Heroes Return

“I’m not joking, Master. Doesn’t your Buddhist tradition say, ‘If I don’t go to hell, who will?’ Master, you can’t bow down to evil forces. Isn’t sacrificing yourself to defeat evil forces a great thing? I believe you will still be rewarded by Buddha after you become a Buddha.”

"Impossible! Actually, I'm a Taoist priest!" As he spoke, Master Wuneng disguised himself as a Taoist priest again: "So please save me... no, my life!!! I have eight sexy ladies in District M waiting for me! To relieve their loneliness, I absolutely cannot die here!"

Seeing the utterly shameless audacity of the incompetent master, Lin Jie couldn't help but say to the admiral, "Kill this frivolous monk immediately! Who knows how many lives this frivolous monk will cause in the future!"

"Amitabha Buddha, this humble monk has been working hard for the integration of the world's bloodlines. As the saying goes, if I don't go to hell, who will?"

"Then please go to hell right now."

Chapter 35

"Let's hurry up and send this flowery monk to hell!" Lin Jie said, looking at Master Wuneng.

"Aren't you worried about these people's lives?" The admiral glared at Lin Jie. "Do you know who these people are?"

"I know, the men are all tall, rich, and handsome, and the women are all wealthy. Sorry, but as a former high-class loser, what I hate most are those rich people who flaunt their love and shower me with PDA! So you'd better surrender now, lest you end up with another charge of murder when they arrest you."

"Do you think I wouldn't dare kill these people?" the admiral said, glancing at the future. The next moment, the iron ring around the Incompetent Master's neck glowed with a dangerous red light.

"I say, Admiral, if you're angry with Benefactor Lin, don't take it out on me! This humble monk is an innocent bystander!" Master Wuneng said in a panic, but the Admiral completely ignored him at this moment.

"If you don't make way, I'll kill the hostages one by one in front of you!" the admiral shouted at the crowd.

The World Government agents immediately realized something was wrong and tried to speak, but it was too late. The next moment, the iron ring around Master Incompetence's neck rattled.

Then a few small flowers sprouted on the iron ring...

The incompetent master, who had been terrified, breathed a sigh of relief at this moment. Then he reacted and rushed towards Lin Jie at an extremely fast speed.

"What's going on?" The admiral looked towards the future.

The future didn't speak, but silently activated the iron rings around the necks of several people. Without exception, several flowers grew on each of them, but no explosions occurred.

"Kuhuhu! How boring. I thought you could just run away, but in the end you're going to resort to this boring hostage threat tactic too." Alice chuckled as she pulled the little girl beside her out.

At the same time, a flower grew from the collars around their necks. Not only them, but everyone's collars had several small flowers growing from them.

"What exactly did you do?" the admiral asked Alice angrily.

“Kuhuhu, I just got bored and decided to end this charade,” Alice said.

At the same time, Mr. K and a large number of federal agents reacted first; Mr. K's handcuffs suddenly turned into molten iron. Then, unexpectedly, he reached for the weapon of a sailor next to him. The sailor's weapon also began to become scalding hot when he touched it, and eventually melted.

The other agents also suddenly rushed towards the sailors.

A chaotic battle ensued at that moment.

"Kill them!" the admiral ordered the sailors, and several sailors immediately prepared to fire at the large group of people. However, these poor sailors were simultaneously entangled in vines and had their blood drained.

"Kuhuhu! You guys are all such idiots!" Alice yelled at the passengers. "Why don't you jump into the sea? Do you want to be caught and held hostage again? Kuhuhu, just how stupid do these criminals have to be to lose to these heroes who are not Zero?"

Hearing Alice's warning, the passengers realized what was happening and jumped into the sea. As they did so, the sea creature soldiers below rescued them.

"Kuhuhu, let's jump next! Are there mermaids among the sea creatures?" Alice said to the little girl, watching the passengers jumping off the ship.

At the same time, a trembling hostage girl ran past Alice and Delis. Just as she reached the two girls, something unexpected happened. The girl suddenly held an energy gun in her hand and pointed it at Alice: "Anyone who interferes with the Salvation Army's plans must die!"

As the girl spoke, she pulled the trigger towards Alice. Delis released plants in an attempt to protect Alice, but it was too late.

But at this critical moment, Alice and the little girl both disappeared from the deck.

"Kuhuhu, life is really full of surprises."

At this moment, the two people appeared on a sea creature warship below the ship, and Lin Jie was holding two girls in his arms.

"Finally, I've got a chance to be a hero and save a damsel in distress!" Lin Jie said with some emotion. "This should be the first time in my heroic career that I've truly succeeded in saving a damsel in distress!"

"Kuhuhu, how does it feel to have two women on your left and right? Great hero?" Alice asked in Lin Jie's arms.

