Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 567 - 550: Justice

Zhang Xinglie looked at the two medicinal fruits, then at his empty left arm and right leg, and put the fruits away.

He consumed other pills, leaned on a spear, and limped over to Zhou Leng.

Previously, aside from Zhou Leng’s skull and heart and lungs being barely intact, the rest of his body was completely damaged.

Now, all the organs in his body were regenerating at a very slow pace.

The organs that had disappeared originally were all reappearing.

The surface of the chest and abdominal cavities had not yet regenerated flesh, and the internal organs were exposed and visible.

The esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, and gallbladder were taking shape, though very small, and were growing slowly.

New flesh was attached to the bones, but below the face, the skin had not grown.

The damage to the body was far more severe than that of Zhang Xinglie and Mountain and River Origin.

Zhang Xinglie took a cutting board and knife from the Magic Spirit Bag and brought out numerous medicinal fruits, including the two medicinal fruits given by the Celestial Calamity Envoy.

First, he cut many ordinary medicinal fruits into small pieces, slowly feeding them into Zhou Leng’s mouth, and then manipulated Qi to slowly let them enter the stomach.

Zhou Leng’s stomach was now only the size of a walnut, but it was incredibly strong, easily absorbing the massive amount of medicinal fruits.

Zhang Xinglie slowly chopped up the fruits, feeding them bit by bit.

Cautiously, like a child playing house.

Finally, he looked at the two medicinal fruits given by the Celestial Calamity Envoy.

He knew that the value of these two medicinal fruits was extraordinary.

He first placed the lotus seed like white jade into Zhou Leng’s mouth.

Once the lotus seed entered the stomach, it began to churn rapidly, and visibly powerful energy flowed into various parts of the body.

He then looked at Zhou Leng’s dantian.

It was empty.

There was no flesh, no meridians, and inside, there was not a trace of True Qi flowing.

He looked at the Dragon Scale Fruit.

With a hand, he slowly peeled off the skin of the Dragon Scale Fruit, revealing the vermilion spherical pulp.

He thought for a moment, split it into two, cut the left half into small pieces, and slowly fed it into Zhou Leng’s mouth.

After the Dragon Scale Vermilion Fruit entered, the stomach once again churned rapidly.

Yet, still no trace of True Qi.

Zhang Xinglie looked at the other half of the red vermilion fruit, then at his missing left arm and right leg, and once again cut it into pieces.

Completely feeding it into Zhou Leng’s mouth.

He watched Zhou Leng’s exposed stomach rapidly churning, a soft look in his eyes, then picked up the fruit peel, licking the juice left on it clean, and then picked up the cutting board, licking the remaining juice clean.

Even though it was just leftover juice, it formed a hot power, flowing through his body.

Zhang Xinglie sat beside Zhou Leng, with one arm and one leg, quietly meditating and manipulating Qi.

After a long time, high above, divine light flashed.

Above the dark clouds, behind the ring-footed star turtle keeping order, stood the Celestial Ladder jade stele.

On the stele, starlight flickered.

In an instant, starlight converged into a three-dimensional Divine Text, slowly rotating.

The Divine Text was extremely simple.

Directly translated into Chinese: Ten Thousand Nations Winter, Circulation of Extreme Cold.

Implied meaning, Zhou Leng.

Simultaneously, a visible three-layered Celestial Ladder emitted a glow.

White beams of light shot out in all directions, enveloping all surviving trial takers.

But shortly after, various divine lights of different colors flew from each Spiritual Land, intercepting the Celestial Ladder’s light.

In Celestial Bone City, multiple white divine lights enveloped the trial takers. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Above the heads of Xu Ming and three other trial takers, a bone fragment emerged, blocking the Celestial Ladder’s light.

Xu Ming appeared calm, clasped his fist towards the human martial artists enveloped by the white light, and said, "May the Human Race meet again among the stars."

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh...

The other trial takers transformed into light and ascended.

He Pengfei and Xu Ming looked up at the three-layered Celestial Ladder.

The three-layered Celestial Ladder suddenly shrank into a point of white light, merged into a beam, and disappeared.

"Huh?"

He Pengfei and Xu Ming looked at each other in confusion.

As a rule, the Celestial Tier Trial this time was certain to have failed.

