Heroes Return

"Sister Qian!" Upon seeing Lin Qian fall into the pit, Lin Bai immediately rushed towards the bottom of the pit.

"Don't worry, she won't die." Lin Jie slowly descended to the bottom of the pit. "She probably won't be able to get up for a while. I've sealed her meridians."

Lin Bai ignored Lin Jie at this moment and immediately injected a sedative into Lin Qian.

"Alright, this is all taken care of." Lin Jie said, looking at Lin Qian who had fallen into a deep sleep. "Now it's time to clean up this mess."

"I'm sorry, Sister Qian just slightly injured you." Lin Bai suddenly turned to Lin Jie and said, "Sister Qian was also under control when she attacked you."

"I know that, but I don't know how either..." Lin Jie didn't finish his sentence, but the next second he grabbed Lin Bai and jumped back a great distance.

As the two jumped away, they saw blue patterns light up on Lin Qian's body, and she slowly stood up. A large amount of powerful energy burst forth from Lin Qian's body. In Lin Jie's perception, Lin Qian's power was constantly increasing.

"Are you sure the sedative you just injected her with wasn't a stimulant?" Lin Jie asked Lin Bai.

Chapter 25

Seeing Lin Qian's energy continuously surging, Lin Jie couldn't help but look at Lin Bai beside him: "Are you sure you gave her an anesthetic and not a stimulant?"

"How is this possible!" Lin Bai exclaimed in surprise. "This kind of sedative is specifically designed for SS-level body enhancers! Why is it not working?"

"Alright, you should move aside for a bit," Lin Jie said. "With your strength, you're easily caught in the crossfire."

"But."

"No buts!" Lin Jie said to Lin Bai, and then he charged towards Lin Qian with his spiked club.

"Valkyrie Mode activated!"

A voice, as if mechanical and devoid of emotion, rang out from Lin Qian's mouth.

"Activate mode, SS-level annihilation mode." The girl said, and charged towards Lin Jie. At this moment, the speed of the two of them exceeded the speed of sound.

In Lin Bai's eyes, the two people collided instantly and then disappeared into the forest together. Only after they had both vanished from his sight did the sound of clashing weapons reach Lin Bai's ears.

After leading Lin Qian to the sky, Lin Jie turned to look at her. She had no intention of peacefully negotiating with Lin Jie at this point; the giant lightsaber in her hand immediately transformed into a massive energy cannon.

"Target locked, attack mode activated."

"Hey, hey, hey! This is like you're going to fire a shot without saying a word!" Lin Jie said to Lin Bai, while he replaced the spiked club in his hand with a strangely styled longsword.

The longsword had a very unique design, with the entire blade being black. However, countless galaxies and stars could be seen quietly rotating within it, giving the impression that Lin Jie held a sky full of stars in his hand when he held the sword.

He held the Starry Sky Sword in front of him, blocking the powerful energy cannon coming straight at him.

When the energy cannon struck the blade of the longsword in Lin Jie's hand, the energy beam seemed to bend and was completely absorbed into the sword. It then disappeared into the cosmic stars surrounding the sword.

Just as Lin Jie blocked Lin Qian's cannon fire, Lin Qian flew in front of Lin Jie, her enormous lightsaber slashing down at him. Lin Jie met the energy sword in Lin Qian's hand with his own sword.

The moment the black sword and the energy sword made contact, the energy sword's blade bent, and then the entire blade of the energy sword was absorbed into Lin Jie's black sword.

Lin Qian, who had been colliding with Lin Jie, was nearly sucked into the sword by the strong suction. Just as Lin Qian was affected by the black sword's suction, Lin Jie seized the opportunity. A spiked club appeared in his other hand, and he slammed Lin Qian straight down to the ground.

"Alert! The opponent's strength has been misjudged. Adjustment is needed. The strength assessment is now adjusted to demigod level. Holy War Mode activated."

A series of sounds rang out from Lin Qian's mouth, followed by the expansion of the pair of light wings on her back. At the same time, she vigorously swung them towards the ground, barely managing to stop her descent, and then immediately transformed into a streak of light, flying straight up towards Lin Jie.

At this moment, a large section of the ground beneath her feet was also completely overturned by the impact of the light wings.

Although Lin Qian was as fast as a beam of light, Lin Jie could still clearly see what she looked like.

