Heroes Return

Because every time Lin Jie saw Dao Qizhan after being separated for a period of time, his strength and cultivation level would become increasingly stronger! He would break through barriers not only through combat but also through his own efforts when not fighting. Even Lin Jie couldn't help but wonder if Dao Qizhan had also practiced the True Martial Hundred Battles Technique.

Even now, when talking about Dao Qizhan, Lin Jie can say without hesitation: Dao Qizhan is a monster, a monster among geniuses.

“Maybe he’ll come back to me, but that’s a matter for later.” Lin Jie nodded, then raised the Guixu Sword in his hand at the demon once again: “Altar, you still intend to fight, then come on.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Jie was already in front of the demon. The demon's body had returned to normal. Seeing Lin Jie's Void Returning to Earth slashing towards it, the demon simply roared, "Haha! Well done!"

As the demon's words fell, his hand once again grasped the blade of the Guixu sword. It should be noted that nothing had ever been able to grasp the blade of the Guixu sword before.

As runes continued to appear on the demon's body, Lin Jie was suddenly flung away by a massive force.

"Destroy heaven and earth, forge the demon." In the blink of an eye, the demon arrived beside Lin Jie, unleashing a barrage of frenzied attacks. Lin Jie, flying backward in the sky, began to relentlessly attack the demon with the Guixu Sword in his hand.

For a moment, the Void seemed to exist in every corner of the battle between the two. Almost within seconds of the engagement, the demon was pierced by hundreds of swords simultaneously. However, the demon showed no reaction to these wounds. It continued its frenzied attack on Lin Jie. As it attacked, a loud laugh lingered on the demon's face.

Faced with the demon's attacks that completely ignored defense, even Lin Jie was hit by the demon many times. In fact, the demon knew from the beginning that he couldn't dodge Gui Xu's attacks at all, so he simply gave up all attacks and traded injuries for them.

When it comes to melee combat, Lin Jie is undeniably powerful. However, when facing a demon, Lin Jie doesn't possess any advantage in close-quarters combat skills. The reason is simple: his opponent is a demon! In terms of combat experience, a demon has likely endured many times more battles than Lin Jie, and their intensity is equally formidable.

The two continued their frenzied attack on each other for a considerable period of time. Lin Jie's Return to Nothingness struck the demon once more, slashing it directly from the sky to the ground.

By this time, the demon was almost covered in wounds, many of which showed no signs of healing and instead appeared to be spreading. However, despite this, the demon remained in a state of intense battle frenzy when it looked at Zero.

"Hahahaha! That was awesome! I haven't had this much fun playing in ages!"

"I was just exhausted from fighting Renmin University not long ago, and I almost died in their scheme." Lin Jie couldn't help but say after hearing Mo's words.

"Hahahaha! Besides you, me, and that kid from the Sword Hall, are there really such powerful individuals in this world? I'd love to see for myself!"

"His strength is only slightly better than that of an ordinary person." Lin Jie shook his head. "That guy is not a strong person at all. If we really talk about ability, he should be a complete weakling. At least many C-rank heroes of the Hero Association are stronger than him."

"Hmph! A weakling? It takes more than just any weakling to push you to the brink of death!" the demon said, as the mysterious runes on his body erupted all at once.

In the sky, despite being hit many times, Zero's figure remained intact, its silhouette seemingly bathed in sunlight, forming a stark contrast with the black aura emanating from the demon below.

"Heaven and earth perish, stars fall, sages perish, the Great Dao collapses. Fifth Form—Heaven and Earth Return to Nothingness!" As Lin Jie's voice fell, a giant sword once again appeared among the stars, as if it were about to cleave the entire galaxy in two. Meanwhile, within the solar system, a giant sword that appeared larger than an entire planet also seemed poised to fall upon Earth at this very moment.

Seeing this, Mo Ye couldn't help but shout.

"Hahahaha! Well done!" With the demon's roar, the ground and sand around him were completely annihilated by a strange power. At that moment, the demon's entire body erupted with powerful demonic energy, and his form once again transformed from a human into a terrifying black mist. And within the black mist, a giant hand reached down towards the giant sword in the sky.

