Nial was much stronger now than ever before. He had digested the energy remnants of the golden flower, and his Cursed Divinity was constantly digesting the millions of corpses he had devoured.
Over the course of one year - when he had been asleep and inside the Witness State - the Heart of Gluttony finished digesting the bodies of the Divine God, the Ancient Gods, and the ordinary Gods.
Thus, his current combat prowess was incomparable to before.
He was even in possession of two Familiars, who increased his strength as well!
Nonetheless, Nial's current expression was bad, like really bad.
He was frustrated that everyone always jibed at him for defending himself. It was fine that they called him Dark Successor because he actually felt as if he was the Late God of Darkness' successor.