Chapter 316: Chapter 302 Encounter

The Barbarian Star Axe was being pursued by Zhou Leng, originally seething with anger.

Now, seeing the Azure Scale interfering in the battle, he felt an unprecedented sense of humiliation.

He could be defeated, but how could he tolerate being provoked by a frail Sea Siren?

“Courting death!” said the Barbarian Star Axe, changing his escape direction to charge at the Azure Scale.

The Azure Scale sneered inwardly, thinking, “You can’t even beat Zhou Leng, and you still want to harm me?”

Ignoring Zhou Leng, the Azure Scale wrapped his entire body in Sea Armor. His right arm, enveloped by the sea, suddenly swelled, transforming into a giant water column arm four meters long, which swung at the Barbarian Star Axe.

The Barbarian Star Axe suddenly accelerated, swinging an axe at the Azure Scale’s waist before the water column arm could descend, grazing past him without looking back, continuing to charge forward.

“Hmm?” The Azure Scale felt a chill in his abdomen and looked down.

His body tilted, chest and abdomen splitting in two.

Blood spurted upward from the abdomen, with intestines spilling out.

Organs from the chest cavity fell with a series of plops.

The halved Azure Scale collapsed on the ground, without fear or pain, only confusion.

“Just one move? Just one move…”

Shen Jun and the others felt like they had fallen into an ice cave, standing frozen like statues, not daring to move.

The Azure Scale was the strongest in their team.

Zhou Leng approached, bending down to pick up the Azure Scale’s Magic Spirit Bag, stepping over him, and giving Shen Jun and the others a glance.

Shen Jun and others’ hair stood on end.

Zhou Leng turned his head and accelerated, pursuing the Barbarian Star Axe.

With only half of his body left, the Azure Scale struggled to lift himself with his arms, turning his head laboriously to look at Zhou Leng’s retreating figure.

“Zhou Leng, Zhou…”

He wanted to say that the battle they had agreed upon last time was not yet over.

He wanted to say that this time, he was determined to win.

He wanted to say that once they left the Young Warriors’ battlefield, he could ascend to the Innate level.

He suddenly realized how fast Zhou Leng was, how powerful, no less than the Barbarian Star Axe, and not inferior to Guan Canglong.

His vision blurred, and a peculiar thought suddenly emerged in his mind.

Could it be possible that Zhou Leng did not bring others to besiege but had single-handedly wounded the Barbarian Star Axe and pursued him?

“Impossible, impossible…”

The Azure Scale shook his head, his body tilted, and he collapsed to the ground, slowly closing his eyes.

In his eyes, it seemed as if the sea was gently rippling.

Shen Jun stood dazed, until the silhouettes of both sides disappeared into the night.

“Run! Quick, run!” Shen Jun yelled like a madman, charging toward the highest mountain.

The others took one look at the Azure Scale’s corpse and fled in panic.

As they ran, they watched their surroundings, seeing two teams emerging from the edge of the forest.

One team was Beastmen, the other the Humanoid Alliance.

Those two teams were particularly strange, clearly foes yet staying far apart without engaging.

Shen Jun glanced at the two teams and ran faster.

Mountain River Oak and Molten Hammer and the others saw the Sea Siren and Demon Worship Sect’s team and were startled, suddenly halting.

Then, seeing them run off like rabbits, they heaved a sigh of relief.

Running to the Azure Scale’s corpse, someone recognized him.

“The Azure Scale, with demigod bloodline, ranked second among Sea Sirens, very powerful.”

“Unfortunately, he encountered the Barbarian Star Axe.”

Molten Hammer and Mountain River Oak were talking when a figure emerged ahead.

Zhou Leng approached slowly, his left hand dragging a Blood-colored Great Axe. The blade of the axe was lodged in the Barbarian Star Axe’s chest, dragging his body across the grass.

The Barbarian Star Axe’s subordinate Beastmen scattered and fled.

Molten Hammer, Mountain River Oak, and the others stood where they were, watching Zhou Leng, who seemed both slow and towering.

“Unfortunately, the Barbarian Star Axe met Zhou Leng,” Molten Hammer said.

