aircannonsinc #215 - The battle between demons and gods devours the dimension of hell! God takes action, the dimen
#215 - The battle between demons and gods devours the dimension of hell! God takes action, the dimen
"Is that so? Wouldn't you say you're experiencing impotent rage right now? You should know that I wield the power of the Seven Deadly Sins. And now, as a Hell Lord, you're showing obvious signs of wrath and greed. Are you planning to surrender to me willingly?" Luo Fu teased.
"You, a newly-born dimensional demon, dare to oppose me?" Mephisto said displeased. "I advise you to obediently hand over the authority of the Seven Deadly Sins to me. If you do, you might even gain my friendship."
"I think no one in the entire multiverse desires the friendship of Mephisto, who is known for his cunning," Luo Fu sneered, looking disdainful.
Just as Luo Fu thought Mephisto would, in desperation, choose to attack him.
Mephisto quickly calmed down.
Clearly, as a veteran Hell Lord, Mephisto wouldn't easily let his emotions control him.
Besides, Mephisto excels at provoking others' emotions, then exploiting their emotional turmoil to induce them to make decisions most advantageous to him.
He treats enemies this way, and the mortals he deceives are no different.
The two Ghost Riders in combat suddenly froze simultaneously.
Immediately after, Johnny Blaze's predecessor suddenly pulled a shovel from a pocket on the side of his skeletal horse and threw it towards Mephisto.
The shovel burst into flames the instant it was about to reach Mephisto.
The raging hellfire incinerated the shovel's wooden handle in an instant, and even the metal part of the shovel was transformed into molten red iron under the terrifying hellfire, scattering on the ground.
And from within the burned-out wooden handle, something resembling a scroll fluttered into Mephisto's hand.
Finally obtaining the Saint Venganza Contract, Mephisto looked at the two Ghost Riders with resentment, saying: "Those who betray me will not have a good end."
He paused slightly, then looked towards Luo Fu and said through gritted teeth: "The power of the Seven Deadly Sins is not something a rookie like you can control. Prepare to experience the terror of a Hell Lord."
As Mephisto instantly opened the Saint Venganza Contract, a sulfurous hellish aura spread out in an instant.
Visibly, with Mephisto as the center, the power of Hell began to constantly erode Earth, rapidly transforming the area around Mephisto into a domain of Hell.
Kamar-Taj.
Such a massive change occurring on Earth, even though it was just beginning, filled all the mages of Kamar-Taj with fear.
"Ancient One," Wang said, his chubby face filled with intense fear, "It's the power of Hell… Hell is actually eroding Earth, and the power of our Kamar-Taj's three sanctums can't stop this erosion."
"Don't panic, Wang," the Ancient One said leisurely, as if not at all worried about Earth being eroded by the power of Hell.
She said to herself: "This trouble isn't as terrible as you imagine. Someone will resolve it."
The moment she finished speaking, the Ancient One watched as if observing an interesting play, her gaze seemingly spanning vast time, seeing the town of Saint Venganza in America from beneath the Himalayas.
Of course, the former Saint Venganza had long ceased to exist, but the town that disappeared due to Mephisto's deception reappeared as if time had reversed the moment Mephisto opened the Saint Venganza Contract.
Countless souls of deceived residents, as if having lost their former memories, aimlessly lived in the re-emerged town, minding their own business.
But each of these residents' souls seemed to have transformed into demons of Hell, exuding a strong sulfurous aura, and some souls even had sparks of hellfire flickering on them.
Visibly, countless cracks and fissures were constantly appearing on the ground and rapidly expanding.
Through these cracks and fissures, an increasingly intense sulfurous aura began to fill the surroundings.
The previously superficial Mephisto's body suddenly changed, transforming from the image of an old man in a tailcoat into a burly, horned, bare-chested, scarlet-skinned, hideous demon.
The hellfire constantly lit up on Mephisto's body, exuding a different kind of terrifying aura.
This current image was Mephisto's true form in Hell.
The white-haired old man in a tailcoat, leaning on a cane, resembling a noble gentleman, was just a form Mephisto conjured to facilitate his activities in the human world.
After who knows how many years, he was finally able to unleash his true power uninhibitedly in the human world once again.
Mephisto grinned hideously, clenching his fist. As his own power as a Hell Lord continued to descend upon Earth.
Luo Fu felt that the town of Saint Venganza was gradually spreading from its point in time.
Originally, the power of Hell should have invaded Earth from the moment the Saint Venganza Contract was opened, but this point seemed to be splitting and flowing upstream and downstream in time.
