Wild Chicken's entrance was so bizarre that both sides, locked in fierce combat, couldn't help slowing down for a beat.
He wore a gaudy beach shirt on top, tight overalls below, and a pair of gleaming pointed leather shoes.
As he walked, he hummed an off-key tune no one recognized.
His hands traced a dizzying series of gestures through the air.
One moment he parted his hair down the middle; the next he tugged at his suspenders; then he looked as though he were playing basketball.
His dance steps seemed loose and utterly random, yet every one landed on some strange beat. They had a hypnotic appeal.
"Wild... Wild Chicken? What are you doing?"
Stone Monkey's voice stammered over the comms.
"Dancing. Can't you tell?"
Wild Chicken sounded as if the answer were obvious. "At a tense, exciting moment like this, you've got to dance a little to loosen up."
"Holy shit! Quit messing around! Look where we are!"
Ugly Ox roared as he swung his great axe and split a samurai in two.
Even Yue Xiaofei's mouth twitched.
Is this guy serious?
Is a battlefield any place to dance?
The Shrine Guard samurai were even more baffled by Wild Chicken's antics.
They stared at the clownlike man twisting his body amid the flying blood and flesh, unsure how to react.
Is he... insulting us?
"Baka! Kill him!"
The samurai nearest Wild Chicken finally snapped out of it. His face flushed with anger and humiliation as he roared and swung his katana at Wild Chicken's back!
The blow was heavy and merciless!
He would cut this fool in two for daring to dance on a sacred battlefield!
"Watch out!" Spirit Snake cried.
But Wild Chicken didn't even look back, as though he had eyes in the back of his head.