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And here is the country in the eastern region of the Shurima continent - Ixtal!

The Shurima continent is mainly divided into three regions: the westernmost part, where the Protoss are located and the highest peak in Runeterra - Mount Targon; the easternmost part, Ixtal, a country that has been closed to the outside world since the Darkin War and was once a vassal state of the ancient Shurima Empire; and the Shurima Empire, located in the middle, which occupies nearly 80% of the territory of the Shurima continent.

Zuo Chi traveled all the way west from the Shadow Isles to the Shurima continent, and naturally landed in Ixtal.

Now, Zuo Chi was in a lush rain forest. Rich elemental magic filled every corner around Zuo Chi, making him feel refreshed.

Ixtal is known for its mastery of elemental magic, and was one of the first independent nations to join the ancient Shuriman Empire.

He had provided many outstanding talents to the ancient Shurima Empire, whether they were elemental mages or political officials, and even there were Ixtal warriors in the Ascended Legion.

This is a world of difference from Icathia, which is also a vassal state of ancient Shurima.

However, after the fall of the ancient Shurima Empire, Ixtal chose to use the wilderness as a barrier and completely close off the country.

Although the isolationist policy completely isolated Ixtal from the outside world, it was also because of this that this not-so-powerful country successfully survived the two wars, the Darkin War and the Rune War, which affected the entire Runeterra.

Walking in the jungle of Ixtal, Zuo Chi looked at everything around him curiously.

It has to be said that although Ixtal and Shurima are both located in the Shurima continent, the environment here can be said to be completely different from Shurima.

In the humid jungle, shadows of flying birds and small animals occasionally passed in front of Zuo Chi. Suddenly, Zuo Chi raised his head and looked forward.

Zuo Chi could clearly sense that on the east and west sides in front of him, there were two clusters of very rich fire elements and water elements respectively.

The mark of the sapling between his eyebrows lit up, and the trees on both sides that blocked Zuo Chi's view gradually separated, and Zuo Chi also raised his head and looked over there.

When Zuo Chi saw the scene in front of him, a look of interest appeared in his eyes.

Because in those two places, there was an elemental dragon about six or seven meters long, sleeping soundly with its eyes closed.

Oh wow, it turns out that the little dragon in the canyon in the previous life came from the Ixtal Jungle!

At this time, Zuo Chi also understood the specific sources of the two elemental magic powers.

Zuo Chi really wanted to go forward and observe these two powerful creatures up close. Even though they only had some dragon blood and were elemental sub-dragons, it was enough to arouse Zuo Chi's curiosity.

However, just as Zuo Chi tiptoed forward and wanted to see whether this fire dragon was a male or a female, a shocking loud noise suddenly sounded throughout the Ixtal jungle.

"boom!"

The loud noise instantly awakened the fire elemental dragon that was sleeping in front of Zuo Chi. It suddenly opened its eyes, and its vertical pupils looked directly at the sneaky Zuo Chi.

"Whoo~~!"

Scalding breath gushed out from the dragon's nostrils. It suddenly opened its bloody mouth filled with billowing heat waves, and a fiery red light began to shine from its throat.

Obviously, it would not show any mercy to Zuo Chi, the human who suddenly broke into its territory.

However, it did not notice that just as it was preparing to send the mortal in front of it to heaven with a breath of dragon flame, the mortal in front of it turned his gaze to the direction where the loud noise came from.

Zuo Chi completely released his mental power. He sensed that in the west, two very powerful forces were colliding.

And one of these two forces is none other than the Darkin who separated from Zuo Chi in the Wuji Sword Sect of Ionia - Varus!

Thinking of this, Zuo Chi retracted his gaze and turned to look at the elemental dragon in front of him.

Then, under the horrified gaze of the fire elemental dragon, Zuo Chi raised his head high, held its chin with one hand and its upper jaw with the other, and finally slammed his arms together!

"Oh!"

The dragon flame that the Fire Elemental Dragon had been brewing for a long time exploded directly in his own mouth, and Zuo Chi rushed towards the direction where the loud noise came from without looking back, leaving the Elemental Dragon with a look of despair standing there in a daze.

Did I provoke you?!

Zuo Chi was moving very fast. At this moment, he turned into a stream of light and rushed towards that direction at a very fast speed. All the trees blocking his way would automatically part when he was about to arrive, leaving him an unobstructed path.

As Zuo Chi got closer and closer, he heard the angry roar.

"Darkin, leave here! This is no longer the land of Shurima!"

Hearing this voice, Zuo Chi paused slightly. He always felt that this voice was extremely familiar.

"boom!"

Another loud noise came from the front, and Zuo Chi finally saw clearly what was happening in front.

There, a figure holding a longbow was constantly resisting a figure that was dozens of meters tall and covered with granite.

"Malphite!?"

Zuo Chi looked at everything in front of him in confusion. He couldn't figure out how Malphite and Varus started fighting.

However, now is not the time to talk about this, because the war between the two has intensified. Malphite's heavy punches fell on Varus like a storm, but Varus had been passively defending when facing Malphite's attack, and did not give Malphite a highly lethal counterattack. This was not like the reaction of a Darkin.

