Martial arts ascend to the gods

Chapter 489 Demon Gathering
The further Zhou Leng and the others walked, the more they felt something was wrong.

Because there are too few humanoid alliances here; there are only about a dozen martial artists and spirit masters in total.

Apart from that, almost everything else is a monster.

The gazes of many monsters swept around, landing on you with a burning sensation that made your muscles tense.

Cang Fei Zhi Yan said in a low voice, "Why do I have this feeling of accidentally stumbling into a den of thieves?"

Emerald Wings said, "What are you talking about? Do they look like thieves? They're nothing but notorious bandits."

“You have big wings, so you’re right.” Azure Flame rolled its eyes at Emerald Wings.

"But don't worry, this is Longshan after all. At this time, fighting will not be allowed. Of course, it will be different once we go inside."

Rao Mingxian asked, "We're all from the Dragon faction, how dare they make a move?"

"Once we're inside, it doesn't matter what faction you're on. We'll kill dragons, plunder, and steal treasures. This is a battlefield. Do you even know what a battlefield is? Forget about your human morality. On a battlefield, it's all about who has the bigger claws and the sharper teeth. So, we need to hide well. Survival is the most important thing." Emerald Wings coaxed and threatened her.

Rao Mingxian suddenly looked at a giant and asked in a low voice, "How come there's a giant here? It doesn't look like a demon giant."

As everyone looked at him, the giant appeared to be very similar to an ordinary giant, except that his neck was covered with a ring of blue dragon scales.

Emerald Wings said, "Dragonborn Giants are a race created by ancient demigods, and it took them tens of thousands of years to stabilize. Apart from being a bit dim-witted, they are strong in every other way."

"I remember now, I've heard before about their attitude towards giants."

Emerald Wings clicked its tongue and said, "What other attitude can we have? They are our dragon race."

At this moment, a young martial artist with a broad face and a straight nose ran over. His left cheek was covered with crisscrossing blue and red scars, like Xs stacked together. It looked a bit scary, but the strangeness added to his imposing presence, giving him an invisible but powerful aura that made him look quite cool.

Zhou Leng had met him many times. Xu Ming was a top expert in the military and one of the strongest new generation of Great Innate Realm cultivators. He was a great genius who was expected to catch up with Chen Shouhu and Wang Boxiong.

He is very low-key, but because he is so talented, you can always find his videos online.

Xu Ming was not only among the second batch of people to join the Ancient River Sect, but also one of the twenty innate masters who previously besieged the Undying Knight.

"You're so young, you're not going to go to the Great Battlefield, are you?"

Xu Ming's gaze swept over the crowd, and when he saw Rao Mingxian, his eyes narrowed slightly. He then looked past the demonized martial artist and focused on Zhou Leng.

"I've met Senior Brother Xu. I'm about to enter the Great Battlefield," Zhou Leng said.

As Xu Ming ran, he looked Zhou Leng up and down and said, "You look like you're only at the Bone Forging Innate stage, but your body, aura, and overall demeanor are all off. A young man this strong must have been famous all over the world by now. How come I've never heard of you before?"

In Xu Ming's view, those who could enter the Great Battlefield must have been famous for a long time.

"My name is Zhou Leng, and I recently entered the Innate Realm," Zhou Leng said.

Xu Ming lowered his head slightly in thought, then quickly said, "I have indeed heard of this name before. Ru Cheng Zhou Leng, a man of great righteousness, was a figure that was widely praised by students across the country last year. But I remember you were a freshman last year and participated in the Heavenly Rank Trial... You went from Qi and Blood to Bone Forging Innate Realm in just one year?"

His gaze suddenly changed, and his expression became even more serious.

“We were lucky,” Zhou Leng said.

Xu Ming said, "Who wouldn't be lucky to become a Great Innate? Add Wu Xin to the list. Once you enter the Great Battlefield and encounter other Great Innate humans, just say you're my friend, Xu Ming, and they'll give you some face. You're too young, and your talent is so strong; you can't perish on the Great Battlefield. Once you're inside, be a little thick-skinned and call them 'brother' and 'sister' frequently. Don't be greedy; those Great Innates will still be willing to take you along."

Emerald Wings' eyes lit up, and she listened intently, trying to memorize the information.

The two added Wu Xin.

Xu Ming, like a kind older brother, advised, "The Great Battlefield is a battlefield for the Great Primordial Beings. Don't be naive. Hide if you can, hide if you can. Generally speaking, as long as you're lucky, you can survive."

"I'll give you a few more years to advance to the Great Innate Realm. The Great Battlefield is a great opportunity. What a pity..."

"You're too young. Don't be impulsive. With such talent, you can't afford to have anything go wrong..."

Xu Ming kept rambling on, but no one got tired of listening. They could tell that he was simply worried about Zhou Leng and didn't want this young human genius to die young.

Finally, Xu Ming sighed, "You're in the same boat as me, forced to join the Dragon faction, right? If I were the Shieldbearer of the Giant faction, I wouldn't be here either. But joining the Dragon faction has its advantages..."

As Xu Ming was speaking, Zhou Leng caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye, and his pupils dilated slightly.

A five-meter-tall giant horse galloped forward, its hooves treading on black flames, its entire body clad in glossy black heavy armor.

On horseback sat a humanoid knight shrouded in thick black smoke, holding a black and gold spear.

All the nearby monsters scattered, not daring to approach.

Xu Ming looked over and said, "Why is that bastard here? If he hadn't run away, I could definitely have killed him. It's a pity that he's too fast after absorbing all the power of death..."

