Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 541 - 524: Honoring the Master

After Zhou Leng finished speaking, he started to jog slowly, and once he was far, he kicked the ground, his body gliding like a large bird at low altitude.

Everyone was taken aback and looked at each other.

"Those fifteen Dragon Blood Guards are charging at him alone?"

"Could it be Deep Dark Fury in disguise?"

"Look at two of those Dragon Blood Guards, they seem a bit familiar." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"Aren’t those the ones we lost..."

Everyone exchanged glances; there was only one truth.

From afar, they watched as Zhou Leng, like a humanoid giant dragon, used the distance to kill the Dragon Blood Guards one by one. In the end, when he was surrounded by five Dragon Blood Guards at once, he astonishingly tore them apart with Body-Protecting Divine Skill.

Fifteen clouds of blood mist merged into one, and Zhou Leng walked into it.

"He’s like the bloody father of Dragon Blood Guards."

"Deep Dark Fury played the same tricks, I saw it with my own eyes..."

"Invite him to join the Martial Faith when he comes back."

In less than seven minutes, Zhou Leng returned, looking at the stunned crowd, and sighed, "Five hours ago, I had fifteen Dragon Blood Guards; they haven’t increased since, though before, they were increasing rapidly."

Everyone wanted to say something but kept their mouths shut.

Zhou Leng sat back in his spot and continued cutting and roasting meat.

Everyone sat in a circle around him, silent as the wind.

After finishing another large pot of fried meat, Zhou Leng placed more meat while saying, "I want to discuss something with you. You still have four Dragon Blood Guards, right?"

More than ten people changed their expressions simultaneously; some looked helpless, some angry, and some clenched their teeth and fists.

But no one spoke.

Zhou Leng continued, "When the next wave comes, your four will be mine, and then when my wave comes, I’ll give you four, a little exchange, how about it?"

"Huh?"

They looked at Zhou Leng, feeling absurd. Was he playing house like a kid?

Zhou Leng explained, "I wonder if you’ve noticed, but the Dragon Blood Guards seem to have remnants of the Dragon God’s combat techniques. I want to collect different Dragon Blood Guards to learn the full techniques."

"Dragon God combat techniques? Now that you mention it, it’s possible, but... how to learn them?" an elder Innate Martial Artist asked, knowing that every realm had its fighting style, but not all were suitable for the Blue Star People.

"Learn slowly," Zhou Leng replied.

"I think I get it." Several human martial artists exchanged glances, guessing that Zhou Leng had a strong talent in this regard.

Only one Demon Spirit Master looked at Zhou Leng with confusion but said nothing.

In the Demon Spirit World, there was a hypothesis, the "status hypothesis."

The life of elementary civilizations could never truly learn the Divine Text, not because of intelligence but because some powers are limited by status.

If you can’t learn, you can’t learn.

These Dragon God combat techniques are the same; they are the powers of Divine Spirits.

The predecessors of the Ten Realms weren’t fools; of course, they had studied this.

They simply failed in their research.

Like comprehending the East Monarch’s Stone Wall, it seemed they had learned high-status power, but it was entirely personal insight, different for each person.

It’s worlds away from true Divine Spirit power.

The group briefly discussed and reached a wise conclusion.

Better agree; disagreeing might cost lives.

Soon, the four Dragon Blood Guards from their team appeared.

Zhou Leng thanked them, killed three in a row, and then sparred with the last Dragon Blood Guard, slowly learning the Dragon God martial arts.

Finished learning, killed it.

The human martial artists were both amused and exasperated.

"This Zhou Leng really respects his teachers and values the teachings..."

After waiting a while, a total of nineteen Dragon Blood Guards appeared.

The rest intently watched Zhou Leng.

"I’ll leave four, and you can come to cover me later."

As Zhou Leng spoke, he dashed forward, killed fifteen in a row, and left four old Dragon Blood Guards.

The others sighed in relief and led away the four Dragon Blood Guards.

Soon, they killed the four Dragon Blood Guards.