This allowed Mephisto's power to continuously increase exponentially.
Mephisto was inseparable from Hell; he was a true Hell Lord, unlike Luo Fu, a dimensional demon who hadn't abandoned his human body.
Once completely combined with a dimension, the dimensional demon's true form would become the dimension itself. Like Dormammu, the former sorcerer, after becoming the dimensional demon of the Dark Dimension without hesitation, his true body could no longer leave the Dark Dimension.
He could only project his will to other places like Mephisto, influencing the souls of humans on Earth.
But only within the dimension itself could a dimensional demon unleash terrifying power like a creator god.
At this moment, Mephisto began to combine more and more closely with the town of Saint Venganza beneath his feet. The town of Saint Venganza seemed to have completely become a part of Hell.
Luo Fu wouldn't wait for the enemy to become powerful to the peak before fighting them head-on like a fool.
After overcoming the initial discomfort caused by Hell's influence, Luo Fu unhesitatingly unleashed a gravitational impact sufficient to affect the planet's movement on Mephisto.
If it weren't for the fact that Saint Venganza had already become a part of Hell, sharing the impact, just descending on Earth would have risked shattering the planet.
Of course, this was based on the premise that Earth was just a simple planet. Don't forget, there were still existences like Kamar-Taj on Earth.
Nevertheless, taking the brunt of an impact sufficient to destroy a planet was not easy for Mephisto.
His figure was sent flying like a golf ball being hit hard, and if his power hadn't been completely combined with the town of Saint Venganza, this one strike alone would have sent Mephisto flying out of the range of Hell's influence.
He regained his footing just in the nick of time.
Mephisto grinned hideously at Luo Fu, and with his current demon image as a Hell Lord, ordinary people would probably be scared out of their wits at first sight.
As the timeline continued to change, Luo Fu could feel the power of the Saint Venganza Contract disappearing.
Or rather, to be precise, the Saint Venganza Contract had completed its mission. As Mephisto gradually influenced time, the power of the Saint Venganza Contract was being covered by the new timeline.
When the new timeline completed its coverage of the old timeline, Mephisto would no longer be limited by the Saint Venganza Contract, and Hell's erosion of Earth would become faster and faster, eventually completely pulling the entire Earth into Hell.
Even the three sanctum barriers of Kamar-Taj couldn't stop this process.
Of course, Luo Fu wouldn't stand by and watch all this happen.
Don't forget, his gravity manipulation had already reached the point where it could affect time.
A powerful gravitational field erupted from Luo Fu's body, constantly distorting the time around Luo Fu, pulling the area affected by Hell and Mephisto back to the normal timeline.
While the two sides clashed on the timeline, Luo Fu and Mephisto also directly engaged in close combat.
In the process of Luo Fu and Mephisto's fierce battle, Johnny Blaze and the previous Ghost Rider had all become supporting characters.
"Can you tell me, what exactly is going on?" The Ghost Rider, with the appearance of an evil spirit knight but dominated by Johnny Blaze's consciousness, asked his predecessor.
"It's the Contract of San Venganza," the former Ghost Rider said, his voice filled with deep powerlessness. "I thought that as long as I took away the Contract of San Venganza and escaped Mephisto's control, I could stop his conspiracy. I didn't expect Mephisto to be so cunning; he deceived me once again."
He glanced at his successor, a hint of expectation in his eyes that shimmered with the fire of judgment. The former Ghost Rider said, "Since you're here to stop me, it means you've had a chance to break free from Mephisto's control."
"Promise me, you must stop Mephisto," the former said with a tone full of anticipation.
Johnny Blaze paused for a moment before saying, "I will do my best because I also want to reclaim my foster father's soul from Hell."
While the two Ghost Riders were communicating, the confrontation between Luo Fu and Mephisto had already entered a white-hot state in this short period.
Kamar-Taj.
"Supreme Mage, are we really not going to do anything?" Wang looked uneasily in the direction of San Venganza. Although he couldn't see what was happening in San Venganza, he could feel the influence of Hell's power on Earth becoming increasingly stronger.
"That's right!" The Ancient One still looked relaxed and at ease, saying, "You must believe that Mephisto's plan will not succeed."
Clearly, in the Ancient One's eyes, Luo Fu was at a disadvantage compared to the experienced Mephisto, but she had an unusual trust in Luo Fu.
Knowing the power of the Eye of Agamotto, Wang naturally assumed that the Ancient One had seen a future where the Earth was safe and sound by peering into the timeline of the future.
Although Luo Fu was indeed at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Mephisto.
