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"That bastard Nezuk, creating the Monolith was his only contribution to the Shurima Empire, in other respects, he is just a bastard.
If it weren't for him, how could Horok die! "
"Um!?"
Hearing this, Zuo Chi's heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
Horok Zuochi knew about it. After all, he had heard Aatrox mention it in the Howling Abyss.
He was an Ascended General like Aatrox, who once held the Underworld Blade deep into the void rift and pierced the Void Heart of the Void with one sword. This allowed the Ascended Legion from the outside world to successfully seal the void and end the protracted Void War.
But now Zuo Chi has obtained new information. Did Horok die at the hands of Nazuk?
Nazuk, another new name, and Zuo Chi always felt that this name was extremely familiar.
As I pondered the name, Varus' voice continued to come.
As mentioned before, Ixtal is a vassal empire of the ancient Shurima Empire. Unlike Icathia, Ixtal has many powerful warriors who have been recognized by the Sun Disk and have become ascended gods in the eyes of the world.
And this Nazuk is one of them!
Born in Ixtal, Nezuk is an extremely powerful elemental mage who possesses unparalleled elemental magic and unparalleled pride.
Faced with the void cracks that left the Shurima Empire in tatters, Nezuk petitioned the then Shurima Emperor to create a weapon that could fight the void.
After months of unbearable human labor and the consumption of countless resources, Nezuk unveiled his strategic weapon in front of the entire Ascendant Legion - the Monolith, a living rock weapon!
It is said to be a single stone, but in fact it is an extremely huge floating fortress. This fortress is almost as big as a city. It is suspended in the air and can completely block everything in the sky.
The Monolith is maintained by a group of the greatest elemental mages and Ne'zuk himself, and it also carries other god-warriors of Ixtal.
As soon as this weapon came out, it attracted the attention of the entire Shurima.
Ne'zuk and his superweapon arrived at their destination, once again facing the endless howling and bottomless darkness of the Abyss realm and the hordes of void monsters it created.
The magic-suppressing crystal on the monolith continuously projected lightning bolts downwards, melting the yellow sand below into glass. Elemental magic of various attributes fell from the monolith, madly destroying the void creatures below.
Demon-suppressing grenades as big as human heads flew out from the monolith like raindrops, causing bursts of violent roars on the battlefield below.
The level and scale of its violence were unprecedented in Runeterra. The sorcery and magic they used were enough to wipe out entire civilizations or turn entire continents into memories. It was this power that was unleashed upon the Void.
Some people even said at the time that if the Shurima Empire could have a few more strategic weapons like the Monolith, perhaps the entire Runeterra would surrender to Shurima.
However, no matter how strong Dushi is, the Void is by no means an enemy that can be easily defeated.
The strange void energy carved deep wounds into the "monolith", making its surface rugged and charred, thus forming an unnatural stone - Murphy's rock, which is "bad stone" in the language of Ixtal.
The fortress was pushed to the limits of its design, struggling to repair itself and stitch together its damaged superstructure.
But even the most amazing magic has a breaking point.
Just as Nazuk was gathering his fellow Ascendants to make a final desperate charge and launch an all-out attack on the Void, Du Shi also reached the limit of what he could endure.
Witnessed by the entire battlefield, the floating fortress that covered the sky like a city fell from the sky and crashed straight into the void crack.
In the end, more than 90% of the stones crashed into the cracks in the void and were swallowed by the void that never knew satisfaction.
The remaining small fragments were forced to separate from the main body as the monolith fell, and turned into meteors that flew to every corner of the Shurima continent.
Among them, only one fragment is still intact and has not been contaminated by the power of the void.
The fragment flew to the land of Ixtal, and for thousands of years, the rich elemental magic nourished the single stone fragment, and gradually, this living rock acquired its own intelligence.
And this piece of stone fragment with intelligence is Malphite!
With the obsession engraved in his bones, Malphite became the patron saint of Ixtal, and he has always been fighting against the void underground with all his might.
Having said that, Zuo Chi already understood why Varus had held back on Malphite.
Yes, he was once Varus's comrade-in-arms, and he had saved the lives of countless ascended gods and Shurima people.
Thinking of this, Zuo Chi suddenly raised his head, as if he had remembered where he had heard the name Nazuk!
Zuo Chi had never heard of Ne'zuk, but he had heard of Ne'zuk's Bronze Gauntlets - a strange weapon that gave Ezreal the ability to travel through space.
It’s the one Ezreal is wearing on his hand!
Zuo Chi still clearly remembered that Ezreal must have obtained this weapon in a tomb in Shurima following the guidance of his missing parents.
Zuo Chi looked at Varus: "Varus, you seem to dislike this Nezuk?"
"Humph!"
Varus snorted coldly, "He was the most seriously infected by the Void. Humans called him the Darkin Madman and the Tyrant Nezuk. After everyone became Darkin, he even schemed to kill Horok, who did not want to participate in the war, and caused the Underworld Blade, the only one who could hurt the Heart of the Void, to disappear."
"However, he is very self-aware and knows that he will die sooner or later. After settling down in central Shurima, he has been enslaving humans to help him build a mausoleum comparable in scale to the Shurima royal mausoleum."
