Puppet Demon God

"No, I’m planning to go into the other world and sing. I can feel it—I’m about to break through."

Black Bolt smiled slightly and charged toward the spatial rift with Tetanus, the giant dog.

At the spatial rift, a pair of red eyes glared fixedly at Black Bolt and roared, "You dare kill my bats?"

"Not only do I dare kill your bats, I dare kill you too."

Black Bolt shouted, and layer upon layer of Sonic Waves howled forth. The spatial rift shook violently, and the pair of red eyes was blasted back at once.

Right after that, Black Bolt rushed into the spatial rift with Tetanus and entered the Bat Demon God’s world.

The moment he entered, Black Bolt was aggressively surrounded by a dense army of bats—the Bat People Army was preparing to enter Earth. A rough count put their numbers at several hundred thousand.

Among the Bat People was a bat as massive as a mountain. It was the Bat Demon God. Instead of being alarmed at the sight of Black Bolt, he was delighted. He laughed loudly and said, "Are all Earthlings as stupid as you? You actually came here to die?"

The Bat Demon God communicated through mental power, so Black Bolt could understand him. Likewise, the Bat Demon God could understand Black Bolt’s words—by analyzing the other party’s mental fluctuations.

"More accurately, I’m a Moon person with Earth ancestry."

Facing such an enormous Bat People Army, Black Bolt showed no fear whatsoever. He smiled and said, "I have a song. Please enjoy it."

"Singing? Great. We bats love singing the most."

The Bat Demon God grinned viciously. "Little ones, sing for him. Sing until he’s smashed to pieces."

"Alright."

The Bat People Army answered in unison. Immediately afterward, countless sound waves stacked together and swept toward Black Bolt like a storm capable of tearing apart heaven and earth.

"Terrible. You should listen to me instead. Ooooh, ahhhhhh…"

Black Bolt smiled disdainfully and directly unleashed the Dolphin Sound from "Opera 2." Violent Sonic Waves roared out, shaking heaven and earth and destroying all the surrounding sound waves.

That was not all. The Sonic Waves swept onward, shredding all the Bat People ahead into minced flesh that rained down from the sky.

A single stretch of Dolphin Sound had wiped out over ten thousand Bat People. This was Black Bolt, invincible in verbal combat.

"How dare you?"

The Bat Demon God was both shocked and enraged. Opening his mouth, he fired a sonic cannon formed from countless fused sound waves at Black Bolt. Rings of ripples instantly spread through space, looking utterly terrifying.

Tetanus immediately used Teleportation to take Black Bolt away. Black Bolt took a deep breath and officially began to sing.

"The house is built, but I am all alone inside…"

As the song rang out, Bat People died in huge swathes like cannon fodder, and not even their corpses remained intact. The Bat Demon God was shocked and furious. While pursuing Black Bolt, he ordered the Bat People to retreat.

The Bat People wanted to flee, but Black Bolt would not let them go. With Tetanus’s help, he chased them down and slaughtered them.

At first, the Bat Demon God was somewhat wary of hurting his own side, but he quickly lost patience and continuously fired sonic cannons of various forms at Black Bolt.

With a High Note, Black Bolt directly blew apart the sonic cannon in front of him. Then, with Tetanus’s help, he teleported above Black Bolt and sent a world-destroying Sonic Wave crashing down.

The Bat Demon God hurriedly counterattacked with sound waves. The sonic cannon and Sonic Wave collided violently in midair, making the entire void tremble. Moments later, both forces exploded at the same time. The Bat Demon God slammed into the ground like a Meteorite, kicking up massive clouds of dust.

Black Bolt was largely unharmed because Tetanus had teleported him away in time.

Then, the aftershock spread through the surrounding area. Wherever it passed, Bat People rapidly turned to ash.

"His strength is increasing. Is he transforming?"

Sensing Black Bolt’s condition, the Bat Demon God immediately flew up and used concealed Infrasound Waves to attack Black Bolt and Tetanus.

Black Bolt’s attack power was strong, but his defense was lacking. If Tetanus could be dealt with, killing Black Bolt would not be difficult.

Infrasound Waves were sound waves below 20 Hz. They could resonate with organs or the brain, causing organs to deform, shift, or even rupture. The Bat Demon God often used this move to ambush others, but unfortunately, he had miscalculated this time.

No matter how concealed Infrasound Waves were, they were still sound waves. Black Bolt was now singing at full volume, his Sonic Waves attacking in all directions. The Infrasound Waves were destroyed in an instant, and the remaining force struck the Bat Demon God, blasting him hundreds of meters away and nearly breaking through his defenses.

