Heroes Return

“I heard you’ve been pursuing this woman. Now you have to make a choice,” Baphomet said to Lin Jie. “Save the woman you love or save the people on the island. If you choose to save her, you must cripple yourself, and then I will let you and this woman leave this place. If you want to save the others, then I will kill the woman you love immediately.”

Chapter 39

"I didn't expect you to still like using such an old-fashioned trick." Lin Jie said, looking at Baffomi who had captured Dong Xue'er. "In this kind of situation, I would usually choose to kill the person who set the question."

As he spoke, Lin Jie's figure instantly appeared in front of the ram-headed demon. The moment Baffomi sensed Lin Jie approaching, he intended to kill the hostage in his hand, but the next moment, the hand that was holding Dong Xue'er was separated from his body.

"Hmph!" Baphomme snorted coldly as if he was about to do something, but Lin Jie didn't give him any chance at all. A powerful and terrifying aura instantly enveloped Baphomme's entire body.

Upon directly sensing Lin Jie's aura, Ba Fumie's body paused for a brief moment. In that instant, Lin Jie struck the goat-headed monster's head away with a single blow.

"I didn't expect you could use your aura to freeze the demon's body for a moment. It seems I have to think highly of you again, human." The Justice Captain, lying on the ground, said to Lin Jie.

"Alright, now it's time to find your bastard's true form." Lin Jie hugged Dong Xue'er and said to the Justice Captain lying on the ground, "As for you, just lie here peacefully."

"Is that so? But your choice isn't over yet, hahaha." The captain of justice's tone suddenly turned mocking. In an instant, Dong Xue'er in his arms suddenly opened her eyes, and then, seemingly out of nowhere, a lotus flower made of ice appeared in her hand. She slapped it towards Lin Jie's chest.

The ice lotus froze Lin Jie's entire body the moment it struck him. Then, Dong Xue'er produced an ice dagger in her other hand and slashed it toward Lin Jie's neck.

Lin Jie suddenly raised his frozen arm and grabbed Dong Xue'er's arm.

When he grabbed Dong Xue'er's arm, a large number of ice spikes suddenly grew around Dong Xue'er's body, making her look like a hedgehog.

Lin Jie reluctantly released Dong Xue'er's hand, and the two of them separated a little more. Looking at the green light in Dong Xue'er's eyes, Lin Jie couldn't help but say, "I actually forgot that you can also control Dong Xue'er."

"Hmph, unlike Captain Justice, this girl has a high affinity with magic." Captain Justice said to Lin Jie with a smile while lying on the ground, "So I couldn't help but cast a few spells on her to make her even stronger. Not only that, she has now lost all consciousness. The only thing she has left is to kill you. She will remain in this state until she actually kills you."

As the person in front of her spoke, Dong Xue'er also drew two ice swords and slashed at Lin Jie.

"You're really being boring," Lin Jie said to the Captain of Justice. "Do you think Xue'er can beat me?"

“This little girl certainly can’t defeat you,” Captain Justice said, lying on the ground. “But you like this little girl, don’t you? So she could very well become one of your greatest enemies.”

"You really are a shameless devil." Lin Jie kept dodging Dong Xue'er's attacks, then said to the Captain of Justice.

“This is how demons do things,” Captain Justice said. “Now it’s your turn to make a choice, Lin Jie. What will you do next? I’ve cast an unstoppable spell on this girl, so she will fight until she’s exhausted or kills you. Of course, don’t even think about knocking her unconscious or binding her. That would just kill her. Now it’s time for you to make your choice.”

"I choose your second uncle." Lin Jie cursed at the Justice Captain lying on the ground while dodging.

"You must make a choice. If you delay too long, this girl will die from exhaustion," Captain Justice said to Lin Jie. "So now, make your choice, human hero. You have only two choices. The first is to be killed by this girl, in which case she can be saved. The second is to kill or watch this girl die, and then defeat my true form, in which case there is hope of rescuing everyone I control. So, human hero, I'm curious to know what you will choose next?"

"I already said I choose your second uncle, you dead gay!" Lin Jie cursed at Ba Fumie. The next moment, the weapon in his hand disappeared, replaced by a thin piece of cloth.

The moment Lin Jie took out the piece of cloth, Captain Justice's eyes widened suddenly.

"Do you recognize this?" Lin Jie couldn't help but ask when he saw the expression on Captain Justice's face.

"I never expected you to have something like this?" Captain Justice looked at Lin Jie with some surprise. "A fragment of the Mountain and River Map! Why is it in your hands? Did you send it here by those old monsters?"

"I don't know about the old monster you're talking about, but I didn't expect that you, a Western monster, would recognize such high-end goods from the East," Lin Jie said with some surprise.

Before Captain Justice could say anything more, the piece of cloth in Lin Jie's hand began to glow with an eerie light. The next moment, Dong Xue'er vanished from the spot.

"Let her struggle with my shadow inside," Lin Jie said calmly. "Judging from her current reckless fighting style, she can probably only last another ten minutes or so at most, but that's enough time."

