Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 725 - 704: Bait

The Demon Prison Angels exist between ordinary life and Stellar Life, akin to the bloodlines of an Intermediate civilization.

They have always considered themselves as High-Level Life forms, and as long as the Demon Purgatory does not face total annihilation, they will not take action.

They occasionally roam across various realms, and some Demon Prison Angels are very famous, recorded in different records.

Zhou Leng glanced around and recognized a few Demon Prison Angels.

The Fallen Holy Soul from the Flesh and Blood Angels tribe, their entire body is a bloody mess, like a skinned human, with a tall stature and blood and flesh wings growing from their back.

The Steel-Winged Spear from the Holy Sword Angels tribe, their entire body is covered in silver metallic armor, with pairs of large swords forming a pair of shining sword wings on their back, exuding a domineering and fierce aura, far superior in appearance to the Flesh and Blood Angels.

The Dragon’s Peak from the Dragon Bone Angels tribe, their whole body is reassembled into a humanoid form with complete dragon bones, consisting entirely of bones, far more majestic than any undead life.

The... Zhou Leng couldn’t recognize anyone from the Black Light Angels tribe, for the Black Light Angels’ appearance is a humanoid silhouette of black light, accompanied by black light wings, rendering their appearance indistinct.

Apart from these, there are also many other groups like the Hundred Insect Angels and Molten Angels.

They usually reside on the eighteenth level of the Demon Purgatory, and this was Zhou Leng’s first time seeing so many Demon Prison Angels.

After looking at them, Zhou Leng continued forward.

Some cultivators looked at the back of Zhou Leng.

They were all guessing what new Demon Spirit Artifact this human had obtained to walk straight in like this.

Soon, they reached the twenty-kilometer mark.

Here, only two dragons remained, both of great fame.

One was the Platinum Dragon, Ancient Light.

The other was the Bone Dragon, Dark Ash.

Their likelihood of advancing to demigod status was over ninety percent.

In the world, they are the most top-notch talents.

The two dragons, a hundred meters apart, their bodies shimmering with colorful light, various destructive Star Power triggered layers of light spots on their body surface.

Zhou Leng glanced at them and continued forward.

The two giant dragons raised their heads, looking at this human’s back, showing a puzzled expression.

Twenty kilometers is the limit below demigod level.

Even the best Grandmaster Kings of each race can only cultivate at this distance.

Once they go further in, the damage is too great to be worth it.

The two giant dragons were somewhat puzzled but thought the person might just be trying it out, and would come back soon, so they just watched.

To see how far this human could go at most.

Twenty-one kilometers, twenty-two kilometers...

Thirty kilometers, forty kilometers, fifty kilometers...

Disappearing into the depths of the light, unable to be seen.

The two giant dragons looked at each other, even more puzzled.

Is this human from the Ends?

Deep in the light, Zhou Leng continued forward unimpeded.

This continent spans thousands of kilometers across.

Not long after, a massive slope appeared in front of Zhou Leng.

Deep in the slope, the light was blazing, emitting dozens of times the destructive Star Power as before.

At the same time, there was an extra peculiar power here, seemingly blending multiple complex emotions and feelings.

Ferocity, madness, pain, despair...

Zhou Leng slowed his steps.

Without surprise, this was the center of the ten thousand cores explosion.

The white light cluster ahead gradually transformed into colors.

In front of Zhou Leng’s eyes, there were at least three thousand colors, far more than a normal person could discern.

The source of the light was something peculiar, like a lake of colored light on the ground.

It seemed like a liquid substance with a bright blue as the main body, thick and crystalline, forming colorful liquid bands on it, flowing together with the bright blue liquid, emitting an abundance of light.

Although a liquid, it gushed out from the ground, like a massive blue jelly, over a hundred meters tall and a thousand meters long.

Despite being on the ground, it flowed without touching the ground.

All the destructive Star Power emanated from this terrestrial lake.

Zhou Leng sensed some destructive Star Power, slightly inferior to the True King Land on the other side.

In front of the Undying Star Body, this kind of destructive Star Power was nothing significant.

Zhou Leng slowly approached the lake of colored light, observing closely, circling around it.

This was the exact center of the ten thousand cores explosion, and this lake of colored light seemed to have erupted from deep underground.

After circling around, nothing was visible.

The ground was unusually smooth.

Leaning against the lake of colored light, he gazed into the distance.

Standing at the bottom of a giant basin, in front of him was a steep slope that extended upward, its edge located dozens of kilometers away.

Zhou Leng had watched a movie co-produced by humans and Demon Spirit Masters, titled "The Last Light." The ending of the movie depicted the scene of the ten thousand cores explosion.

All human Martial Artists had seen it, and clips frequently appeared on the internet.

From childhood to adulthood, watched it at least ten times.

Though different from the movie, the feeling was similar.

Seated with his back to the lake of colored light, Zhou Leng meditated on the ground.

Taking out the Star Refining Furnace, placing it not far away.

A large amount of destructive starlight fell onto it, shimmering brightly.

After studying the information provided by Crystal Sky Dust, Zhou Leng had been searching for a place rich in starlight.

The basic function of the Star Refining Furnace is to refine stars.

Ordinary energy sources cannot drive it.

The basic energy for the Star Refining Furnace is a stellar mass like a sun.

In a normal Star Refining Furnace, a million suns are typically contained simultaneously as energy.

A single Star Refining Furnace is an entire star region, a world unto itself.

Therefore, without becoming a Virtual Sage, it’s impossible to use the Star Refining Furnace.

But in the data from High-Level Civilization, there is a small trick to drive the Star Refining Furnace prematurely.

With enough true stellar energy, or enough Star Power.

There is far too much destructive Star Power here, not the best option, but at least it counts as Star Power.

