LOL: Let me touch your steel

Zhang Xu breathed a sigh of relief, slowly walked to the end of the deck, and looked into Ibarros's lowered head:

"Ibarros, I am going to eliminate the influence of the void on you now. Only when the void's erosion of your spirit is completely eliminated can you begin to recover to normal. Do you understand what I mean?"

Looking at Zhang Xu who was walking in front of him, Ibaros looked a little painful.

There was an instinct in his body that was clamoring madly, trying to drive him to tear Zhang Xu in front of him into pieces.

But Ibarros gritted his teeth and persisted, suppressing this instinct.

Because he knew that he couldn't be affected by the killing any more, he had something he had to get back! That was his former glory!

Seeing that Ibarros did not take any further action, Zhang Xu breathed a sigh of relief and gently placed his hand on him.

Just as he expected, the erosion on Ibaros, or the Darkin, was indeed quite serious, and this situation was not even much better than Kassadin's previous situation.

The only difference is that the former ascenders were able to rely on their own strength and the ascended bodies forged by their ascension to resist this erosion and would not die under the erosion of the void. At most, their spirits would be polluted and they would become lunatics in the future.

Fortunately, the nothingness he now controls is able to eliminate all erosion.

"How magical... His aura is gradually becoming the same as ours!"

Sarah looked at Ibaros' changes with some surprise and sighed subconsciously.

Sarah, who had just become an ascender, could feel the changes, and the feelings of the others were even more obvious.

"The aura of brutality and murder in him has weakened a lot...it's as if his entire senses have become much purer."

Sivir murmured with emotion: "It is really hard to imagine how tragic the void war thousands of years ago was... It was able to turn an ascender with such pure power into what he was before."

"Moreover, these are not their corroded bodies. They are even more terrifying after they have just fallen into the Darkborn."

Kassadin on the side suddenly added a sentence, and this remark was recognized by everyone present, especially Janna.

Others may not be able to imagine how terrible the wars between the Darkin would be in the era before they were sealed by the Protoss, but Janna, who had experienced that time, knew it very clearly.

Chapter 242: Shurima Bible

As time went by, the brutality in Ibaros's expression gradually diminished until it completely disappeared. Although his body was still that of a sea monster, his temperament had changed.

If it looked like a brutal and ferocious sea monster at first glance, now it looks like an ugly but helpful sea monster.

As Ibarros returned to normal, the dark clouds in the sky gradually dissipated. Although the sky did not clear up immediately, it finally looked good.

Zhang Xu let out a long sigh, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, forming a satisfied arc:

"Ibaros, you have returned to normal now. But if you want to return to your former Ascended state..."

"What should I do?"

Before Zhang Xu could finish his words, Ibaros couldn't wait to interrupt. When he was still a Darkin, he was very dissatisfied with his resurrected body, but he also knew that he had no better choice, and he even accepted his fate.

But now, the Sun Priest actually told him that he could return to the body of the Ascendant?

"Yes, you just need to undergo the Ascension Ceremony again and use the power of Ascension to re-condense your Ascension body."

Although his words were interrupted, Zhang Xu was not annoyed. He just smiled as he looked at Ibarros who looked excited in front of him.

"But... the ascension ceremony requires sufficient merit and the approval of the Sun Priest..."

As he was talking, Ibarros was suddenly stunned.

"I am the Sun Priest, so if I say you are qualified to undergo the Ascension Ceremony, then you are qualified."

Zhang Xu took the golden emblem of the Sun Priest back into his arms, with a smile on his face: "Ibaros, the Shurima Empire will never forget the contribution you have made. Today, the glory of the Shurima Empire has once again spread over this land."

"And you, General Ibaros. I need you to spread this light to every corner of Runeterra."

Listening to Zhang Xu's words, Kaisa swallowed subconsciously, and whispered to Sivir beside her:

"Why do I feel like... Zhang Xu is becoming more and more like a real priest? He just spouts these deceptive words for free."

Upon hearing this, Xiweier's expression suddenly became strange:

"But...isn't he the Sun Priest appointed by His Majesty Azir? His identity is real, not fake."

“It seems to make sense…”

Kasa thought about it carefully and found that Zhang Xu was not infected by the identity of a priest. He was really good at fooling people, but it just happened that he was very suitable for the position of priest.

She still remembered that when she and Zhang Xu first met, Zhang Xu tried to fool her.

If I hadn't been so smart, I would have been fooled by this guy!

Um...

After such a long time, it seems that Zhang Xu's deception skills have improved.

Kassa glanced at Ibaros and found that the big guy had completely fallen into a frenzy.

However, it seems that we cannot blame Zhang Xu entirely.

After all, this big guy himself has a fanatical loyalty to Shurima.

Zhang Xu simply stirred up this emotion completely.

"The glory of Shurima lasts forever!"

Ibarros tightly gripped the harpoon in his hand and raised his arms high above his head. If there were more people present, it would have been like a large-scale cult gathering.

