I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

Xue Jing nodded.

Although it wasn't a fight to the death, the experience points gained were quite substantial.

After all, he was facing a formidable opponent, the strongest of all the opponents he had ever truly fought so far.

Since the victory wasn't achieved through martial arts, the experience points gained from martial arts were slightly less, but it was still pretty good.

The experience points gained from health preservation are a bit ridiculous...

【Health Preservation Lv7 (4486/4500)】

It was just a hair's breadth away from being upgraded.

"The secret to men's health and longevity—flying a Gundam."

With a smile, Xue Jing knelt down in front of the reclining woman in black robes, his eyes thoughtful:

"What should we do with her?"

Should we just kill her?

That's not quite right. This woman had no intention of killing him; she just wanted him to join her religion, even though forced buying and selling is very annoying.

But letting her go like this is clearly not an option.

“She was ordered by the higher-ups of the Flower Goddess Society to come and find me. At the very least, she needs to find out why the Flower Goddess Society is targeting me.”

Several possibilities surfaced in Xue Jing's mind.

"Speaking of which, this person is a recipient of a gift..."

The recipient is someone who has received divine grace and acquired the power of other gods.

Having such a direct relationship with God, there must be some kind of divinity involved, right?

Xue Jing's eyes lit up as he looked the woman in black robes up and down.

He then reached out and touched her mature and beautiful face.

He touched her left eyelid with his finger and forcibly pulled it open, revealing her colorful eyeball.

At the end of the battle, Xue Jing saw the woman in black robes reach out towards the eyeball, seemingly intending to do something.

If asked which part of her was most likely to possess divinity, Xue Jing immediately thought of this.

His eyelids were pulled open, and because he was in a coma, his colorful eyes were unfocused and looked very empty.

Without the slightest hesitation or mental hindrance, Xue Jing pressed his finger directly onto the colored pupil.

"Guji——"

A smooth, slippery feel came over me, and at the same time, the panel popped up automatically.

[Divine matter detected; absorbing divinity...]

Sure enough!? Xue Jing raised an eyebrow.

He opened the panel.

The divine attribute value began to rise steadily at a rate of several points per second.

"Looks like the harvest will be quite good—wait, what!?"

Xue Jing's eyes suddenly widened slightly.

He saw that in the Divine Skills bar, below [Twins] and [Shadowflame], wisps of pale golden light were constantly appearing, surging out, and gathering together.

He had encountered this phenomenon twice before.

"A new divine skill!?"

Xue Jing was shocked.

After many years... and more than a month, a new divine skill is finally about to be activated?

Considering the powerful performance of the Twins and Shadow Flame, Xue Jing, since activating [Contemplation], has been unusually restless and unable to contain his emotions.

He took a deep breath, and his strong mental and emotional control suppressed his excitement, calming him down.

However, his eyes still couldn't hide his joy.

"I didn't expect such an unexpected gain... You've come at the right time!" His gaze towards the woman in black robes softened considerably.

What a lucky charm!

At this moment, seemingly feeling discomfort from the direct touch to her eyeball, the woman in the black robe twitched the eyelid of her other eye and awoke from her unconsciousness.

She opened her eyes and realized that Xue Jing seemed to be doing something to her 'sacred mark'. She immediately panicked and exclaimed in horror:

What are you doing to me!?

She immediately struggled. Although her body was bound by the steel bars formed by the shadow flames, turning her head was not difficult, and she immediately broke free from Xue Jing's touch.

[Contact Separation, Failure to Absorb Divinity]

Upon seeing this, Xue Jing frowned and slapped her across the face without any mercy.

"Snapped--"

"be honest."

On the beautiful, mature, fair face of the woman in the black robe, a conspicuous red mark of five fingers immediately appeared. The force invaded and vibrated her jawbone, causing her brain to sway back and forth in her skull, and she fainted again.

"Something feels off..."

Xue Jing's expression was strange, and he felt somewhat awkward.

It's like he's doing something wrong...

She was simply accepting the compensation she deserved after being harassed.

Shaking his head, Xue Jing continued to lift the black-robed woman's eyelids, his fingers touching her colorful eyeballs.

As time slowly passed, countless roots around the plant withered into black stalks, which then crumbled and scattered into black ash that vanished without a trace.

All that remained was a messy cement floor, riddled with large, broken holes.

[Divinity absorption complete]

"finally……"

Xue Jing exhaled and opened the panel.

A brand new skill has appeared in the Divine Skills bar, below Twins and Shadowflame.

【Plant Pact (Not Activated): Divine Skill, requires 518/500 Divinity to activate】

[Conditions met, activate now?]

【whether】

"Planting Contract? Is that a wood-type skill?"

Xue Jing raised an eyebrow.

It seems he has grasped a pattern in the activation of divine skills.

The Lord of a Thousand Reds and Myriad Beauties is clearly a different god related to flowers, plants, and trees, and thus activated divine skills related to plants from his recipients.

Twin was activated from the [Cat Tail Ring], and Shadowflame was activated from the [Wicked Woman's Crown]... Is there some connection between these two skills and the two divine relics that he doesn't know about?

Xue Jing felt a little puzzled, but then shook his head.

He clicked "Yes" to activate the "Planting Contract".

[Activation successful]

【Plant Bond Lv1 (Divinity required for upgrade: 19/100)】

[Effect: After making a contract with a plant, you can control that plant]

[Divine Avatar: Not yet unlocked (Unlock requirements: Divinity 19/2000, Level 10)]

...A brief introduction that is in line with Shadowflame.

But any divine skill can never be weak.

Just like Shadowflame, after its level increased and it was developed, it went from being inconspicuous at the beginning to being incredibly powerful now.

Xue Jing wanted to test the effect, but after looking around, he couldn't find any plants nearby.

"Let's finish dealing with this first."

Xue Jing stood up, looked at the unconscious woman in black robes, and pondered.

Although the woman in black robes said that she had sprinkled pollen from an otherworldly plant nearby that made people 'not want to get close' after smelling it, no one had come over for so long.

However, this pollen is obviously not a permanent solution, and this is, after all, the entrance to Fengcheng University, where there is a large flow of people. Such an unusual situation will likely attract the attention of the authorities soon.

Xue Jing is now at a loss for what to do.

He just absorbed a wave of divinity from someone and even activated a divine skill; he can't just kill the person and destroy the evidence, can he?

After thinking for a moment, Xue Jing took out his phone from his pocket.

When in doubt, consult Youqing!

Opening his contacts, Xue Jing found the nickname "Rich Woman CEO" and dialed the number.

He didn't have to wait long; after a few rings, the call was answered.

"What's wrong?" Wu Youqing's quiet and beautiful voice came through the receiver.

"Young Haru A-Meng, only you can help me..."

"Heh." Wu Youqing on the other end of the phone seemed to laugh.

"What is it now, Nobita?"

Xue Jing chuckled when the joke he was making was picked up on, and then said:

"Is such that……"

He recounted what had just happened: he was approached by a recipient of the Flower Goddess Society, refused their proselytizing, and then defeated them, but he didn't mention Shadow Flame.

At this point, Xue Jing didn't think he could keep his extraordinary ability, Shadow Flame, a secret any longer.