Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 580 - 562: Doubts

"What insult? Someone dares to insult Zhou Leng?" Molten Hammer asked with a chuckle.

The representatives from the Tree-man, Giant, Giant Dragon, Demon Spirit Master, and Steel Dwarves all laughed together.

Silver Lake Wind surveyed everyone and asked in surprise, "You don’t know?"

"Know what?"

Silver Lake Wind said, "His Highness has been framed as a serious offender, denounced and humiliated all over the internet. The authorities are ignoring it, even sending out 400 media outlets to fan the flames, aiming to put His Highness to death. The entire Blue Star knows about it."

"Ah?" The envoys from the five races widened their eyes in disbelief.

"Are you kidding me? Do they want to start a war among the five races?" Molten Hammer had a bewildered look.

Jade Wings was also puzzled and asked, "What’s going on? What a mess! Zhou Leng is just like me, cautious and strategic, hiding his strength well, how could he be discovered? Let alone be insulted on the whole network! Impossible, absolutely impossible."

Everyone looked at Zhou Leng, who remained silent, his expression calm to the point of numbness.

Turning to Zhao Nandi, she hung her head, full of shame.

Silver Lake Wind said, "I specifically collected a lot of trending videos and screenshots of various comments. You can see for yourselves."

With that, he used the demonized neural network to project a large amount of previous news and videos.

He first played those slanderous videos and screenshots.

Then he played screenshots of various alibis for Zhou Leng.

The delegation members all understood the first official language of Blue Star, Dragon Language, and could see everything clearly.

At first, they were just puzzled because they didn’t understand.

Then, they didn’t take it seriously, thinking it was just a misunderstanding or an accident, because all five races have laws, such false accusations involving someone like Zhou Leng could be dealt with summarily.

They completely didn’t understand the damage slander can cause on Blue Star.

With more and more videos, they saw many people surrounding Ruda, making extreme remarks about killing Zhou Leng, leaving them even more baffled.

A giant dragon frowned and asked, "I don’t quite understand, shouldn’t powerful beings be deployed to kill these stupid bugs in such situations?"

A giant shrugged and said, "Yeah. Humans are really strange. If it were me being insulted like this, our tribe would have already attacked."

"We tree-men don’t quite understand these concepts of slander because they’re rare. What we don’t understand even more is, why are so many people supporting a clear wrongdoing? Shouldn’t such a nation have long perished?"

Another giant dragon asked puzzled, "No, isn’t getting to mate with His Highness Zhou Leng a great honor? We were just about to seek his blessing for mating... fortune."

The other giant dragons kept giving looks, not because the words were crude, but because it leaked a secret of the Dragon Race.

The giants looked at each other, giving knowing glances. They had the same idea.

The envoys from various nations discussed endlessly, without debating whether "Zhou Leng is a serious offender," because they never believed it.

A giant dragon tentatively asked, "Your Highness Zhou Leng, are you asking us to kill those who insulted you? When should we act?"

"How many to kill?" a giant asked.

The Demon Spirit Master and the leading human martial artist looked helpless.

Cyan Flame sighed and said, "Different races have different situations, it’s normal that you don’t understand. Let me speculate the specifics, if anything is wrong, Zhou Leng, you correct me."

"It’s probably some powerful force on Blue Star using public opinion and media to vilify Zhou Leng."

"They might want to smear him this way, hoping to cause chaos, which would be ideal."

"If he withstands this attack, they’ll try other methods to attack."

"Without a doubt, at the right moment, they will secretly send assassins."

"By then, Zhou Leng’s reputation would be ruined, and even if he died, not many would care. Right?"

Zhou Leng nodded and said, "That’s basically it."

A giant dragon frowned and said, "Which force is it? If it’s too strong, we’re afraid we won’t be able to fight it."

A tree-man said, "It must at least be the Supreme Court of Dragon Country and the Demon City Army joining hands, otherwise how could they control the national media."

Cyan Flame helplessly said, "That’s impossible, it has nothing to do with the Supreme Court and the Demon City Army."

Tree-men are naturally stubborn, one said dully, "Why not? Such a nationwide slander must have national forces controlling it, do they think we’re fools? Zhou Leng must have offended the whole country, better run fast."

A giant dragon said, "Right, right, Zhou Leng, you’re finished. The whole country wants to kill you. You should quickly come to our Dragon World for refuge."

"You should come to the Giant World," a giant urgently said.

"Is it that dangerous? Why didn’t you say so earlier!" Molten Hammer anxiously looked at Zhou Leng.

They spoke incoherently, Zhou Leng and the Demon Spirit Masters looked helpless, but they couldn’t explain, because they were half-right indeed.

Zhao Nandi helplessly said, "You’ve misunderstood, not everyone is targeting Zhou Leng, it’s just the Demon Worship Sect."

"Oh, then your whole country is controlled by the Demon Worship Sect, so you’d better run," said that giant dragon.

Everyone was stunned, how come these words make such sense.

Molten Hammer jumped out of bed, grabbed Zhou Leng’s wrist, and said: "Let’s go! Let’s go now! I have been to the Eagle Alliance and the Elephant Country, both countries are Demon Worship Sect nations, the upper class enjoys luxury, but the lower class is utterly miserable. If the Dragon Country were also controlled by the Demon Worship Sect, you’d be doomed! Let’s go."

Zhou Leng said: "It’s not that exaggerated."

Who would’ve thought Molten Hammer’s eyes reddened, and he scolded: "Do you think I’m an idiot?"

"You are a Divine Text Master, and have made great contributions to the nation, holding a high position across various sectors!"

"A genius like you, even if you just lost your True Qi, let alone your life, you’d be revered in our country!"

