A few years later.
Benjamin looked at the five Black Giants before him—each over ten meters tall, powerfully built, and emanating a pure aura of destruction—and an undisguised look of satisfaction appeared on his face.
The Black Giants possessed perfect physiques, and visible chills flowed across their jet-black shells.
They stood there like five dormant volcanoes, capable of erupting at any moment.
Through the soul link, he clearly sensed that the strongest leader among the five Black Giants had already reached the level of a Level 3 Being.
Though the remaining four were slightly inferior, they had all stabilized at the level of Level 2 Beings.
Although, in order to let the Incubation Pool rapidly nurture these high-level Black Giants, Benjamin had consumed a great deal of energy stored in the newly purchased small elemental Pools over the past few years.
Fortunately, the results brought by those expenditures were remarkable and astonishing. They could be said to have fulfilled Benjamin's original vision.
"But the results are still far worse than I initially expected..." Benjamin frowned slightly as he assessed the situation inwardly.
"Although elemental lifeforms rely very little on matter when they are born, the energy they consume far exceeds expectations. Even after using so many small elemental Pools, the speed at which these fellows are being nurtured is still far from satisfactory."
Thinking of this, Benjamin turned and glanced at the enormous Incubation Pool behind him.
Within its deep waters, several juvenile Black Giants whose outer surfaces had yet to fully solidify, emitting faint pulses of life, were still being slowly nurtured.
At the current rate of energy supply and incubation, they would need at least several more years—perhaps even decades—before breaking out of their shells.
"And even these Black Giants that have already been successfully nurtured haven't fully