Unable to Defend Myself

Judging from today's situation, I can't avoid it. At the very least, I need to cover the wounded's evacuation. 🎈🐠 ☯🍫

"We can resolve our own issues among the three of us; there's no need to involve others."

Jie sneered, "Heh, of course we need to settle our differences, but the Vastaya Forest holds something I need. If they're willing to tell me, I might show mercy; otherwise, I'll have to slaughter them all!"

Luo, shielding Xia with both hands, replied, "I've already said, we don't know what this Vastaya Xerath you're talking about. Only a few elders know, and you've almost wiped them all out!"

"Stubborn to the end! Then we'll kill you all! Attack!"

At Jie's command, the Shadow Cult members immediately scattered to fight. Since that's the case, I'm not going to "reminisce" with them anymore. Let's fight our way out first!

Alanta and Zed joined forces to block me. Former enemies had become teammates fighting side by side. I had seen them fight before and still remembered their moves.

At that time, they rarely engaged in direct confrontations or clashed with weapons; they moved like ghosts, swift and unpredictable.

After Zed merged with Bai Juen, he changed and became very aggressive in his battles. Alanta, on the other hand, remained the same, relying on his flexible moves to keep the opponent occupied, which was very troublesome!

There's no time for a slow, drawn-out battle now, and I can't afford to hold back against Alanta. Every attack I launch is designed to be deadly.

Surprisingly, she was completely unaffected. Without the Cross Scythe, her two Vastaya scimitars became even more unpredictable, and she handled my attacks with ease.

When Alanta was killed by Zed before, Kennen said that she had shown mercy. I couldn't see it then, but now I realize it's true. Her moves are much more troublesome than Zed's!

I can now unleash the power of the War Aspect, but I can't reach that light and airy state unless I'm extremely angry; it just means my power is stronger and lasts longer.

I'm confident I can defeat both of them in a long fight, but this protracted battle will delay Xia's treatment.

I had to find a way to end this quickly. While fighting, I thought of a strategy and finally decided to use a barrage of Wind Spear decide the outcome!

No matter how agile they are, if the attacks are dense enough, they cannot dodge!

After a long battle, just as I had gathered enough Wind Spear to launch a large-scale attack, I suddenly found that the power had disappeared. To my surprise, I was almost hit by Alanta!

Seeing Riven in the enemy ranks made everything clear. She always appeared at the right time before, and this time was no exception; only her stance had changed.

Although the Sword Saint and Wukong had dealt with most of the Shadow Cult members, the sudden Riven made the situation even more dire than before, and I wasn't sure if I could defeat her.

She knows all the moves I know, so in the end we'll have to compete in strength and skill, which takes up a lot of time.

Xia's face grew paler and paler, and Luo could no longer hold back. He shouted:

"Let us go, and I'll tell you where Vastaya Xerath is!"

"No... If you tell... I'll die right here!" Xia's breath was weak, but she still didn't want Luo to say it.

Faced with her threat of suicide, Luo Yi ruthlessly knocked her unconscious. "I'm sorry, you'll still die if this continues. I can't give up this last chance."

Hearing Luo's words, Jie withdrew his Steel Claws: "Then lead the way. I keep my word, but you'd better hurry, your partner doesn't have much time left."

"It's nearby, follow me!"

Luo led the way, and Zed immediately followed, leaving Alanta and Riven to keep an eye on us.

My gaze never left Riven, and she didn't look away either, keeping her eyes fixed on me.

Since we parted, I've imagined our reunion countless times, but now that I've seen it twice, each time I'm more disappointed than the last.

Whether she was angry, disappointed, or even slightly delighted, I could accept it. But both times she was completely indifferent, as if she were facing a stranger.

Riven isn't a scheming person; she wouldn't deliberately try to hurt me like this. That's just her true nature—cold and indifferent!

If it's just a difference in beliefs, there's absolutely no need for this. It's as if I did something to wrong her.

During our last meeting, she only said that birds of a feather flock together, and that she was cruel, bloodthirsty, and violent, without mentioning any dissatisfaction with me. Now I hope to get an answer:

"Regardless, I still want to know why you're so cold to me."

"We're not a good match, that's the biggest reason."

"This shouldn't make you so indifferent. In other words, I want to know what I did to offend you?"

Hearing what I said, Riven's expression finally changed a little, although it turned into anger, it still stirred something in my heart.

Did I really offend her? Seeing that she didn't speak, I continued to press her:

"Don't keep it all bottled up inside. Can't you just say what's wrong? This isn't like you at all."

"Hehe, sorry, this is the real me. I've been pretending to be a little girl in front of you for so long, it's exhausting. What? Not used to it?"

"There's nothing I can't adapt to. As long as you're willing to come back to me, I'll adapt to whatever changes you undergo."

"Aren't you ashamed to say something like that? Well, you're capable of doing something like that, so you're trying to win me over now to deal with the Vastaya, right?"

Even that kind of thing? What thing?

"Shameless!"

"Hey, explain yourself clearly, don't just leave things unsaid!"

Riven turned her head away and ignored me, while Alanta laughed:

"Pfft... Yasuo, you've really gotten to it, learning to deceive young girls. Don't forget I'm still here!"

"Alanta, there's been some misunderstanding between us. I'm not the Yasuo you know..."

"Oh? You're really shameless. You're not trying to say you've lost your memory and don't recognize me anymore, are you?"

"No, I know you, but not initially as Yasuo, but as Zhao Xin..."

I recounted our first meeting, including our encounter in Yanglin, what I saw and heard on my journey, and her life-or-death battle with Jie, trying to be as comprehensive as possible. However, she listened without paying any attention.

Alanta thinks I heard it from someone else, since Akali is with us now and has gone through all of this too.

But it doesn't matter if she doesn't believe me, because Riven knows all of this too; she's the one who knows my background best.

"Riven, you should know I'm not lying, right?"

"I don't know," Riven replied coldly.

Just when I was at a loss for words, a shrill scream suddenly came from not far away—it was Jie's voice!

Did Luo harm Jie through some means? We all ran over, and as soon as we got close, we saw a burst of colorful light!