Chapter 209: Wind Slash and Wind Barrier
Janna heard Orianna's prayers and felt the struggle of this unyielding soul.
Zaun and Piltover are only separated by a river. After receiving the prompt from Janna, Levi quickly flew to the battle scene.
"Resurrection Monsoon!"
The bluebird flapped its wings slightly on his shoulder.
Immediately afterwards, with Levi in mid-air as the center, the strong airflow like a tide roared out in all directions.
“W-what?!” Marit’s expression changed slightly.
Her figure was almost submerged in the terrible storm waves in an instant, and she was about to be swallowed up and swept away by the invisible air waves in the next second.
Fortunately, Riven stood in front of her companions in time.
She thrust the door-panel-wide rune sword heavily into the ground, activating the glowing power of the Holy Spirit on the sword, and erected a solid windproof barrier for herself and Marit.
But even so, the strong wind still pushed Riven and her sword back dozens of meters with overwhelming force.
Her sword was stuck in the ground as an anchor, but it turned into a plowshare in the strong wind, plowing a deep furrow in the ground.
The most surprising thing was that the strong wind that made Riven and Marit struggle to keep their balance had almost no effect on Orianna at the center of the storm.
The wind seemed to come alive, as if it had a will of its own.
In the face of its enemies, it is as ruthless as the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves;
When facing comrades, it becomes as warm and gentle as the spring breeze, full of life.
This breath of life was not a metaphor, but a real life force. As the air flowed over Orianna's body, the powerful life force slowly flowed into her broken body like a stream flowing into the sea.
Orianna felt a warmth, and her injuries were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"President Levi?" She looked in disbelief at the man in front of her who was slowly falling in the eye of the storm.
This is the person she admires, the president of the Leaders Association.
"Come back with me, Comrade Oriana," Levi said.
"Comrade?" Orianna was still a little confused when facing her idol.
"I, I haven't joined yet, I'm not a member of the Leaders Association..." she explained subconsciously.
Li Wei smiled and told her: "You don't need to be a member of the Leader to become a Leader."
"Hmm..." Orianna seemed to understand.
She took a step forward and stepped onto the Wind Stairs that Levi had prepared for her.
Mr. Colin in the distance was also lifted up by a breeze and slowly sent into the sky.
"Wait!" Marit subconsciously wanted to stop her.
But Levi just looked back at her, and a gust of wind pushed her far away again.
And Riven finally came to her senses.
She raised her sword to protect her best friend, and urged the Holy Spirit power of the Black Stone Rune Giant Sword to slash Levi with a brilliant sword light: "Swift Wind Slash!"
A green half-moon-shaped sword wave slashed through the air.
This sword was faster and more powerful than the one used to warn Orianna.
It even split the vast river of storm air summoned by Levi in half with one sword, and like a pair of scissors tearing cloth, it continued to cut through the wind and waves fiercely.
There was finally a hint of solemnity in Levi's eyes.
He used his hand as a sword, harnessing the power of the storm, and faced the fierce sword energy that broke through the air, slashing out with his sword:
"Wind Barrier!"
Levi used this move when he first gained divine power, and it has now become his signature skill.
But using the same trick less than half a year ago, he could only pull up a transparent airflow as high as a person with all his strength, barely interfering with the enemy's bullet trajectory.
But now, what Levi summoned was a wall of gale that was as condensed as a solid entity and as thick as a city wall.
"boom--"
Riven's Wind Slash and Levi's Wind Wall finally collided in mid-air.
Gale Slash failed to unleash a gust of wind, but the wind barrier also failed to immediately swallow up the sword energy.
It was like a charcoal fire falling into a puddle. The power of runes and the power of the storm collided violently, then canceled each other out, and finally subsided and disappeared together in the boiling air waves.
"He is very strong." Riven put away the sword with a serious look.
As the strong wind died down, she finally saw Levi's face clearly.
Levi is a well-known figure in the Twin Cities. Although Amystan did not allow them to know about the Leader, she did not prevent her subordinates from knowing who the enemy was, what his name was, and what he looked like.
Riven and Marit also knew Levi. So they confirmed, "Are you the leader of the Wind Leader?"
"Yes." Levi nodded.
"You've crossed the line!" Ma Lite was intimidated by Levi's strength and did not dare to act rashly.
