Void Beetle Evolution Guide

The angry dryad smashed its heavy left arm to the ground. The blow cracked the soil on the surface and the shock wave spread along the ground.

The Spider Queen quickly took Kai'Sa to climb up a nearby tree. Maokai seemed to have some reservations and let the shock wave avoid the dead tree. He then grabbed a spiked toad that was eager to try with his right arm, ready to go.

The Barkhowl Monster from before had already rushed into the darkness and pounced on the Shadow Diver that was watching the show. It was not just targeting the two of them, but all intruders who broke into the forest.

"It seems that it doesn't want to reason with us." Iris gestured.

"Let's go, get out of here."

Seeing the so-called spirit of nature, Kassa had no reason to delay any longer. Iris immediately transformed into a new half-human, half-spider form, placed Kassa on her back, and moved her legs to quickly move through the woods, away from the angry tree spirit.

"You still have this form?" The trees on both sides quickly retreated and turned into afterimages. Kassa was very surprised. When she subdued Iris before, she had never seen her become like this.

"This is also a gift from God." The monster girl turned around and replied.

The half-spider form is unlocked after the skin armor leans over. In this form, she can run as fast as a spider and communicate as conveniently as a human. The lack of fangs can be compensated by deadly void silk threads. If she didn't think it was incongruous and unsightly, this should be her strongest form.

"... like a charlatan. Can't you just call yourself the Wild Hunt? It sounds weird."

Hearing that the guy she was most familiar with was regarded as a god by others, Kassa rubbed her arms unconsciously and felt goosebumps coming up. However, Iris did not accept Kassa's opinion.

"It's the only way I can express my admiration."

"Well, let's talk about our own affairs."

After running for a while, Iris brought Kassa to the edge of the woods and put her down, without rashly setting foot into the ruined village ahead where the situation was unknown.

"Kasha, let's rest here for a while and continue moving forward after your leg injury has healed."

Kasa had no objection. Not being able to run had a huge impact on her combat effectiveness. She found a tree to sit down against, and then watched Iris busy herself weaving spider silk in the forest.

"Are you going to make a web? Hunt or sleep?"

"I'm just setting up a cordon. If something accidentally touches the spider silk, I can sense it immediately."

After setting up the warnings and traps, Iris returned to her human form and sat down next to Kassadin, allowing her to rest in peace.

"You go to sleep, I'll be responsible for keeping watch."

Kassadin didn't want to sleep, but suddenly she felt sleepy. This feeling was very similar to when she was forced to shut down her phone by the Wild Hunt when she was chased by a school of fish day and night underground.

"Wild Hunt?" she called out tentatively.

"Well, it's me."

The appearance of the Wild Hunt's voice made Kassadin feel much more at ease. She couldn't trust anyone except the Wild Hunt.

As she became increasingly sleepy, Kassa felt the skin on her body being squeezed and heated, and her body seemed to be trapped in a warm embrace. She finally closed her eyes and gradually fell asleep.

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After waking up, Kaisa subconsciously called out to the Wild Hunt. Unexpectedly, before the Wild Hunt responded, Elise, who was standing next to him, heard the voice and looked over first.

"Are you awake? Is your leg injury healed?"

Why are you here to join in the fun? Kassa grumbled inwardly, stretched out her injured leg and twisted her ankle in annoyance, and confirmed that the Wild Hunter had completely expelled the curse power for her, and then nodded.

The tentacles of black fog shuttled through the gray sky, attracting Kassa's attention. This was the brightest day in this desolate land.

"Did anything happen last night?" She realized that several hours had passed.

"No, it's terribly quiet."

Looking at Elise's calm expression, Kassadin knew that not only did nothing dangerous happen last night, but the Wild Hunter also did not mess with Elise while she was asleep.

Her possessiveness was satisfied, and she stood up and stretched in a good mood.

"Keep moving forward, and it would be best if we could reach Helia today."

Chapter 106: Shadow of War

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There is a village outside the forest. As long as you cross a large plain, you can reach the flooded port on the east side of the main island, which is the fallen city of Hylia.