“Finally, it was put to use.”
"Uh" Zuo Chi scratched his head.
What's this?
After other Dark Indigens seized territory, they indulged in pleasure and thought about expanding their territory all day long. But why is it that when it comes to Na'zuk, he is so eager to build his own grave?
Zuo Chi always feels that something is strange here?
Shaking his head, Zuo Chi didn't think too much about it. He was just curious about the Void War that year.
Back to Shurima, it’s time to get down to business.
"Vellus, what are your plans next?"
"To kill Zolani, of course!"
Varus glanced at Zuo Chi calmly: "What about you?"
Zuo Chi smiled at Varus and spread his hands:
"I originally wanted to look for Aatrox, but I can't sense each other like you Darkin, so I can only follow you."
Just as Zuo Chi said, he also wanted to find Aatrox. After all, if he followed Aatrox, his winning rate would undoubtedly be much higher.
Not to mention Aatrox's rumored Darkin compatriots, Aatrox alone is powerful enough after obtaining a demigod-level body.
If we want to kill Zolani, Aatrox and his gang are definitely the most suitable people.
It’s just a pity that Zuo Chi didn’t even know where Aatrox was.
The continent of Shurima is vast, and its area is almost as large as the territories of the Demacia Empire and the Noxian Empire combined. In such a place, trying to accurately find Aatrox is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
On the contrary, if I follow Varus now, maybe I can find Zolani first.
Since I can't meet up with Aatrox and the others yet, I'll go and try out Zolani's current combat power first.
With his and Varus' current fighting power, it's possible they could really kill her; even if they can't beat her, escaping should be no problem.
Compared to Zuo Chi's calmness, Varus was a little surprised:
"Have you seen Aatrox!?"
Zuo Chi nodded: "Yes, what's wrong?"
Recalling what happened in Freljord, Zuo Chi just wanted to say that he and Aatrox had more than just met before.
Varus looked deeply at Zuo Chi, and finally walked forward slowly.
"You didn't die in his hands, and he didn't take over your body. Could it be that he planned to keep you and take over your body in the future? Cultivation system?"
Zuo Chi: "."
What a mess!
Following Varus, Zuo Chi asked seriously, "Can you sense Zolani's location?"
Varus nodded solemnly, but his expression was a little solemn and there was a hint of doubt in his eyes.
"I sensed Zolani's presence in more than a dozen places. The strength of each place's presence was very similar, and it was moving very fast. Could it be that my perception was wrong?"
"Ok?"
After hearing what Varus said, Zuo Chi couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
"With Zolani's mastery of blood magic, it would be too easy for her to create a few illusions to confuse the enemy."
"Is she afraid that we would come looking for her, so she deliberately created these illusions? But Aatrox clearly said before that she deliberately released her aura to provoke you and attract you to come."
Varus glanced at Zuo Chi, and finally, after some careful consideration, Varus put the longbow on his back, turned into a stream of light and rushed forward, with Zuo Chi following behind him.
"Let's go to the nearest place first!"
"Only I can kill Zolani, and only I have the ability to kill her!"
Zuo Chi had no rebuttal to this.
Because he knew that apart from the followers of Aatrox who followed Aatrox, the other Darkin were really dissatisfied with each other and looked down on each other.
Everyone feels that they are the strongest Darkin, and everyone feels that the other party is not even qualified to carry their shoes.
But Zuo Chi was wrong here, because Varus wanted to kill Zolani simply because Zolani had caused his sisters to disappear.
In this way, Zuo Chi and Varus followed Zolani's breath and quickly rushed towards the nearest breath.
Just as the two rushed out, Zuo Chi said to Varus: "Varus, restrain your breath and don't let Zolani find out that we are here."
"Ah."
Just when Zuo Chi and Varus were leaving the border of Ixtal, what no one expected was that because of the previous battle between the two and Malphite, many creatures in the jungle had lost their habitats and had to find new territories.
Perhaps it would be easier for some small animals to find new territories, but for those elemental dragons with a strong sense of territory, it is extremely difficult!
Elemental dragons with different attributes simply cannot adapt to each other's territory. In this case, the range of territory that the dragons can choose will be greatly narrowed.
After searching in vain, a water elemental dragon arrived at the eastern border of Ixtal.
In front of him was an endless sea of watchers.
However, even though it was separated by the Watcher's Sea, it could still sense the towering ancient tree that blocked out the sun and the natural magic that filled the island on the other side of the sea.
Looking back at the Ixtal Jungle where it could no longer accommodate itself, it flapped its wings and flew towards the Shadow Isles.
Perhaps he will gain a new habitat because of this action, but perhaps, this will be the beginning of another disaster.
Zuo Chi and Varus are extremely fast, and with their strength, they don’t need to worry about the territory of the void creatures in the vast desert. They just need to crush them all the way with absolute strength.
Two streaks of light, one golden and one dark red, passed through the sky. Behind them, the ground was left with only arrows, rock spikes, and dense corpses of void creatures.
Just like that, starting from the eastern border of the Shurima Empire, the two followed Varus's perception and quickly approached the center of the Shurima continent.