Legends of Runeterra

"Hoo~!"

The strong wind that rushed in from the roof quickly blew away all the smoke and dust.

She has red hair and two crossed samurai swords hanging behind her back.

"Shen!"

Meimu's face was covered with black lines. She listened to the rumbling thunder outside the meditation room and shouted in pain.

"The ring has connected to the underground spiritual veins, and the black fog is infecting the spiritual power. You and Kenan, stop him!"

Shen, who was originally prepared to face Kushuo, saw Kushuo and Tano lying on the ground, and Jie who exuded evil intent.

For a moment, his body subconsciously drew out his two swords, but Shen's consciousness still froze for a second.

"Haha, it's too late! So what if it's Kenan? There's nothing that can stop me now!"

"Oh? Really? I don't believe it!"

A gentle voice sounded in everyone's ears.

"Boom~!"

A blazing flash of lightning appeared, and the entire roof of the meditation room was reduced to dust, floating away in the strong wind.

Everyone looked up and saw dark clouds covering the sky.

But unlike the strange and terrifying black fog, the dark clouds with rolling thunder snakes give people a sense of majesty.

The lightning illuminated everyone's faces, and their expressions were different. Meimu and Akali were shocked and confused.

Shen looked calm, even putting away his original alert posture. He lowered his arms holding the two swords and stood in place.

The originally arrogant and unrestrained Jie now frowned.

An imposing figure fell down slowly but actually quickly, with the jet-black hem of his clothes dancing in the wind. Under the illumination of the lightning, dark golden dragon scale patterns were faintly visible.

"Jie, as agreed, I'm here!"

With a playful smile on his extremely handsome face, Li En looked at the ring that was surrounded by black mist and an evil aura.

"Ahem, Your Excellency, the inner demon Kushuo has been slain by me!

Now I am reuniting the cult's forces and preparing to take on Noxus.

My Lord, you may as well return to Presidium and ensure the safety of the capital. Once the integration is completed, I will lead the troops here as soon as you give the order!"

Amid the incredulous looks of Akali and Meimu, Jie's eyes returned to normal, his expression was extremely righteous, and he looked as if he was concerned about the country and the people and was full of righteousness.

Of course, the premise is to ignore the wisps of black fog that occasionally emerge from time to time.

"Haha, this is really interesting. Ku Shuo is such a wonderful person. The inner demons he transformed are so interesting! It's a pity that I didn't get to meet him earlier!"

Without arguing with Jie, Li En directly pointed out the other party's nature.

Amid Jie's silence and the surprised looks of the others, Li En continued to uncover the other party's past.

"Are you surprised? Maybe you disguised yourself well in front of them, but in my eyes, your disgusting twisted soul is too obvious!"

Faced with Li En's straightforward statement, the inner demon no longer pretended.

The dark and sticky shadow force crawled up the body from the feet until it covered the entire body.

“Crack! Crack!”

The sound of bones rubbing against each other was heard, and Jie's human body quickly grew and mutated, with sharp thorns emerging from all over his body.

When the changes stopped, a 1.9-meter-tall, hideous-looking humanoid creature appeared in front of everyone.

Unlike Shen and the other two who were on guard, Li En curled his lips in boredom.

"Sure enough, I shouldn't expect this kind of thing to have any powerful demeanor!

Shen, I'll leave this thing to you!"

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

Shen didn't hesitate, raised his two swords and walked in front of Li En.

Worried that the other party didn't understand what he meant, Li En added something.

“The inner demon has already fled to the underground spiritual veins, and what remains now is the ring that was transformed by it.

Don't fight him desperately, just hold him back, I'll deal with him later and come back to heal him!"

"Yes, Master Li En!"

Shen responded loudly.

At this moment, he was excited to hear that Jie could still be saved.

I used to be unable to understand what my junior fellow apprentice said, but now I have some understanding of it.

Regardless of what Li En's ideas are and whether they conflict with the sect's creed, the peace of mind brought by his power alone is better than most things in the world.

"Well, just hold them off!"

Li En nodded, then waved his hand, and two bolts of lightning struck Akali and Meimu.

"Pfft!"

The pitch-black spikes that trapped Akali shattered and dissipated, and she couldn't help but sit down on the ground.

Another ray of lightning merged into Mei Mu's body and spread to the black lines on Mei Mu's forehead. It immediately faded to the neck and no longer rose.

"Take good care of your parents!"

Nodding slightly to Akali, Li En's figure turned into lightning and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

After a few seconds, Akali, who was sitting on the ground in a "duck sitting" posture, came to her senses.

As he quickly got up and ran towards his parents, a blush appeared on his little face.

...

It is called an 'underground spiritual vein', but its actual location is not under the Mountain Range of the Order of the Balance, but in the spiritual realm.

Li En's figure turned into lightning and he did not go through the sealed door of the Sect of Balance.

Instead, he activated [Latitude Walking], directly breaking through the barrier between the material and spiritual realms and arriving above the spiritual vein.

Looking down from a high place, as a spiritual place, it should be a vibrant scene.

Now infected by the power of shadow, all the trees and animals have become corrupted and mutated, turning into all kinds of strange shapes.

Looking at this scene, Li En's brows frowned slightly.

Light and shadow are twins. The power of shadow is essentially a kind of basic power, and its normal development is also a grand road.

However, the twisted nature of the inner demon caused it to transform into this uncomfortable and bizarre appearance even if it was fortunate enough to comprehend the power of shadow.

"It's so disgusting!"

When Li En activated the 'power of the dragon', it was as if some kind of switch was triggered, and all kinds of elements in the world came to him actively.

Without actively contacting the Dragon Boss, Li En showed power that was no less than the power he used to destroy the Gate of Azakana.

In an instant, dark clouds covered the entire sky and began to swirl, forming a dark vortex with rolling lightning flashing in it.

"boom!"

When the first lightning bolt as thick as a thigh struck, countless lightning bolts plowed the entire mountain evenly.

The twisted creature on it turned into ashes in the lightning.

The lightning paused for a moment, and before Li En could speak, the entire mountain began to shake.

"Boom~!"

Like a volcanic eruption, a black column of light hundreds of meters thick gushed out from the center of the mountain.

"Ha ha ha ha!!"

Unbridled laughter emanated from the dark column of light.

The beam of light gradually dispersed in all directions and turned into a semicircular black barrier, trapping Li En upside down inside.

A figure about 1.8 meters tall, no different from an ordinary person, appeared among them.

"How did you create a perfect body so quickly?"

“Haha, a few years ago I used a secret technique to send the body seed in for nourishment.

Now it's just a matter of getting back this body that fits me perfectly!

What a shame, Li En, you were so close to stopping me!"

The inner demon raised his hand, gently pinched his index finger and thumb, and had a mocking smile on his face.