The seven Faceless Leaders were killed almost in no particular order. They died in a very heroic manner, their entire bodies exploded in a very small area. Not only did blood and flesh splatter everywhere, but a strong storm of shadow energy was also set off.
It's a good thing that the guardian is so powerful!
However, Duke couldn't help but curse in his heart!
Wow! What the hell are you doing? Isn't this just cheating?
Duke got angry when he saw the mocking curve that was about to appear at the corner of Sarah's mouth.
Yes, these Faceless Leaders look powerful, and the shadow energy fluctuations on them are also amazing. If an elite five-man professional team wants to deal with any of them, it will take some effort, but make no mistake, these guys are just Cannon fodder!
As many Cannon fodder as you want to buy time, Yogg-Saron can appear in the world in his full form as long as he buys enough time.
Only an old-fashioned evil god like Yogg-Saron, who is rich and powerful and has many followers, can use the boss monster as Cannon fodder.
But Duke was anxious, but he couldn't say it out in advance.
The Guardians are not so easy to fool.
Duke could have previously assumed that when he peeked into the long river of time, he also peeked into the future, but he is not Nozdormu, and there is no taboo against revealing spoilers.
Duke has spoiled the plot, and it will be hard to explain later. It is good that everyone is united now, but after the battle, there will be no settling of scores later, which will be bad for Duke and the Guardians.
Originally thought that after Sarah showed her skills, Duke would immediately analyze the situation, but who knew that the guardians would be so vicious and kill 7 of them directly?
Awesome! Too bad it's too awesome!
Seeing Sarah summoning eight faceless leaders in the green mist without saying a word, almost everyone, including the four guardians, was stunned.
Duke was the only one who was sober.
As soon as he leaned on Atiesh, the guardian's artifact staff immediately created a circle of blue ripples on the ground.
Duke yelled, "Don't make a mistake about your opponent! Your enemy is not Yogg-Saron's minions, but its incarnation! Those guys have a lot of space beacons on them, let them die next to Sarah! Blow her up! Don't let Yogg-Saron come out in his complete form!"
"You--you're fine!" Sarah, whose secret was exposed, was naturally furious. Her long hair suddenly flew up without wind, and her brown-black hair formed a terrifying, fang-filled mouth in the air, as if it was ready to devour someone!
Sarah waved her arms, and suddenly a ball of inky black shadow energy was thrown out.
The shadow energy gave people an icy impression, but the energy thrown out by Sarah had a feeling of heat mixed with rage. The surging black energy ball was thrown into the air and directly split into nine, shooting towards the nine faceless leaders.
At a speed visible to the naked eye, the nine leaders' already large bodies suddenly grew larger. Their height increased by one meter, but the biggest increase was in their tentacles. If they were just octopus tentacles before, they were now unicorn arms.
Transforming from a whip into a hammer, the increase in its physical attack power is simply terrifying.
Several Paladins who were originally assigned to serve as MTs were startled. When they saw the Qilin arm coming down on their heads, they all hurriedly dodged.
Only Magni was the most miserable. After using God Avatar to grow bigger, his agility also dropped significantly, and he couldn't dodge at all. He took a punch with his shield, and even his arm was broken.
"What the hell!" the dwarf king cursed.
The enemy's attack suddenly increased, and Duke knew what was going on. This was Sara's Fury, which directly boosted his own people. Although the side effects were quite large, it didn't matter if they were Cannon fodder, burning their lives would be a big deal.
Fortunately, Sara's Wrath does not enhance the vitality of the Faceless Leaders.
But this is also troublesome.
Duke now really wants Magni to be promoted.
Because the Alliance now has a bunch of demigods entering the field, and there isn't a single melee fighter among them.
It's not that he can't put the Sword Emperor on the field, but now is not the right time, and the Sword Emperor is not an MT.
Duke's face darkened and he shouted, "Hodir! Cooperate with me!"
Duke, who rolled up his sleeves and went out on the field, was naturally powerful.
Originally, Duke had a hard time cooperating with the Winter Guardian Hodir just by using the frost elemental magic of Azeroth. Don't forget that a while ago, the big rat Duke was entrusted by Alexstrasza to help Kalecgos preserve the magical titan Runes that originally belonged to Malygos!
In an instant, the frost titan runes representing the most original began to fly around the two guardians Duke and Hodir.
The titan energy, which symbolized the most primitive laws of the world, surged in just one tenth of a second. Even though it was not specifically aimed at the Alliance's heroes, the absolute zero-level freezing air that spread throughout the hall still made the Alliance's heroes feel a little unbearable.
