Susan stopped, scanning the banquet hall. Celebrities and tycoons were still enjoying the dinner, some even dancing to the music in the gilded hall.
They were openly displaying their wealth, unashamedly expressing their desires.
A platinum necklace encircled her snow-white neck, her fair collarbones serving as the perfect display for diamonds that refracted the dazzling lights.
They had no idea that in the room next door, there had just been a Class Two demon and three bloody human heads.
Of course,
They also wouldn't notice that several people were missing from the banquet hall.
Susan pinched her communicator, frowned slightly, and then strode out of the banquet hall.
He Li followed closely behind, exiting as well.
Zhang Qiling stood by a tall round table, holding a champagne flute, watching the two leave quickly. She pursed her thin lips and lowered her head, silent.
The banquet did not end because of anyone's departure.
On the other side,
The battle did not become one-sided despite multiple attackers.
At the top of the hotel building, Susan stood at the edge of the rooftop, frowning as she watched the battle in the football field across the street.
In the football field, Bai Fei, Min Liang, Tao Xue, and Jiang Zhen were surrounding Mo Lin.
Bai Fei, wielding twin sabers, charged at the forefront, subtly taking on more of the offensive and defensive roles to protect the other three. His sabers glowed with cyan spiritual energy, and he shot towards Mo Lin like a speeding arrow. His sabers were level, slashing horizontally from top to bottom, one aimed at Mo Lin's neck and the other at his abdomen.
Mo Lin made no move, allowing the two sabers to strike his body. Suddenly, a circle of golden runes erupted around Mo Lin, expanding and pushing Bai Fei back with great force!
Min Liang lowered his body, crouching slightly, and then, with a bang, crushed the grass beneath his feet and leaped high, catching the rebounding Bai Fei.
Tao Xue, behind them, acted like a female mage. She spread her arms, and eight basketball-sized fireballs gathered above her. As she thrust her hands forward, the eight fireballs scattered, but instead of hitting Mo Lin, they hovered in eight positions in the air.
The next moment,
The eight fireballs released eight pillars of fire, descending from above onto Mo Lin.
However, all of them were blocked by the golden rune barrier around Mo Lin's body.
Sister Jiang was a telekinetic esper. Her ability was telekinetic control. With only a Tier One gene lock, her offensive power was not strong, and she had no obvious attack methods. However, she directly diffused her telekinetic energy, spreading it across the ground until it covered the entire football field.
Then,
She raised both hands high.
Rumble!
The grass trembled.
Mo Lin lowered his head slightly, looking at the vibrating ground beneath him. The next instant, a stone pillar rose from beneath his feet, sending him soaring into the sky.
Min Liang, who had caught Bai Fei, braced himself, his body radiating cyan spiritual energy, and nodded at Bai Fei.
Bai Fei understood.
Min Liang sprinted out, paused, and then leaped up, charging towards Mo Lin on the stone pillar.
Bai Fei followed closely.
Boom!
Min Liang's target was not Mo Lin, but the stone pillar beneath him. Min Liang punched and shattered the stone pillar, intending to leave Mo Lin without a foothold, forcing him to fall from the sky. Without a point of leverage, he would be the perfect target for Bai Fei's attack.
The stone pillar collapsed, sending debris flying, but Mo Lin did not fall from the sky as they expected. Instead, he hovered in mid-air.
Even so,
Bai Fei's twin sabers were already before Mo Lin.
Clang! Clang!
Bai Fei, with one saber in front and the other behind, twisted his body, attempting to break through Mo Lin's protective golden runes.
It was no use.
Bai Fei was once again sent flying back, but this time, he did not fall directly to the ground. Instead, he hovered in mid-air.
Bai Fei paused for a moment, then let out a sigh of relief. He raised his sabers and pointed them at Mo Lin, who was also hovering in the air, and said, "Captain, after you left, he tried to open a private room door. I stopped him, and he rushed into the corridor, jumped out the window, and has been fighting all the way here."
"Also, he... claims to be a divine envoy."
Susan grunted and nodded. As she did, Bai Fei was sent back to the ground by Susan's telekinesis.
"Brother Fei," He Li ran over.
Bai Fei turned to look at the approaching He Li and asked, "Are you okay?"
"Uh..." He Li froze for a moment, then smiled, "That's my line."
Bai Fei looked He Li up and down, nodded, and said, "Glad you're okay." Then, he looked up at the two figures hovering and confronting each other in the air.
Susan looked at the several golden runes circulating around Mo Lin and said, "I casually killed a piece of trash who claimed to be closest to God earlier. Was he with you?"
Mo Lin smiled and shook his head, "No, I agree with your assessment of him. His lack of self-awareness doomed him to be crushed like a bug, but I'm different. I am merely a messenger of God."
"A messenger of God? Have you seen... God?" Susan asked, her brow furrowed.
Mo Lin met everyone's gaze and nodded firmly, "Of course, I have seen God."
Susan, having received a definitive answer, was momentarily stunned. Then, she murmured, "Is that so... so there are gods in this world."
Rumble!!!
Above the football field, a violent explosion suddenly erupted between the two. Following that, a storm descended, sweeping across the entire football field.
Jiang Zhen stared blankly up at the sky and said dazedly, "How is that possible? He actually blocked the Captain's telekinesis!"
He Li suddenly realized that the thunderous boom was the collision between the Captain's telekinesis and that person. Moreover, judging from their conversation, this person was not a member of the "Hunters."
