Chapter 390 Icathia War Zerath’s Interference
The Tomb of the Emperor.
The deep and dark passage seems like an endless time tunnel, waiting for Sivir's arrival.
The flames on both sides of the wall burned quietly. They jumped and emitted a faint warm glow. After being awakened, they observed the visitors in the passage.
Nasus looked alert, wearing golden armor and holding the long-handled battle ax tightly in his hand. He walked at the front, with the power of the Ascendant permeating his body.
Sivir was one position behind, his blue eyes flashing with determination, and the Chalikal in his hand shone with golden light.
She stared closely at Nasus in front of her, knowing that he was the only one in this team who could help her.
Huo Jixing and Cassiopeia were at the end of the team.
Compared with Nasus' vigilance and prudence.
Huo Jixing looked much more relaxed, but he still sensed free magic energy in the air.
This emperor's tomb is very unusual, and after entering, the stone door behind it has disappeared.
Everyone moved forward silently, their steady footsteps echoing in the empty passage, accompanied by faint echoes, which inexplicably added to the sense of mystery and tension.
As they went deeper, many ancient patterns and writings appeared on the stone walls of the surrounding passages.
Huo Jixing observed carefully with the help of bright yellow firelight.
He saw many rising sun discs from the patterns, from the towering city at the beginning to all over the Shurima continent.
"The history of the Shurima Empire?"
Huo Jixing frowned. There were very few pieces of information related to the history of the Shurima Empire in his past life memory.
The most famous one is Azir, the Desert Emperor. He is a frequent player in League of Legends games, but there is very little background information related to him.
Huo Jixing slowed down, intending to follow the mysterious patterns and ancient texts in the passage to understand the history of the Shurima Empire.
But the symbols and characters he saw were too ancient and obscure, completely different from the ancient characters he had studied, so he could only start with the mysterious patterns.
The pattern, which has withstood the baptism of time, simply and easily describes the ancient Shuriman Empire as having the vastest territory.
The golden disk floating above the temple in the center of the capital emits the power of the sun, granting the empire fertile lands.
In the center of the channel.
Huojixing witnessed the prosperity of the Shurima Empire, and almost all the forces on the continent of Valoran surrendered under the sun's disk.
Legendary ascendants, the warriors of the gods, led the army and conquered every territory, and the rays of the sun spread over every inch of the land.
They were invincible and no one could stand against the Sun Emperor's massive army.
Until an uprising war occurred.
Huo Jixing was so fascinated that he stopped involuntarily and his eyes fell on the wonderful patterns.
Opposite the Shurima Empire army is a group of brave warriors, forming rows of golden and silver arrays to resist the attack of the Celestial Warriors.
“It’s Icacia’s war!” Cassiopeia said from behind.
"It was this war that caused the Shurima Empire, which was in its strongest period, to fall into weakness and then collapse and destruction hundreds of years later."
Huo Jixing stared at the deep purple area rendered on the wall, Sigh softly.
"The war between the Ascended and the Void!"
At this time, he remembered the events on Valoran recorded by the Noxus Empire, and gained insight into the disaster brought about by the Icathian War.
In order to get rid of the long-standing tyranny of the Shurima Empire, Icathia released the void in a desperate move, causing Icathia's capital to be annihilated and the surrounding land to suffer unprecedented corruption.
Even the Ascended Legion with divine power cannot match this terror.
The Shurima Empire was forced to abandon Icathia forever.
“Darkborn, Ascended One.”
Huo Jixing seemed to have thought of something and moved his eyes towards Nasus.
After the Icathian War, most of the Ascended Ones experienced tremendous mental and physical trauma after facing the void, and have since lost their meaning.
But these Ascended ones do not include Nasus and Renekton.
"Huh?"
Huojixing stood at the end of the passage, and the patterns on the walls on both sides disappeared. There was no record of what happened next, nor the final demise of the Shurima Empire.
He took a breath, gathered his mood, followed Sivir's pace, and walked out of the passage that recorded the traces of time.
What comes into view is a huge and vast place of ruins, with the outline of the former city faintly visible.
Nasus and Sivir walked non-stop on the gravel road. The sound of gravel rubbing against their feet was in stark contrast to the dead silence around them.
The collapsed buildings are looming in the earth-brown wind and sand. Their former glory now only leaves a desolation.
Occasionally, you can see some buildings and cracked ground, leaving traces of battles thousands of years ago.
Huo Jixing looked up at the dome, and the golden gems inlaid with it shone faintly.
Even if the years pass and the power dissipates, it still illuminates this sad and desolate mausoleum.
In addition, he also saw a sun disk buried in the wind and sand, half of it exposed and half of it sunk into the gravel.
It was once one of the most important symbols in the city, but now it has lost its power and is buried underground.
Sivir led a group of people across the sun disk, through the hourglass of time, and came to an ancient and dilapidated majestic palace.
The golden walls look hazy and solemn in the interplay of light and shadow, and the endless building complex is like a huge maze, making it difficult to see the whole picture.
Although the sun disk patterns engraved on the walls and stone pillars have been blurred, you can still feel the faith and power they carry.
However, under the ruthless baptism of time, the glory of the palace no longer exists.
Those exquisite carvings and gorgeous decorations have lost their former glory, leaving behind a desolate and majestic feeling.
On both sides of the golden palace stand two huge bronze statues.
One resembles an upright crocodile, holding a golden blade in its hand, and the other is a roaring jackal-headed demigod.
