Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 442 - 427: Contract

Zhou Leng said to Changfeng Zhige, "I’m leaving. Remember to help me find the Cyan Flame. You go in this direction, and I’ll go in the other direction."

"Then I’ll use a spell on my demon spirit bird, even if the distance is too far for us to communicate, that spell will alert you when I’ve found it."

"Does this trial affect communication spells like demon spirit bird?"

"Yes, I’ve already lost contact with my classmates," Changfeng Zhige said.

"Alright, see you later. Protect the heart of the maze."

Changfeng Zhige smiled and said, "No one dares to seize the heart of the maze from the Three High Towers."

Zhou Leng left, running in one direction.

The demon spirit bird of Changfeng Zhige landed on Zhou Leng’s shoulder.

The maze constantly changes, affecting the sensory capabilities of demon spirit masters.

Zhou Leng could see through the illusion maze within a certain range, but the maze kept changing, constantly rerouting.

On the way, he pretended to bump into a wall to see if he could break through the illusion realm.

With a bang, he was bounced back.

Advanced illusion technique, creating a physical entity.

He could only continue running through the maze.

Whether encountering demons or other trial takers, he ignored them all.

The maze frequently changed and was vast.

The bright heart of the maze hung overhead, and he repeatedly encountered demon spirit masters or demon spirit assistants trying to seize it.

Zhou Leng attacked without a word, solving the problem swiftly, and continued to search for the Cyan Flame.

On the way, he met a demon spirit master he had seen before, the one with a black dragon assistant whom Zhou Leng had punched to death before.

Just as he was about to ask if he had seen the Cyan Flame, he got scared and used a magic artifact to teleport away repeatedly.

Zhou Leng shook his head and continued forward.

A few hours later, he encountered a team of demon spirit masters ahead.

Unlike ordinary demon spirit masters, these demon spirit masters all wore badges of the Three High Towers.

Among the seven people, three had the heart of the maze floating overhead.

Upon seeing the Ice Snow Divine Sect badge on Zhou Leng, they looked at each other and didn’t make a move.

As they brushed past each other, a hook-nosed demon spirit master gave Zhou Leng a glance.

After Zhou Leng ran far away, Huang Sha Zhi Ling whispered to his teammates, "This human martial artist seems to be the one called Zhou Leng that Cyan Flame mentioned, the martial artist wearing the Ice Snow Divine Sect badge."

"He’s not a demon spirit master, should we snatch his heart of the maze?"

"Forget it, the Ice Snow Divine Sect is also a demigod force, closely allied with the Three High Towers. If things get out of hand, we’ll be punished too."

"It’s funny to think your friend called Cyan Flame has the audacity to want to cooperate with our Three High Towers."

Huang Sha Zhi Ling’s eyes dimmed, saying nothing.

"On account of you, we’ll give him a little lesson. If it were anyone else, we would have already destroyed his demon spirit and forced him out of the trial."

"These small family folks are used to flaunting their prowess in small places, really thinking that the Three High Towers would indulge them."

"Forget it, snatch his heart of the maze, he’ll naturally take the hint and leave."

"Huang Sha Zhi Ling, in the future, don’t associate with such small-minded people."

Huang Sha Zhi Ling nodded.

"Nevermind Cyan Flame, he’s already signed a contract not to compete for the top three, so it doesn’t matter."

"It’s strange, if this martial artist is a demon spirit assistant, how did he get the heart of the maze..."

Not far away, Zhou Leng felt the hook-nosed demon spirit master’s gaze was peculiar but lacked hostility, so he didn’t bother to care, continuing his search.

After running for over an hour, Zhou Leng finally had enough of the aimless search, constantly asking other demon spirit masters if they had seen the Cyan Flame.

He asked dozens along the way, all of whom said they hadn’t seen him.

Until one person seemed to have seen him and used a demon spirit technique to project a memory light screen.

In the light screen, a person, leaning against the wall, sitting in the maze, was covered in wounds and had a vacant look.

