"Damn, that's awesome!" Seeing this, Ryan Ling nearly jumped up in excitement. The Glass Pavilion really came through—this Hundred Immortals Offering Rite is the real deal! Harlan Yanro clearly can't handle it anymore, he's actually being forced back, and even his thick Heavenly Immortal power is starting to go haywire!
But right now, Ryan could clearly feel that Lydia Jin and the others were pushing out their absolute strongest power. This move was already their limit, and pulling it off was obviously hurting them too—every Earth Immortal except Lydia was already bleeding, and their qi was a total mess!
"Ryan, give us a hand, or we still won't be able to shake this big boss for real!" Lydia Jin shouted from the side. They were obviously running on fumes—even with everything they'd thrown at him, Harlan Yanro had only been pushed back two steps!
"You got it!" Ryan didn’t hesitate for a second. Right now, the two sides were basically dead even—if he pitched in, it could really make a difference!
Without a second thought, Ryan started pumping Immortal Water into every Earth Immortal in the Glass Pavilion—no holding back!
"Hell yeah, that's the stuff! Kid, you're loaded!" Lydia Jin instantly perked up. With Ryan’s Immortal Water boost, the Pavilion’s Earth Immortals snapped back to full power, looking totally recharged and ready to go!
"Weird..." Harlan Yanro sensed something off right away, but for now he couldn't figure out what Ryan had done.
Right then, over a hundred Earth Immortals, powered up by the Holy Way and Ryan’s Immortal Water, hit their absolute peak.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Wave after wave of overwhelming force crashed straight at Harlan Yanro!
In that instant, the whole situation flipped—Harlan Yanro, with all his Heavenly Immortal power, actually started to buckle. Even his robe was slowly tearing apart!
"Young Master Harlan, this..." Xiao Yuanshan next to him tensed up immediately. If even a Heavenly Immortal’s robe is getting wrecked, that’s some seriously rare power. Harlan Yanro might be a Heavenly Immortal, but he only just broke through—he’s still stuck at early stage!
Meanwhile, Ryan, Lydia Jin, and all the Glass Pavilion crew had cranked their power to the absolute max. The whole scene was earth-shattering—this was peak force, and their teamwork was flawless!
That’s how they pulled off this insane result!
Right then, Harlan Yanro didn’t hesitate—he staggered back several steps, then switched all his power to pure defense. For a Heavenly Immortal to go full defense? That’s just nuts!
"Harlan Yanro, at this point, how about we both take a step back?" Lydia Jin spoke up. They might have the upper hand, but actually wiping out Harlan? Total pipe dream.
"Young Master Harlan, let it go. With the Glass Pavilion here, now’s not the time!" Xiao Yuanshan quickly reminded him—best to quit while you’re ahead.
"Fine, we both step back. That’s it for today!" Harlan Yanro nodded. He clearly knew this wasn’t the time to keep fighting—he hated it, but had no choice but to back down.
"Alright, everyone pull back!" Lydia Jin locked eyes with Harlan Yanro. Nobody here was stupid—they were all sharp as razors. Both sides instantly withdrew their power.
"Let’s go!" Harlan Yanro didn’t stick around—he turned and left right away. No way he was staying here and losing more face.
Lydia Jin and the others had pushed their power to the absolute limit—if they didn’t rest soon, they’d totally collapse!
Ryan didn’t hesitate—he pumped almost all the Primeval Heavenwood’s Immortal Water into them. Honestly, today’s battle would’ve been a disaster without their help; if they hadn’t stepped up, the whole fight would’ve gone off the rails!
"Ryan, you’re seriously generous!" Lydia Jin smiled, clearly excited—hundreds more drops of Immortal Water? That stuff was her dream come true.
"If you’re willing to help me out, that means we’re real friends. And I never cheap out on friends!" Ryan grinned.
"That’s real talk! Honestly, I never expected a kid from some barren backwater like Earth to be this cool. You’re officially my friend now!" Lydia Jin paused, then stepped closer to Ryan: "Ryan, I can help hold the line here for a few more days. With us around, Harlan Yanro won’t come back right away—but that’s only temporary. He’s a Heavenly Immortal, his tricks will keep getting nastier, and soon nobody will be able to stop him!"
Even though Harlan Yanro had backed off for now, Lydia Jin was right—he’d lost the first and second rounds, but he’d definitely come back for a third, and next time he’d be fully prepped. No one would be able to stop him then.
So with things like this, either Ryan and everyone linked to the Long Family had to bail from the Immortal Domain and hide somewhere nobody could find them—or they’d just have to sit tight and wait to die!
But Ryan knew both options were dead ends. Even if they escaped, his friends and family back on Earth would be sitting ducks without his protection—a guaranteed death sentence!
Back on Earth, Ryan hadn’t really felt this danger—but here, surrounded by all these powerhouses, it was crystal clear. The only way forward was to get stronger—everything else was just nonsense!
Running away wouldn’t solve anything!
"Right now, I just want to know if there’s any way to fix this!" Ryan pressed, staring at Lydia Jin’s mysterious expression. She’d run the Glass Pavilion for ages—even if she hadn’t hit Heavenly Immortal yet, she was hands-down the top Earth Immortal around.
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"Since you’re asking, I can tell you something—but do you actually dare to go for it?" Lydia Jin smiled, clearly testing Ryan.
"Just say it! If there’s any way to flip this situation, I’ll do it—no matter what!" Ryan gritted his teeth and shouted.
"Alright, I know you’re a Silver Void Immortal now—your next step is Golden True Immortal. Once you hit True Immortal, you might just be able to save your own skin!" Lydia Jin continued.
"But I’m not just looking to survive!" Ryan knew he’d thought about breaking through to Golden True Immortal before, but that was just step one. If he could reach Earth Immortal, only then could he really go toe-to-toe with Harlan Yanro!
"I figured you’d want more than just survival. Fine, I’ll tell you about a place—if you can come back alive, you might just hit your goal!" Lydia Jin’s face turned icy again.
"Where is it?" Ryan pressed, jaw clenched.
"The Sky-Burial Necropolis!" Lydia Jin glanced at Ryan. "That place is the Immortal Domain’s true forbidden zone—where all its strongest powerhouses are buried. Rumor has it, it even connects to the Heavenly, Demonic, and Immortal worlds. If you’ve got the guts, maybe you’ll find something there!"
"Sky-Burial Necropolis?" Just hearing the name made Ryan shiver—this place was seriously freaky, like the words themselves oozed evil energy.
"If you dare to go, I’ll give you a pass card—normally only death-row prisoners get sent there!" Lydia Jin pulled out a weird gold card with a skull on it.
Ryan took the gold card and smiled. "Don’t worry, I’m definitely going—and I’ll definitely come back!"
Ryan knew perfectly well—right now, the only real chance was heading to the Sky-Burial Necropolis. Anywhere else was useless. It might be a death trap, but only by entering could he hope to survive!
This was the real ‘enter the death zone, come out reborn’ moment!
"Remember—don’t go anywhere near the Necropolis’s core region, or you’re toast!" Lydia Jin gave one last warning...