Heroes Return

That's right, he was a monk.

However, the only thing that reassured Lin Jie was that the monk was not the incompetent master.

Angela was also standing on the podium at this moment, her glasses glancing at Lin Jie from time to time.

"Is that the guy you've fallen for?" Captain Justice keenly noticed his daughter's gaze.

"What are you going to do?" Angela whispered to Captain Justice, "If you dare to make things difficult for him, I will never talk to you again."

"Alright, but I still need to see what kind of person my future son-in-law is, right?" Captain Justice whispered to Angela, "I want to meet him alone after the presentation!"

"Are you kidding me!" Angela said, displeased. "I don't agree with you going to him directly! What do you mean by future son-in-law? Besides, we have absolutely no relationship at all."

"Are you kidding me? Is there any man who can resist my daughter's charm?" Captain Justice said, displeased.

“That man is different from all the men you know, and he already has someone he likes,” Angela said. “So I absolutely will not allow you to go to him.”

"What did you say?" Captain Justice glared at Lin Jie, displeased. "You mean that guy is ignoring my daughter's love and thinking about other women all the time? If that's the case, then I can't agree to you being with him in the future!"

"What are you talking about! It's none of your business!" Angela said unhappily.

At this moment, Lin Jie, who was leading Class S on the sports field, also suddenly felt a sense of unease.

Chapter 36

Like many events, the event began with a speech from the organizer.

Following Chairperson Angela's speech, Captain Justice also addressed the students. Although his remarks were quite official, the students were very excited because of his SS-rank status. After all, those who could become SS-rank heroes all had incredibly rich and inspiring achievements.

"...Alright, that's all I have to say. Now, let's invite my friend to say a few words to everyone." Captain Justice pointed to the monk standing next to him: "I would like to give you a grand introduction to one of the four eminent monks of the J City Bachelor Temple, a crime-free zone in Area C! Master Wuyu!"

"Damn! It's the Bachelor Temple again?" Lin Jie frowned upon hearing the Justice Captain's words. He knew that Master Wuneng's sleazy behavior had left a deep impression on him last time.

"Amitabha, it's a pleasure to see you young benefactors," Master Wuyu said. "Since the renowned Captain of Justice wishes I could say a few words, then I will. The reason our Bachelor Temple has become a forbidden zone of evil is due to the concerted efforts of everyone in the temple. Therefore, this humble monk offers you a small piece of advice: Do not quarrel because of youthful impetuosity. As the saying goes, 'A moment of patience brings calm, a step back opens up a vast sky.' Do not let small conflicts affect your greater good..."

"I never imagined that this Speechless Master would be so unreliable, unlike the Incompetent Master." Lin Jie nodded in agreement after hearing what the Speechless Master said.

"Speaking of disrupting harmony, I must mention my incompetent senior brother. That guy is a prime example of moral decay and the decline of the world. Even though everyone in our area is single, my senior brother secretly went out to pick up girls behind my back! The Buddha is truly enraged! I've come to District M this time to arrest my senior brother and bring him back to receive FFF… no, I mean, punishment according to our temple's precepts. If any of you benefactors here have seen him, please be sure to inform me. I would be extremely grateful…"

Then the incompetent master talked for more than ten minutes straight.

"Ah! Speaking of which, after arriving in District M, I did my best to pray to the local deity, the one holding the ice cream cone. That deity gets bombed all the time! No wonder it's a representative building of District M; it's not only symbolic but also attracts the hatred of criminals, making them their primary target for bombing that almost deserted statue. When I return to the Bachelor's Temple, I'll definitely build a building like that. Speaking of which, the Zero statue is also a target for many criminals these days..."

Then a few hours later, most of the people in the audience had fallen asleep.

"As the saying goes, 'Form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form...'... Don't underestimate these scriptures, everyone. They have the effect of protecting one's true nature and preventing evil spirits from invading the mind. Next, this humble monk will recite a passage from the Diamond Sutra for you..."

Before the incompetent master could continue speaking, the entire island transformed into a bizarre red world. Every blade of grass and every tree seemed to freeze in time.

Everyone stared in astonishment at the scene before them.

"Everyone, don't panic, let me read a passage first..." The only person present who was completely oblivious to the changes around him was probably Master Wuyu, but before he could finish speaking, he was sent flying by a powerful punch.

When the fist struck the Incompetent Master's body, it produced a strange metallic clanging sound.

