Chapter 167: 【Executioner】 – Soren! (End of Volume Two)
As Soren left Snake Island, the enormous shadow beneath the sea advanced toward the deep sea area.
A hint of divinity allowed the mutated tiger shark to achieve a spiritual sublimation. As it consumed more and more flesh and bl**d, the wounds on the mutated tiger shark healed rapidly. Divinity is a power that transcends the mortal realm, stronger than mutated magical creatures. When divinity accumulates to a certain degree, it can potentially transform a certain creature into a deity or turn them into more terrifying divine bastards. The divinity bestowed by Soren was certainly not derived from the powers of light, justice, and goodness. In fact, from the moment he granted divinity, the mutated tiger shark was shrouded in a desire for slaughter.
It devoured countless marine creatures along the way.
The mutated tiger shark’s injuries had nearly healed, with rotten flesh gradually regenerating, and its metabolism proceeding at an astonishing speed. As it consumed more flesh, its size even surpassed that of a blue whale. Moreover, with its increasingly gigantic form, the mutated tiger shark grew sharp bony spines on its back, and its razor-sharp fangs regrew. On its mammalian skin, dark green scales emerged, each the size of an adult’s palm.
It no longer resembled a shark but rather a nightmarish mutated ocean behemoth!
The frenzied feeding satisfied its craving for flesh, but the thirst for slaughter still tortured its soul. The mutated tiger shark finally stopped eating; its size had completely exceeded that of a blue whale and likely weighed nearly twice that of an adult blue whale. The massive mutated tiger shark’s appearance had drastically changed; its body was covered in scales, its back was lined with bony spikes, and its gaping maw boasted five rows of razor-sharp teeth, easily capable of shredding any creature to pieces.
It gradually approached the deep sea range, its keen bl**d-sensing ability allowed it to discover a new target.
The mutated tiger shark swam forward with its massive body at high speed. At some unknown point, its pupils had turned slightly red, resembling Soren when he transformed into the Slayer.
Finally!
It discovered a new target.
It was an enormous deep-sea squid, which was currently preying on a whale, similar to a humpback whale. The adult whale had no advantage in size against this colossal ocean creature, which ensnared it in the water with its powerful tentacles. The deep-sea squid wielded incredibly sharp beak-like appendages. This ocean behemoth had likely existed for a long time. Upon noticing the approach of the mutated tiger shark, it cautiously released its prey and retracted its massive tentacles.
The battle erupted silently!
The mutated tiger shark rushed forward without hesitation, opening its massive maw to bite at the enemy before it.
A torrent of bl**d gushed forth.
The battle between the two ocean giants stirred the seawater into tumultuous waves, as large amounts of bl**d gradually turned the water crimson.
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Taro Port.
Soren’s fleet docked at the harbor. However, as Soren drew close to Taro Port, a strange array of data appeared before him.
It was an inexplicable data prompt:
“k*ll deep-sea squid [Mutated Ocean Creature]!…”
“Slaughter divinity energy conversion!… Extract a portion of soul energy!…”
“You gained 1050 points of Killing Experience.”
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A strange prompt.
This sudden data notification left Soren puzzled, and the unexpected killing experience further baffled him.
He hadn’t done anything particularly special lately!
Besides granting the mutated tiger shark 1 point of divinity, he had mostly spent his time on studying spells. Therefore, this sudden killing experience was likely related to the mutated tiger shark.
Because it was hunting and feeding, if it was the one to k*ll the target, then things became intriguing.
Killing divinity!
If the mutated tiger shark killed targets, Soren could also gain a portion of the killing experience.
This meant he had inadvertently touched upon a more marvelous divine realm. This reminded him of the divine profession of war; whenever large-scale wars broke out in the world, any deities possessing the divine profession and domain of war would see a portion of their divine power enhanced. Some evil deities with the divine profession of war even deliberately incited conflicts to expand their domains.
Killing.
This was a very terrifying domain.
Because throughout history, anyone endowed with any part of this domain’s divinity had generally been powerful deities!
Soren didn’t know the reason.
But he knew that divine realms related to killing, souls, and d*ath could enhance the soul energy garnered from killing targets. Thus, the sudden appearance of the killing experience notification was likely connected to the mutated tiger shark and triggered by the 1 point of divinity he granted. Soren’s divinity was of killing rather than the fear divinity held by Vivian.
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“Your Grace Throat Cutter!”
