My wife is the stand-in.

When she's Hinata Hyuga, she's a gentle and virtuous girl. When she's Rin Tohsaka, she's a proud and strong-willed young woman. When she's Yubaba, she's a cunning and calculating bathhouse owner.

Today, she is Icarus.

In the anime, Icarus is an emotionless girl with only a strong attachment to watermelons and the protagonist. In the past, she served as a tool for the gods to slaughter the people of an entire kingdom, her hands stained with blood.

However, in the theatrical anime version, the omnipotent war angel clearly expresses her disgust for the slaughter of humans.

She was born to be a killing machine; it was her job, not her passion.

On the contrary, she preferred peace to war and death.

If the girl were born as a human, she might become a professional watermelon farmer, sitting in the field every day, watching the watermelons grow plump under the sun, and smiling kindly.

At sunrise, tend to the watermelons; at sunset, return home and share the day's events with your loved one: how the watermelons are growing, the children's grades, and the neighbors' gossip.

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When the guard in Fengdu uttered the line "They are just human-shaped livestock" with a righteous and awe-inspiring expression, Icarus felt a nameless fire rise in his heart.

She didn't know why she was so angry; today she was neither good with words nor with thought.

But Amanosaki was also angry, and that was enough.

They were highly aligned on this matter.

The dual rage, like an endless driving force, made Icarus's emerald eyes sharper than ever before, piercing Liu Nu like knives.

The rocket was fired from the tube, which immediately disintegrated into black data. A new projection extended from behind and quickly materialized, firing a new rocket.

Round after round of rockets were launched continuously towards the bottom of the shaft, like a dense display of fireworks over a Chinese city on New Year's Day, exploding into a series of expanding, high-temperature mushroom clouds at the bottom of the not-so-open shaft.

As Li Junzi spoke to Amanosaki, he ran toward the nearby pipe. The first thing he did upon entering the pipe was to conjure up hard, thick chitinous bone fragments on his back to block all the debris and shockwaves from the explosion. He then covered his ears and opened his mouth to resist the seemingly endless explosions.

Not only Icarus, but the army on top of the shaft also emptied their coffers.

Their purpose in following Li Junzi down the well was also to deal with the Queen Fish. The Queen Fish's hard bones and dense scales could provide reliable hardness comparable to a bunker. In rivers and open terrain, the army could easily kill the Queen Fish on the ground using tanks, rocket vehicles, or even missiles.

However, in such narrow and complex terrain as sewers, the greatest military force of mankind cannot be displayed, so this army is mostly equipped with specialized individual weapons.

From grenade launchers mounted on guns to hand grenades, flamethrowers to special armor-piercing rocket launchers.

Made of high-strength fiberglass, this disposable armor-piercing rocket launcher can fire a single penetrating fragmentation round, which can effectively penetrate targets such as walls, bunkers, or armor, thereby damaging the target's interior.

Urged on by the officers, the small group of soldiers brought out all the weapons they had in stock.

"Faster! That's a branch-level knight-errant!" The officer's eyes were bloodshot as he urged everyone, staring at the flashing, blinding light of the explosion, to make sure that before running out of ammunition, they wouldn't give [Ghost King] Liu Nu any chance to catch his breath and move away!

"We're out of equipment, but ground support is ready anytime! If the monster fish tries to escape, we can leave it to the heroes of the Great River! We have to keep this guy here! Otherwise, his criminal activities won't be exposed!"

During a lull in command, he even sent the two youngest soldiers in his team, equipped with body cameras, to the surface, in order to prevent this atrocity from being covered up if he failed to work with Amanosaki and the others to suppress the dead.

Icarus coldly continued firing. When she ran out of RPGs, she pulled out anti-aircraft missiles and fired them one after another. When the missiles ran out, she threw out bombs. When she ran out of bombs, she picked up a Gatling gun and started firing.

In short, if Amanosaki said she would give away 8,000 shots, then she really has to do it!

The billowing smoke and the deafening explosions provided the perfect cover.

Taking this opportunity, Amanosaki also jumped out of the tunnel, his crystal claws piercing the well wall. He descended, leaving sparks and scratches as he did so, bracing himself for the aftershocks of the explosion as he cautiously observed the surroundings.

