Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 487 - 471: Bamboo and Wood

Zhou Leng looked at his teammates’ tents for a long while and asked, "The items in their tents, will they be sent to their families?"

"Yes."

Zhou Leng took out eight seized Magic Spirit Bags, placed one in each tent, walked out of the camp, and ran towards Shuizhou Base.

Two Great Innates followed not far behind, escorting him all the way to Shuizhou Base before turning away.

People were coming and going at Shuizhou Base, almost everyone wearing smiles on their faces.

As Zhou Leng walked, he browsed through the latest important news and intelligence.

The victory at Huqiu Fortress, humanity’s counterattack at Shuizhou Demon City, spread across Blue Star.

The entire internet was celebrating.

At the same time, a video went viral online.

Amidst the dense green sea of clouds, a Martial Artist leapt high, jumping onto the walls of the City Lord’s Mansion at Huqiu Fortress, climbed to the main building, cut down the Celestial Calamity Army’s flag, and threw it down.

This person, with rotting skin and even exposed bones, blurred and pixelated in the video, shouted hoarsely.

"Demon Slayer!"

Then, the video switched to an aerial perspective, the light of United Strength spread, the charge horn sounded, the human army charged, and the Demons crumbled.

Soon, major media outlets continuously reported on the final battle of the Angel of Death. To avoid leaking information about the hidden Martial Artist, they didn’t even mention it was the Monkey King.

They simply referred to him as the "Mist Breaker."

The Mist Breaker single-handedly charged into the Angels of Death group, slashing generals, climbing the city, and seizing flags, rapidly spreading through related news.

In times of crisis, humanity needs heroes the most.

Videos of the Arrow Deflector, the Demon Slayer Warrior, and the Mist Breaker and others inspired countless humans.

Not only the Dragon Country people but the entire Blue Star and even the Humanoid Alliance were spreading the word about these famous three from the battle at Shuizhou.

However, the video of the Demon Slayer Warrior only showed the battle with the spiked club, while the subsequent events using the Frozen Globe and Ice Chain Hammer were not disclosed.

Firstly, because the Frozen Globe easily reminded people of the Arrow Deflector, secondly, the Ice Chain Hammer’s trajectory was too peculiar, it hit everyone but himself, releasing it might negatively affect the Demon Slayer Warrior.

In some news and video commentaries, debates over who was stronger or weaker among the Arrow Deflector, the Demon Slayer Warrior, and the Mist Breaker became the hottest topic.

Zhou Leng briefly skimmed through Martial Arts Q&A net, the top recommended question was, "Among the Arrow Deflector, the Demon Slayer Warrior, and the Mist Breaker, who do you think is the strongest and why?"

Below, countless people used the existing videos for analysis.

The top-ranked answer was very objective and fair.

"Let’s analyze them one by one first."

"Let’s first look at the Arrow Deflector’s environment, it’s by the water, with the final battle under the snow. This means the Arrow Deflector is more adept at Water and Ice powers. Moreover, he used himself as bait, showing extraordinary strategy..."

"He’s also a Sea Siren killer, you see his combat process, one strike hits the target, then escapes decisively, his decisiveness is far beyond the ordinary..."

"In summary, the Arrow Deflector specializes in Water and Ice powers, likes illusion techniques and strategy, he’s the wise and brave type."

"Next, let’s look at the Demon Slayer Warrior. On relatively narrow roads, he wielded the spiked club. What were his enemies? Not just Innates, but hordes of them, like a wall of Innates..."

"Look at his fights with the Demon Giant and the Demon Dragon, there was no strategy, but in terms of ferocity, he far surpassed the Arrow Deflector."

"The Arrow Deflector was mostly about retaliation after being pierced by thousands of arrows, but the Demon Slayer Warrior is practically a human god of war, unstoppable, with me invincible..."

"In summary, the Demon Slayer Warrior excels in long-handled and heavy weapon combat, likes frontal bloodbaths, he’s the valiant type."

"Finally, the Mist Breaker, unfortunately, we can’t see his other battle videos, we can only infer from news reports."

"He was chosen as a daredevil, among two major teams, over two hundred Innates, he was the only survivor."

"In terms of personal strength, he’s definitely not weaker than the other two, because even the other two would find it difficult to survive amidst the Demon army, let alone reach the Angels of Death."

"Let’s look at the battle environment, the haunting poison, what is this thing, no need for me to elaborate, the Innate haunting poison is a force even Grandmasters fear. It can be seen he probably cultivated some poison mastery, giving him strong resistance to poison..."

"Resistance is one thing, but the haunting poison is excruciating, more painful than a thousand cuts, so the Mist Breaker must have unimaginable spiritual will."

"Look carefully at him standing at the main building in the end, it’s painful to watch. Not to mention Innates, a Grandmaster would grimace, their body contorted with such wounds, but although his face is blurred, pixelated, many parts are not deformed or twisted, indicating he can fully endure such pain..."

"In summary, the Mist Breaker is adept at poison resistance, possesses a strong Martial Arts Will, and has a fearless spirit, making him the heroic type."

"In conclusion, as you can see, the three are different types of Martial Artists: the wise and brave, the valiant, and the heroic."

"In different situations, the three exert different powers, in terms of Martial Arts skills, without sufficient data, it’s impossible to analyze. All current results are subjective impressions."

"We can only say, having these three is a blessing for the Dragon Country."

