Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 529 - 512: Evenly Matched

Finally he said, "My identity among the Giants is different. After I leave, if you encounter any difficulties, go directly to the Giants. This time, they won’t stand by like before. With your qualifications, you will surely be able to join the Celestial Bone Army."

Xu Ming asked, "You’ve passed the full Shenwei trial. Celestial Bone City will definitely want to keep you, right?"

"They already want to keep me."

"What do you think?"

"I want to leave. By the way, do you know He Pengfei?" Zhou Leng asked.

Xu Ming’s eyes moved, and he said, "The Great Innate who entered years ago, listed on a special roster."

He didn’t say it outright, but Zhou Leng immediately understood that He Pengfei indeed entered with a special mission.

"He said he would help me leave Celestial Bone City, but the success rate isn’t high. In theory, he should be trustworthy, and he has helped me a lot inside."

Xu Ming said, "You go to the second trial with peace of mind, I’ll enter Celestial Bone City, meet up with Senior He, and find a way to get you out."

"It’s the two of us. You shouldn’t stay here either."

Xu Ming nodded, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Did you hear about someone named Xu Yong, fifty or sixty years old, who came in a few years before He Pengfei? He... is my father."

Zhou Leng carefully recalled and said, "I haven’t seen him, I’ll ask the other Celestial Bone Warriors."

Then, Zhou Leng found other Celestial Bone Warriors and inquired about Xu Yong.

Two of them had seen Xu Yong, so they talked about some related matters.

Finally, they mentioned that Xu Yong died in a trial, during which only He Pengfei survived and left.

Zhou Leng went back and told Xu Ming everything as it was.

Xu Ming lowered his head slightly, saying nothing.

After a long time, he raised his head, expressionless, and said, "You go complete your trial, we’ll continue the Shenwei trial."

Zhou Leng wanted to say something but didn’t, finally patted Xu Ming’s shoulder, took heavy steps, and turned to walk out.

"Wait for me to return from the second trial, upgrade to a Celestial Bone Warrior, then we’ll leave together," Zhou Leng said loudly and strode out.

Xu Ming watched Zhou Leng’s back.

Four Celestial Bone Warriors escorted Zhou Leng to the edge of the residual Celestial Bone Power and turned to leave.

Zhou Leng followed the map into a forest.

This place was called Peeler Land, inhabited by the Peeler Tribe. They were skinless, with their flesh exposed, humanoid but ran on all fours like tigers and wolves. Their claws were sharp, usually over three meters long, like a strong horse.

Generally, they were at the Bone Forging and Muscle Innate levels, with Great Innates being very rare.

But they were numerous, and their bodies were extremely poisonous.

In Celestial Bone City, he had met several Peeler Tribe Celestial Bone Warriors.

The map even clearly showed the gathering places of various Peeler Tribe villages.

Zhou Leng ran straight according to the map.

To conserve True Qi and Power, he didn’t use Qi Manipulation to run, maintaining a speed of about a hundred meters per second.

Before long, he encountered hundreds of the bloody Peeler Tribe.

They howled excitedly, pouncing over with excitement.

Zhou Leng calmly took out the Frost Cry Sword, and where the frosty color passed, no one was left alive.

In a short time, Zhou Leng sheathed the Frost Cry Sword and continued forward.

Behind him lay the corpses of the Peeler Tribe scattered everywhere.

In the space wooden box, there were some strange things with an energy aura and some unknown Medicinal Fruits.

Before long, another team of the Peeler Tribe chased over, got slaughtered, collected the spoils, and moved on.

Then, he encountered a third batch of Peeler Tribe. They were much angrier than before, not looking like a chance encounter but a deliberate pursuit.

Zhou Leng killed them effortlessly.

Soon, the fourth batch of Peeler Tribe arrived, this time numbering over a thousand.

There were several Great Innates among them, even spitting out a strange arrowhead.

Even the powerful Taiqing Sea Robe couldn’t block it, as it shot through his abdomen.

