Explosion

To support Archimonde's invasion, Kil'jaeden ordered the Burning Legion to build a temporary base in the Twisting Nether, close to the spacetime membrane of Azeroth.

Countless demons gathered here. Abyssals, Nathrezim, Hellhounds, Infernal, Doomguards, Beholders, Imps, Eredar Wizards, Goblins, Succubi... countless kinds of monsters assembled in the base camp.

The Burning Legion has invaded and corrupted countless worlds, and many native creatures have become members after being corrupted by Fel energy. No one knows how many races there are in the Burning Legion, not even Kil'jaeden.

Therefore, after a little modification, Kog'Maw, Xerath, and the other five Aiden-summoned heroes easily blended into the base camp in the Twisting Nether. They were assigned to the legion of 'Destroyer' Mannoroth. Because they had some skills, they each got a small leadership position and were simply in their element in this camp. The only regret was that, until now, they still had not received any news about Veigar, who seemed to have disappeared.

The Legion Lord Kil'jaeden had been summoning the portal in the most heavily guarded area of the base camp, working with Archimonde to create a long-lasting channel connecting the world of Azeroth and the Twisting Nether.

Xerath and the five secretly gathered together again to discuss their previous plan.

Xerath, who was responsible for observation, spoke first: "I found that Kil'jaeden's size has shrunk by half. His power has weakened."

"It seems that summoning a portal is not an easy task," Khazix said gleefully.

"It weakened suddenly. Just now, I sensed that the energy of the portal became unstable, and Kil'jaeden increased the infusion of energy at that time, and his size also shrank sharply."

The heroes exchanged glances, all knowing what this meant.

"The summoner must have done something over there."

"It seems that our mission has become easier, which is a good thing."

"The portal is almost complete. Let's proceed according to the original plan!"

"Yes, let's do it!"

They discussed the details. At this moment, a voice rang out throughout the camp: "Assemble, Burning Legion! The time to invade the new world has come! Quick, go through the portal! Follow the great Archimonde and destroy Azeroth!"

Kil'jaeden stood next to the portal, watching the first batch of Doom Guards escorting the twenty-to-thirty-meter-tall Mana Mechs through the portal. Archimonde specifically instructed that the natives of Azeroth have enemies who are particularly good at technological weapons, and these technological weapons initially posed a great threat to the Doom Guards.

The countless worlds conquered by the Burning Legion also have those who are good at technological weapons. The Mana Mechs are one of their masterpieces!

He believed that these big guys would let those natives see what real technology is.

Kil'jaeden narrowed his eyes, somewhat looking forward to seeing the scene of the Mana Mechs crushing the native coalition forces. However, his strength had been greatly damaged in summoning the portal. What's more, Azeroth has a barrier created by the Titans. The stronger the existence, the heavier the price it will pay to enter this world. Sargeras initially consumed most of his power to forcibly enter Azeroth, but he couldn't even beat Aegwynn - if he was in his prime, crushing Aegwynn would be no more difficult than crushing an ant.

The shrewd Kil'jaeden would not make the same mistake. Caution is paramount!

"Mannoroth!" Kil'jaeden called the Abyssal Lord, who was also a loyal servant of Archimonde.

Mannoroth trotted over on his four thick, short legs, the chains and shields on his chest clanging. He lowered his head and stood respectfully, asking, "Lord Kil'jaeden, what are your orders?"

Kil'jaeden said: "You are now in command of these troops. I will take a step ahead. I will wait for the good news of your victory in the base camp."

"Yes, sir!" Mannoroth's small eyes revealed a matter-of-course certainty, "Lord Archimonde will surely lead us to victory!"

"Yes." Kil'jaeden nodded, then left first and soon disappeared without a trace.

Mannoroth, now the supreme commander, immediately roared: "Hurry up! Go through the portal! I will lead you bugs to destroy Azeroth!"

After Doom Lord Kazzak led the Doom Guards through the portal, Mannoroth immediately arranged for the soldiers of his legion to step forward.