The patterns all over her body transformed into metal, and a set of golden energy armor enveloped her entire body. The giant energy sword she had been talking about also transformed into an energy gun, and an energy shield appeared on the other side, floating in the air.

In an instant, Lin Qian appeared beside Lin Jie, her spear thrusting straight towards his chest.

Yi Jie, however, did not react much, but simply slowly raised the black sword in his hand.

It was as if he were holding endless stars in his hand. A powerful aura gathered on the longsword in Lin Jie's hand, making the black sword appear enormous. This time, what Lin Jie held in his hand was no longer a sword, but a galaxy.

The powerful galaxy in Lin Jie's hand was swung towards Lin Qian.

The moment Lin Bai saw the vast galaxy in the distance, his expression turned to utter shock. At that moment, he disregarded everything else and charged with all his might towards the direction where the two were fighting.

However, Lin Bai's actions were incomparable to those of the two people currently engaged in combat.

The enormous galaxy fell at that moment.

In the sky, Lin Jie and Lin Qian brushed past each other.

Beneath Lin Jie's feet, a vast expanse of land and forest that had stretched forward had vanished, leaving only a massive sword mark beneath his feet.

At this moment, Lin Qian had her back to Lin Jie, and half of the light wings on her back disappeared under Lin Jie's sword. At the same time, the spear and shield in her hand also disappeared.

"That should be enough to deal with this," Lin Jie said calmly. He hadn't expected that the girl before him, after being modified, could directly withstand the attacks of the Starry Sky Sword. But in Lin Jie's opinion, that was all.

Just as Lin Jie had imagined, the girl floated quietly in mid-air for a while before falling straight down to her feet.

At the same time, Lin Jie also had a rope in his hand.

"Sister Qian!" Lin Bai finally arrived below where the two were fighting, catching Lin Qian as she fell towards the ground: "Sister Qian, are you alright!"

Just as he was holding Lin Qian, a rope fell down and tied Lin Qian into a very shameful position.

"Lin Jie! You've already beaten him unconscious! Why did you tie him up in such a perverse way!" Lin Bai put Lin Qian down and tried to untie the ropes binding her.

However, if he could untie the Immortal Binding Rope, then it wouldn't be called the Immortal Binding Rope.

"I'm also afraid he'll throw a tantrum again when he wakes up," Lin Jie said to Lin Bai after landing. "This one's individual combat strength has now surpassed that old ancestor's. If we don't tie her down, who knows what kind of trouble she might cause later?"

"But you don't have to tie Sister Qian up like that!" Lin Bai shouted at Lin Jie!

"There's no way around it, this is a man's romance!" Lin Jie said.

But while the two were talking, Lin Qian slowly opened her eyes, and at the same time, a red light flashed in her eyes.

"See, I was right to tie her up."

The two of them naturally noticed Lin Qian's changes.

"Warning: Enemy strength has once again exceeded expectations." Lin Qian's voice rang in their ears again: "Reassess combat strength level."

"Wait! Is there any way to stop her?" Lin Bai asked Lin Qian with concern, "She looks like she's going to fight!"

"Don't worry, what's tied to him isn't just any ordinary thing, it's the Immortal Binding Rope." Lin Jie patted Lin Bai's shoulder and said, "No matter how much she tries, it's useless."

After Lin Jie finished speaking, he gave Lin Bai a reassured and confident look.

"Power assessment complete, power level X. Adopting final form, God-Slaying Mode."

The mechanical voice rang in Lin Jie's and Lin Bai's ears once again, and at the same time, an unexpected change occurred for Lin Jie.

Red and blue ripples began to erupt from Lin Qian's body.

"Hey! No way!" Even Lin Jie was shocked by this change. Since the Great Cataclysm prophecy was broken, Lin Qian was the first person Lin Jie had seen who could still gather power within his body while bound by the Immortal Binding Rope.

"Evolution Corporation's experiment this time is defying the heavens!" Lin Jie said, preparing to take action. But he was still a step too late.

Suddenly, Qian floated up without warning. Her entire body was enveloped in a red and blue power. Lin Jie was all too familiar with the red power. In the past, all those who had used the T-3 evolution fluid would emit this power. However, the power emanating from Lin Qian this time was noticeably different. The difference was that Lin Qian's body was also mixed with another strange blue power.

