Talent

Alex had been a lone Seven-Star Fiend. By chance, he had obtained this Blood Essence and discovered that it could independently refine Inkstone into Sovereign's Might. The discovery had filled him with both joy and trepidation. In the Hell Plane, only a handful of people could refine Inkstone into Sovereign's Might. He understood well enough that possessing a treasure invited trouble.

At first, he had been very cautious. He established the Thick Earth Tribe to gather wealth more efficiently, so he could convert it into more Sovereign's Might.

For all these years, Alex had rarely made a move. He had wanted to quietly amass wealth and wait until he was strong enough to stand among the Asuras. Only then would he emerge and challenge one. Now, knowing he wasn't strong enough, he had no choice but to settle down and cultivate in peace. But after Alex converted all his wealth into a drop of Sovereign's Might, his mindset changed.

He felt that gathering wealth this way was too slow, so he turned his attention to the tribes around him. After successfully wiping out the nearby tribes, Alex managed to refine another drop of Sovereign's Might.

This made Alex even more arrogant. He set his sights on the Black Water Tribe, whose strength was about equal to his own. As a tribe led by a Seven-Star Fiend, it possessed more than enough wealth to refine at least one drop of Sovereign's Might.

Then Alex set his sights on Adam and the others. To be safe, he also issued a Fiend Mission to wear them down. He had to admit, it was a clever plan. And with Sovereign's Might, Alex had the means to save his own life.

The man had been unlucky. If he had simply cultivated in peace for a few hundred thousand years, perhaps even a few million, he might have become a top-tier Commander one day. But his greed knew no bounds. He wanted to amass more wealth and refine Sovereign's Might faster. He issued a Fiend Mission to cover his tracks, but in the end, the hunter became the hunted: Hodan ambushed and killed him.

After refining the Blood Essence and becoming a Destruction Giant, Hodan learned that Destruction Giants had no shortage of Sovereign's Might. From the moment they were born, they could connect with the world and independently absorb Sovereign's Might from the deepest part of the Divine Power Ocean.

The process wasn't fast, though. According to the inherited memories, a Destruction Giant in the Lowgod stage needed a million years to absorb Sovereign's Might from the Elemental Ocean if he did nothing else. A Mid-God needed about ten thousand years, while a Highgod needed a hundred.

Hodan had only just absorbed the Destruction Giant's Blood Essence and been transformed into one. He was now equivalent to a young Destruction Giant.

A Destruction Giant needed only a thousand years to reach maturity. That meant that once Hodan became a mature Destruction Giant a thousand years from now, either his Destruction or Thunder God Clone could absorb Sovereign's Might at full strength and obtain a drop within a century.

Of course, once he reached Paragon, the boost from Willpower might make the process even faster. But the original owner of the Blood Essence had never reached Paragon, so Hodan had no way of knowing for sure.

Even so, the speed was already astonishing—though still nowhere near as fast as extracting Sovereign's Might directly from Inkstone, Azure Stone, or Thunder Stone.

Hodan held an Azure Stone Slab in his hand and activated the Destruction Giant's innate ability with all his might. In an instant, the slab crumbled to dust, and the Sovereign's Might inside it turned into wisps of vapor.

In other words, if Hodan had enough Inkstone, he could refine a trillion Inkstone into a drop of Sovereign's Might in a single day. The faster the process, the less was wasted. This was far quicker than absorbing it from the depths of the Elemental Ocean. As long as Hodan had endless wealth, he would never lack Sovereign's Might.

A single drop of Sovereign's Might could be exchanged for over a hundred trillion Inkstone, and even then it was almost impossible to buy. No one would be foolish enough to part with a life-saving treasure like Sovereign's Might. After all, not everyone was Reisgyn, whose mother was a Sovereign and who had an inexhaustible supply of Sovereign's Might to squander.

Hodan could understand why Sovereign's Might could be extracted from Inkstone so quickly. Imagine a man from ancient times going alone into a pit ten thousand meters deep to mine gold, then hauling it back to the surface. Only after all that could he refine the ore into gold. Naturally, it would take a great deal of time and effort.

But Inkstone was like a supply of high-grade gold ore handed straight to Hodan. All he had to do was extract the gold from it, so of course the process was fast.

Alex had refined two drops of Sovereign's Might before, but he had used them both in this battle. That was why Hodan had found only a little over a hundred billion Inkstone in his Space Ring.

Now that he knew he could extract Sovereign's Might, Hodan converted the wealth he had seized this time into two drops. The rest wasn't enough to refine another, so he kept it in reserve for emergencies.

Hodan looked at the two drops of Sovereign's Might in his hand, breathing faster. What did the Prefects, Asuras, and Commanders of Hell value most, aside from Sovereign Artifacts? What did they all compete to obtain, at their level? Of course, it was Sovereign's Might! Hodan now had two drops, and with his ability, he could turn them into endless wealth—and more Sovereign's Might.

With Sovereign's Might and his current peak Six-Star strength, he could even fight an Asura Prefect. He might even be able to unseat Prefects who lacked Sovereign's Might and were relatively weak. That was, of course, assuming he had enough Sovereign's Might. But given his current strength and connections, he was sure he could soon achieve the results he wanted with a little maneuvering.

After putting away the Sovereign's Might, Hodan took another look at his abilities.

As the one-of-a-kind Destruction Giant, a race unique in all the world, he also possessed an innate divine ability.

His innate divine ability was the Destructive Demon Thunder Body. It greatly heightened his perception of the Thunder Element and Destruction Rules, while also significantly enhancing his defenses—both physical and spiritual.

The Destructive Demon Thunder that surrounded his body was also a powerful weapon. Anyone who came close would be struck by it, even if he didn't lift a finger. Its strength was on par with his understanding and fusion of the Mysteries. In other words, if Hodan were a Seven-Star Fiend, his protective thunder would strike with the power of a Seven-Star Fiend. Once Hodan reached Paragon, anyone who approached him would suffer indiscriminate Paragon-level attacks, even if he stood still.

What's more, the attacks were triggered automatically by his body's connection to the world, without consuming any of his divine power or mental energy. Naturally, he could control them himself. Hodan didn't want his innate defense attacking indiscriminately. Destruction Giants truly were living natural disasters.

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