At this moment, Aaron Zhao was almost in total despair. Faced with a monster like Ryan Ling, he saw no way out—he was just waiting to die. It seemed like no killer move could touch this guy, like Ryan really was some kind of "god" dropped in from the heavens.
"Aaron Zhao, get ready to rot in the Eighteenth Level of Hell!" Ryan shouted, his voice booming. For a moment, it felt like the gates of Hell itself were swinging open. Aaron Zhao squeezed his eyes shut—facing a titan like Ryan, he’d already accepted his fate.
But just then, a voice suddenly thundered down from the sky: "Who the hell do you think you are, sentencing people to the Eighteenth Level of Hell with a word? You think you're Yama or something?"
A blast of intense Void-Realm qi slammed down at Ryan. He paused for a split second, thrown off by this unknown attacker, and instinctively retreated a step.
At that moment, another voice cackled from overhead: "At least you know to be scared. In front of us Ten Reapers, even the real Yama would have to watch his step!"
"Hahaha!" In an instant, the sky was filled with laughter.
"Reapers?" Honestly, just hearing that name pissed Ryan off. He clenched his fists. Ten guys showing up at once was a lot, but he wasn’t intimidated. Even after the chaos earlier, he hadn’t unleashed the full power of his Foundation-Building Stage yet.
Now, seeing these ten oddly dressed, super-strong martial devils drop from the sky, the crowd instinctively backed away. Gabriel Xue and Jinbiao Chen clearly knew about the Ten Reapers; they hurried to Ryan’s side, faces full of shock, and started explaining.
"Brother Ryan, these ten are insanely tough. Each one rules his own province, and they’re all top-tier martial devils—murder and arson are their daily routine, just like Aaron Zhao, but no one dares say a word against them on their turf!"
"That’s right, they’re ten brothers, known as the Ten Reapers. Their skills and methods are way above those Void-Realm freaks you just fought. Even the Jinling Military Region couldn’t handle them—every attempt to wipe them out ended in failure, so now nobody dares mess with them!"