The metal spiral staircase on the well wall, unable to withstand the force of the explosion, emitted a piercing scream, its structure deformed and collapsed, like a dying giant snake struggling to fall.

The falling metal inadvertently blocked the path of the explosives, causing them to collide with the speeding rocket and detonate on the periphery.

Taking advantage of this moment, Liu Nu, who had been suppressed, strode out in the bright firelight!

At this moment, he transformed into a phantom figure, passing straight through all the explosions, and clenched his fist with one hand.

The mottled, bizarre characters written in human blood on the well wall, which had been shaken off by the explosion, began to emit countless visible black wisps of air!

Liu Nu's towering phantom opened its mouth, swallowing the black air currents, its body suddenly leaping up and then rapidly shrinking back down.

In contrast, a stream of murky gas rose from the ground, engulfing all the flames!

Click, click.

The broken, misshapen skeletons on the ground seemed to jump up on their own, piecing themselves together into all sorts of nauseating shapes.

Feet cast from a skull, legs pieced together from ribs and spine, body assembled from the bones of the limbs.

The bones were pieced together into all sorts of abnormal, inhuman shapes, controlled by the black currents of energy, transforming into a massive army of skeletons!

Atop these skeletons float the images of evil demons and yakshas, ​​formed from the smoke of burning incense, silently roaring at the top of the shaft!

The ethereal Ghost King Liu Nu's empty eyes were squeezed together by muscles into an angry expression: "Why do you think I'm called the Ten Kings of Hell? Why do you think I'm known as the Ghost King? It's because I can mold the emotions and willpower offered to me into ghost messengers at will!"

Dressed in his ghostly attire, Liu Nu stared at the incredulous officer, then burst into laughter, his smugness overflowing.

"Aren't you surprised? The emotions of the dead are emotions too! Although these animals are not human, death treats everyone equally. Even a pig instinctively knows the difference between life and death."

"Here lie tens of thousands of dead, tens of thousands of skeletons. Here, my army and I are immortal!"

Liu Nu glared menacingly at Icarus, who was relentlessly firing at him, his scarlet tongue licking his lips.

"I haven't tasted the flavor of intelligent superpowers yet, so today I'll use you to give me a taste of it."

After he finished speaking, he raised his hand and clenched it. The army of skeletons on the ground, controlled by the evil spirits, began to climb up the well wall. Black energy flowed out of the well wall and entered Liu Nu's body, making his superpowers even stronger!

"Look! This is the result of the experiment at the Fengdu branch! Facts speak louder than words! I am right!"

Amanosaki looked at Liu Nu, whose face was contorted with madness, and gritted his teeth, cursing inwardly, "You've gone mad!"

The soldiers above didn't understand supernatural abilities and couldn't tell, but Amanosaki, who possessed magic and could see the flow of magic and supernatural energy, was not blind.

He could clearly see the resentment and hatred within those black currents of air.

These are clearly the negative emotions left behind by the deaths of tens of thousands of people in the massacre!

This so-called guardian seals these emotions in the well wall with special runes, so that he can use his supernatural abilities to replenish and enhance himself at any time!

This is utterly heretical!

Chapter 93: That's it?

According to the analysis of the "ideal type" and the explanation in the teaching materials of the heroes of Qunxia Mountain, the extraordinary energy of heroes comes from human imagination and belief.

As members of humanity, no matter how much a knight-errant surpasses ordinary people, he should spontaneously take it upon himself to maintain the survival of humanity, gain recognition through doing good and upholding justice, and legally and legitimately obtain positive emotions from fans to help him grow his superpowers by leveraging the idol-driven modern industry.

This is a positive and mutually beneficial way of coexisting.

Evil forces rely on violence, slaughter, and torture to incite fear and despair in people, feeding on negative emotions.

When humanity becomes extinct, there will be no more creatures in the world capable of generating emotions on a large scale.

This is a lose-lose situation.

Based on this line, anything that benefits humanity and the survival of the Earth's environment should be promoted. Knights and foreign knights deserve to be worshipped because of their contributions.

All those who do evil are labeled as heretics and evildoers, and everyone has the right to kill them.

[Ghost King] Liu Nu directly tortured and killed the clones, using their superior emotional impulses to acquire negative emotions. He also used local legends and myths of Fengdu City to enhance his own supernatural image, shamelessly usurping the guidance of imagination such as "King Yama" and "Underworld".

