Hyper-Dimensional Player

"Digest divinity."

"You have seized Asas’ Power of Darkness."

"You have attained the rank of Demon Lord."

"You have acquired part of the Dark Monarch’s laws and erased Glazest’s lingering consciousness."

Duncan was not surprised by this.

The divinity he carved from Glazest’s true form was already digested, so what did Asas’ power amount to?

However, he did not expect the Power of Darkness to be on Asas.

If Duncan hadn’t appeared to cut him down, it was highly likely that Asas would have been possessed by Glazest in the future. This fool was always mimicking his father, using imitation to digest divine power, and would naturally become ’Dark Monarch - Glazest.’

Several other unlucky ones died similarly.

Suddenly, Iachitu-Sivim, with part of the godhood of the God of Tyranny, the Fear Divine Son, exploded on the spot as a vessel for Bane’s revival, along with the final conclusion of the Baldur’s Gate series, Chaneem’s true form, Flamefist Duke Abodel-Yaden, who was killed by another Slaughter Divine Son in a duel at the age of over one hundred.

Then the victorious Slaughter Divine Son exploded directly to become the vessel for Baal’s revival.

Mortal ascension is already a slim chance.

When divinity falls from the skies, it is best to doubt if someone intends to possess you. A Golden Core cultivator achieving the Divine Transformation cultivator’s power likely means the other has already infiltrated your divine soul, ready at any time to possess your body for rebirth.

In this realm, once one becomes a god, it is difficult to die truly.

Duncan slowly closed his eyes, began digesting the laws of the Power of Darkness. He killed Glazest’s true form once, and killed the host Asas once, but felt the Dark Monarch Glazest still wasn’t truly dead.

Not surprisingly, Trasia-Sensation may be one of the tools for Dark Monarch Glazest’s revival.

He dared to imprison the Goddess of Wealth, Waukeen; it cannot be believed he lacks preparations for revival.

But it doesn’t matter.

If he dares to revive, Duncan dares to slash him apart; if killing once doesn’t suffice, then slash multiple times, as each death leads to a massive explosion.

A boss could be farmed so many times, Duncan might even be grateful to him.

"Convert divine law."

"You possess the rank of divine-like power."

"The divine power you possess can be split and serve as a vessel for revival, using loss of some power to possess a specific target!"

"Before all split divine power vanishes, you will not truly die."

"Your divine soul can erode specific targets, bit by bit shaping them into a new self through divine power."

"When the timing is right, the target will unknowingly be transformed into a part of you."

It is here.

The ability for divine possession finally surfaces.

As long as this power is present, anyone consuming Duncan’s divine power might be directly replaced by him.

Simultaneously,

Some of the abilities inherent to the Power of Darkness have also been digested by him.

— "Fear (Demon Lord) (Domain of Dominance): With a casual gesture, such as a cold laugh at the corner of the mouth or murmuring a word, you can directly impose a fear-like spell effect on any target. This magic-like ability is seen as a legendary casting level (enhances with character level), impacting creatures immune to fear (including intelligent mechanical creatures and undead creatures, but excluding unintelligent and unconscious entities).

If these creatures fail their will save, they descend into a state of trembling."

Duncan gently opened his eyes.

Merely a glance made the desecration priest standing outside the Chapel of the Elect shiver uncontrollably, utterly losing the courage to resist.

Useful.

Effortless casting ensures absolute domination over lesser beings.

— "Dictum (True Word Law): Every minute, you can vocalize a majestic command to make the target submit. The target must try to pass a legendary level will save; failing, they must attempt another legendary level fortitude save, failing leading to a round of daze.

If the initial will check fails, the target must fulfill your command within one minute.

Aside from ignoring commands leading to suicide, all other instructions, such as killing teammates or performing acts against personal ethics, must be followed. If the task isn’t completed within one minute, another fortitude save is needed, or the target suffers 6-18 points of perception drain."

Dictum is strong.

This goes beyond crushing lesser beings; it extends to arbitrary control over life and death.

"Kneel!" A majestic voice resounded.

The next moment, the desecration priest directly knelt, seemingly unable to resist the power of Dictum, even though she was close to legendary level.

"Crawl over!"

The desecration priest inched her way over.

Essentially, you can make her do anything except for self-harm.

Asas had every right to be proud.

Would the Dictum not affect Duncan, against other demons, Asas might treat it as a plaything.

No wonder the Dark Monarch Glazest played so extravagantly.

— "Power of Darkness (Law of the Dark Monarch): When not wearing armor, you receive an energy field shift bonus to your armor class equivalent to your Charm bonus, effective even when using shields except tower shields.

Also, striking other enemies with melee attacks grants you a damage bonus equivalent to their Charm bonus. (Equivalent to constant legendary divine power)"