Journey to Hell

"Eve seems a little malnourished. Help me cultivate her. This one will be your assistant."

Wang Bert said. High Priestess Ayesha glared at Wang Bert through gritted teeth. Not only had he taken Adam, he even wanted them to help cultivate Eve. Just how black-hearted could he be?

Lizard Doctor looked around and said excitedly, "So this is Sovereign. I like this place."

Wang Bert said, "High Priestess Ayesha, prepare for battle. The Elders of the Universe are definitely stronger than you imagine."

"I know how strong the Elders of the Universe are."

High Priestess Ayesha snorted and asked, "How many troops can the Earth Federation and Xandar send over?"

"The Earth Federation just went through a major war and is not suited to fight again. This time, only my own forces will participate."

Wang Bert said, "As for Xandar, I can only guarantee they will not join the battle. I am merely Xandar’s richest man, not Xandar’s master."

"That is far too few troops."

High Priestess Ayesha said dissatisfiedly. The Elders of the Universe were ancient monsters who had lived for who knew how long. The forces they could command far exceeded anyone’s imagination.

"With me here, you do not need to worry about anything."

Wang Bert said calmly, then asked, "How many troops can Sovereign deploy?"

High Priestess Ayesha answered, "We follow an elite troop approach. Besides, Sovereign lives are precious. We will only send remotely controlled spacecraft into battle."

"So, not many people?"

Wang Bert frowned and asked again, "Then does Sovereign have any auxiliary armies?"

"We do not need servants."

High Priestess Ayesha said proudly. Wang Bert was speechless. It seemed they would be completely outmatched in troop numbers.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Bert lightly tapped his wristband, and a list popped up. He then asked High Priestess Ayesha, "Do you have these resources? My Clone Corps can take the field in just three days."

"Yes, we have all of them. Sovereign has never lacked resources or money."

High Priestess Ayesha glanced at the list and said arrogantly. Sovereign did not have much of anything, except money.

"Good. Gather the resources immediately."

Wang Bert nodded in satisfaction, then began making long-distance interstellar calls.

"Ivan, bring the Drone Armor Legion over to help me. Also, bring War Abomination and War Lizard."

"Korath, prepare the Blood God."

"Erik, are my Vibranium Tanks ready? I need them now. Also, have Shuri get ready. I need her Phantom Legion."

"Frank, Max, Carol, Absorbing Man, all of you come help me."

"Skye, bring your Inhumans army and prepare for battle."

Wang Bert made the calls one by one, and his personal forces immediately began preparing. Tony and Steve noticed the movement and called to ask what was going on.

"Bert, you are really not being a good friend. How could you leave me out of something this great?"

After hearing Wang Bert’s explanation, Tony said unhappily, "Let’s see how those Nose-Hole People can still act so arrogant this time."

"Tony, Steve, Earth has just obtained a Resource Star. It cannot do without you."

Wang Bert shook his head and said, "I will handle this matter myself. Do not worry, I am confident."

"There really is too much going on."

Tony and Steve both sighed. It was not just the Resource Star; there were also many matters within the Earth Federation.

Tony shouted, "Bert, call us anytime you need help."

Wang Bert smiled. "Do not worry. If I truly need help, I will not stubbornly carry everything alone. I am Earth’s big boss. It is only right that you work for me."

"Get lost."

Tony rolled his eyes. Steve did not have any objections, since Wang Bert really was his boss.

Half of S.W.O.R.D.’s funding came from Wang Bert’s companies.

After contacting everyone, Wang Bert put down the phone. He looked at High Priestess Ayesha and was about to speak when he suddenly sensed activity in Hell. He said coldly, "Elders of the Universe, you really are audacious."

Wang Bert called out, "Annie."

"Master!"

Annie stepped forward and knelt on one knee. "The Avenging Angels await your command at any time."

Wang Bert ordered, "Recall the other Avenging Angels. You and Frank will command all the troops. Crystal will help you open portals. I will return as soon as possible."

"Yes, Master."

Annie replied. High Priestess Ayesha was stunned and hurriedly asked, "Blood God, where are you going?"

"To Hell."

Wang Bert did not waste words. He raised his hand and created a Space Vortex before him, then strode into it.

"Blood God!"

High Priestess Ayesha watched the Space Vortex gradually vanish, her expression turning ugly to the extreme. At a time like this, Blood God had just left? Could he be any less reliable? Annie stood up and said coldly, "Do not waste time. Begin preparing for battle immediately."

"What did you say? Do not forget your status. Blood God is gone, so I am in charge here."

