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Ashe turned and left, waving to Sejuani.

"Don't worry, I won't force Zuo Chi to do anything he doesn't want to do."

After getting Ashe's affirmative answer, Sejuani nodded with relief, then rode on Bristle and rushed into the night with a group of Winter Claw warriors.

In the dark night sky, only Sejuani's voice came with the cold wind:

"Zuo Chi, I'll be waiting for you at Winter's Claw."

After the people from Winter Claw left, only Zuo Chi and the people from the Avarosa tribe were left on the snow.

Ashe was arranging for people to stay in this base, and after daybreak, they would properly accommodate the wounded, repair the houses and tents, while Zuo Chi stood there waiting quietly.

An unknown amount of time had passed, but when the sky gradually brightened, Ashe tightened the cloak on her shoulders and walked towards Zuo Chi.

"Zuo Chi, sorry to have kept you waiting. Let's go back to the tribe."

Zuo Chi tilted his head with a faint smile: "Just the two of us?"

Ashe nodded: "The warriors who came to support are members of the northern affiliated tribe of the Avarosa tribe, so they are not traveling with us. The remaining Avarosa tribe members need to stay here to help."

After hearing Ashe's explanation, Zuo Chi also nodded.

However, seeing that Ai Xi's face was a little pale due to the previous battle and sleepless night, Zuo Chi still reached out his hand to her.

"Can you still hurry? Or I'll take you away."

Ashe raised her head, and looked at Zuo Chi with her icy blue eyes.

Finally, she nodded slightly and put her hand in Zuo Chi's.

"I'm small and light."

Chapter 104 Heart-beating!

The night was about to pass, and tiny orange and yellow lights appeared on the horizon.

At this time, two figures flew across the sky, and the power that was accidentally leaked caused the snow on the ground to scatter. The glittering snowflakes reflected the faint light, indicating that a new day was about to come in Freljord.

In the sky, Zuo Chi held Ashley's slender and flexible waist and flew with her towards the center of the Avarosa tribe's base.

Because of the previous battle with Sejuani, and the fact that she had exhausted all her strength in resisting the Frozen Tomb, Ashe could only snuggle in Zuo Chi's arms and let him carry her on the journey.

Leaning in Zuo Chi's arms, Ashe pursed her lips, not knowing what she was thinking.

The two were flying very fast. Ashe's silver-white hair was blown by the wind and hit Zuo Chi's face. Zuo Chi didn't care about it and just hurried on his way.

Finally, when the sky was fully light, Zuo Chi and Ashe returned to the center of the Avarosa tribe's base.

Slowly descending from the sky and standing outside the base, Zuo Chi and Ashe stood facing each other.

Zuo Chi looked at the people coming and going around him and said softly, "Ai Xi, have a good rest."

Because there were many tribal members around, Ashe was forced to keep a distance from Zuo Chi.

She looked at Zuo Chi curiously: "What about you?"

"Me?" Zuo Chi turned his gaze to the east: "My friend is over there, so I should go back too."

Zuo Chi looked at Ashe again: "What's wrong?"

Ash shook her head: "If you want to know something, you can come to me, or... do you want to live here?"

After all, he was her benefactor, and Ashe didn't want Zuo Chi to continue living in the noisy tent area.

However, Zuo Chi rejected Ai Xi's kindness: "Forget it, it's not a problem."

Seeing that Zuo Chi had no intention in this regard, Ai Xi did not force it and turned around and walked towards the base with a somewhat staggering step. Zuo Chi also did not stop and walked towards his previous residence.

When they returned to their residence, Lei Ze and his tribesmen came to greet them with great concern.

"Young man, where have you been? If your luggage wasn't there, we would have thought you left without saying goodbye."

Zuo Chi smiled and waved at Lei Ze: "I met a few new friends and stayed with them for a while."

Lei Ze nodded with a smile: "The tournament will begin in one day, I hope we can get the protection of War Mother Ashe by then.

If you succeed, you can return to the tribe with us, and at least you won’t be hungry anymore.”

In response to the old man's words, Zuo Chi just smiled kindly and didn't say much.

Seeing that Zuo Chi was fine, Lei Ze and others did not ask any more questions and turned back to their tents.

Sitting in his seat, Zuo Chi recalled his experiences that night.

When Zuo Chi came to Freljord before, he never thought that he would encounter a battle involving all three war mothers as soon as he arrived here.

It seems that the relationship between Ashe, Sejuani, and Lissandra can really be described as hot and difficult.

There are also the wishes of Ashe and Sejuani.

Zuo Chi doesn’t know what Ashe wants now, but according to his estimation, it should be a grand vision such as unifying Freljord or maintaining peace and prosperity. After all, only these things are most in line with her identity as the war mother of the Avarosa tribe.

This is too difficult to do.

Even if Volibear brought the bearmen, it might not be possible to unify the Freljord.

