Chapter 385: Chapter 370: A Feather

As soon as Zhou Leng’s spine was covered with ancient patterns, everything went black before his eyes.

Deep within his pupils, a dense cluster of stars emerged.

Those stars were like pebbles, tightly arranged, with the solar flames of all the stars forming a vast, endless expanse of red.

Stars like bricks, real flames like walls.

Zhou Leng glanced at this wall of real flames, which was made up of more than ten thousand suns.

This wall of stars grew further and further away, the perspective becoming more distant.

In an instant, Zhou Leng’s eyes opened wide.

The dense suns were not a wall, but a feather of the Star Phoenix.

One feather, ten thousand stars, burning eternally in the void.

Zhou Leng’s mind was shaken, the feather of ten thousand stars burst forth with endless divine light, overwhelming the starry sky.

In the blink of an eye, his mind returned to place.

The spine faintly red, the ancient pattern clear.

The Star Phoenix Rejuvenation Technique’s Thousand Feather Realm, completed.

A faint red spread from the spine to the ribs and sternum on both sides, but it only spread a little before retracting due to lack of power.

Within the spine, the marrow was scorching, fiercely hot like fire.

A palm-width red mark appeared on the skin from the head to the tail on the back, the edges flame-like, resembling a fiery centipede, lingering long without fading.

The spine like a furnace, the surging heat spread in all directions, merging into the body.

In Zhou Leng’s mind, the divine text of the Star Phoenix Rejuvenation Technique was spinning rapidly.

Combining with the map of ten thousand stars, insights emerged one after another.

It turned out, that one feather, ten thousand stars, was the Divine Map.

Like the Sea Suppression Fragment Map, it is a hallmark of high-level Starry Martial Arts.

Any high-level Starry Martial Arts, when cultivated, will form a Divine Map.

Indeed, the spine like fire, scientifically named ’Open Furnace Fire.’

With continuous cultivation of the Star Phoenix Rejuvenation Technique, the entire spine would become the main body of the Star Phoenix, finally spreading wings of fire across the body.

At that time, the body would be like a sun in the sky, burning for billions of years.

The national divine technique ’Body of Tenacity’ is enhanced by the Star Phoenix Rejuvenation Technique.

Zhou Leng is the initiator of the Body of Tenacity, the power of his Body of Tenacity is about five times that of others.

Now, the Star Phoenix Rejuvenation Technique doubles the Body of Tenacity, becoming a sixfold divine technique.

The body’s self-healing ability greatly improved.

Zhou Leng moved slightly, adapting to the body, and walked to the underground cave’s living room.

Everyone else had gathered, chatting casually.

The four tree-men upon seeing Zhou Leng, stepped back in unison.

Vigorous Root exclaimed, “Why do you look like a flaming man coming at me, scared me to death.”

Cyan Flame exclaimed in shock, “Did you… cultivate fire spells? Why does your fire element affinity seem higher than mine? I’m one of the greatest fire element talents in the history of the Demon Spirit World.”

Cyan Flame accidentally revealed his own talent.

He cleared his throat lightly, “Did you receive divine bestowal?”

Vigorous Root nodded, “Other than divine bestowal, nothing can evoke such a high level of power.”

“A unique martial arts cultivation technique,” Zhou Leng said.

Cyan Flame was moved, the Flame Demon Spirit Ball on his shoulder transformed into a firebird, flying towards Zhou Leng.

The Demon Spirit Firebird flew lower and lower the closer it got to Zhou Leng, and when it reached about a meter away, it was pressed down by an invisible force, landing straight on the ground.

Like a sparrow tangled in threads, flapping chaotically on the ground.

Cyan Flame retrieved the firebird, his eyes sparkling, “Can you let me experience your technique? I’ll exchange it with martial arts artifacts from the Demon Spirit World, definitely won’t let you suffer a loss.”

“This is a technique of my sect, cannot be passed on,” Zhou Leng said.

“There must be a way, think again. I have a feeling this might be the best way for me to advance my fire spells because I have once worshipped the power left by a fire deity. The total amount is larger than yours, but the level seems to be a bit lower,” Cyan Flame said.

