-160- Power of an Ascended?

"What's happening up ahead?"

Under the Piltover Mountains, a massive imperial army approached, and the person asking the question was a man in a crimson robe.

"Sir, there's dust and sand everywhere; we can't see the situation on the mountain."

Several warstone masons immediately responded.

"What about the elite forces transporting Sion? Why hasn't their General returned yet?" the man asked, furrowing his brow.

The warstone masons exchanged glances and said, "Sir, according to the plan, General Kolck should have released Lord Sion half an hour ago, and they should have met up with us."

"Could something unexpected have happened? After all, the magical power inside Lord Sion this time is greater than any previous occasion."

The man in the crimson robe looked puzzled after hearing this.

Something unexpected?

You should know that this army was personally selected by the king from the first battalion, making them the most elite soldiers in Noxus!

It was a special force designated to transport Sion!

In other words, General Kolck, leading that hundred-man unit, was undoubtedly the most elite force within the Noxian Empire.

They could release Sion and also retrieve him. Even though it was challenging to recover Sion after the mages used blood magic to weaken him, it was certainly manageable for that military unit.

And who was Sion? The undead war god of the empire. Trying to recover Sion without runic weapons or blood mages? They'll be tossed around like rag-dolls.

Therefore, with everyone equipped with runic weapons, eight powerful mages, and a formidable general, what unexpected event could occur?

Could it be that a god descended to execute them?

Keep in mind that this was a group of one hundred soldiers with a combination of shields, axes, and crossbows, capable of hunting down a dragon on their own!

Even if Sion went berserk unexpectedly, with Kolck's decisiveness and the soldiers' strong combat abilities and coordination, they could control the situation and retrieve Sion, waiting for a second opportunity.

There shouldn't be any reason for them not to have appeared by now!

So he spoke, "That's an elite among elites; why hasn't General Kolck arrived yet?"

"No, go quickly and convey my order: the entire army will march ahead with full speed!"

As the man pulled the reins, the colossal earth dragon beneath him stared at the soldiers with its large bell-like eyes, angrily snorting.

"Forward!"

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Half an hour later, two thousand imperial soldiers arrived at the foot of the mountain.

Instead of being greeted by the elite squad of Noxus' First Army, they found a man lying above the mountains, lying on a vast expanse of corpses.

He lay on the separated massive corpse, and the man heard the commotion of the imperial army.

Slowly, he sat up, supporting himself with a blood-red greatsword. His face was covered in blood, his hair a mix of black and red, and large patches of stains had dried and solidified on the tips of his hair.

"Oh? There's more of you?"

Linwin opened his eyes, looking at the heap of imperial soldiers below.

In the forefront, dozens of giant earth dragons were most prominent, even though they were bound by chains, their sizes were still intimidating.

Countless horses, countless infantry.

How many people were there?

Linwin squinted his eyes.

Standing on the colossal corpse, Linwin gazed down at the crowd.

Underneath his feet was the body of the separated undead juggernaut.

The spike-like thing on his jaw, Linwin had just played with it a bit.

Sure enough, it was a crown.

The crown of Jarvan II or Jarvan I?

Oh, it should be Jarvan I; after all, Sion was a monster active on that battlefield fifty years ago. With his own strength, he personally raided the enemy forces with only a tenth of Demacia's military power, and he even killed Jarvan I with his bare hand.

This damn monster.

So, the question arose: What did it feel like to tear apart Sion?

It was disgusting.

The air was filled with a foul, nauseating smell, covering his face. Looking at the snow-white muscle texture inside Sion's body, resembling the texture of rotting fish meat.

Facing Sion, Linwin went all out.

Sion was indeed powerful, but in reality, if it were only Sion, and if he fought alone, Sion wouldn't be challenging enough for Linwin to go all out.

In a one-on-one confrontation, Linwin's agility far surpassed Sion's, while his strength was slightly inferior but not significantly, considering Linwin's ability to use magic.

However, the Noxian soldiers were proving to be quite persistent!

There was also a group of blood mages capable of replenishing Sion's energy.

