Martial arts ascend to the gods

Chapter 676 Bone Ladder
The Light of Redemption and others wished Zhao Tianji all the best in his future endeavors.

Zhao Cong said, “Zhou Leng is no ordinary person. I’m a little worried about you alone. How about this, I’ll gather all the Grandmasters from various regions, making a total of ten people, and we’ll lie in ambush. Once he comes down from the tree to fight, you can all rush up and join forces to kill him. If possible… I’ll also personally participate in the battle.”

"In that case, there's no chance of anything going wrong!" Zhao Tianji, a seasoned veteran, beamed with joy.

The light of redemption was repeatedly praised.

Zhao Cong turned his head and said, "Enforcer, you are a high-ranking member of my Demonic Cult and a Grandmaster. You cannot shirk your duty in this battle."

“This…” The Light of Redemption looked troubled. “It’s not that I’m making excuses, it’s just that I am, after all, a Law Enforcer. I have too many things to do and may not have the time.”

"It's alright. We're all nearby. We'll contact you in advance once we're ready to fight. It'll only take a few hours, it won't delay you much," Zhao Cong said.

“I will consult His Majesty the Heavenly Calamity Envoy at that time,” said the Light of Redemption.

“I have already spoken with His Majesty, and His Majesty said that if Zhou Leng is killed, the entire Tianhuo Army will be at my disposal.”

"Fine..." The Light of Redemption was extremely reluctant, but ultimately decided to take it one step at a time.

Zhao Cong thought for a moment and said, "You'd better choose to surround and kill Zhou Leng when you ascend the Corpse Throne. After you're done, I'll find a way to save you a few chairs."

"That's great." Zhao Tianji was even more satisfied.

The Light of Redemption wore a forced smile, inwardly cursing Zhao Cong for being such a scoundrel. He was afraid Zhou Leng would seize the first Corpse King's throne, so he made us sacrifice ourselves while he reaped the benefits.

After a long discussion, Zhao Cong left.

The light of redemption carried Shen Jun outside.

Under the cover of night, the Light of Redemption gazed at the massive canopy of the Mother Tree in the distance.

"The scale of this battle is beyond imagination. I have assigned you a new mission: to return to Rucheng."

“Teacher…” Shen Jun looked at the light of redemption, his lips trembling slightly.

"I have many disciples, but some have died, some have been crippled, and only a few have made something of themselves in the end."

"I will certainly live up to my teacher's high expectations, work hard in my cultivation, and strive to become a Grandmaster!" Shen Jun said.

"You misunderstood. I didn't say you'd be successful in the future. Anyway, there's no use for you staying here. All you do is cheat and shirk your responsibilities. In the future, everyone else will either die or be crippled, and you might be the only one left alive."

Shen Jun was both amused and exasperated, and said, "Teacher, please don't say that."

What are your thoughts on the Zhou-Leng battle?

Shen Jun's smile faded, and he said, "Do you want to tell the truth?"

"Do you and I still need to hide things from each other?"

“I strongly recommend that you come back to Rucheng with me.”

As the Light of Redemption raised its hand, Shen Jun ducked to avoid it, chuckling to himself.

“Teacher, this is the truth. Anyway, if I have to cause trouble for Zhou Leng, I might as well just kill myself. I’d rather be Rao Mingxian than Zhao Tianji.”

"Are you that afraid of him?"

“I have a phobia of cold weather,” Shen Jun said confidently.

The Light of Redemption's eyelids twitched, and he scoffed, "You may not be good at anything else, but you've mastered my illness to perfection."

"Master, you flatter me."

"What do you think I should do if I go this time?"

Shen Jun said, "It's simple. Just send a message beforehand to say that you and many friends are nearby. When Zhou Leng is dead, no one will know. If Zhou Leng is alive and defeats them, you'll be half his savior. Would he have the nerve to kill you?"

"Wouldn't it be a bit inappropriate to do this..." Light of Redemption hesitated.

Shen Jun pursed his lips, wondering who was called Nuclear Island Turtle Light.

