Void Beetle Evolution Guide

The untended snow had piled up to the knees, and every step required a lot of effort. The tall slave demon relied on his sturdy body to walk relatively freely in the knee-deep snow.

But it was not so easy for the others who were traveling with them. Every step was like being stuck in a quagmire. The biting cold wind blew like a knife. If it weren't for the skin armor tightly wrapped around the body, even the toes would have been frozen off.

"Kasha, I wonder if you have noticed that the land beneath our feet contains tremendous magical power. I can even feel the vibrations coming from deep in the earth, resonating in my body." Taliyah said as she rubbed her hands restlessly and walked with difficulty in the deep snow.

"You're putting it too hard on me. I can only see that the environment in the North is quite harsh, and I really underestimated it before." Even with the World Rune, Kaisa was still the magical idiot who couldn't feel the power of the elements, and was completely unmoved by what Taliyah said.Mei has no Lin Mei wants to be empty Yong has no Lin Yong......

"I can feel it too, but it's not as strong as Taliyah said." Ahri had a completely different feeling from Kaisa.

"The demigods used their respective powers to shape this land. It's normal for you to feel this way." Ashe explained, patiently telling the well-known legend of the Freljordians.

The ram Ornn was born first among his brothers and sisters. He jumped into the world eager to fight... He chose the earth as his opponent.

He used his head to ram out mountains and chisel out deep valleys on the flat ground. When he finally felt tired, he paid tribute to the earth and thanked it for such a glorious contest.

As a thank you, a fire pit appeared in the earth, revealing its core, and bestowing Ornn with the power of the First Flame, and Ornn began to forge a variety of tools and weapons.

After that, Orwain began to build himself a mansion of the finest wood, a huge log house that spanned three ravines and was named Corner Hall in the days before language.

However, his sister Anivia was angry. Ornn had cut down her favorite tree branch to build the Corner Hall, so she decided to teach him a lesson.

While Orne was sleeping, she flew in through the bedroom window and tickled his nose with a feather, causing him to sneeze and spit out a large ball of fire that burned the sheets.

Anivia flapped her wings to try to put out the fire, but the Freljord was still very dry at that time, and the fire grew bigger and bigger, eventually burning down the entire house.

When Ornn woke up, the corner hall had turned into flying ashes. Ornn was in a very bad mood, but he didn't know that it was Anivia's doing, so he set about building himself a house that would not catch fire.

He piled the ores together and hammered out a dark mountain. Deep in the mountain was a majestic furnace, in which the first fire from the depths of the earth burned fiercely. This was the so-called furnace town.

But the hearth was too hot, even for Orn himself, so he dug a canal from the seashore into the mountains, and asked the seal sisters to help bring the cold sea water into the hearth.

Water and fire merged, and clouds of steam rose into the sky. It took three full days for the temperature of the mountain to drop to a level that Orne found comfortable. During this time, the sea level dropped several inches.

A large amount of water vapor gathered in the sky and turned into thick dark clouds, and eventually heavy snow fell, and it lasted for a hundred years. This is why, to this day, Freljord is full of ice and snow.

"It's amazing. We don't have such legends..." Ahri smiled and suddenly pointed to the top of a mountain in the distance: "Look, there is a huge wild boar over there."

"Is that so? Why can't I see anything?" Talia looked in the direction she pointed, and saw only a white ridge.

"Wild boar?" Ashe was also confused and asked quickly, "What kind of wild boar?"

"It has icy teeth and a crown of icy horns that look like tree branches. It's all white and pretty."

"That's a demigod beast spirit! It's called the Wrath of the Freljord!" Ashe heard this and her eyes widened in surprise. "You can actually see beast spirits directly!"

"Uh, are my symptoms getting worse?" Ahri said with some concern.

"This should be considered a kind of ability. Except for the Beast Spirit Walker, ordinary people can't see them. But wild boars are not very friendly to humans. Let's go quickly."

