Mephisto knew the moment Death Angel Danny appeared at Flint Monastery in Texas and awakened, touching the origin of Hell.
However, Mephisto had already moved from behind Pluto to Earth when Hawk brought the news that the Death Angel would awaken on Earth Day 11.
When Hawk attacked the Heaven Dimension, he had actually already reached Mars.
And then—
Mephisto saw Hawk, like a Superman of the Universe, directly blast into the Heaven Dimension.
He was stunned on the spot.
A person, running into Jehovah's base camp?
"Hiss!"
"Brother."
"A blood brother, for his sake, has gone to such lengths!"
After thinking about this, Mephisto's tailbone trembled, and that numb feeling instantly rose to his crown. He then remembered his past attempts to harm Hawk, and even though he was shameless, his face felt hot at that moment.
"Brother, don't worry, I will never let you down again."
"You'll see."
"Brothers..."
Mephisto took a deep breath, then let out a roar. After the Hell Dimension shifted to the entrance of the Heaven Dimension, he led the already assembled demon army, taking the first step, and rushed into the gateway to Heaven that Hawk had blasted open, ready to support his brother.
Then... he was dumbfounded, and immediately, a thought appeared in his mind.
Where did he bring me?
Is this still the Heaven where milk and honey flowed on the ground?
What met his eyes!
The sky fell and the Earth cracked.
The sky fell and the Earth cracked in the true sense of the word.
The originally sacred and luminous sky of the Heaven Dimension was now covered with endless cracks, and black flames were still burning.
The entire ground of Heaven looked as if it had experienced an earthquake of magnitude fifty or higher.
Mountains collapsed.
Rivers dried up.
The Gospel Islands, which had originally floated in the sky, had also plunged into the plains below like shattered giant swords.
Innumerable bottomless rifts spread across the land, and what surged out of them was no longer sweet springs, but chaotic and disordered energy torrents and the embers of destruction.
The rivers that once flowed with milk and honey and where the Tree of Life grew were either buried by overturned mountains or exposed cracked and twisted riverbeds.
Carefully carved jade steps were broken.
Magnificent pavilions and terraces turned into vast expanses of ruins, and black flames also covered the entire World, burning and forming towering columns of smoke.
But what shocked Mephisto the most were the corpses!
To be precise, they should be dismembered remains.
Countless charred remains were scattered throughout the World, also enveloped by black flames, and as the black flames burned, the remains gradually turned to ash.
As far as the eye could see, there were only broken walls and ruins, scorched Earth, and lamentations.
This was not like Heaven.
It was even more like Hell than Hell itself.
As for Hawk—
He floated silently in the sky of the Heaven Dimension, his black, shining pupils like a cold and ruthless God overlooking and appreciating the battlefield he had created with his own hands.
Just then.
Hawk saw Mephisto leading the demon army in.
Mephisto also saw Hawk.
Their eyes met.
Hawk's mind stirred, and the black phoenix underworld armor flashed with black light, reforming into a neat saint cloth behind him, then being stored in the Underworld Temple.
Gulp!
Mephisto withdrew his gaze, looked at the cruel battlefield visible to the naked eye, swallowed, then his demonic wings behind him flapped, and he quickly ascended to Hawk's front.
"Those Angels..."
"Dead."
"Jehovah..."
"Gone."
"Then their..."
"Annihilated."
One question, one quick answer.
Hawk calmed his surging desire for battle and calmly recounted to Mephisto what had happened after he entered, then looked at the increasingly dazed Mephisto and chuckled, "That old man Jehovah still wanted to scheme against me. Doesn't he know that what I fear least are these petty tricks? Oh, by the way, Old Mephisto, you're the one who knows best, aren't you?"
Mephisto, hearing this, shivered, shook his head, then looked at Hawk with a serious and solemn expression: "Brother, no, Godfather, from now on, you are my Godfather."
Godfather?
Hawk was slightly taken aback, his face darkened, looking at Mephisto, who wanted to make him his Godfather: "No, just call me brother, Godfather is out of the question."
Good heavens.
Although Lu Bu had a very low bottom line, he at least had one.
Mephisto... this guy had absolutely no bottom line.
Hawk thought to himself, looking at Mephisto who seemed determined, and quickly changed the subject: "By the way, just now..."
He recounted to Mephisto how Jehovah had subtly guided him to see his future, and how he had felt the malicious threat from Time not to look at the future: "I always feel that Jehovah was not only implying that he was no longer there, but also seemed to be implying that he wanted me to observe my future."
Yes.
What Jehovah implied at the time was not just that he had seen the future in advance and therefore left.
He was also implying that looking at the future wouldn't cause any problems.
Hawk always felt something was off.
Just right.
