Chapter 208 : Curse

The Elders' discussion didn't interest Bert. He observed Shuma-Gorath, who was struggling to withstand the storm, and remained quiet.

After some time, Shuma-Gorath was on the brink of collapsing, with wounds and blood covering his body. Bert raised his hand and a flickering space door appeared in front of him. Shuma-Gorath, unsure if it was a trap or not, rushed into the door and found himself in Adam Hell.

"Blood God," said the one-eyed lord and Shuma-Gorath as they glared at Bert. Bert challenged, "Shuma-Gorath, I Blood God, formally challenge you. Let's have a fair fight between men."

"Fair, you..." Shuma-Gorath cursed under his breath, while the others looked at Bert in disbelief. Could he be any more devious?

Shuma-Gorath was already near death, as evidenced by the wounds on his body that wouldn't heal.

"Blood God, it's truly a waste of talent if you don't become a devil king," said Succubus lord. Dragon lord nodded in agreement. Adam touched his nose, but remained silent. He had already did.

"Do you understand the concept of civility and politeness? Shuma-Gorath, if you sacrifice the soul of the one-eyed lord, you can regain your former strength," said Bert.

"The one-eyed lord is a formidable opponent. He's not afraid of death. So, you'd better sacrifice him quickly. I can't wait to fight you fairly. Don't worry, I won't banish you to the space storm outside," he added.

"It's strange that you wouldn't be exiled," said Demon Dragon Lord and Succubus Lord simultaneously. Shuma-Gorath glared at Bert like an angry bull, his one eye almost bulging.

Bert met Shuma-Gorath's gaze without fear. After a while, Shuma-Gorath asked, "Blood God, what is it that you want?"

"It's simple. I want to make a bet with you. You and I will fight fairly. If you lose, you'll stay away from anything related to Earth in the future. If you win, I'll let you go. Of course, if you have the ability, you can kill me," replied Bert.

"I wasn't joking before. I truly want to fight you fairly. I really want to see how strong you Elder Gods really are," he added.

Everyone was shocked. Was Bert really challenging Shuma-Gorath to a fight?

"Blood God, that's an Elder God," Succubus lord reminded. "If the Shuma-Gorath sacrifices the soul of the one-eyed lord, his strength will far surpass that of a typical Hell Lord. Even you won't be able to defeat him."

Bert proudly stated, "If I haven't tried, how do I know it's true?"

"With the power of the Blood God, why fear the Shuma-Gorath?" Demon Dragon Lord rolled his eyes. "Blood God, I support you and will help defeat the Shuma-Gorath."

Adam kicked the Demon Dragon Lord away with one foot and scolded him. "Do you want the Shuma-Gorath to kill him? You're a white-eyed dragon."

"How can someone without a face be loyal?" Succubus lord asked, leaning closer to Adam. "I am the one who is most loyal to you."

'Fuck' Adam responded expressionlessly. "It's not good to be too handsome. People will always have ulterior motives."

Shuma-Gorath sneered at Bert, "So you're not a lunatic."

Bert angrily replied, "That's nonsense! Of course, I'm not a lunatic. Why do you look disappointed?"

"Because I am a lunatic," Shuma-Gorath grinned.

In a flash, his crimson eyes turned into a beam of light and shot towards Bert. The speed was so fast that Bert couldn't dodge it. The next moment, a red light imprinted on Bert's chest and transformed into a red eye. Chaos quickly spread through Bert's body.

It was then revealed that Bert was just a clone, and his true body was hidden in the mirror space.

"A curse?" Bert's complexion changed as he quickly severed the connection with his clone. However, the curse continued to spread to him. Bert grit his teeth and summoned a blood shadow from his body to counteract the curse. The curse took over the blood shadow and spread it over Bert's entire body.

Bert then squeezed his hand, causing both the blood shadow and the clone to die simultaneously. The curse was unwilling, but with the host's death, it dissipated quickly.

"Failed? Interesting, Blood God, you won this time, we'll play next time."

The Shuma-Gorath sneered and left after saying those words, leaving the Hell dimension.

