Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 545 - 528: Lance and Steed
An hour later, the terrain changed once again.
Zhou Leng stopped and released a demonized drone, observing from the high sky.
Previously, this was the edge of the slumbering land, but now, the entire earth has been eroded by it.
It was almost like another Dragon God’s path.
However, there was no divine power within the slumbering land, only a lot of the undead race, so it wasn’t considered dangerous.
Zhou Leng pondered for a moment and decided that returning the sensitive sky bone was more important, so he continued to run straight.
Boom boom boom...
Zhou Leng was like a humanoid supersonic fighter jet, leaving dust in his wake, with grass and trees breaking as he passed.
Along the way, he saw all kinds of undead races.
Skeleton warriors, bone swordmen, necromancers, headless knights...
Zhou Leng paid them no mind and continued forward.
Occasionally, he encountered some undead graveyards and rushed straight through them.
One graveyard after another was stepped on and collapsed by Zhou Leng, countless undead were buried underground, beginning their long excavation.
Upon reaching the slumbering land, a tall black shadow appeared suddenly in Zhou Leng’s peripheral vision, causing him to slow down and turn to look.
A familiar Undying Knight appeared ahead.
Like a black whirlwind, it proudly stood upon the earth.
Riding a Hell Warhorse, its figure like a black mist, the Knight’s Spear held at an angle.
On the Knight’s Spear, hung a series of freshly killed human martial artists.
Their bodies were bent backward, their eyes staring lifelessly.
Blood still flowed.
Attached to the rope behind the Hell Warhorse were the corpses of trial takers from the Ten Realms, flesh butchered and unrecognizable.
"We meet again..."
Zhou Leng changed direction and charged straight at the Undying Knight.
The Undying Knight shook its reins, straightened its body, severed the rope behind it, shook off the corpses from the Knight’s Spear, and leveled the spear, charging directly forward.
Zhou Leng squinted at the spear.
In just over ten days, this Knight’s Spear had become different.
The original Knight’s Spear seemed unremarkable, but now it had changed drastically.
The spear shaft was composed of intertwined spiral bones, extraordinarily thick, and exuded a rich dragon aura.
Dragon bone spear shaft.
At the junction of the spearhead and shaft, twelve clusters of pale flames swirled gently.
Undead Fire.
The spearhead was also very different, larger, sharper, with white flames flowing along its edge.
A legendary Knight’s Spear, possibly even advancing to a high-level Half-Divine Artifact.
All the legendary weapons in the Elven Treasury paled by comparison.
It seemed the Undying Knight had gained a lot.
Zhou Leng gathered his mind, took a deep breath, and dashed full force towards the Undying Knight.
The Undying Knight abruptly accelerated, breaking through the sound barrier with a booming noise, like airborne cavalry charging head-on.
In just a few seconds, the two closed in.
With the final step, Zhou Leng pushed his art of lightweight skill to the extreme.
Zhou Leng’s speed broke past 400 meters per second.
The Undying Knight, seeing this, gripped the dragon bone Knight’s Spear tightly, leaned slightly forward, and charged in standard formation.
It hadn’t leaned forward for many years, as no opponent had been worthy of such a gesture.
But, the human martial artist before it exerted too much pressure.
With each encounter, his strength surged exponentially.
The Undying Knight gave everything it had.
In front of Zhou Leng, the Undying Knight loomed like a monstrous wave.
Instinctively, Zhou Leng judged that if he received the attack head-on, his body, no matter how strong, would be smashed apart, so he attempted to use the techniques of Dragon God’s combat art.
Swaying his body to evade the dragon bone spear, his right hand like a dragon’s claw, grasped the shaft of the spear, then his right arm suddenly ballooned, giant and muscular.
The Giant Body, Fierce Beast Power Marvelous Body, and Giant Dragon Blood Marvelous Body combined as one at this moment.
The martial arts Qi and Blood integrated these three forces.
With explosive strength.
Zhou Leng grabbed the dragon bone spear and yanked fiercely.
Swish...
The supersonic Undying Knight swept past, Zhou Leng slowed down.
The Undying Knight ran over a thousand meters, glanced at its now empty right hand.
Where’s my spear?
Zhou Leng looked at the dragon bone spear in his hand, very heavy, very strong, the best weapon he’d ever used.
But, somehow it was different from what he expected.