As he floated up, Lin Jie once again slashed down at Lin Qian with the Star Sword in his hand.

But this time, before Lin Jie could even strike with his sword, a strange and powerful energy storm struck him directly. A long-forgotten feeling called pain returned to Lin Jie's body.

Even Lin Jie himself hadn't expected this strange power.

A powerful energy storm swept directly over Lin Jie's body, instantly knocking him back several hundred meters.

After being knocked back several hundred meters by this force, Lin Jie used the Star Sword in his hand to block in front of him. The powerful energy storm was absorbed and disappeared by the Star Sword in Lin Jie's hand at a relatively slow speed.

"This research from Evolution Corporation is absolutely outrageous!!!" Feeling the pain in his chest, Lin Jie couldn't help but look at Lin Qian in the distance: "Are they planning to create a god?"

"Aa ...

As Lin Jie was sent flying, Lin Qian's scream reached his ears: "Has she gone berserk? Damn it! That brat Lin Bai is still right next to her!"

However, reality gave Lin Jie no time to react. At that moment, a huge red and blue energy storm erupted, centered on Lin Qian.

The energy storm instantly expanded to cover a distance of several hundred meters.

Fortunately, the center of the energy storm was not so powerful at this time.

At this moment, Lin Bai, who was caught in the middle, did not show any fear. Instead, he rushed forward and hugged Lin Qian tightly: "Sister Qian! Wake up!!!"

With Lin Bai's roar, a terrifying energy storm began to spread towards Lin Jie.

"One thing after another!! It feels like I've been possessed by Thirteen lately!!" Lin Jie muttered to himself, and then a jade-green longsword appeared in his hand. The longsword was entirely jade-green, like a piece of the finest jade, and the blade was also transparent.

"Master, it's been a long time." A girl's voice rang in Lin Jie's ears.

Chapter 26

Seeing the powerful energy storm before him, Lin Jie raised his longsword. Instantly, the emerald longsword in his hand transformed into a hundred-meter-long giant sword.

But the hundred-meter-long giant swords were not the end. Then a second, a third, a fourth... hundreds of hundred-meter-long giant swords appeared simultaneously around the energy storm, directly enveloping it.

A tremendous force began to converge on these giant swords.

Each longsword now gathered terrifying, world-destroying power, and the originally strange and powerful energy storm was completely suppressed when it spread to the edges of those giant swords.

As hundreds of giant swords surrounded the energy storm, the energy storm gradually stopped expanding.

"I never thought I'd be forced to use three swords in a row during this time!" Lin Jie said unhappily, and then he slashed his long sword down at the terrifying energy storm.

"Three-Form Modification—Unparalleled Predator"

With a single strike, the heavens and earth trembled. All the emerald giant swords fell into the energy storm at that moment.

At this moment, both sides, who had gathered in the altar forest and were engaged in fierce combat, stopped their battle. As if guided by something, they simultaneously took a step back in fright.

At this moment, their primal instincts were desperately telling them that something terrifying had appeared.

The Lin family patriarch, who had been holding off five Lin family innate martial artists dressed in black evolution suits, couldn't help but look away in one direction at this moment.

"What exactly is that?" Feeling the cold sweat breaking out on his body, the Lin family patriarch couldn't help but look at his opponents in front of him. However, after seeing the expressions on their faces, he felt relieved.

"It seems this isn't a force they orchestrated, so we can relax a bit." After all, he was the most powerful ancestor here, and the Lin family patriarch was also the first among everyone present to regain consciousness. With a flick of his brush, a massive ink dragon swept across the entire area.

The unscrupulous master, who was also roasting a pheasant in the woods, couldn't help but look up in Lin Jie's direction.

"Senior brother is right, you are indeed one of the Four Swordsmen. It seems you really are destined for the Reclining Buddha. Mr. Zero, we will meet at the Bachelor Temple soon."

Of course, there was one girl who was completely unaffected at this time.

The girl was Zhu Xian'er, who had escorted Lin Wan and Lin Mumu to a safe location. Sensing the aura from afar, Zhu Xian'er simply snorted coldly, then drew her longsword, which shimmered with light: "I can't take it anymore! If that guy can fight, why do I have to be a babysitter here? You two stay here and hide! I'm going out for a bit."