Before long, Lu Xi arrived in a blood-red Hell Territory, carrying Old Mo.
The moment he entered this area, Mephisto's injuries began healing at a visibly rapid pace.
This was the special blessing of being a lord. The power of the entire dimension continuously supplied him with energy.
Overjoyed, Mephisto's eyes suddenly flashed with vicious light.
Thinking his strength had returned, he planned to launch a surprise attack while Lu Xi was off guard.
But in the next instant, his aura weakened even faster, plunging straight below the Skyfather-level threshold.
Mephisto turned around in terror, only to see that Lu Xi had officially taken over the territory and mercilessly stripped him of his lordly authority.
"No!!!" Mephisto let out a despairing roar.
Meanwhile, Lu Xi's aura surged once more, and a powerful pressure radiated from his entire body.
Having completed the takeover, Lu Xi turned around, glared at him, and said irritably:
"Why are you yelling so loudly?"
Mephisto was both furious and afraid, yet he dared not voice his anger. He said bitterly:
"You promised in the contract that you'd leave me some territory!"
Lu Xi casually pointed to the side and replied with perfect justification:
"I keep my word. I already left some for you."
Mephisto followed the direction of Lu Xi's finger, and the sight left the demon lord utterly dumbfounded.
The territory that belonged to him had been reduced to... roughly one hundred square meters.
Mephisto trembled with rage, pointed at Lu Xi, and stammered:
"You... you!"
Lu Xi walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and said solemnly:
"Old Mo, this is enough space to decorate into a three-bedroom apartment with a living room."
"Look at ordinary people. They work themselves to the bone their whole lives just to buy a place this big. I handed you one right at the start, so what are you dissatisfied with? As a demon, you need to learn contentment."
Lu Xi had indeed fulfilled the contract. This hundred-square-meter Hell Territory might have been small, but it had everything it needed.
Contracts, soul harvesting, Hell's dark magic, and so on—the territory came with all those functions.
It was just that... the energy this hundred-square-meter territory could provide was pitifully little.
Mephisto would probably run out of magic power and go completely limp after casually casting a few spells.
But at least these functions preserved Mephisto's status as a demon god, perfectly fulfilling the contract. ✓
Mephisto was so furious that he could not speak at all.
His former territory had been vast and boundless, practically endless.
Now, only a measly hundred square meters remained. The enormous contrast was too much for him to accept.
His eyes rolled back, and he fell stiffly to the ground, fainting from rage.
Lu Xi shook his head helplessly and clicked his tongue.
"Tsk, tsk. That mental resilience needs work."
At that moment, Lu Xi sensed that his two territories seemed to be gradually fusing together, slowly becoming one.
The Hell Dimension did not possess physical distance in the way the real world did, so the territories merged with incomparable ease.
After the territories became one, Lu Xi carefully examined them through his senses.
He discovered that his territory now was probably as large as half the Solar System.
Lu Xi raised an eyebrow slightly and pondered to himself, This Hell is pretty smart. I just don't know why they fused.
He lowered his head and looked at Old Mo, who was lying on the ground like a corpse, and an idea crossed his mind.
An invisible force pierced through Mephisto's soul.
"Awooo! Awooo! Roarrrr!" (Tom Cat's scream)
As though he had been electrocuted, Mephisto was jolted awake by soul-deep agony. He sprang up from the ground with a scream.
Lu Xi looked at him expressionlessly and asked:
"Old Mo, why did my two territories merge automatically?"
Mephisto looked terrified and did not dare conceal anything. He hurriedly said:
"The Hell Dimension was originally one whole. For some unknown reason, it shattered into so many fragments. So long as territories belong to the same demon god, they automatically merge."
He paused, then added:
"We demon gods once guessed that the first person to collect every fragment of Hell might become Hell's true ruler, then step into the highest ranks of Multiversal-level, perhaps even reach Omniversal-level."
"That's why we fought each other over territory. On one hand, it was for the energy supplied by dimensional space. On the other, it was because we wanted to become the being who ruled Hell."
Lu Xi nodded thoughtfully, then remembered another question and pressed on:
"Right, Cyttorak said just now that he could come find you in person. Can Multiversal-level beings like them come over whenever they want?"
Mephisto trembled slightly and replied:
"They can, but they generally do not."
Lu Xi frowned. "Oh? Why?"
He had to get this question straight. Otherwise, he would have a hard time feeling at ease with powerful demon gods potentially coming to cause trouble at any time.
Mephisto hurriedly explained:
"Great demon gods like them are top-tier beings even in the entire Multiverse. In truth, the only ones who can reliably suppress them are the supreme ruler One-Above-All, the Living Tribunal, and great gods such as Eternity and Infinity."
He swallowed and continued:
"The Living Tribunal once ordered powerful beings like them not to run rampant throughout the Multiverse. Though the enforcement is not especially strict in practice, great demon gods generally will not roam around everywhere over such trivial matters."
"If they are unlucky enough to run into the Living Tribunal, then they are completely finished."
Lu Xi nodded in realization.
"So that's how it is."
That put him at ease. After all, neither of the two great demon gods had suffered any real losses.
They probably would not come looking for trouble over such a minor defeat.
Lu Xi looked at Mephisto and said:
"Alright, stay here and have fun by yourself. I'll call you if I need anything."
With that, his figure flashed and vanished instantly.
Only Mephisto remained, staring at the vast, boundless Hell... and the tiny three-bedroom apartment with a living room hanging beside it. His heart was filled with bitterness, and he wanted to cry without tears.
Above Hell's Kitchen, Lu Xi emerged from the rift once again.
The instant he stepped out of his territory, he clearly felt the lordly buff on him disappear, and his strength declined somewhat.
Fortunately, he still remained at Universal-level.
Lu Xi first extended his consciousness beyond the Earth Defense Formation and asked Ancient One:
"Supreme Sorcerer, how is the situation over there?"
Ancient One's voice came through telepathically:
"The three demon gods, including Beelzebub, noticed Mephisto's fate just now and have already fled."
"Ah..." Lu Xi froze slightly, unable to keep himself from feeling regretful.
He had originally planned to go help out. Perhaps he could have caught another demon god, but it seemed that idea had fallen through.
Those Hell demon gods truly deserved their reputation as old hands in Hell.
When it came to fleeing at the first sign of trouble, every one of them was more skilled than the last.
Lu Xi shook his head helplessly and looked below.
Within the ruins of the building, all kinds of bizarre demons continued pouring from the blood-red teleportation array.
However, the demons that had emerged were now firmly contained within an encirclement formed by the superheroes.
Peggy Carter and Steve, the evenly matched captains, needed no further mention.
Iron Man Tony Stark had also come to assist, blasting wildly through the demon horde with his repulsors.
Daredevil, who had been kicked away earlier, had returned to join the battle as well. However, a clear footprint remained on his face, making him look rather bedraggled.
It was obvious that Peggy Carter's shoe size was probably not small. That footprint had to be at least a size 42.
Finally, there was a little guy swinging nimbly through the air on webs—Spider-Man.
(There were so many requests for an update, so I temporarily added another chapter.)
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