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

If he were to self-destruct in front of Ashe—with eyeballs and flesh flying all over the ground—this young girl would probably be so scared that she wouldn't be able to sleep at night.

More importantly, it's hard to explain.

If you've just met someone, it would be difficult to explain this "abnormal" ability.

"Eh……"

Cheng Xiao shook his head, suppressed the energy that would cause the corpse to explode, and began to heal rapidly.

The robbers watched helplessly as the wounds they had just inflicted with swords and knives healed in a few seconds, and they felt like their cerebellums were about to atrophy.

After working so hard for a long time, I only got a fatal injury. Now you say I can recover just like that?

Even if you haven't recovered, can you still self-destruct after I finally killed you?

And after the self-destruction, he can be resurrected on the spot?

How the hell do we play this?!

The robbers had completely given up.

They no longer thought about relying on human wave tactics to engulf Cheng Xiao - this person simply could not be "killed"!

They began to flee, abandoning everything in the camp.

In just a few minutes, the bandit den that was once extremely bustling became deserted.

Cheng Xiao looked at the big knives or long swords stuck in his body, hesitated for a moment, and then simply lay down where he was.

Ashe on the other side of the valley was running desperately - her beautiful face was full of guilt and self-blame. She was rushing over as fast as she could, wanting to collect Cheng Xiao's body and give the brave man a decent ending.

But she didn't understand why the robbers ran away while she was running over.

The group of people ran away screaming as if they had seen something terrible...it was like they had seen a ghost.

But that’s fine.

Only after the robbers ran away could she bury Cheng Xiao properly.

“Cheng Xiao…Cheng Xiao…!”

The blonde girl ran over breathlessly, and without any hesitation, she knelt in front of Cheng Xiao, who was almost like a hornet's nest, and then gently picked up the latter.

"Cheng Xiao... I'm sorry... I'm late... Just a little bit... I could have saved you..."

"I understand your desire to repay the Avarosa tribe, but why do you have to do this..."

"Don't worry, I will never let your sacrifice be in vain. You, the brave one, deserve the highest respect of the Freljord..."

Ashe kept on expressing her apology and respect, but she didn't notice the young man in her arms twitching his eyes.

"Is there a possibility that I'm not dead yet... I'm thinking of you treating me. If I keep talking, I'm going to die from excessive blood loss..."

Maintaining this half-dead state is much more painful than dying and then coming back to life...

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Half an hour later, Cheng Xiao, whose body was wrapped in bandages, felt a little helpless.

The wounds on his body had healed on their own long ago, but Ashe insisted on giving him "treatment" for fear that he would suddenly die.

"Wrap it tighter here... and here, I'll give you some of our Avarosan traditional herbs... and here too..."

The girl carefully examined Cheng Xiao's whole body, not feeling shy at all because of the so-called taboo between men and women.

Cheng Xiao felt a little uncomfortable, "It's really okay..."

"Just to be on the safe side! You have to be careful, Cheng Xiao." Ashe ignored the other party's words and continued to work.

But after applying the medicine, she was also very surprised at the other party's recovery speed.

"Honestly, your healing ability... is simply too exaggerated to be human. Is this some kind of magic? Some magical sorcery from Noxus?"

"If you insist, then it is." Cheng Xiao nodded without hiding anything - he knew the girl in front of him quite well and knew that she was not the kind of person who would betray her companions.

"To be honest, I'm not a traveler. I escaped from Noxus. A bad woman named Leblanc captured me and studied me for three years. That's how I acquired this unique ability."

"Oh~ Then isn't she your benefactor?" The naive Ashe didn't understand the true meaning of the word "research".

Cheng Xiao smiled and said lightly, "If she orders people to chop off my limbs, peel off my skin and pull out my tendons every day, then roast me with fire, electrocute me, immerse me in water, and finally seal me in an alchemical pot to observe the healing process, then she can be considered a benefactor."

Hearing this, Ash's eyes widened in disbelief.

She suddenly understood why Cheng Xiao was able to survive even after being pierced through the chest by a sharp knife.

In the face of such inhuman torture... being pierced by a sharp blade might be considered a "small problem".

"I... um... I'm sorry, I reminded you of bad memories." Ashe looked guilty, then changed the subject, "But no matter what, Mr. Cheng Xiao, you are really very strong."

"Defeating all the bandits by oneself is something that even my mother might not be able to do."

"Everyone thought you were going to die, but they never imagined that you were confident that you could kill them! They will be surprised when you return!"

"You have cleared the obstacles for our tribe's progress. You will be respected by all Avarosans!"

As she spoke, a look of reverence appeared in the girl's eyes.

Admiring the strong is a tradition in Freljord, and strong and beautiful young men are the favorites of women.

"You should stay in our tribe from now on. I guarantee that the woman named Leblanc will never find you!"

"Okay." Cheng Xiao agreed without hesitation.

He had nowhere to go for the time being, and he was afraid that Leblanc would find him and take him back to that bloody laboratory. Staying in the Avarosa tribe was indeed a good choice.

The strength of that woman really should not be underestimated... Even an old monster who has lived for thousands of years cannot do anything to her even if he is immortal.

I still have to grow up first, and then I can find her and beat her up when I am strong enough.

