Chapter 319: Chapter 305 Summit

After the Azure Radiance team left the camp for a hundred kilometers, Zhou Leng circled ahead of them, running down the slope to create a coincidental encounter.

Demons are distrustful, so as he approached, the twenty-three Sea Sirens stopped in their tracks, watching the Rusted Iron Demon Soldier warily.

Zhou Leng didn’t run directly to them, keeping a distance of about twenty meters.

As they got closer, about thirty meters apart, Zhou Leng switched from running to walking, using Demon Language to ask, “Have you seen any demon teams nearby? Our team was pursued by the Humanoid Alliance and got separated.”

Zhou Leng’s Demon Language was very precise, and although the Sea Sirens were cautious, hearing the pure Demon Language dispelled their suspicions.

Azure Radiance said, “You can go to the camp on the highest mountain; there are many demons there.”

Azure Radiance’s skin was covered in azure scales, different from males, with a densely embedded layer of jewels on her head.

“Hmm, I’m about to go there. What is that?”

In the eyes of the Sea Sirens, the Rusted Iron Demon Soldier suddenly showed a look of terror, raising a hand to point behind the Sea Sirens.

The Sea Sirens simultaneously turned.

Zhou Leng had long surpassed a speed of 100 meters per second.

Less than thirty meters apart, Zhou Leng took a step forward, charging towards Azure Radiance in the blink of an eye.

Azure Radiance, worthy of being the head of the Sea Sirens, with demigod blood.

Before Zhou Leng got closer, she had already reacted.

However, in her eyes, she held any opponent outside the top ten of the youth rankings in disdain.

She didn’t run with full strength but slightly retreated, preparing to take on one move and then team up with the other Sea Sirens to counterattack.

She turned back, retreated, and waved her palm to lift a large amount of seawater, blocking her front and smashing towards Zhou Leng, both attacking and defending.

Zhou Leng blocked with his left hand and used a Thousand Tides with his right hand.

Thousand Tides is a water element palm technique.

Sea Suppressing Technique is a water element cultivation technique.

At the moment of Thousand Tides, all nearby seawater instantly escaped Azure Radiance’s control, moving according to the Thousand Tides palm strike.

Zhou Leng’s right palm, carrying seawater, slammed into Azure Radiance’s heart.

Bang…

The seawater and right palm shattered the heart, piercing through the chest, and emerging from the back.

A large half of her body disappeared, forming a big gap.

When the other Sea Sirens turned their heads back, Azure Radiance’s body fell backwards, the light in her eyes solidified.

She couldn’t understand.

Zhou Leng grabbed Azure Radiance’s neck with his left hand, twisted it, and tore it off.

Effortlessly taking the Demon Spirit Conch used for storage from Azure Radiance’s waist.

Stepping forward, he began a massacre.

Initially, the Sea Sirens were both frightened and furious, witnessing the death of the princess, they desperately attacked the enemy.

As the Sea Sirens fell one by one, they suddenly awoke.

Only seven Sea Sirens remained scattered and fled.

“Too slow.”

Zhou Leng used Flying Crane Technique to chase and kill them one by one.

Looking at the corpses of Sea Sirens scattered on the ground, Zhou Leng estimated that Sea Sirens on land were about half a minor realm weaker than in reality.

Looting the spoils, he took out the Corpse-Dissolving Potion and then used a magic potion to erase any traces or interfere with spell detection, quickly departing.

On the way, he glanced at Azure Radiance’s Demon Spirit Conch, producing a smile.

Not only were there seven kinds of innate supplements for Sea Sirens, there were also two types of demon supplements and one Beastman supplement.

Adding the spoils from other Sea Sirens, a huge profit was made.

Zhou Leng deliberately waited for a while before returning to where Shen Jun and Snow Mountain Rock were, and together they returned to the highest mountain camp.

Only ten kilometers from the camp, Deep Dark Fury flew out of the cave, hovering high and roaring.

