Spear of God

Sensing what was happening in the darkened area, Ancient One could not help but laugh. Bert really was a sly one.

To be honest, Wang Bert had truly surprised Ancient One. She had never expected him to kill a Demon God Projection so quickly!

"None of you are getting away today."

The thirteen Ancient Ones spoke majestically. Repelling the Hell Lords’ attack? Sorry, that was not her style. Ancient One intended to kill every last enemy.

Only then would they not dare invade Earth so easily.

Earth had remained peaceful for so many years because of Ancient One’s iron-fisted rule.

The Hell Lords’ expressions turned utterly grim. Having lost two Hell Lords, they were already at a disadvantage. If this continued, things would end as they had before—they would be slaughtered one after another by Ancient One.

"Good thing we didn’t use our true bodies."

The Lords secretly sighed. That old woman Ancient One was far too vicious, and her successor, the Blood God, was just as vicious.

The Lords looked down at the battlefield below and saw that Kamar-Taj, led by the Cockroach Army, had begun its counterattack. The defeat of the monster army was only a matter of time.

A Hell Lord sent Lucifer a telepathic message. "Lucifer, use whatever trump card you have already."

"Now isn’t the right time."

Lucifer hesitated. Ancient One currently held the upper hand, so things might not go as planned.

The other Hell Lords said, "If we keep fighting, there won’t even be a bad opportunity left, let alone a good one."

Lucifer gritted his teeth and nodded. "Fine. Let’s begin. Transfer all your power to me."

"Fine."

The Lords gathered around Lucifer and poured all their power into him.

The black wings behind Lucifer blazed with Black Light, as if they were covering the entire world. Then, a crack opened in the void, and an indescribable eye embodying the deepest darkness appeared beyond it, gazing coldly at everyone.

Under that eye’s gaze, everyone present, including the Hell Lords, felt as if they were falling eternally into darkness.

"Dormammu!"

Ancient One cried out in alarm. "Lucifer, have you gone mad? Dormammu is an enemy of Hell too."

Dormammu, the ruler of the Dark Dimension, had always wanted to devour Earth and the Main Universe.

The Hell dimensions were subordinate dimensions of the Main Universe. Once the Main Universe was devoured, the Hell dimensions would vanish as well. Therefore, Dormammu was the common enemy of Earth and Hell.

"Don’t worry. According to our agreement, I’m only making one move."

A strange rune flashed in Dormammu’s eye. Ancient One immediately spat blood, and all twelve of her avatars vanished at once.

Wang Bert hurriedly appeared and supported Ancient One, deeply puzzled as to why Dormammu had injured her so easily.

Dormammu laughed loudly. "Ancient One, this is the consequence of using dark power. What a pity you’re about to die, or else I would gladly turn you into a dark puppet."

Ancient One shook her head at Wang Bert, signaling that she was fine. Then she said to Dormammu, "Dormammu, you wasted your best chance. A dimensional ruler’s authority can only punish me once."

"Once is enough, because you have no future left."

Dormammu sneered. At that moment, Lucifer began closing the spatial rift while shouting, "Dormammu, you may leave now."

"Angels."

Dormammu snorted. Before the spatial rift closed, he secretly sent a strand of dark power downward, slipping it into the bodies of three mages with dark souls.

"Do you want to know why Ancient One is immortal?"

Dormammu’s voice echoed simultaneously in the minds of the three mages. Doom gave a disdainful smile and crushed Dormammu’s consciousness in one grip. I knew that eight hundred years ago. Do I need you to tell me?

"Whatever Master does, it’s to save the world."

Mordo did not hesitate either. He hurled a mass of green light directly at it, annihilating Dormammu’s consciousness.

Only Kaecilius narrowed his eyes and asked, "Why? And who are you?"

The upper space had been severed off, so those below could not hear the conversation above.

Dormammu said loftily, "I am the ruler of the Dark Dimension, the supreme Dormammu."

"Dormammu?"

Kaecilius blinked and asked, "The Dormammu who was turned into a puppet by the Dark Dimension, works twenty-four hours a day without rest all year round, and doesn’t even get paid?"

"Who’s spreading such nonsense? I am the ruler of darkness, not a puppet."

Dormammu was furious. Which bastard had slandered him like that behind his back? Kaecilius asked, "Other than work, have you ever taken a vacation? Do you have any recreational activities?"

Dormammu froze, then snorted. "A great ruler has no need for such vulgar things. All my time must be spent devouring universes and strengthening the Dark Dimension."

Kaecilius asked, "Then what makes you any different from a puppet?"

Dormammu shouted, "Of course there’s a difference! I am the ruler of darkness. Everything I gain through my work belongs to me. What, can’t capitalists, Dimensional Demon Gods, and Lords work twenty-four hours a day without rest?"

