Fwoooosh—
The seven-colored light spread across the sky at a speed visible to the naked eye, sweeping through the entire dark space!
Along the way, tens of thousands of Soul-Devouring Beasts were annihilated until not even dregs remained!
The power of the combined Infinite Power and Ten Rings' power was easy to imagine!
Forget the Soul-Devouring Beasts; even the entire dark space was purified to an incomparable level of purity by this explosion!
But to know what happened next, let us first pull time back to when Ryan first entered the Dark Gate.
Outside the Dark Gate...
Four superhumans with extraordinary auras, dressed in various colored tight battle suits, descended from the sky and landed on the plaza in front of the Dragon Scale Seal.
On the plaza, a group of red-clad martial artists holding dragon-scale weapons had already been waiting in formation, guarding the Dark Gate!
These red-clad martial artists holding dragon-scale weapons were, naturally, the Guardians of Ta Lo Village.
The four superhumans in modern tight battle suits who descended from the sky were members of S.P.E.A.R. who had come to support after receiving a request for help from Ta Lo Village!
This time, besides Director Zheng Xian coming personally, he also brought three of the top five members in all of S.P.E.A.R.
They were: the one who had appeared before, the new representative of the Chinese Security Council and ranked third in S.P.E.A.R. , the 'Sword God' Lin Lue!
As well as the Weather Witch, ranked second in S.P.E.A.R. Her real name and age are unknown; her ability is to control various weather phenomena, creating elemental strikes of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning!
The last one was 'Cyclone' Lei Ling, ranked fourth. Her ability is to control air through thought, creating powerful air currents out of thin air strong enough to destroy buildings!
Although only four people from S.P.E.A.R. came this time, two were elemental superhumans, one was a semi-cultivator, and there was also a mysterious Director whose specific abilities were unknown. This was enough to show the importance S.P.E.A.R. placed on Ta Lo Village and this incident!
Such a lineup was much more luxurious compared to the Shang-Chi movie!
Zheng Xian, the Director of S.P.E.A.R. who had arrived, walked to the side of Guang Bo, the 'Village Chief' of Ta Lo Village. Frowning slightly, he asked:
"Chief Guang Bo, you sent a message earlier saying that Xu Wenwu, the owner of the Ten Rings, broke a dragon scale and entered the Dark Gate. What is the situation now?"
Compared to Zheng Xian, the woman named Guang Bo had a much more solemn expression:
"The Ten Rings are too powerful. Ta Lo Village, having lost the Guardian of the Great Dragon's Power, could not stop his intrusion. Ultimately, he forcibly shattered a dragon scale and entered the Dark Gate..."
"Although we managed to replace the shattered dragon scale in time before the dark creatures in the seal could emerge, and the Dweller in Darkness shouldn't be able to come out for now, but..."
Hearing this, Zheng Xian narrowed his eyes. "But what?"
Guang Bo shook her head, her face full of worry. "But I always feel that things are not that simple. The Dweller in Darkness wouldn't have gone to such lengths just to bewitch Xu Wenwu into entering the Dark Gate!"
"It must have other objectives that we don't know about!"
Zheng Xian fell into thought upon hearing this. However, thinking of the strength of the three people he brought, he was still quite confident. Thus, he comforted her:
"Rest assured, Chief Guang Bo. The ones I brought today are geniuses rarely seen in China in a hundred years. Each of them is no weaker than Xu Wenwu. Even if the Dweller in Darkness sealed within the Dark Gate is truly released by Xu Wenwu, I believe they can control the situation!"
Regarding Zheng Xian's confidence in his subordinates, Guang Bo did not deny it, but she didn't agree either; she only lowered her head in silence.
Seeing this, Zheng Xian chatted as if casually:
"By the way, Chief Guang Bo, since Yingli was taken away by Xu Wenwu twenty years ago, has Ta Lo Village found a new candidate for the successor of the Great Dragon's Power?"
Hearing this, Guang Bo glanced at Zheng Xian, naturally understanding his little scheme, and said indifferently:
"No. In the previous generation, the Great Dragon chose Yingli as the successor. In this generation, a qualified successor to the Great Dragon's Power has not yet appeared..."
Zheng Xian's eyes lit up, but he feigned concern on the surface:
"Then it's quite troublesome..."
"The Great Dragon Lord spends most of his time in slumber. Every generation of Ta Lo Village must have a successor to the Great Dragon's Power to act as the Guardian of Ta Lo Village on his behalf. It won't do to have no suitable successor now..."
"How about this: if Ta Lo Village really has no suitable candidate right now, why don't I recommend a few talents to temporarily inherit the Great Dragon's Power on behalf of the Great Dragon Lord?"
His ulterior motives were clear to Guang Bo, but she didn't refuse. After a silent sigh, she nodded:
"The successor to the Great Dragon's Power is not strictly required to be from Ta Lo Village. If Director Zheng has suitable candidates and the Great Dragon Lord takes a liking to them, then after this matter is over, let them come and try..."
