aircannonsinc #219 - Fight against the Chinese God of War! Build your own pantheon!
#219 - Fight against the Chinese God of War! Build your own pantheon!
The moment Nezha saw Luo Fu, his eyes lit up, and he said, "You are the Lord of War, Chi You? According to the current saying, you are the new God of War? Then you're out of luck. Second Brother has been the God of War for a long time. You, the Lord of War, Chi You, have a divine duty that overlaps with Second Brother's. When the time comes, who between you and Second Brother is the true God of War will probably require the Jade Emperor's judgment."
The God of War in the Chinese pantheon is Guan Yu, who is the Second Brother in Nezha's words.
Luo Fu, however, felt a bit baffled. When did he become the Lord of War, Chi You, who controls the God of War? The Lord of War, Chi You, is just Luo Fu's Dharma form, not the essence of his power.
Not to mention that Luo Fu only had a preliminary idea of establishing his own pantheon.
Even if he had already established his own pantheon, he would adhere to the principle of 'rather have none than have substandard' when recruiting members.
His parents and Daisy, this adopted younger sister, plus the Scarlet Witch, who has great value to Luo Fu at this stage, naturally had to be brought into his pantheon.
After all, although Luo Fu had awakened the memories of his past life, it was ultimately a combination of the two.
If one person attains the Dao, even his pets ascend to heaven. Of course, Luo Fu would not forget his parents and Daisy.
As for the Scarlet Witch, before Luo Fu completely mastered Chaos Magic, the Scarlet Witch would always have great value to Luo Fu.
However, Luo Fu didn't have a clear idea yet about whether to bring the Scarlet Witch into his pantheon.
Not to mention that he didn't even have the shadow of a pantheon yet, just the existence of Chthon behind the Scarlet Witch made Luo Fu have to treat it with caution.
Amidst Nezha's chattering, Luo Fu quickly arrived at the main hall of the Pantheon under Nezha's lead.
As soon as he stepped into it, Luo Fu attracted the attention of the entire Pantheon.
In reality, just like Thanos, who could recognize Luo Fu's identity in an instant, Luo Fu also had quite a reputation in the Pantheon.
After all, the emergence of a second God of War in the Chinese pantheon was something that many pantheons were eager to see.
The Chinese pantheon already had a God of War, Guan Yu, and now the more ancient Lord of War, Chi You, had his power revived in Luo Fu's body.
For many pantheons, this kind of conflict of divine duties was quite fatal.
Under normal circumstances, the conflict of divine duties could only be resolved by the fall of one side.
But as for what to do specifically, although the Pantheon was eager to watch the show, how to handle it ultimately depended on the decision of the current leader of the Chinese pantheon, the Jade Emperor.
Under the attention of the gods of the Pantheon, Luo Fu immediately locked onto the direction of the Jade Emperor, the God of Longevity, the Immortal Goddess, the Queen Mother of the West, the Lightning Goddess, and the Thunder God, Lei Gong.
Yanluo Wang, the God of Death of the Chinese pantheon, was not present.
Yanluo Wang was one of the lords of the hell dimension in the Chinese pantheon. Under normal circumstances, he rarely appeared in the Pantheon.
In addition to the above-mentioned gods, gods such as Zhurong, the God of Fire, and Kui Xing, the God of Literary Fortune, were all paying close attention to Luo Fu.
Among them, the one who cared most about Luo Fu was definitely Guan Yu, the current God of War of the Chinese pantheon.
The Guan Yu who appeared in front of Luo Fu was very different from the Guan Yu in Luo Fu's impression.
He wore a green battle armor and held a green long-handled battle blade in his hand, but strangely, he didn't have Guan Erye's signature beard on his face.
"Junior Luo Fu greets all seniors," Luo Fu bowed slightly to the direction of the Chinese pantheon.
The entire Pantheon fell silent instantly.
All the gods tacitly looked towards the direction of the Chinese pantheon.
After a long time, the Jade Emperor, the leader of the Chinese pantheon, spoke first.
