Chapter 341 Master Shen's Peace of Mind
Yi is the Wuji Master, a supernatural being with an extremely powerful mental force. The power of Jana that he can carry is far superior to that of ordinary people.
So now Yi is not only a Wuji Sword Saint, but also a wind mage with superb magical powers.
So, with the help of the east wind summoned by Master Yi, the members of the Church of Balance collectively flew into the sky.
The difficult journey that usually requires crossing mountains and hills can now be reached in an instant.
However……
Even though the speed was so fast and the time was so short, Master Shen did not forget to take the opportunity to loudly remind Yi and his young disciples:
"Just wait and stop the Noxians, and be careful not to kill anyone. Do you understand?"
"Huh? " Master Yi was slightly stunned.
He did know that the Order of the Balance did not allow random killing - they only killed evil spirits that invaded the material realm and humans that invaded the spiritual realm. Any other killing was not allowed by the rules of the church.
In short , the Order of the Balance only deals with matters related to the "underworld" and cannot kill people in the "world of the living".
Master Yi understands this principle.
But the problem is, we are at war now!
Noxus is about to massacre the entire village, why aren't you killing people?
Master Yi suddenly felt a little scared. He was afraid that when the final battle between the Leader and Noxus came, Shen would do the same to him.
Brainless teammates are more dangerous than enemies.
"Master Shen." Yi hurriedly advised: "We should now..."
"I know what you are going to say, Master Yi." Shen seemed to have predicted his thoughts: "But I don't allow anyone to be killed this time, and there is a special reason."
He wasn't so old-fashioned that he couldn't even kill someone.
He does not allow killing because:
"The balance of this land has been broken." Shen looked at the sky and the earth, with a faint magical light in his eyes.
"Balance?" Yi thought thoughtfully: "You mean... this land has been polluted by the evil spirits in the spiritual realm?"
"Yes." Shen nodded.
"But why didn't I notice it?" Yi was a little puzzled.
Master Yi, as the Wuji Sword Saint who has mastered the Way of Wuji and can sense the spiritual realm and draw strength from it, also possesses the ability to sense the spiritual realm.
But he still didn't realize anything was wrong.
"You are not Twilight Eyes after all, Yi." Shen said, "By the time you can detect the changes in the spiritual realm, everything will be too late."
"Noxus has invaded Ionia for several years. The army has hunted animals wantonly, driving them to the brink of extinction. The trees in the Mystic Forest have been cut down indiscriminately, and the spiritual realm has suffered greatly..."
This is just the destruction of nature.
As the most intelligent creatures on earth, the life and death of humans have an equally important impact on the spiritual realm:
"When a life dies in an unnatural way, such as in war, some spirits fade into nothingness, but others linger with harmful intent."
"The more times this happens, the more serious the pollution in the spiritual realm will become. The subsequent backlash will affect all life in the material realm, eventually forming a vicious cycle."
Think about how many Ionians have died in the past few years.
"This land has actually been polluted for a long time."
As soon as the words fell, the group flew over a hill and crossed a valley.
And just on the hill in front, the ground is still full of vitality, with all things competing to flourish, presenting a vibrant atmosphere with colorful flowers and lush leaves.
But it’s just a mountain away…
This valley was filled with evil spirits, with no grass growing on it. All the trees and vines were dead like mummies, and it was dead silent everywhere.
"What, what's going on?" Master Yi was shocked.
"This is the South Valley." Shen glanced meaningfully at Akali who was flying beside him. "More than a year ago, there was an evil spirit invasion here."
More than a year ago, the Navoli brothers came here to conscript men.
Akali and a group of young disciples took it upon themselves to stop the Brotherhood, but...
The Brotherhood was stopped, but because of the disturbances caused by the battle, the balance between the two worlds in this land, which was already close to the limit, was completely broken.
The dark power that has been accumulated in the spiritual realm for a long time has seeped in and permeated the land in the material realm.
As a result, the forest was filled with evil spirits and evil spirits were rampant. The trees turned into twisted monsters and the vines turned into dark poisonous snakes...
Akali almost died there.
One of her senior sisters who was extremely talented and had a bright future even broke a leg because of this and lost the possibility of continuing her practice.
And this once vibrant southern mountain valley has become a desolate place where no living creature can survive.
Without dozens or even hundreds of years of natural purification, it would be impossible for this place to recover its vitality.
And this is the price humans have to pay for wantonly disrupting the balance between the two worlds.
"Although I used the Soul Blade to destroy the evil spirit at that time, you should know that if the 'pollution' continues, the evil spirit will grow back like a gecko's tail."
Dark forces, or evil spirits, are like the energy in the game.
The more you fight and the more you kill, the more energy you accumulate.
When the energy bar accumulates to a certain value, you can use the ultimate move.
The evil spirit's "ultimate move" is to break through the barriers in the spiritual realm and pollute everything in the material realm.
"For more than a year, the atrocities and spiritual pollution that have occurred in Shangzan Province have never stopped."
"The 'black cloud' caused by pollution inevitably drifted to Xuannayin Village."
"I can see that dark forces are silently accumulating in another world. An evil spirit that is more powerful and terrifying than before is growing and taking shape in the spiritual realm behind this land."
