I will eventually become a divine being through accumulating constantly

...

Two days later.

Dressed in a black tactical suit, Xue Jing walked on water, speeding across a vast lake.

With each step, a Shadowflame Plaque appeared beneath his feet, his whole body shooting forward like an arrow.

As he advanced, the violent currents he stirred up sliced through the lake's surface, sending waves in his wake and leaving a clear indentation that took seconds to fill back in.

Yet, even at his extreme speed, something beneath the water was even faster.

Under the lake, a massive shadow slowly approached him in the sunlight, gradually moving beneath his feet.

The shadow appeared to be a giant fish over a dozen meters long, its tail thrashing as it drew nearer to Xue Jing, growing more and more prominent, larger and larger.

Until at a certain moment—boom!

The lake's surface exploded as a giant, bizarre fish with ribs as wings, a six-horned head, and shining golden scales leaped out of the water into the bright sunlight.

"Roar—!!"

Amidst the dragon's chant, the strange fish opened its mouth filled with sharp teeth and lunged at Xue Jing.

Xue Jing's expression remained unchanged; he lightly tapped his toes and stepped on the Shadowflame Plaque, propelling himself skyward and narrowly avoiding the bite.

"Crack—"

The huge jaws snapped shut in mid-air, the spray scattering, and the sound grating on one's nerves.

Xue Jing flipped in the air, oriented himself head-down, conjured another Shadowflame Plaque beneath his feet, and dove toward the fish below.

Black currents converged on his right arm, igniting into Dark Flame and forming gauntlets entwined with armor as he stretched his palm out in a Piercing Hand pose.

Spiral indentations emerged along his entire arm.

"Whirlwind Thunder Penetration—"

The gauntlets, with their extremely sharp black claws combined with the spiral Compressed Strength of Whirlwind Thunder, created an immense Piercing Force.

The droplets that filled the air from the fish's leap were drawn in by the spiral force, forming a water spout.

"Hiss—"

The Piercing Hand made contact with the head scales of the monstrous fish and, after about half a second of resistance, ground through the scales and penetrated deep into its hard skull, almost half a meter, but failed to completely pierce through due to the thickness of the bone.

"Roar—!!"

With a pained cry, the fish began to thrash wildly in the air.

Xue Jing's left hand gripped the scales on the top of the fish's head to steady himself and prevent being thrown off, while the right hand entwined with armor deactivated, reigniting into Dark Flame.

"Boom—"

Pure Shadow Flame incessantly annihilated the fish's skull, burning through an arm-thick hole straight to the brain.

Sensing the threat of death, the fish let out a howl as all its scales lifted, bristling like a frightened cat.

Under each lifted scale, a pitch-black hole was revealed; the effect of the numerous small holes and raised fine scales was dense and horrifying. Xue Jing caught sight of this scene and instantly got goosebumps, his fear of holes triggering on the spot.

"Hiss—!"

From the dense array of small holes, jets of water shot out like lasers,

Xue Jing, realizing the danger, ignited his body in Dark Flame, transforming it into a glorious suit of entwined armor that covered his entire body.

Even so, riddled with holes by the laser water cannon's firepower akin to armor-piercing shells, the armor bore the marks on his Qi Force-condensed Dragon Scale Skin.

"Clang clang clang clang—"

Amid the sound of metal striking metal, the water cannons were blocked by the Dragon Scale Skin. Xue Jing felt a numb, aching sensation throughout his body.

He didn't stop his momentum, immediately thrusting both hands into the hole made by the Whirlwind Thunder Penetrating Hand, then, with a surge of Qi Force, unleashed Dragon-Shaped Energy that wrapped around his body, spinning him at high speed like a drill.

Golden Scales Transformation—

"Roar—!!"

In the fish's agonized screams, flesh and blood flew from its head, with chunks of meat being ejected and scattered by the drill, creating a downpour of blood that tainted a swath of the lake red.

Seconds later, Xue Jing burrowed entirely into the 'brain hole,' and the fish ceased its thrashing, falling into the water and creating a massive splash.

All was calm again.

Seconds after that, a figure burst from the blood-tinted water and walked on the surface toward the shore.

Upon reaching the shore, Xue Jing shook his body with a surge of Qi Force.