"Come closer to me!" The former elf prince Kael'thas shouted, and then five golden flames swirled around him. The seemingly tiny flames circled ten meters away from Kael'thas, creating a furnace-like area that was strong enough to resist the cold outside.
Onyxia also knew about Duke's care for the powerful members of the Alliance. She blinked her eyes, and finally the whole dragon crouched down to block the shock wave of the cold current for the mortals.
"Hah--" Duke shouted, and suddenly stretched out his right hand: "Absolute Zero Frost Break!"
An illusory iceberg suddenly appeared in each of the four directions: east, south, west and north.
The four icebergs collapsed at the same time, creating a terrifying wave of ice that reached the top of the temple. It was an iceberg made of countless frost elements, which was crushed into powder, then instantly frozen, shattered again, and frozen again.
This ultimate move, which combines both physical and elemental damage, immediately forced all the remaining Faceless leaders into a dead end.
There was absolutely no room for resistance. They crashed into each other under the impact of the ice wave, and were all forced to Sarah's side in a messy posture.
Sara does not exist in the present world of Azeroth, and the icy waves passed through her body with ease, unable to cause any harm to her.
However, the nine faceless leaders piled up beside her looked extremely strange.
What made her even more livid was that Duke had apparently found her weak spot.
right!
As long as these guys die beside Sarah, when they self-destruct, Sarah's incarnation will also be destroyed, and then Yogg-Saron will be forced out in advance.
"Smash him to death! My iron hammer--" Lightning flashed in Thorim's hand, and he once again stored up the power of lightning on his hammer.
Not only him, but other guardians, Sylvanas, Vashj and other heroes all worked together.
"No——" Seeing that things were going badly, Sarah let out a shrill scream.
In fact, the Faceless Leader also has skills that can make people stupid.
However, if you have been brainwashed and had your IQ lowered so early, then when Yogg-Saron's true form comes out, there will be no need to fight. Under the powerful pressure of the Old Gods, just withdraw from the group to preserve your IQ.
Duke took action in advance, also considering this point, and directly used ice waves to gather the Faceless Leader.
In terms of attack output, Duke has never been defeated by anyone, but those four funny guardians can't get close, which is a bit annoying. Duke doesn't want a bunch of spectators who can only shout 666 beside him.
So the damage output and the like can be left to Thorim and the others.
"Save your energy." Duke ordered in his own magic circuit.
Within a unit area, the elements that can be transmitted from the elemental world are limited. If the elemental channel is expanded indefinitely, the space of the current world will become unstable in a matter of minutes.
Thunder power and the like definitely have high attack power, and its instantaneous damage far exceeds that of fire elemental magic. Unfortunately, even a simple guess would show that fire magic is already a big consumer of mana, and the explosive power of thunder attacks is naturally even more exaggerated.
Charge for three hours and show off for three seconds!
Fortunately, Thorim and his men did not use elements from the elemental world alone, but rather powers converted from the arcane-inclined titan energy. Plus, this was also half of their home ground, so there was no elemental imbalance in the hall.
The scene is still magnificent.
Thorim's thunder, Freya's sunlight, Hodir's ice, Mimiron's laser, the four colors of light mixed together to form a terrifying ball of destructive energy.
If these big moves were released somewhere else, it would probably create a mushroom cloud on the spot, and then passers-by would be able to drink tea and say, "Today is another day of nuclear war."
However, the scene became weird.
Forget about the rubble flying everywhere.
No explosion!
No sound!
There's not even any light!
A black hole invisible to the naked eye seemed to appear where Sarah was, absorbing all the destructive energy.
Every strong man clearly saw Sarah's distorted face.
"Ah ...
However, Sarah's eyes spurted out red flames, and then those flames turned into balls of thick slurry. The next second, the so-called slurry turned into some kind of seemingly sacred energy.
Suddenly, a pair of shiny wings broke through the leather jacket on Sarah's back and spread out with a "swoosh".
Sarah has become a Vrykul battle angel!
Duke has seen this scene many times in the game. He didn't think there was anything wrong with it before, but now that he has entered the world of Azeroth, Duke can't help but wonder: Damn, what the hell is the relationship between the Vrykul and Yogg-Saron!
Perhaps the incarnation of Yogg-Saron had already sneaked out of Ulduar ten thousand years ago and spread the seeds of nightmare everywhere.
Think about the War of the Ancients 10,000 years ago. It was also a group of Old Gods who should have been suppressed who collectively caused trouble. N'Zoth certainly had a hand in it, but Yogg-Saron might have also used mind control or induction to secretly fan the flames, which led to the High Elves' treasonous death. After thinking about this, Duke didn't find it strange at all.
