Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 697 - 676: Entering the Camp

"By the way, make sure to disguise yourself and don’t expose your true identity, otherwise the Demon Worship Sect might cause you trouble."

"Here’s the way to connect..."

Zhou Leng thought about it and replied, "Got it."

Guan Canglong’s alternate account received an additional message from Shen Jun.

"By the order of Mrs. Xiyang, my teacher, Light of Redemption, will contact you instead of me. If you happen to meet him during crucial moments, please remain calm. As long as you are a member of the Demon Worship Sect, he will always be your friend."

Zhou Leng sensed the underlying message in the words, and kept it in mind.

Hu Yi also left a few messages.

"Are you still so busy now?"

"I’ve been at the mining site recently, boring to death."

"Don’t worry about anything else right now, focus on ascending to the Saint rank. Once you become a Martial Saint, be sure to inform me. I want to enjoy good food and drinks with you."

"Last time you invited me to your company, I didn’t agree, and now I regret it so much."

"Once I’ve finished my current tasks, I’ll join you!"

"I’m kind of missing the meat buns from our favorite shop. When I return, I’ll devour several..."

"And..."

Hu Yi, with a hint of drunkenness, rambled on about past funny and embarrassing stories.

Zhou Leng quietly listened till the end.

After that, Zhou Leng responded or left a message.

"I can’t go back for now. Once I’ve completed my cultivation, we’ll go to that bun shop together and feast. As for enjoying good food and drinks? Keep dreaming, you’ll need to work like a horse for a few years, master the business, then I might promote you..."

Finally, he left a message for Zhang Xinglie.

"The cultivation effect of the mother tree is far beyond imagination. Once the Tree-man battle is over, I’ll take you to cultivate there, even if I have to drag you."

"I’ve amassed quite a lot of materials for the Divine Essence Pill, and I’m already able to open the Star Refining Furnace. It won’t be long before I can help you with alchemy."

"Once we dispel the Celestial Calamity Envoy’s power, I’ll help you refine pills to restore your body. If necessary, I’ll seek help from the Demigod Demon Spirit Masters; they have solutions."

After conversing thoroughly, Zhou Leng read the latest news, and the more he read, the deeper his frown became.

The world’s situation was a complete mess.

Following the disappearance of many children and women, a large number of men went missing, clearly the handiwork of the Demon Worship Sect.

The Seagull Alliance, which had a high tolerance toward the Demon Worship Sect, suddenly turned hostile, directly accusing the Grand Commander of Pi Country of being a Demon Worship Sect member and opposing his slaughter of civilians.

The Grand Commander of Pi Country spoke at the Blue Star’s new united meeting, but most country’s members walked out.

Internal divisions within the Blue Star human society intensified.

The Demon Worship Sect has made things difficult for various countries, especially for those in Elephant Country who are main followers of the Demon Worship Sect. They don’t know martial arts or demon eradication, but only know how to band together to seize interests, yet they multiply and spread across Blue Star.

Countries such as the Eagle Alliance, Seagull Alliance, and Maple Country have been occupied by Elephant Country Demon Worship Sect members, drastically reducing national power.

From a certain perspective, Dragon Country was able to overshadow the previously powerful countries like the Eagle and Seagull alliances because of the efforts of Elephant Country people and Desert People.

Without their erosion of old strong countries and the weakening of those countries’ power, Dragon Country would have had to pay a higher price to rise to the top.

Their role as the ’troublemakers’ of the Seagull-Eagle world allowed Dragon Country to remain stable.

Right in the crucial moment before the Ten Realms War, Dragon Country Demon Worship Sect members increased their efforts, ostensibly under the guise of recruiting talent, secretly arranging for Elephant Country Demon Worship Sect families to enter Dragon Country.

They had been doing this for years, but previously they concealed it carefully.

Next, he saw a piece of news concerning Zhao Cong, the governor of the Two Rivers.

Zhao Cong announced that this year, the number of outstanding foreign talents introduced to his jurisdiction has sharply increased by 57% compared to last year.