The blood and water clinging to him instantly burst apart, turning into mist and droplets that dampened the surrounding ground.

He shook his hair, flinging off the moisture, and in an instant, he was dry and refreshed.

"Whew—"

Xue Jing let out a breath, feeling somewhat tired.

He opened the panel and took a look.

[Slaying a special creature with Divinity, Divinity +91]

[Total Divinity: 1029]

"The closer to the center, the more dangerous the Dragon Breed becomes..."

Xue Jing's eyes showed deep contemplation.

Over the past two days, he had been relentlessly hunting Dragon Breeds.

From the outskirts to the inner areas of the map, he had cleared two circles, slaughtering nearly thirty Dragon Breeds in total.

From the casually killed Dragon Breeds at the periphery at the beginning to the strange fish-shaped Dragon Breed which had just taken him quite an effort to kill, Xue Jing clearly felt the increasing difficulty.

"Looking at this, I might not be able to defeat those three around the Roaring Great Waterfall yet."

Xue Jing spread out the map he had taken from his backpack, his fingers touching the three thick red dots in the center.

"However, just because I may not defeat them now doesn't mean I can't in a couple of days," Xue Jing muttered softly.

Gaining Divinity in the past two days was hard, but the rewards were significant.

It wasn't just about the Divinity gains but the continuous real combat to the death had also caused a huge surge in experience for his regular skills.

[Fitness Lv10 (1261/?)]

[Health Cultivation Lv8 (5402/6000)]

[Cooking Lv6 (2120/3000)]

[Running Lv8 (2169/6000)]

[Charm Art Lv10 (10000+/?)]

[Aiming Lv8 (3596/6000)]

[Fighting Lv8 (3623/6000)]

[Hidden Dragon Vigor Lv7 (4521/9000)]

[Meditative Visualization True Lv6 (988/7000)]

[Combat Skills Lv7 (4197/4500)]

[Swimming Lv5 (533/2000)]

[Riding Lv4 (499/1200)]

[Acting Lv5 (355/2000)]

Among them, Fitness had the highest increase, with nearly six thousand experience points, pushing it directly to Lv10, one of the conditions for Skill Sublimation!

After reaching Lv10, the experience value turning into a question mark also dispelled a curiosity of Xue Jing's—it seemed the regular skills' limit was Lv10, and Charm Art was not an exception.

Perhaps it's only after Skill Sublimation that one could continue to improve.

Unfortunately, for the moment, Fitness Sublimation fulfilled two conditions, reaching Lv10 and acquiring 1000 Divinity, but the final, unclear ??? still showed 'Conditions Insufficient.'

Otherwise, he could have sublimated Fitness right there and then.

Besides Fitness, the experience gained for other skills was also substantial.

Running reaped nearly four thousand experience points, leveling up to Lv8, Health Cultivation gained over three thousand, Aiming three thousand, Fighting three thousand, and Hidden Dragon Vigor close to four thousand.

Visualization True had reached Lv6, and the three skills Swimming, Riding, and Acting gained a considerable amount of experience, each rising by one level.

One could say his grinding had reached its limit. Ever since obtaining the panel, he had never grown this rapidly before.

The full extent of his foundational power had increased significantly.

Closing the panel, Xue Jing, filled with a profound sense of satisfaction, reached into the backpack the crow was holding, rummaged for a while, and took out a 'monitor.'

"Hm? This is already the last one."

Xue Jing felt the inside of the backpack and found it was now empty.

Over the past two days, he had followed Doctor Shen's instructions, placing a monitor every set distance, and nearly thirty monitors from the backpack were now gone.

"Each monitor should cover an area of about 110 square kilometers; originally, thirty monitors should have been more than enough."

Xue Jing turned on the monitor's switch, letting it take root in the soil on its own.

"But now, clearly the monitors are far from enough... The primary mission of entering this Intersecting Boundaries has failed."

Xue Jing shook his head.

"Never mind, it doesn't matter. I'll kill all the Dragon Breeds first. If all else fails, I'll just have to figure out a way to kill that 'Dragon God.' Once the Core Creature is dead, the Intersecting Boundaries will stop changing, and there will be no need for monitors then."

...

(Got so immersed in watching MSI... It's been a while since I watched the games)