Martial arts ascend to the gods

Chapter 731 Old Insects
On the high seas, Zhou Leng, disguised as Zhu Shiji, sped across the water while reviewing offline intelligence.

Now, most martial arts masters from various countries have left their home countries and begun searching for the blood of ancient beasts all over the world.

The intelligence shared by the martial saints shows that most of them can sense the blood of ancient beasts at a distance of about 1000 meters.

At a higher level, one can sense an extra hundred or two meters, but some people can sense a slightly longer distance.

Zhou Leng recalled that his sensing range was at least 5000 meters.

After running for a while, they sensed nothing and entered the seabed.

According to intelligence, human martial saints are not sea monsters after all. Their speed in water is limited, and their true energy is consumed in great quantities. This leads most martial saints to search only in shallow waters.

Only a few weaker martial saints, in order to break through, resolved to enter the deep sea and slowly search for a way out.

In the deep sea, Zhou Leng continued forward.

While sensing the blood of the ancient beast, he simultaneously cultivated.

He activated the Great Sun Divine Art, the Undying Star Body, and the Star Phoenix Returning to Heaven Technique in sequence.

After advancing to Martial Saint, the cultivation progress of the Undying Star Body accelerated significantly.

The first level of the Undying Star Body, the Transcendent Body, requires the cultivation of ten divine runes. After absorbing the blood of the ancient beast, three have already been condensed.

At this rate, the peak Martial Saint stage will likely be able to complete the entire cultivation of the Transcendent Body.

At that time, one can traverse the starry sky, enter a star, and, with the help of the sun's power, become a true celestial being, laying the foundation for ascending to godhood.

Underwater, Zhou Leng maintained a high speed of Mach 15 and, with his powerful Martial Saint abilities, restrained his strength.

Otherwise, the dissipated force would be enough to kill all marine life nearby.

Half an hour later, Zhou Leng's eyes lit up, and he changed direction, heading straight for a spot on the seabed.

Before long, a seabed with jagged rocks came into view, radiating a blood-red light.

He reached out, grabbed the crimson ball of light, swallowed it, and continued to move forward while absorbing it.

And so, Zhou Leng continued his search in the vast ocean.

Occasionally, he would encounter other martial saints, but as soon as they saw that it was Zhu Shiji, they would immediately nod politely and leave.

After five days, five more were found, bringing the total to nine.

For the next two days, there was no harvest at all.

Perhaps, the remaining resources of Earth are running low.

It's time to see other worlds.

Zhou Leng left the seabed and returned to the Dragon Kingdom to read the news and intelligence.

The appearance of the blood of ancient beasts has sparked a treasure hunt across the Ten Realms.

Whether on Earth or in the Ten Realms, there are ordinary martial artists who are lucky enough to obtain the blood of ancient beasts, and then sell it to martial saints or demigods to gain massive wealth.

In the world of demons, even the blood of ancient beasts has appeared at auctions, sparking fierce competition.

Even more outrageous are the two worlds that are connected.

The world of giants and dragons, and the world of dwarves and orcs, are locked in a great war for the blood of ancient beasts.

Many demigods even fought with their full fury, abandoning their search for the blood of ancient beasts and engaging in frenzied battle.

As for the Demon Prison, all the blood of ancient beasts exists only in the first level of the Endless Battlefield, which leads to a large influx of demons and demigods.

The wars between them were even more brutal than those between dragons and giants, or dwarves and orcs.

Old grudges accumulated in the past, new hatred from the first level of the Heavenly Rank Trial, the competition for the blood of ancient beasts, and finally the slaughter and plunder of the blood of tyranny, have turned the entire Endless Battlefield into a complete mess.

The demons hate other demons more than they hate other races.

The number of demigods in the Demon Prison is the highest in the ten realms, which results in the most ancient beast blood falling into the Endless Battlefield.

