Chapter 371: Chapter 350: The Painting that Swept Across the Web_1

With the business abilities of Sea of Blood and Pacific Saury, it’s evident how fucking terrifying the quality of “Death Note” is —

It’s at the hegemonic level!

Don’t be puzzled, “Death Note” is indeed at the hegemonic level of manga!

From artistic techniques to plot, everything is indisputably top-tier!

There are some works in the manga world that, right from their publication, emit the unique aura of being masterpieces!

Such works are something that neither Sea of Blood nor Pacific Saury could create.

This is the ability possessed only by the most top-notch manga artists!

However, what Sea of Blood and Pacific Saury are racking their brains to understand is:

How did Shadow’s “Death Note” make such drastic progress from his previous work!

The two of them had also seen “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma”.

And Shadow’s “King of the Net” was not unfamiliar to them either.

But the artistic skills displayed by Shadow in “Death Note” are simply incomparable to these two works!

Where can one even start to explain such a phenomenon?

Equally bewildered are all the members of the ChuLand manga circle.

Because the impact of Shadow’s manga hits the entire ChuLand manga circle!

“What’s going on?”

“The plot is explosive, no doubt about that, it’s definitely a top-level work that can create a huge sensation. But how did he manage to improve his artistic skills to this level overnight?”

“Bullshit! You think this is fantasy manga, are artistic skills something you can break through all of a sudden?”

“Obviously Shadow hid his true ability before!”

“You say this isn’t fantasy manga, but now he claims to have deliberately hidden his abilities. This is clearly because he didn’t draw seriously before.”

“Is this even humanly possible?”

“Before, when he wasn’t drawing seriously, it was already so good. Now when he really means business, his technique is godly!”

“That depiction of hell is just showing off! And it’s the type where you know he’s showing off, but you can’t help but admit that his painting technique is absolutely invincible!”

“His art is unbeatable!”

“I feel only Teacher 22 Cuts’ art skill can be a match for him right?”

“…”

All the ChuLand manga artists are discussing.

A great majority of discussions have mentioned 22 Cuts.

22 Cuts is recognized as the best illustrator in the Chu Land!

At the same time, the story of 22 Cuts is also sensational. Position-wise, 22 Cuts is like the ceiling of the ChuLand manga world.

However.

While discussing Shadow in a particular group, 22 Cuts himself surprisingly popped up.

He only sent one message:

“Just speaking about the art of manga, Shadow should be the top in Blue Star. I am not his match.”

A simple sentence, but it dropped like a bombshell!

Causing explosions everywhere!

Creating a meteor shower!

The whole group went silent for a moment.

Five minutes later, statements from the real 22 Cuts started to be crazily screenshot and spread amongst various big manga groups in ChuLand.

More groups fell silent.

Some people even forwarded the screenshot to some big manga groups in Qin and Qi lands, which caused such a big impact that people doubted their own eyes:

“Is it really 22 Cuts who admitted it?”

“Holy shit, Shadow is so fucking awesome!”

“Words can’t do justice to describe his awesomeness anymore, haven’t you seen the name used by the fans? They used to call him Teacher Shadow, but now he’s called Master Shadow.”

“Master, do you get it?!”

“He’s already the number one in Blue Star!?”

“Damn, I’m a bit choked up with how the Chu people have behaved, but now I can’t help but feel that they have a tough time too. First they were beaten in music, and now even their strongest field- manga, has been suppressed by our Qin people.”

“Shadow is from Qin?”

“Maybe Shadow is a Chu person!”

“Shadow hasn’t mentioned where he comes from, but I have a feeling that Shadow could be from Qi Land.”

“Bullshit, Shadow started publishing manga in Qin land, he’s definitely from Qin!”

“Just because he published manga in Qin land proves he’s from Qin?”

“…”

Well, the situation has somehow escalated into everyone arguing about which side Shadow is from.

…

The impact brought about by “Death Note” has not ended here.

Many fans have directly cut some wonderful scenes from “Death Note” and reposted them on platforms like Tribe.

Some people even posted it in their friends’ circle.

Two words: super hype!

This is the late night of August 1st.

At this time, there are usually many night owls wandering on the internet, many people are mindlessly scrolling through Tribe.

