The [Death] Domain!

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!

An eerie sound like something being scorched rang out. The instant Soren clashed with the Thousand-Soul Head, something unprecedented happened.

Time needed to pause here for a moment.

First, when Soren encountered the Thousand-Soul Head, he slashed at it. But thanks to its unique nature, it shifted its body from solid to incorporeal and evaded the blow. Soren then realized that this monster could not be easily dealt with through ordinary physical attacks. So, while activating his slaughter domain, he imbued his weapon with his already dwindling divine power value, converting it directly into divine energy damage to attack the enemy.

This time, the Thousand-Soul Head could no longer evade him through its semi-spiritual nature. Soren's slash made it scream on the spot.

However.

Something very strange happened at that moment.

As Soren's blade struck the Thousand-Soul Head and injured it, a series of notifications appeared before his eyes:

"Target hit!..."

"You dealt 36 (+24 divine power damage) points of slashing damage to the target!... Extracting the target's soul energy!... You gained 3,600 slaughter experience!..."

"Target hit!..."

"You dealt 39 (+24 divine power damage) points of slashing damage to the target!... Extracting the target's soul energy!... You gained 3,900 slaughter experience!..."

There was something very strange about this.

This was the first time Soren had gained slaughter experience merely by attacking, before he had even killed his enemy.

Every slash tore away a portion of the Thousand-Soul Head's souls, because it was a monster formed from thousands of twisted souls in the first place. Soren had not yet finished it off, but every attack earned him some slaughter experience and weakened the death aura surrounding the enemy a little more. After landing a dozen or so slashes, not only had the Thousand-Soul Head's aura