Zhou Leng was a little envious, but after thinking about it, he decided to give up for the time being. If he really couldn't find it, he would go to the Demon Prison to take a look.

As more and more information came in, Zhou Leng gained a better understanding of the distribution of the ancient beast blood.

Because all the old demigods have died out, the number of ancient beast blood is the smallest in the Tree People world, and the two races are not very active in fighting for it.

Currently, the giant insect race and the treants together have more than a dozen demigods, all of whom are newly promoted demigods.

The worlds of dragons and giants are locked in a fierce battle, and both sides are incredibly powerful, so there's no need to go.

Because of the battles, the demigods reduced their search, leaving ordinary orcs and dwarves to search the mountains and fields.

Zhou Leng thought for a moment and decided to go to the Demon Spirit World's Special Envoy Hall to purchase an energy detection device that could detect all energy.

It contains the energy of ancient beast blood, but its detection range is only 500 meters, making it suitable only for non-demigods.

Zhou Leng bought a huge amount of stuff and then secretly infiltrated the Treeman World.

They made contact with the newly ascended demigod tree people in the tree people world and obtained information about the new mother insect.

When the old queen dies, the strongest giant insect of the giant insect race will automatically evolve into the queen.

To accelerate the evolution of the mother insect, the giant insect feeds her all the blood of the ancient beasts it finds.

Zhou Leng silently sneaked into the vicinity of the mother insect's nest, and then hid the detector in a secluded place.

The quantity is so large that it ensures the blood of the ancient beast will be detected no matter which direction it enters the mother insect's nest.

After setting up the detectors, they began searching the world of the Tree People.

Plan your route according to the map and run at high speed.

As I ran, I saw a huge ant nest in the distance, two hundred meters high, like a mountain lying in the plain.

I glanced at the map subconsciously.

This place feels so familiar.

As soon as they got close, a sharp hissing sound came from the giant ant nest, and countless giant ants swarmed out and charged forward.

"roll!"

Zhou Leng let out a loud shout, and a powerful surge of energy erupted, creating a pale white wave of air.

Countless flying ants were sent flying backward, landing with a soft thud. The giant ants on the ground, like withered leaves pushed by ocean waves, retreated layer upon layer, scattering away.

Zhou Leng rushed into the giant ant nest without any hindrance and easily arrived at the queen's hall.

A somewhat familiar figure appeared deep within the Queen Ant's Hall.

Countless giant ants swarmed around her, baring their teeth at Zhou Leng.

On the contrary, the queen ant, who had already advanced to the level of a grandmaster, trembled slightly, her eyes filled with fear.

"Hello, we meet again. You've actually advanced to Grandmaster. It seems I've been of great help to you." Zhou Leng spoke in the language of the tree.

“Hiss… Great demigod…” The queen ant lowered her head and remained silent.

The giant ants paused for a moment, then all lowered their heads, crouched down, and lay motionless on the ground.

"The reason you've lived this long is because of this cleverness. As always, of all the beauties in the world, I'll only choose 1,500."

Zhou Leng walked to the ant queen's side, poked a hole with his finger, and used the magic bottle to absorb it.

"Don't worry, I'm experienced, you won't feel too much pain," Zhou Leng said.

The queen ant did not speak.

Gudu... Gudu...

Time slowly passed, and the shimmering insect juice continued to flow.

"By the way, what happened to your Zerg race after the queen died? Tell me about it..."

The queen ant explained everything in detail, showing absolutely no sense of secrecy.

After the war between the insects and trees, the giant insect race suffered just as badly as the tree people.

All the demigods of the Giant Insect Clan perished at that time, and their current strength, at best, is not as great as that of a mid-level demigod from the Demon Prison.

The Heavenly Calamity Army has been disbanded, the Heavenly Calamity God has disappeared, and the other lords of the Demon Prison no longer pay attention to the giant worm.

The giant insect has been completely reduced to a disposable rag, used and then thrown away.

