Demon Riot? Doom's Carnival!
The Doom Slayer stopped in his tracks.
Before them lay the final barrier of the Hell Core Palace —a crimson energy barrier flowing with lava runes, incredibly thick and radiating an evil aura that inspired both disgust and fear.
Behind the barrier, Mephisto's enormous, distorted projection resembled a boiling vortex of blood, into which the power of hell's origin was being frantically poured.
"A stubborn resistance." Beneath the mask, the cold, electronic voice remained completely unmoved.
The kill counter was jumping wildly in one corner of the field of vision, the numbers had long since exceeded the limit, and the scarlet light almost engulfed the entire interface.
Every kill, every death gift from the demon, propels this killing machine to ever greater heights!
Boom--!
Mephisto struck first! Crimson energy, like a tangible Dotō, surged forth from behind the barrier!
The [Soul Annihilation Wave], imbued with the core authority of Hell!
The twisted skull shrieked, shattering space in its wake and revealing dark the Void cracks! This was the ultimate curse that ignored physical defenses and directly burned the soul!
DOOM moved!
[Charge!] The armor's nozzles erupted with raging flames, and instead of retreating, the person charged forward head-on into the Oblivion torrent! The speed was so great that it left several afterimages behind them!
Buzz--
A massive Shield Saw instantly unfolded in front of DOOM's left arm! A crimson torrent of curses slammed into the shield, producing a piercing, corrosive sound! Energy flickered violently on the shield's surface, and cracks spread! But it only lasted for half a second!
Click!
The shield shattered! The remaining torrent of energy slammed into DOOM's armor!
Sizzle--!
A blinding red light exploded on the dark green armor! The visor's vision was instantly filled with a warning red light! "SOUL INTEGRITY WARNING!"
DOOM's body was slammed backward dozens of meters by the enormous impact, and the scorched earth and lava beneath his feet were plowed into deep trenches.
Large charred burn marks were left on the armor, and the energy shield indicator instantly dropped to the red critical value!
"Roar--!!!" Mephisto's projection roared with ecstatic joy, "Can you feel it?! You ants! The pain of your soul being torn apart?! The authority of Hell, how dare you..."
The roar abruptly stopped!
The instant DOOM regained his footing, he raised his right hand! His Chainsword was replaced by a grotesque weapon—[BFG-9000!]—with a cannon muzzle resembling a giant beast's fangs. A chilling green energy surged wildly at the cannon's core, emitting a terrifying roar!
"Try this." A cold announcement.
A devastating beam of emerald light tore through space, instantly piercing Mephisto's prized [Soul Annihilation Wave]! Wherever the beam passed, the Crimson Curse evaporated instantly, like ice thrown into Furnace!
Without slowing down, it slammed into the palace's energy barrier!
Rumble rumble rumble--!!!
An unprecedented explosion! The entire Hell Dimension trembled!
The scarlet ramparts, like glass shattered by a boulder, crumbled into countless cracks in the blinding green light!
The lava runes at the core flickered wildly, attempting to repair themselves, but crumbled inch by inch under the destructive energy flow of BFG!
"No!!!"
Mephisto's projection twisted and deformed amidst the tremors, emitting a sharp shriek. The impact of the shattering barrier momentarily disrupted the power he had gathered!
Now!
DOOM's figure emerged from the aftershocks of the explosion and shattered energy fragments! A shotgun appeared in his hand!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
A deafening roar! The specially made slug was like death calling out to its master!
The shots were precisely aimed at the lava runes representing energy nodes at the edge of the breach in the barrier! Each shot was accompanied by the explosion of shattered runes and the collapse of large sections of the barrier!
In the blink of an eye, a huge, passable breach was violently ripped open!
DOOM stepped into the Hell Core Palace!
The sight before them was enough to drive any living being mad.
This is the source of hellish energy, where countless twisted demonic essences pulsate in the Void like blood vessels, converging towards the center— Mephisto's true form!
That was no longer a projection, but a colossal, crimson demonic entity made of pure hellish energy, flowing with magma and bones!
He hovered like a heart in the energy vortex before the throne, radiating a suffocating, demonic pressure!
"Welcome to... your grave!" Mephisto's voice, like the wailing of billions of lives, shook the entire palace.
His enormous claws swung down fiercely!
[Hell Nova!] Countless extremely compressed dark red energy spheres appeared out of thin air, rapidly covering the entire space!