The news photo shows Zhao Cong, the governor of Two Rivers, smiling broadly in a sunny park, posing with numerous Grey hosts, Elephant Country engineers, and Nanyang doctors, looking like a happy family.

In the corner of the photo, in the distance, an old man with a hunched back is sweeping the ground, wearing a tracking locator.

He continued to flip through other news.

In various Demon Cities, demons constantly attacked and harassed.

Especially the Sea Siren of the West Sea Demon City, who launched unprecedented assaults to cover the Celestial Calamity Army and hold back the Blue Star Human Race.

Intelligence indicates major forces of the Sea Siren are constantly gathering large armies.

They began to establish more permanent connections in West Sea Demon City.

Once the Two Realms Barrier fails, West Sea Demon City will be their beachhead.

Zhou Leng reviewed all the news from West Sea Demon City for a long time.

Once he finishes cultivation, the Martial Saint Battle Path will be set at West Sea Demon City; it’s on the way anyway.

He reached the Tree-man Base and flew toward the mother tree.

When he saw the mother tree from afar, Zhou Leng landed and stored away the Demon Spirit carriage.

Facing himself in the external brain’s mirror function.

Soon, his facial muscles began to change slowly.

After ascending to Grandmaster rank, Zhou Leng could control every part of his body subtly.

The identity of Guan Canglong was true to a degree; he could use it, and if exposed, he would switch to Qu Xinghan’s; if that fails, switch to Master Wu’s.

Shen Yunxian was not an option; he still had to respect the sect leader sister.

After switching forms, he put on the hood, took out the Demon Worship Sect token and the Ice Snow Divine Sect token Shen Jun had given him before, and hung them around himself, keeping his breath at the Upper-Rank Grandmaster level, and ran forward.

It was late, thick clouds rolled and moved, covering the stars and moon.

The power of the Void God reached the sky, changing the weather.

Soon, he neared the Celestial Calamity Army camp.

The giant insect responsible for vigilance sensed the standard token on Zhou Leng and allowed him entry.

Zhou Leng stepped into the Celestial Calamity Army camp, walked leisurely, secretly observing to gather important military intelligence.

The camp was bustling with various demon races, constantly coming and going.

Not only were Grandmasters seen everywhere, but there were also projections of demigods’ avatars, and occasionally even giant insect demigods.

In the distance, an enormous black sandstorm tornado swirled, surrounding the battlefield of the mother insect and the mother tree.

At the forefront of the camp, the bone tower of the Corpse King’s throne stood tall.

The Celestial Calamity Envoy stood at the top of the bone tower, watching the battle within, motionless.

In the sky, demigod giant insects were battling demigod tree-men.

Though the demigod giant insects were numerous, the demigod tree-men were near the mother tree, gaining continuous power, and had the advantage instead.

In recent days, the Demigods on both sides have fought with true fervor, with multiple Demigods dying every day.

Now, there are less than twenty giant insect Demigods and only twelve Tree-man Demigods left.

On the ground, outside the black tornado, battles below the level of Demigod rage on.

Before long, Zhou Leng sneaked into the warehouse of the Celestial Calamity Army’s camp.

It stored a massive amount of resources.

Zhou Leng glanced at the back of the Celestial Calamity Envoy on the bone tower, then at the giant insect Demigod in the sky, thought for a long time, and decided to give up.

To really burn such an important place...

Forget it, let’s give some respect to the Celestial Calamity Envoy and the mother insect.

Zhou Leng walked to the front line, found the battlefield where the Celestial Calamity Envoy was, and slowly walked over.

He found the command center of this area and walked in openly.

Several Demon Grandmasters were chatting over a map; they glanced at the Demon Worship Sect Grandmaster who entered and paid him no mind.

The commander of this area was a Four-sided Duke, a Grandmaster with four faces and a towering stature, who was speaking eloquently.

The other demons nodded frequently.

The Four-sided Duke was a famous strategist of the Demons, and the only one in the Ten Realms who could compare to the Demon Spirit Masters and human commanders in excellence.

