"Dad!"
Upon seeing Li Pu's arrival, a hint of a smile finally appeared on little Broly's face, which had become exceptionally cold due to his Super Saiyan transformation.
He suddenly appeared in front of Li Pu, jumping high and showing off the aura emanating from his body.
Facing such a Genius son, Li Pu, this "ordinary" Old Father, only felt that the pressure was a bit high.
He himself didn't even know how to transform into a Super Saiyan yet, but little Broly had actually "shooed" his way into learning it magnificently all on his own.
However, Li Pu only felt a slight bit of envy regarding this. What could he do if his son was stronger than him? He just had to accept it calmly.
After all, over the past few years, he had long grown accustomed to little Broly's powerful talent for getting stronger just by eating and breathing every day.
"Dad! Big brother Broly and I have already taken out the bad guys who were tearing down our home!"
At this moment, little Koz also leaned in asking for praise, so Li Pu smiled and rubbed the child's head.
Broly also praised his younger brother: "Dad, Koz is really amazing!
If he hadn't cut off that ugly villain's fingers, that guy might have turned into another me."
Little Koz shyly hid his hands behind his back, the tip of one foot slightly tilted up, looking quite nonchalant.
Seeing the brat's expression, Li Pu really wanted to say, "Son, if you could just lower the corners of your mouth, your act might be a bit more convincing."
If one ignored the manor that Broly had reduced to ruins and the blood-dripping kitchen knife little Koz was still clutching... honestly, the scene of this father and his two sons reunited was truly a picture of 'paternal affection and filial piety.'
However, before Li Pu could say anything more, a sparking portal opened beside them.
Sorcerer Ancient One stepped out of the portal.
The tragic environment, which looked as if it had suffered a tactical nuclear strike, did not cause this Sorcerer Supreme much surprise.
She simply gave Li Pu a faint smile and said, "Outsider, we meet again."
Then, Ancient One reached out, and the three severed fingers that little Koz had cut from Dracula's hand fell into her palm.
"You have already tried..."
She pointed to the huge crater nearby; Li Pu's fist technique from the heavens had not only smashed Dracula into mincemeat, but that mincemeat had now turned into black ash.
"...But, Dracula is indeed unkillable. Even 'death', one of the Five Great Gods, acknowledges that he is an anomaly.
Every time after he dies, Dracula will be resurrected, and each of his resurrections could cause some changes to this Universe.
If you doubt this and want to try repeatedly, it could very likely cause irreparable harm to this Universe.
So—"
At this point, a magic circle formed from magical power instantly unfolded in front of Sorcerer Ancient One.
Dracula's only three remaining fingers were suddenly enveloped by the magic circle.
Slender blood vessels grew out of the severed fingers like vines, then continuously spiraled and connected to form the silhouette of a human.
Seeing this scene, Li Pu couldn't help but frown deeply.
Just then, Li Pu felt someone tugging at his sleeve. He looked down and saw little Koz looking up at him.
"Dad, I feel like this will work, though I don't know why I have this feeling."
As he spoke, little Koz pulled a bottle of Tomato sauce out of his shirt pocket.
Besides garlic, he had also brought this thing this time, though his previous Psychic prophecy hadn't given him a clear hint.
The moment he saw the Tomato sauce, a memory from a long time ago surfaced in Li Pu's mind, and his eyes immediately lit up.
"Good idea! We can give it a try."
Li Pu took the Tomato sauce from little Koz's hand and then charged toward Ancient One, who was performing a 'targeted' resurrection for Dracula.
Hmm?
Sorcerer Ancient One was slightly stunned; she hadn't expected Li Pu to do this.
However, she immediately cast the 'Crimson Bands of Cyttorak,' summoning a crimson magic chain using the power of that Crimson Cosmos dimension lord to bind Li Pu in mid-air.
"Let go of my dad!"
Seeing his Old Father bound, little Broly instantly became enraged.
The child had inherited Li Pu's 'protect family over reason' personality. Without dropping his Super Saiyan state, he instantly flashed above Ancient One's head and threw a fierce punch at the Sorcerer Supreme's prominent head.
Faintly sensing the power of this punch, Ancient One hurriedly summoned the 'Shield of the Seraphim,' using a shield formed from hundreds of nested magic circles to block little Broly's punch.
Bang!
With a loud bang, centered on Ancient One, the ground within a radius of over ten meters sank by more than ten centimeters.
Due to the mutual pressure, the layers of nested magic circles not only made 'creaking' sounds but also burst with clusters of sparks.
As long as the splashing magic sparks left the range of the magic shield, they would immediately turn into a swarm of fireflies or butterflies, releasing the power of Broly's terrifying punch in this manner.
Just then, Ancient One's body suddenly transformed into dozens of herself. She used the magic 'Images of Ikonn' to forcibly dodge a sharp blade that suddenly slashed toward her neck.
It proved that mages should indeed fear assassins. Especially since little Koz possessed that strange, quantum-mechanics-like 'invisibility and stealth' technique. If it were any other mage, they would have certainly ended up decapitated just now.
"Broly, Koz," Li Pu quickly called to his two sons, "I'm fine now, stop attacking Sorcerer Ancient One."
Although Ancient One appeared very peaceful in both comics and movies, Li Pu was afraid the two children would provoke the Sorcerer Supreme.
He wasn't sure about other things, but he had a good idea of how powerful this Sorcerer Supreme was.
Regarding the magical power he was unfamiliar with, Li Pu felt it was better to maintain some awe.
Moreover, at this moment, his purpose for rushing over had already been achieved—
Although he was bound by magic chains, at the moment he rushed over, Li Pu had opened the cap of the Tomato sauce.
It was true he was suspended in mid-air, but the ketchup still fell, landing inside Dracula's body as it began to resurrect on the spot under Ancient One's magic.
Hmm?
Koz and Broly obediently stopped, and only then did Ancient One notice the little trick Li Pu had pulled while she wasn't looking.
She then realized that just as Dracula was about to regrow his head, his recovering body suddenly got stuck.
No matter how Ancient One tried, Dracula's body could not continue to recover.
Ancient One looked at Li Pu with some confusion; she rarely showed such an expression.
Because Sorcerer Ancient One possessed the Time Stone and could easily browse past and future timelines, she rarely felt confusion over changes in events.
After all, she had actually'seen' most of those so-called 'changes.'
It was just that among the future timelines she had browsed, there was no situation like the current one.
Putting some ketchup into Dracula's body?
Could this be some mysterious magical ritual?
But how come I don't know of such magic? And this behavior looks so much like a child's prank.
"May I ask, what did you do to him?"
Seeing the change in Ancient One's expression, Li Pu couldn't help but feel a secret thrill.
This was just like when the top student in class happens to encounter a problem they can't solve, but you can, and the top student has to ask you for the answer.
This feeling was truly quite satisfying.
Since the Sorcerer Supreme had said "please," Li Pu couldn't keep hiding it anymore, so he answered directly: "I just feel that Dracula should be a duck."