"The revival of the Lord of War's power is a matter worth celebrating for our Chinese pantheon," the Jade Emperor set the tone first. Then he said, "Although you have obtained the legacy of the Lord of War, Chi You, you are also a Dimensional Demon God. I wonder if you are willing to join our Chinese pantheon?"
"Let the Lord of War join the Chinese pantheon? What about Second Brother?" Nezha said as if he was afraid that the world wouldn't be in chaos.
Nezha's words immediately made the gods present even more curious about the next development.
After all, the matter of two gods sharing one divine duty was almost impossible in any pantheon, unless it was some extremely special divine duty that no one even wanted.
The God of War was clearly not one of them.
This Guan Yu, who didn't have a beard and wore a dark green battle armor, squinted his eyes and sized up Luo Fu before saying to the Jade Emperor, "Your Majesty, I am willing to compete with the Lord of War. If I lose, I will willingly hand over the position of God of War."
In an instant, a space large enough for Luo Fu and Guan Yu to fight was cleared inside the Pantheon Hall.
It was obvious that these gods of the Pantheon were eager for Luo Fu and Guan Yu to fight.
Although the Pantheon gathered gods from various pantheons, in fact, these gods usually lived a rather boring life.
Otherwise, Zeus, who was about to take over as the controller of the Pantheon, wouldn't have acted like a pervert.
In fact, perverts like Zeus were the norm in the Pantheon.
On the contrary, it was difficult for normal people to adapt to the environment of the Pantheon.
Although Luo Fu and Guan Yu were both members of the Chinese pantheon, infighting within any pantheon was a rare pastime for the gods of the Pantheon.
Regarding this Guan Yu, the God of War of the Chinese pantheon, Luo Fu didn't like his image, and even when he saw him, he couldn't connect him with the image of Guan Erye in his impression at all.
Whether in his previous life or in this life, the Guan Erye in his impression should have a majestic image with a beautiful beard and holding the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade.
But the current God of War, Guan Yu, although wearing a dark green battle armor, didn't conform to the Chinese style at all. Even the face with only a mustache didn't have the heroic spirit of Guan Erye, but instead gave people a feeling of a treacherous official.
Regarding Guan Yu's provocation, Luo Fu wasn't in a hurry to refute it.
Instead, he looked towards the direction of the Jade Emperor.
Having the idea of establishing his own pantheon, Luo Fu naturally wanted to test the attitude of the Pantheon.
With just a simple meeting, without even contact or communication, Luo Fu was sure that as long as he didn't want to destroy the almost decadent and hedonistic life of the gods of the Pantheon, even if Luo Fu raised the banner of a new pantheon,
the gods of the Pantheon would mostly watch the excitement, and no one would bother to go against Luo Fu.
On the contrary, the Jade Emperor and the Chinese pantheon were more worthy of attention.
"Lord of War, Luo Fu, what do you think?" The Jade Emperor asked the question to Luo Fu with a smile.
In the final analysis, even in the Pantheon, one still had to rely on strength to determine the right to speak.
Luo Fu nodded slightly and said, "I am honored to receive guidance from Second Brother."
Guan Yu seemed to have some deep hatred with Luo Fu. The moment Luo Fu's voice fell, he couldn't wait to leap forward and come before Luo Fu.
Without even saying hello, he raised the battle blade in his hand, which faintly revealed a bit of jade light, and slashed down towards Luo Fu's direction.
While stopping that strike, Luo Fu, with a backhand, retrieved the Nightsky Sword he had just obtained. With a wave of the longsword, countless Nightsky Swords, split from behind Luo Fu, rained down upon Guan Yu like a torrential downpour.
The war blade was restrained in the air by Luo Fu's gravity and electromagnetic force, unable to move. Facing the near-omni-directional, map-style saturation attack,
the only thing Guan Yu could do was rely on his armor to withstand it.
The emerald green armor suddenly radiated a shimmering light.
The Nightsky Swords, which had once annihilated the Valkyrie army of Asgard, now shot towards Guan Yu, and upon striking the green glow on his body, they were shattered with a crisp sound.
