American comic book: My Father is Superman, am I just an NPC?

Chapter 228 Unexpected Change! The Amazing Mega Evolution of Palu!

Within the Dark Dimension.

Although Ian was unaware of his mother's psychological trauma, he continued to use his faith to pay attention to the emotional changes of ordinary people around the world.

Say something.

If Ian were to become a fan, he would undoubtedly scoff and write a 20,000-word rant about how being a fan is meaningless. But when it comes to him being the "star" adored by the public...

Ian loves fan culture to death.

He has to give a huge thank you to all the "pigeons" and "opponents" over the years for their efforts in evolutionary theory to make the human brain as smooth as that of a koala.

Regardless of whether his acting is good or not, as long as people believe it, he is a good actor.

"Why shouldn't being handsome be considered one of my abilities?"

With that thought in mind, Ian suddenly straightened his back. Although he was still swaying a little, his face showed the kind of determination that comes from knowing it's impossible but doing it anyway.

"No! I can't give up yet!"

His voice is loud and clear even without a megaphone.

this moment.

Wang Yuan, Lu Han from Shanghai Fortress, Angelababy, and Guan Xiaotong all seem to exist across time and space with Ian, sharing their acting skills with him.

However, this did not affect Ian's performance.

His gaze, like two searchlights, suddenly pierced the only remaining enemy present—Sangu Demon! His eyes were filled with unwavering determination and a sense of mission.

“At least… at least hold on! To eliminate this last threat for the Earth! For… our families!” This emotionally charged and tear-jerking performance may be considered somewhat amateurish in the ancient Eastern country where the live streaming industry is well-developed, but people in most regions have not yet experienced the baptism of “family reunion.”

Countless regions.

The sentiment is indignant.

They were all devastated because "he actually called us family."

The power of faith surged toward Ian.

Of course, there are people in the world who can see through things. Apart from the Justice League and others who have been "poisoned" by Ian, even the demon Trigon, whom they met for the first time, could not be fooled.

Ian's performance.

This directly broke the guard of the Three Palace Demons who knew the inside story!

"Damn it!!! You're lying! You're lying!!!" Sangu Demon was so angry that he waved his six arms wildly, and his demonic body, which was still huge compared to other life forms, jumped up and down on the spot.

It looks just like a cat whose tail has been stepped on.

"You're as strong as a Titan who's taken some kind of super tonic! Damaged essence? Bah! Your essence is practically overflowing!"

"This guy is even more despicable than us demons!!!" He had finally witnessed what it meant to be a demon beyond demons, a heaven beyond heaven, and a shamelessness beyond shamelessness!
"He's lying!"

"He's lying!"

"He's lying!"

Important things must be emphasized at least three times. Knowing what Ian was plotting during his performance, the Demon Lord of the Three Palaces is now standing on this level, trying to "warn" people.

The world can be so magical sometimes.

He frantically tried to warn the "cameras" in all directions that he couldn't see, but the King of Prediction, Ian, had already silenced his "crazy ramblings."

"Shut up! You devil!"

Ian let out a righteous and awe-inspiring shout at the opportune moment, his voice echoing through the dark dimension, conveying a sense of vigilance against the demons corrupting the clever little kids of today.

"Your end has come!"

Without further hesitation.

Ian is preparing for his final performance.

"No! No! Let's talk this out! I can talk about anything! I can love the Earth too!" Seeing that Ian's golden figure, which was obviously more terrifying than before, was about to attack him, the extreme fear instantly overwhelmed the rage of the Three Palace Demon, and he showed a more flexible bottom line than ordinary demons.

That's why he's called the Demon Lord.

San Gongmo knew that he had no chance against this strange being in a one-on-one fight. As the saying goes, as long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn.

Timely yielding.

These are essential survival skills that demons should learn from the moment they are born.

Demons who haven't learned will never grow up.

"You love the Earth? How utterly ridiculous! Such a lie! Are you trying to fool me, the God of Light who has devoted himself to the Earth to the point of death, into thinking I'm Japanese?!"

"Damn it!"

How could Ian possibly give Sangu Mo a chance? Regardless of whether Sangu Mo really had no choice before and now wants to be a good person, if he lets Sangu Mo go, who will pay for his midnight snack tonight?
"Look at my power!"

Ian raised his fists.

It looked as he was about to unleash a devastating punch, fifty times the size of a star.

San Gong Mo Du is almost as panicked as a quail.

"No! You can't kill me!"

Seeing that begging for mercy was useless, Sangu Demon realized that...

He immediately devised another plan when one failed. He looked up to the sky and let out a shrill cry, no longer the previous insults, but an attempt to cry for help from a higher being and to expose Ian's "danger".

"Lucifer!!! Satan!!! Do you see this? This cancer of the outer universe! His very existence is a subversion of all order and chaos!"

"His greed will devour everything! In the end, he won't even spare hell! You should act now! Don't force me to beg your father! You can't possibly be incapable of doing so, can you?"

