by KSY
The newly formed Viscous Death Attribute Liquid Spirit Power flowed through Ryan’s entire body in an unrestrained manner, and strengthened it in turn, following which the Death aura around his body also became manyfold thicker. Ryan could feel his bodily strength and toughness had increased exponentially, as he could feel the explosive power from every part of his body. He could tell that now even normal Mid Mortal King Realm Martial Artists were not his opponents, as his bodily strength had increased to a level where he could finish them off within a few moves. He could even contend with Late Mortal King Realm Martial Artists easily if he powered his strikes with Death Attribute Liquid Spirit Power. The toughness of his body had increased to a level where even a Mid Mortal Emperor Realm Martial Artist would have a hard time in lethally injuring him.
The intensity of the Hell’s Fire flame around his Death Fire Dual Attribute Soul Core had increased exponentially. Ryan was certain that now his Hell’s Fire flames were strong enough to burn a Mid Mortal King Realm Martial Artist into nothingness, without him or her having any opportunity to save himself or herself. This showed the terrifying might of the Hell’s Fire flame.
The might of Ryan’s soul had also increased exponentially, and its strength was now comparable to that of Mid Mortal Emperor Realm Martial Artists. This fact made Ryan’s Soul attacks tyrannical in the extreme. The range of his Soul-sense had also increased dramatically, and he could now spread it for thirty meters, whereas the range for most Mid Mortal Lord Realm Martial Artist was around ten meters. This fact elated Ryan as the extra range of his Soul-sense would give him an edge over other Martial Artists during close combat situations.
Ryan didn’t stop at just advancing his Death Fire Dual Attribute Soul Core. He started advancing his Fire Attribute Soul Core the moment his body stabilized. This was extremely fluid, and he was able to successfully advance it within a few hours. Ryan didn’t get a boost in any of his abilities, except that his Devil’s flame became as strong as Hell’s Fire flame. Ryan had a contented look once both his Soul Cores had advanced to Mid Mortal Lord Realm.
“I am already feeling sorry for the Martial Artists that challenge you,” Dargar said with a laugh. Ryan, Yama and Earl also started laughing on hearing Dargar’s words.
“I never expected that my big mouth would cause such a big problem. I have already received more than five hundred challenges for the ownership of the Hell Mantis egg, ” Ryan said with a sigh, as he’d never expected such a situation to occur.
“Just wipe the floor with the first challenger, and the rest will naturally withdraw their challenges, ” Yama said with a sneer. Ryan just sighed, as he had no intention of wiping the floor with a fellow clan member in front all the spectators that might come to watch their duel, but he also knew that this was the only way out of his current predicament. If he didn’t do so, then he would be challenged endlessly by hundreds of Martial Artists for the ownership of the Hell Mantis egg.
He had already decided that he would transform the Hell Mantis into his first Evil Fire Spirit and that too before the start of the Divine Trials.
“Ryan, which flame are you thinking of using to create the Hell Mantis Evil Fire Spirit?” Earl asked in an excited manner.
“I have yet to decide,” Ryan said as he was lost in his thoughts.
“Use Hell’s Fire flame as it is somewhat similar to Blood flames in nature, so that would allow the Hell Mantis to adapt to the new flame quite easily,” Yama suggested. Ryan and the others couldn’t help but agree with him. Yama was indeed correct. Hell’s Fire flame and Devil’s flame are both equally strong, but their inherent natures are different. Hell’s Fire flame is volatile in nature, whereas Devil’s flame is calm in nature. The Blood flames of Hell Mantis are also volatile in nature.
“OK,” Ryan said as a faint smile appeared on his face. He couldn’t help imagining the way his Hell Mantis Evil Fire Spirit would look after its rebirth.
Ryan was quickly brought back to reality by a Mental-message transmission from his mother.
“Ryan, come to the Living room. Shana wants to meet you. Be quick as her condition doesn’t allow her to move around a lot.”
Ryan was startled for second after receiving his mother’s Mental-message transmission, but quickly left for the Living room.
He had been waiting for this opportunity.
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Aquila and company were looking at Solomon with piqued interest as he began to tell them about his past.
“I used to be bandit on Grandura a very long time ago …”
“Cough!”
“Cough!”
“Cough!”
Everyone started coughing after hearing Solomon’s first sentence and their faces flushed with embarrassment after coming to know that their supposed great Ancestor used to be a bandit. They could already tell why Herman and Heron never spoke about their father.
“Anyone would be embarrassed to say that his or her father used to be a bandit,” everyone couldn’t help but think to themselves, but still, their faith in Solomon increased by a little because of it.
Solomon’s faced twitched as he thought, “Here I am, an old man trying to be serious and you little shits dare mock me!” He could tell that Aquila and the rest were not taking him at all seriously.
Everyone regained serious expressions upon seeing Solomon’s angry expression.
Just as Solomon was about to begin again, a big crystalline orb lying in the corner of the Living room started to vibrate. The expressions of Aquila and everyone changed drastically. Solomon was also scared stiff on seeing such a drastic change in their expression. He could tell that the crystalline orb was a Galactic Mental-message transmission orb meant for communicating between Divine Worlds and Lower Worlds. It took quite a few days for Mental-messages to arrive at Divine Worlds from Lower Worlds and vice a versa, as the Mortal Universe and Divine Universe are such great distances apart.
