With one slash, his head separated from his body. Hodan stepped forward and punched Gaiseresen's floating head, blowing it apart.
With a single punch, he had annihilated Gaiseresen and every one of his Divine Clones, including his strongest.
Compared to the Great Elder, whose defenses had been fused with a Material Defense Sovereign Artifact, Gaiseresen's body was much weaker. If one had to say, the Black Tortoise Clan had the strongest defenses, while the Azure Dragon Clan excelled in balance and had no major weaknesses.
Hodan swept his hand back and collected Gaiseresen's headless corpse and all his belongings into his Space Ring. There was no time to sort through the spoils during a battle, but most of a clan's resources were usually held by its strongest members.
Hodan would never let the four clan leaders' bodies fall into anyone else's hands, either. He was eager to study the innate divine ability they could use through fusion. If he got the chance, he would naturally look into whether he could master it and increase his own strength.
As the Four Divine Beasts' most direct descendants, there was no doubt about the purity of their bloodlines. At the very least, their blood could yield several drops of the Four Divine Beasts' essence blood. Hodan was also sure he could gain something by studying it—and Destruction Sovereign had done exactly that.
Collecting the bodies of the Four Divine Beasts Clan members was also a way to plan ahead. Though Destruction Sovereign was currently locked in a standoff with Oufu, he was also the one who had studied the Four Divine Beasts' bloodlines most deeply. Since the Four Divine Beasts Clan was fated to be annihilated, Hodan needed to preserve enough of its members' bloodlines. Otherwise, Destruction Sovereign might reach a certain point