44: Chapter 44 Today, we two brothers will team up and crush this woman!

The air at the port was thick with the salty scent of evaporated seawater.

All sound vanished in that moment.

The elites of the Salvation Society behind the breakwater gasped.

Having spent years lurking in the dark side of the underworld, they were all too familiar with these pitch-Black Flames!

This was that legendary Monster Hunter who specialized in killing high-level Strange Tales and occasionally offed a few gang leaders while he was at it!

"Night… Night Owl?"

The one-eyed cadre stammered out the name.

How could he be here?

Could he also be here to stop the leader from destroying the anchor point?

High in the air, the pale golden light in Saintess Lin Xinglan's eyes constricted sharply.

She had originally been fully focused on suppressing Su Chen's water tornado, but the moment she saw those Black Flames, her rage soared to its Peak.

It was this very man in the black iron mask who had fought her for control of Dark Blade yesterday, only backing down after taking a hit from her Holy Light Verdict!

And now he appeared at this very moment!

He must have the same goal as Bai Cang.

She just didn't know why Linhai had so many S-rank Psionic Users.

Did they all come from the same nest?

But old grudges and new hatreds collided in that instant.

Saintess Lin Xinglan looked down at Su Jianguo from above, her face filled with biting coldness.

Amplified by her Holy Light psionic power, her voice exploded across the entire port like thunder.

"Good! Very good!"

"Night Owl, when you attacked my twelve Elders of the Sanctuary at the quarry yesterday, I thought you were just momentarily confused."

Saintess Lin Xinglan extended her scepter, pointing it from afar at the slightly hunched figure below.

"I didn't expect that today, you would actually be mixed up with the terrorists of the Salvation Society!"

"A legendary Monster Hunter who claims to be righteous, actually colluding with an extremist organization that seeks to destroy the world!"

Her voice grew louder, carrying an unquestionable tone of judgment.

"Now, with both human and material evidence present! Do you still dare to say you are not a heretic!?"

Wearing his heavy black iron mask, Su Jianguo was completely stunned.

He had been hiding in a shipping container smelling rotting fish for ages, nearly losing his life to the shockwaves of their battle, and just as he poked his head out, a massive accusation of "colluding with terrorists" was slammed onto his head.

It fit so perfectly that he wasn't even given a chance to argue!

"Collude with your grandma's leg!"

Su Jianguo was so angry he nearly spat out a mouthful of blood; his insides were convulsing violently.

He ripped off his worn-out baseball cap and slammed it into the mud, pointing at Saintess Lin Xinglan in mid-air, about to launch into a tirade.

"Are you crazy, woman? Can't I just be hiding here taking a dump? Who the Hell is in a group with these perverts!"

But Su Jianguo could only roar these words inside his own head; he didn't dare utter a single syllable aloud.

The reason was simple.

The city was on lockdown, and the eyes of the authorities were everywhere.

If he were to curse at the Saintess here, or even start a fight, the Abyssal Eye would definitely lock onto his exact coordinates within a minute.

Once the authorities intervened, the true identity of Night Owl would be stripped bare, down to his underwear.

When that happened, how would his wife and children at home look at him?

No, he absolutely could not act impulsively.

Su Jianguo forcibly swallowed his anger and decided to stick to his escape policy: "If the enemy doesn't move, I don't move; run as fast as I can when I get the chance."

Just as he was preparing to retract his Black Flame and find a crack to crawl into.

A faint sound of flowing water rang in his ears.

There was no psionic warning whatsoever.

Nor were there any traces of spatial fluctuations.

Bai Cang, who had originally been standing behind the breakwater, had actually turned into a puddle of transparent water, silently passing through the ruins and condensing back into human form right beside him.

Every hair on Su Jianguo's body stood on end in that instant.

He whipped his head around, staring intensely at the silver-white rune mask less than half a meter away.

The patterns on the mask appeared extremely eerie under the reflection of the firelight.

The aura of an S-rank, extremely dangerous individual washed over him.

Su Jianguo instinctively clenched his fists, Black Flame dancing wildly at his fingertips, ready at any moment to deliver a point-blank blast to this terrorist leader.

However, Bai Cang's next action completely caused this battle-hardened legendary Monster Hunter to freeze up.

Su Chen looked at the familiar Black Flame before him, looking at that cold black iron mask.

The eyes beneath his mask grew wet.

The moment he saw the Black Flame erupt, Su Chen's heart experienced a violent emotional earthquake.

"Xiaoyun!"

Su Chen called out his younger brother's name in his heart, feeling deeply moved.

So, that cold warning in the room last night, that line "Don't ever sell me out," was all a disguise for Xiaoyun to hide his inner concern!

He never went to the Northern Reservoir at all!

