Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 742 - 716: Gifted Sword

Some believed, some doubted, and some felt Zhou Leng was being modest while showing off.

What does "I’ve obtained quite a few Celestial Ladders" mean?

Zhu Shiji replied: "I originally suspected you’ve ascended to Martial Saint, now I don’t doubt it anymore. However, this kind of thing can’t be concealed for long. Ascend to Middle-Rank or Upper-Rank soon, by then, you can fearlessly face most Demigods."

"No, I really haven’t ascended to Martial Saint."

"The Dragon Country will rely on you in the future."

"You’re overthinking."

Zhu Shiji completely ignored him and continued: "When the second round of trials begins, visit the Demon Purgatory often. That Ancient Beast Blood should be very important. By the way, thank you for your Headless God components. The headquarters will send someone to retrieve them immediately. The items from various realms are being slowly transported, whatever you specifically requested will be delivered to the Ancient River Research Bureau."

A few days ago, too many newly promoted and Lower-Rank Demigods were killed, even if some were smashed and some accidentally killed, a large number of Headless God components were still accumulated.

Zhou Leng has decided, to freely lend them to the frontline Ancient River Sect disciples, non-Ancient River Sect disciples cannot acquire them.

Three hours later, the Ancient River Sect disciples from Xiong City arrived.

Since it was a secret mission, they only knew to receive Headless God components, the rest was unknown.

Seeing Zhou Leng appear, these Innate Masters and Grandmasters stood straight and shouted loudly, "Greetings, Senior Brother!"

Zhou Leng’s identity as the Ancient River Sect’s senior brother had long been exposed. After the Zhao Palace battle, he not only became an idol for Dragon Country martial artists but also for martial artists worldwide.

Now, his popularity rivals that of a Martial Saint.

In the hearts of young people, his status even surpasses Martial Saints from other countries.

Zhou Leng nodded and scanned these Ancient River Sect disciples, all of whom are elite soldiers of the Demon City Army or Martial Guard, top choices in every aspect.

"Let’s go, Headless God cannot be placed in ordinary Magic Spirit Bags, let’s go together to the airport warehouse, then you can pack it onto the plane."

Perplexed, the group, consisting of over twenty people who also drove multiple cars, wondered why Senior Brother needed to personally go.

Perhaps it’s convenient?

Senior Brother truly was courteous.

The group got into their cars and arrived at the airport’s special warehouse.

With a touch of the Starry Sky Bag, heaps of Demon or Half-Beast corpses surged out.

Many Demon bodies were gigantic, soon forming several hills in the spacious warehouse.

The intense Demigod aura and Divine Blood aura stimulated everyone’s nerves.

The transport personnel stared dazedly, if not for the strong Demigod aura from these items, they would have thought they had arrived at a slaughterhouse.

A typical slaughterhouse wouldn’t kill so many pigs in a day.

"Alright, a total of 2935 pieces."

Zhou Leng waved to his junior brothers and walked outside.

In the Starry Sky Bag, there were still some Demigod corpses, mainly Demon Dragons and beast-like Demigods.

Eating supplements is one of the foundations for cultivation, cannot be forgotten.

As for other important parts of Demigod corpses, like Divine Blood, they have been collected together, and then Demon Spirit Masters are invited to refine Demonized Items.

Demigod materials have always been scarce.

After Zhou Leng left the warehouse, the responsible Innate and Grandmasters looked at each other.

"With this quantity... the Demons have some good things coming."

"No wonder rumors say the Blood of Tyranny is also our Ancient River Sect disciple, it’s confirmed now. These must be the spoils of Brother Blood of Tyranny."

"Senior Brother has such great influence, to acquire so much from Blood of Tyranny."

"He must have paid a huge price, Blood of Tyranny is no ordinary person."

"Indeed, he must have endured grievances."

"We must not disappoint Senior Brother’s expectations. He dared to kill Zhao Hao; we dare not, but we’ll kill more Demons."

