Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 656 - 635: Fist Imprint

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The blood of the Divine Lake became more intense, steam rising from the lake surface, condensing into a dense fog.

Within the dense fog, an unusual force was contained, faintly forming the shadow of a Giant Dragon.

That Giant Dragon shadow carried immense pressure.

The three Demigod Dragon Carp People glanced at each other, hesitated for a long time, slowly knelt down, then carefully observed the dragon shadow, feeling the power of the Divine Spirit.

At the bottom of the Divine Lake, Zhou Leng emitted light from his entire body.

True star energy rapidly circulated inside his body, illuminating his skin.

The lightning stream of the Undying Star Body flowed back and forth across the surface of his body, tempering it.

The massive amount of Star Conch and the remnants of the Dragon God’s power within the Divine Lake constantly propelled Zhou Leng’s power to enhance.

Exactly ten million Star Conch, such a quantity is nothing to the Divine Spirit, but for a Demigod below the Divine Spirit, even for a Demigod of a High-Level Civilization, it’s a vast fortune.

The poison and destructive star power within the Divine Lake were not obstacles in front of the Undying Star Body, but instead became nourishment for body refinement.

Having only true star energy or the Undying Star Body could not achieve this.

When the power of both combined, I become the star.

As a star, I can absorb, accommodate, and expel destructive star power.

Thread after thread of destructive star power traversed within the body, slowly tearing through the body’s cells.

Yet the cells possessed strong life force, and after being torn, like voracious insects, they devoured the destructive star power, integrating it into themselves, healing quickly.

Ordinary cells began to evolve into star body cells.

The force of the Divine Lake was too strong, far exceeding the limit of the Grandmaster level.

Unknowingly, completing the second transformation into a star body, naturally ascending to the upper-rank, beginning the third transformation into a star body.

The power around the body began to overflow, causing the entire small lake to revolve.

The Solar Shield Plate absorbed true star energy excessively.

The Dragon God’s skull absorbed the peculiar divine power.

The light around the body shined ever more brightly, increasingly exuding the aura of the sun.

After some unknown time, the body felt slightly cool.

Upon opening his eyes, he saw the lake water had reduced to around his chest and abdomen, leaving only a thin whirl at the lake’s bottom.

By the lake, the three Demigod Elder Dragon Carp People’s lips moved slightly, their gaze flickered with faint sorrow.

The Dragon God’s envoy, how can he absorb so much?

Zhou Leng rose, clasped his hands in gratitude.

The Demigod Dragon Carp People were filled with helplessness, personally escorting Zhou Leng out.

On the way, Zhou Leng inquired about the locations of some medicinal materials.

The Demigod Dragon Carp People took out a map, marking "Dense Star Core."

With the Dense Star Core, the upper limit of body training equipment could be greatly increased.

Demon Spirit Masters could at most create equipment with an upper limit of up to a trillion tons.

By conservative estimate, the mass of Mount Everest, Earth’s highest mountain, is about 500 billion tons single-mountain.

Equivalent to compressing two Mount Everests into the size of a dumbbell, easily lifted single-handedly, with adjustable weight.

About twenty sets of such equipment are nearly required.

The three Demigod Dragon Carp People continued escorting Zhou Leng outward,

The other Dragon Carp People, unaware of what transpired, followed along.

The Grandmaster who returned with Zhou Leng was very pleased because the Divine Spirit’s envoy ascended.

After escorting Zhou Leng to the entrance, the three Demigod Dragon Carp People courteously said a few words, thanked the envoy, and hoped the envoy would look after the Dragon Carp People after ascending as true king.

Zhou Leng discerned their helplessness and promised to repay generously in the future, then left.

Watching Zhou Leng’s departing figure, the three Demigod Dragon Carp People sighed long and deeply.

"Elder, what happened?" The other Dragon Carp People asked.

"He almost drained the Divine Lake."

"Ah?" The Grandmasters lamented with pounding chests, as it was supposed to be theirs to use in the future.

The young Dragon Carp People marveled, indeed the envoy of the Divine Spirit was extraordinary.

