William Gerard Kingsman emerged from the rubble to witness a shocking scene. The creature he could not touch had been burned to nothingness.
He's so powerful! William exclaimed inwardly, and a question popped into his head: 'Who is he?'
Such a powerful hero must be famous, but the one who had recently become the talk of the town was Sun Zhou Yi. He had met Sun Zhou Yi in the waiting room, and he was sure that the young man who killed Fang Guo Ming was not Sun Zhou Yi.
Just as he was about to approach the young man, he felt a sharp pain in his chest.
"Kurgh!" William grunted as he held his chest.
Pooh!
He spat out the blood in his mouth before removing his helmet as he fell to one knee.
The golden hair and eyes were revealed. His handsome face turned pale with pain.
Fang Guo Ming's blow had caused him an internal injury. Just as he was about to get up, a shadow loomed over him. William looked up to see the young man who had killed Fang Guo Ming standing in front of him.
William was startled as he failed to notice the young man's movement. But the shock only lasted a moment as the young man handed him a green pill.
"Take this! It will stabilise your internal injury!" Heero threw the green pill at William.
Even though he did not know the identity of the young man, he helped him out of kindness. After all, this stranger had tried to protect his family before.
William took the pill with a bewildered look on his face. He did not know why, but just by looking at the young man's kind face, he did not suspect anything and swallowed the green pill.
Soon a cooling sensation spread through his body. It eased the pain in his chest before he coughed up a mouthful of blood. It eased his pain even more.
Heero left William alone after he threw down the green pill.
Looking at Heero's back, William's eyes reflected admiration. Feeling a stare from behind, Heero stopped his steps and looked back.
"If you need the same pill, you can buy it at the Xing Pharmacy in the Xing District!"
After finishing these sentences, Heero made his way towards the stage. But his steps stopped again when an alarm sounded.
It was an alarm indicating that the city had been attacked. The same alarm that had sounded when Level 10 Calamity had attacked the city.
Heero also felt the smartwatch on his wrist vibrate violently. He looked down and saw a bright warning on the screen.
He touched the warning and text appeared, a horde of an unknown creature attacking the city. It said that the second outpost outside the city had fallen and that the citizens should evacuate to the interior.
Heero skipped over and found the details of the attack below. The horde came from the north and west sides of the city.
Feng Xinlun's face lit up as the alarm sounded. The heroes were distracted by the alarm, and he took the opportunity to escape.
"Tian Xou! Run!" With this cry, Feng Xinlun flapped his wings and flew out of the arena. He flew towards the Rank Alliance headquarters.
Feng Tian Xou fiercely attacked Musashi Naizen with his tonfa. With the new power he had gained, he cornered Musashi Naizen.
Just as he thought he had won the battle, he heard his father's cry. Feng Tian Xou stopped his attack and scanned the area.
He was stunned to find that he and his father were the only ones left alive. Without any hesitation, he followed his father as well.
Earlier, he had focused on Musashi Naizen, so he did not know how all his family members had died.
Taking advantage of the heroes being distracted by the alarm, both father and son escaped from the Hero Dome.
Heero wanted to finish off the father and son, but he had no intention of pursuing them after the warning from the central government.
He jumped back to where his wives were. They also opened the smartwatch to see the warning.
Heero came up beside his wives and said, "Let's go back!"
As soon as the warning came on his smartwatch, Heero decided to go back. Based on the current situation, he suspected that these unknown creatures were specters.
Coupled with the earlier incident, Heero knew that the heroes would retreat to the trade region rather than defend the outer city. He had to go back now and protect his district, his home.
As for the specters running amok in the core region, he did not care. It had nothing to do with him, it was not his duty to protect those people, it was not his duty to kill the specters as well.
Hong Yu and Han Ying were quite calm now. They believed that their husband would protect them in the midst of the chaos. So even though there were so many monsters appearing in the arena, the two sisters managed to keep their composure.
When they heard Heero's words, they both nodded their heads. They were also worried about the people who remained in the district.
"What about you?" Heero turned to Butcher Wang and asked.
"Of course I will go back too! I am no hero, I have no duty to protect these people!" Butcher Wang's words were quite cold.
He had no sympathy for the people of the core region. After all, these people treated him and his family like dirt. So without Heero's order, he wouldn't help them.
"But can we get back in time?" Han Ying was worried. It took an hour and a half to get back to the outer city on the high-speed train.
She was afraid that the monster would break through the gate before they reached the outer city. After all, she thought of the people in that district as her own family. She did not want them to suffer from the horde's attack.
"Don't worry, we can get back in time~, Heero comforted Han Ying.
As for the three little girls, Miao Miao, Myung-Hee and Lan Lan. They were quite excited, the excitement written all over their faces as their eyes were glued to Heero.
The excitement came from the fight earlier. The way Heero had killed the monster was simply amazing to them.
'My daddy is amazing!' Miao Miao clung to Heero's undergarments, her eyes shining.
This time, Sun Zhou Yi and Musashi Hirata also joined the group.
"Master!" They both shouted at the same time.
Heero nodded at them and said, "I'll go back, you two stay here and help them!"
Then he picked up Miao Miao and Myung-Hee and put them on his shoulder. Then he picked up Lan Lan as well.
"You four! Come closer!" His words were directed at Butcher Wang, Lan Lan's mother, Kang Dong-Woo and Xu Lingxun.
They did not know what Heero wanted, but they came closer.
"Young man! Why don't you help us?" Long Bin, who was following Sun Zhou Yi and Musashi Hirata, called out.
He had seen that the young man in front of him was capable as well. He had watched the whole scene of Heero killing Fang Guo Ming. No doubt, the young man was extremely powerful and would be a great help in repelling the attack of the ghost.
"I did my best to help, but now I have to go back to the outer city to protect my home!" Heero said as he nodded apologetically to the old man. He also raised his smartwatch, which showed a warning from the central government.
"Young man! This area is the command centre of Star City! This is the most important place we need to protect! Besides, the people in the outer region would be evacuated to..."
Heero raised his hand to stop the old man and replied in a calm tone, "I'm sorry, old man! For you, this region may be the most important place to protect. But for me, my home is the most important place to protect!"
"Besides, I paid the hero tax to have the heroes protect the city, not otherwise," Heero added jokingly.
Without waiting for the old man to answer, Heero's figure suddenly went airborne. Not only Heero, but the people around him went up with him.
Under the shocked looks of the people around him, Heero's figure shot into the air and left the arena. Of course, the people around him also flew away with him.
Bai Xin Yue, Kang Seo-Yeon, Long Bin and Musashi Naizen were shocked. Even Sun Zhou Yi was shocked.
Only Musashi Hirata, who had experienced the Heero Express, could remain calm.
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Meanwhile, chaos reigned outside the Hero League headquarters as the specters also attacked the Hero League headquarters.
The Specters battled the Heroes who were stationed around the HQ. The specters, numbering in the hundreds, attacked while the heroes defended their HQ.
The leader of the specters, who was also the leader of Shadow Fang, himself, stood at the entrance to the headquarters.
Standing against him was an old man with white hair, preventing Shadow Fang from entering the headquarters. The old man was Bai Xian Ming.
Shadow Fang was wearing a black cloak that covered his entire body well, and his face was also hidden behind the black cloth.
However, Bai Xian Ming's instinct warned him that this guy was very dangerous.
"Long time no see, old friend!" Shadow Fang said in a hoarse voice as he pulled at the cloth covering his face.
Bai Xian Ming's eyes widened in surprise as he saw a familiar face behind the black cloth.
"You're still alive!!!"