Dark Gold Treasure Chest of the Melt Gold Giant, Bai Pu only had two chances to draw, one less than the Two-Faced Man’s chest.

This probably indicates that the Melt Gold Giant was a failed transformation, possessing a hundred thousand life value and a powerful panel, but lacking autonomous consciousness, posing a threat completely inferior to that of a normal Lord Level formidable entity.

Of course, under the "command" of the Two-Faced Man, the Melt Gold Giant might have played a more significant role. However, the Two-Faced Man died first, leaving the Melt Gold Giant’s combat intelligence as nothing more than a pile of rationale.

Luckily, being a Lord Template, Bai Pu had the opportunity to exclude 24 low-quality cards, ensuring he wouldn’t draw all kinds of odd junk items.

Bai Pu clicked to draw the cards.

[You obtained the Holy Artifact: Meteor.]

It was still just a simple sentence of explanation.

This Holy Artifact named "Meteor" was actually the "Holy Thorn Spear" used by the Gilder last time! With it, he developed a formidable long-range skill: Holy Spear Piercing Kill, truly a death-naming technique.

Bai Pu, as usual, first put away the Meteor Spear.

The second card, after flipping, revealed a Skill Book: Melt Gold Armor!

[Melt Gold Armor: Four-star Secret Technique. Passive, the cultivator’s body surface is covered with a layer of Melt Gold skin, reducing the endured physical damage, and accumulating searing energy inside close combat attackers. Actively unleashing the Melt Gold Armor detonates the searing energy inside the attacker, causing fiery damage, which ignores the target’s additional magic resistance and shield skills.]

[Prerequisite for Melt Gold Armor Cultivation: Melt Gold Mystical Arts (Beginner). Any one Earth/Gold/Fire mystical arts mastering level can ignore the prerequisite.]

Bai Pu, upon seeing this Skill Book, first thought of his own [Steel Skin] skill, finding similarities with Melt Gold Armor but with overlapping functions.

Regardless, as a Four-star Secret Technique, Bai Pu must learn [Melt Gold Armor] as a superior skill replacement for [Steel Skin].

Other Golden Treasure Chests mostly allow only one draw. Holy War Legion Commander Salomon’s chest, however, allows two draws but doesn’t have the "Exclude Low-Valued Cards" option.

Bai Pu opened them one by one. These few chests didn’t drop any equipment, mostly containing advanced materials and special items, including an A-level Enhancement Card, Golden Enhancement Crystal, some equipment crafting materials, and alchemy materials.

There was also a gem.

[Crimson Gem: Special Item, Gem. Embed into the equipment slot for additional effects: provides the wearer with 25% magic blood sucking (healing from magic damage dealt).]

Compared to the previously acquired gem [Withered Gem], which offered 40 points of magic penetration, [Crimson Gem] offers 25% magic blood sucking, similarly not quite suitable for Bai Pu.

"Unfortunately, if it were physical damage blood sucking, it would greatly enhance my endurance ability. But then I would worry about choosing between keeping [Immortal King’s Iron Horn Helmet] or switching to [Commanding Crown]..."

The group returned to the Southwest Jungle and began sweeping through city by city.

Killing twisted Thorn Bishop, Priest, and Holy Warriors, occupying the Thorn Church’s church, destroying their altars, and converting them into their own gods’ temples.

Bozo, Neil, and others repeatedly communicated with their deities, trying to reestablish connections with the gods.

During this time, Bai Pu took out two special materials obtained from defeating the Red Emperor, asking the Thorn Cutters for assistance in identification.

One was [Flame God Stone], and the other was [Demon Blood Stone].

When initially obtained, the explanation was [seek professional identification in the Advanced Spirit Realm].

Bai Pu, while in the Demon Fighting World, consulted Tom and Munis, but they were evidently not "professional" enough or lacked the knowledge reserves, failing to identify them.

Later, upon completing his trial and meeting Principal Bosh, Bai Pu considered entrusting him for identification but ultimately dismissed the idea.

Principal Bosh was a peak native formidable entity, whom even a strong figure like Dai Sect must strive to earn favor for opportunities of guidance.

His friendship and favor should not be squandered on such trivial matters.

Moreover, since the special materials were acquired in the Heart Demon World, other Plane World’s experts not recognizing them was quite normal; at worst, Bai Pu would return to the Heart Demon: World of the Black Heaven’s Descent, surely where many advanced natives could identify them.

Currently within the Thorn Cutter Organization, Bai Pu had become a somewhat veiled leading figure, making it a leader’s delegated task to have things identified, essentially mutual assistance among companions, avoiding the concerns faced in the Demon Fighting World.

Thorn Cutters were also talented, with the final essences from various continent sects mostly here.

A Thorn Cutter believer of the Master of the Sun helped Bai Pu identify the [Flame God Stone].

[Flame God Stone: Special Item, Spirit Realm Wonder, aids Awakened in comprehending Fire Element Mystical Arts. Method: In an extreme cold environment, hold the Flame God Stone and inject energy for meditation, with a probability to comprehend Fire Element Mystical Arts.]

[Regardless of comprehension success, the Flame God Stone will disappear.]

Fire Element Mystical Arts were now accounted for.

Bai Pu had always remembered his goal of "Four Elements Mastery", already possessing Earth and Wind magic, having a reserved Four-star Secret Technique Exchange relic [Tidal Conch] for Water Element Mystical Arts, and now with the Flame God Stone, Four Elements Mastery had a semblance of direction.

As for the remaining [Demon Blood Stone], after several Thorn Cutter experts failed to recognize it, Bai Pu put it away. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

The Thorn Cutters’ path to church reconstruction faced some obstacles, primarily unable to receive responses from deity prayers temporarily.

Bai Pu offered a suggestion: "You’re lacking substantial offerings. Try this?"

Bai Pu presented the [Meteor] Spear, the Holy Artifact left by the Melt Gold Giant.

Bozo placed the Meteor Spear on the altar and entered prayer again with closed eyes.

"A response!" Bozo abruptly opened his eyes, surprise on his face, "However, the deity’s response is that this offering has been contaminated and is not accepted. To descend divine miracles anew, a brand-new, uncontaminated offering is required."

"As expected, the deity favors Holy Artifacts. Across the entire Southwest Jungle, only the Lost City has exhibited seven Holy Artifacts at once... Should we investigate the Lost City then?"

Bai Pu offered the opinion. He speculated that the [Meteor] Spear might not be contaminated, but lacking a crucial component causing the deity not to accept.

The missing component was evidently what Spirit Realm Will referred to as [Source Material Fragment], also known as Divine Power Crystal by the Divine Envoys.