Chapter 100: Chapter 92: Leech
Rao Mingxian walked up to Zhou Leng and whispered, "The Demons have a Lord called Star of Dim Light. Because you killed a Candleholder, they sent a thousand Demons to hunt you down. Be careful, there are Demon leeches..."
After Rao Mingxian explained the situation, Zhou Leng nodded in response, "I’ll remember, thank you for the information."
"You’ve saved me twice," Rao Mingxian said with a smile.
"It shouldn’t be counted like that," Zhou Leng said as he quickly moved forward.
Rao Mingxian kept pace alongside him and glanced at Zhou Leng, whispering, "Did you pass the first layer of the Land of Extreme Cold’s test?"
Zhou Leng nodded slightly.
"No wonder. In just a few days, your gaze has become sharper. Before, when you killed Demons, there was a certain emotion in your eyes. But this time, you acted without that emotion, and even with a fearless attitude towards Demons."
"A bit."
Zhou Leng also sensed that since the formation of the Mountain of Will, his various fears or anxieties had weakened.
Previously, when seeing someone surrounded by Demons, he would consider the situation for a while. But just now, he didn’t think a mere thousand Demons were worth pondering.
"Congratulations," Rao Mingxian said.
Zhou Leng looked up and down at Rao Mingxian and said, "We should be congratulating you for reaching the middle period of Blood Transport. I also noticed that you were merciless when killing Demons."
"I want to kill more Demons and earn merits," Rao Mingxian said, turning to look elsewhere as if searching for Demons.
"Then let’s kill Demons together!"
After Zhou Leng spoke, he led three or four thousand people to sweep the surrounding Demons back and forth.
As they prepared to return to the aperture, dozens of spiritual light pillars approached from the forest.
"Prepare for battle!" Zhou Leng shouted.
Soon, a large team of Demons rushed out of the forest.
"Kill!" Zhou Leng waved his hand, and thousands of examination candidates screamed, rushing toward the Demon team.
The Demon team stopped instantly.
Since the Celestial Ladder descended, it was always them with the numerical advantage chasing other races; now, it was the opposite.
The tall Demon possessing Demon leeches pointed at Zhou Leng and commanded loudly, "Kill!"
The Demons had no choice but to confront the Human Race’s team.
Zhou Leng originally charged at the forefront, but a three-meter-tall giant, upset for having killed too few Demons, surged forward.
"Sweep the Demons!" He strode forward, carrying a tree thick enough to wrap one’s arms around, surpassing Zhou Leng.
Facing the Demon team, he turned and swept.
Whoosh...
Boom boom boom...
Over a dozen Demons were swept at the waist, their chests and abdomens exploded, and their bodies split in two.
This sweep was like a death knell for the Demons and a battle horn for humans.
"Kill!"
Everyone surged forward like a tide.
Zhou Leng positioned himself at the forefront, executing Overlapping Waves Palm with mastery.
After his mastery of Overlapping Waves Palm, enduring multiple days of battle, it became increasingly perfect.
Facing lower-rank early period Demons, regardless of their race, one palm strike could kill them.
Either smashing the skull, exploding the heart, or piercing the abdomen, vicious to the extreme.
Zhou Leng and the giant were like two flags, inspiring everyone.
The Demons were few in number, and faced with a continuously victorious army fueled with momentum, further shielded by united strength like armor.
In moments, the thousand-strong Demon team was scattered.
The Demon with wriggling meat tongue aimed straight for Zhou Leng, and upon approaching, the two meat tongues suddenly exploded.
A piercing sound rang out, and terrifying mental shock seemingly turned to substance as a pale white Qi wave rushed within a twenty-meter radius.
The nearby Demon’s heads exploded, many candidates saw black, and fainted.
Even the giant’s legs gave out, causing him to kneel.
A beam of bloodlight shot straight at Zhou Leng’s face.
Zhou Leng felt the Mountain of Will within his mind tremble, dispelling the mental shock.
As he saw the bloodlight approach, Zhou Leng advanced instead of retreating, infusing his arms with True Qi, and clapped his palms together against the red light.
Crack!
The red light shattered, and foul blood flowed.
True Qi leaked from his skin, dispersing the foul blood.
With the Demon leech dead, the Demon team collapsed immediately.
The group chased down the fleeing Demons, cleaned the battlefield, and carried the wounded back to the aperture.
This was a super victory for humans after the Celestial Ladder’s descent, celebrated extensively in the aperture.
Due to ample spoils, even over a hundred Inheritance Spiritual Lights, everyone discussed and established a distribution plan.
The recognized top experts, those strongest and most ruthless in killing enemies, each could choose one Inheritance Spiritual Light, including the giant.
The others would participate in auctions using money, and the proceeds would be evenly distributed according to the temporary group in Martial Arts City.
Zhou Leng chose the Blue Spiritual Light, which was also the final trial of the Celestial Ladder, "Moonlight Shadow Wall."
Ultimately, everyone not only gained numerous war merits but also received money, leaving them all delighted.
Inside Ruda’s Martial Arts Hall, in the Hall Master’s room.
A group of instructors sat lazily on small stools.
"Zhou Leng’s ranking has been steadily dropping, probably because he’s again accepting Celestial Ladder inheritance and hasn’t been killing Demons."
"It was the same last time, dropping to three thousandth, then suddenly catching up."
"He’s currently at just thousandth, no rush."
"Hold on, it’s starting to rise."
The instructors watched the screen.
They saw Zhou Leng’s ranking start rising rapidly from a thousandth.
A while later, it jumped significantly.
Soon, he rose to fifth, reentering the first tier.
"This kid, indeed doesn’t require us to worry."
