Chapter 3053: Angre

"...... You know each other!"

Caesar surveyed Lu Mingfei and Bai Hu Zi, his expression strangely uneasy.

The seven-meter-tall Bai Hu Zi...... Could this really be a human—or a half-breed? But he had never heard of any half-breed with such a massive physique. "I know the old man... but the old man may not know me!"

Lu Mingfei gave an awkward smile, muttering silently to himself.

This time, seeing the Infinite Serpent was already enough... I'd even prepared for total annihilation, but then Bai Hu Zi just showed up out of nowhere.

Lu Mingfei himself couldn't tell whether this was shock or joy—he was now deeply curious: Would this world also produce Deathwing, the Lich King, Onyxia? Would characters from Naruto or Bleach appear too? "Deathwing, the Lich King—those are impossible here."

"Unless you go to World of Warcraft! As for Onyxia, she never drew the ticket to come to this world!"

Su Han's gentle voice suddenly sounded—he had heard Lu Mingfei's thoughts and smiled in explanation.

"The Bofengshui Sect's Kakashi Hatake and Xuanwozhang Sect, Bleach's Aizen, Hei Qi Yihu—all failed to draw the ticket, so they didn't come."

Lu Mingfei froze, then sharply turned his head and saw Su Han, flawless and otherworldly, alongside Ao Bing, clad in a white robe with dragon horns atop his head.

Ao Bing's aura was uniquely distinctive.

In any setting, he would instantly become the center of attention.

But because he stood beside Su Han, he was dimmed in comparison.

The charm radiating from Su Han himself was like the sun—overwhelmingly striking, yet somehow brimming with vibrant gentleness.

"By the way, Old Man, failed to adopt another son again?"

Su Han regarded Bai Hu Zi and Lu Mingfei with keen interest.

He casually opened the guild live stream.

"As expected."

Bai Hu Zi shrugged, withdrew his hand, and showed no sign of disappointment.

Lu Mingfei's lips twitched, but he ultimately said nothing—though seeing Bai Hu Zi thrilled him... directly calling him Dad? Nah, better not.

"You! Who exactly are you?"

Angre silently gripped his Damascus folding knife, his voice low and gravelly, "And... Lu Mingfei, do you know these people?"

"...... I'm not sure!"

Lu Mingfei's face twisted, "All I know is this... Old Man Bai Hu Zi—he's a wildly popular character from the Japanese national manga, One Piece! One of the Four Emperors of the New World, ranked alongside the Pirate King Luo Jie."

"...... I think I've heard of him."

Caesar's expression turned strange—he wasn't a otaku, but One Piece was globally famous, nearly a cultural symbol of Japan.

Even if he didn't follow it, as a young man, he'd inevitably heard of it.

Precisely because he understood it, that's why he...

After a long pause, Caesar finally asked, "But... Bai Hu Zi? Isn't that just a fictional character?"

"Yeah! I'm wondering the same thing."

Lu Mingfei nodded expressionlessly.

Su Han pointed a finger into the empty air before him—immediately, a door appeared in the void, and a girl with red hair stepped out.

"Uesugi Eri!"

Angre froze—he could not possibly be unfamiliar with the head of the Shishio Clan.

And... he suddenly realized: Uesugi Eri was connected to this group.

Uesugi Eri was the sovereign of Japan's shadow world, and Bai Hu Zi was a character from Japan's national manga—was there some connection? Angre's paranoia flared again.

He resolved: if he survived this, he would mobilize every intelligence asset of the Order of the Stick to uncover the truth behind this.

"President! Old Man! Dragon King Ao Bing!"

Uesugi Eri's eyes sparkled; she used Kenbunshoku to transmit her voice directly into their minds.

"...... Dragon King!"

Caesar suddenly realized—he snapped out his weapon in a flash, glaring warily at Ao Bing with the dragon horns, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

"I am a Dragon King, but I am not the enemy Dragon King you imagine!"

Ao Bing had a gentle temperament; even with a blade pointed at him, he remained calm and explained softly, "Have you ever heard of the Eastern myth: Nezha Rages Against the Sea?"

"Yes... I am that... Third Prince of the Eastern Sea Dragon King: Ao Bing."

Caesar: ""

Angre: "!!!!!!"

Lu Mingfei: "Holy shit! Awesome."

Lu Mingfei stared, dumbfounded—had even mythological figures appeared? Angre's expression flickered between uncertainty and dread—he knew well that many mythological beings were, in truth, dragons... let alone Ao Bing, who in myth was literally a dragon! But what troubled Angre was: none of the known Dragon Kings matched Ao Bing! Was this due to insufficient intelligence, or... was there a hidden truth? Considering Bai Hu Zi's existence, he suspected the latter was far more likely... so Angre remained silent.

"I'd like to continue discussing this, but now doesn't seem the time."

Ao Bing exhaled.

He clenched his hand, summoning two massive ice hammers.

Frost spread from his feet outward.

Turning the entire world into an icy wasteland.

Across from them, a two-meter-tall figure slowly materialized—unremarkable in appearance, but the emblem of the Infinite Serpent embroidered on his collar.

"Interesting."

Uroboros surveyed the group before him, his voice carrying a hint of curiosity—but listen closely, and it was utterly still, utterly calm: "Chu Zihang, Lu Mingfei, Angre, Caesar... Bai Hu Zi, Ao Bing, and one unknown person!"

"So many gathered? How lively."

Uroboros appeared calm on the surface, but inside, his mind churned violently.

The protagonist of the Dragon Clan, the Four Emperor of One Piece, even... characters from Nezha Rages Against the Sea had appeared.

What in the world is going on here? "Forget it,"

After a brief silence, Ouroboros shook his head.

He made up his mind; his eyes suddenly turned cold and brimming with killing intent, "No matter...

what you intend to do... I'll just kill you all."

Ouroboros's body kept splitting apart, and soon, several of him appeared.

And each of him radiated an utterly terrifying aura.

"...... Undeath plus infinite energy! And also... division?"

Bai Hu's eyes narrowed slightly, before he could move.

Ao Bing shot forward like an arrow released from a bow, and at the same moment, his voice rang out.

"Master, for you to act now would be overkill! Let me go first... If I fail, then you step in."

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