Heroes Return

"Listen to me first! I have evidence! Really!" Lin Jie said quickly.

"Die! Die! Die!" However, Lin Jie underestimated Anya's fury: "All those impersonating Lord Zero, die!!!"

The fourth and fifth sword energies slashed towards Lin Jie.

However, Lin Jie still easily neutralized it.

After unleashing the fifth sword strike, Anya's face had turned somewhat pale. Using the Judgment Sword Aura five times in one day was far too taxing for her. However, Anya still raised the longsword in her hand.

"Can you listen to me?!" Lin Jie rushed to Anya's side in an instant, grabbing her wrist. The blood-red longsword in her hand disappeared the moment Lin Jie grabbed Anya's wrist.

"Let me go!" Anya glared angrily at Lin Jie!

"I really am Zero!" As he spoke, red light burst forth from Lin Jie's eyes, and a cloud of black mist enveloped him at that moment. A black longsword radiating red light appeared in Lin Jie's hand.

Faced with Lin Jie's sudden change, Anya froze on the spot. Looking at Lin Jie at such close range, that long-lost feeling of suffocation once again surged through Anya's body—a painful yet irresistible sensation.

The person before me was fundamentally different from the imposter before. It was a powerful and suffocating aura emanating from the very soul.

At this moment, Lin Jie had already let go of Anya's hand, but Anya just knelt on the spot, staring blankly at him.

"I knew it. Every time I appear in this form, there's an awkward silence." I was hoping some beautiful woman would throw herself at me, but it was just another awkward silence. "Does this form have a built-in awkward silence buff?"

Thinking of this, Lin Jie couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and then he turned back into himself.

Anya, who was kneeling on the ground opposite, breathed a deep sigh of relief when she saw Lin Jie turn back, and her face flushed.

"Now you can tell me when I gave you a gift," Lin Jie asked, looking at Anya.

Chapter 20

"Now you can tell me why you can use Judgment Sword Qi, right?" Lin Jie looked at Anya.

But Anya remained staring blankly at Lin Jie, motionless.

"Snap out of it! Say something!" Lin Jie looked at the dazed Anya and waved his hand in front of her eyes, but Anya's eyes didn't even move.

This situation startled Lin Jie: "Has he gone mad...?"

Thinking of this, Lin Jie quickly checked Anya's pulse: "She's lost consciousness... It must be because she used the powerful Judgment Sword Qi five times in a row, causing excessive consumption and leaving her in a state of exhaustion... In addition, the aura from my sudden transformation just now caused her to lose consciousness directly. She probably doesn't even remember seeing me in my transformed state. That means... that means the level 13 white equipment from before is gone..."

With a helpless expression, Lin Jie carried her to the stairwell to prevent Anya from getting wet in the rain, and also covered her with a coat.

"Although I can't ask her why she used the Judgment Sword Qi, at least this way she can't bother me for the time being. I'll deal with her problem after I've taken care of everything else." With that, Lin Jie went downstairs.

However, there was a problem going down the stairs. Because Lin Jie was carrying his iron bar down the stairs, his weight, combined with the weight of the iron bar, caused almost every step he took to crack. Some steps even collapsed completely when Lin Jie stepped on them.

"What should I do with this woman once this is over? If all else fails, I'll just give her this iron rod. After all, it's an iron rod that can be lengthened, shortened, enlarged, or reduced to various magical weapons." As he walked downstairs, Lin Jie pondered how to deal with Anya, this troublesome woman. Although she had fainted this time, who knew if she would come back to cause trouble for Lin Jie after she woke up?

Lin Jie fiddled with the iron rod in his hand, sighing, "Why is it that when I finally find a girl who likes me, it's this type?" He had already reached the street by then. There weren't many citizens left on the street; most of them had chosen to flee the city immediately after hearing Ivan's terrifying declaration.

After all, only five years have passed, and Ivan's deeds still terrify people. He is the most famous and dangerous madman in the world, a man that even Zero failed to kill.

Lin Jie went out onto the street, randomly found an empty clothing store, took out a large black coat, and then jumped directly onto the roof.

After putting on his coat, Lin Jie looked at the tallest building in H City, which was now covered with countless strange plants.

"Although I don't plan to use this identity that comes with an awkward silence buff anymore, I'll still use it a little bit to deal with all these overlapping troubles." As he spoke, Lin Jie's body was once again shrouded in black mist. Only a cloud of mist remained inside his large black coat, and Lin Jie's face was also shrouded in black mist at this moment, leaving only a pair of eyes emitting a red glow.

The iron rod in his hand disappeared, replaced by a long sword that was entirely black and emitted a red glow.

From this moment on, an immeasurable aura emanated from Lin Jie.

……

Several tens of minutes ago.