"Who said the task was easy before coming?" a Grandmaster asked.

"These Headless God components... they’re quite fresh, the contained power is too strong, can’t let ordinary people pack them. Guys, what are you waiting for? Start packing!"

A group of Innate and Grandmasters ranked among the top in Xiong City, changed into work clothes and went to work.

That night, the Headless God components were accurately distributed to Ancient River Sect Grandmasters or Innate Masters nationwide.

Early the next morning, the martial artists who refined the Headless God components couldn’t resist, launching attacks on Demons in various Demon Cities.

With a massive amount of Headless God components, the human armies won several battles in various Demon Cities, shattering the Demon Alliance’s cohesion.

Zhou Leng returned to the Ancient River Research Bureau, reviewing the latest intelligence.

The current statistics show that for the first layer of Ascension to Divinity Ladder, the Ten Realms has lost at least three thousand Demigods.

If the count is complete, up to four thousand might have fallen.

This number is unimaginable.

Among them, the Demon Purgatory, with the most Demigods, contributed a large number of Demon Demigods.

Now, Demon Demigods are furious, not because so many Demigods died.

But because the benefits flowed to outsiders’ hands.

After the first layer of Celestial Ladder released Celestial Ladder Star, the Demon Purgatory Lords made a decision.

To prevent the Blood of Tyranny from sneaking into the Demon Purgatory again, they changed the Starry Sky Divine Artifact "Eye of All-Knowing" to "Death’s Gaze" state.

During the Celestial Tier Trial phase, Eye of All-Knowing will search for the Blood of Tyranny across the entire Eighteen Layers of Demon Purgatory.

Thus, Eye of All-Knowing cannot be used for other purposes, but as long as it can stop Blood of Tyranny, everything is worth it.

Back when Blood of Tyranny was a Grandmaster, he gave headaches to the Demon Purgatory Demigods. After he ascended to Demigod, the Demon Demigods were without a solution.

After receiving the intelligence, Zhou Leng, with gratitude, praised Senior Brother’s latest poem.

Shortly after posting, Blood of Tyranny responded.

Turns out, he was on Blue Star.

"Zhou Leng, you’re well-connected across all realms. Help me investigate which bastard is using my name to secretly kill Demon Demigods."

Zhou Leng paused for a few seconds, then quickly replied, "Rest assured, Senior Brother, I’ll do my best to catch that bastard."

"You haven’t advanced to Martial Saint, can you travel between realms? Is it you?"

"When you were a Grandmaster, you certainly could do it. But I am far behind you from back then. Although I want to, I truly can’t achieve it. Even if I risked my life, I could only kill those like Zhao Hao with conflicting power, at most a few weak newly advanced demigods. Against something stronger, there’s no chance."

"Makes sense. By the way, can you help me identify what this thing is?"

Zhou Leng looked at the photo.

Divine Communication Order, previously obtained one on the Celestial Tier Battlefield.

Over a conversation with Crystal Sky Dust, it was mentioned that even a family rich in star territories and possessing Void God has to pay a huge price for a Divine Communication Order and yet might not succeed.

"Where did you get it from?"

"Remember the period when secret treasures were scrambled for by Grandmasters?"

"I recall." Zhou Leng was somewhat dazed; it was a long time ago.

"As a Grandmaster, I didn’t encounter it. Once I advanced to Martial Saint, I happened upon a group of Demon Grandmasters fighting over this, killed them all."

Zhou Leng remembered the Martial Guard’s intel; previously in a Demon City of Demon Purgatory, more than three thousand Demon Grandmasters mysteriously disappeared. Turns out it was the work of Blood of Tyranny.

"This thing called Divine Communication Order is a special cosmic qualification..."

"Obtaining a Divine Communication Order, one gets attention from the Ascension to Divinity Ring, can enter ’Ascension Cloud Realm’. I don’t know its specifics, but it’s a trial ground for demigods..."

"Even without attention from the Ascension to Divinity Ring, one can enter the Ascension Cloud Realm, but the benefits might be fewer..."

