I Am a Heroic Spirit

A mature woman in a black windbreaker stood in front of a round table, muttering something to the crystal ball on the table. As the woman chanted a complicated spell, the crystal ball emitted a dazzling light.

Soon, the light dimmed, and a picture appeared in the crystal ball.

A massive base was reduced to ashes. Bogang, Zhulan, Xiaofeng, Basha, Dikui, Shengzhu, Zhongsu, Ximu, and the little demon dragon rushed out from the underground of the base one by one. A three-headed black dragon took to the sky. The Titan Serpent's body was like a train. The Lord of Hell turned the world into hell. Dracula's descendants covered the sky. An ancient god like a magma giant rose half of its body from the ground, its head piercing through the clouds, its eyes illuminating the entire Americas...

With a "bang", the crystal ball exploded.

"what!"

The woman sat down on the ground and let out a scream of terror.

"How could this happen? The seal is broken! How is this possible? It was just a bad premonition, how could it turn into this!" The woman muttered to herself in panic.

This mature beauty is none other than Cheng Xiaoyu.

More than 20 years have passed since the eight demons and the demon Xiaolong were sealed. His father has passed away and Jackie Chan has grown old. He returned to his country to retire a few years ago. The other members of the Dragon Team are also old, and their reaction ability and physical fitness are not as good as before. They have retired and returned to their hometowns. Only Cheng Xiaoyu stayed in the United States to develop. At this time, the Dragon Team is in name only.

Because she possesses half of the power of the Holy Lord's talisman, the magic carefully taught by her father, and Jackie Chan's martial arts, Cheng Xiaoyu's strength is among the best in the whole America. Except for Magneto and Professor X, no one can defeat her, so Jackie Chan is not worried about Cheng Xiaoyu's safety, so he did not force her and returned home alone.

Just ten days ago, Cheng Xiaoyu suddenly felt uneasy, as if something bad was about to happen, but Cheng Xiaoyu has always been a carefree person, so she didn't pay much attention to it. It was not until this uneasy feeling continued until yesterday that Cheng Xiaoyu decided to use magic to see what was going on.

After a day of preparation, Cheng Xiaoyu also collected all the magic props. Who would have thought that when she started divination, she would discover such a horrible scene.

After finally calming down, Cheng Xiaoyu took out her cell phone and was about to call Sheriff Blake. However, before Cheng Xiaoyu could dial the number, the phone rang.

"This number? It's the president's secretary!" Cheng Xiaoyu recognized the owner of this number at a glance. It was the president's secretary.

Could it be that the top US officials have already learned this news?

Cheng Xiaoyu thought to herself, but her hands moved quickly and she answered the call immediately.

"Hello? Is this Miss Secretary? Yes, it's me, huh? Bad news? What?! Are you kidding me? No? Well, actually I also have some bad news to tell you. The seal of the cabin in the woods is about to be broken... Yes, I'm not lying to you. I found out through divination that all the monsters in the cabin in the woods have run out, including the eight demons, and a monster that is more than a hundred meters tall with half of its body... Do you think I would joke about such a thing?... Okay, hang up first. I'll be there now." Cheng Xiaoyu opened the door and walked to the lobby of the store while communicating with the secretary on the other end of the phone.

"Aisha, you take care of the store. I need to go out for a while." Cheng Xiaoyu hung up the phone and said to the young female clerk in the store.

"Okay, boss," Aisha replied.

Cheng Xiaoyu walked out of the store. A breeze blew by and Cheng Xiaoyu disappeared. Three seconds later, she appeared in the White House several thousand meters away.

After following the presidential secretary into the White House and communicating with a group of senior US officials, everyone's faces turned pale.

As the saying goes, misfortunes never come alone, and this is indeed true. First, Queen Maeve intends to occupy the United States, and then there is the demon who is about to break the seal at any time. What's even worse is that they have already lost a general.

"Oh no! Your Excellencies, a large number of troops are pouring into Los Angeles. Most of the land in Los Angeles has already fallen."

The door was suddenly pushed open and White House staff rushed in, shouting in panic.

"what!!!"

Ten minutes ago, Beverly Hills.

The rainbow light gradually dissipated, the spiral sword fell from Maeve's hand, and Hellboy's body fell heavily from the sky.

"Can it still move?"

Maeve looked at Hellboy in surprise as he landed on the bumpy ground.

Hellboy was covered in wounds, with flesh and blood sticking out of his skin. Except for his right hand, no part of his body was intact. But even so, Hellboy still remained in good shape and even stood up shakily.