"Have you noticed, along with Zhou Leng’s war merits suddenly increasing, there are a few familiar people, like Rao Mingxian, and some other good students from the Martial Arts Academy."
"Looks like they’re fighting together, not bad."
"Hope they all make it out."
"After this, Zhou Leng’s war merits could directly promote him to Junior Sergeant."
"He was a student before, then a Private, after that a Senior Private. If he gets promoted to Junior Sergeant, it’ll be like leaping three steps at once."
"Once the war merits reach a certain level, killing lower-level demons will convert the war merits into battle points; otherwise, he could directly advance to Lieutenant."
"This kid originally had potential, and with the Celestial Ladder inheritance, he might break into the top thirty of the new talent ranking."
"There’s hope for the top twenty."
"If he can break into Rucheng’s top twenty, he has a chance to participate in the ’Ten Realms Youth Battle’. Tsk tsk, among us, maybe only Hall Master Wang has participated."
Wang Boxiong quietly watched Zhou Leng’s ranking.
Inside the icy mountain aperture of the Land of Extreme Cold, people gradually rested.
Zhou Leng returned to the sleeping mat beside Xu Qingjin.
"How was your challenge at the Land of Extreme Cold?" Zhou Leng asked.
"It’s strange, they all said it was very cold, but I only felt slightly cold. Passed the First Layer easily. The Second Layer was indeed hard, didn’t pass it."
"Maybe you have a similar talent."
"It’s possible," Xu Qingjin said with a smile.
Zhou Leng remembered infusing True Qi into Xu Qingjin’s body before.
"I now have the Blue Spiritual Light, ready to head to the final Moonlight Shadow Wall," Zhou Leng looked at Xu Qingjin.
"Don’t worry, I’ll stay here. To me, passing one Celestial Ladder inheritance is already very lucky."
"Hmm, then I can leave without worry," Zhou Leng nodded.
"Good luck!" Xu Qingjin had a gentle smile on his face.
In the distance, inside the Spirituality Book aperture.
All races were unusually oppressed, occasionally glancing at the Star of Dim Light, full of tumors and candles.
The demons outside were increasing in number.
Some people who approached from afar saw so many demons and quickly retreated.
Here, it was as if it had turned into a demon lair.
Suddenly, the yellow spiritual light on the Star of Dim Light dissipated.
Seeing this, everyone secretly sighed with relief.
The Star of Dim Light stood up, scanning the crowd with a stern face.
Several candleholders bent over and approached.
The Star of Dim Light snorted and said, "This time’s Celestial Ladder, what a mess."
"I first trained my combat awareness at the Moonlight Shadow Wall near the Magic Bag Garden, but only passed the First Layer. Here, too, only the First Layer."
"Such a difficult trial is not suitable for lower-rank, at least until I’m upper-rank or promoted to Demon General."
"Let’s go, wait..."
The Star of Dim Light suddenly halted, took out a Demon Book, and opened a page.
On it was a drawing of a bright red leech. Suddenly, this page tore off, leaving the Demon Book, flying and burning at the same time.
"Failed? It seems that person is a powerhouse in the Blood Transporting Period of the Human Race."
"Even if Zhuhuo Jiu was careless, he could protect himself with mental shock, and the demon leech is hard to kill."
"That person, must have some means."
The Star of Dim Light glanced around the arena, looking at those evasive gazes, with an indifferent expression.
"Go, we’re heading to the Land of Extreme Cold, then... catching someone. I want to personally interrogate that person."
The Star of Dim Light walked while playing with the Stone of Spiritual Light in his hand.
The rattling sound, there were over a dozen.
He tossed the yellow Stone of Spiritual Light to a few subordinates, walking out of the aperture.
Over ten thousand demon troops, following him, marching grandly towards the Land of Extreme Cold.
After a night’s rest, Zhou Leng felt refreshed.
Due to intense battles, a lot of qi blood was consumed, so Zhou Leng took a Replenishing Essence Pill and some pills.
Molten Hammer came over, smiling, "The Demon Spirit Master over there offered me a deal. We need to wait for his friend. We might head to the Moonlight Shadow Wall late, you and your friend go first."
"Then we’ll go first. Be careful, but with the Demon Spirit Master there, you’ll be safe."
"Thank you." Molten Hammer looked up at Zhou Leng.
"Even without me, you’d be fine."
"Hope we get a chance to reunite."
"Alright."
The two chatted for a bit before Molten Hammer headed to the Demon Spirit Master’s side.
Rao Mingxian walked over.
Zhou Leng glanced at Rao Mingxian, who looked well.
Earlier during the chat, Molten Hammer said he saw Rao Mingxian drinking a magic potion, wondering if he was hurt. Now he looked in good shape.
Rao Mingxian smiled and asked, "So, when are you heading to the Moonlight Shadow Wall?"
"You’ve completed the challenge?"
"With my level of spiritual will, how could I pass the First Layer test? Even among our fifty thousand people, the number who can actually pass the First Layer will test isn’t more than ten, this part is the hardest."
"Others too?"
"All the same. The weakest ended it within an hour, said they couldn’t bear the cold, the dual attributes of magical physical attack, froze straight away."
"Let’s go, and talk to someone to discuss." Zhou Leng said as he walked, "The demons gathered early at the three inheritance lands, so there should be plenty of demons at the Moonlight Shadow Wall."
"So we all hope you’ll be there. Without your lead, it would be hard," said Rao Mingxian.
"You’re too polite, you’re already in the Blood Transporting Middle Period, and Tian Chengchang is in the Blood Transporting Late Stage, not weaker than me," Zhou Leng replied.