"This is a universe-level treasure, make sure to keep it safe."

Blood of Tyranny replied, "If it’s that important, I’ll carry it with me. Hmm... I have a treasure that allows travel between realms, you must have guessed."

"All Ten Realms have guessed."

"If you want to use it, I can lend it to you for a few days, but you must let me know in advance."

"Alright."

"Don’t forget to find that bastard framing me."

"Certainly!" Zhou Leng sent a small emoji of a clenched fist striving forward.

Ending the chat, gazed silently into the distance.

Things seem a bit troublesome.

Blood of Tyranny can kill Upper Demigods, likely already advanced to Upper Demigod, a progress far exceeding the previous talents of his caliber.

For instance, the Red Eyes might still be Lower-Rank, Middle-Rank at best.

Unless there’s an accident, he might be a small genius of Celestial Region rank, even a chosen one in the Sea Demon World.

As long as no encounter occurs, there should be no issue.

After handling miscellaneous tasks, Zhou Leng went to Xiong City to pay respect to the heroic crusaders Wang Boxiong, Chen Shouhu, and Li Shenkong.

Following the fall of the Zhao Clan, they were honorably placed in a public mausoleum.

Later on, Zhou Leng, as an Honor Court Senator, held several high-profile meetings at the Supreme Court, mainly discussing preparations for Ascension Divinity Ladder and various matters of Ten Realms War.

Returning to Rucheng, Li Shenkong’s sister visited.

She held the Star-slaying Sword with both hands and handed it over. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

"My brother said, you are more suited to wield the Star-slaying Sword. If he cannot return, it must be entrusted to you."

Zhou Leng thanked her, accepted the Star-slaying Sword with both hands, and quietly observed its sheath.

The girl bowed to Zhou Leng, turned away, wiping tears as she walked.

Zhou Leng held the sword, remembering all encounters with Li Shenkong, looked up at the high Ascension to Divinity Ladder, silent for a long time.

Suddenly, a familiar cry came from not afar.

Looking outside the research institute, a big yellow dog was barking out there.

Seeing Zhou Leng looking over, Huang squinted his eyes and smiled, wagging his tail vigorously.

"Come in!" Zhou Leng shouted.

Huang easily jumped over the iron fence, rushed to Zhou Leng, stood on two hind legs, placed his forelegs on Zhou Leng’s shoulders, tongue flopping out.

"Hey, Huang!" Xu Qingjin was in the distance.

Huang looked at Zhou Leng, Zhou Leng nodded slightly, Huang dashed to Xu Qingjin, began to romp with Xu Qingjin.

After enough play, Huang came back running, tugging at Zhou Leng’s pants, trying to leave.

"Going to walk the ancestral path?" Zhou Leng asked.

Huang nodded repeatedly.

Zhou Leng glanced at the sky-high Celestial Ladder, and now the second-tier Celestial Tier Trial hadn’t started, just the right time for the ancestral path.

If he leads the Eight-toothed Mammoth clan through the ancestral path, the ancestral blessing received would be unimaginable.

After all, Fierce Beast is a descendant of Stellar Ancient Beast.

Suddenly recalled, the second-tier Celestial Tier Trial would produce Ancestor Beast’s blood, likely some kind of Stellar Ancient Beast’s blood.

Zhou Leng made some preparations, left following Huang, heading straight to the Fierce Beast World.

Old Capital Demon City.

Rao Xuan led an enormous team of over three thousand through the boundary between Old Capital Demon City and Fierce Beast World, arrived in Fierce Beast World.

Under Flying Mountain Fierce Bear’s guidance, they reached a secluded valley.

Through guessing and gestures, they learned a great battle was about to erupt, they could only operate within nearby areas.

Once the battle concluded, Flying Mountain Fierce Bear could join its affiliated Demigod group to proceed to the Mountain King Treasure.

Zhao’s remnant members stayed in the valley, quietly waiting.