Zhou Leng glanced at the Star Refining Furnace, then at the lake of colored light.

"Hope the Star Power here is enough to drive it..."

He then closed his eyes, quietly sitting there.

No cultivation, no qi-exertion, only using the intuition of the Undying Star Body to resist the destructive Star Power.

Other than that, keeping his mind completely blank, entering a state of absolute void.

Time slowly passed.

Unknown how long it has been, countless points of light began to appear in the pitch-black world ahead.

The points of light slowly floated, moved around, more and more, more and more.

Finally, a multitude of points of light intertwined into chaotic pictures.

At first, those pictures were a mess.

But as more points of light appeared, the images became clearer.

Young men and women dressed in luxury brands gathered together.

The doors opened, and a team of demons walked in.

Those young women and men, usually arrogant, bowed their heads humbly, with flattering smiles.

The demons sat down, and the young men and women handed over the materials in their hands one after another.

"This is... the defense map, from my dad..."

"This is the full list..."

"This is the electromagnetic... data... from my grandpa..."

After taking all the information, the demons distributed a bottle of magic potion to every human present.

In the blue potion, tiny bugs swam around densely.

They received the magic potion, eyes flickering with a mix of joy and fear, drank it down, blood vessels protruded all over their bodies, emitting screams both painful and pleasurable.

Soon after, the scene changes.

In important bases, the individuals originally in charge suddenly underwent demonic transformations, their bodies becoming grotesquely distorted.

Some major figures laughed heartily, voluntarily slaughtering humans in the base.

While some people, in a semi-demonic state, stopped the transformation forcefully with their strong will.

Pulled out their sidearm and aimed at their own temple.

"Humanity will not yield!"

Bang!

Important bases were breached from the inside, and demons outside launched a full assault.

Blue Star was burning.

Picture after picture flashed by.

On battlefields, humanity slaughtered ordinary demons with powerful hot weapons.

But then, powerful demon martial artists charged through the firearms, rampaging within the grounds.

Whenever the strong demon warriors gathered densely, divine lights shone brightly, the earth quaked, shockwaves shredded everything, mushroom clouds gently rose up.

The earth returned to silence.

The dynamic scenes from the last Ten Realms battle swiftly passed before Zhou Leng’s eyes.

Another picture paused in front of him.

A demon spirit master pointed a finger, causing the ground ahead to collapse, revealing a large hole.

Beside, a human in a white lab coat commanded steel dwarves to place a huge box into the pit slowly.

Then, the demon spirit master took out a spider-shaped demon spirit artifact and placed it atop the box.

The bulldozer buried it, while the demon spirit master cast spells to erase traces.

Finally, a tree-man walked by slowly, restoring the ground to its former state, even a demon spirit master could not detect it.

The next image overlooked the earth.

Within a few dozen kilometers, countless humans and demon spirit masters were burying various sized boxes underground.

When everything was buried, at the central location, demigod demon spirit masters erected a gigantic demon spirit formation with a thousand-meter diameter on the ground.

An immense amount of demon spirit materials were injected, numerous demon spirit masters continuously casting spells.

An old man, with numerous researchers, stood outside the demon spirit formation.

At the moment he saw that old man, Zhou Leng’s figure lightly trembled.

Martial Ancestor Yu Zhimin.

The initiator and leader of the "mille-core plan".

He successfully persuaded the human race, steel dwarves, and demon spirit masters to implement the mille-core plan, codenamed the "Houyi Plan".

"Elder Yu, you are humanity’s last hope, please evacuate immediately, and let us be the bait." Said a middle-aged man.

Yu Zhimin smiled softly, gazing into the distance, saying, "Those traitors, large and small, have leaked the Houyi Plan. The Demon Alliance likely knows we will use nuclear weapons, but they don’t know how we’ll use them."

One person said, "However, your identity has been exposed, they already know you’re the leader of the Houyi Plan."

"Do you know who leaked my identity?"

"We don’t know." Everyone shook their heads and sighed, some were indignant.

"It was me."

Everyone stared at Yu Zhimin in surprise.

"From the beginning, I was the greatest bait of the Houyi Plan. As long as I am here, they must come, whether they want to or not. Cough..."

"Elder Yu..." Everyone looked at him.

Yu Zhimin coughed lightly, covering his mouth with his hand, then placing it behind him.

He laughed heartily, blood slowly flowed between his teeth.

Blood dripped from the tips of his fingers behind him.

He personally led the mille-core initiative, exposed to too many related weapons, even with demon spirit master protection, his body was still corroded by nuclear radiation.

"Furthermore, we have a total of twenty-three baits..."

Yu Zhimin turned his head, looking at one elderly person after another beside him.

These people, executors of the Houyi Plan, each one older than their actual age.

Each one, due to excessive nuclear radiation, had bodies that were diseased.

Their strong wills supported their bodies as they participated in research, resisted demons, finally arriving here.

A total of twenty-three white-haired elders stood upon the earth.

Zhou Leng watched quietly.

At that time, humanity had not yet entered the Martial Arts Era.

They were not martial artists, nor demon spirit masters.

Their bodies, weakest in the Ten Realms.

Their spiritual will, crowned the Ten Realms.

Yu Zhimin looked at the young researchers within the group, saying, "We shall stand on our final post. Now, the baton of humanity is handed to you. We willingly stand here not for anything else, but because we firmly believe victory belongs to humanity. Go back, your country and people need you."

The young researchers brushed away their streaming tears with their hands, rendered speechless.

"Don’t be afraid, walk boldly, walk towards that human future."

The young ones slowly walked away.

The twenty-three elders smiled at their distant figure, standing firm in the wind.

Upon their shoulders, they carried their own Shang Ganling.

Mortal bodies, grand as divine spirits.