Martial Ascent to Divinity

At this moment, chaotic footsteps echoed from another passage.

"Go, stand in front of Zhou Leng," Lou Fei Qiong said.

The group moved slightly closer to Zhou Leng, facing the passage from which the sound emerged.

Zhao Le glanced at Lou Fei Qiong, thinking to himself that, in terms of strength and status, Lou Fei Qiong was far from Zhao Tong.

But when it came to character, the two were worlds apart.

Unfortunately, in this vast pool of influence within the Zhao Clan, how long can people like this persist?

Not long after, a group of beastmen rushed out from the passage, quickly stopping.

The two sides stared at each other.

Some beastmen furrowed their brows.

Years ago, the two races collaborated, the beastmen betrayed, yet beastmen and humans didn't share the bitter vendetta like with the dwarves.

So, a few beastmen felt somewhat ashamed when they saw the Human Race.

Moreover, this group of humans was numerous and powerful.

"Let's go," the beastman leader said, leading his people away.

Lou Fei Qiong and the others stood for a while, only to see smoke slowly returning around Zhou Leng, indicating he was finishing his practice.

"He'll wake up in about a minute. Let's go," Lou Fei Qiong ultimately couldn't bring himself to ask again; since the other party wasn't willing to join the team, there was no need to repeatedly invite.

The group chose a Bronze Gate to enter.

A minute later, Zhou Leng opened his eyes and looked around.

Everything was normal.

Using his martial arts senses to perceive himself, his eyes slightly shone.

The flowing blood surprisingly gave a silky feeling, with something warm appearing within his bones.

Those forces joined his bone marrow, strengthening the force of his blood.

This meant that both strength and destructive power had reached a higher level.

The force of the Original Demon's blood, within the chambers of his heart and blood vessels, seemed to have released somewhat.

Another perception revealed new findings.

It turned out the walls of his blood vessels had thinned slightly yet were tougher than before.

The diameter of the blood vessels had increased a bit, resulting in a greater blood flow at the same time.

This meant that the quality and quantity of his Qi Blood had improved.

The upper limit of Qi Blood had significantly increased.

The human body is the foundation, and increasing strength bit by bit is addition.

The destructive intensity formed by Qi Blood on the physical base is multiplication.

The stronger the Qi Blood, the greater the subsequent power enhancement.

Zhou Leng opened his hand, placed it in front of him, and exerted True Qi with full power.

Qi Blood surged, his entire hand turned purple instantly, dense as a glove, without a trace of a void.

Even more remarkable was that the air above his palm twisted slightly due to the changes in heat and cold like air above a campfire.

Zhou Leng's mind moved, fully charged with True Qi, and he unleashed a set of Overlapping Waves Palm.

Under the influence of True Qi, the air around Zhou Leng twisted.

After the last move was finished, Zhou Leng leaped forward with a big step and looked back.

The air behind hadn't returned, vaguely revealing a human-like silhouette.

True Qi leaves a form.

Zhou Leng opened the Demonized Watch to look at Martial Arts City.

Zhang Xinglie and Molten Hammer still hadn't gotten in touch.

Instead, he found names like Lou Fei Qiong and Zhao Le in the open network.

Zhou Leng decided not to team up with them and closed Martial Arts City.

However…

Zhou Leng took out a beast hide map and notes from the new Magic Spirit Bag.

They were precisely from the beastman.

Zhou Leng used the translation function of the Demonized Watch to quickly read over the notes and map.

The notebook recorded some significant events and cultivation insights experienced by the demigod descendant.

Most of it was useless.

But several pieces of information were extremely important.

One message directly involved this Ancient King's Treasure.

It turned out the beastmen had been searching for the remains and belongings of the fallen demigod Flower of High Earth for centuries.

After years of exploration, they had pinpointed the approximate location of the Flower of High Earth's remain.

And marked it on the map.

It was on the upper left corner of this Ancient King's Treasure map.

That place was originally an ancient relic.

Back then, when the Mountain Melting Furnace and Flower of High Earth were young, they were geniuses on opposing sides and frequently clashed.

The two had arranged to fight here during their Innate Realm, battling for days and nights without a decisive victory.

They ventured deep into the mountain, accidentally stumbling into the relic.

The two suffered greatly in the relic and were forced to cooperate, supporting each other to barely pass the trials.

Due to this, their hatred turned into love, living together in the relic for several years.

The later events were not detailed in the notes.

It merely mentioned that after leaving the relic, they often met secretly, both tribes vaguely aware.

Later, the father of Mountain Melting Furnace and the brother of Flower of High Earth died in battle, along with unknown reasons, turning the two into enemies.

After Mountain Melting Furnace's death, Flower of High Earth prepared for years, taking treasure from the Beastman Race to infiltrate this treasure.

Ultimately, reaching the ancient relic where the two declared their love.

According to the Beastman Race's deduction, Flower of High Earth, knowing her time was short, chose to fall within the relic.

However, she took away the Beastman Race's treasure, and the beastmen had to retrieve it.

Zhou Leng stared at the large red circle on the beast hide map.

The location is already very close to the red circle, and it has a relatively detailed map, far more comprehensive than the one in Molten Hammer's hand.

The passages within the Ancient King's Treasure are intricate and complex. Zhang Xinglie and Molten Hammer act everywhere, finding them is like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Why not first explore the whereabouts of the Flower of High Earth.

Although the Ancient King's remains still hold great power and can't be touched, obtaining treasure is enough.

Zhou Leng pondered for a moment, put away those things, prepared medications, and placed enhancement potions like Frenzied Blood Bone and Physical Blood Bone in his pockets for easy access.

