Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 502 - 485: Mutual Delivery

The Queen of Red Eyes recounted many stories of the Great Battlefield, saying, "Go now, I’m tired. Slowly absorb your strength and train well. In about three to four days, the Great Battlefield will open, and you will enter with the Jade Wings."

"Remember our agreement."

The Queen of Red Eyes glanced at Zhou Leng, closed her eyes, and the hall resounded with wild snores.

"Hoo... hum..."

Those unaware might think it was a fierce pig.

Zhou Leng, Molten Hammer, and Jade Wings walked out of the cave.

Upon reaching the entrance of a cave, Jade Wings said, "This is where you’ll stay temporarily. Don’t wander off because the Great Battlefield could open at any time. Once the opening sign appears, we need to teleport to Dragon Mountain to enter."

Zhou Leng asked, "How can I give the Battlefield Shield Order and Essence Dragon Blood to Zhang Xinglie?"

He had previously obtained a Battlefield Shield Order from the Blood of Tyranny, and the second piece was prepared specifically for Zhang Xinglie.

Jade Wings replied, "I can’t go either..."

The man and the dragon both looked at Molten Hammer.

Molten Hammer hastily shook his head and said, "No, my speed is slow, and if I really went, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to resist keeping it for myself. This is a Battlefield Shield Order and Essence Dragon Blood; it’s worth more than I’d make selling myself for a lifetime."

Jade Wings said, "No worries, I’ll send a giant dragon to take you, and we’ll set a contract—dare to steal, and you die."

"You’re truly heartless."

"I’m a dragon, and that’s final."

Jade Wings sought out a Red Dragon, while Zhou Leng took out the Battlefield Shield Order and Essence Dragon Blood and handed them to Molten Hammer.

"Molten Hammer, I consider you a friend, and I hope you remain true to yourself. If you dare to take it for yourself, don’t let me find you, or I’ll really make you sell yourself in the Giant World for a lifetime."

"Beast! Do you really consider me a friend?" Molten Hammer’s expression changed.

Zhou Leng patted him on the shoulder and said, "As long as you promise to deliver it, everything will be fine."

"You bastard, I see right through you..."

While speaking, Zhou Leng handed over some medicinal fruits.

Molten Hammer grinned and asked, "For me?"

"Or for a dog."

"Woof woof woof..." Molten Hammer happily accepted the medicinal fruits and carefully stored them away.

After signing the contract, a Red Dragon grabbed Molten Hammer, opening up express delivery between the two worlds, and flew towards the human base in Shuizhou Demon City.

The next day, as they flew to Shuizhou Demon City, Molten Hammer hung from the Red Dragon’s claw when he saw a team of Demon Worshipers approaching from the direction of the Dwarf World.

In the Demon Worshiper team were Rao Mingxian, Shen Jun, and others, whom they had previously seen in Hundred Peaks Valley.

Rao Mingxian shouted urgently, "Molten Hammer, where’s Zhou Leng? We heard you were taken by a giant dragon together."

"In the Red Dragon Nest! Why are you looking for him?"

"I’m giving him..."

The Red Dragon carried Molten Hammer away, and he couldn’t hear what Rao Mingxian was saying.

After discussing with the Demon Worshiper team for a while, a group of Innates left, heading straight for the Red Dragon Nest in the Dragon World.

Soon after, a flying carriage from the direction of the Giant World flew by, passing each other.

Molten Hammer glanced at it indifferently.

Inside the carriage, the Cyan Flame glanced suspiciously at Molten Hammer, turned around, and flew alongside the Red Dragon.

The Cyan Flame in the carriage sent a message, saying, "Molten Hammer, it’s me, Cyan Flame. I’m trying to find out about Zhou Leng through the Dwarf embassy; aren’t you with him? Where is he?"

"He’s in the Red Dragon Nest! I just saw Rao Mingxian too, what do you need with him?"

"Delivering something to Zhou Leng. Time’s a bit urgent, we’ll chat later!" The flying carriage quickly changed direction, racing toward the Dragon World.

