Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 464 - 449: Great Sage

At the same time, emails kept coming in.

Zhou Leng discovered that he was in the first summon sequence. Under normal circumstances, he had to gather at the designated location and immediately head to Shuizhou Demon City.

He quickly reviewed the information from the Martial Guard System.

An hour ago, the Sea Siren launched a massive attack on the human defenses at West Sea Demon City.

The assault was so fierce that it far exceeded the norm, causing the first line of defense to fall back to the second.

Just ten minutes ago, there were fluctuations detected at numerous monitoring points in Shuizhou Demon City. A large number of demons, giant insects, and beastmen appeared in various locations, increasing continuously, besieging the major mines, plantations, or fortresses, but not attacking the major bases.

The demon army this time was so large that orders were issued in just ten minutes to notify all martial artists.

Zhou Leng looked up at Rucheng.

The night was quiet, with lights shining in thousands of homes.

The martial artists across Rucheng had already begun their preparations.

The scale of this demon army was beyond what the Seventh Division could guard alone.

According to past practices, all martial artists in every city of Shuizhou Demon City would be included in the summon range.

He sent messages to Xu Qingjin, Wang Boxiong, and others, then posted in the Gu River Sect group, asking who would go, suggesting they team up.

Without a doubt, the Demon Worship Sect would also cooperate with the demons’ actions, secretly ambushing the teams heading for rescue.

"My dad and I are both going, how about you guys?" Zhang Feng asked.

"I’m going too."

"What about Elder Song?"

"Elder Song is charging to become a Grandmaster at Innate Mountain, probably can’t make it."

"Zhang Feng, name a place, and we’ll go together," Zhou Leng said.

"Let’s meet at the south entrance of the exhibition center."

"Okay, I’ll give a shout in the big group, Gu River disciples together."

Zhou Leng jogged all the way to the exhibition center, and soon after, alarms sounded throughout the city.

Before he reached the exhibition center, Wang Boxiong called.

"I canceled your summon sequence. You should go back to cultivate first, and if Shuizhou Demon City can’t hold, you’ll go to the battlefield as a reserve force, probably around the third or fourth sequence."

"I think I’ve cultivated enough, and I want to sharpen myself on the battlefield," Zhou Leng said.

"This time is not like ordinary battles, the scale is very large, the situation is unclear. You should cultivate first, and fight once it’s clearer. You just finished Bone Forging, haven’t experienced small battles yet, jumping straight into such a large-scale battle can easily lead to accidents."

"Senior brother, I’ve been refining myself all along."

"Since coming out of the Tree-man World, you haven’t participated in any battles. How have you been refining yourself? Can the Demon Spirit World be called refinement?"

Zhou Leng was speechless, not about to say he was fighting life and death in the Fierce Beast World, battles lasting half a month or twenty days, with the intensity not at all less than the West Sea Demon City defense line.

"How about I go to Shuizhou Demon City to familiarize myself with the situation, without leaving the city."

"Stay and wait for orders," Wang Boxiong said.

"Yes." Zhou Leng had no choice but to obey.

Zhou Leng told Zhang Feng and the others he wasn’t going, fearing an emergency order, he didn’t go to the Fierce Beast World but returned home.

Just as he entered the door, Li Linhan walked in.

"Did you receive orders?" Li Linhan asked.

"I received them, but Hall Master Wang told me to wait and see, the enemy situation is still unclear. You didn’t get any news, did you?"

Li Linhan replied, "No formal orders have been issued yet. I haven’t been listed in the rescue sequence. Some in the veterans’ group said to prepare soon, we retired soldiers might also be summoned. We aren’t needed for assault missions, but we can contribute in defensive ones."

Zhou Leng glanced at Li Linhan’s left arm, which was a prosthesis.

"Are you sure you might go to the battlefield?"

Li Linhan nodded.