On the country roads, fog surged back and forth, and many never-before-seen ghosts appeared one by one.

A vague spirit floated towards them. It had no body, and its face was made of floating stones. Its expression was peaceful, and it slowly floated towards them as if it could not see them.

Seeing that it posed no threat, Kassa reached out and touched it, and the face shattered to the ground. After the two of them passed by, it reassembled into a broken face and continued to wander aimlessly on the road, as if there was no end.

The calm sea in the distance began to stir, and a swift crab made entirely of stone or armor crawled out of the black water and onto the beach.

It was as big as a ship, with smoke curling from the cracks on its body. It picked up things everywhere on the beach, adding lost armor into its body and absorbing the souls it found into its core.

Most of the undead who had lost their self-consciousness would not actively attack the two, which allowed them to walk in the black fog relatively safely. The skin armor blocked the breath of the living, and in the eyes of the undead, it was just like a shadow, and the undead looked at them because they felt the disturbance of the fog.

In addition, some of the undead do not have aggressive or predatory instincts. If a kind and innocent person sets foot on the land of the Shadow Isles, if they are lucky, they may meet a compassionate or empathetic soul who will try to lead them to a safe place.

If you are unlucky, those undead spirits will cling to you even if they are not aggressive, either spying on you in a dark corner like a shadow, or following you around and chattering non-stop, grabbing the living people whom they haven't seen for hundreds of years.

A burst of laughter came into their ears. They looked in the direction of the sound and saw a ghost little girl swinging on a swing under an arched twining tree, making bursts of ghostly laughter.

The little girl looked harmless, and her innocent smile was completely different from the dry, gloomy and ugly faces of the other undead, but Kassadin still let her eat the missile, making her turn into smoke and disappear.

The laughter evoked the despair in her heart, reminding Kassa of the nightmare scene when she and Uma were caught by the prophet and stood on the edge of the huge pit. An urge to end her life arose spontaneously, so she had to disappear.

A pale ghost flew out from a house on the roadside, wrapped in a white tattered canvas, with belts and chains tightly tightening the outline of the body. It seemed that she was a woman with a good figure.

Its hood rose and fell with its breathing, and the strange thing was... when it fitted its face as it inhaled, the outline of its facial features could not be seen at all.

The ghost hovered above the two people, seemingly not noticing them.

Kassa saw that there was nothing under the torn canvas, not even the illusory body condensed by energy. When she was thinking about whether to ignore it or deal with it, a huge ghost face suddenly appeared from the mist above her head.

Countless illusory ghost shadows made up the face of the ghost, and their limbs were twisted and squeezed together to form the shape of a skull. They looked like they were thrown into a mass grave, showing all kinds of tortured postures. Their tortured expressions were extremely painful, and they let out mournful howls as if thousands of people were singing in unison.

Mist, threat level five.

A huge skull emerged from the black fog and swallowed the canvas ghost in one gulp. The latter was sucked into the body without even a chance to resist. Its empty eye sockets and mouth cast a cold light, illuminating the ground in an eerie green, and it continued to swoop down on the two without hesitation.

The two men ran away, and Wumei chased after them with her mouth wide open. Her huge mouth swallowed up everything in front of it like an abyss.

Around it spun out a host of smaller entities—broken, half-digested souls, some missing arms, some missing jaws, others disemboweled and with empty skulls.

They felt their pain, their fear of being slowly eaten. But what was even more terrifying was that they did not want to escape the torture, but wanted to drag the two of them into it to suffer together.

Kassadin didn't want to feel the freezing curse again, so she sped up her escape, turning into a flash of shadow that broke through the black fog and shook off the mist. Iris was stunned by her speed and was almost caught by the ghost behind her.

"Why don't you follow? Your skin armor is the same type." asked the Wild Hunt.

"Can I really be as fast as her?" Iris couldn't imagine it because it was beyond her imagination.

"The shackles of cognition have bound you, so all you have to do is move your legs."

God's words are absolute. After being slapped on the butt, Iris didn't think any more and leaned forward and moved forward at full speed.