He was in charge of millions of demons in this area.

Zhou Leng approached the Four-sided Duke, suddenly pointing at the map and speaking in an exceedingly standard Demon Language: "Look here, this is the focal point of today’s battle."

"Oh?" The demons all looked over.

Zhou Leng’s right index finger pointed at the brow of the Four-sided Duke’s right side face.

Whoosh...

A soft sound followed as a white Void-Breaking Finger Sword Qi pierced through the Four-sided Duke’s skull and flew out the other side, breaking through a spell tent.

As the body of the Four-sided Duke tilted to the ground, a powerful half-divine artifact emerged from his head, emitting divine light for protection.

Then it faded, gently falling to the ground.

The demon was dead.

"Enemy..."

Zhou Leng raised both hands, unleashing Void-Breaking Finger Sword Qi like a machine gun.

One by one, the Demon Grandmasters fell. Their bodies only had a few holes, but inside, they had been completely devastated by terrifying Power.

Ear-splitting alarms sounded outside.

Zhou Leng glanced at the floor full of demons in the command center, collected the spoils of war, and turned to flee.

His steps were soundless, appearing light as a feather.

Yet all his strength was directed nearby.

Within ten meters, any demon that approached was slain by the force penetrating the void.

Zhou Leng ran all the way, and from above, a carpet of flesh and blood could be seen stretching out in the demon camp.

All the giant insect Demigods were fighting in the sky, too preoccupied to intervene.

Nearby, a Beastman Grandmaster charged diagonally, wielding a massive spiked club ready to smash.

"Such a small human..."

Zhou Leng raised his right arm, with the hand shaped like a blade.

Before the spiked club could make contact, it seemed to hit an invisible giant wall, springing upwards, the immense force shaking free the Beastman Grandmaster’s grip, sending the club spinning and whistling into the air.

Swish...

Zhou Leng swept past.

The Beastman Grandmaster turned around in confusion. Halfway through, his head tilted and fell to the ground.

"Catch him!"

"Kill him!"

The battlefield was chaotic under the night sky, with many unable to discern the strength of the human. Numerous demons rushed over.

The blood carpet under Zhou Leng’s feet grew even redder.

In the distance, Chen Shouhu from the Tree-man Alliance Army saw this scene.

"Good, he has guts! I’ll go support him!" Chen Shouhu punched a Beastman Grandmaster away, then laughed as he charged towards Zhou Leng.

Wang Boxiong shook his head and followed.

Nearby human Grandmasters used the two as the spearhead, forming a Grandmaster assault team to break through the demon defenses and greet Zhou Leng.

"You all go back!" Zhou Leng channeled his power to project his voice, far exceeding normal speed, distorting the tone.

Chen Shouhu and Wang Boxiong found the voice somewhat familiar but didn’t think much of it, continuing to rush forward.

Elsewhere, the demons rejoiced at seeing the human Grandmasters’ squad isolated, all turning towards them.

Before long, numerous Demon Grandmasters surrounded the Tiger-Bear Grandmaster team.

With two Grandmasters leading, they did not retreat even in the thick encirclement.

A Demigod clone rushed from the side, turned away from Zhou Leng, charging at the two Tigers and Bears.

It was a massive Flame Sword Demon, as tall as two stories, its entire body ablaze, trailing a massive flaming sword in each hand.

The sword blades scraped the ground, leaving two long fire trails.

The Demigod clone, at the very least, was a king among Grandmasters.

"Let me be the one to judge them!"

The nearby Grandmasters slowed their steps, for his true self was a Demigod, the great Sword of Innocence.

Suddenly, some Grandmasters turned to look behind Sword of Innocence.

"Careful..."

The Flame Sword Demon sensed something was wrong and twisted its head, shadow flashing by.

In the corner of its vision, the two fire trails continued forward, while the human dragged two half-divine flame greatswords in both hands.

It looked down, seeing both wrists severed, and its head soon followed in falling away.

The voice left by the human echoed in the night sky.

"Did I allow you to act?"