"You little bastard, so cocky! Looks like I have to teach you a lesson today!" Right now, the Western Pacifying King was clearly pissed off by Ryan Ling. It was like an emperor getting dissed by a beggar—how could the emperor not be furious?
In a flash, a surge of top-tier Heaven-Tribulation power roared out. The Western Pacifying King knew he could only rough up Ryan—not actually kill him—so he unleashed his Heaven-Tribulation power, but didn’t go all out, just used eighth-layer Heaven-Tribulation!
Ryan had managed to beat back eighth-layer Heaven-Tribulation before, but the Western Pacifying King knew full well that Ryan had to go all out, giving it everything he had just to barely push back the eighth-layer strike.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Heaven-Tribulation power swept wildly across Ryan’s body!
Thunder crashed in the sky, hellfire surged below. Even though the Western Pacifying King was only using eighth-layer Heaven-Tribulation, that overwhelming Ghost Immortal aura was impossible to erase. His eyes were full of contempt—like he was just playing around from the moment he attacked!
But Ryan wasn’t fazed at all!
Nobody realized that in that earth-shattering moment, right as Ryan broke through to fifth-layer Heaven-Tribulation, his immortal wife Celia Xiao made her move, instantly pouring a rare, ferocious power into Ryan’s body!
This power wasn’t just ordinary Heaven-Tribulation lightning—it was at least Human Immortal–grade. But it was so intense that if Ryan didn’t have a fifth-layer Heaven-Tribulation body, just touching it would’ve made him explode on the spot!
Human Immortal power—absolutely unstoppable.
Ryan finally felt it!
But maybe it was because Celia Xiao's power was just too overwhelming—she didn’t dump it all on me at once, just kept channeling it in little by little. For a moment, I could actually smell this mysterious, refreshing fragrance in the air. That was Celia Xiao’s power!
And damn, that scent was seriously addictive!
Ryan felt insanely comfortable.
But he snapped out of it quick—this was no time to get lost in Celia Xiao’s scent. His real target was smashing Damon, maybe even killing him!
"Get wrecked!" Now, with Celia Xiao’s power in him, Ryan felt calm as hell. As the eighth-layer Heaven-Tribulation power came roaring in, Ryan suddenly swung his arm—and all that tribulation lightning got blocked in an instant!
"This kid’s got something going on!" Damon’s eyes widened. He was genuinely surprised—before, Ryan had to go all out just to barely block the eighth-layer tribulation. Even now that he’d hit fifth-layer, it shouldn’t be this easy!
"Ryan’s gotten so strong—could he really pull off another miracle today?"
"I always believed he would! No one can match his cultivation talent—I trust him!"
At that moment, Ghost Elder and Granny Soul exchanged glances. Ghost Elder was brimming with confidence in Ryan, and hearing their back-and-forth, Lord Yama’s spirits slowly lifted. His eyes locked on Ryan, full of hope and anticipation!
Sure, maybe that hope was a little far-fetched, but hey—at least it was something to hold onto.
And it wasn’t just those three—every ghost in the Netherworld was staring wide-eyed. They had no other hope left, so now all their hopes were pinned on Ryan.
"Heh, Damon, you really think you can take me out with that weak sauce? You seriously underestimate me! Are you even more useless than your turtle-egg son?" Ryan smirked, floating calmly in midair—like that eighth-layer tribulation had just been a gentle breeze.
"I was just messing with you before, but now it’s for real. Since you’re so full of yourself, I’ll make you kneel and eat shit!" Damon clenched his fists. The moment he heard 'turtle-egg son,' his rage shot through the roof. What pissed him off most was how Ryan had humiliated his son, Warren Damon, making him eat dog feces in public—straight-up slapping Damon’s face! No wonder he was furious.
And right as Damon finished, his tribulation power surged—jumping straight from eighth to ninth-layer Heaven-Tribulation. Ninth-layer was the absolute peak, and with Damon’s boost, it was pretty much on par with Lord Yama’s own ninth-layer thunder!
Now, every ghost’s eyes zeroed in on Ryan—even Lord Yama was watching. His heart was pounding; he wanted Ryan to win, but in this situation, the odds were microscopic. Ryan was only at fifth-layer Heaven-Tribulation—how could he possibly block the full force of the peak ninth-layer?
It was basically impossible!
But what gave him hope was that Ryan didn’t look scared at all—in fact, he was calm, way calmer than usual. Damon saw it too, and it was seriously throwing him off.
And just then, Ryan made his move again!
This time, Ryan was straight-up badass—a wild surge of rare, overwhelming power exploded out of him. It was way beyond his usual fifth-layer tribulation, and suddenly that fresh, intoxicating scent filled the air!
As that power exploded out, Damon’s ninth-layer tribulation just froze. He’d been so cocky before, but now, to Ryan, he looked like a total amateur!
"Wha—how is this even possible?" Damon’s face went pale. He’d attacked with payback in mind, and was even ready to pull his punches halfway—his patron wanted Ryan alive, after all. But he never imagined Ryan would just shrug it off, not only defusing the attack but crushing all the tribulation energy and blasting back with a force that shook the whole place!
In a flash, Damon had to activate his Ghost Immortal power just to block Ryan’s attack!
"Holy crap! Is this for real? Am I seeing things? Ryan’s just fifth-layer Heaven-Tribulation, and he actually forced Damon to use Ghost Immortal power? That’s nuts!"
"A miracle! It’s a freaking miracle! Ryan did it—I knew a genius like him could flip the whole situation! This is awesome, seriously awesome!"
"Yeah! Ryan’s killing it—nobody else could pull this off. This is so freaking good!"
......
Because of Ryan’s move, every ghost in the Netherworld was fired up—even Lord Yama was stunned. Ryan really was working miracles!
"What the hell is going on? How are you this strong? You actually forced me to use Ghost Immortal power—that’s insane!" Damon gritted his teeth, trying to see through Ryan. But no matter how he stared, he just couldn’t figure him out. And the harder he stared, the more his eyes started burning with a weird, painful sting.
What the hell was happening?
Damon was totally baffled!
But Ryan was secretly thrilled. The reason Damon was so freaked out was because Ryan’s 'wife,' Celia Xiao, was right there beside him. This immortal beauty really seemed into his body—she couldn’t help touching him and even praised Ryan for being so capable!
After Ryan’s last attack, Celia Xiao seemed even happier with him. With her as his ultimate backer, there’s no way Damon could win!
"Idiot! You and your son are both idiots. Looks like I’m gonna make you eat shit today!" Ryan said, instantly conjuring a lump of dog feces.
"Haha, this is hilarious! Make him eat shit, make him eat shit!" Celia Xiao cheered, jumping up excitedly. She was absolutely loving it.
Ryan was more and more convinced—Celia Xiao was basically like Chen Anqi, a rich heiress from the Immortal Domain World. Her personality and lust for men were exactly the same. Ryan even caught this immortal beauty staring at his 'vital part' for a good while, swallowing four or five times!
If he really did dual cultivate with her in the future, it’d be wild for sure. Just thinking about it, Ryan couldn’t help getting distracted by Celia Xiao’s impressive curves…