Curse, Deterrence

Wang Bert had no interest in what was happening with the Elders of the Universe. He watched the Eye Demon struggling to hold on amid the storm and waited quietly.

Before long, the Eye Demon was on the verge of collapse, covered in blood and wounds. Wang Bert raised a hand and waved through the air. A flickering spatial portal appeared before it.

Seeing the portal, the Eye Demon charged inside without caring whether it was a trap, arriving in Adam Hell.

"Blood God."

The One-Eyed Lord and the Eye Demon on its body both glared at Wang Bert with hatred. Wang Bert said, "Eye Demon, I, the Blood God, formally challenge you. Come, let us have a fair contest between men."

"Fair my—"

The Eye Demon could not help but curse. Everyone else looked at Wang Bert speechlessly. Could this guy possibly be any more shameless?

The Eye Demon was already at the end of its strength—its unhealed wounds made that obvious.

"Blood God, it would be such a waste of your talents if you did not become a Demon King in Hell."

The Succubus Lord could not help saying. The Demon Dragon Lord nodded in wholehearted agreement. Adam rubbed his nose and said nothing. In truth, he had already come.

"Hey, do you understand basic manners? Eye Demon, as long as you completely sacrifice the One-Eyed Lord’s Soul Stone, you can recover your former strength."

Wang Bert said, "The One-Eyed Lord is a tough guy. He is not afraid of death, so hurry up and sacrifice him. I can barely wait to have a fair fight with you. Do not worry, I definitely will not exile you into the Space Storm outside."

"As if you would not exile him."

The Demon Dragon Lord and the Succubus Lord complained in unison. The Eye Demon glared at Wang Bert like an enraged bull, its single eye nearly splitting apart.

Wang Bert calmly met the Eye Demon’s gaze. After a moment, the Eye Demon asked, "Blood God, what exactly do you want?"

"Simple. I want to make a bet with you."

Wang Bert said, "You and I will fight one-on-one fairly. If you lose, you will stay far away from anything related to Earth from now on. If you win, I will let you leave. Of course, if you have the ability, you can kill me.

"I was not joking before. I truly want a fair fight with you. I really want to see just how powerful ancient gods like you are."

Everyone was stunned. Wang Bert really wanted to fight the Eye Demon alone?

"Blood God, that is an ancient god."

The Succubus Lord reminded him, "If the Eye Demon truly sacrifices the One-Eyed Lord’s Soul Stone, its strength will far surpass that of an ordinary Hell Demon King. Even you would not be its match."

Wang Bert said proudly, "How will I know unless I fight it?"

"Exactly. With the Blood God’s strength, why would he fear a mere Eye Demon? Blood God, I support you. Beat up the Eye Demon."

The Demon Dragon Lord rolled its eyes and shouted loudly. Adam kicked it flying and cursed irritably, "You want the Eye Demon to kill him, do you? What an ungrateful dragon."

"How can someone with no shame possibly have loyalty?"

The Succubus Lord moved closer to Adam and said, "Adam, I am the one most loyal to you."

"You can get lost too."

Adam said expressionlessly. Being too handsome really was troublesome. People were always plotting against him.

The Eye Demon looked at Wang Bert and suddenly sneered. "So you are not a madman."

Wang Bert said irritably, "Nonsense. Of course I am not a madman. Hey, why do you look disappointed?"

"Because I am a madman."

The Eye Demon grinned. Its crimson eyeball suddenly turned into a streak of light and flew toward Wang Bert, so fast that even Wang Bert could not evade it.

The next moment, the red light branded itself onto Wang Bert’s chest, becoming a crimson eyeball. A force of chaos immediately spread throughout Wang Bert’s body, then headed toward his true body.

That was right, his true body. This Wang Bert was merely a clone. Wang Bert’s true body had been hidden in the Mirror Dimension all along.

"A curse?"

Wang Bert’s expression changed slightly. He hurriedly severed his connection to the clone, but the curse continued spreading toward him. Gritting his teeth, he released a blood shadow from his body and dropped it onto the curse. The curse immediately spread throughout the blood shadow.

Then Wang Bert clenched his hand. The blood shadow and the clone both died at the same time. Though the curse was extremely unwilling, with its hosts dead, it could only quickly dissipate.

"It actually failed? Interesting. Blood God, you win this round. We will play again next time."

Seeing the curse fail, the Eye Demon snorted. After leaving those final words behind, its consciousness departed the Hell dimension.

Wang Bert returned from the Mirror Dimension to Adam Hell. Looking at the lifeless body of the One-Eyed Lord, he said with an ugly expression, "Is this bastard insane? We were talking just fine, and then it suddenly sacrificed a Soul Stone to curse me?"

