Heroes Return

And his body began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, the Speechless Master rushed to his side and struck him with his staff. However, this strike completely missed the man's body. Because Stein had caught the Speechless Master's staff with one hand at that moment.

The next second, a terrifying aura of power erupted from Stein's body, and the ground and buildings around him were blown away as if by a terrifying force.

Within a radius of 100 meters, there was absolutely nothing else besides the Silent Master in Istanbul.

At that moment, the dragon-shaped magic circle behind Stein, which had been forming a menacing dragon shape with magical runes, lit up. And as Stein cried out, the dragon on the magic circle opened its mouth and let out a terrifying roar filled with awe.

With a roar, everything around them was shattered into dust.

Master Wuyu was sent flying backward by the impact of the roar. However, a large bell appeared beside him at that moment, and it just so happened to block a large portion of the impact for Master Wuyu.

Even so, Master Wuyu collapsed to the ground due to the immense impact.

Just as the Silent Master was moving away from Stein, the Unscrupulous Master in the sky made another move. At the same time, thousands of giant hands behind him simultaneously bombarded Stein below.

In less than two seconds, the entire city where Stein was located was reduced to mangled limbs by the attack of the unscrupulous master's thousands of enormous hands.

However, at this moment, Stein once again displayed his terrifying power. Facing the barrage of countless giant hands, Stein was able to dodge the attacks of the unscrupulous master with ease. When he encountered attacks that he could not avoid, Stein directly used his body, which was enhanced by a large amount of dragon language magic, to take the attacks of the unscrupulous golden palm head-on.

Meanwhile, Stein gradually approached the unscrupulous master. When they reached a certain distance, Stein's body suddenly appeared not far from the unscrupulous master's body. At this moment, the unscrupulous master seemed to see him, and thousands of huge golden hands simultaneously clenched their fists and attacked Stein's body directly.

But Stein didn't choose to dodge. Instead, he raised his fists and, with immense force, unleashed a flurry of punches at everything in front of him.

In just a few seconds, Stein managed to withstand over a thousand punches from the unscrupulous master. Finally, after breaking through to the master's side, he swung his fist in mid-air and sent the master flying towards the ground.

After spitting out a mouthful of blood, the wicked creature in the air fell towards the distance.

At this moment, Master Wuyu appeared beside Master Wuliang, who had been hit. Master Wuliang's body was trembling uncontrollably, as the punch had completely rendered him unable to fight.

"It's time for you two, beings from the last century, to die." As Stein spoke, numerous terrifying magic circles appeared in his hands, pointing simultaneously at the two monks, Wuyu and Wuliang. After fusing with the blood of a true dragon king, Stein not only mastered dragon language magic but could also unleash a massive amount of terrifying dragon language magic simultaneously.

However, at that moment, rays of sunlight pierced through the dark curtain that shrouded the entire city of J and shone down. At the same time, a chilling and terrifying feeling surged into Stein's heart once again, as if some deadly enemy was about to approach him.

Just as Stein was wondering what was going on, the dragon's head, which was chasing the incompetent dragon in the distance, suddenly rolled off its neck.

At that moment, a person dressed entirely in black appeared in the three people's sight.

They never expected that what would accompany the sunlight would be someone who made them feel as if they were in deadly darkness.

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As the giant dragon head crashed to the ground, a figure dressed in a black robe flew towards the three people. Surprisingly, everyone could clearly see that this person was carrying a gigantic, dying ground squirrel in his hand.

"It's the true form of the Black Mountain Demon!" Master Wuliang exclaimed in surprise.

"Is that person Zero?" Wu Yu's tone was anything but relaxed at this moment. After all, even someone as powerful as Master Wu Yu couldn't help but feel a strange sense of dread when faced with such a terrifying aura.

Rather than the arrival of a hero, Zero's approach gave those present the feeling of a demon king descending.

"This...this feeling! As expected of Zero! As expected of the most powerful superhero in human history!" Stain trembled slightly as he watched Zero arrive.

He was now facing the greatest superhero in human history, the world's most powerful human being. But precisely because he was facing the legend of humanity's greatest, even though his soul was screaming in terror, Stain was determined to confront this being who seemed like the Grim Reaper.

This is the best way to prove his research results, and the best way for him to prove that the evolutionary path he has painstakingly studied is the most correct evolutionary path in the world.

If he could defeat this universally acknowledged strongest human being, he could prove the greatness of his research theory to the world and the company's top management.

"I never imagined I would have the chance to meet you, a living legend, face to face! What an immense honor!" Stein looked at Zero, who was now almost within reach. His voice trembled with excitement as he said, "My name is Stein. Remember this name! Today I will prove that my research is the most powerful form of humanity!"

At this moment, Zero, who was opposite him, remained completely silent, simply throwing the giant, nearly dead groundhog in his hand towards the direction of Bachelor Mountain. Then, he stared at the man in front of him without uttering a word.

“You, you, you…you listen to me! From today onwards…I will prove that my research is the greatest path of human evolution by defeating you!!!” Stein said to Zero with difficulty.

