Legends of Runeterra

"Boom~!"

Thunderous explosions echoed in the arena.

For the vast majority of people at the festival venue, the battle at this moment was the pinnacle of what they had ever seen in their lives.

Just sitting in the stands, my heart couldn't help but tighten with every whistle and explosion.

Although they couldn't see any details clearly, everyone still held their breath and stared at the audience with wide eyes.

Sitting below War Mother Ashe, the Iceborn who had previously expressed their dissatisfaction were now looking at the battle below with serious expressions.

The sheer power and speed displayed by Lien and Tryndamere was too much to handle even with their ability to wield the power of True Ice.

At the highest point of the stands, Ashe sat in the main seat, holding the True Ice Longbow in her left hand.

At this point, Ashe has already noticed that Tryndamere's condition is not right. Even though Li En still has the upper hand on the field, in order to ensure Li En's safety, Ashe is ready to shoot the True Ice Arrow to protect the opponent at any time.

"Boom~!"

Holding Tryndamere's head with one hand, Li En pressed him hard into the ground.

At the same time, he raised his left foot and stomped swiftly on his mutated and hideous right arm.

“Crack~!”

The flesh, blood, and bones were crushed in an instant, and under the enormous pressure, they turned into a muddy substance and sprayed onto the surrounding ground.

"Dang Cang~!"

The huge blade, tightly grasped by the broken arm, fell weakly a few meters away.

"Pfft~!"

Li En's slender and powerful palm pierced through Tryndamere's chest, and he grasped the beating heart.

After gaining the ability of 'electrical propulsion', a little bit of magic power was restored and poured into Tryndamere's heart.

Lying in the hole he had created, with blood oozing out of all his orifices, Tryndamere showed a devilish smile.

"Why, you've never met him before, but you want to save him from me?"

"Just like you attacked him, do you need a reason?"

"Hahahaha~! That's right, that's it, no matter if it's well-intentioned or malicious, the weak have no right to refuse!

Stop pretending, human, you're no different than me.

Drop your meaningless hypocrisy and show your true self..."

As Tryndamere whispered, Li En could feel a hidden and obscure twisted force invading his body along the blood that had stained his body.

However, Li En, who had already experienced the trials of the 'void', would not be affected by such power.

Li En trapped the "alien power" that invaded his body without making a sound, and stared at Tryndamere's blood-red eyes with his dark and calm eyes, looking at the will behind these eyes.

"That's right, just like how you became 'Ascended Gods' and then fell into 'Darkspawn', it was all influenced by two greater forces. No one cares about your choice.

Don't you think so, Aatrox?"

"..."

The hideous evil smile on Tryndamere's face froze, and then gradually disappeared.

A violent and fierce murderous intent arose that was absolutely beyond the capability of a human being to display.

“Crack! Crack! Crack!”

Blood-red veins swelled and contracted beneath Tryndamere's skin, as if a demon would tear through this body and emerge into the world in the next moment.

"Human! You should..."

"found it!"

Li En, who was holding Tryndamere's heart, smiled slightly, and then clenched his palm tightly.

"Buzz~~!"

A vortex of golden-red flames emerged from Tryndamere's heart and spun rapidly, and the blood-red veins that were constantly swelling and contracting under his skin were pulled into it little by little by the vortex.

"I...I will..."

"It would be a coward to speak harshly at this moment, Aatrox, if you have the guts, come and chop my teeth off!"

Facing the fierce murderous intent from Aatrox, Li En smiled, revealing his eight teeth, and made a thumbs-down gesture to him with his free hand.

"..."

After looking at Li En deeply, Tryndamere's scarlet eyes slowly closed.

Also disappearing was the fierce murderous intent.

Apparently, Aatrox's will had temporarily faded.

next moment.

“Ugh…Aaaaaaaaah!!!”

The muscles spasmed and the joints twisted into strange angles, as if every inch of flesh and bone in the body was crushed.

Although there were no wounds on his body, the unimaginable pain made Tryndamere howl heart-wrenchingly.

"Take a deep breath, it's normal to feel a little pain."

“Ho ho ho~!”

A gentle voice reached his ears, and Tryndamere opened his mouth to curse at this sarcastic guy, but his tongue and throat were cramping, and he could only make a sound of twitching air.

"Okay, don't be in a hurry to thank me. It will be cured soon. Stay conscious and pass out. This will make it easier to suppress the power in your body."

"..."

As soon as he finished speaking, an even stronger pain surged up, and Tryndamere felt like his lungs were cramping, and now he couldn't make even a sound.

With his eyes barely opened, he could only see a difficult-to-see face with its back to the sun. The only thing he could see was a gentle smile, which was completely contrary to the painful treatment he brought.

In the end, Tryndamere rolled his eyes and fainted completely due to regret.

"Buzz~~!"

The vortex formed by the golden-red flames also completely gathered together all the blood-red veins under Tryndamere's skin at this moment.

“Crack! Crack! Crack!”

As Li En slowly pulled out the hand that pierced through Tryndamere's chest, the vortex of golden-red flames quickly shrank.

When Li En withdrew his hand, the wound on Tryndamere's chest completely disappeared, leaving only a golden-red flame pattern on his chest.

“Wow~~!”

"Such a powerful warm-blooded person is just as good as the legendary hero!"

"Awesome! This is a real man's fight!"

"Champion! Champion! Champion!"

Everyone's eyes were focused on Li En, and since they didn't know his name, they shouted "Champion".

I have to say that sometimes "appearance" is important. Although Tryndamere had won the battle before, his abnormal and terrifying power made the audience feel uneasy, fearful, and even disgusted from the bottom of their hearts, not to mention cheering for him.

Apart from the final golden-red flame, Li En used his unrivalled strength to suppress Tryndamere with his punches throughout the entire process.

Even though his black hair and black eyes showed that he was a warm-blooded person, he still won the heartfelt admiration of the Freljord people who respected "strength".

After waving to everyone, Li En and others jumped onto the platform.

Seeing this, the cheering crowd quickly quieted down, their eyes closely following Li En's movements.

At the highest point, Ashe, who was sitting upright, stood up with a smile on her face as she watched Li En walking towards her.

"Congratulations, Li En, you are a well-deserved champion!"

"We'll talk about the champion later, Ashe, Warmother, we're in trouble!"

"what!?"