A failed Celestial Ladder would ascend to the void and disappear.

But why does it seem like the three-layered Celestial Ladder has merged with a trial taker?

Even Zhou Leng was dead; it was impossible for the human martial artists to complete the Celestial Tier Trial.

Xu Ming asked, "Could it be the Celestial Calamity Envoy?"

He Pengfei shook his head and said, "No, the lord said that although the Celestial Calamity Envoy entered the Great Battlefield, he was excluded from the Celestial Tier Trial and could gain no benefits from it."

"Then it can only be Deep Dark Fury." Xu Ming said.

He Pengfei was silent for a long time, then sighed, "Deep Dark Fury gaining the three-layered Celestial Ladder, teaming up with the Celestial Calamity Envoy, if nothing unexpected happens, the Demon Purgatory will achieve final victory in the Ten Realms War. Blue Star... there might not be a Blue Star left."

"There’s still a chance." Xu Ming said.

He Pengfei suddenly laughed coldly, "Haven’t you seen the development of Blue Star and Dragon Country over these years? In the past, humans working together might have had a chance."

"Now, with the internal resource monopoly reaching the level of the end of a dynasty, and with external demon descents, what chance is there?"

"These years, I’ve secretly searched for information on Intermediate and High-Level Civilizations. Do you know, even in the myriad worlds of the stars, the ’resource monopoly dead-end’ has no solution. Even Intermediate Civilizations and High-Level Civilizations would decline and be defeated because of it, let alone Elementary Civilizations."

"Oh, the academic name is ’Decline,’ or as Zhou Leng translated more accurately, ’Sui Ji.’"

"Stop dreaming."

"Now, according to organizational rules, initiate the Ten Thousand Lantern Plan backup, and ignite the fires of the stars."

Xu Ming said helplessly, "Does it really need to come to this?"

"I’ve already secretly collected biological data of various races, everything is ready. Next, you just need to cultivate diligently, strive to have children, and expand the lineage."

"What about you?"

"I also have to strive, for the continuation of the race, sacrificing myself."

"Uncle He, why do I feel like you’re a bit excited?"

"Call me Brother."

The two quietly looked into the distance, lost in their thoughts about someone.

Dragon World, Dragon Mountain.

The four Grandmasters saw divine light descending from the sky, exchanged glances, and hurriedly rushed towards the entrance of the Great Battlefield.

Just as they approached, they abruptly stopped.

A strong demigod aura swept across dozens of miles.

Not only the four Grandmasters, but even the Giant Dragon Grandmaster was forced to retreat quickly.

The four, led by Su Fonghe, retreated to the distance, standing atop a tall building as they looked ahead.

Su Fonghe, clad in white, with a long white beard flowing, showed signs of weather and frost on his temples. His face was gentle, with his hands behind his back.

"Let’s wait."

The four waited quietly, and after a long time, the Dragon Race continued to send messages.

After reading the messages, the four bore strange expressions.

"This time the Great Battlefield was unexpectedly brutal."

"The demons were nearly wiped out, with over ninety percent dead."

"The dragons also suffered severe losses, but reportedly, the casualties among the other races weren’t as severe."

"Heavens bless the Human Race."

"What about that Zhou Leng? According to the dragons, Zhou Leng has no skin or flesh left, his organs are exposed, his Dantian is destroyed, and there’s no reaction of True Qi at all. He’s completely crippled."

Su Fonghe frowned and said, "A Grandmaster killing an Innate is already disgraceful, and now killing a kid who’s lost all martial arts is something I wouldn’t do. How about this, I’ll personally verify it. If he truly has lost all martial arts, then this matter is considered settled."

"And after that, the families will be at ease, and they will let Zhou Leng go, right?"

"I received news that two days ago, a major Rucheng media outlet reported that a girl who graduated from Eighth Middle School accused Zhou Leng of forcing her back then, and it has already been filed. The arrow is not on the string; it’s already released."

"Another baseless accusation... Sigh, tens of thousands a year..."

"All the families are ready, the resources have been mobilized; how can they just withdraw? No surprises, the families will act as usual. After holding back so much hatred for years, they naturally have to vent it."

"The overwhelming momentum; a mere child who’s lost all martial arts will just become a silent abandoned piece."