"With a single move, Heaven and Earth are destroyed; the Nine Provinces of Xuanhuang are forged into a demon!"

The giant hand seemed to tear apart the entire sky and stars, grabbing down towards the rebellious greatsword in the sky...

There was no explosion, no destruction, no intense light or special effects. In fact, those with weaker strength didn't even have a chance to witness this clash. In the sky, space and time constantly distorted, and the celestial sphere was constantly torn apart. But every time these tears appeared, a force would directly restore them to their original state.

Knowing everything had vanished, Zero remained calmly floating in the desert. And right beneath his feet, the demon lay fallen. Without a doubt, the outcome of their clash was clear.

"Why didn't you kill me?" The demon lying on the ground looked at Zero, who was slowly falling, with a puzzled expression.

Of the onlookers in the distance, only a few had clearly witnessed the battle. But one thing was obvious to everyone: the two fighters had lost to each other.

Such a powerful being couldn't even shake Zero? The crowd, still reeling from the shock of the battle, didn't pay attention to the conversation between Zero and the demon.

“This time, I won’t kill anyone. So, you’re very lucky.” Hearing the demon’s question, Zero simply replied calmly, “But next time, it might be different.”

"Hahaha, next time? I don't think there will be a next time between us. Since you don't intend to kill me, then goodbye." Hearing Lin Jie's words, Mo Ye didn't mince words. After Ling said he wouldn't kill, Mo Ye shouted, "Brother Ji! I'm counting on you!"

Then, right before everyone's eyes, a comical figure emerged from the sand. Without any reaction from the crowd, the comical figure, along with the demon, vanished into the desert.

At that very moment, all the heroes around Xiao Zhan looked at him with strange eyes.

Faced with this situation, Xiao Zhan could only offer an awkward yet elegant smile.

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P.S.: My new book, "I'm No Longer a Villain," has been uploaded. I hope those interested will support it. Also, I won't abandon the prequel; you can rest assured. The prequel will officially begin serialization after the main story of "Heroes" is completed.

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Just as everyone's attention was focused on Xiao Zhan, no one noticed that in the center of the battlefield, a light was quietly emanating. Almost as soon as everyone hesitated, the light suddenly burst forth.

For a moment, the whole world fell into stillness, and right before everyone's eyes, Lin Jie seemed to have entered another dimension.

"I've made up my mind! I'm going to stop you with everything I have, Mr. Lin Jie!" The girl's stubborn voice reached Lin Jie's ears in that instant. The surrounding space transformed into a beautiful starry sky, and beneath it lay a city. Lin Jie recognized this city. It was the city where he had lived when he was Kuror's manager; that night, Kuror had used her song to eradicate the mutations in the city's humans.

Seeing this scene, Lin Jie's gaze finally turned to the girl in the sky who was looking at him.

A pair of enormous wings of light suddenly unfurled behind the girl, and her human eyes instantly transformed into the pupils of a snake. Seeing this change, Lin Jie wasn't particularly puzzled.

"Is this... the power of the remaining gods?" Feeling the wonderful power emanating from Kuror, Lin Jie couldn't help but exclaim, "The power emanating from you really gives people a very comfortable feeling."

"They are all kind-hearted people. I can't just stand by and watch them disappear because of Mr. Lin Jie. So, even if it means Mr. Lin Jie hates me, I must stop him!!!" Looking at Lin Jie before her, Kuror said with a sorrowful expression, "Mr. Lin Jie must love that girl named Xiao Qian very much, right? She must be a very good girl. I hope she can forgive me..."

"Don't worry, she won't care." Lin Jie smiled and said to Kuror, "But speaking of which, why does it seem like everyone knows about my romantic history?"

"Um, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disturb your privacy. Um..."

"Alright, let me see your strength. You don't have much time left, do you?" As if remembering something, Lin Jie reminded Kuror, "And this form of yours also has a time limit, right?"

"..." Upon hearing Lin Jie's words, Kuror remained silent for a moment before finally saying, "Mr. Lin Jie is such a strange person. His resolve had just wavered."

