"No, no, no, no, no!!!!"
Finally, amidst the terrified roars of the Dweller in Darkness, Ryan kicked both the Dweller in Darkness and Xu Wenwu down into the lava, where they vanished from sight!
A second later, the rainbow-colored Ten Rings transformed into a beam of light and plunged into the lava, followed closely by the blue-light Ten Rings, refusing to be outdone!
Only then did the two Thors enter the magic barrier through the portals opened by the two Wandas.
While the God of Thunder might not be great or particularly reliable in high-level matches, when it comes to low-level matches, he is incredibly effective!
I, Thor, the Illusionary God of low-level matches!
"Crush the darkness with thunder!!!"
The two Thors hovered above the Golden City, raising their axe and hammer high. With a roar, the entire Golden City, stained red with foul blood, was instantly covered in blue-white lightning!
And lightning has always been the best means of purging darkness and filth!
Thus, within this sky full of lightning, whether it was the countless Soul-Devouring Beasts flying toward the two Thors or the zombie corpses on the ground that had turned into rotting meat, all were reduced to wisps of purified ash under the pure yet tyrannical thunder!
This scene was like a miracle!
On the other side, in a place of endless darkness.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
At the only massive crimson gate made of countless dragon scales, the ground suddenly became twisted and crimson. Then, a huge shadow and two comparatively tiny figures flew out from the 'ground'!
These three figures were, of course, the Dweller in Darkness, Ryan, and Xu Wenwu.
Due to the force of the Impact, the Dweller in Darkness and Xu Wenwu rolled quite a distance across the ground!
In contrast, Ryan, who had kicked the man and the monster in, simply flipped and landed steadily.
After landing, Ryan didn't immediately pursue the pair. Instead, he stood in place and curiously observed the surrounding dark mist, which felt both ethereal and solid.
Indeed, Ryan's vision was now good enough to see the black mist flowing through the pitch-black void!
His Super-vision was top-tier!
Not only that, but within that black mist, he saw countless disgusting Soul-Devouring Beasts that looked like giant bats!
But Ryan didn't even care about the Dweller in Darkness, let alone these Soul-Devouring Beast minions.
So he only spared them a glance before turning his gaze to the massive dragon-scale gate behind him.
This must be the Dark Gate seal that the Great Dragon and the Guardians used to seal away the Dweller in Darkness and its minions.
And he, clearly, was now inside the seal of the Dark Gate.
Ryan placed his hand on the dragon-scale gate to feel it, discovering that these scales actually carried a magical aura and were as hard as Vibranium!
No wonder the Dweller in Darkness and its minions hadn't been able to break through this for thousands of years~
This stuff is all good material!
Well, after he deals with these nuisances, he'll just pack up all these dragon scales and take them with him. Can't let them go to waste!
Oh right, he remembered there was a dragon outside, wasn't there?
He just happened to be lacking a mount~
"Argh!!!!! Ryan Parker, I was just about to get out and regain my freedom, and you've sent me back into this damned seal again. I hate you!!!!"
Just as Ryan was making his little plans for the dragon scales and the Great Dragon, a sharp, inhuman screech that seemed to originate from the depths of the soul came from behind him!
Ryan rubbed his ears and turned around. This voice that seemed to enter your soul directly was coming from the Dweller in Darkness as it crawled up from the ground.
Ryan narrowed his eyes, pointed his right hand at the Dweller in Darkness, and said coldly:
"So you know me? Then shut your trap. Don't you know that Earth is under my protection?"
"Who allowed a piece of filth like you to come out of your dog-hole to hunt without my permission?!"
Hearing Ryan's arrogant words, the Dweller in Darkness's anger actually dissipated quite a bit. It began to slowly circle around Ryan, saying leisurely:
"Without your permission? Oh, that was indeed my mistake~"
"Did you know? In this World, the partner I most want to cooperate with isn't Xu Wenwu with his Ten Rings, but... you!"
"But unfortunately, I could never find a psychological flaw in you, nor even in those close to you. Therefore, while sealed, I never found an opportunity to contact you..."
"Today, under the gears of fate, we finally meet. I admit, our first meeting might not have left the best impression on each other, but I think we can still cooperate!"
Seeing that the Dweller in Darkness didn't attack immediately but instead tried to persuade him, Ryan crossed his arms, a look of interest appearing on his face:
"Cooperation again? Interesting. You all seem very fond of asking me for cooperation lately. Tell me, what kind of benefits can someone trapped in a dog cage like you bring me after cooperating?"
