Noxus Glory

Chapter 16 A Desperate Act, Embers in Flames

On the snow, red and white colors were mixed together.

The air was thick with the smell of blood, and strands of frozen, blood-red liquid, like paint, smeared the swaying white snowflakes.

call!

Huo Jixing, hunched over, took a deep breath and looked coldly at the raiders, beast spirit apprentices, and Frostfang Giant Wolves surrounding him, his heart sinking.

Amidst the low, restless roars, the gleaming bone blades and blood-stained faces filled the field of vision.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Several bone blades fell, their dull clashing sounds echoing across the red and white snow.

Huo Jixing swung his long sword with all his might, as if it had transformed into an impenetrable wall of wind to defend against the successive attacks.

But only for a moment!

The raiders, with their superior skills and intense pressure, left Huo Jixing helpless and in a terrible predicament.

Suddenly, a pale, cold light seeped through the snowflakes and landed on my body one after another.

puff!puff!puff!

Crimson blood splattered, and the sturdy composite armor could no longer withstand the force, breaking open and revealing several gruesome wounds on its body.

"uh-huh!"

Huo Jixing grunted, his bloodshot eyes seeing the bone blade approaching again, and he had no choice but to roll to the ground to avoid the follow-up attack.

The fresh snow stained his body, mixed with crimson blood, and covered his face.

Out of the corner of his eye, Huo Jixing saw that the three-person formation had already been broken, and DeWitt and Moore were also caught in the attack, staggering and struggling to hold on.

"Oh shit!"

Huo Jixing spat out a mouthful of blood, a restless feeling rising within him that he could not suppress.

He could feel the increasingly intense Southern Fire not only burning his body but also subtly influencing his emotions.

The favorable situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and the reorganized Noxian scouts suffered heavy losses, putting him in a deadly predicament.

No one could accept such a change.

"extraordinary!"

Huo Jixing's expression was violent. Ignoring the injuries all over his body, he strode towards the raiders who were walking through the snow.

puff!puff!puff!

He let the bone blade pierce through his body, the gushing blood staining his armor red.

Huo Jixing didn't care and brazenly crashed into the arms of the robber in front of him.

"die!"

Looking at the blood-stained, terrified face, Huo Jixing roared, gripped his longsword tightly with both hands, and swung it upwards with all his might.

Clang!

The blade sliced ​​through the thick leather fabric, slashed away the falling bone knife, and then viciously embedded itself into the raider's neck.

puff!

The skin and flesh were torn apart, and blood gushed out.

Huo Jixing didn't have time to see the final result. The sound of air being cut by his side and behind him was like the scythe of death, forcing him to turn around and deal with it.

The carnage continues!

His almost frenzied, desperate act not only repelled the raiding bandits but also gave him a brief respite.

"A desperate gamble?"

Gibbon, who was looking for an opportunity not far away, noticed the changes on the battlefield, looked coldly at Huo Jixing who was covered in blood, and let out a low growl.

Ow!Ow!Ow!

Beside him, the Frostfanged Giant Wolf, wandering in the red and white snow, responded to Gibbon with a howl.

Then the Frostfang Giant Wolf opened its bloody maw, dripping foul-smelling slime, and Huo Jixing's figure was reflected in its dark blue eyes.

The next instant!

A massive white shadow swept forward through the snow, its sharp claws silently reaching out and piercing through the snow curtain.

On the pool of blood, Huo Jixing, who had barely managed to catch his breath, stood still, scanning the surrounding raiders who dared not approach, silently recovering his strength.

Suddenly!

A sudden pang of fear struck.

Out of the corner of his eye, Huo Jixing saw a huge white shadow approaching from his left side. Before he could take a defensive stance, he hurriedly swung his longsword.

Clang!

The longsword stood upright in front of him, the hard steel scraping against the sharp claws, producing a piercing sound.

"It's blocked!"

Huo Jixing's expression shifted, but before he could react, his hands suddenly trembled as if an unstoppable force was coming from him.

At the same time, waves of pain came from the chest covered by the armor.

boom!

After a brief stalemate.

Huo Jixing was thrown into the air and crashed heavily onto the snow, rolling around.

The standard longsword also fell in front of him, its blade bent, with several nicks on its sharp edge, which were extremely glaring.

"Cough cough! Cough cough!"

In the snow, Huo Jixing coughed violently, blood streaming from his mouth.

He stared intently at the Frostfang Giant Wolf in front of him, sensing his own terrible condition.

His tiger's mouth was split open, and blood was flowing freely; there were vicious claw marks deeply engraved on his body, causing excruciating pain; his ribs in his chest were broken, as if they had pierced his lungs, making it difficult to breathe.

This was merely a single attack by the Frostfang Giant Wolf.

