Heroes Return

"..." Dong Xue'er didn't speak.

"Don't worry, I'm a man who cherishes women, and I'm also looking forward to our married life." Ouyang Zihao said, holding Dong Xue'er's chin. "However, what the other members of the family do to you is not something I can concern myself with."

“You can kill me right now,” Dong Xue’er said.

"I wouldn't kill you. I told you I'm really looking forward to our married life," Ouyang Zihao said arrogantly. "Get in the car, my fiancée."

"Wait! Where are you taking Miss Dongxue'er?" Black Gold appeared outside the residential area with the Muscle Alliance members.

"Luckily we made it in time," Thirteen said from the shadows. "But it seems the Dong family is about to make a big move..."

Chapter Fourteen

"Are these your dogs in H City?" Ouyang Zihao asked Dong Xue'er with a mocking look.

At this moment, Hou Dongxue'er also looked surprised: "Why are you here?"

“It was Shen Jinggui who called us over,” Black Gold said. “Miss Dong, who are these people? I just saw this guy grabbing your hair.”

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Ouyang Zihao. I am Miss Dong's fiancé." Ouyang Zihao said as he pulled Dong Xue'er into his arms.

"..." Dong Xue'er, nestled in his arms, gritted her teeth and nodded, saying, "You all go back quickly, there's nothing for you to do here."

"Is this man from the Ouyang family?" Yatan said. "Then we can't let you, Miss, be taken away by this man."

“You should leave here immediately.” Dong Xue’er said, “Going with them is my own choice; no one forced me.”

“Even if you say that, we won’t agree,” Black Gold said.

“You’re right, we’ll stop you even if we have to use force,” Yatan said. “A real man would never let his comrade go into a dangerous place alone.”

“What a bunch of loyal dogs,” Ouyang Zihao said. “In that case, I’ll give you a way to die as loyal dogs.”

After saying that, Ouyang Zihao gave a wink to the four people beside him, and those four rushed towards the muscular men in front of them.

"Run! You're no match for them!" Dong Xue'er shouted at Hei Jin and the others.

However, Black Gold and the others showed no intention of backing down. Yatan and Weapon even raised their longswords and greatswords and slashed fiercely at the people in front of them.

The two bodyguards at the front didn't even try to dodge; their bodies collided head-on with the two men's weapons.

The deafening roar was accompanied by flying sparks and a tremor in the ground. The two men's strength, enough to cut through steel plates, did not harm the two bodyguards; it merely tore through their clothes, revealing the metallic skin beneath.

“They’re robots!” Atan exclaimed in surprise.

"Run! Those are cyborgs with superpowers!" Dong Xue'er shouted to Yatan and the others, but then Ouyang Zihao forcibly pushed her into the car.

After enduring the attacks from Atan and the weapon, the two robotic bodyguards looked up at the two men before them. Red light flashed in their eyes, and four energy beams shot towards the two. Atan's longsword swiftly transformed into a shield, protecting him and the weapon.

The next moment, a huge explosion rang out, and Yatan and the weapon were blasted away.

The two robots continued to charge towards the crowd. One of the other two was now facing off against Black Gold and White Gold simultaneously. His hand had transformed into an energy sword, and his eyes were shooting out laser-like power.

Both Platinum and Black Gold are users of the ability to metalize their bodies, but they still face numerous dangers when facing such an enemy. Most importantly, each bodyguard robot is incredibly fast, almost comparable to a B-class speed-type hero.

"I'll go with you, just let them go!" Dong Xue'er said to Ouyang Zihao, who was watching the show outside the car.

"Do you think you have any bargaining chips?" Ouyang Zihao said mockingly. "Just watch, these people are sacrificed because of your ridiculous sense of justice back then."

The three robotic bodyguards had already entered "Invincible Mode" amidst the crowd. Their bodies were incredibly tough, and they were covered in advanced weaponry. Most people would fall to the ground in a pool of blood after just one exchange.

"You bastard!" Dong Xue'er cursed at Ouyang Zihao.

“You should call him your future husband.” Ouyang Zihao said to Dong Xue’er, but then a sudden sense of unease rose in his heart. He turned around and raised his hand with lightning speed.

