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Ten minutes later, deep within Ta Lo Village.
In a simple, quaint courtyard, Peter and Daisy were eating fruits they had never seen before.
Opposite them, a white-haired Elder and a stern-looking middle-aged woman were frowning as they sized them up.
They were the Ta Lo Village Elder, Guang Bo, and the Village's Guardian, Ying Nan.
"Where did you hear about the Soul Eater?" Ying Nan, who was Yingli's younger sister, looked at Peter, her eyes filled with vigilance.
She could feel that Peter was very strong, but she had no idea just how strong he was; it even made her feel uneasy.
Peter casually tossed the Ten Rings onto the coffee table. Ying Nan was shocked the moment she saw the Ten Rings:
"What have you done to my sister and Xu Wenwu?"
"Your sister died over a decade ago. Xu Wenwu has been bewitched by the Soul Eater and has been trying to return to Ta Lo Village to break the seal all these years. If I hadn't come, your fate would have been even worse..."
Hearing everything Peter said about Xu Wenwu, the expressions of Guang Bo and Ying Nan changed.
They had never thought that Xu Wenwu was such a person, nor had they expected that their previous decisions would have harmed Yingli.
After a long silence, Guang Bo looked at Peter and said:
"Young man, we appreciate your good intentions, but the Soul Eater is not something human..."
Before he could finish, a startling aura suddenly erupted from Peter. Dual God Resonance, Cosmic Energy, Sage Mode... various terrifying energies that Guang Bo had never heard of before rotated around Peter like a revolving lantern.
It even stunned Ying Nan, who was watching from the side.
She could clearly feel that any one of these energies could easily crush her to death.
She and this young man in front of her didn't seem to be creatures from the same dimension at all!
"Now, do you still have any questions?" Peter asked.
Guang Bo shook his head like a rattle-drum, then bowed respectfully to Peter:
"Warrior, I will leave the Soul Eater to you. You can enter and exit any part of Ta Lo Village as you please these days; no one will stop you."
Very good, old man, you've really broadened your path~
After Peter gave him an appreciative look, he turned to look at Ying Nan:
"You are responsible for taking good care of my girlfriend. It would be best if you could teach her your Ta Lo martial arts."
After saying this, Peter flashed and instantly appeared above the lake in the center of the Village.
"WATER PLEASE~!"
The witch rider driver appeared at Peter's waist.
Attribute switch complete.
Wrapped in Water magic, Peter didn't say a word and dove straight into the lake.
Ying Nan stared blankly at Peter, who seemed to have completely melted into the lake water, and couldn't help but ask Daisy:
"Who exactly is he?"
Hearing this question, Daisy tilted her head, then thought of an explanation that Ying Nan could understand:
"You are the Guardian of your Village, right?"
Ying Nan nodded slightly.
"He is pretty much the Guardian of our Planet," Daisy said with a serious face, her voice full of admiration for Peter.
...
Meanwhile, at the bottom of the lake.
With the complete liquefaction ability of the Water attribute, Peter finished searching the lake bottom in the blink of an eye.
His gaze quickly locked onto a huge dragon-shaped stone sculpture.
"Because you are too old, you can only prolong your life by petrifying yourself?"
Muttering this, Peter reached out and pressed his hand on the dragon-shaped stone sculpture. Following that, the Natural Energy he had accumulated in the past immediately wrapped around his entire body, and he entered Sage Mode almost in the blink of an eye.
As the Natural Energy flowed through Peter's arm into the statue,
The next second, the stone shell on the statue began to fall off with a rustling sound. Before long, a White dragon appeared before his eyes.
The White dragon looked at Peter without opening its mouth, but its voice clearly entered Peter's ears:
[Who are you?]
"Peter Parker." Peter cupped his hands in the water, "Sorry for the disturbance."
[You are not from this Village.]
"No. I came from the outside."
[What is the outside World like now?]
This question stunned Peter for a moment. The first question from a divine dragon that had been asleep for who knows how many years was actually this.
"It's quite lively." Peter answered truthfully, "There are good things and bad things, but overall, it hasn't reached the point of the apocalypse. With me carrying the burden, those alien creatures won't be able to harm this Planet."
The giant dragon blinked, and the scrutiny in its eyes turned into curiosity.
[Your power is very complex... there are even many powers that even I cannot understand. With you being so powerful, what else do you want to get here?]
"The Soul Eater." Peter answered concisely,
"I will help you solve it, which can be considered fulfilling your wish, right?"
These two words were like a switch. The giant dragon's pupils contracted sharply, and the entire lake bottom shook, making the villagers on the surface almost think there was an earthquake.
[You want to open the stone gate?]
"Not only open it, but I want to completely destroy the thing inside."
A long silence.
[It cannot be killed.] The dragon's voice deepened, [Your ancestors tried many methods, burning with Fire, drowning in Water, striking with lightning; none of them could do anything to it.]
"Just because those methods didn't work doesn't mean my methods won't."
[What method do you have?]
"You'll know when the time comes." Peter smiled, "Right now, I need you to help me with two things."
[Speak.]
"First, give me your scales. I have a big demand. Second—" Peter showed the Omnitrix on his left wrist, "Let me use this thing to copy your genes."
Hearing this, the White dragon's expression became very subtle.
[You want to steal my power?]
"It's not stealing, it's a fair inheritance. Anyway, you won't live much longer, so why not pass your power on to me?"
The White dragon was silent for a while. A moment later, a smile clearly appeared in its eyes:
[You are the first human to dare speak to me like this. However, you are right. If you can solve the Soul Eater, then I can sleep in peace.]
After saying that, it shook its body, and hundreds of palm-sized dragon scales slowly drifted in front of Peter.
[Take them. I will cooperate with you in the battle later. I hope you won't disappoint me.]
"Fighting together won't be necessary. Since you can live for two more years, why not live for two more?"
...
Accompanied by a surge of bubbles, Peter's figure slowly emerged from the bottom of the lake.
Daisy rushed over first:
"Peter, you finally came out. I thought you were eaten by that dragon!"
Splash~
A huge wave rose from the lake, and the White dragon suddenly emerged, splashing Daisy with water.
Seeing this, Peter couldn't help but feel a bit dumbfounded. He didn't expect this old dragon to be quite playful.
Seeing the White dragon appear, the surrounding Ta Lo villagers knelt on the ground.
Guang Bo couldn't help but kneel on the ground, but then he couldn't help but look at Peter and ask:
"Young man, are you really going to deal with the Soul Eater?"
"Otherwise, why did I come here? To get a free meal?"
Guang Bo was choked by Peter, but he still looked at Peter and asked hesitantly: "How much confidence do you have?"
Peter gave him a confident smile:
"If you ask, it's one hundred percent."