"That feels great, let me hold you a little longer," Lin Jie said.

"Kuhuhu, once you've dealt with that problem, I'll consider letting you hold me for a little longer," Alice said, glancing behind Lin Jie.

At this moment, Xiang appeared beside Lin Jie wearing a very peculiar flying armor and swept towards Lin Jie.

Lin Jie, carrying the two girls, vanished from his spot once more, reappearing a moment later on another warship. He set the two girls down, saying, "Don't forget what you said."

Lin Jie immediately jumped forward, crashing right into Xiang who was flying towards him.

However, he dodged it. At the same time, Xiang quickly appeared next to Lin Jie. The next moment, a giant sword appeared in Lin Jie's hand, and he slammed it down towards Xiang.

However, Xiang seemed to have anticipated this and actually dodged Lin Jie's attack with the Unsharp Heavy Sword, something Lin Jie hadn't expected. It's worth noting that during the battle against the sea tribe experts on the city wall, Lin Jie was certain that even those seasoned veterans of various battles wouldn't be able to dodge his sword strike.

But the person in front of him actually dodged his sword strike and was still able to launch an effective attack on him.

The two clashed at that moment, and Lin Jie was suddenly put on the defensive. His greatsword, which had no blade, swung several times but failed to hit Xiang effectively. Moreover, every time Xiang dodged Lin Jie's attack, he would launch an attack in an unexpected direction.

It could be said that Xiang completely saw through Lin Jie's movements; he even saw through Lin Jie's mind. He dodged before Lin Jie could accelerate and increase the force of his next sword strike.

'This person actually saw through my every move, heh, how interesting.' Lin Jie thought to himself. With that in mind, the greatsword Wufeng in Lin Jie's hand vanished. A longsword shimmering with white light appeared in Lin Jie's hand.

The longsword has a very ancient and simple design, just like the celestial sword of a legendary sword immortal. In fact, this sword is indeed a celestial sword.

"Master, have you finally decided to use me?" A woman's ethereal voice rang in Lin Jie's ears at the same time.

"I will no longer use you to wreak havoc," Lin Jie replied calmly in his mind. Receiving Lin Jie's words, the longsword in his hand, shimmering with white light, trembled slightly as if in displeasure.

The longsword in Lin Jie's hand trembled slightly, and the sea creature warship beneath his feet suddenly disintegrated, turning to ashes and disappearing into the fantastical sea. The only saving grace was that the people on board had abandoned ship to avoid being accidentally injured while Lin Jie and Lin Jie were fighting.

"Since you've brought me out, why do you say you won't use me?" The woman's ethereal voice rang out once again.

"Because there's not much need, I just used you to scare people." Lin Jie said calmly. While he was talking to the ethereal woman's voice, Xiang just quietly looked at Lin Jie opposite him, but did not launch an attack.

It wasn't that he didn't want to attack, but that he dared not. His ability was called "Interpretation," which, simply put, had only two effects: first, it allowed him to see into the other person's inner thoughts. This was the main reason he could tell at a glance that the box in K's hand didn't contain the Reverse Scale; the other effect was that he could see what would happen the moment he made a move.

Therefore, he was able to dodge Lin Jie's longsword attacks every time.

But at this moment, looking at Lin Jie, he had no way to attack him at all, because every time he planned to attack Lin Jie, the next second he would see himself being reduced to ashes in his mind.

As he looked at the sword in Lin Jie's hand, he unconsciously deciphered the sword's will through his own abilities. It was a will as if the end of the world had arrived, a will that could pierce through heaven and earth. Xiang was certain that the power of this sword was definitely no less than that of the sword in Zero's hand that he had seen five years ago.

The unintentional interpretation even instilled fear in Xiang unconsciously.

"Looks like I can talk to you now." Lin Jie looked at Xiang and said, "You should know you can't win. Can you answer a few questions for me?"

"..." Xiang didn't say anything at this moment.

"You're a member of the Heart Clan, right? To be precise, you're the last member of the Heart Clan, aren't you?" Lin Jie said calmly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiang's expression changed immediately.

"It seems I was right. Since you're the last member of the Heart Clan, I won't kill you. Surrender obediently, and maybe you can become a hero again," Lin Jie said to Xiang.

"Hahahaha!!!" Xiang suddenly lost his composure and burst into laughter: "How ridiculous! A world that will be rebuilt sooner or later, I have no interest in being a hero of this world! I want to be a hero of the new era."

"Is this what your so-called Salvation Army says?" Lin Jie asked.

"This isn't just talk! This is an ideal that will definitely be realized." Xiang said with some pride, "All the greedy lives in this world will be wiped out by us! Then we will build a world that will never threaten any life! You ridiculous guy actually want me to give up such a great goal and run off to be a hero of the old world?"

