[Headhunter]-Soren! (Volume Two Complete)
As Soren left Serpent Island, the massive shadow on the seabed also advanced into the deep sea.
A single Divine Rank granted the Mutated Tiger Shark a spiritual elevation, and as it devoured more and more flesh and blood, its wounds healed rapidly. Divinity is a power beyond the Mutated Tiger Shark realm, far more powerful than mutated Magical Beast. When Divinity accumulates to a certain level, it may transform a creature into Deity, or it may turn them into even more terrifying Godspawn. The Divinity bestowed by Soren naturally did not originate from the power of light, Justice, or goodness. In fact, from the moment he bestowed Divinity, the Mutated Tiger Shark was enveloped by a Slaughter.
It devoured countless marine creatures along its journey.
The Mutated Tiger Shark's injuries had largely healed; the rotting flesh was gradually Regeneration, and its metabolism was proceeding at an astonishing rate. As it devoured more and more flesh, its body even surpassed the size of Blue Whale. Furthermore, as its size grew larger, ferocious and sharp bone spurs grew along the Mutated Tiger Shark's back, and incredibly sharp fangs regenerated. Dark blue scales, roughly the size of an adult's palm, had even grown on its skin, which was originally that of Motherhood.
It no longer looks like a shark; it looks more like some kind of mutated, terrifying Ocean Behemoth!
The frenzied feeding satisfied its craving for flesh and blood, but the hunger for Slaughter still tormented its soul. The Mutated Tiger Shark finally stopped eating; its size had completely surpassed that of Blue Whale, and its weight was probably close to twice that of an adult Blue Whale. The enormous mutated tiger Mutated Tiger Shark had undergone a complete transformation; its body was covered in scales, its back was covered in bony spikes, and its gaping maw had five rows of extremely sharp fangs, enough to easily cut any creature into pieces.
As it approached the deep sea, its incredibly keen blood-catching ability led it to discover a new target.
The Mutated Tiger Shark swam forward at high speed, its massive body swirling. Its pupils had turned slightly red, bearing a slight resemblance to Soren's Change Shape the Slayer.
Finally!
It has discovered a new target.
It was an enormous Deep Sea Squid -Deep Sea Squid, hunting a whale, a Humpback Whale -like creature. The adult whale, despite its size, was no match for this colossal Ocean Behemoth, its Toughness tentacles tightly binding it in the Seawater. The Deep Sea Squid possessed incredibly sharp mouthparts. This Ocean Behemoth, whose existence was unknown, alertly released its prey upon sensing the approach of the Mutated Tiger Shark, and then retracted its enormous tentacles.
The battle erupted silently!
Without the slightest hesitation, the Mutated Tiger Shark charged forward like a sharp sword, opening its blood-red maw to bite at the enemy in front of it.
Gushes of blood gushed out.
The battle between the two Ocean Behemoth churned the Seawater into turbulent waves, and large swaths of blood gradually stained the Seawater red.
Port Tyler
Soren's fleet docked at the port. However, just as Soren approached the Port Tyler, a row of documents strangely appeared before his eyes.
That was some inexplicable data prompt:
"Slay the Deep Sea Squid [mutated marine creature]!..."
"Slaughter Divine Essence Conversion!... Extracting a portion of Soul Energy!..."
"You have gained 1050 Slaughter Experience points."
A very strange hint.
The sudden data notification left Soren somewhat bewildered, and the unexpected Slaughter Experience made him completely baffled.
He didn't do anything special during this time!
Aside from granting the Mutated Tiger Shark 1 point of Divine Rank, Soren spent most of his time learning Spell. Therefore, this sudden Slaughter Experience is very likely related to the Mutated Tiger Shark.
Since it is hunting and feeding, things would be a bit interesting if it were the one that killed its target.
Slaughter Divinity!
If the Mutated Tiger Shark kills a target, Soren will also gain some Slaughter Experience.
So he had inadvertently touched upon a more wondrous Deity realm. This inevitably reminded him of the War Portfolio. Whenever a large-scale war breaks out in the world, any Deity who possesses the War Portfolio and the War Domain will receive a boost to their divine Divine Power. In fact, to strengthen their Divine Power and Portfolio, some Evil Deity with the War Portfolio will deliberately provoke and incite war, expanding their domain to a wider area.
Slaughter.
This is a very dangerous field.
Because throughout history, anyone who has held a part of the Portfolio in this field has basically been Greater Divinity Deity!
Soren didn't know the reason.
However, he knew that the Deity realm related to Slaughter, souls, and death could increase the Soul Energy he gained after killing a target. Therefore, the sudden appearance of the Slaughter Experience prompt was most likely related to the Mutated Tiger Shark, and was triggered by the 1 point of Divinity he had bestowed upon him. This was because the Divinity possessed by Soren was the Slaughter Divinity, not the Fear Divinity that Vivian possessed.
