Martial arts ascend to the gods

Chapter 716 Taking the blame
Soon, both sides agreed that fourteen martial saints, including Zhu Shiji, would arrive at the Guhe Research Institute one after another.

Subsequently, Zhou Leng began night raids on the orc world, where the intelligence was most abundant.

Kill one, take one back to Earth.

After killing three in a row, the orc demigod panicked and gathered together to attack the Iron Dwarves.

If the demigods lived in the world of dwarves and orcs, and it wasn't the orcs who did it, then it must have been the Iron Dwarves.

Seeing that there was no chance, Zhou Leng left the orc world and, through various forces, grasped the general distribution of demon demigods, then infiltrated the first level of the Demon Prison, the Endless Battlefield.

More than three thousand demon demigods have gathered here.

There were too many demigods here, so Zhou Leng killed them one by one slowly, without causing panic among the demigods of the Demon Prison.

The death of dozens of demigods is nothing in the Demon Prison.
Zhou Leng killed one and transported another to Blue Star. He tried to transport two, but it didn't work; they couldn't be moved and couldn't break through the barrier between the two worlds.

The power required to transport a lower-level demigod is far greater than that required to transport a newly promoted demigod.

Based on estimates, it is currently impossible for a mid-level demigod to pass through the barrier between the two worlds.

In just a few days, all fourteen newly promoted and lower-ranking Martial Saints completed the first level of the Heavenly Rank Trial.

Inside the Ancient River Sect Research Bureau, 103 more headless god components have been discovered.

Zhou Leng already possesses six headless divine components of the Divine Death Beast, reaching his limit; he cannot use any more.

Therefore, the excess headless god components were rented out to the Grandmaster of the Ancient River Sect for free.

This greatly increased the strength of the Demon City Army and the Grandmasters of the Martial Guard system in the Western Sea Demon City region.

Under Zhou Leng's instructions, Zhu Shiji secretly contacted newly promoted and lower-level martial saints among humans, informing the "mysterious person" that he could obtain information about newly promoted and lower-level demigods who were on the verge of death.

To obtain it is simple: martial arts masters who have mastered the Dongfeng Fist New Heaven Eternal Standing Fist Stance receive a preferential treatment, requiring only three major voting rights.

However, the Dragon Kingdom's allied martial saint must meet more conditions in order to complete the transaction.

For example, one must not collude with the Demon Worshiping Cult, must join the Ancient River Sect, must unconditionally support the Dragon Kingdom at the Blue Star Martial Saint Conference, must give up three rights to assist in the war, must fully implement the policies needed by the Dragon Kingdom in the country, and must have the country's most elite martial artists join the Ancient River Sect...

The conditions for non-alliance martial saints to obtain this are even more stringent.

Initially, only the martial arts masters from allied nations participated in the transaction.

However, as news spread that newly promoted and lower-ranking martial saints from various countries had completed the Heavenly Rank Trial, and with time becoming increasingly tight, some non-alliance martial saints sought out Zhu Shiji.

Soon, these martial saints signed a tacit agreement with the Dragon Kingdom that "ceded their sovereignty and humiliated the nation."

The two parties completed the transaction shortly thereafter.

Soon, countries discovered that many had suddenly changed their policies and were no longer confronting the Dragon Kingdom.

Various products from China flooded into their country, almost like dumping.

Within their country, two fierce voices have emerged.

Some people oppose it because their own industries have been impacted by China's economic situation.

Others support it because they have access to better products.

But whether they oppose or support it, they cannot influence the Martial Saint's decision.

In most countries of Earth, the Martial Saint controls everything.

Below the level of the Martial Saint, no one is considered human.

The most talented martial artists from various countries, especially the young geniuses, have entered the Ancient River Sect of the Dragon Kingdom in large numbers, many of whom have the bloodline of Martial Saints.

Unlike in the past when they came to study in China as high-class citizens, they are now treated as inferior to Chinese citizens. They must contribute their own money and effort to create value for China in order to obtain the same status as Chinese citizens.

Whether forced or voluntary, the world's strongest military force has begun to concentrate in the Dragon Kingdom.