A sniper rifle bullet rested silently between his hands.

"Interesting, I didn't even notice." With that, Ouyang Zihao fired a bullet in one direction, and a figure appeared out of thin air in the shadows, with a bullet hole in his thigh.

"It's terrifying!" Dong Xue'er exclaimed, covering her mouth.

"Did you dodge it?" Ouyang Zihao smiled at him. "Among the people who can hide within 200 meters of me for this long, besides S-rank, you are the only one."

"Damn it, he can actually catch bullets with his bare hands," Thirteen said, clutching his wound.

Before he could finish speaking, Ouyang Zihao raised a finger at Thirteen, and an invisible energy easily pierced through Thirteen's chest.

"Huh? Dodged a fatal attack? I remember I was aiming for his heart." Ouyang Zihao looked at his fingers in confusion.

Just then, a muscular man holding a shield in one hand and a spear in the other leaped towards him. Facing this man charging at him, Ouyang Zihao simply raised a finger.

His fingers easily pierced through the man's golden shield, and a burst of energy shot out from his fingers, easily piercing through his abdomen.

Like crushing an ant with his finger, Ouyang Zihao casually flung these muscular men dozens of meters away and slammed them into a shop on the street.

Then Ouyang Rui wiped his fingers and said, "That's enough, we should go."

With that, Ouyang Rui got into the hovercar and, before leaving, gave the four bodyguard robots the order: "Kill all of these people."

The hovercar then transformed into a shuttle in mid-air and disappeared from everyone's sight.

……

As the battle drew to a close, Atan was pierced through the abdomen by a machine's laser, and the Weapon Master was hit by a missile fired from a machine bodyguard, collapsing to the ground, his fate unknown.

Platinum clung tightly to a mechanical bodyguard, while Black Gold seized the opportunity to hug the other part of his body.

“Let these damned machines taste the double strangulation of our brothers,” Black Gold shouted at Platinum.

Then the muscles on both of their bodies began to expand continuously, and hot steam emanated from them.

The two men, through their combined strength, twisted the body of the robotic policeman into a bizarre shape. But just as they were gleefully taking down one, two beams of light shot out from the deformed bodyguard, the powerful lasers piercing through both of their bodies.

Then, the mechanical circuitry on the body of the bodyguard, which should have been twisted beyond recognition, came back to life and automatically reconnected, and its body began to gradually return to its original state.

The two men had lost their ability to fight and could only watch helplessly as the robotic bodyguard walked towards them and raised its hand.

Just then, a huge spiked club swept over their heads.

The bodyguard robot was instantly shattered upon contact with Wolf Fang Bond.

"Are you alright?" Lin Jie's voice came from above their heads.

"We're fine! Let's take care of those damn robots quickly," Black Gold said to Lin Jie, who was holding a spiked club.

"Leave it to me." With that, Lin Jie walked towards the other three robots. Just then, Lin Jie noticed that the fragments of the robot he had just smashed began to wriggle, then returned to their original shape and rushed towards Lin Jie.

"This thing even has self-repair capabilities? It's really a high-tech product," Lin Jie muttered to himself. Then the spiked club disappeared from his hand. "In that case, using a spiked club wouldn't be appropriate."

As he spoke, a crimson longsword appeared out of thin air in Lin Jie's hand. The terrifying heat emanating from the sword could be clearly felt even from a great distance.

The robot seemed to sense the terrifying power of the longsword in Lin Jie's hand. Instead of continuing to charge at Lin Jie, it chose to use firepower to attack him from a distance.

A machine gun appeared on his tail, and red light shot from his eyes as he fired at Lin Jie.

"Holy crap! Machine guns, missiles, and lasers! The people who made this must be incredibly rich," Lin Jie exclaimed as he dodged the robots' barrage of fire.

"Warning! Overheated hazardous material detected. Take evasive action immediately." As Lin Jie approached, red signals flashed continuously in the robot's communication system.

The robot flew backward while relentlessly firing various weapons at Lin Jie, but Lin Jie appeared beside it in the next instant, his longsword piercing directly into the robot's body. The powerful metal shell, capable of withstanding the full-force attacks of a B-rank hero, was as fragile as tofu under Lin Jie's sword strike.