The other survivors in the joint laboratory include the one who is known as the most perfect experimental subject - the molten iron girl, Riel.

Having made up her mind, Cheng Xiao entered into the mentality of giving up again.

Now he just wanted to relax and cultivate himself in the Avarosan tribe and experience the life of a normal human being - at least he would not be dismembered, beheaded, and burned every day, and even a bite of food was out of reach.

It's nice to be able to get good food and shelter just by working for the Avarosans.

Well, if I have time, I can also help them clean out the traitors in the tribe...just consider it part of the job.

Cheng Xiao thought so and did not promise Ashe anything - such as helping her find Avarosa's inheritance or something like that.

Until the beautiful mechanical voice sounded in his mind again:

[The host has completed the novice mission and completed the mission reward verification. ]

【Late compensation for the first three years is now being paid.】

[Skill [Battle, Awesome!]: After being killed, the host can regain their vitality for a period of time and enter a berserk state, but their vitality will rapidly decrease during this period. While in berserk mode, their strength, speed, and magic power are increased by 200%, and they can devour flesh and blood to slow the rate of vitality loss. After their vitality is reduced to zero, the host can still use other [Corpse Skills], such as corpse self-destruction.]

[Skill [Blood Debt Repayment]: After death, you can use 30% of the killer's strength and permanently gain 5% of the killer's strength; Trigger condition: The opponent must be a [Hero], and each hero can only trigger it once.]

[The novice mission has ended and lateness compensation has been issued.]

【This system will issue tasks irregularly in the future. 】

【I wish you a happy death. 】

Cheng Xiao scratched his head.

Fighting feels good? That's Sion's signature ability. Sure enough, they came from the same lab, their stats are so similar... As for its power, it goes without saying. Sion was unstoppable with this ability when he was wreaking havoc in Ionia—and only with the help of Karma, Yasuo, and the others helping Irelia was he able to turn the tide.

During his lifetime, Sion even used this terrifying ability to strangle the old king of Demacia to death in the midst of thousands of troops.

He truly is worthy of being the former Hand of Noxus.

As for the skill [Blood Debt Repaid with Blood]...

Cheng Xiao looked at Ashe.

The girl in front of him suddenly looked different in his eyes.

"Miss Ashley, I promise you one thing."

"Huh? What?" Ash asked in confusion.

"I will definitely help you find Avarosa's legacy."

"Eh? Really?"

"Really, but you have to agree to one condition of mine."

"what?"

Looking at the girl's innocent smile, Cheng Xiao said seriously:

"After you gain Avarosa's legacy and become stronger, I want you to kill me."

As soon as the words fell, Ashley's smile froze on her face.

Those beautiful blue eyes gradually lost their luster.

"……Eh?"

Chapter 6 Quack! There is a quack!

LeBlanc is the creator and leader of the Black Rose, the ruling organization behind the Noxian Empire.

This underground magic society existed as early as the early days of Noxus - even during the Noxian Empire, the predecessor of Noxus. They secretly controlled countless powerful people in the empire, possessed the most powerful forces, spies and an intricate network of relationships. Even the current commander-in-chief of the empire, Darkwill, was a puppet of the Black Rose.

There is no doubt that LeBlanc, as the supreme leader of the Black Rose, possesses a powerful force that is difficult for ordinary people to understand.

Whether it is her endless lifespan or her magic of clones that is like a mirage, it makes her almost transcend the category of "human".

Her black magic is unmatched.

Cheng Xiao originally had no intention of provoking her in the short term.

He originally thought that he would hide if he could, and take revenge if he had the chance in the future, and if there was no chance, he would just give up.

But now, things are different.

[Blood debt must be paid with blood] This belated compensation gave him a glimmer of hope.

You can permanently obtain a small portion of the killer's power... In other words, now you only need to keep being killed by powerful [Heroes] to quickly gain powerful power.

The more you die, the stronger you become. The stronger you become, the more you die. Once you die again, you will become stronger again...

As long as you keep dying, you will keep getting stronger.

There's no better way to get stronger than this "tank and upgrade" method.

Cheng Xiao turned her head to look at the girl beside her. The rising snow and wind lifted her long golden hair, but did not cover her beautiful face.

Ashe, who became stronger after inheriting Avarosa's legacy, the old witch Lissandra who also lived for thousands of years, and the three demigods of Freljord... If they could be killed, the power gained would probably be very strong.

"There's no map of how to get back on my face."

Ashe spoke in the cold wind, her tone slightly blaming her, yet revealing a rare sense of ease and joy.

"You should pay attention to the road you're on, not me. You should also make promises to yourself about the future, instead of saying weird things to me."

"Did I say anything weird?" Cheng Xiao smiled.

"Always weird." Ashe rolled her eyes at him, "Especially your last words before we left—don't ever say that again."

"I'm serious."

"…Maybe you should get your head examined."

Ashe shrugged, still not taking the other party's words seriously - asking her to kill Cheng Xiao or something...how could that be possible!

She wouldn't do that.

"We will be good friends and comrades, and I will never hurt you."

Ashe smiled, and the youthfulness unique to a girl made her look so gentle.

Just as Cheng Xiao was about to respond, they suddenly noticed some figures appearing in the wind and snow.

Then came an anxious cry: