The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen-Chapter 240 - 152 The Severed Soul

Her gaze refocused on the phantom, and under dual-thread operation, Bai Yi’s thinking was completely unimpeded as she controlled You to smash extraordinary abilities onto the phantom’s body.

Originally an extraordinary ability specialized in magic power, even if the effect was partially weakened, the source of the ability was still the abnormal object grade Divine Fragment.

All sorts of magic power corrosion and draining techniques still dealt full damage, significantly weakening the phantom.

Other witches were not idle either, attacking with various spells to slowly deplete it even if the effects were suboptimal.

If this phantom had a visible health bar, it would have definitely lost more than 40% of its blood volume by now.

The invading phantom was not without resistance, but with the Grand Judge wielding a 7th-tier Scale specifically formulating rules, only four uses had been expended in the brief ten-plus seconds since the battle began.

There were still three opportunities left to establish rules to prevent the phantom’s attacks.

This was the advantage of abnormal objects; as long as they were successfully activated, Bai Yi had never encountered a situation where the priority was insufficient.

Unless one truly reaches the 7th-tier level, it is fundamentally impossible to break through the constraints of the rules.

Bai Yi’s method of dealing with the phantom was naturally her newly acquired Soul Cutting after advancing to the 5th-tier!

Not only could she directly harm the essence of her opponent, but she could also use the cut soul slices to influence the other party!

Over the past few days, through experiments on a Lord from Eternal Life City, the results had gradually become clear.

Even with the Swarm Network building a shared empathy between two souls, and with the soul’s main body providing an inner anchor, it was possible to influence the soul slice with the vast Swarm Consciousness and completely transform it into a pure witch.

According to current experimental results, this process did not take more than three days.

Moreover, this time after the cutting, there was no Swarm Network to establish connections, meaning the corrosion of the opponent’s soul slice could be even faster.

Even if the opponent’s stronger spirit could endure longer due to their power, it was only a matter of time.

And if the opponent relies on the Power of Faith to achieve a shared empathy with the soul slice, just like her, without the need for the Swarm Network, then she could even use this connection to reverse-infiltrate and corrupt the opponent’s main body!

This has been verified in experiments; in less than a week from the start, that Lord’s main body has been swayed by his witch Avatar and could completely shift in thought to become part of the witch at any moment!

This process is completely subtle; as long as the opposition maintains a connection with the soul slice for some time, there is no chance for regret.

"Stay still, it’ll be over soon..."

Bai Yi skillfully began to wield her superpower; this time, she was prepared to try something very new, yet untested.

Long ago, when she first obtained this ability, she had speculated whether it was possible to simultaneously make several cuts on a soul, to swiftly slice and instantly defeat an opponent.

But as she had been practicing slow cutting recently, to attempt painless cutting on her own soul slices, she had not yet practically operated this technique, so it would surely be a bit rusty.

Pain was therefore inevitable.

And now, there conveniently was a perfect experimental subject that required no concern for life or death, allowing her to make the attempt.

But...

How should she cut?

Never mind, it doesn’t matter!

After all, this is a battle, not a laboratory; there is no time for too much contemplation.

The blade of the soul fell in Bai Yi’s special vision, swinging towards the phantom’s soul.

Bai Yi wasn’t sure how effective her thought-out blade technique would be, but the pain of the soul was certain.

The King of Ten Thousand Beasts had never encountered this before; the opponent, somehow with a strange ability through a Divine Descent, caused his main body to feel pain!

The agony stemming from his soul made him feel as though his physical form was injured, disrupting the Divine Descent and eliciting a terrifying wail.

And the Divine Descent left within Bai Yi’s territory, upon losing control, didn’t automatically retract; the unrestrained chaos from mixed Faith Power promptly became apparent, turning it into a dangerous bomb.

Fortunately, Bai Yi promptly used her extraordinary ability in tandem with the rules set by the Scale to stabilize this cluster of Faith Power.

Otherwise, if the invader hadn’t been able to cause any real damage to the territory, but she inadvertently blew up her own territory due to mishandling, that would have been amusing.

Since there is currently no way to store Faith Power, although it was regrettable, Bai Yi could only carefully separate and completely disperse this energy.

Only after completely breaking down the remaining Faith Power did Bai Yi breathe a sigh of relief, fully resolving this sudden invasion.

"It seems I need to focus more on this type of research; this power is indeed much stronger than magic power.

Hmm, I’ll pass the items over to Bai Fa later so she can research them as soon as possible!

But what exactly was this attack about?

A Lord actually possesses such a long-distance influence?

Seems like I need to be extra cautious with foreign objects brought back to my territory; although I could cope this time, there is no guarantee that it won’t be dangerous next time...

From now on, when extracting genes from these alien creatures, I’ll have Avatars do it!

After all, as long as it is my soul slice, the Avatar can also use superpowers..."

Although there was no real damage in the end, it truly made Bai Yi feel the strength of Faith Power and realize her slight negligence.

Of course, having been hit in the face, how could Bai Yi just let it go?

However, as she’s unclear about the opponent’s location, Bai Yi could only list the Beastman as an enemy in the network, issuing a bounty and alerting her subordinate races.