Maeve never thought that she could kill Hellboy with one blow. After all, he was a big demon with thick skin and flesh. Because of the master's order, she did not use her full strength. The spiral sword was not a light-type treasure, so it was not so easy to kill Hellboy. At most, she would only seriously injure him to the point of being on the verge of death.

However, Maeve did not expect that Hellboy did not lose consciousness even though he was injured to this extent.

"I like warriors who are generous, not jealous, and know no fear. Even though you're a demon, you suit my taste."

Maeve walked towards Hellboy with a charming step, and her ultra-short skirt always revealed the pink underneath when she walked.

"Whoosh..."

Hellboy was breathing rapidly, staring at Maeve's smile with red eyes. He tried to clench his right fist but was unable to lift it.

"This is my beloved mead, please drink it."

A gorgeous cup filled with mead appeared in Maeve's hand and was handed to Hellboy. Hellboy felt dizzy and involuntarily took the mead and drank it.

"Good, you're mine." Maeve chuckled.

"Yes, my queen." Hellboy half-knelt in front of Maeve, looking at her obsessively.

"Come on, get in the car, we're leaving."

Maeve got on the iron chariot and waved to Hellboy. Hellboy hurriedly followed and entered the carriage. Then the curtain closed and two bulls pulled the iron chariot towards the surviving villa.

The iron chariot went all the way into the villa before stopping. Hellboy came out of the chariot first. After getting off the chariot, he turned around and helped Maeve jump off the chariot.

The two walked up to the second floor and stopped on the balcony.

Facing the cool breeze, Maeve squinted her eyes, took out a small knife from her body, then stretched her hand out of the balcony railing and cut the tip of her index finger with the blade. A few drops of blood overflowed from the wound and dripped into the yard below the balcony. When those drops of blood fell on the ground, the blood quickly expanded and extended. In a moment, a huge blood-red lake was created. The brave and warlike Celtic soldiers and the red-bodied demon warriors with double horns rose from the pool of blood one after another.

In just a few minutes, thousands of Celtic soldiers and demon warriors filled the yard.

"Hellboy, let's go and lead them to occupy the United States. I want everyone to know that the United States now has only one master, and that is me, Queen Maeve." Facing the army that obeyed her orders, Maeve issued the order proudly.

"Yes, my Queen."

"All for your will."

Hellboy and his army of thousands of men knelt before Maeve and shouted with great respect.

Hellboy replaced Cu Chulainn and led Maeve's army out of the villa, followed by a steady stream of Celtic soldiers and demon warriors emerging from the pool of blood.

"what is that?"

"Monster!"

"It's the devil!"

"Run away!"

Faced with the (powerful) army that came out of Beverly Hills, everyone responded in the same way. After being terrified, they fled in panic.

The police station quickly dispatched dozens of police officers, and the SWAT team also arrived one after another. However, facing the inhuman army, ordinary people were of no use even if they had hot weapons. Even sniper bullets did not have the effect they should have. They were either bounced off the Celtic soldiers' armor or embedded in the skin of the demon warriors.

Ten minutes later, tanks, fighter jets, and troops were deployed into Los Angeles, blocking the Queen's army's advance from the front. Cheng Xiaoyu and Liz, who received the news, also rushed to the scene with agents from District 7.

The battle was about to break out. Missiles, artillery shells, and bullets were bombarded at the Queen's army without any mercy. Dozens of Celtic soldiers were killed in one encounter. However, this was the best result that the US army could achieve. After suffering a loss, the Queen's army was not stupid enough to withstand the bombardment of missiles and artillery shells. They dispersed and every time a missile fell, the soldiers rushed out of the attack range.

"Those wearing standard equipment should be Celtic soldiers. I recognize their armor." On the outskirts of the battlefield, Cheng Xiaoyu pointed at the Celtic soldiers who pierced a tank with an iron spear and said to the army colonel next to him.

"Ordinary soldiers have such abilities, what a joke!" The army colonel said in disbelief. It was clearly just an army equipped with cold weapons, and it wasn't so difficult for them to fight those martial artists in the past.

"As for those red-skinned demons." Cheng Xiaoyu paused as she spoke, because a burly red figure rushed out from the depths of the Queen's army, withstood the bombardment of missiles, and lifted a tank nearly ten meters away. Then, with a roar, he blew up the missile falling from the sky with a punch.

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"It's Anu!" Noticing the figure walking out of the explosion intact, Liz shouted in shock and subconsciously rushed over.

