Golden Shovel Survival: One Lucky Star and One Colorful Hex

Chapter 279 World Runes - Resolute!
"No, bald guy, can you fucking move aside?"

Mo Lang was speechless. He was about to discover the truth when he was stopped.

It's like you've already taken your pants off, only to find that the other person has them too.

This is fucking awful!
"Shall I move aside?"

Ryze frowned, turned to look at Mo Lang: "Then you seal the void rift?"

"..."

Mo Lang's lips twitched. He didn't have the strength right now, so he tilted his body and looked at the void rift again, only to find that the rift had been closed again and he could no longer see the other side.

"You all should leave quickly. I'm about to unleash the power of the World Runes to reinforce the seal. Even a god-level being cannot withstand the power of the World Runes."

Ryze glanced at everyone, then fixed his gaze on Mo Lang and said, "You don't have to leave. Take some time to comprehend the power of the World Runes. It should deepen your understanding of creation and destruction."

"Thank you so much, boss!"

Mo Lang's face immediately lit up with a joyful smile. He had been worried about not being able to find a way to enhance his power of creation and destruction.

More importantly, Runeterra finally has a formidable opponent.

I no longer have to shoulder everything alone.

In the backstory, world runes are fragments left behind by the primordial magic that brought the world to life from nothingness, and all things took shape. They are the source of all magic in the world and possess the powerful ability to destroy it!
It perfectly matches the creation and destruction power of Runeterra.

"..."

As Ryze listened to the young man in front of him change from calling him "bald" to addressing him respectfully as "boss," the corner of his mouth twitched almost imperceptibly, but he didn't show it on his face.

However, he also knew that this young man had made many contributions to the runes, turning the tide several times in front of the void rifts, and that he was also a person chosen by the gods, so he didn't say much.

Thinking of the important task entrusted to him by the gods, Ryze lowered his eyes and took something out of the leather pouch engraved with runes at his waist.

This is a rhomboid crystal about the size of a palm, with a deep, dark green hue throughout. The surface texture resembles the gnarled roots of an old tree, with a faint yellowish-brown halo flowing slowly along the veins.

"This is the World Rune—Resolution."

Ryze held the rune in his palm, the emerald crystal gleaming with a calm light under the eerie glow of the ice cave: "Legend has it that it was born in the core of the ley lines at the dawn of Runeterra, resonating with the steadfastness of the mountains and the longevity of the ancient trees."

He lightly tapped the surface of the crystal with his fingertips, and a yellowish-brown light pattern suddenly lit up, transforming into a shield-like phantom that hovered in mid-air—the purplish-black debris that had been splashing at the edge of the crack was completely absorbed by the shield as if it had sunk into the sea:
"You see, it's not as destructive as witchcraft runes, nor as sharp as sophisticated runes, but it can transform all impacts into a foundation that nourishes itself, while also strengthening various defenses."

"However, compared to the Enlightenment Rune that Bard teleported to, this World Rune's sealing effect is slightly weaker."

At this point, Ryze suddenly lost all expression, the faint light of runes reflected in his azure pupils, and his whole being exuded a dignified and steady aura like a mountain range.

"Watch closely—"

His voice pierced through the howling energy storm, each word carrying undeniable weight: "World runes are not merely defensive; when they resonate with the laws of creation, they become the cornerstone of reshaping reality." "Yes!"

Mo Lang suddenly stood up straight, the three-color laws spinning rapidly in his pupils.

He could see the pale green crystal in Ryze's palm suddenly burst forth with thousands of light threads. Those light threads, like living things, burrowed into the ice cave walls, and the purplish-black corrosion marks that passed through them peeled away at a speed visible to the naked eye, revealing the newly formed, moist, and glossy blue rock layer below.

Ryze took a deep breath and slowly spread his five fingers. The [Resolve] rune in his palm suddenly expanded tenfold, transforming into a giant shield that floated in mid-air.

Ancient earth vein totems appeared on the shield's surface, each line emitting a somber green light. When the first ray of green light touched the cracked ice, the spiderweb-like cracks emitted a "sizzling" sound of growth—not healing, but new ice crystal sprouts emerging from the depths of the cracks. The sprouts instantly grew into complete ice prisms, more translucent than the original ice, and one could even see the earthy yellow veins flowing within them!
Even more astonishing is the twisted bronze gate.

The green light swept across the deformed door frame, and the dents corroded by the void energy suddenly bulged, writhing and reshaping themselves as if alive. Fragments of detached runes flew out from the ice cracks, reassembling and fusing in the green light, not only repairing the original patterns but also giving rise to a ring of root-like entwined runes around the edges.

Mo Lang keenly sensed that these new runes were absorbing the void turbidity in the air—they were transforming corrosive energy into gentle, earthy-yellow specks of light, much like trees transform carbon dioxide into oxygen.

"This is not a simple repair."

Mo Lang muttered to himself, and the laws of creation within his divine sea suddenly resonated with him!
He saw that wherever the green light reached, not only were the physical forms reshaped, but even the traces of time's erosion were fading away—a piece of ice rock that had been dented by tentacles first became smooth again in the green light, and then the glacial patterns from a thousand years ago appeared on its surface, as if time had reversed.

"This is about tracing back to the origin and creating a new life!"

Mo Lang's clear eyes grew brighter and brighter, and his understanding of the power of creation deepened. It was as if a person eager for knowledge had come across a masterpiece and was moved and inspired!

However, time also passed as Mo Lang comprehended it, to the point that he himself became unaware of the passage of time, immersed in this state of glimpsing the essential secrets of the world.

The Void Realm.

"This is the aura of world runes, damn bald guy!"

Upon sensing the aura of the world runes, the Void Overlord's expression changed, and he began to curse.

Back then, it was this bald guy who used the World Rune to reseal the Void Rift, and Number 0 was also wiped out by the power of the World Rune.

"World runes? There's someone on the other side who has mastered world runes?" The mysterious man's tone revealed surprise.

"That's right, but I haven't fully mastered it. I can use it, though, because that power is enough to threaten the void. That's why I attacked Runeterra—I wanted to devour the power of the world's runes and take that step!"

The Void Overlord frankly said, "I know your goal is also the World Rune, but I want half of it. I can do my best to help you maintain this Void Rift in its current state and prevent it from being completely sealed."

"..."

The mysterious man was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Deal."

“In that case, let’s prepare for a protracted war. We can only hold out until that bald guy runs out of energy. I estimate it will take three to five years. After all, he has mastered most of the [Witchcraft] abilities, possesses the ability of immortality, and is further enhanced by other world runes. This is a protracted war,” said the Void Overlord.

(End of this chapter)