Seeing that Ryan didn't directly reject the idea of cooperation, the Dweller in Darkness was immediately energized. The voice coming from its soul gradually changed into voices familiar to Ryan:
"Power! (Gwen's voice) Conquest! (Wanda's voice) Knowledge! (Black Widow's voice) As long as you help me out, everything you want, I can give you!! (Mixed female voices)"
Listening to the seductive, layered voices in his mind, Ryan's eyes remained clear, completely unaffected!
On the contrary, because the Dweller in Darkness used the voices of people he was familiar with, Ryan's expression turned cold.
Unlike others, for whom those close to them are often soft points to exploit...
Ryan hated it most when others used the people around him to try and influence him!
Thus, with his 'reverse scales' touched, a savage smile curled onto Ryan's face:
"Power? I have plenty! Conquest? No one understands conquest better than I do! Knowledge? I have a team of geniuses under me who know everything from astronomy to geography!"
"So... you, you inter-dimensional mutt, can't give me anything at all!"
"It's better if you just... disappear!"
After speaking, Ryan's hand stretched toward the Dweller in Darkness suddenly clenched into a fist!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
Clang, clang, clang, clang—
The next moment, Ryan's rainbow Ten Rings flew in from all directions. Their energies linked together to form a rainbow net that instantly trapped the Dweller in Darkness!
Then, like a Predator's corrosive hunting net, it continuously burned the Dweller in Darkness inside the rainbow mesh!
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—
Seeing its soul-temptation fail and negotiations break down, the pain from the Ten Rings' rainbow net drove the Dweller in Darkness mad. It let out a sharp screech again, using Gwen's voice:
"Argh!!! I'll kill you, devour your soul, and I can still get out of here!!!"
"While he doesn't have the Ten Rings, everyone attack together! Kill him for me!!!"
At the Dweller in Darkness's roar, Xu Wenwu, who had also recalled his blue-light Ten Rings, along with the Soul-Devouring Beasts hidden in the thick black mist, all rushed toward Ryan in front of the Dark Gate!
"Hmph! Without the Ten Rings, let's see what you use to block me this time!" Xu Wenwu snorted coldly and leapt high into the air.
His hands struck out again, and the Ten Rings shot toward Ryan in a blue line!
To this, Ryan sneered: "Heh, what gave you the delusion that a piece of trash like you could kill me just because I don't have the Ten Rings?"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
Facing the blue-light Ten Rings flying at him again, the ringless Ryan simply reached out a hand calmly, letting the first blue iron ring slam into his palm!
Clang—
And he didn't budge an inch!
But clearly, compared to his son Shang-Chi, Xu Wenwu's proficiency and application of the Ten Rings' power were on a different level.
Xu Wenwu also knew the 'ring-after-ring' move Ryan had used earlier against Infinite Hulk!
When Ryan used it, the rings collided continuously, and the stacked force could even suppress the nearly infinite strength of Infinite Hulk!
And although Xu Wenwu was a 'tiny bit' weaker than Ryan, using this move, it wouldn't be impossible for him to defeat the Hulk!
But unfortunately, Ryan was not the Hulk, who had already been reduced to a mere unit of measurement!
Xu Wenwu's Ten Rings slammed into Ryan's palm one after another. Although they sent shockwave after shockwave rippling out from under Ryan's feet, they couldn't make Ryan take even a single step back!
Even when all Ten Rings had stacked and slammed into Ryan's palm, he hadn't retreated an inch.
Instead, Ryan's fingers curled, tightly grasping the Ten Rings that were trying to fly back to Xu Wenwu's hand.
Then, to Xu Wenwu's shock, Ryan actually ignored the rejection force of the Ten Rings already having a master and used sheer brute force to shove all the blue-light Ten Rings onto his empty right arm!
Immediately, orange and gold light flashed in his eyes. Using the unreasonable power of the Soul and Mind Stones, he washed away the imprint Xu Wenwu had left in the Ten Rings, forcibly claiming them as his own!
When the golden mind light and orange soul light faded from Ryan's eyes, the Ten Rings on his right arm had changed from Xu Wenwu's blue light to his own rainbow radiance!
Ryan looked at the stunned Xu Wenwu and opened his arms: "The era of the Ten Rings is over. Now is the era of my Twenty Rings!"
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