As soon as the Human Emperor Banner came out, I became the Lord of the Old Ones

Chapter 30 Lord of the Deep
Xu Yan didn't understand the meaning of the black runes.

However, he could keenly sense that a power more evil and ancient than the mechanical spider was awakening in Dr. Hyde's body.

"You're crazy! You actually summoned [Lord of the Abyss, Xanatos]!"

The heavily armored operator who sneaked into the death camp alone had a glimmer of despair in his eyes.

The "Lord of the Deep" was born in the First Era, in the early days of the Phantom Demon Civilization. He is a demon that symbolizes "endless death."

According to legend, it controls the bottomless abyss at the end of the River Styx, and uses its single eye, as black as ink, to illuminate the souls crossing the River Styx at all times.

Its single eye can see all the sins committed by the dead in their lifetime.

If a sinner is so evil that even hell cannot accommodate him, he will be hooked by its huge hook blade from the River Styx into the abyss, and fall into eternal torment even more terrible than the torture of hell.

In many ancient beliefs of the First Age, the Lord of the Deep was synonymous with the god of death.

In other belief systems, it is a more terrifying existence than the god of death.

Of course, with Dr. Hyde's strength, it is impossible to summon the real Lord of the Abyss.

But even the fragments, projections, false gods in the name of the Deep, and even the projections and fragments of false gods are not something that Dr. Hyde and Dawn City can bear.

"Dr. Hyde, you have already destroyed yourself. I will not allow you to destroy Dawn City and this world!"

At the critical moment, Long Jianhuan and the guardian spirit finally got in sync.

The rage of the "Lion of the Fiery Sun" turned into a blazing glove, wrapped around her right arm, and transformed into a spiraling golden battle pattern.

Long Jianhuan threw a punch, the battle pattern surged, and the spiritual flame burst out, like a golden spear, sweeping away the surrounding ghosts and monsters, making a shrill sound that was enough to tear Xu Yan's eardrums, and piercing Dr. Hyde's heart directly.

Dr. Hyde's expression was extremely crazy, but it also revealed a strange sacred aura.

He did not dodge or evade. The two bladed limbs connected to the front of the mechanical spider were blessed by the evil power and upgraded into two black sickles surrounded by arcs of electricity, which just resolved Long Jianhuan's attack.

"Have you forgotten?"

Dr. Hyde smiled, his voice seemingly coming from three or four directions simultaneously. It was a perfect blend of extreme madness and extreme calm, filled with a captivating magic. "Every pattern on this golden card in your hand was meticulously engraved by me. I know it better than you do, every ripple of its psychic energy, and thus every move of the 'Scorching Sun Lion'."

Before he finished speaking, the doctor disappeared.

With the help of the mechanical spider's bladed limbs, he crawled quickly on the six walls of the energy center in an extremely strange way, completely breaking free from the constraints of hemiplegia.

He was not in a hurry to confront Long Jianhuan.

Instead, it seemed as if he could see that this overly young female Security Bureau operator simply did not have enough vitality and mental strength to maintain the combat state of a Golden Spirit for a long time - he couldn't even maintain 10%.

The rest of the Black Dream members, under the command of Dr. Hyde, kept moving around, using hot weapons to contain the enemy, and would never engage in a fight unless necessary.

Long Jianhuan was like a prey trapped in the center of a spider web.

The spider web continued to shrink, and dense wounds appeared on her body.

Every clash with the "Lord of the Abyss" would make the "Lion of the Fiery Sun" dim a little.

Quantitative changes accumulated into qualitative changes. Long Jianhuan's breathing became rapid, and sweat mixed with plasma fell from the air to the ground.

When a series of bullets exploded in front of Long Jianhuan again, sparks flew.

The "Lion of the Fiery Sun" began to shake violently like a candle that was blown out suddenly.

A violent and ferocious light flashed in Dr. Hyde's eyes, and black runes like brandings on his body roared out, hitting Long Jianhuan one after another.

The female security officer was knocked to the ground from mid-air by him.

The card reader was smashed to pieces.

The golden card also fell into Dr. Hyde's hands and spun lightly at his fingertips.

The black air was like a thread, rushing to get into the golden card, invading the talisman formation, tampering with the contract, and issuing a compulsory order to the golden spirit.

The Lion of the Blazing Sun roared with grief and indignation, as if being dragged into the River Styx by an invisible sickle, helplessly vanishing into the void. The golden lightning in Long Jianhuan's eyes vanished.

The underground mine fell into endless darkness again.

"I have created and enhanced hundreds of seal cards for the Dawn City Security Bureau, but your father's 'Lion of the Blazing Sun' is the only one I have poured all my heart and soul into. It is the masterpiece I am most proud of in my life."

Dr. Hyde stroked the patterns on the golden card, lost in memories, revealing a hint of sadness and a smile, "I never thought that I would see it again in this way.

“It’s a pity that you are so far from your father that you can’t even make a perfect contract with it.

"I really want to see the power of the 'Scorching Sun Lion' unleashed to 60% 'Fusion Mode', or even 70% 'Super Fusion' again. What a spectacular sight that would be."

After a pause, Dr. Hyde looked at the "loyal" Xu Yan without any doubt.

Xu Yan finally recovered from Long Jianhuan's kicks. He hissed and breathed in while struggling to get up. He endured the pain to move his paralyzed hands and feet, seizing every opportunity to restore his fighting strength.

"Well done, Gravedigger! You've made a great contribution this time. Once we successfully unearth all the secrets of Echo Land No. 232, I will personally report your achievements in detail to the true Lady Snake."

Dr. Hyde laughed, "Now, let's tie her up first!"

Xu Yan nodded.

He stepped forward and grabbed Long Jianhuan's shoulders.

The two looked at each other, their eyes entangled and complicated.

"Shh!"

A serrated dagger brushed Xu Yan's cheek and was nailed to the ground next to Long Jianhuan's carotid artery.

A shallow bloodstain continued to extend on Xu Yan's cheek.

"Kill her!"

The thug, whose face was half devoured by scars, roared ferociously, "The Security Bureau killed my brother. Kill her, and I'm going to eat her heart now!"

Xu Yan was silent.

It's like he only obeys the orders of Dr. Hyde.

However, his peripheral vision was frantically scanning the surrounding environment, and with the help of the map and pipeline route diagram that Long Jianhuan had just given him, he quickly constructed a crystal clear three-dimensional battlefield in his mind.

Based on this, he constantly planned and rejected one plan after another to break out of the siege.

The scar-faced gangster pushed him from behind.

"……it is good!"

Xu Yan knelt on one knee, took a deep breath, stared into Long Jianhuan's eyes, and slowly pulled out the dagger from the ground.

He turned the dagger over and locked it against the scar-faced bandit's heart, holding it tightly.

"Don't be so impatient, Scarface. Revenge is like a fine wine. The longer it is brewed, the more mellow it becomes."

Dr. Hyde stopped Xu Yan.

He used his bladed limbs to pry open Long Jianhuan's chin, admiring the other's bloody yet stubborn look.

The doctor was reminiscent of his father's facial features.

"Long Jianhuan's father was once my best friend, the former director of the Dawn City Security Bureau."

Dr. Hyde sighed, "I always thought he was the greatest guardian of Dawn City in the past fifty years. If there were more people like him, perhaps Dawn City would not have declined and become a paradise of evil. We wouldn't have to join the Black Dream Organization and save everything in our own way.

"Besides, she's a priceless bargaining chip. If we return from Echo Land 232 with a full load and run into the Security Bureau's hounds, she might be of great use."

(End of this chapter)