Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 514 - 497: The Four Clans

Zhou Leng was surprised by how much Xu Ming was protective of him. He said, "My actual strength is actually quite a bit stronger than normal Muscle Stage. I can also enter the purple mist." 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"Both Wang Xiong and I can see that you are very strong. If Zhao He values you, you can’t be that weak. You’re strong, but your biggest drawback is that you’ve just advanced to the Muscle Stage, and your body hasn’t yet absorbed enough power. That’s the fundamental issue."

Zhou Leng said, "After advancing to the Muscle Stage, I do eat a lot more than before."

Xu Ming said, "Keep eating, even eat until you vomit, until you complete three ’muscle rollovers.’"

After the body absorbs a large amount of meat, the muscles will autonomously grow and temper repeatedly.

Once tempered to a certain extreme, the muscles will undergo a kind of tremor, the feeling is like the muscles turning over from the inside out.

In fact, it’s the Martial Artist’s flesh undergoing a form of new evolutionary transformation.

Once you complete the muscle rollover, the human body completely transcends the ordinary flesh, becoming a true Innate body.

An Innate body can stand shoulder to shoulder with Demons, Sea Sirens, Beastmen, or Dwarves of the same level.

With True Qi and Martial Arts, humans gradually catch up.

Zhou Leng said, "Indeed, my body still has a lot of room for improvement. When eating meat, my stomach always feels empty, never full. Then unconsciously, I eat too much and feel stuffed, but still crave meat."

Xu Ming laughed, "Yes, that’s exactly it. During the Muscle Stage, Martial Artists are most combative, simply because they’re craving meat. Once you leave the Great Battlefield, rally your comrades, and many Muscle Stage Martial Artists will gladly follow you to hunt Fish Demons or Giant Dragons, just for the meat."

"Alright, I’ll eat meat for three days first, and see how it goes." Zhou Leng said.

Xu Ming shook his head, "The purple mist is very mysterious, not even us or other races can figure it out, three days is far from enough. Don’t worry about the purple mist, just stay here and focus on eating meat. Oh yes..."

Xu Ming took out packets of large, vacuum-sealed meat from the Magic Spirit Bag, each roughly a foot in length, width, and height.

"Before advancing to Grandmaster, even the Great Innate needs good meat, though not as ferociously as in the Muscle Stage, so there’s some left. I suspect you come from a wealthy background, but some good meat is always hard to come by. Like this piece of meat, from a Great Innate level ’sawtooth whale demon.’ That battle was brutal, but the rewards were immense."

As he spoke, Xu Ming handed the large pieces of high-quality meat to Zhou Leng.

Finally, he took out a piece with a label and handed it over.

"Legendary Giant Dragon meat, there’s just this piece left. After your third muscle rollover, eating Grandmaster-level meat will further raise your body’s limits."

Zhou Leng said, "I have prepared Grandmaster meat."

Bought some in the Demon Spirit World, and acquired some from the Mammoth Tribe in the Fierce Beast World.

"Eat them together, there’s no conflict." Xu Ming shoved the meat into Zhou Leng’s hands.

"Thank you." Zhou Leng accepted the meat, expressing his sincere gratitude.

Xu Ming chuckled and said, "Eat up. In the future, you’ll have more strength to slay monsters and demons."

Zhou Leng put away the last piece of Grandmaster meat and said, "By the way, I have researched Divine Texts and have communicated with Demon Spirit Masters in the Demon Spirit World. While exploring the Divine Script Ruins of the Demon Spirit World, I found some information. The so-called purple mist should be called ’Divine Power Land’ or ’Divine Power Trial’ according to human translation habits."

Xu Ming’s eyes lit up, "This is vital intelligence, we’ve researched for so long, even exchanged with Martial Artists from other countries, and no one mentioned this. Divine Power Trial... Yes, that feels right."

"When I entered the purple mist, I felt a vast and majestic aura, a peculiar pressure, possibly the power of a Divine Spirit. I didn’t expect you to know Divine Texts, impressive."

Then, Zhou Leng shared some of his views.

Xu Ming took notes earnestly.

After noting it down, Xu Ming said, "I’ll upload these notes directly to the shared file, and don’t tell anyone they were discovered by you. The Martial Artist world is a mix-bag, some collude with Demons, they could very well betray you."

"I understand." Zhou Leng said.

After chatting a bit more, Xu Ming happily went back to organize the shared files.

Zhou Leng found a vacant spot and began setting up a large inflatable tent.

He might have to stay here for many days, and a regular small tent wouldn’t be suitable for living.

Once the tent was set up, Innate Martial Artists from Dragon Country came by.

After chatting with Zhou Leng for a bit, they began to offer various Innate meats, each valued in the millions.

Among them, Wang Xiong, Wang Yunbo, and others, due to their good relationship with Xu Ming, even offered costly Grandmaster meats.

Zhou Leng originally had prepared a lot of Innate meat, and after killing many Innate Demons from various races on the way, his gains were substantial.

In the Magic Spirit Bags of Beastmen and Demons, there were many Innate and even Grandmaster meats.

After sending off the last Great Innate Martial Artist, Zhou Leng sat on a camping chair outside the tent, looking into the distance.

Indeed, Xu Ming was right.

Though advancing to the Innate Realm doesn’t require Promotion Pills, the newly advanced body is still reshaping and unsuitable for high-intensity trials.

Since that’s the case, he should first eat meat and cultivate, just the right time to use that cumbersome Dragon Skull.

Just as he was about to take out the Dragon Skull, five Dwarves approached.

