Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 594 - 574: Water Ghoul

The deeper you go into the Sea Demon World, the stronger the pressure and the more peculiar the spiritual power becomes.

The Fish Demons move about constantly like a school of fish.

Fish-men and Blue-skinned Sea Sirens reside on certain special underwater islands.

The Ancient River Ruins are located on one such underwater island.

Unlike the fixed areas on land, these underwater islands are constantly moving, making them extremely difficult to locate, but fortunately, the information provided by the Blood of Tyranny was detailed enough.

Zhou Leng had just prepared himself and was about to continue swimming when he noticed a team of panicked Martial Artists fleeing not far away. They wore sharkskin wetsuits and used the freestyle stroke, desperately paddling to escape.

There were about fifteen or sixteen of them, pursued by a vast army of Sea Demons, numbering in the thousands.

Zhou Leng recalled that the West Sea Demon City had a "Demon Slaying Camp" trial, where they secretly infiltrated the Sea Demon World to hunt down Sea Demons.

He had been assigned to the Demon Slaying Camp before, but due to constant busyness, he never managed to go.

Thinking back, he felt somewhat regretful.

Zhou Leng dispelled his transformation, swam toward them, put an underwater speaking device in his mouth, and loudly inquired, "Are you from the Demon Slaying Camp?"

The panicking Innate Martial Artists either nodded or responded via the speaking device.

"Run! We might not make it out; they have a lot of Great Innates using us as prey to train those ordinary Innate Sea Demons!"

"Are you... Bone Forger Innates?"

True Liquid, Blood Shock, Bone Forging, Muscle, Great Innate.

Zhou Leng had only been Bone Forging for about half a year, yet mentioning it now gave him a sense of the passage of ages.

"Yes! You should go quickly!"

Zhou Leng swam straight ahead.

Upon approaching, he said, "I’ll cover the retreat; you guys withdraw."

"Huh?" More than ten people were all stunned, staring at the masked person in front of them.

Wearing no expensive underwater combat suit, just tight shorts, a hood, and a Magic Spirit Bag.

Not even having an expensive underwater propulsion Demon Spirit Artifact.

Each of them had an underwater propulsion device.

They were about to persuade him when they saw the masked man begin to swim out. Even though he was unarmed, his speed far exceeded theirs, and even many of the Sea Demons.

Swoosh...

A black shadow streaked by, passing them so quickly they couldn’t believe it.

The fastest swimming fish underwater could reach only about 40 meters per second.

The Sea Demons, gifted underwater, still have to contend with the powerful resistance of seawater. Under normal circumstances, ordinary Great Innate Sea Demons could only reach about 120 meters per second.

But the speed of this person in front clearly exceeded 150 meters per second.

Human or demon?

Before they could react, Zhou Leng charged into the school of Sea Demons.

The Sea Demons rejoiced and came charging in full cry.

A fast Sailfish Demon took the lead, its giant pointed mouth stabbing towards Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng, though unable to gain leverage in the water, easily dodged.

At the moment when the Sailfish Demon brushed past him, his right fist shot out directly.

Bang!

The seawater exploded, countless white bubbles rolling.

The seawater near Zhou Leng’s right fist instantly boiled.

As the punch was thrown, the underwater environment’s low energy transmission loss and bubble pulse effect pushed the power to its limit.

Before Zhou Leng’s right fist could touch the body of the Sailfish Demon, the seawater ahead formed a terrifying jet and impact.

The Bone Forging-stage Sailfish Demon, nearly twenty meters long, exploded into two pieces in an instant, blood mixing into the water.

Its giant fish eyes stared as it slowly turned over, belly up.

The blue-white body, resembling two pieces of torn cloth, drifted farther and farther away in the water.

"A master!" the trial takers from the Demon Slaying Camp instantly understood.

"Thank you, master!"

The trial takers fled for a while, hesitated, then deliberated, deciding they couldn’t let the master fight alone, and thus swam back.

Then they witnessed an unbelievable scene.

The Sea Demons couldn’t believe it either.

