Void Beetle Evolution Guide

"Hey, where's your armor?" Sephie was a little annoyed by the two of them acting all high and mighty. She wondered how badly the Wild Hunt had surpassed them behind their backs, yet they were still putting on an out-of-place act, ignoring their armor.

However, the Wild Hunt didn't actually have a chance to lay a hand on Leona; he simply forced himself on Diana in front of her, in a humiliating act. When he tried to take Leona's virginity, a meteorite struck, forcing him to abandon his plan. (The last sentence appears to be unrelated and possibly a fragment from another text.)

Leona didn't answer; she was using her protective aura precisely because she didn't want to use her armor. Although she knew it wouldn't stop the Wild Hunt—she was already theirs—she wasn't ready yet.

“In the deep sea, light is not only a signpost, but also bait.” Nami remembered what Kaisa had told her and warned the two of them: “The light on you will attract monsters, so be careful not to be too conspicuous.”

"Thank you." Diana expressed her sincere gratitude. If Nami hadn't reminded them, they might have unknowingly fallen into a trap and become bait without even realizing it.

Continuing downwards, they encountered the Carter sisters and Portyl. Aside from Nami, these people were all venturing this deep for the first time and hesitated to make any rash moves.

"Where is Kasha?" Diana asked.

“She went down to find Syndra first,” Cassiopeia said, spreading her hands. “Syndra is guarding her bubble and won’t come out, unlike us who found a rock to cling to and were swept directly into the deepest part by the sea.”

"Serves him right. He ruined himself with this whole thing." Saifei laughed upon hearing this, gloating.

Nami watched them still joking around, unsure whether to cry or laugh. In any case, she was quite worried; the thought of the terrifying beast tide sent shivers down her spine.

The ocean has countless emotions, and if you can read the signs, you can predict a storm before the current even sweeps over your tail fin.

As Nami descended, she carefully sensed the surrounding ocean currents and finally spotted signs of life ahead. Their presence disturbed the nearby waters, signaling to them to rise.

"I think I've found Kasha and the others!" She grabbed her staff and swam down faster, when suddenly a sense of foreboding washed over her.

Those things that rose to the surface were not Kasha; their numbers far exceeded expectations, hundreds and thousands silently approaching from the darkness. They showed no hostility, like unnoticed seaweed, only launching a fatal attack when they were close.

The chill of the abyss seeped into her blood, and Nami felt her fear and panic rise with each heartbeat. She cried out, "No! It's those deep-sea monsters!"

She immediately lifted the moonstone she was holding, reducing the area of ​​her body in contact with it so that its light could cover more areas.

Soon, strange, tentacle-like monsters appeared at the edge of the light. Their hollow bodies were entirely composed of parallel fibrous supports, lacking any muscle tissue and appearing weak, feeble, and tattered, but in reality, they concealed a powerful, spring-like explosive force.

A cursory glance revealed at least a thousand of these monsters, and their numbers were still increasing. Fortunately, they feared the white light flowing from the surface of the moonstone, daring only to lurk at the edge of the light, revealing a furtive silhouette in the distance, like a worm wriggling on an eyeball.

This emboldened Nami, and she cautiously approached, holding the moonstone high. The surging light immediately repelled the void creatures of the deep sea. Their limbs convulsed and twitched in intense burning pain, retreating rapidly like ink-spraying octopuses fleeing into the darkness.

Although the armor on their bodies was also a creation of the void, after the Wild Hunt merged with the two Protoss, the armor evolved to resist the moonlight. Unlike the tentacle monsters, they were not affected and were not burned and convulsed.

"No wonder this moonstone is so important to you." Seeing this, Diana suddenly realized why Nami was so persistent in asking her for the moonstone.

Diana had fought against Void creatures before; it was one of her destinys. Therefore, she remained relatively calm upon seeing the horde, merely remarking on its sheer number. Leona, however, was utterly shocked. As she stared at these bizarre and frenzied beings, a throbbing pain began to shoot through her brain, as if her understanding was being shattered.

These otherworldly creatures have lived at the foot of Mount Targon for thousands of years, multiplying to such an enormous number, and she knew absolutely nothing about it… If she were to bring this news back, perhaps no one would believe her at all? It’s insane.

"We still haven't seen Kai'Sa and Syndra. Have they plunged headlong into the monsters' encirclement?" Katarina's sudden question made the atmosphere tense.