The heat dissipation plates on both sides of her thighs popped open, and purple arcs of electricity splashed out. The dilapidated houses at the edge of her vision were stretched into blurred lines at ultra-high speed, forcing her to focus her eyes on the front, and in an instant she left Wu Mei far behind.

A shadow flashed by her side, and Iris stopped immediately after realizing it was Kassa, but she still ran several hundred meters. The huge inertia of the sudden stop almost made her fall, and she subconsciously inserted her appendages into the ground to stabilize her body.

Looking back, she saw that her appendages had actually left scratches several meters away on the ground. With such a terrifying speed, it was no wonder that Kassadin was so calm when facing the twisted tree spirit. If she hadn't been injured at that time, the slow-moving tree spirit would never have been able to touch her.

"You seem to have smashed an undead just now." Kassadin caught up from behind and reminded with a smile.

"Really? I didn't notice it at all..." Iris held her forehead with her hand as she felt a headache. Her speed suddenly increased to almost the speed of sound. By the time she realized that something was blocking her way, it was already too late.

"Don't mind it, it's like this the first time. I can't control myself." Kassa preached in the tone of a senior. There were not many opportunities to show off in front of this old guy.

Suddenly, she tasted rust in her mouth. Kasa looked around and noticed a flash of cold metal in the black fog.

The sound of iron hooves stamping on the hard stone road surface could be heard from afar, and a sense of solemnity and murderousness followed, as if the grip of an iron clamp squeezed the chest, making it difficult to breathe.

Black rain fell from the sky without warning, and the fog ahead suddenly dissipated, as if countless hands were tearing open a curtain, and a figure on horseback appeared in the darkness.

The cavalry was clearly standing still, but one could clearly hear the sound of countless horses galloping, the scraping and colliding of armor gaps, and the swinging of stirrups.

Kassadin realized his situation and clenched his fists tightly, ready to fight at any time.

The leading cavalryman was huge, and every step he took shook the ground. He looked down at the two men who were waiting in battle array, with a fire of despair burning deep in his eyes.

A flag-bearer held a motionless pennant, but the sound of the flag flapping in the wind could be heard clearly. The bugler bit the mouthpiece tightly with his lipless white teeth and blew the attack horn.

The mist screamed: HE-KA-RI-M.

The name means destruction, killing and death.

Hecarim, Shadow of War, threat level eight.

Kassadin observed Hecarim through his helmet. This armored centaur monster was made of charred pig iron from head to toe. The former cavalry commander and his beloved warhorse were fused into one, and the eternal green evil fire spread from the inside out.

The black rain failed to extinguish the arrogant flames, but instead fueled them. The cavalry commander held a hooked broad-bladed halberd in both hands, and green flames burst out from the murderous blade. With every step he took, the crude horseshoes burned the ground, and ripples of paralyzing fear spread.

Behind him, the entire cavalry team, like their leader, had all turned into half-human, half-horse monsters. Their time had all stopped, and they were motionless like murderous sculptures, but the thousands of cavalrymen had the power of a million-strong army.

Hecarim looked through the helmet and saw the fearless fighting spirit in Kaisa's eyes. The corners of his cast iron mouth actually deformed slightly and pulled out a smile, making his tone hoarse and rough, short and tense.

"Aren't you afraid of me?" Shadow of War's voice was like a furnace, with an ancient accent and full of deadly curiosity.

"Why should I be afraid of a dead man?" A sense of crisis hovered over her head. Kassa was nervous, but she still habitually pretended to be stubborn and disdainful.

She has never bowed her head to anyone in her life.

"You may be young, but you're brave." The cavalry leader had a cunning smile on his skinless face. He turned around to let his voice spread out. "Little guy, do you dare to fight me? Let my loyal knights bear witness here. I, Hecarim, Conqueror of Hylia, Grand Master of the Iron Legion, will give this enemy a chance for a fair fight."Mei thinks about Mei, Kong Yong doesn't have Lin You Yong...

Chapter 107: The Undead Cavalry of the Iron Regiment (I)

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Hecarim's invitation to a duel made Elise's heart rise to her throat, fearing that Kaisa would rashly agree after being provoked and get involved in a meaningless battle.