He had abandoned the plan over there, disregarding the danger of exposure, and followed him all the way to this most dangerous main battlefield at the port!

Why?

Because he was afraid that I, as the big brother, wouldn't be able to withstand the joint strangulation of the Sky Dome and the Saintess!

He would rather put himself in a desperate situation than fail to support me, his big brother!

What is blood thicker than water?

This is blood thicker than water!

In this cruel world filled with schemes and betrayals, only his own younger brother was someone to whom he could always entrust his back!

Su Chen took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the churning emotion in his heart.

He looked at Night Owl, who was still watching him warily, his tone thick with reprimand, but that reprimand was mixed with an unmistakable feeling of being disappointed that his brother hadn't lived up to expectations.

"If you aren't going over there, what are you doing here?!"

Su Chen's voice was kept very low, but every word was filled with a big brother's concern for his younger brother.

"Don't you know how dangerous it is here? This is complete nonsense!"

Su Jianguo froze.

He maintained his defensive stance, the Black Flame on his fists flickering on and off like a faulty lightbulb.

Through his mask, he stared intently at Bai Cang.

His brain's processor was running wildly at this moment, but he still couldn't parse any logic from this sentence.

Go over there? Which side?

Come here?

I've been crouching behind the shipping container the whole time!

And you're asking me what I came here for?

Do you think I want to come to this crappy place to smell rotting fish!

Su Jianguo was bewildered.

Completely bewildered.

He tried to find a trace of a joke on Bai Cang's cold metal mask.

But there was none.

The other person's eyes were extremely serious, even carrying a hint of… unexplainable doting?

"Are you sick in the head?"

Su Jianguo held it in for a long time, but couldn't help it, cursing muffledly through his mask.

"Do I even know you?"

When these words fell into Su Chen's ears, not only did they not make him angry, but they moved him even more.

He understood!

Xiaoyun was intentionally distancing himself!

Xiaoyun didn't want the Saintess to catch them acting in collusion; he wanted to take all the blame onto himself at the critical moment to secure his big brother's escape route!

So sensible.

Really, so sensible.

"Alright, stop pretending."

Su Chen's heart completely melted, and he ignored Night Owl's rude cursing.

In the eyes of all the horrified Salvation Society cadres.

Under the extremely shocked gaze of Saintess Lin Xinglan in mid-air.

This Salvation Society leader, Bai Cang, who was in the top five of the global wanted list and known for being cold and ruthless.

Actually reached out a hand and heavily, full of trust, patted Night Owl on the shoulder!

"Smack!"

This slap landed solidly.

Su Jianguo shuddered violently, nearly jumping straight up.

"Forget it, since you insist on coming, as your big brother, I can't chase you away!"

A trace of extreme madness and dominance flashed in the eyes beneath Su Chen's mask.

"Today, the two of us will join forces!"

He whipped his head around, pointing from afar at Saintess Lin Xinglan in mid-air, his voice like a thunderclap.

"Crush this woman!"

Su Jianguo's face beneath the mask was completely twisted at this moment.

His features were squeezed together in an extremely irregular way, and the corners of his eyes twitched madly.

His brain completely short-circuited; he even forgot to breathe.

Who is your brother?

Who the Hell is your buddy?

I'm fifty-two years old this year!

I've killed more Strange Tales than you, you little brat, have seen living people!

You, an anti-human terrorist pervert, come running over here to call me brother?

And you want to take me with you to crush the Saintess?

If this got back to the Investigation Bureau.

His illustrious reputation as a legendary Monster Hunter would completely turn into a pile of dog shit!

"Get the Hell away from me!"

Su Jianguo roared in extreme collapse, his shoulders jerking violently in an attempt to shake off Bai Cang's hand.

The Black Flame surged instantly, forcibly widening the distance between the two.

"I'm warning you, I have nothing to do with you Salvation Society people! If you dare to claim me as family again, I'll burn you along with them!"

However, Su Jianguo's desperate clarification fell into the ears of Saintess Lin Xinglan in mid-air as an extremely clumsy cover-up.

Saintess Lin Xinglan watched the two people below "shouldering up," whispering to each other.

Watching Bai Cang actually completely expose his back to Night Owl, and while Night Owl was cursing and swearing, he didn't truly strike a lethal blow.

This kind of absolute trust that only exists between brothers of life and death.

Made her feel a great insult.

"What a fine display of brotherly love."

Saintess Lin Xinglan completely lost her patience, and there was no warmth left in her cold eyes.

"Since you are so deep in affection, then go to Hell together today."

She no longer held back.

The Staff of Light in her hand, representing the highest authority of the Sanctuary, was raised high.

"God said, let there be light."

These five words seemed to drain all the psionic factors within a radius of several kilometers.