Each one contains the power to Oblivion matter and soul! It seals off all of DOOM's dodge angles!
A decisive blow!
DOOM's pupils beneath the mask contracted sharply! Without any hesitation!
[Frost Bomb!] He smashed a bomb emitting a chilling aura under his feet!
Buzz--!
A chilling, icy blue shockwave erupted instantly! Centered on DOOM, it spread rapidly! The deadly dark red energy spheres, upon contact with the icy blue force field, slowed drastically, and dark red frost even condensed on their surfaces!
The originally deadly barrage of bullets was momentarily delayed!
[Chainsaw!] The roar resumes! DOOM launches like a cannonball, its target Mephisto's true form!
He darted through the frozen barrage of Hell Nova, each movement precise to the millimeter, grazing past the slowed energy orbs! The decelerating force field of the Frost Bomb tore a deadly path through him!
"Arrogant!" Mephisto roared! His enormous demonic claw, carrying the power to tear through dimensions, slammed down on the charging green figure!
Wherever the claw wind passed, it left behind pitch-black claw marks in the air!
DOOM doesn't dodge or evade!
[Blood Punch!] His right fist suddenly erupted with a blinding blood-red light! It was a berserk power that had absorbed the essence of countless demons! The killing red light on his armor burned like a tangible flame!
Boom--!!!!!!!
A blood-red fist clashed violently with a hellish claw!
A visible ring of energy ripples, a mixture of scarlet and dark red, suddenly exploded outwards! The entire palace floor shattered as if plowed by a giant plow! The turbulent energy tore apart the remaining channels of demonic origin!
A stalemate! A clash of pure, savage strength!
Mephisto's enormous claws were actually stopped by that Iron Fist covered in blood-red energy!
"This... is impossible!" For the first time, horror appeared in Mephisto's enormous eyes! He could feel the power emanating from the opponent's fist, increasing every second?!
The hellish essence that he tore apart, transformed into wisps of crimson mist, is being frantically absorbed by DOOM's armor!
"Demons... are merely fuel." DOOM's icy voice pierced through the roar of colliding energy.
The next second! Mephisto felt the pressure on his claws suddenly ease!
DOOM vanished! The roar of the [Super Shotgun] echoed behind him!
Bang! Bang!
Two powerful slugs pierced the energy convergence point on the back of Mephisto's true form, exploding into two enormous energy fireworks!
"Ugh--!" Mephisto roared in pain and rage! His massive body shook violently!
Chance!
DOOM landed and instantly switched weapons! A monstrous greatsword, burning with hellfire and with a blade like a giant saw, appeared in his hand—[Crucible]!
"The end." A cold, hard verdict.
DOOM leaped high into the air, gripping the Crucible tightly with both hands! The hellfire on the sword seemed to come alive, roaring and boiling! He transformed into a destructive meteor descending from the sky!
"Delusion!!!" Mephisto sensed a deadly threat!
He mobilized all of Hell's essence, and all the bones, lava, and crimson energy instantly condensed in front of his chest into an almost materialized [Hell Core Barrier], like a miniature black hole! That was his strongest defense!
The Crucible falls!
There was no earth-shattering explosion! Only a sickening "sizzle—!" like a hot knife through butter!
The hellfire burning on the Crucible seemed to be born to counter Mephisto's energy!
The seemingly indestructible [Hell Core Barrier] was like a fleeting Utakata before the Crucible, pierced through with a single strike!
The sword pierced Mephisto's core without any resistance! The massive, crimson demonic body, flowing with magma and bones, suddenly stiffened!
The hellfire on the Crucible, as if finding an outlet, surged violently into Mephisto's body!
"Ugh... Ugh..." Mephisto's massive body convulsed violently, his crimson eyes filled with disbelief and horror, and... a hint of instinctive fear of true destruction!
His body, composed of pure hellish energy, was beginning to crack like burning paper from the very core pierced by the Crucible, with golden cracks spreading rapidly! The destructive light of the Crucible shone through the cracks!
DOOM gripped his sword with both hands and slammed it down! Stirring!
"No----------!!!"
Mephisto let out a final, piercing scream that echoed throughout the entire Hell Dimension, filled with endless resentment and despair!
Boom--!!!!!!!
The golden light of destruction erupted like the sun, instantly engulfing the enormous demon's body!
Wherever the light reached, the crimson energy, the pulsating primordial blood vessels, the remaining palace walls... everything was silently Oblivion, decomposed, and turned to dust!
