Why is his holy light red?

Chapter 76 This is too terrifying!

The Radiant Messenger stood frozen in place, staring in disbelief at the scene before him.

That pink potion clearly increased his strength dozens of times over. The two energy tyrannosaurus dragons he just summoned were enough to shake an aircraft carrier, and even that arrogant lizard monster was torn in two by that monstrous force.

But why—why did this brat crush everything to dust with just one punch?!

Who the hell is the real monster?!

Could it be that this kid was also injected with the drug?

The Radiant One looked blankly at his companions, but the two clowns seemed to be startled by Mercury's fist as well; their shock could be felt even through their masks.

Mercury slowly withdrew his fist, which was wreathed in red light, and stared at the cracked face of the Spirit Messenger: "Shouldn't you be spending the rest of your life in prison? How did you escape?! Who let you out?!"

Tonight's plans have been completely disrupted.

According to his original plan, the raid was supposed to be completed at 1 a.m. Once all the key members of the Ogre Gang responsible for distributing the loot and money were present, he and Rex would then enter and wipe them out in one fell swoop. But to everyone's surprise, just after 9 p.m., Loki ran home in a panic to send a distress signal, saying that the gang's headquarters had been attacked.

It wasn't until he arrived at the scene that Mercury realized his assumptions were wrong. Immortal Technology wouldn't send anyone to help at all; the assassins they sent were there to silence him!

This is quite in line with the capitalist's way of doing things. After all, killing is easy, saving people is difficult, and silencing witnesses is naturally the most cost-effective approach.

Once the main members of the cannibal gang are dealt with, most of the lead on this illegal drug will be cut off.

Even if a few survivors are found, it will be extremely difficult to reinvestigate.

The longer the time drags on, the greater the advantage of immortality technology becomes, as they can more thoroughly destroy all kinds of evidence.

Mercury felt he was still too young and harbored some unrealistic fantasies about capitalists.

He rushed to the scene, only to find the cannibalistic gang's elite members reduced to mangled pieces. But amidst this chaos, he unexpectedly encountered the Spirit Messenger—a stroke of incredible luck!

At this point, whether Hannibal, the local tyrant, is alive or dead is no longer important. As long as they can capture this escaped, fallen hero alive, along with the two masked clowns watching the show behind him, that would be far more valuable than the cannibal gang.

But Mercury did not rush over rashly.

His gaze quickly swept over the striking black crescent moon emblem on the chests of the three men's uniforms, and he immediately recalled the name "Black Moon Circus".

During this time, he sorted through a massive amount of clues, and the source of all the strange events was related to the time point of "six months ago".

Whether it was the breakthroughs in biological experiments by the immortality technology or the uncontrolled proliferation of enhancement drugs in the underground black market of the Tree Root District, it all started six months ago.

During the same period, another tragedy that shocked the world also occurred.

Legend has it that the mysterious "Black Moon Circus" descended like ghosts, shrouding the entire city in a circus tent that nearly blocked out the sun. The Iron Titan personally led a team of superheroes in a rescue attempt, ultimately suffering extremely heavy casualties.

To this day, no one knows the true nature of this superpowered criminal gang, nor their motives. All that is known is that in the short 24 hours under the tent's cover, the civilian casualties in the city were staggering, and even the professional heroes who participated in the battle suffered heavy losses.

Even more bizarrely, before the angels of light arrived at the scene, the sky-covering tent vanished on its own, and all the members of the circus disappeared without a trace, no matter what tracking methods were used.

The details of this tragedy were classified as top secret by the Association, beyond Mercury's reach. But there's no doubt that the Black Moon Circus, capable of confronting the Iron Titan head-on, is an extremely formidable criminal gang with superpowers.

Mercury took a deep breath, and the red aura around his knuckles began to circulate at a high frequency again.

This net caught a truly massive deep-sea fish.

But the prerequisite is that your own fishing net must be strong enough so that it cannot be torn to shreds by the prey.

Mercury held his breath, maintaining a steady, unhurried pace as he approached the three men step by step. Every muscle in his body was taut, ready to explode at any moment, like a lurking cheetah.

In the world of superpowered individuals, when facing an opponent whose background is unknown, the slightest carelessness can be fatal.

As the dark red halo drew ever closer, the Spirit Messenger was so terrified he felt his soul nearly leap out of his skull. In his extreme panic, he frantically squeezed the raging potion energy within him, waving his hands wildly and once again unleashing a sky full of purple spiritual light.

But this time, his energy beast went berserk beyond its own era.

The charging rhinoceros transformed into a Triceratops the size of a heavy tank, and the swooping eagle became a Quetzalcoatl with an astonishing wingspan.

An overwhelming army of energy dinosaurs materialized out of thin air, completely blocking the narrow Elm Street and creating a raging Jurassic era on a modern street.

A purple torrent of dinosaurs roared and surged along the asphalt road. The remaining corpses on the ground, the heavy cast-iron fire hydrants, and even the load-bearing walls of the cheap apartments on both sides were all crushed like paper by this torrent.

The sky was filled with shattered bricks and glass mixed with towering high-pressure water jets, as if to turn the entire street into ruins.

However, Mercury did not dodge, but chose to confront him head-on.

He stomped his foot on the ground and launched a counterattack against the overwhelming torrent of energy.

Amidst the overwhelming purple frenzy, he was like a dark red shooting star swimming against the current.

The body, enveloped in red holy light, was like a red-hot blade, tearing a huge gap in the dinosaur torrent, cutting a path straight through the center with unstoppable force.

