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

Cheng Xiao and Lissandra.

"This foolish giant bear hasn't even detected the scent..." Lissandra frowned. "All he can think about now is killing us. He's pathetically stupid, but it's working against us."

"That's true..." Cheng Xiao also felt extremely troubled.

Logically speaking, Volibear's power is greater than his and Lissandra's, and his ability to sense breath is also better. It is impossible for him not to sense that disgusting breath of the void.

But now he was blinded by anger, and the only thought left was revenge... This was very bad, and he was almost in a dangerous situation of being attacked from all sides.

Cheng Xiao turned her head and glanced at Ashe and Sejuani who were running out of mana. She couldn't think of any way to turn the situation around.

Breaking the sword and luring Ornn would solve Volibear's problem, but...

The real trouble is behind us.

That approaching aura...that arrogant voice...

You can’t go wrong…

“Aatrox…”

Cheng Xiao whispered the name that symbolized destruction and disaster, and the uneasiness in her heart reached its peak.

The thing he was most worried about happened.

Aatrox really arrived early.

And at a time like this...

"Do you know who is the owner of that void breath?" Lissandra asked while casting ice magic to help Cheng Xiao avoid Volibear's attack.

But it was obvious that she was becoming increasingly exhausted and her speed was getting slower and slower. I'm afraid she won't be able to hold on for much longer.

"Hmm...his name is Aatrox, once an Ascended, now a Darkin."

Cheng Xiao kept dodging with Lissandra, but his eyes were always fixed on the horizon behind him - he could feel that Aatrox was only a few miles away from him.

With the speed of that monster...I'm afraid it will arrive soon.

"To be precise... he is the first Darkin to break free from the shackles of the Twilight Aspects, and he is also the strongest Darkin currently."

"Darkin?" Lissandra knew something about the term. She was the first person to encounter the Void, so she naturally had some understanding of its subsequent developments—the fall of Icathia, the fall of the Shurima Empire, the Ascendants transforming into Darkin...

She knew some of these things.

But because of the special geographical location of Freljord, this ice field did not fall during the reign of the Darkin. She herself had never fought against the Darkin and did not know much about their strength.

"I can sense his powerful aura... Is he perhaps as strong as I am?" Lissandra frowned again. "If he's targeting us too—or if he's going to attack everyone regardless of friend or foe, then we're in trouble."

"Yes, it's very troublesome..." Cheng Xiao paused, then smiled helplessly: "The trouble is that he is better than you."

"Is it stronger than me?"

"That might be a bit too broad... Let me be more specific."

"Ok?"

"He..." Cheng Xiao pursed her lips, her helpless smile revealing a hint of bitterness: "He is stronger than Volibear."

"...?"

Lissandra was visibly stunned.

Volibear's thunderbolt narrowly missed them.

Time ticked by, and even Lissandra, with her immense mana, couldn't withstand the constant drain. She was skeptical of Cheng Xiao's words—she knew the Darkin was powerful, but stronger than Volibear...? She wasn't quite convinced. But regardless, she really had to run.

"Run away."

Lissandra said this in a tone that brooked no refusal, and then grabbed Cheng Xiao and teleported to the north to escape.

She knew that Cheng Xiao definitely didn't want to abandon Ashe and Sejuani, so she froze Cheng Xiao's body directly to prevent him from using magic to struggle.

Fortunately, Volibear only wanted to kill them and had no interest in others, so the two girls escaped by chance.

Volibear is incredibly powerful and enormous, but he has one big drawback—he's not very fast.

Of course, it was only unpleasant for Lissandra, but it was still very exaggerated for ordinary humans.

If Lissandra tried to escape, Volibear wouldn't be able to easily catch her.

All she wanted now was to take Cheng Xiao away. As long as she and Cheng Xiao were still together, there was hope.

"Don't blame me for abandoning the others. There's no room for hesitation or unnecessary mercy now."

While running away, Lissandra took the Doran's Blade from Cheng Xiao's frozen hand and prepared to break it directly - she knew the "deal" between Cheng Xiao and Ornn, and naturally knew that the demigod would come to help once the sword was broken.

Let Ornn fight those two monsters.

If it was the God of Smelting, he would definitely be able to easily defeat two of them alone.

