Chapter 461 The Spider God’s Happy Sacrifice
In the dim underground dome.
Countless black spider silks are cleverly connected together to weave a huge and complex spider web.
These spider silks carry a dark aura, like a giant beast opening its mouth, waiting for prey to enter its web.
Spider Queen Elise transformed into a giant black spider, entrenched in the spider web, looking at Huo Jixing below with a slightly fearful look.
Although the ancient demon Evelin was assisting her, she still had no confidence in this battle.
Because Elise knows very well the terrifying strength of Huo Jixing.
In the Shurima continent, she once teamed up with Vladimir to ambush Huojixing.
The final result was death and an escape.
Elise fled in panic, returned directly to the Noxus capital, and hid in a secret cave, filled with anxiety and fear.
Vladimir's death and Huo Jixing's strength lingered in her mind like a nightmare, making her afraid to show her face again.
Faced with the pale lady’s invitation this time, Elise hesitated.
Thinking of everything she had, she reluctantly agreed to the pale lady and prepared to fight Huo Jixing again.
Fortunately, Elise’s mission this time is not to defeat Huo Jixing, but to entangle him.
Let Huo Jixing not be distracted and rush to the aid of the other two battlefields below.
On the eve of the battle, Elise also deliberately reviewed and studied Huo Jixing's fighting style and extraordinary strength in order to better face the danger.
【Cocoon】!
Elise looked at Huo Jixing and gently raised her slender fingers, her fingertips trembling slightly.
Suddenly, many black spider threads fell silently, hiding in the darkness, attacking the target like ghosts.
Huo Jixing raised his eyebrows slightly, and instantly noticed the black spider thread coming from the dark.
But he didn't make any move, just stood quietly.
Suddenly!
A red-gold Nanli fire ignited out of thin air, like a thousand birds dancing, burning the falling spider silk.
As the fire spread, the dim underground castle became as bright as day, and everything around it was clearly visible under the light of the fire.
Huo Jixing looked past the flames and stared at Elise who had transformed into a spider.
To put it into perspective, he had met Elise three times, and he had some understanding of her character.
Elise looks powerful and has a cruel personality.
But she doesn't like to use strength, preferring to hide in the dark and use strategies to plan everything.
Furthermore, Elise would never act so blatantly against a target that is obviously stronger than herself.
Huo Jixing's eyes flickered, and the origin of Elise emerged in his mind.
Elise was born hundreds of years ago to the Kythira family, one of the oldest bloodlines in the Noxian Empire.
When she was young, she knew how to use the power of beauty and use this power to influence the judgment of the weak.
When Elise reached marriageable age, she was pursued by Burhot, the heir to the Zaafan family.
Many people are opposed to their union, because it will unilaterally strengthen the power of the Kythira family at the expense of the Zaafan family.
But Elise took great pains to deceive her fiancé and played tricks on all those who were unfavorable to her, and finally brokered the engagement.
But what Elise didn't know was that this political marriage had been planned for many years, and it was the shadow power behind the scenes of the empire that arranged everything.
Berholt and Elise are both pawns in this huge game.
Despite this, no one expected that Elise could control the Zaafan family so completely.
It seems that Burholt is still a family on the surface, but people with a discerning eye can see who has the final say.
As time passed, Burholt became more and more resentful of Elise.
Eventually the resentment turns into murder.
During the cold and silent dinner, Burholt showed off his cards and told Elise directly.
He poisoned her drink, requiring Elise to withdraw from social affairs and leaving him with actual power.
Who is Elise?
She was able to control the Zaafan family in a short period of time by relying on her ruthlessness and forbearance.
In the face of death, Elise knew that Burholt would definitely bring the antidote with him.
So she chose to endure it, pretending to be a remorseful wife, and begged her husband for forgiveness with tears.
Just when Burkholt seemed convinced, Elise stabbed his heart with a silver table knife.
Even with the antidote, Elise remained bedridden for weeks on end.
According to many records, many noble forces at that time believed that Elise would die in the strife among the nobles.
But the result exceeded everyone's expectations.
Elise survived.
It was the appearance of Black Rose that changed her destiny.
