Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 705 - 684: Standing Tall

But, this human, who should have been weak and frail, stood up.

However, he was in a state of shock from the blow.

Only after taking a punch did he understand why the Celestial Calamity Envoy did not care about him, a Grandmaster King.

Not even when he was causing chaos in the demon camp, the Celestial Calamity Envoy couldn’t be bothered to look.

The levels of power between them were worlds apart.

When that punch landed, it was as if an entire planet had struck him, causing the whole world to collapse.

In that instant, he even thought of death.

Unimaginable despair engulfed his entire being, covered every cell of his body.

Any other Grandmaster King would have died instantly.

Because the will to live was shattered by that punch.

But for someone who has endured the torment of the Gate of Purgatory, dying a few times, does that even matter?

Zhou Leng looked down, his expression grim.

Previously, when he encountered the Crocodile Bear God at the True King Land, his injuries weren’t even this severe.

The bruises on his body might take several hours to disappear.

Just one punch.

"You’re such a cheat," Zhou Leng said.

The Celestial Calamity Envoy laughed merrily: "Interesting, so interesting. You are the most interesting person I have encountered during my divine descent this time. I’m delighted. I don’t want to kill you anymore. Kneel, surrender, I shall grant you eternal life."

"Grant me eternal life first, then we’ll talk," Zhou Leng said earnestly.

The two communicated through Divine Text.

"Oh, I almost forgot, you cultivate the Great Sun Divine Skill and East Wind Fist, inheriting the will of the East Monarch, neither kneeling to Heaven nor bowing to gods. Then, I will beat you until you kneel, beat you until you lose, beat you until your Martial Arts Will collapses! However... at that time, I will kill you."

As the Celestial Calamity Envoy spoke, he stepped towards Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng touched his wound and said, "Come on, then!"

After saying this, he unleashed a punch, still the fastest in an instant.

But at this moment, the Heart and Mind Shadow Splitting Battle Technique dissipated.

There was no way to win through any technique before him.

The Heart and Mind Shadow was a mystical force gathered by a Martial Artist’s own experience and Martial Arts Power.

It allowed one to sense in advance the possible right move.

But before the Celestial Calamity Envoy, it was all illusion.

"Then let’s..."

Zhou Leng immediately canceled the Heart and Mind Shadow Splitting Battle Technique, replacing it with the No Return Battle Technique and Mountain River Guardian Technique, striking simultaneously.

No Return Battle Technique, unceasing advance, never retreating.

Mountain River Guardian Technique, combined with Martial Arts Will and Spiritual Power, shattering heaven and earth.

But in the Martial Arts World, stood a profound black mountain.

All Martial Arts Will was firmly locked by the profound black mountain.

Mountain River Guardian Technique failed.

Having lost yet another power, Zhou Leng felt a sense of calm.

It doesn’t matter.

The opponent is a Divine Spirit, where anything is possible.

All external powers could vanish.

But the sweat and blood shed over the years would not disappear.

Punch with no return, as the east wind strikes.

In this instant, Zhou Leng truly grasped the No Return Battle Technique.

No regret in death, no shame in defeat.

Though divine, onward I go.

The fist force suppressed by the Celestial Calamity Envoy exploded with a roar.

Within several meters, the flames of fist force formed by wind and fire surged fiercely.

A punch was thrown.

This punch was enough to obliterate a demigod’s avatar, to match a newly ascended demigod evenly.

But the Celestial Calamity God gently waved his left hand, and the starlight pushed back Zhou Leng’s power.

Then, from dozens of meters away, a light punch.

A phantom of a blue star wrapped around the silhouette of the celestial envoy’s fist, instantly appearing before Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng had no way to dodge and was struck in the chest and abdomen again.

Once more, he flew backwards.

This time, his entire chest and abdomen were crushed by the immense force, internal organs spraying outward.

A multitude of Star Phoenix Feathers flew from his spinal cord, combining with the Tree-man’s Divine Techniques to form an invisible force, dragging back the exposed intestines, kidneys, liver, and lungs...

Before Zhou Leng’s eyes, the world crumbled once again.