He never expected to injure Guan Yu with the Nightsky Sword alone. After all, he was a war god of the Chinese pantheon. Even with the vast difference from the impression he had, he was still able to hold onto the throne of war god for so many years.
Guan Yu was naturally not one to be trifled with.
Through this simple exchange, Luo Fu finally understood what was going on with the power of Guan Yu, the war god of the Chinese pantheon.
Although both the long blade and the armor were emerald green, symbolizing vitality, in reality, the powers were severely conflicting.
The long-handled war blade symbolized the aura of slaughter, while the emerald green armor contained vigorous life force.
The armor, containing vigorous life force, symbolized the vitality of spring, while the war blade, with its chilling aura of slaughter, contained the desolation of autumn.
This war god, Guan Yu, had clearly incorporated the seasonal concepts of spring and autumn into his authority.
Both his offensive and defensive capabilities had reached the limit he could achieve.
He was indeed worthy of his title as war god.
Even if the vitality of spring and the desolation of autumn were imbued by Guan Yu into his armor and war blade, how could such power compare to Luo Fu's essence as a dimensional demon god?
Guan Yu had only taken possession of spring and autumn in the cycle of seasons. Coincidentally, during the battle to save Asgard not long ago, Luo Fu had already experienced the power sufficient to symbolize winter and summer.
The freezing air from the Casket of Ancient Winters and Surtur's inextinguishable fire were like the extremes of winter and summer.
The Nightsky Sword's attack was fruitless. Although Luo Fu did not master the true inextinguishable fire and the Casket of Ancient Winters' freezing air, he could still imitate a bit of their essence.
"Brother Guan, since you use spring and autumn for power, then why not try my winter and summer as well?"
The moment the words fell, a bone-chilling cold and a blazing flame erupted from Luo Fu's body simultaneously, heading straight towards Guan Yu.
Seeing that Guan Yu was about to fall into a hell of extreme cold and extreme heat,
an invisible force descended instantly, and Luo Fu's attack vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed in the first place.
This sudden attack made Luo Fu's eyes light up instantly. He had already determined that this power was none other than the chaos magic that Luo Fu had been pursuing.
Of course, within the Chinese pantheon, the same ability would inevitably have a different name.
But what was undeniable was that the person who suddenly intervened did indeed use chaos magic to erase Luo Fu's half-baked freezing air and blazing flames.
"This battle is a draw," the Jade Emperor said, glancing at Luo Fu without revealing any emotion.
Luo Fu's heart stirred, and he followed suit, saying, "Brother Guan, your transformation of spring and autumn into authority is truly breathtaking. I admire you."
Guan Yu also knew that if someone hadn't suddenly intervened just now, with his own strength, facing Luo Fu's attack head-on, even if he didn't die, he would have suffered a serious injury.
Forcing a dry laugh, Guan Yu said, "Lord of War's strength is profound and mysterious. Guan admires you as well."
The gods of the Pantheon all looked towards the Jade Emperor.
The Jade Emperor, however, acted as if everything just now had nothing to do with him.
In the end, Zeus, who had just dissolved the Jade Emperor and become the contemporary controller of the Pantheon, coughed lightly, and with a bewitching gait, came before Luo Fu and said, "The Chinese pantheon is indeed full of talents. However, this sword in your hand, I seem to have seen it somewhere before!"
Luo Fu was not surprised that the gods of the Pantheon could recognize the Nightsky Sword.
After all, back then, Si Shenhai had assisted Odin in becoming the Lord of the Nine Realms.
Although her weapon back then was mainly Thor's hammer, the Nightsky Sword had also made a great name for itself.
The Asgardian pantheon and the gods of the Pantheon, although incompatible, still knew of each other's existence.
Especially elites of the pantheon like Thor and Hela, were the focus of the Pantheon's attention.
It was just that the Asgardian pantheon had never been able to play together with the Pantheon.
This also led to the fact that when Thor went to the Pantheon for help, he was almost ridiculed by the Pantheon instead.
