I will eventually become a divine being through accumulating constantly

In the midst of a ferocious roar, another snake head was severed by the dark giant with a horizontal slash of its sword.

The crimson-gold snake blood scattered across the sky, also spattering onto the giant, corroding and melting the exquisitely crafted armor on its body into a dense array of pits and holes.

The only remaining snake head opened its sharp, fanged mouth wide, its throat bulging like a balloon, and spat out at the giant.

An immense amount of crimson-gold flames burst forth from its gaping maw.

The temperature was so incredibly high that even Xue Jing, floating in the distance, couldn't help but raise his hand to shield his face, feeling the surrounding temperature rise sharply. In no time, his skin felt like it was about to scald.

If even he, standing far away, felt this way, not to mention the direct target of the attack—the dark giant.

The giant melted at a rapid pace, the Shadow Flame substance that made up its body first turned into a black liquid, then evaporated, and before long, even the Qi-powered avatar inside the 'cockpit' had been reduced to air and disappeared without a trace.

This was the first time the giant snake had used its fire-breathing ability since the battle began, and its power was beyond Xue Jing's expectations.

If he himself had faced this move, the only way to save his life would have been to take refuge inside the body of the Nonexistent Beast.

"Interesting... It is said that the Infinity Dragon, Ananda Tashasha, can breathe the Destructive Flame that destroys all things on the ground. This must be the budget version of that move..."

Xue Jing's gaze flickered as he looked at the giant snake, which, after spitting fire, seemed completely spent and as though it had exhausted a great deal of energy.

He raised his right hand to the side, palm open, and the Zhao Ye Blade instantly flew towards him at high speed, stopping in front of Xue Jing. The handle gently rested in his hand, and he gripped it.

"You little snake, you truly delight me."

Xue Jing tossed Xu Wenkui in his left hand upwards, then in a flash, he pulled along the colorful flames, appearing in front of the giant snake with only one head left.

Despite its weakened state, the giant snake instinctively raised its head and quickly opened its gaping mouth, instantly swallowing Xue Jing with a swoosh.

Several seconds passed.

"Pfft—"

Suddenly, a wound split open on the neck of the giant snake, with silver arcs of electricity and dark flames spilling out from within.

A painful roar came from the mouth of the giant snake as it twisted violently in the air from the pain.

Then, more and more slashing wounds appeared on its body, the second, the third, the fourth...

The wounds got deeper and deeper, spreading toward the tail of the snake. In the end, over thirty wounds appeared on the giant snake's body, nearly dissecting it into more than thirty pieces.

Only after the final wound appeared did a dark silhouette, holding a long blade, break out from the wound, dripping with the crimson-gold blood that stained its entire body.

By then, the giant snake no longer struggled or made a sound; it simply hovered on the brink of death, unable to move as it fell toward the ground.

Xue Jing swiftly dove towards the falling giant snake, the cold light of Zhao Ye flashing in his hand, as he struck the remaining head with his blade, cleaving its mouth open. The blade light continued to penetrate deeper, cutting into its brain, body...

Finally, the blade split the entire snake in half from the middle, revealing its crimson-gold internal cross-sectional view of flesh and viscera.

[Killing a special creature with Divinity, Divinity +2882]

[Absorbing special Divinity, 'Dragon Horn' has undergone some changes]

"Hmm?"

Xue Jing reached out to catch Xu Wenkui, who had just fallen, and his eyebrows raised as he looked at the prompt on the panel.

The over two thousand eight hundred points of Divinity were within his expectations; the giant snake gave him a feeling similar to the True Dragon youngling he encountered in the Intersecting Boundaries, which had provided him with over two thousand five hundred points of Divinity.

But the prompt that followed... was something he had never seen before.

This was the first time his Divine Skill underwent a special change akin to Meditative Visualization becoming Visualization True, or Channeling Energy becoming Hidden Dragon Vigor.

"The [Dragon Horn] was activated after killing that Pureblood Dragon Species in the Intersecting Boundaries... Although both belong to the dragon-serpent kind, this giant snake and the Pureblood Dragon Species don't seem to be of the same lineage—one leans towards the East, the other towards the West..."

"I originally thought if there were any unexpected gains, they would likely activate a new Divine Skill; I didn't expect it to trigger a linkage with the [Dragon Horn]..."

Xue Jing was intrigued, bypassing the usual gains of several thousand points in regular and Extraordinary Skill Experience Points, and immediately, with a thought, he used the Dragon Horn.

The crackling sound of electric arcs buzzed on his forehead as a pair of silver-white Lightning Dragon Horns grew from his head.

Instantly, an epiphany surged within him, and he instinctively understood a new use for the Dragon Horn.

As his thoughts flowed and circulated, the Dragon Horn on his forehead underwent a transformation.

The Lightning Dragon Horn, flickering with silver-white electric arcs, gradually darkened in color to crimson gold, and the shimmering arcs were now marked with traces of burning flames.

The overall shape and style also changed—it was no longer the shape of lightning but took on a spiral shape, a slightly curved and beautiful crimson-gold Dragon Horn.

Xue Jing stretched out his index finger condescendingly towards the bisected corpse of the giant snake.

Crimson-gold flames roared at his fingertip, accumulating, compressing, and radiating the intense light of Flame Thunder.

"Boom—!!"

