Yogg-Sarron

"...The above is the strategy for dealing with Yogg-Saron. I hope everyone remembers their identity and responsibilities. Absolutely, absolutely do not be deceived by the illusions of the Old God!"

Aiden arranged the tactics properly before entering Yogg-Saron's room.

This wasn't a game where you could just start over after a team wipe.

The real tactical strategy was naturally different from the game's arrangement of 'do this in the first phase, do that in the second phase, and finally do this'.

It wouldn't be as simple as the tank holding aggro, the DPS dealing massive damage, and the healers keeping everyone alive to achieve victory.

His strategy was actually based on the classic storyline of Brann leading the Explorers' League and the heroes of the Kirin Tor in their attack on Ulduar.

The world was different, but Yogg-Saron's abilities wouldn't change.

Moreover, because the timeline was earlier, Aiden felt that Yogg-Saron wouldn't be stronger than in history.

The four Keepers had also joined the fight against Yogg-Saron.

Aiden had originally planned to challenge the "zero-light mode". If things had developed as before, without Cho'gall's interference and Loken's corruption, he was confident that he could defeat and seal Yogg-Saron without the Keepers.

But now, because of the changes, everything needed to be more cautious.

Everyone knew what they would face after crossing this passage.

Yogg-Saron, and C'Thun, who was possessing Cho'gall—two Old Gods!

Everyone did a final check.

"We must win, because no one can afford the price of failure!" Thorim, the Storm Lord, said, his heavy voice echoing in the deep corridor as he hefted his warhammer.

If Ulduar completely lost control, then Yogg-Saron wouldn't be far from breaking free!

It was already so difficult for them to fight an Old God still in its seal, let alone a complete evil god?

"Don't look so grim, we'll win!" Mimiron's mechanical eye scanned everyone, he seemed much more optimistic than Thorim—perhaps because he was the creator of the gnomes, he always maintained an optimistic attitude.

"Let's go in, let's finish this quickly, or it will delay dinner time!" Muradin was already impatient!

The various challengers filed into the passage one after another.

Arriving at Yogg-Saron's lair, the first thing Aiden saw was a scene similar to the one in the game—a huge pit in the center of the cave was emitting a ghostly blue light, shrouded by a magical barrier, and Cho'gall and Loken were standing inside the barrier, casting spells with all their might!

No one knew what they were doing, but it certainly wasn't anything good!

"Attack, attack, attack! Take them down!"

"Charge up and blast open that shield!"

Upon seeing this scene, voices like these immediately rang out from the crowd.

The Kirin Tor mages rushed into the cave and immediately stood around the perimeter, casting spells together.

They had already divided the work.

To prevent the enemy from using teleportation spells again to get reinforcements or escape, it was necessary to imprison the space here.

And breaking the outer barrier was also what the mages were best at.

As they rushed in, yellowish-green mucus began to bubble up all over the ground inside the cave.

Then, a group of faceless ones appeared out of thin air from the mucus, attacking those who had broken in.

Even more, many thick tentacles suddenly emerged from the ground, releasing various terrifying spells and writhing to entangle and bind the intruders.

As Aiden rushed forward, a tentacle suddenly emerged from the spot he was about to step on, and then immediately launched an attack.

The end of the tentacle instantly released a ray full of filth, and the tentacle itself quickly wrapped around, making it almost impossible to defend against!

Aiden summoned a shield spell, blocking the ray's attack, and at the same time swung his sword towards the base of the tentacle.

The power of the Holy Flame splashed onto the tentacle first, igniting the layer of disgusting mucus.

The tentacle felt intense pain and frantically waved, trying to shrink back.

But it was too late.

The sword, along with the Holy Flame, cut through, severing the tentacle at its base!

His attack was swift and clean, resolving the enemy in the blink of an eye—perhaps they couldn't be considered enemies, because such tentacles were just an insignificant part of Yogg-Saron's body, almost equivalent to the hairs on a human body.

Being forcibly torn off might hurt a little, but it couldn't hurt the root.

However, this didn't mean that Yogg-Saron's tentacle attacks were ineffective.

In fact, many people were instantly hit, struck by the rays, or entangled by the tentacles, and only managed to escape with the help of other teammates.

Mograine, who was beside Aiden, was one of those who had been entangled.

This paladin lord successfully avoided the ray and even immediately counterattacked, using the holy fire emitted by the Ashbringer to cut off the tentacle that attacked him, but he didn't expect another tentacle to suddenly emerge from behind him when he launched his attack, suddenly entangling him!

Seeing this, Aiden immediately released a Natural Wrath, a moonlit spell light flying out and hitting the base of the tentacle.

The furious power of nature blasted it into a bloody mess.

In pain, it immediately dropped its prey and suddenly shrank back into the ground.

"Thank you!" Mograine climbed up and expressed his gratitude to Aiden from afar.

Aiden nodded in acknowledgement.

He glanced around the battlefield and rushed towards an unusually large tentacle, tens of meters long, preparing to join forces with others nearby to cut it down.

The scene here was a bit chaotic, but everyone knew what they should do.

