Sure enough, the cow that appeared onstage was Joker Cow, its face painted in clown makeup, two machetes tucked into the clefts of its hooves.
Like something that had crawled out of Deadpool's nightmare, it flashed Chthon a smile of pure evil the moment it appeared.
"Die!"
Chthon was not the talkative type. Seeing this freakish creature with a face painted white as a wall, he raised a hand and fired off a blast of Chaos Magic.
But this Joker Cow was not truly real. It was a high-quality imitation Su Ming had created using the Cosmic Cube and an ordinary cow. He had also protected it with the Time Stone and used the Plot Continuity Gem to make its existence plausible.
It would not be so easy to destroy completely.
The first Joker Cow exploded into Diffindo fragments amid the red glow of Chaos Magic. Not even dust large enough to pinch between two fingers remained. It was more like a layer of jam had been smeared across the vast stage of piled ice and snow.
But before Chthon could smile, a second cow abruptly appeared onstage. She did not waste words either. As she danced with her twin blades, she began singing the famous Turandot aria—"Nessun Dorma."
Perhaps because the cow was broad and plump enough, its high notes were bright, its low notes deep, and its middle range accurate. Aside from its mediocre Italian, it actually sounded somewhat professional.
Yet as it sang, its vacant, hollow eyes remained fixed on Chthon below the stage, as if they had seen through everything about him.
"Don't look at me!"
Chthon unleashed another spell, instantly vaporizing the singing cow. The two blades flew from its hooves, spinning toward the audience seats.
But the song did not stop. Almost seamlessly, another