He shouted at the top of his lungs, hoping to attract the attention and intervention of the Lord of Hell. He even resorted to blatant provocation.

Based on San Gongmo's usual understanding of Lu Sansui, Lu Sansui usually falls for this kind of provocation. However, he did not receive any response from Lu Sansui at all.

This made Sangu Demon so anxious she wanted to truly pray to God—there was no way around it, just as only the person who wronged you knew how aggrieved you were, Sangu Demon also knew just how delicious she was. If it were just a matter of losing this portion of her power, that would be one thing, but what if Ian felt unsatisfied after eating her and wanted another serving?

What is the boundary between hell and the human world?

San Gong Mo was afraid that Ian could bite through that "boundary" and then go to the Hell dimension to find his true form and have a free meal! He had a more accurate understanding of Ian's nature than most people.

"Lucifer! If you don't take action soon! I... I'll go to God on Heaven Mountain and complain! I'll say that Hell is neglecting its duties and letting this cosmic scourge run rampant!!!"

"I really will go!"

"real!"

Sangu Demon is still making a last-ditch effort.

However, no matter how much the Triple Demon cried out or how alarmist he sounded, the deep hellish dimension remained unresponsive. It was as if Lucifer was truly busy with some very "important" matters.

He can definitely hear you.

But whether or not to pay attention was another matter entirely. At that moment, Sanguma's heart sank completely. A sense of despair, as if abandoned by the entire world, enveloped him. Ian, seeing Sanguma's exasperated and helpless state, felt the time was right. However, he didn't intend to devour Sanguma directly.

Judging from the fact that he was somewhat malnourished from digesting Darkseid, which affected his experience gain, it's clear that he's currently "eaten" too much—Darkseid's power hasn't been fully digested yet, and if he swallows another Triglavian, he'll probably really suffer from "indigestion."

Fortunately, he has an "extra" digestive organ—or rather, an assistant for processing "ingredients"—that can temporarily help Ian store the power belonging to the Trigon Demon.

Of course, the helper himself was unaware of this, and Ian did not intend to let his helper know this now. When he needed to absorb the power of the Three Palaces Demon, the mountain man had his own clever plan.

By using stale pre-made food to take over the power of the Three Palace Demon, he could actually demonstrate how "kind" and considerate he was. Thinking of this, Ian decisively took action.

His raised fist suddenly opened into a palm.

The dragon above is clearly visible.

"Spreading heresy and misleading the public! Stubborn and unyielding!"

Ian raised his voice again, adopting a posture of final judgment, while silently chanting a summons in his mind.

"Behold me... the Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon! The World-Honored Ksitigarbha! Prajna Paramita Kong!"

With his powerful incantation, his palm shone brightly, not with gold, but with white light. Immediately afterward, a pure will of "hunger" and "devouring" that made even the soul of the Three Palaces Demon tremble emanated from the crack in Ian's palm, carrying the chaos of true "hunger without discernment"!

Roar--! ! !
A roar, seemingly from the very beginning, imbued with endless greed and destructive desire, shook the entire dimension! Then, a monster whose form defied description suddenly emerged from the crack!
It has no fixed form, seemingly composed of pure shadows, radiating a terrifying aura that made even the great avatar of the dimensional demon god, Sangu, feel insignificant and about to be "reset to zero"!
This helper.

It was the magical Palu that Ian subdued at the end of time in the Marvel Universe, a conceptual being that lives by devouring timelines and reality—Elios!
At least Ian thinks it's Elios.

Ian always regarded him as a "cosmic tapeworm".

It is used to process some hard-to-digest energy residues.

As a creature similar to the Abyss Barrel, which was only used to help Ian clean up his own trash, Elios finally had the opportunity to show its ferocious nature as a devourer of reality!
Its invisible "gaze" instantly locked onto the Sangu Demon, which was radiating alluring energy fluctuations.

Then came a joyful screech, as hungry as Ryoko, and it pounced on the terrified demon god like an overwhelming dark tide!

"Do not--!!!"

The demon of Sangu let out a desperate wail.
Revolt?

How could he resist? All his magic and all his authority seemed so pale and powerless before Elios, this monster who devoured the very foundation of reality!

Ian watched this scene with satisfaction.

"Well, professional matters should be handled by professional 'tools'." He patted his stomach, feeling much lighter, without any extra digestive burden. Almost as soon as he finished speaking, the "live broadcast" on Earth also displayed astonishing "professionalism".

Just as the shapeless Elios, radiating pure hunger and a devouring desire, pounced on the terrified Sangu Demon—in the live broadcast, Elios's originally chaotic, terrifying, and indescribable body was superimposed with extremely gorgeous and dazzling "million-dollar special effects" in real time!
AI rendering should be used in the right places like this.

The "million-dollar special effects" are so grand and righteous that they make Elios and Ian look the same.

That's absolutely right.

A dazzling, holy golden light enveloped Elios, outlining his distorted features as if he were some kind of sacred apostle.

