Chapter 472 Aatrox Meets the God Emperor

By now, Sivir finally understood what they were "planning".

Ever since she was influenced by Li Lin's suggestion to "read more", she returned to the City of the Sun, and occasionally went to the big library to read books that interested her.

She was most interested in the question of the Ascended and the Bakai who failed to ascend.

She also knew part of the dark descendants related to the Celestial Warriors. This was the information that Nasus had sent people to collect and reorganize from folk classics over the past year.

"You actually released the Darkin..." Sivir muttered absentmindedly as he watched Aatrox's spirit fly out of the bloody sword.

However, Li Lin, Azir, and Nasus didn't pay much attention to Sivir beside them. They focused entirely on Aatrox and were always ready to take action.

The dark descendant's ascended body that was sealed into the weapon has long since been annihilated, and now only the human-like essence remains.

Due to the erosion of the void, Aatrox's soul was stained with traces of purple-red corruption.

The bulging purple veins ran along his chest, which had been injured by a void monster, and extended in a spider web-like manner, especially on his neck and cheeks, where the distortion of the void was even more obvious.

Nasus narrowed his eyes and realized that this was the source of the inability to come up with the results of his original research, and the reason why the Ascended One could not restrain his rage and mania.

Their souls have been tainted by the void.

Even now, the corruption of the void is still spreading and cannot be reversed. It is only a matter of time before it completely corrodes their souls.

As for Aatrox, although he didn't know why he was suddenly released from the outside world, he felt a very familiar aura, familiar enough to make him give up all thoughts, pick up the giant sword and charge towards death. .

"trickster!"

His eyes turned, faintly flashing purple light, and his eyes widened with endless murderous intent.

Even in his spirit state, Aatrox can still use some of his remaining power of ascension.

Just when he was about to grab the weapon that had accompanied him in battles for many years and was like a part of his body, to his surprise, the weapon turned out to be extremely heavy and he could not pick it up at all.

It was a familiar power again. Not long ago, he had fought against a master who used this kind of power that was not considered magic.

Aatrox turned his head suddenly and looked at the source of power that inexplicably exerted "gravity" on his sword.

However, within his field of vision, the most eye-catching thing was not Li Lin, but Grand Scholar Nasus, and the figure next to him who was "wearing" eagle armor and holding a pointed spear and scepter.

Even affected by the void and the seal, Aatrox lost most of his memory, and even his former glory was blurred.

But Nasus and this unique set of armor were engraved in the depths of his mind from beginning to end.

"Azir..."

Most of Aatrox's burning arrogance immediately receded.

"Aatrox, the God-Emperor is here, why don't you come and meet your Emperor!" Azir waved his spear and scepter and pointed at him, speaking seriously with an emperor's majestic tone.

For a moment, Aatrox could feel that the entire desert sand was targeting him.

If you don't respond, the yellow sand under your feet will instantly penetrate your essence into a sieve, and it will disappear.

"No, it's impossible!" Aatrox didn't believe what he saw, "This must be the deceptive magic used by the Twilight Stars, or the void... Azir had already died during the ascension ceremony that year! "

He murmured nervously, and tightened his grip on the hilt of the big sword with his left hand. A complex look of confusion, hesitation, panic and other emotions flashed across his illusory face.

"Since you think what you see is false, why don't you look up and take a look?"

Hearing Nasus' voice, Aatrox subconsciously raised his head and covered half of his face with his hands.

I saw the sun disk suspended in mid-air, looking extremely sacred under the illumination of the sun above the sky.

Aatrox had long known that the Sun Disk had been re-erected in the center of the Shurima desert. After all, its light shone on every Celestial warrior, even if they were corrupted by the void and sealed by protoss magic.

But he didn't expect that it would be Azir who resurrected as a god and awakened the Shurima Empire, which had been sleeping for thousands of years.

For a moment, Aatrox couldn't accept the reality.

Zoe ducked back to Li Lin and handed Chalikar, who should have been in a normal state but was now shrunk again, back to the stunned Sivir.

"Hmph, it's obvious that I lifted your seal, but you still hate me so much."

Zoe put her thumbs on her temples, opened her palms, stuck out her tongue at Aatrox, and made the face she often made to tease Thor.

"White-eyed wolf, if I had known you were like this, I wouldn't have saved you even if Li Lin begged me!"

She retracted into Li Lin's arms and said words that she didn't mean.

"……you!"

When he heard Zoe teasing him like this, Aatrox's anger flared up again, but it was mixed with a trace of confusion.

The Twilight Star Spirit in front of her was obviously not Maisha, and she did not have the cunning and insidious attitude of the previous one. Instead, she had the innocence and ignorance of a child.

Maisha sealed herself, but the new Twilight Star Spirit in front of her, a little girl, rescued her. How ironic.