"The capitalists I know aren’t as hardworking as you."

Kaecilius muttered, then hesitated before asking, "Why is the Sorcerer Supreme immortal?"

Dormammu cackled. "Because she has been stealing power from the Dark Dimension!"

"Master stole power from the Dark Dimension?"

Kaecilius froze, then roared, "Impossible! The Sorcerer Supreme would never do such a thing."

Dormammu laughed loudly. "Pitiful child, the cruelest things are often the truth."

Kaecilius sneered. "Like how you’re just a puppet?"

Dormammu nearly lost his mind. Why were all the people from Kamar-Taj so detestable? Though Kaecilius was furious at Dormammu’s "slander," he hesitated and did not destroy this strand of consciousness.

He had begun to harbor doubts after all.

Leaving Kaecilius’s thoughts aside for now, Lucifer closed the spatial rift above and shouted, "Ancient One, your time has come."

Without waiting for Ancient One’s response, Lucifer swept his hands through the air. A pure white spear radiating boundless light slowly emerged in the sky. The moment it appeared, all the Hell Lords grimaced in pain and hurriedly fled away from Lucifer.

At the same time, the sacred light of the pure white spear sealed the surrounding void. Teleportation was impossible, and there was no escape.

As a Fallen Angel, Lucifer’s body smoked wildly beneath the pure white spear’s radiance, but he did not care. His face was filled with excitement. He could finally enter Earth.

Even Ancient One sucked in a sharp breath upon seeing the pure white spear. "A conceptual weapon—the Spear of God!"

Wang Bert could not help asking, "Master, what is the Spear of God?"

"God once used the origin of the universe to forge a set of conceptual weapons called the Godly Armament. The Spear of God is one of them. Its greatest difference from other divine artifacts is that it possesses a concept."

Ancient One said solemnly, "If I remember correctly, the Spear of God’s concept is guaranteed hit. Once it is thrown, it will inevitably strike its target."

"Guaranteed hit!"

Wang Bert’s eyes narrowed. That attribute was nothing much in a game, but in reality, it was terrifying beyond belief.

Wang Bert sent a telepathic message. "Master, I’ll take you away. The Space Stone can break through the Spear of God’s blockade."

"Don’t worry. The Spear of God cannot kill me. Bert, transfer some of your Space Power to me."

Ancient One signaled for Wang Bert to remain calm. Wang Bert nodded and secretly sent Space Power into Ancient One’s body.

Ancient One looked at Lucifer and said coldly, "I suspected long ago that you were colluding with the angels. I never expected it to be true. Heaven has fallen as well."

Lucifer said, "I’m not colluding with the angels. I sent someone to steal this from Gabriel."

The moment he said that, not only Wang Bert and Ancient One looked disdainful, even the Hell Lords sneered repeatedly. That was the Godly Armament. Unless it agreed itself, who could take it out of Heaven?

Lucifer’s expression did not change. Believe it or not, he believed it anyway.

A moment later, the Spear of God fully emerged, illuminating the entire space like a holy sun. Lucifer grabbed it with his smoking hand and hurled it forward with all his strength, shouting, "Ancient One, die!"

The Spear of God pierced through space and arrived before Ancient One in an instant. Ancient One quickly cast a spell, using the Space Stone’s power to form a small space. The Spear of God slammed madly through the small space at astonishing speed, and cracks rapidly spread across it.

Ancient One cast another spell, and a figure appeared out of thin air within the small space. Sensing his presence, the Spear of God immediately shot over and pierced him through with one strike, then reduced him to ashes with Holy Flame.

The Spear of God was about to continue attacking the small space when the figure resurrected. He looked around in confusion and asked, "What’s going on?"

Before he could finish speaking, the Spear of God killed him again. However, he quickly resurrected once more.

Resurrection, death, resurrection, death… an endless cycle. The Spear of God completely forgot its mission and kept killing that figure.

"Ancient One, you’re using me as cannon fodder again!"

The figure finally realized what was happening and roared in grief and indignation. That was right—it was none other than Dracula.

Ancient One remained expressionless. Had she not brought Dracula here precisely to use him as cannon fodder?

Wang Bert blinked and asked Ancient One, "Master, the Spear of God seems to hate Dracula?"

"God hates Vampires. The curses on you—fear of silver, garlic, and sunlight—are directly related to him."

Ancient One said, "As God’s weapon, the Spear of God naturally hates Vampires to the bone as well."

"How could this happen?"

Lucifer stared in disbelief, hurriedly taking out Gabriel’s mark to control the Spear of God. He ordered it to ignore Dracula and kill Ancient One instead.

The Spear of God was somewhat displeased with Lucifer’s command. It trembled, split into two, and one continued killing Dracula while the other turned to attack the small space.

Lucifer breathed a sigh of relief. The Spear of God had not disappointed him after all.

