153: Master, save me! This is the bone of a true god!

The crimson-gold flames, like a roaring dragon, slammed violently into the blood-seeping divine bone.

"Sizzle, sizzle—"

A series of tooth-aching burning sounds rang out.

However, the expected scene of the bone turning to ash did not occur.

Just a few centimeters from the surface of the divine bone, an invisible, distorted force field manifested out of thin air, stubbornly blocking the erosion of the Phoenix Divine Flame.

That was the instinctive defense of a high-level existence.

"It can still hold on?"

Qin Lang's brow twitched, the coldness in his eyes deepening.

Although the flames were blocked, he keenly noticed that the speed at which blood seeped from the surface of the divine bone had significantly accelerated.

Each drop of crimson liquid fell onto the floor, instantly corroding small pits that emitted black smoke.

A nauseating scent of blood filled the air.

"This is the aura of a Blood Demon."

Qin Lang's nose twitched slightly as he instantly made a judgment.

This bone was clearly sentient; it was frantically expelling the Blood Demon essence blood it had previously absorbed.

It was like purging Impurities from its body to lighten its burden and resist an external enemy.

This showed that it was afraid.

The Nirvana attribute of the Phoenix Divine Flame was the exact nemesis of such sinister things!

"Since you're afraid of fire, let me give you a little more!"

Qin Lang glanced at the protective Formation beneath his feet, which was about to be burned through, and came up with a plan.

This was his dormitory, after all. If he went all out, the entire building would likely be scrapped.

He flipped his palm, wrapping the divine bone in Chaos Power, and quickly rushed into the Training Room inside.

There stood the top-tier preparation station he had spent a fortune on at an auction—the "qiankun cauldron."

This thing could not only refine medicine but was also an excellent sealed furnace.

"Clang!"

Qin Lang unceremoniously threw the divine bone into the cauldron and then sealed the lid tight.

Pressing both hands against the cauldron's walls, the Chaos Origin Energy within his body surged frantically, transforming into the purest fuel.

"Burn!"

Boom!

The interior of the qiankun cauldron instantly turned into a crimson-gold sea of fire.

This time, without the spatial constraints, the power of the Phoenix Divine Flame was compressed to the extreme.

The terrifyingly high temperature echoed within the cauldron. That invisible barrier began to tremble violently, letting out an overburdened wail.

Crack!

A faint, crisp sound clearly reached Qin Lang's ears.

The barrier had shattered!

The crimson-gold tongues of fire finally broke through the defense, greedily licking at the body of the divine bone.

At that very instant.

An unprecedented sense of dread surged from Qin Lang's tailbone straight to the crown of his head.

It was the scent of death!

It was as if a pair of eyes from ancient times had crossed the long river of time and space to gaze coldly upon him.

If those flames moved even an inch further, he would die!

There was no logic to it; it was erasure on the level of rules!

"Stop!"

Qin Lang's pupils shrank abruptly; his body reacted faster than his brain.

He violently withdrew his hands, cutting off the supply of Primal Energy, and like a startled cat, instantly retreated until his back hit the wall.

Cold sweat instantly soaked the clothes on his back.

"This thing... isn't something I can touch right now."

Qin Lang gasped for breath, his eyes filled with wariness as he looked at the qiankun cauldron.

That feeling just now had been too real.

The thing hidden inside this bone was far beyond his understanding, even exceeding the scope of the fourth or fifth tier.

He'd played it too far.

Qin Lang gave a bitter smile and decisively pulled out his phone.

Trying to act tough now would be suicide; he had to call for backup!

He found that familiar number in his contacts and dialed it without hesitation.

"Teacher, help! My dorm is about to explode!"

...It had to be said that while Fu Yuechi was usually cold and overbearing, she was absolutely beyond reproach when it came to protecting her own.

In less than three minutes.

A piercing cold wind slammed open the dormitory door.

Dressed in white, like an ice goddess, Fu Yuechi appeared out of thin air in the Training Room.

"Who dares touch my student?"

Her phoenix eyes flared with anger, the longsword in her hand gleaming with a chilling light as her terrifying Sixth-Rank Great Expert pressure instantly filled the room.

However, there was no enemy in the room.

There was only Qin Lang, standing against the wall with an innocent face, and a cauldron still radiating residual heat.