Zhou Leng’s fifteen Dragon God blood mists merged into one, while the other four Dragon Blood mists gathered in the distance, and everyone squeezed into the mist.

Soon, a gigantic black silhouette appeared.

Hundred-Eyed Demon Mountain nestled in the black mist and quickly disappeared.

A Demon Spirit bird witnessed everything.

Shortly after, the Dragon God blood mist dispersed.

Everyone regrouped, and the Demon Spirit Master recounted what happened. Everyone deduced that as long as they entered the Dragon God blood mist, the Hundred-Eyed Demon Mountain wouldn’t attack.

After a brief conversation, Zhou Leng bid farewell and ran toward the direction of Remnant Bone.

Everyone watched Zhou Leng’s back, deeply moved.

Once Zhou Leng had run far, someone suddenly said, "The direction he’s running towards seems to be the Demon’s base camp, many demons and even giant dragons headed there."

"No, I have to tell him." A Demon Spirit Master said, then cast spells to fly over, using the Demon Spirit bird for long-distance transmission.

Upon hearing the message, Zhou Leng signaled acknowledgment, and the Demon Spirit Master sighed in relief and returned.

However, the Demon Spirit Master noticed that Zhou Leng continued straight ahead.

Not long after, a demon team appeared in the extreme distance, eight in total.

Zhou Leng hid in the shadows, quietly waiting, following them from afar.

Meanwhile, the demons had already noticed and gathered to encircle him.

Zhou Leng feigned fear, constantly escaping. The demons chased for a while but couldn’t catch up, so they reluctantly returned.

Zhou Leng followed them back again.

Infuriated, the Demon Warlock unleashed a demon bird and cursed from afar.

Zhou Leng remained calm.

Not long after, as many as six Dragon Blood Guards charged towards the demon team.

Zhou Leng’s eyes shone as he charged directly at the eight demons.

The eight Demons cursed one after another. This despicable human, indeed as they had guessed before, wanted to find a chance to ally with the Dragon Blood Guards.

"Let’s take him out first!"

Four Demons charged towards Zhou Leng.

The remaining four Demons tangled with the six Dragon Blood Guards in place. Soon, they didn’t hear the sounds of battle from afar and turned their heads, only to see Zhou Leng’s palm coming down.

The large Demon head burst like a watermelon crushed by a truck, exploding into powder and spraying everywhere.

Under the Tujun Star Monument, many people comprehended the Mountain River Guardian Technique.

But the one who improved the most was none other than Zhou Leng.

Because his Martial Arts Will was the strongest.

The additional strength naturally was the strongest.

Plus, continuously absorbing the power of the Dragon God’s blood mist, Zhou Leng’s power was increasing at a terrifying rate.

The Dragon God imprint road in just one day increased more than an ordinary Great Innate could in a year.

Zhou Leng killed off the remaining Demons, battled six Dragon Blood Guards alone, and then sat down to meditate and rest.

Soon, a total of twenty-one Dragon Blood Guards surrounded him.

Zhou Leng opened his eyes. This time, he didn’t take them down one by one, but waited for them to gather, then fought against twenty-one Dragon Blood Guards all at once.

After all, the Dragon Blood Guards were three-meter-tall Demon creatures, with broad bodies, and no matter how many, only five or six could attack at the same time.

However, these Dragon Blood Guards used a combined assault technique. Although only five or six attacked each time, they would retreat immediately after attacking, leaving no chance for Zhou Leng to pursue them.

The second wave of attack followed, smooth and seamless, almost without any pause.

Twenty-one Dragon Blood Guards were divided into four groups like endless waves crashing on the shore one after another.

Zhou Leng had been considering if in the future there were too many Dragon Blood Guards to quickly defeat them individually, what to do when besieged?

There was no other way but to fight head-on.

So, starting this time, he began to slowly accumulate experience to deal with more and more Dragon Blood Guards.

Collaborating with these Dragon Blood Guards, Zhou Leng gradually found various strategies.