Otherwise, the ancient gods in ancient times would not have been madly plundered of their believers by the Three Frost Sisters.

Sejuani's wish is also somewhat difficult.

In order for the entire tribe to survive this cold winter without worries about food and clothing, the supplies needed are undoubtedly huge.

Where to find these supplies?

Zuo Chi became increasingly absorbed in thinking about these things, and as he hadn't slept the whole night before, he fell asleep soon after.

For the next day, Zuo Chi stayed in the tent and did not go out again.

Just as the sky gradually darkened and the wind and snow outside began to rage again, the conversation between two people walking outside the tent attracted Zuo Chi's attention.

"Someone is causing trouble at the War Mother's side again. I heard that this time it's someone from the Snow Treading Tribe. Their War Mother is said to be very powerful, and they want to openly challenge the War Mother."

"This kind of thing is too common. Because of the blood alliance, every subordinate faction wants Warmother Ashe to select a blood alliance from their tribe in order to improve the status of their own tribe. After being rejected, some people will naturally become angry and humiliated."

"It's only been half a month, and three people have already challenged the War Mother. I can't even imagine how chaotic it will be after the tournament."

"Alas, this is not something we should be concerned about. We are not qualified to attend the conference anyway."

The voices of conversation gradually faded away, but Zuo Chi inside the tent frowned.

From the conversation between the two people just now, Zuo Chi could hear a lot of information.

Someone challenged Ashe? Because of the Blood Alliance?

It seems that there are many complications behind Ashe's recruitment of the Blood Alliance.

With Ashe's current physical condition, can she defeat her challenger who is also a War Mother?

He slowly stood up, said hello to Zuo Chi, Lei Ze and others, and then rushed towards the central area of ​​the Avarosa tribe.

By the time Zuo Chi arrived at the place where he had parted with Ashe in the morning, the place was already crowded with a huge crowd of people.

Everyone was looking at the central area of ​​the base, and they were whispering about something.

Following the gaze of the crowd, Zuo Chi also looked in that direction.

There, a woman wearing an animal skin vest and covered with indigo tattoos was holding a long knife and looking forward with a provocative look on her face.

And in the direction her eyes were pointing, Ashe was standing proudly holding the True Ice Longbow.

This is the umpteenth time Ashe has faced off against a challenger.

The harsh living environment of Freljord has created special rules of survival here.

In the tribe, everyone is eligible to challenge the War Mother, and the winner will become the new leader.

And the losers have almost no chance of survival.

The War Mother will not allow anyone who challenges her authority to continue living, and once the challenger wins, it is even less likely that she will spare the life of the previous War Mother, because this is almost no different from a bomb that may explode at any time.

In the past, not many people had challenged Ashe, but after the announcement of the tournament, the number of challengers began to surge.

All the tribes wanted Ashe to choose blood allies from their tribes, but with so many tribes, how could Ashe agree to all of them?

The end of every challenger was to be turned into an ice sculpture by the True Ice Longbow in Ashe's hand.

As the reincarnation of Avarosa and the holder of the "Holy Bow", Ashe must establish her own status through repeated battles.

But now, Ashe's hand holding the True Ice Longbow was shaking slightly.

The previous battle with Sejuani had already drained her strength, and the struggle to resist Lissandra's Frozen Tomb made her already weak body even worse.

In addition, after returning to the tribe, she immediately began to arrange things for the martial arts competition in full swing and had no time to rest at all.

It can be said that her current combat power is less than one-tenth of her peak strength.

But being provoked by a war mother from a subordinate tribe in front of the entire tribe, if she didn't do something, the reputation she had worked so hard to build would be destroyed.

And if she lost to the opponent due to physical reasons, Ashe didn't dare to think about the consequences.

In the distance, Zuo Chi, who witnessed all this, had a complicated look in his eyes. Looking at Ashe who was surrounded by everyone, Zuo Chi couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Behind the dazzling glory, there is probably endless bitterness.

After rummaging in his waist pocket, Zuo Chi once again found a turquoise gem in his hand.

There are two life gems in total that I got from Qianwei Ningran before.

I gave one to Syndra before, and this is the only one left.

Zuo Chi held the life gem in his hand. A fiery red-gold light diffused in his hand. The vitality in the life gem quickly gathered in his palm under Zuo Chi's guidance.

After a moment, the emerald green gem turned into powder and fell to the ground. Zuo Chi pushed through the crowd and walked forward.

At this point, the crowd's attention was focused on Ashe and the challenger, and everyone began to hit the ground with their weapons in unison.

But at this moment, Zuo Chi came to Ashe's side.

Looking at Zuo Chi who suddenly appeared beside her, Ashe was obviously stunned for a moment.

"Zuo Chi? What are you doing here?"

Ashley's voice was calm, but Zuo Chi could see a deep worry in her ice-blue eyes.

Zuo Chi smiled at Ai Xi and then stretched out his right hand.