Bert returned to Adam's Hell from the mirror space. He looked at the lifeless body of the one-eyed lord and said with a scowl, "Is this what a lunatic does? We were having a conversation and he suddenly sacrifices his soul to curse me?"

"The Shuma-Gorath is a chaotic demon, he acts according to his mood," Succubus lord explained. "Our Hell Lords may have chaos attributes, but they still maintain order. If we were negotiating with you, you would definitely get your way. But with the Shuma-Gorath, no one knows what he will do. His actions are completely determined by his mood, which is why we hate those ancient demons. They are completely uncontrollable."

Bert scowled, "So he's a madman."

"In a sense, yes," Succubus lord said. "But how did you escape the Shuma-Gorath's curse? This curse is issued by the devil's soul and even the strongest Satan may not be able to escape it. Once you're cursed by the Shuma-Gorath, you become a chaotic creature like him."

Bert understood and said with a distressed expression, "To avoid the curse, I had to suffer a huge loss."

A precious life has been lost once again.

Succubus Lord and Dragon Lord were not aware of the situation. To escape the curse of Shuma-Gorath, they would have to pay a high price.

At that moment, Demon Dragon Lord looked at the restored body of the One-Eyed Lord and drooled as he said, "Blood God, the One-Eyed Lord is dead. Shall we eat him? His body contains a lot of energy. If we eat him, we'll become much stronger."

"Eat your fart..." Bert was about to say something when the One-Eyed Lord's body suddenly turned to ashes and scattered in the wind.

Everyone was stunned. The three Hell Demon Kings quickly sensed the situation in the One-Eyed Hell. After a while, Adam said unhappily, "The One-Eyed Lord is not dead. He has a remnant soul that escaped back to the One-Eyed Hell."

"The One-Eyed Hell is closed. It won't be involved with anything until the One-Eyed Lord fully recovers," Succubus Lord stated.

"It is estimated that it will take about five hundred years for the One-Eyed Lord to fully recover, based on the current situation," she added.

Bert snorted and said, "Will the demons in the One-Eyed Lord's Hell take the opportunity to challenge the One-Eyed Lord?"

"Of course, those demons can become new demon kings as long as they obtain the remnant soul of the One-Eyed Lord. The One-Eyed Hell will then become very lively."

Demon Dragon Lord stated, "However, that has nothing to do with us. Unless there are more than seven Demon Lords working together, it is impossible to break through the blockade of the One-Eyed Hell."

Bert's eyes flashed and he remained silent. In reality, he could easily enter the One-Eyed Hell because he possessed the Space Stone, and the power of Hell wouldn't stop him.

But don't have to rush in, let's wait until the battle is over and hand it over to Adam.

At that moment, the space storm outside had subsided. Bert raised his head and taunted the entire Hell Lords, "Aren't you going to kill me? Come on, you grandsons, why don't you dare to come?"

"Blood God."

A group of Hell Lords gritted their teeth. This time, they suffered a significant loss.

Projection can't be created lightly. It requires a lot of magic power and a portion of one's own essence. They have just been destroyed by one projection and now another one, causing serious injury to their vitality.

In a short period of time, the Hell Lords were unable to create new projections.

Lucifer said bitterly, "Blood God, don't be arrogant. You will definitely die in Hell."

Bert spoke coldly, "Don't talk nonsense. If you want to kill me, come here. No one is stopping you now. Come on together, I'm ready. Bring it on."

"Blood God, you must not die."

"Blood God, we will never let you go."

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The Hell Lords yelled, but none of them entered Adam's Hell.

Bert rudely scolded them, "A bunch of trash. They were so arrogant before, but now they don't even dare to come in. Hmph, these so-called Hell Lords turned out to be just a group of cowards who are afraid of death."

The Hell Lords were filled with anger but still did not step into Adam's Hell.

"Blood God's power and strength, along with ours, has subdued the Hell Lords," Succubus lord said.

"Even with the strength of the Hell Lords, they could easily kill the Blood God and us, but they themselves would also lose a few members. No one wants to be the one to die, so they don't dare to come," Succubus lord continued.

Demon Dragon Lord sighed, "The biggest problem in Hell is the lack of unity. Otherwise, we would have killed the Ancient One long ago, let alone the Blood God."

