Blood-Red Source Crystal

Afterward, Aier leaped onto the neck of the Crimson Flame Beast King, raised his fist, and hammered it down onto the beast's skull.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

As Aier delivered punch after punch, countless fragments flew everywhere, and the struggle of the Crimson Flame Beast King gradually weakened.

Admittedly, the strength of this Crimson Flame Beast King had already reached the god level.

However, the most threatening aspects of the Crimson Flame Beast King were merely its body strength, which was on par with a Low-God Artifact, and the Blood-Red Source Crystal embedded in its brow that could unleash lethal soul attacks.

Aier's own physical strength was no weaker than the Crimson Blood Beast King, and with the amplification of divine power, it was significantly stronger.

As for the soul attacks of the Crimson Flame Beast King, they relied on the Blood-Red Source Crystal in its brow to be released; with Aier riding on its neck, the beast simply could not target him.

"Boom!"

In the end, the skull of this Crimson Blood Beast King was shattered directly by Aier, and it lost all signs of life.

"Whew..."

Exhaling softly, Aier stepped forward, extracted the Blood-Red Source Crystal from the beast's brow, and his heart stirred.

"Equip!"

In an instant, the Blood-Red Source Crystal vanished from Aier's hand, and Aier gained the abilities of the Blood-Red Source Crystal from his equipment slot.

First, this Blood-Red Source Crystal provided a significant boost to Aier's soul power.

Second, it granted Aier a soul attack technique—Soul Burning!

When used by the Crimson Blood Beast King, it could release soul attacks from the Blood-Red Source Crystal to continuously burn an enemy's soul.

After being placed into Aier's equipment slot, Aier could release soul attacks from his eyes, which carried a burning effect.

"Not bad!"

Judging solely by these two effects, the value of the Blood-Red Source Crystal was not inferior to a Demigod Divine Spark.

When considering the scarcity of Soul Defense Artifacts, it was quite possible that the price of this Blood-Red Source Crystal was over ten thousand Inkstone, enough for Aier to trade for a Mid-God Divine Spark.

After hesitating for a moment, Aier ultimately chose not to refine the Blood-Red Source Crystal.

He would never lack soul attack techniques as long as he found more treasures in the future.

In equipment mode, Aier could still receive the benefits of the Blood-Red Source Crystal's abilities, which did not hinder his use of Soul Burning.

When the tribe next traveled to the city, Aier could sell the Blood-Red Source Crystal in exchange for more items that could enhance his strength.

"Lord Aier."

At this moment, Kero arrived with several patrol members.

Seeing the Crimson Flame Beast that had already been killed by Aier, Kero breathed a sigh of relief.

However, looking at the wounds on the beast's body, Kero couldn't help but shake his head inwardly.

This is what happens to gods who refine divine sparks; their strength is too weak. It took him until the head was smashed to pieces to successfully kill a single Crimson Flame Beast.

This only made Kero's resolve even firmer.

He must become a god independently!

Otherwise, he was a leader during the Saint Realm stage.

How could he accept becoming the weakest after achieving godhood?

Don't look at how Aier's status, strength, and position were currently above his own; once he became a god independently, he would at least be a squad leader of the guard, commanding people like Aier who had refined divine sparks.

"Kero, can you cover this up?"

After storing the corpse of the Crimson Blood Beast King into his Space Ring, Aier asked Kero.

"After all, you know how Lord West would react if he found out that a Crimson Flame Beast had appeared in this mining area."

"The two of us would likely face severe punishment."

"Lord Aier, what are you talking about?"

Kero looked up, staring blankly at Aier. "This mining area was personally inspected by Lord West; it is impossible for a Crimson Flame Beast to be born here for at least thirty thousand years."

"Didn't we come down here to deal with the collapsed mine tunnel?"

Speaking of this, Kero looked at the mine wall shattered by the Crimson Flame Beast and sighed. "Sigh, I didn't expect these guys to be so careless, not even noticing that the top of the mine tunnel wasn't safe..."

"Yes, yes. Lord Aier, do you think we should strengthen safety training for these miners? To prevent them from causing any more dangers that affect mining efficiency?"

The other patrol members also spoke up one after another.

Clearly, no one here was a fool.

"As for that, you handle it."

Aier nodded with satisfaction.

With this matter suppressed, no one discovered that the one he had killed earlier was actually the Crimson Flame Beast King. Thus, the corpse of the Crimson Flame Beast King and the Blood-Red Source Crystal both became his private property.

Even if this matter were exposed later, the worst he would face was a penalty; in any case, it was impossible for them to force him to hand over the corpse of the Crimson Flame Beast.

Returning to his residence at the top of the mine, Aier finally took out the corpse of the Crimson Flame Beast King to refine it.

The Crimson Flame Beast King was quite large, and even after refinement, the materials obtained were enough for Aier to forge a piece of physical defensive armor and a long sword.

Subsequently, Aier dripped his blood to claim ownership, took these two artifacts into his body, and began to temper them with his own divine power.

This could be considered an experiment for Aier.

Previously, when he refined Crimson Blood Essence Ore, he could use the essence obtained to strengthen his physical body.

If nothing went wrong, refining the corpse of this Crimson Blood Beast King would also enhance Aier's physical strength.

As it happened, the physical strength of this Crimson Blood Beast King had already reached the level of a Low-God Artifact, and the weapons Aier forged from it were naturally the best artifact embryos.

He only needed to imbue and temper them with divine power to allow both the armor and the long sword to ascend into true artifacts.

When the time came, Aier wanted to see the difference between the buffs gained from refining finished products versus refining raw materials.

This concerned how Aier would use his inventory more efficiently in the future.

Ten years flashed by!

"Finally, success!"

On this day, a trace of joy flashed in Aier's eyes. A suit of red armor instantly enveloped his entire body, making his figure look much more imposing, as if he had transformed from a frail scholar into a decisive general of slaughter!

After ten years of effort, Aier had finally tempered the Crimson Blood Armor and the Crimson Blood Sword into his own personal artifacts.

"Equip!"

With a thought, the Crimson Blood Armor on Aier's body vanished instantly, and a red crystal appeared in his hand.

Storing the Blood-Red Source Crystal into his Space Ring, Aier began to sense the changes in his body.

"My physical strength has doubled."

"Especially my defense..."

Aier curled his index finger and flicked his own body; he could clearly feel that his defensive power was a cut above his offensive power.

Even a full-force attack could not make him feel any pain.

Clearly, after equipping the Crimson Blood Armor, his defensive power had surpassed his offensive power.

"Replace!"

Aier replaced the Crimson Blood Armor in his equipment slot with the Crimson Blood Sword.