But it wasn't easy for Mephisto to take down Luo Fu either.
In fact, with the Mind Stone in hand, allowing him to draw on the power of the Mind Stone, Luo Fu's trickiness completely exceeded Mephisto's expectations.
Despite being able to completely suppress Luo Fu in terms of power, Mephisto couldn't find an opportunity to seize the Seven Deadly Sins from Luo Fu.
Seeing that even the erosion of the timeline on Earth was being indirectly prevented by Luo Fu's ability to manipulate gravity.
Knowing that the longer he delayed, the more disadvantageous it would be for him, Mephisto simply used his power as a Hell Lord to pull the entire town of San Venganza into the Hell dimension.
To bring Luo Fu completely into his home turf.
Although this would inevitably lead to other lords in Hell, such as Lucifer and Hades, discovering him when he seized the power of the Seven Deadly Sins from Luo Fu.
But that was much better than having all his plans come to naught after so much planning.
Moreover, Mephisto was confident that if he were in the true Hell dimension, Luo Fu would not be able to stop his power at all.
After all, in Hell, Mephisto could truly control even time itself.
Luo Fu, who was fighting with Mephisto, clearly felt that the original San Venganza suddenly shook and began to fall from Earth towards an unknown dimension.
Luo Fu instantly understood Mephisto's plan.
But in his current state, being suppressed by Mephisto, he couldn't stop Mephisto's actions at all.
A flash of inspiration came to his mind. Since Mephisto wanted to use his identity as a Hell Lord to pull San Venganza into the Hell dimension, why couldn't he pull San Venganza into his own Divine Might dimension instead?
As a dimensional demon god, Luo Fu didn't know that doing so was equivalent to pitting his own newborn Divine Might dimension against the Hell dimension head-on.
No one knew what would happen when the two dimensions collided.
Similarly, Luo Fu was unaware of the consequences of using the Divine Might dimension to envelop and cover San Venganza, a move that was essentially opposing the Hell dimension.
But Luo Fu chose without hesitation to use the power of the Divine Might dimension to devour San Venganza, which was enveloped by the Hell dimension.
At the moment when the power of the two dimensions collided in San Venganza.
Numerous lords in the Hell dimension felt that the laws of the Hell dimension were shaking violently.
Lucifer, Hades, and even Hela, the Asgardian goddess of death who was imprisoned, seemed to have grasped something and involuntarily looked in the direction of the power collision.
"Damn it," Mephisto never dreamed that Luo Fu would be so bold.
Or rather, Luo Fu was ignorant and fearless.
Compared to Hell, which had numerous lords to share the dimensional collision, the Divine Might dimension was clearly at an absolute disadvantage.
At the moment of the collision, Luo Fu's consciousness was like being washed away by millions of years.
If it weren't for the special existence of the shared space, I'm afraid that just this moment of washing would have allowed Luo Fu's consciousness to be assimilated by Hell, and even the Divine Might dimension would become a part of the Hell dimension.
But even with the defense of the shared space, a part of Luo Fu's Divine Might space began to overlap with the Hell dimension.
Noticing this, both Luo Fu and Mephisto involuntarily began to separate the Hell dimension and the Divine Might dimension from San Venganza.
Luo Fu did this because if it continued, his Divine Might dimension would become a part of Hell.
As for Mephisto, it was purely because he couldn't accept it because he knew very well that Luo Fu had the power of the Seven Deadly Sins.
And the power of the Seven Deadly Sins could only exert its true terrifying power in Hell.
If Luo Fu were to integrate his Divine Might dimension into Hell, from a single dimensional demon god to a Hell Lord, the power of the Seven Deadly Sins alone would be enough to make Luo Fu one of the top powerhouses in the Hell dimension in an instant. Even Mephisto himself might not be a match for Luo Fu.
Mephisto knew very well that he had completely offended Luo Fu. In this situation, allowing Luo Fu to become a Hell Lord who surpassed him, his only end would be to have everything swallowed up by Luo Fu.
At this moment, Mephisto actually felt a long-lost fear in his heart.
Although the collision of dimensions was generated under the leadership of Mephisto and Luo Fu, it was obviously not so simple to stop it.
Along with the tacit actions of Luo Fu and Mephisto, both the power of the Divine Might dimension and the power of the Hell dimension were rapidly receding from the area of San Venganza.
But in this process, the Divine Might dimension had inevitably produced an irreversible overlap with the Hell dimension.
Fortunately, the Divine Might dimension was completely controlled by Luo Fu. The overlapping part, because of Luo Fu's strong will, caused it to not be fixed while overlapping with the Hell dimension.
