Chapter 486 I Bloom in the Killing
Shen and Jie descended from the sky with rolling waves of air, blocking Jin's way like divine soldiers sent from heaven.
The happy smile on Jhin's face, which seemed to be expecting something, froze in an instant.
He obviously hadn't expected this.
"Long time no see, Jin Mo." Shen recited the unforgettable name in a deep voice.
Jie silently put on the fist blades on himself and cast his cold eyes quietly towards the target.
"It's you guys..." Jin slowly stopped smiling, his eyes gradually becoming gloomy.
"How did you find me?" He slowly took out an exquisite large-caliber pistol from his arms, and his tone was as relaxed as if he was facing two old friends who had not seen each other for a long time.
"Was I exposed before?" Jhin slowly put the fate master's mask on his face while observing the slightest emotional fluctuation in the other's eyes.
"It seems that the problem is not on my end." He slowly pulled open his robe, revealing his deformed and protruding shoulders.
It turned out that the deformed part on his shoulder was not a tumor, but a giant gun component implanted on his shoulder.
The iron rod in his hand was not a lame man's crutch, but a specially made extended gun barrel.
But in just a moment, the harmless traveling artist turned into a chilling serial killer.
"Then how was I discovered?" Jhin asked himself.
Of course, Zed and Shen would not answer his questions honestly.
They just asked back: "Jin Mo, how did you escape from Tuleng Prison? What is your purpose in sneaking into Weili and Nanmu Village?"
"Heh..." Jhin obviously had no intention of answering their questions.
The confrontation inevitably entered the next stage.
"Zhe, let's go!" Shen held the steel sword tightly in one hand and formed a seal with the other hand to control the soul blade for exorcism, and his figure flashed out.
Before the man arrived, the sword light mercilessly chopped towards Jin's head.
"Tsk tsk..." Jhin dodged to the side. Facing the attack of the Eye of Twilight, he seemed to be quite comfortable with it.
"Hey, hey, aren't you the modern master of balance? The way you're swinging your sword now isn't balanced at all." Jhin laughed mockingly.
"Times have changed, Jhin." Shen was not affected at all: "There is no need to talk about harmony and balance with evil heretics like you!"
"Heh." Jhin laughed even more sarcastically: "Master Shen, you have changed a lot... just like your father."
"You are not worthy of mentioning my father." Shen continued to attack, and he did not lose the upper hand: "My father let you go back then, but you have not repented at all."
"Now, it's time for you to pay the price for the hundreds of lives you've taken!"
"Hundreds of lives?" Jin frowned, as if he had suffered a great injustice: "This is slander!"
Shen: “Hmm?”
Jhin corrected him seriously, "I have drawn 1,044 works so far, not hundreds."
"Please respect my artistic achievements, Master Shen."
"You..." Shen no longer hesitated: "My father was indeed wrong."
"How can someone like you change? The only thing that can change you is death!"
Before the last word "death" spread in the air, the sharp sword light ruthlessly slashed towards Jin again.
"The secret of shadow! All blades!" At this moment, Jie also condensed countless shadow shurikens and cooperated with Shen to throw out a torrential rain.
There is a steel sword approaching relentlessly in front , and shuriken fire covering the back.
Both of them were murderous, but they still held back a little.
After all, their goal is to capture Jhin alive and find out the source and purpose of his power, not to execute him now.
"Hold back? That's underestimating me..." Facing the joint attack of Jie and Shen, Jhin was not afraid at all.
He was originally just a mortal, a stage manager of a traveling theater troupe. His terror lies in his lion-like cruelty and fox-like cunning, not in his powerful supernatural powers.
And now...
"Indestructible body!" A ball of solid black mist emerged from Jin's body out of thin air and turned into a shield that enveloped him and protected him from the attack of the shadow shuriken.
Then, he fearlessly took the initiative to meet Shen's steel sword, raised his pistol at lightning speed, and interrupted Shen's fierce attack with one shot.
