Heroes Return

"Showing off on the rooftop in the rain is definitely not something a normal person would do." With that, Lin Jie ran over to where the three of them were: "Hey? What are you three doing here?"

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Chapter 20

In the peach grove at night, peach petals drifted down from time to time.

"Mr. Gan?" Ouyang Rui arrived at a clearing in the peach grove, where three people were standing in front of him: two men and one woman.

“Mr. Ouyang is not only punctual, but he also has an excellent eye for choosing locations,” Mr. Gan said. “It really is a beautiful place.”

As Mr. Gan spoke, he admired the lanterns under the peach blossoms.

"Mr. Gan, you flatter me. I also hope that this meeting will be a good start," Ouyang Rui said. "My people have arrived. Are there only three of you on your side?"

“How could that be? Mr. Ouyang, please look up.” Mr. Gan said, pointing to his head.

Above the two men, an invisible hovercraft was silently floating in the sky. As the stealth fighter removed its camouflage, a figure jumped directly from it, carrying a box in his hand.

Just as the figure was about to land, a stream of air shot out from beneath its feet, dissipating the downward impact. Simultaneously, as the air stream swept past, countless flower petals began to dance in the air.

"Let me introduce you. This is the person our Evolution Company sent to handle this transaction, named Cato." Mr. Gan then said to the man, "This gentleman is Mr. Ouyang from the Ouyang family."

……

While the atmosphere inside the peach orchard was harmonious, Lin Jie outside the orchard was not having an easy time. Two muscular men were groping him from both sides.

"Just as I guessed, he doesn't look strong, but the muscles under his clothes are actually extremely powerful." A muscular man said while touching his chest. This man was none other than Atan, the B-rank hero who was instantly killed by Lin Jie during the hero exam.

"His muscles are quite solid, and they're all small, explosive muscles. Looks like he's gone through a lot of rigorous training," said another muscular man dressed entirely in black. Lin Jie recognized this man; he was Black Gold, a B-rank hero, who had been his lecturer at the Hero Association.

"Really? Let me have a feel for him too!" A fair-skinned, muscular man walked over and said. Lin Jie had just met him through Dong Xue'er's introduction; he was Black Gold's brother, named White Gold. He was also a B-rank hero. Behind them were at least dozens of muscular men, ranging from C-rank to E-rank. They were the reinforcements Dong Xue'er had recruited in H City—the H City Muscle Association.

"Get as far away from me as you can die!" Lin Jie couldn't take it anymore. Being surrounded by a group of muscular men touching him all over, he felt a cool sensation in his anus.

"Kid, interested in joining our Muscle Association? Let's research muscle-building methods together?" Black Gold said to Lin Jie, "I have high hopes for you."

"I'd never want to join your muscle club!" Lin Jie stepped back and looked helplessly at Dong Xue'er: "I never thought you liked this type."

“In H City, among the superheroes who are both powerful and have a strong sense of justice, they are the only ones.” Dong Xue’er said, “Be careful! Don’t get discovered. Right now, the peach grove is basically full of Ouyang Rui’s men, and their numbers are no less than ours.”

"Tch!" Lin Jie said, "Can you please stop touching my butt!"

……

Just then, Xiao Zhan and a group of muscular men rushed into the peach grove. A large number of armed mercenaries and lower-level ability users appeared before Xiao Zhan and his companions.

"Let them see how powerful our Muscle Association is!" said one of the muscular men leading the group.

"Roar! Roar!" The muscular men behind him roared in unison, raising their massive alloy shields as they charged toward the enemy.

"This is like the 300 Warriors!" Xiao Zhan said, then jumped to the side with all his might, leaving a fist-sized crater in the ground where he had just been standing.

After a series of chaotic runs, Xiao Zhan finally managed to stand on a tree.

Looking at the chaotic battle before him, Xiao Zhan felt a deep sense of powerlessness. Enemies were almost everywhere, and no matter how fierce his Spartan warriors were, they couldn't defeat so many people.

