Heroes Return

Every living thing, no matter how powerful or how insignificant, vanished completely in that area.

This bizarre scene makes it impossible to laugh.

Withered plants, the setting sun, and a figure floating in the air like the Grim Reaper.

No one could be happy at all, even though they had successfully escaped a dangerous disaster at that moment.

"Is he really human?" The same thought popped into everyone's mind at that moment.

In fact, if Lin Jie were to say at this moment that he was the Grim Reaper, everyone present would believe him without hesitation.

without hesitation

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At this time, H City presented two contrasting scenes. A large area centered around Long Shao's building was bathed in the glow of the setting sun, and the withered trees under the sunlight made the place appear particularly desolate.

Outside the sunlight, where everyone was, rain was falling incessantly. They stood silently in the rain, watching Lin Jie float in the setting sun.

"Finally, it's all done." Lin Jie said, looking at the Hero Association members and the two SS-rank heroes.

Everyone tensed up when they felt Lin Jie's gaze sweep over them. Even when they met Lin Jie's eyes from a great distance, their bodies trembled slightly.

"I said I've already taken down the big boss. Can't you guys even give me a reaction? I'm a hero, for goodness' sake! This is so embarrassing! Shouldn't we be cheering when I kill a bad guy? At the very least, we should be shouting and cheering excitedly!!! Please, give me some reaction!!!" Lin Jie looked at the people staring at him from a distance and couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "As expected, every time I enter in Zero mode, I'm bound to encounter this kind of awkward silence."

"Never mind, there are still two things to take care of!" Lin Jie suddenly remembered the person who was impersonating him. No matter who he was, he couldn't let him continue to impersonate him, otherwise who knows how much trouble he would cause next time!

Thinking of this, Lin Jie sensed the area and flew towards the source of the high-energy burst in the distance.

……

"Phew!" Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after Lin Jie left.

“I feel like I’m being watched by Death, it’s terrifying… Can we really talk to him? I don’t even have the courage to walk up to him…” Eileen said with a huge sigh of relief.

“Who knows? Anyway, I’m not planning to look for him again.” Rocky said as he walked to a small shop on the street corner, found a place to sit down, wiped the rain off his face, and sat there quietly: “The difference in our levels is too great. We can’t even get close to him, let alone talk to him.”

“That’s right. How can someone who can’t even get close listen to our language?” Torus said, sitting down next to Loki.

"Torus, our business isn't over yet. Shall we continue?" Rocky asked, looking at Torus.

"Spare me today." With that, Torus lay down on the ground. "I'm just too tired today. Even if we're going to fight, let's wait until next time. I'll give you a chance to run away with your men."

"I'm always ready to fight if you want, but weren't you planning to eliminate Zero? You can go now," Loki said, glancing at Torus.

"Spare me," Torus said. "That terrifying power... if the top three SS-rank individuals hadn't come together, they probably wouldn't have been able to save their lives!"

……

At this moment, at sea closest to H City, a battle was still raging.

Cloud reached his hand into the seawater, and huge water snakes formed from the seawater swept towards Captain Justice. At that moment, Captain Justice, who was in mid-air, was throwing a powerful punch at Kira, who had suddenly appeared.

At this moment, the Sword of Judgment in Kira's hand also burst forth with a powerful light, and a huge golden sword aura fell straight down towards Captain Justice.

Faced with this powerful sword energy, Captain Justice did not dodge, but instead chose to use his arms to block in front of him. With his body made of steel, he had absolute confidence in his physical abilities.

The sword energy slashed fiercely at Captain Justice's arm. The moment Captain Justice's arm made contact with the sword light, he felt a sharp aura.

In an instant, he realized that this sword light possessed extraordinary power. At the same time, he began to forcefully swing his arm, deflecting the enormous sword light in another direction.

The sword light entered the sea, instantly cleaving the surface. The seawater was split apart by the sword light, exposing the seabed to everyone. It was as if a huge chasm had suddenly appeared, and it did not heal immediately.

Captain Justice was secretly alarmed as he looked at the slash mark. Then the seawater closed in again, creating a huge wave.

Captain Justice's arm, which had withstood the sword energy, was now throbbing slightly, and a few drops of blood trickled down his arm.

