Heroes Return

"Don't you think you should share the message that the cardinal just relayed to you with me?"

"I don't know what you're talking about? He didn't convey anything to me just now." The Son of God said, and tried to walk forward, but his feet were frozen to the ground.

"What are you going to do? Attack your own comrades?" the Son of God asked coldly to Leng Yan.

"Whether you are my companion or not depends on what you are going to say to me later," Leng Yan stared into the eyes of the Son of God, where blue flames were burning continuously.

"I have nothing to say to you." The Son of God turned around again to meet the man's gaze, and at that moment, golden flames ignited in his eyes.

"It seems you think you're strong enough to challenge me." Leng Yan's words at this moment carried an icy chill.

"Ah! Fine, I'll tell you!" After staring at each other for a while, the Son of God finally succumbed to Leng Yan's imposing manner. He sighed and said to Leng Yan, "This time, they not only killed an angel, but they also used angel blood and angel wings to create a terrifying weapon. It's called the Archangel of Creation!"

"Is that all? If that's all, you have no reason to hide it from me," Leng Yan said coldly after the Son of God finished speaking.

"As expected, you can't hide it from me! The purpose of this weapon they created is to expand the power of the Papal States and then break away from the World Government," the Son of God sighed.

"A boring theory of divine supremacy, and they underestimate the power the World Government currently possesses," Leng Yan said dismissively, then retracted the ice that had frozen the Son of God. He turned and walked away in another direction.

"Wait! Divine authority is the greatest! You don't understand the power of the true God at all!"

"In my opinion, he's just a little stronger than the average person."

"It's not just about being powerful! I have witnessed the power of a true god. That's something you can't even begin to compare to. That's why you're called foolish mortals, because you can't see the difference between yourselves and true gods." The Son of God said to Leng Yan calmly, as if recalling something.

"Is that so? Haha! I'd like to witness the power of a true god." Leng Yan chuckled twice, then raised his hand, and two screams rang out simultaneously. In the ruins not far away, two Ivans were frozen in place: "The realm of a god? I really want to see it!"

The Son of God was now unsure whether to call the person before him arrogant or insane. However, he was certain that what this person said was true; he genuinely wanted to witness the power of the true God.

"What exactly made you become like this...?"

"What is this? Arrogance? Hahahaha..." Leng Yan suddenly laughed: "Have you ever seen time and space?"

"Time and Space? Is that the number one superhero?" the Child of God said with some doubt. "I've never seen him! After all, that person is too mysterious! To this day, no one has seen Time and Space's true form."

“I’ve seen him.” Leng Yan said calmly, “I’ve seen him before. That kind of power! That kind of power that makes people tremble is what I truly pursue.”

Just how powerful is spacetime?

"I don't know! But I'm certain that he's someone who can challenge a god!" Leng Yan's expression turned incredibly sharp: "After witnessing the passage of time, I finally understood what I truly crave! It's immense power, power strong enough to solve anything with power. If your god truly possesses that kind of power, I must see it for myself."

Hearing Leng Yan's words, the Son of God sighed, "As a mortal, you are unwilling to listen to the teachings of God, so you will never witness the greatness of God." With that, the Son of God walked away into the distance.

"God taught us that we were born sinners. From the moment our ancestors ate the forbidden fruit, they learned how to have sex, hahaha! I like this sentence, what do you think? Hahaha!" Evan said this to the angel sitting opposite him in the dining hall of the central temple while eating his steak. Beside the angel was a cute girl with no sparkle in her eyes.

"Yes, because eating the forbidden fruit is a sin, so is having sex! And because having sex is a sin, we are sinful from the moment we are born, and this sin becomes the sin of all mankind as our bloodline continues! That is to say, the child born from adultery between two people is guilty of adultery just like the two people, and the child's child is guilty of adultery, and the child's child's child is guilty of adultery! Ahahahaha! I love this supreme god so much! Ahahahaha!"

"You are distorting God's teachings!"

"No, no, no! I'm just listening to God's teachings with my own perspective! Hahahaha! Actually, I still want to go to heaven, so I must study God's teachings diligently!" Ivan said with a smile, "We are greedy and waste food; this is the original sin of gluttony. So my next step is to kill all the chefs in the world, eliminate all food critics, and stop all food battles! Hahahaha! Because they have all committed the original sin! That's settled! Hahahaha!"

"You're just thinking about indiscriminately killing innocent people." The angel coldly looked at Ivan: "You don't understand the true meaning of God's teachings at all!"

"Alright! Looks like I misunderstood! Then let's discuss the next original sin! That's **! Ahahaha!" Ivan flipped through his Ivan Bible again: "This is interesting! Ahahahaha! ** is also an original sin! So who in the world is **? Ahahahahaha! There are tons of ** people!"

"That must be lust!"

"What's the difference? Forget it, let me think about it! Right, since that's the case, let me kill all the otaku in the world! Because there's no otaku in this world who doesn't watch porn! Ahahaha, and then I'll eliminate all the actresses! Ahahahaha! Thinking about it this way, should I consider wiping out that island district of J? Ahahahaha! It's settled then! That way I can go to heaven!"