"And it... may be a powerful enemy that even the Order of the Balance would have difficulty dealing with."
Dealing with evil spirit invasions is, after all, the job of the Eye of Twilight.
"I have set up a barrier array in the spiritual realm these days, using spells to purify this dark energy. I hope to eliminate it before it hatches and takes shape."
“But this will take time.”
There are two ways to get rid of evil spirits. One is to purify them with a barrier array when they are still a ball of dark energy;
One method is to use the soul blade to kill it after it hatches and becomes an evil spirit.
The former requires more time, allowing the magic circle to slowly "digest" the energy of the evil spirit embryo.
The latter problem can be solved with just one strike, but this strike is not so easy to deliver, and requires the followers of the Church of Balance to risk their lives.
And Shen is the only one who wears a meat suit when he is a ninja.
Being so cautious, he would certainly prefer to spend more time seeking safety rather than taking his disciples to fight against the evil spirits.
What's more, once the invasion of evil spirits breaks out, the pollution and destruction it causes to the land will be devastating.
By then, there will be more and wider precious lands that will become like this southern mountain valley, where everything is dead and no grass grows.
"So we can't just kill people here." Shen looked at Yi seriously, "Do you understand, Master Yi?"
"I... understand." Master Yi also realized the seriousness of the problem.
So he solemnly promised: "I will never hurt anyone's life or destroy the balance this time."
Just as he finished speaking, the group flew over another hill.
And just then, they saw...
"Smoke!" Everyone's face suddenly changed.
At first, what you see is a wisp of thick smoke rising into the sky. Then the smoke column quickly grows thicker and stronger, and soon expands into a black mushroom cloud that covers the sky.
After quickly flying over two hills, they saw:
Fire, big fire!
I saw flames rising into the sky ahead, and the fire had actually burned down a large area of forest at the foot of the mountain.
The fire was growing more and more intense, and was about to spread to the mountain.
Here, there are mountains connected to mountains and forests connected to forests. Once a fire reaches the mountains, it may destroy land within a radius of dozens of miles.
And at this moment, those Noxian soldiers...
They actually set up artillery at a safe distance and threw incendiary bombs into the uninhabited forest.
One artillery shell creates a burst of fire that shoots up into the sky, the wailing of countless plants and trees, and the annihilation of countless lives.
"This..." Master Yi's face turned green.
"Those damn Noxians!" He couldn't help but blurt out something in Zaun dialect: "They actually set fire to the mountain?!"
Although the souls of flowers and plants are not as important as those of all living creatures, the death of a few of them will not have that much impact.
But when you burn something, you burn the whole mountain. How many flowers and plants will be burned to death, and how much dark energy will be created!
So when these Noxians said "razed to the ground", they meant razed to the ground in the physical sense?! Did they come here on purpose to cause destruction?
This is indeed the case.
If we start from the beginning, the leader will have to take the blame.
Because the Leader attracted too many troops in Barue, leaving the Noxian front line empty of troops, he had to make the decision to abandon Shangzan Province and shrink the front line.
In other words, the Noxians plan to withdraw from here.
By the time the war had reached this point, the empire's expansion had reached its limit.
Anyone who is a Noxian knows that once they retreat from the province of Shangzan, it will be almost impossible to fight back.
This land can only be left to the Ionians and become a grain-producing base to strengthen the Ionian resistance forces.
But how could the ruthless generals of Noxus let their enemies get what they want so easily?
So, before retreating, the Noxians used a trick they had practiced for hundreds of years in fighting with Demacia -
Salt the enemy's land.
In Demacia it is salt.
In Ionia, even salt is omitted.
Simply setting fire to the mountain and disrupting the balance would allow the dark energy to pollute the land for a long time, causing a near-permanent blow to the enemy's logistical production capabilities.
Noxus initially wanted to take over Ionia's land, but rarely took such a drastic approach.
But now, with hopes of victory fading, the Noxians are becoming more and more reckless in their moves in order to weaken the rebels in a protracted war.
This is not the first time they have done this, so Master Shen, Master Yi...
After a brief moment of surprise, everyone immediately realized the Noxians' sinister intentions.
"Bastards! Bastards!" Master Yi cursed angrily, "These Noxians deserve to die!"
"No, no, no, I have to calm down..." He forced himself to calm down again.
The more this happened, the less he could get angry and kill people.
The balance between the two worlds here is already on the verge of being broken. If too many people are killed, it will only have the opposite effect of making the situation worse and adding fuel to the fire.
"Right, Shen?" Master Yi asked.
Shen: “…”
"Shen?" Yi still asked hesitantly.
Shen remained silent.
"No." He finally spoke.
Master Shen, who was peaceful by nature, seemed to speak like a demon from hell: "The balance has been broken. It's too late."
Now that they are all bankrupt, there is no need to worry about having too much debt.
Killing people does add fuel to the fire.
But... compared with the millions of lives killed in the fire, the impact of these few human lives is not that significant.
Shen silently pulled out two swords from his back, a soul-slaying soul blade and a murderous steel sword.
He pointed the steel sword at the Noxian soldiers in the distance:
"Cut off their retreat and leave no one alive!"
