"The Fire of Purgatory!"

On top of the chaotic Osborn Tower, Constantine, dressed in a windbreaker, stood amidst the swirling sandstorm, holding a black grimoire and waving a cherry wood wand. He shamefully shouted out the name of his move.

It resembled a classic scene from some hot-blooded manga.

Of course, it would be even better if the protagonist of this scene was a hot-blooded righteous man instead of a promiscuous scumbag.

This time, the flames that flew out from the top of Constantine's wand were not the cool and blue ghostly flames. Like the scene that happened in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts, the flames of purgatory summoned from the ninth layer of hell turned into pillars of fire and descended from the sky, engulfing most of the sandstorm, which had transformed into a flowing sand-like form, with an unavoidable wide-range attack.

The cunning scumbag Constantine had actually considered using this move to turn the sandman into glass. He wasn't like Mason had sarcastically commented, lacking even the knowledge of middle school physics.

He just had his own thoughts.

The power of the Fire of Purgatory was immense. One attack was enough to solve most problems, but it would also drain a large portion of Constantine's magic power. As he had said before, this kind of brute force was simply not suitable for normal humans.

Facing a sandstorm with endless endurance, the consequences of a failed attack would be absolutely miserable.

John Constantine, who always prioritized survival in any situation without backup, would never gamble on such a damn probability.

After all, he wasn't a truly hot-blooded fool of a hero, right?

But now that Mason had arrived and the K Team had gradually dealt with the reserve members of the Hydra Team, he didn't feel much pressure anymore. Besides, he was already tired from using magic to fight the sandstorm for over ten minutes.

It was a good time to take advantage of the situation.

Therefore, the moment he threw out the Fire of Purgatory, the scumbag Constantine activated the teleportation spell he had previously set down and sent himself to the safe area at the edge of the rooftop. He casually took out a cigarette from Silka, lit it with the still remaining flames on his wand, and comfortably crossed his arms as he watched Mason "riding" the Kite-Man descend from the sky, wielding a silver revenge sword and charging towards the burning land of flames.

The sandman's body was partially turned into glass the moment it was hit by the Fire of Purgatory.

He screamed in agony, curling up as the cold wind blew over like a knife, attempting to cool himself down and restore his flowing sand form. Unfortunately, Mason and the old Spider didn't give him that chance.

The two of them pounced from left and right. Mason swung the Griffin's Revenge Sword, cutting through several solidified streams of sand, while Peter Parker swung a randomly picked-up hammer, smashing it recklessly.

The high-temperature "glass shards" flew everywhere. After being forcibly melted into solids, the sandstorm lost control over this part of its body. It howled and used the remaining flowing sand to create giant fists that struck towards the two of them, but the Kite-Man, who flew low in the air, struck a cool pose of "Justice Descending from the Sky."

The weapons slot behind the mechanical wings he had just obtained opened fully, and various missiles roared as they swept over, accompanied by the high-speed firing of Charles' Defender Light Machine Gun. With perfect aerial firepower support, the weakened sandman's fists made of flowing sand were scattered in the air by the explosions of high temperature. The B-level personnel, who were already weakened, suffered another loss of sand.

"Come in! Everyone, come in!"

Mason certainly didn't think that smashing the glass would bring peace to the world. He didn't come just to defeat the sandstorm.

He had many reasons to kill this guy, so the young man took out a strange device from his bag that resembled a vacuum cleaner but had a magic bottle installed at the back. He used the vacuum cleaner to suck in the sand and then stored it in the pre-enchanted bottle. Soon, all the "glass shards" scattered around were sucked into it.

To be honest, this scene was a bit strange.

The old Spider was still swinging his warhammer and fighting the sandman, while bullets and flames flew in the background. Meanwhile, Mason held a vacuum cleaner and was "playing with sand."

If the bottle were replaced with a gourd, it would really only be missing the famous line, "I call you, will you dare to answer?"

It was a bit ridiculous, but the effect was very good.

Under the rapid suction of the enchanted bottle, most of the sand that had been burned and shattered was quickly extracted, and Mr. Sandstorm clearly felt that a part of his body was "sealed" in a place where he couldn't escape.

A sense of failure and even death quickly enveloped his mind.

"Mason! We have no grievances or grudges!"

He gathered the sand and wrapped up the spirited old Spider, throwing him away. Then, he dispersed his body and moved like the wind to dodge the aerial bombardment of the Kite-Man. With a sense of urgency, he shouted at Mason:

"I even wanted to help you! You ungrateful bastard!"

"I can't be bothered to argue with you."