Ultimately he realized to his chagrin that often the most effective strategy was to use the No Return Battle Technique and Mountain River Guardian Technique.

When in doubt, activating the Taiqing Sea Robe and attacking fiercely was the way to go.

Quickly, Zhou Leng discarded "clever" thinking and opted for a "direct" method, clashing head-to-head amidst the Dragon Blood Guards’ encirclement.

Before long, all the Dragon Blood Guards lay on the ground, unprecedented Dragon God’s blood mist fused together.

Because he was using the Dragon Blood Guards to temper himself rather than fighting swiftly, the Taiqing Sea Robe withstood considerable attacks, shattering everywhere and unable to condense in a short time.

Though the power of the Dragon Blood Guards was somewhat above the ordinary Great Innate, numerous fierce attacks could shake the Taiqing Sea Robe.

However, his skin only left light scars, which had already healed.

Stepping into the Dragon God’s blood mist, the absorbed power elevated him once again.

As the blood mist dissipated, Zhou Leng ran and reminisced on past Martial Arts shadows to identify and fill the gaps.

The method of group fighting became increasingly clear.

Slowly, more and more Demons appeared ahead.

Zhou Leng continued using old tactics, overtly and covertly tracking, striking as soon as enemy Dragon Blood Guards appeared, snatching them away.

Gradually, more and more Dragon Blood Guards belonged to him.

With the increasing absorption of the Dragon God’s blood mist, his veins protruded more and more.

When the number of Dragon Blood Guards reached thirty, Zhou Leng’s entire body seemed covered with thick, purple-black worms like three-dimensional totems of the Barbarian Race, terrifying in appearance.

It’s just that with the veins and blood rising too fast, other aspects of his body couldn’t keep up, but this could be resolved over time.

However, the Dragon God’s blood mist power was even stronger than the Dragon God’s blessing.

Because as the true Qi in his veins returned to the Dantian, it also drew a trace of Dragon God’s power inside.

The Star Gazing Technique could originally absorb high-level power, along with the Cosmic True Energy, the Star Gazing Technique’s realm heightened rapidly.

Zhou Leng occasionally used Martial Arts sense to introspect his Dantian, feeling joyful.

The "Star Gazing Technique" was about to reach Divine Communication Mastery. By then, his true Qi would reach the peak of the Innate Realm.

According to the next Chapter of the Star Gazing Technique, once reaching the ultimate realm, the power of the Star Gazing Technique would increase dramatically, possessing traits only attainable by Starry Martial Arts.

The battlefield of the Divine Spirit truly was different.

Its enhancement of Martial Arts far surpassed anything before combined.

"Then let the Dragon Blood Guards come at me more ferociously!"

Blood mist filled Zhou Leng’s eyes, and his killing intent soared to the sky.

Getting closer to the Demon base camp, he constantly encountered Demons.

Zhou Leng repeatedly did as before, waiting for their Dragon Blood Guards to appear, then struck to seize them.

Occasionally, he paused in the mountains to learn the combat techniques of new Dragon Blood Guards.

Once learned, he left the mountains to hunt Demons.

Three days later, at the Demon camp.

Dozens of Demons, Sea Sirens, or Beastmen sat together.

The Demon’s hearts were filled with panic.

"No contact again?"

"How many Demons lost contact these days?"

"There were few Demons entering the Dragon God imprint road, just over ninety altogether. Everyone was fine initially, so why have so many suddenly disappeared?"

"Who’s hunting the Demons, could it be the Humanoid Alliance?"

"Doesn’t seem like it. Their power and numbers are too lacking. Had they tried, they’d be dead by now."

"There are also few Giants here; besides the Giant Dragon, there would be no other forces."

"Probably it’s about grabbing the Dragon Blood Guards. Haven’t you noticed there are fewer and fewer Dragon Blood Guards lately?"

"Damn Dragon!"

"What to do?"

"Be cautious and avoid the Dragon when possible."

"Sigh..."

"It’s a pity that Deep Dark Fury won’t join us."

"He’s too strong, even the Giant Dragon can’t do anything to him."