Outside the building, the battle between the plants and the Autobots had reached a fever pitch. Under the onslaught of hundreds of metal figures, the plant defenses outside the building were instantly breached.

Loki and Torus took this opportunity to rush into the building together, and many other heroes followed them in.

"Hahaha! Dave, your defenses are about to crumble," Evan said, looking at Daofu.

"..." Dave didn't say anything, but silently threw a few cherries down.

The moment the cherry hit the ground, several huge explosions erupted at the entrance, wiping out almost all the Autobots and plants that were previously engaged in a chaotic battle in the plaza.

But the next second, a large number of strange plants sprouted from the square once again.

Seeing her robot army wiped out by a few Cherry-class robots, Eileen angrily stomped her foot and ran away into the distance.

"I'll go find more troops," she said, and ran towards the nearby street.

……

"Next, we should welcome our new friend, Dave. Hahahaha!!" Hopefully, they'll enjoy the game.

At the same time, inside the building, Rocky punched a giant carnivorous plant, sending it flying.

"These damn plants are endless, and incredibly resilient," Rocky said as he dodged attacks from strange plants coming from all directions.

“That’s right!” Torus raised his shield, blocking a barrage of incoming laser weapons. “This floor is also equipped with special defensive fields and defensive weapons.”

After saying that, he swung his longsword horizontally, and in that instant, the powerful defensive mechanisms installed on the surrounding walls were violently destroyed.

“Ivan wouldn’t prepare such a simple defense for us!” Loki said to Torus.

“That’s right, so I plan to attack like this.” With that, Torus pointed his greatsword at the ceiling, the sword lengthening until it pierced through the entire ceiling of the building. With a flick of his wrist, Torus neatly sliced ​​out a notch.

“If we go this way, the elevator definitely won’t work. According to our investigation, he should have been in the top-floor office before,” Torus said to Loki.

“Let’s go. We’ll deal with this madman first, then we can settle things between us,” Rocky said, leaping onto the roof. Torus followed suit.

Watching the hidden surveillance footage from his top-floor office, Evan couldn't help but say to Dave, "Hahaha!! Five years have passed, and these two have actually gotten smarter! It seems like leveling up after fighting monsters a lot does happen, hahaha! It's a shame though, I left them a few interesting little gadgets in the building's elevators and corridors. But that's alright, at least it keeps me from getting too bored, hahaha! Speaking of which, should we make a run for it? Hahahaha!!"

With that, Evan and Dave ran off in another direction.

"Speaking of which, there are less than two hours left before it gets dark. So, can that so-called Zero, ahahaha, that's right, the so-called Zero! Can he take down those two SS-ranks and come over to me? Ahahaha." Ivan laughed as he spoke to Dave. At this moment, he didn't seem like someone who was being besieged by enemies at all; on the contrary, he seemed quite happy.

“That zero is fake,” Dave said casually at that moment.

“I know, Dave.” Ivan looked at Dave seriously. “But since that guy wants to be Zero, I’ll give him a chance. After all, I’ve waited five years, so I’ve decided to give someone else a chance. Ahahaha!! If he can stop me, he can become my new rival, ahahaha!!”

“What if he fails?” Dave asked.

"Need you even ask? Of course, we'll use the entire C district to bury Zero, ahahaha!" Evan said, looking at Dave. "Then we can consider going on vacation to Hawaiian beaches and watching two big-budget movies, ahahaha!!"

……

At the same time, downstairs, a large number of giant Autobots once again charged into the plants.

"Suppress the outer plants! Everyone else, advance into the building!" Dong Xiaoye shouted to all the Hero Association members present. Immediately afterward, a huge ice spear materialized in her hand, which she hurled at a swarm of Peashooters in front of her.

A large number of heroes also joined in suppressing the ubiquitous plants, while many hero teams took the opportunity to rush into the building.

In the square, Xiao Zhan was staring at a Peashooter with a pair of eyes.

"The omen of death is already flashing above your head." At this moment, Xiao Zhan's muscles bulged all over his body, and his shirt was torn open because of his bulging muscles, making the eight scars on his chest particularly conspicuous.

The plant opposite him suddenly grew thicker in its roots and leaves, as if its muscles were bulging.

"Watch this!" Xiao Zhan said, taking out his large vibrating nunchucks and rushing in front of the plant. The plant was about to launch a pea at Xiao Zhan, but before the pea could be launched, Xiao Zhan's vibrating nunchucks pierced into the pea shooter's pea-launching hole. The intense vibration forced the pea shooter to swallow the pea it had just produced.

"Ada, Ada, Ada, Ada, Ada, Ada, Ada!!!!"

With a large amount of milk clogging the Peashooter's cannon, Xiao Zhan took this opportunity to give the plant a good whack.

