Eternal Hell.
Five figures sat or lay scattered across a floating ledge.
In the void before them, two figures were locked in a brawl.
Shendu and Drago.
Shendu gripped Drago by the neck, his dragon tail coiled around Drago's hind legs, pinning him firmly against a floating rock.
Drago dug his claws into Shendu's face, desperately trying to push him away.
"Let go of me!"
Drago roared, his red dragon eyes bloodshot.
"You dragged me into Hell! Have you lost your mind?"
Shendu did not answer.
One of his claws pressed against Drago's chest, the immense pressure leaving Drago unable to breathe.
"I told you."
"You chose betrayal, so you must pay the price."
Drago bit down on Shendu's wrist, his fangs piercing the scales amid crackling lightning.
Shendu loosened his grip slightly in pain.
Drago seized the chance to roll out from under him, sweeping his tail across Shendu's face.
Smack!
Shendu's head snapped to one side.
Drago scrambled up and staggered two steps back.
"You think you're still that emperor on high?"
"Now you're just like me-a prisoner in Hell!"
Shendu slowly turned his head. There was blood at the corner of his mouth too, but his lips spread into a grin.
"You're right."
He raised a claw and wiped the blood from his mouth.
"We're both prisoners."
"But even among prisoners..."
His dragon tail suddenly sprang up like a taut bowstring.
"There's a pecking order."
On the ledge, the five demons watched with relish.
Dai Gui spoke in a rumbling voice.
"They're at it again."
"How many times have they fought since the day they fell in here?"
Tchang Zu did another somersault in midair, sparks dancing between his fingers.
"I've been counting."
"This is the seventh."
The tip of Hsi Wu's tail tapped lightly against the