The Elemental Throne
"Thank goodness, we've finally arrived." Looking at the vast, open grassland before him, one of the adventurers said with a mixture of relief and excitement.
The other adventurers beside him all wore similar expressions.
These past few days have been filled with countless battles. From Hellfire Peninsula to Nagrand, the journey has been thrilling. The monsters in Draenor are practically all strong, with the lowest being level 40 or higher. Various level 50 and 60 monsters are everywhere, and all sorts of strange and unusual creatures keep popping up to die, keeping the adventurers on the expedition busy killing and gaining tons of experience and equipment.
Of course, without Azathoth leading the way, they wouldn't have arrived here so easily. The battles of the past few days have also given Xiao Yu a lot of experience. Transforming into Chaos Dragon, he smashed through everything in his path, killing anyone who stood in his way. Whether it was Ethereal mercenaries, Evil Raven Cultists, Evil Fel Orcs, or Naga, he did whatever he encountered. He killed several bosses and successfully raised his template level to 5 Skeleton level, finally reaching the maximum level.
After three full days of marching, slaying countless monsters along the way, the army finally arrived at their destination.
Azathoth (Source of Chaos): "This is the Throne of the Elements!?" Looking at the strange building before him, Xiao Yu couldn't help but ask the demigod Sgelari in amazement.
Before them lay a vast plain, where the grasslands vanished, replaced by a flat sandy expanse. In the very center of the sandy expanse was a huge, circular stone platform, with a pile of boulders arranged in a peculiar way, resembling the shape of a throne.
Around the throne are four enormous crystal pillars, each a different color, standing around the throne.
Xiao Yu could sense that abundant elemental power surrounded the area. The four elements—wind, fire, earth, and ice—which should have been at odds with each other, were surprisingly harmonious here, as if they had merged into one.
Azathoth (Source of Chaos): "Indeed, this is a place of divine artifacts."
He vaguely heard a murmur, as if someone was speaking to him in the air around him.
Sgelari (Hydra demigod): "That's right, this is the Throne of the Elements. See those crystal pillars? As long as you bombard those crystal pillars with the appropriate energy, the Throne of the Elements will be activated. Now that you possess the Power of Chaos and the allegiance of the Elemental Lords, activating the Throne of the Elements is no longer a problem. The only problem is what you will face after it is activated. Are you confident that you are ready to face all of this?"
Sgelari was referring to the four elemental pseudo-kings. Although he was now more powerful than ever before, he would still have a tough fight if he really faced those guys.
Azathoth nodded. "I'm ready."
His journey has not been in vain; he has already reached level 60 and mastered the final lord skill— Gate of the Void.
[Gate of the Void: Opens a temporary portal to the Twisting Nether, through which hordes of Void creatures will arrive to fight for you.]
Moreover, his template level has been upgraded to five skeletons, and his health has skyrocketed to 10.23 million. With such strength, even if Ragnaros were here, he would be confident of going head-to-head with him.
(Besides, even if we can't win, we still have you guys. With so many cannon fodder, we've already dragged this out for more than 24 hours.) Xiao Yu thought with a hint of malice.
He also has an advantage in terms of time. Generally speaking, the Elemental King Ceremony begins when many Elemental Lords are present, but now only he and his subordinates are here. This means that after the ceremony begins, other Elemental Lords will have to rush over from the Elemental Plane before they can compete with him. The actual time he needs to hold out is less than 24 hours.
Thinking it over, Xiao Yu arrived at the first crystal pillar. At this time, everyone else had gathered around him, and countless people activated their camera sprites. Although most of them did not know what Azathoth was doing, there was no doubt that this would be a very important plot event, and being able to experience it firsthand would undoubtedly be very meaningful.
The crystal pillar before him was crimson red, so Xiao Yu chose the power of fire.
Flames gathered in his hand, and a Blazing Sun Ray shot out.
The powerful elemental energy was completely absorbed by the crystal pillar, making it grow brighter and brighter. After several dozen seconds, with a hum, the crystal pillar finally levitated, and a face appeared inside it.
The Spirit of Flame: "I am the Spirit of Flame, the Guardian of the Throne of the Elements. Welcome to the Throne of the Elements. You have activated the Stone of Flame, and I, on behalf of the fire elemental race, acknowledge your status as Elemental Lords. However, to activate the Throne of the Elements, all the crystal pillars must be activated. The Elemental King represents the power to govern the four elements, and the participation of all Elemental Lords is required to begin this ceremony."
Xiao Yu thought to himself, "I already knew this. I guess this Spirit of Flame is just background narration." He didn't waste any words with the other party and went straight to the second crystal pillar. This crystal pillar was blue, and this time he used the Frost Ray.
Soon, the stone pillar also rose up.
Spirit of Frost: "I am the power of ice, the Guardian of the Throne of the Elements. Welcome to the Throne of the Elements. You have activated the Stone of Frost. On behalf of the Water Elemental, I acknowledge your status as Elemental Lords..."
Basically the same lines as those of the Spirit of Flame.
Then came the third white crystal pillar, this time Xiao Yu used Lightning Spell.
Spirit of Storm: "I am Spirit of Storm, the Guardian of the Throne of the Elements..."
The same lines again.
Finally, Xiao Yu arrived at the last crystal pillar, and soon, this brown crystal pillar was also targeted by the concentrated fire.
Spirit of Earth: "..."
[System notification: The Four Elemental Spirits have all recognized your identity as the Elemental Lords. The ritual for the Elemental King is about to begin.] Xiao Yu heard the system notification.
Four crystal pillars simultaneously emitted beams of light, all striking the stone of the throne in the center of the Throne of the Elements. The crystal pillars began to sink, while the throne slowly rose, revealing a huge, pure crystal in the center of the throne before everyone's eyes.
Within the crystal, a scepter lay quietly at an angle. Around the golden scepter, the four energies of wind, fire, water, and earth swirled. Even through the crystal, Xiao Yu could feel the powerful force emanating from the scepter. He had only ever seen this kind of fluctuation, which seemed to carry divine power, during the Scourge of the Ocean.