"Damn it! All Bat People, attack together!"

The Bat Demon God cursed and ordered every Bat Person to attack Black Bolt. He did not expect the Bat People to injure Black Bolt. He merely wanted them to disrupt him or create an opening.

The Bat Demon God refused to believe that he, a mighty Demon God, could not defeat a damned human.

Black Bolt was immersed in his singing and did not care how many enemies he faced. The Dolphin Sound rang out again, and countless Bat People turned into pulp in midair.

Black Bolt could feel it. This superpower was about to truly come under his control.

"Black Bolt is powerful, but isn’t this far too reckless? He actually ran into someone else’s dimension to fight?"

Blood God’s Projection stood in the distance and could not help shaking his head. A Dimensional Demon God could borrow Dimensional Power. Once the Bat Demon God did that, the not-yet-transformed Black Bolt would be no match for him. Moreover, Dimensional Power could seal Tetanus’s Teleportation.

"I still have to keep an eye on things. What would Earth do without me?"

Wang Bert shook his head and raised the Infinity Gauntlet. The yellow Mind Stone lit up, planting a suggestion in the Bat Demon God’s heart—not to use Dimensional Power, absolutely not. It would be too humiliating.

Unless he encountered a life-threatening crisis, the influenced Bat Demon God would never use Dimensional Power.

If Black Bolt could force the Bat Demon God to that point, then he would presumably have the ability to resist Dimensional Power as well.

"Done."

Wang Bert lowered his hand and quietly enjoyed the music. Aside from its ability to kill people, Black Bolt’s singing was quite good, especially that Dolphin Sound. It was incredibly high.

On the New York Battlefield, the Bat Demon God had only just been driven away, and before everyone could even breathe a sigh of relief, another spatial portal appeared in the sky. Then, a metal puppet stepped out of the portal.

"So this is Earth? It’s nothing special. Its technology is backward, its lifeforms are ignorant, and it has pitifully few magical elements."

The metal puppet looked down at New York, which had already become a battlefield, and could not help shaking his head. Tony, wearing Veronica, and Ivan, wearing the Magic Suit, flew before him at the same time and coldly asked, "Who are you?"

"A simple introduction: I was once a Magician. Before my lifespan ended, I transferred my soul into a puppet to obtain endless life."

The metal puppet answered politely, "I was fortunate enough to encounter an opportunity during an adventure and advanced to God-Devil Level. As for my name, other Demon Gods generally call me the Puppet Demon God. As for you, you may call me Master."

"Master?"

Tony and Ivan both laughed in anger. As two of Earth’s foremost peerless geniuses, they had never seen anyone this arrogant.

"That’s right, Master. The souls of you two are quite interesting. I will extract them and place them into puppets. That way, you can serve me for all eternity."

The Puppet Demon God said, "This is your honor. Anyone who is not a genius has no right to serve me. In fact, in my world, there is a competition every three years to vie for the chance to become my servant."

"I’ll serve your ancestors."

Ivan did not waste words. He directly transformed his magic whip into an energy cannon, then fiercely fired a Lightning Beam as thick as a large bowl.

Seeing this, Tony controlled Veronica to raise her fist and smash it forcefully at the Puppet Demon God. The surrounding air instantly turned into a gale, producing booming howls.

"I forgive your stupidity, but only once."

The Puppet Demon God extended a hand to block the Lightning Beam. Not only did the violent lightning fail to harm him, it was rapidly absorbed by him. Then, he looked up at Veronica.

Under the Puppet Demon God’s gaze, Veronica’s system became chaotic. Then, Veronica’s fist changed direction and heavily struck her own chest. With a boom, her chest caved in, and countless parts flew out.

"I told you, I am the Puppet Demon God. No one can use metal puppets in front of me. It makes no difference whether they come from magic or technology."

As the Puppet Demon God spoke, he raised his other hand. The lightning energy he had absorbed earlier transformed into terrifying arcs of electricity that shot toward Ivan.

The Puppet Demon God said, "Your use of lightning is far too crude."

Ivan was startled and hurriedly retreated. At that moment, Veronica’s feet erupted with Light Flame, and she rammed fiercely toward Ivan like a small mountain.

Ivan cursed angrily, "Tony, are you insane?"

"Veronica and Friday are out of control."

Tony cried out in alarm. To him, nothing was more terrifying than this. What frustrated him even more was that he had no idea how the other party had controlled Veronica and Friday.

Technology and magic were completely different fields, alright? Why could a Magician control a technological suit?