Mason didn't even lift his head as he collected the flowing sand of the sandman and sarcastically commented:

"Your team members really don't understand confidentiality. Rhino-Man and Scorpion said everything they shouldn't have said. We both know what you want to do. Save some energy and think about how to escape."

"Ah!"

The sandman screamed in anger."Those two useless idiots were captured by the Demon Knight! Fuck! I knew it, you're all in it together! No! Wait! You and the Justice League came to arrest you, you damn traitor!

This is a trap!

Your initial goal was to kill me, I know it's you!

It's not Talia who betrayed us, it's you!

I should have known!"

"Yeah, you should have known, by the way, wouldn't it be great if time could turn back?"

Mason forcefully plugged the cork of the enchanted bottle. The fragments inside surged and shook the bottle uncontrollably under the struggle of the sandman, making it difficult for Mason to hold onto it.

He threw the bottle towards Shacong.

The latter took a cigarette and used the burning ashes to draw a circle in the air. A green beam of light opened up like a window and swallowed the bottle into a temporary semi-plane that the Black Mage had opened.

In the instant the light circle dissipated, the sandman screamed in agony.

He completely lost contact with a part of his body, and the pain was like being thrown into a meat grinder and crushed into pieces.

"I should have let you be beaten to death by the Justice League in Gotham City! Why did you bring so much trouble here?"

The quicksand under Mason's feet rose into spikes and pierced towards his body, but the young man swung his anti-magic revenge sword and shattered them. The exploding sand intended to peel and dismember Mason with its high-speed rotating sand blades, but in the moment it started spinning, Mason pierced it with his sword.

The inscription on the revenge sword shone, and in just a few seconds, the sand controlled by the sandman lost its power and fell to the ground.

The sword in his hand absorbed some of the sandman's power, making the blade gray and covered with swirling sand, and the power of calamity was transmitted to the sandman through this piercing.

The weakness derived from revenge magic made Mr. Sandstorm's figure suddenly slow down, and then he was hit by the old spider's fists in mid-air, shattering the core of the sandstorm.

He screamed and merged into the wind, intending to escape.

In the face of a known disadvantage and once again losing all of his reserve members, even a powerful B-level personnel knew that he had no chance of winning tonight.

He had to temporarily leave here and leave these guys to his "ally" to deal with.

But in the instant he floated out of the rooftop, a head suddenly appeared in the window below.

Lady Catwoman, holding Miss McGee, glanced at the sky and quickly grabbed an anti-tank rocket from her bag, aiming it at the sky and pulling the trigger.

The dazzling fire flew into the center of the sandstorm, leaving a burning trace in the night sky, and exploded, engulfing the sandman's controlled wind and dispersing it, shielding him from the high temperature.

The B-level personnel felt like a chased stray dog, filled with shame but dared not turn back to face the strong enemy. Now, the only way was to escape.

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"The data center of Osborn Tower has been breached!"

Barbara's voice sounded in the team communication, and she shouted:

"We have control of the city's defense weapon system. Charles, you can take off. I have delegated the authority of the aerial patrol drones to you, and you will be in command."

"Understood!"

Kite-Man manipulated his mechanical wings and quickly ascended into the sky. The armed drones that had intercepted him in the air followed him like birds returning to their nests, controlled by Charles in a swarm-like manner.

The black technology flight control chip from 2077 captured and commanded them. In almost an instant, a dense firepower net blocked the scattered sandstorm.

"Indeed, the incarnation of the sandstorm can resist physical damage, but you overlooked the most important point: the larger the area you spread, the easier it is for us to capture your target."

Mason stood on a devastated rooftop, watching the sandstorm about to fly out of Osborn Tower's airspace. He held the revenge sword and said to Kite-Man:

"Paralyzing potion and fear gas, Charles, capture him alive!"

"Understood!"

Kite-Man grinned under his V-shaped iron mask, and the missile nest on his back unfolded again. Three cans of high-concentration fear gas and three cans of purified paralyzing potion were fired forward.

There was almost no need to aim precisely. It was enough to aim at the large area where the sandstorm was spreading.

The green smoke exploded in the sandstorm almost instantly, covering the remaining one-third of the sandman's body like a "contamination." The paralyzing potion that exploded in the air rained down like a small-scale rain, completely immobilizing the sandstorm covered in fear gas, as if stirring cement.

In the gaze of the K-Squad, the scattered sand quickly "thickened" in the air, forming a blurry screaming humanoid figure that fell rapidly.

The sandman, who was both terrified and paralyzed, hadn't felt this fear of falling from a building for a long time.

But at the moment when he danced and fell towards the ground, he truly felt the shame of being a superhuman who could transform into quicksand and was about to be smashed to death.