A crimson-gold light cannon, with the sound of thunder and explosions interwoven, shot toward the giant snake's corpse at an unimaginable speed.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—"

Like a fire burning and lightning striking, the giant snake's corpse rapidly turned black, annihilated, and was reduced to ash under the bombardment of the crimson-gold light cannon.

The intense lethality slightly widened Xue Jing's eyes in surprise.

"Holy... that power."

Pure and extreme, without any special effects, just the lethality pushed to its ultimate capacity.

"Destruction Flame Thunder."

Xue Jing extended his palm, looking down at the crimson-gold Flame Thunder flowing between his fingers.

(Prototype: Elden Ring, Belle's Flame Thunder, picture below↓)

That was the new ability—or rather, a new change—[Dragon Horn] had acquired after absorbing the unique Divinity of the giant snake.

Unlike the silver-white Dragon Thunder that could affect gravity, it couldn't be used at the same time; he could only use them separately by transforming the shape and color of the Dragon Horn on his head.

Merely in terms of sheer instant killing power, this newly acquired Destruction Flame Thunder was perhaps even more formidable than the Lv10 "Shadow Flame".

After all, Shadow Flame had many functions and was not a skill specifically designed for lethal power.

"That's ruthless—I like it!"

Xue Jing, satisfied, clenched his fist and dispersed the Flame Thunder from his palm.

He hadn't expected that the "Dragon Horn" skill had such a trick up its sleeve... With this development, the priority for enhancing this skill would need to rise.

Such types of skills that could raise one's upper limit of attack power yielded extremely high benefits when leveled up.

However, the current focus was still on "Twin Lifes": creating another Divine Incarnation was the priority for that was a qualitative change.

He glanced at the panel to check the current amount of Divinity he possessed.

[Divinity Held: 5052]

The gains were quite good; in this great battle alone, he had obtained close to four thousand Divinity, and the total had once again surpassed five thousand.

"Next..."

Xue Jing recalled the Zhao Ye Blade and the Forgotten Greatsword, allowing them to pierce into the void to be devoured by the invisible Nonexistent Beast.

Then, carrying the naked Xu Wenkui in his arms, he flew in the direction of the Dragon Core Fighter.

...

Sixty kilometers away from the battlefield, up in the air.

Inside the cabin, Ning Yuantai paced back and forth anxiously, murmuring to himself.

"Trust in Xue, Xue is invincible..."

But precisely because he had so much faith in Xue Jing, the thought that Xue Jing himself had seriously uttered the words "very dangerous" made him all the more anxious.

"Commander Ning, we have a situation!"

Suddenly, a White Crow member dressed in a tactical suit rushed over to Ning Yuantai and reported loudly.

Upon hearing this, Ning Yuantai looked at him, just about to speak, when suddenly a dull knocking sound came from outside the cabin door.

He turned his head to look and saw, through the porthole, Xue Jing floating outside the hidden door, nodding at him.

"Xue!"

Overjoyed, Ning Yuantai hurriedly said, "Quick, open the cabin door!"

The cabin door hissed open, and Xue Jing floated in effortlessly, touching down on tiptoe, and dumped Xu Wenkui on the floor before dusting off his slightly dirty clothes.

"Xue, how did it go? Are you alright?"

Ning Yuantai quickly asked.

Xue Jing smiled and said, "I'm fine, it's already been dealt with."

Ning Yuantai breathed a sigh of relief, patting his chest and saying, "That's good, that's good."

Although they were far from the battlefield, he could still see various lights of black, white, red, and other colors, as well as the booms reaching them, vaguely perceiving the fierceness of the battle.

Fortunately, Xue lived up to his reputation and had successfully resolved the situation.

"Who exactly had the audacity to ambush and intercept you... and who is this person?"

Ning Yuantai looked at Xu Wenkui on the ground and asked with a frown.

Xue Jing glanced at him and offhandedly said, "People from Yuan City Dragon Cult, and... Xu Mude."

Ning Yuantai's complexion changed: "Xu Mude!?"

Xue Jing's expression didn't change much as he continued, "I don't fully understand the situation either... but according to what this person said."

He pointed to Xu Wenkui on the ground.

"She openly admitted that she was sent by Xu Mude to steal the 'Wind of All Beginnings' from me."

"Previously, Xu Mude did indeed approach me, expressing a desire to purchase the Wind of All Beginnings, but I didn't agree. That item was specifically requested by Boss Wu."

Ning Yuantai felt overwhelmed as he listened.

It was he himself who had introduced Xue Jing to the Xu's Biology and had greeted Xu Mude... Could this trouble be related to him? Did he inadvertently cause harm to Xue?

The Wind of All Beginnings that Miss Wu Da wanted... Xu Mude dared to rob it?

What in the world was going on...

"So, Xue, what do we do now?"

Ning Yuantai shook his head, looking at Xue Jing, confused.

Xue Jing sat down on a chair, crossed his arms on his chest, and said indifferently, "They've stepped right up to my face. If I let it go without doing anything, wouldn't I be seen as an easy target?"

"Let's return to Yuan City. I have some matters to attend to at Xu's Biology."

Upon hearing this, Ning Yuantai's heart skipped a beat.

'Attending to some matters' as Xue Jing put it, was not really just dealing with a small issue... and Ning understood this very clearly by now.

This affair was likely to blow up...

However, he didn't dare to refuse and hastily agreed.

...

(Unconsciously, I have written a million words... It's astounding, and I thank all readers who have been willing to follow the story up to this point.)