Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 476 - 460: Exception

"I watched the video of the Arrow Bearer again, and the video of the Sea Siren Slayer again."

"Even if he were just a fly, he would still buzz on the battlefield, buzz in front of the enemy."

"Watching and watching, many things that originally seemed unclear, suddenly made sense."

"Actually, he knew he couldn’t save the caravan, nor could he defeat the hundred thousand demons."

"From the beginning, he might have felt that everything was in vain."

"He could only buzz."

"But he chose to buzz on the battlefield."

"I suddenly understood, even though I’m afraid of this and that."

"Actually, I’m still useful."

"In front of billions of demons, the Sea Siren Slayer and I are no different, we’re just flies, two flies."

"I can also buzz on the battlefield with the Sea Siren Slayer."

"Actually, I was pretty disappointed in my past, and quite hopeless about my future."

"My life is just like this, not very meaningful."

"But for the future of the people of the Dragon Country, I still have a tiny bit of hope."

"I hope that the people of the Dragon Country will get better and better in the future, so I have to do something."

Zhou Leng raised his hand, thought for a long time, and didn’t know how to reply to Hu Yi.

He put down the Demonized Watch, and the Shuizhou Demon City before his eyes gradually became clear.

Every person coming and going was so clear.

"Hmm?"

Zhou Leng saw another acquaintance, a thin, little person.

The other party also saw him and quickly walked over.

"Brother Zhou Leng." Zhang Xiaoxiao asked.

"It’s very dangerous for you to be here." Zhou Leng said.

"Not dangerous."

"Hmm?"

"Every time there’s an important battle, people from the Huang Meng Sect and the Hell Knight Order will secretly join the battle. At such times, the forces related to the Demon City Army will forget our existence. You might not know, but most of the people from the Huang Meng Sect sacrificed themselves in external battles."

Zhou Leng quietly looked at her, and while chatting with Tong Tianxia, he learned that she sacrificed her life and only had five years left, which is why she grew so quickly.

"Be extra careful, go ahead." Zhou Leng, as usual, ruffled Zhang Xiaoxiao’s hair.

Zhang Xiaoxiao’s expression was stubborn, her heart warm.

"Okay." Zhang Xiaoxiao left, walked to the distance, turned around, and waved goodbye to Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng prepared briefly, took a nap, and called Chen Shouhu.

"You..."

After Chen Shouhu finished venting, Zhou Leng calmly recounted today’s events.

"I have a friend, named Xue Chengsong..."

"And another named Feng Wenhao..."

"And another named Hu Yi..."

"And Zhang Xiaoxiao..."

"Lastly, I have a girlfriend, named Xu Qingjin."

"She’s a very ordinary person, ever since we met, she’s always been ordinary, so have I."

"Between us, besides being childhood friends, there’s probably nothing noteworthy that has happened."

"There’s no romance, no dramatic life and death partings, no various melodramatic plots."

"Our experiences, like us, are very ordinary."

"We’re so ordinary that you’d probably get sick of the word ’ordinary’."

"No way around it, that’s just the truth."

"She has no big dreams, all she ever wanted was to live safely and have a safe life."

"She doesn’t seek wealth nor to become a Martial Saint."

"She rarely talks with me about national affairs, nor about grand narratives unless I really want to talk about them, then she just goes along, mostly perfunctory."

"Today, she came to the Shuizhou Base as part of the fifth sequence of conscription."

"I asked her, ’Why are you here?’"

"She asked back, ’Why can’t I be here?’"

"She thinks that coming here is also an ordinary thing."

"Even though she hugged me tightly, her fingertips trembling."

"She still came."

"I have a hundred ways to get her out of here, back to the safe Rucheng."

"I didn’t do it."

"Because I couldn’t refute her when she said ’Why can’t I be here?’"

"So, I also want to ask, why can’t I join the battle?" 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

After a long time, Chen Shouhu asked, "You don’t want to be the exception?"

"There shouldn’t be exceptions in the world."

"Go, your squad of Hidden Martial Artists, execute the mission with the next wave of reinforcements, take back Huqiu Fortress."

"Yes, sir."

Zhou Leng prepared briefly, and the next day, with his face covered, joined an army of fifty thousand with his old teammates, the leading five brigades were from Jinling City.

The army marched swiftly, defeating multiple intercepting demon armies along the way, successfully arriving.

In front of the Huqiu Fortress, white stone served as the city’s wall, with tall buildings rising up.

The previous Huqiu Fortress showed traces of the Demon Spirit Technique everywhere, with black, blue, and multicolored demon spirit patterns.

Now at the Tiger Hill Fortress, the fissures are filled with writhing flesh and the gaps are clogged with severed limbs.

Thick black clouds cover the sky over Tiger Hill Fortress, rotating slowly like a giant mushroom pressing down on everyone’s hearts.

That is the Demon Half-Divine Artifact, the Filthy Cloud.

It continuously transmits the power of the Demon Purgatory to the Demon Blood Pool, nurturing, nourishing, and healing.

On the city wall, various Demons walk back and forth.

Outside the city wall, the ground is blood-black.

Zhou Leng and others headed to their allocated campsite, setting up camp.

At this moment, over half a million human martial artist troops have gathered outside the Tiger Hill Fortress.

The camps stretch endlessly.

