Twin Cities: I am the man of many myths

Chapter 277 A Moment of Ultimate Bliss, Eternal Joy
Following Illaoi, Li Ke and Lissandra used their respective abilities to walk on the sea.

Li Ke moved with lightning speed, his shoes gliding across the sea, creating ripples as he stepped onto the surface. But the ripples froze into thin ice the next moment. The waters around Bilgewater are green, so the ice was also dark green.

Illaoi followed quietly behind, taking large strides to keep up with the white-haired woman in front. At first, as she walked on the ice, Illaoi was afraid that she would slip and fall into the sea.

She was quite serious about her weight. Not counting the heavy clothes and the divine weapon she was carrying, Illaoi weighed over 220 pounds. To be honest, this thin layer of ice really couldn't support her weight.

Strangely, the ice layer did indeed hold, and even when Illaoi tried to increase the force, she still couldn't break the ice.

"This ability is really convenient."

"Are you referring to my abilities, or Lissandra's?"

Li Ke, who was walking at the front, spoke up.

He had no choice but to walk at the front. After all, Lissandra had frozen the sea with her powers. If he followed Lissandra, he would be walking on ice, which would be conspicuous. It was not as convenient as walking like this.

“I have both.” Illaoi thought for a moment and said, “I can understand the ability to control the wind. You probably obtained that ability from the wind god of Zaun. But what I’m curious about is, what about your spiritual and soul powers?”

Despite Illaoi's robust physique and tall stature, making her appear like a sibling next to Jax, she is actually a cultivator of the divine. Nagakaporos's abilities involve the soul and spirit, and as His most trusted and capable servant, Illaoi naturally follows the same path as Him.

Therefore, Illaoi was very curious about the changes in Li Ke.

Two or three years ago, although Li Ke's soul strength was already far beyond that of ordinary people, it was far less powerful than it is now.

Right now, Illaoi has no idea what Li Ke is capable of. She can only sense that Li Ke's soul strength far surpasses her own, like an abyss. The distance between her and Li Ke has grown immensely over the past few years.

“Then you’re wrong.” Li Ke turned around with a smile, put his hands behind his back, and leaped lightly across the sea. With each step he floated out, he could travel more than ten meters on the sea.

"My ability comes from Ionia. In Ionia, there is a swordsmanship school called Windwalker, and I happen to have mastered the school's ultimate technique, Windwalker Swordsmanship."

"Human martial arts?" Illaoi frowned and said in a doubtful tone, "Human martial arts can't achieve this level, can they? To me, this is simply magic."

"Hmm, no, that's because you haven't seen a true martial arts master," Li Ke replied. He suddenly thought of Jax, who was still stationed in Zaun, and Yi, who had returned to Ionia, and said with a smile:
“I know a guy who has reached the pinnacle of martial arts and walks the true path of martial arts. If the Runeterra is ever given another law of power in the future, it will definitely be the one who pioneered it.”

“He is no different from the gods you know, except that he does not have a divine status.”

Illaoi clearly didn't believe it.

Li Ke didn't offer much explanation. A guy like Jax wouldn't believe it unless he had witnessed him in action firsthand.

After all, in the eyes of humans, the biggest difference between humans and ancient gods is not their weakness, but their size.

Yes, the ancient gods generally had mountain-sized bodies, and their imposing presence and impact were unmatched by humans.

"How much longer do we have to go?"

“Soon,” Illaoi simply replied.

In the afternoon, the Sea of ​​Watchers stretches westward to Ixtal, the only wild jungle on Runeterra. To Li Ke, this place feels like the Amazon rainforest. Ixtal is the largest rainforest on Runeterra.

To the east, all was pitch black. Looking up, one could see large patches of dark clouds that seemed to be writhing. From a great distance, Li Ke could even hear wailing sounds, extremely unpleasant and eerie.

Seemingly angered by the wailing, the witch coldly reached out towards the Shadow Isles in the distance. The slowly crawling black clouds instantly retreated, and the slower-moving clouds turned into icy mist.

With Lissandra's abilities, she can even freeze and encase space, so how could she be anything but black mist and black clouds?

"Here we are."

Illaoi took a few steps forward, looked at a small island in the distance, and spoke.

She hesitated for a moment, then said, "I won't go with her. Nera is on that island. There used to be a barrier on that island, which was occupied by an ancient god. But Nera forcibly broke in, killed Him, and destroyed the barrier, which is why the island appeared in the vast ocean."

“Nila won’t lay a hand on you,” Rick told Illaoi.

Illaoi nodded, smiled, and said, "Yes, she won't lay a hand on me, but the problem is, she's been searching for the god behind me. The Serpent Queen is wary of her, so I'd better not provoke her."

"After all, being pragmatic and avoiding joining the crowd is also a good quality."

After Iloy finished speaking, without waiting for Rick to speak, she sat cross-legged, placed the Divine Seer in front of her legs, and said while closing her eyes, "I will meditate here and wait for your good news."

