My wife is the stand-in.

Amanosaki and the officer exchanged a glance as they sprinted forward. No words were needed; everything was understood without them saying a word.

Only by killing Liu Nu can everyone have a chance to survive!

"Die!"

In just a few seconds, Amanosaki had already crossed the layers of skeletons and arrived in front of the altar. He stretched out his hands, and the crystal multiplied into a spear in his hands. He leaped up and threw it at the [Demon King] with both hands!

The spear struck the altar, shattering into countless crystalline fragments that pierced Liu Nu's body. Taking advantage of the moment, Amanosaki leaped onto the altar, gripping Liu Nu's chubby waist tightly with both hands. The crystalline armor rolled back, binding Liu Nu layer by layer and blocking the input of negative emotions.

The [Devour] ability was fully activated, continuously drawing away the surrounding black energy. At the same time, Amanosaki leaned back, lifted Liu Nu up, bent his spine, and slammed Liu Nu to the ground.

Li Junzi arrived at the same time, and the two of them stepped on Liu Nu's feet and head at the same time. One had crystal claws in both hands, and the other had fists covered with bone spurs. They were attacking Liu Nu like crazy!

The two roared repeatedly, their hands moving incessantly, the sounds of their hammering echoing throughout the room.

The two men threw punches at lightning speed, sending black smoke billowing and causing screams and howls.

The wailing and howling of ghosts were literal. The evil spirits clinging to the well wall, seeing their king being beaten, were all as distressed as if their own mothers had died. They lost control of their skeletons, and each punch felt like it was hitting them. They all fell to the ground and rolled around on the spot.

Soon, a cold, grayish-white mist filled the shaft, obscuring everything.

boom!

The crystal claws slammed into the concrete with a dull thud. Only then did Amanosaki realize that, without them noticing, they had already smashed through the altar's shattered bones beneath their feet, turning the bones into dust, and were now touching the floor.

"The accounts are finally settled."

Li Junzi let out a long sigh of relief, his legs gave way, and he collapsed to the ground.

"Oh, that's it? My muscles aren't even relaxed yet."

The eerie voices finally emanated from the wailing demons lying on the ground from all directions. Their faces were contorted in a grimace, and on their mournful faces, a pair of smiling eyes stared at Amanosaki. Their bitter smiles were chilling.

Chapter 94: Let's go live!

The black energy gathered together and intertwined with the white spirits. Liu Nu, the guard at the Fengdu branch, stood out with his face so grotesque that he was no longer recognizable as human.

His face was woven from black and white lines, twitching slightly like veins, making him look like a freak.

"It has been 12 years since I started taking turns on duty, and it's been managed like an iron barrel."

He said in an arrogant tone:

"If you were to ask where the most deaths occur in a city, it would definitely not be in hospitals or crematoriums."

"It's the sewers."

"Homeless people, desperate gamblers and drug addicts. Stray dogs, stray cats, rats, cockroaches—these are the most numerous creatures in the city."

He spoke as if chanting a mantra, his eyes uneven in size, his tongue dangling halfway out, and his facial muscles already out of balance.

Looking at Liu Nu's angry expression, Amanosaki knew that this guy was completely beyond saving.

A knight-errant who grows up with positive emotions will be full of expectations for life and society. Bearing the expectations of their fans, they will transform into true heroes who serve the country and its people in their work.

But if I absorb negative emotions, it's like bearing the pain and resentment of all my prey all by myself, turning into an extreme monster, and even losing my human form.

Li Junzi bit his lip, looking at Liu Nu, who had lost control and even abandoned his physical body, and muttered to himself, "Who on earth could corrupt the mind of a branch leader like this?"

Amanosaki shoved Li Junzi aside, and the two rolled around in the pile of bones, awkwardly dodging Liu Nu's attacks.

At this moment, Liu Nu had transformed into a gigantic, ugly head, with dozens of illusory tentacles emerging from the gaps in his swollen head.

This is a sign that his rational mind is struggling to absorb the negative emotions he is experiencing.

This also explains why Liu Nu didn't directly absorb these things before.

He was probably waiting for the technology to mature so he could filter out these emotions that he couldn't handle, thus maintaining his detachment from reason and body.

These evil tentacles have no physical body, so Li Junzi has no way to harm them and can only resort to Amanosaki's magic attacks.

The two ran aimlessly along the well wall, their feet resting on decaying bones and fallen moss.

Tentacles, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, were closing in from behind.

"Jie Jie!"

With his glasses tilted at different angles, Liu Nu, drooling foul-smelling saliva, looked dazed and wooden.

"I'm going to slowly toy with you, Amanosaki. Once my tentacles are inside your guts, I'll turn you inside out, hahaha!"

Amanosaki's face twitched as he listened, thinking to himself, "Your tentacle fetish is quite unique."

Amanosaki still had some strength left, but Li Junzi was already at his limit. He had never received the highest level of medicinal bath and had just been hit head-on.

Amanosaki, who has no magical reserves, has spare capacity.

