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"Ye... what... what do you mean?"
Rias's red lips parted slightly; she felt her understanding being shattered piece by piece.
Has Heaven changed hands?
Is the new owner Zhou Ye?
Now we have to clean house for her family?
These pieces of information, strung together, formed a picture that was utterly absurd and incomprehensible to her.
"literal meaning."
Zhou Ye crossed his legs, looking as relaxed as if he were discussing what to have for dinner.
"I took a detour to Heaven and found it in complete chaos. The God of the Bible was feigning death and asleep, and a guy named Indra was trying to take over. But I foiled his scheme. Now, that place is under my control."
He omitted the details of Helena's transformation into a Honkai Beast, and simply recounted this war, which was enough to overturn the balance of power in the three realms, in a tone as casual as if he were dealing with a troublesome document.
Rias's worldview was subjected to an unprecedented and severe shock.
Her boyfriend, the man who not long ago needed her protection and occasionally revealed his homebody nature, is now... the master of heaven?
What about Michael? What about Uriel? What about those legendary Seraphim?
"Them?" Zhou Ye seemed to see through Rias's thoughts. "They're my employees now, in a period of reflection. If they perform well, they can be promoted to full-time employees."
Cangnasi pushed up his glasses on his nose.
She recovered from the shock much faster than Rias, and her brain began to work at an astonishing speed.
The terrifying political implications behind this incident, the absolute power disparity, and Zhou Ye's true intentions were all frantically analyzed in her mind.
The old balance of power among the three parties has been completely shattered at this moment.
"Zhou Yejun," Cang Na's voice was slightly hoarse, "what exactly is your purpose? What kind of order do you want to establish?"
"It's too complicated to explain."
Zhou Ye didn't bother with a long explanation; he simply snapped his fingers.
Snapped.
No magic circle or incantation is needed at all.
The space in front of him was like a scroll torn open by an invisible hand, and a clear, one-way communication screen appeared out of thin air.
On the other side of the screen is the Demon King's Council Hall in the Underworld.
The sky was overcast and gloomy, and the atmosphere was deathly still.
Sazex and Lucifer sat on their thrones, their brows furrowed. The other demon lords also wore solemn expressions, clearly still processing the shocking news brought by Michael.
The sudden appearance of the communication screen caused all the demon lords in the council hall to go into a frenzy of magic, jumping up from their seats.
"who!"
"Enemy attack!"
Sazex unleashed a crimson burst of destructive magic as he stared intently at the overly relaxed young man sitting in the chair on the screen.
"Brother-in-law, stop guessing."
When they saw who it was, their expression was relaxed yet wary and surprised.
"I'm going to clean up some trash at Komao Academy in three days."
Zhou Ye ignored their astonished expressions and continued speaking.
"This trash looks like something you left behind."
boom!
Sazex, with the majesty of a demon king, felt a surge of violent rage rising to his head.
Crimson destructive power gathered around him, almost materializing and surging through the communication screen.
This is a test to see if Zhou Ye is real or fake. It concerns the future of the race, and as the Demon King, he must be extremely cautious.
However, he didn't have time to react.
An indescribable, irresistible, terrifying pressure gently seeped in from the other end of the communication screen.
That was not magic, not holy light, not any kind of energy they knew.
It was a pure, high-dimensional, overwhelming sense of "presence".
Sazex's prized "destructive power," capable of obliterating everything, didn't even have the right to tremble before this oppressive aura.
It was like a mouse that had encountered its natural nemesis; it was instantly suppressed, frozen, and even began to show signs of collapse.
Sazex froze.
He could sense that if the other party wished, with just a thought, they could use this tiny communication magic to crush him, along with his "destructive" authority, into the most basic particles.
This isn't a battle; this is a dimensional reduction attack.
The previous test has proven that Michael was right; Heaven has indeed become his brother-in-law's, as the King of Demons and Zhou Ye's brother-in-law.
He instantly grasped the key words.
Clean up the trash.
Komao Academy.
The devil's house.
A crazy, yet heart-pounding thought surfaced in his mind: In the past, due to various concerns, he had not wiped out the old Demon King faction. However, the surviving old Demon King faction not only did not show gratitude, but instead continued to court death, attempting to overthrow the rule of the new four great Demon Kings and the existing order. Now, the opportunity had come. If he killed the rebellious old Demon King faction, the other demons would not say much.
Zhou Ye didn't care about the turmoil in his heart and directly confronted him.
"I'll provide the stage and lay out the bait. I'll take care of the action and deal with those who don't obey."
"Once it's done and the demons are united, we can sit down and have a proper talk about the new world order."
Zhou Ye paused, then changed the subject, his tone turning chilling.
"Of course, brother-in-law, you can refuse."
"In that case, I'll have to clean the house for you myself. But I'm a bit rough around the edges, so the scene might not be very nice. I might accidentally demolish a few of your cities."
This is not a matter for discussion.
This is a blatant ultimatum.
Sazex remained silent on his throne.
The other three Demon Lords in the Demon Lord Council didn't dare to breathe. Privately, they exchanged glances, realizing how terrifying Sazex's brother-in-law was.
After a few seconds.
Sazex's tense body suddenly relaxed.
He sat back on his throne, the anger on his face replaced by a deeper emotion, a mixture of ecstasy and resolve.
He got it.
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity!
An excellent opportunity to completely eradicate the old Demon King's faction of cancerous elements without worrying about triggering a full-scale civil war among demons!
Those old fogies from the old Demon King's faction have always been a major concern for him.
Their influence is deeply entrenched and their power is immense; any rash action could lead to the collapse of the entire underworld.
But now, an incredibly powerful third party, my dear brother-in-law, is willing to provide a perfect "stage," and has even written the "script."
All he needs to do is cooperate with the performance.
The risk of this gamble is to stake the fate of the entire demon realm on believing in a monster who just single-handedly conquered Heaven.
The reward for winning the gamble is the complete rebirth of the demon race.
Does he have a choice?
No.
Sazex, looking at the relaxed young man on the communication screen, for the first time abandoned his demon king persona.
He spoke solemnly, even with a hint of respect.
“I understand, brother-in-law.”
"The devil's side will fully cooperate with your performance."
He took a gamble.
She gambled the future of the entire demon race on her sister's boyfriend.
……
at the same time.
Beyond the Three Realms, in a twisted, dark dimensional rift.
037 This is the lair of the remnants of the old Demon King's faction.
A hideous demon with fly wings sat on a throne made of countless bones.
He is Sherpa Beelzebub, a descendant of the old demon king Beelzebub.
An intelligence officer scrambled into the main hall.
"Lord Sherpa! Top secret intelligence!"
"Something terrible has happened in Heaven!"
The intelligence officer presented a stack of intelligence gathered through various covert channels.
Those "fake news" fabricated by Helena herself and spread through the Divine System and other previously hidden networks have now become the most real and tempting fruits in their eyes.
Sherpabies snatched the intelligence report and quickly began to read it.
"A civil war breaks out between the new gods and the three archangels? Both sides suffer heavy losses?"
"The new god has expended a great deal of power and is currently in seclusion to recover?"
"Michael, Uriel, and Gabriel have suffered irreversible damage and are on the verge of death?"