Runeterra: I actually know a little bit about everything

"Ryze, thank you for your help. I hope you can visit Mount Targon someday."

Ryze simply nodded and didn't say anything more.

Kyle flapped his wings, glanced at the battlefield again, and then flew into the sky with a complicated expression, heading towards Mount Targon.

At this point, Ryze was the only survivor still standing on the entire battlefield.

Retracting his gaze, Ryze turned his head towards a certain direction on the battlefield, and murmured softly:

"Is Brand dead? Why is the World Rune in your hands? Why aren't you affected by it?"

As Ryze spoke, he walked in that direction.

He could sense that the World Rune - Red was there, but unfortunately, its owner had died in the explosion just now.

Ryze's steps were light. His body was almost completely exhausted. The rune magic he had just used had drained him. He was now almost indistinguishable from a weak ordinary person.

Ryze took a long time to cover a distance of only 100 meters.

Finally, Ryze arrived at the place where the World Rune aura was coming from. He could sense that the World Rune - Red was buried here.

Ryze bent down and began moving the stones in front of him one by one, then started digging in the sand.

After digging for an unknown amount of time, Ryze saw a red light in his vision, which made him speed up his digging.

Finally, Ryze saw the World Rune buried in the sand.

Ryze reached out and grasped the World Rune in his hand, letting out a long sigh of relief before preparing to stand up.

But at that moment, Ryze's eyelids suddenly twitched violently, and then his eyes widened, a look of horror appearing in them.

Just as he held the World Rune in his hand and was about to stand up, an arm suddenly pierced through the sand and tightly gripped the World Rune in his hand.

Then, the sand in front of Ryze began to churn violently, as if something was about to burst out.

"Oh!"

The sand above was completely blown away, and a figure leaped out of the sand with a somersault.

The figure looked like a refugee who had just fled from a disaster. His body was tattered and barely clothed, with hideous and dense wounds covering every corner of his body, and his meridians were radiating a blazing red light.

It was Zuo Chi!

Zuo Chi leaped into the air, gripping the World Rune tightly in Ryze's hand. Upon seeing Ryze in front of him, Zuo Chi grabbed Ryze's collar and pulled him sharply towards himself.

"Oh!"

A deafening crash rang out as Zuo Chi slammed his head hard into Ryze's nose.

Immediately afterwards, Zuo Chi bit down on Ryze's hand that was holding the World Rune, and Ryze had no choice but to let go in pain.

After reclaiming the World Rune, Zuo Chi kicked Ryze in the waist and then punched him in the face.

"Go to hell!"

"Oh!"

Ryze was kicked several meters away and crashed headfirst into the ground, momentarily stunned.

When Ryze turned around and looked at Zuo Chi with a bewildered expression, he saw Zuo Chi digging something in the ground with his hands.

Soon, Ryze saw Zuo Chi dig out the first thing: a blood-red greatsword with a ferocious appearance!

This was just the beginning. After finding the Darkin Greatsword, Zuo Chi's figure flashed across the land, digging up weapon after weapon from the ground. Soon, Zuo Chi had a total of ten weapons on his body. Although he continued to dig for half a day, he did not find any more weapons after that.

He wrapped them in his clothes and carried them on his back.

Ryze thought it was over, but he found that Zuochi was still digging, and digging faster and faster.

Soon, Ryze saw what Zuo Chi was digging up—it was a person!

A young man wielding a Darkin scythe!

Is this finally over? Ryze thought.

But clearly, that's not all.

Zuo Chi was like a scavenger searching for a target, constantly digging through this land.

Finally, amidst Ryze's bewildered gaze, Zuo Chi unearthed two more figures nearly five meters tall.

"Nasus!?"

Ryze clearly knows Nasus.

However, Zuo Chi ignored Ryze's shouts. He piled Kayn on top of Nasus and Renekton, then gritted his teeth and picked up all three of them.

After doing all this, Zuo Chi glanced at Ryze again. Once he was sure that Ryze no longer had the power to threaten him, Zuo Chi started running towards the south of Icathia.

As Zuo Chi passed by Ryze, he didn't forget to lift his leg and kick him again.

