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At the same time...
Thunder Prison, Earth Prison, Darkness Prison... and beyond!
Every major faction across the other Nine Great Hells was gathering information on Mephisto and Baal.
Baal, in particular, was their chief focus.
After all, a Prison Lord had appeared out of nowhere, announced his existence with countless lives and heaps of bones, crushed the veteran Prison Lord Geer, and seized nearly three-quarters of eastern Fire Prison!
Fire Prison had yet to recognize him, but every Demon knew that the vacant position of Prison Lord was being reserved for Mephisto, the King of Destruction!
After all, Mephisto was already a Prison Lord of Mysterious Hell!
In the far east of Fire Prison!
Crash!
"Damn it! Damn it!"
"Baal, I'll kill you!"
Geer smashed everything within reach to pieces. The Demons around him trembled, not daring to make a sound.
Geer had been in this foul temper for a long time. Since Er Dongsheng had occupied most of his territory, he had grown more irritable by the day.
Today, he had heard that the Destruction Squad had pushed the battlefront almost to his doorstep. Worse, his subordinates were fleeing or surrendering in droves. Beneath his grief burned a towering fury that made him want to tear everything apart!
Boom!
Flames surged from his body into the sky, threatening to rip the surrounding Palace apart.
"Heh. Quite a temper."
A soft, unhurried voice rang out.
"Who's there? Show yourself!"
Geer's eyes narrowed. He thrust out a hand, gathering a beam of light that slashed toward a patch of empty space.
"How unfriendly."
A pale hand