Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 646 - 625: Alien Star

Molten Hammer said, "That was a battlefield between a Dragon God and a Giant Divine Spirit. It’s said the two spirits ultimately perished together, their divine may lingering for billions of years and still hasn’t dissipated..."

"I don’t know the details of the True King Trial, but in the end, each side chooses their strongest to fight the final battle. Whoever wins can receive more divine blessings. These are divine blessings, not ancestral ones — the level is a hundred times different. The True King Trial opens once every thousand years, far rarer than most other trials. Many talented dragons and giants spend their entire lives trying to enter the True King Trial, in vain."

Zhou Leng asked, "Are there any alien races in the True King Trial?"

"There are, but the prerequisite is possessing Giant or Dragon bloodlines; without them, you can’t enter. For humans, it means having a Giant Body or Dragon Blood Marvelous Body."

"That’s good. Which side do you think I should choose?"

Molten Hammer exclaimed, "An adult, isn’t it supposed to have both?"

Zhou Leng patted Molten Hammer on the shoulder, showing agreement.

Molten Hammer said, "When those two were arguing, they mentioned something important: in the True King Trial, alien champions might appear. They generally don’t vie for the True King position, perhaps fearing something, but they will seize treasures in the trial ground and may kill people. You should be careful."

"Alien champions... Intermediate civilization or even high-level civilization?"

"Surely. Compared to them, we’re still far behind... Huh? Your aura... Middle-Rank now?" Molten Hammer felt a bit of change in Zhou Leng but couldn’t pinpoint.

"Mm."

"Your gaze, like that of a demigod of our race, seems calm but appears as if you can see the horizon, not just an ordinary Middle-Rank, right?"

"Recently, my martial arts have been slow but precise."

In the past six months, Zhou Leng appeared to be studying Divine Text, but in truth, was significantly enhancing his Martial Arts Will, and through deepening the power of Divine Text, comprehensively analyzing the martial arts system.

The martial arts realm far surpasses a Middle-Rank Grandmaster.

Especially the previously self-created "Great Sun Divine Skill," continuously improved, its cultivation effects growing stronger, progress rapid.

With forty years of Divine Text textbooks combined with the twisted little elf’s deliberate explanation, the martial arts knowledge involved far exceeds Blue Star’s accumulation over the years.

In theoretical knowledge, already entirely surpasses any demigod Martial Saint in the Ten Realms.

Except for the avatars of those divine spirits in Demon Purgatory.

Next is slowly absorbing and practicing.

The gap between knowing and mastering spans billions of light years.

Zhou Leng watched as a person and a dragon were still bickering there, said, "Play rock-paper-scissors, best of five, whoever wins speaks first."

So, a dragon and a giant shouted, "Rock-paper-scissors... Shoot!"

Jade Wings played paper, Mountain and River Origin played scissors.

"No, no, this round doesn’t count." Jade Wings was being unreasonable.

"Why?"

"Our dragon claws aren’t as nimble as your hands, you should go easy on me."

"No way!"

"You’re bullying dragons."

"???"

The two bickered noisily, Jade Wings used various shameless methods to win against Mountain and River Origin.

Mountain and River Origin, after all, was a thick-skinned person, decided to find time to beat up this cunning, deceitful green dragon later.

Jade Wings triumphantly led Zhou Leng away.

"Why didn’t Huang and Xiaoba come?" Jade Wings asked his little companion right away.

"The two of them aren’t suited to come here, easy to expose identity, let’s talk business." Zhou Leng said.

Jade Wings said, "We know you didn’t advance to Middle-Rank... Middle-Rank now?"

"Mm?"

"We know you didn’t advance to Upper-Rank, but the True King Trial is too important. The Dragon Kings hope you can enter the True King Trial, join the dragon faction, help us trigger Dragon God’s gaze. One Dragon God’s gaze is worth dozens of ancestral blessings, enough to let the current Upper-Rank giant dragon in the future additionally produce two or three demigod giant dragons..."

"The queen said, if you can trigger the Dragon God’s gaze, the dragon race is willing to send two demigod offspring to serve you, regardless of male or female, any race you choose, if you can handle it, even a Demon Dragon."

Zhou Leng didn’t understand what kind of reward this was, casually asked, "Even Red Eyes?"

Jade Wings widened his eyes, raised his dragon fingers, said, "You really are awesome, great eye for talent. Red Eyes Majesty is the most beautiful dragon in dragon race, just too strong, her suitors can’t defeat her, hence has remained single. Once you ascend to saintliness, you can try, savor the taste of a demigod giant dragon, maybe give birth to a brood of powerful dragon-men."

"You really side with me, talk seriously."

Jade Wings said, "They’re mainly afraid you’d help giants. So, as long as you can trigger the Dragon God’s gaze, and don’t aid giants, anything can be discussed."

"Grant me access to all starry sky relics."

Dragon Race over hundreds of thousands of years, participated in so many Ten Realms battles, have lots of good stuff on hand.

I, as the divine Dragon King and dragon head speaker, can freely look at ordinary relics, but those most precious stellar treasures, the other party is somewhat cautious, unless I use Dragon God battle skill in exchange.

"Okay, I’ll go ask them, any other conditions?" Jade Dragon cub selling grandfather’s land, doesn’t care.

"What do you think?" 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Jade Wings pondered for a moment and said, "Help me get the Jade Crown’s corpse out, and I’ll tell you."

"I won’t need to go too deep, right?"

"No need, just get the dragon corpse."

"Alright, I’ll head to the Giant World and help you with that corpse. But you’ll have to share something with me."

Jade Wings was reluctant to share his belongings, but his eyes twinkled and he said, "Isn’t the Martial Shadow Wall, the one with the ’Mountain Slaying Battle Body’, about to expire? How about I lend it to you for another year?"

