The Perfect Path: Law Godhood (1)

World of Gods - Baator.

After Gu Long departed for the Abyss, Leylin, with his newfound strength and powers, decided to finish the things and decided that it was time to enter the Baator to take the rest from the Beelzebub and achieve the Law Godhood with his True Body.

A long time has passed since Gu Long prepared to the Abyss to make the breakthrough to the Being of Law and attain the Law Godhood, even though Gu Long only needed enough time to make it so. 

For Leylin, he was finished with the preparations, obtaining the tremendous amount of worshippers from the Holy Nāga Empire that was now stretching across the entirety of the Debanks Islands.

Everything was under the strict control of the Holy Nāga Empire; even the few surrounding islands and archipelagos that were ruled by some random Demigods from the mainland or native ones were devoured and assimilated by the war machine of the Holy Nāga Empire. 

Such was the cruel truth and the state of things, as the Holy Nāga Empire was getting stronger with each passing year.

More and more powerhouses and experts were appearing within the Holy Nāga Empire and as Leylin already had enough experience with the Dalaran Kingdom, he knew how to rule the nation in the most effective way.

Even though the Holy Nāga Empire was just the front for the Heavenly Serpent Church of the Nāgarāja.

That was the most crucial aspect of the Holy Nāga Empire, as it was a theocratic nation where the Heavenly Serpent Church and the state were one, and soon enough, one of his children would take the place of the Holy Emperor.

"So he wanted to devour me through this trap to recover?"

Leylin's figure appeared atop the Iron Tower, his Divine Force causing the area around him to be still.

Infiltrating the Baator and coming to the second level of Dis, was a piece of cake for someone of his power, not to mention he was armed with several specifically prepared artifacts and spells, for the intentions of stealth and sneaking.

He looked at the beast devouring the Pit Fiends without a care in the world, and his eyes glowed. He had confirmed that this was a trap laid by Beelzebub, aiming to ensnare him so that the Archdevil could regain his lost authority and power.

However, even if Beelzebub's plan had failed, he'd managed to devour a lot of Pit Fiends.

They now fuelled his recovery. Even if swallowing Leylin would have been most effective, this was better than nothing. Through the devouring of the Pit Fiends, Beelzebub was able to recover some of his lost strength, but it was also abysmally small.

'A.I. Chip!'

Leylin fiercely commanded when he couldn't locate the Beelzebub the moment he entered the place, so he ordered the A.I. to search for the Beelzebub using a bit different method.

[Beep! Bringing up data on the Manderhawke Plate…]

The A.I. Chip intoned, sending a large amount of information to Leylin's memory.

He'd made several attempts to replicate the Manderhawke Plate back in the Magus World, and now it seemed to have paid off.

Elegant runes and patterns began to appear from Leylin's fingertips, forming a complex and intricate pattern. The patterns had all joined together, forming a strange circular rune.

[Beginning replication of Manderhawke Plate, searching for similar wave bands…]

Looking at the notification, Leylin descended to the ground and moved towards Beelzebub's statue. The semiplane beast had ripped the entire palace to ashes, but this region had been spared that treatment.

[Beep! Search complete. Target's location: 00]

"So it's here!"

Leylin did not hesitate any further, pressing the replica up against Beelzebub's statue. The rune buzzed as it began to merge into the statue. It was like something being dropped in water as it opened up a mysterious space.

This place was extremely small, and the world seemed to be in grayscale here. There was an aura of extreme evil in here, being radiated by the body of a devil that was curled up in the center.

"I've finally found you, Beelzebub…"

Leylin muttered.

He'd never thought that this Archdevil would have grown so weak.

Although he looked to be the same, Beelzebub had dropped to the size of an infant. Illusory tubes connected his body to the semiplane beast, absorbing the power it devoured.

"From the Magus World to the Purgatory World, and back to the World of Gods before the Nine Hells. Our feud is finally coming to an end…"

Leylin looked at Beelzebub, sighing at the sight of his enemy. Crimson runes began to cover his body as a vertical eye split apart his brows.

"Law Godhood - Dream Devour!"

Leylin used the best method of absorption he had for the World of Gods. Dark red Dreamforce engulfed the entire space, forming an oval egg. The egg began to throb slightly, as if alive and breathing, before it was always being devoured by the Law Godhood and transported to his True Body.

A very short amount of time had passed in the real world, and the blood-red eye opened to swallow Beelzebub up in his entirety. Just at this time, something occurred in the outside world. The infantile devil trembled, losing all of its aura.

The ruler of the Second Hell, the Lord of Gluttony… Beelzebub was now dead!

Beelzebub's original body was then corroded by Dreamforce, exposing a round plate embossed with patterns. Everything was devoured by Leylin's Law Godhood and nothing had remained from the true body of the Archdevil.

'The true form of the Manderhawke Plate! So he hid it within his body…'

Leylin examined this round plate. The intricate patterns on it rather intoxicated him as the plate weakened the world's boundaries greatly.

'With the Manderhawke Plate opening the way, Dreamforce should be enough…'

A brilliant glow was emitted from the Manderhawke Plate, forming a deep and mysterious black hole.

'Beelzebub's last bit of Divinity, as well as his Divine Force and power of Laws…'

Dark red light glowed in Leylin's palm, immediately getting sucked into the black hole. It disappeared without a trace.