After unleashing a series of combos, Xiao Zhan looked at the Peashooter in front of him again. The Peashooter was completely defeated by Xiao Zhan, and milk was still dripping from its cannon.

Just as Xiao Zhan was about to deliver a fatal blow to the Peashooter, striking while the iron was hot, the Peashooter suddenly looked behind Xiao Zhan, its eyes filled with an indescribable expression.

"What's going on!" Seeing the plant's reaction, Xiao Zhan couldn't help but wonder what it had seen, so he looked behind him.

Immediately afterward, Xiao Zhan regretted it, because the plant seized the opportunity to strike his hand hard with its vine, and then snatched the nunchucks from Xiao Zhan's hand.

"Holy crap! This guy actually knows how to deceive the enemy!" That was Xiao Zhan's thought at that moment.

Immediately afterwards, the nunchucks slammed down hard on Xiao Zhan's face!

Chapter 21

Xiao Zhan never expected that a plant would also learn to play tricks and schemes. The moment Xiao Zhan turned around, the Peashooter used its vines to lash out at Xiao Zhan's hand and snatched the nunchucks from his hand.

As he snatched the nunchucks from Xiao Zhan's hand, he slammed the nunchucks down hard on Xiao Zhan's face.

Caught completely off guard, Xiao Zhan was struck hard in the face with a stick, the powerful shockwave sending shivers through his entire body. He was utterly stunned.

This caught Xiao Zhan off guard, giving him no chance to retaliate. A storm of nunchaku attacks came crashing down on Xiao Zhan's face, and in just a few seconds, he was slapped more than a dozen times.

"No! I can't take it anymore if this keeps going!" With that thought, Xiao Zhan struggled to activate the anti-gravity shoes on his feet, and flew off in another direction.

However, just when Xiao Zhan thought he had successfully escaped the Peashooter's attack range, the Peashooter suddenly swung out a pair of nunchucks from a vine, which hit the sole of one of Xiao Zhan's shoes...

So Xiao Zhan soared into the sky like a headless fly...

At the same time, almost all the plants with anti-air capabilities launched an attack on Xiao Zhan. A large number of peas, poison thorns, and other attacks flew towards Xiao Zhan like raindrops.

Surprisingly, Xiao Zhan drew a number of incredible flight paths in the sky, completely dodging the flying attacks, something even Xiao Zhan himself hadn't expected.

"This feeling of flying... I haven't experienced it in a long time..." Xiao Zhan recalled in his mind as he flew around the perimeter of the building.

"Did you see that person?" The squad of ranged attack heroes below happened to witness this scene.

"Wow! I never imagined he could use such an unbelievable method to evade."

"A master! Even the world's air forces could never achieve such a flight path!"

"Look, the expert is about to fly to the top of the building!" someone said, pointing to Xiao Zhan's location. "The attacks there are too dense, there's no way to dodge!!" "Then what are we waiting for? Cover him! Brothers, all afternoon, he's the only one who can fly to that position. Give him full cover! This time he'll definitely make it up." As he spoke, the person pointed his huge machine gun at Xiao Zhan and unleashed a barrage of fire... In an instant, the area above Xiao Zhan became the most densely populated area on the entire battlefield. "Why do I feel like I'm back in World War III?" Xiao Zhan was now in tears and snot streaming down his face. This was probably the most thrilling experience Xiao Zhan had ever had in his life. To put it simply, flying around in the sky like a fly is thrilling, but adding a hail of bullets around you makes it even more thrilling. But that's not the most thrilling part. The most thrilling part is when an attack that could pierce your body in 0.5 seconds is intercepted in 0.3 seconds... It feels like you're about to die, then you don't, and then you're about to die again...

Below the building, a man holding a sniper rifle gave Xiao Zhan a thumbs-up in the sky.

"This is the bravest and most trusting pilot I've ever seen!" exclaimed the man holding the sniper rifle.

“That’s right,” the other said. “For that reason alone, we can’t let anything happen to him! I’ve already intercepted 12 peas that could have hit him.”

"You can't do it, I intercepted 25 shots."

"A bunch of trash, I've already intercepted 79." "Damn, wanna see who's better?"

And so, a pea-shooting contest of dubious significance began here.

"I might as well just get hit by a cannon and die! This cycle of being dead one second and alive the next... I'd rather die!" Xiao Zhan roared miserably in the sky. Then his legs straightened and his whole body rose rapidly into the sky.

Xiao Zhan originally wanted to fly to a range that the plants couldn't attack... Unfortunately, just as he was about to escape the attack range, the anti-gravity shoe on his other foot finally broke down, so Xiao Zhan drew a diagonal line in the air and fell down to the rooftop of the building.