Battle Escalation

"This is impossible."

The moment the holy sun appeared, Gabriel, Michael inside the pocket dimension, and Lucifer all cried out in disbelief, looking as if the sky had fallen—it was unmistakably the Spear of God.

Why could a Vampire use the Spear of God? Didn’t God hate Vampires most of all? After his shock, Lucifer fled toward the portal behind him at top speed. At the same time, he poured out all his power and every feather, forming countless layers of defense behind him.

Unfortunately, it was useless. Completely useless. The Spear of God crushed all of Lucifer’s defenses and pierced through his back, nailing him viciously to the ground.

Then, under the radiance of holy light, massive amounts of black smoke rose from Lucifer’s body as it was purified at a visible rate.

The Spear of God was extremely effective against Fallen Angels.

Wang Bert laughed loudly. "Lucifer, didn’t you want to see how arrogant I could be? Is this arrogant enough for you?"

Lucifer opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something to Wang Bert, but after a moment, he gave a helpless bitter smile and said, "So I was destined to die beneath the Spear of God. Blood God, you won."

Then Lucifer pressed his palms together and prayed silently. "Father, I have returned!"

Watching Lucifer rapidly vanish within the holy light, Gargoyle Lord and Flame Demon Lord both panicked and instinctively fled backward.

Gabriel hurriedly shouted, "Don’t panic! Even the Spear of God will need time to purify Lucifer. There are so many of us—we can definitely kill the Blood God during that time!"

The lords hesitated. At that moment, two imposing figures stepped out of the spatial portal. The Hell Lords sighed in relief at the arrival of reinforcements, but once they saw who had come, both demons’ expressions changed drastically.

With golden hair and a golden face, clad in armor and carrying a greatsword, Adam politely said, "Hell’s most handsome man, Adam, greets you all."

Seeing Adam put on such airs, Demon Dragon Lord imitated his lofty manner and said, "Hell’s number one Demon Dragon greets you all."

"Grandmaster, what is going on?"

Everyone looked toward Grandmaster in shock and fury, only to find him standing before Succubus Lord with a foolish grin on his face.

"Finally, I’ve charmed a target. Blood God and Adam nearly made this old lady doubt her entire life earlier."

Succubus Lord patted Grandmaster’s face and giggled. "Slap yourself. The harder, the better."

"Fine, I’ll slap myself."

Grandmaster grinned foolishly as he repeatedly slapped his own face. Succubus Lord was immensely pleased, but then she noticed the wine cup in Grandmaster’s arms. Greed flashed through her eyes. It contained tens of millions of souls. If she devoured them all, who in Hell could still be her match?

At that moment, a bloody hand suddenly appeared beside the wine cup. It grabbed the cup and instantly vanished.

Then Wang Bert said coldly, "Succubus Lord, control Grandmaster and deal with the last two Altars. Don’t do anything unnecessary."

"When did I do anything unnecessary?"

Succubus Lord looked aggrieved. Seeing the sudden upheaval, Flame Demon Lord and Gargoyle Lord stopped wasting words and charged directly toward the spatial portal.

Bang! Bang! The two Hell Demon Kings were sent flying back. Wang Bert sneered. "Sorry, I sealed the portal. Given the current situation, unless one side is defeated and destroyed, no one is leaving this planet."

Gabriel shouted in shock and rage, "Blood God, you set us up?"

"So what if I did?"

Wang Bert said, "Today, all of you will die. Gabriel, although your true body didn’t come, I’ll be taking God’s Cloak."

"Dream on. With our strength, we may not lose to you."

Gabriel shouted through gritted teeth. Flame Demon Lord and Gargoyle Lord also yelled, "That’s right! With our strength, we may not lose to you!"

Wang Bert smiled. "We’ll find out after we fight. Today, Hell will lose many lords."

Just as Wang Bert was about to make his move, a shout suddenly came from the ground. "Wait, Blood God! Why can you use the Spear of God?"

Everyone turned and discovered Michael, God’s chief warrior, lying on the ground in tattered condition. He stared at Wang Bert in astonishment, completely unable to understand what was happening before him.

At the same time, Black Bolt and Gordon sat weakly beside Michael, seemingly exhausted.

On the surface, Black Bolt seemed to have won, but in truth, the two had been evenly matched. The reason things ended like this was that Michael had been distracted when the Spear of God appeared.

With Black Bolt’s attack power, the distracted Michael had been roared into severe injury on the spot.

Wang Bert sighed and pretended to be solemn. "No more hiding it. I’ll come clean. I, Bert Wang, am actually God reincarnated."

"You’re God reincarnated?"

Everyone present was stunned. Even the dying Lucifer could not help turning his head to glance at Wang Bert.

