Only then did Mephisto see the full appearance of this place. To his horror, he realized that he was standing atop an incomparably enormous head.
Looking out, he could see the entire interior of this colossal body. That was right—the inside. This body, larger than a planet, had been dissected.
Organs larger than mountains were exposed in the void.
Moreover, the place beneath his feet was not the edge of some hollow, but the eye sockets of that head.
Only four bottomless black holes remained, as if silently recounting the immense pain and torment it had once suffered.
"Th-The Celestials!"
Mephisto's voice was filled with disbelief and utter terror.
In this vast universe, the Celestials were the most powerful individual beings. Legend had it that they possessed terrifying strength capable of contending with the Five Cosmic Entities.
Yet now, the Celestial before him had actually been dissected.
Though he was merely an energy body, Mephisto still felt a chill rise from his spine and spread throughout his entire body.
The chill seemed to freeze even his soul, making him tremble uncontrollably.
"You know him?"
Lucifer had arrived beside Mephisto at some point without making a sound. His voice drifted over lazily.
"His body is very powerful. He must have been created by someone, and his abilities aren't bad either. It's just that his personality is terrible. He refused to serve me, so I refined him into a puppet."
As he spoke, Lucifer casually stepped on the enormous head.
In an instant, the already-dead Explorer actually moved, slowly kneeling in the void.
The sight sent a bone-chilling horror through Mephisto's entire body. Every hair stood on end, and cold sweat poured down like a waterfall.
His eyes widened. It felt as though an invisible hand had clamped around his throat, leaving