Cyan Flame.

Zhou Leng’s heart tightened, grabbed a handful of demon gold in gratitude, and quickly rushed in the direction pointed.

After half an hour of searching, he finally saw the figure sitting in the corner through the semi-transparent maze from a distance.

Zhou Leng ran around in a big circle to get there.

"Cyan Flame." Zhou Leng’s voice echoed in the maze.

Cyan Flame’s eyes moved, turned around, and looked at Zhou Leng, a complex expression in his gaze.

Sorrow, indignation, helplessness, and shame.

"What happened?" Zhou Leng asked.

Cyan Flame opened his mouth and said, "Nothing, I fought with others and lost."

Zhou Leng carefully observed Cyan Flame. The external injuries didn’t seem so severe, but the demon spirit on his shoulder was dull.

The two demon spirits shrunk a circle, with runes flowing on the surface.

"The demon spirit is sealed?" Zhou Leng asked.

Cyan Flame nodded helplessly and said, "Not as skilled as others, it’s normal. Sorry, my journey on the ancient spirit path ends here, I can’t enter the sixth stage."

"What? That old man announced your failure?"

"No, the demon spirit is sealed. I can’t use spells anymore," Cyan Flame sighed.

"Who said without a demon spirit, you can’t continue the ancient spirit path?" Zhou Leng asked.

Cyan Flame couldn’t help but laugh and cry. "You martial artists are really stubborn. Without a demon spirit, how do you walk the ancient spirit path?"

Zhou Leng pointed to the heart of the maze above his head and said, "What do you think?"

Cyan Flame finally realized and said, "How did you get it?"

"Of course, by killing demons."

"Oh, I forgot, you have the ability to fight bone forgings and even muscle innate demons alone," Cyan Flame said.

Zhou Leng reached out, grabbed the heart of the maze, and pushed it towards Cyan Flame.

The heart of the maze fell above Cyan Flame’s head.

Cyan Flame blinked and suddenly said, "No, theoretically, a demon spirit assistant can’t acquire the heart of the maze. There are only a hundred of these, and if a demon spirit assistant got one, the number of trial takers would decrease."

"Is there a clear rule stating that?"

"Not really," Cyan Flame said.

"If it doesn’t, then it doesn’t. Let’s go find another one. What if you get in and I can’t?" Zhou Leng said.

"I can’t keep up with you."

"See if there’s an acceleration Demon Spirit Artifact in here." Zhou Leng said, taking out more than twenty Demon Spirit Artifacts.

"Where did you get so many Demon Spirit Artifacts?"

"Six are from Song of the Long Wind, the rest are compensation for robbing my Maze Heart," Zhou Leng said.

"Compensation..." Cyan Flame said with a helpless smile.

"How’s your body holding up?"

"My Magic Power and Spiritual Power have recovered, with these Magic Artifacts, I can also act as half a Demon Spirit Master," Cyan Flame said.

"Let’s go, activate the acceleration Demon Spirit Artifact and come with me to find demons. Actually, at this time, the demons might all be dead." Zhou Leng said.

Cyan Flame sighed and said, "They should be all dead, I joined the battle too."

"Don’t want to talk about what happened?" Zhou Leng asked.

"Nothing really." Cyan Flame forced a smile.

Seeing that he really didn’t want to talk, Zhou Leng didn’t press further and said, "Let’s go, let’s go snatch one."

Zhou Leng led in the front, with Cyan Flame following behind.

He kept checking the Magic Artifacts, looking for one that felt right.

Finally, he came upon the Demon-Biting Nail.

He glanced at Zhou Leng’s back.

The Demon-Biting Nail had immense power, and if it consumed Zhou Leng’s flesh, it could easily break the Demon Spirit Seal.

He recalled Zhou Leng’s words to his friends earlier.

With a faint smile, he no longer paid attention to the Demon-Biting Nail.

The two ran quickly, with Zhou Leng constantly searching until he soon spotted a Demon Spirit Master of the Book of God and charged over with Cyan Flame.

