This bandit chief was clearly much stronger than the rest. His power crashed down on Ryan, and Ryan instantly felt a crushing pressure—his face even turned a little pale!
Right away, the bandit chief thought Ryan was finally about to collapse, and he started yelling: "Brothers, hit him with everything you've got! Wipe him out! He can't hold on any longer!"
The bandits around him were all seasoned pros. Seeing this, they got hyped up instantly. In a flash, everyone started throwing out their craziest moves, desperate to turn this losing situation around. After all, Ryan was just one guy, and there were more than a hundred of them—each one a blood-soaked, battle-hardened demon. Even half-dead, these wolves could get fired up in an instant!
At this point, almost every bandit was shouting like crazy—after all, they'd taken down a Profound Immortal before. No matter how strong Ryan was, he was still just a Divine Immortal in their eyes. They were sure they could take him!
Things were getting dicey. Off to the side, Alice and Hepburn tensed up too—this whole fight was wild and unpredictable, and these bandits were definitely not ordinary people.
But right then, something totally unexpected happened—Ryan suddenly let out two mocking cold laughs. The sound was full of playful scorn, like he didn't care about the bandit chief at all, even with him making a move.
"You little punk, still acting cocky? Every way in and out is sealed by me—let's see how you fight back now!" The bandit chief was grinding his teeth in rage; clearly, he'd never been disrespected this hard before.
He was almost losing his mind. All his power erupted at once, and every formation in the mansion activated. Suddenly, the whole Stan City seemed to tremble. Tons of eyes turned this way—sure, fights happened in a big city, but this power surge was way over the top!
Now it was the bandit chief's turn to sneer. He was feeling totally confident—he really thought he had Ryan in the bag!
But then, the scene that broke him appeared—Ryan clenched his fists, and his whole body exploded with power. A brand-new wave of strength burst out of nowhere.
"Charge!" Ryan shouted in midair, gathering up all his power. At the most critical moment, he actually started assaulting the peak of the Divine Immortal Realm—totally reckless!
"No way! How is this possible!" The bandit chief was totally stunned. This was way beyond anything he'd ever seen. In his life as a bandit, he'd slaughtered countless strong foes, and at moments like this, most would just beg for mercy. Even the toughest, most stubborn ones would only grit their teeth and hang on. But never, ever had he seen anyone like Ryan—someone who, at the most dangerous instant, would just start charging his cultivation, acting like nobody else mattered!
The wild part was, in just the blink of an eye, Ryan's power jumped straight from late-stage Divine Immortal to Divine Immortal peak—and the breakthrough didn't stop! He kept pushing, and it looked like he'd hit Divine Immortal great-perfection any second now. The jaws of everyone around dropped to the floor. For Stan City, this was basically a miracle—nobody had ever pulled off something like this before!
"You bastards, got any other tricks? If not, I'm sending you all to heaven right now!" Ryan sneered, not hesitating for a second. He swept forward, going absolutely berserk—and in an instant, half the bandits were slaughtered.
The other half were scared out of their minds, running for their lives. The whole bandit den descended into chaos—no defense could stop Ryan now. All they could do was flee, but every exit, inside and out, had already been locked down by Ryan. There was no escape.
"No way! No way!" The poor bandit chief howled in despair. He never dreamed that his painstakingly built base would totally collapse today!
"Die!" Ryan didn't hesitate for a second—his claws grabbed the chief by the head. There was a loud crunch, and the guy died instantly, his bodily essence stripped away by Ryan!
With their boss dead, the rest of the small fry couldn't resist Ryan at all. In a flash, he swept through them—every last one exploded, bodies torn apart. Ryan wiped out the whole bandit lair, root and branch!
Alice and Hepburn were left totally dumbstruck. They weren't just shocked by Ryan's power—the craziest part was that, after all this noise, nobody outside even noticed. Clearly, Ryan's real strength was way beyond what he'd shown!
"Alright, let's get out of here. There's nothing left for us in this dump!" Ryan had wiped out the whole bandit den and pocketed all the loot. The bandits were now just an empty shell. But that diamond-studded underwear in his hand—he still couldn't figure it out.
But when the three of them left the bandit den and arrived at a temporary inn, Hepburn saw the diamond underwear in Ryan's hand and couldn't help but ask, "Why do I feel like I've seen that underwear somewhere before?"
As soon as Ryan heard this, he grabbed her arm. "Where? Quick, tell me where!"
"I think it was at the home of a very noble woman. She was super seductive—the most enchanting person I've ever seen. But I need to think harder about where exactly... It feels like it was ages ago." Hepburn was so flustered by Ryan's sudden shout that she couldn't remember for a moment!
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"No rush, no rush—take your time!" Ryan quickly comforted her. Right now, Hepburn was his only hope. He'd just spent ages racking his brain and probing the underwear with all sorts of aura, but found zero clues. In the end, it was just a regular pair of women's panties—aside from the fancy diamonds, there was nothing valuable about it at all!
"Benefactor, is this underwear really important to you?" Alice came over just then, and seeing it was women's underwear, she couldn't help feeling a little jealous.
Ryan didn't bother hiding anything. He replied, "I found this in the bandit den, and I have to track down its owner. Something really important is going on, but I can't explain it to you guys just yet."
Hearing that, Alice actually breathed a sigh of relief. She rolled her eyes and said, "That bandit chief had plenty of women, but I bet none of them could afford such glamorous underwear. The owner must be super high-class."
"So you're saying none of his women could own this kind of underwear? That means it must've belonged to a woman he secretly adored or worshipped. To put it bluntly, this underwear was probably stolen from the home of a noble lady..." Ryan rattled off, and Alice nodded slowly.
"If we're talking about a woman he secretly admired, there's only one: the City Lord of Stan City. That woman is insanely seductive and beautiful—basically every man's dream in Stan City. But nobody dares make a move on her. She's not just super strong, her identity is way too special. No normal guy could ever handle her!" Alice said right away.
As soon as she said that, Hepburn shouted, "Alice is right! This pair of women's underwear definitely belongs to the City Lord—no doubt about it! I even saw a photo once, with Lady Miranda holding this exact diamond-studded underwear!"