"I... you..." Molten Hammer couldn’t finish before Cyan Flame vanished into the distance.

"Everyone’s so damn busy, can’t even finish a conversation..."

Grumbling, Molten Hammer reached the Shuizhou human base but couldn’t contact Zhang Xinglie using Martial Faith.

Therefore, he contacted Zhou Leng’s friends and the Dwarf embassy and quickly learned that Zhang Xinglie had already gone to the Giant Royal Court.

Molten Hammer continued to grumble and, giving up on the Red Dragon, switched to a flying carriage straight to the Giant Royal Court.

Upon arriving at the Giant Royal Court and seeing Zhang Xinglie, Molten Hammer said, "Why aren’t you on Blue Star, running around here? I’ve caught a hundred stomachs of wind looking for you."

"What’s going on?" Zhang Xinglie asked.

"Zhou Leng sent this to you!" Molten Hammer, without goodwill, handed Zhang Xinglie the Battlefield Shield Order and Essence Dragon Blood.

Zhang Xinglie took them and his expression turned strange.

Molten Hammer paused, asking, "At times like this, shouldn’t you be overwhelmed with tears of gratitude, thanking Master Molten Hammer for his unwavering effort, and then Zhou Leng for sending such a great gift?"

Zhang Xinglie reached into his Magic Spirit Bag and pulled out a Battlefield Shield Order.

"What?" Molten Hammer snatched it, inspected it closely, "It’s real. You’ve had it for a while?"

Zhang Xinglie said, "Not only did I have it, but I also had two, one of which I sent with Cyan Flame to give to Zhou Leng."

Molten Hammer was stunned, remembering that he had met Cyan Flame along the way.

He slowly said, "Zhou Leng has two, you have two, and you both sent the other to each other? These are Battlefield Shield Orders, sigh..."

Molten Hammer looked at Zhang Xinglie, thinking of Zhou Leng, his heart surged with warmth.

He asked again, "A single Battlefield Shield Order is already rare, how come you have a second one?"

Zhang Xinglie sighed and said, "If I had known he had it, I wouldn’t have signed the wager agreement with the Beastman Tribe. Gambling ruins your life..."

Molten Hammer recalled Mountain and River Origin mentioning Zhang Xinglie’s experience as the Beastman Princess’ consort to Zhou Leng, and thoughts of some wager agreement flashed in his mind, making his eyes red.

"I thought Zhou Leng selling himself to the Queen of Red Eyes was already loyal enough. I didn’t expect you to be even more so, selling yourself to the Beastman..."

Zhang Xinglie had little contact with Molten Hammer, and was momentarily stunned by his shameless demeanor, before asking, "What happened? How did I get involved with the Queen of Red Eyes... Isn’t she the biggest thief of the Dragon World and the stingiest in the Ten Realms?"

"Don’t worry, it’s just a cooperation. Zhou Leng has the Pale Queen behind him, so the Queen of Red Eyes doesn’t dare to provoke him."

Zhang Xinglie recalled Zhou Leng previously saying that he didn’t know the Pale Queen at all, it was purely bluffing.

"It’s kind of awkward now." Zhang Xinglie accepted the refined Dragon Blood and the Battlefield Shield Order.

Molten Hammer said, "There’s still time now, you should hurry and find Mountain and River Origin or his father, sell the extra Battlefield Shield Order, and exchange it for some Giant Medicinal Fruit that you can use."

Zhang Xinglie said, "That’s the only option now, we can pretend we exchanged the Battlefield Shield Orders. Come, accompany me to find Mountain and River Origin, have him help find a buyer, and you follow me to help with the persuasion."

"I’m good at this, let’s go!"

The two found Mountain and River Origin, who then found his father, Mountain River Celestial Peak, who helped sell the Battlefield Shield Order in exchange for a massive amount of Martial Arts Resources.

Just after the transaction was completed, a message came from the Giant Royal Court.

The Great Battlefield is about to open.

Dragon World, Red Dragon Nest.

After arriving, Cyan Flame asked and found out that Zhou Leng had left, and there were disturbances in the Dragon Battlefield, which was about to open.