Its open "giant mouth" even had light and shadow effects added to the edges, like angel wings!
They're all about eating "delicious food," used in the popular variety show "Mushroom House," and also by Ian. The special effects depicting Elios lunging at the Three Palace Demon are rendered with a powerful sense of justice and a destiny-bound confrontation!
"Justice will prevail! Light will live on forever!"

These eight glittering golden characters appeared on the live stream screen at just the right moment.

Countless viewers who were moved to tears by Ian's "spirit of sacrifice" reached the peak of their emotions at this moment, and burst into deafening cheers!

"We win! We win!"

Long live the God of Light!

“That sacred creature… is it Lord Eni’s child? It looks so powerful and righteous!” Someone first came up with this guess.

It immediately resonated widely and had a stronger emotional impact!
"His child! He hasn't even been officially born yet, but he is just as great as his parents, willing to sacrifice himself for us and come early to fight against evil!"

Humans are good at self-pity.

This imagined scenario is so powerful that for many viewers it's akin to witnessing a nine-month pregnant mother resolutely "throwing" her prematurely born child out of her womb to fight against invaders! It's filled with tragedy, sacrifice, and an indescribable sense of sublimity!
Do not laugh!

This concept may be somewhat abstract and difficult to accept for some countries with relatively conservative cultures.

But for the people of countries that have been illuminated by the beacon of freedom, especially for some people and media in America, it is just right!
correct!

Absolutely correct!
As a result, Ian's self-satisfied and cool act of "releasing the Pokémon" was immediately interpreted and exaggerated in various ways, and given profound connotations of "freedom," "sacrifice," and "life inheritance against darkness," triggering another round of emotional climax and media frenzy.

On the onset of epilepsy.

Even Batman doesn't have some of America's group madness.

Of course, in the real dark dimension, Elios, who was given "million-dollar special effects" by Ian in the live broadcast room, was still in the form of a starving ghost reincarnated.

With its purest and most primal instinct to devour, like a starving wild dog seeing a meat bun, it completely ignored the acting instructions Ian had urgently given it in the consciousness connection: "Be tragic, be fierce, be willing to perish together," and opened its huge mouth made of shadow and nothingness.

It's like a gaping maw that could swallow an entire galaxy.

They were about to completely devour the Sangu Demon, which was radiating alluring energy fluctuations!

Only Elios knew what kind of life it had been living after following Ian, its "stingy" master! It could only nibble on scraps and energy remnants that Ian couldn't digest, and when it was occasionally let out, it was used as a "cosmic tapeworm" to dispose of garbage! Ian always told it that "skinny beauty is high-class beauty".

They're just spouting nonsense like "staying hungry is good for evolution" to fool them!
Although it was still a "child in the placenta" sealed deep within Ian's power, it instinctively knew that being well-fed was the most important thing for a child!
The demon god before it was full of energy and of high status; it was practically a gift from heaven! With such a rare opportunity, how could it possibly have time to put on an act?

Eat first and then talk!
"Another hungry monster! What kind of hellish world do you come from?!"

Although San Gongmo knew he was no match for the enemy and that even escaping was a pipe dream, as a dimensional demon god, he also had his own dignity and was by no means the type to sit and wait for death!

He frantically channeled the remaining chaotic magic power within his body, and with each swing of his six arms, he unleashed a barrage of terrifying techniques—crimson energy blades that tore through space, curse ripples that corroded souls, chaotic force fields that distorted reality—all capable of instantly destroying a civilization, as if they were free!
However, what is considered a terrifying method by ordinary people and even most gods is nothing more than... an appetizer for Elios, the conceptual reality devourer!
The violent energy, the vicious curses, and the distorted force fields, when they came into contact with Elios's invisible body, not only did not cause any harm, but were like water droplets merging into the ocean, directly swallowed and absorbed by it, turning into an accelerator for its attack on Sangu Demon!

When children are eating well, they can run around freely and have plenty of energy.

Unfortunately, Sangu Mako didn't raise the ravens herself, so she didn't understand this most basic principle.

“Ouch——!!!”

With a roar that was abruptly cut short, a mixture of extreme fear and resentment, Elios's massive, invisible "mouth" snapped shut, swallowing the struggling Sangu Demon and the chaotic dimensional space surrounding it whole!
"Hiccup~~~"

There is no indigestion.

even.

A faint, satisfied burp could be heard coming from Elios's direction. Then, it began to glow as it consumed the energy of the Three Palace Demon.

"No? What's going on?"

Ian stared blankly.

He saw it—the long cosmic tapeworm was actually transforming, as if it were evolving. No, it wasn't just as if it were evolving, it was actually evolving!
It grew two long, human-like legs!
"hiss!!!"

Ian gasped in shock.

"Don't actually absorb it! I don't want long legs! I don't want them! That's my reserve food!!! Spit it out! Spit it out! Even if there's only a little bit of paste left, stuff it into my mouth!"

He demonstrated the strongest obsession of a foodie.

Sigma is a foodie.

(End of this chapter)