In the alliance, the more they attack me, the stronger I become!

The magic of extreme cold enveloped her, but beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

Over there, Cheng Xiao was fighting the bear man in close combat, and it even felt like they were training ground skills - the two of them kept rolling on the ground, sometimes you were on top, sometimes I was on top.

In reality, Cheng Xiao could have easily let the other party kill him, and then used the huge bonus granted by [Fight, Awesome!] to reverse the situation, but he didn't.

He now constantly used the iron sword in his hand to block the bear man's fangs, desperately protecting his vital parts.

Because he felt that the plan was not only half successful, but also had another plan -

He couldn't let the bear-man kill him.

But let Ashe kill him.

“Ashe…!”

After a brief fight, Cheng Xiao, in her normal state, was defeated by the bear man with terrifying brute force, and successfully reduced herself to "low health".

"Don't hesitate...shoot me...!"

"I... I don't have confidence..." Ashe shook her head repeatedly, and her hand holding the bow was shaking slightly.

She had just received Avarosa's inheritance and was not familiar with this powerful force. She had no confidence in freezing the bear man without accidentally hurting Cheng Xiao.

But what she didn't know was that this was exactly what Cheng Xiao wanted.

He deliberately let the bear man beat him to the point of death, just so that Ashe could kill him as a minion - if his health was too high, he might miss the attack.

"Hurry... don't worry about me... this is a good opportunity... hurry!"

Cheng Xiao stopped blocking and dropped the iron sword, hugging the bear man tightly with both hands, as if he wanted to die with it.

Finally, Ashe made up her mind.

Cheng Xiao is her last companion. She is very afraid that something might happen to Cheng Xiao, but she also has to believe in Cheng Xiao.

Believe in the incredible ability of self-healing.

“Cum…cum in me…!”

"Okay!" Ashe no longer hesitated and suddenly released the two fingers that were hooked on the bowstring.

The magic crystal arrow containing all her magic power was shot out quickly.

The speed at which it cut through the air gave the bear man no chance to react.

What's more, Cheng Xiao held it tightly.

Bang-!

The arrow shattered, and each particle of ice crystal dust carried extremely terrifying freezing magic.

The roaring bear man and the dying Cheng Xiao were instantly frozen into ice sculptures.

Then, both of their hearts stopped beating at the same time.

[The host has been killed by [Ice Archer Ashe].]

[Skill [Blood Debt Repaid with Blood] was activated successfully, gaining 5% of its full power.]

[The mission reward is activated, and you will gain an additional 50% of the opponent's total strength! ]

[Note: This includes magic power, physical fitness, perception, and the ability to control the ice.]

The wonderful feeling of rebirth and the surge of power came at the same time, and Cheng Xiao felt comfortable all over even though she was in the ice sculpture.

When the prompt tone ended, he suddenly felt not so cold anymore.

The ice that froze him... seemed to have a subtle connection with him.

He seemed to have some ability to control ice.

And then there's the powerful magic, sharp vision and perception, etc... Each one of them has given him an improvement beyond imagination.

This is more than half of the power of the complete Ashe!

Cheng Xiao, who was reborn in the ice sculpture, rolled his eyes and prepared to use this piece of ice with magical energy to try out the new ability he got from Ashe.

But before he could release his magic, there was a strange movement beside him...

The bear man who was also frozen and died suddenly moved.

He was absolutely certain that the bear man was dead, and the magic power that was also spreading through the ice...

That is not magic that the bear man can master.

click... click...

Part of the ice that froze the bear man began to crack, and Ashe outside also noticed something was wrong.

The next moment, the bear man's body broke out of the ice.

And then...explosion.

Boom——!

The powerful shock wave directly blew Ashe away more than ten meters, and Cheng Xiao, who was still in the ice sculpture, barely "escaped".

Cheng Xiao put away the magic power he was going to use to control the ice.

His eyes moved to the other side.

Outside the hunting ground, a tall figure stood on a high place.

She was dignified and elegant, dressed in a gorgeous robe, with her hands placed flat on her lower abdomen like a devout nun.

She wears a strange hood made of blue ice crystals.

She exuded a magical aura so powerful that it could be described as terrifying.

Countless times more powerful than the current Ashe...

Cheng Xiao lay motionless in the ice sculpture, as if she were dead—at least unable to move.

He recognized the woman... the woman as beautiful and majestic as the Ice Queen.

That is Volibear's mortal enemy, the Supreme Lord worshipped by the Drakrons...

Frost Witch Lissandra.

