Chapter 633: Chapter 613: Battle

As the Trup Family rose to prominence, the head of the training department in charge of training at the Martial Guard Headquarters gazed at the statistical data before him, his mind full of questions.

Nearly a year ago, the number of Innate Martial Artist promotions within the Martial Guard had sharply declined, causing him great concern.

However, a few months later, the number of promotions in certain areas for Innate Martial Guards increased dramatically, with some places even experiencing over 500% growth due to the previous drop, setting records.

He was thus commended and awarded a medal.

Recently, the number of promotions significantly decreased again.

He pondered for a long time, unable to figure it out, so he submitted the information for investigation.

Shortly thereafter, the investigation results were revealed.

The martial artists who advanced quickly all used the same batch of bone powder for cultivation.

Based on the residual bone powder, it was deduced that the value of this batch of fierce beast bone powder was exceedingly high, far beyond imagination.

Due to the exceptional efficacy of this batch of bone powder, it might even influence the strength of the entire Martial Guard, and the report was quickly submitted to the Martial Guard Headquarters.

The conference room at the Martial Guard Headquarters.

Several top leaders of the Martial Guard system were discussing major issues.

One leader said while looking through electronic materials, “Governor Zhao Cong of Liangjiang and many colleagues have reported that Wang Boxiong from Rucheng’s Martial Guard Academy has repeatedly refused to cooperate with the Martial Mansion, showing passive resistance, suspiciously connected to the Demon Worship Sect…”

Another leader echoed, “That year, when the Huang Meng Sect caused chaos in Rucheng, he stayed in his office claiming the signal was down, causing significant internal controversy…”

Most of the leaders remained silent.

When the Zhao Family speaks, no one can withstand it except the Martial Guard Chief present.

Moreover, Zhao Cong wouldn’t act recklessly, at most just transferring Wang Boxiong to another place, which would have limited impact on Wang Boxiong. Perhaps to appease Wang Boxiong, he might even be directly transferred to Xiong City to assume a higher position.

The two leaders seemed to have taken the lead in the meeting.

Finally, they both looked at Zhang Tiankuo, the Grandmaster and the Chief of the Martial Guard.

The Martial Guard system is not as strong as the Demon City Army system, and is responsible for handling internal matters, making it more sensitive. Generally, unless it’s a critical period, the chief is usually held by a Grandmaster.

The Demon City Army is more independent, whereas the Martial Guard system must implement the Martial Mansion’s will.

The Liangjiang Governor holds a crucial position in the Martial Mansion, making it difficult for the Martial Guard Headquarters when he speaks.

Zhang Tiankuo said, “Recently, something interesting was discovered, take a look.”

Everyone looked through the electronic materials marked by Zhang Tiankuo.

According to investigations by the Martial Guard Headquarters, logistics personnel acquired a batch of fierce beast bones through Wang Boxiong and Zhou Leng last year, whose effects are not only better but also promote advancements to the Innate Realm.

The two leaders carefully reviewed it twice, understanding the chief’s intentions.

During such times, whoever can enhance the strength of martial artists becomes the top contributor to the Martial Mansion.

Moreover, the Martial Mansion has obtained a large amount of supple gold from the Ancient River Research Bureau, which though not explicitly stated by the Demon City Army, is bound to be related to Zhou Leng.

Ultimately, the Martial Guard is a semi-martial artist institution, valuing martial artists and strength to some extent.

With this material exposed, no one can touch Wang Boxiong.

“Apparently, the soil in Rucheng is well-suited for Wang Boxiong, and Zhou Leng the Grandmaster is indeed a good seed he discovered.”

“Indeed…”

“We should send someone to contact Zhou Leng, I’ve heard the Ice Snow Divine Sect has acquired quite a lot of fierce beast resources. On our side, the Martial Valve Race has bought many from the Eagle Alliance at a high price…”

A storm that could have overturned Rucheng was quelled just as it started to brew.

Soon after, at Rucheng’s Martial Guard Academy, Wang Boxiong put down the phone.

“I didn’t expect to owe him a huge favor…”

If he was transferred away from Rucheng at this time, many plans would go down the drain.

After contemplating, Wang Boxiong sent a message to Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng had stayed in the Demon Spirit World for a long time.

On one hand, he needed to establish a business firm, on the other hand, he had to participate in some divine text conferences in the Demon Spirit World while undergoing Grandmaster-level spiritual trials.

In his leisure time, he read a substantial amount of divine text material, significantly enhancing his understanding of divine texts and knowledge of high-level civilizations.

He particularly focused on information regarding stellar true energy.

After completing the spiritual trials, he hastily traveled separately to the Giant, Dragon, and Steel Dwarf Worlds to participate in Grandmaster-level trials in these three worlds.

During leisurely moments, he entered the World Instrument to learn from the Void God teacher.

In the Steel Dwarf World trials, Zhou Leng crushing the Grandmasters was quite normal.

When it came to the Giant World and Dragon World, the giants and dragons felt a bit awkward.

In the trials at the Giant Highland, Zhou Leng not only overwhelmed the giants but also received the blessing of residual power from the giants’ Divine Spirit.

Historically, no giant had ever received such a blessing, leading the giants present to feel as though they were outsiders with impure lineage.

In the trial of the Giant Dragon Mountain Range, Zhou Leng beat a group of grandmaster giant dragons until they were searching for their teeth all over the ground. When he finally ascended the Dragon God’s platform, the divine blood he received was more than that of several hundred other giant dragons combined.