As soon as she finished speaking, Chrollo's divine power erupted—a seven-colored divine power unlike any other god Lin Jie had ever seen. Beneath the night sky, which resembled a jewel box, Chrollo finally opened her arms.

A beautiful melody resounded throughout the land, and even Lin Jie was momentarily mesmerized upon hearing its ancient and enchanting strains. However, his attention quickly returned to its original focus.

Amidst the beautiful song, a figure resembling a horse, an unknown divine beast, pierced through the cracks in the heavens and earth and pounced towards Lin Jie.

Upon seeing this, Lin Jie raised the Guixu in his hand and faced the divine beast before him.

Just as the Guixu Sword was about to touch the divine beast, it vanished into a wisp of smoke, as if it had never existed in this world. But this wasn't the end. Immediately, all around Lin Jie, enormous divine beasts of various adorable shapes emerged from the cracks in the heavens and earth and charged towards him.

Suddenly, all sorts of adorable, giant beasts, dancing gracefully to the music, rushed around Lin Jie. Despite their seemingly harmless appearance, these creatures possessed incredibly powerful attacks.

Even so, the sounds of Lin Jie's battle with these creatures couldn't drown out Kuror's beautiful singing voice at all.

Behind the sky, countless stars were constantly converging. As Lin Jie slew the last creature, a giant winged star serpent in the sky simultaneously bit down towards Zero.

Facing this colossal Star Serpent, Lin Jie felt for the first time the same sensation he had experienced when facing the World Serpent. However, no matter how enormous the Star Serpent was, it still appeared insignificant in comparison.

Between heaven and earth, a giant sword descended from the sky, cleaving the star serpent in two almost instantly. However, at the same moment, a colossal giant emerged from the starry sky and struck Lin Jie's body with a single punch, instantly knocking him down from the sky.

The giant had a body made of the night sky, but its head was a floating crystal skull. From the skull's tip, a strangely colored energy shot out, converging on Zero on the ground almost instantly. As dust rose, Zero stomped down on it.

After a violent tremor, the world returned to calm. However, almost instantly, the giant star's foot was lifted. Almost simultaneously, Zero reappeared in the night sky, and Lin Jie's Guixu sword slashed directly at the enormous crystal skull.

'Click'

With a cracking sound, a fissure appeared on the crystal skull, and then the entire skull shattered. The original body of the Star Giant collapsed at that moment, but as it fell, it began to dissipate, eventually vanishing into nothingness.

Seeing this, Lin Jie's gaze finally fell upon Chrollo in the sky, and he flew towards her. Almost simultaneously, the stars in the sky began to shine even brighter.

Almost simultaneously with Lin Jie's flight towards Kuror, Kuror's song soared to an extraordinary high. For a moment, the stars in the sky shone exceptionally bright. But as the stars shone, almost every single one shot a beam of light towards zero, powerful enough to pierce through anything. In an instant, a beautiful rain of light fell across the entire night sky.

Faced with this beautiful rain of light, even Zero had to stop in place, because it was just too dense and too numerous. His sword, Guixu, slashed out at lightning speed, and in an instant, apart from the rain of light, only a figure remained, constantly wielding his longsword to shatter the rain of light.

Right beside Lin Jie, the scattered starlight exploded around him like fireworks.

The girl's singing continued, and Zero's battle showed no signs of stopping.

Time passed by, second by second. It was unclear how much time had elapsed—perhaps a long time, perhaps a short time—but the rain of light finally came to an end. Zero continued flying towards Chrollo.

In the night sky, countless beautiful fairies appeared around Chrollo. As Chrollo's singing changed, the fairies began to gather up the starlight scattered on the ground and collect it together.

Almost as Lin Jie approached Kuror, the starlight gathered by the beautiful fairies erupted, unleashing a powerful beam of light that shot towards Zero. Zero, who had just gotten close, was instantly sent flying backward by the beam.

