Ch. 324 Praise the Sun

When Mephisto saw Russell suddenly give up evading and attacking, he had a bad feeling.

But by that time, it was too late for him to retract his move.

Mephisto's enormous demonic right claw struck Russell like lightning.

Got him!

As soon as this thought flashed through Mephisto's mind, he realized something was amiss.

He didn't feel any impact on a physical body!

Mephisto looked at his right claw and found that it hadn't hit Russell's body but rather struck the thin golden energy surrounding Russell's body.

What's going on?

Before Mephisto could figure out what was happening, he saw a smile suddenly appear on Russell's face.

Russell wouldn't just stand there and let Mephisto attack him foolishly. His purpose in doing this was clear: to position Mephisto's right claw where he wanted it.

At this moment, Mephisto's massive, razor-sharp right claw was less than ten centimeters away from his own body.

When Mephisto hit the divine energy Russell used to protect his body, Russell didn't hesitate and unleashed the Divine Sun Power and the divine power from Heaven that had been rapidly circulating within him.

The Divine Sun Power and the Heaven divine power poured out of him.

Then, they climbed up Mephisto's right claw like a group of marching ants.

Damn it!

Although Mephisto didn't know exactly what Russell was planning, his intuition told him that Russell was up to something very dangerous.

He wasn't wrong. Russell was indeed planning something highly dangerous, but this danger was directed solely at Mephisto.

Once the Divine Sun Power and the divine power spread onto Mephisto's right claw, Russell closed his eyes and focused all his mental energy on controlling the Divine Sun Power and Heaven divine power.

His goal was simple: to use the purifying effect of the Divine Sun Power and the Heaven divine power against demonic energy, forcibly seizing the authority that belonged to Mephisto.

While it might seem crazy, in a situation where both had the power of a Skyfathers, it wasn't an impossible task.

Divine Sun Power, Heaven divine power, demonic energy!

Although these were three completely different forms of energy, they were all types of energy.

Different types of natural energies could blend or repel each other, just like the Divine Sun Power, Heaven divine power, and demonic energy.

As long as the right method was found, such as reaching the source of the energy, even three entirely different forces could be combined.

In terms of rank, Russell was half a rank lower than Mephisto. However, in terms of their current strength and mastery of energy techniques, Russell wasn't much inferior to Mephisto.

As a power awakener who had grown from an ordinary human, Russell's understanding of energy wasn't much worse than Mephisto's. Although he initially obtained his powers through the fusion of Blesings of Wonder Woman's and Kryptonian Heritage, his ability to awaken Divine Sun Power alone demonstrated his mastery of energy.

Otherwise, even if all the books of Asgardian powers were open to him, he couldn't have awakened the Divine Sun Power.

Furthermore, despite using it rarely now, he had another form of power within him: Divine Thunder Power. While he received it as a reward from the system, it didn't change the fact that he possessed two types of divine power.

Russell wasn't using the Divine Thunder Power, not because it wasn't powerful enough, but because it wasn't as effective against Mephisto as the Divine Sun Power. If the Divine Thunder Power had the same purifying and restraining effects as the Divine Sun Power, he might have thrown a few lightning bolts at Mephisto for good measure.

When Russell saw the golden Divine Sun Power and Heaven divine power spread to his left hand and then continue onto his body, Mephisto's first instinct was to retract his left hand.

However, no matter how hard he tried, Russell, whose size was much smaller than his own, remained immovable, as if he were completely connected to the surrounding space.

"Don't bother; you've already lost control," Russell told Mephisto.

"Kid, don't get too cocky too soon!" Mephisto shouted.

At the same time, he vigorously activated the demonic energy within him.

But Mephisto quickly realized that no matter how he manipulated the demonic energy, he couldn't retract his left hand. He could only watch as the Divine Sun Power and Heaven divine power continued to spread over him.

"I've told you already, don't bother," Russell said.

"Divine Sun Power and Heaven divine power have strong restraining effects on demonic energy. After our initial battle, I've also figured out your approximate strength. In terms of power, we're both Skyfathers now. In terms of advantages, neither of us has a home-field advantage. In this situation, with me taking the initiative, do you think you have a chance to resist?"