He couldn’t think of anyone else except his descendants on Grandura trying to contact their Main branches via this Galactic Mental-message transmission orb, so he immediately released the restraints on the bodies of Aquila and the rest. Cornelia was the first one to react and she quickly activated the Galactic Mental-message transmission orb on multi-mode, and everyone quickly connected with it.
“Ancestors, I have good news to share. An exceptionally talented kid has appeared in our Grandura branches. He is a Dual Martial Spirit holder, one of which is Asura Dragon and the other, Emerald viper. He is a Stable Taboo Martial Artist, and he also possesses the Tyrannical physique of Asura dragons. The best part about him is his potential to become an exceptional doctor in the future. At present he is a little lacking in morals, but he’s extremely loyal to both Family Clans. I request the Ancestors find him a Master that would be interested in teaching him.”
This Mental-message was from Nero. He’d started in high spirit, but his tone waned near the end of the message as he knew only upright people had the right to learn from members of the Main branches, but he still wanted to give it a shot for Ryan, as he could tell from Ryan’s actions that he was not inherently evil. It was just that his way of doing things was a little different from that of others.
He then sent Ryan’s image and recordings of his Death duel with Ramon from the Dark Moon Family Clan that had taken place in Divine Martial Sect’s Combat Arena, as well as the entire sequence of events that had taken place in the Auditorium on the day of the Entrance Ceremony for the Divine Martial Sect, which included his killing of Theon. In both the cases, he’d hidden his actual Cultivation Level which had resulted in his opponent underestimating him and ending up dead.
They looked at Solomon with a strange look as Ryan’s behavior was indeed similar to those of a bandit. Solomon could guess what was on their minds, and his face flushed with embarrassment, but he was more intrigued about Ryan as he found his actions similar to his own when he was a teenager. The fact that he was a Stable Taboo
Martial Artist even after possessing an Asura Dragon Martial Spirit was something that shocked Solomon and the rest, but they quickly accepted these facts as they knew that there were always exceptions.
The Divine universe was filled with exceptions like Ryan.
On the other hand, Aquila and company’s faith in Solomon increased a lot after coming to know about Ryan, as he was the spitting image of Solomon. This could only be possible because of his being a descendant of Solomon’s, as only people connected by blood could have such similarities. This verified one fact: Solomon was indeed a part of their Family Clans.
“This brat has exceptional talent,” Solomon said with a big smile on his face. Aquila and the others were no different, as they could tell that Ryan’s potential was not normal. He deserved special treatment from both Family Clans to unlock his entire potential even though he had some behavioral issues. In their eyes, they were childish and could be corrected through proper guidance.
Solomon could tell that Aquila and others now had more faith in him, so he took a small bottle out of his Spatial pouch.
“Use this to treat Heron and Herman’s injuries,” Solomon said as he threw it towards Aquila. She was startled on hearing Solomon but caught the small bottle. She handled it with care as she could tell that its contents were not normal. If he’d given them this small bottle right from start, then they might not have accepted it, so he’d waited patiently until their faith in him had increased.
The small bottle contained two drops of some unknown liquid, but Aquila could feel tremendous power coming from them. Aquila followed Solomon instructions. She opened the bottle and the two drops of unknown liquid flew out and went straight towards Herman and Heron who were under her control as she had wrapped them in her spirit power. One of the drops struck the surface of Herman’s Light Attribute Healing Orb while the other drop struck the surface of Heron’s Light Attribute Healing Orb. The efficiency of the Light Attribute Healing Orbs increased countless times and within a few minutes, all the wounds disappeared from their bodies, which were also detoxified of poison.
“Father-in-law, what exactly is this liquid? Do you have some more of it?” Cornelia couldn’t help but ask, as she had neither seen nor heard of such a Divine medicine in her entire life. Quite a few of her descendants suffered from similar injuries, so if there were a few more drops then they could also recover quickly.
“It was personally created by me. I had to extract the life-force of one million Light Attribute Gods to create a single drop of it. I call this liquid Light God’s Tears, and I will make some more of it whenever you need it daughter-in-law,” Solomon said as he puffed his chest with a smile, but the hearts of Aquila and the rest shook violently.
They finally understood Solomon’s nature completely: for him the lives of people that were not related to him were worthless. They also understood the real reason why Herman and Heron hadn’t told them about him. They knew that Heron and Herman hated people like Solomon who killed without a second thought.
“No, father-in-law it’s OK. I was just curious about it. By the way, where have you been living all these years?” Cornelia asked to quickly change the topic as she didn’t want a million Light Gods to perish because of her.
“Just tell me whenever you need it. I will try to make as many drops of Light God’s Tears for you as you need,” Solomon said in a nonchalant manner, which scared everyone present in the room. Cornelia just nodded her head like an obedient little girl.
