Heroes Return

"Alright! Now give me the communicator!" Ivan's figure reappeared on the communicator: "As you can see, Berserker Torus's team is completely wiped out! But don't worry, they're not dead yet! Ahahahaha! But their lower bodies are probably all dead! Ahahahaha!!! Of course, I think with current medical technology, they can still be saved! That is, if you come to rescue them! Ahahahahaha!"

"What exactly do you want?" Captain Justice said angrily.

"I've already thrown those people into the cathedral in the center of the Holy City! Hahahaha! I'll be waiting for you there! Hahahaha!!!" With that, Ivan hung up the call!

"What do we do?" Master of Miracles asked Captain Justice. "Should I just open a portal to the center?"

"No! That bastard Ivan must have prepared a whole bunch of traps for us!" Captain Justice said unhappily. "Why is it that this madman always able to take the initiative! And there's a powerful figure by his side too."

“In that case, let’s go it alone!” Master of Miracles said, then called out to the people present, “Explore the city in groups of six! The captain and I will head to the central area. Each group must have an S-class hero as the captain.”

After saying that, he opened a portal and went inside with Captain Justice.

In the heart of the Holy City, standing before the Crystal Cube and witnessing everything, Ivan once again let out a mocking laugh: "Hahahaha!! So you've deliberately drawn these people here to me? I must say, as expected of me! Hahahaha! So what should I do next? Right, I can try out the power of the Necronomicon!"

As he spoke, Ivan took out an ancient book! Then he recited a spell from inside! Immediately afterward, the Necronomicon began to chime once again.

Immediately afterwards, the entire central temple was shrouded in an extremely terrifying black mist, and at the same time, countless evil spirits began to appear throughout the holy city!

As soon as these evil spirits appeared, everyone realized that there were very few survivors left in the Holy City! Because all of these evil spirits were actually transformed from the people of the Holy City. Battles between humans and evil spirits erupted throughout the Holy City.

At this time, however, two men were completely unaffected by the evil spirits.

"God said, 'May great light save these suffering souls!'" the Son of God said softly. Immediately afterward, a dazzling light erupted from him, illuminating the entire street. The evil spirits that had been constantly appearing on the street vanished under the holy light.

"Ugh! I hate Holy Light!" Evan exclaimed in the central temple, his voice dripping with frustration. "Especially when watching the new anime, hahaha! But speaking of which, why didn't any god come to redeem them while they were alive? I get it! So, the gods only redeem their souls, not their bodies? So, to receive divine redemption, one must first die? Hahahaha!! I think I've discovered a lot of unspeakable secrets! Hahahaha!!"

Just as Ivan was laughing happily to himself in the temple, Leng Yan and the Son of God were forced to stop in their tracks, because two people suddenly appeared beside them: an old man and a man holding a golden spear.

"Great Sage!" The Son of God immediately recognized the old man's identity!

"I never imagined I'd one day stand on the side of chaos! Those bastards not only killed me outright, but also used my possessions to resurrect me." The Great Sage spoke, and a magic wand appeared in his hand. "I can sense that the light of the gods has vanished from this city! In its place lies endless dark power! Young hero! Beware the darkness lurking within this city!"

"Hmph! All you've said is to tell me to kill you first, right?" Leng Yan said coldly.

"Are you the Son of God of this generation? I can feel the great radiance of my God emanating from you! I believe you can destroy this evil darkness!" The man holding the golden spear suddenly asked the Son of God.

"Are you also a servant of my god?" the Son of God asked, looking at the man holding the golden spear.

“Yes, I was once my God’s most devout servant, but now it seems I am not a worthy servant at all! I have been controlled by this dark power! This shows that my faith in my God is not firm enough!” The man said to the Son of God, “However, if I can be killed by the true God’s human representative, I think I will be redeemed!”

"Your faith is unwavering! It's just that the sinners in this city are too cunning!" the Son of God said calmly to the man before him.

"Then please kill me! I can hardly control my body anymore!" The man said, pointing his golden spear at the Son of God: "Please be careful! I don't want my spear to be stained with the blood of the divine messenger again! And watch my eyes! My eyes have been baptized by divine blood and can see all hidden things."

"I know who you are!" The Son of God's expression changed upon hearing his words: "You are Longinus! I never imagined they would resurrect a saint!!!"

"Does anyone still remember my name?" the man asked nostalgically.

“Of course, you are one of the most famous saints in history!” said the Son of God. “Is that the Spear of Longinus in your hand?”

"Oh? This spear is now called the Spear of Longinus?" Longinus looked at the spear in his hand: "Although I can still feel its power, its appearance has changed a lot, and for some reason, its power has also decreased a lot! I think this may be the only good news!"

“That gun was once broken into three pieces, and later it was reforged into three! The one you have is one of them!” said the Son of God.

