Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 677 - 656: Double Blessings

On the journey towards Wanyun Mountain, Zhou Leng advanced in the direction where the Light of Redemption and others had departed.

Halfway, he discovered traces of battle, the ground bearing the marks of combat involving the Light of Redemption and Ajun’s techniques.

Every trial is fraught with danger.

Zhou Leng followed a trail, racing towards Wanyun Mountain.

While running, Zhou Leng sensed the True Energy Singularity.

Between his chest and abdomen, due to the Demigod battle, the True Energy Singularity had undergone subtle changes.

Previously, the True Energy Singularity was merely an infinitely small point.

After the continuous enhancement of the Great Sun Divine Skill, the infinitely small point still existed, but it was now enveloped by a flame-shaped starry energy, like the layers of flames outside the sun.

Now, it could be called the True Energy Sun.

Outside the True Energy Sun, three small spheres orbited.

The small sphere powered by the Star-slaying Sword had not changed.

However, the two small spheres representing the Dragon God’s power and the Giant’s power constantly released energy.

These two energies slowly injected into the True Energy Sun.

The cultivation technique of the Great Sun Divine Skill continuously strengthened.

The transformation into a three-star body was complete.

But here, in the True King Land, no foreign lifeform could break through the upper-rank restriction.

He would have to leave to accomplish that.

Zhou Leng was perceiving the True Energy Sun when he suddenly looked up, seeing a group of Demons rising at the foot of the mountain, staring at him.

"It’s Zhou Leng!"

"Kill him!"

"Hahaha, what a double delight!"

A total of twelve Upper-Rank Grandmasters and three Beastman Grandmasters, each with demigod bloodlines, all the backbone of the Demon Alliance.

Each one commanded armies numbering in the millions.

Among them, the most distinguished three Demons were direct descendants of the Demon Lord.

One of them had been seen in the Tree-man World and had narrowly escaped the pursuit of the Blood of Tyranny.

Zhou Leng narrowed his eyes slightly, taking a deep breath.

These were not ordinary Demons; each was a genius among Upper-Rank Grandmasters.

He must use all his strength!

The two sides closed in, getting closer and closer.

When they were a hundred meters apart, the True Energy Sun inside Zhou Leng’s abdomen burst forth with divine light.

Boom!

Zhou Leng charged out at five times the speed of sound, reaching the level of the legendary hypersonic missile.

With a wave of his right hand, fifteen strands of Void-Breaking Finger Sword Qi flew out.

The fifteen Demon Grandmasters hesitated for a second, a blur before their eyes.

A blood hole appeared on each Demon Grandmaster’s forehead, penetrating through the back of their heads.

The immense power completely destroyed their brains, penetrating deep into their bodies.

The fifteen corpses trembled, falling in disarray on the ground.

Zhou Leng looked at the fifteen corpses, shaking his head lightly.

"With so much power in the True King Land, you didn’t improve at all, did you think of this place as an amusement park? Had I known, I wouldn’t have wasted the starry true energy."

Zhou Leng collected the corpses along with the Magic Spirit Bags, stepping over the mountains, crossing to the next treasure location on the map.

Just as Zhou Leng disappeared into the mountains, on a nearby hillside, Mrs. Xiyang and members of the Demon Worship Sect breathed a sigh of relief.

A Demon rubbed the back of his neck, saying, "Fortunately, we observed first. If we had rushed out, we would have run right into Zhou Leng."

"Has Zhou Leng become this powerful?"

"Killing fifteen Upper-Rank Grandmasters in an instant, even Deep Dark Fury couldn’t do that."

"Wait, he took all the Magic Spirit Bags, what about the Star-destroying Bottle..."

Everyone stood dumbfounded.

A few humans of the Demon Worship Sect trembled in their arms.

After Mrs. Xiyang was rescued, she was dragged along by the Light of Redemption and Ajun towards Wanyun Mountain.

Halfway, they encountered a Divine Death Beast, and everyone had to scatter and flee.

Mrs. Xiyang was lucky, meeting these people, forming a team again.