Now that Yogg-Saron's main body hadn't yet revealed itself, these tentacles and faceless ones, as well as the various powerful spells constantly radiating from inside the magic barrier, were just the prelude to Yogg-Saron's attack.

As an Old God skilled in illusion, Yogg-Saron was best at bewitching people's hearts.

Even the Titan Keepers in Ulduar couldn't resist its illusions, let alone mortals?

In fact, Yogg-Saron had long been awake deep underground.

As long as it needed to, it could break through the seal and appear at any time, but now was not the time.

Since it was skilled in illusion, it would of course use its illusion to defeat the enemy.

If it revealed its true form, that would mean the time to decide the outcome had arrived!

Although the situation in Yogg-Saron's lair was chaotic, on the whole, these tentacles and faceless guardians didn't cause too much trouble for the heroes.

Except for those who were caught off guard by the sneak attacks at the first moment, everyone had gradually adapted to the rhythm of the attacks: whatever emerged from the ground, they would knock it down; whatever spells Yogg-Saron released, they would dodge!

It was that simple!

In such a battle, unless everyone's stamina was exhausted, Yogg-Saron simply couldn't win!

After fighting for more than ten minutes, everyone knew what they should do, and they responded perfectly to all the sudden situations on the field.

The mages were also breaking the central barrier, and they had made considerable progress.

Overall, everything was going smoothly.

The vast majority of people had such thoughts in their minds: Yogg-Saron was nothing more than this!

It only dared to hide in its turtle shell, releasing some harmless attacks.

Faced with the four Keepers, the four Dragon Aspects, and the most powerful heroes of Azeroth, it had no way to win!

The Life-Binder Freya had been observing everyone's reactions.

She was very clear about the emotions of everyone present.

Pride and complacency were spreading among the crowd, and this was precisely Yogg-Saron's power working in the dark!

Her expression was stern, and she immediately shouted, "Be careful, heroes!

Yogg-Saron is influencing your minds!

Do not let arrogance dominate your hearts, otherwise you will unknowingly become its slaves!

Remember, we are fighting the most terrifying and evil Old God in the world!

This is a difficult and dangerous battle!"

Freya's voice spread throughout the field, and everyone who heard it was awakened.

'Yes, what were we thinking—we thought we had already won before even seeing Yogg-Saron!'

'By the Holy Light, arrogance is indeed spreading in my heart.'

'This evil god... is too terrifying!'

Fortunately, Freya reminded them early, and everyone's situation wasn't serious.

However, Yogg-Saron's mind-influencing spell couldn't be broken with just one sentence.

Before long, the spell effect would continue to make people fall into the mental state they were just in.

Fortunately, this wasn't completely insurmountable.

As a guardian of life, Freya has ways to deal with Yogg-Saron's mental power. She summoned several Wells of Thought within the lair. Each well emitted a pure, gentle green light, and everyone nearby felt their restless hearts gaining true peace.

"Heroes, take turns coming to the Wells of Thought! Recover and then go back to battle!"

Freya loudly told everyone the purpose of the Wells of Thought.

After this, the battle truly entered a virtuous cycle.

Aiden was a little negligent because, in the original classic plot, Yogg-Saron transformed into the Vrykul Sara, constantly bewitching everyone's emotions in the first stage, which is the stage they are fighting in now, making people restless and angry, and harboring great hatred for Yogg-Saron.

Yogg-Saron could use the power of these emotions to lower people's minds.

Now that Sara didn't appear, and no one else could instigate people or gain their trust, Cho'gall and Loken inside the magical barrier were silently casting spells and would not affect others.

He didn't expect that even so, Yogg-Saron could still silently lower people's minds!

Aiden was sure that there was no arrogance growing in his heart, and his mind had not been affected. Because of this, he felt that others should be the same as him. He didn't expect that inertial thinking would lead him into a misunderstanding.

Yogg-Saron was using his knowledge of the future to specifically avoid him when absorbing emotional power, which caused him to not notice the changes in other people's mental states.

Aiden's heart was filled with awe. He once again raised his vigilance against the Old Gods—perhaps there was a trace of arrogance in his heart because, in the last battle of the Nexus, he transferred the attack of the Focusing Iris and killed the Old God C'Thun.

All the operation was just as simple as modifying the coordinates of the attack on the Arcane Map, and the Ahn'Qiraj crisis was immediately eliminated.

Because it was too simple and he didn't truly face the powerful threat of the Old Gods, he had the illusion that "the Old Gods are nothing more than that."

In fact, how could the Old Gods, who are qualified to be the Titans' greatest enemies, be so simple?

Yogg-Saron's conspiracy was cracked because of Freya's timely discovery, and at this time, the battle became orderly. Yogg-Saron didn't seem to be in a hurry because of this. It continued to extend its tentacles to interfere with everyone and sent Faceless Ones to emerge from the ground to die, completely ignoring the Kirin Tor mages' efforts to break the barrier.

Only by sending out Loken and Cho'gall from within the barrier could it stop the mages. Loken had a special status, so it didn't plan to release him, but what could Cho'gall, such a powerful helper, do by staying inside?

