A mid-stage body refining Fish-man roared and charged forward, Zhou Leng swung his right leg horizontally, kicking the Fish-man's body into a sharp angle and sending it flying.

The Fish-man crashed into a nearby building, its fish bones shattered, blood gushed from its mouth, and its feet flailed on the ground, unable to stand.

Zhou Leng struck out with another palm, shattering the chest of an early-stage Body Refining Black Horned Demon, causing its body to fragment into pieces.

With a spinning kick, the head of a blue-skinned Sea Siren was sent flying.

In the early stage of Body Refining, one move for one opponent.

In the mid-stage of Body Refining, one move heavily injures and renders them unable to fight.

In the late stage of Body Refining, five moves knock them to the ground.

The Human Race and Demon fighters over there both lost interest in fighting, occasionally casting glances at Zhou Leng.

Soon, Zhou Leng stepped over the corpses of demons and continued forward.

The demons seemed to see a bloody Demon God sitting in Zhou Leng's eyes.

"Retreat!"

"Kill!"

The Martial Arts Academy students, seeing the demons retreat, were filled with fighting spirit.

Under Zhou Leng's lead, the group chased and slaughtered through three streets, killing demons under their feet.

The college seniors from Martial Arts Academy looked at Zhou Leng.

Among them, there were those who insisted on inviting Zhou Leng, those with doubts, and those planning to wait a little longer.

Now staring at Zhou Leng, they found themselves at a loss for words.

"You... advanced to mid-stage body refining."

"Yes." Zhou Leng nodded slightly, the series of killings finally awakened the brewing power within his body.

The reason for such rapid advancement was due to ample accumulation from the Celestial Ladder and the Dwarf world.

A senior opened his mouth: "We originally..."

He stopped abruptly, closing his mouth.

"What?" Zhou Leng asked.

The senior smiled wryly and said, "We originally planned to invite you to join our Demon City hunting team, but as soon as I spoke, I realized you either don't need a team, or you need a higher-level team."

Another senior said helplessly, "We are no longer qualified to invite you."

"You've already reached the early vitality stage level. Such destructive power can only be achieved by someone infinitely close to the early vitality stage."

Zhou Leng said, "There's still quite a gap to the early vitality stage. My pure strength and True Qi should be comparable, but the destructive force formed by the fusion of Qi, Blood, Body, and Power at the early vitality stage is something I do not possess yet."

"You hunted alone to sharpen yourself, right?"

"Yes."

"I thought so..."

The head senior suddenly tossed a white conch.

Zhou Leng caught it, seeing numerous Sea Siren Pearls inside, commonly used in medicinal baths.

For cultivating the Undying Star Body, if rare powders are unavailable, grinding Sea Siren Pearls as a substitute works, though slightly less effective.

"These are what we took from the Sea Sirens, let's leave it at that. Accept them to ease our minds."

Zhou Leng looked at them, everyone's gaze was sincere.

"Alright." Zhou Leng accepted without refusal, placing them in the Magic Spirit Bag.

"Did you come from Martial Arts Academy to Longyou River?" Zhou Leng asked.

"Yes, we were careless, and they happened to surround us evenly, otherwise we'd not have been so trapped."

"Alright, be careful, I just advanced to the mid-stage body refining, I need real combat to familiarize myself with my body."

"You go ahead, don't worry about us. It's not far from Longyou River."

Zhou Leng and a few walked a bit further, then turned in another direction, leaving alone.

Longyou River had too many demons, possibly deep encirclement, not suitable to familiarize with the new realm, so he headed slightly away from Longyou River.

Constant encounters with small groups of demons, all considered sharpening stones, were killed one by one.

After several rounds of fighting, he gradually became familiar with the mid-stage body refining.

At mid-stage body refining, True Qi barely changed visibly, but all aspects of the body improved significantly.

The body became heavier, when circulating Qi Blood, it could attach to bones, slowly strengthening them.

Muscles didn't swell but slightly shrunk instead, yet lines became clearer.

Strength increased significantly; despite just entering mid-stage body refining, lifting strength rose at least half a ton.

Qi, Blood, Body, and Power—the four realms—each emphasizes differently.

Ordinary people from Qi Nourishing Period to Blood Transporting Period might not increase half a ton of strength in ten or even decades.

But at the Body Refining Stage, Qi and Blood might not progress at all, but body strength advances greatly.

At the Vitality Stage, pure strength slows down, but destructive force, intensity, etc., increase dramatically.

Within Rucheng, Zhou Leng fought like a one-man army, constantly killing demons.

No idea how many hundreds or thousands were slain until the heat flow within gradually calmed.

Through frantic battles, solidified the mid-stage body refining officially.

Due to increased strength of blood vessels and meridians, a long-unfinished killing move naturally broke through.

Thousand Tides Pouring into the Sea, complete in one move.

After taking some pills, his gaze was calm.

The deserted street was chaotic, the near silence intertwined with distant battle sounds creating a bizarre world.

Zhou Leng looked up and continued walking forward.

Not long after, a wide road appeared with demon corpses piled high as mountains, level with the second floor.

A Green-skinned Giant over three and a half meters tall sat atop the mountain of corpses, hands pressed on knees, chest gently heaving.

Below the corpse mountain, demon corpses lay like a carpet, blood flowed like rivers, slowly soaking into asphalt roads.

The Green-skinned Giant looked over.

Zhou Leng recalled seeing him once in Shuizhou Demon City.

Mountain and River Origin.

Number one at West Sea Martial Arts Academy, number one on the Rucheng Freshman Chart, national top ten freshmen.