This situation led to Luo Fu becoming a rather special existence. When using the part of the power of the Divine Might dimension that overlapped with Hell, he was considered a Hell Lord with relatively good strength, but when using the part of the power that did not overlap with the Hell dimension, Luo Fu would be a pure dimensional demon god again.
Moreover, the overlapping part could roam freely in Hell, just like a piece of Hell dimension's enclave.
In addition to linking with Hell, this special area also produced a mysterious connection with Earth.
It can be said that the current Divine Might dimension, because Luo Fu subconsciously used it to fight against Hell, caused the Divine Might dimension to be able to act as an extremely special transfer station.
Through the Divine Might dimension, whether it was Earth or Hell, there was no obstacle for Luo Fu, but others who wanted to pass through this transfer station could only do so with Luo Fu's permission.
It's just that the current Luo Fu is not clear about this.
After finally completing the re-separation of the collision and overlap between the Hell dimension and the Divine Might dimension.
Mephisto helplessly found that after Luo Fu's reckless actions, the opportunity he had painstakingly planned to seize Luo Fu's Seven Deadly Sins had completely disappeared.
As the power of the Hell dimension receded from the Earth again, the impact caused by the Contract of San Venganza was also erased from the timeline.
In other words, from the moment of the separation of the two sides, the process of the birth of the Contract of San Venganza was erased from beginning to end by time. It no longer existed.
Mephisto also lost an opportunity to plot against Earth.
Reluctantly looking in the direction of Luo Fu, Mephisto gritted his teeth.
Before he could open his mouth to threaten, the power of the Hell dimension completely dissipated, and Mephisto, who had just been in the demonic form of a dimensional lord, returned to the image of a white old man wearing a swallowtail coat and holding a civilization cane.
“Luo Fu, you can't escape. The power of the Seven Deadly Sins will ultimately belong to me!” Mephisto threatened with impotent rage.
“Devil, looks like you're going back to hell again?” The Ghost Rider, with his skull head, stood before Mephisto.
Now only in a projection state, Mephisto was in an unprecedentedly weakened state.
He looked unwillingly at the two Ghost Riders. Compared to the former, who was already accustomed to being alone, Mephisto focused on Johnny Blaze.
“Johnny, your father will surely be grateful for what you're doing now. I will treat him well in Hell!”
Mephisto's words immediately enraged Johnny Blaze.
The chain in his hand, burning with hellfire, suddenly lashed out at Mephisto.
Accompanied by the sight of hellfire exploding like fireworks.
Mephisto's projection was whipped into nothingness.
After whipping the direction where Mephisto disappeared for a while, Johnny Blaze strode up to Luo Fu and said, “You promised me you would save my father's soul, but now…”
Right now, Luo Fu had no time to pay attention to Johnny Blaze, after all, Luo Fu hadn't figured out what impact the Shenwei Dimension would have after colliding with Hell.
Moreover, in Luo Fu's view, Johnny Blaze now had the ability to teleport dimensions. If he was really worried about his father's soul, he could just go to Earth himself and snatch the soul back from Mephisto.
Not getting a response from Luo Fu for a long time, Johnny Blaze, thinking he had been deceived, swung the chain burning with hellfire towards Luo Fu.
However, the chain was suddenly entangled by a scarlet energy, frozen in mid-air.
The Scarlet Witch, who appeared out of nowhere, seemed to be grabbing something in the air with both hands. At her fingertips, scarlet energy, like threads, was firmly connected to the chain.
Realizing that Johnny Blaze actually wanted to attack him, Luo Fu, unable to continue studying the changes in the Shenwei Dimension, looked at Johnny with an unkind expression and said, “Since you're so worried about your adoptive father, why don't you go and save his soul yourself?”
The moment Luo Fu's voice fell, an invisible spatial vortex instantly swallowed Johnny Blaze.
Although he couldn't figure out how many incredible changes had occurred in the Shenwei Space after colliding with the Hell Dimension once.
But in this short period of time, Luo Fu had figured out one thing, that is, he could use the Shenwei Dimension as a transit point to throw anyone into Hell, but where they would be thrown in Hell depended on their luck.
Because the overlap between Luo Fu's Shenwei Dimension and Hell was constantly changing, as if the two dimensions were close and yet distant.
If he was lucky, Johnny Blaze might just land next to his father's soul as soon as he entered Hell.
Of course, if he was unlucky, he might just appear in front of Mephisto, then Luo Fu could only wish him luck in surviving.