"why would you say so?"

“It has similar ideas to Volibear and is a radical demigod.”

"Oh, now I understand what you said." The others all suddenly realized.

They quickly quickened their pace, but the accumulated snow seemed to be dragging their legs, making it difficult for them to walk fast.

"Will the road ahead be so difficult?" Kassa couldn't help but ask.

"That's about right. It's the same everywhere from Rakstak to the north." Ashe frowned slightly and fell into a brief memory. At that time, she was still living in the north. "The snow may not be that thick when you go up the mountain, but if you want to move smoothly in the snow, you have to find some means of transportation."

"for example?"

"Frosttooth wolves, wild claws, or Juvask boars... Each member of the raiding group heading south will be equipped with a mount so that they can travel quickly in the snow. However, those beasts need to be cultivated from childhood to be obedient. Even so, they will only obey the orders of their masters. Others will most likely be attacked if they approach rashly, let alone ride on them. If necessary, I can take you to the nearest village. There may be some elk or Enuk long-haired cattle there. They are more docile and easier to ride on."

Upon hearing this, Kasa subconsciously looked at the slave demons in front of her, then shook her head. She didn't dare to let the slave demons carry her on their backs. Then she shifted her gaze to Portier who was a few steps behind.

At this time, Portier, forced by the Wild Hunt to turn back into human form, was struggling to walk in the snow with her legs. She hugged her hunched shoulders tightly with her arms, and her thin body shivered in the cold wind mixed with snow, letting the cold wind whip her face like a knife.

Noticing Kasa's gaze, she froze and wrinkled her red nose, warily saying, "What are you looking at? I will never let a bunch of lowly...humans ride on me!"

Kaisa didn't care about it. She turned around and said to Ashe, "No need. We can catch up even if we walk."

The group walked from day to night, and the heavy snow showed no sign of stopping.

Kassa had no complaints and no joy, but seeing how exhausted the others looked, she decided to find a place to rest for the night.

Ashe did not ride her mount, but she brought her own hawk. With the help of the hawk, they found a cave under a cliff not far away that could shelter from the wind and snow.

The cave was abandoned, which was a great help. But just as they had just lit a fire and sat down to keep warm, a figure suddenly broke into the heavy snow outside.

The firelight cast the outline of the creature that broke into the cave on the stone wall at the corner of the cave, making it look like a lone wolf.

Just as Kassa was about to get up and drive it away, the outline of the fire suddenly changed drastically, and then turned into a tall figure.

Chapter 255: Spirit Walker Udyr

The jumping flames cast flickering shadows on the stone walls of the cave. The originally clear outline of the wolf-shaped shadow suddenly twisted sharply without any warning, as if being sucked into an invisible vortex. The lines quickly reorganized and stretched, and in the blink of an eye, it strangely turned into a human shape.

"Werewolf?" Kassa stared at the changing shadow with a serious expression. She lowered her voice to Ashe beside her and asked almost in a whisper. Ashe shook her head slightly, staring at the direction of the cave entrance intently, and said calmly, "It should be a beast walker."

In the harsh and cold land of Freljord, there lives a special group of people who, since birth, have an inextricable and deep connection with the mysterious spiritual magic.

These combat shamans are called "Beast Spirit Walkers". They are scattered across various tribes and, with their unique abilities, earn a place to live and train in the tribe, becoming a bridge to maintain communication between the tribe and the mysterious power.

"I'm sorry, can you let me in to avoid the wind and snow?" Just as everyone was secretly speculating, a rough and somewhat tired voice came from outside the cave.

A sturdy giant appeared in front of the three people. His muscles grew horizontally, and he was stronger than an ordinary person, full of primitive power.

