The messages popping up one after another left Yi Tian struggling to keep up.
They showed just how astonishing a transformation Nidhogg had undergone.
Only when he saw the words "Dragon God" did Yi Tian pause-he realized what had caused Nidhogg's drastic transformation!
He had devoured the life divine core.
He had neither absorbed it nor taken control of it!
Absorbing or controlling a divine core was how Wan Jiang, Chen Mo, and the others used theirs, turning the divine core into part of their own abilities.
In the future, they could also use it to ascend to the divine throne associated with that core.
This method only worked if their own abilities matched the divine core's attributes.
Nidhogg's choice to devour it, however, meant he had used the life divine core as nourishment to strengthen his own innate power.
Doing so would shatter the life divine core completely, and no one could say exactly how much it would strengthen him.
When the Nature Goddess had first explained divine cores to Yi Tian, she had specifically mentioned this point...
Without absolute confidence, devouring a divine core was an extremely poor bargain.
If the divine core did not match your own power, forcibly devouring it would throw the divine power within your body into chaos, doing more harm than good.
Moreover, even if you successfully devoured it, there was no telling how much divine power you would gain.
Trading the divine core for treasures better suited to you would be more worthwhile.
But...
In Nidhogg's current situation, there was no other path left to take.
The life divine core offered little in terms of combat abilities. Even if Nidhogg had chosen to control it and fight, he would never have been able to handle the situation before him.
To survive against