Qian Daoliu thought of the Titan Giant Ape in the Star Dou Great Forest, Er Ming, and figured that Sun Wukong, whom Tang Fan had described, probably looked much the same.
A giant ape wielding a thick iron staff was indeed intimidating.
But if the Great Sage knew what he was thinking, he might just crush him to death with a single monkey hair.
Tang Fan added, "Actually, in ancient times in my country, the eunuchs emperors sent out to deliver imperial edicts were also called angels."
"Huh? That was allowed?"
"Ancient emperors called themselves the sons of heaven and shepherded the people on heaven's behalf, so naturally their envoys could be called angels.
"Doesn't the Douluo Continent have two great empires too? Let's see if they dare call the eunuchs they send out as envoys angels. Hahaha..."
"If they really dared do that, Spirit Hall certainly wouldn't stand for it. If they angered the Great Enshrined, it would be no laughing matter."
"Qian Daoliu? Oh, please. He can swallow even his own son's murder. What can't he endure? He's a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, through and through. Here, these are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."
Bibi Dong saw the four turtles on Tang Fan's phone, wearing turtle shells and carrying different weapons, and pictured them alongside Qian Daoliu.
She couldn't keep a straight face and burst out laughing.
"Hahaha... If the Great Enshrined knew you were comparing him to these, he'd be so angry his beard would bristle and his eyes would bulge."
"His beard would bristle? I don't remember him having a beard."
"Hmm... I don't think he does."
Over on the Douluo Continent, Qian Daoliu's expression was naturally quite ugly.
"You brat! How dare you insult me like this!"
"Father, calm down, calm down... It won't do to harm your health with anger."
"Hmph! I'm in excellent health. There's no need for you to worry."
Elsewhere, when Xue Ye and the Star Luo Emperor heard Tang Fan's words, they were genuinely tempted for a moment.
Shepherding the people on heaven's behalf, with even their envoys called angels-it certainly sounded impressive.
Of course, they could only entertain the thought. Tang Fan could mock Qian Daoliu as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, but they wouldn't dare.
Otherwise, who knew whether Qian Daoliu might go mad and unleash Angel's Breath in their imperial palaces?
Tang Chen, meanwhile, laughed without restraint. "Hahahaha, hahahaha! A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle! Qian Daoliu, it really does suit you."
On Sea God Island, Bo Saixi smiled as well. The contrast between a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle and Qian Daoliu was simply too striking.
But Bo Saixi soon put away her smile. "That girl is Spirit Hall's saintess, after all. If she brings back anything powerful from that world... Sea God Island needs to prepare early."
After Bibi Dong had finished laughing, Tang Fan steered the conversation back to the promotional video.
"We've gotten off topic. Let's go on with this future equipment. The names of this future equipment also come from my country's myths and legends."
"Myths? Do you have many mythological stories here?"
"What's wrong? Isn't that normal? Every country has at least some myths of its own, doesn't it?
"Even if the gods of the Douluo Continent aren't worth mentioning, surely they must have left behind plenty of stories."
Bibi Dong shook her head. "No, they haven't. I know about the Angel God because I'm Spirit Hall's saintess, but aside from the Angel God, I haven't heard any legends about other gods.
"In fact, most people only know the legend that one can become a god at rank one hundred, but they treat it as just a legend. Gods don't actually exist."
Many people on the Douluo Continent agreed with Bibi Dong.
Even someone like Ning Fengzhi, the master of one of the Upper Three Sects, had only become certain that gods really existed after the sky screen appeared.
Before that, they had only heard legends, but no one knew whether those legends were true.
"Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu, why does their world have so many myths and legends? They're all ordinary people, and real gods have never even appeared there."
"I don't know. Perhaps it's precisely because they're all ordinary people that they like to fantasize."
"There are plenty of commoners on the Douluo Continent too, but I've never seen legends about gods spread among them. At most, some villages that have produced Soul Masters sing the praises of the Soul Masters who came from them."
"Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu, let's hear what he has to say."
Tang Fan shook his head too. "Never mind, then. Let's get back to this. This future aerospace carrier is called the Luan Bird. You should be familiar with that name."
"The Third Offering, Azure Luan Douluo!"
"That's right. When the author of the Douluo Continent gave his characters their Martial Souls, he drew on many of my country's myths, as well as some foreign ones. The Angel Martial Soul is a typical example from foreign mythology.
"But compared to my country's myths, the Douluo Continent's setting seems far too petty."
"Petty?"
"Yeah. Take the Sea God's divine weapon, the Sea God Trident. Oh, right, the Douluo Continent's Sea God, Poseidon, takes his name straight from the sea god in Olympian mythology, as well as his weapon."
"So that's how it is. Then who is the sea god in your mythology?"
"We don't have a sea god here. Well, I can't say we don't. It's just that we don't have a sea god whose name is known in every household. When someone mentions gods of the sea, the first ones we think of are the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas."
"Dragon Kings?"
"Forget the dragons you're familiar with. Most dragons on the Douluo Continent look like Western dragons, like this... Right?"
Tang Fan searched for a picture of a fire-breathing Western evil dragon.
"Yes. There are some differences, but dragon-type Soul Beasts look much like that."
"I generally don't like calling those things dragons. At most, they're lizards with wings."
With those words, Tang Fan had thoroughly offended the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Almost everyone in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan glared up at the sky screen.
"Shameless brat! How dare he insult our clan like this? We must teach him a lesson."
"He actually dared say the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was a lizard with wings. It's simply unforgivable."
Listening to the clamor below him, Yu Yuanzhen, already irritated, grew even more annoyed.
"All of you, shut up!"
With a crack, Yu Yuanzhen smashed the tea table to pieces with his palm, and everyone else immediately fell silent.
These elders were all the sort who bullied the weak and feared the strong. Once Yu Yuanzhen lost his temper, none of them dared get on his bad side.
Yu Yuanzhen looked at the sky screen himself and said, "He belittles the Douluo Continent's dragons like this. I'd like to see what sort of thing the dragons he speaks of are."
Tang Fan found several more pictures of Eastern dragons and showed them to Bibi Dong.
"My country has many images of dragons. The Dragon Kings of the Four Seas are a classic example, and there's also the five-clawed golden dragon, which symbolized the emperor in ancient times. We also call ourselves the descendants of the dragon."
Bibi Dong looked at the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas and the five-clawed golden dragon. The difference between them and Western dragons was obvious.
"Descendants of the dragon? Do you have dragon blood?"
"Of course not. The dragon is a totemic image in my country, which is why we're called descendants of the dragon."
Over on the Douluo Continent, the people of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan were naturally unconvinced.
"Hmph, what kind of dragons are those? They don't even have dragon wings. How can they be called dragons?"
"Exactly. They look like nothing but long worms crawling on the ground to me."