Martial arts ascend to the gods

Chapter 478 Ten Corners
Zhou Leng felt strange. He had previously used the identity of Guan Canglong, but the identity of Zhou Leng had never met with the Dark Wrath.

But why does he still keep looking at himself?

In an instant, Zhou Leng's heart skipped a beat.

Since I possess a certain ability to break illusions, is it possible that Dark Wrath, being of the Starry Sky Bloodline, also possesses this ability?
Or perhaps, from the very beginning, Dark Wrath was able to see through the Illusion Ring?
Zhou Leng looked at Deep Dark Wrath suspiciously. Deep Dark Wrath happened to be looking over as well, nodded slightly, and then looked away.

The Dark Wrath saw through it!
Zhou Leng asked, "Brother Giant Furnace, does the Spine-Headed Demon Dragon have the ability to see through illusions?"

The giant furnace casually replied, "Yes, even the eyes of a demonic dragon can see through illusions to a certain extent, and the strongest ones can even break the spell."

Zhou Leng then remembered that he had previously taken a potion called the Eye of the Demon Dragon, which did indeed have the ability to break illusions.

After a moment's thought, I understood the cause and effect.

During the Hundred Peaks Valley incident, Deep Dark Wrath wanted to conquer the highest mountain and urgently needed powerful combat strength, so even though he saw through it, he didn't expose it.

What about after that?

Judging from the reaction this time, it doesn't seem to have any other meaning.

When we collaborated before, I felt that the other party, Long, was alright. After all, he was young and didn't have many tricks up his sleeve.

Zhou Leng scanned the entire scene and, besides Deep Dark Wrath, also spotted several familiar faces from the young warriors.

For example, in Greysteel Wind, there's a three-headed steel dragon, but unfortunately Emerald Wing isn't there.

Most of the other participants in the Youth Battlefield had not reached the Bone Forging Innate stage, thus missing out on this year's Divine Blood Magma and the Great Battlefield.

Besides, the ten-horned demonic dragon possessed the strongest aura, second only to the spine-headed demonic dragon, and its strength far surpassed his own.

When the time came, the giant furnace shouted, "All trial participants, undergo identity verification, and then follow me up the mountain. Unrelated persons, step back! Molten Hammer, go to the back."

Molten Hammer glanced helplessly at the giant furnace and said to Zhou Leng, "Be careful after entering the Divine Blood Magma. If you really can't hold on, just raise your hand and Lord Giant Furnace will save you."

“Okay,” Zhou Leng said.

"I'm going to visit the Divine Blood Furnace workshop at the foot of the mountain. I'll find you there when it's time."

After the hammer left, the giant furnace looked at the people around it and suddenly stuffed something into Zhou Leng's hand.

"Eat this before entering the Dragonblood Lava." The giant furnace said in a low voice, then walked to the front of the group and led them forward.

The procession moved forward slowly.

Beside the Dark Wrath stood several innate demons, including a ten-horned dragon whose ten strange horns converged into a fan-shaped crown.

Before the Dark Wrath arrived, Ten-Horned Bloodlust was the leader of the demons. He was the son of the demigod dragon Ten-Horned Peak, and also a Great Primordial Dragon. Ordinary grandmasters could not kill him.

However, it still falls short of the dragon in the face of the deep, dark wrath of the Starry Sky Bloodline.

Ten-Horned Bloodlust said, "Your Highness, the Heavenly Calamity Envoy has ordered us to assassinate as many geniuses as possible from the Humanoid Alliance. Everyone in this trial can be considered a genius. Once the trial is over, we must obey the Heavenly Calamity Envoy's orders and assassinate these geniuses."

“I don’t really like assassination; I prefer fair and square combat,” said Dark Wrath.

The demons looked helpless. The Spine-Headed Dragon Clan didn't have many dragons, but they always considered themselves superior beings from the stars, making them incompatible with normal demons.

Ten-Horned Bloodlust laughed and said, "If you're unwilling to take action yourself, then help us hold the line. If we encounter a powerful enemy, you can hold them off for a bit, how about that?"

Deep Dark Wrath hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Ten-Horned Bloodlust laughed, “That’s great. The accompanying blasphemous scholar suggested that other races are a bit difficult to deal with, but humans are a good target. Aiden is one of ours, as is Zhao He. That guy named Zhou Leng is outnumbered and can be our target for this assassination.”

Dark Wrath glanced expressionlessly at Ten-Horned Bloodlust and asked, "Why did you choose him?"

"The Blasphemous Scholar has information on Zhou Leng. The latest intelligence shows that Zhou Leng is growing extremely fast and has been deliberately marked by the respected Four Corners. He is on good terms with the major forces of the Ten Realms and has recently become somewhat famous in the Demon Spirit World. Such a genius is the best target."

Deep Wrath said, "Let's see if there are any other targets first. If not, then choose him. I met him a few times when I was on the battlefield as a child."

Ten-Horned Bloodlust laughed and said, "Alright, after the trial, let's discuss with the Blasphemous Scholar and see if we should choose him as our assassination target."

Zhou Leng followed behind the group, taking the opportunity to look at what he was holding.

The foil package, made by humans, was slightly warm to the touch. Upon opening it, I found a red pill inside.

Shanheyuan walked over, and the two chatted.

"So, are you confident?" Shanheyuan asked.

"Not bad, how long can you last?"

"It's hard to say, but five or six hours should be no problem. Have you been to the Lava Hall before?"

"I participated."

"Then we have an advantage here."

A moment later, Aiden approached and smiled, "Zhou Leng, we meet again."

"Hello, Aiden," Zhou Leng said politely.

Aiden had been watching Zhou Leng the whole time, and he had seen all of Ju Furnace's little movements.