Under normal circumstances, Mephisto would have thought Russell was an inexperienced fool. However, now he had to admit that Russell was right.

He had indeed lost control completely.

"Kid, even if you have the upper hand now, don't think you've won. This is Hell, and I am the Lord of Hell!"

After realizing that he couldn't retract his left hand no matter what he did, Mephisto stopped wasting time trying to dispel the Divine Sun Power and Heaven divine power that had already spread over his entire left hand.

Mephisto emitted energy fluctuations that were imperceptible to the naked eye. These energy ripples spread in all directions like ripples on the surface of water. Using his authority as the Lord of Hell, he conveyed his orders to every demon's ear.

As for what orders he issued, there was no need to ask.

Even Paris, the Great Demon located a hundred kilometers away, received Mephisto's summons. However, unlike the other demons rushing to Russell and Mephisto's location, Paris had no intention of responding to the summons.

Although Mephisto's orders carried some degree of coercion, they weren't completely irresistible; at most, they required some effort to resist.

"Calling for reinforcements? Are you trying to outnumber me?" Russell said to Mephisto.

Mephisto ignored him and continued spreading his orders through the energy ripples.

"If you don't want to talk, that's fine. But have you forgotten that I didn't come here alone?" After hearing Russell's words, Mephisto finally remembered something.

Doom!

Doom had come with Russell.

Since Doom had only briefly fought against Mephisto, he had instinctively ignored Doom's presence.

It wasn't until now that he remembered that Doom was just tens of kilometers away.

Did that guy actually think of everything?

Mephisto looked at Russell with a complex expression. Although it seemed like Doom's departure was a deliberate arrangement by Russell, in reality, Mephisto was overthinking it.

Russell had let Doom leave purely because he didn't want to accidentally harm Doom. Although he had speculated in his mind how the battle between him and Mephisto would unfold, he hadn't anticipated that Mephisto would abandon his lordly demeanor and summon other demons for help.

However, Mephisto's actions made Doom's departure seem like a deliberate plan by Russell.

After seeing Mephisto's complex expression, Russell didn't continue to taunt him. Instead, he earnestly controlled the Divine Sun Power and Heaven divine power.

The Divine Sun Power and Heaven divine power had now spread to Mephisto's torso, which meant Russell could begin forcibly seizing the authority from Mephisto.

As Russell focused all his mental energy on controlling the Divine Sun Power and Heaven divine power, Mephisto quickly realized that something was amiss.

What's this?

Mephisto could clearly sense that his demonic energy was being frenziedly purified by Russell's Divine Sun Power. At the same time, the Heaven divine power that had entered him along with the Divine Sun Power was like an invisible axe, chopping away at his authority as if it were a tree.

Had Russell lost his mind?

If, at this point, Mephisto still couldn't guess what Russell was up to, he might as well donate his brain, as there would be no point in keeping it.

Mephisto was shocked, not because Russell was using divine power from Heaven to attack his authority but because Russell intended to contain authority related to Hell within his divine island.

Although authority wasn't a tangible item, it could be divided by domains and attributes. For example, even within divine powers, Russell's Divine Sun Power couldn't contain authority related to the ocean or the earth.

This wasn't a matter of effort but rather a fundamental incompatibility between the Divine Sun Power and authority related to the ocean or the earth. The same principle applied to demonic energy, which was entirely different from divine power.

What Russell was doing now was like a shark that lived in the ocean suddenly deciding to explore a lava-filled ocean floor. In essence, it was equivalent to suicide.

While Mephisto was taken aback by Russell's actions, he couldn't help but wear a scornful smile. He was eagerly awaiting the spectacle of Russell playing himself to death.

Mephisto could think of this, and naturally, so could Russell. He would never joke about his own life. With so many beautiful girlfriends, vast assets, and a large number of obedient subordinates, even if he had lost his mind, he wouldn't come to Hell seeking death.

That's right!

The Divine Sun Power indeed couldn't contain Hell-related authority; that was a fact.

