Gods and Gods, Humans and Humans, An Unexpected Guest

A gentle breeze gathered, and blue blades floated in the air. Janna's figure hovered behind Li Ke, her snow-white arms waving as her staff swayed, sending countless wind blades piercing towards Illaoi.

At the same time, a voice entered Li Ke's mind.

[Li Ke, I am no match for Nagakabouros. What is appearing now is only a wisp of her consciousness, not her true form. We can finish this quickly and subdue that woman first.]

[I will help you stop Nagakabouros, so that woman is yours to handle.]

Janna isn't good at fighting, but that doesn't mean she can't fight. After all, she's Deity who has lived for thousands of years. Over the long years, she has witnessed too many battles, including those between Ascended and Darkin.

Therefore, when Janna really attacks seriously, she will not hold back.

Just look at the commotion she created—those dense, blue wind blades, if they swept by, could kill thousands of Bilgewater people in the blink of an eye.

The power of Demigod. Even Demigod like Janna, whose power has not yet fully recovered, is a calamity for a city-state or nation.

Upon hearing the sound, Li Ke looked up and saw Illaoi.

They saw Illaoi's eyes glowing green, her hands cradling the Eye of God as she stood upright on a giant tentacle. Looking at Illaoi's facial expression, Li Ke thought Janna was right, because Illaoi's expression was somewhat blank, like a puppet whose soul had left its body.

Illaoi's current situation is the same as when I was Ahri's node, except that Nagakabouros is in Runeterra, while Ahri is in another world.

"Jinx, take them away in the spaceship!" Li Ke first looked up and shouted into the air.

"I understand!" Jinx replied quickly, while simultaneously maneuvering the descending ship to Sarah and Akali's location, preparing to pick them up and leave Bilgewater. She would pick up four or five at a time, fly down, and take them to the main road in the lower city, where the group would find their own ship to leave Bilgewater.

As for Li Ke, since Janna has already shown up, there's nothing to worry about. Besides, didn't Li Ke secretly know a Fox behind her back?

With that in mind, Jinx didn't hesitate, and Akali and Sarah were also decisive.

Akali, in particular, finds this outrageous!

When Akali first left the Kinkou Order, she was actually a bit arrogant and looked down on everyone because of her extraordinary talent. She received the title of Fist of Shadow at the age of twelve and inherited the Fist of Shadow at the age of fourteen. Few people in the Order could match her.

However, after coming out, Akali realized that she had become arrogant too early. Li Ke, a Zaunite, taught her a lesson, letting her know that there are always people better than her. Then she met Irelia, a peer who was more outstanding than herself, and then she met Karma, the prophet whom even Shen could not meet at will.

And now, she's gotten involved in the battle between the Deity!

Oh my god, if I go back and tell Shen and Kennen about this, will they believe me?

The dark tentacles shattered the cyan wind blades, and at the same time, two more tentacles suddenly sprang out from the edge, shooting towards Jinx's location accompanied by Nagakabouros's low, hoarse voice.

"Not a single one of you, get out of here."

Nagakabouros spoke haltingly, her hoarse voice sounding as if squeezed from the deepest part of the ocean, indistinct, heavy, and like a non-human creature mimicking human speech, carrying an indescribable eeriness.

"When!"

Janna raised her hand and lightly tapped her staff upwards. Without turning her head, a blue barrier formed, and the wind gathered into a shield, blocking the attack for Jinx and the others.

"You're just a thought here right now, Nagakabouros. Aren't you taking me too lightly? Besides, even if your real body came, I wouldn't necessarily be afraid of you in my prime," Janna said coldly. Over the years, using the body of the little blue bird to interact with Zaunite like Li Ke, Jinx, and Vi, Janna had lost a bit of her divinity but gained a bit more humanity.

She's even learned to provoke people now!

She knew that whether it was the Ascended of Shurima or ancient beings like Nagakabouros, they all looked down on her.

His Majesty Azir calls himself a false Deity, Nagakabouros mocks her as a breeze, but Janna isn't without her temper either.

Is she really that weak?

She's really not weak!

Li Ke had already told her that she became a god through faith. In the entire Runeterra, there are very few Deity who became gods through faith. Janna is one of the rare ones. The difference between Janna and the primordial Deity is perhaps that Janna's lower limit is lower, while theirs is higher. But Janna's upper limit is also high. Just the fact that the people of Zaun and the coastal cities worship her has propelled her to the position of Demigod.

What if she became Deity worshipped throughout Runeterra? What if 80% of humanity in Runeterra knew of her and were willing to worship her?

She will become a storm.

A real storm.

Li Ke firmly believed this; Janna was gentle and kind, but remember, her hero title was "Storm's Fury," not "Storm's Love"!

Even the gentlest wind can hurt when it gets angry.

