On a desolate mountain in an unknown location.

"Ouch..."

Rao Mingxing fell face-first into the ground, quickly got up, and looked around.

Thick fog loomed, strange rocks jutted out, with no grass or trees in sight.

Crack... crack...

A pack of green light skeleton wolves emerged from the fog, each in the Vitality Stage, their entire skeletons making a cracking sound, pouncing towards Rao Mingxing.

"Help..."

Hundred Peaks Valley, battlefield of the Ten Realms Youth Battle.

Zhou Leng saw black and white before his eyes and found himself on an empty hillside.

Distant mountain shadows stood tall, like pillars reaching into the clouds.

Scanning his surroundings, Zhou Leng looked towards the highest mountain. Though it was thousands of miles away, he could see it clearly.

"Outer ranking... Inner ranking..."

On the outer ranking, thousands of Vitality Stage experts from various clans were lined up.

At the very bottom of the outer ranking were forty-nine Ancient River Sect disciples who had entered together.

Zhou Leng did not see himself on the outer ranking.

On the inner ranking, there was only one person.

Zhou Leng.

"Hmm? So this means..."

Zhou Leng looked at himself, the only one on the inner ranking, and smiled slightly.

"Now... I need to go to the highest mountain and find the Tiger Talisman that Master Wu mentioned. If there are no accidents, I already have half..."

He took out the Jade Tiger gifted by Zhao Nandi from the Magic Spirit Bag and examined it carefully.

Although not sure how Zhao Nandi obtained it, her sincerity was evident.

Zhou Leng looked around, finding a secluded spot to sit, sensing Martial Arts.

When at the Innate Pavilion, he was busy recording videos and didn't closely observe changes in the Undying Star Body.

In the Martial Arts Will space, everything else was as before.

The Ancient River Compass had an additional pointer.

The phantom image of Ceres wrapped in Martial Arts Will shone more than a hundred times brighter, exceptionally dazzling.

From now on, the body can continuously absorb Ceres Power.

To accelerate the absorption, it requires cultivation with Star Conch.

However, this deserted mountain wilderness is not a safe place to cultivate, so he stood up.

Zhou Leng estimated a route, running around the hillside towards the highest mountain in Hundred Peaks Valley.

While running, he reflected on his deficiencies.

"Can't cultivate the Undying Star Body, out of Leopard Tendon Pills."

"In the Vitality Stage, as long as you cultivate, you need to keep consuming these pills, or the body's growth can't keep up."

"Other important pills are also gone, didn't expect the time in Ancient River Sect to be so long and the consumption to be so large..."

In Hundred Peaks Valley, the arrival of Ancient River Sect disciples caused ripples on the lake like a gentle breeze.

A mixed team of demons, beastmen, sea sirens, and demonized martial artists, over three hundred in number, advanced quickly.

The Youth Battle had been open for several days, with more and more people dying and more forming teams.

They walked and chatted, occasionally cursing.

"Kill all humans!"

"Kill all dwarves!"

"Kill all Demon Spirit Masters!"

"Wait, look at the ranking list at the end!"

The monsters looked at the end of the youth ranking.

Forty-nine brand new humans appeared.

"What's going on?"

"What happened?"

Shen Jun, who had a senior position as a deputy leader in this team, observed these people intently, comparing them with recent information, and loudly spoke in Demon Language: "I understand now!"

Everyone looked at Shen Jun.

"Half of these people's names are on the Demon Worship Sect's watch list."

"Later, when humans learned that the Youth Battle quota had doubled, it sparked discussions about these people, so I paid special attention to them."

"Look, Zhang Xinglie, Song Juesi, Zhang Feng, and Yunhua's third-year Sun Haotian and others are all here. They went to the Ancient River Trial because they couldn't get into the Youth Battle."

"Which means they also opened a path to here in the Ancient River Trial, but arrived several days late."

"Is Zhou Leng here?" Azure Scale within the team asked.

