Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 647 - 626: Ancient Road

Dragon World, Crimson Dragon Nest.

"He dares to ask for a dragon egg quota? I’ve used countless means to obtain just one."

The gigantic Red Dragon lay at the end of the cave on a high platform, looking down at the Jade Wings below.

"Yes, mainly because he lacks for nothing, so he has us cornered. It’s no problem if he doesn’t help the dragons, but if he helps the giants, that’s a big issue."

"Let me think about it..." Red Eyes lowered its head in contemplation.

The Jade Dragon’s eyes turned and it said, "By the way, I invited him with the condition of two demigod dragon offspring, but he wasn’t interested. Can you guess who piqued his interest?"

"Who?"

"He asked me if you’re an option."

Red Eyes flicked its tail tip, shook it, and let it fall immediately.

"Hmph! Truly audacious, daring to covet my body... In light of his good taste, I’ll let it slide this time."

Red Eyes was indifferent; dragons are not as finicky as humans.

"What about the dragon egg issue..." Jade Wings asked.

"With his status, he’s likely to endure for three to five hundred years; indeed, it is possible. Give it to him now, and who knows how many demigods will leap with claw and wing. Can he pass on more Dragon God combat techniques?"

"According to him, he can, but won’t add too many."

"I’ll take a trip to Dragon Mountain and have further discussions. What about the giants?"

"Mountain and River Origin went to invite him. It seems they’ll offer good things; not sure if it’s true. They seem to say they will bring him to the King of Armor’s ceremony, and present him with the God of Ice and Snow’s armor and the Ice God’s wings together."

"The Ice God Armor is a high-level half-divine artifact, very powerful, but limited. The Ice God’s wings are a Starry Sky Divine Artifact bestowed by the God of Ice and Snow. Would they really give it to him?"

"Who knows what’s real or fake," Jade Wings said.

"Continue to have the dragons spy on the giant’s news so we can further discuss."

"Yes."

Giant Royal Court.

Numerous demigod giants, over ten meters tall, even twenty meters high, sat on either side of the throne. Mountain and River Origin, like a child, reported the process.

"Dragon egg, those small reptiles are truly willing." A demigod snorted, the hall hummed with vibrations, and Mountain and River Origin was dizzy.

"If it’s a dragon egg, their goal might not just be the True King’s trial. They might really want to keep Zhou Leng."

"With Zhou Leng for breeding, who knows how many high-bloodline dragon-men might be born, a major threat to us."

"Wisdom and the womb are forever the strongest weapons. It’s said that back then, the plane with the Despair Shepherd and the Supreme Saint lost their battle to the Demon Purgatory, mainly because the people of that world were short-sighted, discarded this weapon, caused a population scarcity, and eventually had no battle power left, resulting in total surrender."

"What should we do? He actually wants the Ice God’s wings."

"The Ice God’s wings stay in the royal tomb, no one can take it, so giving it to him is no problem. But the King of Armor’s spirit might not agree. However, he should have an opportunity with the Ice God Armor. The King of Armor is even willing to grant an additional blessing for his wife’s sake, which is quite rare."

"Just the Ice God Armor might not compare to the giant dragons."

The demigod giants hesitated.

Mountain and River Origin said, "His intention is to help us with the Ancient Call, but he hasn’t refused the Dragon God’s Induction on the dragon’s side either."

"He wants to eat on both sides?"

"He said there’s no other way; he got a revelation from the Dragon God. Besides, the dragons are assured about outsiders like him, it doesn’t really affect their status." Mountain and River Origin said.

"Since he has visited the Star Mountain, let him walk the Vast Ancient Road then."

"Alas, we are unambitious, can’t walk far, if he truly can go far, it’s also a help to our Giant Race."

"I think that’s enough."

"However, we still need to find a way to drive a wedge between him and the giant dragons, we can’t let this future peak demigod get too close to the dragons."

