Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 222 A Billion Wraiths and the Fall of Gods

Chapter 221

Annika looked up and secretly glanced at Rosen; it felt so good to be with him.

Rosen also looked down at Annika, but he was puzzled as to what Daisy meant.
The scene from the time-prediction painting did indeed happen just now. Annika's face did indeed transform into Daisy's for a brief moment, and her hand did indeed reach for his heart through her own body at that moment, but Daisy withdrew her hand at the last moment.

Daisy never appeared again, as if nothing had happened in between.

So Rosen is now unsure why Daisy stopped at that time.
It certainly wasn't because of his excellent riding skills. Could it be the power of the psychologist that made Daisy sense his wariness and realize that she wouldn't succeed even if she took action, so she stopped at the last moment?
Tell me why you left back then?

Rosen asked tentatively.

"Back then, my teacher discovered my talent for drawing and forcibly took me away..."

Annika explained guiltily.

Rosen found it increasingly strange that Annika's teacher was no ordinary person; she was the only female painter in the World Government to reach Sequence 1, and one of only five Sequence 1 painters. It was precisely because of her renowned teacher that Annika was able to become a Sequence 4 painter.

But if Annika really had such a powerful backer, how could she have become Daisy?
Or is Annika lying without even realizing it, and her memories are actually just a fabrication by Daisy? If that's the case, he probably won't get any valuable clues out of her.

Rosen wanted to ask for more details, but Annika suddenly looked warily at the studio wall.

Within a blank picture frame on the wall, the scene outside the Void Gallery now appears.

There were quite a few painters outside, already gathered outside Annika's Void Gallery.

"Looks like they're looking for us."

After seeing some familiar figures, Rosen began to get dressed.

He and Annika quickly dressed and cleaned themselves up, and then Annika manipulated the Void Gallery to send them out.

"You're here for my Sequence 3 painting?"

Rosen asked directly.

"That's right..."

"Although I hate to admit it, you should be more skilled than us Sequence 4 God-born painters..."

“Holding out is no longer an option. This world is devouring our spirituality, and the rate of devouring is accelerating. So we're going to make one last desperate attempt to break through the spatial barriers of this world and escape…”

The painters, who were of divine lineage, explained their purpose in a few words, and it was clear that they had no other choice.

“I can give it a try, but I need the help of all the painters.”

As Rosen spoke, he took out the Demon God Manifestation, "This painting is of the Seven Deadly Sins Demon God. It can condense the Seven Deadly Sins Demon Seed. The Demon Seed can absorb the emotions of the Seven Deadly Sins of intelligent life. If the power of the Seven Deadly Sins is sufficient, it may be able to unleash a Sequence 2 attack."

"We need to verify the level of danger posed by your demonic seed."

Someone immediately put forward conditions.

Rosen nodded and released the Seven Deadly Sins demon seeds one by one.

Several divine-descended painters released some alien people from the divine realm, then planted demonic seeds in them and began to observe the specific changes.

They soon discovered that the Demon Seed could amplify and absorb the power of the Seven Deadly Sins, while also corrupting spirituality, provided that the power of the Demon Seed had an absolute advantage. If the Demon Seed was removed before that, it would not have a significant impact.

Several divine-descended painters, along with dozens of painters they had persuaded, began to spread the word to all the painters.

In the end, all of the tens of thousands of painters agreed; no one refused.

The reason is simple: there is no better option in this situation.

Even though some people hate the demon seed and don't want it to parasitize them, under the general trend, those who are different from ordinary people will be rejected and eliminated first. No one is a fool who doesn't know when to stop, so even if they have opinions in their hearts, they won't show them.

Not content with planting tens of thousands of demonic seeds, Rosen also planted demonic seeds in all the painters' extraordinary subjects and soldiers.

The boundless power of the Seven Deadly Sins flowed along the Seven Deadly Sins Demon Seeds to Rosen, and then was infused into the Miracle Painting in his hand, where the demon god manifested.

The demon in the painting has now activated its unique miracle ability, Demon Feast.

The essence of this characteristic is to allow the demon in the painting to absorb the power of the Seven Deadly Sins at an excessive rate, thereby forcibly increasing its own strength. Theoretically, if the power of the Seven Deadly Sins is sufficient, the demon in the painting can unleash combat power equivalent to Sequence 1.

Of course, the outbreak of the Demon God's Feast comes at a price. The price is that the painting will collapse when the Demon God manifests.