Zhou Leng nodded slightly, the other party glanced at Zhou Leng, and nodded as well.

Both of them felt a strong sense of slaughter and bloodthirstiness from each other.

Zhou Leng turned and walked forward, images of Mountain and River Origin sitting on a mound of demon corpses floated in his mind.

There wasn't a single scratch on his body.

Somehow, the battle intent in Zhou Leng's heart slowly rose.

As he progressed, he continued to slay demons.

After what seemed like an eternity, a small group of Sea Sirens ran from a street corner ahead, glanced at Zhou Leng, and surprisingly didn't attack, continuing to run while looking around.

After a few strides, one Sea Siren touched the scales on its neck and chirped a few words.

All the Sea Sirens looked towards Zhou Leng.

One Sea Siren took out a conch shell and blew it, while others charged directly at Zhou Leng.

Seeing the conch, Zhou Leng knew the Sea Siren was calling its companions, so he naturally wouldn't stay there to be surrounded. He darted into a nearby neighborhood, running all the way, avoiding the Sea Sirens.

Soon, conch sounds echoed from all directions.

Zhou Leng's expression showed doubt.

He paused for a moment, stopped in an old neighborhood, and looked up at the sky.

This neighborhood featured buildings mostly seven stories high, with very close intervals between them.

He walked toward the balcony on the first floor.

The balconies of this unit were surrounded by anti-theft nets from the first to the seventh floor.

These nets formed the best handholds for a martial artist.

Zhou Leng lightly jumped onto the anti-theft net, grasping and climbing casually with hands and feet.

He climbed along the balconies, floor after floor, swiftly and adeptly like a monkey.

In no time, Zhou Leng seemed like a climbing expert, jumping onto the rooftop of the seventh floor.

He bent slightly, observing covertly from the top of the seven-story building.

Nearby, more and more Sea Sirens and demons gathered, searching for him.

Zhou Leng recalled the move of the Royal Sea Siren before it died.

It's known that the demon scale aura can taint surroundings, but basically, no one takes it seriously.

In the great battle between the races, the enemy is right in front, it's a matter of life and death; whether there's demon scale aura makes no difference.

After the battle, no matter how strong a Sea Siren is, it's very challenging to secretly ambush.

"Looks like this time I killed a formidable opponent, and they're coming after me."

Zhou Leng looked around again and opened the map.

Closest to West Sea Martial Arts Academy, he could pass through the academy to reach the Martial Guard Bureau.

These two places have many guards, demons wouldn't primarily attack there.

Zhou Leng planned his route briefly, then slowly retreated.

He took a small sprint, executed the Flying Crane Technique, leapt off the rooftop edge.

His body soared like a crane, his feet running through the air.

He flew across the sky, jumping to the rooftop of a building in the opposite neighborhood.

His feet landed heavily, creating a small pit.

Afterward, Zhou Leng replicated the action, continuously running.

As if flying and racing, it seemed like he was parkouring on the rooftops of seven-story buildings.

Soon, demons and Sea Sirens appeared on a nearby rooftop, pointing here, shouting.

A tall, blue-skinned Sea Siren wielding a Water-Frozen Trident jumped out onto a rooftop three streets ahead.

"You killed my brother."

Azure Scale shouted using pure Demon Language.

A light projection of seawater appeared behind him, slowly fading.

Zhou Leng's heart tightened.

This Sea Siren was clearly at the Late Stage of Body Refining, yet its aura was close to that of a previously encountered Vitality Stage Sea Siren.

Golden light flashed in its eyes, its scales gleamed brilliantly.

Not only was it at the Late Stage of Body Refining, but it was also a Royal Sea Siren with extremely dense demigod blood.

A pure descendant within five generations of demigods.

Among the opponents encountered, his strength surpassed others; those distant descendants of demigod beastmen could not compare.

On rooftops all around, demons and Sea Sirens appeared frequently.

Zhou Leng pondered momentarily and shouted in Demon Language, "I killed him. Now you have two paths to choose: command them to leave and fight me alone, or attack together while I flee. You should know the Martial Guard Bureau isn't far from here."

As Zhou Leng said this, he pointed in the direction of the Martial Guard Bureau.

Azure Scale scrutinized this human, sensing the surging aura and strong physique, then shouted to all directions.

"In the name of Azure Scale, for the honor of the Azure Royal Family, I will duel to the death with this human alone. All Sea Sirens and demons, retreat to the lower floors, do not interfere."

After saying this in Sea Siren language, he repeated it in Demon Language.

Upon hearing the name of the Azure Royal Family, the demigod lineage, both Sea Sirens and demons descended and retreated.

Zhou Leng and Azure Scale, jumped forward together, landing on the rooftop between them.

Beneath the azure skies, atop tall buildings, the two gazed at each other.

"My intuition tells me you're even stronger than you appear." Azure Scale stared at Zhou Leng's muscular form, sensing the thick scent of blood.

"You are also the strongest blue-skinned Sea Siren I've encountered." Zhou Leng fixed his gaze on Azure Scale's golden pupils, his aura felt like the vast ocean.

"I enjoy killing human geniuses and devouring them."

Azure Scale opened his mouth wide, revealing sharp teeth, charging forward, swinging the trident towards Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng sidestepped, striking the trident with his palm.

The power of Sea Suppressing True Qi infused the trident.

With a crisp cracking sound, it shattered like ice, landing with a clear clatter.

"Huh?" Azure Scale paused, puzzled by how his talent ability was easily dismantled.

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