Chapter 438 Shurima, your dog heads are back
"Void?" Taliyah and Sivir were both slightly stunned.
One of them is a cadre of the Leaders Association who has received systematic history education, and the other is an "amateur archaeology expert" who often goes to ancient tombs to borrow money from her ancestors.
They all knew what the void
It is said that the void is a special plane where no material exists and everything is nothingness.
But one day, the channel between the material plane and the void was opened, and the energy fluctuations of Runeterra affected the void, and as a result, many spirits composed of energy were born in the void.
These void creatures have always had only one attitude towards the material world - that is destruction.
Because to the void that should be "empty", the existence of the material world is like germs invading the human body, a foreign body that must be eradicated.
Void creatures are like white blood cells naturally generated by the void's immune system, responsible for eliminating pathogens.
Not only are they extremely powerful individuals, but their numbers are endless. They feel no pain, no fear, and no fatigue.
Even the once glorious and prosperous Gurima Empire could not defeat the Void.
They paid an extremely painful price, risking the fall of gods and the decline of the empire, before they barely sealed the dimensional rifts of the void and controlled the pollution of the void on the Icathia Peninsula.
Afterwards, the exhausted Shurima Empire collapsed in an accident. More than 3,000 years later...
"The Void is back again?"
Taliyah and Sivir couldn't believe what Nasus said.
The enemy they had anticipated was at best a third-rate evil god. But Nasus actually said that they were facing the void?
This ridiculous feeling...
It's like you carefully prepared sunscreen for a trip to the beach, but what you get instead of the sun is the sun's helium flash.
"Don't just stand there, run!" Nasus didn't look like he was joking at all.
He originally just intended to save a child, but he didn't expect to disturb the void's lair.
The situation was completely out of his control.
"Yes!" Taliyah and Kassadin finally reacted.
Kassadin hugged Kai'Sa and flew high into the sky riding the strong wind.
Taliyah also raised a storm, sweeping Sivir and Nasus away.
But at this moment, Malzahar's voice came into everyone's mind like a ghost: "No, you can't take her away. Kai'Sa belongs to my Lord and to the void!"
"Open it——"
"Gate of the Void!"
In an instant, the sky and the earth changed color and the earth shook.
The earth trembled and tore, and the hills crumbled and collapsed.
Countless huge cracks that emitted enchanting purple light were torn apart on the vast earth, as wide as a river and as deep as an abyss.
The slaves fell into the abyss in terror and were swallowed up by the swarm of void insects that suddenly emerged from the purple light.
"Please set us free, my Lord!" The believers fanatically opened their arms and jumped into the abyss on their own initiative.
All this happened in an instant, making it impossible and powerless to stop it.
So in just a short moment, this mountain with lush grass and water turned into a dead end of life flooded by a sea of insects.
And these abyss-like cracks continued to spread outward, soon swallowing up more land and tearing apart more hills.
"Kill them and leave Kesha."
At Malzahar's command, the swarms of void insects all over the mountains surged like a tide.
They spread their huge insect wings that glowed with dark purple light, soared into the sky like a hurricane, and roared to the point of drowning the entire sky.
For a moment, even the dim and dark sky under the setting sun was reflected into a strange purple color by this group of Void Zerg.
Before Talia and the others could fly far, they encountered this desperate swarm of insects coming from all directions.
"What the hell!!!" Sivir instantly forgot the royal etiquette she had learned for a month and started cursing in fear.
Kassadin had never seen such a horrifying sight before. He turned pale at the sight of the sea of insects.
But when he saw his little daughter Keisha shivering in his arms, he could only force himself to cheer up and try hard to ride the wind and move forward.
But the way out is blocked.
They can't fly out.
"How do we fight this?" Shiver held the Charikar in his hand.
There were swarms of insects in all directions, and she didn't know where to throw her boomerang. Even if she threw it, it would be like drawing a knife to cut off the water, a futile waste of energy.
"Calm down!" Nasus, who was very nervous and serious at the beginning, now looked calm.
Because he discovered...
This doesn't seem to be the void. To be precise, the rifts opened by Malzahar don't seem to be dimensional passages leading to the void.
The real void plane channel is like a crack in a dam that has burst, making people so desperate that they don't know how to fill it.
The rift that Malzahar opened was just like opening a door and then calling a group of thugs from the other side of the door.
This is not to say that the void insect swarm in front of us is not threatening.
However, they are far from being as powerful and desperate as the void creatures that Nasus had seen in Icathia that year, which continuously poured out from the plane channels.
“What’s on the other side of the door…” Nasus thought thoughtfully.
There are only two places in the world where there are so many void creatures. Apart from the void plane itself, there are only two places that are polluted by the void...
"Icathia?"
"Is there a special void creature hidden in Icathia? Is it the 'Lord ' mentioned by this human?"
"Did it give this human the ability to control the void insect swarm?"
Nasus guessed the truth of the matter in an instant.
This made him feel a little relieved.