Zhou Leng pondered for a moment and said, “What you just said about martial arts artifacts might actually work. This technique isn’t a core technique of the Ancient River Sect, it was acquired from outside. As long as you become a guest of the Ancient River Sect and exchange with a martial arts technique or artifact of the same level, it’s totally possible.”

“Alright! Let me get the martial arts artifact, before or after the Demon Spirit Trial, I will join the Ancient River Sect as a guest, and then we can exchange and try it out.”

“Okay.” Zhou Leng said. Such martial arts trade is common, whether in the Ancient River Sect or on Blue Star.

Cyan Flame envied, “Most high-level demons master fire spells, from now on, they’re going to have a hard time.”

“Like the firebird?”

“Yes. Your fire technique level is too high, any fire spell that approaches you will be severely weakened. It’s like when an innate spell approaches a Martial Saint, doesn’t even need the Martial Saint to act, the Martial Saint’s own pressure can disperse the spell. It’s no surprise, your technique contains a Divine Map; without one, the level couldn’t be this high.”

Zhou Leng did not answer, as it involved the secret of the technique.

Recalling in the Giant World, the cold invulnerability in the tomb of the King of Armor, was probably because the ice true qi from Elder Tree was of too high a level.

“As long as it doesn’t burn us,” Vigorous Root muttered quietly.

“Lend me the Demonized Blade,” Zhou Leng said.

Cyan Flame directly threw it over, “You might as well keep it, it’s just a small blade after all.”

The size of a fruit knife, with a blade about ten centimeters long and two centimeters wide, less than half a palm in size, yet this small thing, being an innate weapon, is worth over ten million Long Guoyuan.

Zhou Leng, unceremoniously, accepted the Innate Demonized Blade and cut a gash on his own arm.

This time, the resistance felt was even greater than last time.

After cutting, not a drop of blood flowed from the wound; all the blood remained in the blood vessels.

The wound spewed out threads of flesh, quickly healing.

The healing was so swift, it was like a mouth opening and then closing.

“No blood flow…” Cyan Flame recognized this martial arts ability.

Vigorous Root said, “I remember this physique, humans need to achieve qi transformation of the whole body at the Grandmaster level to accomplish this.”

The Cyan Flame kept staring at the scar on Zhou Leng’s arm, watching as it faded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After ten seconds, only a faint red mark was left.

After thirty seconds, the wound vanished without a trace, and the skin was clean and smooth.

“The body of a martial artist is indeed much stronger than that of us Demon Spirit Masters…” the Cyan Flame sighed.

Zhou Leng glanced at them and said, “You guys have grown quite fast too; you’re almost at Blood Shocking Innate, aren’t you?”

“The Ancient Tree Fossils, Radiant Juice, and the Medicinal Fruit from the youth battlefield all suit us Tree-men very well. Once we find another batch of Ancient Tree Fossils, we will surely reach Blood Shocking Innate,” the Vigorous Root said.

“I’m about the same,” the Cyan Flame smiled and said.

“Shall we continue?”

“Continue!”

Everyone walked out of the underground house, discussed the direction, and then slowly lined up in a horizontal line.

Xiaoyong chatted and laughed with Vigorous Root for a while before separating.

Zhou Leng glanced at Xiaoyong. Ever since he’d met him, he couldn’t sense Xiaoyong’s power. Even after consuming the Ancient Tree Fossils, it was all obscured by that bone-textured shell.

Together, they began the second search for the Ancient Tree Fossils.

Before long, suddenly, the ground shook.

“Over there in the northwest, go!”

Zhou Leng and the others gathered together and sped towards the direction.

Near the trembling ground.

The teams of Mad Prince Aiden and City Lord Mingzhu’s Radiance were in disarray.

Aiden shouted, “Spread out, find it quickly! Whoever finds a large piece of Ancient Tree Fossil will be rewarded with a Magic Elixir by City Lord Mingzhu’s Radiance and me!”

Demons and Demon Worshipers scattered.

