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

The God of Smelting stared at the mortal's eyes, and a strange high temperature spread around.

Cheng Xiao suddenly regained some of his sanity. He felt as if every cell in his body was on fire, and the terrifying heat forced back the strength in his body.

The several pieces of shells growing on his body fell off one by one, and the wings on his back retracted into his body after a few squirming movements and disappeared.

There was a glimmer of rationality in his eyes.

Seeing this, Ornn nodded with relief.

But the next moment...

Boom——!

A violent bolt of lightning exploded in Ornn's abdomen.

He looked down and saw that one of Cheng Xiao's hands had pierced into his stomach.

Thunder raged through his body, its violent force dislocating his internal organs. He felt severe pain, but what made him even more distressed was... heartache.

This kind of lightning... this power... he was very familiar with it.

He turned to look at his brother - the big bear lying motionless on the ground, and felt a surge of pity in his heart.

"You have taken away the Volibear's power..."

Ornn sighed softly and grabbed the hand that was stabbing into his abdomen.

Cheng Xiao tried to pull his hand out, but the overwhelming force prevented him from moving even a fraction. He could even sense that the other party wasn't exerting much strength, simply grabbing him gently, like grabbing a bug.

"He's going to die, isn't he?"

Ornn's tone grew increasingly dejected.

"I do not blame you, mortal... as long as you promise me that you will stop killing. You have put an end to the Volibear's killing spree, and it is time for you to calm down."

The usually taciturn God of Forge spoke a lot, which was unusual for him.

But Cheng Xiao still didn't respond. His hand was grabbed, so he immediately increased the output power of the lightning.

In an instant, the dazzling white light covered Ornn's entire body.

When the light dissipated, his entire body was burnt by electricity. A few wisps of white smoke slowly floated up, and there was even a hint of the aroma of barbecue in the air.

But Ornn still didn't let go.

The strength in his hands increased instead of decreasing.

He sighed softly, and a hint of anger finally flashed in his eyes as red as molten iron.

"Don't provoke him, you idiot!" Cheng Xiao's mind echoed with Aatrox's roar. "Get some distance first! We're going to slowly butcher this goat!"

Ornn's power was beyond Aatrox's imagination—he felt he could not defeat the terrifying goat head-on.

Even he...a former god-warrior, had never seen such terrifying brute force.

Even Queen Setaka back then didn’t have such terrifying power!

"I can help you kill him, but it will take some time! Retreat first, we must rely on the advantage of speed!" Aatrox was still teaching Cheng Xiao with his rich combat experience.

But the latter... laughed with the last bit of rationality left.

"No, Aatrox..."

This sentence is not only in my mind, but also spoken in reality.

Ornn didn't hear clearly, nor did he want to. His mind was full of images of Volibear as a child... a time when Volibear didn't know the ways of the wilderness, a carefree white bear rolling around in the snow...

And the mortal in front of me...did I misjudge him after all?

Just like the tragedy in Luxiang back then...

"Feel sorry."

Ornn spoke concisely and slowly raised his hammer.

The scorching heat turned the hammer red, and a destructive divine power gathered on it.

Cheng Xiao wanted to run or dodge, but his arm was already firmly grasped - as for blocking? That was impossible. He could feel the terrifying power hidden in the hammer.

He wanted to swing his sword and cut off his captured hand and then escape, but it was too late.

The hammer came down.

In an instant, a real earthquake...

The ground cracked instantly after being hit, boiling magma gushed out from the deep ditch, and high-temperature rock pillars protruded from the ground.

It was as if the Creator's divine power tore the earth apart in an instant, and the ice fields within a radius of a thousand meters were violently transformed. The snow and ice that had lasted for thousands of years suddenly melted away, gathering into warm streams flowing towards the ice sea.

As for Cheng Xiao who was hit head-on...

There is almost nothing left.

His body fell into the lava below the ravine, only sparking a small spark.

Only the sword in his hand...the indestructible Darkin sword, still floated above the sea of ​​fire.

Seeing this, everyone was so surprised that they were speechless.

But amidst their surprise, people also felt immense sadness—their most beloved warrior... the blood ally of their leader, Ashe... Mr. Cheng Xiao...

Just die.

Under this terrifying divine power, no matter how strong your self-healing ability is, it is impossible to survive.

He fell into madness in order to resist the brutal God of the Wilderness, and ultimately died in hatred under the mighty power of the God of Forging...

The two girls, Ashe and Sejuani, knelt on the ground weakly, their eyes dull.

Even Lissandra, who had witnessed countless grand scenes over the past tens of millions of years, fell silent, and her thousands of words turned into a silent sigh.