"You're not going to Heaven!" the blonde angel said coldly to Ivan while stroking Felicia's head.

"Can't I really go to heaven?" Ivan said unhappily. "I helped God punish evil this time, didn't I? I should be on the side of justice, right? And I've already lost half of my twin brother! Hahahaha! Can't I, a poor man who has sacrificed so much for God, go to heaven?"

"Impossible," the blonde angel said, her face still expressionless.

"Oh! That's such a pity!" Ivan said with a regretful expression. "You know, I was thinking that once I got to Heaven or Eden, I'd cause a big stir there! And then see those people who thought they'd be happy forever in Heaven looking utterly hopeless! Speaking of which, I remember now! You always say that everything is God's arrangement! So Judas betraying the previous Son of God was also God's arrangement! So actually, God wanted to frame the previous Son of God, and then arranged for Judas to take the blame! Oh? I think I've accidentally discovered some secret I shouldn't have! Ahahahaha!"

"If you continue to speak disrespectfully, I will punish you on behalf of my God!" the angel said unhappily.

"Really? In that case, I don't believe in your so-called supreme god anymore. I remember there's a god next door who, if you're willing to believe, gets ninety-nine virgins to play with after death. Hahahaha!" Ivan said, standing up and walking out of the cafeteria. "It's time for me to go see how far the battle in the city has progressed!"

After Ivan left, Felicia, who had been leaning on the angel's shoulder, suddenly regained her clarity.

"Mmm~" Felicia had barely uttered a weak sound when her mouth was immediately silenced by the stunningly beautiful angel beside her!

Immediately afterward, Felicia looked in alarm at the stunningly beautiful face before her.

"Don't be afraid, I don't want to hurt you." A gentle voice entered Felicia's mind in that instant. At the same time, Felicia calmed down slightly, though tears still welled in her eyes.

“You can speak to me directly in your mind using your mental power.” The blonde angel gave Felicia a heartwarming smile.

Felicia relaxed her mind and body in that smile.

"You? Are you really an angel? Why are you with that bastard Ivan?!" Felicia thought to herself.

"I am indeed an angel, but I am the angel who blows the trumpet!"

"Ah!" Upon hearing this answer, Felicia trembled once more. The trumpet-blowing angel! That name was recorded in the textbooks of every hero academy—a truly powerful angel who descended to earth. And her mission was to blow the so-called seventh trumpet from the Book of Revelation.

Each of her characters brought immense disaster, but before her mission was complete, she was defeated by Zero and subsequently sealed away in an island prison. To the Hero Association, this angel was essentially no different from a Demon Lord.

"Don't be afraid! I have abandoned my mission! That's why I can't return to Heaven." The golden-haired angel said, his hair turning black and his wings turning black as well, but he quickly changed back.

"You have fallen..."

"Yes, but I was originally supposed to be killed. The fall only happened a few days ago after I was resurrected as a Heroic Spirit."

"Huh? Angel sister, are you a Heroic Spirit?"

"Yes, I am now the heroic spirit of Ivan. And not long after becoming a heroic spirit, I abandoned the new mission that God had given me. So I am on your side now."

"You're so strong, is there anything else you need my help with?"

"Because I am a Heroic Spirit, I cannot disobey Ivan too much. Therefore, I need your help with what follows! For the sake of all humanity..."

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If we use the number of kills by Ivan to rank the players, then the MVP of the Holy City battlefield has already been decided. That person is Anya.

"You scum who are getting in the way of my reunion with my beloved!" Anya glared angrily at the people blocking her way. She recognized these people; their heads were still hanging on the Christmas tree outside the city! They were all powerful members of the O-sector families that Ivan had killed.

At that moment, a huge, blood-red longsword appeared in front of Anya.

"I never imagined this woman could wield Zero's Sword of Judgment!" one of the powerful figures exclaimed in shock. In fact, by this time, quite a few corpses had already appeared around Anya.

"I finally reunited with my beloved!" Anya muttered to herself as she once again swung her longsword at the person in front of her.

A flash of red sword light streaked across the sky, instantly obliterating all color and leaving only that terrifying, blood-red sword light in the eyes of every powerful figure present. When everything returned to calm, almost everyone present except Anya had been sliced ​​in two. In fact, the Judgment Sword Qi used by Zero back then is still considered one of the top three most powerful attacks among SS-rank techniques. It was simply beyond the capabilities of the family experts present.

After wiping out everyone within range with a single sword strike, Anya flew forward. Her only thought now was finding her beloved. She was now completely clad in blood-red armor, but after advancing a short distance, a building shrouded in black mist appeared before her…

At this very moment, a place in the city that was clearly an underground secret room was exposed due to this spatial change.

"Kuhu, I didn't expect this spatial distortion to expose a place like this!" Alice smiled as she looked at the scenery before her. Beside her stood a boy and a girl.

“Miss Alice! Do you know what this place is?” The boy looked at the underground chamber before him with some curiosity. This boy was Harry.

Not long after Alice summoned her own heroic spirit using the clues from the gate, Harry and Alice met again. Because Alice was his teacher and friend, Harry didn't keep a wary eye on her.

