Chapter 550: Is the Dweller-in-Darkness the Fear Lord? (Second update, please subscribe!)

All along, Ying Li's attitude toward people wanting to enter Ta Lo had been to politely decline and avoid contact.

But facing Su Quan, she broke her own principles!

There are many reasons.

First, he has the power of the Great Protector; second, he was not bewitched by the Dweller-in-Darkness; finally, he is very handsome!

Uh, okay, it has nothing to do with being handsome; Ying Li wouldn't look at someone differently just because of their looks, at least not before getting familiar!

The real reason is that Su Quan had no malice; he didn't arrogantly defeat her with full force, didn't forcibly interrogate her about Ta Lo, and didn't force her to take him into Ta Lo.

In this situation, Ying Li naturally couldn't continue to be aloof and ignore him.

Moreover, she is now the gatekeeper of the Ta Lo entrance; she can neither leave this place nor drive Su Quan away.

There is also the fact that she wants to figure out why Su Quan has the power of the Great Protector and why he seems to know so much about the affairs in Ta Lo village.

Looking at Ying Li, who was eating in silence, Su Quan asked with a smile: "How is the taste?"

"Very good, thank you," Ying Li said softly.

Su Quan asked casually: "Between you and your sister, who is stronger?"

"You know Ying Nan?" Ying Li looked at Su Quan in surprise.

Su Quan gave a non-committal 'hmm' and continued: "Does Ying Nan also have the power of the Great Protector? Are there many people in your village who possess the power of the Great Protector?"

Ying Li said: "Why are you asking this?"

Su Quan thought for a moment and asked a question that didn't answer hers: "If I completely eliminate the Dweller-in-Darkness, will your village listen to me?"

"Impossible!"

"When you say impossible, do you mean I cannot completely eliminate the Dweller-in-Darkness, or do you mean..."

"You cannot completely eliminate the Dweller-in-Darkness!"

Ying Li said seriously: "Although you are stronger than me and your methods are quite unique, you don't understand the Dweller-in-Darkness, nor do you understand our Ta Lo village."

"Ta Lo has existed for over four thousand years; we are the guardians of the Dark Gate, swearing to protect this land and your homes from the harm of the demons trapped behind the gate."

"Ta Lo's territory extends beyond the coastline of our village; our city surpasses any city in your universe."

"For thousands of years, all our people lived in peace and prosperity, until we suffered an attack from the dark inhabitants. It led its army and devoured every soul it encountered along the way."

"Every killing made them stronger."

"After destroying our largest city, they marched into your universe to carry out another massacre."

"The leaders of Ta Lo sent out the most powerful batch of warriors to stop them from reaching the portal to your world, but our ancestors were no match for them."

"Until the Great Protector joined the war and turned the tide. Together, they fought to drive the dark inhabitant army into the Dark Gate."

"Since then, our people have been guarding this gate, and the magic of the Great Protector granted us strength and also gave us dragon scales, used to forge weapons capable of fighting against the dark inhabitants."

The Great Protector is the Great Protector dragon.

The demons, the dark inhabitants, are the Dweller-in-Darkness and its little monsters.

Don't look at Ta Lo village in the movie as if it's small in scale and low in population; that was just rebuilt after the great war.

The Ta Lo city of thousands of years ago, saying it surpassed all cities, is highly likely!

Just like how in the movie, Wenwu led the Ten Rings gang to attack Ta Lo, the scale didn't look very large either.

The Ten Rings gang was also rebuilt; it can be considered a match!

The Great Protector is very strong; it can grant the power of the Great Protector and dragon scales, allowing qualified people to instantly become warriors with extraordinary power and extraordinary equipment.

However, the Dweller-in-Darkness is even stronger!

According to Ying Li, the dark inhabitants, which are the little monsters created by the Dweller-in-Darkness, are countless in number, and ordinary attacks and weapons cannot harm them at all.

Only dragon scale weapons can cause them harm.

As long as they get close to you, they can absorb your soul and then send it to the Dweller-in-Darkness to devour, enhancing the Dweller-in-Darkness's strength.

This kind of absorption is different from an out-of-body experience; the soul turns into a colorful ball of light, completely unable to control itself.

The more souls the Dweller-in-Darkness devours, the stronger it becomes; even the Great Protector is no match for it, and it can even devour the soul of the Great Protector.

"Regarding the Dweller-in-Darkness, I have heard a theory," Su Quan said.

Ying Li asked in surprise: "What theory?"

"The Dweller-in-Darkness, also known as the Dark Inhabitant, or the Fear Lord, is a demon from a higher-dimensional space, or a dark god."

"The form you see now is its image after dimensional reduction."

"It lives by devouring souls and fear; the more souls and fear it devours, the stronger it becomes."

"It existed before our universe was born."

"It once caused the sinking of Atlantis and the split of the Eternals. After being sealed, it would sneak into people's dreams, bewitching and instigating people to commit suicide to achieve immortality. These people who commit suicide become its slaves, which are the dark inhabitants, helping it obtain more souls."

This theory of Su Quan comes from the comic settings; although the Dweller-in-Darkness in the movie doesn't seem to show the characteristic of feeding on fear, it had just broken free and its strength hadn't recovered.

Once it devours too many souls and its strength recovers, it is very likely that it will be able to devour fear.

The Fear Lord, it can also be considered the cousin of the Nightmare Lord.

Both brothers are villains of Doctor Strange in the comics, especially the Nightmare Lord, who is very well-known!

Ying Li pondered for a moment and shook her head: "I haven't heard this theory, but many of the situations are extremely similar, or even identical, to what we know."

Su Quan compared the Great Protector and the Dweller-in-Darkness in the movie, as well as the performance of the Ten Rings.

Then, associating it with the fact that the Dweller-in-Darkness might also exist in the zombie universe.

He reached an unverified possibility...

If the Dweller-in-Darkness is truly the Fear Lord, truly a dark god of a higher dimension, then this world and the zombie world, including all worlds where it might exist.

It should all just be clones!

This kind of higher-dimensional dark god is basically at the multiverse level, meaning like Dormammu, born and existing in an independent dimension.

They should all be unique.

Otherwise, if the Dweller-in-Darkness in every world were an independent Fear Lord, with the strength of the Great Protector and Ta Lo village, they shouldn't be able to seal it.

Although the Ten Rings is an artifact of unknown origin, it shouldn't be able to easily eliminate it either.

"Back to the main topic, returning to the previous question, if I really eliminate the Dweller-in-Darkness, will you listen to me?" Su Quan pulled the topic back.

Ying Li hesitated: "If you can eliminate the Dweller-in-Darkness, we would certainly be very grateful to you; after all, you would have allowed us to end our mission of thousands of years."

"But listen to you—I don't know; that depends on what you actually want to do and what goal you want to achieve!" ===== CHAPTER 552 =====