Cheng Xiaoyu would not let Liz go to her death, so she directly pressed down Liz's shoulders. The huge force of the bull talisman made Liz unable to move.

"Don't be impulsive. The situation is already very clear. Hellboy has been controlled. Those red-skinned demons should have been summoned or created by Queen Maeve through Hellboy." Cheng Xiaoyu said the worst outcome with a serious face. She had never fought with Queen Maeve, so she didn't know, but she had fought with Hellboy once. That guy's attack ability was not strong, but his defense ability was enough to ignore her attacks. He was very difficult to deal with.

After being pinned down by Cheng Xiaoyu, Liz quickly calmed down, turned to Cheng Xiaoyu and said, "You stop Anu, I'll go find the fishman."

As soon as she finished speaking, Liz transformed into a flame and sped away. Cheng Xiaoyu wanted to stop Liz and tell her that controlling Hellboy wasn't that simple and that the fishman might not be able to help, but she didn't say it out loud. It's good to give her some hope, Cheng Xiaoyu thought.

A shadow flashed past Hellboy's side, and Hellboy felt his body lighten, as if flying into the sky like a cloud, and then fell heavily to the ground.

"Who is it?!" Hellboy got up from the ground and roared angrily.

"Hey, Big Red, over here."

A frivolous voice sounded from the side. Hellboy turned his head and saw Cheng Xiaoyu standing on an abandoned tank, shooting two lasers from his eyes towards him.

Hellboy didn't dodge or evade, he just raised his right hand to block the two laser attacks without suffering any injuries.

"It's you, Cheng Xiaoyu!" Hellboy shouted at Cheng Xiaoyu with a ferocious face, reached out and picked up a demon warrior, and smashed it towards Cheng Xiaoyu.

Hellboy was very strong. The demon warrior's body made a whistling sound in the air and quickly crashed into Cheng Xiaoyu.

Cheng Xiaoyu just avoided the frontal impact of the demon warrior by turning her body to the side, then quickly reached out and grabbed the demon warrior's legs, spun her body 740 degrees, and used a clever move to knock the demon warrior back with even greater force than when she came.

Facing Cheng Xiaoyu's counterattack, Hellboy kicked out with a sweeping kick. The demon warrior's body flew out under Hellboy's strange power and directly knocked over a military vehicle.

"You still have self-awareness?" Cheng Xiaoyu did not continue to attack, because she was very surprised by what Hellboy had just said.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Hellboy rushed towards Cheng Xiaoyu with heavy steps and said in a sarcastic tone.

"I say, do you know who you are?" Cheng Xiaoyu asked tentatively, and used a set of Shaolin Xiaohongquan to confront Hellboy head-on.

Because Hellboy has high physical resistance and even higher magic resistance, Cheng Xiaoyu did not waste energy using the power of Dragon Blast and Laser Eye.

"Nonsense, I'm Anu En Rama, a former member of the Unnatural Research and Defense Agency, and now a warrior of Queen Maeve." Hellboy said impatiently, increasing the strength of his punches and kicks, but he couldn't gain the upper hand in the fight. Instead, he was tripped to the ground by Cheng Xiaoyu's hook kick.

"Since you remember your identity, do you know why you helped Queen Maeve invade the United States?" Cheng Xiaoyu stepped on Hellboy, suppressed Hellboy with force, and then asked Hellboy.

"I am Queen Maeve's property. This is Queen Maeve's order," Hellboy said as he exerted force with both hands, knocking Cheng Xiaoyu over. "I know what you want to say, and I can tell you clearly that I know I am under the control of Queen Maeve's Noble Phantasm, but so what? No matter what I thought in the past, I belong to Queen Maeve now."

Cheng Xiaoyu stretched out her hand and pressed the ground, using the force to bounce her body up and stood still in the air, avoiding the attack range of Hellboy and the projection height of the Celtic soldiers. Her face became extremely heavy.

This is not good. Even though he knows that he is being controlled, he still wholeheartedly believes in Queen Maeve's orders. Even Professor X cannot break this level of control, let alone Fishman (bdac).

At this time, the war is about to end.

Spears thrown from the ground shot down the fighter planes in the sky, the strong demon warriors lifted the tanks, and the Celtic soldiers who shuttled through the hail of bullets and the demon warriors who resisted the bombardment of ammunition soon defeated the US army.

The gap between mortals and extraordinary people is so huge that the power of thermal weapons is completely unable to bridge the gap between ordinary people in modern times and the warriors of the mythological era and the demons of hell.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the colonel was the first to flee, and then more and more American soldiers dropped their guns and ran for their lives. Those who could not escape surrendered and squatted on the ground as if surrendering.

