Attention

The highest level of the Chaos Nest City - [The Tower Apex]

It is a pinnacle that even the bureaucrats, sergeants, and nobles living in Upper-Nest cannot look up to.

The pitch-black tower stands alone, like a perfect spine, with flames burning between each bone segment, and a crown of flames floating atop the tower.

A special meeting room is located on the top floor.

"The Will of Chaos (CW), the Seven Horns"

There are seven seats here.

The seat back is inlaid with multiple ridges, each exuding the aura of a demon king, belonging to the seat's previous owner. At the very top of these ridges is a unique the Devil horn.

Each of the seven corners is unique and one of a kind.

Representing the highest level of the Spine People, each of them is a general who commands wars and has slaughtered hundreds of millions of people.

Most of them rose to power by killing their predecessors.

This position is not fixed and has no fixed term.

Their position can last indefinitely, but it can also be replaced at any time. Any person with the right to challenge them can seize power if they win.

However, their class has remained unchanged for quite some time, and they are already considered "old friends".

This gathering is due to the impending [World Invasion].

The True Hell was located at a completely new World Coordinates several years ago, which is far away and requires a large amount of fuel to be poured into the World Furnace.

After years of internal warfare, enough "dead fuel" has been accumulated, and now that the "World Proximity," a full-scale invasion will be launched in less than a month.

Once the invasion begins, the Spine People will act as the vanguard, directly boarding the ship and plundering first-hand resources.

The meeting, originally scheduled for four hours, ended up finalizing all the strategic plans in just one hour.

Just when everyone had nothing to do.

One of them, whose vision extended across the entire hive, noticed an interesting incident that was happening in the Mid-Nest.

Although it's a trivial matter, since everyone's bored right now, let's bring it up and talk about it.

"I just received some very interesting intelligence. The Fifth Recruitment Ground is currently conducting Service Assessment, and one soldier completed the first two warm-up assessments in just one minute and 11 seconds."

Another demon king with a massive physique responded, "I remember the fastest speed was 51 seconds."

"No... This soldier is not native to this place, nor is he a powerful the Devil who inherits the Spinal Cord bloodline. He is an Outer-Realm Apostle. This is his first time truly coming to the True Hell, his first time coming to the Chaos Nest, and his first time fighting against our people."

If we only consider the perspective of Outer-Realm Apostle, he should be considered a record-breaker.

Moreover, from my perspective, he seems rather interesting.

The demon lords present were all bored, and some even took out some kind of entertainment equipment to prepare to fight the other demon lords on the spot, with their soldiers as the stakes.

After hearing about the Outer-Realm Apostle and the record-breaking situation, I became slightly more interested.

Do you have a video?

"Some."

The demon king vomited out an eyeball from his mouth.

This eyeball is very special; its pupil is shaped like a mouth and can exhale a unique kind of ash dust, which eventually projects the scene of the assessment that just took place at the Fifth Recruitment Ground onto the desks.

A gray-haired, black-clad non- the Devil youth appears in the center of the image.

Although his spine was covered by his coat, his metal chin was very noticeable.

Another demon lord also sensed the unique atmosphere of the torture chamber from the scene. "Dual System... I've heard of this person before. It's rare for the Order to be willing to cultivate talent for us."

The video played for one minute until it ended.

The demon lords present were more or less interested, and some were even preparing to secretly recruit this person into their own legions through private means.

Moreover, everyone's eyes were very sharp, and they noticed that in addition to the Hell Dual System, Luo Di possessed a special ability. Although this ability was not fully displayed, it was not necessarily weaker than the Hell System.

Just then.

The Demon King, sitting in the Center Position of the conference room, had just finished reviewing the war documents. He closed the parchment scroll in his hand and gave his opinion on this trivial "minor matter".

"Give him a special test on short notice. If he passes, I will take charge of him."

The Demon King, who had previously been responsible for removing the eyeballs and playing the recording, looked dejected. "Boss, there was no need to snatch people like this. I should have known better than to tell you guys about this."

"Special soldiers should have special arrangements. Although the True Hell has been invading the world, the world's standards have been stuck at a bottleneck and have not changed for a long time."

