Heroes Return

“Lin…” Haina looked at Lin Jie: “I don’t know what you did to us in the past that made you determined not to harm ordinary people of the sea race anymore, but right now I can only beg you to break your promise.”

"You have no idea what I've done in the past!" Lin Jie then looked at Haina: "If you knew, you would immediately find a way to kill me!"

“Then you should make amends! If you can quell this war, I believe all the sea creatures will forgive you,” Haina said.

“You have no idea about my past,” Lin Jie said.

“But I see you now.” Haina looked at Lin Jie firmly: “Please, Lin! We need your help to save more sea creatures. Since you believe your past actions were wrong, then make amends. You may have killed many of my compatriots in the past, but if you can quell this war, it will be equivalent to saving even more of my compatriots.”

"Yes, Lin Jie, aren't you usually the kind of person who tries to take action rather than argue? Why are you suddenly acting all fussy at a time like this? What nonsense are you talking about oaths at a time like this?"

"That's true." Lin Jie sighed. "At a time like this, what do I care about those damn vows?"

"Did you agree?" Haina looked at Lin Jie with surprise.

"I agree," Lin Jie said, "but you two must follow my instructions."

"Thank you, Lin," Haina said, bowing her head. "I'm sorry to have asked you to agree to such a dangerous thing."

"Never mind." Lin Jie looked at Haina: "Like you said, it's about compensating the sea tribe."

“Although I don’t know what you’ve done in the past!” Haina said, “I believe you will be forgiven.”

“I will not be forgiven.” Lin Jie sighed and said, “The people I killed cannot come back to life, but at least I can save more people from war and death. Consider it my compensation. Just as you said, true power should be used to safeguard peace.”

"Lin Jie, how confident are you in defeating that Karu?" Thirteen asked at this moment.

"Who said I was going to fight Karu?" Lin Jie said, looking at Thirteen.

"What do you mean?"

"Didn't I tell you? You have to listen to me this time." Lin Jie said, producing a black cube in his hand. He placed it in Thirteen's hand: "Although this is only for one use, it should be enough."

"What exactly is this?" Thirteen asked, looking at the black cube in his hand.

"A skin that boosts all attributes," Lin Jie said simply. "You find a way to infiltrate the city with Haina and rescue all the hostages. Then, while you're at it, take care of that annoying Karu."

"And what about you?" Thirteen asked.

"I'll help you pull the monsters," Lin Jie said.

Upon hearing Lin Jie's words, Thirteen immediately thought of a possibility, and his expression changed completely: "Lin Jie, you don't mean to draw all the troops away by yourself, do you?!"

Lin Jie nodded.

"That's impossible, Lin. No matter how strong you are, you can't take on an army by yourself."

“Not one, but two,” Lin Jie said, patting the blue giant whale beneath him.

Chapter 25

At this time, a large number of sea monsters and armies were constantly gathering around Sea King City. At the same time, a large number of Dragon God Army soldiers were pouring out of Sea King City, and their numbers were equally astonishing.

Beneath the giant maw of the World Serpent, an army of over a million had gathered, and more were still pouring in towards the outskirts of Sea King City. Standing atop the Blue Giant Whale, watching the troops assemble from afar, Lin Jie couldn't help but sigh.

"I never imagined that Karu not only had a large number of online trolls of his own, but also hired so many more from outside." Lin Jie stroked his chin. "Hiring a large number of small fry is one thing, but damn it, he even has such a large army of useless trolls! If the shotgun I used back then hadn't broken, I would have shown them what the number one shotgun in the world is today!"

"Hey!" Thirteen nudged Lin Jie: "Are you sure you want to face so many people head-on? Can you handle it?"

"You don't need to worry about that," Lin Jie said to Thirteen. "You just need to figure out a way to get in."

"Alright, be careful," Thirteen said to Lin Jie.

"Lin Jie..." Haina was about to speak when Lin Jie interrupted her.

“If you’re going to thank me, then you don’t need to,” Lin Jie said to Haina. “Your thanks are just too harsh on me.”

"..." Interrupted, Heina didn't say anything more and jumped into the water with Thirteen.

Only after Thirteen and Haina were far away did Lin Jie say calmly, "Speaking of which, I practically killed her entire family..."

As he spoke, Lin Jie jumped off the blue giant whale and stood quietly on the sea surface.

"Since I owe them, let me pay back the interest in a few days." Lin Jie said, turning to look at the blue whale floating above him: "I know you're afraid of dying, you can leave now."

