GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Aeternus looked at the empty plane, which had to bear the consequences of his dangerous attempt to fuse with his energy.

It made him say in awe, "No wonder a single demon god can take on a plane on their own."

There are no more animals or plants in the area around him. That area is two-thirds of the total area of the plane. It is completely empty of all life. No one would think there were two armies fighting in this place a few minutes ago. And this is just from the power of his mind without using Chaos energy.

He said in appreciation for his new strength, "I am not a demon god, but I don't think I am lacking compared to one. I don't need subordinates anymore."

He is not concerned at all that all his subordinates are gone. He spent a lot of time and effort on them, but they are gone now. But it is not a waste of his time and effort. The strength that they acquired through him has been returned to him.

A normal demon god doesn't need subordinates to take on a whole plane and subdue it. CARNAGE alone fought the Lumen Plane, and he pushed them to the brink of destruction.

He was stopped by the divine plane, but he was still able to create an army of blood clones to fight the gods in the divine plane and several Vampire Primogenitors in the plane to fight the Will of the plane while simultaneously fending off the attacks of Origin gods.

Such is the power of a demon god. They can fight all the forces that a plane can bring forth and achieve victory. He has that power now and more, so he doesn't need subordinates.

This is also why Origin gods with Supreme Laws only bother to fight for resources and not control over planes. If the possession of a supreme law is not enough to give them outstanding contributions in the era of conquest, then no amount of weaker beings can help them.

At some point, no amount of quantity can make up for the difference in quality. He, above everyone knows about this difference in quality. He was already at the top of demons with a level 10 authority but he still couldn't match demon gods with almost 50 crowns assisting him.

It was not until he sacrificed all those crowns and more Authority of the Celestial Supreme that he was able to achieve qualitative improvement himself. Even then, he could only resist the might of a demon god for a while. It is only now that he has evolved that he can fight back and hope to defeat demon gods.

Even if he needs Subordinates, they will have to be the equivalent of Origin gods and demon kings, just like the Vampire Primogenitors.

That way, even if they couldn't be of help to him, he would be able to consume them for power. At least, they would be better than his previous subordinates, who are not only useless for power but also inefficient as food.

He chuckled when he thought about all the things he could do with his power right now. "So much to eat, so many to taste."

Most of his thoughts are on eating. He failed to fuse with his mark of sin, but he also gained a new hobby. Feeding is also a hobby that will make him stronger. Eating his subordinates not only healed him, they also increased the power of his Chaos energy.

It is not an increase in quantity. He has never needed that since he was a fledgling. What was increased by eating his surbodinates was the quality of his Chaos energy. If eating can increase the power of his mark of sin, then eating will be his new vice.

He grinned and said to himself, "I can't wait to spread the gospel of Chaos to the willing and unwilling. I should start with the demon gods first."

"The demon gods should meet me. It is just right that I introduce myself to them. If they don't come to see me, then the price they will pay will be more than a hundred subordinates."

He is currently full of anticipation, and he would like to test his power in a fight. His power is so mighty that the whole plane has darkened by now as if there were a solar eclipse. He doesn't even need to block the sun with his body to plunge a plane into darkness. His mere presence is enough to rob the world of light.

He is so powerful that his only subordinate still alive is shivering and unwilling to show herself. But this is not enough to tell the full extent of his might. Only a fight with another demon god will satisfy his craving for a fight and his craving for a bite.

Xander is currently shivering in the shadow dimension because he glanced at her. He didn't just glance in her direction. She felt his gaze bypass the barrier between dimensions and settle on her form.

He was never able to do that in the past. Xander's ability to go to the shadow dimension is the basis of her stealth, and she was able to remain hidden from him in the past. He could tell where she was because she was his subordinate. But now he can break through the dimensions, be they the shadow plane or the law matrix.

He can track Xander just like CARNAGE tracked Legion-7 into Legion-1's inner world. But Xander isn't worthy prey, so he stopped looking at her.

He looked around the plane again and noticed the desolation he had caused. All signs of civilization have been wiped out. There are still living beings, both plants, animals, and some sentient races, in small pockets at the edge of the plane, but most of the plane has been ravaged by him.

The only thing still standing is the large portal behind him that leads to his abyssal plane.

He asked the other clones, "What do we do with this plane now?"