Twin Cities: I am the man of many myths

Chapter 217 The Bear Spirit's Roar
"Ouch!"

Amidst the piercing howl of wolves, a massive white wolf with snow-white fur burst forth from the forest, stretching its enormous body under the night sky and campfire. The woman riding on the wolf, her cloak billowing wildly in the cold wind, her white hair swaying like willow catkins, raised her beautiful face, held high her ice bow, and roared angrily:

"My name is Ashe! The reincarnation of Avarosa! All of you here, heed my command!"

"Dona, have the warriors of Winter's Claw set up a defensive line. Don't rush forward. Prioritize rescuing the wounded clan warriors!"

"Hilde, you and Donna go over there and take the wounded away! Goma, you lead a group to help the elders and children in this clan, and make sure everyone is evacuated safely!"

The snow wolf, Sejuani, landed, and Ashe rode on its back, holding a bow in one hand and the reins in the other. Turning the wolf's head upside down, she looked at Sejuani, becoming dazed.

“Speak,” Sejuani said calmly to Ashe as she rode her bristlemane.

She knew this wasn't the time to vie for power with Ashe. After all, Avarossa's reputation was far superior to Winter's Claw's. If Ashe announced her name, the clan being slaughtered by demons would feel a sense of hope amidst their despair. But if Sejuani announced her name and said Winter's Claw had arrived, the clan would only panic more, because they might even think that the demon attacking their clan was in league with Winter's Claw.

With this in mind, Sejuani naturally prioritized the bigger picture.

"You, Tryndamere, and Fura, help Rick!"

Upon hearing this, Sejuani spurred her Bristleback and rushed towards where Rick was.

But as soon as she rushed over, she saw Li Ke's body fly backward, flying more than fifty meters away, until he stopped next to Fura.

In his hands, on the left and right, were a middle-aged woman and a little girl, respectively.

Naya, her body trembling and lips pale, was being held under Li Ke's armpit, staring blankly at the crowd before her.

Are we saved?
Did Avarosa's War Mother come to their aid?
Naya was thinking when she suddenly called out "Mother" and looked at Lordo. She saw that her mother's wound had stopped bleeding. Although her mother was not an Iceborn, she had a faint bloodline of ice in her body because her mother could come into contact with pure ice for a short time, which could be seen from her half-gray and half-brown hair.

Rick put Rord and Naya down, then twisted his neck, stretched his body, and grinned at the tall monster in front of him.

Darkin Sword Demon Aatrox
Li Ke has become very strong. In terms of strength alone, he believes he is already at the ceiling among humans, especially in terms of physical strength, where Li Ke is basically unbeatable.

Li Ke even had the courage to compete with Jax in strength, because Jax was infinitely close to the demigod realm and relied more on his own martial arts. Jax, who had reached the pinnacle of martial arts, was naturally more lethal than Li Ke could match. However, even if Li Ke was not as strong as Jax, he should not be too far behind.

However, after colliding with Aatrox, Rick was sent flying.

Damn it, this made Li Ke wonder about something: how exactly did Atreus manage to cut off Aatrox's arm after losing the power of the War Protoss?

No, is this thing really something that humans can handle?

Even if Aatrox was careless, his physical strength was not something that Atreus, a mere mortal, could possibly match, right?
Or are Protoss weapons really that powerful?
Aatrox's strength is already very close to that of a demigod, and if we consider his time as an Ascended being...
Ha, then it's better to run away as soon as possible!

"Can it be done?"

Aisha looked down at Rick, a hint of worry flashing in her eyes.

Aatrox was enormous, his body was jet black and exuded a bloody aura, and he had a pair of huge bull horns. To be honest, under the moonlight, Aatrox was too oppressive, so much so that Ashe felt that if her group rushed up to him, they would just be food for Aatrox.

“Of course it can be done.” Rick glanced at Aisha and replied.

It's possible; Li Ke wasn't just bragging to Aisha.