Aatrox was extremely depressed.

"I know you have hatred for the Twilight Star Spirit in your heart, but Zoe is not Maisha. Even if she is fused with the Twilight Star Spirit, she always acts according to her own will. You don't need to target him like this."

Aatrox turned to look at Li Lin who was speaking, and realized that he was the power user who had made him unable to pick up weapons. He also understood that it was he who had just controlled the two behemoths and pushed him back into weapons.

"Who are you……"

"My name is Li Lin, the ruler of the Twin Cities." Li Lin introduced himself, "You can simply understand that the former Oshla Vazuan is currently under my control."

Azir glanced at the young man beside him in surprise, but didn't say anything.

Now he has not even fully recovered Shurima, but he has no intention of looking beyond the continent of Shurima.

What's more, since Li Lin is in charge of Wazuan, he no longer intends to take the empire's former trading post port back under his control.

"So, this is all your arrangement?" Aatrox noticed Nasus's expression and said solemnly.

He no longer knew how to describe his current mood.

The excitement and excitement of being freed from the painful seal, the anger of seeing the Twilight Protoss, the shock, embarrassment and guilt of facing Azir, and the regret of recalling what he had done.

Li Lin did not answer Aatrox's question directly, but changed the subject in disguise: "The threat of the void is approaching again, and we need the warriors of the gods. Now that the God Emperor has returned, you should pick up your past beliefs and pay homage to Aatrox again. Zir swears allegiance."

"And this will also be an opportunity for you dark descendants to atone for your past sins that caused the destruction of life on both continents."

Has the void returned?

Aatrox was silent for a long time.

In the past, he found that there was no way to destroy the weapon that sealed him, and he could not choose death from the painful torture, so he wanted to destroy the entire world, and even welcome the embrace of the void, maybe he could free himself.

But now, his seal has been lifted by the new host of the Twilight Star Spirit. The beloved Azir has returned as a god and re-established the Shurima Empire in this endless sea of ​​sand...

Under the sacred light of the sun disk, after thinking about it, Aatrox finally sighed heavily.

"Before today, I have always acted in darkness, but I still cannot abandon the proud principles of the past."

He glanced at his translucent soul body with a bitter look on his face, "But with my current posture, my strength is not as good as the clumsy body that was reshaped with the help of blood magic after being sealed. How should I atone for my sins?"

"Reshape your body? This is simple."

Everyone's eyes invariably focused on Zoe, who was quite proud of herself.

"But, you have to apologize to me!"

She poked Aatrox in the air, looking like she wouldn't help him unless she said "I'm sorry."

Li Lin, who knew Zoe's character better, shrugged helplessly.

Judging from this girl's demeanor, I'm afraid even my own persuasion will be of no avail.

Now, we can only start with the proud Aatrox.

However, before any of Li Lin, Azir, and Nasus could speak, Aatrox responded without thinking: "I'm sorry, it was my fault that I wanted to kill you with my sword just now. I regarded you as a victim of Twilight." Maisha is driven by the stars."

Aatrox is not a man who is inflexible.

Although he was noble, before the fall of Shurima, he had always been humble towards his fellow humans or mortals.

Those Ascended Ones and mortal warriors who are willing to follow him pursue not only his bravery in charging forward and his wisdom in leading troops, but also his attitude towards life.

Since you have made a mistake, what's the difficulty in admitting it generously?

What's more, the little girl in front of him will also lift his seal and become his savior.

"Very good, I feel your sincerity." Zoe curled her lips with a big smile on her face.

"What are you going to do? Will it take the power of the Star-Forging Dragon King to rebuild the ascended body?" Azir asked.

"It doesn't matter. If it were me, he wouldn't mind. Besides, when I lifted the seal just now, I also used his power."

Zoe smiled confidently and casually poked the sun disk above her head in the air.

Driven by completely different astral magic, in Aatrox's slightly puzzled eyes, a magnificent golden light that was slightly different from before fell from the sky again and injected into the sun disk.

Then, under Zoe's guidance, this turning beam of golden light shot towards Aatrox, wrapping his soul in a light that gradually blinded people.

In just a few seconds, when the light dissipated, a new god with a back that resembled the golden wings of dawn, shining armor, and an overall image of a flying squirrel stood in front of everyone.

The long-lost power of ascension surged under Obsidian's flesh, and Aatrox almost burst into tears, if he still had such emotions.

Then, he looked at Azir solemnly, knelt down on one knee, crossed his hands on his chest, and lowered his noble head.

"Aatrox...meet the God-Emperor."

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ps: The designer mentioned the images of the sword demons Varus and Raast, but that was just a joke, because they were his pets.

Of course, it can still be used as a reference for the second design.