Not long ago, their locator found the Star-destroying Bottle staying in the same place, not moving for a long time.

So, they followed the directions to it.

In the end, they found a group of Demons here, but didn’t see the legendary Plane Merchant.

It could thus be inferred that these Demons had completed a transaction with the Plane Merchant, and the Star-destroying Bottle was in their hands.

They were very cautious, observing secretly for a while, when Zhou Leng appeared.

Then, everything was taken by Zhou Leng.

"What do we do?"

"What else can we do? Stay here, wait for the end. After going back, tell His Majesty the Celestial Calamity Envoy about it. He will find Zhou Leng to ask for the Star-destroying Bottle and kill him."

"We can’t beat Zhou Leng, it’s the only way."

"For His Majesty the Celestial Calamity Envoy, does it matter whose hands he takes the Star-destroying Bottle from? It’s all the same."

"True enough."

Mrs. Xiyang remained silent, her expression dazed, past scenes flashing before her eyes.

Finally, within her heart, the image of Zhou Leng solidified at the moment he saved her.

"Sigh..."

Mrs. Xiyang sighed softly in her heart, secretly ingesting an antidote, as a Bone Box appeared in her hand, which she slowly opened a sliver.

Colorless and tasteless power emerged, spreading.

The members of the Demon Worship Sect were still talking, and as they chatted, some noticed something was off.

"I’m feeling a bit sleepy..."

"Something’s wrong..."

"Poisoned..."

Mrs. Xiyang suddenly struck, wielding a legendary dagger, quickly flitting about, as heads rolled one by one.

Blood sprayed like fountains in all directions.

She took out a magic potion, skillfully liquefying these people into corpse water, cleaning up the scene, erasing the traces, and swiftly departed.

Reaching several hundred kilometers away, she began casting a spell, erasing her memory, and fell into a drowsy sleep.

After some time, she awoke with a start, sitting up abruptly, ear tilted, listening closely, carefully observing.

It’s very safe.

"Hmm? How did I end up here..."

She repeatedly checked herself, trying to recall the past, but always found nothing.

"I only remember fleeing into Wanyun Mountain, and then I remember nothing..."

"Could it be that the mysterious Divine Death Spirit inside made me faint? It’s possible..."

She took out a locator, but nothing appeared on it.

"Where’s the Star-Destroying Bottle?"

"Could the Plane Merchant have kept it for themselves? Or has it been sealed by some power?"

"I must return to report to the great Celestial Calamity Envoy!"

Mrs. Xiyang’s heart was burning with urgency; her purpose here was to acquire the Star-Destroying Bottle.

Only then could the Celestial Calamity Envoy use this divine artifact to refine the Mother Tree and gain power.

Without the Star-Destroying Bottle, the Celestial Calamity Envoy’s avatar might not be able to deal with the Mother Tree.

After all, the Mother Tree in the Tree-man World possesses the power of the Void God.

Apart from being unable to move, it has nearly no weaknesses.

"What a pity..."

Mrs. Xiyang shook her head, yet she felt somewhat relieved inside without knowing why.

Without the Star-Destroying Bottle, the Celestial Calamity Envoy couldn’t absorb the Mother Tree’s power, delaying the conquest of the human world for quite some time.

Zhou Leng would be a bit safer.

"How can I get him to join the Demon Worship Sect?"

"Those useless fools in Dragon Country, who can deceive amateurs, can’t they trick Zhou Leng into becoming part of the Demon Worship Sect either?"

"No wonder the Celestial Calamity Envoy is dissatisfied, those useless demon worshipers boasting as if Dragon Country could collapse at any moment, yet Dragon Country is gradually growing stronger, with talents emerging one after another."

"The Zhao Family has exhausted all efforts to suppress Dragon Country martial artists’ power, but they still can’t suppress it..."

Mrs. Xiyang was inexplicably angry, cursing the Demon Worshipers before quietly tending to her wounds.

Zhou Leng searched Wanyun Mountain for a few days, but found nothing.