In fact, simply speaking to Lin Jie had already given Stein a tremendous amount of courage. At this moment, Stein's soul was constantly reminding him to escape immediately, but Stein had no intention of running away at all.

"You...you can't possibly defeat me!!! I have now mastered the most powerful force." Stein said with difficulty, but the next second he directly spat out a powerful dragon breath at Lin Jie.

The reason Stein attacked Lin Jie first was simple: just making eye contact with Zero had already triggered his biological instincts. If he didn't kill this person soon, Stein was certain he wouldn't last long before fleeing in disarray.

Although he didn't know how Zero had given him such a terrifying aura, Stain had no intention of running away. Stain also had absolute confidence in his own research, so he preferred to believe that Zero had used some ability to enhance his aura rather than believe that Zero's strength had far surpassed his own.

Just as Stain launched his attack on Zero, Zero suddenly appeared before him. A fist shrouded in black mist hurtled straight toward Stain's face.

"Hmph! My Dragon Eye has seen through everything." As Zero's punch came at him, he couldn't help but smile slightly, because at this moment his Dragon Eye had completely seen through Zero's attack direction.

But just as he was about to dodge, he was surprised to find that Lin Jie's fist had already landed on Stein's face.

The next moment, Stein's body shot straight towards a building in the distance like a cannonball, and stopped after piercing through the building.

"How is this possible? Did my Longan malfunction again?" Stein struggled to his feet from the rubble, straightening his neck and body once more. After a series of cracking sounds from his bones, Stein's body, which had been deformed by Zero's punch, returned to its original shape.

Just as he had healed his dislocated bones, Zero reappeared beside him, her red eyes meeting Stein's gaze.

Faced with such imminent pressure, Stein unleashed the full power of his dragon form. Magical runes began to layer upon Stein's body, and simultaneously, the terrifying dragon magic circle behind him lit up once more.

A terrifying dragon's might was unleashed at that moment. And with the dragon's roar within the magic circle, everything around Stein was pulverized by the roar.

As the roar subsided and the dust settled, Stain was still confronted with a pair of terrifying red eyes. Zero had reappeared unharmed beside him. Zero then raised his black longsword and slashed down at the man before him.

The black longsword encountered resistance at this moment, with more than a dozen defensive magic arrays appearing in front of Stein, blocking Lin Jie's sword strike. Meanwhile, all the scales on Stein's body transformed, radiating a terrifying hardness resembling armor plates.

Powerful bursts of energy erupted from Stein's body.

At that moment, Zero's black longsword cleaved through the defensive force field set up by Stain and struck Stain directly in the body, the sharp sword piercing through Stain's left shoulder.

Instantly, half of his body was severed by Zero's sword.

"How is this possible!" Stein, who had been cut down to the ground and was now only half a body, let out a painful scream: "This is impossible! My body was clearly treated with spells that could deal a significant portion of physical and magical damage! How could you destroy all of that directly?!"

As Stein roared in fury, the other half of his body suddenly stood up. At the same time, a large number of bizarre, fleshy tentacles shot out from that half of his body.

Zero leaped aside, dodging the attacks of the fleshy tentacles. Simultaneously, the other half of Stain's body unleashed a barrage of tentacles.

The tentacles shooting out from the two halves of his body intertwined, actually connecting the two halves together. In less than a few seconds, Stein returned to his original form, and at the same time, his body became even stronger before Lin Jie's eyes.

"I knew it! My research shows that the legendary power of the dragon couldn't possibly be limited to this level!!!" With an excited roar, Stein's left hand transformed into a ferocious dragon head, which simultaneously unleashed a terrifying roar at Lin Jie.

Immediately following, as if under heavy fire, Stein's dragon-headed hand began to unleash all sorts of terrifying magic spells towards Lin Jie.

As various elemental spells continuously spewed out from the dragon head, the urban area where the two were located was completely demolished.

After bombarding the area for about ten minutes, Stein stopped, slightly out of breath.

"Did we finally take this guy down?" Stein said, looking at the smoke-filled area in front of him.

But the next second, two red lights appeared in Stein's sight. Then Zero appeared perfectly fine in front of Stein, without even a speck of dust on him.

"How is this possible! How could you survive such an attack?!" Stein roared angrily at Zero. Then, he unleashed another powerful energy blast at Lin Jie.

Zero merely held his black longsword horizontally in front of him, and in an instant, the energy impact cleaved him in two by Lin Jie. However, he did not stop walking and continued towards Stein's direction.

With each step Zero took forward, Stein felt as if his neck was being tightened.

"This...this...this is impossible!!! This...why is this happening?!" Staring at Zero, who seemed like the embodiment of death, Stein was utterly panicked. "This is impossible! Why did this happen?! You...you can't possibly be human! What are you?! My research couldn't possibly have failed!"

Zero, facing him once again, didn't waste any words. With a swift movement, his sword fell. The next second, Lin Jie cleaved Stein's scales in two, sending them flying to either side along with Stein's clothes. Stein, too, reverted to his original form under Lin Jie's sword strike. Tears streaming down his face, naked, he collapsed to the ground.