He stood outside the Red Dragon Nest, his expression changed.

Because of Zhou Leng, he had gained prominence after entering the Three High Towers.

Adding on his own immense talent, coupled with the benefits gained from the Demon Spirit Trials, shoring up his weaknesses, his strength soared.

To the point that he was accepted as a disciple by the Demigod Demon Spirit Master, Blazing Hope.

Not only was Blazing Hope’s status in the Demon Spirit World astonishing, but he recently resolved several lingering issues with fire-type Demon Spirit Techniques, making him the top fire-type Demon Spirit Master of the current age.

Blazing Hope originally did not intend to take on a disciple, but after solving the Demon Spirit problems, he was exceptionally happy and gave advice to students in the Staff of Destruction organization.

By a very coincidental chance, he discovered Cyan Flame and thus took him in as his final disciple.

The reason Blazing Hope could solve the Demon Spirit problems was entirely due to reading the Demon Spirit knowledge translated by Zhou Leng.

Blazing Hope had a Battlefield Shield Order, but his disciples were either in seclusion or already legends, only Cyan Flame was suitable.

Thus, he gave Cyan Flame a Giant Race’s Battlefield Shield Order.

Cyan Flame held the Giant Race’s Battlefield Shield Order, and the other one was Zhang Xinglie’s, meant to be delivered to Zhou Leng, a universal Battlefield Shield Order.

To avoid missing the Great Battlefield, he needed to return to the Giant Royal Court as soon as possible.

But when encountering Zhang Xinglie, he boasted that he would definitely deliver the Battlefield Shield Order to repay Zhou Leng for helping him into the Demon Spirit Trials’ second place.

If he went to Dragon Mountain now, he might miss out himself.

Cyan Flame pondered for a moment, recalling the prophecy from the last Demon Spirit Trials he attended.

He did not act according to his father’s understanding of the prophecy but instead followed his own principles.

With things as they were, even if he returned to the Giant World now, it might be too late, causing neither of them to enter the Great Battlefield.

If he could hand it over to Zhou Leng, at least one could enter.

Cyan Flame was a Demon Spirit Master and did not have enough status to use the Dragon Race’s Teleportation Demon Array, so he gritted his teeth and pushed the magic car to race towards Dragon Mountain.

Along the way, he was constantly followed by sinister dragons.

Relying on his teacher’s legendary flying car, plus the attached demigod aura of Blazing Hope, he had many close calls but no danger.

Beneath Dragon Mountain was a huge city, Cyan Flame didn’t hesitate to spend a great deal of money to hire a Silver Dragon, swiftly finding Zhou Leng.

On seeing Zhou Leng and the Jade Wings, Cyan Flame breathed a sigh of relief and handed over Zhang Xinglie’s Battlefield Shield Order.

"Mission accomplished without fail."

"What happened?" Zhou Leng asked.

Cyan Flame said, "Zhang Xinglie wagered with the Beastman Tribe and got two Battlefield Shield Orders..."

After listening, Zhou Leng said helplessly, "If I had known he could get Battlefield Shield Orders by being the Beastman Princess’ consort, why did I bother cooperating with the Queen of Red Eyes..."

"What happened?" Cyan Flame asked.

Zhou Leng explained his situation and then brought out his own Battlefield Shield Order.

"Damn it..." Cyan Flame cursed, realizing all his efforts were in vain, it was only he who was out of luck.

"You look a bit upset."

Cyan Flame took out the Giant-exclusive Battlefield Shield Order and said, "This has the Giant aura on it, I can’t enter from the Dragon side."

"I’ve heard about it, it’s like preventing unauthorized sales. Let me see." Zhou Leng said.

Cyan Flame handed over the palm-sized shield-shaped token with an added starry totem, the symbol of the Giant Race.

Zhou Leng took the Giant Shield Order and examined it carefully.

Cyan Flame sighed, "I heard from a passing dragon that the Great Battlefield will open in at most an hour, and even if I grew ten pairs of wings, I couldn’t return to the Giant Royal Court in time."