"Duke Zhou Leng, we heard you’ve arrived, we’re here to visit you." said the leading Great Innate Dwarf with a cheerful demeanor, a crest of tri-colored pheasant feathers on his helmet, wielding a gold-plated hammer.

Zhou Leng stood up to welcome the three Dwarves.

The leading Great Innate Dwarf was named Black Axe; previously, when Zhou Leng went to the Ancient King’s Treasure, Black Axe, as the Golden Hammer Warrior Captain, was ordered by the Giant Furnace to personally escort him.

At that time, Molten Hammer swindled a piece of Witchcraft Skin from Black Axe to absorb the Demigod power from Half-God Beastman bloodline descendants.

Zhou Leng chatted and laughed with the Dwarves, agreeing to cooperate together when the opportunity arises.

Other human martial artists gradually noticed the dwarves approaching Zhou Leng, puzzled and confused.

After the dwarves left, Xu Ming came over.

"Are you familiar with the dwarves?"

"I mentioned earlier, the reason I’m not well-known is that I’ve been wandering in other worlds recently, thus I made many friends from different races." Zhou Leng said.

"I see. If we need to cooperate with them, having you as a bridge would certainly help a lot."

"No problem, I have cooperated with various races during the young warriors’ battle."

"Great, when we decide to form an alliance, we’ll include you."

"Alright."

After speaking, Xu Ming left. After taking about a dozen steps, he saw out of the corner of his eye a group of demon spirit masters approaching.

He turned his head and saw that the group of demon spirit masters headed straight for Zhou Leng.

"Greetings to the esteemed Lord of Snow and Lord of Dance." Snow Mountain Wolf, along with some demon spirit masters, came to greet.

Snow Mountain Wolf was a disciple of Frosty Hand, and almost all the stipends from the Ice Snow Divine Sect to Zhou Leng were managed by him.

Besides Snow Mountain Wolf, Light of the Mountains and Seas, who was encountered in the demon spirit trial, was also present. His status was even higher than Cyan Flame’s.

Snow Mountain Wolf and Light of the Mountains and Seas visited proactively, and the rest of the demon spirit masters dared not be overbearing, following suit.

Both sides sat in front of a camp table, took out food and tea, chatted together, and shared their insights on the great battlefield.

Not far away, the human martial artists gathered together, looking on with confusion.

"Xu Ming, this guy is not ordinary. Silent among humans, yet making friends across the ten realms; a group of dwarves just left, and now comes a group of demon spirit masters."

"Haha, that’s why I’ve always praised him," Xu Ming said.

"This time you truly didn’t misjudge."

"So what he said is true," Ruan Xiangnan whispered.

"What’s true?"

"Due to his lack of fame, I questioned his identity earlier. He claimed he hadn’t stayed much on Blue Star recently, wandering in other worlds instead. Turns out to be true."

"Look at the attitude the dwarves and demon spirit masters have towards him, respectful yet courteous, indicating his status is higher than expected. Xu Ming, Wang Xiong, can either of you receive such treatment from dwarves and demon spirit masters?"

Xu Ming and Wang Xiong gently shook their heads.

Both were being specially nurtured by the Demon City Army, key figures of the Great Innate, and Wang Xiong was the son-in-law of the Martial Saint Sect. Still, they couldn’t make their way in the other worlds.

Soon, Zhou Leng finished chatting with the demon spirit masters.

Shortly after the demon spirit masters left, a group of tree-men arrived.

Among them was the Vigorous Crown from the Vigorous Tribe, who had formerly accompanied the Flourishing Staff to meet Zhou Leng. He was responsible for conveying news from the tree-men’s holy land, well aware of Zhou Leng’s importance to the tree-man race.

After greeting Zhou Leng, the Vigorous Crown discussed some recent developments in the Vigorous Tribe.

The Flourishing Staff Elder had died in battle, leaving only a small part of the tribe alive.

Zhou Leng held back his urge to ask about Vigorous Root and Xiaoyong.

But knowing that Zhou Leng and Vigorous Root were friends, the Vigorous Crown still recounted some of the scenes from back then, leaving a sigh of regret.

Finally, the Vigorous Crown whispered, "Your contributions to the tree-men are significant. The Tree-man Elder Council is preparing to bestow an honorary title upon you. Afterwards, a tree-man elder heard that you were serving as an ambassador in the demon spirit world, though not officially inaugurated, so they decided also to grant you an ambassador title between the tree-man and Blue Star worlds."

"Furthermore, once we settle down, we’ll give you an audience slot with the Mother Tree. At that time, you’ll be able to cultivate under the Mother Tree..."

Zhou Leng almost forgot this matter, unexpected that it only came up months later, truly fitting the tree-men’s dawdling style.

The human martial artists watched Zhou Leng bid farewell to the tree-men.

"It’s eerie, we’re all Great Innates and know a few alien friends, but none of us have people coming and going like this."

"This boy, his background isn’t ordinary. You hadn’t heard about him before?"

"I heard something, supposedly related to Ma Xingkong," Wang Xiong vaguely recalled recent maneuvers of some major clans.

"How is it related to Ma Xingkong?" Xu Ming asked in surprise.

"He’s Ma Xingkong’s nephew, reportedly suffered some hardships because of it."

Xu Ming said nothing more, quietly watching Zhou Leng.

Then, a dozen Great Innate Giants, their bodies covered with a bronze hue, approached Zhou Leng.

The martial artists fell silent.

"Xu Ming, your network doesn’t seem as wide as that of this cold-faced kid."

"Aliens from four realms, coming for a visit."

Xu Ming was amazed in his heart, but outwardly he calmly said, "My judgment is always accurate."

Outside the tent, Zhou Leng chatted lively with the dozen giants.