A translucent battle angel was hovering above the hall. The guardians only needed to take a glance to know that this incarnation had not yet entered the real world of Azeroth and was still an illusory projection.
As the Viku battle angel waved his arms, there was finally a response from the floor in the center of the hall.
"Disperse!" Duke didn't need to shout at them. Seeing this situation, the experienced Alliance heroes had already dispersed in advance.
Suddenly, all the heroes felt an inexplicable fear in their hearts.
No one could look away, as everyone's gaze was fixed on the rapidly distorting space before them.
The air in the hall was completely still. Whether it was the dust raised by the battle just now, or the smell of blood that should have spread, everything was locked in place.
A terrifying light surged out from the ground beneath the Vrykul battle angel suspended in mid-air.
The existence called 'evil' is gushing out from there.
Silent, quiet and terrifying.
All living and non-living things in the temple seemed to be frightened to the utmost and were silent. Everything seemed to prostrate itself in obedience because of the terror of the one who was about to come out.
A ball of light that kept changing from blue to green, then green and back to blue spread out, actually strongly repelling any power belonging to the titans.
Inside the hall, the pillars engraved with titan runes were dim. These pillars were once equivalent to the chains on the cage of the ancient god Yogg-Saron, but now there is no energy fluctuation on them.
Sarah, who had transformed into a battle angel, suddenly opened her eyes, and there was chaos in her pupils.
Suddenly Sarah burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! Wahahahaha—"
Accompanied by a harsh and rough breaking sound, at this moment all the heroes felt that the laws of this place were deviating.
The power of order was leaving him in fear, and the irregular chaotic energy was gushing out. It seemed like a force that mortals could never resist, eroding the entire space, as if it wanted to swallow this hall, this Ulduar, and even the entire world into its mouth.
"Crack!" The mortal heroes subconsciously lowered their heads and found that the gorgeous bricks under their feet had silently cracked with Sarah's feet as the center. The floor bricks that were originally part of the cage began to spin strangely, as if trembling with fear, and then staggered and floated into the air.
The next moment, the air in the hall was filled with an evil that everyone was familiar with. Afterwards, everyone felt like they were being stared at by countless eyes.
Gradually, negative things such as greed, tyranny, anger, cruelty, etc. come into view.
This was not an illusion. Those deformed eyeballs that gradually turned from illusion into reality in mid-air were indeed watching everyone.
Also watching Duke!
Duke, the Guardians, or whoever it was, it was normal for them to feel scared when being watched by hundreds of thousands of eyes. All the heroes were terrified.
Immediately, a huge existence began to transform from illusion into reality in the center of the hall.
A loud voice echoed throughout the hall and even Ulduar.
That was the roar of the ancient god, the roar of the Thousand Maw Demon—
"I am in a lucid dream!"
"The monster of your nightmares!"
"The devil with a thousand faces."
"Foolish mortals and guardians—"
"Tremble before my true form!"
"Submit before the god of death!"
As a super boss of aberration, Yogg-Saron is ugly.
The so-called affecting the cityscape and scaring children are used to describe this kind of creature.
In other words, God damn it, all the ancient evil gods are not worthy of the audience.
In the past, Duke thought that 'Thun, Yogg-Saron and the like were ugly in the game. Now that he has encountered them in real life, he feels that Blizzard's artists really used Photoshop, beauty camera and other evil magic to not fully show Yogg-Saron's ugliness.
Its ugliness is comparable to that of the evil god Cthulhu.
The first thing that impressed Duke was its big mouth. It was a super big mouth that was a million times more ferocious than a piranha. If it were a human, its mouth would definitely be the kind that split to the back of its head.
The extremely huge mouth was filled with interlaced fangs and tiny teeth. The longest tooth was as high as a three-story building, and it would take at least two people to hold the root of the tooth together.
Above the big mouth is the toad-like head.
Five senses, well, this thing is more than just five senses, it should be thousands of senses.
There are densely packed, seemingly randomly distributed eyes on the top of the skull - but they are not eyes!!!
Those were smaller mouths full of fangs! The reason they looked like eyes was simply because everyone saw the evil light emanating from those thousand throats.
When everyone saw it clearly, the ladies were the first to give up.
Queens Calia, Jaina, and Ilucia all looked like they were retching. Even though Duke had secretly given them a shot of precaution and even though they had seen 'Thun's face before, they were still disgusted.
After being swallowed by that terrifying big mouth, no trace of the body was left.
If you were bitten by that tiny mouth, you would probably have no chance of survival.
This kind of terror, which is so close at hand, can only be endured by people with great courage.
fortunately!
One look at its translucent head tells you that, whether it's because the titan's cage is still in effect or for some other reason, Yogg-Saron seems to have not yet truly come to the world.