For instance, Hua Qi.

Hua Qi is a female high school student.

She doesn’t like to read comics, so she has no idea who “Shadow” is, let alone what “Death Note” is.

Her biggest hobby is actually reading about celebrity gossip online.

She’s the type that just lurks and enjoys the drama without saying a word.

But that night, she stumbled upon a particular post.

It was posted by a popular blogger that she follows:

“High-resolution screenshots of Shadow’s new work, ‘Death Note’. Starting from Hell, it’s chock-full of energy!”

There were five pictures attached.

The first picture was a terrifying, foggy, cyan-grey hell, filled with grotesque demons emerging one after another. Some were enduring horrible torments, some had black hair billowing out, and some were wandering souls…

Hua Qi’s eyes went wide.

This was beautifully drawn, wasn’t it?

Even though she didn’t understand comics, she could tell how amazing this illustration was.

She even had this kind of feeling: “So this is what Hell looks like!”

There were four more pictures.

The second picture.

It depicted a long-haired man, with a cold smile playing at his lips. He held a notebook with a skull cover in his arms, and in his right hand he held up a pen. Behind him were obese figures, shackled figures, skeletal figures… all dead, forming a sea of corpses and blood!

The third picture.

A young man with dark circles under his eyes, feet propped up on a chair, wearing a long shirt that covered his knees. In front of him, the glow from a computer screen. There were little gadgets on his desk; although the scene wasn’t anything special, it gave off an impression that this young man was formidable.

The fourth picture…

The fifth picture…

There were five pictures in total, all seemingly related to the comic’s plot.

Even Hua Qi, who had never read a comic before, could feel the visual impact of these comic images.

The illustrations were simply magnificent!

They completely overturned Hua Qi’s perception of comics!

It was indeed filled with energy!

She couldn’t help but download one of the images – a picture of Yagami Light in the dark, exchanging glances with Lin Yao Yao – and set it as her phone wallpaper.

Of course, Hua Qi didn’t know the names of these young men, she just thought the image was so cool.

These characters had such distinctive personalities that were so captivating.

Actually, a lot of people do this.

They search the internet for beautiful images to use as their wallpaper. The image could be from an animation, a movie, or a comic.

They don’t need to know the source of these images.

As long as they’re attractive, as long as they’re cool or handsome, they save them.

Hua Qi did the same, and she couldn’t help but comment in the comments section, “Where can I read this comic?”

As she commented, Hua Qi noticed many others were also asking about “Death Note” in the comments.

Someone quickly replied to Hua Qi:

“Tribe Comics, ‘Death Note’, it’s a new piece by Master Shadow.”

Even the blogger replied to Hua Qi:

“These images are screenshots from ‘Death Note’. Every chapter has one such level of image as a mini-cover, stunning beyond words!”

Indeed, stunning beyond words!

From that moment onward, many screenshots of “Death Note” began circulating all over the web!

Many people were reposting them.

Many people were admiring them.

That particularly popular image of hell was even enlarged several times by some bloggers and studied over and over!

After the image was enlarged, many people were stunned to find that the image didn’t collapse!

In fact, many previously unnoticed details were brought to light as the image was magnified!

For instance, in one corner of the image.

There was a weird rock.

And underneath the rock, a group of peculiar insects were crawling around. It was really creepy; each insect feeling so lifelike.

In another corner.

There was a face with a weird expression, half-smiling, half-crying. If it weren’t for the enlargement, no one would have noticed.

“Gave me the creeps!”

“Scared me into a cold sweat in the middle of the night!”

“This drawing skill, truly master-level!”

“Even after being magnified so much, it still holds up. It even seems more amazing. It’s nothing short of a masterpiece!”

“Reading this kind of comic is a dual pleasure, both visually and emotionally.”

“Is this still a comic? It makes me want to learn how to draw.”

“…”

And one of the comments was:

“Now I get why Xian Yu and Chu Kuang follow ‘Shadow’. Birds of a feather flock together, freaks really do play with other freaks!”

This comment appeared just five minutes ago and it already had over a thousand likes.

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ps: Could someone give me a monthly vote? I’ll get back to writing after I wake up tomorrow. No promises on how much I’ll write, but I’ll glue myself to the chair starting tomorrow.