Li Ke could already sense it when he fought Aatrox just now.

Although Rick himself is much stronger than he was in Bilgewater, Aatrox is indeed inferior to Nagakabolos.

Aatrox was undoubtedly incredibly powerful; in his prime, he could certainly have killed Nagakaboros, but that's where the problem lies.

From a timeline perspective, Aatrox is currently active in Freljord, which means that Li Ke suspects he may have just been unearthed and then given a temporary body by the people of Freljord.

Because he was not proficient in blood magic, yet possessed immense power, Aatrox could only use the corpses of various living beings to create a body for his use.

In other words, the enormous creature before him was actually pieced together from various pieces of flesh and corpses. Aatrox needed to constantly kill to obtain blood essence to maintain his body. Otherwise, without a body, Aatrox could do nothing in the form of the Darkin Greatsword. Every Darkin is like this.

He couldn't even use blood magic to bewitch creatures and draw them closer to him like other Darkin.

As for why he doesn't seek out a host to parasitize like other Darkin, it's because Aatrox's original body is too powerful. An ordinary person's body simply cannot serve as his vessel. It would have to be replaced after a period of time, which would only consume more of his life force.

Tryndamere's physique was barely acceptable to Aatrox, but in Freljord, Tryndamere's physical attributes were only worse than Braum and Olaf.

Therefore, to put it bluntly, Aatrox simply couldn't find the most suitable body to parasitize. Without a suitable body, Aatrox, who wasn't proficient in blood magic, couldn't unleash his true power.

As the timeline progresses, by the time Aatrox led a group of barbarians to the foot of Mount Targon, he had killed at least several thousand Freljords, so naturally his blood energy was abundant and he would become even stronger.

But right now, Li Ke thinks it's worth a shot.

If they can win and bring Aatrox back to his sword form, then there will be so many things Rick can do.

Just throw Aatrox into the Icathian wormhole! Wouldn't it be wonderful to let him fight the Void?
"Attack together!" he shouted, and with a flick of his right hand, a storm-formed longsword appeared in his grasp. He charged straight toward Aatrox.

Beside Li Ke, Fura, whose white hair resembled a wolf's tail at the back of her head, heard the sound, crossed her hands and reached for her waist, then pulled out two short daggers from her waist.

Those were two True Ice Daggers. If we were to say among the crowd at this moment, aside from Udyr, the demigod who was covering for his side, then the strongest people would naturally be Rick and Fura.

Having lived for over four hundred years with the bloodline of ice, and having been trained and tamed by Lissandra, Fura no longer belongs to the realm of humanity.

Her body blurred into a blur as Fura closely followed Rick.

Then came Tryndamere, wielding a large sword, who could no longer suppress his rage upon seeing Aatrox.

"Brassow, charge!"

Sejuani also sprang into action, riding her Juvaskor to charge at Aatrox from the side, while Ashe raised her Holy Bow, conjuring an icy arrow in her right hand, aimed, and fired!

"@#*￥！#"

Aatrox seemed somewhat angry as he faced the group of people rushing towards him.

“What is he even saying? All that gibberish.” Sejuani’s eyes flashed with mockery as she shouted at Aatrox, “Can you speak human language?”

The shackles slipped from his grasp, turning into frozen ice that struck Aatrox's left leg, while Ashe's arrow followed, landing at Aatrox's waist.

Fura leaped several meters high, appearing at Aatrox's shoulder level. She clasped her hands together, raised them, and forcefully stabbed Aatrox in the left cheek.

The power of the True Ice weapon lies not in its indestructibility, but in the fact that, apart from those with the Frostblood lineage, any other living being attacked by the True Ice weapon will have their body frozen. As a result, Aatrox's body was already covered with a layer of frost, and the thin layer of frost slowed down Aatrox's movements.

Rick charged toward Aatrox's chest, thrusting his longsword toward Aatrox's flesh.

"#￥@，我"

"I say, no matter how many ants there are, they are still just ants!"