A human was slaughtering left and right among the fish, with speed faster than Innate Sea Demons and more agile body technique.

One punch, the seawater trembled, bubbles rolled, no fish could withstand his straightforward punch.

This person used no special moves, just a simple punch, and the surrounding seawater cooperated with his attack and defense like obedient soldiers.

All the water element spells became exceptionally weak upon nearing, most directly collapsing.

The trial takers originally intended to assist, but ultimately could only watch as Zhou Leng slaughtered on all sides.

At first, there were only Bone Forging Sea Demons, then Muscle Sea Demons appeared.

Finally, three swearing and cursing Great Innate Fish Demons joined the fray.

A Turtle Demon, a Sailfish Demon, and a Blue-skinned Sea Siren.

The Great Innate Fish Demons were indeed remarkable.

Ordinary Fish Demons couldn’t withstand a punch from Zhou Leng.

But the three were much tougher.

One punch sent the seawater vibrating and their bodies rolling, rendering them unconscious on the spot.

Two punches shattered their bodies.

Three punches, dead.

Zhou Leng collected the Turtle Demon and Sailfish Demon’s fish meat, and tore the Blue-skinned Sea Siren in half.

The school of fish dispersed, frantically fleeing in all directions.

The team from the Demon Slaying Camp wanted to say something, but the master left their sight, never to be found again.

"This guy is so fierce, even a Grandmaster underwater couldn’t be this casual."

"This person must be a Grandmaster."

"No way."

"This guy never used True Qi from beginning to end. To achieve this level with just physical prowess, he must be at least a Grandmaster."

"Indeed. Without using True Qi, an Upper-Rank Grandmaster could also have such destructive power, but not this flexibility."

"Let’s go, it must have been a passing Grandmaster."

"Too bad, we didn’t kill that Fish-man leader. The spell mark is still on, and the trial failed."

"There’s nothing we can do, we’re too unlucky."

The group said, as they swam out.

Zhou Leng hunted the Sea Sirens for a while, then continued to swim in the water according to the map.

Not long after, a giant shadow several kilometers long approached.

Upon closer inspection, it was an underwater island resembling a giant whale beneath the sea, moving slowly with the ocean currents.

On the island, some Fish-men resided.

Zhou Leng had a certain understanding of Sea Sirens; Sea Sirens on such small islands were generally at the Innate level, while Grandmaster Sea Sirens often lived in larger places.

Since childhood, Zhou Leng had always wanted to break into the Sea Demon World. Having not killed enough just now, he charged straight toward the underwater island.

Over a thousand Fish-men, the strongest being only a Great Innate.

Soon, Zhou Leng killed all the Fish-men, seized a treasure trove filled with pearls, gemstones, and other Sea Siren specialties, and continued onward.

Zhou Leng pressed on, killing Sea Sirens without saying a word.

Swimming along, killing along the way.

When you walk the night road too often, you will eventually encounter ghosts.

On the twelfth day, after slaughtering a school of three thousand Fish, Zhou Leng continued forward, unexpectedly encountering three Sea Siren Grandmasters among the remaining Fish-men.

These three Sea Siren Grandmasters upon learning that a human had ventured deep into the Sea Demon World, were furious and charged at Zhou Leng.

Among them was an Upper-Rank Grandmaster Sea Siren.

The three Sea Siren Grandmasters traveled at near sonic speed underwater, soon seeing Zhou Leng from afar.

"Little human, stay here!"

The Upper-Rank Grandmaster spoke awkwardly in Dragon Country language.

Zhou Leng, hearing this, suddenly turned around to see three imposing Sea Sirens charging forward, like three mountains in the sea, trailing white streaks behind them.

Zhou Leng stopped in the water, silently activated the translation function of the underwater sound device.

Then, he opened the Demonized Watch, found the photo of the Blood of Tyranny, and played it out.

The hazy image of the Blood of Tyranny looked like a sharp sword, making the three Grandmasters instantly halt their fins, staring blankly at Zhou Leng.

"I am a special envoy under the great Blood of Tyranny, lurking among humans. What kind of demon are you?"