As for the truth behind this attack, Bai Yi had no intention of guessing randomly; since she had captured a soul slice, why not directly inquire with the party involved?

Separated from You, Bai Yi’s gaze had already penetrated through the network’s perspective, seeing the soul stored within the brain machine.

Just now, her attack, although crudely executed, successfully landed three strikes and took away one-third of the soul before it could escape.

From this unique perspective, there are no disguises to a soul; it’s clearly a Lord’s soul!

"Indeed, it is a Lord, so their Power of Faith is based on their superpower or Lord Talent?

No, it must be the Lord Talent, is this retaliation for capturing prisoners?"

Bai Yi had already guessed most of it upon seeing the opponent’s appearance.

But since it’s an invader, of course, a good interrogation is in order!

Extracting the soul from the brain machine, she wielded her superpower to construct a witch’s body and stuffed the soul into it.

While Bai Yi got her hands on the soul slice, the main soul body wasn’t faring much better.

Far away in Zone 89, ten minutes after losing control of his Divine Descent and regaining consciousness, the King of Ten Thousand Beasts was just recovering from excruciating soul pain.

His head still throbbed painfully, but not as intolerably as before. The King of Ten Thousand Beasts, holding his head, struggled to rise from the ground and slumped back into his chair.

After the pain eased a bit, he recalled the recent events and shuddered in fear.

"Who exactly is that person? How can they be so powerful?!

It’s not just their territory, they also have over twenty Hero units of Tier 5, and the attacks just now were nearly at Tier 6.

That Lightning was undeniably of Tier 6 might, even my Divine Descent could hardly bear it.

And it was an instant cast; if the opponent accumulates more power, I’m afraid they could really inflict serious damage to my Divine Descent...

And what was that final technique?

I couldn’t even sense the attack coming, and it traveled through my Divine Descent and hit my true form..."

Recalling what he saw after the descent, it was evident that those surrounding him were indeed real Tier 5 Combat Power, and even the territory’s giant tree, towering at least two hundred meters tall, was equally formidable.

Not to mention the additional combat power seemingly from Abnormal Objects.

The Tier 5 Combat Power in his own territory, himself included, could barely make up the count of ten fingers.

With such combat strength, plus his own power boosted to Tier 6 by the Power of Faith, he just managed to occupy half a Zone.

The opponent’s strength, even if not Tier 5, must be close.

Perhaps they have already unified the Zone!

Because of the reduced connection through Faith, after leaving the instance, he had lost observation of those Beastmen.

And from the little information he heard, he could only guess that the opponent must have other branches of territory, hinting at the possibility that they had unified the Zone.

However, he grew perplexed, for he was certain that the opponent’s unit types in the instance had only been of Tier 4 standards.

Could it be that they advanced to Tier 5 only after that?

The King of Ten Thousand Beasts was doubtful, but it didn’t matter much to him anymore.

Even if the opponent was strong, his surprise attack failing didn’t cause much loss, and the opponent couldn’t possibly have means to counter-attack and threaten his territory.

This was why he planned this assault.

Even if the opponent was truly strong and withstood his surprise attack, he wouldn’t suffer any loss.

With the barrier of the Zone in place, what’s done is done.

Yet, for the opponent to bypass the Divine Descent and directly use an unknown method to attack his true form was indeed unexpected.

"Could it be the use of some strange Abnormal Object?"

The King of Ten Thousand Beasts could only think of this possibility, for if such power were an individual superpower or Lord Talent, it would be truly terrifying.

However, this is all in the past, and although this retaliation hit a snag, the rewards for the instance would soothe his heart.

But it wasn’t until the King of Ten Thousand Beasts accessed his panel and saw his attributes that he realized the true extent of his loss, which contributed to global warming.

A full 30% of his Spirit Attribute had evaporated; what kind of malevolent power is this!

The King of Ten Thousand Beasts almost felt the headache that had just eased started throbbing again, his fear of Bai Yi deepened by several degrees, and he resolved to avoid those strange female units if he saw them again.

"If I can’t fight, can’t I just avoid it!

Well, what’s done is done; I can only try to salvage some loss...

The next Cycle Challenge...

Free-for-all in the Battle Zone suits me, though I didn’t gain much from the instance, the guaranteed reward is still decent.

Utilize these three days to quickly meet the advancement requirements and Tier up to 5.

Though I can’t beat you, freak, you’re almost half a planet away from me; it’s not possible for us to be in the same Battle Zone.

And such a monster, I surely won’t encounter a second one...

Hmph! No, this time, I must prepare a World Transfer Certificate in advance; otherwise, I won’t feel secure..."

The King of Ten Thousand Beasts didn’t realize how profoundly this defeat affected his Tao Heart.

What he was even less aware of was how swiftly he would meet the witch again.

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Spiritual damage: There are various ways to cause spiritual damage. Immense Spiritual damage, improper handling of a soul, or direct attacks targeting the soul can all result in spiritual injury. However, since souls have the innate property of striving towards wholeness, spiritual damage will gradually fade as the soul naturally heals itself...