Twelve red-robed Elders simultaneously spat out a mouthful of blood, madly injecting their own Origin psionic power into the Saintess's magic array.

The next second.

It rained over the entire port.

But it wasn't raindrops that fell.

It was thousands of spears that were as solid as reality!

Each spear was formed from highly concentrated golden Holy Light, carrying a piercing sound as it tore through the air, like a meteor shower, covering the area below in an indiscriminate, wide-range carpet bombardment!

Sanctuary Secret Technique: Verdict Rain!

This was the true strength of an S-rank Peak powerhouse!

Facing this terrifying ultimate move that could destroy the entire port, the eyes beneath Su Chen's mask became extremely fanatical.

He didn't retreat, but advanced instead!

"Night Owl! You support me from the back!"

Su Chen roared, his hands suddenly pushing upward.

"Boom!"

The sea outside the breakwater boiled completely, and countless water pillars over ten meters in diameter shot into the sky.

These water pillars rapidly condensed in mid-air into thick, massive ice crystal shields, layering over each other to block above their heads.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang!"

The Holy Light spears smashed crazily against the massive ice crystal shields.

The terrifying explosions were continuous; every impact erupted with blinding halos of light.

The ice shields melted and shattered rapidly under the extreme high temperature, but Su Chen's water-based psionic power endlessly repaired them.

However, the number of Holy Light spears was simply too great.

Some spears pierced through the gaps in the water pillars, shooting directly toward Su Jianguo!

Su Jianguo looked at the golden spears descending from the sky, his teeth nearly shattering from clenching them.

He wanted to run.

But this sky-filling attack was a complete, no-blind-spot coverage; he couldn't find any gap to retreat.

The only way was to take it head-on.

"Lunatics! All lunatics!"

Su Jianguo cursed loudly.

He slammed his hands together, and the S-rank Black Flame within his body erupted without reservation.

The pitch-black wall of fire formed a huge semi-circular shield around him.

Those leaking Holy Light spears that hit the Black Flame wall seemed to fall into a quagmire, being rapidly devoured and annihilated by the extremely domineering power of the Abyss.

But this kind of devouring consumed an extreme amount of stamina.

Su Jianguo felt his lower back starting to ache faintly again.

Yesterday's injuries hadn't healed yet, and today he had to risk his life here against this crazy woman, while also being forcibly claimed as a relative by a terrorist.

What kind of earthly suffering is this!

In the center of the battlefield.

Bai Cang's ice crystal defense and Night Owl's Black Flame devouring produced an extremely strange chemical reaction at this moment.

The Holy Light spears shattered the ice shields, having most of their impact weakened, and then fell into the Black Flame, where they were easily annihilated.

And after the Black Flame devoured the Holy Light, the terrifying high temperature it emitted rapidly evaporated the surrounding melted seawater into high-density water vapor.

Under Su Chen's precise control, this water vapor turned into a sky-covering fog, severely interfering with the line-of-sight targeting of Saintess Lin Xinglan and the Elders above.

One ice, one fire.

One defense, one devouring.

The coordination was simply seamless!

Amidst the violent attack, Su Chen looked back at "Night Owl," his eyes beneath the mask filled with ecstasy.

"Hahahaha!"

Su Chen couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Good! Very good! As expected of you!"

He was completely immersed in the fanaticism of self-moved emotion.

"Even without practicing beforehand, the coordination between the two of us is still so perfect! Who can stop this innate tacit understanding?!"

The more Su Chen fought, the fiercer he became, his arms waving violently.

Countless sharp ice spears quietly formed in the fog, launching a counterattack against the Sanctuary Elders in mid-air from all sorts of unimaginable blind spots.

"Pfft!"

A red-robed Elder was caught off guard, his thigh pierced directly by an ice spear, and he fell from mid-air, screaming.

Saintess Lin Xinglan's face was ugly to the extreme.

She couldn't imagine in any way that Bai Cang and Night Owl joining forces could unleash such terrifying combat power, where one plus one is greater than two!

Below.

Su Jianguo heard Bai Cang's chuunibyou-level hysterical laughter, and he felt like killing someone.

Tacit understanding?

Tacit understanding your grandpa!

I'm only setting fires to save my own life, okay!

If you hadn't opened your defensive circle so wide, I would have already slipped away from a blind spot!

You are purely drawing all the aggro onto me!

"Shut your mouth, you little brat! I can't hold on much longer!"

Su Jianguo felt his psionic power draining away madly.

He was a Monster Hunter, specializing in single-target burst and extreme one-hit kills; this kind of large-scale, sustained defensive war of attrition was simply not his strong suit.

He just wanted to rip off Bai Cang's mask right now to see what on earth was inside this pervert's brain?!