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Chapter 1648: Chapter 1649: Divine Core Chapter 1648: Chapter 1649: Divine Core Although the Magic Dragon Turtle had just escaped its seal, greatly weakened in strength, it was still a god-level boss, and the inherent grade of such a creature ensured the high quality of the loot it dropped.

Song Jian carefully counted, finding a total of thirty-six items had dropped, along with more than twenty Purple Crystals. It was the first time for Song Jian to encounter a boss that dropped Purple Crystals.

Among the dropped items, there were five of legendary quality and six of epic quality. The rest were gold and silver equipment suited for characters above level 150. Among these items, blue and green gear, by contrast, became rare, totaling only three pieces.

The most eye-catching among the loot was an item radiating with Seven-colored Divine Light. It was a fist-sized crystal with multiple facets, each shimmering with a brilliant sparkle, outshining diamonds by hundreds, if not thousands of times!

“A god-level core, is this the Magic Dragon Turtle’s core?” Song Jian inspected the crystal’s properties and discovered that it was indeed the Magic Dragon Turtle’s core.

For others, the only god-level item being a core might have been a huge disappointment, as among all the loot, a core that could only serve as a material was probably the least valuable. However, for Song Jian, obtaining this god-level core was exactly what he hoped for.

“With this god-level core, the Sea God’s Protection Array will have an effect that far surpasses legendary quality!” Holding the core, Song Jian expressed his joy.

The purpose of this journey was to obtain a core from a divine sea creature. Originally planning to hunt the Dragon-horned Giant Turtle and use its demi-god level sea creature core, he never expected to end up with a god-level core, a delightful surprise.

“In that case, there’s no need to hold back anymore for you!” Song Jian glanced at the Blazing Fire Furnace in the void, his gaze turning fierce.

Originally the refinement of the Dragon-horned Giant Turtle required over a hundred hours. To ensure the final blow for the kill, Song Jian had to make sure the turtle wouldn’t be refined too quickly, thus he had been using a natural refinement process that wasn’t overly aggressive and stable enough to control the refinement progress at all times, which relatively required less time.

The Blazing Fire Furnace was not an Alchemy Furnace, but an array, a major weapon designed specifically for killing enemies and extracting Divine essence. Naturally, it also had a violent aspect to it.

Glancing at the Magic Dragon Turtle’s body floating on the sea surface, containing the divine essence of a god-level boss, it was also not to be wasted.

With this thought, Song Jian’s mental energy and Sword Qi transformed into a steady stream of energy pouring into the Blazing Fire Furnace. Moments later, the flames inside the furnace blazed fiercely, a surging force of refinement almost solidifying in intensity.

The Dragon-horned Giant Turtle inside the furnace, although unaware of the situation outside, could feel the flames rising and the brutal aura assaulting it, and knew that its time was likely running short.

The countdown timer on the Blazing Fire Furnace began to tick down rapidly, dropping from the initial hundred-plus hours to seventy-three hours in a blink.

With a slight smile, Song Jian waved his right hand, and the Power of the Time Law surged out, enveloping the entire Blazing Fire Furnace.

In an instant, the countdown on the Blazing Fire Furnace dropped straight from seventy-three hours to fifty hours, then it ticked down to thirty hours…

The reason for such a terrifying effect was also due to Song Jian’s increasingly strong control over the Time Law. After acquiring the “Swallow Heaven Art,” all the Law essences refined by Song Jian were channeled into the Time Law, causing it to improve rapidly.

This was a shortcut. For most people, progressing a small step in the Power of Law would probably take decades, if not centuries.

“Years…” Song Jian murmured softly, with a hint of mysterious fog appearing in his eyes that never dispersed.

The time, which had already leaped to thirty hours, once again began to accelerate rapidly: twenty-eight, twenty-five, twenty-three, …
As time went on, the intervals between leaps grew longer. Beads of sweat slowly began to seep from Song Jian’s forehead, and his lightly clenched right hand started to tremble slightly, the veins and tendons on his palm slowly protruding …
Roar~
A terrifying roar echoed from the Blazing Fire Furnace in the void, startling the Sea Clan. The Sea Clan chieftain, who had thought to come closer to Song Jian, was so nervous that he clenched his Dragon God weapon and hastily retreated dozens of kilometers.

The roar of the Dragon Horned Turtle was too similar to that of the Magic Dragon. If not for the corpse of the Magic Dragon still floating on the surface of the ocean, everyone might have thought that the Magic Dragon had been reborn.

Seemingly sensing the approach of death, the Dragon Horned Turtle began to struggle violently, ramming into the walls of the Blazing Fire Furnace over and over. Despite bleeding from the repeated impacts, it spared no effort.

Crack~
A crisp cracking sound rang out. One of the Dragon Horned Turtle’s horns broke off and fell into the furnace, instantly turning to char, while simultaneously providing Song Jian with another three points of Divine.

As it watched its body being refined bit by bit, the terrible fear caused the Dragon Horned Turtle to tremble profoundly. If Song Jian had desired to subdue it at that moment, he likely could have easily tamed it as a combat pet; unfortunately, that was not Song Jian’s intention.

The refining continued, and the time for it rapidly decreased. When it dropped to one hour, Song Jian’s right hand was trembling violently, his entire body swaying as if he were about to fall into the deep sea at any moment.

By this time, the bewildered look in Song Jian’s eyes had disappeared, replaced by a resolute expression.

Boom!

The Blazing Fire Furnace suddenly trembled slightly, and the remaining hour shrank to fifteen minutes in an instant, while the Red Lotus Karma Fire inside the furnace burned to its peak.

Sigh~
Song Jian let out a breath, slowly lowered his sore and swollen right arm, and gently began to rub it. Fifteen minutes, that was the limit. Continuing could potentially damage the foundations of the Time Law, a risk not worth taking.

He continued to wait until there was no more movement within the Blazing Fire Furnace. As it slowly faded away in the void, Song Jian nodded slightly, a hint of satisfaction appearing on his face.

After glancing indifferently at the distant Sea Clan, Song Jian took the Magic Dragon’s body into his inventory and turned toward the direction of Seafoam City to fly away.

“My, my lord …” The Sea Clan chieftain wanted to keep Song Jian, after all, he is the only real member of the Dragon Clan they had discovered, but unfortunately, Song Jian was too fast. Before the chieftain could even speak, Song Jian’s figure had already vanished without a trace.

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