Ezequiel and Ragnar finished with the Seventh Layer of Hell's landmass in less than two weeks, and every cell in their bodies thrived with immense power. The Supreme Neo-Demon was closer to evolving his Emptiness Path of Power to Rank 9, and the Viking had already risen from the bottom of Initial Rank 9 and headed to the Middle level.
Paths of Power that focus on the body are unique in that they can rise incredibly fast as long their foundation is strong and have an energy source of a high enough quality.
The duo stared at the Eighth Circle of Hell but did not march toward it and waited for Zatiel. It was best to take things calmly now that they were so close to Nexus.
No matter how weak or injured the Soul Core of Existence was, underestimating it would be a grave mistake. It was once the soul of Endless Darkness, a True Rank 10 life form that rose to that level on his own.
When it came to Singularities that rose to Rank 10, even life forms like Lords of Emptiness were cautious. No matter how great their talent and destiny were, Ezequiel and Ragnar had never faced an enemy like that.
It did not take long for Zatiel to take care of the origins of the Fifth and Sixth Circles of Hell, and then he handled Labyrinth. The Neo-Demo Ancestor's soul had significantly risen, having devoured that much soul force and raw energy, pushing his cultivation higher.
Once Zatiel finished with Labyrinth, he teleported immediately to the Eighth Circle of Hell's origin, but this time he did not destroy the Archdevils' True Souls.
Zatiel's Rex Somniorum Eye glowed as Depravita Aura flowed into the Eighth Circle of Hell's origin. The dark aura was like acid, melting all the Archdevils' souls and fusing them into a single substance.
Things did not end there as Zatiel also used his Virtual Force to imbue a sense of desperation and urgency in the Archdevils' souls, making the desire to run overflow every iota of their existence.
After a week, the only thing that remained inside the Eighth Circle of Hell's origin was a chaotic evil essence with incredible power.
Zatiel took a deep breath and focused as he carried on with the next phase. He was using that chaotic evil essence to birth a new Depravita.
Far, far away from Baator, there was a mortal kingdom. The royalty and nobles kneeled before a small child with blue hair and silver eyes.
Accompanying the child was a young man with a red crow, but they remained silent and let the boy handle everything.
"Although your crimes do not warrant a death sentence, you have made many mistakes. I will give you thirty days to fix all of them, and if you fail, I will destroy this kingdom."
The mortal king trembled as he heard the child's words. He had already seen the trio's power and knew there was no way they could fight him.
However, other than fear, there was also a flash of excitement in the mortal king's eyes.
'This could be a chance. I can finally get rid of all the corrupt garbage without the fear of a civil war.'
Codicia smiled as he heard the mortal king's thoughts. However, suddenly he frowned and stared into the distance.
"What is happening?" Venganza noticed the boy's expression.
"I felt a disturbance in the Concept of Greed." Codicia was one with the Concept of Greed and had near absolute control over it, so it was easy for him to detect a change in it, no matter the distance.
"A new Depravita that harmonized with the Concept of Greed is being born."
Venganza and Ira were slightly surprised, and their sight reached all the way into Baator, where Zatiel was creating the new Depravita. After seeing the life form's birth, they no longer cared.
"There is no need to worry. Someone born like that would be strong but could never overcome the bounds of the Depravita Nature."
When it came to the Depravita Race, Venganza's understanding was even better than that of Zatiel.
"Oh, I see." Codicia nodded and stopped paying attention to the events in the Eighth Circle of Hell.
Although Depravitas formed Sundered Night, neither Venganza, Ira, or Codicia saw the rest of the Depravita Race as brethren. Those crazy killing machines bound to their wild and evil desires did not matter to them.
Zatiel used all his power and finally formed a new entity. It had a humanoid form, with several arms emerging from its chest.
The creature opened its eyes and unleashed a force that made the entire Eighth Circle of Hell tremble. Immediately, it adopted a bipedal position and used its extremities to clasp into space as if it was the ground and move at shocking speed.
A smile appeared on Zatiel's face as he saw the Depravita born out of all those Archdevils' souls and a desire to move faster and faster.
"Crack!"
The clash of the Depravita against the origin's walls generated cracks, but before it could break it and run away, Zatiel's right eye glowed, paralyzing it.
Zatiel brought the Depravita out of the origin and teleported back to the place that once was the Seventh Circle of Hell, where he adopted a meditative position.
The Neo-Demon Ancestor took the drop of blood he gave to Ragnar, where a massive amount of life force was stored. He sent the new Depravita into the Astral Black Hole in his knees and began his Sixth Ignition.
Ezequiel's eyes narrowed when he saw that, and he also adopted a meditative position. Pan Gu had already left the component needed for his Sixth Ignition inside his body, and he only needed to improve his constitution until it could resist the pressure.
Ragnar did not waste his time either. He focused on his End Stars and focused on their power. Each of them allowed him to express a shocking physical might that achieved perfect synergy with his Viking Path of Power.
The trio was performing their last power-up before marching into Nexus and fighting the Soul Core of Existence.
