For any devil, promotion and change in form are undoubtedly time-consuming things.
Even if you are promoted from a low-level lemure to a little devil, it will take at least three hours.
As for more advanced forms, it can take more than ten hours.
Therefore, for a fallen soul like Irenicus that attracts extra attention from the will of the plane and is even destined to become a single form of great devil, the transformation process must take more than twenty hours.
Especially the source of sin and hatred formed after the divine spark is extinguished, like a hungry beast that is crazily devouring the nutrients given to it by the entire hell plane.
It not only includes the huge sacred energy obtained by squeezing souls, but also the larvae transformed into countless mortal souls after death in the hatching pit.
Normally, these larvae should have hatched into cannon fodder at the bottom of the ecological chain - lemures.
But now they have all become part of the body of a big devil who is about to be born.
Through the spherical shell formed by the hot magma, countless larvae inside are exploding one after another, and under the action of some powerful force, they turn into balls of viscous "tomato sauce" that are stirred together in a kind of
It was continuously squeezed and solidified in a very precise way, and finally formed a roughly outline of a human-shaped body.
First the bones, then the internal organs, blood circulation system and muscles...
Different from the chaotic and completely random evolution of the abyss demons, who shape their bodies into whatever they want, the body shaping process of the demons presents an aesthetic sense of order from the beginning to the end of an industrial assembly line.
Although each type of devil, especially high-level devils, will often be greatly strengthened in various aspects.
But whether it is a pit fiend or the lowest level lemure, there is not much difference in its inner nature.
This is why the former can use the ability of [Devil Shaping] to transform the latter into a more advanced devil form at will as a material.
For example, twenty lemures can be transformed into two bone demons or three upside down demons.
When necessary, they can even use twenty lemures to create another pit fiend.
But considering that this is equivalent to adding a potential competitor of the same level to itself, it is impossible for the Hell Fiend to do this unless it encounters a critical moment.
This homogeneity gives the Devil Legion a great flexibility advantage. It can transform the huge and bloated low-level Devil Legion into a small number of high-level elites at any time, and then complete a series of tactical coordination that is unbelievable to the outside world.<
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And the conversion speed is very fast, often only taking one minute to complete.
The only drawback is that this transformation is irreversible.
Even the Hell Fiends or higher-level Great Devils cannot turn the temporarily transformed Bone Demons and Inverted Hook Demons back into their original number of Lemurs.
Of course, there is no need to change back.
After all, the number of lemures is equal to the number of mortal souls who have fallen into hell, so it is not easy to replenish them.
The real problem that needs to be solved is how to arrange corresponding positions for these transformed intermediate and even high-level devils to ensure that the strict hierarchy among devils and the absolute order within hell will not be shaken at all.
However, these problems do not exist at the ninth level of Zuo Si’s rule.
Because anyone who is considered a threat will soon be "interviewed" by the succubus queen Melcantheut, which is actually just throwing them into a pool of sparkling oil to take a bath.
When it comes out, both thoughts and consciousness will undergo a 180-degree turn.
Since all threats have been nipped in the bud, the political struggles and intrigues on the ninth level are far less intense than those on other levels, and lawful tendencies are directly maximized.
On the contrary, it has an evil tendency, which seems slightly inadequate to outsiders.
Several lords and devil dukes even criticized Zuo Si's ruling method and the ridiculous election method in the huge cyberpunk city, feeling that it was neither "hell" nor "devil".
But Asmodeus knew very well the amazing benefits that city could bring every month.
The number of soul prisms obtained through trade alone is as high as millions or even tens of millions.
Not to mention that there are still a large number of mortals who are lost in the wonderful feeling of feasting and freeing their inner desires, until they are willing to sign a contract to sell their souls in exchange for more money to maintain their current life.
This kind of environment where you are constantly sinking and falling while enjoying happiness is far more effective than the original methods of threatening, intimidating, bewitching, and luring.