Zhou Leng released the axe, nodded at Molten Hammer and Mountain River Oak, consumed a Medicinal Fruit and Pill, and meditated on the spot.

The two of them ran over, one on each side, one tall and one short, like the Heng and Ha Generals, guarding Zhou Leng.

The others sensibly stayed where they were, whispering among themselves.

A few Tree-men’s surface tumors gently wriggled, issuing heavy, slightly nauseous Tree-man language.

“This human is quite formidable.”

“Probably second only to Deep Dark Fury.”

“When he wakes, give him a bottle of Water of Life and a piece of Life Crystal for healing, after all, he’s saved us twice.”

The Tree-men felt ashamed, their leaves drooping.

The earth turned, and the sun rose.

Zhou Leng slowly opened his eyes, checking his body.

This time the injuries were too severe, the scars red and not fully healed.

His right arm was still swollen.

The Barbarian Star Axe was indeed the grandson of a demigod, even without a Giant Body, he must have endured multiple Giant’s Shelters, his body still stronger than ordinary giants.

His arm bone injuries were secondary, as repeatedly using the Thousand Tides killing move seriously damaged his meridians and blood vessels.

Even with many Medicinal Fruits and Pills at hand, it would take half a month to recover.

It’s a big trouble.

Zhou Leng stood up.

“How is it?” Molten Hammer asked.

“It’s fine. How about you two?” Zhou Leng looked at Mountain River Oak’s broken arm.

Mountain River Oak smiled and said, “Doesn’t matter, once I ascend to Martial Saint, I’ll figure out how to create another arm.”

Molten Hammer asked, “How come you’re so fierce? Related to the Ancient River Sect trials?”

“Hmm.”

A voice came from the front among the Tree-men.

“Honorable human warrior Zhou Leng, please accept our sincere gratitude.”

The roots beneath three Tree-men moved like a group of snakes, approaching closer.

The leading Tree-man lowered a branch, spreading it open to reveal a bottle of emerald-green Water of Life, along with a tiny emerald-like ice crystal, about the size of a thumb’s tip, shaped like a slightly flattened droplet.

Zhou Leng immediately recognized it as a Life Crystal, which is the essence of the Water of Life, rarely circulating in the market and each piece valued in the hundreds of millions.

The Life Crystal not only has powerful healing effects but also directly increases the activity of body cells, doubling the effectiveness when cultivating some healing techniques.

“Thank you.” Zhou Leng needed them, picked it up with his left hand, first chugged down the Water of Life, then held the Life Crystal in his mouth, and sat down to meditate and manipulate Qi.

Everyone could see that the scars on Zhou Leng’s body were disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The right arm, originally swollen like a plump lotus root, was now rapidly deflating.

The Water of Life can only repair bodily damage, but the Life Crystal can repair the meridians.

Three hours later, Zhou Leng opened his eyes.

The whole body felt fresh, with all wounds healed by the power of life.

With just one day, he would be as good as new.

“Are you ready?” Molten Hammer asked.

“The Life Crystal is indeed extraordinary, completely healed.” Zhou Leng replied.

Zhou Leng glanced around, noticed that they were a bit close to the highest mountain, and said, “Let’s talk while we walk.”

Zhou Leng led the group towards the human camp.

Along the way, both sides exchanged news and information.

Outside the human camp, Miller led the Eagle Alliance group, heading away from the highest mountain.

Upon learning that a great battle was about to occur here, he didn’t want to participate and continued treasure hunting.

After walking for a while, one person in the group looked back towards the highest mountain and murmured, “Why does something feel off with the Young Warriors Ranking, hmm… hmm? The Barbarian Star Axe is dead?”

“What?”

Miller quickly stopped in his tracks, turning with everyone to look towards the Young Warriors Ranking on the highest mountain.

First, Deep Dark Fury.

Second, Wind of Grey Steel.

Third, Mountain Armor.

Fourth, Mountain and River Origin.

“Who killed him?”

“It must have been one of the current top four.”

“I heard earlier that the Barbarian Star Axe appeared near the highest mountain.”

