LOL: Let me touch your steel

It was not until Kassadin left that Azir sat down next to Zhang Xu with a smile on his face, patted his shoulder sympathetically, and revealed a look that every man understood.

Seeing this, Zhang Xu's mouth couldn't help but twitch twice.

He seriously suspected that Azir might have arrived a long time ago, but had not come in yet, just to choose this moment on purpose.

But no matter what, Azir arrived in time. At least he didn't have to waste his brain cells thinking of excuses to fool Kassadin.

"Alas... His Majesty Azir came to visit me late at night. I don't think he came just to laugh at me, right?"

"of course not."

"I want to talk to you about... the Darkin."

Under the dim light, Azir's expression looked particularly solemn.

Chapter 237 Dark Descendants

Darkborn?

Zhang Xu frowned, and a serious look also appeared on his face.

"How much do you know about the Darkin?"

Azir was not in a hurry to tell the story, but took the initiative to ask Zhang Xu: "Why not tell me what you know?"

"After the battle with the void, a large number of god warriors fell. The emotions of the surviving ascenders began to become unstable because they witnessed the death of their comrades and the erosion of the void. When these emotionally unstable ascenders had firm beliefs, they were still able to hold on..."

"But the sun disc disappeared, and the pillars that had supported them all along collapsed. The once respected Ascendants began to become tyrannical and bloodthirsty. And people gave these fallen Ascendants an ironic name - Darkin."

"You are right in the main."

Azir took a deep breath, his eagle-like tough face full of self-blame: "If I hadn't trusted that despicable guy Xerath, these Ascendants wouldn't have fallen to this point."

But Zhang Xu actually felt that Azir had done nothing wrong. From meeting Xerath to ascending the throne to giving Xerath power, Azir had done nothing wrong.

Maybe the only thing I did wrong was getting to know Xerath.

Don't say anything about not hiding it from Zerath. Just tell him openly that you have freed all the slaves, and Zerath won't have any bad intentions. Under the influence of dark sorcery, Zerath will go down this path sooner or later.

But if Azir had not met Xerath, he would never have become the emperor of Shurima, and might even have been lost in the long river of history early on.

Between Azir and Xerath...

All we can say is that they complement each other and love and hate each other.

"I don't know much about the Darkin, so..."

Zhang Xu raised his head and looked at Nasus who came in. He looked at Nasus again and nodded in understanding.

Indeed, if there is one person who knows everything about the Darkin, it can only be Nasus.

With Azir's approval, Nasus exchanged glances with Zhang Xu and said in a deep voice: "The story begins when the entire Solar Empire was destroyed. After the solar disk, the common belief of the Ascendants, collapsed, all the Ascendants fell into a very crazy state."

"I arrived late and witnessed the corruption of these ascenders with my own eyes. It was as if... their spirits were polluted. It was a state completely different from ascension."

"In the initial period, these fallen Ascendants maintained a certain degree of restraint, but soon, they began to fight each other. This is what is recorded in various historical records... the Darkin War."

Nasus sighed, and his face unconsciously showed a hint of sadness.

Even he himself was depressed at that time, so how could he stop his former compatriots from killing each other?

"Aatrox, the leader of the Celestial Legion during Empress Wu Setaka's time, was also the great general of the Shurima Empire. Even though he has fallen, he still has a very high prestige. Tarosh, Blay, Stellatu, etc. are all his capable subordinates."

"Aatrox's enemy camp is Zolani. She once fought against Tarosh. At that time, she was no match for Tarosh and was almost killed by him. Until later, Zolani somehow mastered some kind of devouring ability and swallowed up the Protoss of Justice. So far, Zolani has completely possessed the strength to challenge Aatrox openly."

"Later, after a fierce battle between the two camps, a new dark descendant, Nayafili, appeared. He broke the balance between the two camps and gradually formed a three-way confrontation."

"However, the Darkin's years of conquest have destroyed the balance of the entire Runeterra, and they have attracted the attention of the Protoss. With the intervention of the Protoss, all the Darkin heroes have been sealed in weapons."

Azir nodded and continued, taking over Nasus’ words:

"We have already found traces of Nayafili in the Shurima Desert, but..."

Azir shook his head gently and sighed:

"But we are still unsure whether these darkspawn will return to Shurima and bathe in the light of the sun disc again."

"Zhang Xu, I know you yearn for freedom and don't want to stay in Shurima to restrict your nature. So this time, I hope you can find as many traces of these darkin as possible."

Hearing this, Zhang Xu's mouth couldn't help but twitch twice.

Where could he find any trace of the Darkin?

Who knows what weapons these guys are sealed in, and who knows where these weapons are!

Apart from being certain that Nayafili is in Shurima and Varus is probably in Ionia, Zhang Xu is completely in the dark about the other darkins.

Oh yeah, and there’s also Rhaast, the Shame of the Darkin.

In this timeline...Rhaast should be fighting with Kayn for control of the body.