A few days later, more good news came from the Dragon Kingdom.

Thanks to absorbing the power of the mother tree, the three tree-man masters and one elf master were promoted to demigods.

The Dragon Kingdom has gained four new demigods to assist it.

Other countries are facing increasing pressure.

Zhou Leng went to the Demon Prison again and dragged back four dying demon demigods to help the four newly promoted demigods complete the Heavenly Rank Trial.

As the end date of the first level of the Heavenly Rank Trial draws ever closer, all the major forces are getting busy.

Giants, dragons, magicians, and steel dwarves began contacting Zhu Shiji, hoping to also buy some dying newly promoted and lower-level demigods.

After discussing it with Zhu Shiji, Zhou Leng obtained a large amount of supplies and conditions in exchange.

Zhou Leng needs the materials for the Little Star Pill, while the Dragon Kingdom needs various magical techniques, rare metals, and exotic medicinal herbs...

The rewards for reaching the Heavenly Rank are too tempting. Most demigods from various countries possess abundant resources and powerful authority. In order to achieve higher combat strength, they can only give up other resources and benefits.

With such high customer demand, Zhou Leng couldn't handle it all by himself and needed to change his strategy.

Therefore, giants, dragons, sorcerers, and iron dwarves dispatched a large number of grandmasters, under the guise of cooperating with the Demon Prison, to gather intelligence on the Endless Battlefield.

Faster, more, and more accurate intelligence converged on Zhou Leng.

With more detailed intelligence, Zhou Leng didn't need much time to rush into the demigod camp, cripple them, and bring them to other worlds.

Zhou Leng did not personally participate in the transaction. After taking the dying demigod out, he had a human grandmaster conduct the transaction on his behalf, and the major powers never noticed.

Gradually, more and more newly promoted and lower-ranking demigods died in the Demon Prison.

At its peak, more than fifty people died in a single day.

This quickly attracted the attention of the Demon Prison's lower levels, who sent people to investigate.

But they only paid attention to it, without taking it seriously.

As the final moment drew near, more and more demigods and demons headed towards the Endless Battlefield.

Humanity on Earth has entered the martial arts era for less than fifty years, and there are not many martial saints.

However, the number of demigods such as Iron Dwarves, Giants, Dragons, and Spellcasters is extremely large, numbering in the thousands.

Customer demand was so high that Zhou Leng was so busy that he even ate while running around.

Interestingly, as he continued to trade with various worlds, the resistance from the barriers between these worlds became increasingly weaker for Zhou Leng.

A few days later, the sky above Blue Star City trembled, colorful light soared into the heavens, and divine sounds resounded. Someone had advanced to the Martial Saint realm.

The news quickly spread throughout the land, and Song Juesi was granted the title of "canon of the Song Dynasty".

On that day, Song Juesi ascended the Hall of Demigods to challenge the demonic demigods.

The demonic demigods, taking advantage of his recent advancement, readily accepted the challenge.

Using the ancient river sect martial arts, Song Juesi slaughtered three newly promoted demigods in succession.

After that, no newly ascended demigod dared to challenge him.

Song Juesi changed the challenge conditions, relaxing them to include lower-level demigods.

The demigod of the Monster Alliance hesitated for a moment before sending a lower-ranking demigod to challenge them.

Old Song fought three lower-level demigods in a row, winning two and drawing one, before ending the challenge due to exhaustion.

After this battle, Song Juesi shocked the Ten Realms and became a rising star of martial arts.

Zhou Leng sent a message to congratulate him.

Three days before the deadline for the first Heavenly Trial, the Demon Lords suddenly joined forces and dispatched their trusted demigods to the Endless Battlefield to investigate the number of demigods who had died.

It is dominated by a powerful peak demigod.

Upon learning the news, Zhou Leng promptly fled.

Under the orders of the Demon Lord, all the demigods and demons in the Endless Battlefield obediently accepted the investigation by the demigod investigation team.

Each demigod was described in detail: when and where they killed whom, how much power they gained, and whether they passed the Heavenly Trial.

After a day of investigation, the Demon Prison Demigods discovered a horrifying fact: more than 800 newly promoted, lower-level, middle-level, and upper-level demigods had died under mysterious circumstances.