No matter how many times he upheld justice or how many lives he saved.

His choice to absorb negative emotions already violated the original intention of chivalry and the spirit of chivalry.

He has crossed the line.

The army of skeletons climbed rapidly, and Icarus looked worriedly at Amanosaki, who was submerged in the skeletons, a struggle flashing through his mind.

She wanted to rescue Amanosaki, but Amanosaki sent her a message telling her to prioritize the safety of the soldiers.

They are civilians without superpowers, and they are also witnesses to our operation! We must protect them!

Icarus gritted his teeth, burst out of the pipe, and flew to the middle of the shaft, where he activated the [Absolute Defense Circle].

Despite Icarus's fury, the narrow terrain of the shaft was indeed unsuitable for her to use all her methods. Not to mention anything else, the shaft could not accommodate naval cannons, various weapons of mass destruction, or even projections.

She could only obey Amanosaki's orders and protect the soldiers.

But Amanosaki's plan quickly fell apart.

Because of the intense gunfire coming from above, Icarus looked up to investigate and was shocked to find that skeletons and demons had also appeared at the shaft exit and in the tunnels that connected multiple shafts!

"Damn it!" the officer roared. "These clones were bred elsewhere in the Underworld. Liu Nu knows the underground structure better than we do. He can use his powers to awaken corpses elsewhere and slaughter clones at any time!"

"Heroes of Yushan! Run if you can! Make sure to spread the word about what happened here!"

Amanosaki flew into a rage upon hearing this: "What nonsense are you spouting! If you were all dead, who the hell would believe what we say! Even the government of Fengdu can't control this branch here!"

"Icarus! Protect them!"

After speaking, Amanosaki took out a gem and threw it above his head, rapidly chanting:

"Material clarity, event composition, structural shaping... Shield!"

The gem exploded with a bang, and countless gem fragments, under the control of magic, multiplied into a shield that floated around Amanosaki at an extremely fast speed.

Amanosaki took out a few empty gems that had not yet been infused with magic and put them in his mouth. Using gem magic to construct the [Devour] property, he charged towards Liu Nu regardless of the consequences!

"Old Li! If you're still alive, get out here and help!"

As if in response to him, a giant covered in pale chitinous bone fragments burst through the narrow pipe, its body riddled with shrapnel, and roared as it charged out.

Amanosaki's shield crashed against the pile of skeletons, and [Devour], like a school of piranhas, brutally tore at these demons transformed by supernatural abilities.

Those evil spirits looked ferocious, but in fact, they were all controlled by Liu Nu. He was like a puppeteer who controlled thousands of puppets. He was suddenly bitten and subconsciously withdrew his hand, looking at Amanosaki in surprise.

Amanosaki's magical property, [Devour], is derived from Gui Water, also known as Weak Water, which causes all things to rot and not float.

Liu Nu's previous opponents were mostly fierce opponents, and this strange biting and devouring ability was the first time he had ever seen it. This gave Amanosaki an advantage, allowing him to use his shield to smash through the skeletons that had lost the control of the evil spirits and advance quite a distance towards the altar that had been blown to pieces.

At this moment, Amanosaki's entire body was covered in shining magic circuits and signs of enhancement, and his movements were agile, just like a mad bull.

Liu Nu freed his hands to transform into two afterimages and kill Amanosaki, but Li Junzi, who was standing nearby, had already seized the opportunity and slammed his fist heavily into his chest, vomiting out a large amount of acid!

Although you can use your special ability to change your form, as long as you are still human, you cannot withstand this ball of strong acid!

Liu Nu sneered, "You guys have guts to confront a branch-level leader."

After saying that, he flipped his hand, and demonic shapes appeared out of thin air around him. They crashed into the acid, knocking it off course. Since these demons were not physical entities, they were unharmed.

At that moment, a burst of bullets came from above and hit Liu Nu, it was the officer's burst fire!

It turns out that Icarus followed Amanosaki's advice and deactivated the "Absolute Defense Circle" that prevented him from using conventional weapons, using his arsenal to suppress the skeletons in the tunnel.

These soldiers were given a chance to catch their breath. They discovered that their weapons were far less effective than Icarus's "divine blessing" weapons when facing these undead spirits, so they turned their guns on Amanosaki to assist him.