"You've really been brainwashed. Won't the world end if everyone is killed?"

"We are not killing everyone. We, the Salvation Army, are great people who are willing to selflessly dedicate everything for our dreams and the world. Sooner or later, we will build a world without destruction or conflict, where values ​​are no longer determined by dirty material things and transactions."

"Why does it feel so much like a cult?"

"Don't lump us together with those underground cultists!" Xiang said angrily.

"Then I'll have to beat you so badly that you'll change your mind."

“The Salvation Army will never change, even if they die!” Xiang said at this moment. “Even if you kill me, you will not change me. Although your sword can kill me, you people of the old world will be destroyed by us sooner or later.”

Chapter 36

"It seems there's no difference at all." Lin Jie looked at Xiang opposite him and said, "I never thought that the last remaining descendant of the always wise Heart Clan would be a cultist."

"I've said it before! Don't lump us together with those scum who harm the world!" Xiang said. "We are the true representatives of justice!"

"Fine, fine!! Do whatever you want." Lin Jie said, putting away his longsword and taking back his blunt greatsword instead.

"Aren't you going to kill me with that sword?" Xiang asked, watching Lin Jie's actions. At this moment, under the pressure of the terrifying power and intent of the long sword, he had lost his usual composure.

"I just wanted to prove that I could kill you at any time. To be honest, I wanted to persuade you to repent and start anew." Lin Jie looked at Xiang calmly and said, "I still can't bring myself to kill a descendant of the Heart Clan. But now I've changed my mind."

"What do you mean?"

"As expected, I'm not good at talking," Lin Jie said calmly. "It's true that it's better to fight than talk. I'll give you a good beating first, and then let the government teach you a lesson. Don't worry, I won't use that sword from before. It wouldn't be good if I accidentally killed you."

"Are you humiliating me?" Hearing Lin Jie's words, even though Xiang was usually very composed, he lost his composure under the stimulation of that sword intent. Lin Jie's words seemed to have already decided how to deal with Xiang.

"I'm stating the facts," Lin Jie said calmly. "I will fight you with the bladeless ancient sword in my hand. If you win, I will release you. I will absolutely not use the sword I just used to fight you."

"Since you know I am a member of the Heart Clan, you should understand that your decision will kill you," Xiang said calmly.

"You can try. If you can kill me, then I can only say you're quite capable," Lin Jie said calmly. "You're a member of the Heart Clan, so you should know that I'm not lying."

“Yes, you’re not lying, and you’re even confident that you can kill me with just this ancient sword.” Xiang said unhappily, “What an arrogant person. You will pay the price for your arrogance today.”

After saying that, Xiang flew towards Lin Jie, who once again swung his longsword at Xiang.

In Xiang's eyes, the trajectory of the longsword in the next moment was clearly imprinted on his vision. But just as he was about to dodge, the longsword had already struck his body.

The only saving grace was that the ancient sword in Lin Jie's hand was actually a blunt weapon; otherwise, a single strike would have cleaved Xiang in two.

Xiang, sent flying by Lin Jie, tumbled a great distance across the sea with a look of astonishment before crashing into a rock. At the same moment, Lin Jie reappeared above Xiang.

He still couldn't understand why, even though he had clearly anticipated Lin Jie's future movements, he was still struck by Lin Jie's sword. Fortunately, the blow wasn't serious for Xiang. However, it greatly shocked him, and he slowly stood up on the reef.

"Why?" He couldn't finish his sentence.

Because Lin Jie stood quietly above him, holding the giant sword, but when he looked at Lin Jie, he felt the same way he did when Lin Jie held that sword before, that feeling of being unable to attack. At this moment, a lot of images appeared in his eyes, all of them showing how Lin Jie would knock him away with a single sword strike whenever he made any attacking or escaping moves.

At this moment, he could also clearly sense the thought in Lin Jie's mind that left him speechless.

'Let's hurry up and finish this chuunibyou (delusional) thing so I can go back and rest. Speaking of which, that girl said she'd let me hug her a little longer after I've dealt with this chuunibyou, hehehe...'

At the same time, Lin Jie slowly raised the giant sword in his hand towards Xiang.

Similarly, countless images of trying to dodge but still being struck by Lin Jie's sword flashed through Xiang's mind once again. This left him completely stunned, not even reacting when Lin Jie's greatsword came slashing down. He simply let Lin Jie use his greatsword to send him flying.

In fact, he felt that he couldn't escape it no matter what.

"What on earth is going on?" Xiang asked in shock, finally managing to stand firmly on another reef in the distance. At the same time, Lin Jie appeared beside Xiang.

"Even if you mentally predict my sword path, your body still can't dodge this sword." Lin Jie's voice came from beside Xiang, followed by a punch that sent Xiang flying once again.