Zhou Leng said, "Alright, in a few days, I’ll find a Demon Spirit Master friend to make you a demonized arm. I mentioned it before, and you said it’s useless and too expensive without wars. Now that you’ll be on the battlefield, you can’t refuse."

Li Linhan’s lips moved slightly, then he nodded.

The two chatted briefly and then went to make their preparations.

Zhou Leng tidied up his home a bit and headed straight to the Martial Arts Mall.

Because of the emergency, the Martial Arts Mall was open through the night.

Large-scale battles are not the same concept as fights between martial artists of the same realm, requiring different supplies.

For example, steel spears, almost useless among top fighters, but in the hands of an Innate Master, it’s a great weapon to instantly kill all enemies below Innate from a distance.

The Martial Arts Mall also had some demonized weapons, but they were too expensive, much more than in the Demon Spirit World.

While in the Demon Spirit World, he bought some demonized javelins, demonized long spears for Innate level use, costing over a hundred million, at least double the price on Blue Star.

He also restocked Nourishing Essence Pills and other pills, then went home to sleep.

The next day, he checked the internet and found the news about Shuizhou Demon City and West Sea Demon City had spread across the web.

Xue Chengsong also sent a message stating that all martial artists of Xue’s Pioneer Company, including his father, had become the third sequence’s reserve members, and the first sequence had already set out for Shuizhou Demon City last night. Without surprises, the entire Xue’s will head to the battlefield in the coming days.

Zhou Leng continuously browsed various messages.

Dragon Country’s mobilization ability has always been the best on Blue Star.

Based on current estimates, nearly three hundred thousand martial artists from the first sequence had arrived at Shuizhou Demon City in just one night.

Adding those who organized themselves to go, it’s about four hundred thousand.

Soon, Feng Wenhao sent a message.

"Brother Leng, which sequence did you enter? Our whole class is in the fifth sequence."

Zhou Leng was surprised, "Sophomore year, and already in the reserve sequence?"

"All the seniors in the city, they directly advanced to the second sequence yesterday. It won’t take long before they all enter Shuizhou Demon City. This situation is more severe than before. I heard a big BOSS has emerged from Demon Purgatory, named something with ’Tian’, forgot."

"Celestial Calamity Envoy."

"Right, right, that’s him. I heard he’s quite formidable. Clearly an Innate Master, yet he can massacre Grandmasters, is that true?"

"The Blood of Tyranny is impressive, right? The Celestial Calamity Envoy can instantly kill those of the same realm as the Blood of Tyranny."

"What? No way."

"The Celestial Calamity Envoy’s own strength can only withstand one punch from the Blood of Tyranny, but he has the power of the Celestial Calamity God within him."

"Damn, a Divine Spirit’s avatar? Truly a big BOSS! We surely won’t encounter him, you should be extremely careful, don’t court death. Are you at Shuizhou Base or Rucheng?"

"Rucheng, Hall Master Wang won’t let me go."

"It indeed sounds dangerous, otherwise with Hall Master Wang’s temper, he would’ve whipped you into shape by now. He’s reluctant to let you go because he fears something might go wrong."

"That’s what I think too." Zhou Leng sighed softly.

"Has there been any news on Hu Yi’s mom’s matter?"

"No, I just asked the people from the Ice Snow Divine Sect a few days ago, still nothing."

"Awesome, there are even insiders in the Demons."

"The Ice Snow Divine Sect is from the Demon Spirit World."

"Awkward... cough cough, I don’t know much about organizations from the Otherworld. By the way, have you checked our class group chat? Everyone’s saying they’re waiting for you to lead us in exorcising demons and destroying evil."

"I’ll definitely do it if there’s a chance."

After chatting with Feng Wenhao, Hu Yi sent a screenshot showing his enlistment sequence.

"I’ve been listed in the seventh sequence. Is the Shuizhou Demon City matter this serious? What about you?"

"I was originally in the first sequence, but Hall Master Wang suppressed it. Generally, the rescue goes up to the fifth sequence at most, you probably won’t make it." Zhou Leng replied.