The Celtic soldiers and demon warriors passed by the surrendering soldiers, passed by the American soldiers, and chased straight after those soldiers who continued to flee.

A surrendered lieutenant looked up and saw the Celtic soldiers passing by. He was stunned. These ancient warriors and demons from hell also believed in surrendering without being killed?

"Are we alright now?"

The second lieutenant, who was squatting not far from the lieutenant, whispered to himself.

"Who knows? Anyway, I'm glad I survived now."

The lieutenant responded nonchalantly.

When they found that those who surrendered were not killed, the remaining American soldiers also squatted down and surrendered one after another. In the end, even the colonel leading the team squatted down, gave up resistance and fled.

The U.S. military is different from that of other countries. Perhaps because the U.S. emphasizes humanitarianism, there are very few soldiers who will fight to the end when they are certain to die.

The US government also understood this, so Roosevelt announced the revision of relevant regulations, stipulating surrender in three situations.

First, the army has tried its best but still cannot reverse the defeat. Second, the ammunition and food have been consumed and will not be effectively replenished in the foreseeable future to sustain the battle. Third, if the casualty rate exceeds 60%, it can be considered that the troops have lost their organized combat effectiveness and can surrender.

In addition, surrender decisions can be made by individual soldiers or by commanders, and usually require discussion in a meeting. However, in this situation, there is no time for them to hold a meeting to discuss it.

From then on, after about an hour of hard fighting, the war ended. Queen Maeve's side lost 200 people, less than one thousandth of the total army. The US side lost 70 people, 320 were seriously injured, and the remaining more than 5,000 people all surrendered without exception.

When Liz and the merman arrived, this was what they saw.

Two hundred Celtic soldiers escorted the surrendered prisoners and seriously wounded soldiers back to Beverly Hills, while the other Celtic soldiers and demon warriors continued to advance in all directions.

"Hurry up, let's go back first." Cheng Xiaoyu instantly appeared beside Yu Ren and Liz, grabbed one of their arms with one hand, and then stepped on the ground. The three of them took off into the air and left Los Angeles at a speed close to that of sound.

Most of Los Angeles fell quickly, but at this moment, the Queen's army finally encountered resistance.

Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and other Autobots living in Los Angeles turned back to their original forms. With a height of nearly twenty meters, they could severely injure a large number of Celtic soldiers with just a casual move. Even the demon warriors could not withstand the power of the Autobots.

The battle came to a stalemate for a while, because the Autobots were so big that even if they were attacked by spears thrown by Celtic soldiers, they would only leave finger-sized holes on their bodies, which had no effect compared to their huge size.

The Autobots, with their energy weapons and size advantages, could kill nearly a hundred Celtic soldiers and demon warriors every minute. However, the number of Celtic soldiers and demon warriors was too large, almost endless. It only took Maeve a minute to create an army of tens of thousands.

Twenty minutes later, nearly a million troops surrounded Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and other Autobots. The number was enough to crush any force, making Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Ratchet and other Autobots feel heavy-hearted.

"Boss, the situation is not good." Ironhide said to Optimus Prime worriedly after firing super-hot liquid metal from his giant rifle and melting more than a dozen demon warriors.

Bumblebee also looked at Optimus Prime. He had a lot of scars on his body, which had even begun to affect his fighting ability.

Optimus Prime looked at the Autobots around him. Ratchet's left arm had been pierced by hundreds of spears, and there was a penetrating hole at Ironhide's knee. If he continued, he would be dragged to death sooner or later.

"Break out, rush out and transform into a car, leave Los Angeles and go to New York." Optimus Prime made the decision immediately.

Upon hearing this, the Autobots gave up fighting and began to break out. Because of their size advantage, although Maeve's army could cause damage to the Autobots, they could not stop them from leaving, allowing the Autobots to escape successfully.

Tens of thousands of soldiers died, but not a single Autobot life was saved, and they couldn't even stop them from leaving. This was definitely a huge setback for Maeve.

However, although there was no way to deal with the Autobots, ordinary people were unable to resist the presence of a million-strong army. Los Angeles soon fell completely, and almost all residents were escorted to Beverly Hills, without exception.

In Beverly Hills, Maeve flew high into the sky in her iron chariot, looking down proudly at the humans below as she delivered a series of speeches. These were nothing more than, "You are all my property, and those who obey will live, those who disobey will die."