Chapter 24: Witch, you will definitely suffer the consequences

Almost no one has seen Lissandra's true face except her followers, the Frostguard tribe.

In other words, everyone who has seen it is dead.

Many warriors who were dissatisfied with the witch's rule had gone to fight against her, but their endings were all tragic - no one could come out of the terrible Frost Castle alive.

They were either killed by the witch or made into ice sculptures for collection... I heard that the crazy witch liked to fill her bedroom with ice sculptures made of living people, which would make her sleep sweeter.

But... only Cheng Xiao knew that Lissandra actually didn't have that kind of perverted fetish.

She did freeze people into ice sculptures and display them in her Frost Castle, but she didn't do it to make herself sleep more comfortably - she didn't need sleep at all.

The ones who really needed sleep were the monsters she buried.

Those ancient beings from another world... they almost destroyed all of Runeterra.

Lissandra needs those who are frozen in the ice sculptures but not dead to keep dreaming, and those dreams are the "nutrients" to hypnotize the monsters and prevent them from waking up.

Sometimes when the dream of her "collection" cannot completely hypnotize the monsters, she will even take the initiative to enter other people's dreams, plunder them and "feed" them to the monsters.

Cheng Xiao knows Lissandra's true intentions and past.

I also know what she looks like.

He recognized her immediately.

"You are……?"

After being blown away by the shock wave, Ashe stood up again and was wary of the woman in the distance, but did not attack immediately.

At first she even wanted to call him a bear-man - but after thinking about it carefully, there shouldn't be such an elegant and graceful bear-man.

"I am the heir of the Avarosan tribe, the daughter of the great Iceborn warrior Glenna. May I ask who you are and what you seek to do?"

As Ashe asked the question, she moved towards Cheng Xiao's ice sculpture, and at the same time, she moved away from the reindeer carcass that the bear man used as bait - her meaning was very clear: if the other party came for food, then she could give in, and just hope that both sides could live in peace.

Her physical strength and magic power were severely overloaded, her legs felt heavy as if they were filled with lead, and she had little fighting power at all.

And the power she had just displayed... the power of the explosion of the Lost's corpse...

Ashe really didn't want to fight with such a strong man.

The most urgent task now is to rescue Cheng Xiao.

"who am I?"

Lissandra spoke slowly, her calm tone mingled with a majesty that made one want to bow down in worship.

She did not answer Ashley's question, but just looked up at the other party after asking the strange question.

Her eyes, covered by the ice, could not see anything, but the breath and shape of magic condensed into its original appearance in the endless darkness she glimpsed.

She felt the unique ice crystal longbow in Ashe's hand.

That powerful and familiar magic... that extreme cold...

how many years?

A thousand years? Three thousand years? Tens of thousands? The passage of time becomes less noticeable in the vast river of time. Even if things from too long ago are not forgotten, they will become infinitely vague.

Lissandra couldn't remember how long it had been since she had felt this magic.

This also caused a ripple in her heart, which had not been disturbed for who knows how long.

Avarosa... a former companion...

She betrayed her. They betrayed each other.

The feeling of recalling the past... because of the existence of those painful memories, it can't be said to be beautiful, but it is definitely worth lamenting.

only……

It's not enough. Far from it.

Being able to pick up Avarosa's longbow does not mean that you have gained Avarosa's true recognition.

"Who am I? Perhaps you should have thought of this question long ago."

Lissandra began to walk down the hillside, but her legs seemed not to move beneath her rich robes, not a single wrinkle rising from her garments.

She seemed to be moving horizontally across the snow.

Gradually approaching Ashe.

The latter was extremely vigilant and even planned to quickly chisel Cheng Xiao out of the ice sculpture and escape immediately.

But her plan was shattered by the other party's words.

Instead, there is endless anger.

"I am Lissandra, known as the Frost Witch, Lady of Ice and Darkness of the Frostguard."

"Frost Witch..." Ashe chewed on the name over and over again, and her heart went from vigilance to surprise and then to anger in just a blink of an eye.

The next moment, she used her last bit of strength to forcefully pull the longbow.

"Witch...I want you to pay for your blood debt with blood!!"

call out!

Ice crystal arrows shot towards Lissandra.

The latter paused, as if he was a little confused, but there was no sign of panic at all.

This level of attack was nothing but a joke to her.

Ashe is too weak now.

Snap! Lissandra casually slapped the ice arrow in front of her, and she shattered it into a pile of powder that scattered all over the sky.

"Is that all you have? This seems totally inadequate."

Lissandra came in front of Ashe, and just as the latter was about to draw the bow again, she gently pressed her wrist.