Yogg-Saron was not entirely shocked by Arthas' methods. He was actually still thinking about Arthas' intentions.
Because in the illusion just now, Yogg-Saron had initially tested Arthas' strength, and the results were shocking. Arthas may indeed have exceeded the limits of most native creatures in Azeroth.
In other words, he is not as strong as a human being, and is even stronger than the Titan Guardians.
But the problem is, if Arthas is really so powerful, and with his almost unshakable will, he could have found other ways to break Yogg-Saron's illusion just now, so why use such violent methods?
The suspicious Yogg-Saron would naturally not think that Arthas had revealed all his strength, but Vezax's soulless body and the seriously injured and comatose Loken all showed that Arthas and he had played with and crushed him. Dead bugs are different.
But Yogg-Saron is still calm, or in other words, he knows that even if Arthas is stronger than Loken, stronger than Odin, or even stronger than all the guardians combined, he can't kill him. He just needs to stay in the cage for a while.
He could wait another hundred thousand years, but could Arthas keep guarding him?
The Old Gods are like cancers on Azeroth. The most troublesome thing about these planetary cancers is that they are difficult to remove, or in other words, difficult to remove without harming Azeroth.
The Creation Titan, which can destroy planets at will, was not able to wipe them out, but one of them was just unlucky.
However, regardless of whether Arthas can guard Yogg-Saron for another hundred thousand years, the purpose of Arthas coming here this time is very simple, that is to completely eliminate the threat of Yogg-Saron.
Northrend is the base camp of the Scourge, and it is also the only place where these undead can live without disturbing the world. If Yogg-Saron behaves here every three days, Arthas will not have to do anything else. He will indeed have to do it every day. Stay here and watch Yogg-Saron to prevent him from breaking out.
Moreover, the bigger problem is that there may be greater hidden dangers in Northrend's location. Arthas doesn't know how much the Old Gods know about the Shadow Realm, but he is sure that these ancient gods must know about the Shadow Realm. existence of boundaries.
So, have the "fragile" space barriers of Icecap Glacier and Maw been discovered by the ancient gods during this long period of time? If found out, will these ancient gods who are always thinking about getting out of trouble choose to make a deal with someone who is currently in the abyss?
Arthas did not dare to gamble on the bottom line of the Ancient Gods, because during the War of the Ancients, they even dared to reach some kind of agreement with the Burning Legion.
You know, the Burning Legion is definitely more dangerous than a certain bald head who is currently imprisoned, because the bald head may not trouble the ancient gods for a while, but the first thing the Legion will do after occupying Azeroth is Directly bring Sargeras to explode the star.
After the Star Explosion, will the legions who have no dealings with the void kill the ancient gods as well? The answer is obvious.
The ancient gods' desire for freedom is evident. Although time means little to them, who would want to be locked up if they could break the prison? For this reason, they did not hesitate to use each other with the Burning Legion and dance on the tip of the knife.
Arthas was naturally well prepared to deal with such a bunch of disgusting guys like brown sugar. It seemed that he rushed to the battlefield after hastily discussing with the dragons, intending to stage a wave of beheadings and temporarily pinch them. Destroy the possibility of the ancient god's resurrection.
But in fact, his action plan was re-formulated after a few "highly sophisticated" scientific and technical personnel from the natural disasters studied something from the original ancestor Jing Beast.
However, in order to avoid being known by Yogg-Saron, he did not even tell any of the Scourge generals who were fighting on the front lines of the plan. Only those under the protection of Icecrown Citadel and the Helm of Command knew some aspects of this crazy plan. part.
Arthas had already sent people to build soul engines at the bottom of Icecrown Citadel. Once these terrifying machines are powered by enough souls, they will become an inexhaustible energy treasure trove for the Scourge.
However, even if all the souls of Azeroth were poured into these "special edition" engines, it would not be able to satisfy the appetites of these behemoths, and it would be even more difficult to produce satisfactory energy.
It is also impossible for Arthas to extract the essence of Azeroth to recharge the soul engine. This method is no different from drinking poison to quench thirst. It has no benefits. On the contrary, it will only weaken the power of Azeroth and all life on it.
Fortunately, the Dreadlords who died at the hands of Arthas and were captured provided inspiration for these new machines.
The Dreadlords originated in Revendreth, which was the place where the entire Shadow Realm extracted psychic energy. And they have been lurking in the Burning Legion for many years. It can be said that they have reached the advanced level in how to transform energy through the soul.