He persuaded patiently.

Finally, the Light of Redemption nodded and said, "I'll think about it some more. You should go back to Rucheng."

"Thank you, teacher! I'm off then!" Shen Jun said without another word and ran away.

Looking at his disciple's decisive back, the Light of Redemption cursed "little bastard" and strode towards the Heavenly Calamity Army camp.

Fires raged across the battlefield between the two armies.

The war involved hundreds of millions of people and was both spectacular and brutal.

The battle lines moved like ants.

Death is just a number.

On the fifteenth day after Zhou Leng entered the tree hole, Chen Shouhu led his troops to raid and kill the monster's logistics team, seizing countless resources from the giant insect's lair.

On the seventeenth day, Wang Boxiong received orders to lead the first batch of reinforcements to the mother tree.

On the eighteenth day, the Giant Furnace led the dwarf army, and the Demon Spirit Master led the demon army to arrive.

On the twentieth day, reinforcements from both sides arrived simultaneously, and the magic masters launched a full-scale attack, causing the intensity of the war to suddenly increase.

Unlike previous battles, this time the monsters paid special attention to the corpses.

The two sides repeatedly found themselves locked in a stalemate over the corpses, and the longer the stalemate lasted, the more corpses appeared.

The various races began to adjust their strategies, and a large number of reinforcements arrived in the Demon City, preparing for the end of the Tree People world.

No one explicitly stated it, but all the strategies of the Blue Star, the Demon World, and the Dwarf World all pointed in one direction.

The world of Tree People is on the verge of defeat.

On the twenty-fifth day, the battle continued.

On the twenty-sixth day, the battle continued.

On the twenty-seventh day, the Mother Tree's camp quietly underwent changes.

Everyone noticed that the Mother Tree's healing power was less than before.

However, the Tree People began distributing ordinary Water of Life and Leaves of Life to everyone.

On the thirtieth day, the healing power released by the mother tree decreased again.

On the thirty-third day, a rumor began to circulate in various places.

The roots of the mother tree are poisoned and have turned black.

Just one day later, the rumor was no longer a rumor.

Some tree people began to climb the mother tree and pick the withered yellow leaves.

The mother tree of the Tree People world has a title.

The one that grows tall and green.

Now, the leaves are withered and yellow.

Although no one knew exactly what had happened, they could all guess that the Heavenly Calamity had used some means to first deplete the Mother Tree and then use poisonous or evil power.

On the thirty-fifth day, the demigod tree spirit guarding Zhou Leng was replaced by three lower-level tree spirit masters. On the thirty-ninth day, the mother tree's canopy shrank by fifty kilometers, and the tree spirits' first line of defense collapsed.

On the forty-second day, the mother tree's canopy shrank another fifty kilometers, and the second line of defense was breached.

Chen Shouhu arrived at the Mother Tree and joined forces with Wang Boxiong to fight.

On the forty-fifth day, the radius of the mother tree's canopy shrank by one hundred kilometers, and the Treeman Alliance fought relying on the walls built by the Magic Spirit Masters.

Grandmaster King Song Juesi arrived and slaughtered 227 Grandmasters in a single day, setting a new record for the highest number of Grandmasters killed in a single day.

In the final battle, the demigod's clone was deployed.

Song Juesi fought against multiple opponents, killing seven demigod clones in succession, which shocked the battlefield and boosted the morale of the Tree Man Alliance.

Day 46, Day 47...

On the sixtieth day, the mother tree underwent a complete transformation; its trunk shrank, and the diameter of its crown was reduced to only ten kilometers.

On the tree trunk, a huge shadow was reflected in Xu Qingjin's pupils.

If it weren't for the tree spirits stopping her, she would have already rushed to the battlefield.

After sixty days of cultivation under the mother tree, she broke through the True Liquid and Blood Vibration stages, reaching the Bone Forging stage.

This is a privilege that even a martial saint could not receive before ascending to sainthood.

The reason for staying at the Bone Forging stage is not that one cannot continue to advance, but rather that one needs to lay a solid foundation.

