Chapter 152: Bored, I Want to See Blood Run Like Rivers, The Divinity Within Dragon Species (4K)

Chapter 152: Bored, I Want to See Blood Run Like Rivers, The Divinity Within Dragon Species (4K)



This thing can explode with divinity!?

Xue Jing blinked, his heart pounding uncontrollably.

Although he had experienced a similar explosion of divinity when he slew the Sea Bee King before, and thus had some mental preparation, knowing that killing creatures on the borderlands would likely result in such an occurrence.

But when faced with the reality, he was still astonished.

Twelve points of divinity from a single creature? If I slaughter a million of them, wouldn't I instantly ascend to immortality right here? Bored, I want to paint the land red with their blood.jpg.

...No, no, wait. Perhaps this creature is just special, and there aren't many of them? The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. Let's not get too carried away for now.

"Squeak—"

Xue Jing wiped the nonexistent drool from the corner of his mouth, his formidable mental control barely managing to rein in his excitement.

He stroked his chin. "First, let's ask the native about this creature's family and where they live. Then, I'll slaughter them all..."

It would be best if it had a large racial group... that way, I can wipe out its entire clan.

After a moment's thought, Xue Jing waved at the Shadowflame Crow holding the backpack with its claws.

The crow flapped its wings and glided over. Xue Jing took out a pair of ordinary-looking rimless glasses from the backpack and put them on.

Then he approached the dazed native girl.

Up close, he noticed that she was quite pretty.

She had shoulder-length brown hair, dressed in cool clothing that revealed her tanned but delicate skin. Her petite and slender figure had features of both East Asian and Western origins, creating a very exquisite look, like that of a mixed-race child.

"Hey, hey..."

Xue Jing waved his hand in front of her face, catching her attention.

The native girl turned her head toward him.

She blinked, placing her hands on her chest as if relieved, and began to chatter, her voice crisp.

Through the simultaneous interpretation of the earpiece, Xue Jing understood what she was saying.

"It was really dangerous just now... I brought my Daruka to this forest for training, but I didn't expect to encounter a 'Nausea Beast'..."

"Did you save me? Thank you..."

As she spoke, her gaze shifted to the Shadowflame Crow next to Xue Jing, and her eyes lit up.

"Is this your Daruka? It's so beautiful... Was it the one that took care of the Nausea Beast just now?"

Xue Jing pushed up his glasses and reached into a small pocket on the side of the backpack, pulling out a Bluetooth earpiece.

Then he lifted the girl's hair on the right side and proceeded to put the earpiece on her.

This action startled the girl, but for some reason, she didn't resist. Her body was just a little stiff as she allowed Xue Jing to put on the earpiece.

"Good, that's settled."

Xue Jing nodded in satisfaction.

"Now, can you understand what I'm saying?" he asked.

The native girl listened to the simultaneous translation in her ear, her eyes widening in shock.

"What is this... It's amazing! It's speaking to me!"

Xue Jing: "This is a small gadget from my homeland that can synchronize..." He thought for a moment, then abandoned the explanation. "Anyway, with this on, we can communicate with each other."

The native girl put her finger to her lips curiously. "I've never heard the language you're speaking, and your clothes are unlike anything I've seen before... Are you a foreigner from another land?"

Xue Jing nodded. "Yes, that's correct."

The native girl wanted to say something more, but Xue Jing interrupted her.

"All right, now it's my turn to ask you some questions."

The girl's eyes lit up as she glanced lovingly at the Shadowflame Crow, then nodded obediently.

Xue Jing glanced at her and said thoughtfully, "My name is Xue Jing. What's your name?"

The girl replied with a clear voice, "My name is Rania."

Then she added softly, "Xue...Xuejing... What a difficult name to pronounce."

Due to differences in language habits, these two words were quite a tongue-twister for her, and she struggled to pronounce them correctly.

Xue Jing said, "Names from our homeland are like that. You'll get used to it."

After a pause, he continued, "Rania, I've just arrived here. Can you tell me about this place?"

Rania's eyes sparkled. "No problem."

She stood up and patted the dirt off her pert buttocks. "We..."