If the souls on Azeroth cannot make these soul engines run at full power, then the only choice is to find a place with more souls and greater traffic.
Where can the flow of souls be greater than in Azeroth? Another living planet, or the home of the Burning Legion?
Arthas knew the answer to this question: Gorgia, the river of the underworld in the Maw, the River of Souls!
There are souls from countless worlds who were thrown in because of their heinous crimes and were deemed by the arbitrators to be hopeless!
These souls were supposed to be the warden's resources to expand his army, but Arthas felt that maybe he could prevent this from happening, or even nip the warden's threat in the cradle.
Even if the entire River Styx cannot be cut off, even if a part of it is cut off, it will be enough for the Scourge Legion to use. This method of weakening the enemy and strengthening oneself can be said to be a perfect idea.
The biggest problem is how to intercept this part of the Styx without being noticed by the warden, or in other words, there is nothing he can do if he finds out.
Originally, Alsace had no idea, because the warden had been planning his grand plan for who knows how many years. How could he tolerate someone being a roadblock for him?
What's more, if you want to open a path connected to the Shadow Realm, it will inevitably affect the stability of the space between the two planes. If you are not careful, you may burn yourself with fire, or even directly lure the warden and his Abyss army into the house. .
However, Azeroth has many specialties, and among these "specialties", the most powerful and special one is the "old god" that is parasitic on the titan star spirit of Azeroth!
Moreover, after Sargeras' frantic cleansing of the universe, the only ancient god who can parasitize the Titans may be the scorpion.
The energy contained in the Titans made the ancient gods Yogg-Saron, N'Zoth, C'Thun and Y'Shaarj far more powerful than those on other planets in the universe. Their bodies were like mountains and continents. The Dark Empire is actually built on their bodies.
The transformation of the Titans cannot completely erase their bodies. They can only be imprisoned underground using special means. Otherwise, if they are directly destroyed, they will directly bring irreversible consequences to Azeroth if they take root too deeply on the planet. of damage.
The bodies of the ancient gods were mixed with the rocks and soil on the surface of Azeroth. Under the thick continental module, on the core of Azeroth, these ancient gods were sealed.
Rather than saying that Ulduar is Yogg-Saron's prison, it is better to say that the entire continent of Northrend and its surrounding oceans are Yogg-Saron's prison. Ulduar can only be regarded as an office or guard tower in a prison.
What Loken did was equivalent to matching a key to the lock of the cell door, because when it was originally designed, this "lock" didn't have a key at all, and it might not even have a chain hole.
It was only thanks to the patient waiting and erosion of Yogg-Saron and other ancient gods over a long period of time that a keyhole was finally grinded out for the "lock" of this cage.
But they are prisoners after all and are subject to too many restrictions, so they have to use various methods to let outsiders help them unlock the door.
Loken almost succeeded. He almost finished building the key, but his will was broken by Arthas, but his behavior still caused flaws in the flawless cage originally designed by the Titan.
Yogg-Saron's current state is like the prison door being opened a crack. He can stretch out a hand or a finger, but he still cannot use all his power to affect reality. Otherwise, Arthas would be standing next to Yogg-Saron now. In the "Kingdom of God".
It was this state that gave Arthas enough time and opportunity to explore how the ancient god's power was transmitted - he had other ways to quickly break the illusion created by Yogg-Saron, but he chose The slowest and most difficult one is just for this moment.
Arthas stared at Yogg-Saron. Although Yogg-Saron was still banned, Arthas didn't know what other methods he had, so in order to prevent Yogg-Saron from having any back-ups, Arthas Si planned not to give Yogg-Saron any chance.
He has figured out how the energy flows in the body of the Old God. Thanks to the prison designed by the Titans, some of Yogg-Saron's energy paths have been revealed, and Arthas also marveled at the "creation" of the Old God. "Perfect, they themselves are like extremely efficient energy transmission systems, which is why they can draw power from the stars and grow into flesh-and-blood mountains and continents.
Arthas stood Frostmourne on the ground, freed his hands, and picked up the holy book transformed by the light of dawn.
Yogg-Saron didn't know what Arthas was going to do, but his inspiration suddenly began to give crazy warnings - a terrifying premonition that he never had even when he was forced into a desperate situation by the steel creation and was about to fall into a permanent seal.