Then, he swallowed a dose of Divine Marrow Blood Bone. It's the core elixir of the Beastman, strengthening bones and muscles, its medicinal effects don't conflict with the Human Race pills, further enhancing physical abilities.

After taking the Divine Marrow Blood Bone, warmth surged within, and a vague strength filled his entire body.

Zhou Leng glanced around and followed the map's route, heading directly into a passage.

After walking for a while, he found traces of fighting in the hall, the obstacles had been cleared, and he chose another passage to move forward.

Successfully passing through three passages in a row, he suddenly heard fighting sounds in the fourth passage.

Zhou Leng quietly moved to the end of the passage and looked out.

He saw a stone-material big tree standing upright amidst the snowy expanse.

Hanging on the stone tree were yellowish-brown fruits with rough and gritty skins.

"Dust Demon Fruit?"

This type of fruit isn't particularly precious, but one could still be worth hundreds of thousands.

Mainly used in the Demon Spirit World for making magic potions, Martial Artists can slightly increase muscle strength by eating, though the effect isn't significant, only the first fruit works.

There were thirty to forty hanging above.

Zhou Leng looked at the battling sides.

One side comprised of Lou Fei Qiong and Zhao Le's Zhao Clan and Lou Family team, and the other side consisted of green-skinned orcs.

Both sides had been battling for a long time, with several bodies lying behind them, scattered across the ground.

Due to slippery ice floors, both teams made frequent errors, being cautious everywhere.

Zhou Leng hesitated.

He and Zhang Xinglie were captured and imprisoned, although there's no evidence, the mastermind must be one of the Trup conglomerates or the Zhao Clan Lou Family.

Zhou Leng felt the possibility of the Trup conglomerate was high, since they had always liked doing such petty things.

As seen when Hafu Martial Arts Academy students snatched Spiritual Light and killed.

That Zhao Le somewhat had a good relationship with Zhang Xinglie.

The most critical aspect is that it was a battle against external forces.

Some old events floated up in Zhou Leng's mind, and scenes from his junior high days slowly became clear.

"I advocate resolving both internal and external issues together because I believe that when a group has problems, internal and external reasons are equally important." Zhang Xinglie said loudly.

"I think internal reasons are primary, external reasons are secondary. Even sages said, chaos starts from the walls."

"I feel external reasons are important..."

Everyone discussed, Zhang Xinglie turned to ask Zhou Leng, "What do you think?"

Zhou Leng replied, "I think both internal and external reasons are important... However, I hate endless internal fights. If possible, I would rather solve external enemies first, then handle internal disputes."

"Based on actions, you belong to the external faction..."

Zhou Leng took a deep breath, prepared briefly, and carefully lifted his foot to test the icy entrance, feeling it out.

Hmm?

It seemed no different from solid ground.

Then, observing the battle status.

At the moment when all the Beastmen had their backs turned to him, Zhou Leng used the Flying Crane Technique, lightly stepping on the ice ground, like walking on flat ground.

He suddenly charged behind an injured Beastman, delivering a Rushing Tide palm to the back of the heart.

This Beastman was in the middle period of Body Refining and was fighting, so his body was prepared.

Knowing this sneak attack differed from before, Zhou Leng could only wound, not kill, after a successful hit, he immediately retreated.

Unexpectedly, the Beastman's back of the heart caved in, his body lunged forward, he vomited blood, fell and moved slightly before ceasing movement.

Instantly realizing that, after consuming the Dragon Marrow Blood Bone, the enhancement of Qi Blood was beyond expectation.

After the successful strike, Zhou Leng turned and fled.

Rushing to the cave mouth, glancing back, a Beastman pursued halfway before returning.

Standing at the cave mouth, Zhou Leng shouted in Beastman language, "Human friends, don't worry, our reinforcements will arrive soon."

Zhao Le understood the Beastman language, grasped the situation, and used the Beastman language to reply similarly, "Got it. Once reinforcements arrive, we will kill all these Beastmen creatures."

The dozen or so Beastmen were suspicious, their movements slowed.

Zhou Leng observed these people's feet, puzzled.

He had just tested, ice grounds posed no obstacle, just like usual; why were these people frequently slipping.

He looked down at his shoes, very ordinary military combat boots.

Then, recalling the Frost Giant Tree and the Ice True Qi within.

Again, Zhou Leng tried walking on the ice using the Eight Trigrams Step, indeed unaffected in the slightest.

His stepping technique was naturally superior to the Beastmen; in such relative exchange, his agility on ice far surpassed the late-stage Body Refining Beastmen.

Feeling confident, Zhou Leng repeated his sneaky technique again.

A Beastman from the early stage of Body Refining had been prepared, lunging at Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng first pretended to be at a disadvantage and slowly retreated.

The Beastman, holding resentment toward Zhou Leng for killing their kin, pursued relentless, completely forgetting the leader's command.

The two were moving farther from the main group; nearing the edge, Zhou Leng suddenly used the Eight Trigrams Step; his figure accelerated like the wind, attacking the Beastman multiple times.

Slipping underfoot, the Beastman struggled to walk forward or turn around smoothly; within moments, a peculiar scene appeared.

The Beastman wildly swung his axe, body swaying left and right.

Yet, Zhou Leng seemed to slide on skates, moving at an unbelievable speed, always staying behind or at the side of the Beastman.

No matter how the Beastman turned, they couldn't directly attack Zhou Leng.

The Beastman's early-stage body was tough, but Zhou Leng, unaffected attacked continuously at the Beastman's lumbar spine.

After four successive strikes, a cracking sound was heard, the Beastman's lumbar spine fractured.

His large body tilted forward, crashing heavily onto the ice surface.

Zhou Leng leaped forward and delivered a palm strike shattering the Beastman's back of the head.