High Priestess Ayesha shouted at Annie in dissatisfaction. She could not defeat Blood God, but was she supposed to fear a mere maid? "The one in charge here is me."

Annie looked at High Priestess Ayesha, Holy Flame burning in her eyes. The moment High Priestess Ayesha saw that Holy Flame, she felt as if her soul would be burned to ashes. She was instantly horrified and hurriedly looked away, no longer daring to look at Annie.

"I said, do not waste time. Begin preparing for battle."

Annie shouted coldly. Though High Priestess Ayesha was extremely unwilling, she did not dare say anything else and obediently began preparing for battle.

Mephisto’s Hell was in an even more miserable state than it had been months ago. Mephisto, covered in wounds, held a leaf that someone had already eaten halfway through and asked the cloaked phantom before him, "Can this really restore my intelligence? Also, this was left over from someone else’s meal, was it not?"

The cloaked phantom said coldly, "This is a leaf from the Wisdom Tree. There is probably only this much left in the Entire Universe. Eat it or do not."

"A tiger fallen to the plains is bullied by dogs. I never thought I, Mephisto, would be reduced to eating someone else’s leftover leaves."

Mephisto sighed and stuffed the leaf into his mouth. His previously empty mind immediately became full again.

"What exactly had I been doing for the past year?"

After regaining his intelligence, Mephisto recalled everything that had happened over the past year. He was so ashamed that he wanted to crawl into a crack in the ground. Blackheart’s intelligence had been far too low.

Just then, Mephisto thought of something and hurriedly said, "Get me out of here now. Blood God will be here soon."

"Blood God is coming? How could that be? He should not know what is happening here."

The phantom pretended to ask in shock. Mephisto was about to explain when a Space Vortex suddenly appeared in the sky. Wang Bert then flew out of it.

"Mephisto, congratulations on regaining your intelligence. Now, please die!"

Wang Bert spread his hands and sealed off the surrounding space. Then, he transformed into thousands of crimson Blood Spears that howled down toward Mephisto.

"So you really did tamper with me. Does this have something to do with that Dark Elf?"

Mephisto gritted his teeth. He formed a Defense Shield with demonic fire to protect himself, then shouted coldly, "Blood God, unfortunately, you arrived a step too late. I have already regained my intelligence, and Hell is my home ground. You cannot kill me."

Seeing that Wang Bert had truly come, the phantom beside them smiled smugly and quietly retreated to the side.

"This is not only your home ground. It is also Blackheart’s home ground."

While controlling the Blood Spears to attack, Wang Bert teleported Blackheart over.

Blackheart, clad in armor and radiating dense demonic energy, was overjoyed when he saw Mephisto. He immediately shouted, "Mephisto, your time has come."

"Idiot, Blood God kept me alive because he wanted us to kill each other."

At the sight of this useless son, Mephisto was furious. He cursed, "Now that I have regained my intelligence, Blood God wants to kill not only me, but you too."

Blackheart looked suspiciously at Wang Bert. Wang Bert sneered, "Blackheart, you are not foolish enough to fall for that, are you? Besides, what are you afraid of? Once you obtain the complete power of the Demon King, who can kill you?"

"That is right. Once I become the Demon King, who can kill me?"

Blackheart found this deeply reasonable. He secretly thought, I will first use Blood God’s power to kill Mephisto, then turn around and deal with Blood God. Hahaha, Blood God is truly stupid. He actually came to Hell in person. How is that any different from courting death?

A Demon King could draw upon Hell Power to fight in Hell. Furthermore, a Demon King had the ability to seal Hell off. Escaping would not be so easy.

With that thought, Blackheart immediately tore open the demonic fire Defense Shield and engaged Mephisto in a fierce battle, smashing the surrounding ground into ever-deeper craters.

"Self-righteous idiot. You think you can scheme against Blood God, yet you do not realize even one of his farts is smarter than you."

Mephisto was not surprised in the slightest that Blood God had swayed Blackheart. If this useless son had not been so stupid, how could he have ended up in this state?

To be honest, Mephisto sometimes wondered whether this idiot was really his own offspring.

Blackheart was thoroughly enraged. He roared, "Mephisto, I am about to beat you to death, and you still dare look down on me?"

"Blackheart really is a good man. Without him, dealing with Mephisto would not have been so easy."

Wang Bert smiled slightly, returned to his original form, and repeatedly cast space confinement magic on Mephisto.

With Mephisto’s strength, dispelling space confinement was effortless and did not even require the time of a single breath. The problem was that a single breath was enough for Blackheart to attack dozens of times.