"Do you really think you can defeat my true form in just over ten minutes?" Captain Justice looked at Lin Jie with sarcasm. "Even if a mortal can challenge a demon, it's impossible for them to defeat a high-ranking demon in just over ten minutes."

"Looks like you still don't know what you've done." Lin Jie said, glancing indifferently at Captain Justice. "You're the second person this year to successfully anger me. And you did the worst thing you could have done. You'd better pray I don't find you."

As he spoke, Lin Jie disappeared from the spot.

……

Rewind a few minutes to the shelter where the students of Class S were located.

"You two said you want to come with me?" Cutting Qige looked at the two people in front of him with some shock.

“That’s right! I’ve decided to go with you, I’m going to kill that damned Baphomet!” Obsession said to Qig.

“I will not back down either,” Miyamoto Spicy Strips said.

“Alright, in that case, I’ll go with you.” Tifa said to Chig.

“Then I’ll go too. My newly developed binding magic might work on those who are being controlled,” Harry said.

“Um, I’d like to go with you guys too,” Justin suddenly said. “The clothes-ripping fist technique my teacher taught me can also deal with those controlled people, and I’m an S-class ability user after all.”

"Huh? What are you saying? How dare you, a coward, say such a thing?" The fire henchman suddenly rushed over and grabbed Justin by the collar: "Are you making us sound like a bunch of cowards? Don't you think we can handle those controlled people?"

"Huh? That's not what I meant," Justin quickly explained.

"Alright, that's enough, Justin." The three henchmen surrounded Justin at the same time: "From now on, you're brothers!"

"Huh?" Justin was momentarily taken aback by their sudden outburst: "Are you telling the truth?"

"Huh? Do you think we'd joke around?" the fire soldier said. "Count us in."

"Hehe, of course I have to be included in something this fun," Akarin chimed in. "I can protect you all."

"In that case, there's no other way. I'll go with you all," Ye Daoshen said, looking at the group.

"Um, I'll go with you guys too," Felicia said timidly.

“Felicia, you can stay here,” Tifa said to Felicia. “You must have been exhausted from the previous battle, so just wait here for our good news.”

"I'm going. I don't want to wait for you here." Felicia suddenly became unusually insistent: "If the whole class goes, I absolutely refuse to stay behind alone to wait for you!"

“Hasn’t Felicia always preferred to be alone?” Tifa said, somewhat surprised. “Besides, it’s very dangerous for us to go out this time.”

"That's why I'm going with everyone!" Felicia said to the group. "I want to be with you all when you fight. Although it's only for three weeks, I've had a lot of fun with you all during those three weeks! We've found food together, built houses together, escaped together, fought monsters, and cooked for each other. I feel safe and secure when I'm with you all! At least you're all different from any of my classmates I've ever met! I love you all, so I absolutely don't want to stay behind and wait for you all. I want to fight alongside you! I will fight with all my might!"

“Since Felicia has already said this much…” Harry said hesitantly.

"There's really no other way," Ye Daoshen shook his head.

"Let's all of us in Class S defeat that Baphomet together!" Tifa said, gesturing to the group.

His words received a unanimous response from all the students in Class S.

"Speaking of which, do you have a way to pinpoint the location of that Baphomet's true form? We can't just keep running around like this!" Ye Daoshen looked at Qige.

“I don’t know about this either, but as soon as I get closer to him, my blood vessels react,” Qige said to everyone. “So we can only try it little by little.”

"Have you forgotten about me, the expert in mysticism?" Harry suddenly said, holding his student computer in his hand. "Take a look, this is the map of the college."

Harry, holding his laptop, addressed the group: "To create this kind of spatial barrier and magic circle, there must be some kind of medium at the center. So, generally speaking, the actual center of space is often the location of the medium in this world. I've also marked some suitable places to create magic circles and spatial portals. I think Baphomet's true form is very likely there. Even if it's not there, as long as we find the medium to open the barrier, we can break this alternate dimension. Then we can send out a distress signal to the outside world."

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After discussing it for a while, the students in Class S rushed towards the place with the highest probability.

After taking down numerous shadow monsters and controlled individuals along the way, the group finally arrived in front of the teaching building, which was most likely the center of the barrier.

However, when the students of Class S arrived in front of the teaching building, they were shocked to see that a large number of shadow monsters and students with controlled superpowers had gathered there, and many A-level hero instructors were also mixed in.

Using Akarin's cover, the group moved to a relatively safe location. Justin then asked hesitantly, "Do we really have to go there? Shouldn't we go somewhere else first?"

“The more enemies gathered at the entrance, the more likely this is the place we’re looking for,” Harry said to the group. “The key is that several of those people at the entrance have sensory abilities. We might be discovered. What should we do now?”

"Looks like we'll have to force our way in." Obsession said, "To hell with the plan! I'll lure them all away in a bit, then you can go in!"

