Martial Ascent to Divinity

On the back of the wolf's head, there was a human male face.

The man's face was facing the female swordswoman, staring straight at her.

Human-faced Seat Wolf.

Zhou Leng looked around, then at that female Demon.

Maid of Suffering.

The exclusive guard of the Demon Worship Sect and some high-level Demons, they occasionally acted alone, but most often followed their masters.

Every one of them is at least at the Body Refining Stage.

This Maid of Suffering wore silver armor covered in cracks and fist imprints, clearly from human Martial Arts.

Some of the wounds were still slightly wriggling.

Zhou Leng immediately changed direction, running to the right.

It seemed this was the location of the former Magic Bag Garden.

Suddenly, a strange yet grand heartbeat echoed, emanating from deep within the earth.

Zhou Leng felt a pain in his chest, clutching at his heart with his left hand, staggering and slowing down, nearly falling to the ground.

The Maid of Suffering suddenly opened her mouth, her red lips curving as if into a smile.

A piercing scream echoed from her throat.

"Kill him!"

The Maid of Suffering raised her arm, lifting a blood-stained Spinal Bone Sword.

Under her armpit, the wound split open, blood splattering, but quickly healing, constantly wriggling.

"Kill!"

More than a dozen Demons in the late stage of Blood Transport rushed at Zhou Leng.

The Maid of Suffering actually maneuvered around them, intercepting Zhou Leng from the front.

Zhou Leng looked at the Maid of Suffering.

Her charging speed was actually faster than his.

This meant if she tangled with him, when the hundreds of Demons arrived, he would have no place to be buried.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, Zhou Leng suddenly turned, rushing straight at those twelve late-stage Demons of Blood Transport.

On the way, Zhou Leng took out the necessary Pills from Liang Baiyin's Magic Spirit Bag, placing them one by one into his pocket.

Including the Hundred Piercing Pill for detoxification, and the Mad Extreme Pill that stimulated Qi Blood and partially blocked pain for a short time...

Seeing Zhou Leng turn, the Maid of Suffering actually slowed her pace.

Like a spectator, she watched Zhou Leng heading toward those twelve Demon subordinates.

Zhou Leng swallowed a Replenishing Essence Pill, Blood Replenishing Pills, and Qi Nourishing Pills, one of each, and charged in front of the first Long-horned Demon.

The other Demons' long whips and forks attacked.

Zhou Leng dodged the fork, letting the whip strike his back.

The Prayer's spell flew out, tearing at flesh and blood.

Zhou Leng's body shook, enduring the severe pain forcibly, continuing his assault.

He slammed a palm into the Long-horned Demon's chest and abdomen, his arm piercing through, blood splattering.

Zhou Leng lifted the Long-horned Demon's body, swinging it like a large club at the other Demons.

The Long-horned Demon was torn in two, the upper body flung out.

Zhou Leng bent over like a nimble monkey, burrowing under the belly of a Humpbacked Bull Demon.

He pushed off the ground with both feet, lifting his body upward, raising both arms.

Two Dragons Emerging from the Water.

Bam!

The belly of the Humpbacked Bull Demon along with the calf inside exploded, Zhou Leng's arms and half his body drilling into the Humpbacked Bull Demon's body.

With a pull of both arms outwards.

A ripping sound as the Humpbacked Bull Demon split in two.

Zhou Leng stood in place, circulating True Qi, shaking off the blood covering his body.

The remaining ten Demons looked at Zhou Leng emerging from the split Demon bull.

Is this a human, or a Demon?

The Maid of Suffering's eyes glowed bright, seemingly revealing a genuine smile.

The face of the wolf followed, smiling, staring at her more infatuatedly.

Zhou Leng darted forward, charging at the Prayer.

The Prayer retreated while two other Demons approached from left and right, blocking the way.

Zhou Leng used Cloud Stepping, his body soaring, executing a forward somersault, leaping over the two Demons, raising his right palm in mid-air, striking down at the Prayer's forehead.

"Scram..."

The Prayer opened his mouth wide, streams of white Spiritual Shock and Sound Wave Attack blasted forth.

Zhou Leng's facial skin rippled like waves, blood oozing from his ears.

Fearless, unfazed, his palm descended.

Bam!

The Prayer's head sunk into his chest, drilling into his abdomen, passing through his pelvis, falling between his legs to the ground.

Then, the whole body collapsed.

All the Demons were momentarily dumbfounded.

This human, too brutal.

Zhou Leng struck repeatedly, enduring injuries, determined to quickly resolve one of them.

In just over forty moves, he had killed twelve Demons.

Zhou Leng stood there, looking at the slowly approaching Maid of Suffering, panting heavily.

"Not bad, very good." The Maid of Suffering spoke in perfectly enunciated Chinese.

"Were you human in the past too?" Zhou Leng said, shoving Pills into his mouth.

The Maid of Suffering's face changed drastically, angrily saying, "Don't taint us Demons with humans!"

"You must have once been a good person. True villains do not get angry so easily." Zhou Leng said slowly.

The Maid of Suffering's face contorted, her bright red lips smiling, but her eyes seemed to cry.

The expression of the human face on the wolf changed with her.

"I'm neither a good person nor a bad one now, I'm a Demon." The Maid of Suffering said, wielding her Spinal Bone Sword, charging in.

The two closed in, the Maid of Suffering's Bone Sword slashing diagonally.

Zhou Leng rolled to dodge.

Sizzle...

Zhou Leng looked over.

The sword tip grazed past, obviously not touching the ground, yet cleaving the earth, leaving a clear mark.

This strike was enough to slice a person in two.

"No wonder it's the Body Refining Stage..."

Both strength, speed, and reactions were above his own.

Fortunately, she had previously endured fierce battles, scars covering her body.

While dodging, Zhou Leng observed the Maid of Suffering's fighting style, looking for opportunities.

This was experience gained during the Black and White People trials at the Moonlight Shadow Wall.

If even such strong white-clad people had traces to follow, this Maid of Suffering was no different.

Zhou Leng didn't clash head-on but maneuvered back and forth with the Maid of Suffering.

Though the Maid of Suffering was strong, Zhou Leng had been honed by the Celestial Ladder, his Combat Awareness already exceeded his own Realm, even surpassing the Maid of Suffering.