Ancient One sneered. The Eye of Agamotto appeared out of thin air before her. Then she cast a spell with both hands, and the Eye of Agamotto slowly opened, revealing the Time Stone shining with dazzling green light.

Ancient One guided the green light with her fingers to form a magic circle, then struck the circle through the air into Dracula’s body.

The newly resurrected Dracula seemed to have seen this move before and roared, "Ancient One, you said you wouldn’t use this move!"

"And you said you wouldn’t speak ill of me again."

Ancient One sneered. Dracula wanted to say more, but the magic circle activated. Over a hundred Draculas suddenly appeared within the small space. They were stunned at first, then looked at Ancient One with grief and indignation. That old woman was too vicious.

Upon seeing so many Draculas, the Spear of God instantly lost its mind. It split into over a hundred spears and crazily slaughtered the Draculas. As for Ancient One… who was Ancient One?

Wang Bert was dumbfounded. His master was far too ruthless. She had actually pulled over a hundred Draculas from the River of Time to use as cannon fodder?

No wonder Dracula was so afraid of Ancient One.

In fact, even the brutal Hell Lords were left staring in astonishment. With Ancient One’s talent, it would be a pity if she did not become a Demon King.

Ancient One turned to Wang Bert and asked with a smile, "Do you think I’m too ruthless and too petty?"

Wang Bert immediately said, "Dracula deserves it. A hundred isn’t enough—there should be at least a thousand."

"If it weren’t absolutely necessary, I wouldn’t do this either."

Ancient One shook her head and sighed. "The only one to blame is this cannon fodder for being too useful."

Wang Bert rubbed his nose. He had to keep getting stronger. Otherwise, as someone who could not die, he might be used as cannon fodder someday as well.

"Spear of God, fulfill your mission!"

Lucifer repeatedly activated Gabriel’s mark. The Spear of God grew irritated and directly shattered the mark. Lucifer screamed and spat out a mouthful of black energy blood.

As God’s weapon, the Spear of God barely even respected Gabriel, an archangel, much less Lucifer, a Fallen Angel.

If not for Gabriel’s sake, the Spear of God would have pierced Lucifer to death long ago.

Unwilling to give up, Lucifer turned and shouted at the Hell Lords, "Attack! Kill them while Ancient One can’t fight!"

The Hell Lords hesitated. They had transferred most of their power to Lucifer earlier and were now very weak.

Lucifer roared, "You’re only projections. What are you afraid of? At worst, mutual destruction!"

"That’s true."

The Hell Lords no longer hesitated and charged at Ancient One and Wang Bert. Wang Bert snorted and used the Space Stone’s power to create a small space, trapping most of the Hell Lords within it.

Then, Wang Bert gripped his Vibranium Spear and rushed before Lucifer like lightning, viciously thrusting at his chest.

"Just you? Even wounded, I’m not someone a mere Vampire can contend with!"

Lucifer roared as demonic energy transformed into countless black bolts of lightning, firing densely toward Wang Bert.

At that moment, another Wang Bert appeared behind Lucifer. He pushed both hands forward, and all the Light Flame around his body formed into a greatsword that stabbed viciously toward Lucifer’s back.

"That move again."

Lucifer immediately redirected the black lightning toward the Wang Bert behind him, blasting at him fiercely. At the same time, feathers drifted from his wings and turned into shields protecting him.

The Wang Bert behind him was blown away by the black lightning, his entire body battered and torn apart. At that moment, the Wang Bert in front pierced through several shields with his spear and drove it brutally into Lucifer’s chest.

Lucifer gaped at Wang Bert in disbelief. "You’re the real one!"

"That’s right. This is the real body, and that one behind you was the projection. I’m not like you—I don’t even fear using my true body."

Wang Bert sneered. "You’re afraid even of death. What can you possibly accomplish?"

Lucifer screamed as his body rapidly vanished within the Light Flame. With his final breath, he unwillingly asked Ancient One, "Ancient One, where exactly is God?"

Wang Bert asked in confusion, "Isn’t God in Heaven?"

Lucifer said, "God has been missing for more than ten years. The last place he appeared was Earth. Heaven has always wanted to enter Earth to search for God, but Ancient One would not allow it."

Wang Bert was stunned. "God disappeared?"

Ancient One said, "I have answered Gabriel many times. I do not know where God is."

"Ancient One, we will enter Earth sooner or later. You cannot stop us. Even if we must wipe out all humanity, we will find God."

Lucifer left behind this threat before completely turning to ash, leaving only a Magic Crystal behind.

"Wipe out all humanity? Dream on."

Wang Bert put away the Magic Crystal and turned toward the Hell Lords, who had broken through the small space and regained their freedom. Smiling, he said, "It looks like I can complete quite a few achievements today—achievements for killing Hell Lords."