My Substitute CEO Bride (Nash Calicraft) novel Chapter 1708

Regulus was standing with his hands behind his back and a faint smile on his face. "No wonder he was so confident. The physical strength granted to him by the Demon God's bloodline is almost a match to a level-five body achieved by the Body-Forging Technique from Motadine.”

It would take someone who was a true Profound Oriental Realm expert to match this combination of a powerful physical body and peak Mystique Loyalty Realm strength.

Bertram looked at Regulus and asked, "How confident are you against Ryan?"

Regulus merely muttered his breath.

Bertram roared with laughter. "Looks like he has surpassed us!”

"I should be able to fight him using my Path techniques,” Eric commented.

"I don't think so,” Dante said while looking at the blood-red sword Ryan had inserted into the ground. "If he uses that sword, he should be able to go up against someone at the Profound Oriental Realm.”

Eric's expression changed slightly. "Is his power that outrageous?"

Geronimo smiled and said, “That’s the god-slaying sword. It was forged by Murdoch and can even take the lives of the gods of the West. Of course, it would have no problem against your techniques.”

Those words left a bitterness in Eric’s mouth. He had wanted to find the opportunity to knock Ryan around a bit so that the man would treat him with respect. Now it seemed like there was little hope for that.

Ryan and Odo fought so hard that they were at each other’s necks. The air was filled with the imprints of their fists and kicks, with sonic booms cracking through the sky endlessly.

Ryan had the upper hand while Odo was being beaten back steadily. In the end, Ryan managed to land a heavy punch to Odo's chest. Blood spurted out of Odo’s mouth as he flew backward, the bones of his ribcage broken.

Ryan tried to follow up with a knee to his head, but Odo reacted quickly and turned his body sideways before launching multiple attacks. He then straightened himself and brought a sweeping kick toward Ryan's head.

Ryan grabbed Odo's ankle with one hand and punched him hard on the calf with the other, snapping the bone. Odo screamed like a pig being slaughtered.

Releasing his hand, Ryan slammed his knee into Odo's abdomen. The domineering power from the final attack crushed Odo’s body, and he screamed again. His veins popped up on his forehead. "You're destroying my core!” Odo roared.