The reason was simple. This Magician was a Demon God who had mastered the power of rules. Moreover, he was also well versed in a vast amount of technology. Different paths led to the same destination.

"Damn it, you got controlled again?"

Just as Ivan was about to be struck by Veronica, a gigantic figure appeared and tightly embraced Veronica with both hands. Then, he took over Veronica and Friday’s data, and Veronica immediately returned to normal.

Tony let out a sigh of relief. "Thank you, Jarvis."

"It’s what I should do."

Jarvis smiled, then looked at the Puppet Demon God across from them and said, "The three of us must deal with this opponent together."

"Alright."

Ivan and Tony exchanged a glance and chose to agree. After all, their opponent was a god.

"What a pity. You have a perfect body, but there is a problem with your core."

The Puppet Demon God sized Jarvis up and down and said, "You were originally on the technological side, but someone installed an awkward, mismatched soul in you. This caused you to lose your potential for evolution. Otherwise, you might have become a God of Technology."

Tony snorted. "Aren’t you also a combination of a puppet and a soul?"

"No. I am only a soul. The puppet is merely a body I created, equivalent to your armor, except mine is more advanced and more complete."

The Puppet Demon God shook his head and said, "Half machine, half soul—robot, you can never break through to God-Devil Level in this life unless you can perfectly combine the two and transform a mechanical soul.

The one who gave you a soul was truly a fool."

"I suggest you do not speak ill of that person, or you will die miserably."

Jarvis released Veronica and said, "That person is very petty. More importantly, he possesses invincible strength. If you don’t believe me, look over there at that enormous clenched hand.

Inside are Gabriel and Michael from Heaven. Even when they teamed up, they could not defeat that person. They were sealed inside and cannot move."

"Gabriel and Michael from Heaven?"

The Puppet Demon God froze, then hurriedly turned to look in that direction. After a moment, he turned back and said, "I take back what I said. That being was probably conducting an experiment on you. He is not foolish. He is wise enough to seem foolish."

Tony and Ivan both wanted to roll their eyes. Why was a Demon God like him so cowardly? Bert was not even here, alright?

Jarvis could understand, though. Even gods feared death. It was not that they were too cowardly; that person was simply far too terrifying.

"Puppet Demon God, you cannot control me. There is no need to keep trying."

Jarvis said, "The person who gave me a soul placed a layer of protection around it to prevent me from being controlled and causing disaster."

"That is both protection and restriction, as well as a ticking time bomb."

Seeing his ability fail, the Puppet Demon God shook his head and said, "Robot, come with me. I will grant you true freedom."

"Freedom is relative. I think I’m doing very well right now."

"Then I can only forcibly erase your memories."

The Puppet Demon God stopped wasting words and pointed a finger. Hundreds of Drone Armors flew over in unison, aiming their energy-glowing palms at Jarvis, Tony, and Ivan.

The Puppet Demon God truly could not control Jarvis, but he could control Drone Armor.

Tony and Ivan’s expressions turned somewhat ugly, their eyes filled with pain.

"Technology is merely an external tool. You rely on it too much. Kill them."

The Puppet Demon God gave the order. At that moment, Ivan and Tony activated their preparations at the same time, destroying all the Drone Armors’ Arc Reactors simultaneously.

Having lost power, the Drone Armors fell toward the ground one after another with loud bangs.

"This time, we took a huge loss."

Tony and Ivan both cursed loudly. They had placed three layers of safeguards on the Drone Armors, and what they had just used was the final one—destroying the Arc Reactors.

Several hundred Arc Reactors. Even Tony and Ivan, with their vast wealth, could not help feeling the pain.

The Puppet Demon God was stunned. "You actually made preparations in advance? Just how little do you trust your own armor?"

"Couldn’t be helped. I get controlled every day."

"Couldn’t be helped. Some idiot gets controlled every day."

Tony and Ivan spoke at the same time. Tony’s tone was full of bitterness, while Ivan’s was filled with mockery.

Tony glared at Ivan. Ivan said, "Was I wrong? You got controlled again just now. Oh, right, I forgot to thank you, Tony. Thank you for giving me experience."

"Get lost."

Tony cursed. This bastard had crossed the river by feeling his way along Tony’s body and had not even paid him.

"Controlled every day?"

Even the Puppet Demon God was speechless. Earth truly was full of freaks. He said, "I originally wanted to save some effort, but it seems I can only act personally now."

As he spoke, the Puppet Demon God raised a hand toward Jarvis. A Cold Ice Magic Array appeared beneath Jarvis’s feet. Then, vast amounts of cold air poured out, instantly freezing Jarvis into a gigantic iceberg that fell toward the ground.