In fact, it was just the first time she encountered an undead with whom she could communicate normally, so she didn't hesitate to say a few more words.

"You want me to fight you without any indication? Are you Kamavians still so unreasonable even after death?" Faced with the provocation, Kaisa only felt amused and didn't know where Hecarim got his confidence from.

"I am war! If you don't fight, you will die. I am already merciful enough to give you the chance to challenge me." Hecarim's halberd swept out a trace of evil fire, and his cruel smile was as cold and hard as steel.

"Don't think you can run fast just because you have four legs." Where did this battle idiot come from? Kassa couldn't help but criticize.

"You can run now. I won't stop you." Hecarim's sly smile distorted his words. "But I have already marked you. If you run away, I will lead the Iron Legion to hunt you down endlessly. As long as you are on the island, my iron hoof will not stop for a day."

"..." Kassa didn't expect that this iron lump was so cunning and insidious when he was alive. Even after being dead for thousands of years, he still didn't forget those despicable methods. He marked her as soon as they met, leaving her nowhere to hide.

"He might be trying to trick you. I don't sense any abnormal magical fluctuations coming from him."

Just as Kassadin was thinking, the Wild Hunt suddenly gave her a reminder. Kassadin tightened her toes, using body language to signal the Wild Hunt whether she should flee.

"Don't worry, we can cheat him. Since he wants to use lies to keep you, it means he has no confidence in catching up with you. We may be able to use this to get some benefits from him."

The Wild Hunt gave Kaisa an idea, and she looked up at Hecarim's burning eyes.

"Then let's leave the island now. We don't want the treasures on this island. No matter how long your legs are, you can't step out of the Shadow Isles. I still say the same thing. If you want me to stay and fight you, then show some sincerity."

Faced with Kaisa's counterattack, the will-o'-the-wisp in Hecarim's eyes dimmed for a moment, and then burned fiercely again.

"Okay!" He laughed in anger and agreed. The iron-cast evil smile on the burning skull face cracked even wider. The cavalry commander spit out a white conical stone engraved with secret symbols from the hollow iron shell, hooked the chain with a sharp iron claw and showed it: "If you defeat me, then this thing will be given to you. I took it from a master of Fuguang Island. Thresh said that it can open any door in the underground treasure house."

"It's the keystone! We'd better get this thing!"

The Wild Hunter spoke in an urgent tone. Kassadin could hear his desire for this thing and agreed without asking any questions.

"That's pretty much it."

She watched as Hecarim handed the keystone to one of his cavalrymen for safekeeping, then raised his shoulder pods and assumed a fighting stance.

If the Corrosion form is not enough to break through, then she still has the Assault form. Even if she goes head to head with Hecarim, she should not be at a disadvantage. The most difficult point about these undead is that they will be resurrected after being killed.

Seeing that things were still developing in a bad direction, Elise could only worry. Just when she was on pins and needles, Hecarim suddenly pointed the flaming halberd at her.

"Lady over there, I see that you are quite capable. Since you are free anyway, why not play with my cavalry regiment?"

No one cared whether Elise agreed or not. Hecarim's order excited the cavalry. Although they were clearly standing still, the roar of eagerness to fight had already exploded in Elise's mind, resonating with the whispers on the other side of the curtain.

Kassa and Iris looked at each other and saw shock, anger and astonishment in each other's eyes.

Hecarim didn't play by the rules, and letting Kai'Sa fight him alone was a bit of a general, but forcing Elise to join the battle was very shameless. It was a bit of martial virtue, but not much.

So, Kai'Sa faced off against Hecarim, and Elise was forced to face off against the Cavalry.

"You, a piece of scrap metal, dare to humiliate me. God will not forgive you." Elise stared at Hecarim with resentment and whispered to herself.

She was just avoiding pointless battles, not afraid of them. Since the enemy was so aggressive, she should not blame her for being unethical. She had to get her face back under the eyes of the Wild Hunter.

Under the gaze of the army, the Spider Queen strolled to one side, marking out a wide enough battlefield for herself and Kassadin to avoid affecting each other in a fight.