Mephistopheles watched Er Dongsheng approach the Throne step by step, his face turning increasingly grim.
He gritted his teeth. His figure blurred, then abruptly vanished from the First Layer of Hell.
The other Hell Overlords wore complicated expressions. In the end, they sighed and returned one by one to their own layers of Hell.
They had to hurry back and make arrangements, perhaps even seal their Portals to stop Er Dongsheng from invading deeper into Hell!
Meanwhile, the ever-hazy figure of Belphegor, King of Lust in the Second Layer, grew fainter still.
He sighed softly as he watched Er Dongsheng's overwhelming display of power. For a moment, he said nothing, then quietly left.
His territory was closest to Er Dongsheng's. Having such an aggressively expansionist neighbor was rotten luck!
That was the first impression Er Dongsheng gave every human and every Devil: he was bent on conquest!
He had barely invaded the Material World, without even pausing to catch his breath, before daring to launch an assault on the far more mysterious Hell!
And most astonishing of all, he had succeeded. Countless people were stunned!
"Ah, Hell won't know peace after this! After dominating the world for so many years, will Hell have to cower in fear from now on?" Lilith sighed, yawned, and leisurely vanished.
Er Dongsheng drew closer, paying no mind to what the Overlords behind him were thinking. He had no intention of making enemies of all six at once. Showing them his power was enough!
The First Layer of Hell was firmly in his hands, and most of his goal was complete. Once he had conquered the entire Material World, he would hold the First Layer. If those fellows deeper in Hell wanted to come out and cause trouble, they would need his permission!
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