What he shot out was not an ordinary bullet, but a ball of death magic condensed into a solid entity.
"Secret! Soul protection!" Shen stopped instantly and summoned the soul blade to protect his body.
A white-purple sword light flashed, and the magic bullet shot from the muzzle of Jhin's gun was deflected by the soul blade.
The magic bullet fell uncontrollably into the woods nearby and suddenly exploded into a ball of gray-black death light that was as dense as fog.
In the midst of the black fog, flowers and plants withered, trees died, and the land within a radius of several meters became barren under this attack.
"This..." This scene is enough to make the blood pressure of environmental experts soar.
Shen no longer showed mercy.
He looked at Jie, and Jie understood and cooperated with him with all his strength.
"Forgiveness of Goddess Janna!" The two of them worked together to summon a powerful tornado.
The terrifying high-speed airflow surrounds the battlefield. It is not only a deadly weapon that makes the enemy tremble, but also an invisible barrier that protects them.
The second and third bullets fired by Jhin did not have time to fly in front of the two people. They were deflected by the strong wind and then flew high into the sky accurately in the whistling air flow.
The magic of death blossomed into two gray-black fireworks under the blue sky. They didn't even hurt the flowers and plants, let alone pose any threat to Jie Shen and the others.
"Damn it...you leaders are truly enemies of art!" Jhin said hatefully.
Faced with the howling tornado approaching, he simply put down his gun and raised his iron rod as a weapon.
The fierce hurricane eventually engulfed his body.
The black mist of undead that was surging around Jin was quickly consumed and dissipated by the wind blade. However, Jin still managed to stabilize his body with difficulty in the fluctuation of the death light, and did not lose control when swept away by the strong wind.
"Master Shen! Master Jie!" The high-speed swirling wind blades had penetrated the shield, cutting through his clothes and flesh.
But Jin's voice was still so passionate and powerful. He urged the black mist that kept pouring out and broke out of the tornado.
"Do you know how I escaped from Tureng Prison?" Jhin swung his iron rod with a grim smile, and rushed towards Jie and Shen frantically against the heavy air waves.
"I can tell you this. I was released by someone."
"And the man who saw my artistic potential and secretly released me from the Touleng Prison was none other than the former leader of the Navoli Brotherhood, your father, our Master of Bitterness!"
Jhin came closer, laughing.
"What?" Shen was confused and just randomly blocked Jhin's iron rod.
The mastermind behind releasing this murderous demon turned out to be his biological father?
Although he has now seen the true face of Master Kushuo. No matter what he knew Kushuo had done, he could accept it calmly.
But... releasing the golden demon? The bottom line of Master Kushuo after his dark transformation once again broke through Shen's perception of his father.
"Haha, I didn't lie to you." Jhin happily admired Shen's complicated look: "In order to increase the bargaining chips against the Wind Leader, Master Ku Shuo thought of me. So he released me and let me work for the Navoli Brotherhood."
"But unfortunately, before he could appreciate my art, he died at the hands of his own 'filial son' because of his stupidity.
Shen: “…”
"Don't be influenced by him." Jie reminded in a deep voice.
Compared to Shen who had been kept in the dark in the past, Shen, who had witnessed with his own eyes how Master Ku Shuo gradually went crazy, was more receptive to this news.
Ku said that he had paid the price for his downfall, and Jie did not intend to dwell on the grudges and entanglements of the past.
So he went straight to the point and asked, "So... Jhin, you are serving the Navoli Brotherhood now?"
Once Kusuo died, the Navoli Brotherhood was inevitably doomed.
But the centipede is still alive. The Wind Leader has only carried out social reforms in some provinces of Ionia. Outside the areas directly under the Wind Leader, there are still some remnants of the Brotherhood who have committed many evils and are afraid of being liquidated and are struggling to survive.
"Could it be that you are also one of them?" Jie asked tentatively.
"Guess?" Jhin just tilted his head, using the smiling face on the mask to express his undisguised mockery.