"Kuhoho! This is an interesting place!" Alice smiled and walked forward, and just then the Admiral suddenly appeared in front of the two of them.

"The task you assigned has been completed," the admiral said to Alice. "And I saw many members of the Hero Association inside. They are all currently fixed in that secret room by a strange magic circle! In addition, the space inside is hundreds of times larger than the outside."

"Kuhuhu! You've really worked hard, Admiral." Alice replied with a smile, then led the three people beside her toward the entrance to the underground chamber.

"Wait! Isn't it dangerous there?" Harry suddenly stopped Alice. "Isn't it a bit inappropriate to just go in like this?"

"Don't worry, it's all taken care of! Kuhoo." Alice simply smiled and then walked into the entrance of the secret chamber. The others had no choice but to follow her into the secret chamber.

Upon entering the secret chamber, Harry was surprised to find that there were indeed several Ivans there, but they were all dead. Each of these Ivans was holding a bar of soap.

However, all of Ivan's hands that touched the soap rotted rapidly. Before long, everyone was turning into skeletons right before Harry's eyes.

"Kuhoho, I knew it was all taken care of!" Alice smiled as she looked at the skeletons. "As expected, the Heroic Spirit disappears along with its master!"

"I never imagined that I would actually use such a wonderful soap after I was already dead." The admiral looked at the soap in his hand with some emotion: "If I had had such a terrifying soap back then, perhaps I would never have died in the Fantasy Sea!"

“This is my exclusive product! Kuhoo!” Alice laughed as she continued walking towards the largest hall in the secret chamber. Once everyone entered the hall, Harry was completely stunned.

The sight in the hall terrified him. Above them, thousands of people were suspended in mid-air by magical chains. These chains seemed to be drawing something from them, with various kinds of light flowing into the magic circles on the ceiling.

Harry recognized these people; in his view, almost all members of the Hero Association and the O District organization were here! Naturally, this included SS-class hero Torus and SS-class hero Master of Miracles.

"Kuhuhu, there are probably around four thousand people. That means almost everyone in the Holy City, except for a few, is here! How interesting, Kuhuhu." After smiling and watching for a while, Alice's gaze shifted to a small hut nearby.

Harry was still in shock. He never imagined that such a formidable force would be wiped out in less than a day. Only a few people escaped unharmed, and it was then that Harry understood why they hadn't encountered any other companions besides Ivan and the Heroic Spirit along the way! They had all been brought here.

However, after carefully considering the terror of the heroic spirits they had encountered before, they felt relieved.

"Ah! Could the teacher be here too!" Harry immediately had a bad feeling. So he immediately began searching among the people who were being hung up. During this time, Harry also tried to rescue those who were bound, but the chains seemed to be ingrained in their bodies and could not be untied at all. Moreover, Harry was completely unable to break the chains with his strength.

After searching for some time, Hariri finally confirmed that neither Lin Jie nor Felicia were among these people.

A soft groan reached Harry's ears.

"Who is it?" Harry immediately became alert upon hearing the voice, and looked around in a panic.

"It's my young mage." Harry looked in the direction of the voice. There he saw the Master of Miracles, who had been hanging in mid-air and unconscious, struggling to open his eyes.

"It's Master of Miracles!" Harry immediately rushed towards Master of Miracles.

"Great, someone's finally here!" The Master of Miracles said slowly to Harry, his voice sounding very weak.

"What happened? Why are you locked up here too?" Harry asked urgently. "How can I get you out of here?"

“We were all tricked by Ivan! That’s why we were captured and brought here! Listen to me! Ivan is planning a crazy conspiracy! These chains are constantly absorbing the power of everyone here. Not only that, see that magic circle on the ceiling? That magic circle is constantly absorbing the power generated by everyone in this city during the battle! So the more intense the battle in the city, the closer Ivan’s plan is to success!” The Master of Miracles said a long string of words with difficulty.

"So what should I do?" Harry asked curiously.

"The core of the magic circle is in this secret chamber. You must destroy it! Once the core is destroyed, we will be released..." After saying these words, the Master of Miracles relaxed and fell into a coma once again.

"I'm determined to get him to find that core."

After hearing the Master of Miracles's instructions, Harry immediately understood the seriousness of the situation. So he immediately began searching the base.

After searching for a while, Harry finally focused on a special door. Just as Harry was about to push the door open, someone tapped him on the back.

"Kuhuhu! What are you doing?" Alice appeared behind him, holding a small booklet in her hand. Beside Alice were the little girl Delis and the admiral.

“Miss Alice! We must find the core of a magic circle! If we destroy that core, the people here can be saved!” Harry said anxiously to Alice, “We must find a way to stop this magic circle now! Otherwise, Ivan’s dangerous plan will succeed soon!”

"Kuhuhu! You've really gotten some incredible news!" Alice looked at Harry with great interest. "Don't worry, I'll definitely find the core. Kuhuhu! But you can rest for a while first."

As Alice finished speaking, Harry suddenly felt a wave of dizziness, and before he could say anything more, he lost consciousness.

"Aren't you going to kill him?" The admiral looked at Harry lying on the ground, then turned to Alice and asked.