The midday sun is always the most intense, especially in the desert of Shurima, where the sun shines down and gives the feeling of roasting on a fire. In normal times, the inhabitants of Shurima would hide in their homes at this time, hiding from the sun in the sky, but today, there was some surprise, and everyone walked out of their homes and looked at the temple reverently.

Just as the sun reached overhead, a figure appeared at the top of the Temple of the Sun, none other than the desert emperor Azir who had reappeared after thousands of years.

"My subjects, in ancient times, the center of the world has always been in Shurima, at that time, we ruled the earth, the greatest dynasty, and all of us surrendered to our feet, but now we have become a dispensable character, the center of the world is in the War College, in Noxus, in Demacia, our words are not listened to, our position is insignificant, this is absolutely not allowed, I, your emperor, will lead you to the top again." Azir's voice was heard throughout the oasis, for all to hear.

As Azir's words fell, all the people in the oasis began to cheer, Shurima has been divided for too long and weakened for too long, and the people of the desert have developed a character that will never give in in the face of the harsh living environment, so the appearance of Azir just echoes this call, which is one of the reasons why Azir can successfully rule Shurima.

However, those who worship passionately are calm and cautious, and they do not fully accept the future described by Azir, but see the danger in it. So, as soon as Azir's words fell, a questioning voice came out.

"Your Majesty, the future you describe is very good, but, what I want to ask is, how many people do you intend to sacrifice to achieve this goal?" The question was clearly gunpowdery, pointing to the underbelly of Azir's plan.

"How do you think Azir will answer?" Tina stood in the middle of the crowd and asked Ax beside her.

"How do I know, but since Azir dares to openly carry out the ascension ceremony, then all the accidents should have been considered, and this kind of problem should have been thought of a long time ago!"

As soon as Aix's words fell, Azir's voice rang out, and he said unhurriedly and without any surprise: "Of course I will not let my subjects sacrifice, it is precisely because of this that this ascension ceremony is needed, and this ascension ceremony is not to create ascendants, but to create soldiers." ”

"Making soldiers? What does he want to do? Tina was taken aback, because all such things involving life were basically taboo, and Azir had openly announced it, which showed that Azir either had strong self-confidence or had gone mad.

"It shouldn't be that simple, I remember that his skill is to make sand soldiers, does it have anything to do with this?" Aix said uncertainly: "Now, I'm beginning to wonder if the one who shouted just now was arranged by Azir in advance. ”

Sure enough, just as Ax had said, Azir then swung a handful of yellow sand out of his hand, and after falling to the ground, he danced for a while, and finally, formed a yellow sand soldier.

"This will be our warrior, and through this ascension ceremony, I will make tens of millions of soldiers, and when the time comes, I will restore Shurima's glory again." Azir raised his scepter, and at that moment, the solar disc behind it shone brightly, giving everyone a sense of sacredness.

"The ceremony begins." At this moment, an old man who could no longer walk walked walked out and said with a full breath, and then, a horn sounded, which also heralded the official start of the ascension ceremony.

"It seems that the key to the ritual is the solar disk, I can feel that the solar disk contains a huge amount of energy, now, I understand a little, why Azir failed to hold the ascension ceremony thousands of years ago, the entire Shurima suffered a great disaster, the energy there is simply an ocean, I really don't know why that small disk can contain so much energy." Tina looked at the solar disc at the top of the temple in surprise and said in shock.

"No, it's not a simple disk, it should be a small space in it, that is to say, the material of this solar disk should be a space fragment, so it can store such a large amount of energy. In other words, we are now standing on a crater, and it is a crater that can erupt at any time, and if something happens and the energy inside bursts out, then we will all be burned to ashes. Aix said in a cold sweat, he hadn't felt it before, and then he realized that it was a mistake for him to come here, because anyone who wanted to destroy the ritual at close range must be prepared to die together.

"You're saying that not only can't we disrupt the ritual now, but we also have to stop those who want to disrupt it before retreating to a safe distance?" Tina looked at Ax a little strangely.

"That's pretty much it."

"Looks like we can't go." Tina glanced at the crowd around her helplessly and said regretfully. Because in order to hide, the two of them were mixed in the crowd, and there were people in front of them, left and right, and they couldn't leave at all, and if they were forced to leave, the command would attract attention.

"Yes, it's really a wise man's thousand worries that must be missed." Aix said embarrassedly: "But don't worry, if there is an attack for a while, the crowd will definitely be chaotic, and we can run out at that time." For now, I just hope that the assassins don't succeed so quickly that we can run to a safe distance. ”

Just when Ax and Tina were worried, the ascension ceremony had already begun, and they saw a pillar of light suddenly soaring into the sky, as if connected with the real sun in the sky, and the temperature around them became significantly higher, but people did not feel the heat anymore, but had a warm feeling, as if they were taking a bath, although the temperature was high, it was not uncomfortable, but very comfortable.

"Look, underground, something looks like it's coming out." Tina suddenly pointed to the ground in the distance, and the position where they, the spectators, were standing, which was specially drawn, which meant that they could only watch here, and not far away there was a large open space covered with sand. Sand is very common in Shurima, but there is something different about it, it is a golden pile of sand, but it is more like gold.