Stranger Danger

Chapter 933: One Painting, One Humanity

As time passed, the battle slowly shifted in the Stranger’s favor. Long Ao fought better and better, and Fang Muyun the opposite.

That wasn’t all. The four warriors battling against the Blood Sovereign, Ink Toad King, Shark General and Madam Mer were looking much more transparent and illusory than before.

The four warriors were paintings manifested from Fang Muyun’s will and mind after all. Despite their immense power, they possessed two fatal flaws: one, they weren’t sentient. Two, their time was limited. On top of that, they became weaker as they used up more and more power.

On the other hand, the Blood Sovereign, Ink Toad King, Shark General and Madam Mer were all intelligent Strangers with extraordinary bloodlines. They were caught off guard and pushed back at the beginning, but over time, they quickly adapted to their opponents’ simple tactics and gained the upper hand.

“Hahaha... die!”

Shark General barked out a laugh and paid the price of one punch to close the distance with Li Yiji . He then grabbed her head with his right arm, roared, and physically ripped her in half with his bare hands. The woman turned into dust after that.

Shark General won his battle, and the rest of the Strangers weren’t planning to fall behind. The Blood Sovereign transformed into a filthy blood sea where countless resentful souls were wailing, and countless bones were joining together to form a giant over hundreds of meters tall. It wrapped around Wan Xingchen and melted him in just the matter of breaths.

The Ink Toad King was even more direct. Sitting inside a pool of Frigid Day Black Water, he spat out a toad pearl that was white like snow and flawless like jade. Such was its power that it froze the sea and solidified space itself. The second Zhao Hengdao made contact with the toad pearl, he turned into an ice sculpture. The man disappeared without a sound afterward.

As for Madam Mer, she hid in the sea and manifested her mermaid form. She then summoned titanic waves over hundreds of meters tall and spun them into a deadly whirlpool. The whirlpool devoured Jiang Tongxuan and ground him into dust.

The Blood Sovereign, Ink Toad King, Shark General and Madam Mer did not pause to savor their victory after killing their opponents. They were all rushing toward Long Ao and Fang Muyun’s battlefield to end it all.

They weren’t above ganging up on a powerful opponent. They weren’t above anything so long as they could kill their enemy dead.

The addition of the Strangers immediately drove Fang Muyun to a corner as a matter of course. In just dozens of breaths, Li Taiyi, Zhao Hanqing and Yue Shanhe were annihilated as well.

Having lost all of his paintings, Fang Muyun’s strength nosedived to say the least. Combined with the fact that he was fatigued and outnumbered many times to one, he was no match for the Strangers as a matter of course. Long Ao found an opening and bit off half of his body.

“Tsk tsk... the body of a human genius sure is delicious!”

Long Ao shrank back to his humanoid form while chewing Fang Muyun’s body vigorously. He was also watching the surrounded Fang Muyun with a look of pure delight on his face.

“His vitality is strong, and his spiritual energy is overflowing. How can he be anything but delicious?”

Shark General was also sniffing the blood stench in the air vigorously while salivating like crazy. “If even your flesh smells this good, I’m sure your heart can only be better! Can I please have his heart, Your Highness? I’ve never eaten the heart of a human genius like Fang Muyun before. I’m sure it’ll be delicious!”

The Blood Sovereign’s dark, insidious voice came from beside Shark General, “I want his blood...”

Long Ao guffawed. “Hahaha... no worries, Blood Sovereign, Shark General. When we conquer the Four Seas, there will be even more human geniuses for you to feast on. You’ll be able to enjoy all the heart and blood you want!”

“I see. Your true aim is the Four Seas—cough! Cough!”

Fang Muyun coughed violently, but he paid no heed to his blood-soaked shirt. In fact, he looked surprisingly fearless and unperturbed save for the fact that his complexion was paler than usual.

“Hahaha... that’s right!” Long Ao laughed again. “I’m not afraid to tell you that the day of the Four Seas Summit will be the day the Four Seas bleed like a pig!”

