Sitting high on the throne of his Demon Castle, Baal drank the virgin’s blood from a horn cup, his face full of mockery.
The blood was a sacrifice from his worshippers in the material realm.
As a legendary pinnacle demon, he was not a myth, but he possessed the ability to accept sacrifices.
Listening to Baal’s words and feeling the terrifying pressure emanating from him, the serving great demons and lesser demons below trembled in fear.
Even the Demon Butler, who had reached the level of Upper Gold, trembled as well.
No one dared to make a sound.
Baal’s temper was terrible; if he targeted someone to vent his frustrations, the outcome could only be being devoured.
With a contemptuous glance at his trembling subordinates, Baal snorted coldly, stood up from the throne, and walked out of the castle.
The blood-red cloak billowed behind him, and the menacing black armor made him appear even more terrifying.
Like most ordinary demons on the first plane, Baal’s image was also that of a typical horned demon.
This was the race dominated by the Seventh Demon God Azazel, a race that was actually born from Azazel’s own blood fused with the Abyss Nest.
Of course, Azazel’s intention was not to nurture offspring but merely to create more convenient cannon fodder and feedstock.
And Demon Monarchs weren’t necessarily in the form of horned demons like Baal.
They evolved into various forms through haphazard devouring.
Demon Monarchs like Baal, who were pure, were quite rare.
The reason Baal didn’t change form wasn’t out of worship or loyalty to Azazel; rather, it was purely because he had been forcibly elevated by having Azazel’s blood infused into an inferior demon.
*For this, Baal felt no gratitude, only fear.*
*He knew it wasn’t out of the Demon God’s kindness.*
The other party merely wanted to raise a suitable territorial manager and a food reserve.
The Demon Monarchs with impure bloodlines and bizarre evolutions were much safer than he was.
Once he became powerful enough, Azazel would certainly devour him without hesitation.
It was for this reason that Baal frantically expanded and devoured during the time Azazel was sealed, aiming to constantly strengthen himself and escape his ultimate fate.
*He firmly believed that when Azazel was sealed, her control over the Hell Plane would inevitably weaken.*
And he believed that he could rely on devouring other Demon Monarchs to forcefully break through the restrictions of the plane and become a genuinely Demigod Level demon.
As long as he became a Demigod Level demon, he hoped to use the power of the laws to search for Azazel’s hidden Origin Land within the Hell Plane.
If he found it, he could rely on his and Azazel’s similar bloodlines to forcibly devour the divinity core she hid there, enabling himself to replace her and become the new Seventh Demon God!
*However, as much as Baal entertained this idealistic vision, reality was harsh.*
*Even with Azazel sealed for millennia and after devouring one Demon Monarch after another, he was still unable to break the tier constraints in the Hell Plane and become a genuinely Demigod Level demon.*
*Azazel’s control over the Hell Plane was far stronger than he had imagined.*
*And today, Baal finally understood that unless Azazel perished, he would never be able to take a step further to escape the destined fate of being devoured.*
*This... was a dead end.*
This was why Baal had grown increasingly volatile recently.
Especially a few years ago when the Segis World spread a rumor that the Seventh Demon God Azazel seemed to have escaped confinement...
Later, other news arrived, claiming that shortly after Azazel’s escape, she was sealed again by a newly-ascended True God.
*But when hearing this, Baal did not feel relieved at all.*
*Being someone raised by Azazel, he knew her capabilities well.*
*Even after being sealed for millennia, a newly-ascended True God would absolutely be no match for her!*
Azazel’s divine authority included earthfire.
As long as she was underground, if she wanted to flee, she could definitely escape swiftly.
Unless there was a True God with a power equivalent to weak divine power, otherwise... stopping her was impossible.
*And a newly-ascended True God?*
Don’t even mention weak divine power; even negligible divine power might barely qualify.
Even if it could be done, it would be barely manageable at best.
In the endless void now, who didn’t know that the magic power of the Segis Plane was reviving, the plane channel was about to open, and various seals were loosening...
*Sealing her now?* ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹·𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒·𝗇𝗲𝘁
*It would only delay time, that’s all.*
Unless there was a powerful True Divine Artifact to suppress, or directly smash Azazel into a near-death state and lock her up... otherwise, it would only be a delay.
Still, Baal did not believe in a newly-ascended True God fighting Azazel.
Not to mention, this True God was rumored to be an Elf Sealing God.
*What is the nature of elves?*
*Both foolish and naive.*
*Baal could not believe that Azazel would be sealed by something like that.*
*She would eventually escape.*
The time left for Baal was truly running out.
However, just as Baal was leaving his castle, preparing to fight with a nearby Demon Monarch, a dignified yet malevolent voice suddenly echoed in his mind,
"All Demon Monarchs of the First Layer of Hell heed the call, descend upon the Segis World!"
That was the voice of the Seventh Demon God Azazel.