“Cyan Dragon, we’re waiting for you! Come on, let’s go up the mountain first! Move!”

Deep Dark Fury excitedly roared once, flying straight into the sky.

The other Giant Dragons followed in flight, Jade Wings trailing at the end.

Within the demon camp, demons ranked among the top two hundred on the youth rankings ran towards the highest mountain.

Zhou Leng said, “I’ll go ahead.”

After speaking, he used his lightweight skill, sprinting quickly and catching up with the demons ahead, ascending the mountain together.

The demons in the camp looked up, gazing at the summit of the tallest mountain, waiting for the outcome.

Zhou Leng and the others reached the edge of the summit and stopped; Giant Dragons were flying in the sky.

The summit of the highest mountain was flat and spacious, behind the gigantic summit square was a sheer mountain wall.

Beneath the mountain wall, two layers of spherical light emanated.

Three hundred Stone-men stood outside.

Their appearance strangely resembled Qin Shi Huang’s terracotta warriors freshly unearthed, with residues of various colors on their bodies, blue, red, everything.

Embedded with white jade eyes, emitting a faint glow.

Armor carved on their bodies, some empty-handed, some holding stone weapons.

Three hundred Innate Stone-men, three meters high, turned their heads together, looking at everyone.

Behind the three hundred Innate Stone-men was a layer of spherical light covering the land.

In the first layer of spherical light, stood thirty-three Great Martial Stone-men, as tall as a three or four-story building.

The surface of these Great Martial Stone-men was engraved with complex and peculiar patterns, but they were obscured by the light shield, and couldn’t be seen clearly.

Zhou Leng stared at those patterns, studying them for quite a while.

Behind the Great Martial Stone-men was the second layer of spherical light.

Within the second layer of spherical light, an altar stood on the ground, and floating above were a few small globes of light, rising and falling, staggered in an aesthetic sequence.

Deep Dark Fury said, “These Martial Stone-men are very strange, it seems we can only break through the light shield by defeating them. Everyone join forces to fight, kill!”

Zhou Leng wanted to observe more, but the other demons and Giant Dragons charged ahead, with Jade Wings moving slowly, approaching Zhou Leng.

“You know… Cyan Dragon, let’s join forces. I’ll protect you from behind!”

“Shameless.”

Zhou Leng spoke as he walked slowly, carefully observing these Martial Stone-men.

Humans and demons think completely differently.

Previously, all the mountaintops were inhabited by exotic beasts. Only the highest mountain was different, purely artificial.

Seeing these Martial Stone-men, Zhou Leng’s first reaction was curiosity about what these artificial beings were, and whether humans could refine them.

His second reaction was that Master Wu must have had a reason for sending him here. Since these Martial Stone-men were unique, the challenges here would naturally be extraordinary.

More importantly, exotic beasts can reproduce, so what allows these Martial Stone-men to remain immortal for a billion years?

The most likely reason is that the Hundred Peaks Valley has a powerful force sustaining it.

The force of several suns should be enough to last a billion years.

As the demons approached, three hundred Innate Martial Stone-men started moving, initiating their attack.

As the Martial Stone-men struck, a familiar sensation welled up inside.

All these Innate Martial Stone-men used techniques from the Innate Pavilion.

But they were more specific than those in the Martial Shadow Wall, more varied, more akin to real combat.

Zhou Leng scanned the Martial Stone-men and charged at one using the Void-Breaking Finger, shouting, “I’ll handle this one.”

He then engaged the Martial Stone-man with the Overlapping Waves Palm.

This Martial Stone-man repetitively used the Void-Breaking Finger, growing increasingly skilled and powerful.

The strength of this Martial Stone-man was roughly equivalent to the True Liquid Period Innate level, with a Martial Arts Index slightly over 12, around 13 or so.

Their mastery of the Void-Breaking Finger reached the level of Divine Communication.

