Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 675 - 654: Star-Slaying

After the initial shock, the Crocodile Bear Spirit felt a flash of joy, glanced at the two, then turned its head, stamped the ground with its feet, leaped high, and lunged at Zhou Leng.

Li Shenkong was just about to swing his sword but suddenly stopped.

In such a situation, he dared not swing the sword.

The power of the Star Sky Divine Sword couldn’t kill the Crocodile Bear but would definitely cut Zhou Leng in half.

His current stamina was insufficient to support him in a close-range cooperation with Zhou Leng.

Once close, the Crocodile Bear would surely use a mutually destructive method to snatch the sword.

From afar, Giants were looking at each other, anxiously discussing, but they couldn’t come up with any result.

Let alone assisting; they couldn’t even get close to the star-destroying energy area.

The opponent is a Demigod.

Golden Li was strong and possessed a Half-Divine Artifact, but was severely injured with just one move before, having no choice but to retreat.

In the blink of an eye, the Crocodile Bear was like a descending Giant Dragon, lunging at Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng’s eyes showed no fear, first accumulating power from heaven to earth, then with the core of my bestowed destiny punch momentum, he unleashed the strongest punch he could currently master.

The Tiger and Dragon combined, fists burst forth.

The phantoms of a Dragon and Tiger broke through the sky, striking the airborne Crocodile Bear Spirit.

The Crocodile Bear Spirit seemed like an unimaginably skilled Martial Artist, blocking the punch with its left palm, then turning with the borrowed force.

Its body drew a large circle, swinging out a massive crocodile tail, shattering the air, sweeping towards Zhou Leng.

This move was too fast; Zhou Leng could only defensively channel power from all directions, forming a thick wall of fist qi in front of him.

At the same time, the Frost Divine Armor erupted white mist outward, gathering into a solid ice wall.

Bang!

The Demigod’s power broke ten thousand laws.

All that power drawing from all directions, all that Frost Divine Armor’s strength, all Martial Artists, completely shattered.

Zhou Leng flew off like a ball, straight out three hundred meters away.

Whoosh...

The Crocodile Bear Spirit landed a step ahead of Zhou Leng at the falling point, its tail swinging left and right, sweeping the ground, crouching slightly, stamping the earth.

A shockwave ring spread out, the earth collapsed, and the Crocodile Bear Spirit shot up to the sky like a cannonball.

Zhou Leng, defenseless in mid-air, could only spread his fingers, constantly shaking his wrists.

Void-Breaking Finger Sword, stars falling like rain from the sky.

Hiss hiss hiss hiss...

In an instant, over a hundred streams of Void-Breaking Finger Sword Qi fell like meteors, covering the Crocodile Bear Spirit.

The Crocodile Bear Spirit had suffered from Zhou Leng’s power before and dared not act too proudly, raising an arm to block its face.

The Finger Sword Qi rained down, leaving a few red spots on the bear skin.

The Void-Breaking Finger Sword Qi was ultimately just Innate and Grandmaster Cultivation Techniques, couldn’t reach the level of hurting a Demigod from afar.

Li Shenkong, not far away, saw this scene, stunned for a moment, then shouted: "You know swordsmanship?"

"I do!"

After Zhou Leng finished speaking, relying on the extraordinary Divine Techniques of the Starry Sky Bloodline, he borrowed force mid-air, swinging his fists at the Crocodile Bear Spirit.

The Crocodile Bear Spirit slapped out with a palm, and Zhou Leng flew out again.

The Crocodile Bear Spirit landed first, advanced forward, striking again before Zhou Leng touched the ground.

Then, everyone saw an unbelievable scene.

The Crocodile Bear Spirit, like playing ping pong, repeatedly monopolized the falling point, repeatedly hitting Zhou Leng flying.

Zhou Leng used all his means but couldn’t land, constantly being thrown around in the sky by the Crocodile Bear Spirit.

After ten moves, the two confronted each other once more, and Zhou Leng spat out a mouthful of blood.

After thirty moves, Zhou Leng’s body healing speed finally couldn’t keep up with the damage speed, his skin and muscles cracking.

"Come to me!" Li Shenkong called out.

Zhou Leng wasn’t sure of his intentions but could only choose to trust.

At the very moment of the next encounter, his right hand grabbed a dense star core.

