Martial arts ascend to the gods

Chapter 18 Chen Shouhu

Zhou Leng said, "Captain, you think too much. Your father did a background check before we came. What's more, we are at most high school graduates with slightly stronger martial arts skills. If we really could do something we shouldn't do, we wouldn't come here and would have done it long ago."

The team members' expressions relaxed.

Xue Chengsong spread his hands and said, "I know that too, but there is nothing I can do. I am too deeply influenced by my father. Let's go. As long as there are no demons or demon worshippers, there will be no problems on this trip."

Xue Chengsong walked and said: "Our research target this time is Wolf Valley. It is a den of magic wolves left by the Zhenhai Army. After clearing out the strong ones, only ordinary blue-backed magic wolves are left, specially prepared for the research team. This kind of blue-backed magic wolf does not live in groups, and mostly hunts alone, so it is suitable for us..."

Xue Chengsong spoke as the team moved forward.

Occasionally someone knows other team members and simply greets each other.

Near the exit of the development base, a familiar voice shouted.

"Zhou Leng!"

Zhou Leng looked in the direction of the voice and saw Xu Qingjin, dressed in camouflage uniform, waving vigorously, her ponytail swaying gently, with a pure and clean smile.

Standing around Xu Qingjin were nine students from the top class of No. 8 Middle School.

They all greeted Zhou Leng and Feng Wenhao.

Zhou Leng and Feng Wenhao also waved.

Both parties tacitly agreed not to chat and went their separate ways.

"Look over there." Feng Wenhao suddenly whispered to Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng followed Feng Wenhao's line of sight.

A group of big trees over five meters high were walking. Their roots were like a group of thick snakes, supporting the tree trunks and wriggling forward.

These tree people do not have any human appearance, no hands, feet, or faces, and are exactly the same as trees.

There are varying numbers of vortex tree knots on the trunk of each tree man. They use the vortex tree knots to make different sounds to communicate.

It was the first time that Zhou Leng saw a tree man in person, but he had seen a magic master before.

"Go to the Demon City more often in the future, you will encounter more creatures from the Ten Realms," Xue Chengsong said, "Look at that tree man with golden leaves, he should be the patron of the mother tree. I guess something big happened, otherwise tree men of this level would not appear in human development bases."

"Is a war going to break out here?" A short man in the team spoke up. He had a slightly dark body but an exceptionally large head.

Zhou Leng remembered that this man was called Ding Yan. He had great skills in body movement and footwork, and would be a good candidate for learning Qinggong after the blood circulation period.

"Not really. If a war really broke out, we would have been notified long ago. The most likely scenario is that the tree people and the giant insects would go to war. They either come to ask for support or to trade some magical items. Anyway, it has little to do with us."

The team had not walked a few steps when a loud explosion was suddenly heard not far away.

The shrill sound of the alarm echoed throughout the venue.

A few people stood still, while most people ran around in panic.

"Hide immediately!" Guo Xiaohao rushed over, grabbed Xue Chengsong's arm, and ran away from the explosion.

Zhou Leng also followed Guo Xiaohao.

While running, Zhou Leng looked in the direction Xu Qingjin was heading.

Xu Qingjin, the one with the ponytail, also looked over here.

Among thousands of people, the boy and the girl's eyes met.

The two nodded slightly and fled with the team.

"Don't panic, it could be a monster or a demon-worshiping cult." Guo Xiaohao comforted loudly.

As they were running, they occasionally looked back.

The base buildings blocked our view and we couldn’t see what was happening.

"Humph!"

A strange cold snort spread throughout the venue.

Zhou Leng looked in the direction of the voice.

Two people jumped high, a man in camouflage and a man in black.

The man in camouflage uniform was covered in a pale white glow of innate energy, and he punched the man in black.

The punch broke through the air, exceeding the speed of sound, and a sonic boom sounded.

The man in black also possessed innate true energy and punched towards the man in camouflage uniforms.

Click...

The black-clothed man's right arm exploded, his body flew backwards, and fell heavily to the ground, with large pieces of rubble scattering everywhere.

The man in black fell not far from the golden tree man, and the spiral tumor of the golden tree man made a strange sound.

Tree roots emerged from the ground and tied up the man in black tightly.

"Thank you, my tree man friend." The man in camouflage uniform landed on the ground, slapped the man in black unconscious, and carried him away like a chicken.

"All clear! All clear! All clear!" the broadcast sounded.
Everyone was still looking at the man in camouflage uniform.

Xue Chengsong sighed and said, "As expected of Chen Shouhu."

"Do you know him?" Feng Wenhao asked.

Xue Chengsong smiled and said, "I know him, but he doesn't know me. He is the colonel commander of the Seventh Division's Martial Arts Brigade, a disciple of the Martial Saint, at the peak of the Xiantian realm, number one on the Rucheng Xiantian Ranking, and in the top ten of the Human Race Xiantian Ranking. He may be promoted to Grandmaster at any time."

“Disciples of the Martial Saint…Martial Arts Brigade…” Everyone looked at them eagerly.

The combat effectiveness of ordinary brigades, special operations brigades, and martial arts brigades is gradually increasing.

A martial arts brigade can easily defeat several ordinary divisions.

"I heard that a martial arts brigade can easily defeat an ordinary brigade that is ten times its size."

"The Budo Brigade is equivalent to the Budo University's Top Ten Budo Divisions. Only the elite among the elite can serve as officers there."

"I envy you guys who can see the innate list. We can't even see the Qi and Blood list now." Feng Wenhao said.

"I heard it from those warriors. I can't see it myself. Once we pass the first level of the Bronze Man Formation or advance to the Blood Transport Stage, we can check it out. The captured people should be from the Demon Worship Cult. It's normal. Let's go."