“A great war is about to break out, we better stay away from this whirlpool.”

Miller said, “Even he is dead… they were not my target anyway. My goal is to traverse the Dragon Country Martial Arts Academy and reach Innate. Let’s go.”

The group quickened their pace, distancing themselves from the human camp.

In the distance.

Mountain and River Origin glanced at the Young Warriors Ranking and sighed.

He originally wanted to fight one by one according to the ranking but who would have thought the Barbarian Star Axe was dead.

Above him was Mountain Armor.

He had previously sparred with Mountain Armor and lost narrowly.

However, Mountain Armor was older and had a stronger bloodline.

Even Mountain Armor said that in a few years, he definitely wouldn’t be a match for him.

A Martial Arts-skilled Giant, with potential far outstripping a singular bloodline advantage.

Mountain and River Origin had harvested many Medicinal Fruits in Hundred Peaks Valley and killed many Trial Takers, growing extremely rapidly.

The death of the Barbarian Star Axe caused a tremendous uproar across different forces in Hundred Peaks Valley.

Shen Jun hurried back to the foot of the highest mountain, reporting the events to the Defiled Attendant.

Soon, the Demons gathered and had Shen Jun recount the events.

Shen Jun repeated the account several times before the Demons came to their senses.

Both the Barbarian Star Axe and Azure Scale were dead.

“The humans have such strong destiny, suddenly producing two top Martial Artists.”

“Along with Zhang Xinglie and Song Juesi, that’s four.”

“If Master Deep Dark Fury doesn’t take action, perhaps only General Cyan Dragon will do.”

Zhou Leng, along with Mountain River Oak, Molten Hammer, and the Tree-man team, reached the human camp.

At Zhou Leng’s request, everyone kept the battle with the Barbarian Star Axe a secret.

On the surface, the only change in Zhou Leng was the alteration of the Magic Spirit Bag at his waist.

The Dragon Race’s Magic Spirit Bag was replaced with a higher value Elementary Space Magic Spirit Bag.

The previous Magic Spirit Bag’s function was to miniaturize items.

The Space Magic Spirit Bag was refined by a Demigod Demon Spirit Master; besides miniaturizing items, it has spatial attributes, storing more items and keeping them fresh for longer.

The Space Magic Spirit Bag can store ordinary Magic Spirit Bags.

Upon reaching the human camp, Zhou Leng received bad news.

Deep Dark Fury and Wind of Grey Steel, the two dragons ranking first and second, had started engaging in the trade of plundering populations.

They scoured the area, capturing humans, dwarves, giants, Demon Spirit Masters, and Tree-men as prisoners, and announced that if anyone wanted to rescue these captives, they would have to join in charging the highest mountain.

Zhou Leng shook his head, thinking only madmen would do this, and it was unclear how it would end.

People in the camp suddenly increased, with over twenty Ancient River Sect disciples, nearly half.

Based on the usual pattern of the Young Warriors Battle, the battlefield was about to close.

In times like this, slaughters intensify, and many people choose to wait in safety for it to end.

The Ancient River Sect disciples gathered around Li Yuanhe, concentrating on studying the Ancient River Sect Basic Cultivation Technique.

Among the group of fifty, many disciples had accumulated questions which Zhou Leng answered one by one.

Only a few questions posed by Song Juesi and Zhang Xinglie were difficult to answer, and he noted them down to address later.

Zhou Leng took stock of his gains, having consumed the medicinal fruits from Azure Scale and Barbarian Star Axe, his wealth was still considerable.

Zhou Leng left the human camp, once again heading for the Demon Spirit Master camp.

Cyan Flame was not there, and the other Demon Spirit Masters helped relay a message.

After waiting half a day, Cyan Flame returned, and the two entered the Magic Cottage for trading.

Zhou Leng presented a large number of Siren and Beastman treasures he could not use, asking Cyan Flame to appraise them.

The more Cyan Flame inspected, the more shocked he became, and finally said, “The total value is three billion three hundred million. Many of these items belong to the Siren and Beastman Demigod families. You’ve killed quite a few, huh.”

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