However, this feeling quickly dissipated as Kite-Man grabbed his legs with both hands and lifted him back into the air, but in its place was another shadow covering his heart.Mason, this daring and treacherous bastard probably won't let him go.

"Bang"

As Kite Man folded his mechanical wings and landed on the chaotic rooftop, he smashed the weakened Sandman in front of Mason. The latter was in a state of chaos, but the combined effects of fear gas and paralyzing potion made it difficult for him to turn into sand and evade like a sandstorm.

He wanted to beg for mercy, but he saw Mason take out a familiar-looking multifunctional communicator and aim it at him.

"Come on, smile!"

The young man, holding the buzzing Revenge Sword, said to the arrogant Sandstorm:

"The Next Life Squad asked me to say hello to you, Lord Sandstorm. They still remember your spread of the zombie virus in Night City.

Anyway, my friend,

Let us improve our impression by using your head."

"Click"

Sandstorm's face was a mix of embarrassment, convulsions, and astonishment. His expression, with three parts pain and seven parts fear, was captured in the communicator that Judy gave to the K Squad.

Before he could even beg for mercy, Mason swung the buzzing sword, and it whistled as it cut into Sandman's neck.

Due to the correct angle, appropriate force, the sharpness of the Revenge Sword, and its ability to absorb energy, Mason's blade passed through his neck without any resistance.

He didn't bother to say a word to this guy with a terrible character.

"Successfully completed a Special Life Form Melee Execution: Beheading. Combat skill proficiency increased by X30, currently at Level 1."

The conspicuous kill reminder appeared in front of Mason's eyes, finally relieving the tension in the young man's heart.

He glanced at the fallen head of Sandman, which had already started turning into sand the moment it was cut off. The sandman's body also quickly dissipated like a collapse, accompanied by the buzzing of the cold wind, which sounded like a mournful cry, enveloping Mason's body with a chill.

At the moment of Sandman's death, the things on his body exploded like "equipment explosion."

The most obvious one was his silver star membership card, which was half-buried in the sand like it had been hit by a tremendous force, covered in cracks.

Mason sheathed the Revenge Sword and knelt down to pick up the silver card, flicking it lightly in his hand.

He said:

"Sandstorm, a B-grade member, because he was accused of being a traitor, and with the divine execution authority bestowed upon me by the Grand Master Hunter of the Star Society, I hereby declare that you are expelled!"

"Wow, there are so many good things."

Zack, who had been watching the show from the side, quickly came over, rubbing his hands and collecting the things that Sandman had dropped after his death. He discussed the value of these things with Charles next to him.

Mason ignored the enthusiasm of his teammates to "divide the equipment." He just reached out and put his hand in the last pile of sand left by Sandstorm. As soon as his fingers touched it, an information label popped up:

Sandman's Broken Core

Quality: No grade · Special manufacturing material

Item effect: The extremely active sand is fully infused with energy and can be used in various manufacturing processes. In the magical manufacturing process, this item can be regarded as a high-level earth elemental artifact.

Item description: Won't his girlfriend dislike sand flowing into her body? Or does she like to mix water and sand to make cement?

"The description is so vulgar!"

Mason shook his head, took out an enchanted bottle, collected these rare active sand particles, and put them into his personal bag before standing up.

He looked at the old spider sitting on the side, panting, and was about to say a few words, but before he could speak, a violent tremor came from under his feet.

This tremor was far from ordinary.

The towering Osborn Tower was shaking violently, but this was already considered good.

"Look over there!"

Charles in the air shouted, and everyone turned their heads to see the almost instant tearing apart of the abandoned city of New York under the gloomy night. The collapsing buildings raised clouds of dust that flew into the sky.

The old spider jumped up, and Mason's face changed dramatically.

He grabbed the metal frame next to him to prevent himself from falling and shouted into the communicator:

"Barbara, what's going on? Didn't we already gain control of the Osborn Tower?"

"Norman Osborn destroyed it!"

Batgirl shouted:

"That madman couldn't stop Dr. Otto and me from taking over, so he activated the excavation tower at full power before giving up. He's coming towards you! Be careful!"

"Mason! Peter!"

Dr. Otto's voice followed, without the usual casual tone of a hippie. He anxiously shouted:

"The gravity hammer underground on the East Coast is being rapidly drained. If this continues, the whole of New York will be destroyed in ten minutes. Get out of there quickly!

I'm going to detonate that tower!

Otherwise, it will be too late."

"Boom"

In the sound of a violent explosion, the top floor of the Osborn Tower was completely blown open. In the explosion of flying bricks, a green battle armor flew into the sky."You guys! Don't even think about going anywhere!"

The sinister voice of Green Devil echoed in the increasingly panicked night:

"Bring back my son!"

(End of this chapter)