"Ouyang Rui, you damn rich bastard! You bring so many mercenaries with you when you go out." Xiao Zhan couldn't help but curse, "Luckily, I was prepared."

After saying that, he took out a strange device.

"It's time to show you my domain," Xiao Zhan said, activating the device in his hand.

The next moment, both sides in the chaotic battle outside the peach grove were surprised to find that everyone present had been blurred out. Yes, Xiao Zhan's device had blurred out everyone present, even the weapons.

Thus, within this pink peach grove, a chaotic battle erupted among creatures, their images blurred out. The sheer beauty of the scene left Lin Jie and his companions, who later entered the peach grove, completely stunned.

"I've successfully suppressed the enemies on the perimeter. The rest is up to you." Xiao Zhan, whose entire body was covered in mosaics, waved a mosaic-removing stick in his hand and ran towards Lin Jie and Dong Xue'er.

"Alloy Heavy Punch!!"

Just as he was halfway there, Black Gold's fist made intimate contact with him. Xiao Zhan was sent flying, his body crashing into a peach tree and being buried under falling petals.

"What are all these things?" Black Gold asked, lowering his fist.

"The one you hit was one of our own," Lin Jie said. "I'm sorry, but that was my partner."

"What?" Black Gold was taken aback: "I thought he was some kind of monster when I saw him."

"Forget it, let's just consider it a non-combat casualty," Lin Jie said.

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In the open space of the peach grove.

“Mr. Ouyang, it seems your security measures aren’t very effective,” Cato said to Ouyang Rui.

The weapons and shadows behind Cato had vanished from the spot.

"Did Dong Xue'er really cause trouble again?" Ouyang Rui muttered. "Since that's the case, don't blame me for being ruthless. I've already given you a chance."

Then, Ouyang Rui took out a communicator from his hand: "Hunter, make your move."

“It seems our deal will have to be postponed,” Cato said.

"I'm really sorry, I might need to clean up this place," Ouyang Rui said to Cato.

"It's alright, good luck." With that, Cato started up the fighter jet in the sky.

"None of you will escape today." A female voice appeared in the sky, and a huge icy spear pierced through the fighter jet in the sky.

The fighter jet crashed down towards the group of people below. Ouyang Rui and the others barely managed to avoid the falling jet.

However, the fighter jet did not explode, because it froze into an iceberg the moment it landed.

Behind Dong Xiaoye appeared a pair of wings made of ice, like elves in the night, looking down at the people below him.

"Dong Xiaoye, you really came along too," Ouyang Rui said.

"Today you..." Before Dong Xiaoye could finish speaking, a powerful electromagnetic pulse shot towards her. She instinctively dodged to the side, but the pulse still struck the wings made of disease on her back. With one wing missing, Dong Xiaoye tilted and fell towards one side of the forest.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh." The bespectacled guy managed to run over, and then he saw Dong Xiaoye falling in another direction: "Holy crap!"

After a moment's thought, the guy with glasses headed in that direction.

"I didn't expect you to have bribed the hunters after all." Dong Xue'er emerged from behind a tree, accompanied by Lin Jie and the Black and White Gold Brothers.

“I’ve already given you a chance, Dong Xue’er! Even if I kill you now, the master won’t say anything.” Ouyang Rui said, and a faint golden light surrounded his body. At the same time, more than a dozen metal devices that looked like pens floated up around him.

"It seems we underestimated their combat strength a bit." Dong Xue'er looked helplessly at Hei Baijin and Lin Jie: "You can handle those two people from Evolution Company over there. Lin Jie and I will deal with Ouyang Rui."

“Leave it to us.” Platinum said, his body hardening as he charged straight at Cato. Black Gold, on the other hand, charged at Mr. Gan.

"Do you think the two of you can handle me?" Ouyang Rui said to Lin Jie and Dong Xue'er. As he spoke, a pen-like metal device beside him flew towards the two of them.

……

On each of the two large peach trees surrounding the peach grove stood a person. One of them was Atan, an examiner from the Hero Association. The other was a weapon from the Evolution Corporation.