"Our spell is almost complete!" Antonidas suddenly shouted.

He and the other archmages were fully casting spells to break the magical barrier covering the deep pit.

Cho'gall and Loken were both protected within the barrier. This pit was caused by Yogg-Saron's attempt to break the seal. If it was not reinforced again, the pit would become larger and larger until Yogg-Saron completely escaped from its prison.

To defeat Yogg-Saron, breaking this barrier that absorbed all spells and attacks was the first and most important step.

The archmage's voice cheered everyone up. Their first combat goal was about to be completed! Seemingly sensing that its situation was not good, Yogg-Saron suddenly summoned a large number of Faceless Ones at once, and more tentacles burst out of the ground at the same time. It wanted to stop the heroes' actions!

"Surrender to the power of the Old Gods!" Cho'gall inside the barrier suddenly shouted. The spell he and Loken jointly cast was completed first. A dark light erupted from his hand, spreading through the barrier to the surroundings.

The guardians and dragon aspects within the lair all tried to block this spell with their own methods, but they did not succeed in dispelling it.

This was not an offensive spell. It seemed to only have some light and shadow effects. No one knew what its effect was.

"Be careful of a trick!" No one would think that Cho'gall had spent so much effort just to put on a little trick. His spell must have some special effect!

Everyone became vigilant, while wiping out the remaining tentacles and Faceless Ones on the field, they were carefully on guard.

Soon the effect of the spell was revealed—the tentacles in Yogg-Saron's lair suddenly mutated. The ends wriggled, then cracked open, revealing what was inside—it was actually an eyeball!

All the tentacles had an eye at the end!

"This is C'Thun's power! Be careful of these eyeballs!" Aiden immediately shouted a reminder.

Cho'gall had now absorbed C'Thun's power. The eyes of this Old God, known as the "Thousand-Eyed Demon," contained evil and terrifying power. The various rays emitted from them were definitely much stronger than those just now!

Each Old God has its own unique power. N'Zoth's terrifying nightmare, Yogg-Saron's mental illusion, C'Thun's evil gaze, and Y'Shaarj's emotional domination... each one possesses extremely terrifying destructive power, making them impossible to guard against.

These tentacles came from Yogg-Saron and inherently possessed the power to destroy people's minds. Now, with the addition of various evil rays, they were even more difficult to defend against!

These mutated tentacles instantly brought great trouble to everyone, but this was not the end.

The deformed Loken slowly floated up. His mutated eyes, with pupils no longer visible, stared at the heroes outside, and he opened his mouth full of sharp teeth and shouted, "I am a lucid dream."

Aiden quickly struck out and cut off the tentacle with the eyeball in front of him, glanced at Loken, who was raising his arms in the barrier, and said, "Did he say the line? Is it going to the second stage?"

Before he finished speaking, Loken continued to shout, but he made two voices, one was his original voice, and the other was a completely unfamiliar voice that sounded full of evil: "I am the monster that exists in your nightmares. The fiend of a thousand faces!"

There was no doubt that the other voice belonged to the evil god Yogg-Saron in the depths! Since the start of the war, it had finally said its first sentence!

"Tremble before my true form, and surrender before the god of death!" Yogg-Saron's voice came, and this time there was no longer any mixing of Loken's voice. Now Loken was its avatar, another self!

Everyone knew that the situation on the battlefield was about to undergo a huge change. But when the first change happened, it still shocked everyone so much that their eyeballs almost popped out!

The deformed Loken suddenly fell into the dark blue pit after saying the last sentence. Aiden heard a clear swallowing sound. Could it be... Loken was eaten?

'You thought that holding Loken hostage would make me afraid.'

'That's wishful thinking!'

'Now no one can threaten me with summoning the watchers, because Loken has become one with me! Unless you kill me, don't ever think about achieving that wish!'

'No one can stop me from breaking the seal! One day the Pantheon will also be destroyed! And I will completely settle the grudges of the past!'

Aiden was stunned for a moment. He stared at the deep and eerie blue light in the barrier, and a trace of dread arose in his heart—these cunning and crazy Old Gods!

But this was not the end, or rather, the real battle had just begun.

Cho'gall grinned, revealing a strange smile: "No one can stop the return of the Old Gods (we are returning)!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the light in Yogg-Saron's lair suddenly became very dim. Clearly, someone had been using illumination spells to light up the place, and the spells were still being maintained, but darkness was distorting the light, making everything hazy.

"Not good, it's an illusion!" Medivh suddenly shouted, "We must immediately enter the illusion to stop Yogg-Saron from affecting reality! Otherwise, the Kirin Tor mages will not be able to maintain the spell at all!"

Aiden looked towards the location of the archmages. When the illusion descended, the eyes of each of them became very confused, and the spell that was about to be completed suddenly became weak.

Sure enough, the second stage has arrived?

"Follow the plan! Charge into the illusion and attack Yogg-Saron's brain!" He decisively issued the order.

Cho'gall looked at them strangely. A portal opened in front of him, and he strode into it, but his voice still came out:

"We are waiting for you in the nightmare (and then kill you all)!"