"Outrageous! Outrageous!" At this moment, Lord Yama was screaming like mad, his emotions surging to the extreme. These few words might sound light and casual, but to Lord Yama, they were a blow of cosmic proportions—a thunderous strike against the entire Netherworld. This was outright rebellion.
You have to understand, these Ghost Emperors and Hades Kings might've been dissatisfied with Lord Yama before, but at least they never said it out loud. Now, though, it's totally different—they're openly rebelling, not even bothering to hide their contempt for him.
"These bastards!" Right now, forget Lord Yama—even Marshal Zhong Kui and the Ghost Elder were pale as sheets. The day they'd all dreaded had finally come. Ever since the Western Pacifying King broke through to Ghost Immortal, they were bound to confront Lord Yama sooner or later.
Right now, even the Western Pacifying King's Ghost Immortal eyes were locked on this scene.
The pressure on Lord Yama was absolutely crushing. Sure, Ryan Ling had scored huge wins in the human world—he nearly wiped out the whole Kunlun League, and just now pushed back the eighth-layer Heaven-Tribulation. You could say he crushed every mission he set out to do.
But honestly, the enemy was just way too strong!
One guy makes it big, and all his cronies rise up too!
Every follower of the Western Pacifying King got a piece of the action. Now they're strutting around, totally fearless, acting like Lord Yama doesn't even exist!
"Lord Yama, forgive our rudeness, but today we're gonna go wild!" Instantly, two ninth-layer and three eighth-layer Heaven-Tribulation experts split off in every direction—they were about to launch a full-on kill assault against Lord Yama!
"These bastards!" Ryan Ling gritted his teeth, desperately wanting to get up, but the searing pain in his muscles and bones pinned him down, leaving him unable to move.
"Ryan, don't move—seriously, don't move! Trust that Lord Yama can handle this. It's his turn to show what he's made of!" The Ghost Elder took a deep breath. Right now, it's time for Lord Yama to act.
"Heh, you think you lot are worthy of testing me?" Lord Yama's gaze was locked on them. Seeing the eighth- and ninth-layer Heaven-Tribulation experts closing in, he charged out and started slaughtering.
A shockingly violent aura erupted out, making Ryan's heart tremble!
It was clear Lord Yama's strength was beyond anything Ryan could imagine. An old-school ninth-layer Heaven-Tribulation master—his power was sky-high. And here in the Hell Court, he had even more force boosting him.
As he burst out, Ryan felt like a mountain had charged into battle. That momentum was off the charts—there was no way Ryan could compare.
"Die!" Lord Yama didn't hesitate for a second. With one strike, an eighth-layer expert was instantly crushed to powder.
"Nice kill!" Ryan was buzzing with excitement inside.
"Don't get close—use a formation!" another eighth-layer expert yelled.
"Use my ass!" Lord Yama sneered. He threw out a brutal iron fist, and that eighth-layer expert was killed instantly—no defense could save him.
"Fall back, fall back!" The rest of the crew saw how savage Lord Yama was and jumped in fright; every face turned green.
"Where's the Western Pacifying King? Why hasn't he come out yet—what's the point of sending all these cannon fodder?" Lord Yama swept his gaze around and locked onto a ninth-layer Heaven-Tribulation expert.
That overwhelming aura locked onto him in an instant. For the moment, that ninth-layer expert was totally immobilized!
"Damn it, we're both ninth-layer Heaven-Tribulation—I'm not afraid of you!" The ninth-layer expert screamed, refusing to be slaughtered like the eighth-layer ones. With a howl, he tried to fight back!
A surge of brutal Heaven-Tribulation power blasted straight at Lord Yama!
Lord Yama snorted coldly. In a blink, his own Heaven-Tribulation power exploded like a volcano, instantly swallowing up the other guy's aura. It was all over in a flash—the enemy's ninth-layer power just vanished.
"Impossible!" The guy's eyes turned green; his whole body was frozen and started shaking uncontrollably.