He previously anticipated that slowing down the Undying Knight would throw it off balance, causing it to release the weapon for an attack.
In the end, he simply seized it.
Was the Undying Knight injured?
But he mustn’t be careless, after all, it’s the Undying Knight.
The spear was too long and unwieldy, so he stored it in his spatial wooden box.
Turning around, he charged once more at the Undying Knight.
His gaze fell on the Hell Warhorse beneath it.
This Hell Warhorse was noticeably taller and stronger than before, clearly no ordinary creature now, at least a legendary demon artifact.
Zhou Leng charged, the Undying Knight was not to be outdone, withdrawing a spare spear from its Magic Spirit Bag, it charged once more at Zhou Leng.
"I shall live undying."
The Undying Knight rarely growled low and thrust out the spear.
As the two closed in once more, Zhou Leng seemed to repeat the gun-snatching maneuver.
This time, the Undying Knight was prepared, ready with a killing move such that if Zhou Leng seized the spear, he would cause it to explode.
Just as they closed in, the Undying Knight thrust its spear, but Zhou Leng suddenly veered away, pouncing towards the Hell Warhorse.
Zhou Leng’s hands gripped the neck strap connecting the bridle on the Hell Warhorse.
His whole body suddenly expanded, muscles bulging, tendons and blood vessels twisting like black serpents.
On his hands, True Qi coated like snow, thick and dense.
"Get down for me!"
Zhou Leng executed a thousand-pound weight technique, paired with an overhead throw, and the massive Hell Warhorse somersaulted, its face plunging into the ground, neck twisting, body soaring.
The Undying Knight in midair was flung away.
The Hell Warhorse landed, with a tremendous crash, the ground cracking open to form a pit several meters wide.
The Hell Warhorse wasn’t a magical beast, it was a unique spell creation between demon artifact and life, with extremely high body strength.
Despite such a heavy fall, it didn’t die, just froze, immobile.
Not far off, the Undying Knight stood, glancing down.
Where’s my horse?
Zhou Leng was ready to destroy the Hell Horse, but remembered he could use it too, so he stored it in his spatial wooden box.
There were also many treasures and miscellaneous goods in the horse bag.
Zhou Leng clapped his hands and looked at the dazed Undying Knight standing on the ground, saying, "Alright, now we can have a fair fight."
The Undying Knight stared at Zhou Leng. The moment Zhou Leng stepped forward, he crushed the teleportation stone in his hand, and a teleportation gate appeared behind him.
"Next time, I’ll kill you!"
The Undying Knight threw down the harsh words, retreated into the teleportation gate, and disappeared.
Zhou Leng rushed to the teleportation gate, but the gate shrank quickly. Not taking any risks, he stopped and looked around, realizing the teleportation gate had likely sent the knight to a designated place far away.
"As expected of an Undying Knight, he really has many tricks."
Zhou Leng sincerely praised his opponent, taking out the Hell Horse.
The Hell Horse seemed somewhat defiant. With two punches, he corrected its misconceptions that human warriors can also be its master.
Zhou Leng mounted the horse, as if sitting atop an elephant, feeling very comfortable.
On the horse’s body hung a huge Legendary Demon Spirit Bag, containing significantly more space than a regular one.
Inside were stored large quantities of items from the Undead Race, including various Demon Souls, Death Crystals, Dragon Bone Artifacts...
And many miscellaneous items from the Great Battlefield.
"Huh?"
Zhou Leng pulled out a teleportation stone from the bag.
It was identical to the one the Undying Knight had held earlier.
Zhou Leng pondered for a few seconds.
The Undying Knight was too powerful; he could already fight twenty Innate humans alone as a Great Innate. If he stayed in the Great Battlefield and advanced to Grandmaster, it would be a nightmare for humanity.
Holding the teleportation stone, he put away the Hell Warhorse.
Crushing the teleportation stone, a teleportation gate appeared in front of him, and he stepped in.
The Great Tomb.
The Undying Knight sat on the Skeleton Throne, the black air around him dissipating, revealing his black armor.
His entire body was encased in armor, with ghastly white necromantic energy slowly seeping out from the gaps in his visor.
In his eye sockets, a dark green flame flickered gently.
He couldn’t figure out why that human had managed to take his gun and horse.
