At that moment, the overwhelming power and cold efficiency Lucifer displayed struck the hearts of the remaining Demon Monarchs like two heavy hammers.
The gruesome sight of Bal's severed arm and Mammon's instant death clearly proclaimed one cruel truth: the human before them was not an enemy they could judge by ordinary standards.
He was more troublesome than any opponent they had ever faced, a powerful enemy capable of threatening the order of the entire Demon Plane!
The seasoned Demon Monarchs watched the one-sided battle and the way he suppressed them, and understood that they could no longer afford to hold back.
They exchanged glances, each understanding the others' intent. After joining forces to drive Lucifer back once more, the monarchs simultaneously stopped attacking. Their enormous bodies hovered in the void as their clawed arms began forming a succession of fiendishly intricate demon seals, ancient enough to make the heart tremble.
At the same time, low, obscure words in the ancient demon tongue, filled with reverence, poured from their mouths.
Every syllable brought forth ancient runes flickering with dusky light in the void, branding themselves onto their bodies.
As the incantation progressed and the runes appeared, the space of the entire Demon Plane began to tremble! An ancient will awakened. High above, the vault of heaven, previously suppressed by Lucifer's domain until it had lost all its light,
was suddenly torn open!
Pillars of origin power, each as thick as a mountain and different in color, ignored the barriers of space and thundered down through the gaping rifts!
Each pillar enveloped its corresponding Demon Monarch with perfect precision.
Buzzz!!!
The instant the pillars struck them, the monarchs' bodies swelled violently, and the ancient runes on their skin erupted with dazzling light! As the pillars poured into them, their auras began