Without the support of the Demon Prison and suffering heavy losses, the giant insect race restrained its ferocity and began to develop in secret, no longer provoking the treants.

The queen ant's account was more detailed than the tree people's, and it also described the process of the struggle for the new queen ant.

The most powerful Zerg masters engaged in a bloody battle. The victorious queen Zerg was promoted to mother Zerg and devoured the flesh and blood of all participants, thus ascending to demigod status.

The queen ant even gave a detailed account of all the information about the new queen ant.

"Oh? So, the new queen worm can't move right now?"

"The mother insect can't actually move at all. It only uses its power to change in critical moments, but that takes a certain amount of time."

Zhou Leng and the Queen Ant chatted slowly.

After half of the shimmering insect juice disappeared, the queen ant's abdomen became much flatter.

"Hmm... wait, if I remember correctly, the mother insect's radiant insect juice is called Radiant Mother Fluid, right?"

"Huh?" The queen ant stared at Zhou Leng, dumbfounded.

You're already exploiting me, and now you want to mess with the mother insect?
It's definitely not a bug!

The more Zhou Leng thought about it, the brighter his eyes became.

After a moment, he stared at the queen ant and said, "Are you interested in becoming the queen ant?"

"Huh?" The queen ant opened her mouth wide again, and her huge, snow-white abdomen began to wriggle rapidly, its surface tinged with pink.

It's sunny now.

"Anyway, your giant insect race is finished. The Heavenly Calamity Envoy has lost interest in you, and the Demon Prison no longer cares about you. Instead of continuing to fight to the death with the Treants, why not find a different way to live? For example, I'll support you to become the queen insect, and you'll provide me with the Brilliant Mother Fluid and the resources of the giant insect race. I guarantee the Treants won't cause you any trouble. How about it?"

"what?"

The queen ant never imagined that a giant insect could do this.

However, the temptation to become the mother insect is simply too great.

Moreover, this person is indeed capable of doing it, because not long ago, this person was only a primordial being, but a few years later, he was promoted to demigod.

In particular, there was a strange, almost imperceptible pressure emanating from him, which was extremely heavy and far surpassed that of any other demigod.

I've only ever experienced this in beings at the level of the Old Mother Worm.

Zhou Leng nodded and said, "If you don't agree, I'll find another queen. I'm sure there will be other queens willing to do so."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

The queen ant, whose entire body was white with a reddish abdomen, became anxious and opened her mouth, saying, "I didn't say I disagreed! I want to be the queen!"

"Oh? You've figured it out?"

The queen ant forced an extremely ugly smile and said, "From today onwards, I will be His Majesty's guard."

"Um……"

Zhou Leng looked at the queen ant, whose body was even larger than before. Before, it was like several oil tankers, but now it was like a reclining building, with its body length approaching 100 meters.

Its front half is very small, only a little over ten meters long, with a black shell and a fierce ant head.

Its hindquarters are a large, snow-white abdomen, used to store insect juices and lay eggs.

“From now on, I’ll call you… Ma Dabai. Next, let’s discuss a plan to seize the queen insect. The most crucial question is, if I eliminate the queen insect, how can you guarantee my advancement to the queen insect? Do I need to kill all the queen insects?”

Ma Dabai felt a chill run down his spine and hurriedly said, "Just let me devour the corpse of the queen insect, and I will automatically take over as the new queen insect. There is no need to kill all the queen insects."

"Then how can I guarantee that you won't turn against me after you advance to the Queen Insect realm?"

"The reputation of our giant insect race even surpasses that of all human warriors except those from the Dragon Kingdom."

“I can’t argue with that… How about this, I killed some demons before and I have quite a few contracts. Let’s sign a few more, shall we?” Zhou Leng asked.

“Okay…okay…” Ma Dabai stammered.

I thought I could get away with it, but the other party is so shrewd and ruthless, I might as well sign the contract.

(End of this chapter)