I will eventually become a divine being through accumulating constantly

"Boom—!"

Blood and flesh splattered as the monster was smashed into pieces, dead on the spot.

[Killed a Divinity imbued special creature, Divinity +109]

It was a decent harvest, Xue Jing's spirit was uplifted.

Soon, he would gather the earnings of either a Divine Relic or a Blessed One.

Silver-white divine pupils pierced through countless flames, scanning the surroundings.

The screams of dying Flame Inhabiting Creatures seemed to act as an awakening, making many monsters aware of the dangers of approaching this area.

Xue Jing waited for quite a while but saw no new Flame Inhabiting Creatures coming this way.

Just as he was considering whether to delve deeper,

a pitch-black figure, treading on the burning magma, slowly walked towards him.

Where it passed, the flames split aside like the parting of the Red Sea, seemingly frightened and avoiding it as if in terror.

"Boom—!"

In an instant, an overwhelmingly tangible pressure shook the air and pressed towards Xue Jing.

The surrounding flames flickered and jumped, bowing down as if they were medieval peasants before a noble.

Xue Jing slightly squinted his eyes, looking at the humanoid creature approaching.

Standing close to three meters tall, it looked like a small giant, its entire skin composed of black transparent crystals. Through its surface, countless thin circuits could be seen inside, resembling blood vessels, except what flowed was not blood but red-hot magma.

The Black Crystal Giant had facial features similar to humans, but where its eyes should be, there were round rubies continually wavering like ocean waves. Through its transparent 'skin,' countless magma nerves connected these two gems.

As Xue Jing watched, the Black Crystal Giant slowly opened its mouth, emitting a sound like a steaming machine, with copious black smoke billowing out continuously.

"Looks like a heavyweight... interesting," Xue muttered.

This oppressive force was similar to the Guardian Dragons of the Pureblood Dragon Species he had encountered at the Intersecting Boundaries.

The Black Crystal Giant seemed to feel the dangerous aura from Xue Jing as well; it halted, slightly raising its right hand.

On the ground, countless streams of black magma surged and gathered in its palm, slowly forming a sword over five meters long, similar in shape to the Forgotten Greatsword.

Then, beneath its transparent skin, countless magma circuits suddenly brightened, starting to flow at an accelerated rate, and its dark exterior began to emit a red glow.

The Black Crystal Giant's legs slightly bent as it crouched.

"Swoosh—"

It vanished from the spot, and the next instant, appeared in front of Xue Jing, with the black magma greatsword mere inches from Xue Jing's face.

As the Black Crystal Giant made its move, Xue Jing moved simultaneously.

With the Twin Speed activated, he crouched down at an incredible speed, dodging the ominous-looking heavy strike, the Forgotten Greatsword in his hands switching to a two-handed grip.

Whirlwind Thunder Force activated, spiral indentations appeared on his arms, and after spinning around, he performed a backward slashing strike, gathering Qi Force and forcefully smashing it against the waist of the Black Crystal Giant.

"Bang-Crack—!!"

A dull impact mingled with a crisp sound of crystals shattering; the upper body of the Black Crystal Giant was violently smashed into a highly distorted and exaggerated arc.

Yet, this strike that could have sent a tank flying did not break him, nor did his feet leave the ground!

Seeing this, Xue Jing immediately realized that the thing's physical resistance was absurdly high.

With a thought, a Lightning Dragon Horn grew on his forehead, silver-white thunderbolts flickering on the Forgotten Greatsword, spreading through the blade to the Black Crystal Giant.

Under the wrap of Dragon Thunder, a twenty-fold gravity pressed down, slightly halting the Black Crystal Giant's ongoing move.

Seizing the opportunity, Xue Jing pulled out a Dragon Cherry Seed, pressing it against its chest.

From the walnut-sized seed, countless thick black roots immediately extended, tightly binding the Black Crystal Giant, wrapping it completely with not a single gap exposed.

The life force-sucking characteristic of the Dragon Cherry began to take effect, attempting to drain the life force from the Black Crystal Giant.

But right away, Xue Jing didn't feel any life force flowing into the Dragon Cherry.

"This thing... has no life force?"

Xue Jing furrowed his brows.

At that moment, the roots of the Dragon Cherry that bound the Black Crystal Giant started to tremble incessantly, making cracking noises like breaking wood.

Xue Jing raised the Forgotten Greatsword above his head, numerous black currents twirling around the blade, coating it with a black sheath.

Skin, Flesh, Tendons, Bones, Blood all moved in unison, his lungs using up half of their stored oxygen.

"Mystique · Awakening of Insects."

With a terrifyingly explosive force, he struck down with the power to split Mount Hua.

Along the way, all the currents were stirred aside, and the ground, originally ablaze with fierce flames, suddenly cleared into a circular vacuum zone several tens of meters in diameter as Xue Jing's strike landed.

"Boom——!!"

A loud explosion. The roots of the Dragon Cherry offered no resistance, turning into wooden dust and debris upon contact, and the Forgotten Greatsword smashed unreservedly onto the head of the Black Crystal Giant.

"Crack——"

The crystalline head burst apart, magma-like blood scattered everywhere, and the giant continued downward, cleaving through the neck, chest, abdomen...

It almost split the Black Crystal Giant in half before the explosive force was spent, and then it stopped.

Xue Jing opened the Skill Panel for a glance and saw no notification of having gained Divinity from the kill.

This situation meant either the thing in front of him had no Divinity or it was not yet dead.

And clearly, something that even he had to exert full effort against was unlikely to lack Divinity.

Without hesitation, Xue Jing immediately raised the Forgotten Greatsword again, channeling all the remaining oxygen in his lungs into his body, and unleashed the Mystique · Awakening of Insects once more, slashing towards the remaining body of the Black Crystal Giant.

"Boom——!!"

The remaining lower body turned to shreds under this strike.

Only fist-sized fragments of the Black Crystal remained scattered across the ground.

Xue Jing snapped his fingers, countless black currents converged, turning into a Dark Flame, which fell upon the scattered fragments, slowly burning them to Annihilation.

The fragments of the Black Crystal Giant occasionally twitched as if trying to recombine, but each time Xue Jing, who kept a vigilant watch, smashed them down with the Forgotten Greatsword.

Gradually, under the continuous burning of the Shadow Flame, all fragments slowly faded to nothing.

Only then did a notification pop up on the Skill Panel.

[Killed a special creature containing Divinity, Divinity +1237]

Seeing this notification, Xue Jing finally breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand to disperse the Dark Flame.

As the oxygen stored in his lungs was depleted, he could no longer persist in this place. Seeing a considerable harvest and not being greedy, he turned and dashed towards the outer world.

...

Outside the glass window at this moment, Ning Yuantai had somehow moved next to Sofia and Otogirusu, holding a crab claw of the Flame Crab in his hand, gnawing at it. While gnawing, he waved his hand boastfully like a middle-aged man boasting at a dinner table:

"Big Sister Sofia, you don't know how fierce my Xue is."

"Know about the Pureblood Dragon Species, how formidable it is? You guess what, it was killed on the spot by Xue."

"Just a mere Furnace Noble Species, unless it is in a highly dense special mining area, in front of Xue, it's just one punch per piece!"

No sooner had the words ended than a figure suddenly leaped from the flames inside the glass window.

After shedding the Shadowflame Wrap Armor, looking as if he had just gone to the restroom, Xue Jing arrived in the outer world virtually unscathed.

He blew lightly to extinguish a small flame that had landed on his shoulder, brushed off the ashes from it, looked at the three people who were staring at him in surprise and smiled:

"Ran into a bit of trouble, but it's sorted now."

...