“I was living in Hell all these years,” Solomon said as a smile appeared on his face. The expressions of Aquila and company again changed, but this time they were unable to keep calm.
Hell is a region in the Divine Universe, but it is the most dangerous place in the entire Divine Universe. It is filled with a large number of Demonic Martial Artists, Devils, Undead creatures and Demonic beings. It is also the place where the souls of countless beings go after death before their rebirth. Rebirth is possible as long as the soul is not damaged.
Gods and Celestial forget everything after their reincarnations, but they can regain the memories from their past lives if they are to able cultivate to extremely high Levels. Because of this, all Gods and Celestials make sure they destroy the souls of their enemies as the consequences can be disastrous for them, if an enemy they’d killed millions of years previously came for them after rebirth.
“I am in control of an entire Divine World in Hell,” Solomon said with pride. Aquila and the other were agape on hearing this. They couldn’t even fathom how strong Solomon was. Hell was a Barbaric region where lack of strength meant death.
If Solomon was able to control an entire Divine World there, it meant that he possessed unfathomable strength.
Heron and Herman had awoken from their deep Cultivation-state some time previously, and were peacefully listening to the conversation that their father was having with other members of their Family Clans.
The reason they’d had to keep their father’s existence hidden was all because of his enemies. Solomon was originally not from Grandura, but he’d suffered a severe injury which had forced him to hide on Grandura. The injury had made him lose his overpowered Combat prowess and strength, and his Cultivation Level had been reduced to that of Early Celestial Elite Realm. So, Heron and Herman had had no choice but to keep low, as the region of the Divine Universe in which the Radiant Divine World was located was actually the turf of Solomon’s enemies. He had only just recently recovered from his injury and regained his previous strength and overpowered Combat prowess.
Heron and Herman had secretly been increasing the strengths of their factions all these years to support their father when he was ready to take revenge in the future. They’d made sure that their factions had neat and clean images, and also that their factions had extremely low-level conflicts with others. They’d even banished their own children for small mistakes, as that helped them in showing the world that they were righteous factions through and through.
In reality, it was all a façade. Heron and Herman were not righteous men, but that was not even known by their wives and other members of their respective Family Clans. In their eyes, Heron and Herman were kind and magnanimous, and just people. In fact, they were just acting like righteous men because of the circumstances.
They’d had no intention of attracting unnecessary trouble, such as the current situation, as that would force their father to make a move which could attract an even bigger calamity.
Aquila and the rest asked a number of questions. Solomon answered them as frankly as possible, and didn’t hide anything from them.
“Let’s see how that little fellow is doing?” Solomon said once the queries from Aquila and the rest ended. He had been dying to check out Ryan right from the moment he came to know about him. Aquila and the rest were also concerned about the situation of the Grandura branches of their Family Clans.
A screen appeared in the Living room with a flick of Solomon’s hand. It showed the happenings at the border of Heavenly City. Aquila and rest who had ascended from Grandura had nostalgic feelings on seeing Heavenly City, which was still the same as before.
It didn’t take Solomon long to pinpoint Ryan’s location. The screen was displaying the scene in the Living room of Alexis and Blasius’s Estate. Ryan was in it along with his family members. Solomon and the rest looked at the screen in a bewildered manner, as they saw Ryan erupt in anger following which larger quantities of Baleful aura was released by his body.
Ryan was extremely happy that finally he could meet his sister. Earlier, he’d been unable to do so as she’d been resting and was not in a condition to meet him. So, his happiness could be understood.
When Ryan neared the Living room he could hear the concerned voices of his relatives asking Shana all sorts of questions. Ryan’s heart tightened on hearing the questions, as he could tell Shana’s condition was not good at all. He prepared his heart to meet her.
Ryan slowly pushed open the door of the Living room
. His heart was extremely heavy at that moment. Everyone’s attention moved towards the entrance of the Living room, but Ryan ignored them as his gaze was fixed on the frail girl sitting on the couch. She was looking at him in an excited manner. His breathing rate increased with each passing moment, and soon Baleful aura was leaking out of his body, the output of which steadily increased. Ryan’s Asura eyes also activated on their own at that moment.
Everyone in the room was stunned with the drastic change in Ryan’s demeanor after he saw Shana, especially Ryan’s cousins and Shana herself. Tears started flowing from Shana’s eyes as she felt that her brother was angry at her for some reason. Ryan’s Baleful aura quickly spread around the entire room but maintained a safe distance from all the people in it. Just as everyone was thinking of asking Ryan the reason for his anger, they saw tears flowing down his cheeks.
Everyone was puzzled at seeing Ryan’s reactions.
“Who’s had the guts to poison my sister?” Ryan roared as a Baleful aura started to swirl around him at a very fast speed. Currently, he looked no different from a Demon King.
Everyone present in the room was stunned for a second when they heard Ryan’s words, especially Sheena and Alwin. They were looking at Ryan with wide eyes. Sheena pinched herself a few times to make sure that she was not dreaming. She finally saw hope for Shana. If Ryan was correct, then they could think of a way to treat her. Earlier, they’d had no idea about what exactly had happened to Shana, so they’d been unable to help her out.