"You'd better tell me yourself." Jie threatened, "Otherwise, when I capture you and our wizard uses telepathy to violently invade your soul, you will probably never be able to laugh again."
"Catch him back? Catch me? Hahaha..." Jhin laughed wildly: "You can't catch me."
"My soul will never be trapped by you!"
"This..." This scene made Jie and Shen frown secretly.
The strength that Jhin just demonstrated is indeed far superior to what he had back then.
Back then, he was just an agile gunman, without any extraordinary abilities except for the pistol that could fire enchanted bullets.
But now, he has possessed the evil power of death and has shown his ability to fight two masters alone.
But even so, Jhin only has the strength to deal with the two of them.
If this battle continues and turns into a war of attrition, the final winners will definitely be Jie and Shen, not this madman whose best gun skills are suppressed by the Leader.
So……
"Why is he still so confident?" Both Jie and Shen were a little puzzled.
According to their experience of hunting down Jhin back then, faced with this visible disadvantage, Jhin should have run away at the first opportunity.
Even if he couldn't escape, Jhin would proudly take out the backup plan he had prepared long ago, threatening the lives of some innocent people, or leading them into a carefully set trap in advance to create a chance for himself to escape.
But now, Jhin did nothing. He was like a confident reckless man, facing them head-on.
why is that?
"He realized that he couldn't escape from two flying leaders, so he simply gave up his life."
"Or... is he 100% sure that he can escape from us at any time?"
Shen and Jie looked at each other secretly, and both saw seriousness in each other's eyes.
Although I don't know why the other party is so confident, just to be on the safe side...
"Zed, call for backup ," Shen said.
"Yes." Jie immediately summoned a blue bird incarnation.
He didn't plan to ask Janna for help directly.
After all, the association has long had a rule that unless it is an earth-shattering event, one cannot apply for emergency support from Janna.
Even if Mr. Tam was willing to selflessly work as a taxi driver 24 hours a day, Janna couldn't possibly be a full-time babysitter for so many believers.
Moreover, if even the smallest matters at the local level require Goddess Janna to personally take care of them, then what is the point of the Leader's organization?
Jie is the top leader of the Waili region. When faced with emergencies in his jurisdiction, he can act on his own without having to consult his superiors or wait for them to finish their meetings before executing their orders—not to mention that they are as high-ranking as Janna.
Therefore, Jie only planned to use the "Bluebird Radio" specially equipped for cadres to let Goddess Gana help convey to the Leader Warriors stationed in Weili City: "A battle has occurred outside Nanmu Village, 12 kilometers west of Weili City."
"There is one enemy with a gun, and he possesses forbidden death magic that we have never seen before. Keep in touch, and come to support us as soon as possible."
Jie conveyed this message through the thoughts of Goddess Jana.
The warriors of the leader can all fly. With one arrow piercing the clouds, thousands of troops can come to meet in a few minutes.
"Hey, hey..." Jin sighed mockingly, "You guys need to call for help to deal with me alone?"
"Eradicate all evil." Jie replied coldly.
"How boring." Jhin put away the iron staff and slowly picked up the gun: "It seems that this game should be over."
"Huh?" Hearing these words that sounded like a declaration of victory, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense.
Could it be that this guy has some other cards in his hand?
Both Zed and Shen carefully tensed their bodies, observing Jhin's every move carefully.
However, something shocking happened: "I told you, you can't catch me."
Jhin picked up the gun, but the muzzle of the gun was pointed at his own head.
"You want to commit suicide?" Jie and Shen were both shocked.
"Commit suicide? No no no..." Jin sneered, "I'm just going to a place in advance, a place I will go to sooner or later."
"Leader, we will meet again soon - very soon."
He laughed crazily, and that smile was chilling to hear.
Both Jie and Shen were completely unable to understand what he said.
But Jhin wasn't kidding. He put the muzzle of the gun to his head and pulled the trigger without hesitation:
"I bloom in the midst of slaughter..."
