Void Beetle Evolution Guide

The Wild Hunt's claws tore open a spatial rift leading to the outside world, pulling the two of them to the vicinity of Portil and Sephiroth. He had already told the two to come out and wait when the battle began.

At this moment, Portil stood atop one of the pillars of the dam surrounding the city, watching from afar as the massive sand dunes that covered the ancient capital underwent a violent landslide due to the battle below.

At first it was just a normal landslide, but the accumulated pressure intensified, and soon large chunks collapsed, as if the sky had fallen and the earth had caved in.

The earth was shaking, and yellow sand cascaded down like a waterfall, forming a huge sand curtain that stretched for thousands of meters. Even a rising being as large as Renekton would be engulfed by the dust it stirred up, making it look particularly awe-inspiring.

The sandstorm crashed to the ground, and the dust cloud it stirred up roared like a hurricane, blotting out the sky and swallowing everything.

Portil shielded the crowd with her wings, burying her head between them. The desert wind, carrying sand, swept in fiercely, like locusts flying at high speed crashing into her; every grain of sand stung her wing membranes.

After a long while, the sandstorm finally subsided. As the curtain fell, the secrets buried beneath the yellow sand for thousands of years gradually revealed themselves, and the great glory of the past slowly unfolded before our eyes.

It was an unforgettable sight: a corner of the city emerged from the sea of ​​sand, with some buildings, such as the Temple of the Sun, built high up, shrouded in enormous shadows.

Above the building, a huge golden disc looms overhead, casting a massive shadow over the lost city at an angle.

The disc was made of some unknown metal. At first glance, it looked like dark brass, but the parts of the edge that were exposed to sunlight turned into a brilliant gold, as dazzling as real gold.

Looking up at the slightly familiar patterns on the disc, as if celestial energy was flowing through it, Kai'Sa suddenly realized that she was witnessing an ancient wonder that countless Shurima people had longed for.

"This is... a real solar disk?!"

"It looks completely intact."

Wild Hunt chimed in, saying that the sun disk before them was the true symbol of Shurima.

Any Shuriman would be familiar with the Sun Disk. The countless similar objects Kai'Sa had seen in her life were all clumsy imitations, less than a fraction of the original.

A real solar disk doesn't need to be suspended in mid-air by ropes; the force it bears is enough to support its enormous weight, allowing it to float above the city.

It is so large that it blocks out the sun, and its diameter is comparable to that of the entire ancient city. On its back side, it can completely block out the sun, yet it can also emit a bright and intense light comparable to the sun.

"Look, that's—"

Kasha narrowed her eyes as a hateful figure burst forth from the crack beneath the sun disk. The fiery sorcerer had stolen someone's sarcophagus and used the fragments to create a rudimentary humanoid form for itself.

Xerath soared into the sky, the chains beneath him still binding the badly injured Renekton. The magical storm had inflicted considerable damage on him, leaving him almost completely incapacitated.

After ascending to a certain height, Xerath carelessly discarded the lifeless Renekton, letting him roll down the dunes. The freed-up chains, under his control, extended from his chest, connecting to the edges of the solar disk.

"Rise!" As Xerath tightened the chains, the enormous sun disk was shaken by his power, and seemed to have a tendency to be turned upside down from the sand.

"Wait... what is he going to do?" Kai'Sa sensed something was wrong; Xerath's actions clearly indicated he had some ulterior motives towards the Sun Disk.

"It seems they intend to hold some kind of ceremony using the solar disk..."

We have to stop him!

Sand continued to slide off the sun disk, and Xerath was slowly pulling the symbol of Shurima up from beneath the sand.

The roar of a dragon came from behind him. Xerath turned around, and a cold breath descended from the sky, cooling his burning body.

The burning spirit effortlessly melted the ice shards on its body, and in that short time, Kasha, with her elytra, had already severed one of the chains with her light blade.

"That persistent bastard!" Xerath cursed viciously. He couldn't count on Renekton; he had to rely on himself.

"Arise, my servant!" Xerath roared, and many obelisks inscribed with lightning runes emerged from beneath the sands.

The obelisks rose up, gleaming and crackling. Centered on these obelisks, numerous energy fields raged with lightning were created. They drew power from beneath the desert, crafting runestones that floated in mid-air.