Fortunately, the arrowhead itself was not highly toxic, only containing destructive Star Power, which was resolved by the Undying Star Body.

As for the skin-peeling poison inside, it was directly sealed off by his strong flesh and expelled.

Zhou Leng killed this batch of Peeler Tribe, picked up the strange arrowhead, looked at the wound on his body that was slow to heal, and squinted his eyes.

Seconds later, he turned and headed towards the nearest Peeler Tribe gathering place marked on the map.

In the Great Battlefield wilderness, Grandmaster level lifeforms are not allowed to exist.

All life that advances to the Grandmaster level will be drawn by the Divine Spirit power of the Great Battlefield, becoming soldiers of the Divine Spirit.

The Grandmasters of the Peeler Tribe eventually all entered Celestial Bone City.

When Zhou Leng arrived at the Peeler Tribe village, he transformed into a butcher, starting a silent slaughter.

The Peeler Tribe quickly found the enemy and gathered together.

Zhou Leng donned the legendary battle axe he obtained from a Beastman, charged into the Peeler Tribe, slaughtered for a while, and quickly left.

Not long after, he charged in again and slaughtered once more.

The Peeler Tribe did not surrender or flee.

Zhou Leng did not give up or leave.

The two sides stubbornly battled slowly.

Finally, Zhou Leng slaughtered the entire Peeler Tribe village, then went around the village, collecting a lot of things from the Great Battlefield.

This even included a piece of the Martial Shadow Wall, unfortunately time had worn it down.

Just as he walked out of the Peeler Tribe village, another team of Peeler Tribe, slightly different from this village, came howling with eyes filled with hatred.

Zhou Leng glanced at the Peeler Tribe village behind him, remained silent for a moment, then charged towards the approaching Peeler Tribe.

Afterwards, following the direction from which these Peeler Tribe came, he charged towards a second Peeler Tribe village.

Until he exterminated three Peeler Tribe villages, the entire forest suddenly became friendly, encountering no more enemies.

Zhou Leng ran out of the forest safely.

Behind him, unnoticed, rows of blood spheres formed a full wall.

The map provided by Celestial Bone City wasn’t completely accurate, but the margin of error wasn’t large.

Zhou Leng stayed far away from the Divine Spirit forces.

Among them were even some places previously mentioned by the Queen of Red Eyes, advising to enter and acquire treasures if seen.

Zhou Leng didn’t think twice and quickly evaded.

The teams of Grandmasters in Heavenly Bone City proved that the Great Battlefield was far more dangerous than imagined.

Along the way, he constantly encountered battlefield Exotic Beasts at the Innate level.

Either they lived in large groups or were individually powerful, their overall strength was top-tier in the Ten Realms.

Zhou Leng was no exception.

Most of the time, Zhou Leng charged through without hesitation, slaughtering his way through.

Occasionally, when he encountered a few beings with terrifying auras, he used Lightweight Skill and ran off immediately.

Their aura was extremely similar to Deep Dark Fury, likely Starry Sky Bloodline left here.

Those Starry Sky Bloodline beings were also very clever; upon sensing Zhou Leng’s extraordinary aura and lack of combat intent, they hesitated but ultimately decided to let it go.

Along the way, he checked the map and saw the distance was quite far.

At a speed of 360 km/h, it would take at least three days of non-stop running to reach there.

With no choice, Zhou Leng began Qi Manipulation, using Lightweight Skill, accelerating to 800 km/h, consuming Pills or flesh whenever his True Qi fell to three-quarters.

Occasionally, for testing his body, he ran at full speed, exceeding supersonic speed, with a speed approaching 1300 km/h.

After reaching this speed, his body endured immense resistance, feeling completely different from usual running.

But it seemed the Innate body possessed unique talents that could greatly reduce resistance when running at high speed.

Soon, he arrived at an area known as the Long Sleep Area.

Zhou Leng slowed down, reduced his noise, and ran along the edge of the Long Sleep Area.

Within the Long Sleep Area lay the power of a Divine Spirit.