The Half-Elf First Mate appeared near the harbor, bloodstains still fresh on him. He slightly bowed upon reaching Soren and said, “The Eastern Sea Route has been blocked! Asrold’s men have been completely exterminated, and we captured some prisoners! Currently, no ships from the Eastern Sea Route can enter the Southern Coast area.”
“Very good.” Soren nodded lightly.
He glanced at the others before solemnly asking, “What about the Ocean Temple?”
The Half-Elf First Mate’s expression stiffened as he whispered, “The Naga Priestess has stated that we must handle this ourselves! Pirate King Asrold has yet to publicly betray the Ocean Church; she doesn’t want to turn this into an internal struggle of the Ocean Church. So this can only be considered a conflict between pirate kings. However, she has stated she will restrain the Naga Royal Family’s power to ensure that there will be no intervention from the Naga sea clan in this battle!”
Soren’s face turned ashen at these words, and he roared, “That b*tch!!!”
She was the one who wanted to deal with Pirate King Asrold first. Now that Soren had openly declared war, this d*mn b*tch casually did not wish it to become an internal dispute of the Ocean Church and retreated.
What use is it to restrain the Naga sea clan?!
Do the Naga sea clan even dare to openly betray the Ocean Goddess? Ultimately, she simply wants to preserve her strength and let Soren and Asrold injure each other!
This d*mn b*tch is forsaking loyalty for her own gain!
From start to finish, other than a ghost ship, she had not revealed any real trump cards.
“What movements are there from the Rosad Duchy?”
Soren furrowed his brows deeply, observing the Half-Elf First Mate, “The Duchess of Red Dragon governs a duchy and cannot act rashly. Have you found out anything about her whereabouts?”
The Half-Elf First Mate shook his head, “I am incompetent! I only discovered that the navy of the Rosad Duchy has been dispatched to Fury Sand Island! There is a city established by Asrold there; they probably intend to have a decisive battle with us there!”
Soren fell silent upon hearing this.
The Ocean Temple’s treachery was within his expectations; after all, his rate of growth was too rapid, and with the Temple of Wealth’s interjection, the Naga Priestess had too deep a scheme and was too petty, which was quite normal for her to be wary of his strength and wish to wear him down. However, upon hearing the news, his heart was filled with anger, and his discontent towards the Naga Priestess grew stronger.
She stands backed by the Ocean Goddess and the Ocean Church but remains wary of Soren’s strength!
It seemed she was not a long-term partner.
“What about the prisoners?”
Soren took a deep breath, turning to look at the warships docked at Taro Port, and said in a deep voice, “Even if the Ocean Temple does not engage, we can still defeat Asrold! Bring all those prisoners up!”
The Half-Elf First Mate complied and withdrew.
Soon rows of prisoners were brought up. Since Asrold ambushed Snake Island, Soren naturally needed to return the favor in kind, directly eliminating all of his bases on the Southern Coast.
“Throat Cutter! You’re dead meat!”
A pirate prisoner with a side of his face burned by fire saw him and immediately laughed and cursed, “Asrold will hang your head on a flagpole! You’re all going to d*e!…”
Thud.
The elite pirate escorting the prisoners silenced him with a punch, and the Half-Elf First Mate quickly explained, “He is Asrold’s half-brother!… We captured him alive during the ambush!”
Half-brother?
He seemed to be human?
Soren expressionlessly approached the prisoner and softly said, “It won’t be me who dies!… I will send him to hell soon!…”
Clang!
A cold flash of a blade cut through.
Then, a head rolled away, a large stream of bl**d gushed forth, and the headless corpse collapsed with a loud thud.
Soren’s expression remained cold.
He did not even glance at the headless body beneath him; instead, he swung his blade again, severing the second prisoner’s head. One head after another fell, rolling in all directions, the bl**d had already stained the dock red, yet Soren’s steps did not show any sign of stopping. He expressionlessly collected heads until the last prisoner fell beneath his blade.
A total of one hundred twenty-seven prisoners.
All executed on the spot by Soren, leaving no survivors.
The area near Taro Port was engulfed in a dense scent of bl**d, with heads stacked in the center of the harbor.
Before the battle is over.
These heads would remain piled here, causing any malicious individuals to think twice, as long as Soren did not utterly fail, they would have to consider the price of rebellion.
This price would be extremely heavy!
It was on this day.
People’s titles for Soren gradually changed from Throat Cutter to Executioner.
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(PS: Volume Two is finally finished. I will start writing Volume Three in the afternoon. After finishing this volume’s conclusion, it will be much easier to write.) (To Be Continued ~^~)
