Martial arts ascend to the gods

Chapter 453 Interception
Water Island Magic City Base.

Chen Shouhu said, "Adjust the battle merit record of the hidden warrior 'Monkey King' and list it as a real-time special record."

"Yes."

Battle merit tokens can vaguely calculate the aura of the monsters hunted.

Deep within the Water Island Demon City, apart from the base and fortress area, there is no internet connection, so battle merit tokens cannot transmit information and can only be updated after returning to the base.

The so-called real-time special record is to transmit Zhou Leng's battle merit records to all nearby battle merit tokens, and then through layers of transmission, and possibly even using magic spells, it can be transmitted to the base or fortress at a relatively fast speed, and finally to Chen Shouhu.

Subsequently, Chen Shouhu stopped paying attention to Zhou Leng and began to analyze the situation in Shuizhou Demon City with his staff, constantly making various preparations.

"The Cold Mountain Fortress and the Tiger Hill Fortress cannot fall. If these two fortresses fall, the entire Water Continent Demon City base will be exposed to the Heavenly Calamity Army..."

"Other fortresses could be considered for abandonment within certain limits..."

"The movements of the main force of the Heavenly Calamity Army remain unknown, and the magic masters who are currently observing them are being interfered with by demon warlocks..."

"A grandmaster has suddenly disappeared without a trace. Initial suspicion is that he was killed by the Heavenly Calamity Envoy..."

"The second-series recruitment has begun. Within two days, at least 500,000 martial artists will arrive. Barring unforeseen circumstances, the third-series recruitment will begin in three days..."

"Supplies and combat materials are running low, and we have requested special allocation..."

"We can no longer consider establishing bases for dwarves and treants..."

"Someone is asking for preferential treatment regarding their development company's resources; don't worry about it..."

Deep within the Water Island Demon City.

The Hidden Warriors squad ran at top speed.

On the way, the team leader sent the message to the group chat, and everyone read it carefully.

The caravan's messages were relayed by the accompanying magic master; normal communication was unavailable.

The entire force was very large, seemingly absorbing fleeing troops in a continuous stream. Theoretically, unless targeted by the main force of the Heavenly Calamity Army, a force of nearly 10,000 martial artists should be able to leave safely.

The group ran all the way.

Occasionally, you might encounter a small group of monsters, which you can easily wipe out.

Nine innate beings—even a large army of hundreds of demons couldn't last more than a few dozen seconds against them.

When killing ordinary monsters, the group doesn't waste their true energy with fists and palms; they use only demonized weapons, killing with a single blow without any hesitation.

Zhou Leng did not display his full strength, only showing the strength of a peak-stage ordinary Bone Forging cultivator. Wielding a legendary longsword, he left a deep impression on all the team members.

Two hours later, Zhi looked at the map, suddenly raised his hand, and everyone slowed down.

"This place is close to their distress point, on the north shore of Taihu Lake."

"According to their description, they were constantly forced to retreat to the northern shore of Taihu Lake by the army of demons."

"As a result, a large number of sea monsters suddenly emerged from Taihu Lake. They had no choice but to have the accompanying magic master send out a distress signal."

"Be careful in this battle; the danger will far exceed that of normal defensive and positional warfare."

"Anyone who's afraid can go back. We hidden warriors have all rendered meritorious service to the Dragon Kingdom and have the authority to leave."

No one speaks.

"Very good, then let's continue."

"Upon arrival, we will first observe the situation to determine whether to wage guerrilla warfare from the outside to contain the enemy, or to rush in and form a joint defense."

"In addition... once the battle begins, the Monkey King will lead the charge, while we will be on the flanks or in the rear."

After saying this, Zhi Liao glanced at Zhou Leng.

“Okay,” Zhou Leng said.

The other team members immediately realized that this Monkey King was indeed stronger than their captain.

The group continued on for a while, when suddenly, a monster army composed of giant insects and orcs attacked.