Trial takers from both races were frustrated for a long time until each found reasons in their mythologies.

In the giants’ legends, there is a giant divine spirit who was taken by the Dragon God during childhood and later wandered in the human world, never able to restore his giant form, always resembling a normal human in stature.

Even after ascending to divinity, he was much smaller than other giants, thus was named the “God of Children and Youth,” protecting the young giants.

The giants believed that Zhou Leng was a descendant of that God of Children and Youth.

The Dragon God found a tale of a dragon god who liked spreading his seed among various races and forcibly attributed Zhou Leng with the dragon god’s “Wings of the Stars” lineage, becoming the rare member of the “Too Star Dragon” clan.

The Too Star Dragon belongs to the Starry Sky Dragon Race, not existing in this giant dragon world.

Thus, Zhou Leng became the sole seedling of the Too Star Dragon Race in the giant dragon world, automatically succeeding as the clan leader of the Too Star Dragon Race, holding deliberative power on Dragon Mountain.

Ironically, the Too Star Dragon Race is part of the Starry Sky Dragon Race, holding a higher status than the mainstream Red Dragons and Silver Dragons of the current giant dragon world. Hence, Zhou Leng was silently elected by the demigod giant dragons as the eleventh “Dragon Head Speaker,” second only to the nominal leader of the giant dragon world, the “Dragon King Speaker.”

The giant dragons were accustomed to being carefree, completely unconcerned with such status or authority, and only wanted Zhou Leng to teach Dragon God combat techniques.

Zhou Leng ventured through various races, cultivating and searching for places that might possess genuine starry sky power.

Unfortunately, he didn’t find genuine starry sky power.

However, he found a clue, the Jade King.

A fragment of a divine text recorded that the Jade King of Spirit Land Jade might very likely contain genuine starry sky power.

The mine that Zhou Leng and Xue Chengsong owned recently produced Spirit Mist Jade, first acquired by Gao Tianlong, who later wore it on himself.

If a few more Spirit Mist Jade pieces emerged, the Jade King might appear.

Meanwhile, with the assistance of the four races and abundant resources, his strength was rapidly advancing. In less than two months, his realm was elevated to the peak of the lower-rank, nearing the middle-rank grandmaster level.

This rate of enhancement was originally achievable only by those genius martial artists who accumulated over many years during their great innate stage.

Feeling the newfound power, Zhou Leng left the giant dragon world and entered Shuizhou Demon City, reaching the Red Spot Forest.

With the Demon Brain, Zhou Leng no longer needed to bow his head to check the demonized wrist watch, as an eyeglass-style projection appeared before him, allowing him to read messages while running.

Many friends from the former eighteen school alliances recently sent a continuous stream of similar messages.

They all forwarded similar videos, though some have been harmonized, untouchable, while others remained.

Zhou Leng opened Feng Wenhao’s message and clicked on the video.

In the video, a shadow slowly retreated.

After retreating a few steps, Zhou Leng recognized Lv Yuanhao, a temporary senior brother at He Yin Martial Arts Academy, a comrade at the Celestial Tier Battlefield, once fighting side by side.

Much larger than before, his body robust, clearly having advanced to the innate realm.

He retreated to the sofa, sat down, grabbed something beside him, and lifted it up.

He held a head in the air by its hair.

Blood pattered onto the coffee table, creating a crisp sound, exceptionally clear at night.

Lv Yuanhao showed a kind smile, pointed at the dead face with his right hand, and said: “I wonder how many current netizens still recognize this face.”

Zhou Leng looked, seeing the face of a middle-aged woman, appearing somewhat old.

“I know you don’t recognize her, so let me tell you her story with me.”

“At that time, my dad ran a cake shop…”

“She created rumors saying my dad violated her daughter…”

“I, ruined and homeless; she, unpunished.”

“Actually, I found her address early on, I was always hesitating whether to report her and wait for an impartial trial or take matters into my own hands.”

“Later, I thought, let’s wait until Zhou Leng’s defamation case is resolved.”

“If the ones who slandered Zhou Leng receive a fair judgment, I’ll report her and bring her to justice.”

“If Zhou Leng’s judgment isn’t fair, I’ll… handle it myself.”

“In the end, everyone saw it, the whole matter was dragging on, some disgusting bugs manipulating laws, controlling public opinion, even if solved according to the laws on the surface, it’s as nauseating as swallowing a fly.”

“I learned an ancient text in the past called ’Cao Gui’s Discussion on War,’ of which I only remember bits, but recall the general meaning.”

“It was about a dialogue between a monarch and a strategist, wherein the monarch wanted to wage war against an enemy nation. The strategist asked, what do you rely on to fight?”

“The monarch said a lot, talking about distributing clothes and food to ministers, about being earnest in sacrifices, but the strategist said, none of that worked, it couldn’t make soldiers willingly fight.”

“Later, the monarch said, while handling cases, though not absolutely correct, he will still administrate impartially and uphold the law. Then the strategist said, with this matter, they could go to war.”

“It’s roughly this meaning. I remember this matter because I’ve never understood since childhood why other things couldn’t give the country the power to fight, but upholding impartiality in law could.”

“I never figured it out. Until Zhou Leng’s case erupted, until I saw hundreds of millions of martial artists not defeated by beastmen, not frightened by sea sirens, not terrified by demons, but broken by an extremely unfair… no, countless accumulated unfair cases before then, eroding their will to fight.”

“Abandoned were not only Zhou Leng but all martial artists.”

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