Upon hearing Zhi Nian's words, everyone couldn't help but look at him.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Don't fucking look at me like I'm a martyr!" Seeing everyone's gaze, Zhi Nian said unhappily, "I'm not going to get killed by those trash!"

The plaza was filled with a large number of monsters and controlled people when suddenly, the sound of a chainsaw drew the attention of all the monsters. In the direction they were looking, Obsession was brandishing a chainsaw and roaring at them: "You bunch of scum! Come and fight me one-on-one! You bunch of trash!"

After saying that, Obsession ran off in another direction. Then, a large swarm of monsters and controlled people rushed after it.

"What do we do? There are still so many left!" Justin said in a panic.

"Did those people with detection capabilities go out with them?" Harry asked.

“No, it seems they don’t plan to follow us out,” Tifa said, holding a pair of binoculars.

"Looks like we have no choice but to fight our way in." Miyamoto Spicy Strips drew his twin swords. "You guys follow behind me, I'll clear the way for you. That guy Obsession shouldn't last much longer."

“Okay, let’s rush over together.” Qige said, stepping forward as well.

"No, to conserve our strength for dealing with that powerful Baphomet," Miyamoto said to the crowd. "I'll handle clearing the way myself! All you have to do is keep up with me!"

As he spoke, Miyamoto Spicy Strips charged ahead towards the enemies.

"You bunch of idiots who only think about fighting!" Tifa cursed as she watched Miyamoto charge forward. "Just find someone else to lure the rest away!"

However, by this time no one was willing to listen to her anymore, and everyone rushed towards the teaching building.

Helpless, Tifa deployed several floating turrets and then charged forward with the others.

Miyamoto Spicy Strips took the lead, rapidly slashing with two bright red spicy strip knives in his hands. If someone were to look closely, they would likely notice that the two knives in his hands had somehow transformed into reverse-blade blades.

"Secret Sword - Spicy Strip Slash!" As the spicy strip knife in Miyamoto Spicy Strip's hand emitted a strong sword aura, a huge red sword light flew straight forward. A large number of enemies who were originally blocking their way were sent flying by this powerful strike. Only some students with strength or defense enhancement abilities were not defeated by this strike: "A path has been cleared!"

Miyamoto Spicy Strips muttered something and rushed forward, suddenly using the breathing technique Lin Jie had taught him.

Two red lights faintly appeared in Miyamoto Spicy Strips' eyes.

The speed of Miyamoto Spicy Strips suddenly doubled.

"Secret Technique - Spicy Counterattack!" Holding the sword with both hands, numerous flashes of light emanated from Miyamoto Spicy Strips, sending anyone who tried to approach him flying into the distance.

At this point, Miyamoto Spicy Strips truly gave off an aura of being unstoppable; no enemy who encountered Miyamoto Spicy Strips could withstand even a single move from him.

"Spicy Strips! Watch out!" Ye Daoshen shouted from behind Miyamoto Spicy Strips, "The enemy is surrounding us! Now their main target is you!"

“This suits me perfectly!” Miyamoto Spicy Strips said, picking up the sword case he always carried on his back. The sword case opened from the side. Miyamoto Spicy Strips shook the sword case, and more than a dozen spicy strip knives flew into the air.

"Secret Sword - Spicy Sword Realm!" As more than a dozen red longswords flew into the air, they seemed to be drawn by an invisible force and landed around Miyamoto Spicy Strips.

"You all rush into the teaching building right now!" Miyamoto Spicy Strips said, looking at the teaching building not far away. "Leave the rest to me!"

As he spoke, the razor blade in Miyamoto's hand emitted a blinding red light. The long blade flashed horizontally, and a powerful beam of light spread outwards from him. Numerous enemies were sent flying backwards by Miyamoto's suddenly enhanced strike. Even the A-rank hero instructors were forced to retreat under the force of Miyamoto's attack.

At the same time, after Miyamoto Spicy Strips swung his knife, the spicy strip knife in his hand was shattered into pieces.

Immediately grabbing another spicy snack knife beside him, Miyamoto Spicy Snack once again unleashed his second strike, causing Zhou Zhong's enemies to strike with their second strike. The superpowered students and superpowered instructors who had attacked from the gap in Miyamoto Spicy Snack's first strike immediately witnessed the power of Miyamoto Spicy Snack's second strike.

As the red blade flashed before the eyes of all the enemies, a multitude of attacks originally aimed at Miyamoto Spicy Strips were annihilated by his super strike. A brief silence fell over the entire arena. With the shattering of the sword in his hand, Miyamoto Spicy Strips picked up another spicy strip knife.

"Before you stand samurai who will defend the spirit of spicy strips to the death!" Miyamoto Spicy Strips shouted at the shadowy monsters and controlled superpowered individuals around him, "You will soon witness the power of the Spicy Strip God!"

A red blade of light swept across the entire field, once again centered on Miyamoto Spicy Strips.

Another spicy snack knife shattered with a crash, and another group of enemies fell to the ground.