"All you want are my Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone. I admit I'm no match for you. You can take them whenever you like!" The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King retreated to advance, hoping to sound out their intentions.
Having lived for hundreds of thousands of years, he was no fool, at least.
The God of Greed shook his head. "Heh, you still don't understand your predicament."
"This Seat has no interest in killing you, nor any need for your Spirit Ring or Spirit Bone. You're simply too stupid. You've diligently served as the Sea God's pawn for tens of thousands of years without even realizing it!"
"What do you mean?" The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King feigned ignorance.
The same question had just occurred to him, but he had yet to figure it out.
The God of Greed continued, "There are some things This Seat doesn't mind telling you. This body is merely an avatar of my true self. It doesn't possess even a tenth of my true strength, yet I can still capture you and slaughter you at will."
"Back then, Poseidon attained godhood on the Douluo Continent. Even if his strength was lacking at first, he couldn't have been weaker than this avatar of mine. He didn't kill you. Did you really think that was mercy?"
Under the God Realm Committee's rules, a powerful native who attained godhood could remain on their planet for another hundred years. Whether they purged dissidents on the continent or did something else, the God Realm Committee would not interfere as long as they did not drive all life on the planet to extinction.
Thus, the Sea God could easily have killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King back then. The whale king was not even human, so no one would have