Seeing that Illaoi was unwilling to come along, Rick didn't insist and nodded, saying, "Alright, if the wait is too long, you can go back to Bilgewater first."

"I owe you a favor for this."

Illaoi, lost in thought, smiled and said calmly, "I do need your favor, because it will help me a lot. But as I said before we set off, it's a win-win situation. I'll help you find Nila, and you take Nila with you, Rick. Neither of us owes the other anything."

"Baru is unwilling to join the Federation, and Twin Cities do not need Baru's power. They are traditional and conservative, and they are unwilling to make contact even with Bilgewater. But I am an exception."

But even I am unwilling to risk joining you. However, I can assure you of one thing: Baru will remain solely on the Blue Flame Islands, and we have no intention of engaging with the outside world.

Li Ke glanced at Illaoi a few more times, and he had to admit that in just half a day, Li Ke's liking for Illaoi had indeed increased considerably.

He might now understand why Illaoi is so popular in Bilgewater.

Such a strong, wild woman, yet gentle, intelligent, and intellectual within her savagery, truly possesses a powerful charm.

"Then, I wish you great success."

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As soon as they approached the small island that Illaoi had pointed out, Li Ke frowned.

Lissandra, who was standing to the side, also opened her eyes, a strange light flashing in her pale pupils.

“How peculiar.” She spoke up, a rare occurrence. Standing beside Li Ke, Lissandra stretched out a hand and caught a large snowflake falling in front of her. This was not an icy world created by Lissandra, but rather a unique environment on this island.

“Our planet is peculiar and mysterious, otherwise it wouldn’t have attracted the attention of the Protoss,” Lissandra said softly. With Illaoi gone and only Rick present, her tone carried a hint of life, no longer so cold.

Just like now, she said with a question in her voice, as if asking Li Ke, or perhaps talking to herself, "How many more small worlds like this are there in this world?"

"This ancient god's abilities were in no way inferior to Fenrir's, yet he was still killed?" Lissandra felt conflicted.

Having lived for nearly ten thousand years, and with her ability to enter dreams, Lissandra's abilities are, in a sense, more powerful than those of the demon Ram.

Ramuh is powerful, but also has limitations, as he can only glimpse the secrets of the dying in Runeterra. Lissandra, on the other hand, can freely travel between the two worlds, but even so, she doesn't know when a great figure like Nera appeared in Runeterra.

However, the difference is that Swain's ability to peek into secrets is passive, while Ram will autonomously absorb the memories of the dead before their death, while Lissandra has to be like a diligent little bee, burrowing into other people's dreams to collect secrets.
Thinking about it this way, the witch really is quite the workaholic, knowing so much.

For example, Li Ke noticed Lissandra when she first rose to prominence, but he really had no impression of Nira Lissandra at all.

"Feeling sentimental?" Li Ke saw through Lissandra's thoughts and reached out to pat her on the shoulder, but was stopped by Lissandra's calm gaze.

Embarrassed, Li Ke withdrew his hand and said, "It's not surprising that you don't understand Nila, because it's not that there's a problem with your abilities, but rather that Nila's situation is very special, extremely special."

Lissandra looked at Li Ke, waiting for his answer.

Li Ke then explained:

“Nera, she is human, but she is not human either. After all, no human would suddenly disappear for a long time, and then her voice, appearance, and real name would all disappear from the world of the living. She suddenly appeared in the last two years, so of course you wouldn’t know her.” Li Ke stretched out his hand and hooked two fingers next to his cheek.

“You said everything about her disappeared from the world of the living, so how do you know that?” Lissandra asked.

She had wanted to know for a long time how Li Ke managed to be omniscient and omnipotent.
It's as if he can foresee the future!
Haven't you noticed that because of him, Lissandra hasn't been going around entering other people's dreams to spy on their memories and get information for a long time? Hmm, that seems like a good thing?
As for Lissandra's question, Li Ke simply shrugged indifferently.

Seeing this, Lissandra stopped asking questions and instead looked at a spot on the island. Then, she parted her thin lips and said softly, "The person you're looking for has discovered us and is already here."

"She's very fast."

“Let’s go see her,” Li Ke said.

Lissandra nodded, stretched out her hand, and with a gentle wave of her fair palm, the space in front of her shattered, and the broken "glass" formed an ice door. She took the first step into it.

Li Ke followed immediately, and the next moment, the two figures disappeared from the shore of the island.

"what?"

A voice, both joyful and confused, rang out, and the owner of the voice looked up—

Then a somewhat thin face was revealed. Her skin was a slightly dark tan, and she was extremely beautiful. She had long hair that reached her waist and was tied into a long single ponytail.

Her hair was disheveled and flying in the wind, and two bright blue jewels dangled from her exposed ears. The shimmering jewel on the left ear was connected to a thin silver chain, which sparkled and was set into the nose ring on her nose.

