The Freedom Alliance and the Marauders fought over two people from Order
Hahahaha!
Amidst the freehand landscape painting, which should have been a scene of profound, secluded, and tranquil beauty, came an unusually hearty laugh.
Generally speaking, such laughter in this setting usually signifies that a reclusive master in the mountains has achieved a breakthrough or attained enlightenment.
But...
Clearly, there were no hermits living in the mountains and forests depicted by this "Chancellor".
Moreover, the tone of that laughter was quite familiar to Lin Yu.
"He's a 'Comedian'..."
Lin Yu said in a low voice.
Old Wu crossed his arms and said, "That's right, Brother Zhuo was prepared for this guy's escape!"
As Old Wu spoke confidently, a line of exaggerated black and white special effects, resembling artistic lettering, floated above the ink-wash painting of mountains and forests.
It's like something you'd see in an old-fashioned cartoon or variety show.
"Boom! Bang bang bang!"
As these special effects characters appeared, explosions occurred all over the ink-wash landscape.
Then...
The Chancellor, who had originally headed into the mountains and disappeared into the forest, was "driven back"!
He ran awkwardly and stumbled along behind him...
A fellow painting in the same ink wash style, but with a much more peculiar style, was chasing after him.
The "pursuer" was depicted with very simple lines and exaggerated features, making him instantly recognizable as a chubby middle-aged man in a suit.
At the man's feet, a unicycle was pedaling rapidly, and he was waving an inflatable hammer with the number "100T" written on it.
However, every time the hammer hit the ground, it was accompanied by a violent explosion, and each time it blasted a huge crater into the ground.
The two chased each other like this, and soon...
The Chancellor's figure stepped out of the picture and returned to reality.
Comedian riding a unicycle also burst out of the frame, suddenly braking and stopping in front of the Chancellor.
The Chancellor looked at the "Comedian," his voice revealing helplessness.
"That's impressive," the "Freedom Alliance"... They even managed to arrive in the 'World Within the Painting' before me to ambush me. I have no idea how they did it.
The Comedian listened to the Chancellor's words and said with a smile.
"It's not difficult at all... Don't you think it's funny when I suddenly appear?"
"As long as it's funny, this can happen; the so-called 'realistic rationale' always has to give way to 'funnier'—that's the logic of 'Comedy'."
The Comedian said confidently.
The Chancellor sighed, "To be defeated by someone like you is truly disheartening..."
Behind him, the World Within the Painting vanished—and seeing the scene revealed after the landscape painting disappeared, the Chancellor's smile became even more helpless.
A van was parked downstairs in an office building, its doors open.
Inside the car sat a "God of Cookery" with a cigarette dangling from his lips, a "Prisoner" stretching his joints, a "Magician" shuffling cards, and a "Embalmer" who had already jumped out of the car with a black umbrella open.
So, it turns out the truth is that you two, "Director" and "Master Thief," need to be heard together... It turns out the "Freedom Alliance" didn't just come in full, nor even half, but two-thirds of them...
The Chancellor sighed, and Old Wu handed the Jammer to Li Nian.
"Could you get this for me?"
"Okay."
Li Nian took the satellite dish-like Jammer and placed the rather large device directly on her head, looking like a crazy alien that would appear in some kind of science fiction movie from the last century.
Old Wu took out another set of complex Handcuffs from his pocket, also covered in wires and additional devices. He held the Handcuffs up and looked at the "Chancellor."
"In short... since you're a member of that 'Copper Furnace' group, I don't really want to take your life. After all, you're a rare 'living sample,' so I'd suggest you surrender."
Old Wu spoke with great sincerity.
The Comedian added with a laugh, "Yes, Your Chancellor, we don't want you to continue resisting, or we might accidentally cripple you, make you mentally disabled, or even kill you."
Now that things have come to this, the Chancellor no longer tries to escape.
With two "Tier 4" members of the "Freedom Alliance" sandwiching him from the front and back, plus other troublesome "Tier 3" members of the "Freedom Alliance," the Chancellor was well aware that this was not a situation he could escape by fighting desperately.
So he straightened his hat and clothes, and calmly stretched out his hand.
"It seems I have no choice..."
The somewhat withered hands reached out, and Old Wu stepped forward with Handcuffs in hand.
Just as Old Wu was about to handcuff him, the Chancellor suddenly turned his head, his gaze passing over Old Wu and looking at Lin Yu.
"Very good setup," the Director. "... My escape skills are definitely no match for yours."
"But... you're not the only one who 'calls for Reinforcements '."
Chancellor spoke calmly, Chen Le suddenly frowned.
"Old Wu, watch out!"
Lin Yu also sensed something and immediately said, "Inventor, step back!"
Although Old Wu and Comedian are both "Tier 4", their perception abilities are clearly inferior to Lin Yu and Chen Le.
But Old Wu also had a high degree of trust in Chen Le.