"It’s understandable that someone set you up."

"Regular folks not knowing the truth, it’s nothing."

"But why are all the media across the country attacking you, protecting the one who framed you? What does this mean?"

"There are only two possibilities."

"Either the whole country doesn’t care about law, doesn’t care about truth, everyone defaming one person, but such a country would have collapsed long ago. The Dragon Country’s national power is thriving, Dragon Country citizens wouldn’t be that bad, so it’s impossible."

"Or some powerful factions in control of this nation are targeting you!"

"Look, only the second possibility exists. Zhou Leng, you better leave quickly."

"They want to kill you! Why aren’t you anxious yet." Molten Hammer was so anxious he almost cried.

Cyan Flame hurriedly comforted him: "It’s not that exaggerated, there might be a third option, although a faction is targeting Zhou Leng, the real powerful forces controlling Dragon Country don’t care, so they haven’t acted."

Molten Hammer said: "You think I’m an idiot! This means you should escape even more. On the battlefield, you slaughtered innumerable demons, but at home, you are insulted by thousands, with nobody caring, how is this a home? This damn place is a demon’s lair! Our Five Races treat you as a treasure, Blue Star treats you worse than dirt, if it’s like this for you, what about ordinary Blue Star People? They’re worse than pigs and dogs! It’s terrifying. Zhou Leng, you better escape quickly, it’ll be too late if you don’t."

Zhou Leng and Cyan Flame exchanged glances, feeling exhausted.

Molten Hammer and the others are rigid-minded, viewing the situation too seriously.

However, though they’re clearly speaking nonsense, why do their words feel more painful the more they listen?

Cyan Flame helplessly said: "Zhou Leng doesn’t want to leave right now, leaving like this is also inappropriate. Let’s follow the plan instead."

"First step, let’s collectively submit a statement to the Blue Star United General Assembly, requesting Zhou Leng to serve as the ambassador between the two realms, and see their reaction."

"Second step, tomorrow, Dragon Country is hosting the Hero Tablet event, and has already invited the ambassadors of the Five Races stationed on Blue Star, we go together, then ask in front of Blue Star’s worldwide leaders, how to handle Zhou Leng’s matter."

"Third step, each of our races has official accounts on Blue Star platforms, let’s collectively announce the news of Zhou Leng serving as the ambassador between two realms."

"After that, let’s see Dragon Country’s reaction."

"If by then, Dragon Country still doesn’t send people to protect Zhou Leng, it means..."

"They want to kill Zhou Leng!" Molten Hammer shouted.

Cyan Flame said: "At that point, we will unite, and let Zhou Leng temporarily reside in the Demon Spirit World, escaping Blue Star’s demonic clutches, how about it?"

A Giant frowned and said: "It’s really troublesome. However, we truly shouldn’t act rashly in Dragon Country. Let’s follow your lead, we’ll first send the report back to the Giant Royal Court and see what the Elders’ reactions are."

"I’ll also contact the Elders in the tribe! It’s too much bullying!" Molten Hammer said indignantly.

A Tree-man said: "I will also contact the Elders immediately! We heard Zhou Leng was injured, and are prepared to bring him to the Mother Tree for healing, to see if we can cure him. If humans obstruct, causing his death, then we will be criminals. Zhou Leng is a great benefactor who has let our tribe’s Holy Land reemerge into daylight."

Molten Hammer’s eyes gleamed, saying: "I’ll also contact the Elders, just say... hmm... make it a bit more serious."

Zhao Nandi, after all, is a Dragon Country citizen, and hurriedly said: "Don’t act recklessly, communicate normally, notify normally, if anything really happens, Zhou Leng will still take the blame."

Molten Hammer was already simmering with anger, suddenly leaped, and said furiously: "Big talk! Try touching our Duke and see who dares! Screw them, where’s Huang Xuan Pavilion? I’ll ask him how he’s being a Martial Saint? And that..."

Cyan Flame swiftly stepped forward, covering Molten Hammer’s mouth, and said: "You drank too much."

"Mmm mmm mmm..." Molten Hammer was still muttering.

The nurse outside couldn’t stand it anymore, and said softly: "Please, dear guests, control yourselves, the patient is still recovering."

Cyan Flame said: "Alright, then we’ll leave first, and get busy with the ambassador between two realms’ matters. Zhou Leng, you rest well... I’ll leave a Demon Spirit Master outside the room, just in case, for convenience of contact."

Everyone exchanged pleasantries, left gifts as before, each left one person outside the door, and the others walked out.

Molten Hammer cursed all the way as he walked.

Cursing alone wasn’t enough to vent his anger, his eyes glimmered, took out the Demonized Watch, went to a deserted place, and called the Dwarf Embassy.

"I’ve discovered significant intelligence regarding the Human Race, someone intends to kill Zhou Leng, yes, our Human Race Duke, but the Blue Star People aren’t doing anything. I’m afraid something big is going to happen, you quickly communicate with the Elders, and see what they decide..."

Not far away, a Giant Dragon also used a spell to communicate with the Giant Dragon Embassy.

"A godsend opportunity! Blue Star is oppressing Zhou Leng, and Zhou Leng is about to flee! To prevent the Giants and Demon Spirit Masters from snatching him away, we must show sincerity in front of Zhou Leng! I suggest reporting this matter to the Queen of Red Eyes..."

Over at the Giants’ side.

"Quickly report to the Giant Royal Court, something big is wrong, they want to kill Zhou Leng, it’s absolutely true, the Steel Dwarves already know, if you don’t believe, you can ask them. The key is, that damned crawling dragon wants to snatch Zhou Leng..."