Things happened so suddenly that even Qianye failed to deal Noxus a good blow to his weak points.

The little fellow simply stood there in a daze. Having no time to explain things in detail, he roared, “Hide!” Then, he picked the little girl by the neck and tossed her away.

Noxus’ gaze followed the girl into the distance as she vanished into the forest. Only then did he glance back at Qianye with an ambiguous expression.

Qianye stood watching the arachne warlord with the azure sword in hand.

Noxus said, “Are you planning to fight me?”

“It’s not like I can run away.”

“True.” Noxus swung his spear horizontally, sending out a wave of radiance spanning hundreds of meters.

At that moment, streaks of grey energy appeared in the surrounding and weakened the force of the spear radiance. By the time the attack had arrived before Qianye, it contained less than half of its might and was blocked with relative ease.

Noxus was visibly moved. “This domain, this origin power…”

He banged his shield and axe together, summoning a hazy golden glow that resembled an all-encompassing spider net. The arachne...