Many pale arms stretched out from beneath the sand, belonging to a dead man who was once a highly respected sun priest, who, until his last moments, was controlled by Xerath's magic and unable to stop the ritual that stole his ascension power, continuously pouring powerful energy into his body.

After a thousand years of reincarnation, Xerath resurrected them once again from the sands of the desert, dressed in black robes symbolizing death and destruction, and wearing terrifying golden masks, so that they could fight for him once more.

The runestones floated above the heads of the Destroyer's heads, extending chains to bind their waists and bellies, lifting them into the air like hydrogen balloons. Under Xerath's control, these servants, their eyes burning with the blue flames of his will, wielded their staffs, creating one monster after another.

It's unclear how much Xerath loves chains and sarcophagi, but countless monsters made of these two elements rise from beneath the sand, their bones made of black stone and their sinews of chains, adorned with golden armor and bandages. They look like empty shells without hearts, yet they contain immense power within.

A vast army of puppet monsters formed, a dark mass surrounding the entire Dawn Oasis. With such a massive army at his disposal, Xerath no longer cared about Kai'Sa and the others, nor did he care where Charikar had gone; those things were no longer important.

He continued to lift the sun disk as if lifting a lid, gradually exposing the ancient city below to the sunlight, and the magically shaped sounds echoed between heaven and earth.

"Azir! I can feel your presence."

"Stop playing dead! Stand up and face me!" (The rest of the text appears to be gibberish and unrelated to the previous sentence.)

"My army will raze your city to the ground!"

This time, he is determined to put an end to the feud between the two.

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Chapter 421 Bio-batteries

"What should we do? Xerath has already formed an army all by himself. Can we really count on Azir?" Kai'Sa slowed down the speed of her elytra flapping and landed on top of the stone pillar.

Looking at the massive, dark army of puppets, she felt things were getting increasingly complicated. If they were allowed to leave, aside from Lissandra's Frostguard Fortress, there was probably no city in the world that could withstand their attack.

Although they knew Azir could single-handedly form an army, and that once he ascended, the situation would become a two-way battle, what if he didn't ascend? The Wild Hunt didn't intend to place all their hopes on others. (The last part is a nonsensical string of characters and doesn't translate directly.)

After a moment of silence, Wild Hunt said in a tone that even he himself was unsure of, "Actually, the fusion with Sivir has caused my abilities to evolve."

Kasha paused for a moment, "Is it because of the imperial bloodline?"

Wild Hunt remained noncommittal: "It's not just for that reason. It's also related to our constant devouring, the long-term nourishment of the World Runes, Sarah's continuous sacrifices over the years, and even Queen Bervis's decree... This evolution is quite special. It has removed many of my restrictions, which is equivalent to... activating the creation mode."

"Creative Mode?!" Kai'Sa was both confused and impressed.

"Seeing is believing, so I'll just show you what I've got."

Wild Hunt tossed a backpack-shaped external armor to Kai'Sa, which replaced her shoulder pods and fastened tightly to her back. Directly behind her was a strange halo, from which an eternal purple light emanated, as if connecting to the endless void.

"What is this?" The backpack was connected to the armor, and the light it emitted rose and fell with the rhythm of Kaisa's breathing, and the feeling of foreign object disappeared.

"Simply put, this is a bio-battery that functions as a booster, allowing you to run faster."

"It can be even faster?" Kaisa blinked in surprise.

She thought she had reached her speed limit, and using time magic to accelerate was a completely different approach. However, her physical stats could actually be improved further.

"The increase in speed is secondary; the main thing is that it can charge itself according to your speed and then convert that energy into bioelectricity and release it. Accordingly, the faster the speed, the higher the frequency and the greater the power."

"So, all I have to do is run? I'll leave all the killing to it?"

"It's fine for clearing out mobs, but forget about using it against Xerath."

No. That's enough.

Kai'Sa was somewhat eager to try it out after being persuaded by Wild Hunt. She went to the edge of the stone pillar and looked down at the puppet army below, then leaned forward and sat in freefall.

The stone pillars were not completely vertical; they were narrower at the top and wider at the bottom, with a slight slope. Kasha gripped the wall with her feet and used the friction to accelerate, quickly reaching a point where they were barely visible to the naked eye.