Seeing that Ibarros' emotions had been completely aroused by him, Zhang Xu decided to add fuel to the fire.

He placed his hand on Ibalos's arm and said earnestly:

"You must remember the following words carefully, and then repeat them to Azir word for word after you return to Shurima."

"That year, His Majesty Azir's ascension ceremony took place. In the end, His Majesty was ambushed and his ascension failed. I was stationed outside at the time and saw the sun disk fall. This scene will never be forgotten. It was as if the faith in my mind collapsed in an instant."

"At that time, I was thinking, if the Sun Disc can stand again and His Majesty Azir can come again, I will do my best to assist you! Now the opportunity to become an Ascendant again is right in front of me, and I must consider whether this will be my only chance in this life."

“It is our duty to restore the glory of Shurima!”

Looking at Ibarros's shocked face, Zhang Xu smiled with satisfaction.

Although he had said this passage from the Bible once in front of Azir, Azir just loved to hear it!

Moreover, Zhang Xu decided to treat this sentence as the Bible of Shurima.

After he sent all the Darkin back to Azir and said this, he would finally bring Aatrox to Azir. Zhang Xu was looking forward to the scene of Aatrox saying this in front of Azir and his former comrades.

Just thinking about it makes me feel...

So exciting!

"Thank you for the reminder, Sun Priest!"

Ibarros nodded excitedly, as if he had already seen the scene of himself regaining his former glory.

"That's a very good point...Give me a Bilgewater person who gets excited by saying that."

Sarah murmured subconsciously, her eyes filled with endless affection, which was no longer concealed at all.

Seeing Sarah's expression, Kasa curled her lips but didn't say anything.

"By the way, Ibaros. Do you know... where all the Darkspawn except you are sealed?"

Zhang Xu, who had collected a Darkin not long after leaving Shurima, was obviously full of confidence and had completely forgotten how hard a job he thought it was at first.

Now he just wanted to make a concerted effort to catch all the sealed Darkin and finally find Aatrox.

I want to see Aatrox reading the Shurima Bible!

But Ibarros' words directly poured cold water on Zhang Xu.

"I don't know much."

Ibaros shook his head very sincerely, and a trace of hatred flashed in his eyes, but whether this hatred was directed at the Protoss or at some other guys... was completely unknown.

"I was sealed quite early. Before me, I remember there was Rhaast... Balkux and Jorral. But at first, the Protoss were not in a hurry to hide them somewhere. It seemed that after all the Darkin were sealed, the Protoss scattered and hid all the sealed Darkin in every corner of Runeterra."

"I could only feel myself being thrown into the cold sea water and being soaked in it for thousands of years."

Chapter 243: The Land of the First Born

The night grew darker, but the Siren was still sailing on the sea.

The Siren has been staying on this sea for quite some time. According to normal calculations, it should have reached Ionia by now.

The main reason why he was still on the sea was that Zhang Xu was worried about Ibalos. Although this Ascended from thousands of years ago has now returned to normal, he is still a thousand-year-old antique after all, and Zhang Xu is really worried about letting him return to Shurima alone.

Fortunately, the sea area where they encountered Ibaros was not far from Bilgewater. After using the unique communication method between Sivir and Azir to notify Renekton, Renekton took this former comrade back, and the Siren continued to sail normally.

But Tam, whom Zhang Xu had been looking forward to, never showed up.

Zhang Xu originally thought that after he found Ibarros and sent him back, Tam would immediately appear and continue to seduce him. However, what he didn't expect was that Tam had never appeared again since he showed him the way last time, as if it was really as he said, this "transaction" did not require Zhang Xu to pay any price.

Although he had no idea what was going on, Zhang Xu was happy to have one less hassle.

Although life at sea is a bit long, it is not boring with the company of Kassa and others.

Although they don't party every night, it's almost the same. And Kassadin looks more and more beautiful with the watering of void energy again and again.

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Seeing Zhang Xu and Kasha walking together, Sarah, who was alone on the deck looking at the scenery, had a strange look in her eyes, and she keenly noticed the slightly unnatural way Kasha walked.

But Sarah still understood the principle of seeing through but not speaking out, and smiled brightly as if she hadn't discovered anything:

"Good morning, you've come just in time."

Sarah waved the map in her hand and said with excitement: "At this rate, we should be able to see the continent where Ionia is soon."

"Really?"

Hearing this, Kasa's eyes lit up with joy, and she quickly moved closer to Sarah to listen to her explanation.

"The distance between our current location and the nearest continent should be only a few dozen nautical miles. If nothing goes wrong, we should be able to reach that continent in a short while."

"I've lived in Bilgewater my whole life and haven't been to Ionia yet."

"Me too."

Kasa responded, and then she and Sarah looked at Zhang Xu eagerly.

Although Zhang Xu probably has never been to Ionia, he must know something about it. This is a fixed mindset that Kaisa has formed over such a long time.