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Chapter 1535: The Price of Closing the Gate of the Underworld!
The Seventh Layer of the Underworld.
This is the deepest layer, and also the largest world.
Because the space is simply too vast and the number of demons is too enormous.
Therefore, the Underworld Will decreed that it should be jointly ruled by the three strongest Supreme Demons.
They are known as Demon Kings.
Previously, they were the Gravity Devil Lucifero, Space Devil Beelzebub, and Time Devil Astaroth.
Among them, Lucifero had the epithet 'Satan' in addition to being a Demon King because his strength was clearly superior to Beelzebub and Astaroth.
The countless demons of the Underworld dared not call Lucifero by his true name.
They used 'Satan' as a nickname.
This shows how terrifying his power was.
Later, Time Devil Astaroth went missing.
Curse Devil Megicula then rose to fill the 'Three Demon Kings' ranks.
Who knew that Space Devil Beelzebub also went missing a few days ago?
Yes, Megicula claimed he was missing, as they still couldn't determine his life and death.
Although these Supreme Demons didn't hold much hope for this.
Beelzebub is proficient in space magic; if he could return, he would have returned long ago.
Satan's Castle.
This is a magnificent building constructed entirely from black stone.
Lucifero sat on the throne on the high platform.
He stared with his crimson, cold gaze at the battered Moryo below.
After being defeated by Aramaki, this guy fled to the other side of the Underworld's first layer, dragging his injuries.
He originally intended to recuperate while commanding the demon army, using his full strength to retake the occupied territory.
However, he was brought before Lucifero by Lucifuge.
Lucifuge.
He is both one of the Supreme Demons and the ruler of the Underworld's Sixth Layer.
Furthermore, he is one of the 'Three Pillars' serving the 'Three Demon Kings'.
He is responsible for Lucifero, essentially playing the role of a secretary.
At this moment,
Lucifero, Megicula, Lucifuge, Asmodeus, Belphegor, Baal, Adramelech, and all the other Supreme Demons in the palace hall were gathered, having listened to Moryo's trembling explanation.
"Useless!"
"Although the ruler of the first layer has historically been the weakest stratum, and it often happens that they are defeated by the so-called heroes."
"But being killed, or even being counterattacked into, is the first time since the Underworld was born!"
Every word from Lucifero made Moryo's gaze tremble with fear.
Because she could feel a pressure falling upon her.
This wasn't some psychological effect, but substantial invisible power!
Lucifero had killing intent towards her.
Fortunately, at this moment, Megicula, also a Demon King, spoke with a smiling face to ease the atmosphere.
"Satan, with a great enemy before us, we can't possibly cause casualties among ourselves, can we?"
"No matter what, she's still a Supreme Demon, and her Evil Spirit Magic is good at manufacturing monster puppets and can also accelerate the formation speed of Demon Gods. She's still very useful."
Lucifero also felt that made sense.
He immediately restrained the killing intent on his body and the gravity he had applied to Moryo.
This allowed Moryo, who had already collapsed on the ground unable to move within just a few seconds, escaped a calamity.
"Thank you, Lord Satan, for sparing my life!"
"Thank you, Demon King Megicula, for your care!"
She hurriedly got up and repeatedly expressed her thanks to Lucifero and Megicula with lingering fear, her gaze towards the latter filled with even more gratitude.
In response, Megicula simply gave Moryo a friendly smile.
Although demons strictly speaking have no gender distinction.
In terms of personality, they often differentiate into male and female types.
Megicula is a Demon King who is more feminine herself and has a good impression of excellent female mages and similarly feminine demons.
However, towards the former, it is for collection and manipulating their souls, while towards the latter, it is for subduing them to become subordinates.
Of course, if the former are truly excellent,
Megicula is also willing to use 'Talisman Magic' to help them turn into demons.
Many of the Upper Rank or Middle Rank demons under her came about this way.
This point is quite similar to Teresa using 'Lapol's Divine Power' to turn people into angels.
"Satan, let me go!"
