"Allow me to introduce my boss, the Shadow Great Emperors!" Mephisto said.
At his words, Apocalypse was shaken to his core.
What had he just heard?!
This woman was actually the Shadow Great Emperors, and Mephisto's boss at that!
What sort of person could conquer this powerful lord of Hell?
Apocalypse took a deep breath, his manner turning somewhat respectful. "What do you want with me?"
Mephisto said, "Cooperation."
"Why me?"
Apocalypse did not understand. Cooperation could only be called cooperation when both sides were equally strong. Mephisto, standing before him, was a powerhouse at the peak of the hyper-multiverse level, while the Shadow Great Emperors was a hyper-omniverse-level powerhouse. Their strength was not even on the same plane as his, so why had they sought him out?
Mephisto asked in return, "Don't you want to rule this single universe?"
Apocalypse shook his head. "I wanted to five thousand years ago, but my strength wouldn't allow it."
Mephisto exchanged a glance with the Shadow Great Emperors, then smiled and said, "Well, for certain reasons, Dimension Demons like us cannot interfere directly in affairs on Earth, so we can only find representatives. After some discussion, we settled on you, the progenitor of mutants."
"I only have skyfather-level strength. I can't help you."
Apocalypse was somewhat tempted, but he still knew exactly how much he weighed.
"That doesn't matter. The Shadow Great Emperors will grant you power. If you can put it to good use, forget a single universe-even a multi-universe or a hyper-multiverse might not be impossible," Mephisto said.
As his words fell,
Mephisto formed a hand seal.
Hum!
Shadow power surged forth, and a suit of armor appeared, pitch-black as ink from head to toe.
It looked exactly like the armor of the Ming Realm Dimension, only more ferocious in