Crocodile paw and human hand collided, piercing both palms through the dense star core.

Terrorizing star-destroying energy surged into their flesh.

The Crocodile Bear Spirit screamed retreating, while Zhou Leng utilized the Undying Star Body, expelling the star-destroying energy while landing, taking several steps to reach Li Shenkong’s side.

Li Shenkong handed the Longsword to Zhou Leng.

"Take this Star-slaying Sword, use it."

After Li Shenkong spoke, he turned and staggered away.

Without the Star-slaying Sword, his Half-Divine Artifact couldn’t resist the concentrated star-destroying energy here.

"Star-slaying Sword..."

Zhou Leng recollected the Ancient River Sect’s foundation swordsmanship, the "Star-slaying Nineteen Swords."

The Crocodile Bear Spirit no longer paid attention to Li Shenkong, glaring at the Star-slaying Sword in Zhou Leng’s hand.

Zhou Leng took a deep breath, held the sword with both hands, raised it, and executed the opening style of the "Celestial Star Track Sword," aiming the sword at the galaxy.

At the instant the opening style was formed, the Star-slaying Sword rang out with a clang.

A white moonlight attached to the sword’s body.

Simultaneously, a white light flew out from the Ancient River Tiger Talisman, entering the Star-slaying Sword.

From afar, Li Shenkong ran while turning back to observe, seeing the white light, seeing the transformed Star-slaying Sword.

The Ancient Star-slaying Sword, its blade silver-white, the blade edge blue-black.

Embedded upon the blue-black blade were various colored gemstones.

At this moment, three whole gemstones flew out, circling the sword hilt, rotating slowly.

Li Shenkong looked closely; they were not three gemstones but three stars.

Three stars slowly rotated, exuding a thin tail-like linear star power, merging into the Star-slaying Sword.

Buzz...

The Star-slaying Sword slowly expanded to double its size, powerful star power spread through its body.

A small amount of star power overflowed, surging into Zhou Leng’s body, attracted by the Great Sun Divine Skill, accumulating outside the "belly sun," condensing into a star power planet.

Li Shenkong’s expression was complex.

This sword, from childhood to adulthood, had been inseparable, closer than childhood sweethearts.

He believed he had completely mastered it.

Yet now, in Zhou Leng’s hands, it immediately began a new life.

Li Shenkong’s mouth tasted bitter.

The Alligator Bear God’s eyes narrowed, and his expression shifted once more.

But then, he laughed heartily and charged towards Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng rushed forward.

When they were twenty meters apart, Zhou Leng slashed his longsword diagonally.

The massive silver-white light blade swept past silently and without a trace.

The Alligator Bear God only had time to dodge to the side, and his two right-hand side arms were cut off in unison.

One was severed at the shoulder, the other at the elbow.

The silver light blade continued to fly forward, reaching a kilometer away before slowly fading away.

On the ground, it left a long, deep scar, the edges smooth as a mirror.

The Alligator Bear God was stunned for a moment, picked up his severed arms and retreated sharply, using divine veins to forcibly reattach his arms while looking at Zhou Leng with incredulous eyes.

Zhou Leng’s face remained calm as he slowly said, "This is the power granted to me by the great Star of Death, the Far-reaching Mountain, and the Disaster Star Dragon."

Inside, however, he was anything but calm.

What a ridiculous divine sword, with just one swing, half of my Starry Sky true energy is gone.

Luckily, this is the True King Land, where I can slowly replenish my Starry Sky energy, otherwise, I’d be at a huge loss.

The Alligator Bear God glanced at the reattachment point of his arms; the bones had joined, but the flesh was like threads, unable to heal no matter how hard he tried.

Even with the power of the divine bloodline, it couldn’t be done.

That sword is truly powerful!

"Ho ho, ho ho..."

The Alligator Bear God was not only unafraid but even crazier in his eyes.

Behind him, blood flowed backward, forming intersecting crimson lines in mid-air, condensing into a peculiar bear head totem.

The Demigod Totem.

The circular blood Demigod Totem slowly rotated, releasing powerful energy and typhoon-like Demigod pressure.

As if a typhoon had passed, dust scattered, and wild grass was flattened.

The entire Alligator Bear God was amidst the storm conjured by the Demigod Totem.