Hearing Lin Jie's words, the blue giant whale felt as if it had been granted a pardon. It let out a cry and flew away into the distance.

"Alright, now the real show is about to begin." Lin Jie said, walking towards the distant army assembly point. This time, Lin Jie walked, not ran at high speed.

It took Lin Jie a full hour to reach a position relatively close to the troops outside the city. The troops outside the city then spotted Lin Jie and quickly surrounded him.

At this moment, Lin Jie took out the Dragon God's Reverse Scale and shouted loudly to the large army in front of him, "I have brought the Reverse Scale! I need to know if the hostages are safe."

As Lin Jie shouted, a huge image appeared in the army; it was Karu.

"You've arrived. Now hand over the scale in your hand to the soldier before you, and I will guarantee their safety," Karu's image said to Lin Jie.

"Impossible!" Lin Jie shouted at Karu's image. "Do you think I would give it to you so easily?"

"I can have someone bring the hostages out, and then you can give them to me. It's the same thing."

"I'm not going to give you the scales just like that," Lin Jie said, and the scales in his hand disappeared.

"Don't you want to guarantee the safety of those hostages?" Karu asked. As soon as he finished speaking, Gray's projection appeared in Lin Jie's eyes. At that moment, a spear inlaid with blue crystal was pointed at Gray's head.

"Ugh ugh ugh ugh..." Gray's mouth was gagged, and although he could make sounds, he had no idea what he was saying.

"Are you sure you don't intend to protect the hostages?" Karu said. "If you don't intend to protect the hostages, I'll kill them one by one! I'll start with this one."

"I'm sorry, Gray, but for the sake of peace between humans and sea creatures, you'll have to sacrifice yourself! Don't worry! I'll definitely apply for a martyr's certificate for you." Lin Jie shouted at the projection device, "I won't give it to you! Kill me if you want! I don't care about my life today!"

"Waaaaah!!" Gray's voice grew even louder, but unfortunately Lin Jie couldn't understand what Gray was saying at all.

"You must be saying things like 'It's okay,' 'You're not afraid of sacrificing yourself,' right?" Lin Jie shouted at Gray on the screen. "You're a true man! I'll always remember you!"

"Waaaaah!!"

"No need to thank me, I will always remember you," Lin Jie shouted.

"Kill him!" Karu gave the order after seeing Lin Jie's reaction. "Since you don't intend to exchange hostages, I'm curious why you're here. Do you really think the three of you can rescue those people from an army of millions?"

As Karu finished speaking, the spear pointed at Gray's head lit up. But the next moment, Gray's entire body went into a blur, nimbly breaking free from the sea creature's restraints, and then the scene disappeared.

The scene shifted back to Karu: "You think you can stall me? With an overwhelming power advantage, none of that will work."

"I forgot to tell you, I'm not here to stall for time, I have no intention of stalling for time." Lin Jie shouted at Karu, "I'm here to collect the trash today!"

"Kill him and take back the Reverse Scale." Karu clearly had no intention of wasting any more words with him. He simply gave the soldiers a command, and then the image disappeared.

As soon as he finished speaking, a large number of soldiers attacked Lin Jie's direction.

However, Lin Jie was much faster than these soldiers. Suddenly, an iron rod appeared in Lin Jie's hand, which instantly grew to more than ten meters long.

The iron rod swept outwards at a speed faster than the soldiers could react, and the first few dozen fishmen who rushed to Lin Jie's side were sent flying into the air by Lin Jie at that moment.

But this was just the beginning. Lin Jie's iron club grew even larger once more. Before the other soldiers could even get close, he swung it down again, this time with tremendous force. The iron club whipped up huge waves, sweeping away hundreds of sea creatures that were attacking him.

The sea race originally had many powerful soldiers and officers, but under Lin Jie's sweeping attack, almost none of them could escape his attack.

Suddenly, a scene of salted fish and sea creatures flying everywhere appeared.

The sea creature army that was originally preparing to attack Lin Jie underwater was also swept away by the water currents brought about by Lin Jie's powerful blow.

"As expected, I still hate fighting underwater!" Lin Jie sighed. Then, the iron rod in his hand became enormous, reaching all the way to the city wall of the Sea King's capital.

Lin Jie jumped onto the iron rod and then ran straight toward the city wall.

As Lin Jie leaped onto the iron bar and ran towards the city wall, a large number of magic crystal cannons on the wall simultaneously emitted a blue light. A dozen powerful energy beams, each over two meters in diameter, shot towards Lin Jie and the iron bar beneath his feet.

