The Shapeshifters race, appearing after gods, demons, and humans, typically transform from animals, though there are also instances of plants or mythical beasts and monsters transforming.
When William created ancient humanity, he also taught methods for channeling the soulâs energy within the body.
These methods, learned from the divine and demonic realms and then adapted by William, were tailored into a secret art more suitable for human strength enhancement.
Due to the different physiological structures of each race, the ways in which soul energy is channeled naturally vary. The secret arts, improved by William, became particularly well-suited for humans to increase their strength.
The techniques for enhancing strength among the three major Olympian high gods were also taught by William, leading to Poseidon eventually passing these secret arts on to the early Shapeshifters race.
For Shapeshifters to learn these human-suited secret arts, they naturally had to transform into human forms. This is the fundamental reason why Shapeshifters assume human forms: only in human form can they more aptly learn advanced secret arts,otherwise, they are limited to their racial innate abilities.
Shapeshifters at the headquarters of the Ultimate Force Alliance generally look down on ordinary humans.
After tens of thousands of years, they would not admit that the secret arts they learned were originally meant for humans.
Therefore, apart from using the secret arts to enhance their power, they mostly retain their original forms.
Before transforming into humans, Shapeshifters knew the name William the Obliterator as if it were their nightmare, lingering deep in their hearts, inescapable!
There are many legends about William the Obliterator.
As some ancient Shapeshifter lords died off, later generations of powerful Shapeshifters came to believe that, even if the legends were true, this demon must have already died or ventured into other dimensions.
Upon hearing the name William the Obliterator, the two bear-men reacted as if their primal instincts were triggered.
Fear!
Together with the recent disappearance of other Shapeshifters around them, as if evaporated, and the terrifying energy emanating from William, the two bear-men didnât dare question Williamâs identity.
Three minutes later, each of the two bear-men cut off one of their paws and shakily crawled before William.
âLord William, please enjoy!â
The two bear-men, massive as small hills with even a single paw the size of a human, displayed their submission and humility by prostrating on the ground, tails up, looking at William with pitiable eyes.
William glanced at the two gigantic paws offered to him and said, âPut them down and leave.â
Upon hearing this, the bear-men felt as if they had received a pardon, quickly got up, and scurried away with their behinds twitching.
To encounter William the Obliterator and lose merely a paw yet still keep their lives was an immense stroke of luck!
Lucien watched the two bear-men flee in panic, then looked at the two huge bear paws in front of William. After being stunned for a moment, he sneered, âAnd you had the nerve to criticize me? Arenât you also slaughtering the innocent?â
William looked at him with some confusion and said, âHave I ever criticized you for slaughtering the innocent?â
Hmm?
Whatâs going on?
After thinking it over, Lucien realized William hadnât actually voiced any criticism towards him.
âJust like the invaders in Earthâs history, might makes right, looting and killing.â
âThatâs also a survival rule of the Divine Realm, and youâve adapted quite quickly!â
âCongratulations!â
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These were Williamâs exact words.
Lucien retorted with a sneer, âArenât you friends with Odin too? Doesnât he treat you with great respect? How is what youâre doing any different from those invaders?â
He was essentially throwing Williamâs own words back at him.
William looked at him as if he were looking at an idiot, âWhether I kill humans, gods, demons, or these Shapeshifters, I feel no guilt whatsoever.â
âI kill if I want to! Whatâs it to you?â As William spoke, he tossed out a huge grill from his spatial storage ring.
Hearing Williamâs response, Element Devouring Cat glared at Lucien, âWhy does Mr. Johnson need to explain his actions to anyone? You little brat, knowing nothing and talking nonsense!â
Lucien, grinding his teeth, said, âYou strange cat, you followed behind me and gobbled up the soul cores dropped by the Ents I killed!â
âYou benefit from my actions and still speak for others?â
The Element Devouring Cat, after consuming the soul cores dropped by the Ents that Lucien killed, still spoke in favor of William.
Truly heartless!
With a sneer, Sophias replied, âI picked up those soul cores fair and square, what does that have to do with you?â
Faced with Sophiasâ utterly shameless behavior, Lucien was helpless. He could only continue to direct his criticism towards William, who was busy with the barbecue grill.
âWilliam, donât you feel any guilt for indiscriminately killing Odinâs subordinates?â
It seemed Lucien was psychologically affected by Williamâs words, feeling blocked and unable to pinpoint Williamâs faults, yet feeling uneasy inside.
As William cleaned the bear paws with boiling water, removing the fur indifferently, he said, âEven if I were to kill Odin, I wouldnât feel any guilt.â
Lucien found himself unable to converse with William, feeling that Williamâs mindset was unusually bizarreâŚ
Was it cold-bloodedness?
Given Odinâs respectful demeanor towards William, complying with whatever he said and even inviting him to dine, Williamâs remarks seemed astonishing.
William swiftly cleaned one of the bear paws, pulled out a dagger, and began to slice it, squatting there and saying, âIâm not like you, hesitating. Actually, just now you could have said that we are together, and those Shapeshifters wouldnât have deliberately courted death.â
âBut you chose to say those words on purpose, making them that we are together, and those Shapeshifters wouldnât have deliberately courted death.â
attack me. Their deaths are primarily your fault.â
Williamâs ability to deflect blame was flawless.
It was clearly William who wiped out those Shapeshifters in the blink of an eye and even forced the two bear-men to leave behind their paws.
Now, while arranging the barbecue, he is shifting the blame onto Lucien!
What kind of logic is this?
Yet, to Lucien, Williamâs words somehow made sense.
Hearing Williamâs words, Lucien found them oddly reasonable.
Knowing full well that those Shapeshifters stood no chance against William, Lucien deliberately incited them to take action.
If he had no ill intentions and simply stated the truth, that William and the Element Devouring Cat were with him, those Shapeshifters would not have needlessly thrown their lives away.
Lucien was dumbfounded!
Morality and justice tangled within him, leaving him standing there like a fool.
He said those words, actually thinking that William wouldnât take action.
How could he have imagined that William would be so ruthless once he made a move?
But, as William said, he bore responsibilityâŚ
William didnât even glance at Lucien, sensing that the guy might be grappling with his inner demons.
Good and evil?
For William, these distinctions werenât so clear-cut.
Even if someone called William a demon, he wouldnât bother to refute it.
For instance, the slap that destroyed the world, and the slap that struck Japan because of the Pearl Harbor incident.
Logically, Japanâs crimes wouldnât be anything out of the ordinary for William, but William, who was vacationing in Hawaii, was just not pleased!
His annoyance led to a slap, which was nothing out of the ordinary.
Just like the Shapeshifters who just diedâif theyâre killed, so be it.
Each dimension, each world, follows different rules.
On Earth, William favored peace,in the Divine Realm, he adheres to the law of the strongest.
He is the strong one, setting the rules. Those who offend him, he kills.
Even Odin, if he irks William, might just be killed in retaliation.
Lucien, with his comparatively short lifespan, cannot possibly comprehend the whims of someone who has lived for a billion years.
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