"Supplement 1: Additionally, may I say, I hope everyone doesn’t only focus on the Martial Artists on the battlefield but also on those behind the battlefield. For example, there were reports earlier mentioning a ’Martial Arts Hua Tuo’ emerging from the Huqiu Fortress field hospital, treating hundreds of severely wounded in just a few days."

"Such Martial Artists do not fight, have no battle achievements, but their courage is no less than any blood-soaked warrior. Their bravery can be called benevolent bravery..."

"Supplement Two: Can you stop spreading the nonsense that the Archer, the Demon Slayer Warrior, and the Fog Breaker are the same person? They are completely different types of martial artists, with distinct martial arts techniques. How could they be the same person?"

"How about this, hmm... eating shit is too disgusting, and running naked is too vulgar. If the Archer, the Demon Slayer Warrior, and the Fog Breaker are the same person, I’ll give a Replenishing Essence Pill to everyone who likes this post, no limit."

Zhou Leng glanced at the content of the reply below. In just one day, the number of likes exceeded 200,000, which is a terrifying number on Martial Arts.

He casually clicked like.

Below the post, many people replied to this responder, with over ten thousand comments.

One comment nearly made Zhou Leng lose his composure.

"What’s with all the solo fans, group fans, and those supporting the Archer while belittling the Fog Breaker—it’s disgusting, isn’t it? The toxicity of fan circles should get out of the martial arts community. We’re discussing the three heroes, not celebrity ratings. Don’t bring the stench of fan circles into our martial arts circle."

Can they really do that?

He skimmed through some of the responses, most of which were various forms of flattery, making one blush.

A few pretended to be objective, praising and criticizing subtlety, ultimately pointing out that Dragon Country folks aren’t up to par compared to some other countries or the Giants.

A bunch of people replied, "Shielding sand and avoiding the wind."

Subsequently, he checked Martial Faith and contacted Xu Qingjin and the others.

Since all the published videos had been processed and blurred, even acquaintances couldn’t recognize him.

They just assumed Zhou Leng participated in an ordinary Innate battle.

Seeing Zhou Leng return, they’re all very pleased.

The Martial Arts Students of the Fifth Sequence, although they entered the Shuizhou Base, were only training near the Red Spot Forest. They hadn’t even seen a Demon.

However, this is an excellent opportunity for honing skills. Under the guidance of the Seventh Division, all schools have prepared, and will collectively go out tomorrow to hunt remaining Demons.

The Demon’s army has been scattered, making small groups of Demons much more frequent than usual.

Perfect for training young martial artists.

Zhou Leng gave Xu Qingjin and his friends a few words of advice and then walked into the Martial Arts Brigade, taking out the War Merit Token to record the war merits.

The War Merit Token emitted soft beeping sounds, unable to directly record.

"What’s going on?"

"My authority isn’t sufficient. Please wait, I’ll ask the senior officer to take a look."

Before long, a senior colonel appeared, and upon seeing he was an undercover martial artist, checked the War Merit Token carefully, adjusted the permissions, and recorded the war merits.

After successfully recording, he handed the War Merit Token back to Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng proceeded to walk outside.

The female soldier who recorded the war merits asked, "Sir, what was the reason? This person seems quite young."

The senior colonel watched Zhou Leng’s back without speaking, only speculating which formidable Innate master he might be.

At this point, usually only those whose war merits exceed the standard tenfold can trigger higher permissions.

Zhou Leng went to the war merit exchange area, checking the war merit points for Martial Arts City. Most had not been recorded and needed verification.

However, the existing war merits were enough to exchange for pills.

The Muscle Stage meat was ready, and all subsequent pills were to prepare for advancing to Grandmaster, also needing Promotion Pills for the Grandmaster Realm.

Simultaneously, he bought a lot of Concentration Incense to focus during cultivation and temper his spiritual will, which could be used alongside some spiritual magic potions from the Demon Spirit World.

He checked the civilian contribution points, which he hadn’t viewed in a while, and they had increased significantly, enough to exchange for five billion Long Guoyuan.

Having just recovered, feeling somewhat tired, Zhou Leng boarded a bus heading back to Rucheng.

On the bus, he browsed through the Divine Script Ruins section of Martial Arts City to see if there were any new divine texts discovered, studying new divine text knowledge. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Unfortunately, all newly discovered divine texts and content were almost entirely related to the Ancient River Sect’s divine texts, aside from those he obtained from the Demon Spirit World.

The forum’s divine text scholars were extremely excited, saying now the Ten Realms’ divine texts look to Blue Star, with Blue Star’s divine texts looking to Dragon Country. The center of Ten Realms’ divine text research had shifted from the Demon Spirit World to Blue Star’s Dragon Country.

Some also said that now in the entire divine text world, there are only two types of divine text scholars: those studying the Mysterious Master’s divine texts, and those preparing to study the Mysterious Master’s divine texts.

Seeing this, Zhou Leng realized that overly focusing on one research direction could likely lead divine text development into a dead end, resulting in wasted resources. Such occurrences were frequent in the Demon Spirit World.

Thus, within the Divine Script Ruins, he searched around to see if there were other directions worth investigating. Soon, using high-level permissions, he found a familiar divine text.

The style of those divine text carriers was entirely different from the Ancient River Sect.

The Ancient River Sect’s divine texts were mostly recorded on jade or stone-like materials.

These divine texts were predominantly recorded on bamboo and wood.

Thus, they were called "Bamboo and Wood Divine Texts."