“When the time comes, we will flatten the Four Seas and massacre the humans in the city to the last! Their flesh and blood shall pave the path to our ascension!”

Long Ao was slowly growing angry, however. It was because Fang Muyun was neither panicking or throwing a tantrum. There were few things he loathed more than someone who pretended to be calm even when they were at death’s door. He loathed that Fang Muyun made him feel like he was the loser.

“Did you know? This is just the first step.” Long Ao continued, “When the Dragon Sovereign returns to us, he will lead the aquatic races of the four seas and conquer the land completely. He will unite all realms under the heavens and make the dragons great again! What do you think?”

“What do I think?”

Fang Muyun replied emotionlessly, “I think that the Four Seas Dragon Palace are a pack of dogs who bite the hand that feeds them no matter how many years have passed!”

“Insolent cur!”

Long Ao could not hold back his anger any longer. “Blood Sovereign, Shark General, you want his heart and blood, don’t you? I leave him to you! Make sure he doesn’t die easily!”

“Hahaha... don’t worry, Your Highness. I promise I will make him wish he was dead!”

Shark General laughed hungrily as he raced toward Fang Muyun.

The Blood Sovereign was even faster than him. He transformed into a blood cloud and enveloped Fang Muyun in a murderous embrace.

Suddenly, the Blood Sovereign let out a bloodcurdling scream. A dazzling light was melting the blood cloud the Blood Sovereign had transformed into like snow.

The light grew brighter and brighter until it was like a second sun had risen to the sky. It washed away all the filth and darkness in the area until all that was left was bright and clear.

Even powerful Strangers such as Long Ao and Ink Toad King were melting or bubbling under the light’s power. Their flesh was sizzling and festering like they were being boiled alive inside a pot of oil.

At the same time, a young man appeared inside the light. He was the spitting image of Fang Muyun. Wearing a tall hat and a wide belt, he was shining with profound, divine light and manifesting countless paintings into existence. There were mountains and hills, rivers and seas, a small bridge running over a small stream, houses lit with warm lamps, bustling humans, warriors, heroes, celestials, Buddhas, gods, demons...

Countless paintings were flying and combining into an inexplicable spectacle. It made Fang Muyun look like a god or a celestial, a Sage or a Buddha.

His yang god had manifested, and his image encompassed heaven and earth.

“My paintings are a reflection of the world...”

The next moment, a grand, profound voice resounded throughout the area as the paintings surrounding Fang Muyun’s yang god emitted a clear, powerful light. Then, they combined into a single painting.

The painting was infinitely vast and spanned from one end of the horizon to the other; from the sky to the earth. Everything within the painting seemed to come alive as well: the rivers were running, the plants were growing, the birds were singing, the beasts were running, the towns and cities were bustling, the people were working, the gods and Buddhas were lounging in their heavenly palaces...

Who could look at the painting and say that it wasn’t alive? Who could say that it wasn’t a realm, a world, a slice of humanity itself?

The next moment, the painting of humanity shone even brighter and descended from the sky. It looked like it was going to become one with this corner of the world.

“Shit!”

Long Ao, the Blood Sovereign, Shark General and the rest of the Strangers blanched. There wasn’t a single person who wasn’t gripped by shock and terror.

Long Ao let out a furious roar and manifested his true body. A palace with tens of thousands of roaring dragons appeared above his head.

The Blood Sovereign transformed into a pool of blood water and melted into the sea.

Ink Toad King sank to the bottom of the sea while carrying his toad pearl on his head.

Shark General and Madam Mer rode the waves and swam away from the painting with all their might. It looked like they were trying to get away from the painting’s range.

Unfortunately, their efforts were all futile.

No one could outrun light, and nothing could escape the painting.

The next moment, everything in this corner of the world was enveloped by the painting.

“My sacred heart will forge a blue sky...”

The grandiose voice spoke again, and the painting of humanity shattered.

The island disappeared, and the sea sank. Heaven broke, and earth shattered.