"The Eye Demon is a Chaos Demon God. It does whatever it pleases, so this is normal."

The Succubus Lord said, "Although we Hell Lords also possess chaotic traits, we are fundamentally creatures of order. If it had been one of us negotiating with you just now, you would definitely have gotten your wish.

"But with the Eye Demon, no one knows what it will do, because its actions are entirely determined by its mood.

"That is why we hate those ancient Demon Gods. They are completely uncontrollable."

Wang Bert cursed, "So it really is insane."

"In a sense, it truly is insane."

The Succubus Lord looked at Wang Bert and asked curiously, "Speaking of which, Blood God, how did you evade the Eye Demon’s curse? That was a curse cast using a Demon King’s Soul Stone. Even the strongest Satan might not have been able to avoid it.

"Once struck by the Eye Demon’s curse, you would become a Chaos Creature just like it."

"So it wanted to turn me into a madman."

Wang Bert understood. He sighed, looking distressed. "Avoiding that curse just now cost me dearly."

Another precious life was gone.

The Succubus Lord and the Demon Dragon Lord did not doubt him. Avoiding the Eye Demon’s curse surely required paying an enormous price.

At that moment, the Demon Dragon Lord looked at the One-Eyed Lord’s restored corpse and drooled as it said, "Blood God, the One-Eyed Lord is dead. Shall we eat it? Its body contains immense energy. If we eat it, we will become much stronger."

"Eat my—"

Wang Bert was about to say something when the One-Eyed Lord’s body suddenly turned to ashes and scattered in the wind.

Everyone froze. The three Hell Demon Kings hurriedly sensed the situation in One-Eyed Hell. A moment later, Adam said unhappily, "The One-Eyed Lord is not dead. A fragment of its soul escaped back to One-Eyed Hell."

"One-Eyed Hell has sealed itself off. Until the One-Eyed Lord fully recovers, One-Eyed Hell will not interfere in anything again."

The Succubus Lord said, "Given the One-Eyed Lord’s current condition, it will probably need around five hundred years to fully recover."

"Escaping by shedding its shell."

Wang Bert snorted. "Will the demons in One-Eyed Hell take this chance to challenge the One-Eyed Lord?"

"Of course. As long as those demons obtain the One-Eyed Lord’s soul fragment, they can become the new Demon King. One-Eyed Hell will be very lively next."

The Demon Dragon Lord said, "But that has nothing to do with us. Unless more than seven Demon Kings team up, it will be impossible to break One-Eyed Hell’s seal."

Wang Bert’s eyes flickered, but he said nothing more. In truth, he could easily enter One-Eyed Hell because he possessed the Space Stone, and the power of Hell would not stop him.

Still, there was no need to rush. Once the battle was over, he would leave it to Adam. Since they had refused the olive branch he offered, they could not blame him for being ruthless.

At this moment, the Space Storm outside was gradually calming down. Wang Bert raised his head and provoked all of Hell. "Did you not want to kill me? Come on, you bunch of cowards! Why do you not dare come now?"

"Blood God."

The Hell Lords gritted their teeth. This time, they had suffered enormous losses.

Projections could not be created casually. They required a great deal of demonic power and their own essence. They had just lost one projection not long ago, and now they had lost another. Their vitality had been severely damaged.

For a short time, the Hell Lords would be unable to create new projections.

Lucifer said hatefully, "Blood God, do not be so arrogant. You will definitely die in Hell."

Wang Bert said coldly, "Cut the crap. If you want to kill me, come. No one is stopping you now. Come at me together. I will take you all on. Come on."

"Blood God, you will die a horrible death."

"Blood God, we will never let you go."

The Hell Lords cursed one after another, yet not a single one entered Adam Hell.

"You useless trash. You were so arrogant before, so why do you not even dare enter now? Hmph. So-called Hell Lords are just a bunch of cowardly fools afraid of death."

Wang Bert cursed back at the Hell Lords without any restraint. Though they were furious enough for smoke to pour from their seven orifices, they still did not step into Adam Hell.

That was right. The Hell Lords who had come aggressively before, convinced victory was already theirs, now did not dare enter Adam Hell at all.

Because the Blood God was here.

"The Blood God’s methods and strength, combined with us, have intimidated those Hell Lords."

The Succubus Lord said, "With the Hell Lords’ strength, if they attacked together, they could definitely kill the Blood God and us. But several of them would die as well. No one wants to be the one who dies, so they do not dare come."