However, this is a miraculous painting, possessing the characteristic of being eternally indestructible. It can be quickly repaired by continuously absorbing the power of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Of course, Rosen estimated that even if there were tens of thousands of painters and superhuman subordinates on the scene, the combined power of the Seven Deadly Sins would not be enough to allow the Demon God to reach Sequence 1, and even the combat power of Sequence 2 could only be maintained for a very short time.

Just as the demon god was becoming increasingly powerful, a sudden change occurred.

Some of the Sequence 5 painters suddenly began attacking other painters around them.

They attacked with deadly force right from the start, and it was a coordinated attack by multiple people surrounding and killing one person.

So in the blink of an eye, the bodies of dozens of Sequence 5 painters had been destroyed.

However, the spiritual consciousness of these painters did not return to the divine realm to be resurrected; instead, it drifted towards the unreachable ancient trees in the center of the divine kingdom.

The sudden turn of events led no one to suspect Rosen.

Since everyone has figured out the true nature and strength of the demonic seed, Rosen might be able to influence a few people with the Seven Deadly Sins demonic seed, but it is absolutely impossible for him to cause hundreds of Sequence 5 painters to collectively lose control.

Moreover, these out-of-control painters seem more like puppets being manipulated.

This is clearly something that can only be achieved by the combination of the human model and the skills of other painters. None of the painters present could do this. The only ones who could do it are either high-ranking members of the Painters' Guild or that mysterious painter from Sequence 1 who is not completely dead in this divine country.

"It seems this is forcing us to kill each other..."

Rosen frowned.

“Look at those people.”

Annika suddenly said in a somewhat panicked manner.

Rosen looked at the Sequence 5s who had just been manipulated and killed the other painters.

The extraordinary essence within the body of the deceased painter transformed into streams of light that merged into the bodies of the murderers. Then, it was visibly that the spiritual strength of these people increased, and some painters even used skills they did not originally possess in their astonishment.

Like raising a venomous insect, as long as other painters are killed, the extraordinary essence of the deceased can be merged.

However, those painters who had integrated extraordinary essence all had ashen faces.

Even a fool knows that the purer the extraordinary source material, the better. It's not that extraordinary source materials of the same sequence cannot be fused, but they absolutely cannot be fused casually, especially not with the residual spirituality within the extraordinary source material, otherwise it will only pollute one's own spiritual origin and extraordinary source material.

Don't be fooled by the fact that dozens of Sequence 5 painters have improved their skills; in reality, their originally great talents have been wasted.

The other painters, who had originally intended to control these hundreds of painters, all retreated and dared not make a move.

These hundreds of painters are now under control; each one is a ticking time bomb.

If you accidentally kill these people, it's equivalent to destroying your own foundation.

So soon a ridiculous scene unfolded: tens of thousands of painters were being chased by hundreds of other painters.

Running away wasn't an option, and soon all the painters hid in the Empty Gallery.

However, a devastating scene soon unfolded: hundreds of manipulated Sequence 5 painters, fearlessly abandoning all defenses, actively sought out the Void Galleries with passive countermeasures, only to die, in a near-suicidal manner, from the countermeasures themselves.

On average, dozens of Sequence 5 painters simultaneously lock onto a Void Gallery and commit suicide.

Then, dozens of extraordinary essences were all integrated into the painter's body, who was hiding inside the Void Gallery.

After a dozen or so painters who had been forced to fuse with extraordinary source matter left the Void Gallery, the other painters were shocked to discover that these painters, who were originally only Sequence 5, had actually advanced to Sequence 4. It was as if fusing with the extraordinary source matter of other painters could actually advance them.

The hundreds of Sequence 5 painters manipulated by the mastermind behind the scenes were all killed, and soon a second batch of Sequence 5 painters were manipulated.

The same pattern continues: suicide attacks on other void galleries force a small number of Sequence 5 painters to regress to Sequence 4.

Some Sequence 5 painters, unwilling to be manipulated into committing suicide, began to actively attack other painters. As long as a painter did this, the mastermind behind the scenes stopped manipulating the situation. Gradually, the situation became more and more chaotic, and more and more painters were forced into the bloodshed.