While it may be comfortable to be surrounded by light, let's not forget that some people are still imprisoned. Now is not the time for idle gossip.

Chapter 665 The Beast Tide Arrives

The moonstone cleared a path, and no evil spirit dared to linger where the light reached, but Nami dared not be too reckless.

She used to be a reckless person who dared to venture into the abyss alone, but now she has become extremely cautious, constantly watching the crevices in the rocks she passes, fearing that a tentacle monster might suddenly emerge from them. Because, she had been attacked like that before.

Along the way, Nami saw black spheres appearing one after another in the crevices of the rocks. She recognized them as shelled spheres formed by the curled-up tentacle monsters. They seemed to sense the approaching signs of life and were awakening one after another.

Purple light shone through the cracks in the shells. When the moonstone's light shone on the black spheres, they immediately stopped trembling and seamlessly merged into a smooth sphere, blocking the white light from entering.

“They are not immune to the light. As long as they tuck their heads and limbs into their shells like turtles, they will not be affected by the moonstone.” Diana noticed this, and an ominous premonition swirled in her heart.

Although they had lost their ability to move after coiling into a ball, what if these monsters curled up into a ball and approached them with the help of external forces? In an instant, she thought of several ways to die.

She wanted to destroy the crustaceans along the way, but these things were practically impervious to blades and bullets, even deflecting her moon silver scimitar. And there were quite a few of them; she couldn't possibly kill them all with swords. Turning her head, she saw tentacle monsters starting to appear on the path she had come from, lurking like a persistent leech on the edge of her vision.

"Are they really that tough?" Leona saw Diana's actions and directly plunged the blade into the crevice to test its toughness.

The moment she touched it, she sensed something was wrong. The monster let out a silent scream, causing her armor to tremble. This part of her body, imposed by the Wild Hunt, seemed to be able to capture sounds that didn't exist in this world.

Leona pressed down relentlessly, almost using all her strength, before finally feeling the resistance from the leather-bound hilt of her sword. She finally broke through the armor. This was only because the monster was stuck in a crevice with nowhere to escape; if it were in an open area curled into a ball, a slash from Leona would only bounce it off, completely failing to harm it. [The last sentence is a nonsensical string of characters and doesn't translate directly.]

"What is this?" Leona withdrew her sword, the tip stained with some purple liquid energy. It was insoluble in water and seemed to contain a potent poison that could corrode everything. If her sword hadn't been made with celestial craftsmanship, it might have already turned black.

"This is their core. You have to destroy the core to kill these things," Nami reminded them solemnly, taking Kaisa's words to heart.

"That sounds troublesome." Leona frowned as the burning flames on the sword evaporated the liquid energy.

If only they were in the sunlight, but unfortunately this is a bottomless abyss where sunlight cannot reach. Their energy cannot be replenished; every bit used is a bit less. If they only use it to fight against the water pressure, they will soon lose their fighting ability.

Leona decided to stick to her skin armor. She abandoned her protective aura; the celestial energy armor dissipated, replaced by form-fitting skin armor. She was no longer a glowing lure; instead, her senses were heightened through the skin armor, allowing her to clearly perceive monsters lurking in the darkness.

The monster she had just slain was now highlighted in the crevice of the rock. Driven by some inexplicable hunger, Leona realized she could recover energy by devouring the pierced core. And with monsters roaming everywhere, there was no need to worry about energy.

This was still too difficult for her to accept, so she turned her head away from the liquid energy flowing from the cracks. At that moment, as if by some kind of celestial resonance caused by the movement of celestial bodies, she suddenly sensed voices coming from the abyss below, as if they were right next to her ear.

"Almost there! They're down there." Following Leona's directions, the group continued their descent.

Soon they felt some kind of anomaly in the disturbed ocean currents—the water was vibrating, followed by a numbing sensation of electric current, which caused their skin and nails to wriggle and produce a violent tingling sensation.

The monsters ahead began to surge into the light in large numbers. The ghostly figures shrouded in the dazzling radiance convulsed and twitched. The white light merged into their hideous bodies, and their cores peeled away and dissipated under the light.

The number of monsters was too large, and their living space was squeezed out by the ever-surging waves of moonstone radiance. Finally, they were compressed to the point where they had nowhere to retreat, and like a city wall that had collapsed, they launched a fierce counterattack.

Their tentacles intertwined, forming a massive, dark fishing net that pressed down on them. The dead bodies, having lost their cores, rapidly hardened, transforming into shields that bought them some more time.