And the appearance of Hela's Nightsky Sword, in Luo Fu's hands, could not help but make the gods of the Pantheon feel a bit of doubt in their hearts.
After obtaining the Nightsky Sword from Thor, Luo Fu also understood the meaning of the Nightsky Sword.
In fact, for Hela, the Nightsky Sword was equivalent to Thor's Stormbreaker.
Although Thor's hammer was also very powerful, it had a more special meaning. That was the symbol of the Asgardian crown prince.
This was the rule that Odin had set after forging Thor's hammer.
Whether it was Thor or Hela, when they were crown princes of Asgard, they used Thor's hammer as their weapon.
But afterwards, Hela forged the Nightsky Sword, and Thor also forged the Stormbreaker.
This was why the gods of the Pantheon would be curious about the relationship between Luo Fu and Asgard.
Luo Fu waved the Nightsky Sword in his hand, which had a rather unique shape, and said, "This is the Nightsky Sword of Hela, the former crown prince of the Asgardian pantheon. I helped the current god-king, Thor, resolve Hela's rebellion and after Ragnarok, the Asgardian god-king Thor gifted me this weapon!"
"What?" Zeus was taken aback and walked towards Luo Fu in large strides, his short skirt rustling.
"Isn't Asgardian Ragnarok still some time away? How could it have erupted early? Who helped that crazy woman Hela escape from hell?"
This question was clearly also a matter of concern for the gods of the Pantheon.
Luo Fu was faintly surprised.
The gods of the Pantheon, although seemingly detached from worldly affairs and focused on enjoying themselves, were indeed worthy of being members of an ancient pantheon. Perhaps they were not very clear about what had happened recently, but they were quite knowledgeable about ancient history, prophecies, and the like.
Although Hela was released by Luo Fu himself, within the Pantheon, Luo Fu would certainly not admit this.
This would directly lead to the early staging of Asgardian Ragnarok. If he admitted this, Luo Fu's reputation in the Pantheon would be ruined in an instant.
This was much worse than the actions of any trickster god of any pantheon.
The trickster god's actions were, at most, pranks, but Luo Fu's actions were no different from an evil god.
Seeing that Luo Fu remained silent, the gods of the Pantheon did not pursue the matter.
Luo Fu now faintly showed signs of standing with the Chinese pantheon.
After all, the Chinese pantheon was also a powerful force within the Pantheon. Small pantheons could not afford to offend them, and large pantheons did not have the need to, so naturally they would not pursue Luo Fu relentlessly.
With no excitement to watch, the Pantheon's gathering soon came to an end.
Luo Fu, however, followed the Jade Emperor and other deities of the Chinese pantheon to a palace complex filled with Chinese architectural style.
Just entering the palace with the plaque of Lingxiao Palace hanging on it,
the Jade Emperor went straight to Luo Fu and said, "Lord of War Luo Fu, you seem to be familiar with the power I just used to stop you and the War God Guan Yu?"
"May I ask, senior, was what you just used chaos magic?" Luo Fu asked directly.
The Jade Emperor's move was the only chaos magic seen after the Scarlet Witch.
Even the Scarlet Witch herself was now completely unable to master the power of chaos magic. Out of ten times, being able to successfully cast chaos magic once was considered lucky.
Regarding chaos magic, neither the Ancient One, the Sorcerer Supreme of Kamar-Taj, nor Frigga, the Queen of Asgard, could give Luo Fu much guidance.
It could be said that since he had set his mind on studying chaos magic, Luo Fu was completely in a state of closed-door cultivation. Even the Scarlet Witch could only give Luo Fu a little insignificant side reminder. Moreover, whether it was right or wrong was ambiguous.
Now that he saw the Jade Emperor cast chaos magic, Luo Fu would certainly not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
The Jade Emperor nodded slightly and said, "Chaos magic? That is what outsiders call it, but since you are used to it, then I will also refer to it as chaos magic. That's right, I just used the chaos magic in your words to erase the power of your battle with the War God Guan Yu."