"Shut up! You monk are so annoying!" Captain Justice suddenly shouted fiercely. At this moment, Lin Jie could clearly see that Captain Justice's eyes were emitting a strange green light.

"Fine, I won't talk then! You actually dared to ambush this humble monk." After being sneakily punched by Captain Justice, Master Wuyu was still able to stand up from the audience as if nothing had happened.

Everyone was shocked by the scene.

"Dad! What are you doing?" Angela couldn't help but ask the captain of justice. Although she also wanted to punch that talkative and speechless master, she couldn't do that.

After all, Angela is one of the people who knows the special status of the Bachelor Temple very well.

"Hahaha, these are all very interesting research materials." Captain Justice let out a hoarse voice at this moment, and then grabbed Angela by the neck.

At the same time, Lin Jie appeared on the stage, his spiked club smashing down on the arm that Captain Justice was holding Angela with.

"Damn it! Captain Justice has been controlled by my father!" Chig knew what had happened the moment the world turned red. Without a doubt, Baphomet had arrived.

"I...I...what should we do now?" Felicia said in a panic.

"It seems we can only hope that the teacher can defeat Captain Justice," Qige said, looking at Lin Jie on the stage.

At the same time, a large number of black monsters appeared in the stadium and attacked everyone present in an unstoppable stream.

The first to suffer were undoubtedly the audience seats, since most of the audience members did not have much fighting ability, and they did not expect that the heavily guarded artificial island academy would be attacked.

Many of the shadowy monsters grabbed numerous spectators the moment they entered, then quickly began burrowing into their bodies. As the monsters entered the spectators' bodies, their eyes began to glow with an eerie green light, and they started trying to grab other spectators so that the ever-flowing shadows could penetrate their bodies.

Many teachers tried to activate the academy's automatic defense system, but to their surprise, they found that the directional devices were completely unresponsive.

Of course, once the defensive devices proved ineffective, the teachers began to organize the students for effective resistance.

At that moment, on the stage, Lin Jie struck the Justice Captain's arm with his bat.

But at that moment, Captain Justice reached out his other hand and caught Lin Jie's spiked club.

Of course, at the same time he caught her, Lin Jie's other hand accurately struck the Justice Captain's hand. The instant paralysis caused the Justice Captain to release his grip on Angela.

"Are you that Baphomet?" After retreating a distance while holding Angela, Lin Jie looked at the Captain Justice in the distance, whose eyes were glowing green: "Did you control Captain Justice?"

“I told you we would meet again, human,” Captain Justice said to Lin Jie. “But it seems that my centuries of slumber have made me miss a lot of interesting things. I never imagined that there would be so many powerful people among humans now.”

As Captain Justice spoke, he looked towards the stadium, which was now in complete chaos.

He had originally planned to launch a surprise attack after all the competitions were over, as that would be the best time. However, to his utter surprise, the speechless master was incredibly eloquent, talking for hours on end and even chanting scriptures. Crucially, his control over these people weakened whenever the master chanted. Therefore, Baphumi launched the attack directly.

"Looks like I'll have to give you a good beating." Lin Jie said, hoisting his spiked club onto his shoulder.

"Do you know who your opponent is right now?" Captain Justice looked at Lin Jie and said, "The body I'm using right now is the body of the strongest SS-class hero in human history."

“But you don’t even know who Lin is,” Angela said, looking at the Captain of Justice. “You’ve messed with the man you should never have messed with.”

"Really? Does this mean that this man has surpassed the universally acknowledged highest level of human father in your heart?" Captain Justice said to Angela.

"Lin, help me beat him up badly." Angela said to Lin Jie, "Don't worry about my relationship at all, just don't kill my bastard father."

"Understood." With that, Lin Jie picked up Angela and jumped off the stage.

As the two jumped down, Captain Justice appeared where they had just been standing, and his fist, having missed its target, struck the podium instead.

The podium collapsed instantly, and a bottomless chasm stretched from right in front of Captain Justice's fist all the way to the distance beyond the sports field. The area the chasm passed through was also shattered by the blast.

"Please look after the chairman for me!" Lin Jie suddenly appeared among the students of Class S.

"What about you, teacher?" Ye Daoshen asked when he saw Lin Jie put down the chairman's chair.

"I'll wait a minute..." Before Lin Jie could finish speaking, he stood his spiked club upright beside him. At the same time, a powerful fist slammed into the spiked club.

Lin Jie originally intended to take the punch head-on, but considering that the impact of the collision might harm the students in Class S, he took all of the Justice Captain's power instead.