Although the mysterious "Lord" may not be easy to deal with, this is at least better than the news that the plane channel has been reopened and the void has officially invaded.
“We still have a chance.” Nasus said solemnly: “Stay with me, I will lead you out!”
"Can you do it?!" Sivir asked desperately.
Nasus answered with action.
He raised the giant axe steadily, and with a slight shake of his arm, the cloth wrapped around the giant axe instantly burst apart, revealing its sharp, heavy, and shining true appearance.
The next second: "Death is coming!"
Nasus' body suddenly expanded dozens of times, shattering the robe and veil covering his body.
In an instant, he transformed into a giant as majestic as a mountain, and the weapon in his hand, the ancient Holy Separator, also expanded in size and changed into a giant mountain-splitting axe.
"Desert Storm!" A fierce magical storm suddenly swirled around Nasus's transformed huge body.
This storm vortex formed purely by magic power not only supported his huge body like a mountain in the air, but also allowed it to fly lightly in the air.
It also erected an invisible "wall of infernal fire" around Nasus, causing the void insect beasts that tried to approach to be sucked into the blazing magic storm and to be torn apart and strangled by the powerful magic.
For a moment, the storm howled continuously and the corpses of insects fell like heavy rain.
Nasus stood out in the vast sea of insects, in the center of the storm, protecting everyone around him and keeping them safe.
And his stern jackal face, burly human body, this strange appearance of half man, half beast, half man, half god, was finally revealed to everyone without reservation along with this shocking scene.
"You, you are..." Taliyah, Sivir, Kassadin and others opened their mouths in surprise.
Because even in today's Shurima, Nasus is still a celebrity.
His majestic statue with a human body and a wolf's head is still displayed in ancient temples across Shurima, along with his crocodile brother.
“Are you Nasus?!” Even the little girl Kai’Sa knew him: “The Imperial Grand Maester in the storybook?”
"Shit!" Xiweier cursed again in shock: "You're still alive?"
"The tomb I robbed was a fake?"
Nasus: “…”
"It's too late to explain." He resisted the urge to capture Sivir and take him to the temple to apologize to his ancestors, and focused his energy on the void insect swarm in front of him.
Although his desert storm was powerful, it was still of limited use in the face of the almost endless swarm of insects.
Clearly, within just a few breaths, tens of thousands of giant insects had died in the magic storm. But the sea of insects was still surging, and the offensive of the void insect swarm did not decrease at all.
Nasus knew that he could not outlast these tireless void creatures that had no fear of death.
If they don't break out of the siege as soon as possible, their only outcome will be death.
Then, Nasus swung his great axe and slashed a wave of fire forward:
"Soul Flame!"
Yes. Although Nasus looks like an axe-wielding berserker, as an intellectual Imperial Maester, his fighting style is actually more like that of a mage.
Instantly, waves of fire surged into the sky, sweeping in all directions, and the blazing magical energy that burst out was so powerful that it was suffocating.
The void insects and beasts screamed in pain in the soul flames, and turned into ashes in the instant.
A crack was torn open in the sea of insects, giving Nasus and others a glimmer of hope.
"Hurry up!" Nasus immediately summoned a magical storm around him, protecting Sivir and others as they charged forward.
But at this moment...
“Ascendant.” Malzahar seemed to have received some instructions from the void crack, and he enthusiastically caught up with him: “My Lord asked me to tell you…”
"Bow to the void, or be consumed by it! You have no other choice—"
"Grip of Hades!"
Malzahar's head, which was glowing with an eerie light, suddenly lit up like a spotlight.
A vast ocean of void energy shot out from his eyes, and then broke through the air, leaving a beam of light.
Compared with the leader's laser cannon, this beam of light is not blazing or hot, and even seems a little gentle.
But when this beam of light shone on Nasus's huge body as big as a mountain, the figure of this powerful ascender immediately froze.
A powerful void energy field enveloped his body, suppressing this towering desert god of death and making him unable to move.
The magical storm surrounding Nasus also dissipated under the suppression of this negative energy.
The mad and surging swarm of void insects suddenly broke through this last line of defense, hissing and rushing towards Nasus and Sivir and others who were protecting him.
“Damn it…” Nasus roared and unleashed endless magical power.
The powerful astral energy bestowed upon him by the sun disc burst forth at this moment.
This great power from the stars finally helped him break open the invisible prison formed by void energy, allowing him to escape the suppression of the strange beam of light.
But that's not enough.
Nasus discovered in despair that the Void Swarm had taken advantage of the opportunity just now to break through the last of them and flooded in front of them.
He might be able to ensure that he could fight his way out of this sea of insects.
But Sivir, Taliyah, Kassadin, Kai'Sa, these fragile humans... he could no longer take care of them, nor could he protect them.
"Ahhh !" Sivir roared and threw out Charikar, and with a spinning blade she cut down dozens of void insect beasts in front of her.
Kassadin also tried his best to create a wind wall to protect himself and his daughter.