...

After some conversation, Xue Jing gained a better understanding of the borderlands.

First, according to the native girl named Rania, there were two countries in this land.

They were called [Magodrama]

According to Dr. Shen, the earpiece was a rushed job and was still a bit rough around the edges, hence the odd translation.

Xue Jing manually adjusted and polished the translation to the more elegant and meaningful [The Land of Here] and [The Land of Yonder].

Rania was a native of The Land of Here.

Despite being called a country, it only encompassed a single city, and its population didn't even exceed ten thousand, making it a very small nation.

The beings that inhabited the borderlands, such as the creature he had just slain, were referred to as 'Daruka' by the natives.

In The Land of Here, people would tame these Daruka, turning them into pets to aid in their work and battles.

"So it's similar to the Pokemon world," Xue Jing nodded in realization.

"Pokemon? What's that?" Rania asked, puzzled, but then quickly shook her head, her eyes sparkling as she looked admiringly at the Shadowflame Crow by Xue Jing's side.

"Your Daruka is so cool... I bet it's even stronger than a dragon."

Xue Jing's eyes narrowed slightly.

Dragon? Was she referring to that pure-blooded dragon species?

"Have you seen a dragon before?" he asked.

Rania nodded. "Of course."

"Dragons are sacred Daruka. Legend has it that all dragons are offspring of the 'Dragon God'. In our land, only the Dragon God's priestess is qualified to tame a dragon."

"Dragon God?" Xue Jing's eyes narrowed further.

"You don't even know about the Dragon God? It's the creator of this world and a true deity!"

Rania pointed in a direction.

"Look, that's where the Dragon God resides."

Xue Jing followed her finger and saw a thunderous, golden lightning bolt strike the distant location she indicated.

"The sacred Roaring Thunder Falls. That's where the Dragon God dwells, and that massive golden lightning is the Dragon God's roar."

Rania placed her hands together in a praying gesture, her face filled with reverence and a hint of sorrow.

"The Dragon God is angry again... I hope this generation's priestess can soothe Its wrath and quell Its anger."

Xue Jing glanced at her and stroked his chin, suddenly asking:

"Say, are you the Dragon God's priestess by any chance?"

Rania was taken aback: "Eh?"

"H-How did you know...?"

She was so surprised that she started to stutter.

She hadn't said anything about her identity, nor did she intend to reveal it, yet he had guessed it somehow.

Xue Jing's expression was odd as he said, "Just a wild guess... it's a pretty common trope, you know."

Rania scratched her cheek with her finger, "I don't know what you mean by 'trope', but you guessed right."

"I am indeed the Dragon God's priestess."

She put her hands on her hips, looking proud.

"I didn't plan on revealing it, but since you've guessed it, there's no point in hiding it. In our country, my status is quite noble."

"Well then, foreigner, come with me to The Land of Here. You saved the priestess, so I'll make sure to treat you well."

Xue Jing pushed up his glasses and asked, "Aren't you the one who said that only the Dragon God's priestess can tame dragons? So why do you only have a monkey as your Daruka?"

Rania's expression froze, and she weakly replied, "Th-That's because..."

Xue Jing stroked his chin, "You're not one of those 'most useless Dragon God priestesses in history' who can't tame a single dragon, are you?"

Rania's finger trembled as she pointed at him, her eyes wide with disbelief, "Y-You, are you really a foreigner?! How do you know everything?!"

"Are you a local playing a prank on me or a spy sent by The Land of Yonder?!"

Xue Jing waved his hand dismissively, "Just a wild guess... it's a pretty common trope, you know."

Rania's shoulders slumped in defeat as she listlessly dropped her hand, "Fine, I admit it. I'm a useless priestess who can't tame a single dragon. Is that a problem?"

Xue Jing smiled but didn't pursue the topic further. Instead, he asked, "By the way, what was that monster that attacked you earlier called again?"

Rania patted her face, trying to gather herself, "It's called the Nausea Beast."

"It's a type of Daruka that uses vomiting as its primary means of attack. Its vomit varies depending on what it eats, resulting in different effects..."

