If You're a Brother, Come Hack Me

At that moment, the mages swiftly formed a grand formation. Their auras faintly linked together, like an iron wall, as they stood ready.

Their eyes were fixed on Chthon in unison, their gazes filled with fearlessness.

Chthon was secretly alarmed and quickly assessed the situation.

There had originally been four of them, but Black-Winged Lucifer had switched sides at the last minute.

Not only had he failed to serve as the vanguard, he had even strengthened the other side.

As for that fellow Cyttorak, for some unknown reason, he had slipped away without a trace.

Mephisto was currently being whipped around like a spinning top by Lu Xi and was clearly on the verge of collapse.

Meanwhile, he himself was being closely guarded against by this group of mages, and there was no way he could break through their defenses anytime soon.

The time it would take him to breach the mages' formation would likely exceed the time Lucifer needed to completely defeat Mephisto.

After weighing the pros and cons, Chthon understood that forcing the issue would be extremely disadvantageous to him. If things went badly, this avatar of his might end up falling here.

Raising a secondary account was not easy. Even for a Multiversal-level demon god like him, it was best to save where he could.

Thus, without saying a word, he instantly withdrew all the magic power around him and transformed into a black shadow that fled in an instant.

Only a faint trace of dark energy remained in the air, proving that he had once been there.

When Mephisto saw that Chthon had actually run away just like that, he cursed furiously:

"Chthon, I'll fuc—"

But halfway through, he seemed to remember something and forcibly swallowed the rest.

Seeing Mephisto's aggrieved expression, Lu Xi revealed a vicious grin.

With a wave of his hand, he used divine power to conjure an enormous divine-energy blade.

Lu Xi shouted:

"Greedy Blue Moon, one slash at the start for 999!"

With that, he fiercely swung the blade down at Mephisto's head.

"Boom!"

That slash contained terrifying energy, directly leaving Mephisto dazed and disoriented.

His body flew backward like a kite with its string cut, smashing a massive crater into the ground.

Lu Xi's mischievous side surfaced, and he shouted at Mephisto in the crater:

"Say it: if you're a brother, come hack me."

Mephisto had been beaten so badly that he had no ability to fight back. Filled with terror, he could only obediently repeat:

"If... if you're a brother, come hack me."

Lu Xi curled his lips and immediately brought down another slash.

Mephisto screamed in agony:

"Ah! Why are you still hitting me?!"

Lu Xi said with a teasing expression:

"Good brother, you were the one who asked me to hack you."

Mephisto cried bitterly in his heart and pleaded in a trembling voice:

"D-Don't... don't hit me anymore. Can't I surrender and only lose half?"

It was no wonder he was being so cowardly. This time, in order to conquer Earth in one stroke, he had descended here in his true body.

If he died here, he would truly die.

He was not like those Multiversal-level powerhouses, whose wills spanned the entire multiverse and whose every counterpart was merely an avatar.

For an ordinary Skyfather-level being like him, every counterpart was an independent individual, each different from the others.

If this Mephisto died, although his counterparts in other universes would still exist,

for him personally, everything would end. They would never be him.

At that moment, Mage Mordo hurried over from the distance and gave a slight bow.

"Lord Lucifer, since the battle here has ended, we will go support the Sorcerer Supreme."

Lu Xi nodded with a smile and replied:

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone. Much appreciated."

The mages all nodded in acknowledgment, then opened portals and filed through them, vanishing in an instant.

Lu Xi stroked his chin, his gaze falling upon Mephisto, who had been beaten into a swollen, miserable pig's head.

He pondered how to deal with this fellow in order to maximize his gains.

Lu Xi crouched down, stared at Mephisto, and said coldly:

"Old Mephisto, do you want to die or live?"

The moment Mephisto heard this, a desperate desire to survive flashed in his eyes. He hurriedly said:

"I want to live! I want to live!"

The corners of Lu Xi's lips rose slightly into a smile.

"Hand over your soul, as well as Hell's territory, and I'll spare your life."

Mephisto's face immediately showed difficulty.

"Can't we change the terms? Territory is the foundation of a demon god's divine rank, while my soul is the very basis of my existence."

If he handed over both of those things, he would truly be at another's mercy.

Seeing his hesitation, Lu Xi immediately widened his eyes and pretended to be angry.

"What, you still dare bargain with me? Do you really want to surrender and only lose half? Do you think this is a marketplace?"

As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and, without another word, gave Mephisto another savage beating while shouting:

"Die for me!"

For a moment, fists rained down like raindrops, beating Mephisto until he could not fight back at all.

A series of crackling sounds rang out, and Mephisto was beaten to the brink of death.

Filled with terror, he repeatedly tried to struggle free and flee.

But this place was now Lu Xi's territory. Under the overwhelming suppression of the lord's authority, he could not even move an inch.

"Stop hitting me! I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you!" Mephisto finally could not endure it any longer and cried out in a tearful voice.

His eyes darted about as he hatched a small scheme. He quickly pulled out a soul contract, rapidly imprinted it with his soul mark, and handed it toward Lu Xi.

Lu Xi did not even look at it and directly tossed the contract aside.

What a joke. Mephisto was famous throughout the multiverse for playing tricks with contracts.

Could anything that came from his hands be trusted? It was too hard even for wiping his ass!

Lu Xi raised his hand and condensed a brand-new contract from divine power, detailing the terms for surrendering his soul and territory.

He held the contract before Mephisto and urged:

"Sign it. Hurry up."

When Mephisto saw that his little scheme had been exposed, his face instantly stiffened.

Faced with this contract, he hesitated tremblingly, locked in an intense inner struggle.

Seeing this, Lu Xi knew that only the final push remained.

So he softened his tone and began to patiently coax him.

"Don't worry. I'll leave you a portion of the territory. You'll still be a lord of Hell, and your demon god rank will remain."

"It's just that from now on, you'll have me as your boss."

Amid his despair, Mephisto seemed to grasp a lifeline. A glimmer of hope flashed through his eyes as he carefully asked:

"Really?"

Lu Xi wore a serious expression and said decisively:

"I never deceive anyone in a deal."

Mephisto gritted his teeth, steeled himself, and imprinted his soul mark onto the contract.

In an instant, the contract blossomed with strange light and flew into their bodies respectively.

Lu Xi immediately felt as though he had gained complete control over Mephisto's soul.

The other man's life, death, honor, and disgrace were all subject to a single thought from him.

Furthermore, he could clearly sense that another territory of Hell had changed lords at this moment and now belonged to him.

Lu Xi was thrilled. After merging with all of Black-Winged Lucifer's magic power just now, his strength had already received a boost.

After inheriting the other's territory, he received a second enhancement, allowing his strength to directly reach the Universal-level.

From the information attached to the demon god authority, he learned that the larger Hell's territory was, the more energy it could naturally feed back to him.

As long as he took over Mephisto's territory, his strength would surely surge once more.

Thinking of this, Lu Xi did not delay any longer. He grabbed Mephisto and flew toward the territory he sensed.