The Glory of Noxus

The night passed, and dawn came to Blood Cliff.

As the crimson glow fell into the city like drizzle, a solemn atmosphere surrounded the sky above Blood Cliff.

After yesterday's city-wide martial law search, the panicked people had not yet recovered from the tense atmosphere, but suddenly found that there was a hazy blood-colored fog in and outside the city.

At first, people thought that these blood-colored fogs were normal morning fog weather.

But as time passed, the blood-colored fog not only did not dissipate, but became thicker.

Seeing this, people who could not leave felt that they were tightly bound, as if they were in a closed small room with nowhere to escape.

Many chambers of commerce and nobles sent guards to explore the situation.

After a long period of no news, an atmosphere of fear rose, covering everyone who stayed in Blood Cliff City.

The warehouse area near the port.

Huo Jixing opened his eyes, stretched his spirit, and after seeing that there was no one around, he stood up carefully.

"Huh?!"

While walking, Huo Jixing noticed that the environment he was in was a little different from last night.

But the dim light prevented him from seeing the truth.

Creak!

Pushing open the narrow window, a hazy blood-colored mist poured in like a wave.

Huo Jixing's expression suddenly changed, and the red-gold flames ignited, instantly driving away the blood-colored mist that was approaching.

Only then did he slowly see the sky outside, which was full of blood-colored mist.

Whether it was the towering buildings, the goods piled up in the port, or the ships staying on the sea level.

All were covered with a layer of hazy blood-colored mist, like blood-colored giant beasts sleeping in the same place.

Huo Jixing seemed to realize something, and immediately turned to look at the warehouse. The fire of Nanli swept through, burning away the blood-colored mist in the air.

He quickly woke up Jalal, Kalida and others.

After a while, everyone stared blankly at the changes outside. The nervous heartbeats and even breathing sounds of more than a dozen people were unusually clear in the quiet and strange atmosphere.

"What's going on?" Jalal wanted to hold his breath.

Then he gave up such an idea. How long could he hold his breath in the face of the endless blood-colored fog?

"I found the changes when I woke up in the morning." Huo Jixing looked solemn: "Maybe it started last night."

He kept the Nanli Fire in his body boiling all the time, burning the blood-colored fog spreading in the air.

[Suzaku·Red Eyes and Fire Pupils]!

The red-gold flames covered his eyes, and Huo Jixing looked into the distance, in the red-gold vision.

The boundless blood-colored fog had a faint extraordinary characteristic, like dense mayflies, staying in the air and surging with the wind.

"It seems to be a ceremony?" Kalida said softly, with a somewhat uncertain tone.

"When I was studying in Piltover, I saw a description of a similar scene in a book."

"Ceremony?"

Jalal looked gloomy, his blood-stained golden hair fell on his cheeks, his once resolute and calm expression disappeared, and a trace of panic appeared in his quiet eyes.

Seeing Huo Jixing looking over and asking, he whispered.

"A terrifying ritual that can cover a huge city will never be cast so simply."

"It must have taken a long time to prepare in advance, and many extraordinary items to cooperate."

"And the only one who can do this in Blood Cliff and hide it from everyone is——"

"The Mo Wuli family!"

Huo Jixing was shocked, looking at the blood-colored mist outside, and the Nanli Fire surrounding his body swayed.

"Scarlet Secret Society!"

He thought of the existence behind the Mo Wuli family, and his heart sank.

"Get ready, we will leave here immediately!"

Huo Jixing looked at the people behind him who had fallen into silence, and spoke in a concentrated voice.

The burning red-gold flames, like gods, brought them a glimmer of hope.

In less than a moment, all the soldiers of the Reiser Garrison Corps were fully armed, with complete armor and sharp blades, waiting for orders.

Kalida was also wearing a dark purple inner armor, holding a hex vinyl gun, and holding a baby boy in her arms.

Jalal looked at Huo Jixing and nodded gently.

The strong are respected, which has long been engraved in the bones of Noxian people.

Huo Jixing did not refuse, and immediately led everyone out of the warehouse area and headed towards the port.

The scenes he saw along the way made his heart sink.

The diffuse blood-colored mist had a weak extraordinary property, floating unconsciously.

He could not be sure what the extraordinary property was. Although the people stained with blood-colored mist seemed to be safe and sound, they felt a little chilling.

However, in the streets and alleys of the port area, there were no soldiers in blood-colored armor who patrolled and enforced martial law yesterday.

Just as Huo Jixing gradually relaxed in his heart, his breathing suddenly became rapid when he arrived at the port.

What he saw in his vision.

At the junction of the sea level and the port in the distance, the blood-colored mist was like a curtain, covering all the ships and imprisoning them in the port.

In front of the port, the fully armed and ready soldiers in blood-colored armor were bathed in blood-colored mist, looking straight ahead like carefully carved terracotta horses.

