story of Kennen since they were young.
It can even be said that their admiration for Kennen is even greater than that for their master.
Coming to the two of them with Ahri, Zuo Chi waved his hand and said, "Go check on Kayn, and then come back with me to the Order of the Balance. Master Kennen is very worried about you!"
After hearing Zuo Chi's words, a strange emotion emerged in Shen and Jie's hearts, and finally they nodded at the same time.
"Thank you, Your Excellency!"
"Let's go and see Kayn."
Having said that, Zuo Chi and the other three walked out of the hall.
After all, Kayn is fighting against dozens of elite Shadow disciples on his own, and the danger level can be said to be extremely high.
Because if you want to become an elite disciple of the Shadow Stream, you must master a certain level of shadow magic.
Under this premise, the crisis that Kayn will face will increase exponentially.
However, when the four people came outside the hall and saw the scene in front of them, a hint of surprise flashed in their eyes.
In front of them, Kayn was leaning lazily on a boulder beside him, holding a darkin scythe on his shoulder and holding a dogtail grass in his mouth.
At his feet, dozens of corpses with tragic deaths were piled together in a mess, and there was a look of fear on each corpse's face.
Seeing the few people walking out of the hall, Kayn waved to Jie and said, "Master, you are a little slow! Why don't you give me the Shadow Master as soon as possible, and then you can go back and enjoy your retirement."
"You little brat, why are you in such a hurry? It will all be yours sooner or later!"
Giving Kayn an unpleasant glare, Zed couldn't help but curse at him with a smile.
However, looking at the corpses of his former disciples in front of him, Jie couldn't help but feel a bit sad.
Today's Shadow Stream has returned to the way it was when it was first created, and has returned to the way it was when there were only the two of them, master and disciple.
After working so hard for so long, it has returned to its original state in such a short time today.
But just as Jie was staring blankly at the front, a big hand patted him gently on the shoulder.
"Zed, come back with me to the Order of the Balance. I will ask Master Kenan to revise the doctrine of the Order of the Balance."
After experiencing so many things, Shen, like Kennen, understood that the teachings of the Order of the Balance still have some shortcomings, so he hopes to modify the teachings of the Order of the Balance, and also hopes that Zed can return to the Order of the Balance with him.
However, Jie gently shook his head.
He looked at Shen standing aside and said firmly, "Shen, Ionia needs Balance, but it also needs a force that can secretly help the Order of the Balance to pave the way!"
"And this is the meaning of Shadow Stream's existence from now on!"
After hearing what Jie said, Shen was silent for a moment, then nodded heavily.
Now that the matter here is settled, it is time for Zuo Chi and the other three to return to the Sect of Balance.
Perhaps from today on, the Shadow Stream and the Order of the Kinkou will no longer be hostile to each other, and instead become the light and dark planes of things.
Kayn did not choose to go to the Order of the Balance with Zuochi and the other four, but instead carried Rhaast and walked to the rear of the Order of the Shadow.
No matter what the relationship between his master and the Order of the Balance is, he is just a disciple of Shadow Stream, a disciple of Jie alone!