As long as one has taken a life, and is forced to merge with a painter's extraordinary essence, then all that's left is to give up. One's own great talent and aptitude are already wasted, so it's better to devour more extraordinary essence to advance to a higher sequence. Perhaps there's still a glimmer of hope for survival, which is better than dying at someone else's hands and having one's extraordinary essence devoured by someone else.

In the entire divine realm today, there are only a few hundred painters who can remain untainted.

These hundreds of painters each have their own unique methods. Some have their virtual galleries hidden in the shadows, some have set up powerful defense systems with no countermeasures whatsoever, and some can disguise themselves as the universe so that other painters cannot locate them.

Rosen was no exception; he released a void mist that disoriented all the approaching painters, preventing them from getting close.

However, this cannot continue. Some painters will eventually advance to Sequence 3, and the infighting will continue. It is only a matter of time before Sequence 2 or even Sequence 1 painters emerge. At that time, these last few hundred painters will be at the mercy of others.

Rosen opened the Void Picture Book, which depicted a horn made from a conch shell.

This is the miraculous artifact, the Mind Horn, which can break through methods of mind enslavement and also establish a wide-ranging mental connection.

However, it is not an authentic piece, nor even a counterfeit. It was simply a low-quality imitation drawn by Rosen because he knew of such a miraculous treasure. It did not break the mind-enslavement, but it imitated the effect of a wide-ranging mental connection.

"I have a way to escape this calamity. Those who are willing to believe, come to my Void Gallery."

Rosen conveyed his message to all the painters who were still safe and sound through the horn of the mind.

Almost immediately, Void Gallery approached Rosen's Void Gallery, because in a desperate situation, any straw is worth grasping and taking a gamble. Soon, hundreds of painters rode the Void Gallery into the area shrouded in spatial mist.

After they closed the Void Gallery, Rosen led everyone to the gallery maze.

Then, they entered the mysterious study through the window, and immediately vanished without a trace after putting away the Void Gallery.

While Rosen was calming down the many painters in the gallery maze, he was also standing by the window watching the horrific tragedy outside that was enough to shock the world.

Outside the Divine Realm, the higher-ups of the Painters' Association silently watched the tragedy unfold within the Divine Realm.

"Rosen can't be found..."

"If we can't find them, we won't look. Don't forget our goal. Those who have the ability to survive are the future of the painters' lineage, and those who don't will become fuel for the rise of the painters' lineage. What we want is not to exterminate them, but to let the fittest survive..."

"The person at the archaeological institute doesn't want to see Rosenwood..."

"Well, there's no other way. Until it's done, everything we do can't be made public..."

Elio, the vice president of the Painters' Guild, unfolded the Void Sketchbook and painted a picture of Rosen being swallowed by nothingness.

However, a moment later, Elio put away the Void Book with a grim expression.

"I failed. Rosen may very well possess a miracle artifact with special miracle properties."

"Ellio said with concern."

“That’s because he’s not meant to die. I’ll go and trap Chinon Touré.”

"The president of the association, Luca, said helplessly."

Seeing the disappearance of the president, Elio and other high-ranking members of the Painters' Guild were somewhat worried.

Qinon Touré is a Sequence 0 archaeologist whose strength is in no way inferior to that of the Chairman. The two have never fought each other, and the outcome is difficult to predict. Therefore, the Chairman would be taking a great risk by launching an attack on Qinon.

……

In just a few days, the world of the gods has been turned into a sea of ​​blood.

Of the tens of thousands of painters, only a few hundred hid in the Rosen Void Gallery, while the rest had killed each other, leaving only one.

This is not just a matter of tens of thousands of painters dying; at the same time, the people of these painters' divine territories also died. If each painter has at least ten million people in their territory, then in the past few days, at least one hundred billion people have been killed or injured.

Amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood, Belial Joestar stood blankly with his head bowed.

He was originally just a Sequence 5 painter, but after a few days of fusing with tens of thousands of extraordinary source materials of the same sequence, he has now become a Sequence 1 painter, mastering tens of thousands of painting skills. It might not be an exaggeration to say that he is invincible at Sequence 1.

However, Belial was not happy at all, because he knew that the mastermind behind it all would not let him go.

Conversely, he will not let the mastermind behind the scenes get away with it.

However, just as Belial was about to break out of the divine realm and find the higher-ups of the Painters' Guild who had orchestrated all of this, he suddenly lost control of his body and spirit, and like a puppet, he walked toward the untouchable Ancient Tree of Sequence at the center of the divine realm.