His naked upper body was casually covered with a wolfskin, with some unmelted snow still hanging on the fur; he had a blindfold on his hand, and a string of ancient prayer beads slanted across his broad shoulders, swaying gently with his movements; his pupils were deep and sharp, emitting a beast-like light, completely different from those of ordinary people; his face was covered with unruly beard, like a bunch of messy weeds, and he looked exactly like a savage.The plum blossoms are not in the forest. The plum blossoms are in the sky. There is no forest but the plum blossoms are in the

Several people looked at each other. Talia glanced at the shivering man covered in frost and snow. His movements were stiff, as if he was trying to wake up his unresponsive joints. Seeing this, Talia couldn't help but feel pity. She moved closer to the crowd and lowered her voice and said, "Look, he has nothing on his upper body. If we just drive him out like this, will he freeze to death in the wind and snow?"

Kasa frowned slightly and responded cautiously: "Talia, it's always a good idea to be more cautious with strangers. We can't rashly let a strange man stay overnight before we get to know him thoroughly, not to mention that we are all girls here."

"I have no objection." Saifei fell asleep and used Portier as a pillow on her thighs. The latter pouted sadly, but did not dare to push Saifei away.

"Oh." After listening to this, Talia nodded thoughtfully, but her eyes still drifted towards the man from time to time, and the worry in her eyes had not completely dissipated.

"Let me ask him." Ashe asked with the majesty of a war mother and a sharp gaze, "Spirit Walker, tell me your name."

"I am Udyr, Spirit Walker, High Shaman of Winter's Claw, and Sejuani's sworn father." The man's gaze lingered on the ice bow behind her, then he slowly knelt on one knee and lowered his head to show respect.

Ashe was really surprised by the identity of the person who came. You know, Sejuani is now her strongest opponent, and the man in front of her, as her father, actually had the courage to appear in front of her!

"Do you know who I am?" Surprised, Ashe suddenly felt alert. Her face was instantly covered with frost, her eyes became cold and sharp, and she drew the ice bow from behind her without hesitation and slowly pulled the bowstring.

In an instant, an astonishing chill spread out from her, and the temperature of the entire cave dropped sharply, as if even the campfire was about to freeze.

"I know that the person in front of me is the owner of the Bow of Avarosa, the great war mother of the southern tribe. That is why I surrender." Udyr's voice was steady, and he was not flustered by Ashe's hostility.

"Did Sejuani send you?"

"No, I have left the tribe and set out on a journey to pursue the beast spirits alone. Encountering Warmother Ashe was just a coincidence and has nothing to do with Sejuani."

Ashe suddenly remembered the wild boar spirit that Ahri saw during the day, and immediately understood what was going on.

"Can he sit for a while? I have something to ask him." Ashe turned and said to Kaisa.

"If it's Udyr, then there's no problem. Although his philosophy is different, he is an upright person and won't do anything double-faced."

"It's up to you, but you can't stay overnight." With the Wild Hunt's endorsement, Kassa nodded and asked the rest of the people to sit down by the campfire again, roast the frozen jerky to extract the fat and watch how the situation develops.

"We discovered this cave by accident. It's okay for you to come in and take a rest." After getting his consent, Ashe put away her ice bow and said to Udyr, the tense atmosphere eased somewhat.

"Thank you." Udyr sat down on the spot, deliberately keeping at least three meters away from the campfire, keeping a distance that would make both of them feel at ease.

"I haven't seen Sejuani for a long time. I don't know how she is doing." Ashe was the first to break the silence, her tone filled with some emotion of childhood memories.

Once upon a time, their friendship was so deep and intimate that no matter how much food they had, they would share half with each other without hesitation. The time they spent together was full of endless joy. They shared girlish gossip, hunted together on the vast ice field, and did many rebellious things together. Those days seemed to be just yesterday, and they were still vivid in my mind.

However, things are unpredictable. Due to huge differences in their ideologies, the two sisters who had once been sworn brothers were eventually forced to take different paths. They even threatened to draw their swords against each other the next time they met. From then on, they became tit-for-tat enemies, so Ashe had been avoiding her.