Several support characters surrounded Sion, making it challenging to strategize.

After breaking the runic weapons with a single sword strike, Linwin could easily kill three or four people with the next strike.

However, under Sion's relentless attacks, could Linwin afford to divert his attention?

Therefore, in the end, Linwin chose to use a skill - Physical Enlightenment.

But after using this move, Linwin wouldn't be able to move for the next one or two months after the effect wore off.

He would be confined to a wheelchair.

For the current Linwin, this move was undoubtedly powerful, but the side effects were substantial.

Physical Enlightenment, learned from Nasus, was essentially some form of Ascended's power!

Yes, Linwin learned the power of the Ascended from that dog head!

And Linwin's current attributes had already surpassed a thousand in both strength and agility.

A strength of 1300 made Linwin realize that even the weakest Ascended wasn't someone he could casually encounter now.

No wonder that Weaponmaster(Jax probably) needed a large group of highly skilled individuals to kill a single Ascended.

And now, Linwin's body could also become big with the activation of the Ascended's power.

At its peak, he was over a meter taller than Sion.

A Linwin standing at over five meters tall!

"What... What have you done?!"

Under the mountains, the man in the crimson robe stared in astonishment at Linwin.

His pupils were filled with shock, his mouth trembling, unable to believe what he was witnessing.

The elite of the first army and Noxus's undead war god Sion were killed by him alone?

And what about Linwin?

He was currently looking down, feeling a headache.

Linwin was mentally exhausted, but his condition was unprecedentedly good.

This was the effect of the power of the Ascended.

However, Linwin was also frustrated.

If it weren't for Janna backing him up, Linwin would have planned to escape earlier.

If he couldn't move for several months, what about the safety of Zaun and Piltover?

But luckily, there was Janna. Although Janna couldn't act under normal circumstances—after all, as a creation of human faith, what would happen if Janna become feared by most humans after frequently harming humans? Janna herself wasn't very clear.

If a god created by humans harmed humans, could it still exist?

Therefore, unless it was a crisis for Piltover and Zaun, Janna would not take action.

Especially against humans.

But with a chubby green bird at home, when things were really critical, Janna would act, and this made Linwin choose to go all out.

Besides, having repelled Sion, Noxus should be left with no usable forces now, right?

Now, the most powerful open figure in Noxus should be Sion.

Swain? He hasn't gained the power of demons yet.

LeBlanc? She probably wants Noxus to be in chaos.

Hmm, now those things seem unimportant?

The important thing is, what to do with the group of people in front of him?

If they are as powerful as the previous group of soldiers, Linwin needs to think about it.

However, his vision now is better than ever.

Linwin saw the weapons the soldiers were carrying.

Then Linwin breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, these people's weapons don't have green runes on them."

"And their eyes are different."

In the eyes of the group of people in front, Linwin saw fear and terror.

They were scared to death.

Including the one in the front, the man in the crimson robe.

He looked like the leader? But now he was also looking at himself in fear.

Among the thousands of people, only a few were equipped with runic weapons.

After sensing, there wasn't even a mage in this army of a thousand!

Wait, what's going on?

Linwin was puzzled.

Could it be that the ones I fought so hard against before were not just cannon fodder for Noxus?

Under the mountains, seeing Linwin not responding, the man in the crimson robe hesitated.

He didn't know what decision to make.

As a member of the Blood Church, he followed civil politics rather than military politics.

In this incident, what he originally had to do was to meet with General Kolck after he released Sion, and then, two days later, cooperate with General Kolck to recover Sion. After that, lead the troops into Piltover and Zaun to take over these two cities.

But now, who could tell him what happened.

And on the mountain.

The man covered in blood suddenly jumped down from the pile of corpses.

He dragged an immensely bloody black-red giant sword.

Step by step, he walked towards the bottom of the mountain.

Linwin watched his advance and the thousand Noxian soldiers retreating.

He found the feeling of Wilton back then.

Take advantage of the remaining Ult" time!

Of course, I'll be taking all the kills!