Such a sense of crisis forced Yogg-Saron to take action. The tentacles and maw around him began to squirm crazily. The terrifying void impact seemed to turn the entire underground cave into a chaotic space before the birth of the universe, and the mad whispers eroded the sanity. It's non-stop.
Before such a terrifying offensive could threaten Alsace, Loken, who fell beside Yogg-Saron, suffered first. He was already seriously injured, and Yogg-Saron's explosion regardless of the cost did not take his existence into account at all. , the terrifying void energy instantly swallowed Loken and turned it into the nourishment of Yogg-Saron, giving birth to countless void creations.
The movement that broke out in the underground cave at this moment could no longer be concealed by the spell that Loken had cast before. The dark atmosphere quickly leaked out. Malygos, who was fighting with the guardians at this time, immediately realized that something was wrong and flicked his tail. He knocked away the rushing Thorim and Hodir, and at the same time breathed out extremely cold dragon breath with all his strength to freeze Mimiron, who was controlling the mechanical creation to attack him, into a big ice sculpture.
The Guardians experienced a serious decline in strength after experiencing the dual torture of Loken and Yogg-Saron. This battle was easier than Malygos originally imagined.
However, after repelling three guardians one after another, Malygos showed a flaw. A green vine penetrated Malygos's mana shield, and instantly entangled one of his front paws and the pillar. Together.
"Freya, wake up." Malygos breathed out scorching arcane flames this time, burning the surrounding vines to ashes, but it could not stop Freya from passing through the wall of fire and waving the ancient wooden tree. The staff was ready to break his spine.
The situation instantly became tense. Of course, Malygos could burst out with stronger power to repel Freya, but even he couldn't perfectly control the power of such magic. Freya in this state would probably take the next blow. More bad luck than good.
But seeing Freya getting closer and closer under the flames, Malygos was forced to make a choice, otherwise once he was seriously injured, the result would be that neither he nor the four guardians would be able to get out alive.
Without hesitation, Malygos immediately started chanting, and the arcane runes surrounded Freya in the blink of an eye. Freya, who lost her mind, wanted to swing her long staff to crush the runes, but the number of runes did not decrease. In reverse, if Freya crushes one, five or six new runes will light up.
At this time, every rune contains terrifying power. Malygos, who no longer intends to show mercy, mobilizes all the magical energy that can be controlled. The huge crisis makes Freya's body shake, and her whole body is shaken. He transformed into countless vines, trying to wrap them in them to avoid being destroyed by magic.
But in this short moment, the vines that were growing rapidly suddenly became slow, as if time and space had become frozen, and Freya's movements also became slow and clumsy.
Malygos reacted immediately, and he immediately controlled the runes to blast towards the escaping dark positions, without landing the attack on Freya, and at the same time used magic to untie the vines that trapped him.
The Lord of Magic spoke again, his tone slightly sarcastic, but his mood was much more relaxed, "Nozdormu, my brother, I thought you would hide in quicksand your whole life and be a coward."
Just as Malygos finished speaking, fine gravel began to fly in the hall, and gradually condensed into the shape of a giant dragon.
The Lord of Time, Nozdormu! At this critical moment, he finally left the river of time and reappeared in the world.
Nozdormu, who had restrained Freya, held Mimiron, who was frozen into an ice sculpture, with one claw. He looked at Malygos, "Take Thorim and Hodir, let's get out of here quickly."
With his hands free, Malygos used magic to trap the two guardians who wanted to continue fighting, but he shook his head and said, "You take them away, I have to help Arthas, those disgusting smells must be It’s what Yogg-Saron radiates——”
Before Spellweaver could finish his words, Nozdormu interrupted him, "You can't go, and I don't know what Arthas is doing, but the fate of the Ancient God and Arthas is covered with thick paper. In the fog, even the time stream is constantly collapsing there, but I can see that the time stream you are in is still normal. If you go there, it will cause terrible consequences."
"Terrible consequences?" Malygos sneered at this, "Alsace is not afraid of facing the ancient gods alone. Do you think I will be afraid?"
Nozdormu was not surprised by this. Instead, he looked like I had expected you to say this. He directly stated a reason for leaving that Malygos could not refuse, "Arthas does not need our help. Alexstrasza is the one who needs our help, Neltharion is here!"
Malygos's expression changed instantly. He was silent for a moment, took Thorim and Hodir away, and began to use teleportation magic. "If you dare to lie to me, I will let you know what arcane wrath is. "