"There have been too many abandoned pieces over the years..."

"Let’s go, I’ll check it out." Su Fonghe leaped down.

Three hours later.

Su Fonghe walked out of a Dragon Nest hospital, and the other three Grandmasters approached him.

"How is it?"

Su Fonghe sighed and said, "It’s said that the Queen of Red Eyes personally treated him, using a large amount of Medicinal Fruit, but the chest and abdomen remain open, with organs exposed. Below the head, there’s not an inch of skin; it’s like a Skinless Warlock. Most importantly, his Dantian is destroyed, meridians shattered, even an Immortal couldn’t save him. I’ve confirmed repeatedly, the actual situation is even worse than previously reported."

The other three Grandmasters secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

They didn’t have to bear the moral condemnation of killing an Innate junior.

"Then we..."

"Let’s go back. After all, what’s awaiting him is a hell on earth worse than losing flesh and blood, a vile media land."

The four Grandmasters, all old hands of the Jianghu, guessed the outcome, sighed, shook their heads, recounting the evil deeds over the years while running.

Dragon Nest Hospital.

The massively enlarged Jade Wings stood by Zhou Leng’s hospital bed, looking at the large hole in Zhou Leng’s chest and abdomen, murmuring softly.

"How many times have I told you, don’t be reckless, don’t be reckless, and now look what happened."

"Did you think that place was just anywhere? It’s the Great Battlefield, even the queen was skinned there back in the day."

"Now, with the Dantian collapsing and meridians broken, what will you do?"

"Fortunately, you have the aura of the Dragon God Seal Land on you, and the Queen of Red Eyes sensed your sincerity in cooperation, aiding you with all her might. But, your injuries are too strange, clearly damaged by a high-level power, even a demigod can’t save you."

"I told you to hide well and buy more Stink Chrysanthemum for disguise, but you didn’t listen. Now what?"

"I’ve already discussed with the Queen of Red Eyes to get you a small official position among the dragons. If you can’t become a Two-World Ambassador, being a Giant Dragon Guard won’t be a problem."

"With this status, even if you’ve lost all martial arts, you can establish a chamber of commerce, cooperate with major forces, and do business with the Dragon Race. You won’t be incredibly wealthy, but at least you can live comfortably."

"Sigh..."

"Truly, our Human Race ancestors are wise; caution keeps the ship safe for ten thousand years, the bird that pokes its head out gets shot, people fear fame while pigs fear weight, and besides, there’s nothing shameful in being behind rather than ahead. Why don’t you understand, why don’t you understand!"

Jade Wings, looking at the remnant human form of Zhou Leng, felt both anguish and regret.

I originally planned to lead this sensible junior brother to immortality, but ended up like this.

"You should rest well here. Going back now will definitely lead to trouble."

"The queen told me you’ve become a defendant now, someone’s trying to capture you."

"You see, when a tree stands out in the forest, the wind will destroy it. Why can’t you heed the ancestors’ words?"

Blue Star, Dragon Country.

It was close to winter vacation at this time.

After two days of fermentation, news about Zhou Leng’s assault slowly spread.

After news of Zhou Leng’s martial arts ruin reached families like the Lou, Xu, Dong, and Huang Families, they all gathered in Xiong City.

The next day, more than 400 major media outlets nationwide published similar news.

Countless self-media matrices followed up, spreading like wildfire across the internet.

The topic #ZhouLengAssault# surpassed a billion views online in a single day.

Simultaneously, it spread widely on foreign sites.

"A human face, yet a beast’s heart! Utterly heartless! Once a little Martial Arts expert, now an offender!"

"Justice may be delayed, but it will never be absent!"

"A flower-blooming girl, tragically assaulted, depressed for life, and the culprit was once the pride of Rucheng?"

"Someone who loved baking, traveling, yoga, skiing and other beautiful pursuits had their life ruined by that beast Zhou Leng!"

"In a land where evil blossoms, we can no longer remain silent!"

"The protectors of justice for the people have taken action! The trial is about to begin!"

"We must turn this into a solid case that satisfies Martial Artists across the world!"

"It’s unjust for Ruda’s scholarships to be given to such degenerates when foreign friends are denied it. The accountability mechanism needs to be activated!"

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