At the same time, the Undead Knight turned his head and looked this way. Just like last time, black smoke rolled around the Undead Knight's face, forming the outline of a human face with blurred features.

Xu Ming raised his middle finger, then raised both hands together.

The Undead Knight recognized Xu Ming, glanced at Zhou Leng, then turned back and continued on his way.

Zhou Leng stared at the undead knight's back. They had fought masked and the knight had made a quick move and then left, but the undead knight seemed to recognize him.

The Undead Knight pulled on the reins, and the hellhorse galloped to the vicinity of a group of demons.

Volcanic Turtle, Giant Insect Knight, Blasphemous Codex, Hundred-Eyed Bow, Black Sun Intestine, and other great innate beings with noble bloodlines or even great demon bloodlines gathered together.

They all nodded in salute to the undead knight, but they did not show the same fear as ordinary monsters.

These noble-blooded demons are different from ordinary demons. As long as they cultivate normally, they will all advance to the level of Grandmaster, and there is even a very small chance that they will advance to the level of demigod demon.

The Undead Knight rode a five-meter-tall warhorse, with an upper body over two meters tall, making him a small giant.

But it wasn't big in front of the giant insect knight, and it was rather small in front of the ten-meter-tall giant volcanic tortoise.

"On behalf of His Majesty, how are the preparations progressing?"

Everyone looked at the blasphemous grimoire, a humanoid body, but its head was a book of flesh and blood that was slowly turning its pages.

"Recently, many people from the Ten Realms have been arrested. White Lake needs... a transaction..."

"As for the 'Mountain Slaughtering Battle Body' martial shadow wall that His Majesty instructed, it has already been distributed to all the demons..."

"And His Majesty's... final matter... has just been issued. To avoid leaks, affiliated forces such as the Demon Worship Cult have been excluded, and even the Siren and Orcs haven't been notified. In truth, His Majesty only needs to eliminate one demon to handle this matter; we were merely cheering him on..."

While the demons were talking, the orcs, sirens, dragons, and others formed different small groups and discussed things in hushed tones.

Zhou Leng asked, "Shouldn't we make some preparations?"

Emerald Wings scoffed, "What's there to prepare? Once we're inside, we don't even know where we'll end up, how will we contact each other? It's so dangerous inside, every place is a death trap, anyone who runs around will die. No need to prepare, just hide once we're inside."

Xu Ming glanced at the Emerald Wings, seeing such a timid dragon for the first time.

Azure Flame asked, "Are there really no things we need to be careful about?"

Xu Ming said, "Try to team up with the Humanoid Alliance. If you're not familiar with them, be careful. Zhou Leng, you're too young. Be careful of martial artists from other countries on Blue Star. They're different from us Chinese. They're shameless. They're usually alright, but in dangerous places like the Great Battlefield, they're no different from demons."

“I’ll be careful of them. Emerald Wings, you’re experienced, tell me more about them,” Zhou Leng said.

Emerald Wings slowly said, "After all, that place is a battlefield, filled with the remnants of the gods' will. Once people go in, they are no longer ordinary people, but warriors, warriors of the gods."

"Well, in God's eyes, we are no different from chickens, ducks, geese, and insects. Therefore, you will inevitably be sent to dangerous places to fight by the will of the gods."

"If you're lucky, you might encounter a relatively benevolent divine will, at most suffering some physical pain before gaining benefits. If you're unlucky, you might encounter... an indescribable divine will, and basically everyone will die. If even one survives, it's only because the divine will is too merciful."

“As expected…” Xu Ming murmured to himself.

The others looked solemn. Although they had heard all sorts of legends about the Great Battlefield, the experience of actually entering it was quite different.

In the past few days, besides cultivating, Zhou Leng has been reading the notes and maps given to him by the Crimson Queen and reading information about the Great Battlefield in the Demon Spirit Tower. He has already gained a general understanding, but it is still far less detailed than what Emerald Wings has learned.

After all, the Emerald Wings were born on a great battlefield.

Zhou Lengdao: "So, the so-called battlefield of giants and dragons is a lie?"

Emerald Wings said, "It can't be said that it's all fake. Dragon God and Giant God are also dragons and giants."

Everyone was silent.

"However, you don't need to worry too much. Apart from a very few particularly dangerous places, we can't go to most of them even if we wanted to. The power there is too strong for us to perceive, and we would instinctively be repelled by the divine power."

"Is that amazing?" Xu Ming asked.

"Is divine power a joke? For example, between us, there is only a difference in strength, but essentially there is no difference. It is the same between gods. But between gods and us, there is a huge difference."

"To give the simplest example, the gods don't even need to lift a finger. They can just say you'll die today, and you won't live to see tomorrow. Because all the power in the world will try every means to kill you. Even a mighty dragon can choke to death, or its breath can suddenly stop. As for suddenly being struck by thunderstorms or being slaughtered by demigods, that's commonplace."

Zhou Lengdao: "Can gods change finite cause and effect, and the rules of the world?"

"To be precise, it can change the rules of lower-level beings, but it cannot change the rules of beings of equal or higher levels. For example, when facing another god, no matter how much he talks, he cannot kill the other. But, for example, when facing a primitive civilization, if a god wants this civilization to be wiped out, as long as he says it, the celestial bodies near the planet where this civilization is located, and even the sun, will be forcibly changed and attacked."

Everyone fell silent. After careful consideration, they realized that only those who possessed such power were worthy of being called gods.

(End of this chapter)