"Just need to pull him in more. Raise his tribute by one level, after all, he could be a candidate for the Ancient Road, eligible to take it."

"Agreed..."

Rucheng, in the underground large conference room of the Lianxiang Exploration Company.

Many grandmasters gathered here.

Three grandmasters sat in the main seats of the conference room.

Weapon Envoy, middle-rank grandmaster Mrs. Xiyang.

Clad in shiny black leather clothes and pants, with a curvy figure, her little tail swayed gently behind her waist.

Law Enforcement Envoy, upper-rank grandmaster Light of Redemption.

Slightly overweight, with full white curly hair, brownish-green eyes, a big nose, a face with some age spots, he’s an Eagle Alliance person.

The Dragon Country’s Demon Worship Sect Hierarch’s special envoy, the Crimson King.

A masked human, also an upper-rank grandmaster.

Only could tell he was also an old man, his identity unconfirmed.

Light of Redemption swept his eyes over the crowd of grandmasters.

"This gathering is to discuss the Celestial Calamity Envoy’s majesty’s plan."

"His majesty plans to send us into the True King Land, to make contact with the ’Alien Star Powerhouse’, to obtain the ’Star Destruction Bottle’, intended to hunt the World Tree of the Tree-man World."

"That mother tree in the Tree-man World is now strong enough to contend with the newly ascended Void God."

"With His Majesty’s current power, it’s impossible to resolve this. If His Majesty’s Celestial Calamity God were to descend, it would certainly be resolved, but sadly, without killing the mother tree, His Majesty’s Celestial Calamity God cannot descend."

"At present, only the Star Annihilation Bottle is the best means..." Light of Redemption smiled slightly, her full head of white curls trembling gently.

"I don’t know what the Star Annihilation Bottle is, but I understand it’s roughly a Starry Sky Divine Artifact, capable of slaying the Void God."

Mrs. Xiyang said, "Let me add, the Star Annihilation Bottle not only kills the Void God but also absorbs the Void God’s power, transforming it into special energy."

"Oh?" The Crimson King’s envoy looked at Mrs. Xiyang and said, "May I ask the beautiful Mrs. Xiyang, if the Star Annihilation Bottle kills the mother tree, can the power be absorbed by His Majesty the Crimson King?"

Mrs. Xiyang snorted coldly and said, "In the presence of the Celestial Calamity Envoy and the lords, everyone else is merely a prince."

The Crimson King’s envoy was both helpless and displeased, and said, "I was too abrupt."

Light of Redemption smiled and said, "The power refined from the Star Annihilation Bottle is for His Majesty’s own use."

"Oh? As I understand, His Majesty seems not to need the Star Annihilation Bottle, only needs to kill the mother tree to descend the Celestial Calamity God," said the Crimson King’s envoy.

Mrs. Xiyang said, "His Majesty once said he wants to give it to someone, but who exactly, we still don’t know."

"Could you please report to His Majesty the Celestial Calamity Envoy whether the power of this bottle can be given to His Majesty the Crimson King?"

Light of Redemption smiled and said, "I will definitely convey it to His Majesty."

Mrs. Xiyang said, "Let’s discuss the matter of the True King Trials this time. Although I am a Succubus, my ancestors possess the Demon Dragon bloodline, allowing me to enter."

Light of Redemption smiled and said, "I have the Demon Dragon Blood Marvelous Body, so I can enter as well."

The Crimson King’s envoy said, "I possess the Giant Body, entering from the giants’ side."

"Alright, let’s each discuss the information we have. For example, what should we pay attention to."

"On the giants’ side, pay attention to two strong figures. One is Mountain River Celestial Peak, initially capable of advancing to Grandmaster, but has suppressed his realm for the True King Trials..."

"Also, Golden Li, who recently activated the Golden Ancient Race bloodline, might be even stronger than Mountain River Celestial Peak, not weaker than Deep Dark Fury."