The two sides met on a long road.

Cyan Flame exclaimed, "Is he your target?"

"Yes."

"He’s from the Book of God, one of the Three High Towers, likely one of the top three."

"Is it forbidden to rob a Demon Spirit Master from the Three High Towers during the Ancient Spirit Trial?"

"But it’s the Three High Towers."

"Do people from the Three High Towers have extra heads?" Zhou Leng asked.

"But..."

"No buts, hurry up and snatch it. If it suddenly ends and you enter the sixth trial but I don’t even make the top hundred, the lack of rewards would make this trip pointless."

"How about you don’t rob him and I’ll give you my Maze Heart instead."

Zhou Leng ignored Cyan Flame and charged straight at the Demon Spirit Master ahead.

"Leave the Maze Heart," Zhou Leng said.

The Demon Spirit Master pointed to the Book of God’s emblem, proudly raising his head.

Zhou Leng threw a punch at him.

A protective shield enveloped the Demon Spirit Master as he rapidly retreated, while two Demon Spirits flew from his shoulders with a wave of his Magic Staff.

A ground-based turtle Demon Spirit and a water-based fish Demon Spirit instantly conjured two powerful spells, attacking Zhou Leng.

True Qi surged from Zhou Leng’s body.

A one-centimeter thick layer of True Qi enveloped his entire body, emitting a blue glow.

Taiqing Sea Robe.

The attacking spells, though launched later, landed on the Taiqing Sea Robe first, creating slight ripples that either bounced back or absorbed.

In the next instant, Zhou Leng stomped the ground, accelerating suddenly.

He extended a palm, causing a shockwave of True Qi as the skin and flesh of his arm layered like rings, pushing all the power to his palm.

Killing Move, Thousand Seas.

The air exploded, True Qi like a mist.

Boom!

Palm Technique Sonic Boom.

The palm surged like a tsunami, shattering multiple layers of spell shields.

The Mountain-Separating Bull-Striking Force unleashed. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

The Demon Spirit Master’s necklace suddenly exploded, transforming into a water-colored light that dispelled all of Zhou Leng’s palm power.

The Demon Spirit Master’s face changed dramatically, as this necklace only activated when he was on the verge of death.

That palm just now...

The Demon Spirit Master recalled how human Martial Artists could exert force across obstacles, and slammed his Magic Staff into the ground.

Boom!

A thick ring of earth walls rose, like small mountains, pushing and exploding in all directions, forming a massive impact force.

Despite his strength, Zhou Leng was jolted back repeatedly by the bursting earth walls.

The Demon Spirit Master vanished from his original position, reappearing hundreds of meters away.

Zhou Leng took a deep breath and slightly crouched, his legs swelling suddenly.

The green-black veins and large muscles on his legs writhed like serpents.

Boom!

White dust spread outward, his body leaving the ground.

Like a giant bear, he crashed through the spell walls, charging relentlessly towards the Demon Spirit Master amid his spell attacks.

The Demon Spirit Master watched the distance close, his face turning dark, as all five rings on his hands shattered simultaneously.

Transforming into twenty-five beams of light, like a swarm of multicolored venomous snakes, they flew towards Zhou Leng.

Weakening Light, Twelve Plague Spell, Confusion, Thought Maze, Blood Siphon, Flesh Decay, Gravity Suppression...

A full twenty-five high-level Innate Spells, enough to weaken the Blood Shock Giant into a Qi Blood Dwarf in an instant.

True Qi erupted from Zhou Leng’s entire body, Qi Blood boiling, his Martial Arts Will unyielding.

His body suffered unimaginable damage and suppression, but in the next moment, his Martial Arts Will and Qi Blood combined forces, either dispersing, weakening, or repairing, significantly reducing the impact of the spells.

The Demon Spirit Master needed only a glance to realize that this Martial Artist’s Martial Arts Will, body strength, and Qi Blood power far exceeded expectations, rendering this level of spells incapable of harming him.