While Onyxia was burning the Pyramid of Atuaman with dragon breath, the Pyramid of Nazwasa, which was holding a blood ceremony, also welcomed a "distinguished guest".
Bwonsamdi and Sharlayan left Hades at the same time, and they rushed to the lairs of Nazwatha and Sirik, one from the south and the other from the north.
Not to mention Bwonsamdi's journey, with his greatly enhanced strength, it is not a problem to defeat Bat Sirik, who is already ranked low among Loa.
Rushing from Hades to Nazwatha, you will inevitably pass by the nest of the turtle Loatoga. When Sarlayan's transformed sharp-tailed swifts flew over the sky, you could see the huge turtle lying dying in the swamp at a glance.
A large number of ancestral turtles surrounded Toga, seeming to be preparing some kind of large magic circle, most likely a spell related to healing.
At the same time, the Nazwasa Pyramid not far from Toga's lair continued to emit waves of nauseating void breath.
Unlike the pure and unpolluted power of shadow, the power of the void is mixed with the private goods of ancient divine creatures. Every time Sarlayan feels the mixed breath of the void, he will instinctively react with rejection in his heart.
"This breath... ugh~ is more disgusting than the power of Enzos and C'Thun. Is this the so-called artificial ancient god?"
The Pyramid of Nazwasa is guarded from three sides by Kragwa's Lair, Toga's Lair and Sirik's Lair. In theory, the defense of this sealed pyramid should be very complete.
However, in fact, the heavily guarded Pyramid of Nazwasa was the first to be breached.
Under G'huun's secret planning, Kragwa was forced into long-term hibernation due to a significant decline in strength. Toga was also seriously injured by the blood troll's targeted attack. Sirik, who was alone and unable to fight, decided early that he could not defeat him. join in.
What makes Sharlayan feel strange is that the three major Loa have been holding firm in Nazmir for many years. Why have the Holy Mountain Loa and the Zandalari trolls headed by Lizan never gone south to support them?
Is Zandalari unable to defeat the blood troll?
Judging from the offensive and defensive situations of both sides in recent years, this reason does not seem to make sense.
After much deliberation, Sarlayan could only come to one tentative conclusion - factional struggle.
Sirik, Krag'wa, and Toga did not surrender to the kings of Loa Lazan, and still stayed in Nazmir and lived relatively independent lives.
In this case, Laizan believed that he had no obligation to help these loa who were not of the same faction, and chose to watch them die on their own.
The basis for Sarlayan to draw this conclusion was not only the experiences of the three great Loa of Nazmir, but also the experiences of Akunda, Setaris, and Gible who settled in Volton.
This is one of the reasons why Sarlayan supported Bwonsamdi's rise to power.
From a personal perspective, there is nothing wrong with this kind of approach that only cares about one's own people.
But Lazan was Loa, the king of all the natural gods in Zandalar, so blatantly excluding dissenters seemed too small.
On the way to the Pyramid of Nazwasa, Sarlayan habitually brainstormed and thought of a bunch of messy things.
However, when he reached the sky above Nazivasa, he quickly retracted his wandering thoughts and began to think about how to destroy the ritual of the blood troll trying to corrupt the "big man".
The Blood Troll...or G'huun chose Nazwatha as the ritual venue because the pyramid built by the Titan Guardians itself functions as an energy amplifier.
To use a familiar Danmaku analogy, the three pyramids are like three signal amplifiers that resonate with each other.
Even if the seal is broken, the function of the pyramid itself will not disappear.
Setalis used this principle to seal the body of Mislax inside Atuaman. Otherwise, in her dying state at the time, she would not have been able to complete this step even with the help of the serpents.
When Sarlayan arrived near Nazwatha, the entire pyramid was filled with a strong atmosphere of void. Apparently, the blood troll's corruption ritual had begun.
"boom!"
A dull explosion suddenly came from an underground space southwest of Nazwatha, which meant that Bwonsamdi had found Sirik, and the two sides were already fighting.
Taking this as a signal, Sarlayan also started to take action.