A strange light flashed in Li Ke's eyes as he looked at Aatrox's moving throat, where the flesh was rolling and twisting, seemingly trying to form something.

Aatrox finally used Valoran, his voice strange and indescribable, as if a mixture of a child's and a woman's voice, but soon, the voice changed again, turning into a deep male roar.

"A bunch of insects dare to challenge me!"

Aatrox felt no pain, after all, his true form was a sword, and the body forged from the remains of a corpse had no senses. Therefore, he let Fura and Ashe attack him, his eyes fixed only on Rick.

The Darkin greatsword was raised, then brought down heavily, striking Rick's face.

Li Ke reacted swiftly, raising his sword upwards, "Gathering Wind Slash!"

Wind elements gathered on the sword, transforming into scythes, but under Aatrox's immense strength, Rick's attacks were largely ineffective. Instead, he was once again sent flying by Aatrox's blow.

But when Rick regained his footing, he faced Aatrox, his right hand loosely gripping the longsword. Rick held a breath of air, squeezing out a violent cloud of energy from between his teeth. His hand glowed with a vibrant green, and in the next instant, he yanked his loosely gripped hand upwards, aiming straight for Aatrox's face.

Sword Drawing Technique!
This is Li Ke's most powerful move at the moment, the most destructive move in the Wind Control Sword Technique. The sword energy stretched for dozens of meters, and the shattered ice along the way was knocked away by the sword-drawing technique. Under tens of thousands of floating ice floes, Li Ke's figure disappeared again, hidden among the shattered ice.

When he reappeared, Rick's sword was already slashing towards Aatrox's right arm, which was holding the sword.

He wanted to emulate Atreus and sever Aatrox's connection to his body, disconnecting him from the internet!

But amidst the shattered ice flying in the air, Aatrox's ferocious face was reflected. He was laughing wildly, his blood surging forth. Aatrox's laughter was shrill, shaking the entire forest. For a moment, the sounds of beasts echoed through the Ice Needle Forest under the night sky.

The birds and beasts scattered, and Aatrox looked at Rick with satisfaction, his wicked eyes filled with lust for Rick.

"That's decent!"

As Aatrox raised his arm, the wind pressure sent Sejuani and his bristles flying. Fura, who was perched on his shoulder, leaped away nimbly, while the arrows Ashe had shot at him shattered into ice fragments.

"I want your body!" Aatrox shouted excitedly at Rick, raising his greatsword in front of him, shattering Rick's plan to attack his arm. Then, with a speed that seemed incompatible with his body, Aatrox raised the Darkin broadsword, which had just formed a giant shield, and thrust it toward Rick's face.

"Qiang!"

With his wind sword shattered, Li Ke quickly reached to the side and grabbed another wind sword to defend against the incoming heavy sword.

Among the crowd, the Ice Stone Clan members had all been taken away. Udyr stood silently beside Ashe, his fists clenched.

Ashe looked anxiously ahead, nocking her longbow but unable to fire an ice arrow.

It takes a lot of energy for her to condense ice arrows, but the ice arrows she just shot had no effect on the Dark One.

This made Ashe anxious, and what annoyed her even more was that Tryndamere went silent after charging out and being swatted away by Aatrox like an insect.

Ashe wasn't worried about Tryndamere's safety because she knew Tryndamere had a special constitution; he possessed powerful regenerative abilities, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he was immortal.

Even so, Tryndamere is unable to participate in this kind of battle.

"Udyr, aren't you going to make a move?" Ashe looked at Udyr beside her and shouted.

But before Udyr could answer Ashe, Rick shouted from a distance.

"Udyr, don't make a move!"

Ash paused for a moment after hearing this.

Udyr took a deep breath; he understood what Rick meant.

Just as Lissandra is unable to act, Udyr is also unable to act at this moment.

If he were to summon a spirit beast to empower him, Volibear would be the first to sense it. Although Udyr had not signed a contract with Volibear, as a demigod, it was impossible for Volibear not to notice when Udyr communicated with other spirit beasts.