However, just as the ribbon was sent flying backward, Zero tried to fly over with Chrollo once again. As for the beams of light that struck Zero, they were all blocked by the Void in Zero's hand. The star power gathered by the fairies was not only not consumed, but instead gave the impression of becoming stronger and stronger, while the beams of light attacking Zero were constantly retreating.

That's right, it's going backwards, and zero is constantly getting closer.

As Zero approached the beam of light once more, the immense stellar energy before the Guixu Sword suddenly vanished. Using the power of Guixu, Zero had annihilated the previous attack before it could even strike.

Upon seeing this, the fairies scattered in all directions, and at the same time, the song changed once again. Lin Jie was now very close to Kuror. But just as Lin Jie was about to reach her, a beautiful and enormous elven queen appeared between them. Dressed in clothing made of flower petals and plant leaves, the beautiful elven queen held a huge magic wand in her hand.

A defensive magic circle appeared on Lin Jie's only path.

The next second, Gui Xu pierced directly into the magic circle, instantly shattering the massive array. Immediately afterward, Lin Jie, outside the magic circle, took a deep breath and punched it. The magic circle was shattered by Lin Jie's incredibly powerful punch, and Lin Jie arrived before the Elf Queen. Facing Lin Jie's approach, the enormous Elf Queen swung her wand down at him.

The wand radiated a soft and beautiful magical glow.

However, just as the wand was about to be swung down, Lin Jie had already reached the Elf Queen's shoulder and punched her in the beautiful face, sending her flying to the side.

The song changed once more, and a colossal totem and gate appeared before Lin Jie. Within the gate lay a scene of world destruction, apocalypse.

Faced with this scene, Zero didn't even blink. He simply grabbed the Void and rushed into the gate.

They shattered the foundation of Lin Jie in an instant, and at the same moment the gate broke, Lin Jie finally arrived in front of Chrollo, who was singing. At this moment, Chrollo's song finally came to an end.

When Lin Jie heard Kuror's last song stop, he reached out his hand to Kuror.

"..." Faced with Lin Jie's outstretched hand, Kuror instinctively closed her eyes. Then she felt someone touching her head.

When she opened her eyes, she noticed that Lin Jie was touching her head.

Space shattered, everything returned to normal, and the two were back in the original desert battlefield. Of course, if this place could still be called a desert.

"It's a very nice song," Lin Jie said to Kuror with a smile.

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P.S.: My new book, "I'm No Longer a Villain," has been uploaded. I hope those interested will support it. Also, I won't abandon the prequel; you can rest assured. The prequel will officially begin serialization after the main story of "Heroes" is completed.

Chapter 32

"I'm sorry..." Tears welled up in her eyes, and Kuroru finally burst into tears. Seeing this scene, Lin Jie's face also showed a helpless expression.

"Don't cry! It makes me sound like I'm bullying a girl! Don't cry! Be good!" While comforting Kuror, Lin Jie's gaze also turned to the Hero Association members in the distance: "So! Who will be the next person to fight me?"

He didn't speak loudly, but almost everyone heard what he said.

It was at this moment that the magicians of the Magic Association stepped forward once again. A massive magic circle formed in that instant.

"Star Descends to Annihilate Demons." As the magic took shape, a waterfall of magic cascaded down upon Zero before him. A massive waterfall of light formed in that instant.

Facing the waterfall of light, Lin Jie simply pushed it aside, and Chloe vanished from his sight. By the time Chloe reacted, she was already among the Hero Association members. Although the magic before them appeared spectacular and magnificent, Lin Jie could clearly sense its immense power and terror. The cascading waterfall emanated a special magical energy capable of annihilating everything at any moment.

"That's powerful magic. In that case, I'll return the favor with a spell!" Lin Jie said, bringing two fingers together and placing them on the Guixu in his hand.

"One move—sanction!"

With Lin Jie's sword strike, there was no earth-shattering effect. To everyone, it was almost an ordinary swing, yet after this seemingly ordinary swing, the magic circle in the sky was cleaved in two, and the original magic waterfall was split in two. Lin Jie, amidst this magical waterfall, appeared completely unharmed.

As the magic gradually weakened, a gigantic psychic giant appeared in front of Lin Jie and slammed down on him.