The two men's hands then transformed into two long swords on one hand and two alloy swords on the other.

"Same ability users?" Atan raised the alloy sword that had transformed from his hand. "Let's see who's stronger between the two of us."

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Shadow had been in a bad mood because she hadn't had the chance to personally kill the bastard who had given her nightmares for two nights in a row. But what she didn't expect was that today in this peach orchard, she saw that damned bastard again through the surveillance camera. Not only that, this scoundrel was also preparing to attack their transaction site.

This was a golden opportunity for Shadow. She had another chance to kill him, so when the melee outside the peach grove broke out, she couldn't wait to get there.

Then she was completely stunned!

The beautiful scenery in this peach grove has now been completely ruined by a group of pixelated creatures with an off-putting art style.

Everyone was blurred out, and everyone was holding censored props. They were even throwing censored props at each other from time to time; the scene was simply a chaotic dance of demons.

Every now and then, two blurred-out figures would roll around together, groaning in pain. This scene inevitably evoked unpleasant thoughts in anyone who witnessed it.

The situation here has deteriorated to the point where almost everyone is an enemy. After all, with everyone's faces blurred, it's impossible to distinguish friend from foe...

"Where the hell is that bastard?" Shadow was on the verge of losing her mind. Because after everyone's faces were blurred, she couldn't tell who she was looking for at all.

"Never mind... Heh..." The shadow's eyes turned into a black hole at that moment: "Kill them all! If you kill them all, then these things will no longer exist in this world..."

Chapter 21

In a grove of trees in the peach orchard, Glasses finally found Winter Leaf behind a tree.

"What are you doing here, you burden?" Dong Xiaoye asked the bespectacled man with dissatisfaction.

“I’ve left a lot of glasses in the woods; they should be of some help to you later,” the man with glasses said.

"Who needs your help, you're such a burden?" Dong Xiaoye didn't appreciate the glasses guy's kindness. "We were originally planning to deal with that person from Evolution Company, but it seems they've been targeted by someone even more troublesome. Xue'er and her family will have to rely on themselves."

After speaking, Dong Xiaoye jumped in one direction. Two beams of light grazed past her. Most importantly, these two beams of light came from different directions.

"Are there two people attacking?" the man with glasses asked in surprise.

"There's only one enemy, be careful!!" Dong Xiaoye shouted to the bespectacled man.

Upon hearing the word "be careful," the bespectacled man reacted quickly, instantly vanishing from his spot. The next moment, he reappeared on a peach tree, and then he saw dozens of beams of light rise rapidly from different directions within the peach grove, make a turn in the air, and then shoot towards the same direction. That direction was precisely where he and Dong Xiaoye had been.

A thick ice pillar rose up in one direction. Although the ice pillar looked very heavy, it crumbled in an instant under the attack from all directions.

"What should we do? It's going to be hard for Dong Xiaoye to hold on." The bespectacled man looked anxiously in that direction.

'Since your clothes can move with you when you teleport, why don't you try teleporting people with you?'

But then a voice rang in the bespectacled man's mind.

"Yeah!" the bespectacled man said, without even considering who the voice belonged to. He rushed towards Dong Xiaoye at top speed; the glasses he had used to switch places had been destroyed in the light-speed attack.

Light from all directions is still converging in the same direction.

When Glasses returned to Dong Xiaoye's position, she was already in a very sorry state. She was holding a shield made of ice. She was constantly moving, using her ice shield to block attacks that she couldn't dodge.

However, her response was nearing its limit. The bespectacled man clearly saw hundreds of beams of light rise up at breakneck speed, almost illuminating the entire sky above the peach grove.

Just then, Dong Xiaoye saw the bespectacled guy running towards her: "Why are you back again! Ah! What are you doing!"

To Dong Xiaoye's surprise, the bespectacled man suddenly hugged her, and then the two of them vanished from the spot. The next moment, countless beams of light converged on the location where the two had just been standing.