The moment Zuo Chi appeared, Varus looked towards Zuo Chi.

"Zuo Chi!?"

Obviously, Virus also didn't expect to meet Zuo Chi in such a place.

Zuo Chi did not hesitate and rushed directly towards the direction where Virus was.

"boom!"

Using the long swords in their hands to block Malphite's heavy punch, Zuo Chi and Varus quickly retreated.

"Why are you here? And why don't you fight back?" Zuo Chi asked curiously.

Virus shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Let's talk about this later. Let's leave first."

Zuo Chi glanced at Varus, then looked at Malphite who was rushing towards him, and finally, Zuo Chi slowly raised his right hand.

"Buzz!"

A yellowish-brown light lit up in his hand, and the ground beneath his feet continued to rise, spreading rapidly towards Moffitt.

At the moment when the raised ground touched Malphite, Malphite's huge body, which was tens of meters tall, suddenly stopped, as if time had stopped, and it could no longer move at all.

Feeling the strange force that completely bound his body, a hint of obvious surprise flashed in Moffitt's eyes.

Zuo Chi retracted his right hand and rushed into the sky with Virus.

For Zuo Chi, who possesses rock magic, it would be a challenge to deal with Malphite, whose body is made entirely of rock.

Magneto vs. Wolverine!

However, at the moment when Zuo Chi and Varus rushed into the sky, Zuo Chi suddenly felt that the restraints he had imposed on Malphite were being quickly broken, and Malphite's upper body began to lean forward, with his arms in a forward-charging posture.

"!?"

Seeing this scene, Zuo Chi grabbed Virus' body without any hesitation and turned into a stream of light and flew towards the west.

At the same time, Zuo Chi summoned the trees below to build a thick wall of plants in front of Malphite.

The next moment, just as Zuo Chi and Varus flew out, Malphite also completely broke through the restraints of Zuo Chi's power.

Unstoppable!

Murphy's dozens of meters tall body transformed directly into a siege chariot and rushed towards Zuo Chi and the others without hesitation.

Everything along the way was reduced to dust in an instant, and the wall blocking Malphite was even knocked into a human-shaped hole.

Zuo Chi's speed increased a bit. The wind and snow turned into a force and appeared behind Zuo Chi, pushing him forward a long way.

at last

"Oh!"

Malphite crashed heavily into the place where Zuo Chi and Varus were a second ago.

Behind him, a huge passage stretching for a thousand meters came into view. Viewed from the sky, the passage looked like it had been pushed flat by something huge, and the trees in it were completely flattened.

Well, it’s empty again, Zuo Chi thought faintly.

It turns out that he doesn't just like to be in the game.

Without looking back, Zuo Chi opened fire at full force and flew quickly towards the distance with Virus.

Malphite stood there, staring at Zuo Chi and Varus who were leaving quickly with his deep eyes.

"Why would the Ascendants and the Darkin come together?" Malphite whispered softly.

However, under Malphite's gaze, Zuo Chi and Varus left the territory of Ixtal and flew into the desert of Shurima.

Seeing this, Moffitt let out a long sigh of relief and turned to walk in the direction he came from.

On the other side, walking on the eastern border of Shurima, Zuo Chi looked at Varus beside him.

"Virus, why are you in Ixtal? And you're fighting with Malphite? Why don't you fight back?"

Listening to Zuo Chi's series of questions, Verus couldn't help but glance at Zuo Chi. In his eyes, Zuo Chi actually saw a hint of embarrassment.

Zuo Chi became even more curious!

Varus was silent for a long time before he said quietly:

"I'm going to kill Zolani, so I naturally need a stronger body. But I can't find a more suitable body in such a short time. Those elemental dragons are a good choice. Although they are a bit weak, they are still stronger than the bodies of two mortals."

"Uh." Zuo Chi raised his eyebrows.

"So, you went to Malphite's territory to steal the little dragon, and then you were caught by Malphite?"

Varus: “.”

"But why are you unwilling to take action against Malphite?"

142. Chapter 142: The Solitary Stone! Zolani's Traces!

"But why are you unwilling to take action against Malphite?"

At the eastern border of Shurima, where the jungle and desert meet, walking under the cool shade of trees, Zuo Chi was looking at Varus beside him with curiosity.

Varus stroked the longbow in his hand and said calmly: "Because I don't want to see the only stone in the world disappear in front of me."

When Varus said this, there was a deep nostalgia in his eyes, but perhaps because he was now a darkin, he did not want to show it obviously.

"Oh?" Zuo Chi couldn't help but feel curious when he heard Varus' words.

As for Malphite, Zuo Chi only knew that he was the current guardian of Ixtal, and seemed to be related to Shurima a long time ago, but Zuo Chi didn't know much about the specific details.

“Please tell me more about it.” Zuo Chi asked with a smile.

Varus rolled his eyes at Zuo Chi, and his tone suddenly carried a hint of deep hatred.