At this point, the ancient tree of sequence was no longer illusory, having absorbed the spiritual essence of tens of thousands of painters.

The ancient tree of sequence sprouted roots that took root directly into Belial's body.

Rosen immediately realized that this was the scene corresponding to the second time-predicting painting he had painted.

Upon closer reflection, I understood why his predictions were inaccurate. If he hadn't had the mysterious study, he would have been the last of the ten thousand painters to survive, and ultimately, he would have been the one used as fertilizer.

But because of the mysterious study, he changed his inevitable death.

The time-predicting painting could not predict the mysterious study, which is why the predicted result was incorrect.

Even though Belial had become a Sequence 1 painter, he was still quickly reduced to ashes by the Sequence Ancient Tree.

As the ancient tree that used Belial as nourishment began to have a figure gradually materialize beneath it.

However, at that very moment, the sky of the divine kingdom cracked open.

The painter sequence ancient tree located in Shentu City descended from the sky and wrapped its roots around the sequence 1 sequence ancient tree. The roots even continued to spread and take root throughout the entire divine kingdom world, forcibly using the entire divine kingdom world as nourishment.

Those who eat others will be eaten themselves; the Painter's Council never considered resurrecting this half-dead founder of the Painter's Sequence.

But why do painters do this regardless of the cost? What are they after?
Just when Rosen thought everything was about to end, the top leaders of the Painters' Association appeared one after another.

There is one Sequence 0, two Sequence 1s, and nine Sequence 2s. These peak powerhouses of the human painter sequence are now walking towards the ancient tree of the painter sequence, letting the roots penetrate their bodies and use them as nourishment.

Even the Grand Master Luca summoned his own divine kingdom from the starry sky of the Eternal Continent.

Such an action directly alarmed all the gods on the Eternal Continent. Gods and even true gods descended upon Shentu City. After seeing the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood under the ancient tree of the Painter Sequence, some were furious, some mocked, and some sighed helplessly.

At that moment, Rosen closed the window of the mysterious study.

What if some true god possesses special power and discovers the mysterious study through the window?

It's safer to close the window. No sooner had the window been closed than Demon Eye Nine discovered important information in the deep web of the spirit world.

Just moments ago, Luca West, the president of the Artists' Association, together with other senior members of the association, released a public confession before his death.

There is no true Sequence 0 in the painter sequence; this is an open secret among the higher-ups of each sequence.

Although Luca is a Sequence 0 painter, his advancement to Sequence 0 did not rely on the rules of painting.

Because the painting rules of the Painter Sequence are incomplete, they were bound by the creator of the Painter Sequence with a special ability. This is why the ancient tree of this person's sequence has survived to this day without dying completely, because this person has always been using the ancient tree of the Painter Sequence to prolong their life.

As long as this founder is not completely dead, no one in the painter sequence can advance to sequence 0 through the rules of painting.

With Luca's support, the painters' group could have easily protected itself.

However, the previous calamity of civilization had fundamentally damaged Luca's divine essence, and he was also cursed by the alien true god. Therefore, Luca would not live for more than a few years. Once Luca died, painters without Sequence 0 would inevitably be suppressed in various ways.

Therefore, Luca was willing to sacrifice tens of thousands of exceptionally talented painters in order to eliminate the founder of the painters' hierarchy at any cost.

Finally, by sacrificing the high-ranking members of the Painters' Guild, the weakened ancient tree of the Painters' Sequence was fully restored.

In this way, someone in the remaining Sequence 1 of the painter sequence will inevitably be able to advance to Sequence 0 in a short period of time by relying on the rules of painting.

In general, the leaders of the Painters' Association chose to sacrifice themselves to save the entire group of painters.

However, no matter how Rosen looked at it, he felt there was something wrong with this plea statement.

It's understandable that Luca is dying and doesn't care about sacrifice, but are all the other high-ranking members of the Painters' Association about to die? Do they all have the spirit to sacrifice for the future of the Painters' Association? Is there not a single one who wants to live a good life?

Rosen had some doubts about whether the top leaders of the Painters' Association had all been taken into custody.

It's possible that Luca has taken control of the other high-ranking members, or it's possible that other powerful figures from other sequences have taken control of the Painters' Guild's high-ranking members. In any case, Rosen doesn't believe this is the only way to save the Painters' Rank; otherwise, the World Government's resources would be far too disappointing.

(End of this chapter)