The heart of hell was pierced by a single sword!
Mephisto's final shriek, like a death knell, echoed mournfully in every corner of the Hell Dimension before being completely wiped out by the destructive golden light that swallowed everything.
The entire core of Hell fell into an eerie silence at that moment, with only the Crucible stuck in the scorched earth of the Void, its golden blade flowing with the still-burning flames of purgatory, emitting a low hum, like a final lament.
Immediately afterwards--
Rumble rumble rumble!!!
A violent tremor erupted from the deepest part of hell! The crimson lava earth, like a ripped wound, spewed forth towering pillars of fire!
The distorted, blood-soaked clouds in the sky spun wildly, forming a huge vortex, and countless charred bones and shattered fragments of souls poured down like a waterfall!
The invisible pillars supporting the dimension groaned under the unbearable weight!
Hell! Having lost its ruler and the core will that sustains its existence, it is irreversibly collapsing!
This apocalyptic upheaval shattered the silence.
Like a drop of water thrown into a pot of boiling oil, the entire hell instantly exploded!
Countless low-ranking lesser demons, lurking in every corner and trembling under Mephisto's oppressive power, were the first to go mad! They could no longer sense authority; the shackles of fear that once bound them, originating from the Lord of Hell... had vanished!
Only the most primal, Bloodlust instinct remained in his crimson eyes!
They screamed and pounced on anything that could move—their own kind, carcasses, even rolling lava! Claws tore at the earth, acid spewed, and in an instant, countless flowers of flesh and blood bloomed on the scorched earth of hell!
But this is just the appetizer!
Higher-ranking demon lords roared forth from their lairs, shattered fortresses, and even from flowing rivers of lava!
Their perception became clearer—the power that permeated the very essence of the entire Hell Dimension, symbolizing the sole sovereign, dissipated like an ownerless treasure!
"Authority! Authority of Hell!" A [Skeleton Tyrant], the size of a mountain and covered in serrated bone spikes, roared to the sky, his thick bone claws easily crushing dozens of frantically biting inferior demons at his feet!
It greedily absorbed the pure magical energy permeating the air, and beneath its shattered bone armor, crimson energy veins throbbed wildly!
"Mephisto is dead! Might makes right!" On the other side, a [Wailing Banshee Lord], suspended in mid-air and composed of countless tormented and twisted souls, uttered a shrill chorus of billions of souls!
Its power expanded rapidly after absorbing those chaotic fragments of souls, and a huge claw made of pure pain energy slammed down towards the Skeleton Tyrant!
Boom! The energy of the skeletons and the vengeful spirits collided, creating a terrifying shockwave that instantly wiped out low-level demons and shattered terrain within a radius of several kilometers! The two powerful demon lords were instantly locked in a life-or-death battle!
Confusion!
Centered on the ruins of the collapsed palace at the heart of hell, a terrifying battle spread rapidly in all directions like a plague!
The Hell Knight Legion clashed with the Flame Demon Army, and the rotting Legion of the Plague Demon eroded the Howling Banshee's domain... Every powerful being was frantically devouring the primordial energy of the dimension, attacking any target within sight that might threaten their struggle for power!
Beneath the crimson sky, a torrent of blood, fire, and demonic energy completely engulfed this scorched inferno!
This is the end of the world, but also a twisted and bloody carnival feast belonging to the devil!
Right at the very center of this hellish, boiling vortex of madness—
DOOM pulled the Crucible from the scorched earth at the heart of Hell.
Buzz!
The Hellfire on the sword seemed to sense the endless slaughter and chaos around it, burning even more fiercely and joyfully!
Beneath the mask, cold electronic eyes scanned the sea of demons engulfed in a frenzied infighting.
In the field of vision, the kill counter was like a runaway engine tachometer, soaring wildly, the scarlet numbers almost overflowing the screen!
The energy dissipated from the Carnage, the chaotic and rampaging dimensional origins, transformed into a raging crimson torrent, which was pouring into his armor with unprecedented greed!
Every inch of armor was humming, every nerve was roaring with a thirst for destruction!
"Rip and tear..." A deep electronic voice echoed from beneath the visor, hotter than magma and colder than the Void.
He moved.
There was no Charge burst of energy during the charge; instead, he strode heavily toward the nearest battlefield of demon lords— the Skeleton Tyrant was lashing out at the Wailing Banshee Lord with its massive bone tail. The Banshee Lord let out a piercing scream, and countless vengeful spirits transformed into blades to retaliate!
