The kill!

She truly was nature's favored child.

They both possessed the [Plant] domain, yet the effects Soren could produce were no match for Karena's abilities. Vines pinned all the demons in place, while nearby trees seemed to come alive, trapping enemies with their branches. In an instant, Soren charged up to the Avatar of Yeenoghu, his scimitar slashing at every vital point amid a storm of cold gleams.

—"Slaughter Domain!"

Splurt.

Blood gushed out.

The instant Soren slew the Avatar of Yeenoghu, a soul invisible to mortal eyes emerged. This was soul power from the Gnoll King's true body, and precisely the divine power Soren needed most.

"Die!"

The slaughter domain sealed off the surrounding space. Then Soren tried to invoke a trace of the death domain's power. In an instant, his divine power value surged wildly as he targeted the Gnoll King's soul projection directly.

"No!!!..."

An agonized scream rang out as the Gnoll King's soul projection was sliced into fragments. The scream echoed not only through the Material Plane; a roar filled with fury and fear also erupted inside the magnificent palace on the 422nd Layer of the Abyss.

A portion of his soul had been killed.

The death of a Demon Lord's avatar would weaken him slightly in itself. But if even his soul projection failed to return, the problem went beyond a slight loss of strength.

He would lose levels!

At that moment, a series of messages appeared before Soren's eyes:

"Slain the Avatar of Yeenoghu, the Gnoll King!..."

"Extracting target's soul energy!... You gained slaughter experience points!..."

"Target possesses divine power!..."

"Extracting target's deity power!... You gained 5 points of divine rank!..."

"Target possesses divine rank power!..."

"Extracting target's divine rank power!... You gained 1 point of divine rank value!..."

The Demon Lord's