"Your Throat Cutter Slitter!"
The Half-Elf first mate appeared near the port, his body stained with blood. He bowed slightly before Soren and said, "The Eastern Route is blocked! The people of Asroder have been completely wiped out, and we've even captured some prisoners! Now, no ship from the South Coast Eastern Route is allowed to enter the entire South Coast region."
"Very good." Soren nodded slightly.
He glanced at the others in front of him and said in a deep voice, "Where are the people from the Temple of the Sea?"
The Half-Elf first mate's face stiffened, and he whispered, "The Naga Priestess says that this time we must take action ourselves! Pirate King Asroder hasn't openly betrayed the Church of the Sea yet, and she doesn't want this to become an internal struggle within the Church of the Sea. So this can only be considered a fight between Pirate King, but she says she will restrain the power of the Naga Royal Family and ensure that no Naga Sea Folk will intervene in this battle!"
Upon hearing this Soren's face instantly turned ashen, and he roared, "That bitch!!!"
She was the one who first wanted to deal with the Pirate King Asroder, and now that Soren has launched a full-scale war, this son of a bitch actually backed down with a casual remark that she didn't want it to become an internal strife within the Church of the Sea.
What's the point of restraining the Naga Sea Folk?!
Would the Naga Sea Folk dare to openly betray the Goddess of the Sea? Ultimately, they just want to conserve their strength so that Soren and Asroder will both suffer heavy losses!
That son of a bitch is so greedy and ungrateful!
Apart from a Ghost Ship, they basically didn't reveal any real trump cards from beginning to end.
What are the movements of the Duchy of Rosado?
Soren frowned deeply, glanced at the Half-Elf first mate, and said, "The Red Dragon Duchess, who rules a duchy, cannot act rashly. Have you found out her whereabouts?"
The Half-Elf first mate shook his head and said, "Your subordinate is incompetent! I have only discovered that the navy of the Duchy of Rosado has been deployed to the Sand Fury Island! There is a city built by Asroder there, and I'm afraid they intend to fight us there!"
Soren fell silent upon hearing this.
The Temple of the Sea's cunning and underhanded tactics were within his expectations. After all, his growth had been too rapid, and the Temple of Wealth had interfered. The Naga Priestess were too cunning and too small-minded; it was normal for them to be wary of his strength and want to weaken him. However, when he actually heard this news, he was still filled with anger, and his dissatisfaction with the Naga Priestess grew stronger.
Even though she clearly had the support of the Goddess of the Sea and the Church of the Sea, she was always wary of Soren's power, which she couldn't suppress!
It seems she is not a long-term partner.
"Where are the prisoners?"
Soren took a deep breath, turned and glanced at the Warship docked at the port of Port Tyler, and said in a deep voice, "Even if the Temple of the Sea doesn't fight, we can still defeat Asroder! Bring all those prisoners aboard!"
The Half-Elf first mate acknowledged and withdrew.
Soon, rows of prisoners were brought forward. Asroder had launched a surprise attack on Serpent Island, and Soren naturally needed to retaliate in kind, so he directly destroyed all of Sauron's strongholds on the South Coast.
"Throat Cutter! You're dead!"
A pirate prisoner, his cheek burned, saw him and immediately burst into laughter and curses, "Asroder will hang your head on the flagpole! You lot will all die!..."
thump.
The elite pirate guard escorting the prisoner silenced him with a single punch, and the Half-Elf first mate quickly explained, "He's Asroder's half-brother!... We captured him alive during our raid on the stronghold!..."
Half-siblings?
Does he look like a human?
Soren walked expressionlessly to the prisoner and said softly, "It won't be me who dies!... I'll send him to Hell soon!..."
Clang!
A cold, sharp blade flashed across the surface.
Then a head thudded to the ground, gushing out large amounts of blood, and the headless corpse collapsed with a thud.
Soren's expression was cold.
Without even glancing at the headless corpse at his feet, he swung his blade again, severing the head of the second prisoner. Heads fell to the ground, rolling around, the blood staining the dock red, but Soren's steps did not falter. He expressionlessly harvested heads until the last prisoner died by his blade.
A total of 127 prisoners.
They were all killed on the spot by Soren, leaving no survivors.
A thick stench of blood permeated the area around Port Tyler, where heads were piled up in the center of the harbor.
I'm afraid it won't be until the battle is over.
These heads will remain piled up here, serving as a warning to anyone with ill intentions, for as long as Soren is not utterly defeated, they will have to consider the consequences of their rebellion.
The price will be extremely high!
It was also on this day.
People gradually changed their name for Soren from "Throat Cutter" to Headhunter."
(P. S.: Volume 2 is finally finished. I'll start writing Volume 3 this afternoon. It will be much easier to write now that this volume is finished.) (To be continued~^~)