"What is this sword of yours!" Captain Justice also noticed the problem with the sword in Kira's hand at this moment.

Previously, because Kira had deliberately disguised the sword, Captain Justice hadn't paid much attention to it. However, when Kira used the sword to attack Captain Justice, the disguise on the sword disappeared at that moment.

"Judgment! How did it end up in your hands!" Captain Justice stared in shock at the gleaming golden sword. He recognized it, of course; it had once been one of Zero's swords, a treasured weapon on par with Judgment.

However, it seems that Kira and Cloud do not intend to talk to Captain Justice here. Just as Captain Justice looked at the golden longsword in Kira's hand, a huge water snake swept towards Captain Justice. Before Captain Justice had any chance to react, the thick water snake swept Captain Justice into the deep sea.

“Deep-sea compression,” Claude said calmly, watching Captain Justice being swept into the deep sea.

As soon as he finished speaking, a large crater appeared on the sea surface, but it was quickly filled by the influx of seawater.

Claude's deep-sea compression technology can easily compress hundreds of tons of seawater into a single cubic centimeter in an instant.

As for the feeling in the water, only those who are in the water know.

Just as Clyde thought he had dealt with the person in front of him, a huge column of water shot up from the seabed, and at the same time, a strong figure flew out of the water and flew straight towards Clyde.

It was Captain Justice. His clothes were torn in several places, exposing most of his steel-like muscles. However, it was clear that the water pressure from Cloud hadn't caused Captain Justice much damage.

"Still so hard!" Claude couldn't help but exclaim.

Faced with Captain Justice flying towards him at incredible speed, Cloud didn't choose to dodge, because even if he did, he couldn't outrun Captain Justice. However, even so, Cloud wasn't afraid at all.

Just as Captain Justice charged toward Clyde, a portal, its destination unknown, suddenly appeared in front of Clyde, blocking his path.

However, Kira clearly underestimated Captain Justice's reaction. Just as Captain Justice was about to crash into the portal, he suddenly spun downwards and disappeared into the seawater.

Seeing this, Cloud reacted quickly. His body immediately turned into seawater. At the same time, Captain Justice rushed up from the seawater beneath his feet at an extremely fast speed and punched Cloud's water-transformed body, causing it to explode in all directions like mist.

“That way, Cloud won’t be able to stop us for the time being.” Captain Justice said, then looked at Kira: “Now, can I ask you where you got this sword?”

“You don’t need to know!” Kira said to Captain Justice.

“No, I’m very keen to know,” Captain Justice said, “because it could very well be the key to finding Zero!”

"And then what?" Kira asked Captain Justice with displeasure. "Use your most advanced satellite orbital cannon to blast him to smithereens?"

"We won't kill him! On the contrary, we'll invite him to become the leader of all our SS-class heroes!" Captain Justice said to Kira. "You have no idea what true zero represents! We'll give him the honor that the whole world admires and the treatment that a human hero deserves."

"Heh, that's on the premise that he's willing to join you and accept the World Government's control!" Kira said with a sneer. "Don't think I don't know that the World Government once sent an assassination squad to deal with Zero!"

“We were just looking for Zero that time!” Captain Justice said.

"Are you kidding me? The team we sent to find Zero was called the Assassination Squad!" Kira said. "You actually have the nerve to call it a 'finding someone' team!"

"It seems you're unwilling to tell me anything about this weapon!" Captain Justice said, looking at Kira with a grim expression.

“There’s nothing I can say to you!” Kira said, looking at Captain Justice.

“At least I understand from your words that that person isn’t the real Zero.” Captain Justice then looked at Kira: “Since you’re unwilling to tell me and are going to help that fake Zero, Kira, our friendship is over! I’ll catch you and investigate!”

With that, Captain Justice flew straight towards Kira!

"Our friendship ended five years ago, the year you signed that agreement!" Kira yelled at Captain Justice. "Don't put on that righteous face! It disgusts me!!!"

As Kira spoke, he stepped back and his body entered a portal, disappearing from the spot. Captain Justice, on the other hand, missed his target.

Just as Captain Justice was looking around, a portal appeared behind him.