Just when he was about to look at the map, the ground shook, and the sky rumbled.

Following the sound, he looked up to see two beams of divine light shooting into the sky, intertwining like two beams of light, one black and one yellow, breaking through the dark clouds and entering the starry sky.

"True King Mountain has opened..."

Zhou Leng’s eyes shone brightly.

Previously, his strength was lacking, so he wasn’t particularly interested in the True King.

But now, having absorbed the dual powers of the Ancient Call and the Dragon God’s Gaze, his strength had reached the utmost limit of an upper-rank Grandmaster.

Turning around, he ran towards the distant True King Mountain.

Beneath True King Mountain, a large number of trial takers had gathered, mainly Giants and Giant Dragons.

Not far from True King Mountain, numerous Divine Death Spirits had come to observe.

Everyone quietly watched the foot of True King Mountain.

According to past rules, once True King Mountain opened, two arenas would emerge below.

One belonged to the Giants, the other to the Giant Dragons.

Both races would send their trial takers to duel, each selecting the final victor to respectively serve as the Giant Dragon True King and the Giant True King.

Finally, the two True Kings would duel.

The victor would earn the ultimate title of True King, receiving the blessing of a Divine Spirit.

But everyone stared in disbelief. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

There was no change at the foot of True King Mountain.

The arenas were gone.

All sides were puzzled, whispering to each other, but no conclusions were drawn.

They fell into a prolonged wait.

In the distance.

Zhou Leng knew that the races would battle in succession, needing several days to determine the True King, so he ran at a normal pace to conserve energy.

Occasionally sensing the aura of a treasure, he pocketed it.

After traveling several tens of thousands of miles, True King Mountain appeared before him.

A plain and ordinary round table-like mountain, with divine light reaching the sky above it.

Zhou Leng climbed a nearby mountain peak to look down at True King Mountain.

"Hmm?"

No arenas, no battles.

At the foot of the mountain, everyone was looking towards a group of alien beings.

Giants and Giant Dragons lay scattered on the ground, even the strongest Alien Giants and Alien Giant Dragons were covered in wounds.

The Spine-headed Demon Dragon Deep Dark Fury was among them, with a terrifying whip mark one meter wide from shoulder to tail, lying on the ground, squinting his eyes and glaring at the tall alien full of gems.

In the distance, the Divine Death Spirits had split into two camps, Giants and Giant Dragons, watching from afar.

Humans and other Ten Realms ethnic groups stood farther away, their expressions solemn.

Li Shenkong quietly placed the sword box behind him, blocking it with his legs.

Winter of Death hid behind his parents, peeking towards the Crystal Sky Dust.

"This little bastard is ridiculously strong, actually possessing two Starry Sky Divine Artifacts, invincible in the world... Fortunately, Decision Death Leng didn’t come, or he would have been thrashed, lying on the ground wailing..."

Winter of Death muttered, sneaking a glance at a puppet made from divine bones behind the Crystal Sky Dust.

It appeared plump and white, three meters tall, humanoid, made from large areas of white bones.

Its aura was only at the peak of demigod, but it possessed the strength of a Void God.

A terrifying divine guard.

Almost every civilization with encounters with high-level civilizations had heard of them.

Just one was enough to crush the entire True King Land.

At the top of the mountain, Zhou Leng looked towards the leader of the alien team, recalling what Winter of Death had said about the Crystal Race people and Crystal Sky Dust.

Zhou Leng ran down the mountain, quickly approaching, hearing that person speak in standard divine text.

Crystal Sky Dust swung the divine artifact whip in his hand, walking and speaking with a smile.

"We Plane Merchants value peace. I don’t want to act, but you were too arrogant, failing to realize that there are always others greater than you. I had no choice but to teach you a small lesson..."

"Now, would everyone be willing to listen to my sincere discussion?"

The whole audience was silent.

The terrifying divine guard followed him forward.

An invisible pressure weighed on everyone’s hearts.

"Very well, as natives of a lower civilization, you are quite smart, and I am very pleased..."