At this moment, Baal, who had a tall physique, an imposing killing intent, and a black (Haki) aura flowing around his body, looked towards Lucifero and shouted:
"I will lead the demon army of our third layer and kill all those humans!"
"Not enough."
Who knew that before Lucifero could answer, Adramelech spoke up.
"Weren't you beaten back by two of their people teaming up before?"
"Plus the person I encountered, and the person who defeated Moryo, it indicates that the opponent has at least four experts comparable to us."
Baal fell into hesitation after hearing this: "This..."
Asmodeus, the ruler of the Underworld's Fifth Layer, said coldly: "Then we'll all go together. I don't believe a mere human force can have seven or eight experts comparable to Supreme Demons!"
Adramelech shook his head: "That's not necessarily true. According to the intelligence we have grasped, the person who defeated Moryo is their Admiral. The two people who killed Lilith and Naamah before were also so-called Admirals, and the World Government has at least twelve Admirals."
"Since that's the case, then I have an idea." Lucifuge suddenly said.
"What idea?" Lucifero glanced at him.
Lucifuge revealed a sinister cold laugh: "Find a suitable timing to temporarily close the Gate of the Underworld, seal off the retreat of those who have already entered, and also cut off the possibility of outside support, then concentrate our strength to eliminate the humans on the first layer!"
The Supreme Demons present were immediately stunned upon hearing this.
It was truly the first time in so many years that they had been invaded.
Moreover, the opponent's force was incredibly strong, unexpectedly making their side have concerns about this and that.
Therefore, they had never thought of a plan like 'Close Gate and beat the dog' before.
"Good idea!"
Adramelech's eyes lit up.
He had a feeling of being amazed by Lucifuge's wisdom.
"Uh..."
Just at this moment, Moryo weakly reminded: "Once the Gate of the Underworld is closed, it will be very difficult for us to open it again."
"Why?" Lucifuge looked at her doubtfully: "Didn't you already open it before?"
Baal nodded and said angrily with a ferocious look: "That's right, we also successfully opened it, and didn't feel any difference from before!"
"That's not right, we could open it because there is a Gate of the Underworld on the first layer!"
After refuting Baal, Adramelech looked at Moryo: "You continue speaking, why is it difficult to open it again."
"The specific reason, I actually don't understand either."
Facing the stare of pairs of cold gazes, Moryo said with surprise and uncertainty.
"I only know that at first, I tried to open the Gate of the Underworld connecting to the Ninja World through the spellcasting method taught by the Underworld Will, but it always ended in failure."
"Even though my soul could faintly perceive the spatial location of the Ninja World, the magic was always unable to take effect normally."
"Until that day, I suddenly felt a very strong Chakra reaction appear in the Ninja World's location. I cast magic again with the idea of trying, and unexpectedly succeeded in connecting the spatial coordinates and opened the Gate of the Underworld!"
To be honest, Moryo still feels confused about it.
At that time, she only thought that it was fine as long as it was open, and didn't delve deeply into the reason behind it.
Moryo said bitterly: "Therefore, once the Gate of the Underworld is closed, if such an obvious Chakra... which is an energy reaction, doesn't appear again, there is a high probability that we will still encounter the situation of spellcasting failure."
Megicula, Lucifuge, Adramelech, and the other demons looked at each other.
They didn't understand why this was.
Logically speaking, as long as it is a world whose Gate of the Underworld has been opened.
Regardless of how many years pass, the difficulty of re-opening it will be greatly reduced.
The main reason is that they currently haven't been able to understand the concept of 'Cosmic Star Zone'.
This time, the opening of the 'Gate' on the Underworld's first layer was purely the result of various coincidences.
It doesn't matter if the already opened Gates of the Underworld on the second and third layers are closed.
But if the Gate of the Underworld on the first layer is closed, then it will truly be very difficult to open it again.
Because only if the 'Gate' on the first layer is open, can the subsequent layers be opened layer by layer based on the former.
In short, the price of 'Close Gate' is very large, they must consider carefully!
