Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 527 - 510: Frostbone

Zhou Leng instinctively mimicked the demigod giant, raising both hands high.

Boom!

The giant boulder, a hundred meters in diameter, fell, pinning Zhou Leng to the ground.

Zhou Leng struggled desperately, but like an ant under a human thumb, he was powerless to move the stone.

As a top-tier muscle martial artist, combined with the Giant Body, Zhou Leng could lift weights exceeding 300 tons, surpassing an ordinary Grandmaster.

Yet, this massive stone alone was in the million-ton range, not to mention the fiery sun runes on it...

"Even a tiny child tries, commendable courage, let’s switch to a smaller one."

The enormous stone sphere was moved aside, and Zhou Leng stood up.

Surprisingly unharmed.

A one-meter-diameter stone sphere appeared, and Zhou Leng lifted it with both hands.

Too light, surprisingly less than 2 tons, not even heavier than himself.

Zhou Leng held it aloft and walked briskly.

Another voice sounded.

"Too light."

The small stone sphere was taken away and replaced with a five-meter diameter large stone sphere.

Zhou Leng’s body sank slightly, circulating True Qi.

Close to 200 tons in weight, tolerable.

However, his pace slowed significantly.

Zhou Leng bent his waist and arched his back, carrying the giant stone sphere as he slowly climbed the mountain.

Climbing the mountain, he glanced around.

In just a while, he saw an endless mountain slope stretching to the horizon on both sides.

On this vast slope, demigod giants appeared every few dozen meters, each carrying a rune stone sphere, slowly climbing the mountain.

Once more glancing at the mountain slope’s surface, he finally understood why the ground here was so smooth.

Every inch of the slope had been tread upon by countless giants.

Beneath the vast starry sky, the world was as bright as day.

Zhou Leng, along with countless giants, bore the stone sphere, climbing upwards.

"Still a bit light."

A giant’s voice emerged, replacing Zhou Leng’s with a six-meter diameter stone sphere.

"Thanks, really..." Zhou Leng "thanked" inwardly.

His waist sank slightly.

Almost 300 tons in weight.

This time, he had to fully circulate True Qi.

Zhou Leng’s waist and back bent further, akin to most demigod giants.

Upper body almost parallel to the ground, appearing ready to crash into the slope at any moment.

Lifting 300 tons and climbing a mountain with a 300-ton stone sphere are entirely different concepts.

In no time, Zhou Leng was breathing heavily, drenched in sweat.

His entire body numb, arms trembling.

This training went beyond any innate limit.

Even giants couldn’t do it, only very few fierce beasts barely managed.

But, clenching his teeth, Zhou Leng silently climbed, bearing the large stone.

Now, he had no strength to look around, only bent his waist, hunched his back, slowly climbing.

Indescribable pain and pressure spread throughout his body.

Ten minutes later, Zhou Leng’s whole body turned red.

His muscles tearing and even dissolving from excessive pressure, yet True Qi and the Star Phoenix Rejuvenation Technique continuously helped, swiftly repairing.

Another ten minutes passed, his arms trembled, his upper body trembled, his legs trembled...from head to toe, every part trembled.

On the skin’s surface, no longer sweating, but oozing blood pearls.

Continuously seeping out, continuously returning.

Zhou Leng didn’t know what this so-called Ascension Mountain truly was, but in his hazy state, he recalled the giants’ myths.

Many of the giants’ myths involved bearing stars and ascending.

The grandest was that the mighty giant divine spirit, to fend off evil foes, bore stars, gathering them together.

The giants’ ancestors utilized the entire tribe and endless stars’ power, amassing cosmic might to crush human attacks.

Again, he remembered the relic fragments from the Demon Spirit World.

Those fragments contained records from many different tribes, some of which also had similar mythic stories, even historical content.

It seemed that in the universe, many tribes had experienced divine spirits bearing stars for Ascension and resisting external enemies.

Unaware of how much time had passed, Zhou Leng was disoriented, his body swaying.

Often needing to stand for over ten seconds before taking the next step.

The muscles all over his body began developing great fissures.

The mighty Star Phoenix Rejuvenation Technique could no longer rapidly heal such profound bodily damage.

In his hazy mind, countless stories surfaced.

Even stories from Dragon Country, like Dayu controlling the floods, Kua Fu chasing the sun, and disaster relief efforts.

Countless lives, in the face of catastrophe and desperation, fought tenaciously and heroically.

Some succeeded, some failed.

As Zhou Leng continued, his consciousness grew more muddled, but his Martial Arts Will remained exceptionally lucid, supporting his body to keep climbing.

Initially, he did not understand the significance of climbing with a stone.

But as countless past events converged, Zhou Leng gradually gained some insight.

Perhaps, the act of climbing with burdens in itself holds meaning.

In life, every breath, every step, every tear and laugh carries its own meaning.

These meanings may not culminate in victory’s fruit in the end.

Wherever passed, flowers bloom in abundance.

Zhou Leng smiled lightly, his body swayed, and both he and the large stone fell heavily to the ground, rolling downwards.

Looking skyward, through the slightly opened eye slits, he saw a mountain full of giants, bearing stones, ascending.

Their silhouettes connected, more majestic than the mountain itself.

The mountain’s end, so distant.

In a blurred daze, several giants stepped over the mountain’s peak, ascending into the stars.

At the moment they ascended to the starry sky, a massive divine light emanated from the giant stone behind them, brilliantly illuminating the ascent.

Zhou Leng smiled and closed his eyes.

So, this is the Ascension Mountain.

In the high heavens, a gigantic starlit ring formed by countless galaxies descended divine light upon Zhou Leng’s body.