Ornn clenched his fists tightly, then loosened them a moment later. He slung the hammer over his back and walked back without saying a word.

It seemed like everything was over.

But just as Ornn was about to pull Volibear away...

Another figure jumped out from the crack in the earth.

Everyone exclaimed, someone called out the name: "It's Mr. Cheng Xiao!"

Owen immediately sensed a powerful aura.

Stronger than before... Much stronger...

His first reaction was...

Humbled.

Ornn turned away silently, the hammer on his back slipping from his hand. Looking at the "mortal" before him, he felt for the first time... a sense of powerlessness.

Cheng Xiao, who had crawled out of the lava, had fully recovered. There was no longer any trace of injury on his body, and he no longer had the devilish, decayed appearance and aura he had before.

But he still possesses the power of the devil.

Even... stronger. Much stronger.

[Skill [Battle, Awesome!] has been activated successfully, entering a frenzied state, and gaining a 200% bonus to all attributes.]

[Skill [Blood Debt Repaid with Blood] was activated successfully, gaining 5% of the full power of [Hidden Mountain Flame·Onn].]

[Skill [Three Seconds of Real Manliness] was activated successfully.]

These two voices echoed in Cheng Xiao's mind, and even more terrifying power surged into his body.

Even if his own strength was doubled, it wouldn't be much compared to Ornn. But if Aatrox's strength was doubled...

The Darkin who stood at the top of the world...

His own strength was only slightly inferior to Ornn's, and with his immortality, if he could just wear Ornn down, he might even have a chance of winning. Now that his strength had doubled... he wouldn't even have to fight a war of attrition.

In a head-on fight alone, he can easily defeat Ornn.

Coupled with his crazy fighting style that allows him to kill even gods without worrying about getting hurt or dying, he can do so at will!

"Looks like there's trouble."

Ornn snorted and swung his hammer.

But he didn't intend to attack Cheng Xiao, who was much stronger than him, but smashed to the ground.

Countless rocks suddenly protruded, forming a thick rock wall that blocked the Freljord Alliance - he did not want the tragedy to happen again, so this was his way of protecting mortals from being affected.

Although he was not sure whether this could block the aftermath of the opponent's attack... after all, even he felt that the power was terrifying.

"Come on. Mortal."

Ornn swung his hammer in the air, as if ready for battle.

But just when he wanted to feel how strong the other party was, another strange feeling came over him.

Is it... a familiar feeling?

The person is still the same person, the power is still the same power, but the aura... seems a little different?

The Cheng Xiao he knew seemed to be back again?

"Please forgive my previous offense, respected God of Forge."

The terrifying mortal suddenly bowed deeply, his respectful and humble attitude was completely different from his previous crazy and arrogant appearance.

"Hmm?" Ornn asked, puzzled.

Cheng Xiao, however, smiled as if she had succeeded in her evil plan.

It was not only because of the influence of the skills, but also because of Ornn... The iron hammer of the God of Forge gently awakened his sleeping mind.

Just like when he was hit by the lava ram before.

As long as his body endures a sufficiently severe attack, Aatrox's influence and corruption on his consciousness will be suppressed, and he will wake up when he is completely dead.

However, a certain demon has not yet reacted.

He was still immersed in this powerful force.

"This power... this is my power... no, it's not... but... why has it become so much stronger?"

Aatrox was equally confused, but more excited.

"Such a powerful force! You can easily kill everything in the world! Maggot, you surprise me!"

"With this power, speed, strategy, and tactics become meaningless! You only need to use the stupidest tactics to defeat everything - charge forward! Cut him off!"

"We can destroy this world faster...faster!!"

Aatrox seemed to have seen the wonderful scene of the world being destroyed, and the death he was pursuing was about to come!

The power he pursued was to annihilate everything! To kill himself!

He doesn't care whether he is strong or not, he just wants to kill himself!

"Come! Let's show this world darkness!!"

Aatrox screamed excitedly, and Cheng Xiao gradually took action.

But this action... was different from what Aatrox had imagined.

He placed his left hand on his right hand, and terrifying power began to be released.

Ashe and Lissandra's ice magic, Volibear's violent thunder, Ornn's high-temperature furnace...

All of it was released, and then acted on his right hand holding the giant sword.

The Darkin Demon Sword seemed to be grown together with his right hand, and Cheng Xiao couldn't just throw it away, so he planned to cut off his right hand.

As long as the Darkin Sword is separated from the main body, Atreus' victory can be replicated - forcing Aatrox to go offline!

Powerful energy exploded from his arm, and Aatrox finally realized that something was wrong - he only now realized that Cheng Xiao had regained her sanity and wanted to destroy the bridge after crossing it.

"You damn maggot! What are you doing!?"