End of Chapter
The Seventh Layer of the Underworld.
This is the deepest layer, and also the largest world.
Because the space is simply too vast and the number of demons is too enormous.
Therefore, the Underworld Will decreed that it should be jointly ruled by the three strongest Supreme Demons.
They are known as Demon Kings.
Previously, they were the Gravity Devil Lucifero, Space Devil Beelzebub, and Time Devil Astaroth.
Among them, Lucifero had the epithet 'Satan' in addition to being a Demon King because his strength was clearly superior to Beelzebub and Astaroth.
The countless demons of the Underworld dared not call Lucifero by his true name.
They used 'Satan' as a nickname.
This shows how terrifying his power was.
Later, Time Devil Astaroth went missing.
Curse Devil Megicula then rose to fill the 'Three Demon Kings' ranks.
Who knew that Space Devil Beelzebub also went missing a few days ago?
Yes, Megicula claimed he was missing, as they still couldn't determine his life and death.
Although these Supreme Demons didn't hold much hope for this.
Beelzebub is proficient in space magic; if he could return, he would have returned long ago.
Satan's Castle.
This is a magnificent building constructed entirely from black stone.
Lucifero sat on the throne on the high platform.
He stared with his crimson, cold gaze at the battered Moryo below.
After being defeated by Aramaki, this guy fled to the other side of the Underworld's first layer, dragging his injuries.
He originally intended to recuperate while commanding the demon army, using his full strength to retake the occupied territory.
However, he was brought before Lucifero by Lucifuge.
Lucifuge.
He is both one of the Supreme Demons and the ruler of the Underworld's Sixth Layer.
Furthermore, he is one of the 'Three Pillars' serving the 'Three Demon Kings'.
He is responsible for Lucifero, essentially playing the role of a secretary.
At this moment,
Lucifero, Megicula, Lucifuge, Asmodeus, Belphegor, Baal, Adramelech, and all the other Supreme Demons in the palace hall were gathered, having listened to Moryo's trembling explanation.
"Useless!"
"Although the ruler of the first layer has historically been the weakest stratum, and it often happens that they are defeated by the so-called heroes."
"But being killed, or even being counterattacked into, is the first time since the Underworld was born!"
Every word from Lucifero made Moryo's gaze tremble with fear.
Because she could feel a pressure falling upon her.
This wasn't some psychological effect, but substantial invisible power!
Lucifero had killing intent towards her.
Fortunately, at this moment, Megicula, also a Demon King, spoke with a smiling face to ease the atmosphere.
"Satan, with a great enemy before us, we can't possibly cause casualties among ourselves, can we?"
"No matter what, she's still a Supreme Demon, and her Evil Spirit Magic is good at manufacturing monster puppets and can also accelerate the formation speed of Demon Gods. She's still very useful."
Lucifero also felt that made sense.
He immediately restrained the killing intent on his body and the gravity he had applied to Moryo.
This allowed Moryo, who had already collapsed on the ground unable to move within just a few seconds, escaped a calamity.
"Thank you, Lord Satan, for sparing my life!"
"Thank you, Demon King Megicula, for your care!"
She hurriedly got up and repeatedly expressed her thanks to Lucifero and Megicula with lingering fear, her gaze towards the latter filled with even more gratitude.
In response, Megicula simply gave Moryo a friendly smile.
Although demons strictly speaking have no gender distinction.
In terms of personality, they often differentiate into male and female types.
Megicula is a Demon King who is more feminine herself and has a good impression of excellent female mages and similarly feminine demons.
However, towards the former, it is for collection and manipulating their souls, while towards the latter, it is for subduing them to become subordinates.
Of course, if the former are truly excellent,
Megicula is also willing to use 'Talisman Magic' to help them turn into demons.
Many of the Upper Rank or Middle Rank demons under her came about this way.
This point is quite similar to Teresa using 'Lapol's Divine Power' to turn people into angels.
"Satan, let me go!"