"No wonder! Watch out!" Longinus said, rushing towards the Son of God, his spear thrusting straight at him. At the same time, the Son of God conjured a longsword of sword light and clashed with the man.

"I never imagined I'd be forced to fight a saint!" the Son of God said with a grim expression as he fought Longinus. "That madman Ivan always does disgusting things!"

“Perhaps all of this is a trial arranged for you by the gods,” Longinus said as he fought.

The aftershocks of their battle and the chaotic golden light destroyed an entire city block in the instant they collided. Even Lin Jie, on the other side of the city, could clearly see the two massive beams of golden light.

Meanwhile, in the same neighborhood where the Son of God was located, two people were calmly staring at each other, as if the earth-shattering battle around them had nothing to do with them.

"Child, please send me to slumber once more!" The Great Sage gripped his wand tightly. At the same time, countless terrifying flames appeared around the cold flames: "Be careful! My magic is the long-lost Mind-Body Manipulation Technique! That means anything I think of can appear in reality!"

Chapter 11

"Hmph! Let me witness the power of the legendary Great Sage!" A rare smile appeared on Leng Yan's face. Immediately afterward, icy flames ignited around him. The cold fire easily enveloped the flames around him, eventually turning them into clusters of ice sculptures.

"Is this all your power?" the Great Sage said with a smile. "Then be careful! The blade is coming!"

Accompanying the Great Sage's calm words were countless enormous guillotines that slashed down at Leng Yan almost simultaneously.

At this moment, Leng Yan revealed a confident smile, and then the extremely low temperature spread from him, freezing all the guillotines into pieces.

"Roar! That's quite a powerful cold air! But seeing your power makes me feel much more at ease. Next up is the meteorite."

Along with the Great Sage's words came a massive meteorite capable of destroying the entire city.

"Hmph!" Leng Yan merely snorted, then raised one hand to the sky, and a massive blue pillar of fire swept directly into the heavens. In an instant, it froze the huge meteorite into a giant ice ball. With a shattering sound, the giant ice ball turned into countless snowflakes and dissipated into the sky.

"Even meteorites can't defeat you?" The Great Sage looked at Cold Flame and said, "Now you'd better be careful, I'm about to launch an even more intense attack."

"No need for further words, just attack with confidence! My strength far exceeds your imagination anyway." Leng Yan said, then slowly walked towards the Great Sage.

But in his path, countless enormous spears appeared before him. A massive, terrifying, and resilient storm also arose around him.

However, faced with the obstruction of these two forces, Leng Yan merely waved his hand forward. Instantly, all the attacks were transformed into snowflakes and scattered in the air.

Despite the Great Sage's relentless attacks, Leng Yan remained unmoved. The countless undead? They would still be frozen; even their souls couldn't escape Leng Yan's power. The Hellfire Demon, barely appearing, was easily transformed into a hellish ice sculpture by Leng Yan.

The Holy Knights, who arrived late, began to charge towards the Cold Flame, but in just two seconds, the legion of ten thousand men vanished from the world.

The terrifying magic cannons launched a fierce attack on the cold flames from all directions. However, the magic attacks were instantly frozen upon contact with the cold flames, turning into a flurry of snowflakes.

Just as Cold Flame approached the Great Sage, a gigantic, shadowy demon rose from behind him. But the very next second, the demon transformed into snowflakes.

At the same time, countless bizarre monsters appeared around Leng Yan. A sky full of lightning converged on Leng Yan. But even with such a large number of monsters and such a massive lightning attack, Leng Yan still couldn't stop in his tracks.

Just as all the attacks and monsters converged on Cold Flame, everything was frozen in an instant! At that moment, the world seemed to freeze, everything stood still, and even the gathered lightning was frozen above Cold Flame's head.

"This...it seems I can rest assured now." The Great Sage looked at Leng Yan, who had already walked up to him, with surprise.

“I’ve already told you, my power far surpasses your imagination.” Leng Yan said, raising his hand towards the Great Sage. At the same time, everything frozen behind him instantly transformed into a flurry of snowflakes. It was as if those things had never existed, and it was all just an illusion in the snow.

"I can sense that this battle is merely a pretext," the Great Sage said calmly. "Those Ivans are just stalling for your time, so you must hurry!"

As the Great Sage spoke, his body transformed into a fiery figure, and a red magical shield appeared around him. The outer perimeter was then covered by a thick layer of low-temperature resistant material.

"I will do it as soon as possible," Leng Yan said, touching the outer edge of the Great Sage.

No matter how many defenses the Great Sage had set up around himself, he was still turned into an ice sculpture the moment the cold flame touched him, and then floated away into the air.

Immediately afterwards, Leng Yan turned his head to look at a battle in the sky.

The battle between the Son of God and Longinus was drawing to a close. Countless chains wrapped around Longinus's body, binding him tightly. At that moment, the Son of God opposite him also gathered incomparably holy light in his hands.

“Ah! This is the radiance!” Longinus’s lips curled into a smile: “Indeed, I deserve to die by such power.”