Unimaginable, horrifying force pressed down upon him.

Every cell in his body fell silent instantly.

No strength left to cry, no strength left to fear.

Only deathly stillness remained.

"Is this the power of a Divine Spirit..."

Zhou Leng was truly in despair, crashing onto a tree branch and sliding backwards.

The Celestial Calamity Envoy narrowed his eyes, took a fierce step forward, his body trembling violently, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, his moves faltering, yet he forced himself onward.

In one step, he appeared before Zhou Leng.

A punch, aimed at Zhou Leng’s forehead.

He knew he could not drag this out.

Punch by punch, even to death, he could not kill this stubborn human.

He was even somewhat baffled how a Grandmaster could withstand power surpassing that of a demigod?

Even if only a little.

Seeing the punch about to land on his forehead, his brain about to explode, Zhou Leng suddenly opened his eyes and rolled his body.

Bam!

The Celestial Calamity Envoy’s punch struck the tree branch of the Mother Tree.

The massive shockwave propelled Zhou Leng’s body, causing him to continue rolling sideways.

The Celestial Calamity Envoy’s eyes slightly narrowed, he kicked the ground, but his other foot suddenly stumbled, his body staggered a few steps, forced to stop.

He took several heavy breaths, the blood at the corner of his mouth reversed.

Zhou Leng stood up, his body thickening and recovering as if inflated.

"You’re almost done for... ugh..."

As Zhou Leng spoke, bloodied lung tissue emerged from his mouth, which he then swallowed back down.

His body wriggled rapidly, readjusting, healing, mending.

"Oh."

The Celestial Calamity Envoy took another step forward with a peculiar Stepping Technique, arriving close to Zhou Leng and launched a punch.

Zhou Leng hurriedly dodged.

Boom!

His right shoulder was hit, causing his body to lean backward, but he did not fall.

He turned his head to look and saw his right shoulder was reduced to a thin sheet.

"Celestial Calamity Envoy, if you are truly a god, if you have any face, then don’t use divine power! Have the courage to suppress your power to the level of a Grandmaster King, and let’s have a fair fight to the death! Otherwise, even in death, I will look down upon you! Worthless god, just a damn cheat!"

Seeing that he couldn’t win, Zhou Leng was forced to employ the method from the "Giant Dragon Survival Manual".

At the same time, the image of the Celestial Calamity Envoy’s punches flashed repeatedly in his mind.

In an instant, flickering hundreds of times.

I can’t understand, completely can’t understand.

So strong, inexplicably powerful.

"These Ten Realms are my game."

The Celestial Calamity Envoy was indifferent, taking another step.

His body swayed, his footing unsteady, but in the moment of stepping, he seemed to possess unbelievable power, turning into an afterimage, precisely arriving beside Zhou Leng, throwing a punch to engulf Zhou Leng in the attack range.

This punch still surrounded the asteroid belt.

Still unavoidable.

Zhou Leng suddenly raised his hand, dragon and tiger converging.

A dragon and a tiger, flying across the sky, collided with the Celestial Calamity Envoy’s fist.

The Celestial Calamity Envoy remained unmoved, while Zhou Leng flew backward like a kite with a broken string.

Both arms cracked inch by inch.

"Hmm?"

In mid-air, Zhou Leng’s eyes widened.

His arms were crippled, but he didn’t feel that near-death sensation.

The Celestial Calamity Envoy struck again, and a Half-Divine Artifact appeared on Zhou Leng.

Bang!

The figure flew backward, and the Half-Divine Artifact shattered.

With the buffering of the Half-Divine Artifact, enough time was gained for healing, and the injuries were almost completely healed.

Zhou Leng drew the Flame Greatsword with both hands and slashed madly at the Celestial Calamity Envoy from dozens of meters away.

The Celestial Calamity Envoy used only his left hand, yet it could manifest countless hand shadows.

Each time Zhou Leng swung the Greatsword, his left hand would magically pinch the blade.

Grasping the bare blade with bare hands every time.

Zhou Leng slashed a thousand times, and the Celestial Calamity Envoy pinched a thousand times.

