Void Beetle Evolution Guide

"When I encountered a sandstorm before, I would hide at home and pray that the storm would pass quickly. Now, I want to experience fighting the storm myself."

"Are you in your rebellious phase?" The rough voice of the Wild Hunter emerged from his mind, as if he didn't quite understand Kassadin's crazy behavior.

"With the strength of the skin armor, there will be no problem in withstanding the storm." Kassadin answered confidently.

"Yes, and then I will be responsible for cleaning all the sand in the gaps between the skin and armor, and you don't have to do anything."

There was a squeezing pain in her buttocks, but Kassa raised the corners of her mouth and smiled indifferently.

"Let's go through the storm and meet—" Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the Wild Hunt, "Someone is coming here in the storm."

After a reminder from the Wild Hunt, Kaisa put on her helmet and looked forward with the help of her enhanced vision.

She noticed something moving on the path of the storm, and upon closer inspection she saw that it was a small convoy, who were trying to escape the storm and the beasts following them.

"A group of desert bandits riding sand tigers, chasing... um? A black and red flag, afraid that others would not know that it was a Noxian military convoy." The Wild Hunt pointed out their identities in two or three sentences.

"You even dare to touch the military convoy?" Kasa asked in surprise.

"It's probably because it's too far to the north, the Noxian army can't control this place, and the convoy doesn't look like there are many people. These desperadoes can even tame sand tigers, they are definitely not ordinary bandits, and their appetites are bigger."

Shurima was once a prosperous ancient country thousands of years ago, but now it has lost its glory and has become a region of warlords. In this context, many ports and cities in the north have voluntarily surrendered to the expanding Noxian Empire, in exchange for military protection against looters in exchange for food exchanges and trade privileges.

The desert bandits were notorious, and the invaders from Noxus were no good either. The two men waited and waited to see how the chase would unfold.Mei is here, dreaming about the sky without Lin Youyong...

There were four Noxian carriages, one leading the way, and two covering the evacuation of the middle carriage from the side and rear. Because the carriages with horses were too heavy, they were gradually caught up by the bandits behind them.

Each of the robbers rode a sand tiger, which might be misleading as it is actually a giant land crocodile. Its mouth was full of long and sharp teeth, and its sides were covered with hard scales from wind and sun. Its bulging belly almost reached the ground, and its tail kept swinging back and forth as it ran, stirring up a cloud of sand and dust that merged into the storm behind it.

The bandits were dressed in a very distinctive way, all of them were bare-chested and had a mass of red mane on their backs. The backs and tails of the sand tigers also had red bone plates, which were obviously worn uniformly to emphasize their identity as sand tiger riders.

A bandit rider pulled the reins and controlled the sand tiger under him to hit the carriage behind him. Noxus's smelting industry was very developed, and the sand tiger hit the heavy armored carriage head-on, causing it to shake slightly.

The carriage continued to move at full speed, and a Noxian soldier leaned out of the window, holding a crossbow and shooting arrows at the robbers.

Unexpectedly, the robber did not dodge, but pulled the reins wrapped around the sand tiger's upper jaw. The giant crocodile immediately opened its bloody mouth and bit the soldier.

"You bastard from Noxus, go feed me the sand tigers!"

The soldier pulled back in time and managed to save his head. The bandit rider took the opportunity to come to the window and thrust his bone-toothed spear into it.

"Roar! I will take the first drop of blood—"

He drew out his bloody spear, raised his weapon high and roared savagely, but was immediately shot in the ribs by a hidden arrow shot from the car window.

The rider gritted his teeth and held on. He couldn't stop, or he would be eaten by the sand tigers. So he stood up on the saddle, ready to jump on the car and fight the Noxians.

But before he could make his heroic appearance, a black powder bomb was thrown out of the carriage, and its fuse had already burned to the end.

The robber, who could have held on for a while, was blown off the saddle. Several sand tigers following him jumped up and bit him, tearing him into several bloody pieces, and their riders did nothing to stop them.

Noxian soldiers are well-equipped, so this tough nut to crack is obviously not that easy to chew.

Without even a moment's sadness over the rider's sudden death, the next person to appear was the leader of the bandit group.

He was taller than the boys, with a tuft of blood-red hair on his head and his temples shaved clean. He wore a mask made of the mandible of an unknown creature, and his chest and lower body were wrapped in bandages that bound up his fat belly. He carried two machetes on his back.