In his lifetime, he had traversed the Demon Purgatory, traveled the Ten Realms, and was on the verge of advancing to Grandmaster, only to suffer his first major defeat in his demonic life, utterly devastating.
If news spread in the Demon Purgatory that the Undying Knight had both his gun and horse seized, the demons would die laughing.
It hadn’t happened in millennia.
The Undying Knight’s face had been utterly humiliated.
He felt endless humiliation.
He was supposed to be an outstanding member of the Undying Knights, and if he advanced to Grandmaster, he’d be granted a new name, perhaps even named by the Celestial Calamity Envoy.
He already had a name in mind.
Undying Star.
He turned to look around.
This was his treasure trove discovered in his long slumber. After slaying and absorbing the Undead Race, he took over this place.
The Skeleton Throne was constructed from the corpses of several demigods, making it a half-divine artifact. Sitting here allowed his power to grow continuously.
Most of these days, he spent time sitting on the Skeleton Throne, occasionally going out to hunt.
This place was his refuge on the Great Battlefield.
He suddenly sighed softly, gently caressing the Skeleton Throne.
Unfortunately, the Skeleton Throne is connected to the entire Great Tomb and cannot be taken away, which was his greatest regret.
No matter, from now on, he wouldn’t go anywhere else.
Just stay here until the end.
When returning to the Demon Purgatory, upon advancing to Grandmaster, first kill that person!
It was a pity his Demon Spirit Bag, containing years of savings, was gone.
Suddenly, a teleportation gate appeared directly in front.
That loathsome human warrior walked out.
"Hello, Undying Infantry." Zhou Leng’s tone was very polite.
The Undying Knight was stunned for a moment and instantly broke his defense.
"Die!"
He roared, grabbing the spear and thrusting it forward.
Zhou Leng took a sidestep, dodging, and in the blink of an eye, charged in front of him.
With a single move, it was the Celestial Tide Palm.
The eighth form, Ten Seas Rushing Dragons.
Zhou Leng’s arms turned into countless afterimages, each one like a giant dragon rising from the sea, forming a swarm of dragons, pounding toward the Undying Knight.
In an instant, the sky was filled with arm shadows and palm shadows falling on the Undying Knight.
The Undying Knight had never encountered such close-range ground attacks and was forced to throw away the spear and punch towards Zhou Leng.
The Undying Knight also mastered powerful melee techniques.
But, his opponent was Zhou Leng.
A warrior who comprehended the three major Combat Techniques, the Ancient River Sect Palm Technique, and the Dragon God combat skills simultaneously.
The Undying Knight’s fist landed on the Taiqing Sea Robe, causing faint ripples.
Zhou Leng moved forward, heavenly palm shadows moving forward.
Bam bam bam...
Huge crashing sounds echoed throughout the underground palace, constantly reverberating, forming an echo.
The Undying Knight retreated continuously, the armor on his body collapsing, cracking, and shattering.
Finally, a withered demonic corpse was revealed.
"So this is what you look like, Undying Infantry."
The Undying Knight howled, his entire body rolling with necromantic energy, a terrifying death aura instantly enveloping Zhou Leng.
Any normal life would be eroded by the massive necromantic energy.
However, this lower-tier power was firmly blocked outside Zhou Leng’s body by the Taiqing Sea Robe and the peculiar Dragon God aura radiating from his body.
The Undying Knight punched.
Zhou Leng ducked, sending out a palm, piercing through the Undying Knight’s abdomen.
Boom!
The demonic corpse exploded into a large hole, shattered remains spewing from its back.
The Undying Knight unleashed ferocity, punching toward Zhou Leng’s head.
Zhou Leng’s form flickered, his foot stepping on the revolving Heavenly Dragon Step, circling the nearly four-meter-tall Undying Knight, with fingertips emitting True Qi, hissing continuously.
Suddenly taking a step back, leaving the Undying Knight in place.
He staggered and retreated, finally sitting on the Skeleton Throne.
Crack...
His waist and abdomen ruptured, legs still connected to the waist fell from the throne.
The upper half of the body remained on the throne.
The withered demonic corpse clung to the armrest of the throne, staring at Zhou Leng, his breath rapidly waning.
"What a pity, to encounter a human genius like you; however, you will surely die at the hands of His Majesty the Celestial Calamity God. By the way, my name is Undying Star..."
With that, the Undying Knight stopped moving, the light in his eyes dissipating.