"Life is getting harder and harder." Udyr's face was full of worry. He sighed heavily and said, "The environment in the north is harsh, and it is difficult to get food. As a war mother, Sejuani has to run around every morning to feed her warriors."

Ashe felt a chill in her heart. Sejuani was the warmother of the Winter Claw. If even the largest raiding group in the North had to tighten their belts to survive, one could imagine how great the pressure of survival was.

She knew that she had contributed to this. It was because she had united the tribes in the south, like an indestructible iron plate, blocking the path of the barbaric raiders on their way south, which made them lose a major source of food and made life more difficult for the people in the north.

However, Ashe did not think she had done anything wrong. In this cruel land, everyone has the right to fight for survival, but she chose to stand on the side of the weak and no longer bully the weak by relying on her strong bloodline.

"I've never heard Sejuani talk about her sworn father." Ashe did not waste too much time on this issue. She knew very well that Sejuani was a tenacious woman and would never succumb to difficulties so easily.

Freljord is a matriarchal society, and women have always had a higher social status than men.

Warmothers will talk about their mothers or grandmothers, but rarely about their fathers. If he is Iceborn, then it is a little bit of a topic, but in most cases a warmother has multiple blood sworn brothers, and her daughters have multiple sworn fathers.

In people's memories, the only one is often the easiest to remember, so most war mothers only talk about their mothers to others, and usually subconsciously ignore their fathers. But if the sworn father is a beast spirit walker, then it can be more or less put on the table.

"This is my problem. I left her long ago to pursue the Noisy Road and failed to fulfill my duties as a father. She didn't even know of my existence until I heard the call of the beast spirit and returned to this land and to her again."

Udyr replied guiltily that he had had a relationship with Sejuani's mother, Kokia, but he only found out later that she had given birth to a daughter for him, otherwise he would never have easily abandoned her and her child and left to indulge in the pursuit of the Spirit Walker.

Strictly speaking, he is not even Sejuani's sworn father, because he has not made a blood alliance with Kokia. Even though he is Sejuani's biological father in terms of blood relationship, in terms of identity he is just a wild man who had sex with Kokia. He still stays with Sejuani as a shaman, not as a father.

Ashe was deeply touched by this. Oath Father is so important to the growth of children.

Her mother was a pure Iceborn warrior who was a bit paranoid. If it weren't for her rational fathers, her mother alone would never have been able to raise her to what she is today.

The cold wind, carrying the blizzard, howled and raged outside the cave, and the sharp sound of the wind was like the howling of evil spirits. Inside the cave, the bonfire crackled, and a few sparks jumped out from time to time.

"Have you ever left the Freljord before?" Ashe asked.

Before Udyr could answer, Ahri pointed at the rosary on his body and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this rosary on you should be from the Temple of Shojin in Ionia, right?"

"Good eyesight. This rosary was indeed given to me by a holy monk friend from Shuoji Temple. It can calm the restless beast spirit in my body. I always carry it with me." Udyr replied, holding the rosary.

When he was training in Freljord, he met Lee Sin, a blind monk, and then followed Lee Sin to Ionia for further training. Not only did he learn the local training methods in depth, he also devoted himself to the war to protect Ionia. This trip lasted for many years, and it was not until recently that he returned to Freljord and recognized Sejuani.

After saying that, Udyr looked at Ahri with a somewhat inquiring look, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, his beard twitching, and he said with a half-smile: "It seems that Ionia and I are really destined to be together. The two Ionians I met in Freljord both had animal spirits."

Ahri looked confused and couldn't help asking, "What do you mean? I have a beast spirit?"

Chapter 256: Awakening of the Ancestral Spirit

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"My vastaya friend, I can feel the beast spirit awakening in you," said Udyr.

"Uh, can you explain it in detail?" Ahri felt like ants were crawling on her body, in every sense of the word.

