[0784] Whispers

With the Void army leaderless, a small team assembled from the finest spellcasters of Ixtal and Icathia entered the chasm. After passing through layers of obstacles, they reached the Void Rift itself.

This was the first time in thousands of years since the Icathian War that the people of Runeterra had once again seen a Void Rift that could truly be called "alive."

Unlike what Karya remembered, this rift did not look very active. Although it was still intermittently spewing Void energy and transforming it into Voidlings, the process carried a somewhat "natural" quality.

If Karya had not personally confirmed it, it would have been difficult to imagine that, within the enormous cavity of the chasm, that unremarkable, rhythmically pulsing pale-purple curtain of light was the Void Rift that struck fear into everyone's hearts.

It was like a dormant volcano waiting to erupt. Although it looked very peaceful, no one would truly believe it was safe.

It simply made people uneasy at a single glance.

Thus, when everyone saw the Void Rift from a distance, they stopped and did not advance any farther—no fool who valued his life would feel the inappropriate curiosity to approach it at a time like this.

Only Karya calmly walked toward the rift and carefully observed it.

It was as if he were facing an ordinary spatial portal rather than a terrifying Void Rift.

Of course, Karya, who had once witnessed a large-scale Void Rift eruption, was fully qualified to do so.

Compared to the terrifying rift that had cost him his Ascended status, the Void Rift before him was actually quite tiny and safe.

So everyone simply stood far away and watched Karya peer this way and that beside the Void Rift. From time to time, he even lifted a handful of sand, acting