In fact, the pale lady does not care who is in charge of the major nobles, she only cares whether the person in power is loyal to her.
Now that Elise has killed Burholt as a puppet, she must prove her worth.
Otherwise, a more suitable person will be found to replace her.
Faced with such a ladder of power, Elise joined the cabal with almost more enthusiasm than anyone before.
She often meets with the members of the Black Rose, exchanges resources and skills, and weaves a complex web with interlocking strategies to thwart her opponents.
With the wealth of two families, few can compete with her, and she is getting better and better at persuading others to do her bidding.
Finally, in order to win the favor of the Pale Lady, Elise took her followers to the Shadow Island by boat to retrieve something very valuable inside the Black Rose.
"The relationship between Elise and the pale lady is definitely not as simple as the intelligence."
Huo Jixing looked at Elise spinning out spider silk from a distance, with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
The intelligence system at the time did not record the specific items that Elise retrieved on Shadow Island.
But it was mentioned that it was related to the plan of the pale lady and the black rose.
Elise also became a believer in the Spider God, the Vile Throat, which greatly improved her status within the Black Rose.
Almost on the same level as Vladimir and the Pale Lady.
【Plundering and Fury】!
When Elise saw the raging fire, she immediately took a deep breath and called out the many little black spiders in the darkness.
These little spiders are unusual, made entirely of dark power.
In the form of self-destruction, they set off a rolling wave of darkness, preventing the flames from raging, like a confrontation between night and day.
At the same time, Elise herself frequently spun black spider silk to construct her own spells.
I saw layers of spider silk surrounding Huo Jixing, forming a huge pupa-like structure.
Huo Jixing noticed Elise's secret movements and shook his head slightly.
He walked through the air, with the phantom of Nanli Suzaku reflected behind him.
Clang!
Huo Jixing did not use the spiritual wind, but used his hand as a knife to slash at the nearby spider silk.
The next moment!
Nanli Suzaku raised his head and soared into the sky from behind him. The flaming wings rolled back the red-gold flames, turning into a sea of fire and burning the cobwebs.
The spider silk that Elise had just spit out burned one by one under the burning fire of Nanli, and had no effect at all.
Even the little black spider that rushed forward and exploded towards the fire of Nanli became the fuel of the flame like a moth to the flame.
"Something's wrong, his power is much stronger than in Shurima." Elise frowned, fear appearing in her red eyes.
Although the power Huo Jixing displayed was still the power of fire, it was obviously much more calm than when he was in Shurima.
“Where is Evelin?”
Elise scanned the surroundings, but there was no sign of Evelin, as if she had long been far away from the battlefield.
"Damn it, didn't the pale lady make a deal with her? Why don't you take action now?"
Chi Chi! Chichi!
The black spider web continued to burn under the lick of flames, and each thread made a faint crackling sound.
Elise clearly felt the burning heat coming towards her face, and a touch of fear emerged in her heart.
She immediately looked at the weaving chrysalis, and the red-gold flames burned away the spider silk.
In the sky full of fire, Huo Jixing's figure became increasingly clear, rushing towards him.
Elise can no longer care about Evelin's escape. She now has to consider how she should face Huo Jixing's offensive.
Huo Jixing's growth rate made Elise feel fatally dangerous.
With her strength, it is too difficult to deal with the current Huo Jixing.
“Don’t blame me, blame fate.”
Elise's eyes were fierce and she gritted her teeth and said.
Then she lowered her head and took out a strange black skull from her neck, with ancient writing on it.
The black skull floated out of thin air, and invisible pressure enveloped the castle, as if a majestic being was about to arrive.
“Are you preparing to summon the Spider God, the Throat of Despicableness?”
Huo Jixing stopped walking and stared at the black skull in front of Elise.
He had seen this black skull before in Bilgewater.
At that time, Elise used this to summon the Spider God, the Vile Throat, to resist Nagakapoulos' will to revive.
Ancient spells sounded, and a strange atmosphere filled the dome.
Elise stretched out her spider legs, gently pressed against the black skull, opened her ferocious mouth, and spit out ancient and complex words, each syllable like ancient poetry.
