GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

His consciousness felt the feeling of a fall for a long time. His mind descended past the abyss into an unfamiliar place with thick, corrosive energy. He is familiar with this type of energy because it is the one that comes out of his mark of sin. He has gained immunity to this type of energy, so he wasn't harmed.

"It seems I was wrong about my conjecture. But where does this Chaos energy come from? Is there a large mark of sin somewhere here?"

He didn't feel danger, so he remained calm and interested in this strange place that he didn't know existed until now. He examined it as his consciousness sank deeper into the Chaos energy.

But then his consciousness started to become pressured by the energy around him. It is the same pressure that his soul experienced from Chaos energy when he was a fledgling. The difference is that what is surrounding him isn't Chaos energy anymore.

"What is this?" He exclaimed in panic. "It is so corrosive."

He is familiar with the painful sensation due to corrosion, but this is not the Chaos energy he is familiar with. It is not as active as Chaos energy, and it is also heavier. It feels dense and very powerful. It is so powerful that the immunity of his soul was overcome.

The only thing that he knows that comes close to the properties of this energy is liquid graviton. So this energy would be a hybrid of Chaos energy and liquid graviton.

"But liquid graviton is the flesh of an elemental that can survive intense gravity? Where did this one come from? Is it also the flesh of something? If that is so, then the entity this belongs to must have evolved to survive in an area with Chaos energy."

"But why is the corrosion more powerful than Chaos energy? Could this be the famous Chaos blood? But aren't they only produced by world enders?"

"If this belongs to world enders, why do world enders have more corruption than Chaos energy? Why is it that CARNAGE never showed this kind of power? There's a lot of things that don't make sense here."

He has so many questions. Unfortunately, he couldn't continue his conjectures because he got into an unpleasant situation very quickly. The environment not only became heavier, it became so corrosive that the combined resistance of his new existence and his soul force could not keep him from being harmed.

It is now certain that he should not be here. Unfortunately, he can't leave. His soul continued to descend, and the erosion increased quickly.

"Help me." He cried out.

The other clones came to his rescue immediately. Legion-1 pulled on him as if to take him back to himself. Legion-1 is in possession of their origin, so he has that ability.

Legion-1 is also a part of Legion-7, who is now Legion-Unity, so the amount of pulling force that he could exert is six times the normal amount. They were able to halt his descent and pull him back into the world.

His consciousness returned to the world, mostly safe but severely injured. He has been saved, but the corrosion has not disappeared yet. In fact, his existence is tethering on the edge of collapse. Any later, and he would most likely have died there.

Unfortunately, Legion can't help him with this. The smart thing to do is to distance him from their network, which they did immediately. This is because Aeternus has become even more dangerous for his energy to be allowed into the mind network.

Legion-9 can't help him because life essence has never been useful to him, so Aeternus turned to the closest source of power around him. He grabbed one of his heralds and consumed him.

The poor herald was suddenly pulled towards the pillar of darkness and disappeared into it upon contact. The sacrifice of the herald healed Aeternus a little.

"So this works." He observed.

Then his gaze toward everything around him changed. His subordinates have become tonics for his scalded existence.

"In that case, you have all served your purpose."

The demons instinctively felt his malice toward them. They ran away from him, and his soldiers scattered.

He didn't even bother to mock them for their silly actions. He simply pulled all of them into his body. The gods were not spared either. Nothing on the plane was spared. He consumed the trees and every animal around him. He even consumed the top layer of the earth on the plane.

Everything he targeted was pulled into his existence unfailingly. He grew bigger, but only by a little, despite the size of everything that he consumed. It is because most of them were used to heal his injuries. The rest couldn't increase his strength by much since he was of a much higher state of existence than theirs.

His most powerful subordinates are demon lords. They are far weaker than demon kings, so they were like appetizers to him. Only the Celestials added anything significant to him.

"I have learned several lessons just now." He said after healing.

"One thing is certain. I have not met the requirements to fuse with my energy yet. Two, trying to fuse with my energy is very dangerous. And three, Demon kings and Celestials are the weakest things that are worth eating."

He understood how close he was to death. If not for the help of other clones, he would have died. So he made up his mind not to attempt to fuse with his mark of sin until he had at least mastered the supreme law of Chaos.

He will also eat a lot of demon gods and powerful beings so that he can become powerful enough to resist the corrosion.

Power and comprehension should increase his chances of success, so he made up his mind to have them before he attempts to risk his life again. This is a decision that all of Legion insists on. This means a lot of demon gods will have to assist them in the endeavor.