Chapter 82 【Telepathy 10 Feet】
2015-03-02
Author: Floating Tower
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After Soren possessed 【Weakened Divinity】, he appeared completely different. Although his appearance was still the same as before, the aura around him had an almost divine quality. If described in Eastern terms, it carried a hint of ‘unity of heaven and man’, but it was clearly a demonic version of ‘unity of heaven and man’. Soren’s originally handsome features now had a touch of sinister charm, a transformation that was difficult to describe in words but was undeniably real.
This change in aura easily attracted mortals!
The power of abyssal demons largely stems from their inherent divine power, basically every high-level demon within the Bottomless Abyss possesses a trace of divinity. This divine power can accumulate over time, which is why the struggles among high-level demons are extremely brutal, with many beings strengthening their own power by plundering the divinity of others. The nearly endless demon armies inadvertently become prime targets for plundering divinity, but unfortunately, very few succeed in doing so.
Here, an ancient history must be mentioned.
That is the 【Lord of Hell】 – Asmothiels, one of the oldest beings in the world!
According to legend, he was originally born due to the emergence of the Chaos Source; there are few clear records of that history, only that demons appeared from the Chaos Source, which was the first batch of demon armies. This was the oldest demon legion, many of them engulfed in roaring flames, ancestors of the current third generation of Tanar’ri demons, creatures born from the Chaos Source. The demons crossed the universe uninvited, posing a serious threat to the oldest gods at that time, namely the Order Ancient Gods, of which there are only limited records.
This battle lasted an exceptionally long time.
The Order Ancient Gods grew weary of the endless war and began to create a type of being to assist them in combating the demon armies.
These beings were angels.
Of course, Soren preferred to call them – 【Otherworldly Divine Servants】!
Among these winged warriors, Asmothiels was the most valiant and the most beautiful. He killed more demons than any other angel, even exceeding the number of any deity. But as countless ages passed, Asmothiels and the other battle angels gradually became tainted by the characteristics of their enemies. Over time, their originally beautiful appearance became ugly, and the Order Ancient Gods and other angels began to fear them!
They were consuming and merging with the primal demons’ divinity.
Even though this process was passive, they were still changing day by day, growing stronger. Asmothiels’ power became increasingly astonishing; although he remained a servant of the Order Ancient Gods, he had started to use the laws to gain power for himself, requesting privileges and rewards from the Order Ancient Gods and gradually becoming more powerful than many deities.
The demons’ divinity further eroded their bodies. Asmothiels and the oldest batch of his divine servants were all undergoing transformation.
Ultimately, the devil was born!
Asmothiels became the 【Lord of Hell】, the ruler of devils, the only being capable of resisting powerful deities solely relying on divine power without the aid of divine profession!
He also might well be one of the few possible existences of 【Great Divinity】.
By the way, the devils inherited some of the primal demons’ divine abilities. Therefore, many of them are completely immune to fire damage, while many existing demons surprisingly cannot resist fire damage.
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There are many legends about Asmothiels.
But this one is the one Soren finds most plausible, because there are records in some ancient ruins documenting Asmothiels’ battles in the Chaos Source. That was an age older than the Abyssal bl**d War. Almost none of the existing deities came from that age, even many beings claiming to be ancient gods might not have been born in that period. The material plane where Soren currently resides did not even exist then; the deities born from this material plane could not possibly exist.
Soren entered the realm of demons.
Although he himself did not realize it, after obtaining 【Weakened Divinity】, he was indeed moving closer to the demonic path.
The only difference was that there was also a trace of devilish aura within him.
Demons are quite mad beings, while devils are decidedly calm; if Soren’s current power is aligning with demons, then internally, he is aligning with devils. As the main force of the Abyssal bl**d War, demons and devils are almost irreconcilable mortal enemies, but one undeniable point is that whether it is the current third generation of Tanar’ri demons or the devils that have survived to this day, their power’s essence partly comes from the ancient primal demons, the evil forces birthed from the Chaos Source!
Demons remain demons, while devils only inherit evil while maintaining order. (Knowledge 【Mythology】.)
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The body of the bear spirit dissipated.
On the ground remained a piece of amber-colored crystal resembling a gem, and a trace of divine light appeared in Soren’s eyes.