Shen Jun already knew Azure Scale had fought Zhou Leng before and frowned: "Strange. Zhou Leng also went to the Ancient River Trial, but he's not on the youth ranking. Most participants in the Ancient River Trial are not as strong as him. Could it be he died in the trial?"

"Impossible," Azure Scale said.

"Either he didn't enter, or he used some method to hide his identity... wait, could it be that the youth ranking found him too weak to include? Hahaha..."

Shen Jun was resentful of Mrs. Xiyang's regard for Zhou Leng, always believing that without Zhou Leng, he would have been the one she trained intensely.

"Something unexpected must have happened," Azure Scale said, "Everyone, pay attention at all times to Zhou Leng. He's my opponent! I want to kill him with my own hands, strike by strike!"

Beyond the far mountain.

A team of giants advanced.

"Some humans appeared on the youth ranking."

"Hmm, Zhang Xinglie is there? Elder Song is too, what about Zhou Leng?" Mountain and River Origin looked at the youth ranking.

"It's really strange." The remaining giants discussed for a bit before dismissing it.

In Hundred Peaks Valley, people everywhere noticed the sudden arrival of forty-nine individuals.

Except for a few powerful experts who didn't care, everyone else was alert.

The humans were especially surprised, making various speculations.

A mixed human team composed of members from various nations moved forward swiftly, exchanging communications and keeping a vigilant watch.

Rao Mingjun, the first in the Vitality Stage from Rucheng, stood tall and muscular, his brows furrowed.

He knew Song Juesi and found it unimaginable that the somewhat famous old man had also entered here, and judging by the image on the youth ranking, he had become younger.

He also knew Rao Mingxian, Zhang Xinglie, and Zhang Feng, and had even heard that they had gone to the Ancient River Trial because Rao Mingxing also went.

"Why isn't Xiaoxing among them? Could it be he's too weak? But he shouldn't be weaker than Rao Mingxian..."

At the foot of the mountain.

Zhou Leng dashed along, bypassing a forest, and saw two giants running dozens of miles away.

The two sides glanced at each other, wary expressions appearing on their faces, and continued in their original directions without disturbing each other.

Zhou Leng glanced at the youth ranking.

Not having qualified for the Ten Realms Youth Battle, he hadn't paid much attention to related information, and now, unable to connect online, there wasn't much related data in the database.

"Seems like I need to find a human team or other allies to understand the youth battle situation."

"Mountains and Rivers Origin, Mountain River Oak, Molten Hammer, if I could encounter them, that would be great..."

"However, usually only three thousand people can enter the youth battle. How come this time there are over five thousand? It's already been open for several days, surely many have died, which means many more actually entered."

Zhou Leng ran silently.

After running for more than an hour, a Peak of the Vitality Stage Blue Dragon flew over from the front.

The Blue Dragon turned its head, chuckled.

"Human... my ranking..."

This Peak of the Vitality Stage Blue Dragon was a full fifteen meters from head to tail, like a dark cloud, turning to fly over.

Zhou Leng stood still, shaking his head, twisting his joints, circulating True Qi, and warming up.

After so long in the Ancient River Sect Trial, never taking action, his body had become a bit rusty.

The Blue Dragon ahead was at the peak of the Vitality Stage, with powerful dragon might, thick scales, and tough skin, enough to surpass an ordinary newly-advanced Innate Martial Artist.

Zhou Leng took a deep breath, True Qi surging, preparing to use the Killing Move Thousand Tides Pouring into the Sea.

With a thought,

Thousand Tides Pouring into the Sea showed subtle changes.

Previously, Thousand Tides Pouring into the Sea had integrated the power of the Great River Entering the Sea and All Rivers Flow into the Sea.

During the Ancient River Trial, progress was so rapid that it continuously integrated the equally fierce Heaven Island Falling into the Sea, Storm Assaulting Heaven, and Two Dragons Emerging from the Water.

Forming five moves as a killing move.

The five most fierce moves of the Overlapping Waves Palm would be integrated into one, elevating the killing move to another level.

