I will eventually become a divine being through accumulating constantly

[Divinity: 5829]

Xue Jing thought for a moment and made a decision.

"Hmm, if it's five thousand eight...," he mused.

His gaze shifted towards the Divine Skill slot with "Shadow Flame".

"Leveling up Shadow Flame to Lv9 requires four thousand five hundred Divinity, and after leveling up, there will still be over a thousand left, just enough to reserve for the Combat Skills which could be sublimated at any time...," he calculated.

[Shadow Flame Lv8 (5829/4500)]

Xue Jing clicked to upgrade.

[Shadow Flame Lv9 (1329/6000)]

Seeing the amount of Divinity needed after reaching Lv9, Xue Jing nodded.

"To reach Lv10, it really does require six thousand... plus the two thousand needed to activate the Divine Incarnation, it's still short by eight thousand altogether."

"It's close, it's close, I'll soon see the 'Incarnation' of the first Divine Skill," he said with excitement building.

Xue Jing clenched his fists, feeling a rush of excitement.

Throughout his journey, Divine Skills had been of tremendous help to him... even now, the proportion of his combat strength that came from Divine Skills still surpassed that of martial arts.

Especially in terms of applicability, even the strongest Old Martial Arts were limited to sheer physical strikes, not as flexible and varied as Divine Skills.

Of course, martial arts also had advantages that Divine Skills didn't have, and the two complemented each other, filling in gaps to construct Xue Jing's combat system.

The power of Divine Skills was unquestionable; all Divine Skills defied the laws of reality to some extent and reached the realm of 'superpowers' and 'Transcendent' abilities.

Such powerful skills, upon reaching the high level of Lv10 and activating the extra Divinity-required 'Divine Incarnation', how potent would they become? Xue Jing was full of anticipation.

"Let's try out the changes to Shadow Flame at Lv9," he suggested.

Xue Jing closed the Skill Panel, raised his right hand, opened his palm, and with a thought, the shadows cast by the room's light stirred as numerous dark streams converged towards his palm.

"Whoosh—"

A ball of Dark Flame ignited, pulsating silently in his palm, a pure pitch black without any sheen, like a black hole, seemingly even devouring the surrounding light.

Xue Jing flung the Dark Flame from his hand, out the window.

The Dark Flame, as if it were a physical object, followed a parabolic trajectory through the air, flying nearly two hundred meters outside the window before continuing on.

Only at this distance did Xue Jing faintly feel that the Dark Flame was about to escape his control.

Then, he summoned another Dark Flame and in an instant, submerged himself into it.

The next moment, he emerged from the Dark Flame two hundred meters away.

"The control range has improved, and the extreme distance of 'Shadow Leap' has now reached over two hundred meters, which is twice as much as when I first activated this ability. As for the cooldown...," he thought.

Subsequently, Xue Jing started testing the enhancements of each ability following the upgrade of Shadow Flame.

The testing was completed quickly.

The destructive power of Shadow Flame itself had improved significantly, able to annihilate a fist-sized piece of steel in less than a second.

The maximum strength of the Shadow Flame material had also increased, and living beings such as shadow birds and Shadow Sharks became more agile and faster.

The abilities 'Shadow Lurk', which allowed stealth within shadows, and 'Shadow Transform', which enabled bodily elementalization, saw no changes, but as the upgraded Shadow Flame's Blue Bar grew longer and could endure more consumption, these abilities were also proportionally enhanced.

Overall, the enhancement of Shadow Flame after leveling up was quite substantial, and Xue Jing's upper limit for combat power had risen considerably.

"However, it's just an improvement of existing abilities; there's no new function...," he mused, slightly dissatisfied.

Having been spoiled by new functions with every upgrade of Shadow Flame, Xue Jing was a bit disappointed.

"Little Shadow, you are my favorite Divine Skill; you shouldn't have just this much to offer!" he exclaimed.

"There must be some new ability that I haven't discovered yet. Stop hiding, come out now," he coaxed the Dark Flame in his hand, observing it carefully to discern any anomalies.

He spent the entire night exploring what was within Shadow Flame.

The result...

He indeed discovered a new ability for Shadow Flame.

Or rather, it wasn't a new ability, but rather a deeper development of the fundamental functionality of Shadow Flame.

At seven in the morning, on the open ground outside the villa.

Xue Jing stood with his hands behind his back, embodying a profound presence, his lids slightly lowered as he slowly swept his gaze from side to side.

Suddenly, his gaze sharpened and his Spiritual Aura erupted outward.

A visible ring-shaped shockwave rapidly expanded from him as the center.

Unlike the invisible aura that previously suppressed twenty thousand spectators in the Super Arena, the currently spreading aura was visibly imbued with jet-black, lightning-like patterns.

"Crack— Crack-crack-crack—"

Around Xue Jing, the hard stone ground cracked in all directions, and a nearby tree split open at the center of its trunk, almost bifurcated by the fissure.

A metal bench not far away began to twist and deform, issuing an unnerving screech of metal contortion.

"Boom boom boom boom—"

The air around Xue Jing trembled continuously, causing light to distort, and in the viewer's vision, it seemed as though the scene was shaking rapidly up and down.

Even though the ground wasn't shaking, an earthquake-like effect occurred.

Everything calmed down after Xue Jing stopped the outward release of his aura, leaving the area around him in complete disarray.

Letting out a light breath, Xue Jing said to himself:

"With the level of Shadow Flame increasing, the precision in control is finer with each level. Now it's possible to do things like this..."

"Coating my Spiritual Aura with Shadow Flame, enhancing its lethality, allowing it to cause real physical damage..."