Although Mephisto belonged to the Great Law of Death, he was also considered the oldest Death Dimension ruler in the Universe, knowledgeable and experienced, and perhaps knew something.
Indeed.
After listening to Hawk's narration, Mephisto was first stunned, then looked at Hawk.
"After you compressed your timeline, you didn't glance at your future?"
"No."
Hawk shook his head.
He had wanted to, but at that time, he also remembered the Ancient One's warning.
The past cannot be changed.
The future cannot be seen.
In addition, he also knew that seeing the future would make it the past, and he preferred a future he built step by step, relying on himself, so he didn't look.
Especially after Time showed its blatant malice, he had even less desire to look.
Right now—
Time was even showing the malicious threat of not looking at the future, clearly indicating a trap ahead, and he would only fall for it if he had lost his mind.
Only!
He didn't understand.
Why.
But Mephisto clearly knew something.
After Hawk finished speaking, a look of realization appeared on his face as he looked at Hawk: "No wonder that old man Jehovah also wanted to drag you into his schemes."
Hawk raised an eyebrow, looking at Mephisto.
"Back to your little bar, drink and talk in detail?"
"Okay."
Mephisto nodded, then looked at the Heaven Dimension, which was a scene of shattered mountains and rivers, like an apocalypse, and then at Hawk: "Wait for you to take this first?"
Hawk shook his head.
"No."
"What?"
Mephisto was slightly taken aback: "The Heaven Dimension was created by Eternity and has the ability to traverse the main multiverse. You don't want it?"
Hawk nodded: "Yes, I don't want it!"
Those who play with faith are very dirty.
Jehovah, even more so, with one conspiracy after another. If he had been a little less careful, or a little less vigilant, or a little less calm, he would have long fallen into the old man Jehovah's trap.
Therefore!
Hawk had made up his mind; this time, he didn't need any spoils of war.
What if it was poisoned?
So he destroyed Jehovah's soul, abandoning the over one hundred million Angel souls in the Heaven Dimension, destroying them all, just to leave no hidden dangers for himself.
In a word.
He had long passed the period of barbaric growth, of building an empire from scratch.
Now, Hawk was consolidating and governing his empire.
As everyone knows.
When building an empire, barbaric growth is fine; everything is for becoming stronger.
But when governing an empire, having fists isn't enough; one also needs brains.
S.H.I.E.L.D.'s past mistakes were very clear.
He didn't want to ruin his great enterprise because of a Heaven Dimension that was a single rotten apple.
So... even though Hawk knew that devouring the Heaven Dimension could raise his strength by another level, in the face of stability, he would rather choose not to.
Just as he had unhesitatingly abandoned the Blood God Dimension after learning that Jehovah had usurped it.
Seeking stability.
That was what he needed most now.
Besides.
Right now, another increase in strength would help him, but not significantly.
It was merely a matter of variables.
What Hawk wanted was a qualitative change.
The Eighth Sense that could manifest his current Psyche Phoenix Reality Golden Universe.
That was what he truly wanted.
Hawk thought, looking at the wide-mouthed Mephisto, and chuckled.
"If you want it, take it."
"Really?"
Mephisto's eyes lit up at the words, and he looked at Hawk: "This is something that can make itself appear in the main multiverse, you really don't want it?"
The Heaven Dimension was a good thing. If he devoured this, then he, the great Hell ruler Mephisto, would be able to conquer life Planets in the multiverse, no longer confined to the main Universe.
Hawk smiled: "No, but aren't you worried that taking this will attract the attention of the Celestials?"
This was also one reason why he didn't want to take the Heaven Dimension.
Taking the Heaven Dimension not only carried the risk of hidden dangers but could also attract the attention of the Celestials and even Eternity.
Although he felt confident enough to face the Celestials.
But... better safe than sorry.
Mephisto listened to Hawk's words, chuckled, and looked at Hawk: "Good brother, Jehovah has people behind him, and this little brother also has people behind him."
Hawk raised an eyebrow.
Oh right.
Jehovah's backing was the Celestials' backing, which was Eternity.
But Old Mephisto had Death standing behind him.
In terms of relationship, Old Mephisto was on the same level as the Celestials.
Hawk thought.
As for Old Mephisto's words about 'good brother' and 'little brother,' he automatically filtered them out.
"Alright, if you like it, take it."
"No problem."
Mephisto's eyes lit up, then he looked at Hawk, who had given him such a huge cake: "Good brother has helped me so much and given me such a big gift. This little brother was ignorant before, but from now on, the authority over life and Death on Earth will be given to good brother."
"Hiss!"
Hawk gasped, looking at Mephisto, who was patting his chest and offering to transfer the authority over life and Death on Earth to him, somewhat surprised.
"Is that true?"
"Of course!"
Mephisto nodded emphatically... (End of Chapter)
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