"You, how dare you!"

Upon hearing Janna's words, Nagakabouros instantly abandoned her plan to keep Jinx and Sarah alive, and instead launched a frenzied attack on Li Ke and Janna.

[Li Ke, hurry up!]

Unlike her calm and composed demeanor, Janna's voice to Li Ke carried a hint of anxiety.

And what about Li Ke?

He swallowed hard, watching the tentacles flying in from all directions, forming a dense, gray-black net, and felt a sense of unease.

No, are we really going to do it?

Li Ke wondered if Janna could really protect him from Nagakabouros.

Others may not know Janna's situation, but surely Li Ke knows?

Janna's current strength is at most 60% of what it was a thousand years ago.

Although the two cities' plans to worship Janna have never stopped—whether in Zaun or Piltover, storybooks and murals about Janna are everywhere—the problem is that times have changed.

In the past, Zaun (Pizon) was backward, and people needed Janna's help in many things. Back then, there were no Hex Gate or technological transport ships. The situation of the Zaunite going to sea was not much different from that of the Bilgewater people. There were many dangers at sea, so people devoutly believed in Janna, hoping to receive Janna protection and have a smooth voyage and a peaceful sea route.

But the current Zaun is different.

Jayce has created a new generation. The birth of Hextech has made Piltover more willing to trust their own hands than Deity. This is not a bad thing, after all, it is precisely because of this that Piltover's technology has developed so rapidly.

However, even though the people of both cities now believe in Janna, the purity of their faith is not what it used to be.

To put it simply, back in the day, when Zaunite went to sea, they would place a statue of Janna on their ship and kneel and worship before their family shrine for one or two hours before setting sail. But what about the people of the two cities now?

Who has time to spend an hour or two worshipping? An hour or two is enough time for the Hex Gate to fly from Zaun to Ionia, and then to Demacia!

Therefore, even though Nagakabouros only a consciousness, Li Ke still worries.

I'm worried that Janna is exaggerating.

After all, ever since she started taking the blame for herself, Janna's image has leaned towards that of a mascot and a harmonious star in Twin Cities. She's not going for the lofty and Deity route, but rather the cute and playful little bluebird route.

Would Janna have started bragging to Nagakabouros and then actually believed it herself?

"Don't just stand there!"

Seeing Li Ke standing there dumbfounded, Janna stopped trying to communicate telepathically and instead called out to Li Ke directly.

A being like Nagakabouros cannot appear at will, because her true form is too enormous, and she is Deity attached to the borders of Runeterra. This is why everyone in Bilgewater knows Nagakabouros, but very few people on the Isle have actually seen her.

Because He could only appear in the world through the faith of the Buhru most of the time, there was a price He had to pay to come out.

Therefore, Janna sent Li Ke to subdue Illaoi. As long as the connection between Illaoi and Nagakabouros is severed, Nagakabouros will disappear.

As for whether He will pay the price and then Advent His true form to confront Zaun.

Don't be ridiculous, He has many enemies!

At least one thing Janna knew was that she was watching over the seas. The wind knows everything in the world, and she is the Lord of the Wind.

That's why she recently observed a powerful human female.

Yes, she is a human woman, a human woman who walks through Bilgewater with a whip-blade, hunting powerful monsters. She has already killed a powerful basilisk Demigod, and now she is searching for Nagakabouros.

Upon hearing Janna's voice, Li Ke gritted his teeth and lunged towards the "dense net."

Forget it, the worst that can happen is death!

With the Lamb's Respite skill, if Li Ke dies, he'll just return to the "resurrection point." Ahri and Kindred will definitely find a way to help him then, so there's no need to be so afraid.

Quickly Flash forward, Li Ke ignored the attacking tentacles, his eyes fixed solely on Illaoi.

And what followed was a series of terrifying sounds coming from in front of and behind him.

Janna's beautiful face was solemn, her lips pursed. She held her staff in one hand and held the other hand towards Li Ke, her slender fingers spread wide, and a large amount of divine power covered Li Ke's body.

With her other hand, she deftly swung her staff, and countless slender cyan wind blades, dozens of meters long, were constantly being generated, launching hundreds of attacks on Nagakabouros every instant, tearing apart the dense web of tentacles.

As Janna cleared a path for Li Ke while protecting Li Ke, the white light emanating from her body would dissipate considerably, a sign of the significant depletion of her divine power.

This resulted in Li Ke successfully getting close to Illaoi and facing Nagakabouros's evil eyes.

"For me, and for humanity, I am the true God."

Nagakabouros's eyes darted around, meeting Li Ke's gaze. Her voice was hoarse and low, full of seduction.

"I believe in your mother's B!" Li Ke leaped upwards, stepping on the tentacles as he ascended, gathering the Wind Technique in his right hand, and thrusting the sword towards Illaoi's head.