Adam sneered, "The biggest problem in Hell is that the Hell Lords are too afraid of death?"

Demon Dragon Lord disagreed, "Why die when you can live? The life of a Hell Lord is not so cheap."

Hell Lords have almost unlimited life and naturally, they do not want to die easily.

"I think the situation is due to the lack of a leader," Succubus Lord stated, "Satan was meant to be our leader, but he was badly injured for unknown reasons and hasn't been seen since, causing us to scatter."

Adam replied, "It's okay. When I become Satan, I will lead everyone effectively."

Succubus Lord looked at Adam with bright eyes and said, "You will definitely become Satan, you're the most handsome of all Hell Lords."

"Satan is not dead yet," Demon Dragon Lord snorted. Just as he was about to speak, Hell shook violently and blood rained down, casting a sad aura over all of Hell.

Bert and the Hell Lords, who were arguing, raised their heads in surprise. Lucifer asked in amazement, "Is Satan dead?"

Yes, after lingering for hundreds of years, the Master of Hell, Satan, had finally passed away.

The position of Lord of Hell was now vacant.

Adam and the Succubus Lord looked at the Dragon Lord curiously. Could he be the legendary jinx?

"I can explain," the Demon Dragon Lord started to speak, but Adam interrupted him by raising his hand and saying, "Don't mention my name in the future."

Succubus Lord chimed in, "And don't mention mine either."

Demon Dragon Lord rolled his eyes, thinking, 'If I really had a jinx, I would have cursed the Blood God to death a long time ago.'

Lucifer coldly snorted and said, "Blood God, today Satan passed away. We'll let you be for now, but don't even think about escaping Hell. We'll send you on your way once we've dealt with Satan's affairs."

The other Hell Lords nodded in agreement, "Yes, we'll let you go for now, Blood God. Wait for doomsday in despair."

With that, the consciousness of the Hell Lords left Adam's Hell with arrogant expressions, as if they had just won a major victory.

"Where's the face? Do you guys still need a face?" Bert asked, flipping the middle finger at the Hell Lords, who ignored him completely.

They let him be arrogant for a while, but they knew that as long as he was locked in Hell, they would eventually find a way to kill him.

Even if they couldn't think of a way, trapping the guardian of Earth in Hell was still a victory for the Lords.

Bert turned to Adam and said, "Adam, close Adam's Hell and turn off this blood rain special effect. A guy who never appeared on stage from beginning to end shouldn't make such a big impact."

"You decide," Adam replied, shrugging. He closed Hell and the blood rain from the sky gradually disappeared.

"Adam, my bet with the Elders of the universe is not over yet," Bert warned. "If they fail to kill me with a borrowed knife this time, they'll use their full power. The next wave of attacks will be even more terrifying."

"So I must go back to keep watch," Bert continued. "And leave Hell to you."

"No problem," Adam said confidently. "I'm the Devil of Hell and I should handle things here."

"Please open a portal to One-Eyed Hell for me," Adam requested. "I'll take this opportunity to swallow One-Eyed Hell. Today is my birthday and also Satan's death. This is destiny, and I'm destined to become the new Satan."

Bert grumbled, "You say that, but these foreigners won't believe it."

"Believe it or not is a slogan anyway." Adam smiled and said, "I'm so handsome and have such a powerful slogan, who dares to refuse me?"

"Okay, I'll leave it to you, don't reveal what I have left." Bert said: "I want to give the Elders of the universe a big surprise."

Demon Dragon Lord was stunned: "Wait, Blood God, you can leave Hell at any time?"

Succubus lord also asked incredulously: "Blood God, you can enter the One-eyed Lord's hell?"

"Of course, I can, without this ability, do you think I will come to hell?" Bert sneered: "You think I'm stupid? You don't know that the real stupid is yourself."

Dragon Lord and Succubus Lord were stunned, it turned out that the real clown were themselves!

Bert didn't say much. After opening a portal for Adam, he left a disguised clone and left Hell silently.

The trip to Hell is temporarily over. There is no doubt that Bert has won a big victory.