Buzz! Buzz!
As Elise recited the incantation, the black skull trembled, as if calling the departed souls, or as if the demon in the abyss was responding.
Suddenly!
Many of the core members of the Black Rose who were fighting below let out shrill wails, and black smoke billowed out of their eyes, ears, mouths and noses.
The black smoke swirled together, taking on the shape of a spider.
They seem to be inhabiting the bodies of the core members of the Black Rose, greedily devouring flesh, blood and souls.
They were the chosen sacrifices and had had happy times with Elise.
Infused with the soul of flesh and blood, majestic power surged from the top of the black skull, condensing an illusory portal.
Elise first looked at the door, then looked at the chaotic array of black roses below, and licked her lips.
“What a pity!”
After this incident, basically no one in Black Rose dared to have fun with her.
But what Elise cares about is not these, but the pale lady.
After she became a follower of the Spider God, the Vile Maw, the Pale Lady formally invited her to join the Black Rose.
Of course Elise understands the purpose of the pale lady doing this.
Because she can travel to and from the Shadow Island through the black skull and the power of the Spider God.
The two hit it off immediately, and Black Rose will provide Elise with a steady stream of stupid sacrifices to the Spider God.
In return, Elise will bring back any object with power from that dark, forbidden shore.
As for the origin of the black skull.
Elise remembers very clearly that it is the skull belonging to the ancient warlord Sarn Uzul.
In ancient times, the ferocious Sarn Uzul attacked many tribes and established the original Noxus Empire.
In Elise’s subsequent investigation.
Sarn U'zul was driven by darkness and purged all the tribes and villages that stood in his way, forging his own empire with blood and death.
“Are you scared too?” Elise looked at Huo Jixing who stopped and grinned.
She still remembers the feeling when the fangs of the Spider God, the Vile Maw, pierced into her shoulder.
She fell to the ground howling, twitching, and begging, as the venom brought terrible changes to her body.
Her spine rose and fell involuntarily, and finally many spider legs penetrated the flesh on her back.
After everything was over, Elise saw her master, the Spider God, the Vile Maw, standing tall in front of her.
"Don't worry, you will feel the pain and fear soon!"
It won't take a while.
The black portal has stabilized, with ferocious spider legs extending from both sides.
Elise immediately came to the front and knelt down.
The dark mist surged and gradually condensed into a giant mountain-like spider, almost occupying the underground dome.
On the black body, red eyes look down, ruthless and indifferent.
“What a familiar smell!”
Huo Jixing looked up at the giant spiders that filled his field of vision in the sky and let out a breath.
Once upon a time, he was unable to resist when faced with the Spider God, the Vile Maw.
At that time, he was like an insignificant ant. He could only tremble in fear in front of the terrifying power of the Spider God.
Now, when he looked at the descending Spider God, he could clearly feel that it was just a ray of consciousness, not the real body.
Huo Jixing took out the spirit wind from his waist and brushed it with his hand. The fire of Nanli clung to the blade of the sword.
The flames jumped, just like the fighting spirit burning in his heart.
“Kill!”
Huo Jixing shouted softly, and the Nanli Suzaku behind him also cried and rushed straight towards the Spider God.
The sword rises and the fog disperses!
Huo Jixing's body melted into Nanli Suzaku, the red-gold flame drove away the descending black mist, and the cold sword light shot straight into the sky.
The Spider God, the Vile Maw, still maintains his indifferent expression.
When the sword light came to him, he casually raised his spider legs and stepped on Huo Jixing.
It looked like he was stepping on an ignorant ant, ready to crush him in one fell swoop.
Clang!
But the next moment, the Spider God let out a painful cry, and his huge body couldn't help but tremble.
The crimson compound eyes stared at the ant-like existence below, with uncontrollable anger and murderous intent.
“Is this all you have?”
Huo Jixing noticed the spider god's crimson compound eyes and chuckled.
The black spider legs stretched out by the Spider God were directly broken when the spirit wind was slashed.
Immediately afterwards, the Nanli Fire ignited, surrounding the broken and fallen black spiders and burning them all.
“Let me see what the power of gods is like?”
(End of this chapter)