After distancing himself, Zhou Leng ran while feeling the power in his body.

Ascending to the upper-rank, the most noticeable change was acquiring a unique perception.

Stretching out his hand, there was clearly no change compared to before, yet the perception could extend beyond the hand.

Stopped to cultivate East Wind Fist.

Upper-rank Grandmaster, shaking Qi Blood through the air, locking perception with intent.

Zhou Leng just executed the first move, Fist Out of Green Mountain, and felt something amiss.

Clearly, it was merely a slow punch, without even a consolidated fist power, yet in perception, his power could directly reach a meter away.

A gentle punch toward the ground.

Without using true star energy, without exerting power, standing upright, it was merely a punch through the air, unable to touch the ground.

A blurry fist imprint appeared on the ground.

Punch imprint through the air, power penetrated the void.

Zhou Leng looked at his right fist; clearly, his right hand touched nothing in the air just now.

Yet the subtle sensation of soil grains touching skin was extraordinarily clear, as if truly felt.

Zhou Leng smiled slightly; power penetrating the void marked the beginning of mastery in Martial Arts.

Taking a deep breath, he slowly performed the first move of , Fist Out of Green Mountain.

The right arm extended straight forward, the air around the arm condensed into undulating mountain ranges.

At the instant the right fist reached its extremity, the Green Mountain fist power from the right arm released, and a small dragon danced.

Boom!

The Mountain Dragon instantly reached two meters away, then tumbled forward, dissipating at five meters.

Power released externally.

This was initially the ability of a rare few Grandmasters or Martial Saints.

Zhou Leng’s heart stirred, employing the power execution method of , combined his index and middle fingers into a sword, thrusting forward.

At the tip of the sword fingers, a starlight point emerged, sending forth a foot-long white light-shadow sword energy, hissing as it dispersed five meters away.

Zhou Leng’s heart surged with emotion.

This was the power he had dreamed of as a child.

Back then, seeing those Martial Saints soaring through the skies, a single punch illuminating the whole city, he envied them greatly.

Now, he finally had the foundation for such power.

Previously, his Martial Arts could only be considered ordinary Martial Arts.

Only when one’s power pierces through the void and is released outward can one be said to have truly entered extraordinary Martial Arts.

Thus, Zhou Leng began to cultivate all the Martial Arts he had mastered.

Overlapping Waves Palm, Celestial Tide Palm, Mountain Charging Fist, Eight Trigrams Step, Great Meteor Skill...

He used them all in turn, his blood boiling within.

When he unleashed the Overlapping Waves Palm, visible giant waves surged forward.

With the Mountain Charging Fist, every punch caused a detonation, the shockwaves overlapping continuously.

Stepping with the Eight Trigrams Step, his feet moved silently, all the power either gathering into a thread sinking deep into the ground or dispersing widely to cancel out, making action and reaction seem nonexistent.

The other External Skills were after all only at the Qi Blood Realm or Innate Realm, still quite ordinary.

But the "East Wind Fist" was a Fist Technique of a Grandmaster and Martial Saint, and once used, its power was immense.

Whether it was the attack range of the fist’s stance or the resulting visual impact, it was stronger and greater.

A few moves that originally seemed ordinary became inexplicably terrifying at this realm.

For example, the third move, "Sea-Splitting Dragon Shadow," underwent a qualitative change.

Zhou Leng felt immensely joyful, continuously executing the East Wind Fist, the strength of the punches gradually accumulating.

Slowly, the power of the fist extended beyond twenty meters, the light and shadow of the punches could even fly out thirty to forty meters, and each punch’s power far exceeded that of an ordinary shell, like one missile after another exploding, rumbling nonstop.

Occasionally, as the Dragon Race’s divine undead passed by, they would intend to attack but, sensing the intense Dragon God aura and powerful strength emanating from him, they turned away.

After practicing the East Wind Fist for a full hour, Zhou Leng finally withdrew his punches with great satisfaction.

Continuing towards the Divine Vein River, he felt the new realm and his body.

The power of the Undying Star Body had significantly increased, while the body density hadn’t increased, the power contained within had markedly strengthened.