Thousand Tides Pouring into the Sea underwent its first qualitative change.

The old name was no longer suitable.

"Then it shall be called 'Thousand Tide Sea'."

The Blue Dragon flew over, occupying the high altitude advantage, opened its mouth, and spewed a blast of blue-red intermingled Dragon Breath.

The long Dragon Breath was like a pillar of fire, descending from the sky, burning the earth wherever it passed.

The Blue Dragon was very clever, staying at a high altitude, even if Zhou Leng jumped up, it could quickly evade.

Zhou Leng didn't force it, moving sideways to evade, continuing to run forward, scanning the surroundings for stones of suitable size.

The Blue Dragon circled in mid-air, pursuing Zhou Leng.

Dragons in the sky have a crushing advantage, the Blue Dragon smilingly fixed its gaze on the back of this ordinary human.

They chased and fled, Zhou Leng ran slower and slower, the two sides getting closer and closer.

Seeing the distance was sufficient, the Blue Dragon inhaled sharply, Dragon Breath condensing in its throat.

Zhou Leng suddenly bent down and picked up a large rock he had been calculating with for a long time, about one meter in height, and hurled it at the Blue Dragon.

The huge rock whistled through the air, flying at an unimaginable speed.

The Blue Dragon hadn't expected a human to use a giant's tactic, and so swiftly and closely.

It retracted the Dragon Breath, twisted its body to dodge.

The huge rock was too fast and too fierce.

In the instant the Blue Dragon turned, the rock struck its left wing claw.

Bang...

The dragon claw broke and flew off, leaving a small notch in the dragon wing.

Its body lost balance, plummeting obliquely.

Zhou Leng's eyes flashed, and he stomped on the ground.

The ground merely trembled slightly, as if unchanged, and his figure disappeared from the spot, drawing near to the Blue Dragon.

Zhou Leng unleashed a palm strike at the Thousand Tide Sea.

The sea roared, starlight twining around his arm.

True Qi burst forth, condensing a prototype.

The clap reverberated in the sky.

The mid-air Blue Dragon side glanced in surprise, extending its right wing claw to block.

In front of the dragon claw, a giant Shield of Light three meters long instantly appeared, blue light rippling, shielding the entire abdomen.

Then it began chanting a spell.

With the Shield of Light up, the Blue Dragon breathed a sigh of relief, even if...

Zhou Leng's palm shattered the Shield of Light, broke the dragon claw, and pierced the dragon's belly.

Puff!

The entire dragon's belly collapsed with Zhou Leng's arm, with the internal organs turning into pulp.

The severed dragon claw pierced through dragon scale and skin, was struck into the abdomen by Zhou Leng, shattered into pieces, pierced organs, burst through the back, leaving five wounds on the rear, scattering in all directions.

The Blue Dragon roared in pain, its spellcasting forcibly interrupted.

Zhou Leng retracted his right hand, grabbed the dragon skin, and tore vigorously.

A large piece of dragon belly skin ripped, and from the bloody hole, rotten flesh and blood slurry gushed and splashed.

Simultaneously, the position from where Zhou Leng had originally leaped caved in, forming a two-meter diameter pit, dust soaring into the sky.

The Blue Dragon let out a wail, collapsing onto the ground.

Zhou Leng jumped up, kicking towards the dragon's neck.

The Blue Dragon only managed to open its mouth; before it could bite down, Zhou Leng's kick pierced through the dragon's neck, and another stomp broke the neck.

"You..." The Blue Dragon's eyes gradually dimmed.

This Blue Dragon that ranked 72nd on the initial youth ranking, died.

Zhou Leng carefully scanned the Blue Dragon's body, found a Magic Spirit Bag disguised as a dragon scale, and took it off.

No wonder it's a Dragon Race's Magic Spirit Bag, at least five times larger.

Transferring the contents from the small Magic Spirit Bag inside, Zhou Leng donned the new Dragon Race's Magic Spirit Bag.

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