I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

The roots and stems became the body, the vines became the clothes, the thorns wrapped around the body, and the petals adorned the limbs and head.

The golden Buddha reappeared in the world.

Unlike before, after reaching Lv6, the power of the plant was stronger, and it used more seeds, so its size became much larger, reaching a height of fifty meters, and the number of arms on its back increased from eighteen to thirty-six.

This time, however, he did not stand on the giant Buddha's palm. Instead, he sank down and disappeared into the shadows.

The mighty dragon naturally didn't care about the disappearance of Xue Jing, this little insect, assuming that he had been drained and killed by its 'activated dragon blood'. Its dark golden vertical pupils looked down and only saw the golden giant Buddha.

At this moment, the benevolent-faced giant Buddha stretched out its thirty-six hands from behind its back and simultaneously made the international friendship gesture—the middle finger.

This gesture seemed to have a communicative power that transcended culture and language. The dragon instantly understood its meaning. Already enraged by pain, it immediately charged towards the giant Buddha, its body crackling with golden lightning.

As Xue Jing lurked in the shadows, a thought crossed his mind, and shadow flames coiled around the giant Buddha's body, forming a huge, pitch-black Gatling gun, which it held in its hands, with its five barrels pointing directly at the diving dragon.

"Amitabha--"

Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, with pure six senses and armor-piercing bullets, spinning 3,600 times in a single breath, with great compassion to deliver all beings from suffering.

"Tap tap tap tap tap tap tap—"

The gun barrel spun rapidly, unleashing a terrifying storm of metal bullets, sometimes hundreds per second, towards the true dragon.

"Bang bang bang bang-"

The bullets, activated by the Shadow Flame, exploded into black flames the instant they hit the True Dragon, creating a second layer of annihilation damage, in addition to the kinetic energy they emitted.

A true hail of bullets enveloped the dragon, and black flames continuously erupted from its body.

The body, weakened by the Serpent Slayers, could hardly withstand the terrifying firepower. The dragon scales and flesh on the upper body were constantly torn apart, revealing the golden dragon skeleton.

"Roar--!!"

However, the true dragon showed no intention of retreating or hiding; it simply roared and continued to approach the giant Buddha.

Compared to the pain it was enduring inside its body, the external injuries were nothing, only adding to its anger.

"Ok?"

The golden Buddha let out a soft, echoing sound, as loud as Ultraman's, and then brandished the Gatling gun in its hand, transforming it into a giant, jet-black sword.

"Chong-"

The giant Buddha held its massive blade horizontally with both hands, blocking the dragon's downward claw. The powerful impact caused a third of its fifty-meter-tall body to pierce the ground with a loud boom.

As it blocked, its thirty-six giant hands instantly stretched out, raised high, and clenched into fists—with a middle finger extending from each fist.

Then, he began to repeatedly and incessantly punch the dragon in front of him with his middle finger.

"Bang bang bang bang-"

The person in the mirror couldn't help but complain, "What an ill-mannered Buddha."

Xue Jing remained hidden in the shadows, his expression unchanged: "The smaller the area of ​​contact, the greater the pressure. Fingers are more powerful than fists."

Amidst endless humiliation and beatings with the middle finger, the dragon's body continued to break apart, but its powerful vitality constantly repaired itself. It paid no attention to the injuries it suffered, and simply swung its front claw back forcefully without regard for the consequences.

"Shh-"

The powerful force, while creating a shockwave, directly interrupted the giant Buddha's attack, shattering more than a dozen arms into pieces.

Taking advantage of the situation, the dragon grabbed the giant Buddha's head with its two front claws, opened its mouth, and golden lightning gathered.

"Om-"

The air vibrated as the golden lightning beam pierced through and vaporized the giant Buddha's head, continuing its trajectory for tens of kilometers before gradually dissipating.

The giant Buddha had lost its head, and its body stopped moving, as if it were dead.

Seeing this, the dragon raised its head to the sky and let out a triumphant roar.

Immediately, it flapped its wings, ready to take flight, find a place to slowly wear down the two foreign objects inside its body, and when it had time, wipe out that ignorant human settlement.

Just as it took off, the headless giant Buddha suddenly stretched out its remaining dozen or so arms, grabbed its rising feet, and slammed it hard to the ground.

"boom--!!"

The powerful force, combined with the dragon's immense mass, smashed the ground, creating a mushroom cloud of mud, and the entire border area seemed to shake twice.

Even with the strength of a true dragon, it was stunned for quite a while by this blow.

At this moment, the Buddha's entire body fell directly onto the real dragon on the ground, while its body constantly transformed, turning into various golden plants that tightly wrapped and bound the real dragon, making it look like a coffin.

At the same time, from all the surrounding shadows, swathes of black energy were drawn out and surged toward the bound dragon, transforming into black flames that entered through the several 'entrances' opened on the golden wooden coffin.

"This tactic is called 'boiling a turtle in a jar'."

Xue Jing emerged from the shadows, raising his upper body and lifting his finger upwards.

The black flames immediately began to burn wildly, annihilating the true dragon's body as if it were being steamed in a pressure cooker.

A muffled, painful dragon's roar could be faintly heard from inside the pressure cooker. Xue Jing showed no mercy, controlling Yingyan to pour the contents in as if it were free.