Without a second thought, Captain Justice turned and threw a punch. A powerful shockwave shot outwards from directly in front of his fist. But after throwing the punch, he discovered that there was no one on the other side of the portal.

Just as Captain Justice cautiously looked in other directions, Kira's figure appeared in the portal. His golden longsword shone brightly as he slashed down fiercely at Captain Justice.

Chapter 28

Faced with Kira's sudden attack, Captain Justice didn't have time to react quickly enough. By the time he sensed the intense sword energy, it was already too late.

Kira! You're still as cunning as ever!

However, Captain Justice did not make any defensive or evasive moves at this moment. He knew very well that it was too late. Having experienced this situation many times, Captain Justice did not belatedly defend or dodge when faced with this sudden attack. Instead, he punched Kira, who was swinging his sword.

Just as Kira's sword struck Captain Justice's steel-like body, Captain Justice's iron fist also slammed towards Kira from a distance.

Although the fist was still some distance from Kira, the destructive force of the punch swept towards Kira.

The powerful force of the punch struck Kira's body, sending him flying backward in another direction.

At the same time, Captain Justice, who was struck by the powerful sword light, was sent flying towards the seabed.

……

After a brief moment of calm, Kira regained his footing in mid-air, a trickle of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth. Although he hadn't taken a direct hit from Captain Justice's fist, Kira was clearly still seriously injured. His hand gripping his sword was trembling, and his face was deathly pale.

Just then, a figure emerged from the water once more—it was Captain Justice. He wasn't in much better shape either, with a horrific gash running from his chest to his waist. However, the wound wasn't bleeding much, and it was even shrinking. Compared to Kira, although Captain Justice's wound was far more gruesome, his overall complexion was much better.

"Surrender, Kira!" Captain Justice said, looking at Kira.

……

In the distance, two people were watching the battle.

"Togami!! Stop filming God's Child and Zero! Quickly switch Mastery over here!" The pretty female reporter excitedly said to Togami, "The outcome over there is almost decided!!"

“I’m telling you, if we don’t retreat, we might be in danger! You saw the SS-class battle, it felt like a missile bombing.” Togami, wearing flight gear and carrying a camera, said to the girl in front of him.

"My promotion and raise depend entirely on him! How can I back out now?!" the female reporter exclaimed excitedly.

"Ah! If only Master were here," Shishen couldn't help but sigh.

Meanwhile, not far out at sea, a magnificent battle was raging between Zero and the Son of God.

At this point, both of them looked rather disheveled.

"Mortal! To have fought me to this point, I admit you're among the top SS-class heroes, but! Today, you are destined to be unable to defeat me." The Son of God looked arrogantly at the 'Zero' opposite him: "God said! Endless chains will bind the sinners before you, and the sword of judgment will pronounce judgment upon them."

As the Son of God spoke, tens of thousands of thick chains surged wildly through the sea, countless enormous chains adorned with golden steel sweeping towards 'Zero' floating on the surface.

Zero swung his longsword continuously, and huge sword energies with red light sliced ​​through the charging iron chains.

However, this chain was fundamentally different from other moving chains, because the severed chains did not fall into the sea, but remained floating in the sky and continued to converge on 'Zero'. Faced with the predicament of shrinking space, 'Zero' chose to fly upwards, but just as he was about to escape the encirclement of numerous chains, a chain wrapped around his foot.

Zero swung his sword and severed the chain, but in that brief moment, dozens more chains wrapped around his body. Then, countless chains swept towards Zero's body, and in no time, an iron ball made of chains with a radius of tens of meters appeared in the sky above the sea.

Then all the chains melted away, forming a huge golden sphere in no time. At the very top of the sphere, only a human head was visible, and that head was none other than 'Zero' himself.

Above him, a young man holding a massive, golden ball hundreds of meters long was quietly watching the iron sphere.

The Son of God looked down at Zero.

"It's time to end this!" the Son of God said calmly. "Whether you are the real Zero or a fake, from today onwards, the name Zero will disappear completely."

As he spoke, a hint of satisfaction appeared on the Son of God's face.

……

"Hey!!! The match over there is about to be decided! Zero is about to fall!! Hurry up and film that side!!!" the female reporter shouted to Togami.