The sharp-tailed swift flew in a circle over the pyramid and determined that the pyramid had only one entrance and exit: the main entrance.
When used for defense, a one-way pyramid is easy to defend and difficult to attack...but this is only for mortals.
After Nazwasa's seal was broken, the defensive barrier covering the entire pyramid also disappeared.
Although the ceremony presided over by G'huun's will made up for Nazivasa's defense to a certain extent, it was only a drop in the bucket after all.
For those who have reached the strength of a demigod, this layer of defense that is not arranged by G'huun's body is no different from the one in Paper Lake.
A variety of tropical birds live in the sweltering swampy rainforest, and the smaller sharp-tailed swift looks unremarkable at all.
In order to ensure the smooth completion of the blood ritual, the blood troll did not even bother to expose Sirik's position, and specially arranged many bat knights to patrol back and forth in the air.
The transformation forms of Zandalar Druin are all imitated by Loa, and their usual flying form is pterodactyl.
Under the influence of inertial thinking, Sarlayan's transformation of the sharp-tailed swift did not attract the attention of the Batriders at all, and they swaggeringly inquired about the deployment of troops around the pyramid.
"Is the modified voodoo golem guarding the door..."
Crouching on the branch of a towering tree, Sarlayan thought for a moment with flashing eyes, and finally decided to give up the idea of destroying the pyramid structure and break through more directly from the front.
After spreading his wings and taking off again, Sarlayan released the sharp-tailed swift's transformation in mid-air and restored the dragon's true form.
As Sarlayan's golden wings spread out, a large number of small magic circles appeared behind him almost simultaneously.
【What the hell? This way of opening the door...why does it feel a bit like a glittering king's treasure house? 】
[The color and principle are different, but the expression is somewhat similar. 】
What flew out of the magic circle was not a golden weapon, but a large number of arcane missiles flashing with blue-purple arcane light.
With Zalayan's current understanding of arcane power, he is still unable to superimpose multiple major spells to quickly clear the field.
In this case, Sarlayan chose to do the opposite and combine a large number of low-level spells with little technical content in parallel to complete the spell cleansing.
"Swish swish!"
Before the Bat Knights could recover from the shock of transforming into a living dragon, they were completely overwhelmed by the overwhelming arcane missiles.
The strange movement in the sky quickly attracted the attention of the voodoo golems transformed by blood magic. They raised their hands and pointed to the air, and the blood magic that exuded a fishy smell spurted out.
Although Sharlayan is not yet able to construct large-scale spells efficiently, low-level spells such as arcane shield and ice protection are still relatively easy to apply.
The voodoo golem's attack was unable to cause any damage to Sarlayan, who was equipped with a five-layer shield. After eliminating most of the enemies in the air, he withstood the golem's attack and dived down quickly.
Through the acceleration of time power, Sarlayan "teleported" above the golem in a way that violated the rules of physics.
"hold head high!"
The red dragon flames full of life burst into the open space in front of the pyramid gate, and all the voodoo golems were wrapped in the blazing flames of life.
A real man never looks back at the explosion. Before the black smoke in front of the gate dissipated, Sarlayan once again transformed into the powerful white deer form, using the big horns on his head to push away the blood troll blocking the second line of defense. , forced his way into the pyramid.
The layers of defense deployed by the Blood Trolls were designed to target the Zandalari Trolls. They did not expect that a powerful demigod would charge alone without any subordinates.
The space inside the Nazwasa Pyramid is very vast. Thousands of blood trolls with different postures are kneeling to the center of the ceremony hall on three floors and three outside, muttering something in prayer.
Sharlayan can understand the troll language, but what these guys are talking about is the Shathiyar language of the ancient gods.
Sarlayan has not specifically studied this unpopular language. He can only roughly hear what they are praising based on the experience he left in Ahn'Qiraj during time travel.
In the center of the ceremony, a half-flesh giant knelt half-kneeling in the center of the magic circle with a painful expression on his face. A large number of energy vines composed of blood magic tied his whole body tightly.
There is only one Titan creation that can possess such a semi-flesh body - it is the Great Guardian Laideng.