The injuries all over his body healed instantly.

In a daze, Zhou Leng felt a large hand pat his head.

"Get up, keep going!"

"Huh?" Zhou Leng opened his eyes, a six-meter-diameter giant stone ball was falling down. He got up with a swift motion and caught it using Qi Manipulation.

Looking around, he wasn’t far from where he had previously fainted.

Keep climbing the mountain, then.

With the giant stone ball on his back, Zhou Leng continued his ascent.

Before long, his body cracked and he passed out, collapsing to the ground.

From above, the starlit ring descended its glow once again, healing Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng awoke, skillfully flipping over to catch the 300-ton giant stone ball, and silently continued climbing.

Carefully engage in Martial Arts perception.

His physical body was indeed repaired, but the mental fatigue and the weariness of Martial Arts Will had not abated, and seemed to have intensified.

Not long after, he fell to the ground again...

In this way, Zhou Leng continually climbed, continually fainted, and was continually healed by the starlit ring.

The exhaustion of his spirit grew more profound.

However, he was not the only one fainting; even Demigods were passing out halfway up.

Later, more and more Demigod Giants couldn’t hold on, falling to the ground from great heights.

Zhou Leng climbed silently.

Until his consciousness completely blacked out, he fell to the ground, and the giant stone ball rolled away.

The starlit ring erupted with starlight, descending upon Zhou Leng.

Within his body, the Giant Body’s power grew wildly like a beast.

After a long passage of time, the Teleportation Gate lightly trembled, and Zhou Leng flew out.

He Pengfei reached out to catch him, carrying him on his shoulder, secretly pinching Zhou Leng’s flesh and bones.

In his eyes, there was a flicker of surprise and relief.

The quartermaster stood still, calculating time.

"Who would have thought, an Elementary Civilization alien of Great Innate could persist for so long in Ascension Mountain. The power he gained is tremendous, enough to absorb for years..."

The quartermaster hurriedly wriggled forward, took out a Blood Pearl, hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and took out another one, handing it to He Pengfei.

"We’re all friends here, helping each other is natural. Look after the ultimate warrior, and if you need anything, feel free to ask me."

"Thank you." He Pengfei thanked him and carried Zhou Leng back.

The quartermaster watched them disappear through the door, pounding his chest and stamping his feet, his plump bug-like lower body squirming furiously.

Two whole Blood Pearls, how could I have been so stupid, two Blood Pearls!

Much later, Zhou Leng opened his eyes once more.

Recalling the process of Ascension Mountain, he cursed inwardly, high-level trials are indeed brutal, squeezing the trial takers to the brink.

Ordinary Innates wouldn’t last long in such trials.

Perceiving his body, a smile formed on his face.

He had thought there might be hidden injuries, but to his surprise, even the wounds from the previous divine trial were completely healed, it was indeed a remarkable high-level trial.

What’s more, the power of the Giant Body had remarkably increased.

His body had become noticeably bulkier.

Especially the bones, which under perception, seemed to be emitting a gentle jade-like glow, with silver-white spots on their surface.

"Is this... the legendary power of the Frost Giant? In terms of rank, it’s higher than that of the Golden Giant or Molten Giant. After all, the Frost Giants were the first-generation Divine Spirits in the giant mythology."

Praising the high-level trial, compared to such a great gain, the cost of climbing with a stone was almost negligible.

Theoretically, my current Giant Body is entirely formed.

Even without receiving further blessings from giants, the power will not diminish.

Nevertheless, further growth is still necessary.

"Awake?" He Pengfei asked.

Zhou Leng stood up.

He Pengfei said, "Let’s make a deal."

"What kind of deal?" Zhou Leng asked.

"Xu Ming is under attack by Demons, and I will send Celestial Bone Warriors to escort you for a bit. You must find a way to make the Celestial Bone Warriors get attacked by the Demons, then order them to strike. If anyone asks, insist that the Demons attacked first, and you were only defending yourself."

"Hmm?" Zhou Leng stood up, surprised that the Demons had acted so quickly.

"Of course, I’ll try to find a way for your safe departure. Naturally, if it’s really impossible, you can’t blame me. A Celestial Bone Warrior with your talent would attract the favor of a Divine Spirit, even in a High-Level Civilization."

"Let’s go."

Hearing that his comrades were under attack, Zhou Leng didn’t want to waste any time bargaining.

Shortly, He Pengfei dispatched four Grandmaster-level Celestial Bone Warriors to accompany Zhou Leng.

The five charged into the purple mist, heading in the opposite direction toward the human camp.

Before long, Zhou Leng emerged from the mist.

A few hundred meters ahead, masses of Demons and Sea Sirens had encircled the last twelve humans tightly.

The last twelve were all soaked in blood, their bodies battered, some missing a leg, others with broken arms, or minds muddled.

Zhou Leng rushed forward directly.

"Kill him!" cracked the order from Ripper Rock.

The Hundred-Eyed Bow and Demon Warlocks cast spells, dense arrows and fiery spells descended around Zhou Leng.

Bang bang bang...

The flames exploded, affecting the Celestial Bone Warriors.

Zhou Leng gave the order: "They dare to attack My God’s Celestial Bone Warriors, kill these Demons and Sea Sirens! That volcanic giant turtle is mine."

The four Celestial Bone Warriors, already hinted by He Pengfei, surged with energy.

The four Grandmasters charged into the Demon battalion at supersonic speed, with each punch sending Demons scattering in all directions.

"You..."

Ripper Rock was shocked, not understanding what was happening.

"Your opponent is me."

Said Zhou Leng, as the Taiqing Sea Robe appeared on his body.