Abandoning Tiger Hill Fortress would mean cutting off the Human Race’s access to other realms.

Zhou Leng and others had just finished organizing everything when they received a message that silenced the whole team.

Inside Tiger Hill Fortress, there appeared Undying Knights and Angels of Death.

Everyone’s breathing paused, as if something clogged their windpipes.

The Madman said, "I know the Angels of Death, they’re those modified demons, a kind of self-explosive poison creature. Besides being slow and few in number, they have almost no shortcomings. When they explode, they can poison everything within a radius of hundreds of meters. As for the Undying Knights, I’ve only heard of them, never seen them."

"I’ve seen them," Zhi Liao said.

Everyone looked at the experienced captain.

In Zhi Liao’s eyes, a storm was rolling, and his mouth gently trembled.

"I’ve not only seen them but also fought them."

"I don’t want to talk about the battle process, because I completely can’t remember."

"I only know that our 10,000 martial artist army was slaughtered back and forth by a team of Undying Knights, without any ability to resist."

"At that time, I was only at the Vitality Stage, not yet at the Innate stage."

"I watched with my own eyes as those at the Innate stage charged forward to block that team of Undying Knights, only to fall one by one."

Zhou Leng asked, "How many are in a team? There’s very little information about the Undying Knights. I remember it’s generally ten per team, right?"

Zhi Liao said, "Later, I found out that ten Undying Knights make a team, and it’s also just one."

"An Undying Knight is usually a tall black knight."

"Covered in thick black smoke, holding a spiked spear, riding a Hell Warhorse five meters tall."

"Once in battle mode, it splits into ten."

"With the main knight in the center, surrounded by nine auxiliary knights."

"The main knight forms a blood-red link with each auxiliary knight."

"Initially, the Undying Knights are not particularly strong, only equivalent to an ordinary demigod bloodline."

"But when the Undying Knights are on the battlefield, or rather, at the instant the first death occurs, the Undying Knight becomes eternal, undying."

"They continuously absorb the power of the dead, growing themselves."

"The more enemies die, the stronger the Undying Knights become."

"Giants? Giant Dragons? In the same realm, they’re not opponents."

"Innate Undying Knights, after absorbing enough death power, can easily kill an ordinary Grandmaster."

"No doubt about it, I saw it with my own eyes."

The Madman said in horror, "So strong? Then don’t we have no chance of winning?"

"Perhaps the higher-ups have found a way to counter them, but I still don’t know how to defeat them."

Zhi Nu asked, "If there were a large number of Undying Knights, wouldn’t the Demons be invincible?"

Zhi Liao said, "Where in the world is there perfect life? There are very few Undying Knights, their cultivation method is extremely difficult, and they generally only reach the Innate stage. Their chances of breaking through to Grandmaster are extremely slim. The entire Demon Purgatory probably has only a few Grandmaster Undying Knights, and if there are any, they’d likely be near a Great Demon or a Lord. This is a misfortune within fortune. Without a doubt, Tiger Hill Fortress has at most one Undying Knight, or one team."

"Are they really that strong?" Xiaoyezi was somewhat skeptical.

"Do you know why humans have never had detailed information on Undying Knights?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"Because they’ve never completely killed a full team of Undying Knights. I heard that Grandmasters have hunted them in secret, but the opponents managed to escape."

Zhou Leng said, "Besides Demons, there should be giant insects inside Tiger Hill Fortress, which is a big problem. If there are multiple Insect Queens like the Ant Queen, continually birthing giant insects, we might get dragged into this big quagmire."

"I think the higher-ups must be figuring something out. Our task is to do our work well, buy more time, and kill more Demons," Zhi Liao said.

"The captain indeed has great insight."

Zhou Leng asked, "Are we cooperating with the higher-ups this time, or acting on our own?"

Zhi Liao said, "The scale last time and this time are completely different concepts. We can only follow orders. As for you, you probably have a certain degree of choice, but not much. Innate at the Muscle layer will certainly have to tackle the tough challenges."

While collecting relevant intelligence about Tiger Hill Fortress, everyone discussed.

Soon, a new round of battle began as the human martial artist army launched an assault on Tiger Hill Fortress.

Without receiving orders, Zhou Leng and others could only watch from a distance.

The human demonized siege equipment continuously bombarded Tiger Hill Fortress.

Under the cover of the demonized equipment, the numerous martial artists charged like ants to the front line.

On the side of the Demons, the Beastman Shaman, Beastman Archer, venom-spitting giant insects, Demon Warlocks, and others were all in battle formation.

Currently, both sides of the attack and defense are nearly all under the Innate stage.

On the surface, humans seem at an absolute disadvantage.

The Demon races have diverse types and rich defensive methods.

However, the demonized human equipment is extremely powerful. Although the technological power is suppressed, the mindset of technology remains.

The magic energy bombs made in conjunction with the Demon Spirit World fall densely like hail on the city walls.

Within the Demon ranks, the Demon Artifacts shimmer as the Demon Warlocks cast spells in unison, forming a continuous protective force to weaken the magic energy bombs.

The magic energy bombs are too dense, successfully suppressing the Demon Warlocks, preventing them from attacking the martial artists outside the city walls.

Under the cover of overwhelming firepower, the human charging martial artists suffer extremely minimal damage and reach the city wall.

The two sides engage in close combat.

The bloody battle officially begins.