A row of data appeared before him:
“Obtained 【Weakened Divinity】!……”
“Bloodline of the Son of Slaughter gains divine power enhancement!…… Awaken potential demonic abilities!……”
“Automatically masters 【Weakened Fire Resistance】!…… Automatically masters 【Weakened Toxin Resistance】!…… Automatically masters 【Weakened Electric Resistance】!…… Gains supernatural ability 【Telepathy 10 Feet】!……”
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A large amount of data displayed before Soren’s eyes.
Perhaps due to the divine power breaking through a critical point, numerous 0s and 1s began to appear densely before him, gradually settling back to calm.
Shortly thereafter, he gained three basic resistance specialties and one supernatural ability.
“Weakened Fire Resistance 【Personal Specialty】: Weakened divinity grants you part resistance to fire damage. From now on, you are immune to any cold damage of 1 point or less. When attacked by spells or spell-like effects, any damage that has cold effects will be reduced by 1 point. With the strengthening of divine power, you will gradually enhance your resistance to fire, ultimately possibly becoming completely immune to fire damage.” 【Prerequisite: Weakened Divinity.】
The three weakened resistance abilities are the same.
Unlike the cold resistance Soren obtained previously, this resistance was not honed through his own training but came as an effect of weakened divinity, thus can only be strengthened by the increase in divine power.
Demons have innate resistance skin!
Ultimately, they may become immune to any fire, toxin, and electric damage, but the vast majority of demons have lost their ancient bloodlines; only those considered the purest descendants of the current bloodline, the 【Balroth Fire Demons】, can achieve complete immunity to fire, toxin, and electric damage. The findings so far are limited; the only thing Soren knows is that nearly all primal demons are immune to fire damage, and Balroth Fire Demons are among the most traditional surviving demon descendants.
Lastly, there is a supernatural ability attached to divine power!
“Telepathy 10 Feet 【Supernatural Ability】: Divine power grants you the supernatural ability of telepathy, the range affected by this ability will increase as divine power grows. Telepathy can be used in many situations, enhancing your capabilities in various aspects, and can stack with sensory-related specialties, such as Sixth Sense, Intuitive Dodge, Enhanced Sixth Sense, and other unique specialties. This ability will gradually improve with divine rank.”
This is a very nice supernatural ability.
In some ways, it compensates for Soren’s lack of 【Intuitive Dodge】, although the range it affects is still too small.
According to Soren’s memory data, Balroth Fire Demons naturally possess 【Telepathy 100 Feet】.
Speaking of which.
He really couldn’t understand how Cthulhu was able to slay a challenge level 20 Balroth Fire Demon with a single strike, considering that at that time his own profession level hadn’t even exceeded that of the Balroth Fire Demon’s challenge level. Under normal circumstances, even if he stood still to be struck, it should take quite a while to defeat him; after all, did you not see how long the barbarian wizard Gandalf needed to deal with a Balroth Fire Demon? After that, he directly leveled up to become the white-robed barbarian wizard Gandalf.
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The power of divinity fused into his body.
Soren’s pupils slightly glimmered with a red light, which was not influenced by divine power but rather the bloodthirsty desire of the Slayer Form!
Merely killing the bear spirit was not enough to satisfy his bloodthirsty cravings after transforming into a slayer. Soren needed to k*ll more enemies to avoid slipping into a crazed, rampaging slayer state.
Vivian’s petite figure landed, seemingly glancing worriedly at Soren, who was exuding a heavy murderous aura.
At this moment.
Soren finally saw the true face of the shaman, who turned out to be an extremely small, born gnome, probably of advanced age, no wonder he was so cunning, shrinking inside and unwilling to come out. But ultimately, he still died at Vivian’s hands, as the power gap between the two was too obvious. There were very few legendary professionists in the indigenous people’s tribe, and most of them were only spirits like earthbound spirits appearing within the tribal range.
“Let’s go!”
Soren glanced around and said in a deep voice, “We need to go help them!”
Even though they had eliminated the spirit and the shaman, the battle was not over yet; there remained considerable fighting strength within the indigenous people’s tribe. Soren needed to suppress them quickly, forcing these indigenous people to surrender; otherwise, once the battle ended, his pirates would probably suffer half of their casualties. Currently, the proportion of injuries among his men had already reached nearly one-third.
These idiots!
In the heat of the battle, they charged in without realizing that even the lowly indigenous people had started to resist; soon, they would be surrounded by thousands of ordinary people. 【Discipline -3】
……………… (To be continued ~^~)
