The group's own momentum sent them sprawling face-first onto the grass, their backsides sticking high in the air. It was a ridiculous sight.
Crackle!
Silver Lightning flashed, and Pietro appeared before Leon. He deactivated his Quicksilver Nano Helmet, wearing the eager expression of a good puppy returning to his master for praise after completing a task.
"Your precision has improved. Well done," Leon said with a smile.
Quicksilver scratched his head and gave a sheepish chuckle. "It's all thanks to your teaching, Mr. Leon."
"This..."
Ying Nan's pupils contracted. She could hardly believe that a twenty-year-old had taken down Uncle Guang's entire defense force—made up of nearly all Ta Lo's elite Dragon-Scale Martial Artists—in an instant.
If they had come to Ta Lo with hostile intentions...
Ying Nan could hardly bear to imagine it.
If the Soul Eaters broke free and attacked Ta Lo, its people could at least put up some resistance with the power granted by the Great Protector. But against this silver-haired young man in his silver suit, whose speed was too great for the naked eye to follow, Ta Lo's current forces would be helpless.
You're right. So you have to believe we came in goodwill, because you have no other choice.
Leon's voice rang directly in Ying Nan's mind.
As far as Leon was concerned, she was exactly Soldier Boy's type.
For Leon himself, though, she was too old for him.
"I understand. Everyone, follow me."
After a brief moment of stunned disbelief, Ying Nan composed herself and led Leon's group into one of the villagers' houses to talk.
At Ying Nan's reassurance, the strange beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas also set aside their hostility toward Leon's group for the time being and watched them leave.
Round, adorable Dijiang and his companions