Gong Futian, Rao Mingxian, and Shen Jun joined Aiden’s team today, and the teams of Jax and Tu Rong had already converged with Aiden; they dispersed immediately to search, not having met each other yet.

“I found it! Hahaha…” an Innate Demon bent down to pick up an arm-length large piece of Ancient Tree Fossil and rushed towards Mingzhu’s Radiance.

The others watched, some filled with envy, others with vicious expressions, but ultimately no one acted.

Mingzhu’s Radiance received the Ancient Tree Fossil and loudly said, “Very good! A reward of one each of middle-rank and upper-rank Magic Elixirs!”

Everyone’s eyes turned red upon hearing about the two rewards.

Even Gong Futian, Rao Mingxian, and Shen Jun hurriedly searched.

The Magic Elixirs are essential for demon advancement because the cultivation systems of demons and humans are completely different, and advancement can only be achieved through blood battles and magic elixirs.

Blood battles require killing enough demons and enemies, with a very low success rate for advancement.

Magic advancement requires the blood of a high-level demon to be combined with a magic potion to create a Magic Elixir, which is extremely rare.

Some lucky demons can quickly advance by devouring the flesh and blood of powerful demons.

Ancient Tree Fossils can rapidly elevate demons to their limit, but to advance, they must rely on blood battles and Magic Elixirs.

A day later, Rao Mingxian was running quickly, scanning ahead, when he suddenly sped up and darted towards a crack in the ground.

Upon closer inspection, his face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly reached out to pull blocks of Ancient Tree Fossils from the crack and stowed them in his Magic Spirit Bag.

He glanced at the crack, took a shovel from his Magic Spirit Bag, and began excavating along the crack.

Other demons shook their heads at his digging; they thought the chance of finding Ancient Tree Fossils this way was too low.

Little did they know, Rao Mingxian continued to uncover Ancient Tree Fossils.

He kept some of the Ancient Tree Fossils to compress True Qi and then returned to camp to exchange them with Aiden for a Magic Elixir.

In the camp, Shen Jun looked at Rao Mingxian with envy.

“You’re really lucky, man. I’ve just picked up a small piece and can’t trade it for anything,” Shen Jun said, holding up a piece of Ancient Tree Fossil half the size of a thumb.

“I haven’t found any for days, while you have come across several pieces,” Rao Mingxian replied.

“With these Ancient Tree Fossils, the magic potions you’ve accumulated, and the Magic Elixirs, it won’t be long before you advance to Blood Shocking Innate, will it?”

“Yes,” Rao Mingxian replied.

“Damn, faster than me.”

The team leader Gong Futian just silently watched from the side.

At that moment, Jax returned with his team, spotted them, and came over to greet them, “Gong elder, Shen Jun.”

Gong Futian smiled and greeted Jax. Last time, before Jax went to the Dwarf World, Gong Futian had hosted him.

“Mr. Jax, how was your harvest?” Shen Jun asked with a smile.

Jax wasn’t bothered by this Dragon Country-style address, as he had adapted to local customs.

“Not good for me, but my deputy Tu Rong was lucky. He found several pieces and shared half with me,” Jax boasted.

Rao Mingxian looked at Tu Rong, who seemed taken aback.

They had several mutual friends and had met several times in Rucheng, so running into each other here was unexpected.

Rao Mingxian politely said, “Brother Tu.”

“Crown Prince Rao.”

Rao Mingxian’s expression darkened, and he said, “Don’t call me that anymore.”

Tu Rong suddenly remembered the Rao family’s affairs and quickly corrected himself, “Patriarch Rao.”

Rao Mingxian sighed and said nothing.

Now he’s a lone commander; the elders of the Rao family took the money and fled, leaving only those who joined the Demon Worship Sect to rely on him.

After all, he’s now the only Innate of the Rao family.

All other Innates were killed by the Huang Meng Sect.

Seeing that almost everyone knew each other, Jax joined in the conversation.

As they chatted, they discussed their reasons for being here.

Gong Futian mentioned the intention to kill Zhou Leng.

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