Runeterra Adventure Chronicles
Chapter 244

Soul Lantern

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I ignored them and focused on dealing with the undead around me, mainly guiding the Teacher Li's Dragon Flame to spread over a wider area. 69Şhนx.¢໐๓

However, this was also awkward, because relying entirely on one person's strength was extremely taxing, and she quickly couldn't hold on any longer.

There are even more undead than at the beginning, but we can only temporarily disperse them and it is difficult to completely eliminate them. The distance we just pushed back is slowly being caught up again.

At this rate, they'll land sooner or later. Why hasn't the Poseidon that Illaoi mentioned made a move yet? And we haven't seen Tam act either. What are these two powerful forces waiting for?

Just as I was getting a little anxious, I saw that part of the Black Mist in front of me suddenly disappeared, like a piece of bread being bitten.

Without a doubt, it was swallowed by Tam. He really has a big appetite; he'll put anything in his stomach.

At the same time, waves surged from the middle of the Black Mist, instantly annihilating the undead in the area, and turning the bread into donuts!

Is this the Sea God's technique? To be able to launch such a wide-range attack, his power is truly immense!

Riven and I can barely manage to launch an attack over such a large area when we team up, but it's useless if we can't eliminate the undead, no matter how large the area is.

Just as the Black Mist was slowly being swallowed up by Tam and the Sea God, a faint green light began to shine around the outer edge of the Black Mist, similar in color to the undead.

A green light enveloped the Black Mist, preventing the undead from continuing their demise. By this time, the bread was already badly torn apart, but it wasn't finished yet!

At this moment, Tam returned, no longer as composed as before; his greedy little eyes now held a thoughtful expression.

At the same time, a person emerged from the sea not far from us. Only his upper body was visible, but it was clear that he was burly and had a dark complexion, similar to that of the Biers.

Seeing that he had several blue snakes coiled around his head, just like Illaoi, I thought this must be the sea god she served. I went over and asked Tam:

"Your appetite is good, isn't it?"

"These dead are delicious, but unfortunately I can't eat them."

Is that man over there the sea god?

"He is the god of the sea, but not a man."

"Uh... thankfully she can't hear us, but why doesn't she come over here?"

"She's a merman, with the lower half of her body being a fish, and she doesn't really like humans."

"So what do we do now? Even you can't eliminate them, so how can we?"

"I don't know what this green light is. Actually, I can continue to swallow, but I'm afraid of indigestion."

"Is there nothing that merman can do?"

"Her name is Poroka. I only chatted with her briefly and don't know much about her strength."

I was chatting with Tam when I suddenly noticed a lamp appearing above the green light. Because it was getting darker, the lamp seemed very bright.

I recognized it at a glance, it's Thresh's Soul Lantern!

No wonder they were able to protect these spirits; it turns out the Chains of Hell Warden has appeared. I just wonder if there are any other powerful figures among them.

Thresh alone can hinder Tam and Poseidon; if something else comes along, how can they possibly withstand it?

As the Soul Lantern slowly rose into the sky, Thresh's figure gradually became clearer. Wow, he's huge!

Standing out of thin air on the sea, it looks like a mountain rising from the ground!

"Do you know him?" Tam asked me.

"All I know is that his name is Thresh, and he's known as the Chains of Hell Warden. He can collect people's souls into that lamp. As for how to defeat him, I have no idea."

"You know everything except what's useful," Illaoi teased, and I was speechless.

We had barely exchanged a few words when Thresh took action. He raised the Soul Lantern high, and the green light intensified. The undead seemed to be encouraged and charged forward, their appearances extremely ferocious!

Poroka stretched out his hands and pushed forward, and a thin wall of water condensed on the sea surface, blocking the advance of the undead.

Illaoi charged forward again, summoning her tentacles from the sea to lash out, causing towering waves to surge and sweep towards the undead. However, this time it wasn't as effective as before.

Thresh's buff multiplied the power of ordinary undead, making them so powerful that even Teacher Li's flames couldn't effectively kill them.

Tam spewed water bullets from his mouth, which could pass through walls of water to attack the undead, blasting them into pieces, but never causing any real damage.

Gangplank realized the situation was getting out of hand and left with his men before things spiraled out of control. He was going to the shore to organize the evacuation of the people.

Throughout the entire battle, only Udyr fought relentlessly. His power seemed inexhaustible. Although he couldn't completely kill the undead, he effectively halted their advance.

He then slowly approached Thresh, seemingly intending to defeat him. In this situation, if he could defeat Thresh, then these undead would have nothing to fear!

Thresh naturally noticed Udyr's presence. He chuckled dismissively and said in a sharp, unpleasant voice, "I've discovered an interesting soul in you. If you were locked inside my lamp, it would certainly be quite a sight."

When Udyr goes berserk, he becomes speechless; an image of a turtle surrounds his body, completely ignoring the attacks of the undead.

When he reached Thresh, he transformed into a giant ape, leaped up, and aimed his fists straight at Thresh's face.

Thresh swung the chain in his hand, holding a hook in his right, and swung it at Udyr as he approached, successfully knocking him down.

However, Udyr did not stop. He continued to transform into a giant shark to bite and tear at the prey. When he failed, he transformed into an octopus, a sea serpent, and even a hawk. Each attack was extremely ferocious.

We slowly broke through the undead army and approached Thresh, but due to the huge difference in size, we couldn't effectively attack his vital parts.

To be precise, I don't know Thresh's weakness, but since he uses the Soul Lantern to enhance the power of the undead, we should try to attack the Soul Lantern as much as possible.

After trying for quite a while, we finally managed to stop Thresh's advance, forcing him to focus on deflecting our attacks.

The battle has reached a stalemate again, but it's still not in our favor. Aside from the depletion of our strength, the undead running around everywhere is a real problem!

Every time Thresh attacked Poroka's water wall, several undead would take the opportunity to slip through. After the battle lasted for a while, quite a few undead had already run towards the shore.

Left with no other choice, we have to allocate some of our forces to eliminate them, and Teacher Li is undoubtedly the best option.

However, without the cover of Dragon Flame, we've become more difficult to deal with Warhammer, relying more on Tam and Udyr's attacks to hold him off, unable to inflict any damage. What kind of attack can counter him?

I kept thinking about Thresh's backstory, trying to find a way to break through his defenses. Just then, his hook suddenly locked me in place and pulled me rapidly into the lantern!

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