Ding Yan shook his head and said, "This is not normal. This is my third time here and my first time seeing a battle between innate beings."

"You are the only one who is timid." Xue Chengsong rolled his eyes at Ding Yan.

The team walked out of the gate of the development base, and Zhou Leng looked around.

There is green grass in the near distance, lush forests and winding rivers in the far distance, and even further away there are rolling mountains shrouded in clouds and mist.

The green of the grass and trees here seems to be coated with a light layer of black, dark green.

Even the stream not far away seemed to be faintly black. Xue Chengsong said as he walked: "This is my fifth time in the Water Continent Demon City. I am considered an old hand."

Feng Wenhao said: "You always say you're giving up, but you're actually working hard."

Xue Chengsong said helplessly, "Isn't it because of my father's pressure? He is determined to let me advance to the Xiantian stage. He said that my talent is limited and I can only stay in the Shengli stage. It is difficult to advance to the Xiantian stage. I have suffered losses all my life, and I can't let the Xue family suffer losses again."

"It turns out that everyone is similar." Feng Wenhao said.

"Okay, no more nonsense. From the moment we step out of the gate of the development base, we should be vigilant. Remember, the most terrifying place in Shuizhou Demon City is where there is water. Unless you need to drink water, stay away from it..."

"Let's speed up..."

The team of seven people moved forward quickly, and Xue Chengsong kept explaining the precautions like a veteran.

Fifty meters later, Guo Xiaohao and another blood transportation stage master followed the team.

Zhou Leng remained silent, walking forward and observing carefully.

There were a lot of pedestrians near the development base, and military vehicles or planes carrying monster corpses passed by from time to time, but not a single living monster was to be seen.

The group walked quickly and arrived at a camping spot near dusk.

Hundreds of tents were scattered everywhere, with campfires everywhere.

Feng Wenhao asked in surprise: "The Demon City is so dangerous, why are you still making a fire?"

"The areas near the development base are all under high-altitude surveillance..." Xue Chengsong said, pointing at the barely detectable spots of light in the sky.

"There are no satellites here. Those are floating airships. They are scattered around the pioneer base and also serve as signal stations. Furthermore, where there are no floating airships, no one dares to make a fire and camp like this."

"Come on, let's join in, set up the tents first, and then divide up the night watches..."

Shuizhou development base.

In the monitoring room, huge screens cover three walls.

A map of the entire Shuizhou Magic City appeared on the central wall.

There are thousands of green bright spots on the map of Shuizhou Magic City.

Suddenly, a bright green spot suddenly turned red, emitting circles of red ripples.

beep beep...

A subtle sound was heard, and everyone was on full alert.

A second lieutenant looked at the screen in front of him, checked carefully, and connected the communication line.

"Monitoring point 1053 detected abnormal spatial fluctuations, level one, please go and investigate."

Everyone in the monitoring room relaxed and went about their own business.

The first level of space fluctuation means that the monsters entering Shuizhou Demon City this time are only at the Qi and Blood Realm, and their number will not exceed one thousand, which is normal.

7th Division, Martial Arts Brigade.

Chen Shouhu, whose hands were covered with scars, blinked, and the lens floating in his left eye retracted and merged into the super magic computer at his temple.

If you don't look closely, that area is just ordinary hair and skin.

"In the past few days, small groups of demons have frequently invaded. Perhaps there is something unusual. Everyone should be careful and alert."

"Yes."

"Did the demon worshiper confess this morning?"

"I didn't say anything, and my mouth was very hard."

"From Huang Meng's faction?"

"It should be. Other sects would either confess honestly, sacrifice themselves, or go crazy. His eyes are firm and he is not afraid of torture. He is very likely a member of the Huang Meng sect."

"If there is still no result from the interrogation tomorrow, kill him to prevent any accidents."

"As ordered."

"It seems that the internal fighting in the Demon Worship Cult has been intense recently, otherwise they wouldn't have provided such a big piece of information. What do you think?"

"The Huang Meng sect is well organized. This innate master who has been hiding for so long suddenly showed up. It is very likely that something big is going to happen. The shadows of the Huang Meng sect's bigwigs are probably behind this."

“Who is most likely?”

"I heard recently that Tong Tianxia has been appearing near the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake." The person who spoke secretly observed Chen Shouhu.

Chen Shouhu's eyes were dazed, and then he laughed.

"I haven't seen him for a long time. Wang Boxiong and I really want to see him again and take back the first place from him."

Chen Shouhu's expression was extremely strange, as if he missed someone, hated him, blamed himself, and felt powerless.

No one in the room spoke.

After a long while, Chen Shouhu asked again: "Is there any other important news?"

"What a coincidence! Ma Xingkong's nephew graduated from high school this year. He entered our base today and witnessed your arrest process with his own eyes."

"The surveillance there has been withdrawn after so many years, which means it has nothing to do with the children. We treat them equally."

"Yes."

Chen Shouhu hesitated for a moment and asked, "How is the child?"

"I was attacked by a demon. My scores in the literature and physical exams were very poor, but I ranked in the top 1,000 in the martial arts exam, which is enough for me to be admitted to the top ten martial arts schools."

"For him, entering the top ten martial arts is actually a problem."

"Yes."

The darkness faded away, and the hazy morning light illuminated the Shuizhou Magic City.

The collective camping site was gradually becoming bustling with voices.

Zhou Leng and others gathered together and ate the marching pills and compressed food prepared by the Xue family.

A marching pill the size of a thumb is enough to provide the energy needed for a day's forced march, which can greatly reduce the logistical burden.

After breakfast, everyone put on their backpacks and prepared to set off.

"Hey, isn't this Master Xue? You came to Shuizhou Demon City in person?"

Then there was a burst of laughter.

(End of this chapter)