"It's too late." Li Junzi coughed up blood, spitting out small fragments of organs that were not human, and said intermittently:

"A swordsman who has fallen into heresy can keep evolving his supernatural abilities as long as he has enough negative emotions. With so many lives lost in the Abyss, plus the legends of Fengdu's hell, Liu Nu will continue to change."

Amanosaki, supporting the mud-covered old Li, was so startled that he stumbled and almost fell over.

He was really nervous at this moment, not because he was afraid of dying, but because he knew that if his life was in danger, Icarus would do everything he could to save him.

He was worried that Lao Li wouldn't be able to pull through this time.

"Hey bro, don't fall asleep! I don't understand what you're saying."

"Why does turning evil mean becoming ten times stronger?! How are we righteous characters supposed to survive like this? Wouldn't everyone just fall into evil ways and become dark and cruel?"

Li Junzi murmured, "The price... is to become an emotion-fusion monster, and even my self will disappear."

"Holy crap, are we going this far?" Amanosaki looked down, his tentacles brushing against his hair as they crashed into the concrete.

As he ran, he rambled on to distract himself, "You had almost convinced me, but then I remembered I'd forgotten even my parents and ancestors."

"If I can't even watch anime, I think I should just give up. It doesn't seem worth it."

With that, he nimbly flipped over, dodging a barrage of attacks, and kept yelling, "Anyone got a solution? Give me a hand, bro!"

"Up, down, up, down; left, right, left, right; turn around!"

Liu opened his disgusting mouth wide and spoke as he gestured. With each twitch of his tentacles, which were like steel wires, Amanosaki was forced to twitch along with them.

"Hahaha! You're so arrogant! Keep being arrogant!"

Liu angrily spat out saliva and started shouting.

He was not entirely at ease at this point; Icarus, inside the tunnel, would occasionally fire a few bursts of bullets into the well.

These angel-blessed bullets are especially effective in the negative energy-rich environment underground, much like water droplets falling into a boiling oil pan, triggering a violent reaction.

However, due to the large number of deaths sealed within the well walls, the damage Liu Nu suffered was quickly replenished.

"It's useless, useless, useless!"

He started yelling, "I told you not to steal our credit! I told you not to be so good at undercover operations!"

"This is my territory, I'm on duty in Fengdu!"

"You think I won't dare touch you just because there's satellite surveillance and live streaming? I, Liu Nuzhao, will kill you without hesitation!"

The words "live broadcast" felt like a red-hot iron clamp piercing Amanosaki's brain, making him jolted and his eyes darted downwards.

Current Identity: Icarus

Current Awareness: Obscure (97%)

We're just 3% away from reaching the next level of brand recognition.

He suddenly realized a mistake he had made.

He really did consider himself a part of the Heroes Mountain just now.

As the Angel of War, Icarus possesses all military weaponry, far surpassing current human capabilities in both reconnaissance and communication.

Some of them aren't even technology, but divine power.

So why didn't he immediately realize that Icarus might be able to contact the outside world even with the signal blocked?

Because he subconsciously worried that the news of the branch's guards falling into heresy would negatively impact the reputation of Qunxia Mountain in the domestic public opinion.

After all, it represents the degeneration of a province's defense force.

But what does this have to do with him?

He became a chivalrous hero not for the sake of Qunxia Mountain, but for his own sake! His relationship with Qunxia Mountain and its Yushan branch was merely one of cooperation.

That's it.

With this thought in mind, Amanosaki suddenly understood, his mind racing.

Icarus, who was flying, trembled slightly and nodded gently.

She does have a way to contact the outside world, but to ensure a stable signal, she can only output or input signals.

"That's enough!" Amanosaki exclaimed excitedly. "Let's have a grand live broadcast!"

After about ten seconds, Icarus's thoughts reached Amanosaki, who was overjoyed with anticipation.

'alright. '

"Good afternoon, everyone! I am the chivalrous 'Standman' from the Yushan Branch!"

When Liu Nu saw the disheveled Amanosaki suddenly switch to business mode, he instinctively flinched. He looked around warily and noticed that the signal jamming was still in operation.

Then the big-headed guy burst out laughing.

"What's wrong? Are you so flustered you're going crazy? Hahaha!"

"I am a merciful man. Since you have gone mad, I will kill you!"

Chapter 95: Friends, please lend me your vitality!

Less than 10 weeks had passed since Amanosaki's debut at the martial arts arena. In just one month, he became a rising star in Chongqing Province.

In contrast, the life of Iron-Blooded Train Hero, who still needed Amanosaki to curry favor at the time, did not change much.

He didn't even have time to renegotiate the Battle of Heroic Names with Yang Wanli, the King Kong Train Hero, because the Battle of Heroic Names was held monthly, and he needed to patiently wait for the next one.

Today, as usual, he went home to do a live broadcast after finishing his morning practice and reporting to the Wuhu branch.

For these lower-level heroes, becoming a formal member of the Heroes' Mountain is just a basic guarantee; they still need to do more work to support their daily training.