It wasn't that she didn't want to refuse, but this generation of Ta Lo Village was indeed too weak. Forget catching up to the previous generation's Guardian, her sister Yingli; even no one could catch up to her!
And she herself was not sufficient to inherit the Great Dragon's Power...
Now that the Dark Gate was frequently acting up, no matter how unwilling she was, she could only agree to select a 'local' from Earth to become the successor to the Great Dragon's Power!
Hearing Guang Bo, the nominal 'Village Chief' of Ta Lo Village, agree, Zheng Xian—who had come with this purpose in mind—had a satisfied smile curl on his lips.
After all, as the leader of a supernatural organization, he couldn't act solely for the sake of righteousness!
He had to strive for some benefits for his organization to ensure that S.P.E.A.R. could develop for a long, long time!
Otherwise, with only output and no input, even if S.P.E.A.R. had the support of China behind it, it would be destined not to last!
It was just a pity that in the entire S.P.E.A.R. , besides himself, no one else seemed to have this savvy!
Like the three he brought this time: they were either hot-blooded youths or stubborn women, giving him an immense headache!
So, it wasn't just Ta Lo Village's new generation that was failing to bridge the gap and find the next successor for the Great Dragon's Power; his S.P.E.A.R. also hadn't found a suitable next successor yet!
If this continued, they, an established supernatural organization secretly created by China, would soon be overtaken by the rising Spider Family!
Thinking of this, Zheng Xian couldn't help but sigh silently, thinking that it would be great if a figure like 'Spider Monarch,' the leader of the rising Spider Family, appeared in S.P.E.A.R. !
Brave and resourceful, acting with both righteousness and self-interest, and possessing the charisma of a leader—he was simply the perfect candidate for the successor he hoped for!
But unfortunately... the other party was an American, and most importantly, he was already the leader of a major power...
"Eh? Why do the sealed dragon scales seem to be glowing?"
Just then, Alex, who was standing on a cyan longsword in mid-air with a broad field of vision, suddenly let out a surprised sound.
Hearing this, everyone looked closely and indeed found that a faint seven-colored light was emanating from the gaps of the originally crimson Dragon Scale Seal!
And this seven-colored light was growing brighter and brighter!
"Everyone get away! My dragon scales feel a vast energy erupting from within the Dark Gate. The seal is about to break!!!"
At this moment, from the Azure Lake behind them, a huge red and crimson Divine Dragon soared from the lake into the sky, letting out a deep roar at them.
Hearing the Divine Dragon's warning, no one doubted him and immediately began to retreat!
Alex, stepping on his flying sword as if it were a skateboard, dove down and grabbed Zheng Xian and Guang Bo—the two most important people—one in each arm, and flew rapidly in the opposite direction of the Dragon Scale Seal!
The Weather Witch and 'Cyclone' Lei Ling, who were also in the sky, one controlling wind and the other controlling air currents, actually performed a combined technique, condensing a cyan wind ribbon that felt almost physical, which swept up all the Ta Lo Village martial artists and flew them away from the sealed ground!
In just a few seconds, the sealing plaza that was just full of people was cleared in an instant!
This operational efficiency could be said to be incredibly high!
And this was the difference between Chinese ability users and Western ability users. Even in the American comic World, Chinese ability users still adhered to developing many different uses for their abilities, even combining their abilities with cultivation methods to form more efficient powers.
They could use their abilities not only to attack but also to save people!
Western ability users, even the so-called gods of Asgard, rarely developed more uses for their abilities; most of the time, they just relied on brute force to create miracles!
After everyone retreated to the shore opposite the Azure Lake, the Dragon Scale Seal finally couldn't hold on. With a loud 'boom,' it was blown apart like a fragmentation bomb!
However, before these flying dragon scales could go far, they seemed to be pulled by something; the scales glowed with red light and strangely froze in mid-air!
This made the people on the opposite shore look at the Divine Dragon above the lake with faces full of pleasant surprise.
The 'Sword God' Alex marveled: "As expected of the Divine Dragon, this divine power is truly amazing!"
As a Chinese person, especially one who inherited the ancient Fuxi Sword, Alex naturally felt a sense of awe toward the Divine Dragon!
Hearing Alex's words, the Divine Dragon looking at the dragon scales frozen in the sky was actually completely bewildered.
This... this wasn't my doing!
But before it could explain, there was more movement from within the exploding Dark Gate!
Thrum—
In the dust generated by the explosion, a seven-colored ring suddenly lit up.
This made everyone on the opposite shore, including the Divine Dragon, turn solemn!
S.P.E.A.R. Director Zheng Xian's gaze sharpened: "The Ten Rings. It's Xu Wenwu opening the Dark Gate from the inside!"
But immediately, Zheng Xian overturned his own deduction because...
Thrum thrum thrum thrum thrum thrum thrum thrum thrum thrum thrum thrum thrum...
The seven-colored rings in the dust were lighting up one after another. After exceeding ten, they surprisingly continued to light up until the count reached exactly twenty before stopping!
Then, a tall dark figure, surrounded by these twenty seven-colored rings, slowly walked out of the dust like a god...
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