"Blasphemy... Well, in linguistics, blasphemy is explained as irreverence, offense, or disrespect."
The man in a black robe, Wen Wen, suddenly appeared in the center of several Devout Chanters, with a strange smile on his face.
"Blaspheming the deity refers to disrespecting the deity, slandering the deity, or verbally offending them, basically anything that makes the deity unhappy. So some of what you mentioned earlier wasn't quite accurate."
A Devout Chanter that looked like a giant red devil shrimp, and seemed delicious, was momentarily stunned: "So you actually respect the Ancient God Ensook?"
Wen Wen shook his head: "No, no, no... I'm much more intense than that."
He turned around, pulling out a huge human-sized loudspeaker, and shouted in the direction of the underwater mountain range.
"You've successfully disgusted me with your rotten fish and shrimp, so I'm going to beat you, curse you, point at your nose, and insult you, and maybe even one day..."
"You mean the butt..." a daft sunfish Devout Chanter suddenly interjected.
Everyone present, including Wen Wen, paused and stared directly at the Devout Chanter.
The sunfish Devout Chanter suddenly shivered, sensing the atmosphere was off, and took two steps back.
Wen Wen cleared his throat and continued in another direction: "I'm going to point at your nose and scold you. This is my equivalent retaliation!"
With the snap of his fingers, a slightly yellowish gas began to spread from the center of the city.
With the help of a diffusion array in the center, it quickly permeated the entire underwater city 'Oye Water City.'
Aquatic creatures that smelled the gas all rolled their eyes and fainted.
When making it, Wen Wen fully considered that some aquatic creatures might have the ability to hold their breath for long periods, so this magical stink could also penetrate the body through the skin.
The entire underwater city was instantly turned upside down, and then Wen Wen waved his hand, and that yellow smoke surged towards Ensook's head.
If not for the sunfish Devout Chanter's reminder, Wen Wen might have really gotten the direction wrong.
"Arrogant, foolish, you're courting death!"
Wen Wen's antics finally disturbed the slumbering Ancient God Ensook, and a massive shadow began to appear in the current.
In the seawater, even if his body couldn't move, Ensook could still exert immense strength.
The aura from the shadow in the seawater, even though it hadn't fully formed, already made Wen Wen feel a trace of threat. The power gathered at this moment already surpassed Wen Wen in the Catastrophe State.
The well-prepared Wen Wen directly opened a large door behind him and vanished in a flash.
By the time Ensook's condensed shadow was battle-ready, only a sign was left in the water.
'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!'
This was Wen Wen's warning to Ensook, implying that in the future, he wouldn't merely avoid Ensook; since Ensook disgusted him, he would find a way to return the favor.
Ensook's shadow stood in the seawater for an hour, without saying a word or giving any instructions, and then quietly faded away into the depths.
Afterward, the whole of Oye Water City began a thorough investigation, and Lobster Eight, who Wen Wen deliberately spared, was captured for interrogation.
But with the abilities of the Devout Chanters, they couldn't possibly find the chains hidden within Lobster Eight's body.
The crucial part was, before officially launching his provocation, Wen Wen spent a minute burying a few more chains for future mischief in this place.
He even... set up a Surveillance Point in Oye Water City.
The commotion from activating the Surveillance Point was too large to hide from Ensook, so it would only be activated at crucial moments.
Back in the Sakura District, Wen Wen felt mentally reinvigorated.
Putting grievances to rest, avenging past wrongs; he had been pursued by Ensook for such a long time, finally having a chance to reclaim his dignity.
In the following two days, there were no more sightings of rotting fish around Wen Wen, indicating that Ensook didn't want Wen Wen to go back and stir things up again.
However, it also meant that when Ensook appeared again, he'd be confident he could eliminate Wen Wen completely.
Or at least, he thought he could completely defeat Wen Wen.
In any case, even if Wen Wen didn't return the favor, Ensook would cause trouble, so he might as well enjoy this triumph now and have some peace for a time.
Yet, even if Ensook stopped causing trouble, Wen Wen had no appetite for fish, so he left this seaside city and returned to Muye City.
Ha Erman had chosen Muye City to shoot a movie precisely because there was an interesting event happening there.
And that was the Demon Hunter Comic Expo!
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So even the Demon Hunters appear quite unserious compared to other organizations.
For instance, when catching monsters, they like to utter some embarrassing lines.
Lines like my dark powers have awakened, I can't restrain my primal strength anymore... quite on par with Wen Wen's level of flamboyance.
Then there are those who seek out manga artists to create comics where they themselves, featuring their abilities, are the main characters...
Thus, this group often holds peculiar events, like cosplay contests and the like.
With their Supernatural Power, they organize a comic expo exclusively for Demon Hunters in a secret location, where they all dress up as their favorite anime characters.
The spectacle of this expo far surpasses a regular one, making it a major event for local Demon Hunters.
Amusingly, those monsters are also fond of such activities, thus holding their own monster comic expo elsewhere, both sides not interfering with each other...
This results in the Sakura District being most peaceful during these days when so many Demon Hunters leave their posts.
Of course, Wen Wen had to join in on the fun, and for someone who could use the Sanctuary's monster abilities, cosplaying anime characters wasn't difficult.
But being the narcissist he was, he didn't plan to dress as someone else; instead, he went as himself, disguised as the 'Man in Black Robe,' known to almost all Demon Hunters now as the Catastrophe Level Powerhouse, Black Cross.
However, Wen Wen did tweak his outfit a bit, making it appear fake to outsiders.
This approach wouldn't draw special attention from the Demon Hunters, as Wen Wen had encountered several Xun Yings, Black Night Knights, Morning Star's Goddess of War Ishna, and Sand Sea Priests...
As for Hu Youling and Tao Qingqing, it was simple for them; they just needed to appear as their real selves: Tao Qingqing in a classic black-and-red cape with fangs showing, and Hu Youling in skimpy attire, with fox ears and tails vividly alive.
The entire expo venue was filled with a joyful atmosphere because the person playing the yellow-haired boy could really make meatballs, the one playing the red-clothed straw-hat boy could stretch like rubber, and the one portraying the moody youth in a black kimono could actually slash out crescents with his weapon.