In the center of the dangerous Sea of ​​Watchers, the islands where many provinces are located together form a land called the "First Land". This is Ionia, a land of outstanding people and beautiful scenery.

But with the Noxian invasion a few years ago, the peace here was completely broken.

The balance between the material and spiritual realms has been broken, the land no longer protects the people, and the harmonious coexistence between humans and the spirit of nature is no longer there.

However, problems within the land itself are not the primary cause of the Ionians' troubles.

When Irelia of the Zan family rose in the Battle of Navoli, she led the Navoli resistance to deal a heavy blow to Noxus and won the final victory.

Noxus retreated under its new Grand Commander, and Irelia left the leadership of the Navori Resistance.

Having lost their leader all of a sudden, the leaderless warriors had no idea what the fate of Ionia would be, until an ambitious man reorganized the Navoli Resistance Army behind the scenes, established the Navoli Brotherhood, and cooperated with the Shadow Cult.

Li Lin stood in the northeast of Navoli Province, facing the mountains where glacial meltwater flowed. The former Order of the Balance had been occupied by the Shadow Stream.

[Except for some ports along the southern coast and the island of Filol, the Navoli Province is now completely under the control of the Navoli Brotherhood and the Shadow Stream.]

[It seems that due to the expansion of the two cities, the Navoli Brotherhood and the Shadow Sect have been making a lot of moves recently. 】

【Based on their latest movements, their next target will be Zhiyun Province.】

It's so many years early. I don't know how deeply Ku Shu has been eroded by the Tears of Shadow.

Li Lin pondered secretly.

Tears of Shadow are the source of Zed's control over shadow magic, originating from the Shadow War at the end of the Rune War a thousand years ago, and from the same period as the Eternal Incubus, Nocturne.

Master Ku Shuo is the former Twilight Eye of the Order of the Kinkou and the father of the current leader, Shen.

After several years of betrayal by his favorite disciple Jie, Ku Ming was apparently "killed", but in fact he retreated behind the scenes to take charge of the overall situation. The disciple who changed his name to Jie took the front and took all the "blame".

Li Lin didn't know when this old guy was eroded by the Tears of Shadow. Anyway, based on his personal impression, he didn't have a very good impression of this old guy.

His mind was in a mess, and he quickly passed the steps leading to the top of the mountain. In just one minute, he arrived at a temple halfway up the mountain.

But before he could shout out his intentions, countless three-edged round darts shot towards him from all directions.

Li Lin had no choice but to hold up the defensive barrier. As the blades collided with the blue and white energy barrier, they turned into black smoke and dissipated without leaving any trace.

Seeing that the attack didn't work, several black shadows with unclear faces split from Li Lin's own shadow and suddenly emerged from the ground.

Li Lin frowned and did not give them any chance to attack. The Infinite Armor scattered a circle of plasma current, instantly dispersing all the magic around it.

"I'm Speaker Li Lin of Piltover. I need to speak to Zed." He paused. "A week ago, I sent my men to deliver a message."

As the words faded, the air fell into silence for a long time.

After a while, the mountain gate slowly opened, and two dark shadows like rising black smoke reappeared in front of the gate, making a "please" gesture to Li Lin.

"The Shadow Lord invites you." One of the shadows said in a hoarse voice.

Li Lin flew up the stairs without any hesitation and went straight into the huge front yard of the Shadow Sect.

The armor's scanning system detected no less than 20 human auras, including at least four or five powerful ones, who were hiding behind the eaves and various shelters.

"There's no need to hide. I can even subdue the shadow demon Morteng. Your shadow magic is invisible to me."

As soon as he finished speaking, a shadow emerged from the dark room and quickly stood in front of Li Lin.

The next second, the shadow clone changed its position, and in the blink of an eye, a burly man wearing light armor, a red robe and a cloak inside, and a hideous magic mask on his face appeared in his sight.

The man had two shurikens on his back that looked very similar to the three-bladed darts that had attacked Li Lin just now. His arms were covered in silver-white arm armor, and the sheaths of the wrist blades on the back of his hands looked like hidden weapons that could pop out and cut someone's throat in an instant.

This outfit couldn't be more familiar to Li Lin—Shadow Lord Jie.

"Li Lin of Piltover, since you have already abandoned your Ionian identity and chosen another city-state, why did you return?"

Jie's tone was not friendly, even though Li Lin had already sent a mechanical engineer to deliver a letter, announcing his arrival in advance.

He has always despised those who neglect their duties as guards in Ionia and those vastaya who waver in their stance.

Li Lin, a "deserter" who once abandoned his hometown to escape the war, was a thorn in his eyes.

If it weren't for the temptation from his ninja followers just now, he would have found that he could not beat the man in front of him who was wearing strange armor and looked very similar to the legendary Hextech technology. That's why Jie would not come out to talk to Li Lin.

"It was never my intention to flee my homeland, and if I hadn't sailed to Piltover seven years ago, I wouldn't be here today.

"The Noxian invasion has begun, and the peace of the First Land has been shattered. I believe you and I are both well aware of the actions of the councils of many provinces in Ionia."

Giving up resistance in order to maintain that unwarranted balance...

Jie secretly clenched his fists.

The war lasted for three years before he realized that this approach of not resisting was a big mistake.

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