Her armor began to heat up, but she no longer dissipated heat by popping open the plates on her thighs. The heat generated by running at high speed was transferred by the armor to the bio-battery on her back, and then converted back into forward thrust through turbocharging.

The heat that was supposed to be expelled was recycled and reused, and a powerful push came over her back, making Kai'Sa feel that her speed had increased by a whole level! She cheered and activated the second stage of acceleration, rushing straight towards Xerath's creation army.

An ominous bolt of lightning shot into the enemy ranks, followed by a series of chilling, muffled crackling sounds of electricity.

Under Kasha's power, the light ring behind the bio-battery popped up like a button, spinning rapidly and releasing powerful electric arcs that spread outwards.

None of the surrounding monsters escaped unscathed; they were pierced through by the electric arcs and subsequently paralyzed.

Since it was her first time using it, Kaisa felt her body was being affected. The thrust from behind forced her forward, making it difficult to make agile turns or sudden stops. Until she learned to use it freely, she would probably have to remain in this state.

As Kaisa accelerated, the electric coils appeared more and more frequently, and the vibrations became increasingly rapid and sharp.

In the blink of an eye, a large part of the puppet army had been paralyzed. Xerath, who was struggling with the sun disk, glanced at it and his eyes sparked with twitching electricity.

Fortunately, his puppet army consisted entirely of energy-driven containers controlled by obelisks of power, lacking any fragile magical cores. Once the effects of the bioelectricity subsided, they rose again.

Seeing this, Kasha accelerated and circled the fallen ancient city several more times before a sudden stop, releasing all the accumulated electrical energy at once. The forked lightning shot forward due to inertia, and the obelisk that was struck shattered.

But it was not destroyed. The broken stones were reconnected by lightning and bound together by chains several times, the lightning runes on its surface flashing.

The surrounding Destruction Servants raised their staffs, casting a sturdy barrier around it. Since the bio-battery had replaced the pod, Kai'Sa could only swing her blade of light at it, resulting in only a slight tremor in the barrier.

The Destruction Creature swung its massive fist, wielding a sandbag, and slammed it down. Kai'Sa dodged and escaped before the encirclement could form, wondering if she hadn't used the bio-battery correctly.

Wild Hunt watched this scene thoughtfully. The bio-battery was a special weapon he designed for Kaisa's erosion form, which could maximize her speed advantage.

Unfortunately, he was born at the wrong time, and happened to run into someone like Xerath, whose signature move was lightning, so it had little effect on him.

However, Xerath's triumph won't last long.

The previous preparations were just appetizers. Wild Hunt never intended to defeat Xerath's army with a single bio-battery. What he was about to present was the main course, enough to give Xerath a real headache.

An unprecedentedly massive void rift appeared above the city, and a colossal beast, blotting out the sky, roared and tore through the void before everyone's eyes.

The deep humming sound sent a shiver down my spine, made my heart race, and sent blood rushing to my brain.

At first glance, Kai'Sa thought it was a Void Remora from Bervis. The monster summoned by Wild Hunt was a giant fish, and the sight of it swimming in the air instantly brought back unpleasant memories for her.

The schools of fish that swam in the dark underground tunnels still appear in her nightmares from time to time. As long as Pierre Vaughan lives, this imminent threat will never fade.

The behemoth was dark purple all over, its head covered with solid bone armor, and its body was covered with countless purple light spots, like clusters of eyes lurking in the darkness, watching menacingly.

It has no fins and uses a pair of tentacles extending from the corners of its mouth to change direction. Its tail fin is also made up of three tentacles, making it look unusually sinister.

From afar, one could only see the light spots on its body flashing one after another, which then turned into the piercing sound of an air raid.

Chapter 422 Nest Mother

The behemoth suddenly descended upon the battlefield, its dense barrage of plasma bullets raining down from the sky with an aura of annihilation, crashing heavily into the enemy ranks with fiery tails.

The intense explosions covered every inch of land. Under the saturation bombardment, an entire puppet army square was wiped out and blasted into pieces.

Even the obelisk of power, which was protected by the barrier, was reduced to fragments and corroded, melted chain links in the violent explosion.

And this is the true power of the Icathian downpours!

Kasha was stunned. She realized that the points of light on the behemoth's body were actually the muzzles of cannons similar to her pod.

