Jiangbei District, mountainous road.
A matte gray Porsche Panamera was parked quietly on the side of the road. A woman in a brown trench coat and sunglasses, with one hand in her pocket, leaned against the hood and flicked a windproof lighter in her hand.
Flames leaped up, revealing a cool and elegant face with an imposing aura, and heart-shaped Diamond pendants hanging from her earlobes, sparkling brightly.
Just then, the roar of vehicles could be heard in the distance. A motorcycle with its high beams on slowly pulled up to the side of the road. A man wearing a black windbreaker took off his helmet and got off the motorcycle.
"Long time no see, Su Hang."
The woman in the brown trench coat removed her sunglasses, glared at the man in black not far away, and a cruel smile curled at the corner of her lips. "Three years apart, I've missed you terribly."
"I think you want me dead, Huyan Lan."
Su Hang rubbed his wrist and said, "Sure enough, no matter what you become, you're still the same as before—hypocritical, filthy, and disgusting!"
Huyan Lan wrapped his arms around the snow-white Mount Everest and said mockingly, "You self-proclaimed righteous Emperor Hero, all you can do is talk big. What can you possibly do to me?"
"Times have changed, Huyan Lan." Su Hang cracked his knuckles and sneered, "I am no longer the same person I was in the past. You still have a chance to regret it."
"I'll return those words to you verbatim."
Huyan Lan opened the car door and took out her travel bag. "I'll give you three minutes to think it over. After all, it's your birthday today, and I don't want you to come home battered and bruised."
"Enough talk, if you want to fight, then fight!"
A short while later.
Huyan Lan, clad in the Evil Ice suit, appeared before Su Hang, his massive iron cleaver gleaming with a chilling light. "It's time to put an end to the endless debate about whether the Shadow Beasts or the Emperor Hero are stronger."
"Bring it on."
Su Hang remained unmoved.
You'd better watch out.
Huyan Lan pushed off the ground with his toes, exerted force suddenly, and his whole body was like a high-speed cannonball, slashing out fiercely with the iron cleaver he held in both hands.
"That's fast!"
Su Hang's pupils contracted, and he quickly turned to the side, but Hu Huyan Lan was too fast, and a strand of his bangs was cut off.
The iron machete slammed into the ground, sparks flying everywhere.
"You crazy woman!"
Su Hang's pupils dilated in shock, and he gasped. This cleaver was clearly hardened and sharpened; if he had reacted even slightly slower, his head would have been split open.
"It's not over yet."
Huyan Lan clenched his fist and unleashed a powerful punch.
Su Hang blocked the attack in front of his chest with both arms, sliding backward several meters before regaining his balance. The tingling sensation in his arms was frantically stimulating his brain.
"Little thing, you've become a coward."
Before Su Hang could react, Huyan Lan's fierce whip kick arrived in an instant, its devastating force almost causing Su Hang to kneel on one knee.
"That's some real strength."
Su Hang jumped back to avoid the attack, his expression extremely serious.
"All you do is dodge?" Huyan Lan with lightning speed, swinging his cleaver repeatedly, each strike aimed straight for Su Hang's vitals, a ferocious grin on his face. "Then you'd better be prepared to be hacked to death by me."
Less than a minute later.
Su Hang's nose was covered in sweat, he was panting heavily, his black windbreaker was tattered, and he looked utterly disheveled.
"Didn't you say you could transform into Emperor Hero?" Huyan Lan, shouldering a large cleaver, shouted arrogantly, "Transform! Show me!"
Su Hang adjusted his breathing, "You should understand, there are no Shadow Beasts in this world, let alone Emperor Hero. That's just a fictional tokusatsu plot."
"No Emperor Hero?"
Huyan Lan, dragging his large cleaver, chuckled, "Which little brat used to put on a mask and claim he'd transformed into Imperial Emperor Armor?"
"The past is the past, the present is the present," Su Hang said without changing his expression. "Which boy didn't dream of becoming Emperor Hero when he was a child?"
"I didn't expect this, Su Hang." Huyan Lan shook her head. "You've become a boring adult too."
Su Hang took a deep breath and said slowly, "Let's end it here. This childhood farce should be over."
"When I was a kid, I beat up a lot of boys who called themselves Emperor Hero, but none of them were a match for me. Every time, I beat them so badly that they were begging for mercy on their knees, praising the greatness of the Shadow Beasts."
Huyan Lan walked, he said, "Until I met you, who are three years younger than me and call yourself the Emperor Hero, you clumsily struck a transformation pose, put on your mask, shouted ' Imperial Emperor Fusion,' and charged at me like a desperate man."
Even if we fall countless times, we will rise again and charge forward.
"You may not be Emperor Hero, but you're more like Emperor Hero than any other boy!"
Su Hang's fingertips trembled slightly.
"Bury your childhood dream of becoming Emperor Hero with your own hands? What a joke!" Huyan Lan pointed her blade at Su Hang, her voice as cold as ice. "You're the only Emperor Hero who can fight me to a draw. Only by completely defeating you can we prove the greatness of Shadow Beasts!"
" Huyan Lan, do you know how much I hate you?" Su Hang's shoulders trembled slightly. "If I hadn't met you eight years ago, I would have continued to dream of becoming the Emperor Hero until I grew old."
"But then I ran into you, into you dressed in Shadow Beasts suit, calling yourself the Shadow Protectors."
"I can only painfully accept the ordinariness of the world, numbing myself with crazy fitness and weightlifting, accepting that I am just one of the masses."
Huyan Lan was stunned.
Su Hang raised his head, his eyes bloodshot. "I'll never forget that time you took off your mask, grinned at me, and said you were a huge fan of Armor Hero's Shadow Beasts, but you were just cosplaying your favorite Shadow Beasts character!"
"Are you kidding me!"
"While spouting the villainous Shadow Protectors's lines and boasting about defeating Emperor Hero, he simultaneously removes his hood and claims to be an ordinary human, wanting to be my friend!"
Huyan Lan twirled his broadsword, nonchalantly saying, "The two aren't contradictory. With the scabbard on, we're mortal enemies; without it, we can be ordinary friends."
"What is this! Is this some kind of child's play?"
Su Hang's shoulders trembled violently. "We are sworn enemies, enemies for Qiannian. It's either you die or I live. How dare you have the audacity to claim we're friends? It's utterly disgusting!"
Haha, I just want to disgust you.
Huyan Lan laughed so hard he almost fell over. "Since we couldn't defeat you physically in the past, we'll start with your spirit, tormenting you little by little until we completely destroy you!"
"It seems the method worked, but now I possess the strength to defeat you."
Huyan Lan, leaning on her large cleaver, taunted, "Don't blame me for being despicable; after all, my sister is a villainous Shadow Beasts!"
"Now that you've finally turned into the shameless villain, I don't need to hold back anymore."
Su Hang pulled out the golden Emperor Hero mask from his pocket, stared at Huyan Lan opposite him, and said, word by word.
" Imperial Emperor Armor."
"Combined!"
Huyan Lan was suddenly stunned.
Su Hang took a step back, his arm muscles bulging and bursting out of his sleeves, his five fingers clenched into a tight fist.
"I've waited twelve years for this punch!"
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