Huo Jixing couldn't help but look at Nasus and recognized what they represented.
As he approached the palace, he frowned and clearly felt a heavy sense of oppression coming over him.
The extended spiritual power is suppressed and can only linger near the body.
"The spiritual power is very obviously suppressed." Huo Jixing whispered in his heart.
While observing, he noticed something strange about Nasus. The guardian of the Shurima Empire, a god-like being, stretched out his clawed hands to touch the remaining mark on the palace door.
It exactly matches the mark.
“My brother, Renekton!”
Nasus looked at the familiar golden palace in front of him, and the images buried deep in his soul flashed like a lantern.
The day of Azir's ascension has arrived.
Nasus and Renekton, because of Xerath's deliberate arrangement, went to the magic sarcophagus where the flame beast was imprisoned to strengthen the seal.
As a result, Azir lost the only two people who could protect him when the ascension ceremony began.
For this reason, Xerath completed his plot, and under the eyes of everyone in disbelief, he pushed Azir off the altar.
These two monarchs and ministers, who can be recorded in the history of the Shurima Empire, became enemies for no reason.
Xerath succeeded in taking Azir's place, the sun's light infusing him, reshaping his flesh and blood into the Ascended One's body.
But the energy of this ritual did not belong to him, and his betrayal had disastrous consequences.
The uncontrolled power of the sun destroyed the ritual site, the temple collapsed and the city was razed to the ground.
At this time, Nasus and Renekton had just completed the sealing of the magic sarcophagus and hurried to the center of the magic storm caused by the ascension ceremony.
They trudged to the Ascension Altar, just in time to see Xerath falling from the fatal glare.
With the terrifying power of Nasus and Renekton, the newly born ascended wizard who betrayed Azir was thrown into the sarcophagus before he could react.
Nasus and Renek then used enchanted chains and powerful confining spells to impose a seal.
But that's not enough. Xerath was very powerful when he was still a mortal. Combined with the divine gift of the Ascendant, he is almost invincible.
He almost broke the magic sarcophagus and broke free from the seal.
As a last resort, Renekton and Nasus rushed towards Xerath, but with his newfound power, they were unable to complete the final seal.
In the end, the two brothers reluctantly dragged Xerath to the Tomb of the Emperor.
Rekton fell into the tomb with the magic sarcophagus that sealed Xerath, and then said goodbye to Nasus, begging him to seal the door of the tomb palace.
With a heavy heart, Nasus closed the palace's giant doors, knowing it was the only way to prevent Xerath's escape.
Rekton and Xerath fell into eternal darkness, where they were stalemate, locked in an endless struggle.
And he, Nasus, ultimately destroyed all the forces that followed Xerath's betrayal.
But the fall of Azir still allowed some out-of-control Ascendants to massacre all the traitors in Nerimaje, the birthplace of Xerath.
“This time I am back, you will get real reckoning and judgment!”
Nasus clenched the battle ax in his hand, and the aquamarine gem inlaid in the center was covered with a purple glow.
"Sivir, use your blood to open this palace."
Even as Nasus, he could not forcefully open the palace in front of him.
Only people of royal blood can open the door of this palace.
But Sivir’s unexpected exploration last time may have caused Xerath to break the seal.
This is why Nasus is here. He wants to personally verify whether the seal still exists and at the same time look for traces of Renekton.
“Wait!”
Huo Jixing spoke at the right time, calling Sivir’s step forward.
The purpose of Nasus and Sivir is to enter the mausoleum palace with the intention of sealing Xerath again.
But his purpose is to find the missing Catalina.
If we enter the palace now and start the battle directly, what should we do about the whereabouts of Katarina?
"According to the cooperation agreement, can we find Catalina first? This may provide some help for the next battle."
Faced with Huo Jixing's words, Sivir did not know How to answer, I can only turn my attention to Nasus.
Nasus frowned, and a look of hesitation flashed across his face.
“Having entered the Tomb of the Emperor, I can divine the specific location of Catalina.”
"Then please trouble Your Majesty Nasus."
Huo Jixing nodded and motioned for Cassiopeia beside him to step forward.
Casiopeia reluctantly walked up to Nasus, cut her finger and offered her blood.
Nasus sat down cross-legged, picked up a handful of yellow sand, dripped blood into it, and scattered it in the air.
Immediately afterwards, he immediately began to perform [Yellow Sand Divination].
Purple energy filled the air, stirring up yellow sand and blood, and a hazy scene appeared.
But it seemed to be affected by something, the screen kept flickering, unable to show traces of Catalina as before.
“Someone is interfering with the divination!”
Huo Jixing’s pupils narrowed, and when he looked into Nasus’ solemn eyes, he realized that something was not simple.
"Zerath!?"
Nasus' expression darkened, remembering what happened in Vicoula.
He can confirm that Xerath's consciousness has long since awakened, otherwise he would not have made so many arcane puppets.
Only his actions can interfere with the results of Huangsha Divination.
"I can't accurately divine Catalina's location, but I can confirm that she is in the mausoleum palace."
Hearing this, Huo Jixing looked in his eyes thoughtfully. Seth.
Disturbed by the Emperor's Tomb, his red fire eyes were unable to be used, and all he could do now was to gain Nasus' trust.
If Catalina is not found in the palace, then don't blame him for being ruthless.
Nasus saw Huo Jixing's actions and understood his suspicion of himself, but he could not explain more.
Then under the command of Nasus, Sivir walked to the palace door.
(End of this chapter)