Two high-grade Half-Divine Artifacts cracked, exploded, fragments scattered with a whistling sound, flying out of the tree canopy.

In the distance, the demigod avatar of the Sword of Innocence looked up at the glow from the tree canopy and sighed softly.

These days, Zhou Leng had accumulated a large number of Half-Divine Artifacts.

After getting injured, he used them to buy time.

The body recovered, confronting the Celestial Calamity Envoy head-on.

Severely injured with a punch, then use a Half-Divine Artifact...

Each Half-Divine Artifact was shattered by the Celestial Calamity Envoy.

Finally, only the Frost Giant’s Ice God Armor remained.

One punch!

The Ice God Armor suffered heavy damage but didn’t break, its power exhausted.

Zhou Leng hurriedly put it away.

The second punch arrived.

A star flickered in Zhou Leng’s eyes.

With a flick of his right hand, dense star cores and numerous cosmic gems flew out, divine light like a river, the brilliant destructive Star Power connected in a piece, illuminating the entire tree canopy.

From afar, everyone saw different colored lines of destructive Star Power rising into the sky.

Everyone who originally wanted to join the battle put away their thoughts, turned around, pretending not to have seen.

The top of the mother tree.

The massive destructive Star Power fell on the two of them.

On the surface of Zhou Leng’s body, crackling sounds, flashes of fire and electricity were emitted.

The surface of the Celestial Calamity Envoy’s skin quickly changed color, turning black.

An avatar, just an avatar.

The young giant’s body could not withstand the massive destructive Star Power.

Even as powerful as the Celestial Calamity Envoy, faced with the destructive Star Power, either used divine edict to evade or got injured.

"You..."

The Celestial Calamity Envoy stomped violently, terrifying power transmitting along the branches.

One after another, dense star cores were shaken off, bouncing in all directions.

Among the myriad divine lights, a figure appeared on the right side of the Celestial Calamity Envoy.

The Celestial Calamity Envoy turned, but was a step slow.

Because, his right arm was gone.

Boom!

Zhou Leng punched, striking the Celestial Calamity Envoy’s right shoulder.

The Celestial Calamity Envoy flew sideways, trying to control his body, but because his body had just been illuminated by a large amount of destructive Star Power, its functions were impaired.

The will of the Celestial Calamity Envoy, strong as a god.

His body, after all, just a young giant.

Before his body hit the ground, Zhou Leng kicked his face.

Treading on his head, stomping him into the ground.

Boom!

The Celestial Calamity Envoy’s body crashed heavily to the ground, rebounding into the air, Zhou Leng’s right leg, like an entwined dragon pillar, swept out heavily.

The Celestial Calamity Envoy flew high, tracing an arc in the sky, falling toward the distance of the tree canopy.

Outside the mother tree, some of the demigod avatars blinked desperately, some rubbed their eyes repeatedly.

They all remained silent.

After a long time, one person said, "Do we need to help His Majesty?"

"If His Majesty needs help, he will definitely say so."

The demigod avatars continued to wait.

Atop the mother tree canopy, Zhou Leng and the Celestial Calamity Envoy began a new round of combat.

The Celestial Calamity Envoy’s every punch contained powerful Void God Fist Force.

But, his body couldn’t withstand it.

This led to every punch not being able to be fully exerted.

Even so, with just one punch, Zhou Leng’s body would still be severely damaged.

But, he quickly recovered.

Zhou Leng charged forward again and again, and was knocked back repeatedly.

Gradually, his body’s recovery ability began to weaken.

Zhou Leng’s body encountered the greatest destructive force of his life.

The power of the gods slowly eroded the mortal body.

The mysterious black divine mountain continued to exude intense divine might.

Getting stronger and stronger.

The entire world seemed to be pressing down on itself.

Zhou Leng, punched after punched out, punched after punched struck the body.

A mortal Grandmaster’s True Qi couldn’t handle the Celestial Calamity Envoy.

But Zhou Leng’s punches contained starry True Energy.

The two collided with three punches, in a massive air explosion, stumbling backward simultaneously.

Zhou Leng’s body, flesh squirmed.

The Celestial Calamity Envoy’s body, flesh shattered.