We need to consider wars that are happening much further into the future.

The special assessment will be broadcast live by you. Since the meeting is over anyway, everyone can just treat it as entertainment.

Despite being of equal status, he was called the "boss," and with a simple gesture of his finger, he conveyed the so-called special assessment to everyone's minds.

The Demon King, who was in charge of playing the video, had all his eyes squinted shut.

"Boss, isn't this... too difficult?"

This young man has just arrived here. Although his Spine quality is high, he's still in the first stage and hasn't even reached the level of "Ascension to Demonhood" yet. It would be a huge waste if we accidentally killed or crippled him.

"Because he hasn't ascended to demonhood yet, he can still choose a [path]. Let's continue with this arrangement... and let that slave give it a try."

"Listen to the boss."

Seeing such an interesting assessment arrangement, the other demon lords present also became interested.

Each of them took out some snacks.

They might start picking their toes, picking their teeth, or rubbing their private parts, completely relaxing to enjoy this lowest-level Service Assessment.

They hadn't watched such a low-level match in a long time, and couldn't help but recall their own experiences participating in Service Assessment long ago.

[Fifth Recruitment Ground]

After two warm-up tests, those sent to the Recruitment Ground were the real "enemies"—slaves captured by the Spine Warriors during the war.

Half an hour has passed.

Luo Di stood in the center of the Colosseum, panting heavily, steam constantly emanating from his body.

He has already killed three slaves, including:

"The starving people of the Hell's Dark Side," "The Plague Saint worship Original Pus," and "The Suffering Creation of the prologue."

The most difficult to deal with were the starving people, whose faces were hollow and sunken, and whose bodies were as pale as zombies. What seemed like a simple matter turned out to be a small-scale spatial devouring ability, which allowed them to bite off Luo Di's coat and abs.

Ultimately, he succeeded in killing the enemy thanks to his speed.

They won all five matches they played.

Fei Ji was stunned.

Luo Di's performance far exceeded expectations and has reached the upper limit of his Service Assessment. It is estimated that all the corps will extend olive branches to him.

Just as he was about to congratulate Luo Di on the end of the assessment.

Several doors suddenly opened around the Colosseum, and many spine warriors, all labeled "soldier," entered the arena. They were all personnel who had previously passed the Service Assessment.

Including Luo Di, there are six people in total.

at the same time.

A hellish announcement came from the Fifth Recruitment Ground:

Due to your excellent performance in today's Service Assessment, an additional special assessment will be added! You six, the spine warriors who achieved good results, will form a combat team to face the Cancer Beast from [Original Pus].

Don't worry, this is a product reconstructed from the corpse of Cancer Beast and does not possess the characteristics of magic ascension.

However, its strength, physique, and plague concentration were restored.

This assessment will test your ability to cooperate on the spot. If you can kill the Cancer Beast and survive, you will be awarded the "Elite Soldier" status.

The spine warriors present all showed expressions of terror when they heard about the Cancer Beast, but as the explanations and the final reward came, they immediately showed determination, and their spines cracked.

They also turned their attention to Luo Di, the apostle whose appearance, clothing, and manner of the spine were quite different from the one from the spine.

They had all seen Luo Di's performance on the field.

In this race that worships war, strength reigns supreme. Luo Di earned their respect through his performance and was thus recognized as the captain of this operation.

The gate opened.

A strong, rotten odor wafted out, and some kind of green spores also spread along with the smell.

Luo Di immediately placed his left hand on his face.

The "Jaw Ripper" was completed, capable of burning away any pathogenic bacteria that might be inhaled into his body.

The other spinal cord healers also used similar abilities to seal their airways and looked toward the door together.

A bloated, obese giant life form was being squeezed out of a ten-meter-high gate, with pus constantly flowing out during the process. Its lower body was supported by six swollen, fat legs.

The layers upon layers of pouches were covered with the heads of various wild beasts, flies, and even the Devil.

These heads were all rotten and had fused together due to some kind of cancerous growth, forming this so-called "Cancer Beast".