A pair of sharp, eagle-like eyes followed her small face as she looked around. The corners of her mouth turned up in a strange smile. She held an ancient silver object in her hand. The object resembled a sword hilt, or perhaps a ritual implement, drawing out a magnificent and dazzling line of water that formed a long, slender, and constantly flowing water sword.

"That's strange. Could it be that my perception is wrong?" the woman murmured, looking down.

Her name is Nera, a creature who disappeared, has now reappeared, forgotten everything, and is now walking the path of a human hero.

With a puzzled look on her face and a bright smile on her lips, she muttered to herself under her breath.

But before Nera could come up with an answer, she immediately raised her head and looked in front of her.

With her slender fingers lightly gripping the hilt of the sword, Nila raised her hand forward and suddenly lashed out with her whip. The dazzling stream of water transformed into a sword shadow, cascading down like a waterfall, beautiful yet fraught with danger.

"I knew I hadn't misperceived anything!"

"Haha, come out here!"

Nera cried out with delight and stared wide-eyed ahead.

Then, she saw that the sword energy that had been able to cleanly and decisively kill the sea beast had been frozen into an ice block, lingering in the air and emitting a chill.

This scene is absolutely gorgeous!

But Nera didn't appreciate the beauty at all; the enemy's strength stirred a hunger deep within her soul, a hunger that brought a pleasurable sensation.

"Wait, Nera!"

The sound rang out; it was a human voice. This made Nera instinctively stop. It wasn't that she hadn't killed humans before, but those were all accidents, or things that a group of people brought upon themselves.

In short, she would not actively harm humans because humans simply cannot satisfy her hunger.

The joy of hunger vanished almost instantly. Nera smiled, but her tone and eyes calmed down. She felt distressed, even angry.

But Nera could only feel joy, so she didn't know how to express her distress and anger. So she could only calmly put on a strange smile and look at the human who suddenly appeared in front of her—a man with black hair, thin and plain-looking, and delicate features.

"How could it be a human? I was wrong after all," Nera said with a grin, her tone filled with disappointment.

Li Ke stepped out of the ice gate created by Lissandra, looking at Nila with a hint of joy in his eyes.

As expected, Nera is very strong, so strong that even the current Rick is no match for her!

The whip that Nera just casually lashed out at was something I could only block by transforming and using Aatrox's power.

But this is not surprising, after all, whether Nera is human or a demon is something no one knows.

Yes, Nera possesses demonic power and, like Swain, is an inheritor of demonic power.

However, the difference is that Swain controls Ram, while Nera was given power by a demon. Moreover, Ram is nothing but a fart in front of that person.

Because Nera possesses the power of the primordial demon, Osiris.

The Seventh Hell, home to the Ten Great Demons, and the progenitor of demons alongside Fiddlesticks!

You know, demons like Tam Kench and Evelyn are demons with demigod powers. Would anyone doubt that Tam Kench has demigod powers?
Will not.

However, Osiris is a higher being and a more powerful demon than Tam Kench and Evelyn.

This is why Nera was able to easily slaughter dragons and demigods.

"Come out, human, tell me your real name, and why do you know my name?" Nera withdrew her water sword, and the beautiful water flowed and converged on the artifact in her hand.

She swayed toward Li Ke with a graceful and unique gait, like a snake with its body arched, ready to strike at any moment.

Looking at Nera, Li Ke realized that Nera wasn't as exaggerated as Illa had described. She was clearly capable of communication; she didn't seem like a madwoman at all.

You should know that when Li Ke first met Jinx, Jinx didn't listen to anyone at all!

After all, Li Ke thought that they would have to fight first when they met before they could communicate properly, but now he sees that if they can communicate, then of course they don't need to fight.

Li Ke is not a warmonger!
But just as Li Kegang was about to speak, Lissandra stepped out.

In an instant, a stream of water flew past Li Ke.

"Haha! It was you, not him!"

"Come on, I don't care if you're a demon or a god, let's have a fight first!"

Li Ke's lips twitched. He turned his head and saw Nera appear beside him in a flash. She stretched out a hand and gently pushed Li Ke. Nera's eyes were bright, and her attention was entirely focused on Lissandra.

He was muttering strange words that Li Ke couldn't understand at all.

But Li Ke understood the last sentence.

"A moment of bliss, eternal happiness~~~"

"This is exactly what I wanted!"

Lissandra, who had just emerged from the ice gate, calmly faced Nera, raised her hands, and magic flowed. In an instant, the temperature on this already frigid island dropped even lower.

Then came Nera's maniacal laughter, which echoed throughout the entire island.

There are also vast stretches of water that form a canopy, obscuring the sky and sun. The longest stream is estimated to be halfway up the small hill on the island, not to mention the large swaths of sword energy that Nila unleashes as the water flows.

Those sword energies were wider and sharper, each one like a waterfall, dividing the heavens and earth in two. Towards the ground, no more large snowflakes falling from the sky could be seen.

"Oh shit."

Okay, Li Ke takes back his previous thought.

Nera is a lunatic!

(End of this chapter)