He was also from Zaunite, and being targeted by such an ugly, fish-headed monster who kept calling him "my man," how could Li Ke not get angry?

Now that things have come to a head, Li Ke is done with it!

But before he could even touch Illaoi, Li Ke's body was sent flying.

If Janna could protect Li Ke, how could Nagakabouros not protect Illaoi?

Li Ke leaped and flipped over, then quickly rolled to the side like a cat. Janna used the wind to help Li Ke, increasing his speed.

This allowed Li Ke to successfully dodge the tentacles, but when he looked back and saw the pit in the ground, which was one meter in diameter and tens of meters deep, Li Ke's lips twitched.

What does it mean that a pit one meter in diameter and tens of meters deep has no cracks around its edges?

This means that the tentacle pierced through the island of Bilgewater as easily as poking tofu.

Li Ke didn't think he could withstand such an attack. If he got poked, he'd be a fool not to be strung up like a candied hawthorn!

[Li Ke, hang in there a little longer, Jinx and the others will be leaving soon.]

Janna's voice echoed in his mind, Li Ke lunged forward, then launched an attack on Illaoi.

He wanted to ask Janna what to do once she reached the sea, since the ocean was Nagakabouros's true home turf.

However, this is a question that cannot be asked now, because if it is asked, Nagakabouros will know that Janna and Li Ke are stalling for time.

Therefore, Li Ke had no choice but to bite the bullet and rush forward to overcome the immediate difficulties first.

If all else fails, then we'll really have no choice but to ask Ahri to step in!

Janna persisted, constantly launching attacks to disrupt Nagakabouros while protecting Li Ke.

At this moment, the war between gods and gods, and between humans, has reached its climax. The skies above Bilgewater are filled with clouds, and the battle of the Deity has altered the natural environment surrounding Bilgewater; it is raining on the island.

All the Bilgewater people, along with Gangplank and his men, had fled the upper region and sought refuge in the lower region. Standing on the trembling island, they looked up at the enormous tentacles and blue light above, filled with fear and confusion.

Gangplank was even starting to regret it; he regretted that he had brought this situation to this point.

Damn, Bilgewater can't just disappear today, can it?

In Ionia, within the Hall of Everlasting, Karma opened her eyes, sensing the commotion emanating from beyond the heavens, her brow furrowing slightly.

She stood up, gazing at the sky outside the hall, her eyes glowing green. After a moment's thought, Karma stepped forward and moved to the coastline of Ionia.

"Is it the Nagakabouros?"

"But why didn't the Spirit of Salvation appear?"

One aura belonged to the Nagakabouros, and the other to the Wind Spirit. Karma didn't sense the aura of the Spirit of Salvation, which puzzled her.

Logically speaking, shouldn't Li Ke's real backer be her?

But then, Karma paused, narrowing her eyes and looking away, instead turning her gaze toward Noxus.

Then, she gave a cold snort, a hint of disgust in her eyes.

Karma sensed another aura emanating from Noxus. She closed her eyes, and a green light appeared on the dragon behind her. Karma then unleashed her divine sense directly at Noxus.

She first noticed one of the auras, but the owner of that aura seemed to have sensed Karma as well, since Karma hadn't intended to hide herself.

After speaking with Irelia, Karma became convinced that her idea was correct. Ionia needed a change and could no longer remain as it was before. Therefore, it was essential to let the outside world know that Ionia would no longer be at the mercy of others.

Therefore, she openly flaunted her muscles.

That aura was much weaker than her own, but strangely, when Karma's divine sense probed over, she only saw a remnant Black Rose, and the aura left behind was extremely complex.

It was like a fusion of hundreds of souls, just like myself, but the difference was that the auras of those souls were very similar, as if they had split off from a single entity.

Then, Karma looked at the aura emanating from beneath the Immortal Bastion.

Then she heard an unpleasant sound.

Wow! Wow!

That was the sound of birds, like a child crying; it was the sound of crows.

Then, Karma's vision turned red, and her divine sense was deliberately severed. But in her last, hazy vision, Karma saw white hair, a black trench coat, and a multi-eyed raven perched on a blood-red arm and shoulder.

It was also staring at Karma.

After regaining her senses, Karma stared at Bilgewater.

Then, she made a decision.

Without the elders' consent, she reached out, grasped her fan, and gently waved it. A rainbow bridge, stretching to the horizon, appeared on the sea.

With one step, Karma disappeared off the coast of Ionia.

And she has already appeared on the vast ocean of the Guardian's Sea.

"There are so many unexpected guests."

"Walking on the Rainbow Bridge, "Karma said softly.

She decided to help Li Ke, and at the same time, she also wanted to let the outside world know something.

That's Ionia; it's not without Deity protection.