“You will bring back the Darkin who are willing to return to Shurima. Nasus and I will think seriously about how to remove the corruption from them. As for those Darkin who are unwilling to return to Shurima…”

There was a gleam of brilliance in Azir's eyes, and there was undisguised murderous intent in his eyes.

"Kill them!"

"I will never allow the fallen who have tarnished the glory of the Ascendants to continue walking on this land!"

Listening to Azir's words, Zhang Xu began to think seriously.

Darkin...

Maybe in his hands it can really return to normal.

The so-called Darkborn were just corrupted beings whose minds were invaded by the void and unfortunately eroded. With the void that he now controlled, eradicating the void's invasion of them was a piece of cake.

The trouble is actually their bodies.

Because all the Darkin were sealed in weapons by the Protoss, basically all of them lost their most proud Ascended bodies, and could only be reborn in mortal bodies or even animal bodies.

Such bodies naturally cannot withstand the ascension power in their bodies. If they are used frequently, their bodies will rot first.

unless...

They can use the ascension ritual to re-forge a brand new ascender body for them.

If you perform the ascension ceremony again, maybe your strength will be improved.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xu's expression suddenly became strange.

Since Aatrox was once able to become the general of the entire Shurima and command the army of god-warriors, even if he is not a cold and strict guy, he is not far from it.

Zhang Xu was looking forward to seeing whether Aatrox would slap him in the face when he heard what he had said when he returned to normal.

Chapter 238 The Devil’s Whisper

Rumbling--

When leaving Shurima and coming to places outside the Shurima continent, heavy rain always comes unexpectedly.

At the slaughterhouse dock, merchants and peddlers who had just got off the boat were running back and forth with their hands covering their heads. The large and small hunting boats parked on the river bank were also bobbing up and down in the waves.

This heavy rain saved the workers at the slaughterhouse a lot of trouble. At least they no longer had to spend energy cleaning up the blood stains.

Sarah got off the Siren, looked at the scene on the slaughter dock, and said to Zhang Xu with a smile:

"Since Gangplank died and Renekton came, the whole of Bilgewater has become much more obedient. Not only the pirates, but also the gangs at the docks have become much more disciplined."

Zhang Xu, who left Shurima, passed through Zaun, Piltover and then came to Bilgewater, nodded slightly.

He is very satisfied with the changes in these cities.

There hasn't been much change in Piltover. It's still that advanced city full of technology. The only pity is that I didn't see the little yellow-haired guy when I went there this time.

This made Zhang Xu, who was used to taking advantage of others, feel a little uncomfortable.

Zaun's transformation can be described as a brand new look. The abandoned drainage pipes and gas pipelines in the entire city have disappeared, replaced by a brand new industrial system. There is no trace of the alchemy industry in the entire city anymore, but there are many more Hextech creations.

I have to admit that Ike's brain is indeed useful.

Otherwise, even with Camille's secret support, Zaun would never have been able to develop so rapidly.

Zhang Xu glanced at Jana who was standing beside him. At this moment, she was wearing a thin veil, holding an umbrella and looking quietly into the distance.

He could sense that Janna was in a very good mood recently, and seemed to be very satisfied with the changes in Zaun.

As for the transformation of Bilgewater...it was somewhat beyond Zhang Xu's expectations, but also reasonable.

It seems that Renekton really scared these guys, otherwise it would be impossible for them to do their jobs so well, and some of them would have been unable to resist doing some tricks.

"Are we going to take a ship to Ionia here? Can't we take the Xena?"

Kasa looked at the Siren under her feet, and a curious look gradually appeared on her face: "It feels more cost-effective to take such a long boat ride than to take the Sina."

"Um..."

The corners of Zhang Xu's mouth couldn't help but twitch twice. Xina was indeed a rare ancient dragon, but she couldn't be treated like an animal!

The distance between Bilgewater Bay and Ionia is probably half the size of Shurima. If Sina keeps flying there, she might become the first ancient dragon to die of exhaustion...

And to be honest, Zhang Xu almost forgot about Xina.

It seems that she has not been summoned again since arriving at the Shadow Isles.

Tsk...

Just stay in Shurima as a mascot.

"Let's take a boat and try our luck. Maybe there are some Darkin weapons thrown into the sea by the Protoss?"

Having said that, Zhang Xu sighed.

Before leaving Shurima, Zhang Xu asked Azir and Nasus to make a list of Darkin for him. There were at least dozens of them on the list. Except for a few whose possible locations were marked by Nasus, the rest of the Darkin were in an unknown state.

After so much time has passed, no one knows whether they have been resurrected or have fallen into eternal sleep.

Trying to find the Darkin in the vast Runeland is probably as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.

"Okay, it's up to you."

Kassa shrugged, leaned on the railing with both hands and looked at the Python Islands in the distance.

The last time, they met Illaoi the True One and Naga Kaboros, the god who controls eternal motion, there.