"Be careful!" Thorim shouted suddenly.
A huge tentacle appeared.
It was more like breaking through space than breaking out of the ground. Although Duke had given orders early in the morning, because the enemy situation was unclear, the Alliance heroes stood in relatively scattered positions to avoid being wiped out in one fell swoop.
But this tentacle still caught someone.
"Ah - help - my tail is going to break! It's broken -"
Well, it was the Irel that got hit!
As soon as the huge tentacle came out, it rolled directly towards the Irel. Who knew that Yrel's reaction was not slow, raising her shield and taking a wrong step to avoid the direct attack. Who knew that she was fast, and the tentacle's reaction was even faster. It just rushed past and pulled back, but it couldn't hit the Irel's legs, but it grabbed the Irel's tail.
Then the whole person of Irel was pulled into the air, like a flag being waved by a flag-bearer, swaying in the air.
"Holy Shield...Ah! It doesn't work!" Irel tried to become invincible, but he didn't know whether he was distracted or brainwashed, but he failed.
Duke bared his teeth and looked at the Irel that was constantly being swung back and forth. Although he wanted to say that the magic girl and the tentacles were a perfect match, and the magic Irel was not bad either, Duke still shouted: "Koralon--"
Initially, Duke had no intention of letting the four guardians of Archavon's Vault take action.
Although the hall on the Crazy Stairs occupies a large area, the space is always limited. If eight ten-story-tall giants are squeezed together, the Alliance heroes don't need to fight them. It's hard to just avoid them. Compared with Archavon and his men, Thorim and other guardians of the same size are more powerful.
Who knew that Thorim and the others' brain waves were all successfully deciphered, and rushing forward would be a death sentence. As a last resort, Duke activated Archavon and his four men to act as meat shields.
As soon as the Flame Keeper Koralon heard Duke's call, he threw an Exploding Fireball at him, turning the three-story-high, twisting tentacle into a torch.
Storm Watcher Amaron was the second to arrive. As the one in charge of the wind element, he possessed a speed that other giant watchers did not possess.
It is difficult to describe the shock of watching a ten-story-tall giant turn into a gust of wind, rush over in an instant, use his palm as a knife, and chop off the tentacles with one hand.
Irel was rescued. He covered his tail with tears in the corners of his eyes.
I heard that if a kitten is hung upside down by its tail, it will poop more easily. I wonder if a draenei will have this reaction if his tauren are pulled too hard by his tail...
Duke, there is no time to care about these things, because Yogg-Saron's cruel tricks are coming again.
Dozens of huge tentacles rose from the illusion. They did not actively attack any of the coalition's strongmen, but their auxiliary attacks were more disgusting than direct attacks.
Black Plague!
This plague descends upon its victims silently.
For example, Gavinrad now feels that he is living a life worse than death. His whole life is bleak. It's a terrible feeling, as if he has syphilis and AIDS all at once, and his penis is rotting and shrinking by one centimeter every day.
What's even more disgusting is that his entire person exudes a negative dog-like aura, making everyone around him stay away from him.
"I...I need treatment!" Gavinrad said bitterly.
Ordinary spells to remove diseases could not save him, and only someone at the bishop level could help him.
"Gavinrad, don't move—" Calia was rarely domineering. She cast holy light magic. In the void in front of her, a perspective view of Gavinrad's body appeared. It looked more like an X-ray, but more detailed. If Duke saw it, he would definitely shout "B-ultrasound".
Too bad Duke is not available, because he is mentally retarded…
When Duke put a blue light hat on his head, he knew something was wrong.
Brain Connection: This is a little trick of Yogg-Saron, who is good at mind control.
This skill can connect the brains of two people who are far apart for 30 seconds. When the two people are too far apart, more than 20 yards, they will both lose health and sanity. Getting close to each other can stop this effect.
However, no one has ever told Duke that connecting brains can allow one to peek into each other's thoughts!
In less than half a second, Duke suddenly discovered that he could sense Irel's thoughts:
"It's over! It's over! I'm actually connected to Edmund Duke' brain!"
"Will he punish me?"
"Spank me?"
"You're grabbing my tail?"
"Woo woo, I always feel like he has some bad intentions towards my tail."
Duke...really wants to kill himself by hitting his head against a wall.
Damn, what is this guy, what's going on in his brain?
Duke's own thoughts were not too worried about being spied on, because long before entering the Crazy Stairs, Duke had asked the system AI to open the shallow spiritual world protection system. Even if someone spied on him, they would only see what Duke had preset.
What is playing in my first layer of mental defense now?
Uh, it seems to be the stupid sheep and the gray lady, right?