Under this relentless onslaught, these abyssal monsters actually gained the upper hand in their confrontation with the moonlight, forcefully pushing the battle line forward with mountains of corpses and seas of blood, gradually shrinking the encirclement.

"This won't do! They'll swarm us sooner or later. We have to do something!" Nami shouted, reminding everyone. All she could do now was manipulate the water to envelop the moonstone, ensuring its light shone out without any blind spots and maximizing its power.

Hundreds of monsters were dying every second, but the moonstones alone were no longer enough to suppress so many monsters. The others took action to clear out those that tried to get closer.

Behind Sephiroth appeared the phantom of the Abyss Calamity, a hundred times smaller than its true form, yet its roaring breath remained as domineering as ever. Pillars of water churned through the beast horde like a high-pressure water gun, repelling any monster that dared approach. The breath also contained countless sharp water blades; anything grazed by its core would be instantly pulverized.

"Hahaha! That's all there is to it." Sephi laughed heartily, mocking the weakness of these soft-bodied creatures. Unfortunately, these brainless creatures only knew how to devour all life until the world turned into a desolate planet.

On the other side, Potil unleashed a terrifyingly low temperature, causing sharp ice crystals to crystallize in the surrounding seawater. Countless ice crystals formed a ferocious ice dragon, its form not that of a winged dragon in the real world, but rather a five-clawed divine dragon in the spiritual realm.

A deadly chill emanated from the elemental ice dragon's surface, as if it had been born from an extremely cold hell. Then, with a flick of its sword, it roared and plunged into the beast horde, relentlessly clawing and tearing at the tentacle-bound net.

The monsters that approached it were covered in frost, their frozen and brittle limbs shattering at the slightest impact. The ice dragon charged in and out of the monsters seven times before finally succumbing to the relentless onslaught. In the heart of the beast tide, it self-destructed, countless flying ice shards blasting a gap in the inescapable net like fragmentation grenades.

Chapter 666 Precision Foundation

With their bodies transformed into avatars and ice crystals congealing into dragons, the two dragon girls' art style is becoming increasingly fantastical.

This was actually because the Wild Hunt had distributed the runes to them. Through experiments on Kai'Sa and others, he found a way to suppress the will of the runes.

With no worries about the future, there's no need to hide these forces anymore. Using them to arm ourselves on the eve of the great battle is making the best use of them.

Once the underwater rift near Mount Targon is sealed, the Great Rift of Icathia, the Purple Sea of ​​Belvis, and the Howling Abyss that seals the Watchers await them. The frequency, intensity, and danger of the battles that follow will only increase.

Next up was Katarina. While Sephiroth and Portilo received fragments of the Enlightenment Stone, she received a whole Precision Stone.

This golden foundation governs creation, not creation itself, but all things created. Weapons and tools created by intelligent races, combat techniques and wisdom pioneered by our predecessors, and even rules and concepts derived from the exploration and summarization of countless people, all fall within its scope.

Yes, anything that doesn't exist innately—excluding natural phenomena like the sky and sea, thunder and fire—from a tiny toothpick to an entire country, even the language people use daily…whether it's a physical entity or a concept, it will inevitably be controlled by this cornerstone. If she wanted, she could create a language out of thin air, or make a language disappear from the world.

Katarina raised her hand, and countless golden portals burst open, revealing a variety of weapons gleaming with a cold light. Swords, spears, halberds—everything imaginable was there, even siege ballistae, gunpowder bombs, and ship-mounted cannons.

There were also some Piltover Hextech weapons mixed in, such as electromagnetic pulse and laser cannons, but most of them were Noxian weapons. After all, the former were just some experimental weapons that could not be mass-produced, while the latter, a military superpower, produced countless sophisticated standard weapons. Katarina was also from Noxus, so she would be more familiar with things from her hometown.

This must be what they call a meteoric rise to fame. Seeing the usually taciturn Katarina suddenly steal the spotlight, Sephie grumbled somewhat disgruntled, "Hey, this is the deep sea! Are you sure these junk you summoned will work?"

The water pressure at the bottomless ocean was like a bullet time loop, slowing down the movement of any weapon, whether it was piercing or slashing. Sephie wasn't afraid of any of these things; she simply lay prone, exposed herself, and could lie there and hack at these junks all day without them even breaking her skin.

