True Form Descends to Earth

At this moment, Coulson finally recovered from his shock.

He cautiously approached Lu Xi, keeping his voice extremely low as if afraid of disturbing something, and whispered:

"My lord, you... seem to know the person over there?"

Lu Xi turned his head slightly, his gaze meeting Coulson's, and said calmly:

"This is a projection of Mephisto, and his true body is an archdemon from the Hell Dimension."

"Judging by the current situation, he must want to use this magic array to let his true body descend to Earth."

Hearing this, Coulson's expression turned ugly, his features bunching up together.

Everything he had experienced tonight continuously assaulted his original worldview, shattering his perspective again and again.

First, he met the mysterious entity before him, suspected to be Lucifer, followed by various demons showing up one after another.

And now, they were once again facing the massive crisis of a hellish archdemon's true body descending.

Although Coulson did not know what consequences would be triggered by the descent of an archdemon's true body, common sense told him it would certainly be a terrifying disaster.

Right now, Coulson was burning with anxiety; with the New York branch's existing strength, dealing with those few minor demons earlier had already proven quite strenuous.

Let alone the archdemon projection before him, whose strength was clearly several tiers higher.

His hopes involuntarily turned toward Lu Xi once again.

In this critical juncture, this angel before him, suspected to be Lucifer, undoubtedly became their only hope.

With a trace of eagerness and pleading, Coulson said:

"My lord, can you step in and help us stop him?"

"As long as we succeed, no matter what demands you have afterward, we will do our utmost to resolve them for you!"

Lu Xi did not answer, only silently sensing for a long while.

In his perception, the Mephisto before him... seemed a bit weak, at most only slightly stronger than small-fry like Blackheart.

So Lu Xi nodded slightly and said:

"I'll give it a try."

Actually, Lu Xi had no intention of letting Mephisto descend to Earth in the first place.

Since this was the Marvel Universe, the Ancient One as the Sorcerer Supreme naturally existed here.

Although he didn't know why the Ancient One hadn't bothered with him, if Mephisto were to descend, it would definitely alert the Ancient One.

It would be better to fight Mephisto's projection first to state his position and build up some favorability with the Ancient One.

Lest he get driven off Earth the moment he arrived.

Now that S.H.I.E.L.D. had taken the initiative to make a request, it could be considered killing two birds with one stone: he could achieve his own goal while taking the opportunity to extract some benefits from S.H.I.E.L.D.

He thought to himself that at worst, he would just try fighting first.

If he really couldn't beat the guy, it wouldn't be too late to find an opportunity to run.

Mephisto raised his head, seeming to have heard the conversation over here.

He let out a cold laugh, his voice filled with disdain and arrogance:

"Lucifer, do you think you can stop me? Today is the end of the world!"

Lu Xi didn't show the slightest weakness, taking a step forward and saying sarcastically:

"Ah, right, right, right. The Earth has a small end of the world every day and a big end of the world every three days! But when have you ever seen anything actually happen to the Earth?"

As soon as his voice fell, bright light burst forth around Lu Xi, and the three pairs of pristine white wings behind him slowly unfolded.

Every single feather seemed to radiate a sacred and powerful coercion, and the surrounding air trembled slightly from this force.

He gently flapped his wings, flying into the air like a shooting star.

Looking down condescendingly from above at Mephisto and the magic array beneath his feet.

Mephisto naturally wouldn't just sit and wait for death, taking the initiative to strike first.

He stood within the magic array, his original image of a gentlemanly old man instantly twisting and changing as his body swelled rapidly like a balloon.

In the blink of an eye, a terrifying demon over a dozen meters tall, with sharp horns on his head and completely red skin, appeared before everyone's eyes.

Once his transformation was complete, Mephisto immediately waved his huge arms, carrying a whistling, terrifying wind pressure as he fiercely struck toward Lu Xi in the air.

Lu Xi maintained a calm expression, simply vibrating his wings slightly to nimbly dodge this fierce blow.

As the saying goes, courtesy demands reciprocity, so Lu Xi took the opportunity to raise his leg and kick fiercely toward Mephisto's head, which was roughly the size of a truck.

This kick contained astonishing power, and Mephisto only felt an overwhelming, mountain-toppling force wash over him.

His entire massive body rolled backward out of control.

"Boom! Thud! Bam, bam, bam!"

Accompanied by a series of loud noises, Mephisto's huge body bounced and rolled continuously across the ground like a flat stone skipped across water.

He rolled through seven or eight death spins, only gradually coming to a stop several hundred meters away.

Finally, he sat on the ground in a miserably slumped squat, completely dazed.

Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?

Lu Xi raised an eyebrow slightly, unable to help feeling somewhat surprised by his own power.

Fortunately, this S.H.I.E.L.D. base was located in a remote and uninhabited wilderness.

Otherwise, in a city, that kick from just now could have collapsed a few high-rises at the very least.

Mephisto struggled to sit up, his face filled with blank bewilderment and disbelief as he roared loudly:

"How can this be? You've actually descended with your true body already? This is impossible!"

Originally, he had thought that this Lucifer before him had similarly smuggled an avatar into Earth.

As a senior who had smuggled himself in hundreds of years in advance, he naturally had the confidence to suppress the other party, which was why he was so fearless.

Yet at this moment, the disparity in strength before his eyes forced him to believe that the other party was most likely a true-body descent.

Lu Xi still smiled mysteriously, bantering:

"Heh, want to guess again?"

He was joking; he himself had arrived in this world in a haze, so there was no way the other party could guess it.

A trace of struggle flashed through Mephisto's eyes as if he were weighing something.

Immediately afterward, his expression shifted, instantly replacing it with a fawning look as he said:

"Since you've already descended here, why bother stopping me?"

"What a wonderful thing it would be if we joined forces to devour the Earth together and share this bountiful plane!"

Lu Xi simply looked at him quietly, his gaze as if looking at an idiot, the meaning extremely clear:

Even if the Earth were to be devoured, why should a share be split with you?

Seeing this, Mephisto hastily continued:

"How about this, you take sixty percent, and I take forty percent... No, no, no, you take seventy, I take thirty!"

"As long as we join forces to carve up the Earth plane, if any other archdemons come to stop us, I will definitely charge to the very front and take the lead. How about that?"

Lu Xi tilted his head slightly, saying with a half-smile:

"I can tell you're really making quite a big concession."

Mephisto nodded eagerly like pounding garlic:

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm showing a lot of sincerity!"

At this time, Maria Hill and Coulson inside the base also heard their conversation, their hearts instantly tightening.

A single archdemon was already difficult for them to handle; if two archdemons joined forces, the Earth would probably truly be beyond saving.

Just as they burned with anxiety and hurriedly picked up the microphone in the base, preparing to shout out to Lu Xi.

Lu Xi directly began spouting nonsense:

"Unfortunately, though, I happen to be someone who cares about looks. Even when cooperating with people, I judge by appearance."

"You—rejected for being ugly."

Mephisto revealed an expression of anger on the surface, yet deep within his eyes, a glimmer of success flashed.

Right at that moment, a violent magic fluctuation suddenly emanated from the magic array beneath Lu Xi's feet.

As it turned out, Mephisto had spoken so much nonsense precisely to buy time and wait for this moment to arrive!

At the center of the array, a massive fissure slowly split open, directly connecting to Mephisto's Hell Territory.

Lu Xi instinctively looked down, only to see that on the other side of the fissure.

Mephisto's mountain-sized archdemon true body was brandishing a scepter, unleashing an attack toward him.

Looking closely, it was a blood-red conical energy carrying world-destroying momentum.