Chapter 38: [d*ath] Domain!
2016-01-13
Author: Floating Tower (诸生浮屠)
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A bizarre sound resembling something burning echoed out as Soren clashed with the Thousand Souls Head, an unprecedented event erupted.
Here, time needs to pause for a moment.
Firstly, when Soren faced the Thousand Souls Head, he initially slashed with his blade, but due to the unique nature of the Thousand Souls Head, it transformed from a solid form to an ethereal one and avoided the attack. Soren soon realized that this type of monster could not be easily dealt with through ordinary physical attacks because, while activating the Killing Domain, he had already infused a small amount of his divine power into his weapon, directly converting divine power into holy energy damage to strike the enemy.
This time, the Thousand Souls Head could no longer evade using its semi-ethereal characteristic; it let out a horrific cry as Soren struck it.
However.
At that moment, something extraordinarily strange occurred.
As Soren’s blade struck the Thousand Souls Head, dealing damage to the enemy, a row of data appeared before him:
“Hit! …”
“You dealt 36 (+24 divine damage) slashing damage to the target! … Extracting target’s soul energy! … You gained 3600 Killing Experience! …”
“Hit! …”
“You dealt 39 (+24 divine damage) slashing damage to the target! … Extracting target’s soul energy! … You gained 3900 Killing Experience! …”
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One very peculiar point.
This was the first time Soren gained Killing Experience through attacks without having killed the enemy yet.
Every slash he made would tear a portion of the Thousand Souls Head’s soul because it was a monster formed from thousands of twisted souls. Soren had not yet defeated it, but with every hit, he received a part of the Killing Experience, and the d*ath Aura surrounding the enemy weakened slightly. After continuously striking the target with about ten blows, not only did the aura of the Thousand Souls Head grow weaker, but Soren also directly earned more than thirty thousand points of Killing Experience!
“What is happening?”
At this moment, even Soren himself was somewhat bewildered, secretly pondering, “Could it be related to the information about the d*ath Domain I just acquired?”
Domain Ability.
Although he had not fully mastered the power of the d*ath Domain, some powerful domains could enhance their strength after obtaining information once, producing effects that were not very obvious.
This should be related to the information of the d*ath Domain and also possibly connected to the Killing Domain.
The battle continued.
This unexpected discovery was not enough to throw Soren off balance. After activating his own abilities, he relied on the overwhelming power of the deity to crush the Thousand Souls Head without giving it any opportunity, intending to eliminate this dangerous enemy with divine power.
The aura of the Thousand Souls Head grew weaker and weaker.
When Soren made his final slash, cleaving it in two, countless wails of souls erupted. Ethereal blue ghost flames immediately flickered up from the surrounding piles of bones. Many souls surged out from the twisted body of the Thousand Souls Head, circling around the room before rushing into the flames of the [Soul Furnace].
Immediately after!
A surge of deathly energy exploded, and a powerful force from within the Soul Furnace was slowly absorbed into Soren’s body.
A frantic row of data appeared:
“Killed the Thousand Souls Head! …”
“Extracting target’s soul energy! … You gained 75000 Killing Experience! …”
“The target possesses divine power! …”
“Extracting target’s divine power! … You gained 4 Divinity Value! …”
“The target possesses divine rank power! …”
“Extracting target’s divine rank power! … You gained 2 Divine Value! …”
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The Killing Experience from the last strike on the Thousand Souls Head was not much, possibly because a portion of the soul had already been absorbed earlier. However, the data prompts did not stop. New data prompts continued to appear:
“The target possesses fear aura! …”
“Extracting target’s fear aura! … You gained partial information on the Fear Domain! …”
“Your new ability [Fear Aura] effect has been enhanced!”
“Ability breakthrough! …”
“You have mastered a new domain [Fear]! …”
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“The target possesses d*ath divinity! …”
“Divinity compatibility 86%! … Extracting residual d*ath divinity power from the target! …”
“You gained partial information on the d*ath Domain! …”
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“Detected residual d*ath divinity! …”
“Divinity compatibility 89%! … Extracting residual d*ath divinity power from the [Soul Furnace]! …”
“You gained partial information on the d*ath Domain! …”
“Ability breakthrough! …”
“You have mastered a new domain [d*ath]! …”
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“Divine power awakened! …”
“Because you mastered the [d*ath] domain! … You automatically comprehended the divine ability [Hand of d*ath]! …”
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A series of dense data prompts emerged.
From the Thousand Souls Head, Soren gained enhancements far greater than those from the Demigod Lich. He had already absorbed a portion of the Demon Son of Fear’s divine power, and one could say that the Demon Son of Fear was the first stepping stone to his rise. Now, against the two monsters possessing ‘Fear Aura,’ the Demigod Lich and the Thousand Souls Head, Soren had twice acquired information on the [Fear] domain.
Thus, he directly mastered a new domain ability—Fear!
Of course.
This wasn’t anything extraordinary.
The more remarkable gains came from the d*ath domain information prompt from the Demigod Lich and the other two information prompts from the Thousand Souls Head and the Soul Furnace.
The three prompts directly achieved the prerequisite for mastering the [d*ath] domain.
Although it was currently only a basic mastery, it was enough for a deity like Soren to extend a certain divine power from the d*ath domain—[Hand of d*ath]!
In simple terms, this was a weakened version of the power over life and d*ath, capable of erasing any mortal below legendary level!
Any mortal.
Whether elf, dwarf, human, or demon, devil, and so on, as long as they did not exceed legendary level and still belonged to the scope of mortals, Soren could directly erase their lives.
Without any exemption checks.
There was no need to trigger any exemption checks; even if the target’s vitality was as resilient as that of a giant dragon, Soren could erase them with just a thought.
This was the terrifying aspect of the [d*ath] domain!
Of course.
These were merely the most basic abilities; the domain was just the mastery of [Divine Profession]. Soren’s understanding of the [d*ath] domain was likely still inferior to that of the weakest reaper minion.
Because many reaper minions also possessed the [d*ath] domain.
The domain was merely an extension of the legendary, still miles away from the true divine profession!
………………(To be continued ~^~)