The three Sea Siren Grandmasters’ expressions changed slightly.

"What proof do you have?" the Sea Siren Grandmaster asked.

Zhou Leng played the Martial Faith of the Blood of Tyranny, reciting the words written on it and showing them.

That Upper-Rank Grandmaster also possessed a Demon Spirit Artifact and hesitated even after translation.

Thus, Zhou Leng opened the Blood of Tyranny’s social media, reciting poetry.

Only halfway through the poem, the three Sea Siren Grandmasters looked at each other, and without a word, turned and swam away, without even asking the reason for killing the Sea Sirens.

Would the subordinates of Blood of Tyranny need a reason to kill Sea Sirens?

The three Grandmasters swam off into the distance, grumbling.

"Really unlucky, encountering a subordinate of the Blood of Tyranny."

"Forget it, can’t afford to provoke."

"The way he recites the poetry looks too much like the Blood of Tyranny. That person is definitely Blood of Tyranny’s minion, and from the Ancient Poetry Guard of the Sea Sirens; an average person can’t pull off such a guise."

"Couldn’t stand hearing it, I don’t want to suffer one of the three great tortures of the Sea Sirens."

"Swim through the dark currents long enough, you will eventually encounter water ghosts."

Zhou Leng swam along, killed along, plundered Sea Siren treasures along the way.

No wonder rumors persisted about the Zhao Family secretly trading with Sea Sirens; the average daily profit exceeded one hundred million along the way.

Occasionally encountering Sea Siren Grandmasters, he directly used the Blood of Tyranny to block.

The Sea Siren Grandmasters weren’t fools; at first, they were half-believing but as soon as Zhou Leng began reciting poetry, they all reacted the same, turning to leave.

Later, Zhou Leng figured out the pattern. Upon encountering a Grandmaster, after stating his identity, he directly recited poetry, and the other party simply left.

Later, Zhou Leng captured a Sea Siren, asking for the truth.

Two years ago, a Sea Siren Grandmaster insulted the poetry of the Blood of Tyranny, openly rebuking that Blood of Tyranny’s poetry was fish manure, listening to his poetry equaled enduring one of the three great tortures of the Sea Sirens.

Soon after, Blood of Tyranny exterminated his entire clan and took him away.

Half a year later, that Sea Siren Grandmaster reappeared, but had gone mad.

He couldn’t speak, had lost his mind, but could recite the poetry of the Blood of Tyranny, clearly articulating in the original Dragon Country language, with no translation.

Wherever he swam, he recited, constantly wandering among the various clans of the Sea Demon World.

Whatever others did, he didn’t care, only reciting poetry.

But if someone mocked the poetry, he would suddenly strike out in violence, a frenzy of slaughter.

After the killing, he would act as if nothing had happened, reciting the Blood of Tyranny’s poetry.

He had become Blood of Tyranny’s most successful warning.

Since then, no one dared criticize the Blood of Tyranny’s poetry.

And Blood of Tyranny’s most elite guard was named by him as the Ancient Poetry Guard.

Having heard all this, Zhou Leng slapped the captured Sea Siren to death.

"Blood of Tyranny is truly a lunatic; it’s right to stay away from him... For safety’s sake, I’ll memorize some of his poems too..."

After an eventful journey, Zhou Leng finally reached the water island marked on the Blood of Tyranny’s map.

Landing on the island, he began searching amidst the seaweed-covered island.

Not long after, Zhou Leng found the entrance marked on the map.

Blood of Tyranny had said this entrance was covered in thick seaweed planted by him.

But now, a large amount of seaweed had been torn away, revealing part of the entrance.

After pondering for a long while, Zhou Leng swam inside, advancing tens of meters through the narrow passage, until a faint light appeared ahead.

He reached out, attempting to touch.

Swoosh!

He was sucked in by a massive force.

Everything went dark then light; Zhou Leng found himself in an abandoned plaza.

The plaza had collapsed, buildings toppled down, and some weeds grew on the ground.

Not far away, a group of Sea Sirens all looked over.