But she still did not forget her duty as a Noxian general, and she was still proud: "You are provoking the Noxian Empire!"
According to the non-aggression treaty signed between Leader and Amistan, Leader's armed forces cannot cross the border without authorization.
But in the face of Marit's questioning, Levi did not talk about big principles, morality or human rights.
He just replied: "Then you hit me?"
Marit: "..."
This answer, which was very Noxian in nature, left her, a Noxian, speechless.
Even though they only exchanged two moves, seeing Levi and Riven facing off head-on without showing any signs of weakness, Marit knew in her heart that she could not win.
According to Noxian logic, she had no right to reason with Levi.
And Levi has the qualifications.
He then said, "Miss, you are talking to me about treaties and rules. But when you, the Noxian and Camille reactionary groups, were persecuting innocent citizens in Piltover, did you ever consider the rules?"
Of course not.
To be honest, there is no way Marit could win the argument against Levi.
"Riven?" She had no choice but to look at Riven for help.
Riven's sword is bigger, which makes more sense.
But Riven was a little hesitant: "Marit, this matter...should I ask the general for instructions?"
Although she is the commander of the Rune Swordsman Legion, she sounds like a great leader who can stand on her own in the Imperial Army.
But in fact, the "Rune Swordsman Corps" she belongs to is not a traditional legion of tens of thousands of people, but a special operations force composed of a small number of elite warriors.
Although they are powerful individually, they are not numerous. The entire legion only has about 200 to 300 people.
In other words, Riven, the legion commander, has actually always been doing the job of a stormtrooper captain.
She was usually only responsible for charging and fighting, and she did whatever her superiors told her to do. She herself had no strategic command authority.
"Levi is the leader of the Wind Leaders after all. If we try to keep him, we will be declaring war on the Wind Leaders Association."
Riven has neither the experience nor the authority to decide on such a major event involving the relationship between the "two countries."
"Hmm..." Marit calmed down and thought that what Riven said made sense.
They are just mid-level officers, and this matter should be reported to the general for handling.
Not to mention that with the power Levi just displayed, if a real fight breaks out, it would be a question whether they could hold the other party back.
So Marit also put down her sword, and looked at Levi unwillingly: "Let's go! We will report your cross-border behavior today to General Su Mistan truthfully."
The matter seemed to have come to an end.
Neither Marit nor Riven dared to fight him to the death, and Levi could leave whenever he wanted.
but……
"Let's go?" Levi frowned: "Do you think this matter is over?"
He looked at the exhausted and weak Orianna, the frightened Mr. Colin, and the once prosperous and bustling workshop, now in ruins:
"Do you think this matter can be ended so lightly?"
Levi's eyes swept over coldly.
Riven avoided his gaze with some discomfort.
But Marit came forward confidently, her eyes seemed to be questioning: "What else? What else do you want to do?"
"You need to pay for this," Levi said.
"That depends on your ability." Marit replied unyieldingly, "Don't forget, this is our Noxian territory. If you don't leave now, when my comrades come to reinforce you, you may not be able to leave even if you want to!"
For a moment, the atmosphere became tense again.
Riven secretly tightened the hilt of the sword, and Marit also quietly held her breath.
But Levi didn't do anything.
Because what Marit said was actually true, he was not yet capable of being invincible by himself in the current Piltover.
After all, the Leader has only been around for less than half a year, and has only just gained a foothold in Zaun.
The team has been growing rapidly since its establishment, but no matter how rapid the growth is, it has only been within half a year, starting from zero.
Moreover, although it is not difficult to understand the theory of the leader, understanding it is another matter——
Almost everyone in Zaun now has a copy of "A Brief Account of Janna's Thought", and anyone who can read can recite some of the famous quotes in it.
At first glance, it seems that all Zaun are leaders and experts in Janna theory.
But Levi knew clearly that among Zaun's population of 2 million, the number of people who had the patience to read the entire text of "A Brief Account of Janna's Thoughts" would definitely not exceed 100,000.
Among these 100,000 people, most were students and workers in the base areas, and they only managed to finish reading the book under the guidance of propagandists.
Because there is a threshold to understanding the theory of leaders, it requires a certain foundation of historical, political, and even economic knowledge.
And the cultural level of most Zaun people...
It cannot be said that there is none at all. After all, in order to obtain qualified industrial workers, the Alchemist Baron will also be merciful and organize cultural knowledge training for the workers.