This was the first time he had ever used Shadowflame so extravagantly and without reservation, pumping out as much as he could like a water pump. The name "Shadowflame" on the panel gradually dimmed at a visible speed.

A dozen minutes later, Xue Jing stared at the Shadow Flame's 'blue bar', leaving about one-fifth as a reserve, and stopped burning the True Dragon with Shadow Flame.

The golden wooden coffin split open from the middle, revealing the true form of a dragon inside.

At this moment, its flesh and blood had been completely annihilated, leaving only a golden dragon skeleton.

Xue Jing jumped onto its back, looked it over, and frowned, saying:

"Hmm? No core organs?"

The person in the mirror pondered for a moment and then said, "No, it has the ability to transfer core organs, so it must be hiding them in some bone right now!"

"Wouldn't that be very troublesome?"

Xue Jing raised his Rabbit-Slaying Blade, casually picked up a bone and slashed at it, but only a clang was heard as the blade bounced off, unable to cause any damage.

His silvery-white pupils turned into vertical pupils, and he scanned the true dragon skeleton with his eyes, but there were no 'lines' or 'dots' on its body.

Seeing granulation tissue beginning to wriggle and proliferate on the skeleton, Xue Jing asked:

"What should we do now?"

The person in the mirror pondered for a moment and said, "We can only use our claws."

Xue Jing nodded and took out the claw with only half of its snake-slaying power left from the pocket of his tactical uniform.

Then, he leaped to the dragon's cervical vertebrae, grabbed his claws with his backhand, and forcefully stabbed the spine.

Even the Serpent Slayers felt resistance when faced with the True Dragon Bone, and Xue Jing used tremendous force to drive it into it.

Then, he took a deep breath, gripped his claws, and began to run along the dragon's spine, towards its waist.

The serpent-slaying vanguard tore through the bones, slicing a gap in the entire spine.

Xue Jing reached into the crevice and forcefully pried it apart, separating the entire spine to reveal the dark golden bone marrow inside.

A pleasant, plant-like fragrance emanated from it, without the slightest hint of fishiness or stench.

Wearing Shadow Flame Armor, Xue Jing wasn't afraid of getting dirty and immediately crawled inside to begin 'marrow extraction'.

The chilling, sticky sound of flesh and blood kept ringing out, crunching and sizzling.

Even after digging through the entire spine, with jelly-like bone marrow fragments scattered all over the ground, Xue Jing still couldn't find the core organ.

He had no choice but to crawl out and select another bone, using the Serpent Slayer to continue extracting bone and marrow.

The granulation tissue on the skeleton wriggled and grew, and in no time, it had formed enough nerves and muscles to control the body. The dragon was finally able to move.

It felt the pain in its bone marrow, let out an angry roar, and golden lightning rolled all over its body.

At this moment, after exhausting half the power of the Serpent Slayer, Xue Jing finally found a soft ball of flesh inside the foreleg bone of the true dragon.

His eyes lit up, and without any hesitation, he immediately pulled out the last complete serpent-slaying claw and plunged it into the snake!

At the same time, golden lightning struck him, instantly shattering his Shadow Flame Armor.

Xue Jing instinctively turned his body to the left, but the golden lightning continued its relentless attack, shattering half of his body. Had he not dodged quickly, he would have been instantly killed.

Xue Jing was blasted away by the lightning, and the true dragon also sensed that another 'foreign object' had entered its body.

And this time, it's not the physical body, but something even more crucial—the core organs.

"Ow-!!"

Amidst a deafening roar of agony, golden lightning erupted from the center of the true dragon, shattering everything around it, and the thunderous waterfall became a thing of the past.

Its once seemingly inexhaustible vitality is now being relentlessly and frantically annihilated.

Xue Jing was blown a thousand meters away, crashing into the ground and creating a deep crater. His remaining half-body was covered in golden electricity. He used his spiritual power to ignite the flame of life, and the granulation tissue at the wound kept wriggling, repairing his damaged body.

Gazing at the dragon, which was bursting with massive amounts of lightning and resembled a second sun, Xue Jing endured the immense pressure exerted on him and managed to speak:

"Success?"

The person in the mirror nodded, somewhat excited: "It's a success, it's perfect, not a single claw was wasted."

"Now it depends on whether you can exhaust the last bit of life force left in this pure-blooded dragon."

Xue Jing took a deep breath, and the flame of life burned fiercely, regenerating his remaining half-body at supersonic speed within seconds, completing the repair.

He stood up, stretched, squeezed the newborn's left hand, and whispered:

"Come on, round two."

……

Chapter 168 Xue Jing's Rebirth: Heavenly Blade's Ultimate Technique, Cherry Blossom Moon, Slaying a True Dragon! (4K)

The golden lightning that illuminated the entire border area lasted for more than half an hour.

More than half an hour later, the lightning dissipated, and Xue Jing's eyes reflected the true dragon's appearance at that moment.

Compared to its previous size, its thin and shriveled body was far less full and beautiful than when it was in good condition. The cherry blossoms on its dragon horns were also slightly yellowed and withered, as if they were about to rot and die at any moment.

The arrogant and domineering aura that once emanated from him, placing him above all others and transcending the food chain, had vanished without a trace. His dark golden vertical pupils held no trace of anger, only a visible weariness.

However, when its gaze fell downwards and it noticed Xue Jing, who was standing with his arms crossed and looking quite relaxed, its vertical pupils immediately ignited with endless hatred.