Xue Jing pondered for a moment before asking, "Are these Nausea Beasts common?"

Rania replied, "Not extremely common, but not rare either. Since they have varied diets, they can be found almost anywhere."

"I see." Xue Jing nodded.

"Then, for now, we part ways. May we meet again in the future."

Rania was taken aback. "Huh? So suddenly? Aren't you coming with me to the Land of Here?"

Xue Jing replied, "I intended to, but now I have something more important to do."

He still had the task of interacting more with the natives of the borderlands, but for now, he didn't have the time for that.

After speaking, Xue Jing reached out and brushed aside Rania's hair, removing the simultaneous translation earpiece from her ear and placing it into his backpack.

Then he turned and began walking towards the forest's edge, waving goodbye to Rania with his back turned.

"Goodbye, Rania."

Rania watched his retreating figure and the Shadowflame Crow that followed him, her expression blank.

"Oh... oh."

After Xue Jing had walked away, she heaved a sigh, her expression complex.

"Goodbye..."

...

"Screech!"

Xue Jing slashed at the rodent-headed monster, cleaving it in two. His silver-white irises gradually returned to normal, and he opened the panel to check for any prompts, only to be met with disappointment. He shook his head.

"Looks like not all borderland creatures contain divinity... So how do I identify them?"

He felt a twinge of disappointment.

It had been over three hours since he parted ways with Rania.

In that time, he had been busy setting up monitors and slaughtering every non-human creature he encountered, dozens in total, but he hadn't seen another prompt about 'killing special creatures with divinity'.

"Could it be that only the first Nausea Beast had it?"

"If that's the case, then my plan to 'bathe in rivers of blood and ascend to immortality' will be ruined. That's not good."

Xue Jing took out a monitor from his backpack, activated it, and placed it on the grass, letting it burrow into the ground on its own.

"Speaking of divinity, that one over there should have it."

His gaze shifted to a distant area.

"Rumble—!"

In the distant sky, thunderous clouds gathered, and countless golden lightning bolts crackled within.

Xue Jing stroked his chin thoughtfully.

"I wonder how much divinity I'd get if I kill that."

"But... it won't be easy."

He shook his head.

According to Xu Blade, even in its juvenile stage, this pure-blooded dragon species would have a danger level of at least 6.

A level 6... The pirate leader he had encountered before, who used Origin Regression to transform into a purple crystal giant wolf, had a danger level of only about 5.

Considering the exponential increase in danger levels, this pure-blooded dragon species was at least 32 times more dangerous than the pirate leader.

And that was just the minimum.

"There's no way I can win in a direct confrontation right now."

"But... there might be an opportunity."

Xue Jing reached into the pocket of his tactical vest and touched the five claws containing the power of the Serpent-Slayer Vanguard, which Ning Fengwan had given him before he left.

The Serpent-Slayer Vanguard had a suppressing effect on dragon species, and if he could find a way to embed these five claws into the pure-blooded dragon, he might be able to kill it.

As Xue Jing was pondering the feasibility of this plan, suddenly—

"Roar!"

A dragon's roar echoed from the sky.

Xue Jing looked up towards the source of the sound.

A flying dragon with a body length of about five or six meters, amber in color, and with a pair of wings and a long tail, was baring its fangs and roaring at him.

With Level 8 Aim enhancement, Xue Jing perceived the dragon's speed as no faster than that of a crawling turtle.

He simply sidestepped the dragon's face-first charge and grabbed its extremely long tail with his right hand.

His arms rippled with kinetic force, and spiral indentations appeared as his five fingers crushed the dragon's tail scales, leaving five deep claw marks.

The dragon let out a painful roar, and as it tried to struggle, Xue Jing held onto its tail and forcefully slammed it into the ground.

"Swoosh!"

The dragon became a spear, piercing the air and creating a white wave that blew the surrounding grass sideways.

"Boom!"

The dragon was smashed into the ground, its body sinking over two meters deep into the earth, forming a dragon-shaped crater. It lay there, motionless.

[Killed a special creature with divinity. Divinity +32]



Xue Jing opened the panel and blinked.

"Oh?"

...

(End of Chapter)

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