But... the Freljord Alliance that was built with great difficulty, and everything here, are about to be razed to the ground.

The blood of Avarosa and Serilda...

what a pity.

click... click...

Powerful extreme cold magic began to penetrate into the blade of Doran's Sword.

Lissandra was about to destroy it. "Cheng Xiao, when we get back, I can give you any weapon you want—"

Boom——! !

A dull thud suddenly rang out, interrupting Lissandra's words.

It's... a corpse.

A huge headless corpse flew in front of the two men, blocking their way.

The corpse of the hunting lord.

This surprised Lissandra.

There was nothing wrong with the killing of the Hunting Lord. The problem was that he died silently... There was no sound of fighting behind him, and a Hunting Lord was killed instantly?

What's even more terrifying is... the "flying" speed of this corpse...

It's actually moving faster than her...?

Lissandra was a little slow to react.

A terrifying figure passed over her head and stood between her and Cheng Xiao.

A... demonic being.

A pitch-black body... crimson eyes...

He had a pair of twisted wings on his back and two strange horns on his head...

His voice was low and hoarse, like a roar from the depths of hell:

"Ah... hello, my name is Aatrox."

A sense of despair washed over me.

In the face of this aura, Lissandra's perfect sensory abilities failed—she could accurately sense the shape of objects thousands of meters away, but this Darkin before her...

He was standing right in front of her, but she couldn't sense it at all...

It was like nothingness... darkness...

She could only feel...

A ball of hopeless darkness.

"Two interesting mortals... and a bear? I've never seen such a big bear. Is it a new species? Hahahahahahahahahaha..."

The terrifying darkin, the demon—Aatrox—laughed loudly in front of everyone.

He didn't feel like fighting at all, and his relaxed look was totally inconsistent with a fighting stance.

But this time he came here to kill people.

There is only one reason for this contradiction——

He didn't take anyone seriously.

Be it Cheng Xiao, Lyssandra, or even the demigod Volibear... he didn't take any of them seriously.

He didn't think anyone here needed his full effort; he could easily end the battle and complete the massacre.

But before that, he had a few questions:

"Tell me, mortal—where is the Void? I have smelled their scent... for how many years? Still so sickening. Answer me, and I will grant you a delicious death."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Xiao and Lissandra both had a sense of expectation - Aatrox was attracted by the void aura that Leblanc had released earlier in her suicidal act.

Of course, they won't answer.

LeBlanc was already difficult enough to deal with before, but if this crazy Darkin were to commit such evil...

Then the Void Watcher is really about to escape.

"Darkin, I don't want to be your enemy." Lissandra's tone was cold, and a ball of powerful magic condensed at her fingertips.

However... this level of "threat" is a joke to Aatrox.

Great joke.

"Are you threatening me? Hahahahahaha..." Aatrox did not hide his mockery.

The next moment, Lissandra released her magic.

Aatrox also swung his sword in an instant.

That massive Darkin sword... that terrifying power...

Instantly broke Lissandra's tentative attack.

It even struck Lissandra with undiminished power.

The latter was shocked and quickly summoned ice crystals to block, but her defense in a weakened state was nothing to Aatrox.

The dark red giant sword paused for a moment and then shattered the ice crystals.

Had the blade been even half an inch longer, even Lissandra herself would have suffered a horrific blow.

She narrowly escaped.

But... Cheng Xiao was not so lucky.

The sword energy from the Darkin Demon Sword broke through the ice crystal and hit Cheng Xiao, who had no time to dodge.

Just a slight touch on the edge and his chest was pierced instantly.

Blood gushed out, the heart shattered, it was impossible for a human to survive such injuries.

Aatrox laughed and continued to rush towards Lissandra, ready to kill the woman as well.

But at the moment he swung the sword, he noticed something wrong - Cheng Xiao was dead, but Lissandra was still holding Cheng Xiao's body tightly, which was a bit unreasonable.

And... he seemed to sense a strange magical power.

The mortal who was supposed to die...

The aura reappeared and even increased exponentially.

"Oh?"

Aatrox stopped swinging his sword, a look of confusion and interest flashing across his playful face.

But before he could study it a bit, a huge shadow overshadowed the mortal he was interested in.

The huge and bulky bear finally arrived.