Furthermore, because plasma projectiles have the ability to locate targets, it is not just the lower muzzle that is firing, but the entire muzzle can participate in the firing.

In order to fight against Xerath, the Wild Hunt actually created a war behemoth!

But she would be very wrong if she thought this guy was just a bomber.

Countless insects were expelled from the reproductive cavity of the giant beast known as the Nest Mother, which was being hunted, and then fell in a flurry onto the sea of ​​sand.

They are about the same size as the ethereal beings, but have eight more flexible legs, similar to spiders. During their descent, they wrap their legs around their bodies or hug each other to cushion the impact upon landing.

When they bounce off the ground for the first time, they immediately spread their eight legs and pounce on the nearest enemy.

The Destroyer brandished his scepter and kept shooting lightning bolts, but there were simply too many spiders to kill them all.

Even the scepter was stuck to the spider silk they shot out, pounced on their faces, and spat out strong acid from their mouths located on the underside of their bodies, which could be seen from above even by the golden mask.

However, these spiders were powerless against the obelisk protected by the barrier. They were either blasted to dust by the lightning strikes released by the obelisk or crushed by the stone coffin monster.

Immediately afterwards, several oval-shaped egg cases were expelled from the mating mother's reproductive cavity and plunged directly into the sand below.

The scorching sunlight of Shurima shone on these smooth egg cases, causing the mucus on their shells that served to isolate them from the air to harden rapidly. The shells, exposed to the high temperature and direct contact with the air, became brittle and transparent, awakening the Grim Reaper within.

A pair of death scythes were the first to emerge from the shell, digging deep into the sand and dragging out a grotesque and terrifying, winding body.

These monsters have snake-like bodies covered in hard shells, with high-arched dorsal fins on their backs and long tails that curl up like scorpions. They crawl using a pair of huge scythe-like forelimbs and numerous ventral feet.

Its mouth, covered with needle-like teeth, emitted a terrifying cry identical to that of a burrowing beast, with corrosive saliva constantly flowing from between its teeth, which would immediately rise into black smoke when it dripped onto the sand.

They dig through the sand and burrow beneath the seabed, then suddenly emerge from the enemy ranks, dragging the Destroyer into the seabed with their scythes and tearing it apart; or they bury their tails in the ground, stand upright, and wield their scythes to reap a great harvest; they launch hundreds of bone needles as thick as fingers from their dorsal fins; or they even expose only their spines and tails to sweep away the surrounding enemies with disintegration.

However, their primary target was the obelisks protected by the barrier. By burrowing underground, they managed to bypass the barrier and appear directly inside to destroy the obelisks.

Once the obelisk was destroyed, the surrounding puppet army simultaneously lost its energy source and fell silent.

Kaisa was dumbfounded. These monsters were weapons created solely for slaughter, more efficient than any void creature she had ever seen, and even more efficient than herself.

With just five fingers' worth of weapons, they inflicted immeasurable damage on Xerath's puppet army.

And this is the new ability the Wild Hunt has gained. (The remaining text appears to be gibberish and unrelated to the previous sentence.)

Through the imperial blood within Sivir, he gained the power to rule over Void creatures like an emperor, enabling him to create entirely new Void creatures with the help of the Nest Mother, and to command them under her unified command.

Wild Hunt can create not only void creatures, but also external living weapons.

Kasha's bio-battery was a trial run under these circumstances.

Clearly, this is not entirely due to the imperial bloodline, but rather the result of their accumulated experience over the years leading to a qualitative change.

The void creatures created by the Wild Hunt all bear a familiar resemblance to themselves, as this is a manifestation of how he stitched together the abilities of his different familiars.

Their existence is crucial; none of them can be missing.

For example, without Kai'Sa devouring so many Void creatures, without the World Rune providing a constant source of energy, and without Sarah providing sea monster gene samples month after month at the Slaughter Dock, he wouldn't have been able to create the Nest Mother based on the existing data... It even has something to do with Bervis. Without her royal decree, he wouldn't even be able to get the Nest Mother to obey his commands, and once released, it would face a situation of going out of control.

Above the fallen city, Xerath noticed what was happening. At his command, Runestone, along with the Priests of Destruction, took to the air to attempt to destroy the Mother of the Nest.