Then, he crashed through the audience seats at an extremely high speed and flew backwards into the distance.

At the same time, Captain Justice didn't even glance at the students of Class S before flying off in the direction Lin Jie was heading.

"What should we do next?" Ye Daoshen asked, looking at everyone.

"Do we even need to ask at a time like this?" Obsession said, picking up his chainsaw. "At this point, all we have left is what our teacher taught us: just fucking do it!"

With that, Obsession swung his chainsaw down at a shadowy monster that was attacking from a distance.

Similarly, the students in Class S didn't say much either, and they all took out their weapons and launched an attack on the attacking shadow monster.

It must be admitted that Lin Jie's previous intensive combat training played a crucial role at this moment.

Unlike other classes that panicked when faced with an attack, Class S was able to remain calm and composed in the face of the unexpected situation, even without Lin Jie leading the team.

Chapter 37

Throughout the stadium, more and more people began to be controlled by the Shadow Monster. It wasn't just the spectators; many students from the Hero Course were also being controlled by the Shadow Monster.

"Damn it, there are more and more of these guys!" Tifa flew into the air and fired a series of lasers at several shadow monsters that were trying to jump up and attack her.

"Who knows what's going on with these guys?" Harry casually flicked out a few bolts of lightning, turning a shadowy monster that tried to approach him into a cockroach, then stomped on it. "Chig, have you ever encountered this many monsters in the past? How did you survive?"

"How could there be so many!" Qige swept his blood-red longsword across, cleaving a shadow monster in half at the waist.

"Hehe, looks like we're in big trouble!" Akarin's Aurora Sword pierced the body of a shadow monster. The shadow monster tried to attack Akarin with its claws, but each claw that attacked Akarin passed right through its body: "I wonder how Teacher Lin Jie is doing!"

"Let's think about what we should do first!" Ye Daoshen slapped a black monster away and then asked his classmates.

"Our teacher said that if we encounter a situation like this, we just need to kill all the enemies!" Miyamoto Spicy Strips said.

"Come on! What a joke! How could I possibly kill them all?" Justin said, his voice trembling. Although his body was shaking, he did not give up attacking the enemy in front of him.

"Our teacher said! If we can't do something like this, it only proves we're a bunch of weaklings!" Miyamoto Spicy Strips said, slowly raising the twin swords in his hands: "Secret Sword—Spicy Counterattack!"

Several red lights flashed around Miyamoto Spicy Strips, instantly cutting the dozen or so shadowy monsters around him into pieces.

"I'm not some weakling!" Obsession shouted as he hacked away, "If these guys don't try to burrow into my body, I'll kill them all by myself!"

As more and more people in the audience were controlled by them, the number of people from the academy who could become fighting forces began to decrease.

Everyone gradually gathered together.

Now all the remaining people have some way to deal with the shadow monsters, but the real challenge is dealing with those who are completely controlled.

After all, as future heroes, most students have no way to attack ordinary people or their classmates.

The remaining people were then surrounded.

"Amitabha! Everyone, follow this humble monk to break through!" Master Wuyu suddenly shouted. Then he put his hands together, and golden light immediately shone around him.

"Om Mani Padme Hum!" As the six-syllable mantra was recited from the mouth of the speechless master, all those who were being controlled covered their heads at that moment, thus losing their ability to move.

Seeing that Master Wuyu had dealt with the controlled crowd, everyone began to attack the shadow monsters with all their might, while rushing towards the exit not far away.

But just as everyone was about to reach the exit, two creatures with sheep heads appeared at the doorway.

"It's that monster!" Justin cried out in alarm, "Watch out! That monster is Baphomet!"

The two monsters standing at the door were none other than Baffomer, the goat-headed demon Justin had seen before.

"As expected, you're a real nuisance," Bhavam said to the speechless master. "Go to hell, monks of District C."

As Baphomet finished speaking, a large amount of green flames gathered in his hand and shot towards the speechless master.

Master Wuyu was caught off guard by the sudden attack and was directly hit by the ball of flame.

"Amitabha!" Wuyu's body was instantly surrounded by green flames, and at the same time, one of the Bhafumi rushed towards Master Wuyu.

"This humble monk will hold off this guy! You all need to figure out how to deal with the other one, don't worry about me! Once you've taken care of him, run!" Master Wuyu said, and at the same time, golden energy around his body formed a large bell. As soon as the bell appeared, it blocked the green flames and also blocked the blood-red longsword that Baphomet was thrusting at him.