Zhou Leng concentrated fully as he ran across the vast grassland.

And not far from the grassland lay the Long Sleep Area, a boundless black forest without leaves that stretched endlessly.

As he was about to bypass the Long Sleep Area, a massive shadow five meters tall rushed from afar and suddenly changed direction.

Zhou Leng stepped on the ground, creating a massive pit with each step, and then leaped over a hundred meters.

In mid-air, Zhou Leng looked at the shadow.

An old acquaintance, the Undying Knight.

Zhou Leng snorted lightly, ignored him, and continued onward.

Completing the trial was more important.

Without completing the trial, he might not be able to leave here.

The Undying Knight chased relentlessly, like a black tornado, accelerating to keep up.

Zhou Leng ran for a while, and seeing that the Undying Knight was still following, he immediately slowed down, swallowed a Pill, and waited for his True Qi to recover, then stopped and turned around.

They looked at each other from a distance.

Zhou Leng observed carefully; compared to before, the Undying Knight seemed a little larger, the black mist forming his body was denser and faintly glowed.

The tip of his black Knight’s Spear had a silver glow that wasn’t there before.

After not meeting for days, the Undying Knight’s strength had also improved.

The Undying Knight’s face, made of black mist, was like a sculpture, without joy or sorrow.

The two sides grew closer and closer.

Bang...

The Undying Knight suddenly accelerated, charging supersonically.

Zhou Leng dragged the Beastman’s legendary axe with his right hand, his body slightly sunk, cracking the ground beneath him, raising a storm of dirt as he also charged towards the Undying Knight within a ring of white shockwave.

The two supersonic warriors below the Grandmaster level met head-on.

The spear and the giant axe collided like two meteors in mid-air.

A piercing sound erupted, and dazzling sparks shot out.

Their forms halted simultaneously.

The hooves of the giant horse under the Undying Knight sank deep into the mud, and his powerful form was forcibly halted.

Zhou Leng, using the recoil, retreated while turning his body, swirling like a great vortex, accumulating terrifying power.

Boom...

In the instant his body faced forward again, the giant axe flew out, tearing the air and smashing towards the giant horse’s chest.

Zhou Leng stepped on the ground, leaping high, directly aiming for the Undying Knight’s head.

The Undying Knight stood upright, stabbing a thousand times with his right hand spear towards the giant axe.

His left hand lifted and instantly transformed into a white bone giant hand over two meters long, grabbing at Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng stomped and shattered the white bone giant hand, but with insufficient remaining strength, he fell downward.

Bang!

The giant axe and the spear clashed, causing the Undying Knight’s form to pause, almost losing grip on the spear.

Zhou Leng executed a Thousand-Pound Weight, stepping on the straight knight’s spear, then leaping using the force, kicking towards the Undying Knight’s head.

The Undying Knight opened his mouth, and countless ghostly undead heads flew out, carrying immense impact, forcing Zhou Leng to change course midway.

The two sides exchanged blows repeatedly.

In mid-range, the Undying Knight used the knight’s spear to resolve the situation.

Once Zhou Leng got close, he used various necromancy spells.

Even as Zhou Leng’s strength had greatly increased, with each punch and kick containing immense power, he couldn’t overcome the Undying Knight.

The Undying Knight was strong, but against the actively attacking Zhou Leng, he couldn’t secure a victory.

His strength was immense, but Zhou Leng’s strength was not inferior to his.

His speed was also extremely fast, but Zhou Leng now also reached supersonic speed.

One used spells, the other martial arts, each excelling in their domains.

The two fought continuously for a full half hour. Zhou Leng began to sweat, and the smoke around the Undying Knight became unstable, yet the battle was still undetermined.

Finally, after consecutive attacks, Zhou Leng stepped on the horse’s head, his body borrowing the momentum to fly back in a beautiful arc, his arms outstretched like a graceful crane.

"This time, we’re even; next time, I’ll take your head... demon."

After saying this, Zhou Leng ran off again toward the direction of the Starry Gravestone.