Runeterra: I actually know a little bit about everything

Bronn, supporting his shield, took a sudden step back, his heart pounding louder and louder, and all the muscles in his body tensed up completely.

With a loud shout, Braum leaned forward, using his own body for support, and forcefully stopped the retreating shield.

Viktor looked at everything that was happening in front of it, a look of confusion flashing in its huge eyes.

It couldn't understand why its rays, powerful enough to disintegrate any object, were blocked by a seemingly ancient door panel.

At the same time, the Ascension Power in Zuo Chi's hand behind Braum burst forth, and his hand blade, transformed into a blue star, slashed down fiercely, completely severing Vel'Koz's tentacles.

The taut tentacles retracted rapidly like springs, but along with them came Zuo Chi's figure rushing out at lightning speed!

At this moment, Zuo Chi's expression was extremely solemn, and the power emanating from his body had reached its limit.

Zuo Chi never imagined that the instigator of the monster ranch riot would be Vel'Koz—the most powerful Void creature currently existing in Runeterra!

However, this seems to be the only reasonable explanation, because other Void creatures simply cannot break the seal set up by Volibear, and only Vel'Koz's powerful disintegration attribute can have such an ability.

Zuo Chi cannot underestimate Vel'Koz, because he knows very well that unlike other Void creatures that are mindless and only know how to kill and devour, Vel'Koz is one of the very few Void creatures that has both brains and strength.

A surge of powerful ascension energy gathered in his hands, and Zuo Chi's right fist transformed into a deep crimson gold as he slammed it toward Vel'Koz's enormous eyeball.

Although Velcz stopped its beam the moment its tentacles were severed, it still couldn't completely dodge Zuo Chi's punch.

In the blink of an eye, Velcz's tentacles straightened, the scales on them tightening like armor, and then he thrust them fiercely at Zuo Chi's fist, which was brimming with immense ascending power.

The purple and crimson-gold lights collided wildly, quickly annihilating each other. In the end, Vel'Koz's tentacles could no longer withstand Zuo Chi's power and retreated weakly. Zuo Chi's fist, still possessing some strength, struck the armor on the side of Vel'Koz's eye.

"Oh!"

The immense force sent Velkz's nearly ten-meter-tall body flying backward, crashing heavily into a rock pillar behind him.

Before Vicks could react, Zuo Chi raised his left hand, and the rock pillar that Vicks had struck seemed to come alive, quickly covering Vicks' body and preparing to envelop him.

However, Velcz's power was ultimately too great. It broke free from the rock pillar's restraints with almost no resistance, and in the process, it also shattered the thick rock pillar completely.

At this moment, neither Zuo Chi nor Viktor launched another attack on the other, but instead looked at each other.

"The power of ascension, the power of that lost empire."

Viktor's voice was incredibly hoarse, and also carried a deep sense of doubt.

He couldn't understand why the Ascension power, which was only found in the Shurima Empire in southern Runeterra, would appear here.

Could it be that something has happened in Shurima? The Ascended Celestial Legion has returned once again, and is preparing to extend its reach to Freljord?

This is crucial information; I need to write it down in a notebook.

As the eyes of the Void Watchers, Vel'Koz sensed that he had obtained some extremely crucial information that could potentially influence the Void Watchers' return to Runeterra.

Vel'Koz originally thought that its masters would descend upon Runeterra from the Void Rift in the east of Freljord, where there would be no other obstacles besides the witch and the endless ice above. But now it seems that there are some other factors involved.

Could the Ascended Legion, which appeared in the Icathian Void Rift, still be able to intervene in this far northern frozen land?

This is clearly not even the same place.

Just as Vel'Koz was pondering, Zuo Chi was also sensing the residual Void power in his hand. He had to admit that Vel'Koz's power was indeed much stronger than Rek'Sai, whom he had encountered before.

Also, why is Vel'Koz here?

Zuo Chi turned his head and cast his gaze toward the east of Freljord.

There, in the territory of the Frostguard, stands a colossal bridge spanning hundreds of miles, a divine creation commissioned by the Frost Witch Lissandra at the behest of the god of fire and forging.

Its existence seems to be solely for the purpose of suppressing those forbidden beings in the Howling Abyss.

Is Vel'Koz here now because something has happened in Howling Abyss?

As he pondered, Brûlé approached Zuo Chi's side, while Vel'Koz's massive body slowly retreated a few steps.

The strength of Zuo Chi and Brûlée had exceeded Vel'Koz's expectations. After much deliberation, it finally came up with the safest solution.

It's not like those mindless void creatures near the Icathian Void Rift; Vel'Koz's favorite thing is thinking.

Knowing he was outmatched, preserving himself to the greatest extent possible was the safest course of action, especially since he had just received such important information.

Their masters had never encountered an opponent like the Ascended Legion before. Now that the Ascended Legion had appeared in Freljord, they needed to be even more prepared.