"Hell’s greatest problem is its lack of unity. Otherwise, not only the Blood God—even Ancient One would have been killed by us long ago."

The Demon Dragon Lord sighed. Adam sneered. "Is Hell’s greatest problem not that Hell Lords are too afraid of death?"

"If you can live, why die? The lives of Hell Lords are not so cheap."

The Demon Dragon Lord said dismissively. Hell Lords possessed nearly limitless lifespans, so naturally they did not wish to die easily.

"I think this is mainly because we lack a leader."

The Succubus Lord said, "Satan should have been that leader, but for some reason, he was seriously wounded and never appeared. That left us as scattered sand."

Adam said, "It is fine. Once I become Satan, I will definitely lead you properly."

The Succubus Lord’s eyes lit up. "You will definitely become Satan, because you are the most handsome of all the Hell Lords."

"What is the use of being handsome? Besides, Satan is not dead yet."

The Demon Dragon Lord snorted unhappily. Before it could finish speaking, all of Hell suddenly shook violently. Then blood rain fell from the sky, and an aura of sorrow enveloped every corner of Hell.

Wang Bert and the Hell Lords, who had been cursing at one another, all raised their heads in surprise. Lucifer asked in shock, "Satan has fallen?"

That was right. Satan, Hell’s nominal ruler, had finally died after lingering on for centuries.

The position of Hell Lord was now truly vacant.

Adam and the Succubus Lord looked strangely at the Demon Dragon Lord. Was this guy the legendary jinx? "I can explain…"

The Demon Dragon Lord was about to speak when Adam raised a hand. "Do not say my name again in the future."

"And do not say mine either."

The Succubus Lord added. The Demon Dragon Lord rolled its eyes. If it truly had such a powerful jinxing mouth, it would have cursed the Blood God to death long ago, all right?

"Blood God, now that Satan has passed on, we will not bother with you for the time being. But do not think you can escape Hell. Once we deal with Satan’s affairs, we will send you on your way."

Lucifer snorted. The other Hell Lords nodded one after another. "That is right. We will spare you today, Blood God. Wait in despair for the end to come."

After saying that, the Hell Lords’ consciousnesses left Adam Hell one after another with arrogant expressions, as if they had won a great victory.

"Where is your shame? Do you people have any shame left?"

Wang Bert fiercely raised his middle finger at the sky. The Hell Lords ignored him completely. Let him be arrogant for a while. As long as they kept him trapped in Hell, they would eventually find a way to kill him.

Even if they could not find a way, trapping the Earth Guardian in Hell would still be a victory for the Lords.

"Hell Demon Kings, tch."

Wang Bert looked disdainful. He said to Adam, "Adam, seal Adam Hell. Also, turn off this blood-rain special effect. Is such a huge spectacle really necessary for someone who never even appeared from beginning to end?"

"Your call."

Adam shrugged, sealing Hell. At the same time, the blood rain in the sky gradually vanished.

"Adam, my wager with the Elders of the Universe is not over. Since their attempt to kill me with a borrowed blade failed this time, they will definitely use their true power. The next wave of attacks will be even more terrifying."

Wang Bert instructed, "So I must go back and hold the fort. I will leave Hell’s affairs to you."

"No problem. I am a Hell Demon King. Hell’s affairs should have been handled by me anyway."

Adam said, "Open a portal to One-Eyed Hell for me. I will use this opportunity to devour One-Eyed Hell. Today is my birthday, and it is also Satan’s day of death. This is destiny. I am destined to become the new Satan."

Wang Bert complained, "What the hell is the point of saying that? These foreigners do not believe in that stuff."

"Who cares whether they believe it? It is just a slogan."

Adam laughed. "I am this handsome and I have such an awesome slogan. Who would dare refuse to accept me?"

"Fine, I will leave it to you. Do not let it slip that I have already left."

Wang Bert said, "I want to give the Elders of the Universe a huge surprise."

The Demon Dragon Lord asked in astonishment, "Wait, Blood God, you can leave Hell whenever you want?"

The Succubus Lord also asked in disbelief, "Blood God, you can enter One-Eyed Hell?"

"Of course I can. Do you think I would have come to Hell without that ability?"

Wang Bert sneered. "You think I am stupid, but you do not realize that the truly stupid ones are yourselves."

The Demon Dragon Lord and the Succubus Lord were dumbfounded. So they were the real clowns!

Wang Bert said no more. After opening a portal for Adam, he left behind a clone to keep up appearances and silently departed Hell.

His trip to Hell was temporarily over. Without question, Wang Bert had won a complete victory.