So far, no one who has been hit by Lin Jie's sword-bursting slash has been able to stand up for a short time, so Lin Jie didn't care at all and turned around and walked in another direction.

There are actually two reasons why Lin Jie didn't deal with Stein directly.

Firstly, Lin Jie thought turning around and walking away was cool and manly enough. Secondly, Lin Jie had already seen the two monks, Wu Neng and Wu Yu, running towards them, so he planned to hand them over to the people from the Guanggun Temple. After all, the Guanggun Temple was the victim this time.

At this moment, Stein seemed to have gone mad, muttering to himself, "Impossible... My research is the strongest... This is absolutely impossible... I must not have performed well enough..."

Just as Lin Jie had walked a distance, another unexpected event occurred.

In the distance, numerous tentacles sprouted from the neck of the giant dragon whose head had been severed by Lin Jie's sword. Then, within mere seconds, the dragon's head returned to its original shape.

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Just as the dragon's body returned to normal, a tentacle shot out from the top of its head at incredible speed once more. The tentacle pierced through Stein's body with tremendous force, and then Stein's body was pulled directly into the dragon's head.

Then, something Lin Jie hadn't expected happened again: Stein's lower body fused directly into the dragon's head. And as his body merged into the dragon's head, Stein's eyes regained their light.

"Heh...heh...I knew my research couldn't possibly only have this kind of power." With these sinister words, Stein raised his head again, then burst into maniacal laughter: "Hahaha! That's more like it! This is the perfect life form I've always dreamed of! Human intelligence and creativity combined with the body and magic of a dragon! This is the perfect creation I desire!!!"

With a burst of maniacal laughter, Stein turned to look at Zero once more: "It's time for us to have another battle, ha ha!!"

With that maniacal laughter, Stein planned to launch another attack on Zero. But just as he was about to strike, he couldn't help but look into the distance.

At the same time, Lin Jie also looked into the distance.

Within seconds, several thick laser beams shot towards Stein. However, the lasers were blocked by a magical field before they could hit Stein's body.

Immediately afterward, a dense, overwhelming array of armed shuttles flew towards them from the horizon. At the same time, a massive airborne aircraft carrier revealed its enormous form in the sky.

In fact, the laser beam just now was fired from the Sky Carrier.

Immediately afterward, a large number of shuttles flew overhead in front of Lin Jie, heading directly towards Bachelor Mountain. An aerial battle between armed fighter jets and dragons began at that moment.

As soon as the battle began, Lin Jie discovered that all the giant dragons in the sky were being suppressed by the shuttle fighters. Lin Jie was all too familiar with the weapons loaded on these shuttles, as they were the standard weapons used by the alien armies that had invaded the Milky Way. Lin Jie had completely forgotten how many cannon shots he had taken.

Lin Jie hadn't expected that, six or seven years after the battle, the World Government had completely mastered and mass-produced these alien technologies. At the same time, Lin Jie also knew that these dragons would have a very difficult time defeating these military shuttles in a one-on-one situation. Moreover, there were still three thousand men on Mount Guanggun—no, they were practically invincible among the dragons.

Of course, this was indeed a good thing for Lin Jie, because it meant he could avoid the trouble of dealing with the flying dragon swarm. Just then, the massive aircraft carrier arrived above J City.

"The World Government's Sky Carrier? I can't believe they still have one after Madman Ivan blew one up!" Stein said coldly, looking at the Sky Carrier. "But I'd like to see just how strong you are to defeat me!!"

As these words were spoken, immense power began to gather above the dragon.

At the same moment, a massive railgun with a diameter of 100 meters was fired directly at Stein from outer space overhead.

At that moment, layers of magical defense appeared on the dragon's body.

After breaking through the dragon's layers of defense, the railgun struck the dragon's body directly. However, after being weakened layer by layer, the railgun was completely unable to cause any real damage to Stein's dragon body.

At that very moment, ignoring the damage inflicted by the railgun, the immense power emanating from the dragon's mouth unleashed a terrifying breath upon the massive sky carrier.

Just then, a man in a formal suit and top hat with a small mustache suddenly appeared in front of the Sky Carrier.

At that moment, he pointed straight ahead. A black hole appeared directly in front of Stein's dragon breath.

At the same time, a similar hole appeared next to Stein.

After the dragon's breath shot directly into the black hole, it also shot out from the black hole next to it.

"Hmph!" Stein merely snorted coldly as the dragon's breath attacked him. Then, numerous strange magical runes appeared on the dragon's body. Stein then directly withstood the terrifying dragon's breath.

At that moment, several figures that Lin Jie had seen before appeared in his sight.

"Sinners who have violated taboos! Prepare to receive a just judgment!" The figure of the Son of God appeared before the dragon at this moment, and as always, the Son of God seemed to be bathed in golden light. And at this moment, a book shimmering with golden light appeared in his hand.