Huo Jixing believed that once he and his men appeared, they would attract the attack of these blood-colored armored soldiers.

"Is the Mo Wuli family crazy?" Jalal felt a chill in his heart.

The port area of ​​Blood Cliff is under the charge of the Supreme Command of the Empire.

Now the Mo Wuli family violated the order of the Supreme Command of the Empire, openly controlled the port, and intercepted all trade ships.

Huo Jixing looked at the scene in front of him and let out a sigh of relief.

There was no need to go around the gate of Blood Cliff City, he believed that there would be blood-colored armored soldiers there as well.

The Mauli family will not tolerate anyone leaving Blood Cliff. Huo Jixing thought secretly.

He was alone and could certainly force his way out.

But if he does this, not to mention that his secret mission will fail, Jalal and others behind him will also be forced to stay in Blood Cliff.

"Whoa! Whoa!"

Suddenly, the cry of a baby broke the silent atmosphere.

Kalida immediately covered the baby boy's mouth, and Huo Jixing and others quickly left the area.

In the dark passage, Huo Jixing's pupils were filled with red-golden light.

The blood-colored clouds in the distance heard the baby's cry, but remained indifferent and stayed where they were.

"Stop us leaving?"

Huo Jixing withdrew his gaze and looked at Kalida, seeing her anxiously caressing the baby boy in her arms, looking extremely panicked.

"What's wrong?"

Huo Jixing and Jalal looked at each other and walked over quickly.

The baby boy in front of him is a blood descendant of the Mauli family, and is also related to the secret of the Scarlet Secret Society.

"this!"

Huo Jixing looked down at the baby boy in Kalida's arms, his pupils constricted, unable to hide his depressed look.

Under the dark gray linen coat, the baby boy's skin was turning red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then gradually turned deep red.

At the same time, fine beads of sweat appeared from all over the body, soaking the dark red skin.

"The body temperature is also getting higher!" Huo Jixing put his hand on the baby boy's forehead, which was a little hot.

"what to do?"

Khalida seemed to have lost her bearings and hurriedly wiped the sweat off the baby boy's body. Seeing that it didn't work, she looked at Huo Jixing pleadingly.

Under the red golden eyes.

Huo Jixing saw the blood-colored mist filling the air being slowly injected into the baby boy's body, slowly changing his body.

"It's bloody mist!"

His tone was solemn, and the Nanli fire ignited at his fingertips, burning and expelling the bloody mist near the baby boy.

It seems to have some effect.

The baby boy's skin stopped changing and remained dark red, and the temperature on his forehead gradually became constant.

"This is not the solution." Jalal said, looking deeply at Kalida.

"We can't waste Huo Jixing's power in vain. We must find the source or a solution."

Kalida, who was originally emotionally stable, suddenly became a little at a loss when she heard Jalal's words.

She looked at the silent soldiers of the Reese Guard Corps around her, and hugged the baby boy tightly in her arms.

Huo Jixing is the strongest person in the team. In the current ritual environment, he is everyone's hope. He cannot waste his strength for her and the baby boy in vain.

"Go to Mouli Castle!" Huo Jixing said in a deep voice.

The blood-colored mist filling the air, the military formation at the port, and the strange changes in the baby boy.

Everything that happened in Blood Cliff was caused by the Mouli family.

After Jalal hesitated for a while, he nodded decisively and led the soldiers of the Reese Guard Corps under his command to set off.

Kalida gathered up her long gray hair, wrapped a cloth band around the baby boy in front of her, and followed.

Huo Jixing was walking at the front, and the Nanli Fire that was lit was like a torch in the dark night, burning away the bloody mist in front of him.

After leaving the port and walking in the city, Huo Jixing noticed changes in his surroundings.

The bustling scene earlier was gone, and the wide streets were empty and deserted.

The blood cliff under the blood-colored mist seemed to have turned into a city of the living dead. Thousands of clouds rose within the field of vision, but there was no fresh breath at all.

The more he walked, the colder Huo Jixing's heart became.

Until Mauuli Castle comes into view in the distance.

The capital of Noxus, the Immortal Fortress.

The silent and solemn audience hall.

Swain was sitting in front of a simple marble table, dealing with the affairs of the empire.

The recent victory of Lokronde allowed the Imperial High Command to regain control of the Black Powder Land, and at the same time executed many Black Rose spies in many chapters.

Although with his full support, the new Noxian Empire embraced all who swore allegiance to the Empire—

Including black roses!

But now, Swain sees a more serious threat hidden within the empire.

Ta-ta! Ta-ta! Ta-ta!

Light footsteps sounded, echoing in the empty audience hall.

Swain seemed to have noticed something. He looked with dark eyes and saw a scarlet figure slowly approaching in the darkness.