I, Folyago, am the most devoted lover in Runeterra.

Furthermore, these black mist swords, in addition to their inherent characteristics of being corroded and decayed by the black mist, also possess the power of death to annihilate everything, as well as extremely sharp sword energy.

Looking around, the surrounding black mist transformed into a pitch-black sea of ​​swords!

The terrifying sense of oppression and the dangerous aura capable of destroying everything caused a flash of surprise and madness to cross Verus's eyes as he was surrounded.

"Do not!!!!"

"This is impossible!"

"How can you possess such power?!"

"Varus exclaimed in alarm. Seeing the sea of ​​swords formed by the black mist about to fall, Varus naturally wouldn't sit idly by and wait for his death."

Raising his longbow, a dark purple chain of corruption shot out from the arrow, spreading along the area shrouded in the dark purple evil light.

The corrupted chains wrapped around Verus for a hundred meters like vines, making him look like a purple cabbage from a distance.

"fall!"

Upon seeing this, Fóyé suddenly waved his hand.

The next moment, a sea of ​​black swords descended, and endless black mist swords shot towards Varus, who was wrapped in black and purple corrupt chains.

"boom!!!!!"

The sea of ​​black mist swords, falling like a tsunami, almost instantly destroyed the "insignificant" "Ganlan" before them.

"Do not!!!"

The defenses built by Varus lasted only a moment longer before being engulfed by the black sea of ​​swords.

In the blink of an eye, the black mist slowly dissipated...

Besides the barren land, all that remained on the ground was a lone amethyst longbow.

The temple that once stood on the cliff and stretched endlessly has now vanished without a trace.

The area within several kilometers of the temple had turned into a dark, flat plain.

On the ground, nothing was left but black soil, which looked lifeless, as if the entire land had fallen into death.

Further afield, the forests that were once shrouded in black mist, with their lush and verdant trees, now appear dark and eerie.

These trees are clearly showing signs of decay and erosion.

In Ionia, a land brimming with magical power, these trees may soon become dilapidated tree spirits.

Logically speaking, given Foygo's near-full-force attack, the ground here should have sunk about ten meters.

However, at this moment, the destructive power caused is not even as great as when Fryego fought against Nagakaporos and Maokai.

It's not that Varus is too weak, but rather that Foygo is currently too strong, having reached the point of being able to etherealize.

Foygo's control over power has reached a perfect level.

After defeating Varus, Feuergo was even able to control his power so that it did not dissipate, and instead directly reclaimed it.

This is a near-peak level among demigods!

Although Foygo has deeply developed the three power systems of black mist, death power, and swordsmanship, he has already reached the absolute pinnacle in the entire Runeterra!

Even if he understands clearly, it doesn't mean he's invincible!

Better safe than sorry; the giants and the true gods were always a heavy burden on Feuerbach's mind.

The road ahead is long and arduous, but I will persevere in my pursuit of knowledge...

...........

In the very center of the dark earth, Foygo picked up the amethyst longbow from the ground, a thoughtful look appearing in his eyes.

He slowly closed his eyes, trying to sense something from the longbow in his hands.

In just a brief moment, a look of horror flashed in Foygo's eyes, and he immediately abandoned the idea.

Then, the solemnity in Foygo's eyes was beyond words.

Strictly speaking, this was the first time that Foygo had ever dealt with a true Darkin.

But the result was that Fryego equated the name "Darkborn" with danger.

Varus did not die.

Or rather, Varus is incapable of dying at all.

Foygo could clearly sense that an evil aura belonging to Verus was slowly returning to the amethyst longbow.

Although this aura was so weak that it was even weaker than that of an ordinary person.

But at least it is slowly recovering by constantly absorbing the surrounding energy.

This means that one day, Varus will recover again.

The dark power reappeared in Foygo's hands, and he was about to destroy the amethyst longbow in his hand, but he gave up at the last minute.

Because he already sensed that destroying the longbow might not bring Verus death, but rather liberation...

As is well known, Darkin are sealed within weapons using a special method.

And this method comes from—the Protoss!

To be precise, it's the Twilight Protoss themselves!

Note that this refers to the Protoss's true form, not its agent in Runeterra!

What does the Twilight Protoss itself mean?

This means he is a member of the Titan race, a true... true god!!!

Chapter 232, The Thousand-Year Void

So the question is, is the Darkin strong?

To the humans of Runeterra, the Darkin are naturally incredibly powerful.

The power Varus just displayed was enough to stir up trouble in Runeterra.

If it weren't for encountering Fryego, they could have at least kept going for a while longer.

Almost every Darkin possesses demigod-level combat power.

The strength of the Darkin has long been deeply ingrained in people's minds.

However, to a true god, the mere demigod-level Darkin seems to be nothing special.

A demigod is to a true god what a legend is to a demigod.

To the Twilight Protoss, Varus was like a legend jumping around aimlessly in front of Fryeghor.

In such a situation, Fóyego could easily eliminate him with a wave of his hand.

For the Twilight Protoss, who are at the true god level, the Darkin, who are at the demigod level, are no different.

But then a problem arose.

Why did the Twilight Protoss go to such lengths to seal the Darkin within various weapons instead of simply annihilating them?

There's only one answer—because the Darkin simply can't be killed.

Or perhaps, the Darkin can be killed, but the cost is too high for the Twilight Protoss to do themselves, so they resorted to this method.

In either case, it was unwise for Fóyègo to destroy the longbow in his hand.

And in that brief moment, Foygo seemed to have gained insight into the origin of the Darkin's power, and thus made corresponding guesses about the secret of the Darkin's immortality.

............

The so-called Darkin are actually the product of Shurima's Ascended being corrupted by Void energy.

Ascended Ones are warriors who possess demigod-like combat abilities.

Although the lifespan of Ascended beings is also close to infinite, they do not possess the ability to be resurrected like demigods.

In other words, the Ascended Ones themselves can die in battle.

Therefore, the fact that Darkin cannot be killed by conventional means should not originate from the power of the Ascended.

The fact that the Darkin cannot be killed leaves only one explanation—the Void!

It was precisely because these former ascendants were corrupted by the power of the void that they also possessed abilities similar to those of demigods, making them indestructible.

In Folyago's understanding, demigods are extremely unique beings.

They often symbolize certain phenomena or elements of Runeterra, which means that as long as these elements and phenomena exist in Runeterra, demigods will not die.

Therefore, if Runeterra is considered as a whole...

The existence of demigods is like that of certain "cells" in Runeterra.

These "cells" are even part of Runeterra itself.

It's important to understand that the Darkin themselves do not possess this symbolic characteristic; in other words, the Darkin have not gained a status recognized by Runeterra.

Then how are they able to parasitize Runeterra and gain immortality?

The answer is that if there are benign "cells", then there are malignant "cancer cells".