Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 473 - 458: Internet Celebrity

Chen Shouhu said, "If there is a Martial Saint, there must be a power that surpasses the Martial Saint."

"Learned something new," said Zhou Leng.

Chen Shouhu replied, "That’s what my teacher said."

Zhou Leng thought to himself, indeed.

"Your strength is impressive, and your achievements are remarkable, but compared to Li Shenkong and those legendary geniuses recorded in ancient ruins, you are still far behind."

"Indeed," Zhou Leng had witnessed the horror of the Three Sons of Ancient River firsthand.

He could barely fight two minor realms above his current level, while if the Three Sons of Ancient River descended on Blue Star, they could fight a whole realm higher.

Chen Shouhu continued, "Your current war merits and achievements won’t be disclosed publicly. You should understand why, right?"

Many images flashed through Zhou Leng’s mind as he nodded slightly.

"I know."

"Good that you know. When you are promoted to Grandmaster, without worries, the Demon City Army will give you fair treatment. But now, too many eyes are secretly and openly watching you. From today on, be cautious with every stranger you interact with, every single one."

Zhou Leng was suddenly taken aback.

Chen Shouhu was no ordinary person, a Grandmaster, a disciple of the Martial Saint, a military key officer, and one of the strongest geniuses of the new generation.

He could say such words but not clearly express it, leaving only one possibility.

The people who killed his uncle back then probably knew something and were stirring up trouble.

"Will my online account be blocked again?" Zhou Leng seemed to change the subject.

"Hold on until you reach Grandmaster, and once you do, all troubles can be resolved. Everything else is unimportant."

"Alright."

Chen Shouhu stated, "Your feat of being pierced by hundreds of arrows is spreading everywhere, and it can’t be hidden. Fortunately, the shooting point was very far away, not particularly clear, and even if I observed it carefully, I couldn’t identify it as you. So, you will appear as an anonymous hero on major video platforms and newspapers. In times like these, the nation needs heroes. Honestly, you really impressed me. Sigh, why couldn’t I pull off such a cool act back then?"

Zhou Leng thought, does this sound like something a Grandmaster would say? But he asked, "Need to cooperate with any promotion?"

"No need, you stay with the Martial Arts Brigade for cultivation, and let the professionals handle the promotion."

"That’s good, I don’t want to be in the spotlight right now."

Chen Shouhu asked, "How many Innates did you actually kill?"

"I don’t know, I didn’t deliberately count," Zhou Leng said.

"Then how many do you think you killed?"

"Surely over two hundred, probably around three hundred or so."

"It should exceed four hundred."

"Four hundred? Hold on..." Zhou Leng looked at Chen Shouhu.

Chen Shouhu laughed, "That’s right, you broke the human history record set by Saint Huang, so it has to be announced after you become a Grandmaster."

"What happened to Saint Huang back in the day?"

"I heard the seniors talk about it; it was quite tragic. The key was Huang’s temperament...it was the sort that..."

Chen Shouhu looked around, lowered his voice, and said, "My master said he was the annoying type, liked to show off. Others wanted to keep secrets, but he didn’t care. Consequently, after the leak, he was brutally assassinated by the Demon Worship Sect and various major forces."

"For three whole years, he hid on Innate Mountain, cut off from the outside world. With his nature, he couldn’t endure that, nearly going mad. Once he promoted to Grandmaster, he went to the southern countries alone, destroyed dozens of Demon Worship Sect branches, and threatened to turn the Elephant Country’s capital, New Vitality, into New New Vitality."

Zhou Leng said, "No way, was the New New New Vitality really done by Saint Huang?"

"Not quite, but when Four New Vitality was destroyed, it was rumored that Huang secretly intervened, avenging past grudges. Recently, the Demon Worship Sect has been active again, predicting that Six New Vitality is about to be born."

"The Elephant Country is quite miserable too..."

"Not necessarily, in fact, it’s much better than before."

In the era of technological civilization, the Elephant Country was never a truly unified nation but a coalition of various forces, a geographical concept.

This led to the Demon Worship Sect seizing control during the transition of civilizations, making it the country with the most Demon Worship Sect followers in practice.

Thanks to the transformations by the Demon Worship Sect, Elephant Country became more orderly than before.

At least there would be no terrifying nursing homes since the elderly were sent to Demon Purgatory to be fully utilized.

The Devil, Sea Sirens, and Beastmen initially wanted to colonize Elephant Country but eventually gave up.

A Grandmaster Demon once explained the reason: "We are evil, but not disgusting."

In some sense, during the civilization shift on Blue Star, the people of Elephant Country benefitted the most.

However, the local Demon Worship Sect forces were too numerous, leading to frequent wars, and the capital was repeatedly destroyed, with its name changing from New Vitality ongoing.

Later, the capital was destroyed so often, and its name changed so many times that people couldn’t remember, so they got used to calling it "Several New Vitality."

However, you shouldn’t call it that in front of people from the Elephant Country.

They know it doesn’t sound good as well.

The two talked about several things and then parted ways.

Soon after, messages arrived from Mountain and River Origin.

"I’m back at Rucheng this time, bringing ’Dragon Skull’, which is the salary given to you by the Giant Royal Court. I’m at the Shuizhou Demon City Base. Where are you?"

Zhou Leng wasn’t sure if the Shanhe Brothers could guess his location, so he said, "What a coincidence, I just arrived at the base, let’s meet up."

They arranged to meet by the flower bed outside the reception hall.

Zhou Leng walked out of the Martial Arts Brigade, toward the reception hall, and saw two giants standing by the flower bed in the distance.

Mountain River Oak greeted him with a broad smile as Mountain and River Origin also walked over.

Zhou Leng pretended not to know, looked at their bodies, and said, "Have you been through a battle?"

Mountain and River Origin didn’t speak; Mountain River Oak asked, "Was that Sea Siren Assassin you?"

"What Sea Siren Assassin? I just arrived at the Shuizhou Base."

Mountain River Oak said, "Then it wasn’t you; the fighting style wasn’t quite like yours. You prefer to charge ahead, while the Sea Siren Assassin likes to disguise and ambush. But it was really thrilling; I want to try it next time."