The Heart and Mind Shadow Splitting Battle Technique began to take effect. While fighting, Zhou Leng forcibly memorized the Martial Stone-man’s attack techniques.

Yet, with other Martial Stone-men joining the fray, the situation became chaotic.

The Martial Stone-men were too powerful and numerous, and Zhou Leng was repeatedly hit.

Thankfully, his body was different from the past, and with the protection of True Qi, he could barely withstand the simultaneous attacks of three to four Martial Stone-men.

After hundreds of moves, the Void-Breaking Finger Martial Stone-man had no new tricks, beginning to repeat its attacks.

Zhou Leng continued to memorize and study them.

Slowly, his injuries multiplied.

Fortunately, the Martial Stone-men possessed no True Qi, only great strength.

“I can’t go on…”

A lower-ranked demon spat blood, face battered, and retreated quickly.

“Ah… Me neither,” the Jade Wings, who had been running, prepared to flee.

“Get back here!” Deep Dark Fury growled.

Jade Wings had to return, leading the Martial Stone-men in circles.

He did not engage in close combat, relying on all sorts of disruptive spells to hold off thirty to forty Martial Stone-men.

Zhou Leng exchanged hundreds more moves with the Void-Breaking Finger Martial Stone-man, gaining a deeper understanding and learning many practical techniques.

Before long, Zhou Leng observed the chaotic scene around him, everyone fighting on their own.

So far, no one had been able to harm the Martial Stone-men.

Even Deep Dark Fury had not managed to scratch the surface of the Martial Stone-men.

Zhou Leng had memorized all the moves of the Void-Breaking Finger Martial Stone-man, shouting, “How do we defeat the Martial Stone-men?”

Everyone was silent.

“There’s no way, we just have to fight head-on!” Wind of Grey Steel replied sulkily.

“Who cares about the details? Li Shenkong’s smart but still can’t get through. Knock them down, and we win!” Deep Dark Fury yelled.

“Right!”

The demons and dragons roared, although each was beaten black and blue.

Seeing their reckless approach, Zhou Leng continued to stealthily learn from the Martial Stone-men while observing the battlefield.

Gradually, his understanding of the Void-Breaking Finger deepened, and he began to use it to fight back.

Unknowingly, despite being an innate level martial art, Zhou Leng had successfully achieved entry-level mastery.

The Finger Sword True Qi extended fully one centimeter beyond his fingers.

These Martial Stone-men remained largely unchanged, continuously using the Innate Martial Arts of the Ancient River Sect, becoming more proficient.

“One down!” Deep Dark Fury shouted.

Everyone looked over and saw an Ancient River Sect Martial Stone-man lying on the ground, kicked away by Deep Dark Fury, unable to get up again.

But Deep Dark Fury was also encircled by dozens of Martial Stone-men, scales falling off and wounds covering his body; even his head was bruised and swollen.

The demons gradually withdrew from the battlefield.

Soon, Deep Dark Fury found himself surrounded by Martial Stone-men on all sides and even above and below.

“I can’t go on!” Deep Dark Fury shouted, shaking off the Martial Stone-men as he escaped the mountaintop.

Seeing many Martial Stone-men charging at him, Zhou Leng also fled the mountaintop.

The group moved to the edge of the mountaintop, and the Martial Stone-men returned to their original positions, standing still.

The Martial Stone-man struck down by Deep Dark Fury stood up and walked back to its place.

Deep Dark Fury said, “There’s no other way. I guess we have to knock them all down to enter the light barrier.”

“Does anyone disagree?” Zhou Leng asked.

The demons were silent.

Zhou Leng also remained silent, thinking his questions were useless. Combined, these demons and dragons weren’t as smart as a single Jade Wings.

“And you?” Zhou Leng asked Jade Wings.

“The enemy is too strong, unbeatable,” Jade Wings replied in a solemn tone.

Deep Dark Fury raised his claw and gently put it down.

“Let’s rest first.”

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