There were about 300 orcs and about 1,500 giant insects, totaling nearly 2,000.

Among them, there were more than thirty innate beings, and the leader was a muscular innate beastman who wielded a giant axe, had a green scarf wrapped around his forehead, was four meters tall, had a green face and fangs, and looked fierce.

Zhi Liao hurriedly said, "We've probably been discovered. They're specifically designed to ambush rescue teams. They're too strong. We should retreat for now and look for an opportunity. If there's no opportunity, we'll have to leave. We can't handle an enemy of this size."

The other team members sighed inwardly, realizing they had encountered such a powerful enemy and had no choice but to retreat.

Zhou Lengdao asked, "If the opponent doesn't have the Innate Realm, can we fight an enemy of this size?"

Zhi looked at Zhou Leng with a puzzled expression and said, "Without the Innate Realm, let alone two thousand enemies, three thousand would be no problem."

"Alright, I'll deal with those innate demonic creatures. You guys go around to other areas and deal with the ordinary demonic creatures."

"Huh?" The eight team members looked at Zhou Leng with empty eyes.

They felt no emotion at that moment because they couldn't understand the sentence at all.

"Get ready. Count to ten in your head, then I'll make my move," Zhou Leng said.

"Are you joking or crazy? There's no joking in the military. What unit were you in before?"

Zhi Liao was completely bewildered. He was a veteran who had infiltrated the Demon Worshiping Cult and made meritorious contributions, but was discovered by the enemy and had to change his appearance to avoid being ambushed by the Demon Worshiping Cult.

He had seen all sorts of experts in the Dragon Kingdom and the Demon Worship Cult, but he had never seen anyone so arrogant.

Even giants or dragons, when faced with such a disparate opponent, can only temporarily retreat.

"ten."

"That's a muscular beastman!" Zhi exclaimed anxiously.

Zhou Leng didn't explain. After speaking, he stomped on the ground, accompanied by a violent roar and flying dust. A second later, he appeared two hundred meters away.

The eyes of the other eight team members flashed simultaneously.

This speed, this explosive power, this strength...

"go!"

Zhi cursed the Monkey King inwardly for his lack of organization and discipline, no wonder he had such a name, but he couldn't abandon his teammates, so he had no choice but to lead the team into battle.

But deep down, he still held a sliver of hope.

"Hahaha... Don't move, leave it to me!"

The muscular, innate orc swung his blood-stained giant axe, charging straight at Zhou Leng like a small mountain, roaring and cracking the earth in his wake.

The man and the beast, like two war chariots, collided in the blink of an eye.

Everyone stared wide-eyed as the seemingly weaker human dodged the giant axe with incredible speed and struck the muscular beastman in the chest and abdomen with a palm strike.

The muscular beastman raised his leg and kicked out at the last second. Zhou Leng raised his arms in front of him to block, but was kicked back more than ten steps by the enormous force.

"what……"

The muscular orc suddenly screamed in pain. When everyone looked over, they saw that his chest had collapsed, with several broken sternum bones protruding from the edges.

With just one palm strike, he was severely injured.

His body was covered in blood, and his collapsed chest swelled up, concealing his injuries.

In contrast, Zhou Leng only staggered back a dozen steps, his sleeve was torn at the point where he had blocked the attack, and only a very faint red mark remained on his skin, which disappeared in just a few seconds.

"Who are you?" The muscular orc was reckless, but not stupid.

Zhou Leng remained silent and launched another attack.

"Let's attack together and surround and kill him!" Sensing the impending death, the muscular orc immediately called out to the others.

The rest of the people rushed forward.

Zhou Leng knew he needed to resolve the situation quickly, or he would inevitably be surrounded. He crouched down and ran like an ox.

The muscular orc swung his axe, using offense as defense, and retreated swiftly.

But everyone witnessed an unbelievable scene.

Zhou Leng rushed to the orc, grabbed the axe blade with his left hand, blood gushed out, and his wrist bent.

At the same time, he made a sword shape with his right hand fingers together.