Gabriel angrily demanded, "Blood God, how dare you blaspheme God? How could God reincarnate as a filthy Vampire?"

Michael also shouted furiously, "Blood God, do you know what you’re saying?"

"It’s not like I was born a Vampire!"

Wang Bert said irritably, "I only awakened God’s memories when I was twenty. Before that, I was just an ordinary person, an unlucky ordinary person bitten by a Vampire.

"But that isn’t a major problem. Under my guidance, Vampires have already reformed and no longer drink human blood.

"I know you don’t believe me, but how could an ordinary person become a god in his early twenties and kill god-level beings one after another? Anyone with half a brain would know I’m the reincarnation of some supreme being.

"Besides, if a Vampire weren’t God reincarnated, how could he control the Spear of God?"

At that moment, nine Spirits of Vengeance descended from the sky while controlling Supreme Machine. They said fervently, "He is My Lord."

"Nonsense!"

Gabriel roared, utterly unwilling to believe Wang Bert’s words. Lucifer was the same, watching with an expression that said he would quietly watch Wang Bert perform.

However, Michael and some of the angels were shaken. Michael asked, "Why would God reincarnate?"

"On one hand, to protect the universe. On the other, because Heaven has been defiled."

Wang Bert sighed regretfully. "I originally wanted you to reflect on yourselves, but not only did you refuse to restrain yourselves, you became worse and worse. You even began wallowing in the mire with demons.

"Since you are beyond saving, I have decided to cleanse Heaven and return everything to its original state."

"Shut up, Blood God! You dare blaspheme God and Heaven? I’ll kill you!"

Gabriel could no longer endure it. She swung her spear and attacked Wang Bert, but Adam blocked her path. Smiling slightly, he said, "Sorry, but I’m your opponent."

"Get out of my way!"

Gabriel roared. Her spear transformed into a hundred-meter Light Spear and slashed viciously down at Adam. Adam showed no fear. Raising a hand, he sent a dazzling Shockwave toward the Light Spear.

Boom! The Light Spear exploded, and the remaining Shockwave struck Gabriel, sending her flying backward with a scream.

"Sorry, I’m too strong. I can’t quite control it."

Adam smiled and charged toward Gabriel. "Oh, and one more thing. I’m not only Hell’s most handsome man—I’m also Hell’s strongest."

"Damn it!"

Gabriel rose in shock and fury and engaged Adam in battle, but she was no match for him at all. He drove her back step by step.

Adam was equivalent to two Hell Demon Kings. How could a mere projection of Gabriel be his opponent?

As Gabriel and Adam began fighting, Wang Bert immediately pulled Dragon God up. "Dragon God, I’m a little hungry. Come up here and be my lunch."

"Arrogant fool! Blood God, since you want to die, I’ll grant your wish!"

Dragon God roared as huge amounts of poisonous gas poured from his body, sweeping toward the blood sea in the sky like a tsunami.

Wang Bert smiled faintly and used the blood sea to swallow both the poison gas and Dragon God.

Demon Dragon Lord looked at the remaining Flame Demon Lord and Gargoyle Lord, swallowed, and said, "You aren’t going to make me fight two against one, are you?"

"Coward."

At that moment, a voice rang out. It was Iron Mask Doom. He glanced disdainfully at Demon Dragon Lord, then dragged Gargoyle Lord into the Mirror Dimension.

Then Doom called to Hulk, who was pinning a fat Fallen Angel to the ground and beating him savagely. "Hulk, want to come fight a Demon King?"

"Hulk fight Demon King!"

Hulk shouted excitedly. Then he picked up the Gravity Hammer and smashed the fat Fallen Angel’s head to pieces with a single blow.

Doom nodded in satisfaction and entered the Mirror Dimension with Hulk. With Hulk’s cooperation, plus all those cockroaches, he should be able to fight a Hell Demon King.

"You’re the coward! What is wrong with these Earthlings? Why are they all so arrogant?"

Demon Dragon Lord cursed unhappily. Then he turned toward Flame Demon Lord and said ferociously, "Flame Demon Lord, it’s our turn."

Flame Demon Lord sneered. "You think I’m afraid of you? Besides, not only are you a coward, you’re also a spineless coward afraid of death."

"Let’s see who’s afraid of death!"

Demon Dragon Lord flew into the sky in fury and sprayed dragon breath capable of burning the heavens and boiling the seas down at Flame Demon Lord.

Flame Demon Lord showed no fear. He raised the great blade in his right hand, and over a thousand blazing fireballs suddenly appeared around him. Then the fireballs all bombarded Demon Dragon Lord.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The fireballs and dragon breath collided violently in midair and exploded. Demon Dragon Lord and Flame Demon Lord roared at the same time and charged at each other with all their might.

