Chapter 32: The Domain of Undead Creatures!
2017-01-21
Author: Zhusheng Floating Tower
“No! No! No!……”
The somewhat plump-looking human soul in front of him let out a roar filled with unwillingness, but Soren’s expression did not change in the slightest. He unhesitatingly reached out and grasped the soul before him and then directly crushed it.
A massive surge of soul power erupted.
The power of Orcus transformed into countless divine lights that fell, followed closely by a mad influx towards Soren himself.
A line of data appeared before his eyes:
“Killed the King of the Undead – Orcus [Soul Form]!……”
“Extracting target soul energy!……”
“You have gained 1,500,000 points of Killing Experience!……”
“Extracting target divine power!……”
“You have gained 10 points of Divinity Value!……”
“Extracting target divine power!……”
“You have gained 5 points of Divinity Value!……”
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“Devouring target divine power!…… You have gained the [Undead] trait!……”
“Your [Death] domain has been enhanced!…… You have gained the additional innate ability [Summon Undead Creatures]!…… You have gained the additional innate ability [Create Undead Creatures]!……”
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A power belonging to death flowed into Soren’s body.
Orcus’s weakened soul was crushed by him without hesitation, and with Orcus’s complete death, a thread of special undead traits was also absorbed by Soren.
“[Undead] Trait: Your soul has pierced the mystery of death, allowing you to escape it. This is a power that only deities may possess; when your physical body dies, your soul can rely on external objects to resurrect you. The undead trait makes your soul more resilient, as if only a true God of Death could kill you!……”
The source of Orcus’s resurrection.
Soren felt as if he sensed something in the dimness, and then a slight smile appeared on his face.
“It seems Orcus is truly a bit unfortunate.”
After gaining the undead trait, Soren finally understood the reason behind Orcus’s continuous resurrection. It was precisely because of this ability to pierce the mystery of death that many people in the past were unable to completely end Orcus after killing him. However, Soren was different from others; he inherited the power of the Three Death Deities, which happens to be what Orcus feared the most.
Only the ‘God of Death’ can truly kill him!
Soren’s power perfectly met this requirement, otherwise, other deities could at most imprison or seal Orcus’s soul, just like others had done in the past.
“This trait seems useless to me.”
Soren frowned and murmured: “True God form itself can be resurrected. As long as it’s not during the Saint’s Cataclysm death, or death during the Abyssal Blood War, otherwise, the possibility of resurrection for deities should already be quite high. Moreover, the God of Death can eliminate the undead trait to completely kill the target.”
“At present.”
“There are still quite a few deities with the God of Death profession active in the Material Plane!”
A basically useless trait.
Unless Soren killed all those with the God of Death profession, otherwise this trait was completely ornamental.
However, after killing Orcus, Soren’s domain of death was further enhanced, and also extended to the domain of [Undead Creatures]. This special extending domain allowed Soren to gain the powers of [Summon Undead Creatures] and [Create Undead Creatures], and at the same time, it allowed his priests to access the domain of [Summon Undead Creatures].
In other words.
From now on, the priests under Soren’s church can use undead-related spells.
For example, spells such as waking skeletons, controlling undead creatures, commanding undead creatures, mass summoning undead, etc., which were originally unusable spells, could now be used due to Soren’s ability enhancement. His priests can simultaneously possess two summoning abilities: one is summoning shadow life, and the other is summoning undead life.
A hint of golden light spread out from the temple.
When Soren sat back on the throne, centered on the entire Modo Island, all the priests in the Material Plane who believed in and served Soren sensed it, and then they found that some other spells had appeared among the divine spells they could use.
These spells were fed back to the priests through divine perception, and they had to reach a certain level of power to access the domain of [Summon Undead Creatures] to obtain them.
A chorus of prayers began to rise.
Countless priests involuntarily began to pray and praise Soren’s greatness because they had no doubt that their serving deity had just become even more powerful!
Of course.
The true strength of this domain was not here.
But Soren was also a bit confused about whether he should unlock this ability, as it seemed that after killing Orcus, his believers’ domain had expanded into the realm of undead creatures.
Soren seemed able to accept the faith of the undead!
This was an ability possessed only by the genuine God of Death, whether it was the God of Death – Naraku or Klanvor, both had quite a few undead followers.
At the same time, among the special abilities Soren could grant to his believers, there was also the special power obtained after deeply accessing the undead domain, which was the ability to [Transform into Half-Undead Form] and [Transform into Undead Form]!
Currently, the special bloodline Soren unlocked only allowed transforming into shadow life.
His followers could undergo a ritual to transform into shadow life, giving up some human traits and gaining the ability of shadow life, while greatly extending their lifespan. The transformation into undead form was even more thorough, directly becoming an undead creature, with an extremely long lifespan in theory, but they would also have the weaknesses of undead creatures.
“Forget it.”
Soren carefully considered and shook his head: “It’s still better not to unlock the ability to transform into undead form yet.”
After all, the undead are not living beings.
This might not be a good thing for Soren’s church, especially since he had not fully mastered the God of Death profession.
If this domain were opened, the internal affairs of the church would become even more complicated.
With shadow life already existing, adding an undead sect within would not be a good thing for Soren. Moreover, Soren’s divine kingdom needed to be enriched; if many believers became undead as they approached death, then from where would the souls in the divine kingdom come?
On some level, Soren still agreed with Klanvor’s doctrine.
That is, the dead should not disturb the world of the living too much, as it would blur the boundaries between life and death.
What Soren needed more were the Prayer Weavers in his divine kingdom, rather than a whole bunch of undead beings. Although the Prayer Weaver is reborn after death, losing much memory, they still have feelings, emotions, and thoughts, while the undead are completely different. In the long run, the form of undead creatures would be more detrimental than beneficial to Soren’s church!
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