"Just watch, you won't need to bother with this anymore." Katarina's lips curled into a smug smile. In reality, she was a very strong-willed person, but she was usually busy battling with the Zolani in her mind, which made her much more reserved. Otherwise, if she kept talking to herself all the time, people would think she was crazy.

Under her control, countless weapons were launched from the liquid energy of the portal. As Sephie had predicted, the water pressure became the biggest obstacle; the weapons on land were completely useless in the sea, and this wave of attacks was weak and ineffective, failing to take down anything.

But then it got more and more outrageous. It was like they were rapidly consuming the items in the prize pool. Once the filler items that polluted the prize pool were gone, all that was drawn from it were golden legendary items.

The rarity of the weapons projected from the golden light was visibly increasing, with some heirlooms beginning to appear that were comparable to Nami's Tidecaller's Staff. Frost weapons were appearing like they were free, including the Ram's Greatshield and even Ashe's Avarosan Bow from afar.

There's also the Duskblade of Draktharr, the Void Blade of Horrock the Ascended, and the Blade of the Ruined King of Kamavia—all treasures coveted by countless people. Weapons forged by Ornn, the Freljord's master craftsman, are all present, including Darkin weapons, moonstone weapons seen in the Temple of Ghetto-Malu, and even Leona's Zenith Blade, the Shield of Dawn, as well as Diana's.

The treasures emitted a light they recognized so vividly that they were momentarily stunned, thinking their weapons had been stolen. Looking down, they realized that Katarina had summoned clones, not the actual weapons. However, the power emanating from these projections was so realistic that even they, the wielders, couldn't distinguish them at first glance, indicating that these projections possessed at least a large portion of the original weapons' power.

But that was just Katarina's intention not to steal; if she wanted, she could use everything in the world at her disposal.

Countless golden rays illuminated the seabed. Katarina brought not only divine weapons and artifacts, but also the magical airships of ancient Shurima and the ancient giants. Again, if she wished, she could summon even the Sun Disc and Galio; whether they were ascended beings or anti-magic statues, they were all man-made.

At that moment, she felt like a general. At her command, these creations, like her loyal soldiers, launched a fierce attack on the surrounding enemies.

Divine weapons and powerful tools swept away the enemy like moths to a flame, while strong ships and cannons blasted through the walls of flesh and blood.

Originally, she was just an assassin with negligible role on the battlefield; eliminating the enemy commander was the greatest value she could bring.

However, decapitation tactics are not effective against the void. They are given instructions from birth: to attack any living thing they can sense. Even killing the commander will change this underlying logic.

And what beings in the Void can act as commanders? At the very least, it's Vel'Koz, then their creator gods, Bervis and the Watchers. Even if Katarina is incredibly powerful, she's not strong enough to kill a god.

In the last battle to stop the beast tide, Katarina felt utterly powerless against the overwhelming number of Void monsters; no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't defeat them all. But now, with this rune, she is an army by herself… no, she should be called a god!

Piervis devoured millions to gain near-omniscient wisdom, while Katarina controls all creation throughout history. Why can't she be called omnipotent? As Katarina played the Death Lotus, countless daggers shot out from her body at high speed.

Now, she has an endless supply of daggers to throw away. You're singing, you're singing, are you empty, Lin is here, are you not here...

Under such a fierce offensive, the two Protoss didn't need to lift a finger; they could simply save their energy and watch Katarina put on a show.

She single-handedly slaughtered the beast horde. As the obstacles blocking their path cleared away, they saw Kai'Sa and Syndra waiting for them ahead.

Chapter 667 The Situation Has Changed

"You've finally arrived." Kasha was pushed down by the shoulder blades to the group. She seemed to have been through a fierce battle; her chest heaved violently, and her armor was still hissing with hot steam. She was visibly exhausted.

Bathed in the light of the moonstone, she could finally rest. To check on Syndra's safety, she ventured down alone to join her in fighting the horde of beasts.

Although these fools can't break through Syndra's force field to pose a threat to her for the time being, there's no guarantee that Syndra won't do something unexpected and create unforeseen circumstances. For example, she might collapse the tunnel in a fit of anger and bury herself alive first.

After descending, Kai'Sa discovered that this was indeed the case; Syndra was hesitant and timid in defending against the monsters. Her magical power was too overwhelming, and in this narrow and cramped terrain, it was easy for her to inflict heavy losses on both herself and her enemies.

It wasn't worth trading her own safety for a bunch of cannon fodder who deserved to die, so Kai'Sa rushed in and used her stun gun to help her out. As a result, the more she killed, the more these things appeared, and she almost couldn't hold out and had to run away.