They were both ninth-layer Heaven-Tribulation!
But that guy was light-years behind Lord Yama!
"Begone!" Lord Yama snorted. His wild power howled out, yanking the enemy straight into a meat grinder. In an instant, that ninth-layer expert was shredded to pieces!
That brutal attack instantly made all the Ghost Emperors and Hades Kings stop dead in their tracks—they didn't dare move a muscle!
There were two more ninth-layer Heaven-Tribulation experts nearby, but now they'd both shrunk off to the side. Lord Yama's strength was just too overwhelming—he was the top dog guarding the Hell Court. Even if they were all ninth-layer, he was clearly on another level!
"Anyone else? Anyone else?" Lord Yama scanned the crowd, his eyes radiating killing intent!
But just then, a sharp voice suddenly rang out.
"The Western Pacifying King has decreed: whoever kills Lord Yama gets his throne!"
That order came out of nowhere, and suddenly a dozen pairs of eyes lit up. They'd been scared of Lord Yama before, but now—with the Western Pacifying King's decree and such a huge temptation—all the ninth-layer experts got fired up, and even some eighth-layer ones started itching to join in.
"Western Pacifying King!" Lord Yama's eyes blazed. Clearly, now that he'd evolved into a Ghost Immortal, the Western Pacifying King didn't care about Lord Yama at all—he was treating the Netherworld like his own playground.
"Western Pacifying King, you bastard! You son of a bitch!" The Ghost Elder couldn't help yelling beside Ryan. "A man can be killed but not humiliated!" The Western Pacifying King was totally acting like he was above the Netherworld, and it was disgusting.
Ryan didn't say much at this point. He knew that no amount of words or anger would do any good—the Ghost Immortal's power was just too overwhelming. Maybe Lord Yama had been in his grip from the very start.
"Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, please hurry! If the Netherworld keeps going like this, it's about to explode into chaos!" Ryan prayed silently. At this moment, only Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva could stop the slaughter.
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"Kill! Everybody kill him—wipe out that old bastard!"
"That's right, let's all go! He's been Lord Yama long enough—it's time for a change!"
"No way he can beat all of us at once! Kill!"
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With the Western Pacifying King's instigation, all the experts attacked. Ghost Emperors and Hades Kings appeared inside and out—everyone wanted Lord Yama's throne.
At this moment, ten ninth-layer and more than twenty eighth-layer Heaven-Tribulation experts had gathered. It seemed like the entire Netherworld's forces had instantly rallied under the Western Pacifying King.
The Ghost Immortal's aura was overwhelming—nobody was stupid enough to resist.
Ryan gritted his teeth. If he could reach the Human Immortal Realm, these fair-weather traitors would be wiped out—the whole Netherworld would be rebuilt.
But right now, saying any of this was pointless.
While all of Hell Court's underlings were panicking, Lord Yama didn't show a hint of fear. His eyes even flashed with disdain—as if even facing a full-scale assault, he wasn't fazed in the slightest.
"Lord Yama!" Ryan was shocked by his composure. Clearly, this kind of fortitude was no ordinary thing. Even with the enemy upgraded to Ghost Immortal and the whole Netherworld turning traitor, Lord Yama's aura never wavered. That was truly remarkable!
"Kill!" The Ghost Emperors and Hades Kings didn't waste words. All the experts charged at once—solo duels wouldn't work, only a team attack gave them a shot!
"You think you can touch me? Dream on!" Lord Yama didn't back down an inch; he launched himself forward, his Heaven-Tribulation aura transforming into a sky-shattering longsword.
Kill kill kill!
The whole Netherworld shook with madness. Even with all those experts attacking, they still couldn't suppress Lord Yama's overwhelming force. In a flash, he struck down three ninth-layer experts, splitting them apart—and twisted off the heads of seven or eight eighth-layer experts.
Right now, Lord Yama was absolutely unstoppable...