Although he said that, his body reacted automatically. A tremendous force erupted from his body. The chains binding him shattered under the immense power.

At the same time, the spear in his hand completely transformed into a beam of light.

At that moment, the power within the Son of God also reached its peak. A spear of light also materialized in his hand.

The two simultaneously threw their light guns at each other.

The two spears of light crossed in mid-air, one piercing through Longinus's body. The other, however, stopped just before striking the Son of God, or rather, was frozen in place.

"Hmph, do you want to die together with a dead man?" Cold Flame's voice came from beneath the feet of the Son of God.

"..." The Son of God remained silent, for his gaze was fixed on Longinus, who was falling into the ruins below. His body had been pierced by the spear of light released by the Son of God, but no blood flowed from the wound; instead, tiny specks of light flickered from it.

“I never imagined that one day I would have to personally end the life of a devout saint.” The Son of God landed in front of Longinus.

“This is all God’s arrangement! This is a trial you must undergo. I am no longer able to go on, but now I can help you in my final moments.” Longinus said, his gaze turning in one direction.

The Son of God immediately understood his meaning.

At the same time, the previously frozen Lance of Lonnukis broke free from its freeze and flew automatically to the side of the Son of God.

"This gun is yours from now on!" These were Longinus's last words, and after he finished speaking, his body vanished into thin air.

At that moment, Longinus was looking in the direction where two Ivans were hiding in a ruin where a strange device was installed.

“Our bodyguard seems to have been killed! Hahahaha! At this rate, won’t we be at a disadvantage? Hahahaha!” One of the Ivans looked at the other Ivan.

“That’s right! And when you’re at a disadvantage, isn’t the best thing to do to join forces? Hahahaha! Looks like I’ll have to join forces with myself today, hahahahaha!!” Ivan said with a smile to the Ivan beside him.

“That’s right, it’s time for the two of us Ivans to team up! Ahahahaha!!” The Ivan next to him said, pulling out an energy gun and firing at himself: “As expected, there’s only one Ivan, isn’t that interesting! Ahahahaha!”

Meanwhile, Ivan on the other side was shot and fell to the ground.

"Hahahaha! You're right." Ivan was knocked to the ground by the energy gun, but his body was unharmed. Instead, he fired a shot directly at Ivan, who had fired first: "Looks like luck is part of the game too. I found an energy defense device before I met you, hahahaha!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ivan's head was blown off by a single shot.

"What ugly people! They're all the same, yet they still kill each other!" The figure of the Son of God suddenly appeared in front of Ivan.

"I can't believe you guys found such a hidden spot! Hahaha! This game is really fun!" The surviving Ivan smiled excitedly when he saw the Child of God.

"Are these your last words?" Leng Yan appeared on the other side of Ivan.

“Alright, I surrender. I demand that you treat prisoners of war as you have in the past.” Evan then decisively added, “Besides, I can actually be a witness! I know a lot of things! I can help you eliminate all Evans, of course, I just need to accept a fair trial. Ahahahaha!”

"Why should we believe you?" The Son of God looked coldly at Ivan before him.

"Didn't you see? For us, this is all a game! Hahahaha! And we are all Ivan, so we all have Ivan's memories and personality! In contrast, we all believe that there only needs to be one Ivan in this world! Hahahaha! So we are actually killing each other! And in order to kill the other Ivans, of course I'm willing to help you! Hahahaha! Let's form a new cooperative relationship!"

"He really is an ugly person," the Son of God said calmly.

“You’re right! We are indeed going to eliminate all of Ivan.” Leng Yan said to Ivan beside him, “But you’re also on our execution list! And this time I’m not here to arrest criminals!”

As Leng Yan spoke, he suddenly placed his hand in front of Ivan.

"Alright, good luck to you guys, ahahaha..." After saying that, Ivan turned into an ice sculpture and then shattered.

"Why did you kill him? I thought this Ivan was still somewhat useful." The Son of God looked at Leng Yan with some dissatisfaction.

"What use is it? You saw that killed Ivan, right?" Leng Yan looked at the headless Ivan on the ground. "They're a bunch of complete lunatics, utterly devoid of integrity. And I can't guarantee we won't be manipulated when we agree to his demands!"

"What do we do next?" the Son of God asked.

“I just received a call from Captain Justice. Torus and all the heroes of Sector O have been captured by Ivan!” Leng Yan said calmly. “So this time, we have to go to the Central Temple no matter what.”

Chapter 12

Meanwhile, at Lin Jie's location, the Swift Light Girl and Blast were also locked in a fierce battle.

Opposite them, a woman wielding a forty-meter-long sword appeared on the street. The surrounding buildings were almost entirely covered in horrific marks from the massive blade.

"Damn it, what's wrong with this guy!" The girl, Swift as Light, leaped through the air repeatedly, constantly dodging the knife's attacks.