Zhou Leng shook his head and said, "No, at least three years."

"Fine, three years then." Jade Wings smiled slyly, feeling like he had made a good deal.

He continued, "If you really want to hit the Dragon Kings hard, secure a ’Dragon Egg Transformation’ spot. When you advance to Martial Saint, have them invoke the World’s Will to allow you to enter the Dragon World, then transform into an egg, regrow, and form a perfect saint body."

"What’s that?"

"It’s the core of the Dragon World. It’s a relic of a real Star Dragon, the foundation of the Dragon World’s enduring strength. I don’t know many details, just that it’s a treasure of a certain Star Dragon race, allowing you to be reborn, and bringing you closer to the Star Sky Race. The spots for Dragon Egg Transformation are limited, even demigod giant dragons aren’t all eligible. If you want it, you’ll need to add a few dozen Dragon God combat techniques."

"Dragon Egg Transformation... fine, negotiate that for me as a condition. Also, throw in some herbs; I’ll send you a list."

"No problem." Jade Wings was very generous with things that weren’t his own.

They chatted a bit more, and Jade Wings returned triumphantly, taking a few extra glances at Mountain and River Origin before bragging to Molten Hammer.

Mountain and River Origin approached, his ten-meter-tall body gazing down at Zhou Leng, sighing, "You’re at the middle rank?"

"Middle rank."

"I’ve just become a Grandmaster, and my injuries haven’t fully healed yet," said Mountain and River Origin.

"Do you need my help?"

Mountain and River Origin shook his head, "The Giant Race has many methods, and with the final rewards from the Great Battlefield, we’ve pretty much eliminated the Celestial Calamity Envoy’s power. But I heard about Zhang Xinglie..."

"I’m working on it," Zhou Leng said.

"Good. This time I came to see you, as you probably know, we hope you’ll join the Giant Faction and help us obtain the ancient call."

"Are you participating?"

Mountain and River Origin shook his head, "I can’t keep up with you anymore. The clearest example... I just returned from Martial Arts Academy at West Sea and learned that Ruda has almost caught up to West Sea Martial Arts Academy in rankings this year, ranked 14th in the nation, just a step away from the top ten, where West Sea is."

"I wasn’t aware of that," Zhou Leng said.

"It’s mainly because of you. The Divine Literature Academy has directly increased Ruda’s admission scores and university ranking. Now online rumors are getting exaggerated, saying Ruda’s Divine Literature Academy is world-class, while Yunhua Jinjing’s has fallen behind. There were even a few literature students from Yunhua Martial Arts Academy who applied to Ruda. Plus, you’re a Grandmaster in your junior year, a popular internet sensation, with many global candidates wanting to go to Ruda..."

"Oh yes, the authorities cut funds to Changda this year, reallocating them to Ruda. It hasn’t shown yet this year, but if nothing unexpected happens, Changda might drop out of the top ten next year, making room for Ruda. Our West Sea Martial Arts Academy is having a schadenfreude moment, saying Ruda and West Sea have been competing for decades, and were almost out of the top ten, until Changda’s divine assistance," Mountain and River Origin said.

Zhou Leng chuckled.

Mountain and River Origin said, "So, to the point, would you be willing to help and join our Giant Faction? If you are, what do you want?"

"I want the Dragon World to open all its stellar treasures for me to comprehend, and also provide the Dragon Egg Transformation," Zhou Leng said.

Mountain and River Origin’s face turned a little unnatural, "Dragon Egg Transformation? They’re really offering a lot; that must include permission to enter the Dragon World after you advance to Martial Saint. But since you have Giant Dragon bloodline, entering the Dragon World shouldn’t consume too much energy. Hmm... they might be overpromising."

Mountain and River Origin stared at Zhou Leng.

"But it’s a tempting offer. You giants can make big promises too."

Mountain and River Origin thought for a moment and said, "You’ve participated in Star Mountain, possess true giant divine spirit bloodline; giving you similar treatment as Dragon Egg Transformation seems fair. However, we giants aren’t as much of gamblers as the dragons. Moreover, the elders fear you might collude with the dragons."

"It doesn’t matter whether I collude with the dragons; as long as I can bring about the ancient call, you’ll have beaten the dragons, right?"

"That’s true. Any other conditions?" Mountain and River Origin asked.

"I’m quite fond of the King of Armor’s Ice God Wings." Zhou Leng said.

"Hmm... next one."

"Also, some herbs..."

Once they reached an agreement, Mountain and River Origin rode a Demon Spirit carriage, heading back to the Giant World.

Seeing this, Jade Wings flew away excitedly, calling out loudly, "See you next time! Don’t worry, Molten Hammer, I’ll keep an eye out for a female dragon; maybe one will fall for you after a giant messes with her head."

"Doesn’t matter," Molten Hammer chuckled.

"You’ve got ambition," Zhou Leng remarked.

"Mountain River Celestial Peak is a giant, and Steel Dwarves have giant bloodline too; they’re all giants, what’s the difference!" Molten Hammer shouted.

"Alright, good luck to you."

Molten Hammer glanced at Zhou Leng’s residence, sneaked over, and handed him a bunch of bright red fruits.

"The Giant Furnace sent these; they’re treasures from our Dwarf World, called ’Nest of Red’. Eat it, and you’ll grow a bunch in your lifetime."

"Thank you," Zhou Leng accepted.

"We’re brothers, no need for thanks. When my nieces and nephews have their first month birthday feast, don’t forget to invite me."

The times have changed. This era’s population is less than a fifth of the past, and with martial artists’ strong bodies, the lawful age for marriage and childbirth has lowered, and birth control is no longer promoted.