I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

The skin, flesh, tendons, bones, and blood all circulate, directly consuming half of the oxygen stored in the lungs.

"The Secret Technique: Awakening of Insects".

An extremely terrifying eruption, crashing down with the force of splitting a mountain in two.

Along the way, all the air currents were stirred up, and the area that was originally burning with flames was suddenly cleared into a ring-shaped vacuum zone with a diameter of tens of meters when Xue Jing's attack landed.

"boom--!!"

With a loud bang, the dragon cherry roots did not provide any resistance and turned into wood dust the moment they touched the black crystal giant. The Forgotten Greatsword smashed into the head of the black crystal giant without reservation.

"Click——"

The crystal head shattered, splattering lava-like blood everywhere. The greatsword didn't stop, continuing downwards, cleaving through the neck, chest, and abdomen...

It wasn't until it nearly cleaved the Black Crystal Giant in two that it exhausted its explosive power and stopped.

Xue Jing opened the panel and glanced at it, but did not see any notification that he had gained divinity from the kill.

This situation means either the thing in front of us lacks divinity, or it's not dead yet.

Clearly, a monster that even he had to use all his strength to defeat is unlikely to lack divinity.

Without hesitation, Xue Jing immediately raised the Forgotten Greatsword, poured all the remaining oxygen from his lungs into his body, and once again unleashed the ultimate technique, Awakening of Insects, slashing at the remaining body of the Black Crystal Giant.

"boom--!!"

The rest of his lower body was also pulverized by this attack.

All that remained in the arena were fragments of black crystal, each less than the size of a fist.

Xue Jing snapped his fingers, and countless streams of black energy converged, transforming into black flames that landed on the scattered fragments, burning them and slowly annihilating them.

Occasionally, the fragments of the Black Crystal Giant would twitch, seemingly trying to recombine, but each time they were smashed down by Xue Jing, who was watching them closely, with the Forgotten Greatsword.

Gradually, under the relentless burning of the shadow flames, all the fragments were slowly annihilated.

Only then did a prompt appear in the skill panel.

[Slaying a special creature possessing divinity grants +1237 divinity]

Upon seeing this notification, Xue Jing breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand to dispel the shadow flames.

At this point, he had run out of oxygen in his lungs and could no longer stay there. Seeing that the harvest was quite good, he did not covet it, turned around and disappeared into the outside world.

……

Outside the glass window, Ning Yuantai had somehow appeared beside Sophia and Otogisuka, gnawing on a Flame Crab's claw. As he ate, he waved his hand with the air of a middle-aged man boasting at a dinner table:

"Sister Sophia, you have no idea how amazing my brother Xue is."

"You know what a pure-blooded dragon is? How powerful is that thing?" Ning Yuantai patted his chest and took a bite of crab meat. "Guess what? Brother Xue beat it to death."

"These mere 'noble' species from the furnace, unless they live in a special mining area with extremely high density, are nothing more than easy targets that Brother Xue can take down with a single punch!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a figure leaped out from the raging flames inside the glass window.

Having removed the Shadow Flame Armor, Xue Jing, whose clothes were barely disheveled and who looked as if he had simply gone to the toilet, arrived in the outside world almost unharmed.

He turned his head and gently blew out the small flame that had stuck to his shoulder. He then dusted off the ashes, looked at the three people staring at him in surprise, and smiled:

"I ran into a small problem, but it's been resolved."

……

Chapter 238 Otogi Suzuka: Xue-kun, you are the happiness of my life! (4K)

Ning Yuantai was the least surprised by Xue Jing's return unharmed.

He immediately raised his hand—holding a half-eaten crab claw—and greeted them:

"Brother Xue, you're back! Did you run into the Crucible Nobles inside?"

Xue Jing grasped his right wrist with his left hand, rotating his palm to ease the strain from using the Forgotten Greatsword, and casually asked:

"The Crucible Nobles? What are those?"

He actually vaguely remembered the name.

When I visited Youqing A Meng before, I think there was a time when she was holding a book with the words "The Crucible" written on the cover.

It must be referring to the little black crystal giant I just encountered.

"That comes from a special creature in a special border region."

Ning Yuantai explained.

He paused, then said somewhat uncertainly, "Or should we call them special... 'people'?"

"A person?" Xue Jing asked, slightly puzzled. After thinking for a moment, he replied:

"You mean that thing is a primate? That can't be right."

The woman beside her, Suzuka, spoke softly, "No, Xue-kun."

"The Furnace Noble is not a primate, and it is even different from us in the most fundamental and basic classification... It is a silicon-based organism."

Xue Jing nodded: "I see, it's the same as the raw material 'living seed crystal' of ISE."

No wonder he couldn't absorb the opponent's life force with his Dragon Cherry.