Moreover, Asmodeus also noticed that the more materially abundant a society is, the easier it is for the human spirit to become empty and lonely, and the belief and reverence for the gods is also decreasing.
Even many people who have huge wealth and power will involuntarily have a strong desire to break taboos and even blaspheme.
Many women and men in secret gatherings will also dress themselves up as the most commonly used incarnation of a certain god, and then do some unsightly behavior in groups.
In the eyes of the Lord of Hell, only the dark soul formed by self-degradation can exude the most charming fragrance and squeeze out more energy.
According to this kind of thinking and logic, wouldn’t it be true that the richer and more developed the material world is, the easier it is for mortal souls to become corrupted?
In fact, he has privately carried out similar experiments in a world controlled by the devil, hoping to prove whether this method has universal applicability and the value of large-scale promotion.
If the results meet expectations, then the devils will begin to drastically adjust their strategies to help those poor and backward worlds become rich.
Then he wields the sickle to harvest the souls of mortals in waves, just like farmers planting crops and herdsmen herding livestock.
As for the consumption of money and materials, the devils don't care.
While waiting, Asmodeus asked Zuo Si about the future development and planning of the cyberpunk city, and also exchanged ideas on how to better inspire evil, greed, selfishness, indulgence, etc. in human nature.
skills, and how to squeeze those cunning subordinates to get them to do more work.
Viconia on the side was sweating profusely after hearing this. Even her original strong sense of hunger disappeared, leaving only deep fear and awe.
Although during the chat, these two big devils, who stood at the top of the pyramid of power and power in Baator Hell, maintained elegant demeanor and kind smiles from beginning to end.
But the content of the conversation made her, a dark elf who was regarded by other races as evil comparable to demons, feel horrified.
Especially the contrast that cannot be described in words is more frightening than the madness, bloodthirsty and violence of the spider goddess Rose.
After all, the evil of the latter can be easily felt.
But the former disguises himself as a traditional "good guy" in the eyes of mortals, and induces him to fall into hell step by step while enjoying happiness.
Similarly, Viconia also discovered that the state of the huge cyberpunk city is actually a super-enhanced version of the West Coast Empire.
Richer material conditions!
More variety of entertainment enjoyment!
There are also countless temptations everywhere!
Even if she knew the truth and lived in such an environment for a long time, I'm afraid she wouldn't be much different from those residents who had already sunk.
After all, if you have to choose between happiness, dullness and pain, anyone with a sound mind will choose the first one.
Because that is the most primitive instinct engraved in genes.
Just when Viconia's brain began to overload, a violent vibration suddenly came from the incubation pit that was originally covered by magma.
The next second...
Boom!!!!!!!
The entire hatching pit was like a volcano erupting, sprinkling a large amount of liquid mixed with viscous flesh and blood into the air.
Countless human-like things appeared out of thin air on the walls inside the incubation pit, and opened their mouths to let out ear-piercing screams.
Accompanied by screams, a humanoid creature that was more than three meters tall and extremely thin finally slowly flew out from the bottom of the pit.
He has devil-standard giant bat wings, a poisonous barbed tail, and his hands and feet have all turned into sharp claws, but there are no horns on his head.
In other words, there is no head at all, just a vortex-like black hole spinning continuously under the leather hood, as if leading to a void of different dimensions.
There is no doubt that this faceless devil is the completely transformed Irenicus.
"Ah! It seems the surprise has finally been revealed.
Congratulations, my young friend, you have another capable general.
But before that, you may have to solve a small problem."
Asmodeus looked at Irenikas's blank face and smiled playfully.
As expected.
The latter is obviously in a very delicate state at this moment.
The first thing he did when he landed on the ground was to open his mouth and ask in a tone without any fluctuation: "Who am I? Why can't I see or feel anything?"
"What's going on?"
Zuo Si obviously showed a very confused expression.
If this situation happened to the devil in the bottomless abyss, he would not feel any strange feeling at all.
After all, anything can happen in that chaotic place.
To be continued...