As soon as Daisy landed, she was caught in a perimeter established by three of Xu Wenwu's trusted subordinates.
Yet, she did not panic, nor did she choose to ask Peter for help.
She simply faced her opponents with a determined gaze.
This was her own battle!
She wanted to use this fight to prove to Brother Peter that she had also become someone who could stand on her own and share the burden for Brother Peter.
...
At the same time that Daisy was fighting intensely, Peter also landed gracefully, stepping on his flying skateboard.
Xu Wenwu stood opposite him, but there was not a trace of emotion on his face.
Just kidding, even monsters like Laufey and Solus couldn't do anything to him now, so what kind of small fry was Xu Wenwu?
In the silence, Xu Wenwu was the first to speak:
"Did Wakanda send you? To be able to persuade a Superheroes like you, they really went to great lengths."
He said the words "Superheroes," but his tone and expression were quite indifferent, as if he didn't care at all about The Arbiter, the Superheroes who had recently saved the entire America.
He had reason to be this arrogant.
One thousand years.
He had lived for a full thousand years.
He had witnessed the rise and fall of several dynasties and experienced countless life-and-death trials.
Now, he believed that there was nothing in this World that could surprise him, and no one could stop him.
Including The Arbiter before him.
Facing this display, Peter just rolled his eyes —
"Damn, I hate people who act all high and mighty!"
Peter simply chose not to reply, just quietly watching Xu Wenwu show off, until Xu Wenwu himself felt a hint of awkwardness.
He frowned slightly, and in the end, chose to put forward his conditions early:
"I think we can make a deal."
"What do you mean?"
"As long as you are willing to join the Ten Rings Gang, and are willing to turn around and work with me to take care of Wakanda, to seize the Vibranium they possess, I can give you everything you want."
Xu Wenwu lowered his voice and spoke in a highly seductive tone:
"Power, money, connections, women... I can even split the Ten Rings Gang and the Vibranium mines with you. Then, you and I will be the masters of this World!"
He spoke these words with great passion, making the eyes of the surviving underlings behind him turn red.
They really wished they could respond on Peter's behalf right now.
But faced with the conditions offered by Xu Wenwu, Peter laughed, laughing quite disdainfully:
"Listen here, old man, are you out of your mind? What qualifications do you have to make a deal with me? Just relying on this bunch of stinking fish and rotten shrimp under your command?"
"And why should I choose to cooperate with you? What do I want from you? Your old age? The fact that you don't bathe?"
"The conditions you're offering make me want to laugh. Don't you know I have an entire Superheroes organization in the United States?"
"If I wanted these things you're talking about, it would just be a matter of saying the word. Do I really need to cooperate with you?"
Speaking of this, Peter raised his eyes, his gaze fixed directly on the Ten Rings on Xu Wenwu's hands:
"On the contrary, without you, I might be able to get my hands on something interesting."
Xu Wenwu was silent.
He noticed Peter's gaze looking at the Ten Rings.
That gaze was not fear, not awe.
It was a kind of joy, like seeing a new toy.
This guy had already decided in his heart that the Ten Rings would fall into his hands!
This discovery caused Xu Wenwu's expression to turn completely cold.
These ten mysterious metal rings were the foundation of all his power.
After losing Yingli, the Ten Rings became the only anchor for his existence in this World.
Yingli's voice echoed in his ears day and night.
She was calling to him from within that dark gate deep in Ta Lo village, never stopping.
The Ten Rings were the only tool he had to respond to that voice.
He would absolutely not allow anyone to covet the Ten Rings!
"The Arbiter." Xu Wenwu's voice became very cold, instinctively making one feel a sense of oppression, "You should not covet the Ten Rings!"
"Is that so?" Facing Xu Wenwu's threat, Peter still appeared calm and unconcerned:
"Sorry, I have a flaw — the more you don't want me to see something, the more I want it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Wenwu moved!
Relying on the amplification of the Ten Rings, he punched towards Peter.
Peter did not dodge, instead raising his fist to counterattack.
Their fists collided.
Xu Wenwu stumbled back three steps.
And Peter's figure only swayed imperceptibly, a light of excitement appearing in his eyes.
These Ten Rings really have power!
...
In the blink of an eye, Peter had exchanged a dozen rounds with Xu Wenwu.
It must be said that Xu Wenwu's level somewhat exceeded Peter's estimations.
This guy's comprehensive combat power far exceeded that of Gwen when she activated the symbiote suit and vibranium suit!
Peter estimated that, relying on the defense and attack power granted by the Ten Rings, this old monster who had lived for thousands of years could completely go toe-to-toe with Thor in his normal state.
Of course, that was as far as it went.
Xu Wenwu's limit was just going toe-to-toe with Thor in his normal state, while Peter... now he could easily pin Thor after a power-up to the ground and spin him like a top.
The reason he didn't finish Xu Wenwu in one move was entirely to provide Daisy with more extensive training time, and incidentally, to use Xu Wenwu as his own combat experience pack.
It must be said that Xu Wenwu's kung fu was practiced quite well.
Peter threw a punch, Xu Wenwu sidestepped the fist, and at the same time, his right hand slashed towards Peter's elbow joint at an extremely strange angle.
This was a Wing Chun intercepting technique, with movements as standard as a textbook.
But immediately after, Xu Wenwu's left foot swept towards Peter's lower stance, and between the footwork transitions, the attack rhythm switched from the short, explosive bursts of Wing Chun to the open, expansive movements of Changquan.
Then came the guiding movements of Kung Fu. The footwork of Karate. The drilling and overturning of Muyi Thai.
In a thousand years, just how many martial arts schools had he stolen techniques from?
Peter sighed inwardly while dismantling the moves; this old guy was practically a walking encyclopedia of martial arts, and he had fused the essence of various schools to an extremely terrifying degree.
He was much stronger than Madam Gao, whom he had fought before.
This gave Peter a long-lost desire to learn.
Having played the "brute force" style for too long, it was time to change things up occasionally.
Learning a few moves from old Xu would be beneficial for physical and mental health, and after returning, he could use them to instruct Gwen and Felicia. Wouldn't that be wonderful!
With this thought, he began to consciously reduce his output, no longer crushing with brute force, but instead trying to use pure combat techniques to deal with Xu Wenwu's offensive.
As time went on, Xu Wenwu finally realized that something was wrong.
The first time, Xu Wenwu thought it was a coincidence.
The second time, he frowned.
The third time — when Peter used a Dragon Palm to circle behind him, and then struck his back with the Inch Punch he was most proficient in,
Xu Wenwu's face turned completely black.
"Are you stealing my techniques?"
He squeezed these four words out from between his teeth.
But Peter didn't even have any intention of denying it:
"Yeah, I learned a lot of good stuff. You really didn't live those thousand years in vain."
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