Among them are three high-ranking demigods.

Zhou Leng quickly received the news and was puzzled.

I've killed over five hundred people, and I haven't even touched a single mid-level demigod. So how come there are still high-level demigods who died mysteriously?

Soon, a bombshell announcement broke.

The Demon Lord personally used the Star Artifact "Eye of All Knowledge" to search and discovered that the Blood of Tyranny had appeared on the Endless Battlefield.

The ten worlds exploded.

Everyone realized that the Blood of Tyranny possessed a secret treasure that allowed them to travel between different realms.

The gods of the Demon Realm were enraged and repeatedly sent messengers to question the Siren World, which belonged to their allies.

Your tyrannical blood is very strong, so killing some demigods is understandable, even killing high-ranking demigods is acceptable.

But killing two or three hundred would have been enough, why did you kill more than eight hundred?
You can kill those mid-level and high-level demigods, but why don't you have any martial ethics and kill newly promoted and low-level demigods?
Those are the main force of the future Demon Prison, including many geniuses and even the highest-ranking Demon Prison angels and demigods.

Subsequently, Zhu Shiji sent Zhou Leng some screenshots of messages.

The Iron Dwarfs, Giants, and Dragons, though a bit dim-witted, all agreed that Zhu Shiji was cooperating with the Blood of Tyranny and thought humans were awesome.

The magicians are clever, perhaps a little too clever.

They also thought humans were awesome, but their reasoning was that humans dared to let tyrannical blood take the blame.

This led the spirit masters to reassess the power and cunning of humanity.

The Tyrannical Blood, who had escaped back to the Siren World, cursed the Demon Lord for being shameless and admitted that he had killed some demigods, but not that many.

No one in the Ten Realms believes in the Blood of Tyranny.

Even the demigods didn't believe it.

With the blood of tyranny, he rises to become the number one scapegoat in the ten realms.

But, his good junior brother, with his tyrannical blood, believed in him.

Zhou Leng was different from them; he even posted a message on Wu Xin to express his support and praised his latest limerick.

I will never forget my senior brother's great kindness.

In the world of sirens, the blood of tyranny carries a heavy burden.

The Dragon Kingdom is like a city, and the Zhou Dynasty enjoys a peaceful and tranquil life.

Even the Demon Lord, as powerful as he was, did not suspect Zhou Leng.

Everyone thought that Zhou Leng had not yet advanced to the Martial Saint level.

Just as the world was engulfed in a bloody catastrophe, outside the Hall of Demigods, human martial saints and sea monster demigods engaged in a life-or-death battle for the Heavenly Rank Trial.

Ultimately, the human martial saint achieved a record of ten wins, seven draws, and six deaths.

Ten people completed the Heavenly Rank Trial on the last day.

This includes Huang Xuange, Li Tianyuan, and Chen Shaohuang, who are at the middle or upper levels.

However, all three were severely injured because their opponents were all sirens—the strongest demigods.

These three individuals practically represent the highest combat strength of the Dragon Kingdom today.

The news triggered a nationwide state of alert.

Numerous martial arts masters gathered in the majestic city.

The next day, a tremendous roar erupted in the sky outside the city, followed by a dazzling display of light.

The video was posted online, and everyone realized that a battle between martial arts masters had taken place.

But all clear images were blocked, and no one saw the details.

Soon, rumors began to circulate online.

It turns out that after Huang Xuange, Li Tianyuan, and Chen Shaohuang were injured, the Martial Saints of the Eagle Alliance and the Ou Alliance who joined the Demon Worshiping Cult gathered all the upper and middle demigods in an attempt to launch a sneak attack.

But to everyone's surprise, Huang Xuange, Li Tianyuan, and Chen Shaohuang were full of energy and not only repelled the invading martial saint, but also killed a mid-level martial saint from the Demon Worshiping Sect.

Later, it was said that the three were indeed injured, but someone gave them a miraculous medicine that allowed them to recover from their injuries in a short time and defeat the Martial Saint of the Demon Worship Cult.

(End of this chapter)