After being immersed in the power of the mother tree for sixty days, Xu Qingjin's body has undergone a complete transformation.

Her skin was as smooth and white as jade all over her body.

Today, for the first time, she lost patience with her cultivation.

A massive mountain of bones stands dozens of kilometers away.

It was a huge mountain shaped like a Mayan pyramid.

The bottom is square, and layers are added upwards one by one.

Each floor is ten meters high.

There are a total of thirty-three floors.

Xu Qingjin held onto the trunk of the mother tree, her heart pounding.

No normal person could look directly at this terrifying mountain of bones.

The bone mountain is white with a hint of red.

Countless corpses of demons, giant insects, sirens, orcs, giants, dragons, iron dwarves, sorcerers, and treants were piled up like mountains.

In the center of the bone mountain facing the mother tree, there are additional bone staircases not found on the other three sides.

The staircase of bones is made up of human skeletons.

The spine is curved, and the ribs and sternum surround it, layer upon layer, forming a ladder.

A one-armed, blue-skinned giant, clad in magnificent demon armor, climbed the bone staircase step by step.

It was as if he was stepping on the backs of countless human men, climbing step by step.

The sound of bones cracking echoed beneath his feet.

Below, the fighting ceased.

Both sides watched as this arrogant king climbed step by step.

Upon reaching the summit of Bone Mountain, the Heavenly Calamity Envoy waved his hand, and a series of clanging bone sounds rang out. Around the summit, numerous skeletal thrones rose up.

After the bone thrones were placed all around, a clanging sound of bones colliding rang out again from the center.

The densely packed bones flowed like water against the current, with human skeletons rising and intertwining to form an even larger throne.

A mountain of bones rises, and a throne of corpses ascends.

The Heavenly Calamity Envoy stood before the Corpse King's throne, but did not sit down; instead, he gazed ahead.

"Want to sit here? Then climb these steps, stepping on their spines! Whoever sits here will be the next demigod. In the end, I will personally crown you, even if you are human."

The Heavenly Calamity Envoy stood atop the mountain, looking down upon all life in the ten realms with a smile on his face.

Although he was used to being looked up to by everyone in his own world, he could always feel a little happier when he encountered different groups of people.

He has always enjoyed experiencing the different cultures of the world.

Over the years, he disguised himself as an ordinary being from all walks of life and traveled to the Demon Prison, the Siren World, the Orc World, the Dragon World, and the Giant World.

After the battle, he traveled to other worlds.

The final stop: disguised as an ordinary human, traveling across Earth.

Once the Great War of the Ten Realms begins, the true avatar, the God of Calamity, will descend...

The calamity was smiling; he was already somewhat looking forward to that day.

"Go."

His voice was soft.

A gigantic shadow, taller than a mountain of bones, swept past from the side, like a giant whale brushing past a dolphin.

The giant insect mother, like a tsunami suddenly rising from a calm sea, crashed towards the mother tree.

She was originally white, like a giant maggot.

Now, her entire body is covered in hard, spiky black insect armor, resembling an enormous, fat beetle charging forward.

Wherever it passed, dust rose and the earth trembled.

A treant master charged forward with all his might, but before he could even touch the mother insect's outer shell, he encountered a strange, transparent energy.

In an instant, his body shattered into dust.

A demigod tree-man crashed into it.

boom!
The demigod treant crashed into the invisible, transparent energy, but before it could even touch the outer shell of the insect, it was blasted away by the terrifying force.

The dignified demigod tree-man was like a football kicked by a martial arts goalkeeper. With a loud bang, he flew backwards at several times the speed of sound for dozens of kilometers, over the mother tree, and crashed in a distant place.

This collision filled the Tree Man Alliance with despair.

The Mother of Giant Insects is far superior to a demigod and possesses the power of a virtual god.

This is the war of God.

Xu Qingjin's left hand trembled slightly, while her right hand gripped the tree trunk as she looked in Zhou Leng's direction.

Inside the tree hollow, Zhou Leng opened his eyes.

(End of this chapter)