Golden Shovel Survival: One Lucky Star and One Colorful Hex

Chapter 188 Let me show you how to be cool, let me take you to new heights...

Deep within the Shurima desert, the ruins of an ancient battlefield gleamed eerily under the blazing sun. Four demigod-level auras shot straight into the sky like pillars of light, their terrifying pressure almost tangible, causing all the monsters in the desert to prostrate themselves on the ground, trembling in fear. Even the sandstorm seemed to be stunned by this power, frozen in mid-air.

Aatrox, the Sword Demon, stood in mid-air, sword in hand, his massive demonic wings flapping slowly behind him, stirring up gusts of foul wind. His body was engulfed in raging black and red demonic flames, outlining a ferocious demonic god silhouette in the void.

His icy gaze, sharp as a sword, swept over Nasus in front of him with a keen and wary look, trying to see what the other meant by calling for a halt, after all, they had just had a big fight.

It's rather illogical that he's trying to stop himself from being besieged.

Renekton held a massive blade, his arm muscles bulging, the bronze scales gleaming metallically in the sunlight. He stared angrily at Nasus, as if he had been utterly betrayed.

Xerath looked at Nasus with a similarly solemn expression. Dark purple energy swirled violently across the surface of his illusory body, making his narrow eyes appear like a bottomless abyss.

Only he knew why Renekton was on his side, and that if Nasus interfered, he might suffer a complete defeat.

"Renkerton, are you insane? How could you be with this guy who plotted against Emperor Azir!" Nasus's golden eyes surged with shock and anger, and the rune-wrapped bandages fluttered without wind, revealing his uncontrollable emotions.

"Am I crazy? You've imprisoned me for thousands of years, and you still have the nerve to blame yourself?"

Renekton's crimson vertical pupils bulged with bloodshot veins, and wisps of black smoke seeped from the gaps in his bronze-colored scales. He slammed his double-edged battle axe into a boulder beside him, and amidst the flying debris, a deafening roar echoed across the battlefield.

Having had his memories altered by Xerath, he had long forgotten the helpless measures his brother had taken to suppress the rampaging power within him.

"I'll banish you?" Nasus's voice trembled suddenly, and veins bulged beneath his gilded armor.

Memories flooded back; he recalled his brother being corrupted by the Void during the Darkin War, and the blood and tears he shed as he sealed away the out-of-control Renekton.

boom!
Before he could even explain, a bolt of purple lightning suddenly tore through the air, and Xerath let out a sharp sneer: "Why waste your breath on him? We won't lose in a 2v2, and besides, Aatrox won't help him!"

Aatrox spread his wings, and facing Xerath's attempt to win him over, he curled his lips in disdain, his sword pointing straight at the sky: "Heh, what are you? You think you're worthy of me joining forces with you? If you want to fight, then fight. I, Aatrox, disdain to join forces with anyone."

"You're pretending to be your mother!" Renekton roared with the fury of a wild beast, his veins throbbing beneath his scales.

Despite being bewitched, the blood ties that remained in his heart still lingered. The giant blade in his hand, accompanied by a bloody wind, went straight for the sword demon's throat, shattering the sand and gravel along the way into dust.

"It's good that they're fighting..." Xerath's laughter crackled with electricity, his illusory fingertips wreathed in purple energy powerful enough to tear space apart.

boom! boom! boom!
The beam of destruction, like a pillar of death, accompanied by a piercing shriek, blasted straight at Nasus!

Wherever the scorching energy flowed, the sand instantly vaporized, leaving behind scorched marks that emitted black smoke.

Nasus's golden eyes suddenly narrowed, a dangerous glint appearing deep within his pupils. He swung his massive staff, engraved with ancient runes, the gem at the top of the staff bursting forth with a dazzling blue light, barely managing to deflect the aftershocks of the beam.

The sandstorm swirled around him, materializing his anger, and he clearly understood something: "Xerath, it seems you're the one behind this. I'll make sure you suffer a terrible death!"

"Heh, there's no point in saying more. You weren't my match back then, and you won't be now either!"

Xerath's figure flickered in the void as dozens of bolts of lightning struck Nasus from different directions, the air thick with the smell of ozone and burnt flesh.

His voice was full of mockery, as if he already considered the Guardian of Shurima as his own.

“Is that so?” Nasus abruptly stopped, and ancient power spread from the sand beneath his feet, runes bursting forth from the earth like chains and wrapping around his gilded armor.

"I haven't neglected to improve my strength for over a thousand years!"

Nasus's roar tore through the heatwave, and pure golden light overflowed from the gaps in his gilded armor, like fragments of the sun embedded in his skin, like the sun god's representative on earth.

Behind him, a huge phantom of an hourglass of time appeared, the sand flowing in reverse, solidifying the space within a hundred meters into amber. The sand grains suspended around him crystallized in the golden light, refracting thousands of cold, sharp rays.

"This is actually the power of time!"

Xerath's pupils contracted sharply. Before he could even use Blink, a giant shadow wrapped in burning runes tore through the void.

Nasus's massive staff trailed a fiery tail, as if it had overturned the entire sky and brought it crashing down. The gem at the top of the staff emitted a blinding light, scorching and distorting the surrounding space. The ancient runes twisted and recombine in the high temperature, turning into solid chains that wrapped around Xerath.

"boom!"

Amidst the deafening explosion, the aftershocks of energy spread like a tsunami, slamming Xerath's illusory body into the yellow sand, with lightning bolts raging wildly around him.

He barely managed to hold up the purple shield, but it crumbled inch by inch under the pressure of the giant staff, creating a bottomless pit in the ground. The rocks at the edges were melted by the high temperature into a glassy state, flowing with an eerie blue light.

Nasus stood atop the dust, golden runes slowly rotating around him, like an ancient code of death.

"Damn it!"

Xerath clutched his chest, feeling as if his body was about to fall apart, but he overlooked this fact.

A thousand years ago, the two brothers from the opposing side joined forces to seal him away. However, he has been sealed away for a thousand years, and his strength has stagnated, while the opposing side has been constantly improving their strength outside, and their strength is even slightly stronger than his own.

“No wonder Aatrox was hiding here healing while the other party was completely unharmed. This is getting a bit tricky.” Xerath looked at Nasus, who resembled a god of war, with a serious expression in his eyes.

……

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"Damn it, they're fighting again. This is never going to end..." The Desert Tyrant and the Desert Queen trembled underground, but they still remained defiant.

"Keep your voice down. You want to die, but I don't." The Desert Queen glared at her man and said with a resentful look in her eyes, "Do you think our master has forgotten about us? He hasn't come over for so long."

"Probably not, but the master's strength is not yet enough to contend with these big shots, and he certainly doesn't want to get involved in this mess," the Desert Tyrant said.

To be honest, he was still very willing to stay by Mo Lang's side. After all, with a powerful figure protecting him, even the other party would have to consider the owner before beating the dog.

"Get out here right now, I'm going to show you guys off."

Just then, a clear and familiar voice rang in the minds of the two monsters.

The eyes of the Desert Tyrant and the Desert Queen lit up immediately; their master had arrived!

(End of this chapter)