But just because the Divine Sun Power couldn't contain it didn't mean something else couldn't.

For example, demonic energy.

Russell's lack of demonic energy at the moment didn't mean he couldn't obtain it. Divine islands could evolve!

In simpler terms, divine islands could accommodate different types of energy. Russell's divine island was currently formed from the fusion of the Divine Sun Power and Divine Thunder Power. While the ocean of divine power didn't contain demonic energy, for Russell at this moment, it wasn't a problem.

His Divine Sun Power was currently connected to Mephisto's body.

The fact that there was no demonic energy in the ocean of divine power didn't mean there wasn't any on Mephisto's body.

As for how to guide the demonic power within Mephisto into the Ocean of Divine Power, the method is quite simple.

Utilizing the purifying authority of Divine Sun Power and the natural repulsion of Heaven divine power against demonic energy, the demonic power within Mephisto is driven into the Ocean of Divine Power.

As long as Russell controls the purifying intensity of Divine Sun Power and the repelling force of Heaven divine power properly, the demonic power within Mephisto will be forced into the Ocean of Divine Power.

Though this will have some impact on the Ocean of Divine Power, Russell believes the risk is worth the reward.

Of course, if he fails, he must be mentally prepared for the Ocean of Divine Power to be contaminated.

However, since he has already made up his mind to strip authority from Mephisto, he won't regret it.

Without demonic energy, he simply can't find a force to carry the authority of Hell.

Mephisto originally wanted to watch Russell kill himself with this crazy idea.

However, he quickly realized that his demonic power within his body was showing signs of being uncontrollable.

Clearly, it was his demonic power, but now it was running rampant within him, like a flock of sheep being herded by a sheepdog.

Then, it was driven into the strange space created by the activation of Divine Sun Power.

Uh...

Mephisto didn't have divine power, so he couldn't immediately recognize that the space opened by Divine Sun Power was Russell's Ocean of Divine Power.

As more and more demonic energy was consumed within his body, and Russell still showed no signs of losing control, Mephisto finally realized that something was wrong.

However, it was all too late.

Although Russell hadn't absorbed much demonic energy at the moment, after the demonic energy entered the Ocean of Divine Power, it caused his Ocean of Divine Power to boil and sent waves surging.

But his divine island remained firmly at the center of the Ocean of Divine Power.

Furthermore, under Russell's control, his divine island actively absorbed the demonic energy in the form of demonic clouds hovering above the Ocean of Divine Power.

The fusion of the divine island and demonic energy transformed Russell's previously beautiful landscape with lush vegetation into an entirely different scene.

The mountain peaks on his divine island turned into volcanoes, with dark-red magma continuously spewing from the crater, as if it wanted to completely destroy the divine island.

In addition to the mountain peaks turning into volcanoes, the vegetation on the island also began to change rapidly, from its original green color to a sinister blood-red.

The changes on his divine island also led to alterations in Russell's Divine Sun Power and Divine Thunder Power.

Some of the authority within his Divine Sun Power began to loosen, and the fusion of divine power and demonic energy began to backlash against Russell himself.

Mephisto couldn't sense the anomaly on Russell's divine island.

However, he could clearly see the golden glow surrounding Russell starting to dim.

At the same time, Mephisto could sense that Russell's life force was rapidly decreasing at a visible rate.

Upon seeing this scene, Mephisto revealed a satisfied smile.

Although he wasn't quite clear about what was happening on Russell's divine island or why Russell's authority over Divine Sun Power was loosening, he was very certain that Russell's current state was dire.

To be precise, it was extremely dire.

Judging by the rate at which his life force was currently declining, in just a minute, Russell's life force would become as fragile as that of an ordinary person.

Mephisto noticed this, and Russell was well aware of it too.

After realizing that his life force was rapidly decreasing, Russell initiated the final step of his plan.

He exerted all his strength to release the Heaven divine power within him and sent a request to the Gates of Heaven in the sky.

Then, with his hands clasped together, he looked up at Mephisto with a determined expression and said:

"Praise the Sun!"