Once this warmonger discovers this, it won't be long before he gets involved in the war.

"It's okay, I can manage!"

Li Ke said loudly.

He didn't really intend to defeat Aatrox. What Rick was doing now was just to deplete Aatrox's health; as long as he could withstand Aatrox's attacks, that was enough.

"Sejuani will stay behind, Fura and I will handle the actual combat!"

"Lelna, go and take Tryndamere away. Don't let him get involved after he wakes up!"

Li Ke gave the order loudly.

Reylena responded and quickly ran into the snow, where she found Tryndamere unconscious. His chest was caved in, and a broken rib had pierced through his chest, but his breathing was surprisingly steady!
This intrigued Lelna.

No wonder he became Ashe's sworn brother; this barbarian is quite strange!

Back on the front lines, facing Aatrox's ferocious attacks, Rick also suffered serious injuries, but with the blessing of the Lamb's Regeneration, Rick's recovery ability far surpassed Tryndamere's.

Li Ke, who received gifts and affection from Kindred, is truly immortal!
"Come on, let's see who runs out of power first!"

Li Ke raised his longsword, his elemental mastery frantically absorbing the magical elements of Freljord to empower himself and contend with Aatrox.

But in another round of clashes, Sejuani used True Ice attacks multiple times, her arms were frozen stiff and powerless, Fura slashed Aatrox's ankle, hindering his movement, and after Rick spat out several mouthfuls of blood, suddenly, a roar that shook the heavens and the earth rang out.

"Roar!"

In the crowd, Udir suddenly raised his head and looked in the northwest direction.

At an uncalculable distance, thunderclouds swirled in the sky, and a gigantic phantom composed of lightning, a thousand meters tall, appeared.

Li Ke also heard the sound and looked towards the northwest.

"Grass!"

Upon seeing this, Li Ke cursed angrily.

“It seems, Rick, your plan has failed.” Udir stepped out of the crowd and walked step by step toward Rick’s location.

His eyes gleamed, and he continued, "Thinking about it, it makes sense. Even if Lissandra and I don't intervene, your battle with the Darkin is enough to wake Volibear from his slumber."

"Now that Volibear is awake, he'll be here soon. What should we do next?"

"What else can we do? Fura, please call Lissandra, she has to come out." After hearing Udyr's words, Rick thought with a headache.

But in fact, Li Ke had considered that this might happen from the very beginning.

After all, the battle between himself and Aatrox did not reach the level of a battle between demigods. Li Ke was still far from being a demigod, while Aatrox was extremely weak in his Darkin form. Compared to himself in his Ascended form, Aatrox at this moment was probably only one-tenth of his Ascended strength.

Even during the Darkin Wars, the Darkin Blademaster in his prime was still quite a distance from the Ascended Aatrox.

Even so, the commotion it created was big enough.

The mammoth herd fled the tundra because of Aatrox's roar and blood aura, and the beasts of the forest were engulfed in a beast tide by Aatrox's blood aura.
Damn it, it was actually Aatrox who made the biggest commotion!
With that in mind, Li Ke no longer hesitated.

"Sejuani, get everyone out of here. Aatrox is in Udyr's hands!"

Sejuani readily agreed; even if Rick hadn't said it, she would have taken her people and left.

Because of the roar of the bear spirit, the bear people will head south!

Their southward journey will take them to the stronghold of the Winter's Claw!

At the same time, Fura also moved away from Aatrox, went to a corner, and cut her palm with a dagger, using her blood to carve strange runes on the ground.

She wanted to tell Lissandra about what had happened here, even though Fura suspected that Lady Lissandra had been observing this place all along.

And what about Li Ke?

He's also preparing to call in reinforcements.

What a joke.
Swain, Janna, Karma, every single one of you, come quickly if you can!
The war is no longer a battle between supernatural beings.

The next battlefield
belong,

Demi god!

(End of this chapter)