At this moment, Baal, who had a tall physique, an imposing killing intent, and a black (Haki) aura flowing around his body, looked towards Lucifero and shouted:
"I will lead the demon army of our third layer and kill all those humans!"
"Not enough."
Who knew that before Lucifero could answer, Adramelech spoke up.
"Weren't you beaten back by two of their people teaming up before?"
"Plus the person I encountered, and the person who defeated Moryo, it indicates that the opponent has at least four experts comparable to us."
Baal fell into hesitation after hearing this: "This..."
Asmodeus, the ruler of the Underworld's Fifth Layer, said coldly: "Then we'll all go together. I don't believe a mere human force can have seven or eight experts comparable to Supreme Demons!"
Adramelech shook his head: "That's not necessarily true. According to the intelligence we have grasped, the person who defeated Moryo is their Admiral. The two people who killed Lilith and Naamah before were also so-called Admirals, and the World Government has at least twelve Admirals."
"Since that's the case, then I have an idea." Lucifuge suddenly said.
"What idea?" Lucifero glanced at him.
Lucifuge revealed a sinister cold laugh: "Find a suitable timing to temporarily close the Gate of the Underworld, seal off the retreat of those who have already entered, and also cut off the possibility of outside support, then concentrate our strength to eliminate the humans on the first layer!"
The Supreme Demons present were immediately stunned upon hearing this.
It was truly the first time in so many years that they had been invaded.
Moreover, the opponent's force was incredibly strong, unexpectedly making their side have concerns about this and that.
Therefore, they had never thought of a plan like 'Close Gate and beat the dog' before.
"Good idea!"
Adramelech's eyes lit up.
He had a feeling of being amazed by Lucifuge's wisdom.
"Uh..."
Just at this moment, Moryo weakly reminded: "Once the Gate of the Underworld is closed, it will be very difficult for us to open it again."
"Why?" Lucifuge looked at her doubtfully: "Didn't you already open it before?"
Baal nodded and said angrily with a ferocious look: "That's right, we also successfully opened it, and didn't feel any difference from before!"
"That's not right, we could open it because there is a Gate of the Underworld on the first layer!"
After refuting Baal, Adramelech looked at Moryo: "You continue speaking, why is it difficult to open it again."
"The specific reason, I actually don't understand either."
Facing the stare of pairs of cold gazes, Moryo said with surprise and uncertainty.
"I only know that at first, I tried to open the Gate of the Underworld connecting to the Ninja World through the spellcasting method taught by the Underworld Will, but it always ended in failure."
"Even though my soul could faintly perceive the spatial location of the Ninja World, the magic was always unable to take effect normally."
"Until that day, I suddenly felt a very strong Chakra reaction appear in the Ninja World's location. I cast magic again with the idea of trying, and unexpectedly succeeded in connecting the spatial coordinates and opened the Gate of the Underworld!"
To be honest, Moryo still feels confused about it.
At that time, she only thought that it was fine as long as it was open, and didn't delve deeply into the reason behind it.
Moryo said bitterly: "Therefore, once the Gate of the Underworld is closed, if such an obvious Chakra... which is an energy reaction, doesn't appear again, there is a high probability that we will still encounter the situation of spellcasting failure."
Megicula, Lucifuge, Adramelech, and the other demons looked at each other.
They didn't understand why this was.
Logically speaking, as long as it is a world whose Gate of the Underworld has been opened.
Regardless of how many years pass, the difficulty of re-opening it will be greatly reduced.
The main reason is that they currently haven't been able to understand the concept of 'Cosmic Star Zone'.
This time, the opening of the 'Gate' on the Underworld's first layer was purely the result of various coincidences.
It doesn't matter if the already opened Gates of the Underworld on the second and third layers are closed.
But if the Gate of the Underworld on the first layer is closed, then it will truly be very difficult to open it again.
Because only if the 'Gate' on the first layer is open, can the subsequent layers be opened layer by layer based on the former.
In short, the price of 'Close Gate' is very large, they must consider carefully!
End of Chapter
