Mephisto's choice truly surprised everyone, but he himself was very clear about what he was doing.
Because when he was about to make a choice contrary to his current actions, he received a premonition from Death.
It wasn't the Multiversal conceptual entity, the Goddess of Death, but the fundamental concept of Death itself.
Although he was also a Hell Lord, Mephisto was one of the few Greater Demons in Hell with a branch of the Death divine authority.
This was also why Mephisto could, in some sense, foresee some of his own misfortunes.
When he first heard Kytheron's blunt and humiliating conditions, his heart was indeed filled with shame and anger, and he almost decided to fight Kytheron to the Death!
However, the jolt from the depths of his soul instantly sobered him up, which led to his astonishing decision.
Mephisto's act of switching sides at the last moment naturally enraged the Fallen Angel Lucifer.
As a betrayer of God himself, he abhorred betrayers the most, and Mephisto's current actions were tantamount to betraying Hell and all the Hell Lords.
One must know that the reason they were all here today was due to Mephisto's persuasion, which led them to form a temporary Hell Alliance.
However, Mephisto now completely disregarded his dignity as a Hell Lord, kneeling on one knee to swear allegiance to a Multiversal God, even if it was for a limited time; such an act was no different from repeatedly rubbing the faces of all the Hell Lords into the ground.
Without the slightest hesitation, Lucifer directly summoned his greatsword and launched a fatal blow at Mephisto's heart.
At this moment, Lucifer's greatsword, burning with raging black flames, was about to pierce Mephisto's heart.
A hand, however, casually grabbed it, and the terrifying power made the greatsword tremble uncontrollably, its black flames instantly withered, and it let out a painful wail!
"I say, although I don't know what happened, if I heard correctly, Mephisto just swore allegiance to me, didn't he?"
"Now, is it not against the rules for you to try to kill him without asking for my opinion?"
The one who acted was, of course, Kytheron.
As for the reason for his action, it was because at the moment Mephisto swore allegiance, his treasure chest progress bar rapidly advanced a large section.
"Rules? In the Hell Dimension, we Hell Lords are the supreme rule. Die!"
"And you, this traitor, we shall surely kill you both here today."
"The dignity of Hell must not be violated. You have angered all of Hell, and not even Eternity can save you!"
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Seeing that Kytheron had actually stopped Lucifer's judgment of Mephisto, the Hell Lords no longer just watched idly, and powerful attacks instantly landed in front of Kytheron and Mephisto.
An endless energy storm swept outwards with Kytheron as its center, and the entire Hell Dimension trembled.
Such terrifying fluctuations also made the powerful beings in the Multiverse outside of Hell feel it!
"Hmm! The turmoil in the Multiverse has just subsided, what's happening in Hell now? Let me see."
"It's a joint attack launched by twelve Hell Lord-level Greater Demons. Could it be that someone has invaded Hell?"
When various Multiverse and higher-level beings used their super long-range vision to cross endless dimensions and finally saw the scene in Hell, they were all somewhat astonished; they actually saw a group of Hell Lords launching a combined attack.
This was something that had not happened in hundreds of millions of years, instantly attracting their attention.
"But, why does that resisting power fluctuation feel somewhat familiar?"
"Familiar? How could it not be familiar? Haven't you just witnessed his heroic presence?"
"It's that Sun God!"
When the various gods felt that the power contending with the Hell Lords was somewhat familiar, someone directly identified Kytheron.
"What! Didn't he just finish his great battle with Cyttorak? He should be recuperating in his own territory now, so why did he run off to the Hell Dimension again?!"
"In this current situation, does he intend to break through Hell with his own power? This is too overconfident!"
"Hell is not as simple as it appears on the surface! This time, perhaps he really chose the wrong opponent."
"However, why isn't Mephisto standing with the Hell Lords, but instead ran to the Sun God's side? If I remember correctly, there should have been some past karma between them, right?"
"Did Mephisto betray Hell? That shouldn't be possible, should it?"
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What these gods didn't expect was that Kytheron, who had just finished fighting Cyttorak, had rushed off to the Hell Dimension without stopping!
Moreover, this time he was up against a full twelve Hell Lords.
Even stranger was that Mephisto, who clearly had a grudge against Kytheron, was standing by Kytheron's side instead of joining the Hell Lords to deal with him.
"Your attacks are truly weak and powerless!"
As the storm gradually dissipated, Kytheron was seen holding the severely wounded Mephisto in one hand, while his other hand remained clenched in a fist.
Divine light shimmered around Kytheron, and he appeared completely unharmed, though this was only because Kytheron's powerful self-healing ability instantly repaired his wounds.
If it weren't for the heavily scarred Mephisto he was holding, these Hell Lords would have thought their attacks truly had no effect at all.
In fact, Kytheron was capable of protecting Mephisto as well, but Kytheron had no good feelings towards this old demon.
Although Mephisto had indeed sworn allegiance to Kytheron, it didn't mean that Kytheron would easily let him off.
After all, Kytheron's purpose in proposing that condition at the time was merely to humiliate this old demon.
Who would have thought he would actually go along with it and agree? As the one who spoke those words, Kytheron could, of course, choose not to honor them, but he didn't want to become someone whose words were like farts, even if the other party was a cunning and treacherous demon.
So, upon seeing Mephisto severely wounded, Kytheron then pulled him out of danger!
However, after enduring the energy baptism from this group of Hell Lords, Kytheron found that his quest progress had reached the final ten percent, but it was stubbornly stuck!
"Well then, it seems a lucky one must be sacrificed for my treasure chest to be complete!"
Kytheron's crimson eyes, filled with chilling killing intent, swept over the group of demon lords, finally landing on Tog.
He then tossed Mephisto away like trash, let out a sinister laugh, and with a flash of his figure, he crossed space, and a punch carrying violent power directly smashed into Tog's head.
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