The leader was accustomed to the sudden deaths of his men. He rode the sand tiger to take over the vanguard position and pointed his spear forward.

"Brothers and sisters, the time for hunting has come. Let us see your loyalty and bravery! Kill them all, leaving no one behind, and bring the desert bounty to our brave king!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a sturdy woman with a huge ivory horn on her back blew the horn of attack, and these bloodthirsty bandits immediately rushed forward as if they were injected with chicken blood.

A rider threw a noose from the side and rear, accurately hooked the rightmost horse and pulled hard. Seeing the carriage turn away from the convoy, a soldier immediately came out of the carriage and tried to cut the rope with a knife.

Before he could touch the rope, the bandit leader's spear had already pierced his body, dragging him down to the yellow sand and feeding him to the tiger. The horses pulling the carriage were not spared either, having their necks cut by the leader, and the entire carriage flipped over.

"We are about to enter the canyon, chase them, don't let even a grain of sand slip through your fingers!" The leader asked a few of his men to stay behind to deal with the Noxian soldiers who had overturned their car, and he continued the pursuit with the rest of the men.

Chapter 38 The General's Daughter

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"They are coming." Kasa stood on the edge of the cliff. The storm was approaching, but her attention was all on the convoy and the bandit group not far away.

"The Shurimans are Noxians. Which side will you help? Or neither."

"Let's wait and see." Kasa replied.

Since she was born, Kai'Sa has never received any help or protection from Shurima. She would never say that she is the daughter of the desert, but she would never say that she is the daughter of Shurima. The only thing this fallen empire left her was those illusory legends.

She had no sense of belonging to Shurima, and Noxus had not provoked her, so she would not lean towards either side because of her background. In her eyes, there was no difference between these fellow bandits and foreign invaders.

"Sand Tiger, you seem to be doing well." The Wild Hunter let out a low growl from his throat, which made people think of the image of a wild beast grinning and licking its teeth with hunger.

He will definitely not let these bandits go. As for the Noxian soldiers, he will just observe them for a while according to Kassadin's advice.

The Noxians made it into the canyon at the cost of a wagon, but the Desert Bandits had no intention of letting them survive the storm.

They followed into the canyon, but were unable to deploy a siege due to the terrain restrictions. The Noxians used the sturdy carriages as fortresses, and their crossbows and black gunpowder created a considerable obstacle for the bandit group.

Then Kasa saw the bandits throwing out grappling hooks to hook the carriage and tying the other end to Shahu to slow down the speed of the car.

The rear car noticed that the speed was slowing down and sent someone up to cut the rope, but he was killed by the double-blade assassin who had climbed up to the roof of the car along the rope earlier.

As a result of this delay, two sand tigers had already surrounded them from both sides. The riders used their three-meter-long bone-tooth spears to stab randomly into the carriage from both windows, not seeking to kill, but just to delay the opponent's movement and create opportunities for the assassins.

The assassin used a pair of thin scimitars to cut the driver's neck, and then rushed into the carriage with murderous intent. But unexpectedly, under such circumstances of being attacked from both sides, the person who finally walked out of the carriage alive was a Noxian.

He was wearing enchanted armor, with green runes flashing on his shoulders. He suddenly pulled the reins, and the carriage flipped sideways on the road, knocking the two nearest sand tigers over. Then the carriage exploded violently, and a raging fire broke out.

It was obvious that this Noxian tough guy wanted to cover the retreat, but he still underestimated the bloodthirstiness of this group of bandits. The group of sand tigers led by the leader crashed into the burning carriage and continued to chase the remaining two carriages.

The Noxians were well-equipped, but they could not withstand the fearless bandits' sacrifice of their lives. Seeing that they could not get rid of the bandit group in the canyon, they stopped and asked for negotiation.

More than a dozen Sand Tiger riders immediately surrounded the only two remaining carriages. A Shuriman female guide with many small words tattooed on her skin got off the carriage and glared at the leader of the bandit group.Plum blossoms are here, I am alone, there is no forest...

"Sand-pulling gang, I advise you not to kill them all! Do you know whose convoy this is?"

"You are a running dog of Noxus, only fit to be fed to the sand tigers, and not worthy to talk to me, Raz Bloodbeard." The leader named Raz spat with disdain. He pulled the reins, and the needle tip on the inside of the collar pierced the tender flesh of the throat. The sand tiger under him immediately let out a rumbling roar.