The moment he heard Chen Le's warning, Old Wu became alert.
After realizing there was some kind of danger he hadn't noticed, he followed Lin Yu's warning to "retreat"!
Old Wu took a light step, and his boots hissed out a surge of air, propelling Old Wu back to where he had been standing.
Where Old Wu had just stood, a "crackling" sound rang out, and the originally invisible air seemed to have become a transparent medium, and this medium was breaking apart.
"Nine-Ring High-Level spell from Night Valley, Multiple Mirror Transposition," Xiao Yun's voice rang out, "Castrators... take a look at the surrounding buildings yourselves."
Because many of the surrounding office buildings have reflective glass curtain walls, you can see many "reflections" simply by looking up.
The remaining members of the "Freedom Alliance" looked up at Xiao Yun's prompting and saw a figure that was not yet visible in mid-air reflected in the "glass".
A beautiful woman, dressed in a crimson gown, holding a staff, and with several rotating Magic Array behind her, stood on a fiery flower platform in mid-air.
The next moment...
"Crack!"
All the cracks in the air burst open, and space itself seemed to shatter.
After the invisible collapse, the figure of "Celestial King" appeared, and the Blazing Fire around his feet surged, evaporating the rainwater and turning it into large swaths of warm steam Water Mist.
"Inventor" and "Comedian"—you two old men, practically overflowing with the smell of age, are you still alive?"
The Celestial King spoke arrogantly, his staff spinning twice above his head, the Magic Array behind him shining brightly, and the Magic Array circuit, condensed with magic power, even crystallized due to its high concentration.
The condensed Magic Crystal were pointed sharply in the direction where the "Freedom Alliance" members were standing, carrying a strong sense of aggression.
"Celestial King, this is a matter for our 'Freedom Alliance,' don't interfere."
Old Wu said in a cold voice.
"I don't care about you," the Diviner, "I sent you to save that old man, so his life is mine, not yours." The Celestial King said, stretching her hand downwards. Magic Flow erupted from the sleeve of her dress covering her hand, swirling like rainbow ribbons around the "Chancellor's" body. "I advise you to be sensible and not delay my business!"
The Comedian laughed, "Heh, really? Then it seems we're destined for a battle!"
As he spoke, the Comedian glanced at Old Wu, Old Wu immediately understood.
"Whoosh!"
In a flash, Old Wu Comedian acted simultaneously— the Comedian took a step forward and jumped off his unicycle.
Old Wu then threw a spring-like device at the Comedian's feet!
The Comedian stepped on the huge spring pad, which made a very elastic and explosive "bang~" shaking sound, and he was launched into the air!
In mid-air, the Comedian swung his arm, creating afterimages as he swung the inflatable hammer in his hand, and then...
He swung his hammer with all his might towards the Celestial King!
Thump!
Just as the Comedian's hammer was about to strike the Celestial King, the Celestial King turned his staff around and pointed it at the Comedian.
"Go to hell!"
As the Celestial King shouted, magic erupted from his staff, and a massive beam of light slammed into the Comedian's inflatable hammer.
For a moment, the Comedian and the Celestial King were locked in a stalemate in mid-air, neither able to gain the upper hand.
But...
On the "Freedom Alliance" side, there's another "Tier 4"!
Old Wu!
"Laugh--!"
After using a spring pad to launch the Comedian into the air, Old Wu also pulled out a rocket Backpack and propelled himself more than ten meters into the air. At the same time, he was holding a Chainsaw, which he was winding up and making a buzzing sound.
Not just Old Wu...
Closely following behind was Chen Le, who was hitchhiking by hooking up to Old Wu's Backpack. A bundle of burning detonators with fuses was hanging from the end of his fishing rod—his intentions were almost self-evident.
Meanwhile, over at the van, countless severed limbs and torsos crawled out from under Xiao Yun's skirt and assembled into a gigantic humanoid monster over ten meters tall.
On the shoulder of that humanoid monster, Old Zhou, wearing a vest, had already pulled out his Twin Crutches.
"Go on... [Frankenstein], and Old Zhou too."
Xiao Yun whispered, and Old Zhou's grumbling voice rang out.
"You can label me a monster, but what do you mean 'and Old Zhou too'?"
Seeing the "Freedom Alliance" almost forming a siege, the Celestial King burst into laughter.
"Interesting... You 'Freedom Alliance' people are all here!"
"Unfortunately, I don't have time to play with you today... tsk," that spoilsport "Diviner" gave me a firm order.
As the Celestial King spoke, he stuck out his tongue and bit it hard with his sharp teeth.
"Pfft!"
Blood gushed from the Celestial King's mouth, and half of her tongue fell off with the gushing blood. It swelled in mid-air, and the surface of the bright red tongue and the blood revealed patterns of some kind of Magic Array.
"Super-Tier Magic - Forbidden Spell - Eternal Magic Flesh Substitution!"