"The Ionians worship the spirits of all things, and the spirits of all things will also choose hosts to demonstrate their own power through them. This is both an opportunity and a challenge for you." Udyr reminded Ahri solemnly: "If you can control and make good use of it, then you will become unprecedentedly powerful. But if you can't control it, you may be like my holy monk friend, who can't control the dragon spirit in his body and hurt the people around him. What's worse, you may be like those beast spirit walkers who believe in bear spirits, assimilated by the domineering true beast spirits, completely lose yourself, and become a loser driven by the instinct of the beast spirit."

Hearing this, Ahri frowned, with a trace of worry and confusion on his face: "But I don't feel any powerful power reviving in my body. Instead, my body has been immersed in the spiritual realm."

"So I said awakening, not arrival. This process will take some time. You can take this opportunity to consolidate and welcome the arrival of the beast spirit in the best condition."

"I understand." Ahri thanked Udyr gratefully, then walked to the campfire, sat down quietly and fell into deep thought.

It is always a good thing for them to know where the problem lies.

“Don’t worry too much, Ahri. There is a fundamental difference between the animal spirits of Ionia and Freljord. In comparison, they value peace rather than fighting. It’s no exaggeration to say that it’s a good omen.” The voice of the Wild Hunt drowned out the crackling of the campfire and rang in Ahri’s mind, while simulating a warm hug with his skin armor.

He remembered that the Dragon Spirit was the most domineering of all the spirits in Ionia, representing destruction and symbolizing rebirth, but it was still far less terrifying than the Bear Spirit. At least it would not destroy the host's consciousness and turn it into a shell.

"Thank you for comforting me." Ali pinched the soft flesh on the palm of his hand and felt at ease.

"What kind of beast spirit could it be that is related to foxes? Thousand-tailed Sainan?" Wild Hunter pondered.

“Probably not.” Ahri shook her head. “I saw it before I left Ionia. Its power is already mature and it doesn’t need to be revived by me. And it is the sacred beast of the Tailed Robe Clan. Its relationship with us is not as close as you think.”

"Oh, I see. Perhaps the awakened beast spirit belongs exclusively to your Weishaning clan?" Wild Hunter said after thinking for a moment, "You are the last surviving member of your clan. If the sacred beast wants to be revived, I'm afraid it can only be achieved through you."

Ahri followed the Wild Hunt's idea and thought about it seriously, and found that many factors such as time and place were very consistent.

All of her people were tragically killed in the terrible Curse of the Ruin, which ruthlessly imprisoned their souls on the Shadow Isles.

The World Rune is just an opportunity, like a key to open the boundary, allowing the souls of the tribesmen to find Ahri through the connection between blood, and then pass all their spiritual power to her, ultimately promoting the revival of the ancestral spirits.

"That is to say, the moment I learned about my life experience, I shouldered the mission of the Weishaning clan..." Ali murmured to himself. For some reason, a feeling of bitterness surged in his heart, and his eyes became a little moist.

If the facts are as speculated, it means that she has been recognized by her deceased tribesmen and has finally found the meaning of life in this long and confusing life.

"After this trip, I will send you back to the Shadow Isles, and then all the answers will be revealed." The voice of the Wild Hunt sounded in Ahri's mind, with a reassuring calmness.

"Yeah." Ali responded softly, feeling both expectant and nervous.

Afterwards, Ashe and Udyr talked about some things related to Sejuani, and even talked about how Udyr climbed onto Kokia's bed.

It was probably that Udyr, a wild child being hunted by the Frost Guard, helped the tribe of Gokia to solve a prey by chance, and then he was taken in, learned how to get along with others, and after spending some time together, everything came naturally.

But one day, a group of hungry and diseased Frostfang Wolves approached the camp, causing Udyr to be influenced by the wolf's spirits and almost kill a child by mistake. After that, Udyr left the Winter's Claw again to seek ways to restrain himself.