The sword energy burst forth, its white light like a sword.

laugh……

A five-inch-long sword-like aura swept across the entire abdomen of the muscular beastman.

Blood gushed out like a waterfall from the huge wound, internal organs spilled out, and intestines hung in front of him.

"you……"

The intense pain caused the muscular orc's vision to go black.

Using the sword energy from the horizontal slash, Zhou Leng released the axe blade with his left hand and spun around.

A spinning kick pierced the orc's fleshy wound, while another kick struck the spine squarely, unleashing a surge of powerful true energy.

Click!

The muscular orc's spine snapped, causing his entire body to lose support. He fell backward, with the back of his head hitting the ground, forming an "A" shape.

Zhou Leng took a step forward and kicked out with his right foot toward the orc's neck.

puff!
The neck was broken and the head flew off.

In less than ten seconds, the muscular orc died.

As everyone watched, Zhou Leng slightly raised his left arm, and his left hand and fingers, which were bent backward, slowly wriggled like a strange living thing. Blood flowed backward, bones reconnected, muscles fused, and he recovered quickly.

Both sides felt a chill run through them.

Zhou Leng rushed to the second Bone Forging Beastman and unleashed a palm strike.

The orc hurriedly dodged.

With a loud bang, his entire right shoulder and chest exploded, forming a huge gash, and his right arm and shoulder, which were holding the spiked club, flew out.

At the wound site, the organs are wriggling.

“You…” The Bone Forging Beastman’s face was filled with terror.

As the sword energy of the Sky-Severing Finger swept past, the head of the muscular beastman flew off, and the headless corpse fell sideways.

Zhi Liao and his eight teammates stood there, completely forgetting what they were supposed to do.

It wasn't until Zhou Leng killed the fifth Xiantian, a giant locust, that the eight of them reacted.

"Let's go, let's kill the monsters!"

The eight people, their fighting spirit soaring, bypassed Zhou Leng and charged towards the demons below the Innate Realm.

The ordinary demons behind them watched helplessly as Zhou Leng charged and weaved through the innate demons like a ferocious beast.

With a single strike, the destructive power surged forth, like a tsunami, leaving no room for escape.

With a flick of the finger, sword energy surges forth, piercing through any giant insect or orc, leaving a hole with a single stab and a wound with a single cut.

The rest, whether it was True Liquid, Blood Shock, or Bone Forging, even if they hit Zhou Leng, would only leave his skin bluish-red.

The key point is that even with so many innate talents working together, they still couldn't keep up with this human.

Over long distances, the speed is too slow; at close range, the dodging and maneuvering are too slow.

So many innate talents, seemingly surrounding him, were actually divided by Zhou Leng into individual battles.

After slaying the Bone Forging Demon, Zhou Leng faced low-level True Liquid and Blood Shock Innate beings with an aura of a killing god descending upon the world.

No extra moves are needed, only the sword energy of the Sky-Severing Finger.

Whether it's a giant insect or an orc, they poke the head with two fingers, then a figure flashes by and the corpse falls to the ground.

In just a moment, all the innate demons were lying on the ground.

The monster was terrified and slowly retreated.

The remaining eight hidden warriors attacked from the side, weaving through the demon army and slaughtering its inhabitants.

Zhou Leng did not participate in the battle. He picked up the magic spirit bag on the ground and skillfully collected the juice of the innate giant insect.

This thing is really hard to deal with normally.

After the insect juice was collected, the ordinary monsters were killed and scattered, fleeing in all directions.

Eight team members searched for loot among the corpses scattered on the ground.

Zhou Leng walked over and asked, "Are you alright?"

"No, how's your left hand?" Zhi asked.

Zhou Leng raised his left hand, his five fingers moving in a circular motion, as if playing a zither, perfectly intact.

“Strong,” the madman whispered.

"You...are you really a Bone Forging expert?"

“You can treat me as muscle,” Zhou Leng said.

(End of this chapter)