"Deep Dark Fury is one of our own demons, no need to worry, he’s too strong, having only ascended to Grandmaster about a year, with slight guidance from the Celestial Calamity Envoy, directly stepping into Upper-Rank Grandmaster. He has the greatest possibility of becoming a True King of the Dragon Race..."

"However, the Dragon Race is not weak either."

"That famous mad dragon ’Hellish Demon Eye’, has suppressed its realm for thirty years for the True King Trials."

"Also, the most noble ’Radiant Gold King’ of the Platinum Dragon Race has also slumbered for fifty years for this True King Trials. Red Eyes is very strong, but in terms of bloodline and status, far inferior to Radiant Gold King, she didn’t wish to offend the strongest Platinum Dragon Race, so she extorted a sum from Radiant Gold King and gave up entering, advancing to Demigod early."

Many Grandmasters present looked solemn.

The Platinum Dragon Race, below the Star Dragon, is the highest ranked Dragon Race, other dragon races must ascend to Demigod and pass tests to be crowned king.

But the Platinum Dragon Race only needs to advance to Grandmaster, and if the father is a Demigod, they can be crowned king directly.

The Platinum Dragon Race has always been the strongest race in the Dragon World, with only the Golden Giants of the Giant Race being comparable.

"Besides that, there’s nothing else worth mentioning, the Giant Furnace of the Steel Dwarves, and some demons, are far behind."

The Crimson King’s envoy said, "There’s one more to add."

"Who?"

"Li Shenkong."

"Bringing a sword?"

"Naturally, bringing it."

"Then that’s a bit troublesome, he should possess the Giant Body, right?"

"Saint Li has paved the way for him long ago, everything for him is the best, except for the Fierce Beast Power Marvelous Body."

"He’s already an Upper-Rank Grandmaster, holding the Star Sky Divine Sword, aside from the few mentioned earlier, no one can match him. What are his weaknesses?"

"Only strong in swordsmanship, all other aspects are two to three levels weaker than swordsmanship."

"He won’t compete for the True King position, will he?"

"No, his giant aura, or dragon aura, is insufficient, completely unable to compete for the True King, most likely aiming for Dragon God’s Gaze or Ancient Call."

"What about Chen Shouhu and Wang Boxiong? Both of them, for unknown reasons, had the chance to enter the True King Trials but advanced to Grandmaster early, I don’t understand."

"Besides that, no one else is worth noting."

Casually, Mrs. Xiyang said, "Zhou Leng defeated an Upper-Rank Grandmaster half a year ago, now probably has advanced to Middle-Rank, qualified to compete with Upper-Rank Grandmasters. He was an Innate King before, and will soon become a Grandmaster King."

Light of Redemption knew Mrs. Xiyang treats Zhou Leng like a son and protects him, so said nothing.

However, the Crimson King’s envoy said, "Innate King and Grandmaster King are two different breeds. He is strong, but merely killed a newly ascended Grandmaster, moreover as part of his advancement. Facing us veteran Upper-Rank Grandmasters, he wouldn’t last more than a few moves."

Mrs. Xiyang naturally knew the other’s identity, looked him up and down, smiled, and said, "Underestimating the enemy comes with a price."

"Perhaps." The Crimson King’s envoy said no more.

Everyone discussed for a day, returned to rest at night, and would continue their discussion tomorrow.

Walking out of the conference room, Light of Redemption saw her disciple Shen Jun waiting at the door, and invited him for a chat.

Talking about the True King Trials, Light of Redemption suspected Zhou Leng might also enter, given his widely known connections with giants and dragons.

"You’ve met Zhou Leng many times, talk about him, I’m very interested." Light of Redemption, a survivor from before the war of the old era 2000 years ago, still retained some of the Eagle Alliance people’s arrogance, but after being subdued by Dragon Country, diligently learned Dragon Country’s language, enunciating clearly.

Shen Jun thought for a moment, then spoke in detail about Zhou Leng.