"Boom!"
As the doors to Rhodes's seclusion chamber opened, a powerful aura surged out in every direction without restraint.
"Big brother, you're finally out!"
"Rhodes, congratulations on coming out of seclusion. Your strength has advanced again."
Hathaway and Pash spoke at the same time.
"Haha, I've made a little progress. Since you're both here, sit down and have a few drinks to celebrate." Rhodes laughed heartily, his aura beginning to recede. Its initial unchecked outpouring had only happened because the excitement of his breakthrough had momentarily left him unable to control it. Otherwise, he would never have been so ostentatious. Although Rhodes did not keep a low profile, he was never ostentatious, either!
"Pash, when did you get back? I've been in seclusion all these years and haven't had the energy to follow what's happening outside. Hathaway told me you've made quite a fearsome name for yourself in the Netherworld! Haha."
"Hathaway, there's no need for thanks between us, but I still have to thank you for all the help you've provided over the years, and for keeping me safe during my seclusion." Rhodes spoke to the two of them with a smile.
At this point, Rhodes's mood could only be said to have settled a little. His joy and inner excitement were still utterly impossible to suppress.
Rhodes's divine body had long since reached the toughness of a Midgod artifact. After becoming a Highgod, he could have nourished it with Highgod divine power for several thousand years, using lightning to help raise his divine beast body to the toughness of a Highgod artifact.
But while absorbing divine spark essence this time, he had naturally broken through to the toughness of a Highgod artifact. When he reached his limit of a hundred drops of divine spark essence, his divine body's