Just then, a black giant sword, over twenty meters long, appeared in Lin Jie's hand.

With the appearance of this sword, the millions of sea creatures present felt a heavy weight, as if they were being crushed by a mountain. The greatsword emitted no energy fluctuations, and its design was quite rough; it was neither sharp nor ornate. Its overall appearance was ancient and simple, yet it exuded a sense of weight and power. Two ancient Chinese characters, '无锋' (Wu Feng, meaning "without edge"), were engraved on the hilt, which was gripped by both hands.

Lin Jie swung his greatsword and slashed fiercely at the oncoming energy barrage.

A powerful explosion erupted from the iron rod, but the next second, a giant sword cleaved through the destructive energy of the explosion. The powerful energy dissipated into the air as it was split open.

Lin Jie remained completely unharmed and continued to unleash his second, third, and fourth sword strikes... With each continuous swing, the energy cannon attacks were annihilated by the giant sword in Lin Jie's hand.

"Who exactly is that guy?" The sea creatures on the city wall were all dumbfounded at this moment.

This was the first time in their lives they had ever seen someone actually withstand the attack of the Annihilation Cannon. Even during the most powerful period of the Sea Clan, no strong individual dared to touch the Annihilation Energy, as it was a terrifying destructive energy capable of negating all matter and ignoring almost any defense.

But today, this person, relying solely on a massive ancient sword, managed to neutralize the attack of the Annihilation Cannon.

It's important to know that the Annihilation Cannon was designed specifically to target S-class and SS-class powerhouses.

Not only the people on the city walls, but also the sea creatures in the ocean outside the city, forgot about bombarding Lin Jie at this moment. They forgot that they controlled a large number of warships and weapons.

The millions of troops with long-range attack capabilities fell silent for a few seconds.

After all, the scene of Lin Jie using his giant sword to annihilate the annihilating energy was truly terrifying.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, countless, dense energy attacks, like raindrops, roared towards Lin Jie's direction. ...

At this moment, Lin Jie's swinging speed of the giant sword in his hand also began to gradually increase. Although it was a heavy giant sword that was tens of meters long, under Lin Jie's swing, it became so thin that it could not be seen with the naked eye.

The attacks, which were originally as dense as raindrops, were reduced to a vacuum-like effect under Lin Jie's giant sword. Not a single energy blast survived within a 20-meter radius around him.

As Lin Jie slowly approached the city walls, the sea creatures outside the city ceased their ranged attacks to avoid friendly fire. A large army followed Lin Jie's iron rod, pursuing him relentlessly.

At the same time, two colossal beasts, each several hundred meters tall, rose up beneath the city wall. Both beasts grabbed Lin Jie's iron rod, intending to knock it back into the sea.

But just as they raised the iron rod, Lin Jie accelerated once more, instantly appearing at the end of the rod, his greatsword sweeping across. The two hundred-meter-tall beasts collapsed to either side after Lin Jie's strike.

Even with a body as large as a mountain, it was knocked down in an instant by the attack of the bladeless giant sword in Lin Jie's hand.

The giant beast fell back into the sea, instantly creating huge waves.

At the same time, Lin Jie leaped high into the air and jumped towards the city wall not far away.

Chapter 26

Lin Jie retracted his iron rod in mid-air and flew towards the opposite city wall. Just as Lin Jie was about to land on the city wall, two giant armored crabs appeared on the top of the wall.

However, these two giant crabs could not stop Lin Jie's progress. The giant sword disappeared from Lin Jie's hand, and the iron rod returned to Lin Jie's hand once again. The iron rod, carrying great power, grew larger and cleaved down between the two crabs.

Lin Jie's iron rod didn't directly touch the two giant crabs; instead, it fell beside them. Although the iron rod only fell between the two armored crabs, the powerful gust of wind it generated swept the two giant armored crabs into the air, sending them flying to the sides.

Even the massive armored crabs were like this, let alone the sea creatures around them that were about the size of humans. With a single blow from Lin Jie, a foothold was actually carved out of the city wall that was originally filled with soldiers.

The moment Lin Jie landed, he swept his iron rod across the sea once more, and a large number of sea creatures were swept into the sea without any power to resist.

In an instant, an even larger blank area appeared on the city wall. A man stood in the middle of the blank area with a staff, exuding an aura of "one man guarding the pass, ten thousand men cannot break through" over the entire section of the city wall. For a moment, none of the sea creatures surrounding him dared to step forward and attack Lin Jie.