Kog'Maw's squad, mixed in the middle, passed through the portal first. Then came Void Prophet Malzahar. Unlike the former, he was an important part of the plan to destroy the portal, so he did not pass through, but used a spell to make himself invisible, creating an illusion of himself passing through. He himself stayed quietly aside, waiting for Xerath to arrive.

This moment was not too late.

When Xerath's team also approached the portal, Khazix and Kog'Maw consciously approached the two legion leaders. One was an Eredar Wizard leader, and the other was a Dreadlord leader. Then, the two Void monsters suddenly erupted, Khazix waved his scythe-like claws without warning, cutting off the head of the Eredar Wizard Lord, and almost at the same time, Kog'Maw used his powerful forelimbs to hug the Dreadlord to his mouth, opened his huge mouth and swallowed the opponent whole, and chewed hard.

"What a delicious feast!" He had long wanted to taste what these Dreadlords tasted like, and now he finally got his wish - and it was unexpectedly delicious! The shrill screams of the Dreadlord, who had not completely died in his mouth, were definitely the best accompaniment music.

There was a sudden chaos nearby. Most of the demons didn't understand what was going on. They saw two of their own killing their own. Did they have a grudge?

Mannoroth, seeing the situation over there, roared angrily: "What are you doing! Capture these two creatures!"

While he was speaking, Khazix had already reaped the lives of several Eredar Wizards. These guys' witchcraft was indeed powerful, but their bodies were no different from ordinary mages, and they were equally fragile.

When a top assassin enters a group of squishy mages, you can imagine what the result will be.

It's a massacre!

And Xerath near the portal immediately shouted: "Those two are assassins! Kill them quickly!"

Almost at the same time, this powerful arcane creature began to summon the omnipresent primal arcane energy, and the intense energy fluctuations caused the nearby space to begin to distort. The surrounding demons thought he was preparing to bombard Khazix and Kog'Maw.

Mannoroth, seeing that the two monsters were still killing people everywhere, immediately felt that Xerath was right, these two guys were definitely not loyal to the Burning Legion!

The angry Destroyer strode towards Kog'Maw. The two of them were close in size, both about nine meters tall, and they were also outstanding in the Burning Legion.

"You've come at the right time. I've long wanted to taste what your flesh is like!" Kog'Maw's narrow eyes revealed undisguised greed. He knew this would be a powerful prey, and certainly a more lavish feast!

As an assassin, Kha'Zix didn't have Kog'Maw's bone armor that was almost impervious to blades and spears. When countless demons swarmed towards him, he didn't hesitate to spread his insect wings, fly out of the enemy ranks, then make his body transparent, and finally disappear without a trace.

And during this time they delayed, Xerath and the invisible Malzahar successfully completed the prepared spell.

Malzahar summoned two Void Portals and placed them within the portal created by Kil'jaeden. It wouldn't severely affect the teleportation, but would slightly modify the destination's coordinates. As for where these coordinates would ultimately lead, who knew? Anyway, it certainly wouldn't come out of the portal on Archimonde's side.

Xerath, on the other hand, summoned a massive amount of arcane energy, not to kill the enemy, but to Shock this portal. Since it had changed from a long-term effect to a temporary one, why not give it a final push!

The wild arcane energy surged into the green portal, and the originally abundant and stable space-time energy gate became violent and restless under its impact.

Their mission was complete, now it was time to retreat!

Malzahar created an illusion of Xerath entering the portal, while simultaneously making the real Xerath invisible. The two of them immediately detoured around the side and left.

Instantly, only Kog'Maw remained in the legion. He endured countless attacks, his body riddled with wounds. However, seeing that Xerath and the others had completed their mission, he immediately shouted, "Mannoroth, look at your portal! You fell for it, you fool! In a little while, this portal will disappear, and your master will never return!"

Mannoroth was furious, "I will definitely kill you!" He raised his double-bladed sword and slashed at Kog'Maw again.

"You have failed Kil'jaeden's trust, Archimonde will fail, and then Kil'jaeden will kill you," Kog'Maw continued to distract him with words while dodging.