"May I ask, senior, how should chaos magic be cultivated?" Luo Fu asked impatiently.
After taking a meaningful look at Luo Fu, the Jade Emperor said, "Chaos has no fixed number. Everyone's Chaos Magic is different. If you want to learn my Chaos Magic, you can only become a member of the Chinese God System. But it seems to me that you don't intend to accept it."
Luo Fu was immediately caught in a dilemma.
If it were in other universes and worlds, Luo Fu would be eager to join the Chinese God System, but in this universe, forget it.
Whether it was the Jade Emperor in front of him, or the prankster god Nezha, and the God of War Guan Yu who had fought with Luo Fu before, in Luo Fu's eyes, they couldn't match the image in his mind.
Compared to this Chinese God System that he found difficult to accept, Luo Fu might as well start all over again and simply establish a God System of his own.
Perhaps knowing his choice through Luo Fu's attitude, the Jade Emperor sighed softly and said, "Chaos Magic varies from person to person. If you learn my Chaos Magic, you must leave my mark. Since you don't intend to do so, then I will simply tell you what Chaos Magic is."
"Thank you, Senior," Luo Fu had no intention of addressing him as 'Your Majesty'.
In Luo Fu's eyes, the Jade Emperor in front of him was at most an individual with the name of the Jade Emperor, but who simply possessed powerful power.
"The so-called Chaos Magic is the ability to change reality with one's own mental image."
The Jade Emperor's words immediately made Luo Fu think of the Great Magic of the Type-Moon world, the Reality Marble.
The Reality Marble also erodes reality with a mental image, but the difference is that the Type-Moon world has the existence of two great Alaya and Gaia, even if the mental image is projected into reality, it will be erased by the power of the two great Alaya and Gaia.
In the Marvel Universe, the change of reality by Chaos Magic is a real change, and there is no possibility of correction.
Unless there is an existence that also masters Chaos Magic, using the same ability to cover Luo Fu's Chaos Magic again, using magic to fight magic, and twisting the distorted reality back again.
Seeing Luo Fu thoughtful, the Jade Emperor then said, "The strength of Chaos Magic is directly proportional to one's own will. The stronger the will, the more powerful the effect of Chaos Magic. Once you doubt yourself, the power of magic will be greatly reduced."
Luo Fu had already learned this through his research on the Scarlet Witch.
After all, when the Scarlet Witch went crazy in the future, the power of her Chaos Magic was simply terrifying. She could easily pull the entire town into her own mental world, making it impossible to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
In fact, the Chaos Magic displayed by the crazy Scarlet Witch has no truth or falsehood in itself.
That is a true ability to shape and change images completely according to one's own will.
"The consumption of Chaos Magic requires one's own cognition as the foundation. The more profound the understanding of the truth of the universe, the smaller the consumption of changing reality, and vice versa," the Jade Emperor once again gave Luo Fu a definite answer.
Don't look at the Jade Emperor's current seemingly simple explanation, but Luo Fu knew that this was the Jade Emperor's experience.
It may not necessarily be suitable for Luo Fu, but it can provide great assistance to Luo Fu in the research of Chaos Magic.
In the following time, Luo Fu and the Jade Emperor, one listened, and one spoke.
Soon, the Jade Emperor explained his own understanding of Chaos Magic to Luo Fu. Although there was no detailed cultivation process, and it did not involve specific scope, it also allowed Luo Fu to fully understand the definition of Chaos Magic.
Absorbing the experience taught by the Jade Emperor, Luo Fu vaguely felt as if he had broken a layer of shackles.
Along with the thoughts surging in his heart.
Inside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the originally magnificent scene instantly centered on Luo Fu, and underwent earth-shattering changes.
The carved beams and painted rafters, the magnificent palace, disappeared without a trace like a dream bubble, replaced by a boundless garden.
Countless blooming flowers swayed in the breeze.
With a gentle breeze, the fragrance of flowers could even be clearly smelled.