Zuo Chi did not use a single bit of magic, because he had no power left in his body.

He was now holding his breath, using his last bit of strength to lead this group away.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Perhaps because the load was too excessive, the ground shook when Zuo Chi ran.

After an unknown amount of time, Zuo Chi completely disappeared from Ryze's sight, leaving Ryze alone on the entire plain.

Ryze: "."

After staring at the direction where Zuo Chi had disappeared for a long, long time, Ryze finally stood up.

He rubbed the spot where Zuo Chi had hit him, then strode towards the north of Icathia.

"Interesting lad. Let the World Rune remain in your hands for a while longer. I believe we'll meet again soon. But before that, you'll need to withstand the backlash from the World Rune."

On the other side, Zuo Chi's breathing was heavy as a bull, and his entire body was flashing a dazzling red light, as if it might burst into flames at any moment.

But despite this, he did not stop.

Although he didn't know where he had run to, Zuo Chi knew that he absolutely could not fall here, because the void rift was nearby!

Once you fall here, there's only one path left: being devoured by void creatures.

Zuo Chi kept scanning his surroundings; he needed to find a safe place.

He has given his all to get to where he is today, and he must not give up halfway no matter what!

And so, Zuo Chi walked forward step by step, for an unknown amount of time, until a look of relief suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"Pfft!"

Zuo Chi knelt heavily on the ground, struggling to lift his head and open his eyes to look at the beautiful figure in front of him.

"Kasha, long time no see, I'm back."

"Make sure no one touches these weapons!"

As the last word fell, the light in Zuo Chi's vision completely disappeared, and he collapsed onto the ground in front of him.

(Another super long chapter! Just catching up on what I missed during my previous leave. Please give me your monthly tickets and recommendations, brothers!)

Chapter 157 Rune Magic! Want a hug?

In a daze, Zuo Chi felt as if he had entered a bizarre and fantastical world.

Around him, countless red threads of light intertwined and outlined each other, and terrifying energy raged through the world like a volcanic eruption.

In this world, Zuo Chi could feel the temperature around him becoming extremely high, and the red threads and massive amounts of energy in front of him began to rush into his body, making his body swell up like a balloon that could burst at any moment.

Zuo Chi tried to block the energy from entering his body, but he found that he simply couldn't do it.

These forces were like a raging flood, completely beyond Zuo Chi's control. An extreme pain spread throughout Zuo Chi's body, and he felt as if he was about to be completely swallowed up by this pain.

A bizarre yet undeniably certain thought suddenly arose in Zuo Chi's mind: if he couldn't dispel the impact of this force, he might really die.

Outside, in a deserted village in southern Icathia.

Because of the scourge of the Void God Cult and the underground void, all the villagers had long since moved away. Now, only a dilapidated house remained in the village, and not a single living creature was to be seen.

In the center of the village, inside a relatively intact small house, a tall and slender figure sat anxiously on the edge of the bed, her eyes filled with tension and worry.

The wall on one side of the room was filled with all sorts of weapons, at least a dozen of them.

Greatswords, spears, scepters, knives, axes, halberds—you name it, they had it.

Following Zuo Chi's last instructions, Kasha dared not touch these strange weapons that contained immense power, but she was also afraid that something unexpected might happen, so she had no choice but to place these weapons in the room.

Three full days have passed since she brought Zuo Chi back here from near the void rift, but Zuo Chi still shows no signs of waking up.

Looking at Zuo Chi, who was radiating a red glow on the bed, Kasha felt utterly bewildered. In the past three days, she had tried everything she could to wake Zuo Chi, but to no avail.

"Zi! Zhi! Zhi!"

Just like before, because Zuo Chi possessed the power of ascension, when Kasa touched Zuo Chi, the Void Armor on her arm would automatically separate in fear, revealing her smooth and fair arm.

Even so, Kasha still didn't let go of Zuo Chi's hand. She held Zuo Chi's hand tightly, feeling his burning body temperature, and kept murmuring something.

"Zuo Chi, I'm so happy to see you again."

"You said that when you came back, you would take me away from Icathia. After you left, I wished for your return every day."