Now, when facing an upper-rank Grandmaster Giant Dragon with demigod bloodlines, he was more than capable of exploding it to pieces.

Zhou Leng’s eyes shone brightly, stepping with the Heavenly Dragon Flash, striding forward in large steps.

Underfoot, there was silence, the ground no longer fracturing, his body constantly emitting white shockwaves, yet the sound was very faint.

The speed increased continuously.

meters per second, 600 meters per second, 600 meters per second, 680 meters per second...

Twice the speed of sound!

meters per second, 700 meters per second...

Finally, the speed stabilized at 750 meters per second.

Zhou Leng took a deep breath, activating the Great Sun Divine Skill, within his body, the cosmic energy roared.

The energy singularity transformed into a tiny sun, as if becoming a nuclear reactor, emitting light and heat.

Beneath his skin, red light burst forth, his bones, muscles, and internal organs all illuminated to semi-transparency by the powerful energy.

Bang!

Knees bent, feet struck the ground, leg lifted, and a ground as large as a stadium collapsed.

His body shot out, with the speed constantly accelerating.

meters per second, 900 meters per second...

Until, three times the speed of sound.

Afterwards, even as Zhou Leng accelerated with all his might, he was still far from reaching four times the speed of sound.

Ceasing the operation of the Great Sun Divine Skill, his speed stabilized at twice the speed of sound, returning to soundless running.

Zhou Leng appeared utterly graceful, lightly tapping the ground, his body skimmed across several hundred meters, on the verge of taking flight at any moment.

Before long, he saw in the distance a blood-red river stretched out in front.

Standing at the riverbank, he could see the other side, over ten kilometers wide, of unknown length, rumored to extend tens of thousands of kilometers.

This side of the river was the spiritual land of the Dragon God’s undead, crossing the river and advancing another 3,000 miles, passing through the Wanyun Mountain range, was the territory of the Giant God’s undead.

However, the territories were in constant flux due to ongoing wars.

Zhou Leng stepped into the blood-red Divine Vein River, advancing along the riverbed as he sensed his surroundings.

The divine power within this river was far less than that of the Divine Lake, but much denser than that of the mist.

The total amount of cosmic energy and various forces at the river’s center was roughly over twenty times that of the outside world, far surpassing the Great Battlefield.

Immersed in the riverbed, Zhou Leng began to cultivate.

Within his body, the Great Sun Divine Skill condensed into a miniature sun, slowly rotating.

While absorbing external cosmic energy and converting it into his own strength, he projected light and heat outward, thereby reinforcing his entire being.

Because this cultivation technique contained the divine spiritual philosophy of the East Monarch’s Stone Wall and the power of the Star Dragon Race, the reinforcement effect far surpassed that of Qi Transformation of the Whole Body.

Zhou Leng’s body was enhancing rapidly.

Outside the Divine Vein River, the millennial True King Trial was welcoming countless guests.

A young human looked around.

He was surrounded by brilliant starlight, clearly of flesh and blood, yet his skin and muscles were embedded with various differently colored gemstones.

The various gemstones continuously shimmered, exuding powerful cosmic energy.

His mouth, nose, eyes, and ears were all composed of colorful gems.

His eyes were actually liquid gemstones, with two eyeballs protruding from their sockets, and within them, colorful liquid gemstones flowing slowly.

The space around him was slightly distorted.

Star Human, Gemstone Human Race.

Different individuals within the Gemstone Human Race, due to the different gemstones they are born with, formed different bloodlines, containing various powers.

This Gemstone Human’s family bloodline was ancient, with a brain gem in his skull that possessed slight spatial power, offering a huge advantage in cosmic transmission, though not particularly adept in combat, belonging to a Plane Merchant family.

He blinked, touched a crystal embedded in his abdomen, and a peculiar bottle appeared in his hand.

The bottle was grayish-white, about a foot high, with a black stone cork sealing its mouth.

Inside the white bottle, storms gathered, dark clouds rolled, lightning flashed, and thunder roared.

He tossed the Star-destroying Bottle up high, caught it, tossed it a few more times, looking around.