"God reincarnated as a member of the Blood Clan?"

Michael lay on the ground with a complicated expression. If he had heard such words at any other time, he would have scoffed at them. But Blood God’s experiences, coupled with his ability to control the Spear of God, truly shook Michael.

More importantly, Heaven really had been defiled. Even Michael himself had occasionally entertained the thought of cleansing Heaven.

Black Bolt used his vibrational speech device to say, "I don’t know whether Bert is God, but I do know that there is definitely something wrong with Heaven."

"There is something wrong with it. Black Bolt, you won. I lost."

"You didn’t lose. If you hadn’t been distracted, I should have been the one to lose in the end."

Black Bolt smiled. "Speaking of which, Michael, I really should thank you. Not only did you let me finish singing an entire song, you also helped me understand my own condition."

"My own condition?"

"Yes, my own condition."

Black Bolt nodded. "Before meeting Bert, I almost never spoke. Because I hadn’t used my powers for so long, they had deteriorated.

"Because I used my powers so rarely, I never realized they had deteriorated. Only today did I discover that I can become even stronger."

Gordon stared at Black Bolt in shock. He still had not used his full power? That was far too terrifying. This guy could destroy a main battleship just by opening his mouth. If he became several times stronger, wouldn’t he be able to destroy fortresses, even small planets? Michael was also somewhat surprised. He said, "I truly look forward to fighting you again. Next time, I will use my true body and go all out."

"I’m looking forward to it as well."

Black Bolt smiled. "Michael, next time, I’ll let you hear Opera 2."

"It certainly won’t disappoint me."

Michael smiled faintly, and his body turned into holy light before dissipating. He had lost this battle, but more importantly, his heart was in turmoil. He needed to return and think carefully.

"So that means we’ve actually been working for God all along?"

As a devout believer, Inhuman Joey made the sign of the cross before himself and asked in astonishment, "Does that make me God’s warrior? Can I go to Heaven after I die?"

"You actually believe that? Mr. Wang is obviously talking nonsense."

Skye rolled her eyes. How could that lazy, pleasure-seeking guy possibly be God? Electro silently thought, To me, he is God.

"My outlook on life is simple. Whoever pays me and gives me raises is God."

Giyera shrugged and said with a smile. Everyone was speechless. At that moment, Frank’s voice rang out. "Those who still have strength, begin the counterattack. The Altars have been sealed. No more demons will appear."

"Alright."

Electro and the others stopped wasting words and led the Clone Corps in a counterattack.

At that moment, Supreme Machine moved. Under the control of the nine Avenging Angels, it raised its hands and unleashed overwhelming Vengeful Holy Flame at the surrounding demons.

The moment those demons came into contact with the holy flames, their bodies and souls were immediately ignited. They wailed in agony and used every method they could to extinguish the flames, but it was completely futile. Before long, they were burned to ashes by the holy flames.

In less than five minutes, thousands of demons had died beneath the Vengeful Holy Flame.

The remaining demons panicked and fled from the area where Supreme Machine was located. Annie and the others inside Supreme Machine snorted coldly and controlled it as it chased after them, slaughtering them all the way.

Supreme Machine’s original mission had been to deal with Demon Kings, but Doom had gotten there first, so it became a demon-clearing machine instead. For the demons, this was simply a crushing disparity.

"After the battle, we need to collect all the angel and Fallen Angel cores."

Watching the dwindling Angel Army in the distance, Annie silently thought, My Lord is God reincarnated. How can he not have his own angel army?

For angels, as long as their cores remained intact, they could be resurrected.

Unlike the others, Succubus Lord did not join the battle. She was leading Grandmaster to deal with the last two Altars.

Because the two Altars were shrouded in black mist, Wang Bert had been unable to alter the runes inside them.

"Since the battle began, I have been nurturing these two Altars."

Grandmaster said blankly, "They have already made contact with the Ancient Gods. As long as there are enough sacrifices, the two Ancient Gods will descend.

"We cannot dismantle them directly. That would provoke the Ancient Gods’ wrath, and they might forcibly descend. We must slowly pacify these two Altars. That way, even if the Ancient Gods notice something is wrong, they won’t be able to do anything."

"Then hurry up and pacify them."

Succubus Lord said impatiently. Grandmaster nodded stiffly and extinguished the runes that had originally lit up, one by one.

Where Succubus Lord could not see, a sharp gleam flashed through Grandmaster’s eyes. He had indeed been controlled earlier, but after approaching these two Altars, he suddenly awakened. If he was not mistaken, the two Ancient Gods had secretly helped him.

Grandmaster snorted inwardly. Blood God, you are indeed formidable, but who will have the last laugh remains unknown.