"Actually, I do want to go and have a big fight with the Demons."

"Focus on your cultivation for now, how’s it progressing?"

"Thanks to your pills, I’ve moved from Qi Nourishing to Blood Transport, and with a little more effort, I hope to reach Body Refinement."

"That’s good."

Zhou Leng didn’t mention anything about Hu Yi’s mom, and Hu Yi didn’t ask either.

After breakfast downstairs, he headed straight to Ruda for cultivation.

Because the Shuizhou Demon City’s affair was constantly on his mind and many friends and family were contacting him, his cultivation was intermittent, and he felt restless.

Zhou Leng gradually controlled himself. By afternoon, he was at peace and cultivated normally like always.

His mind was still preoccupied with Shuizhou Demon City, constantly reviewing related intelligence.

The demon army is now spread across Shuizhou Demon City, occupying key paths and surrounding fortresses.

Currently, they haven’t directly attacked the Human Race’s Shuizhou Demon City base.

By evening, new intelligence came in.

The demon army had captured a Humanoid Alliance fortress at the center of Shuizhou Demon City.

Zhou Leng once again requested Wang Boxiong to let him join the battle.

Wang Boxiong initially didn’t respond and only replied after half an hour.

"I’ve already spoken with Chen Shouhu. You’ll join the ’Hidden Warriors’ squad of the Seventh Division, directly under the Martial Arts Brigade. Go ahead."

"Yes!"

Zhou Leng’s heart skipped a beat but quickly calmed down. He messaged Xu Qingjin, Li Linhan, and others, made some preparations, and set off alone for Shuizhou Demon City, reviewing the Hidden Warriors’ information along the way.

Some people, due to various reasons, need to keep their identities confidential. Yet, as martial artists, they are unwilling to take on civil positions, so the Hidden Warriors team was formed.

These people generally keep a low profile and rarely venture out.

However, when a major battle arises, they join the fight like ordinary martial artists.

Like the Special Warfare Martial Guard, they wear black special ops hoods and fight masked, often being mistaken for Special Warfare Martial Guard.

Zhou Leng knew Wang Boxiong was worried about him revealing his strength too soon and being targeted. Joining the Hidden Warriors added an extra layer of protection for his identity.

Even the captain of the Hidden Warriors team didn’t know the actual details of its members. They called each other by codenames.

On the Martial Arts City app, Zhou Leng found that he was indeed assigned a Hidden Warrior identity.

And they had inexplicably given him the codename, Monkey King.

No doubt, it was either Wang Boxiong or Chen Shouhu who came up with it. These two animals had to drag him down with them.

Chen Shouhu sent a message.

"Your codename was given by Wang Huaixiong. It looks like he wants you to be his son."

"What do you mean?"

"His son’s nickname is Dasheng, Wang Dasheng. You didn’t know?"

"I didn’t know..."

"One is Monkey King, the other is Dasheng, pretty good." Chen Shouhu sent a voice message, his tone unable to hide the glee.

Zhou Leng shook his head. None of these elders were reliable.

Shortly after setting off, Shen Jun sent a message.

"Sir Guan Canglong, I must remind you not to go to Shuizhou Demon City. Even if you do, try to stay within the base’s perimeter."

"Why?"

"I heard His Excellency the Celestial Calamity Envoy would personally arrive at Shuizhou Demon City to observe the Humanoid Alliance’s situation. Moreover, His Excellency also issued an assassination order. I checked, and Zhou Leng’s name is on the list."

"What will you do?"

"The Celestial Calamity Envoy, equivalent to His Majesty the Celestial Calamity God’s spokesperson, his order is above that of a Demigod Great Demon, akin to the eighteen Lords of Demon Purgatory. Undoubtedly, our Demon Worship Sect will execute the order, sending personnel to assassinate those on the list. High-Level Demons will also aim to please the Celestial Calamity Envoy by targeting those on the list."