Going against the current, they are invincible.

That cobbled-together army of dinosaurs was utterly unable to stop Mercury's savage charge.

With both invincible defense and overwhelming strength, this type of superpower is like his nemesis.

The distance between them continued to close. As the red holy light emanating from Mercury was about to imprint itself on the face of the Radiant One, this once-star hero finally broke down completely.

"Are you just going to watch me die?!" He turned his head and screamed desperately at the two clowns standing on the high place, his voice distorted by extreme panic.

One of the clowns helplessly spread his hands: "Sigh, I kindly advised you to leave earlier, but you insisted on staying to catch up. Now you want to leave, but it's too late."

Although he said he regretted it, his tone seemed to carry a hint of sarcasm and glee.

And just as the clown finished speaking, an extremely dense and ear-piercing electrical crackling sound exploded.

Immediately afterwards, a figure wreathed in lightning, like a thunderbolt tearing through the night, suddenly shot out from the shadows.

It's Rex! Driven to the limit by his lightning powers, his sprint speed even surpassed Mercury's.

But even faster than Rex were two specially made tactical grenades that he had thrown out in advance.

"Boom! Boom!"

The grenade detonated precisely in the air less than two meters above the three men's heads. There were no lethal steel shrapnel fragments, but the powerful shockwave instantly exploded into two extremely dense clouds of silver-gray high-pressure smoke, like two inverted giant nets, completely enveloping the Psychic and the two clowns.

Rex, like a cheetah carrying thunder, plunged headfirst into the edge of the smoke.

The instant the electric arcs around him touched the layer of silvery-gray mist, the violent high-voltage current seemed to find an excellent outlet, conducting and spreading along the mist at an unimaginable speed. In the blink of an eye, the entire space shrouded in smoke completely became a high-voltage lightning pool flashing with electric light.

This was precisely the direction of improvement that Magic Eye pointed out to Rex during that hellish week of intensive training.

Since his lightning ability cannot be used for mid-to-long-range external attacks, we can use tactical items to solve this problem.

These two grenades weren't filled with steel balls at all, but rather with a large amount of suspended metal powder. Combined with the force of the grenades that had just been broken apart by the dinosaur torrent...

The high-pressure fire hydrant water mist that is currently gushing out has transformed the originally insulating air into a perfect conductor.

This was originally a "cleanup gift" they had prepared for the cannibal gang. The plan was to throw two grenades after all the thugs had entered the house, and then have Rex follow up with a full-coverage "deep electrotherapy" to ensure that everyone would fall asleep instantly.

Mercury's seemingly reckless behavior was merely a decoy. He used his most ferocious stance to draw the three men's attention, allowing Rex to seize the opportunity to take them all down.

The high-voltage current released by Rex is absolutely lethal.

Faced with these three mysterious opponents whose backgrounds were unknown, the "Son of the Storm King" had no intention of holding back at all.

He didn't care whether these lunatics could withstand it; he went straight for the maximum, berserk output. If they were electrocuted to a crisp on the spot, that was a matter for the forensic pathologist to collect the bodies. In battles between superpowered individuals, being merciful to the enemy is being cruel to oneself.

Blinding blue-purple lightning crackled and danced wildly in the silvery-gray metallic mist, as Rex nearly exhausted the last ounce of his supernatural power. But to his surprise, from the depths of that dense fog crackling with deadly arcs of electricity, only a piercing scream rang out.

The next second, a gust of wind suddenly rose from the ground, like an invisible giant broom, completely dispersing the conductive mist.

Rex's pupils contracted sharply as his gaze passed through the dissipating smoke.

On the asphalt road, the Spirit Messenger convulsed like a dying fish, thick white foam gushing from the corners of its mouth.

Behind him, the two masked clowns remained completely unharmed. A semi-transparent shadow, the outline of a circus tent, enveloped them, completely isolating them from the deadly high voltage.

Rex's shock was still frozen on his face when one of the clowns slowly raised his head, his empty eye sockets beneath the mask locking onto him.

In an instant, reality crumbled before Rex's eyes. The Joker's body expanded wildly like a hot air balloon, instantly blotting out the entire night sky.

The pale mask ripped open from the jawline, revealing dozens of rows of razor-sharp, interlocking teeth. A gaping maw, carrying a strong, pungent stench, loomed down, as if to devour him whole, skin and bones.

Extreme fear severed his reason, and Rex let out a hysterical scream.

"Bang!"

A figure enveloped in red light pierced between the two like a cannonball, blocking the Joker's gaze from locking onto Rex.

The monstrous, overwhelming force vanished instantly, and the shattered reality returned to normal.

Mercury, with his back to Rex, shouted, "Don't look him in the eyes! I'll handle this one, you deal with the other!"

But as soon as Mercury finished speaking, the Joker's mask turned, and his cold gaze pierced straight at Mercury.

The surrounding street scene instantly crumbled like shattered glass.

A blinding golden light, almost burning through his retina, descended from the sky. A colossal god, radiating endless holy light, hovered in mid-air, looking down at him with an oppressive aura.

A sacred and majestic voice emanated from the deity's mouth: "Mercury, my child, swear with me. From this day forward, I will watch over mankind until my death. I will not marry, nor will I hold land, nor will I have children. I will not wear crowns, nor will I vie for glory. I will serve my duty faithfully, even unto death."

Mercury's eyes widened in terror; this was fucking terrifying!