It seems that these silicon-based organisms either don't have the concept of "life force," or their "life force" is fundamentally different from that of carbon-based organisms, making them unsuitable for absorption.

"It is called 'human' because in its native world, it has a similar natural place to us humans, and also possesses similar thinking abilities, and has even developed its own racial heritage and civilization..."

"Therefore, we consider it a species superior to ordinary boundary creatures and call it the 'Furnace Noble'."

Otogi Suzuka asked curiously, "Xue-kun, did you encounter the Forge Noble inside? And you defeated it?"

Xue Jing nodded and said, "It was quite difficult to deal with. It took me a lot of effort to finally kill it..."

Upon hearing this, Ning Yuantai smugly sucked on the crab claw in his hand and said, "I knew it! Those mere 'Furnace Nobles' are no match for Brother Xue; he can take them down with a single punch..."

"Hmm? Wait a minute."

He felt like he had misheard a word, so he continued, "Brother Xue, did you mean you killed it?"

Xue Jing glanced at him: "What's wrong?"

Ning Yuantai scratched his head: "Huh? You really killed him?"

Xue Jing hummed in agreement: "It was quite difficult. We smashed it several times, but it still wouldn't die. In the end, we used a special method..."

Upon hearing this, not only Ning Yuantai, but even Sophia looked surprised.

"Brother Xue, you truly live up to your reputation..."

Ning Yuantai gave a thumbs up.

"The noble species of the furnace can control and modify their own bodies. They can melt and install any silicon-containing material as their own parts."

“Each furnace has different preferences, and the silicon-containing substances melted into it are different, so the difference in strength is very obvious.”

Sophia looked at Xue Jing and spoke slowly.

“Like that lava noble inside, it loves magma…that’s why this museum can’t confine it, yet it still chooses to stay here.”

"This kind of creature can continuously replenish its body as long as there is silicon-containing material around it. Even if it is damaged, it will recover and will not die even if only a fingernail-sized piece of it remains."

"With your current martial arts level, you shouldn't be able to kill it... I see, you are a recipient of a special offensive divine secret technique."

Sophia opened her folding fan and fanned herself a few times, then looked at Otogisuka and sighed:

"Your intuition was right... What a miscalculation. I should have just gone in and robbed them."

"Never mind, the main purpose is to eat crabs anyway, as long as we get to eat them, that's good enough."

At this moment, at the end of the corridor, a group of security personnel wearing large, special bomb suits and carrying various weapons and equipment quickly approached this side.

Seeing this, Sofia waved her hand: "I'm outta here, Suzuka. Could you please handle the aftermath?"

Otogi Suzuka bowed slightly to her and said in Russian, "It is my honor, Sofia Alexander Yevna."

As soon as she finished speaking, the Arctic Federation woman named Sophia disappeared from the spot.

Xue Jing had been focusing most of his attention on her, but he still didn't find out how she left.

"Mr. Xue, leave the rest to me. Could you wait for me at the museum entrance for a moment? I'd like to talk to you a bit more."

Otogi Suzuka turned to Xue Jing and spoke softly, her tone as gentle as if she were whispering to her lover.

Although Xue Jing couldn't stand this person, since the other party could help him solve the problem of how to explain things to the museum, he could accept the small request of "saying a few more words". So he nodded and agreed.

And so, Otogisuka stayed at the scene to 'explain' what had happened to the museum staff and handle the follow-up matters, while Xue Jing and Ning Yuantai left the museum and arrived at the main gate.

"I never expected this to happen. Who exactly is that Russian woman named Sofia? For some reason, I don't dare to speak too loudly in front of her."

Ning Yuantai began with a sigh.

Xue Jing thought for a moment, his expression somewhat strange: "...I think she must have some connection with you."

Although Sofia herself did not directly admit it, judging from her seemingly close relationship with Suzuka Otogi and her obviously unrestrained behavior, she is very likely a member of the 'troublemakers'.

According to Youqing A Meng, Ning Yuantai's 'Zhige' seems to be mortal enemies with 'Mischief'...

Upon hearing this, Ning Yuantai raised an eyebrow: "Right! I think so too. I always feel a strange sense of familiarity about her."

The two chatted idly at the entrance, and before long, a tall and elegant figure walked out of the museum.

It was Otogi Suzuka.

"Mr. Xue".

He walked out of the main gate and raised his hand to greet Xue Jing.

Seeing this, Ning Yuantai said, "Brother Xue, I'll go back to the car and wait for you."

Xue Jing nodded, and Ning Yuantai then left.

"Suzuka-san, what do you want to say to me?"

Xue Jing asked Otogi Suzuka, who had walked up to him, with a puzzled look.

Otogi Suzuka smiled gently and said, "Xue-kun, you're really cold to me... Is it because my strength isn't enough to ignite your passion?"

Xue Jing's lips twitched: "...Actually, there are other reasons as well."