"What happened?"

Fu Yuechi withdrew her aura, her brow slightly furrowed.

She glanced at the top-tier preparation station, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes, but she didn't ask much.

Young people nowadays all had their special hobbies; refining medicine was better than going out and fooling around.

"Teacher, look at that."

Qin Lang pointed at the bone inside the cauldron that was still seeping blood.

Fu Yuechi stepped forward and looked down.

With just one glance, her expression became solemn.

"This aura..."

She didn't waste words, pointing her fingers like a sword and instantly slashing out a bolt of extremely condensed ice-blue Sword Qi.

This strike was enough to slice through alloy steel plates.

Clang!

A crisp sound of metal clashing rang out.

The Sword Qi struck the divine bone and actually shattered directly, without even leaving a white mark.

"So hard!"

A flash of surprise crossed Fu Yuechi's eyes.

She no longer held back. In the palm of her hand, a crystal-clear blue flame quietly bloomed.

Glacial Separation Fire!

This was her Natal Divine Fire. Although it was fire, it possessed an extreme cold attribute capable of freezing everything.

Whoosh—

The blue flames instantly enveloped the divine bone.

The temperature in the entire Training Room plummeted to the freezing point, and a thick layer of white frost instantly covered the walls.

Qin Lang couldn't help but shiver. The power of this flame was more than a hundred times stronger in magnitude than his Phoenix Divine Flame.

However, a shocking scene occurred.

Within those cold flames capable of freezing the Soul, the divine bone remained completely motionless; even its invisible barrier wasn't triggered.

It was as if it were mocking the fire for not being of a high enough level.

"How is this possible?"

Fu Yuechi withdrew the flames, her beautiful eyes full of disbelief.

As a dignified Sixth-Rank Great Expert, her Natal Divine Fire actually couldn't do anything to a dead object?

"Teacher, it seems only my fire can break its defense," Qin Lang said weakly from the side.

"Its defensive barrier was burned through by my Phoenix Divine Flame just now."

Hearing this, Fu Yuechi gave Qin Lang a deep look.

She understood.

This wasn't a matter of power magnitude, but a matter of level.

The flames granted to Qin Lang by his Mythical Gene essentially belonged to the category of "Divine Fire," possessing an extremely high status.

While her Glacial Separation Fire was powerful, it was still essentially a sublimation of mortal fire.

"I know what this is."

Fu Yuechi took a deep breath, her tone becoming more serious than ever before.

"Qin Lang, you've picked up a treasure this time, but you've also picked up a bomb."

"This is... the bone of a True God."

"True God?"

Qin Lang's pupils shook.

"Only those above the Tenth Tier can be called gods."

Fu Yuechi pointed at the bone and explained in a heavy voice.

"These are the remains left behind by a fallen True God, and they aren't ordinary remains."

"Inside, it hides a wisp of the True God's remnant Soul or will."

"This is a contingency left behind, a trap."

"It will disguise itself as a supreme treasure, enticing the person who finds it to use their essence blood to refine it."

"Once you actually do that, your body will become a vessel for its resurrection, and your consciousness will be instantly erased."

Qin Lang felt a wave of lingering fear.

Fortunately, he had stopped immediately when he felt something was wrong.

If he had been a bit greedier or a bit slower to react, he would probably be dead by now.

"This thing is too sinister; I don't want it anymore."

Qin Lang shook his head decisively, waving it like a rattle.

"Teacher, if I hand this over to the academy, how many rewards can I get?"

Since he couldn't use it himself, he would trade it for resources.

That was the safest way.

Fu Yuechi pondered for a moment and gave an estimate.

"While this thing is dangerous, it has immense research value."

"If you hand it over directly, you can probably exchange it for about a hundred cubic meters of biological energy."

A hundred cubic meters!

Qin Lang's eyes lit up; that was already a massive sum of money.

But then, Fu Yuechi's tone shifted, a hint of fanaticism appearing in her eyes.

"However, if you can use your Phoenix Divine Flame to burn it completely to ash..."

She looked at Qin Lang, her lips curling into a meaningful arc.

"Erasing the will inside and leaving only the purest substance."

"Then you will obtain the world's most top-tier Artifact Refining material."

"Its value would be immeasurable."