Since the sky was covered, the heavens began to show their holiness

The howling gale blew up the gravel, making a whimpering sound in Annie's ears. Her fingers grasping the corner of Zhou Xian's clothes turned slightly white, and it was not until she stepped out of the shadow of the Immortal Fortress that her tense shoulders suddenly relaxed. "Brother, where are we going now?"

There was still a tremor in the childish voice, and the ends of her hair were covered with dust from the recent melee, swaying gently in the twilight.

Zhou Xian's black robe rustled. He raised his hand to brush away Annie's hair. The remaining magic power on his fingertips burned fleeting runes on the sand. In the distance, the iron-blooded flag of the Noxian Legion was looming. His pupils shrank slightly, and he brought the girl to his side: "Demacia."

His voice seemed to be quenched with ice, but it melted into spring water when it touched Annie's upturned face. "I heard that people in Demacia live and work in peace and contentment. Shall I take you to see it?"

Annie's eyes lit up immediately, but were soon overshadowed by worry. She tiptoed to Zhou Xian's ear and whispered in a low voice, "I'll go wherever my brother goes."

Zhou Xian's lips curled up into a gentle smile, his bony hands gently ruffled Annie's soft hair, and he squeezed her shoulders soothingly.

Then, he flicked his finger on the space ring, and a dark blue light burst out, and the Hextech aircraft with a cold metallic glow unfolded in the air. The propellers hummed and stirred up a strong wind. He put his arm around Annie's waist and jumped onto the aircraft nimbly.

"Hold on tight!" Before he finished speaking, the aircraft had already shot up into the sky like an arrow. Brilliant runes flowed on the surface of the aircraft, cutting through the twilight and speeding towards Demacia. Behind him, the shadow of the Immortal Bastion gradually shrank into a black dot on the ground.

The scarlet candlelight cast a strange shadow on the dome of the Immortal Bastion. Leblanc's red and gold fingertips stroked the jade talisman, and her nails scraped against the warm jade surface. The black dot on the horizon had long turned into a star in the night, but she still stood on the windowsill, her emerald eyes reflecting the trajectory of the aircraft breaking through the clouds - this transaction was never the end, and they would have intersections in the end.

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War on the Edge
"Demacia!"

The sound was like thunder, carrying faith down from the clouds. The magic-forbidden stone armor reflected a cold and dim light, and the fearless vanguard army lined up like a forest. The roar of shields colliding and the sound of uniform footsteps woven into a steel war song in the wilderness.

"For the glory of Noxus!"

The bloody flags fluttered, and the undead army marched on the dead bones and scorched earth. Their battle cries tore through the sky, carrying with them a chilling and violent aura. The runes on the battle axes glowed scarlet, and the blades were still condensed with blood scabs from the previous battle, emitting a strange light in the twilight.

Two torrents of steel collided at the border between Demacia and Noxus. Forbidden stone armor collided with rune axes, splashing dazzling sparks; iron hooves crushed the earth, raising dust and fog. Noxian warriors were fearless and broke through the defense line with the strange power of blood magic; the Fearless Vanguard Corps relied on strict discipline to form an iron wall and refused to give in. The sound of war drums, wailing, and the sound of weapons clashing intertwined into a tragic war movement, and the land on the border was soaked in blood.

Just as the soldiers of both sides were fighting fiercely and the scarlet blood mist covered the sky, a silver light suddenly split open in the northwest clouds. Like a falling meteor, a streamlined aircraft pierced through the smoke, and its cold metallic shell reflected a strange blue light pattern, forming a sharp contrast with the cold weapon battlefield on the ground. It drew a parabola in the air with an arc that defied common sense, and the flames from its tail dyed the Noxian flag a strange blue.

The pupils of the leader of the Fearless Vanguard suddenly contracted, and her knuckles turned white from clenching the gilded halberd. She looked at the strange light that cut through the sky, and let out a short roar from her throat: "Everyone retreat! Form an iron wall formation!" The sound of the horn, wrapped in a hoarse message, penetrated the sound of fighting. The forbidden magic stone formation that had just been advancing like a tide suddenly turned, and the shields burst into a metallic vibration. The buzzing sound. Tiana stared at the trajectory cut by the aircraft and saw that the Noxian soldiers also showed astonishment - this strange "support" was obviously beyond everyone's expectations, and the battlefield was instantly filled with a cloud of doubt that was thicker than the smoke of gunpowder.

The aircraft's porthole was covered with a layer of light blue energy halo, dyeing the bloody battle on the battlefield into a strange purple. Annie tiptoed on the cabin wall, her butterfly hair accessories swaying gently with her movements, and the button eyes of the Tibbers doll in her arms flickered in the light and shadow. She turned her head to look at Zhou Xian beside her.

"Brother, why are they fighting?"

"Noxus's desire for expansion is endless." Zhou Xian's fingertips slid rapidly on the holographic screen, and a map cast a floating blue light in the cabin. "And Demacia. They always think they are the embodiment of justice."

He suddenly paused, turned his head to look at Anne's confused face, and reached out to tuck her scattered hair behind her ears. "Where there are people, there will be fighting. As long as there are humans, the war will never stop."

Anne nodded, not quite understanding, her glass-like eyes reflecting the surging crowd and the sparks below. Tibers stretched out his furry paw and gently patted the back of her hand, as if to comfort her. Zhou Xian's hands danced rapidly on the operating table, and a stream of blue flames sprayed out from the tail of the aircraft, rapidly climbing in a posture that almost distorted space.

The shouts and cries of battle on the battlefield below were gradually drowned out by the roar of engines. The battle axes of Noxus and the magic-forbidden stone shields of Demacia turned into shrinking blocks of color on the ground.

Tiana slammed the gilded telescope onto the magic-forbidden stone shield, her bronze face shrouded in gloom. When the aircraft flew over the battlefield just now, she clearly saw the faint Hextech energy patterns on the cabin - the blue diamond matrix was the Hextech technology that Piltover was proud of.

The wind brought with it a bloody smell. She looked at the path of the aircraft cutting through the clouds and frowned slightly. That was the direction of Demayasi.

"Pass the order, the entire army retreat!"

Tiana tore off her blood-stained cloak and threw it on the ground, crushing the half-buried Noxian battle axe under her feet with her boots.

The smoke of the battlefield had not yet dissipated, and the Noxian leader suddenly raised his hand, and the knuckles inlaid with scarlet gems hit the battle axe heavily. The undead army that was biting like wolves just now suddenly stopped, and the tense killing atmosphere was replaced by a strange silence. The leader lowered his head and glanced at the rapidly flashing rune communicator on his wrist. His turbid one eye was full of doubts. Then he looked in the direction of the retreat of the Demacia army unwillingly, but just waved his hand, indicating that the troops should reorganize the formation.

"Retreat!" The hoarse command mixed with the rattle of iron chains echoed throughout the battlefield. Although the Noxian soldiers looked puzzled, they quickly returned to their positions. When the last blood-stained flag was rolled back to the flagpole, the leader looked back at the sky where the aircraft disappeared, and his scarred face was uncertain in the twilight.

(End of this chapter)