Seeing that the portal had indeed become unstable, and that he couldn't deal with the big bug in front of him for the time being, Mannoroth immediately decided to plunge into the portal first. If he really failed to enter Azeroth, causing Archimonde to fail, then Kil'jaeden would definitely not let him off easily.

"The people behind, kill that creature! The rest of you, follow me! Quick, charge into the teleportation array!"

Mannoroth shouted in exasperation. He abandoned Kog'Maw and strode towards the portal. Even though the other demons followed his orders and went to besiege Kog'Maw, the threat was simply not enough. With the help of several other comrades, he easily escaped.

And Mannoroth successfully rushed into the tampered and unstable portal.

The remaining heroes gathered in a safe place. Apart from Kog'Maw looking a little disheveled, the other three were almost unscathed.

In the end, only Kog'Maw went to Azeroth. The others all wanted to stay. The allure of the Twisting Nether was simply too great for them. There were enough prey here, the environment was free, and no one cared, it was simply the best place.

As for Kog'Maw—he actually didn't want to leave the Twisting Nether either. But one person had to report back to the commander, and the Mouth of the Abyss was the weakest of the five heroes, so he had to take on this "important responsibility."

Kha'Zix said, "What do we do now?"

"I'm going to hunt and replenish my energy!" Kog'Maw was the first to express his intention.

"Then let's split up and gather periodically."

"alright, let's do it!"

"I really enjoy wreaking havoc in this void!"

"Long live the Void!"

The few crazy destroyers scattered and left. The Burning Legion wanted to track them down, but it was difficult to find their whereabouts. They could only swallow this bitter pill.

When Kil'jaeden learned of all this, it was already too late. There was nothing he could do. The portal had disappeared, and only one-fifth of the expected number of troops had entered.

Was this enough to destroy Azeroth?

He didn't know. Everything depended on Archimonde himself!

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Kil'jaeden's worries were not without reason. Because now Archimonde was indeed very uncomfortable.

The Focusing Iris had been injected with super terrifying energy, and after its amplification, it was equivalent to everyone's strength increasing by one fold out of thin air—this quantitative change was enough to cause a qualitative change. Perhaps two dozen archmages besieging Archimonde could only tickle him, but when the power of these two dozen archmages was all concentrated on one person, and this power was doubled by the Focusing Iris, even Archimonde would tremble.

The Council of Tirisfal, jointly created by the High Elves and humans, did just that. After generations of accumulation and inheritance, they created the most powerful guardian in history—Aegwynn.

And it was she who killed Sargeras!

Now, the power that Anna could control was no less than Aegwynn at her peak, and even surpassed it.

This time, she cast Disintegrate much easier than last time!

She controlled the massive arcane energy through the Focusing Iris, and chanted a spell in a low voice. The magical artifact in the air bloomed with an increasingly intense blue-purple light, even more dazzling than the sun in the sky!

"Disintegrate!" She lightly uttered this word.

A pale blue ray shot out from the Focusing Iris, rushing towards Archimonde like lightning.

Archimonde's heart suddenly gave rise to a warning, the threat of this spell had exceeded his imagination. He cast a spell to add a dark green fel energy shield to himself, hoping it could protect him and withstand this blow.

"Buzz—" A soft sound was heard when the ray touched the fel energy shield. The fel energy extinguished where it was hit, Archimonde raised his hand to block it, but the extremely cold arcane ray pierced through his hand, and then hit his exposed chest.

As before, he felt the numbness in his chest almost instantly. Then, the great pain began to be transmitted to his mind through the nerves.

Archimonde gritted his teeth and endured. At this time, he regretted a little why he didn't build himself a full body armor. His chest and abdomen were all exposed, and the shoulder armor, arm guards, and leg guards on his body were almost not used for protection, but as weapons to attack the enemy.

Because he was very confident in the strength of his body, he never bothered to wear heavy full body armor.

This damn self-confidence made him suffer now!

Archimonde groaned, he didn't intend to make the same mistake again, and tried to use fel energy to dispel the damage caused by these rays.

But the natives' pride will end here! He felt that his army was approaching this world through the portal, and soon the Burning Legion would descend!

At that time, these guys will definitely run away in a panic!