“We could have easily crushed them all, but this stunt almost caused a disaster.” Seeing Syndra approach, Sephiroth frowned and scolded, “Syndra, look what you’ve done! My neck still hurts!”

Syndra glanced at her, scoffed, and retorted, "Didn't I tell you to stay away? You got into trouble because you got too close, what are you going to say to me now?"

"And what about you? Didn't you get sucked in yourself? Don't tell me that was within your expectations."

"Can't this save time?" Syndra crossed her arms and flicked her fingers rhythmically on her arms, the subtle body language revealing her aggression and impatience.

To save time, Wild Hunt could teleport Sephiroth and the others directly to Kasha's side, but that would mean missing countless monsters along the way, and letting those out would also be a significant problem, so no one had even considered it.

"Heh, I bet you didn't expect this to happen either, did you?" All Sephir wanted was an apology, but clearly the proud Syndra was not going to back down.

"Alright, alright, Syndra didn't do it on purpose. We found something down there, Kai'Sa, you tell them."

Wild Hunt's words diverted their attention, and Kai'Sa nodded in response, saying, "The situation has changed, everyone."

“The last time I came to this abyss to investigate, I encountered Vel'Koz. It is the Void's eye and ears, its role being equivalent to our scholars and scouts. For thousands of years, Vel'Koz has been dedicated to gathering intelligence and submitting it to the watchers on the other side of the interdimensional rift. Unfortunately, although I severely damaged it, I still couldn't stop it from going back to report. Now the Void has taken some measures in response to our arrival.”

After recounting the previous events, Kasha continued, "Come with me. At the end of this tunnel, you'll see that thing. I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before; it only appeared recently."

"What you said is as good as saying nothing at all," Saifei complained.

"I think no matter how much I say, it's not as good as seeing it with your own eyes."

Kasha's serious voice made the others abandon any remaining hope; it seemed another fierce battle was likely ahead. (The rest of the text appears to be nonsensical and unrelated to the previous sentences.)

"Is it really that weird? I'd like to see how it greets us."

The group continued diving deeper, and after passing through a narrow tunnel, the terrain changed drastically.

Suddenly, a large diaphragm appeared in front of us, which closed tightly by the contraction of the sphincter muscles.

"What is this? It feels a bit disgusting," Leona asked, pinching her nose.

Kaisa answered with action, blasting a bolt of purple lightning into the diaphragm, creating a hole. Then the thing began to wriggle on its own, folding and contracting the diaphragm, opening the forbidden gate.

This door is alive; its appearance signifies that filthy flesh and blood have occupied the space in front of it. Its appearance serves as a warning to these people: once they step through this door, they will enter another strange and unpredictable realm.

Led by Kasha, the group silently passed through the gate. The surrounding environment transformed into a complex cavern, with gorges bursting from the earth like stiff tentacles coiling all around. They emerged from the seabed like giant fangs, their surfaces covered with dense, network-like structures resembling bulging fascia veins.

Nami remembers this place; it's where she found Rasha and the Tidecaller's Staff, where they encountered Vel'Koz, and where the Regeneration Pool is located.

However, this place is now occupied by a colossal thing, a huge mass of writhing flesh, shaped like the proliferating tissue of a healing wound, or a huge, rotten, blackened placenta. Beneath its wrinkled surface are twisted, knotted, or suddenly severed blood vessels that briefly light up on their own and then flow into an unknown depth, gradually filling this ocean of nightmares.

The thing was enormous, almost filling the entire cavern, dozens of times larger than Bifi's body. Countless fascia radiated outwards, connecting to the rock walls like scarlet trees, turning the cavern into a bloody, underground forest of flesh and blood. Just one glance was enough to make one feel nauseous, filled with unparalleled ugliness.

While not as bizarre and grotesque as the Pale Purple Sea, it is far more disgusting.

"Ugh—" Leona immediately gagged, her mouth filled with a blasphemous, rancid taste. Having spent years walking under the scorching sun, she had never seen such filth lurking in the darkness, and was utterly shocked by the overwhelming horror before her.

“This thing… is the Monitor?” Cassiopeia asked, her voice trembling.

“No, it isn’t yet,” Wild Hunt said calmly.

The Watchers are an invisible entity of consciousness in the void. When they invade the real world, they grow into grotesque and bizarre creatures under various rules and restrictions. No one can say for sure what kind of monster they will become.