The gap in strength between the two is like an insurmountable chasm.

"Damn beast!"

Huo Jixing, leaning on his long sword, looked like a crimson demon as he slowly rose from the red and white snow, his expression revealing a multitude of complex emotions.

"My body has only recently recovered, and I'm trying my best to adapt to life here. There's also the data panel for my awakening, and the extraordinary future I envision."

"Now... is everything... coming to an end?"

Facing the approaching Frostfang Giant Wolf and the raiders closing in again, Huo Jixing felt a mix of resentment, anger, and fear.

Whether they are ordinary people, extraordinary individuals, or nobles.

Their fear of death is unavoidable.

Huo Jixing had already died once, and if you count his predecessor, he had died twice. So now, he already had the courage to face death.

"Beast Spirit Apprentice!"

Huo Jixing took a deep breath, feeling a sharp pain in his chest, and forcefully suppressed the many thoughts that welled up inside him.

He adjusted his breathing rhythm, looked beyond the snow curtain to the young raider following closely behind the Frostfang Giant Wolf, and felt his own body growing increasingly hot, ready to make one last desperate attempt.

He is not afraid of death, but that doesn't mean he wants to die.

As he truly felt, all he wanted was to live a good life and travel around to see the many sights of Valoran.

Just as Huo Jixing was preparing to take a desperate gamble, he seemed to be hallucinating.

From the crimson blood flowing from his palm, he saw a breathtaking golden-red flame!

【Vermilion Bird - Southern Fire】

In the battlefield, which is almost over.

The icy, biting wind whipped up the fresh snow, which resembled pear blossoms, covering it with a crimson hue.

Suddenly!

A terrifying temperature rose up, as if scorching everything in the world, igniting a hazy, illusory white mist that enveloped the snow-covered ground.

Not far away, the blood-stained DeWitt staggered, desperately dodging the raiders' attacks. His deep red composite armor was already shattered, unable to conceal his battered body.

Moore on the back was in similar condition, or even more severe, with a wound more than two feet long, running from his right shoulder to his abdomen.

Seemingly due to massive blood loss, Moore could no longer hold on and collapsed onto the snow, helplessly gazing at the bone axe that was about to fall with immense force.

"Um?!"

Moore, who was awaiting his death, looked in surprise at the raiders in front of him.

The arms that were holding the bone axe high seemed to freeze, and the person who was moving forward suddenly stopped. A look of horror appeared on the face that was covered with blood and ashes.

Following the gaze of the raider, Mur turned his head with difficulty to look behind him.

flame!

Golden-red flames!

On the red and white snow, a dazzling golden-red flame was burning fiercely, and in the center of the flame, Mur saw a somewhat familiar figure.

"Star Huo Jixing?"

Not only Moore, but also the disheveled DeWitt noticed the anomaly on the battlefield.

He looked back at the increasingly scorching golden-red flames and the familiar figure, and was also filled with horror and fear.

The raiders who were besieging the enemy had already observed Hoji's condition. They looked at the Noxian scout engulfed in flames and slowly retreated.

As raiders of the Winter's Claw tribe, they had heard many stories of ordinary people awakening to wield terrifying supernatural powers, thus changing their entire lives.

In the distance, Captain Eric and Marauder Mandel also noticed the anomaly on the red and white battlefield. Looking at the figure that resembled a torch, the two separated at the same time, their expressions shifting in a mysterious way.

"Yoshimoto!"

Mandel roared, his brown-grey eyes filled with fear and cruelty.

It was this roar that brought Gibbon back to his senses.

He looked at the humanoid torch burning brightly, and his previously slow steps suddenly became swift. He strode towards the Noxian scout, brandishing his sword like a shooting star.

The Frostfang Giant Wolf running beside him seemed to understand, and like Gibbon, it opened its mouth and let out a sharp, piercing howl.

Awooo! Awooo! Awooo!

[Wild Arcane Art: Frostfang Wrath]

A seemingly transparent mental fluctuation reappeared, stirring up a chilling wind and snowflakes, which surged towards the Noxian scout who stood frozen in place like a torrent.

Behind the wind and snow, a giant frost-fanged wolf leaps up, and a beast spirit apprentice wields a sword.

They were the raiders who, suppressing their inner fear, had once again come to attack!

Compared to the Noxians, the Freljord people who live in this frozen northern land understand the terror of the extraordinary even more.

To say nothing of the distant past, the Winter's Claw tribe alone contains many extraordinary individuals.

For example, Beast Spirit Walkers, Iceborn, Shamans, and so on, these extraordinary individuals often display terrifying power that surpasses that of ordinary people.

Now, their only chance to win this war and survive is...

Kill the Noxian scout who is awakening!

(End of this chapter)