The fourth bullet finally shot out of the gun barrel.
The bullet filled with the power of death shattered Jhin's head in an instant, bursting into a gray-black mist flower.
Jie, Shen: “…”
Looking at the remains of the murderous demon staggering and falling in front of them, both of them fell silent.
Did this sinister, cunning, murderous demon die just like that? Did he finally pay the price for his numerous crimes?
They were thinking...
"Hello, my old friends." Then a pale, tall and thin soul stood up quietly from the broken corpse.
“???!” Jie and Shen were stunned.
Jin, who had turned into a ghost, just smiled and said: "I told you, we will meet again soon."
"Then let me say goodbye once more—this time it's a real goodbye."
"I'm leaving now. But I will come back and complete my unfinished art. Please stay tuned, both of you."
"Wait!" Shen immediately summoned the Soul Blade: "Where do you want to go?"
Jhin didn't answer, but looked over mockingly: "You can't stop me, Master of Balance."
"The place I'm going to is not a spiritual realm that you can enter and exit at will."
During the conversation, a tiny crack opened up in the material world that even Shen couldn't detect.
Jhin's materialized undead body twisted and deformed in an instant, and was pulled towards the invisible gap by a huge invisible suction force.
“Stop!” Shen and Jie wanted to chase again.
But none of them could stop the rapid disappearance of Jhin.
His soul was like paper flushed down the toilet, and it seemed that it would completely disappear from this material world in the next second.
Master Shen, who was observing the spiritual realm at the same time, did not notice the opening of the spiritual world rift.
Jhin was dead, but he was not going to the Ionian spirit world.
So where will he go?
Shen and Zed both wanted to know the answer.
But all they heard was the laughter that Jhin left in this world: “Hahahaha.”
"The curtain is rising, and great beauty is about to arrive. Please look forward to it, audiences of Runeterra..."
Halfway through laughing, he suddenly stopped.
"What?!" Jhin was shocked to find that at the last moment before he went to the underworld, everything stopped.
Something was haunting him, haunting his soul!
That is...
A tongue?
"Pah, pah, pah!" Tam's big round black head popped out of the puddle that appeared out of nowhere.
While he was wrapping his tongue around Jhin's soul, he said to Levi who appeared with him, "Levi, do you really want me to eat something?"
"A twisted soul that is born evil and utterly evil, without even a hint of pure 'seasoning'... This is truly the most disgusting thing I have ever seen!"
"President Levi?" Jie and Shen looked at Levi who suddenly appeared in surprise.
They just asked Goddess Janna to help send a message, how did this message get to the president of the association?
Until now, the two still believe that this is just a local security incident, at most a regional terrorist attack.
Why did Central One personally go to the front line to take charge of a problem that could be solved by a city security team?
Levi did not explain, but looked seriously at the soul that was tightly entangled by the devil's tongue: "Is he the one you mentioned, the one who masters the forbidden death magic?"
"Yes." Jie and Shen both nodded in confirmation.
"Eat him." Levi said without hesitation: "Mr. Tam, please eat him. I need all his memories."
"You want me to eat shit?" Tam's tongue trembled with disgust. He liked the pure souls who were corrupted, and he didn't like these born antisocial elements.
"But this guy is probably Mordekaiser's lackey." Levi kindly advised : "Mr. Tam, you have to know that Mordekaiser used to be so arrogant that he kept demons as pets."
"You don't want to let Mordekaiser rule the world and make you a slave to this tyrant like the Fire Demon did back then, do you?"
“……” Tam was silent for a moment.
"Okay." He suppressed his nausea and retracted his long tongue as quickly as a frog sticking to its prey.
"Wait, wait!" Jhin finally lost his usual elegance and composure.
He trembled with fear and unwillingness: "My art is not yet..."
"Fuck your art! It's so disgusting!" Jhin disappeared in Tam's mouth like garbage disappearing in a trash can.
The world is clean.