Seeing this, the Jade Emperor couldn't help but look at Luo Fu with approval and said, "You have officially opened the door to Chaos Magic. As for how far you can go on this path, it depends on your own opportunities and understanding."
"Thank you for your guidance, Senior." Luo Fu first bowed slightly to the Jade Emperor, performed a salute, and then observed the sea of flowers after he changed reality with great interest.
In the sea of flowers swaying in the breeze, countless flowers familiar to Luo Fu were blooming, exuding vigorous vitality.
All of this is not an illusion, but Luo Fu truly transformed the original Hall of Supreme Harmony into the current scene of the sea of flowers in the way of Chaos Magic.
It is truly showing the effect of changing reality in the realm of the creator.
It is not even the same as the effect of switching between reality and illusion displayed by Luo Fu with his eye technique, Izanagi.
After all, although the eye technique of Izanagi allows Luo Fu to take many detours in Chaos Magic, in fact, the eye technique of Izanagi is more like a pre-set program.
When Luo Fu applies it, he at most knows what it is, but does not know why it is.
If you want to truly master Chaos Magic, then Luo Fu must achieve the level of knowing what it is and also knowing why it is.
Seeing that Luo Fu had changed reality, but had not recovered for a long time, the Jade Emperor moved his mind.
Starting from the Jade Emperor's feet, the scene of the surrounding sea of flowers was once again replaced by the magnificence of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
After restoring the scene of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Jade Emperor said, "You have mastered your own Chaos Magic, but if you want to consolidate the foundation, you will need a long time to complete this process."
In the following period of time, Luo Fu began to immerse himself in the research of Chaos Magic.
Even the purpose of his previous visit to the Pantheon, Luo Fu seemed to have ignored it.
And the many gods of the Chinese God System also seemed to have forgotten this point.
Letting Luo Fu stay in the Pantheon in this unclear way.
Luo Fu didn't know that after he stayed in the Pantheon.
On the Earth side, without Luo Fu's influence, it continued to develop forward.
Ancient One found her successor, the future Doctor Strange, Stephen Strange, a neurosurgeon who had just had a car accident.
And Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, who were left on Earth by Luo Fu, without Luo Fu, the great demon king who kept urging them, the two sisters gradually began to immerse themselves in the various arrangements of the Hydra base.
Even Tony Stark, the enemy in the minds of the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver siblings, began to study the anti-God armor.
Needless to say, this so-called anti-God armor is aimed at Luo Fu, the God on Earth.
As if having persecution paranoia, Tony Stark habitually wanted to control everything in his hands.
But Luo Fu's appearance obviously far exceeded Tony Stark's range of cognition.
Even though he constantly worked hard to develop another kind of armor in his imagination that could restrain Luo Fu, after experiencing the test, he had to admit that with his current background and accumulation, it was impossible to create an armor that could restrain Luo Fu in a short period of time.
If it were someone else, Tony Stark would temporarily put the research on hold, but Luo Fu, this dangerous element, was like a sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of the Avengers and the people of Earth.
Making Tony Stark constantly in a state of unease.
Originally, Tony Stark, who had fallen into the emergency disorder of war trauma after the Battle of New York, was now in a similar situation because of Luo Fu.
After many efforts, Tony Stark decided that before he truly developed the anti-God armor that could target Luo Fu, he would first create a more powerful artificial intelligence.
The future Ultron is about to debut.
Of course, without the Mind Stone scepter, Ultron might still appear, but Vision would definitely not be born.
When Luo Fu was immersed in the research of Chaos Magic in the Pantheon, and time was moving forward.
Stephen Strange finally, in despair, turned to Kamar-Taj, shifting the hope of healing himself from science to so-called magic.
After all, he is worthy of being the successor chosen by Ancient One.
In just a short period of time, Stephen Strange smoothly sped from a rookie all the way to the position of Sorcerer Supreme.
Ancient One's disciple, Kaecilius, also chose to follow Dormammu, the lord of the Dark Dimension, as if by fate, and attempted to revive his wife and children with the help of Dormammu's power.