After personally sending Johnny Blaze into Hell, Luo Fu then looked at the other Ghost Rider beside him and said, “Are you also planning to go to Hell to help Johnny?”
“No, no, no.” Shaking his head quickly, not to mention that the former Ghost Rider's purpose was simply to prevent Mephisto from obtaining the Contract of San Venganza.
Just seeing Luo Fu's battle with Mephisto just now made the former Ghost Rider completely lose the courage to fight Luo Fu.
More importantly, there was no emotional connection between him and Johnny at all. The two had even just had a conflict.
In the eyes of the former Ghost Rider, Johnny was like Mephisto's subordinate, helping Mephisto to obtain the Contract of San Venganza from his hands.
Under this circumstance, purely from a standpoint, he would rather stand on Luo Fu's side than choose to help Johnny.
“You are a strong man enough to contend with the Lord of Hell. I definitely have no intention of being your enemy.” After the former Ghost Rider bowed slightly to Luo Fu, the hellfire on his body extinguished in an instant, revealing a slightly old figure.
“I hope I can get your help to expel the Ghost Rider from my body.” The former Ghost Rider took the initiative to beg Luo Fu.
Luo Fu was also quite curious about the power of the Ghost Rider.
Moreover, he could be considered a Lord of Hell now. Although his main power and identity were always the Demon God of the Shenwei Dimension, now that he had the identity of the Lord of Hell, how could he not have a Ghost Rider under his command?
After pondering for a moment, Luo Fu nodded without hesitation and said, “I can indeed help you strip the power of the Ghost Rider from your body, but in that case, you will also die soon. Are you ready to leave this world?”
Luo Fu, who thought the former Ghost Rider would hesitate, didn't expect that when he heard his warning, the former Ghost Rider agreed without hesitation.
“For humans, Hell and Heaven are the final destinations, and they shouldn't be struggling painfully in the human world like this, being possessed by the power of the Ghost Rider. Whether I am going to Hell or to Heaven, as long as I can strip the Ghost Rider from my body, it will be a relief for me! I leave everything to you.”
After bowing to Luo Fu again, the former Ghost Rider then opened his arms, closed his eyes, and waited for the final outcome.
Luo Fu glanced at the former Ghost Rider named Carter Slade in front of him, and soon saw the Ghost Rider who was entangled with his soul, even beginning to merge with each other.
After hesitating for a moment, Luo Fu said, “Your soul has been completely entangled with the power of the Ghost Rider. If you forcibly separate them, your soul will also be severely damaged.”
“From the moment I was bewitched by the devil, this is my deserved end. Please, do it.”
Getting confirmation once again, Luo Fu immediately began to strip the power of the Ghost Rider from his body without hesitation.
Stripping the power of the Ghost Rider from a person whose soul has merged with the power of the Ghost Rider is no less painful than tearing the soul apart.
But Carter Slade looked like he was enjoying it, and didn't even show the slightest hint of resistance.
When the power of the Ghost Rider was completely stripped from Carter Slade's body.
Carter Slade also became dilapidated as Luo Fu had said before.
A strange force enveloped Carter Slade's dilapidated soul. The next moment, accompanied by invisible force fluctuations, Carter Slade's soul disappeared in place.
Luo Fu couldn't help but be stunned. As a being with some characteristics of the Lord of Hell, Luo Fu could be sure that Carter Slade's soul had definitely not gone to Hell.
But strangely, his soul just disappeared.
Could it be that God intervened?
In the Marvel Multiverse, the presence of God is extremely thin, even making people wonder if God and the Heaven Dimension really exist.
But Luo Fu knew that God had indeed existed, but the Heaven Dimension had long lost contact with Earth.
There was no reason for a dilapidated soul like Carter Slade to go to Heaven after suffering a soul trauma.
After hesitating for a moment, Luo Fu couldn't bother to think about Carter Slade's problem.
Even Luo Fu simply sealed the power of the Ghost Rider that he had just stripped from Carter Slade's body and then ignored it.
Compared to these, what Luo Fu was most concerned about now was what consequences would arise after the Shenwei Dimension collided with the Hell Dimension.
Accompanied by a spatial vortex, Luo Fu and the Scarlet Witch's figures were instantly swallowed.
The two disappeared in an instant in the town that had been severely eroded by the power of Hell.
But just a moment after Luo Fu left, several spark-shining dimensional doors opened, and numerous Kamar-Taj mages began to clean up the aftermath of Luo Fu's battle.
At this time, Luo Fu directly appeared in Kamar-Taj.