When Lin Jie pulled his longsword from the robot's body, the robot instantly turned into a lump of molten iron.

"If you don't die, I'll just write the word 'I submit' to you," Lin Jie said to the robot that had turned into molten iron.

The other three robots sensed the disappearance of their companion's signal, abandoned their opponent whom they were currently beating, and rushed towards Lin Jie, firing lasers at him from three directions.

Lin Jie dodged the three laser beams by leaping upwards, then swung his longsword at one of the robots from a distance. A crimson sword light, carrying heat that seemed to scorch the heavens and earth, struck the robot. The robot instantly turned into molten iron.

Lin Jie was originally prepared to deal with the other two robotic bodyguards immediately, but to his surprise, the two robotic bodyguards turned around and ran away.

"Warning! Enemy with unknown and powerful energy has appeared. Retreat immediately!" This is how the two robots' systems announced.

"Damn, who invented these robots?! They're so shameless!" Lin Jie caught up with the two robots: "This is the first time I've seen robots deserting in the face of battle, but none of you will escape today."

……

Meanwhile, on a shuttle, Ouyang Zihao smiled as he looked at a message: "Interesting. My four O-30s were actually destroyed. You know, they were made of nanomaterials."

"..." Dong Xue'er, who was standing to the side, breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let me see who's so interesting." With that, Ouyang Zihao opened the pictures that the robots had sent back before they died, and his expression immediately changed.

The picture shows a somewhat lazy-looking man holding a crimson longsword, with a pool of molten iron beside him.

"This is... the lost Fire Spirit Sword!!" Ouyang Zihao looked at the picture in surprise, then laughed even more happily: "I never thought I would see this peerless weapon here, hahaha! My luck is really too good."

Dong Xue'er, standing to the side, looked at the man with complicated emotions and couldn't help but sigh.

She didn't want to involve them in this matter.

Chapter 15

By the time Lin Jie had taken down the fourth robotic bodyguard, Xiao Zhan had already rushed over like a headless fly, controlling his anti-gravity shoes. His arrival speed was the same as that of the bespectacled guy who was running over breathlessly.

"You'd be better off running over here," Lin Jie said to Xiao Zhan.

"That's for now. Once I get used to it, I'll be able to get myself a suit of armor like Iron Man," Xiao Zhan said.

"Put that aside for now, what exactly happened here?" The bespectacled man looked at the muscular men lying on the ground in surprise, then looked at Lin Jie, who was holding a crimson longsword: "Damn, you didn't kill them all for your chastity, did you?!"

"Hmm?" Upon hearing the bespectacled man's words, Xiao Zhan subconsciously took a step back: "That's quite possible. By the way, where did you get that sword? I've never seen it before."

"Get lost! How bored would I have to be to come out and kill them?" Lin Jie said.

“It wasn’t him…” Black Gold and White Gold walked over, supporting each other. “It was four robots…”

"You've been attacked by robots!" Xiao Zhan exclaimed in surprise. "Where are those robots?"

“It was turned into molten iron by his sword,” Black Gold said.

"Holy crap! No wonder it felt so hot!" Xiao Zhan exclaimed in surprise. "Your sword can melt metal?"

As he spoke, Xiao Zhan activated the thermal imaging device on his sunglasses: "Holy crap! The core temperature of this thing is over 6000 degrees... That's the temperature of the sun's surface!"

"I haven't really researched how hot this thing is," Lin Jie said.

"Brother, where was this made? Could you talk to the manufacturer and ask them to make one for me too?" Xiao Zhan said to Lin Jie at this moment, "This thing is much sharper than a lightsaber."

“Impossible,” Lin Jie said. “This was one of the last batch of swords forged by Zhang Yajiu, a swordsmith from the ancient Tang Dynasty, in Wushan.”

"You're saying this is one of the ancient divine weapons? So it's a magical weapon!!" Xiao Zhan exclaimed in surprise, "Then how did it end up in your hands?"

"It dropped from killing monsters before," Lin Jie said calmly, and then the sword disappeared from his hand.