This once ordinary desert guide burst out with amazing willpower and powerful potential at this moment.
As the "future" Voidwalker, Kassadin's talent is finally revealed at this moment.
The storm howled around him, strangling all the insects and beasts that came close.
"Dad, let me help you!" At this time, even little Kesha couldn't help but step forward and fight desperately with her father.
The living skin on her body squirmed and changed shape along with her tense and resolute mood.
Then, a purple light flashed between Kaisha's young and tender wings, and then dozens of void energy missiles were launched out of thin air, knocking a huge insect beast down from the sky in one fell swoop.
Everyone was fighting desperately.
But this is far from enough.
The void insect swarm was like an ocean, completely submerging Talia and others.
Everywhere they looked, all they saw were monsters, monsters, monsters, and the despairing purple sky.
"Hold on!" At the critical moment, Taliyah screamed: "I have asked Goddess Janna for help. The organization will support us!"
Pray to Goddess Gana in your heart, explain the specific situation, report the longitude and latitude coordinates, and send out a distress signal. This is the last trump card that the leader has when he encounters a crisis.
This last trump card, of course, is not to be used casually.
Levi had repeatedly stressed to the leaders:
Unless the task is important enough, it is not a matter of life and death, or it is not an event big enough to cause a humanitarian disaster, you should never make an "emergency call".
Otherwise, if you encounter an unfair thing on the road and you are unable to solve it, you can call the goddess and Tam...
With so many injustices in the world, wouldn’t Goddess Gana’s emergency hotline be flooded with calls from her believers?
Although Goddess Janna certainly doesn't mind the trouble and is willing to help no matter how big or small the matter is.
But Mr. Tam is not happy about it.
Tam and the leader have an equal partnership. He is not a taxi, but a taxi that can be called by the leader at any time.
In addition, Levi didn't want the leader to be too dependent on the goddess, so he imposed strict restrictions on the application rules for this "super-time and space teleportation support".
Those leading cadres who are afraid to fight and shed blood, and even seek help from the goddess for the slightest matter, will all be recorded by Gana in the little notebook in her heart, and will be handed over to the organization for punishment afterwards.
And now...
"This should be considered a 'big deal', right?" Taliyah thought with fear and helplessness as she looked at the swarm of void insects in front of her that seemed powerful enough to devour the world.
Anyway, she had already dialed the number for help in her mind...
"Will your goddess respond?" Sivir shouted in despair.
“Yes, we can do it!” Taliyah encouraged as she controlled the strong wind to block the swarm of insects: “Everyone, hold on a little longer!”
"Okay!" Xiweier gritted his teeth and said, "If your goddess can really help, then I will leave the rest of my life to her!"
As soon as the words fell...
An extremely powerful and fierce gust of air, as violent as a hurricane or tsunami, suddenly covered the entire battlefield.
The purple sky covered with insects was instantly torn open by the strong wind.
Countless insects and beasts were strangled into mud and crushed into slag in the storm, and then fell like rain.
This tornado that connected the sky and the earth spun faster and stronger, and it actually carved out a wide and calm "eye of the hurricane" from the sea of insects, protecting Sivir and others safely inside.
"President Levi! It's President Levi!"
Taliyah said, looking at the ground in surprise.
Everyone followed her gaze and looked at the ground, only to see that a strange puddle had appeared at some point on the cracked ground.
Levi appeared in this desperate place where the void was rampant, carrying the blue bird on his shoulder.
Next to him stood a round, black-skinned bighead carp.
"That's Mr. Tam!" Taliya excitedly introduced him to everyone: "He's one of ours, too!"
Well... in the eyes of ordinary people, Tam is also one of the leaders.
He usually serves as a consulting expert on the Leader's Disciplinary Committee, and in his spare time he also plays the role of "Hextech Portal".
Although she didn't know how this "mutated magic frog" mutated to have such powerful abilities, Taliyah vaguely knew that Mr. Tam was very strong.
President Levi, Mr. Tam, and the strongest masters of the organization have all been dispatched.
"We are saved!" Taliyah shouted excitedly.
"This..." Sivir also showed a smile of surviving a disaster: "Your organization is really reliable."
She was thinking...
"Fuck! Void!" Tam looked at the surrounding environment.
Then, the Zaun immediately started to speak: "Levi, fuck you! Your heart is dirtier than Zaun's alchemical sewer pipe!"
"I was kind enough to lead you the way, but you brought me here to die, right?"
As he said that, Tam turned around and was about to jump into the puddle.
"Wait!" Levi quickly grabbed him: "Don't leave yet!"
He had already heard Janna urgently relay the content of Taliyah's prayer.
Although he was very surprised by this situation, he was still confident about saving people: "I am very powerful now. We may not be unable to defeat a mere Malzahar!"
"Bah!" Tam didn't even listen.
He made a 90-degree vertical dive into the puddle and disappeared in a flash:
"I only eat a few masters a month, why would I want to play with you?"