"Yes, I am not worthy. But my master is qualified, right? She is the daughter of Du Kecao and one of the most powerful nobles in the empire."

"General Du Kecao of Noxus? Oh, this is serious." He stroked his chin and laughed obscenely, not caring even if he swallowed sand. "Do you think if I capture the general's daughter, will he give me an entire city in exchange for hostages?"

"You have such a big appetite, Raz. I wouldn't even dare to dream of this." The trumpeter Anuta blew the horn twice, causing Raz and the robbers to burst into laughter.

After laughing, Raz said to the female guide, "Then how do you prove that what you said is true? Why would a nobleman leave his mansion and come to such a dangerous place? Ah, let me think, are you here to rob tombs?"

"There's no need to tell you so much, you'll know when you see it."

The female guide invited the so-called host down. Kasa couldn't see her face, but could only see her red hair dancing in the wind. But judging from the bandits' shocked and unable to take their eyes off her beauty, she must be a rare beauty.

"I am Cassiopeia, the daughter of General Du Kecao. Warriors, please allow me to talk to your king. The family will definitely give you a generous reward."

Cassiopeia spoke calmly in fluent and authentic Noxian Mandarin, with such a strong aura that even the covetous sand tigers could not scare her.

"Cassiopeia? It's really her."

"What's wrong? Do you know him?" Kassa, who had been eavesdropping above the crowd, heard the Wild Hunt's whispers in her mind and couldn't help but become curious about it.

"I can't say I know her, I just know a few things about her." The Wild Hunt paused and said, "Kasha, the plan has changed. We have to keep this woman."

"why?"

"Because she is one of the key figures in the revival of the ancient country of Shurima."

On the other hand, the conditions offered by Cassiopeia made Raz fall into deep thought.

He was now certain that the woman in front of him was really the general's daughter. Her beauty and temperament alone were not something that ordinary people could possess. Moreover, those black gunpowder and rune armor could only be obtained through military channels.

"Tsk, this is troublesome."

Raz had already attacked the convoy, and the general would not let them off just because he spared Cassiopeia. They had to live to pay the ransom promised by that woman.

Years of experience in the desert told him that Cassiopeia must die, and must be killed without leaving any trace, and the news of their attack on the Noxian convoy must not be leaked.

Not only that, those guys who couldn't keep the secret would also have to be killed, as they would most likely betray him because of the generous ransom promised by the other party.

Cassiopeia seemed to see through Raz's heart. She persuaded him patiently, "Don't worry about getting the money but having no life to spend it. We in Noxus never ask about your background. Everything is based on your strength. As long as you have a strong fist and can join the army and make contributions, even if you are a bandit, you can legitimately become a noble."

If possible, who would choose to be a bandit in the sand, living in fear and being easily fed to the sand tiger?

Her words were inspiring, and the boys were eager to try and asked her for specific details. This only made Raz more determined to kill, and he could not watch his people being turned against him.

Strike first and gain the upper hand! Raz suddenly attacked, and while Cassiopeia was distracted communicating with the boys, he stabbed her chest with his spear in his hand!

At the critical moment, a plasma bomb fell from the sky and hit the bone-tooth spear in Raz's hand.

Chapter 39 Cassiopeia

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The sudden attack disrupted the situation and everyone looked for the attacker.

At this moment, the strong wind rushed into the canyon, making a whistling and roaring sound. For a moment, the sky was dark, sand and rocks were flying, as if entering a world that was about to collapse, and no one saw the trace of the attacker.

Raz didn't expect a third person to suddenly appear at this time. Could it be an ambush set by Cassiopeia? But seeing how panicked they were, it didn't seem likely.

Then he noticed the dissolving spear and was so shocked by the incomprehensible power that he had no time to pay attention even as Cassiopeia retreated back into the car.

He pretended to be calm, quickly took a defensive stance, and raised his head and shouted in the direction where the plasma was coming from.

"Who's there? Get out now!"

What answered him was a deadly barrage of bullets that fell from the sky, dragging a tragic purple light.Mei is here, thinking about it, Kong Yong is not there, Lin Youyong...

Raz rolled over and hid under the belly of the sand tiger and luckily escaped, but the other bandits were not so lucky. Either their limbs were blown off or they were corroded by the splashing plasma.

Some people died on the spot, some people wailed, but the one that scared Raz the most was a guy with a hole in his skull. He was just splashed with a little plasma, and a hole was melted in his skull. He was not dead yet, but the state he showed was more terrifying than death.