Thus, Mephisto began taking a beating. As Blackheart wildly pummeled his old father, he laughed arrogantly. "Mephisto, so you have this day too? Hahaha, I will step on your corpse and become the new Demon King, even Satan."

"Idiot."

Mephisto spat out a mouthful of blood and said with disdain, "You will soon die alongside me."

Blackheart fiercely stabbed a claw into Mephisto’s chest, tore out his heart, and shouted viciously, "I, Blackheart, the future Satan—who would dare kill me? Who can kill me?"

Having lost his power, Mephisto fell to his knees. He raised his head and shouted at Wang Bert, "Blood God, this is not over between us."

"Sorry, it is already over for you."

With a wave of Wang Bert’s hand, the heart in Blackheart’s grasp flew into his hand and was stored away.

The heart of a Demon King could greatly increase his Blood God Power.

Blackheart turned and glared furiously at Wang Bert. Wang Bert said calmly, "Is it not only natural to split the spoils equally?"

"Enjoy your arrogance for now."

Blackheart gritted his teeth, then activated the armor on his body and crazily absorbed Mephisto’s power.

This armor had been forged by Ancient One. Most of Blackheart’s power was contained in it—his original power had been swindled away by Wang Bert.

"Remember my lesson. Do not give birth to such a useless son."

Mephisto sighed toward the sky. At the same time, his soul left his body, intending to slip away secretly. Wang Bert had been prepared. He struck through the air and used Space Energy to seal Mephisto’s soul.

Mephisto’s soul roared continuously like a defeated dog. "Blood God, I will never let you go."

"This went a little too smoothly. This does not seem like Mephisto after regaining his intelligence."

Wang Bert frowned and carefully sensed Mephisto’s soul. He discovered that part of the soul was missing. Clearly, Mephisto had shed his shell like a cicada.

Wang Bert sensed the surroundings but could not find any trace of Mephisto. He snorted coldly. "There are no loopholes in my seal. That means your soul was incomplete from the beginning. As expected, you are not so easy to kill."

Seeing that Wang Bert had discovered him, Mephisto no longer bothered pretending. He said smugly, "Blood God, I will give you a surprise. A huge surprise."

Wang Bert could not be bothered to respond. He completely sealed Mephisto’s soul. With this soul in hand, he would not fear Mephisto even if he retaliated in the future. Wang Bert was equally proficient in Soul Secret Techniques.

"I, Blackheart, am the new Demon King."

Having absorbed all of Mephisto’s power, Blackheart spread his arms and laughed toward the sky. Immediately afterward, all of Mephisto’s Hell shook violently. The authority of the lord transformed into a scepter and descended from the sky toward Blackheart.

Blackheart was about to receive the scepter when Wang Bert suddenly cast a spell with both hands. The armor on Blackheart’s body abruptly flew up on its own and trapped the lord’s scepter in midair.

Blackheart froze, then roared at Wang Bert in shock and fury, "Impossible! I carefully inspected that armor. Ancient One did not leave any tricks on it!"

Blackheart was stupid, but not beyond saving. He had carefully inspected the armor Ancient One gave him and had even placed it in the abyss of Hell, which could erase all marks, to cleanse it.

Only after confirming there were no problems whatsoever had Blackheart worn it into battle everywhere. That was why he could not understand how Wang Bert was controlling the armor.

Wang Bert smiled. "Have you heard of Time Magic? The armor my Master first gave you did not have any problems at all. However, she placed a Time Magic spell on it.

Once the time came, this armor would be branded with my Master’s mark."

"Time Magic?"

Blackheart was dumbfounded. He roared, "Ancient One, you are too despicable."

"In your Hell, despicable is a compliment."

Wang Bert looked at the armor in the sky and said with a smile, "Blackheart, thank you for raising this armor to such strength."

"Blood God, I will kill you."

Blackheart shot into the air, intending to fight Wang Bert to the death. Wang Bert raised his hand, and his five fingers transformed into five spears that shot forth, instantly piercing Blackheart’s body.

Then, Wang Bert began absorbing Blackheart’s blood. Blackheart instantly turned into a dried corpse.

That was not the end. Wang Bert clapped his hands together and sealed Blackheart’s roaring soul into the space with Mephisto for company.

"Idiot, I told you that you would die alongside me."

At the sight of Blackheart, Mephisto sneered endlessly. Blackheart was humiliated and enraged as he pounced on Mephisto. "I will kill you."

"Perfect. I want to kill you too."

Mephisto smiled viciously and tangled with Blackheart in battle.