I will eventually become a divine being through accumulating constantly

Countless thick roots attacked, and Xue Jing controlled a black semi-transparent giant, slashing diagonally with a huge sword in hand.

The air emitted a sharp whistle, and a dozen roots were cut off under the sharp blade, while dozens more crashed against the body of the black giant.

"Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang——"

The sound was like hitting a steel plate; several dents appeared in the armor on the black giant, but because it was so huge, the roots stopped after penetrating only a meter or two.

"Tsk, the maximum strength of the material that Shadow Flame activation can currently form is still not quite enough."

Xue Jing controlled the giant, waved the massive sword in hand, and chopped off all the roots that had stabbed into its body.

Afterward, numerous black streams of air appeared at the wound, and after a bit of wriggling, the wound gradually healed, returning to its original state.

On the other side, dozens of Shadow Flame crows flew towards the dark-robed woman, their innate spirituality allowing them to dodge the roots that intercepted them and approach flexibly.

"Is this... alive?"

The dark-robed woman was astonished, yet she remained calm, casually waving her hand as dozens of roots swirled around her, wrapping her into a huge, thick wooden ball.

The Shadow Flame crows opened their beaks, let out a silent cry, and slammed into the wooden ball like they were committing suicide.

"Bang——Bang Bang Bang——"

In the moment of impact, the crows burst into Shadow Flame, blowing big holes in the wooden ball, but the ball, made of dozens of thick roots, was very sturdy; after being hit, other roots stretched over to continuously mend it, preventing it from being breached by the crows.

After the crows smashed and disappeared, the battered wooden ball wriggled and a crack opened.

Through the crack, the dark-robed woman's gaze fell upon Xue Jing below, who was conjuring the black semi-transparent giant.

The roots relentlessly attacked him, but every swing of the giant's huge sword created a ring of airflow that burst in the thin air, chopping all attacking roots, leaving countless cut pieces on the ground.

"What kind of ability is this... I've never heard of any Heretical God Cult possessing the power to control such strange black flames."

The woman pondered.

"It can even take the form of matter, and even living beings with vitality... It's almost too convenient."

"Or could it be that this isn't the power of a Heretic God, but the ability of some Divine Relic I'm unaware of?"

Below, Xue Jing was also looking up into the sky, his eyes slightly narrowed.

Controlling the half-body giant formed from Shadow Flame, he slashed with another cut, breaking several more attacking roots, then he positioned himself as if drawing a bow and readying an arrow.

At the same time, the Shadowflame Giant mimicked his movements.

The sword in its hand dissolved, transformed, and turned into a pitch-black greatbow, with a giant black feathered arrow appearing between two fingers.

The bowstring was pulled taut, the dark arrow aimed at the wooden ball in the sky, causing the dark-robed woman's eyelids to twitch instantly, "This..."

"Boom——Whoosh——"

The bowstring thundered, the arrow shot forth, piercing toward the wooden ball.

The dark-robed woman quickly controlled the wooden ball to open a large gap, leaping out just as the black giant arrow penetrated straight through it.

"Boom!"

The arrow erupted in Shadow Flame, annihilating the wooden ball made of dozens of roots without leaving a trace.

A root stretched out and caught the leaping dark-robed woman; before she could regain her composure, she saw the black giant below readying a second arrow.

"Boom——Whoosh——"

The woman jumped to dodge again but didn't manage to completely avoid it this time.

The arrowhead grazed her, tearing a slit across her waist, partly annihilating her black robe, revealing her slim and white waist and the edge of her pure white panties.

The skin on her waist was also partially scraped off, along with two ribs, as if bitten by a wild beast.

Holding her waist, the woman endured the pain, had a root catch her, and had countless other roots combine and wrap around, forming a thick barrier between herself and Xue Jing.

"I am very disappointed."

Xue Jing's mocking voice came from the other side of the thick barrier.

"What are you doing? You saw me use Susanoo, and at this time, it would only be polite to directly counter with Wood Golem Skills."

"And yet, what's the result? Still playing with tentacles."

"Weak, your name should be 'Woman'."

The dark-robed woman suppressed the pain in her waist, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and said, "I do not know what you are talking about."

She waved her hand, causing several tendrils to intertwine and form a spiral drill bit.

Many tendrils around her did the same, creating more than a dozen drill-shaped tendrils, plunging towards the black giant.

"What I mean is, when you see the other side deploying a Gundam, shouldn't you deploy one too? That's the true romance of a man!"

Xue Jing said disdainfully.

As he spoke, he had the Shadowflame Giant transform the pitch-black great bow in its hands into a shield, deflecting all incoming spiral drill tendrils.

The tendrils struck against the shield, making a thudding sound like hammers hitting a steel plate.

"...I'm a woman, I don't understand this man's romance."

The woman in the black robe said, speechless.

"It's okay if you don't understand, I'll teach you. Combine these tentacles to build a wooden giant..."

Xue Jing, while babbling away, knelt down on one knee, with his palm touching the ground.

A black current surged over his palm, transforming into a—shark.

The Shadowflame-formed shark, with its white, hollow eyes, leapt silently into the ground, leaving only a fin above the surface. It swam through the ground as if it were the ocean, moving to another spot, and vanished into the shadows.

"...Such an inefficient method, who would do that, idiot!" the woman in the black robe cursed.

Xue Jing laughed, "Oh? You're much more interesting when you speak like this, compared to your sanctimonious fortuneteller act earlier."

The black-robed woman didn't respond, but a faint green glow appeared around her waist, and the wounds there started creeping together, healing at a visible rate.

She lifted the hood from her head, revealing an attractively mature face.

Her left eye, unlike the dark brown right one, was a smattering of various colors.

She poked her head out from behind the thick wooden wall barrier and glanced at the black giant a dozen meters away.

It was like a scene from mythology: the giant, one hand wielding a massive blade, the other holding up a shield, blocking the attacks of the tendril serpents and slashing off their heads.

The white, hollow eyes showed no emotion, and the solid armor was adorned with blossoms of Dark Flame, a kind of indescribable elegance.

'This could go on forever,' she thought to herself.

Determined, the woman in the black robe reached for her own colorful left eye.

But scooping out one's eyeball is indeed too difficult a task for a person; her hand trembled hesitantly.

At that moment, Xue Jing suddenly spoke up, "Hey."

The black-robed woman, almost subconsciously, looked in the direction of the voice and locked eyes with Xue Jing, who was inside the semi-transparent black giant.

She saw a pair of silver-white eyes.

Calm and gentle like the moon above.

Moonlight scattered silently.

The woman's body stiffened, and her consciousness was sliced by the gentle strike.

Even though it was only for an instant and her spirit, saturated with Divine Power, quickly shook off the influence of that strike, it was too late.

By her side, an inconspicuous black fin that had been waiting for a long time rose from the ground. The Shadow Shark leapt from the earth, its mouth full of sharp teeth, and bit into the black-robed woman.

This time, it didn't explode into Shadow Flame; instead, it transformed, turning into black steel bars, wrapping around the woman again and again, binding her into a bundle with only her head exposed.

"You!?"

The woman in the black robe was shocked and horrified.

Xue Jing looked amused, "Didn't see that coming, did you? I even know Tsukuyomi!"

The woman said incredulously, "How can you have such strange abilities, what on earth are you!?"

"That's how we Uchiha are."

Xue Jing said, snapping his fingers.

Part of the black steel cage binding the woman transformed into a flat cooking pan.

"Bang—"

In the midst of a resonant, melodious striking sound, the woman in the black robe fainted reluctantly.

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