"Raz, save...save me! It's eating my brain bit by bit!" His brain was wrapped in a translucent fetal membrane, wriggling slowly. Raz didn't want to know what was inside at all.

"I can't remember... Save me... Who is it?" The man continued to call for help, but then he fell into confusion. His eyes looked at the sky with empty eyes, leaving only an empty shell that was about to melt.

Even the hungry sand tigers dared not eat these corpses. They retreated uneasily, as if the most terrible poison was hidden inside.

"My friend, please show some mercy. I think there must be some misunderstanding here!"

Another round of missiles attacked and landed not far from Raz. The flying debris hit his face, scaring him so much that he was afraid that he would also be splashed by the plasma.

Raz, still in shock, had completely lost his will to fight. He was able to survive because the desert protected his children and the strong wind caused the opponent's attack to deflect.

"You must stand on the side of the Noxians? Then wait, our brave king will never let you go."

Raz made a harsh remark, then took the few remaining people and fled in a panic under the cover of a sandstorm on a Sand Tiger.

"It's still unclear who will let go."

The Wild Hunt once again controlled the pod to release a round of missiles. The deadly missiles whizzed towards him, and the burning energy poured into his fragile body, making his surface glow.

Every vein, nerve ending, and bone in Raz glowed with a searing light. After that bright moment, his body exploded. The broken pieces of his body were scattered on the sand, and it was difficult to recognize that he was once human. Soon, they were buried by the wind and sand.

Noticing that the convoy below them also wanted to take advantage of the storm to slip away, Kassa jumped directly onto the top of the carriage, and with a bang, the impact force shook the entire carriage.

Such a wild action naturally means that the Wild Hunter is controlling this body.

"Who told you you could leave?" he warned, forcing the carriage to a halt. "Where's Cassiopeia? Come out and speak!"

"It's too windy and dusty outside. Please come in and have a chat." To show her sincerity, Cassiopeia personally opened the door to welcome them.

The moment their eyes met, the Wild Hunter noticed that Cassiopeia subconsciously narrowed her eyes in seduction. Even though she behaved calmly, her skin armor could still sense the smell of fear in the air.

This is exactly why the Wild Hunt came up to negotiate in person. He was worried that after Kassadin noticed the way others looked at her, she would feel uncomfortable and lose her composure, exposing her weakness in front of others.

Although Cassiopeia was afraid, she did not lose her insight. She keenly noticed some details about Kassadin and realized that this was the rumored Daughter of the Void.

There were only two women in the carriage, one was Cassiopeia herself, and the other was the Shuriman guide Delia.

In addition, there were two well-trained Asian dogs on the floor, which dared to bare their teeth at him for their master; a black-bellied venomous snake, wrapped around Cassiopeia's arm; and a pet lizard, lying on the guide's shoulder, frightened by the smell of the skin armor and dared not move.

Seeing that there was nothing in the carriage that could threaten him, the Wild Hunter immediately entered the carriage and looked at Cassiopeia through the mask.

He had never seen what this woman looked like originally. The Cassiopeia he knew had long been cursed and turned into a half-human, half-snake monster. Her head was tightly covered by an exaggerated crown, and her exposed facial features were all covered with heavy makeup, leaving only her upper body visible.

Now he could see clearly that this woman had the same long scarlet hair as her sister Catalina, but instead of letting her hair hang wildly, her hair was pulled back, revealing her beautiful face confidently.

She is used to slightly raising her sharp chin, hiding her eyebrows in the shadows, showing her high nose tip, and showing her poisonous lip color. All of this gives people the feeling of facing a poisonous snake, which also likes to raise its head high to bluff, and if this is not enough to scare off the enemy, it will suddenly bite and inject deadly venom.

Similar to the stereotypical Noxians, Cassiopeia wore a tight-fitting red and black military uniform, with a pair of long boots that reached her thighs and were fastened with leather belts. Her hands were no less shabby, with an additional layer of sharp iron knuckles on top of the leather gloves. I couldn't imagine how bad it must have smelled.

Her limbs were protected by steel armor, and the cold steel made her waist look even more graceful. Her towering breasts pushed up the ruby-red buttons on her chest, and the gold thread was also tightened. Although she was tightly wrapped, the outline of her waistline and belly button was vaguely visible through the clothes.

No wonder she became the most famous socialite in Noxus. Not only was she born into a noble family, but her figure and appearance were also excellent.