The strong winds advanced rapidly, reaching sonic speed where Zhou Leng stood.

The Alligator Bear God’s power was pushed to its peak as he stepped forward to attack.

But this time, he maintained a distance of thirty meters, attacking from afar.

His powerful force combined with the air, compressing into strength far surpassing a Grandmaster’s.

Air clusters visible to the naked eye continuously flew toward Zhou Leng, exploding incessantly.

Zhou Leng relied on the Star-slaying Sword to continuously block, occasionally wielding small light blades to counterattack the Alligator Bear God.

But the Alligator Bear God was both powerful and cautious, and at this distance, Zhou Leng could only occasionally inflict minor wounds despite his best efforts.

In contrast, Zhou Leng himself continually bore the brunt of Demigod attacks, and despite the protective ice armor, parts of the power infiltrated his body.

More than ten minutes later, the Alligator Bear God’s body was mangled, crisscrossed with injuries of various sizes.

However, being a Demigod, he still managed to hold on.

But for Zhou Leng, beneath the ice armor, his body was covered in cracks.

The Star Phoenix Rejuvenation Technique was too late to heal him.

Gradually, his internal Starry Sky energy was exhausted, and recovery could not keep up with the consumption.

Zhou Leng swung his sword, his footing faltering.

Far away, Li Shenkong and the giants wore solemn expressions.

Zhou Leng too had reached his limit.

"Hehehehe..." The Alligator Bear God’s legs began to tremble as well, but the Demigod power within him was endless.

In everyone’s hearts, a sigh echoed; for an Upper-Rank Grandmaster to fight against a Demigod to such an extent was already enough.

Not shameful.

At this moment, a dragon’s roar came from the sky, followed by a loud shout: "Dad, Mom, the Giant Dragon True King is here! Huh? There’s a Divine Death Beast, don’t move, let me practice first!"

The sky mist dispersed, and a massive blue-white Giant Dragon descended from the sky like a dominator’s arrival.

The Alligator Bear God glanced over, recognizing it as a Demigod Frost Giant Dragon, and gave the Star-slaying Sword a hard glare before turning to flee reluctantly.

"Huh? So weak?"

The Winter of Death sensed the Alligator Bear God’s aura and hesitated.

After all, he was just bluffing earlier and didn’t really want to fight; his parents weren’t present.

Zhou Leng saw through this coward and shouted, "He’s already heavily wounded by my sword, you can easily kill him."

"Really?"

"Would a noble Giant Dragon True King lie to a dragon?"

"Right!"

The Winter of Death grinned and charged at the Alligator Bear God.

In the distance, Li Shenkong felt a chill in his heart.

"My sword, my sword..."

In mid-air, the Winter of Death’s aura rapidly surged.

He quickly surpassed Lower Demigod, then Middle Demigod, reaching a terrifying Upper Demigod level.

Then, blood in his body flowed backward into lines, weaving a circular dragon head totem.

His power was infinitely close to the pinnacle of a Demigod.

Zhou Leng was momentarily stunned, this bastard was so strong, why was he scared of a newly-injured Demigod?

Enduring heavy injuries, he retracted all dense star cores, then looked around, set down the Star-slaying Sword, swallowed a large number of pills, sat down to operate his cultivation technique, and healed his wounds.

The giants hurriedly gathered around not far away, protecting him.

In the distance, the Winter of Death fought fiercely with the Alligator Bear God.

Soon, the Winter of Death, humming a tune with the headless corpse of the Alligator Bear God in his jaws, flapped his dragon wings and descended slowly.

He placed the Alligator Bear God’s body on the ground, speaking to himself with delight.

"I’m so strong, first killing a foreign star dragon, then a Demigod, so strong... even my parents aren’t as strong as me anymore..."

Then, he looked regretfully at the Alligator Bear God.

"What a pity, mangled like this, if the body was intact, I’d make it a specimen to put in the Dragon Nest as my first Demigod trophy..."

"Such a miserable state won’t do; it’s ugly. I’ll leave it for Mr. Leng to recuperate, as for the brain, let me have it first, since I have a small brain and need to supplement it."

The Winter of Death smacked his lips, a Demigod’s brain seemed tastier than a Grandmaster’s, then in the future...

Forget it, too dangerous.