But this little bit of cultural knowledge is only barely enough to meet their daily work needs and is enough for them to work in the factory to screw screws.
Therefore, many people only have a superficial understanding of the theory, but do not really understand what the Leader is pursuing. They still have simple ideas, regarding the emergence of the Leader as a change of dynasties in the past, and regarding the Leader as a kind version of the Alchemist Baron.
This leads to the difficulty of "promoting and recruiting new members" for leaders. Not to mention, it takes a lot of time to train a team of propagandists with sufficient numbers and abilities.
Nowadays, there are only about 10,000 devout leaders. If you include the less faithful followers, there are less than 100,000.
This is the result they achieved with the help of Janna's divine power feedback, Seraphine's soul resonance, and the publicity plug-in.
And this number of less than 100,000 believers is far from enough for a god.
Although Janna's strength has recovered a lot compared to when she was at her lowest point, she is still far behind the Stormfury who had millions of believers in his heyday.
Therefore, even if we take into account the demonic power that Lina got for free and the true god gift that Sarah got from the Snake Mother, the current leader...
Not to mention compared with the entire Noxian Empire, even compared with the Amistan Legion stationed in Piltover, it is probably not much stronger.
And what if I defeat Amistan?
Behind Amistan stands the huge Noxian Empire.
"Do you dare to do it?" Marit asked again.
She didn't know the specific strength of the leader, but she was clear about the strength of the empire.
Faced with the terrifying threat from the Noxian Empire, Levi must swallow his anger and leave obediently.
But what she didn't expect was...
Levi didn't really do anything to her.
But after a brief silence, he said something even more shocking:
"I want you to bring a message to Amystan."
"Tell her that of the two weeks I gave her, there is only one week left."
"?" Riven and Marit were both stunned.
Two weeks, what time?
"Wait..." Riven reacted quickly.
She suddenly remembered that she had indeed read a related article in the Piltover Daily a week ago.
At that time, Camille's anti-Janna campaign was at its peak, and in a short period of time, hundreds of progressive people from Piltover, immigrants from Zaun, and apprentices from Zaun were persecuted. Some of them were sent to Stillwater Prison, and some were simply sentenced to death.
So at that time, the Leader issued a public statement saying that he would give Piltover two weeks to end the unwarranted persecution of Piltover citizens and release the innocent citizens who had been arrested.
Otherwise, in two weeks, Windleader will come to Piltover to rescue people on his own.
And now, a week has passed...
The Leader's statement caused almost no ripples in Piltover.
Because almost all the people in Piltover and Noxus don't believe that the Windleader would dare to take the initiative to attack Piltover.
When reporting this incident, the Piltover Daily was more focused on promoting the reliability of the "Piltover Security Treaty", the strength of the Noxian Empire, and claiming that the Leader Association was just bluffing.
No one was nervous about it. A week later, the incident was almost forgotten.
But now...
"Are you serious?" Riven looked at Levi in disbelief: "Do you really want to go to war with the Empire?"
"I don't want to." Levi said.
He certainly didn't want to fight.
Zaun and Noxus are still doing business, and the tens of thousands of people in the Leader's base still rely on Noxus' imported raw materials and export orders for their livelihood.
For him, fighting without breaking is the best option.
But this does not mean that Levi will turn a blind eye to the tragedy happening in Piltover.
He has been watching the wave of terror that Camille's reactionary group and Noxian military ruffians have jointly launched in Piltover.
What happened to Orianna and her daughter is just a drop in the ocean.
So Levi answered firmly: "I don't want to fight, I just want to save people."
"Whether this battle is fought or not does not depend on me, but on you."
"Tell Amistan that if she continues to indulge Camille and your unwarranted persecution of the citizens of Piltover in a week, I will come to Piltover in person to settle accounts with you."
Levi paused for a moment, and looked carefully at Marit and Riven, as well as the Noxian soldiers:
"And you guys..."
"Tell Amystan that I hope she can save everyone time and voluntarily hand you over for trial in a week."
"What did you say?!" Marit was shocked.
Threatening Noxus with war and demanding General Amistan hand over someone to pay for his crime? This guy must be crazy!
"I told you." Levi finally took the injured Orianna and Mr. Colin and slowly flew into the sky: "This matter is not over yet."