Thinking of this, Vekz's huge eyes lit up with a dazzling purple light once again, and the Organic Deconstruction Ray shot straight towards Zuo Chi and Bloom.

"boom!"

Ram's Heavy Shield once again blocked the Deconstruction Ray, and just as Zuo Chi was about to charge at Vel'Koz again, Monster Ranch suddenly began to stir.

The next instant, many giant beasts rushed out of their lair, their eyes bloodshot, and charged toward Zuo Chi and Bron.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Velcz waved his tentacles, tearing open a portal filled with endless purple light in front of him, and slowly disappeared into the portal.

After Zuo Chi and Bron dealt with all the frenzied beasts, there was nothing left around except for the huge corpses.

"My friend, what is that?"

Beside Zuo Chi, Brown looked at Zuo Chi with a puzzled expression.

He had wandered the Freljord for so long and had never seen a creature as powerful as Vel'Koz.

Zuo Chi shook his head as he pondered:

"It is not a creation of the material world, but a monster from another world."

"what?"

After Zuo Chi said that, Bloom felt even more confused.

However, the cause of the monster riot in Monster Ranch has finally been resolved. After that, all that is needed is to reinforce the seal, and there will be no need to worry about this matter anymore.

"Bron, let's select some wild animals whose flesh is not poisonous and take them back to the tribe," Zuo Chi said to Broon with a smile, looking at the giant corpses around them.

"No problem, my friend."

Outside the Monster Ranch, electric arcs crackled in Zuo Chi's hand, spreading across the entire mountainside.

The mountain where Vel'Koz had erased the lightning mark was once again filled with lightning, but this time the lightning did not come from the God of Thunder, but from Zuo Chi.

In this way, Zuo Chi no longer needs to worry about the monsters in Monster Ranch escaping.

After reinforcing the seal completely, Zuo Chi and Bu Long each dragged two enormous beasts, each nearly ten meters long, toward the village they had just left.

On the way, Zuo Chi suddenly remembered the scene of Brûlé using the Ram Shield to withstand the organic destructive rays, and couldn't help but look at him curiously.

"Brown, when you acquired this shield before, didn't anyone stop you from taking it with you?"

Zuo Chi knows the origin of the Shield of Bronn. When Guabulak was trying to protect his treasure, he tricked Ornn into betting against him and got Ornn to build the door to the treasure vault for him.

As it turned out, the door was indeed unbreakable, and no one could open it.

Even Guabrac himself couldn't open it.

Many years later, a troll child fell into the treasure vault through a crack in the mountain. Everyone was helpless because no one could open the vault.

At this moment, Bloom appeared.

After much deliberation, Bloom came up with a solution that only he could accomplish.

With punch after punch, he chipped away at the mountain, rescuing the troll child and taking the indestructible gate with him, thus creating the indestructible Ram's Shield.

"Huh?" Upon hearing Zuo Chi's words, Brown paused slightly.

He looked at Zuo Chi curiously: "My friend, how do you know about this?"

"Ahem!" Zuo Chi coughed lightly, just about to say something.

But then Bloom said with a knowing look, "I know, you know a little bit about everything!"

Zuo Chi suddenly realized that Brown really understood him.

Brûlé chuckled and replied, "Guabrac was already dead by then, and the other trolls were more than happy for me to take away that door that had brought them endless trouble."

"Oh?" Zuo Chi raised an eyebrow: "So they divided up Guabrac's treasure?"

Brûn sighed with some regret: "The whole mountain collapsed back then, and the treasure was buried directly. I reckon those trolls, with their limited intelligence, probably couldn't have dug it out."

"Forehead"

At this point, Bloom suddenly noticed that Zuo Chi's eyes lit up.

"My friend, what are you thinking about?"

Zuo Chi's smile grew brighter and brighter; he seemed to have figured out how to help Winter's Claw obtain supplies.

"Brown, do you remember what was in that treasure vault?"

"Various gold coins and such, and it seems there's also Zhenbing (a type of ice cream) and some aged wine."

"Do you still remember the location of that treasure vault?"

Bronn glanced thoughtfully at Zuo Chi, then nodded: "I remember, it was in the territory of the Frostguard, which is now the territory of the Troll King Trundle."

"My friend, do you want those treasures?"

Zuo Chi didn't hide anything and nodded directly: "I want to use those treasures as capital to buy some supplies from the southern countries, which will be useful in helping the Claws of Winter get through this winter."

Upon hearing Zuo Chi's words, Brown's eyes lit up.

The reason Braum didn't join any of the three major tribes of Freljord was because he was passionate about helping everyone in Freljord.

Now, Zuo Chi's method perfectly aligned with his idea of ​​helping others, so Bloom readily agreed with Zuo Chi's idea.

Brown looked at Zuo Chi with complete approval. At this moment, in Brown's mind, Zuo Chi had gone from a good friend to a like-minded friend.