Chapter 343: Complete Form Soldier Resolution and Re-casting, Thieving Country Dragon Egg

If it had been the former Royal Armory Protection, which was only at Tier One, it definitely wouldn’t have been able to forcibly shatter and dismantle a Treasure like this.

But.

Now, everything was different.

In the recent battle where he had killed Bronze Dragon Galeos, the Biological Research System had successfully analyzed the Heroic Spirit’s Weapon Mastery and Bronze Monarchy abilities. It had now even fused them with Lance’s own Heart Intent Martial Structure.

Royal Armory, Melted Gold Shattered Armor, and Heart Intent Martial Structure.

Together, they formed the ultimate Soldier Resolution and Re-casting!

This ability could not only extract Martial Corpse Burning Stream from Ordinary weapons as before, but now, it could even forcefully rip the core Martial Corpse Essence from equipment.

This extracted essence was no longer fleeting Energy. It was a permanent material that could be used to strengthen other equipment or be directly integrated into his Heart Intent Martial Structure!

CRACK~

An extremely crisp sound abruptly echoed through the Pantheon.

The sharp crack was particularly jarring.

The wide, black cloak of the Faceless Person, who stood outside the rift coldly looking down on everything, seemed to stiffen for a moment as it billowed.

A Treasure, forged from the painstaking efforts of a Legendary Tier powerhouse.

It had been disintegrated right before His eyes by a Low Tier Professional who hadn’t even crossed the threshold of the Excellence Tier?

This Evil God.

For a moment, He was struck by a sense of absurdity.

‘Have I been away from the Material Realm for too long? So long that I can no longer comprehend this world?’

In that fleeting moment,

the White Bone Longbow in Lance’s hands began to emit a blinding, silver-white light from within.

Then, with a muffled BANG,

the entire longbow disintegrated, turning into a cloud of white bone ash that scattered through the air.

As the Treasure shattered, it released a powerful shockwave.

The shockwave erupted from the core of Lance’s palm, sweeping violently outward.

It instantly snapped all the dark red threads binding Lance’s limbs and neck.

Even the dark red Light Wedge pinning him to his chest was covered in cracks from the impact before exploding completely, dissipating into specks of red light.

The restraints were broken!

Lance’s body was free once more.

But the close-range blast also threw him back, making him slide several meters.

Only then did he manage to stabilize himself.

Just then, from within the swirling cloud of white bone ash,

a stream of black light was forcibly stripped out.

As if drawn by some invisible force, the stream of light shot through the air and into the palm of Lance’s outstretched right hand.

[Soldier Resolution successful! You have obtained a High Tier Martial Corpse Essence: “Hunting the Red Dragon”]

Lance had no time to check the specific Attributes of this Martial Corpse Essence.

He unhesitatingly stuffed it directly into his [Heart Intent Martial Structure].

‘No time to look now.’

He knew very well that by ruining the Evil God’s plan, he would likely bring a devastating catastrophe upon himself.

But his only chance of survival lay within his consciousness.

The golden sparks of starlight were weaving a miracle.

They swirled and intertwined rapidly.

Together, the sparks wove a dynamic image.

It was the image of a figure, covered in wounds, holding a burning torch high in a pitch-black abyss, finding a path to survival.

This was the sliver of a miracle created by burning all the human Tinder Lance currently possessed!

[Notice: Miracle Acquired: Escape from Death (Micro Level)]

[For the next 60 seconds, no matter how dangerous your surroundings become, an “accident” will occur to forcibly lock your Life Value above the minimum survival threshold.]

RUMBLE!!!

The entire floor of the Pantheon began to shake violently.

The altar beneath Lance’s feet even began to crack from the tremors, with large chunks of stone breaking off and falling away.

This was not the Evil God’s power.

This was the will of the Underground City, having sensed the disturbance, finally descending with its concentrated power!

The dense, web-like, dark red spatial rifts in the sky began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

And the tall figure of the Faceless Person standing outside the rifts also began to blur under the powerful repulsive force of the Underground City’s will.

The power struggle between the two high-dimensional beings had brought this space to the brink of collapse.

Originally,

after shattering the Treasure and enraging the Faceless Evil God,

Lance should have faced the Evil God’s personal, destructive wrath in the very next second.

But,

because the effect of the miracle [Escape from Death] had activated,

the Underground City’s will counterattacked at the exact moment the Evil God was about to obliterate him.

This seemingly impossible coincidence had bought Lance a full minute to escape.

‘One last score, then I’m out of here!’

Only 58 seconds left!

His gaze precisely locked onto another black altar, the one closest to him.

On that altar,

a waist-high, grayish-black stone egg still stood silently.

The red light within it was still pulsing rhythmically.

‘A thief never leaves empty-handed!’

Lance pushed off forcefully with his legs, leaping in that direction.

The moment he was airborne, the soles of his feet lit up with a brilliant, silver-red glow.

[Heart Intent Martial Structure] activated!

A mass of Dragon Remains Crystal material coalesced directly under his feet, forming a stepping stone.

The next second,

Lance deliberately detonated the Ether Energy within the crystal!

BANG!

Accompanied by a deafening explosion, a massive recoil surged from the soles of his feet.

Riding the powerful thrust, Lance soared more than ten meters through the air and landed on the altar.

He didn’t pause for a second after landing, immediately reaching out and pressing his hands firmly against the giant egg’s shell.

[Unique Treasure Detected: Thieving Country Dragon Egg]

‘This name…’

Lance’s heart stirred as he looked at the system prompt.

The naming styles of the two Treasures were vastly different; they were clearly not for the same purpose.

However, now was not the time to study it.

Since the name had “Dragon” in it,

Lance had assumed that with his [Crimson Dragon] Source Material, getting this Dragon Species Treasure’s recognition would be a piece of cake.

But what happened next left him dumbfounded.

[Warning! “Crimson Dragon” Source Material aura detected from the host!]

[Target Treasure “Thieving Country Dragon Egg” is exhibiting a strong rejection response!]

[Ownership judgment is about to fail…]

Lance was stunned for a moment, then he immediately understood.

This was a legacy of vengeance left behind by the Scarlet Duke of the past, created specifically to overthrow the Royal Family’s Red Dragon Lineage.

‘It would be weirder if it *didn’t* have an aversion to my Crimson Dragon aura.’

‘Shit! This is a problem.’

Seeing the red light on the egg’s surface grow brighter and brighter, the repulsive force was threatening to fling his hands away.

Just as Lance thought he would be leaving empty-handed this time,

[Foreigner] stepped up once again.

[Treasure judgment failure detected. Source Material: Foreigner (Current unlock progress 1%) is forcibly intervening…]

[Foreigner has thrown out the great deed: “Overstepping Gods as a Mortal”]

[Foreigner has thrown out a trait: “Jhin, the Virtuoso (Destiny Deception)”]

[Foreigner has inserted “Tampering (Fragment)”]

[Thieving Country Dragon Egg has been stunned…]

[Congratulations, you have obtained ownership of this Treasure.]