Mo Lin lowered his gaze, glancing subtly at He Li, then looked up at Susan and chuckled, "Susan, stop pretending. You were once a member of the Hunter group. Don't you know about gods?"
"The Thirteen Ancient Gods, the Reincarnation Awakening Masters. Wasn't your Hunter group formed to hunt down the thirteen gods?"
"However, it's laughable. The Hunter group, whose duty was to hunt 'gods' from the beginning, has never killed a god in thousands of years. Now, they have become mascots, the highest-tier combat sequence pursued by both Spiritual Warriors and Espers."
Below, He Li's heart suddenly tightened. The Hunter group, a combat sequence that existed to hunt gods?
Susan regained her composure, took a deep breath, and faced Mo Lin directly. At the same time, her hands began to glow with white light. The next instant, the white light vanished, and a pair of knuckle dusters appeared in Susan's hands.
"If we haven't killed a god, then let's kill a divine envoy who has seen one."
Susan leaned forward slightly. The next moment, she vanished from her spot and then reappeared abruptly behind Mo Lin, punching down. With a clang, her fist struck Mo Lin's protective runes, emitting a muffled sound like a struck bell.
Mo Lin turned around, his eyes indifferent as he looked at Susan, and said, "Divine envoys... you have never killed one either!"
As his words fell, he raised his hand, clenched his fist, withdrew his protective runes, and slammed his fist into Susan's punch.
Bang!
A wave of energy erupted between their fists, and then they exchanged a second punch.
Bang... Bang... Bang...
In the blink of an eye, Susan and Mo Lin had exchanged dozens of punches. They fought faster and faster in the air, their figures rising higher and higher, gradually shrinking. Each exchange of blows produced a ripple of energy.
The next moment,
The two suddenly separated.
Susan curled her fingers into claws and reached out towards Mo Lin. Overwhelming telekinesis spread everywhere. Susan's power was undoubtedly immense; even Class Two demons and Tier Seven gene-locked espers were as weak as ants in her hands.
But,
What shocked everyone even more was Mo Lin. He was able to fight Susan on equal footing, trading blows back and forth.
Mo Lin seemed to sense the telekinesis in the surrounding space. He raised his hand, clenched his fist in front of his chest, and several golden runes appeared again, continuously emitting golden light to resist Susan's powerful telekinetic pressure.
"Telekinetic Overwhelm!"
Susan's expression was cold. Mo Lin's words earlier had pierced Susan's heart like steel needles. The Hunter group, formed specifically to kill gods, had never killed a god in thousands of years. Now, it had lost its meaning, existing in name only, becoming a symbolic mascot.
Even though,
She might look down on the Hunter group, but it didn't change the fact that she had once joined the Hunter group with burning passion, becoming an object of envy for countless ability users.
I can look down on it, but you cannot!
Susan clenched her five fingers fiercely.
Boom!
Mo Lin's protective golden runes instantly shattered.
Before Susan could launch her next attack.
The scattered golden runes in the air slowly gathered in Mo Lin's hand, forming a large golden bow. He held the golden bow, standing in the air, drawing the bowstring with his right hand, like a golden full moon.
A golden arrow materialized, its tip pointed directly at Susan.
The golden arrow shot towards Susan, attacking her.
Susan lowered her body slightly, tilting it, and raised her right arm to her cheek, sending out a punch that directly struck the golden arrow.
Rumble!
A sky-shattering roar. The golden arrow dissipated, and the sky became exceptionally brilliant.
Mo Lin drew his bow again like a full moon, a glint of gold flashing in his pupils. As he shot the arrow, his lips moved.
"Arrow Star: Golden Rain."
The golden arrow that was shot trembled slightly, then transformed into hundreds, all firing at Susan simultaneously.
Susan shook her hand and extended a fist forward. The telekinesis was as viscous as a tangible substance, blocking all the incoming golden arrows. She pursed her lips tightly, her anger evident, and pushed her fist forward another half-inch.
"Telekinetic Overwhelm!"
Hum~~~
The hundreds of golden arrows shattered simultaneously, and golden light rained down, then dissipated into the air.
The two were in a standoff, but neither launched another attack.
Mo Lin retracted the golden bow and chuckled, "I'm not fighting anymore. If we continue, it will affect the people of Binjiang. Susan, since we've met, I'll give you a piece of advice: God is not an enemy of humanity."
After saying this, Mo Lin turned and disappeared.
Susan did not stop Mo Lin from leaving. Just as he said, if they continued fighting, it would affect Binjiang, which she did not want to see. They were demon hunters, not lunatics who would disregard everything to eliminate demons.
Susan slowly descended and said to everyone, "Let's go back first. Regardless, eliminating the Soul Devouring Blood Demon tonight is a gain. As for that guy just now, I'll keep an eye on him personally."
The others said nothing. Only Susan could keep an eye on him; they were no match for Mo Lin.
Those who lived at home went home, and those from the Spiritual Management Association drove away. Since this was close to He Li's home, he let Bai Fei drive his car back and walked home himself.
He Li walked on the road, filled with questions by the conversation between Susan and Mo Lin today.
He Li pondered, not rushing home, and sat on a roadside bench to think.
Suddenly,
He felt something bump against his calf. He snapped back to attention and looked down.
It was the Border Collie named Xiao Lan.
How was it here?
Immediately,
His body tensed, his tension reaching an extreme.
At the same time, Mo Lin's voice came from behind him.
"He Li, just sit there. Let's... chat."