Less than five minutes later, the staff at the exchange counter reappeared.

  "Hello, William, your resource exchange code has been verified. You can now select resources worth 500,000 divine power from the school's resource warehouse." The staff member’s light orb spoke as it extended a light beam toward William.

  William also raised a light beam to connect with it, and a stream of information was transmitted into his mind.

  This was the list of available resources at the school’s exchange counter. William didn’t even glance at the common resources, quickly searching through the list for the high-level bloodline cards he needed.

  The list was filled with hundreds of extraordinary bloodline cards, and William immediately excluded the medium and low-level ones. In an instant, only a few dozen high-level extraordinary bloodline cards remained.

  William currently had about 40 hatching nests, and he was unwilling to use any medium or low-level bloodline cards. If the extraordinary bloodline failed to load, not only would the purchased card be wasted, but he would also lose a hatching nest, something William could not accept at this stage.

  He immediately began selecting from the remaining high-level extraordinary bloodline cards. After reviewing all of them, one caught his attention.

  [High-Level Extraordinary Bloodline Card… Fire Element]

  This was the bloodline card of an elemental creature, the Fire Element. As a purely elemental creature, the Fire Element had no flesh or blood, and upon death, it left only a fire element crystal. But now, a deity had sacrificed the Fire Element and extracted its bloodline into a card. William was surprised—how could a non-corporeal creature have genes? So, he carefully read the detailed description of this bloodline card.

  The Fire Element’s extraordinary bloodline granted the individual receiving it the talent for fire magic and a chance to inherit fire elemental magic.

  Further details revealed that, as an elemental being, the Fire Element would not only possess one fire magic, but would gradually master various fire magics as it grew. Using this bloodline card was somewhat like a gacha game from William’s past life. After using it, there would be a guaranteed fire elemental affinity talent, but the rest was up to luck.

  If the luck was good, it might even result in powerful spells like Meteor Firestorm or Inferno, though the probability of that happening was very low. On the other hand, if luck was bad, the individual might only gain a slight increase in fire elemental affinity and potentially not inherit any magic, though this was also a low-probability outcome.

  It was important to note that Fire Elements, as extraordinary creatures from birth, could naturally control several types of fire magic, and the power of these magics was generally excellent.

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  Already having a plan in mind, William immediately asked the staff behind the counter, "How much divine power do I need to exchange for this high-level Fire Element bloodline card?"

  "Oh, this bloodline card? It requires 550,000 divine power to exchange. You only have 500,000, so you’ll need to make up the remaining 50,000 divine power," the staff member replied immediately when hearing William’s inquiry.

  Without hesitation, William transferred the remaining 50,000 divine power to the staff member.

  "That’s the one. Please help me exchange it," William said after transferring the divine power.

  "Understood, please wait a moment while I retrieve your bloodline card." The staff member disappeared again.

  In just a short while, the staff member returned and handed over the Fire Element extraordinary bloodline card that William had exchanged for.

  William quickly took it, confirmed that everything was correct, and instantly teleported back to his divine domain.

  Floating in mid-air in his divine domain, William hesitated for a moment. His original plan was to exchange for two extraordinary bloodline cards, but now he had only obtained one.

  Previously, he had intended to use the two bloodline cards, one on a primitive hatching nest and the other on a nest that could already produce extraordinary Spike Serpents, hoping to enhance the fireball-casting Spike Serpents. But now, with only one Fire Element bloodline card, his plans were disrupted.

  "Never mind, I’ll play it safe for now. When I’m richer in the future, I’ll enhance the fireball Spike Serpents." With this thought, William made up his mind and approached a new primitive hatching nest.

  Taking the newly acquired Fire Element extraordinary bloodline card from his body, he directly used it on the hatching nest in front of him.

  Looking at the already extraordinary hatching nest, William, having gained experience from the previous one, immediately produced a batch of 2,000 jumping bugs.

  As the new extraordinary jumping bugs appeared before William, seeing them in their semi-elemental form, he was unsure of how to feel.

  Although their appearance had barely changed, the hearts of these jumping bugs had crystallized, now containing fire element cores. The orange glow filled their bodies, and intense heat radiated from within. Just standing near them, William could feel waves of heat assaulting him.

  They could still run, jump, and fight, but the pain brought on by the high temperature constantly tormented their bodies. They could only temporarily withstand the torment by having their adrenal glands work beyond capacity.

  The extraordinary ability they gained was not the ranged magic attack William had imagined, but instead, it was the innate skill of most fire elemental creatures... self-detonation.

  This skill, where the fire elemental creature and the enemy perished together, had tremendous power. Not only could the explosion cover a diameter of 100 meters, but the explosion’s force far exceeded the power of fireball spells.

  After testing, William confirmed that the ground at the explosion's center even showed signs of vitrification, with the damage caused instantly far surpassing what his other followers could handle.

  Based on William's calculations, the extreme heat inside these jumping bugs would severely damage their organs and functional systems, and their lifespan would not exceed a day.

  So, William needed to develop a new insect unit to adapt to this fire element extraordinary gene. This would be a challenge for him, as he currently had no species genes capable of enduring such high temperatures and would need to collect them from the market.

  Reluctantly, William threw himself into high-intensity work, designing a new insect unit while also spending every day in the market of the Divine Communication Continent, searching for regular species that could withstand high temperatures.

  Days passed, and on a new day, after going through the market once again without finding the species he needed, he arrived at a busy area of the market, where he began offering bounties to acquire high-temperature-resistant species.