He exclaimed, "I never expected that they would be willing to give you the 'Divine Blood Elixir,' something that even ordinary demigod dwarf descendants might not be able to obtain."

“You know a lot about the Divine Blood Elixir,” Zhou Leng said.

“Of course, I tried everything but couldn’t get my hands on it. It’s not that I can’t afford it, it’s just that it’s not available to outsiders. This stuff is extracted from divine blood magma. There’s an underground factory beneath this volcano. The divine blood elixirs and other pills it produces are only supplied to the Iron Dwarves.” Aiden’s tone was full of regret.

At this moment, Zhao He walked over and said with a smile, "You two know each other too?"

Aiden turned his head sharply, narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at Zhao He like a venomous snake, and then slowly said, "There was a misunderstanding between Zhou Leng and me, but it's been cleared up now." "I see. It's good that the misunderstanding is cleared up. I was mainly worried that we Dragon Country people would be bullied by the Eagle Alliance people," Zhao He said.

Aiden smiled slightly and said, "That was how it was in the past. Now, well, we Eagle Alliance people have been defeated by the Dragon people. If the Dragon people are still being bullied, then who is doing it?"

Zhao He changed the subject, saying, "How long do you think the first place winner can last in the divine blood magma? The last first place winner, translated into Blue Star time, was 7 hours and 37 minutes. The highest record in history is 12 hours, and among the dwarves, there are probably more than twenty people who have achieved this. The most recent one is Golden Heavenly River."

Aiden, dressed in a white tuxedo, crossed his arms and said lazily, "Although I didn't obtain the Titan's physique, I do have my own physique, though it's slightly weaker than the Titan's. It will only last five or six hours at most."

Zhao He said, "I can't. I can only last for a little over an hour."

Aiden said, "Okay, I'll tell General Furnace that if you're over an hour late, we'll kick you out, how about that?"

“You’ve been bad since you were a child,” Zhao He said.

“You’re no better. You’re always pretending to be weak. I’d like to see if you’d still be willing to pretend to be weak in a treasure trove like the Divine Blood Lava,” Aiden said.

Zhao He said calmly, "I may be weak, but I can resonate with the power of the divine blood magma and stay there for at least five or six hours."

"Who just said I could only last an hour?"

"That's what I call the traditional virtue of humility."

"Kneel down! Kowtow! Otherwise you're not traditional."

"Ai Fengzi, have you lost your mind?"

Zhou Leng remained expressionless, secretly amused. He hadn't expected the two of them to start arguing the moment they met.

"You two have known each other since you were little?" Zhou Leng asked.

Aiden interjected, "Once, Zhao Sheng went missing. The Zhao family was beset by internal and external troubles, so his father sent him to the Eagle Alliance. I don't know if it was as a hostage, a backup, or a transfer..."

Zhao He interrupted, "I don't know who it was when they came to the Dragon Kingdom, they hugged my grandfather's leg and knelt on the ground saying they wanted to learn the supreme divine skill, crying with snot and tears all over their face, kowtowing repeatedly, making the old man both laugh and cry."

Aiden flew into a rage and said, "Didn't I tell you not to mention this?"

“You were the one who went crazy and started biting randomly,” Zhao He said.

Aiden snorted coldly and said nothing more.

Zhou Leng and Shan Heyuan exchanged a glance, both seeing barely suppressed laughter in each other's eyes.

The group quickly reached the mountainside, where the path became extremely steep, with large amounts of lava flowing and splashing like waterfalls.

The magma was scorching hot, and the surrounding air was burning hot, but those present, at least those with innate physical constitutions, were completely unaffected.

The giant furnace roared, "Regardless of race, take off your clothes and begin climbing!"

Everyone present, regardless of race, began to climb naked.

A white dragon asked, "Lord Giant Furnace, we dragons are good at flying, but not at climbing. Can you fly up there?"

“Fine, I’ll tear off your wings first, then you can fly however you want,” the giant furnace said.

The white dragon immediately lowered its head, remained silent, and began to climb.

The higher you climb, the more lava you find and the higher the temperature.

Soon, the temperature exceeded 100 degrees Celsius.

No one cared, including the one with the weakest constitution.

Finally, the group arrived at a lava lake near the mountaintop.

Large amounts of divine blood lava flowed down the mountain, like a slow waterfall cascading into a lake, splashing everywhere and creating a series of booming sounds.

In the lake, blood-red lava rippled and bubbled, and just looking at it made my skin ache.

A small amount of lava overflowed from the lake shore and flowed down the mountain.

The giant furnace said, "This lake is not the real trial ground, but only the preliminary test location. Only after enduring a three-hour bath here can you enter the crater."

"If you can't even last three hours here, you'll die without even knowing how you died once you enter the crater. Go down, and remember to put your magic bag in a safe place so you don't get burned by the lava."

The trial participants slowly walked to the edge of the lava lake, and apart from a few daring individuals, most of them took their time to try.

Then, strange screams and wails filled the air.

The examiners, including Ju Lu, smiled and chatted while watching the spectacle unfold.

Zhou Leng had researched the data and found that the temperature of magma is between 700 and 1200 degrees Celsius. The temperature of the divine blood magma may be even higher, but since these magmas are exposed, their actual temperature should not exceed 1000 degrees Celsius.

"Let's go." Shanheyuan Road.

Zhou Leng did not remove the Demon Spirit Bag; the Demon Spirit Bag, made of high-grade dragon hide, could withstand this level of burning.

Upon reaching the lake, I didn't breathe first; instead, I slowly stepped my right foot into the shallow lava.

"hiss……"

Even with an incredibly strong body, the intense burning sensation instantly spread throughout the entire body.

Where the lava touched, the skin turned bright red.

"Ouch, that really hurts..." Shanheyuan couldn't help but utter a giant's curse.

(End of this chapter)