DOOM's figure cuts between the two!
[Shotgun] Raise!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Three specially designed slugs slammed into the massive leg bone joints supporting the Skeleton Tyrant's body! The hard bone shattered like rotten wood under the violent kinetic energy of the projectiles!
"Roar?!" The Skeleton Tyrant staggered, its massive body instantly interrupted!
At the same time, DOOM's left hand shot out like lightning! The light of [Blood Punch] erupted instantly! The giant claw of vengeful Skeleton Tyrant was directly pierced and crushed by the Iron Fist covered in scarlet energy!
"Humans! You're asking for death!" The Wailing Banshee Lord's billions of voices shrieked in fury, and countless soul spikes rained down on DOOM!
DOOM didn't even look back!
The Crucible swung backhand, unleashing a horizontal arc of sword energy burning with hellfire!
Laugh--!
All the soul spikes that touched the sword arc evaporated like melting snow! The sword arc continued its momentum, fiercely slashing through the massive soul aggregate of the Wailing Banshee Lord!
The Banshee lord's shriek instantly transformed into a agonizing wail, and a massive, flaming gash was cleaved open in her enormous body! Countless twisted souls escaped and Oblivion from within!
"Roar!" The Skeleton Tyrant steadied itself and slammed its massive bone claws toward DOOM's back with the force to crush mountains!
DOOM whirled around! [Shield Saw] instantly unfolded on his left arm!
Boom!
The bone claw slammed into the Shield Saw! The immense force caused the lava ground beneath DOOM's feet to crack and sink! The surface of the Shield Saw flashed intensely red, and cracks spread!
But this time, the Shield Saw didn't shatter!
Despite the immense force, DOOM wielded the Crucible in his right hand like a venomous dragon emerging from its lair, plunging it from bottom to top into the depths of the relatively thin bone armor covering the abdomen exposed after the Skeleton Tyrant's attack!
"Ugh--!" The Skeleton Tyrant let out a deafening roar of pain!
The hellfire from the Crucible surged wildly inside! The massive body of the Skeleton Tyrant was like Furnace being ignited, with blinding golden light shining through the gaps in its bones!
DOOM suddenly drew his sword and leaped backward!
Boom!!!
The Skeleton Tyrant's massive body exploded like a detonated powder keg, shattering from the inside out! Countless enormous bone fragments, burning with golden flames, scattered like cannonballs, clearing out the demons fighting within a radius of hundreds of meters! The raging torrent of energy was frantically absorbed by the armor!
The Wailing Banshee Lord had just partially repaired her body when she watched helplessly as the Skeleton Tyrant was instantly annihilated! Fear overwhelmed her greed for power, and she screamed as she tried to escape as countless scattered vengeful spirits!
Too late!
[BFG-9000] That chilling charging sound rang out again! The eerie green light illuminated the Banshee Lord's distorted face, composed of tormented souls!
"No--!!!"
The destructive green light devoured all the fleeing vengeful spirits! Along with the remnants of the Banshee Lord's core, they were utterly Oblivion!
In just a few breaths, the two powerful demon lords vanished, becoming the wildly fluctuating numbers on the kill counter, and also becoming part of the surging power flowing into DOOM's body.
DOOM's figure stood amidst the ashes of the explosion and the scattered remains of demons, slowly turning its head.
The crimson electronic eyes on the visor locked onto the next target with the strongest energy reaction—a [Lava Lord] on a massive, erupting lava crater in the distance, almost as large as Mephisto's previous true form.
It was greedily absorbing the hellish energy gushing from the Yamanaka. Each heavy step it took caused a small earthquake, and its giant arms made of lava were sweeping away a group of Hell Knight tried to attack it like insects.
DOOM raised his Crucible, its tip dragging across the scorched lava, leaving a trail of burning red flames.
"You're huge! That means you have huge guts!"
The killing never stops.
The apocalyptic revelry in hell was merely the table for his gluttonous feast.
The demon's desperate howls are the symphony of his rising power.
He strode towards the lava giant. With each step, the crimson light of the kill counter intensified, and the hum of his armor absorbing energy grew louder.
The entire Hell Dimension, engulfed in a frenzied Civil War, seemed to tremble at his footsteps—the god of death who the End Mephisto's reign had not left, but instead had begun a thorough reckoning with Hell itself!