Chapter 176: Darkin Sword Demon Aatrox and War Protoss

Aatrox, the Darkin Sword Demon.

This is the title given to Aatrox by mortals after he fell into the Darkin state.

And its source is the divine weapon in his hand, which has accompanied Aatrox from ancient Shurima to the present, destroying countless enemies.

And now, this sword is going to destroy a Protoss!
Even among the Ascended of Shurima, Aatrox is the most noble one, and even becoming a darkin cannot change that.

Therefore, when the other Darkin targeted their fellow countrymen, Aatrox did not bother to fight with them. As one of the most powerful Ascendants, he also knew some secrets that the other Darkin were unaware of.

His destination is Mount Targon!
Aatrox did not attend the gathering held by Ta'anari, perhaps because he disdained their company, or perhaps he was simply too far away.

He had already led his army out of Shurima and headed for the southern continent to look for ways to find the Protoss!

Because of this, Aatrox avoided the conspiracy of the Twilight Protoss and faced the challenge of the War Protoss!
The war spirit who seized the body of Atreus met the darkin sword demon Aatrox who was pursuing the top of the mountain not far from Mount Targon.

The battle raged from the ground to the sky, sweeping across the human army below...

Finally the impossible happened.

The Darkin's godslayer blade pierced Pantheon's chest and carved a mark on the war constellation in the sky.

……

——"What the hell!! Aatrox defeated the War Protoss?"

——"Not just defeated, but killed!"

——"Oh my god! Is this Darkin Sword Demon so awesome?!"

——"Damn! Isn't it said that the power of the Ascendants is given by these star spirits?"

——"No wonder I kept introducing this Aatrox!"

——"If he is in Shurima, what will happen to the other Darkin!"

——"I feel like even Nasus can't beat him?"

——"That's for sure! Even the Star Spirits were defeated by him!"

——"Perhaps only War Queen Setaka can compete with Aatrox!"

The strength of the Darkin Sword Demon Aatrox shocked all the viewers in front of the screen.

Judging from the story of Ta'anari, everyone still thought that the Darkin were nothing compared to the power of the Protoss!

As a result, the next moment, Aatrox stabbed a Protoss to death with his sword!
Even Jiang Wen and Guo Fan, who were commentating on the show, opened their mouths in surprise. Not even they had expected this sudden plot turn!

"I suddenly figured it out!"

At this moment, Jiang Wen excitedly took the microphone and said something.

"I know why the Protoss want to destroy the Darkin!"

At this point, the situation has become clear. The so-called Ascended Ones are actually creations of the Protoss.

Although it is still unclear why the Protoss wanted to build a sun disk in Shurima, there is no doubt that they have begun to be wary of the power of the Ascendants!

Contrary to what the audience thinks, among these Ascended Beings that have appeared in the thousands of years of Shurima’s history, some are even more powerful than the Protoss!
This has been proven in Aatrox!
This can explain why when the Void appeared in Icathia, it was the God Warriors who resisted the Void, while the Protoss remained indifferent!
They can use the Void to suppress the Ascendants of Shurima - even though the Void has the potential to destroy the entire world!

——"Fuck! These star spirits are too insidious!" ——"What if the Ascendants can't stop the void? The world will be destroyed!"

——"While the snipe and the clam are fighting, the fisherman is the winner!"

——"Damn! This is too disgusting!"

——"If these star spirits take action, these ascenders will not be contaminated by the void!"

After listening to Jiang Wen’s explanation, the audience felt indignant on behalf of the Ascendants!
They are the warriors who protect the world!

Just looking at the situation in Icathia, we can see that the entire kingdom was destroyed, and the only people left alive were Jax and Kieran!

If it weren’t for the ascenders blocking the void, perhaps all the mortals in the world would have been killed or injured!

"This is risking the lives of the entire world!"

The audience really can't muster any good feelings towards the Protoss, not to mention that this is exactly the attitude of the Protoss towards mortals - as can be seen from the way Pantheon treats Atreus!
"Thinking of the worst, maybe..."

Jiang Wen made an even more terrifying guess.

"The Void might have been sent by the Star Spirits!"

Of course, this is just his guess and there is no evidence in the film!

But it’s not impossible!

The surviving Ascended - the Sunborn, as they called themselves - were forever changed by their enemies. Though Shurima had prevailed, they had all lost something... including the noble Aatrox.

Isn't this exactly what the Protoss is for?

And just like what Mai Yisha did, it was all directed behind the scenes!
The Kingdom of Ekassia is nothing more than a pawn of theirs!
……

However, even if the Protoss had predicted this, they probably didn't expect how powerful Aatrox would be!
The combat capability of the War Protoss Pantheon is also among the top among the Protoss, which can be seen from his name alone.

However, Aatrox still stabbed the sword into Pantheon's chest.

And he indirectly helped Atreus.

As the Protoss gradually dissipated, Atreus, the one it considered weak, awakened again.

But now he was pierced by Aatrox's blade, the power of the Protoss weapon was fading, and Atreus gasped and spat in the Darkin's face.

Aatrox simply sneered and left Atreus there to die.

The Protoss took over Atreus' body, and when he woke up, he was seriously injured.

However, Atreus spent his entire life in tenacity. A few hours later, when the crows began to fall, Atreus endured the pain and stood up again. He did not die, but burst out with powerful vitality, staggered back to the Rakkor tribe, leaving a blood-stained road behind him.

After a lifetime of failure, Atreus' will to live and anger at betrayal were enough to stave off death, even if that death would have taken the god of war himself.

The War Protoss was his enemy. Although he was killed by Aatrox, he also left him the remaining weapons and power of the Protoss.

Atreus woke up in Pylas's home, where Pylas's widow, Iura, nursed him back to health. There, Atreus realized that he had spent his entire life looking up at the stars, but had never thought about the world beneath them.

Mortals are different from gods. Mortals fight because they have no choice, because they know that death is always waiting.

He saw this resilience in all life, because the threat of death never ended.

(End of this chapter)