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Chapter 428 Two Years Later (asking for monthly tickets and subscriptions)

The next day.

Somewhere in a small world.

Temporary headquarters for pioneering.

In a hidden stronghold, four great masters exuding an aura of ultimate power were observing the battle projection.

They are the "observers" of the Universal Parliament, neutrally evaluating the performance of each war group within the small world.

"It was not surprising that Lu Chenzhou was able to kill the Sand King, but it was a surprise to me that he was able to defeat the Great Demon King in his territory."

“If the clone of the suspected six-headed demon king had not arrived, the Yellow Wind Valley demon king would have died for sure!”

"This is the absolute Grandmaster's combat power. Compared to the so-called Quasi-Grandmaster, it is much more valuable."

"That's right. Moreover, fighting that demon insect was not his limit. After that, he fought against the great demon king of the final stage. Although he was at a disadvantage, he was still able to handle it with ease."

"Hahaha, at the beginning of the land reclamation, Lu Chenzhou gave us a surprise, which was really great."

finally.

A white-haired old man said:
"In this battle, Lu Chenzhou killed the Sand King and received 300 Merits. He also severely injured the Nameless Demon King, although he let him escape. However, fighting across realms was not easy. His performance was quite good and he received 700 Merits. What do you think?"

"no problem."

"Agree."

The white-haired old man stroked his beard and uploaded his achievements. He was the ceiling of combat power in this pioneering work in the world. He came from the Dragon and Tiger Academy, and his Buddhist name was [Zhongchong Taoist].

……

The day.

News came in about everyone's Tiandou Order, and the ranking information changed. With a total of 1100 merits, Lu Chenzhou was far ahead of hundreds of masters.

The second place, Wan Tiankong, only has 400 merits.

The merit of the regiment is the sum of the merits of all the members of the regiment. With Lu Chenzhou's own efforts, the ranking of the Wanxiang regiment has skyrocketed from 18th to 12th.

In the first year of pioneering, everyone was familiar with the situation in this world, so there were not many merits. Lu Chenzhou's battle was undoubtedly the highest-level battle since entering the world.

……

Huashan Group.

"Hey, I'm ranked 3rd?" Yue Bufan, who was originally ranked 2nd, looked at the list and his eyes moved. "Lu Chenzhou's merits increased by 1000 in one day? He killed the Sand King who was ranked in the top of the Demon King Palace and severely injured the nameless demon king. Could it be that he has been promoted to a grandmaster?"

……

Winter Regiment.

The Demon Fist Tyrant stared with eyes as bright as copper bells. He had just finished his retreat. "Lu is so powerful that he has surpassed the Great Demon King of the Initial Realm. No wonder he didn't participate in the Wanbang Martial Arts Conference. Does he think we are too weak?"

The Demonic Fist Tyrant withdrew his thoughts.

"Forget it, I will continue to retreat. From the current perspective, the demon tribe and the pioneering war group are very cautious. It should be difficult for a major war to break out within two years. With my progress, I can be promoted to the fifth realm in one year at the fastest and one and a half years at the slowest. When the time comes, I will directly charge into the Demon King's Palace and gain a lot of merit!"

……

The Posha regiment.

The Ring of Dreams was hovering in the void, and the crystal ball in front of her was circling her like a satellite. With every circle her mental power grew stronger, until a critical moment, when she heard the sound of glass breaking in the void, and a tide of mental power surged into her body, with complex and mysterious runes flashing.

Circle after circle of colorful magic rings emerged in her mind, eventually forming the overlapping shadows of five rings.

"Mind Grandmaster, Success!"

Meng Zhihuan calmed her mind and worked hard to consolidate her realm. If nothing unexpected happened, she should be the first grandmaster to break the fifth level. With four and a half years left, it would be no problem for her to maintain the third place and fight for the first place!
She opened the list and because she hadn't been out, she was at the bottom. She looked at the first place and her eyebrows twitched.

"Another one who reversed the Great Master's attack?"

Compared to Dumont, this one is even more shocking.

Because Lu Chenzhou has only been a grandmaster for a few years.

……

Not long after, the news that Lu Chenzhou had killed the great demon king swept through the entire pioneering group like a hurricane.

“Hahaha, Du Meng is nothing. It took Grandmaster Lu, with his body in the final stage, to kill the great demon king!”

"I watched the battle projection. There was no trickery. It was a physical fight. The demon king was beaten to the point of being wiped out. The demon king was simply frightened silly."

"With Lu Chenzhou here, the Wanxiang regiment will surely soar to the top of the regiment list."

"Not necessarily. Lu Chenzhou's realm is too low, and there are only four years left for this expedition. If he can't be promoted to Grandmaster within two years, he should be able to surpass those powerful Grandmasters in the top ten of the Heavenly Ranking very soon."

"That's right. A great demon king starts with thousands of merits. Lu Chenzhou suffered because he started too late."

"The top ten of these Heavenly Rankings are here to gamble on whether they can be promoted to Grandmaster. Among a bunch of Grandmasters over sixty years old, only Lu Chenzhou is not even forty years old."

……

Deep in the small world.

A place where poisonous fog and miasma breed, this is the [Black Bone Swamp], which is surrounded by poisonous fog that corrodes everything all year round. It is also the headquarters of the Demon King's Palace.

"I am so angry. What do you mean by counter-attack against me? I was just careless and didn't dodge. When my strength recovers, I will kill you if I see you again!"

The Earth-shaking Ancestor roared.

Although it saved its life, its realm almost fell to the level of Great Demon King, and it is now stabilizing its realm.

"Hahaha, Han Di, are you capable of this? It's really embarrassing to be beaten down by a mere human master."

A huge demon king, wearing black feathers shining with metallic luster and with a crow's head and a human body, came over with a strange laugh.

The Great Demon King of Black Death, whose true form is the Lord of Death, the god worshipped by the Crow Demons in the Black Crow Forbidden Zone.

This god is mysterious and powerful.

Its divine power is related to death.

"Hmph, Heishi, don't be so complacent. If you were in my situation, you wouldn't necessarily be better than me."

The Earth-shaking Patriarch snorted coldly.

The Black Death Demon King is much stronger than him, and is already a mid-level Demon King, ranking eighteenth in the Demon King Palace.

"I'm not here to argue with you. These are 500 medium-sized Yuanshi. You should hurry up and refine them to restore your strength."

"Hiss... Thank you, Lord." Medium-sized Yuanshi are extremely precious. These are good things that can increase the Taoism of the beings in the Sea Realm. The Demon King Palace has been mining in the small world for so long, and the total number may not exceed 100,000. Yuanshi is not ready-made, and needs to be processed through complex steps such as mining, refining, and crystallization.

The demon race has weak technology, so their production capacity is limited.

at the same time.

In the main hall, three tall figures sat on the throne. In the center, the one covered in green scales and had six ferocious snake heads. He was none other than the six-headed demon king, the multi-headed snake demon.

Like the multi-armed snake demon, the multi-headed snake demon also believes in the Holy Lord [Heavenly Snake Demon God]. However, the multi-armed snake demon is good at strength and killing, while the multi-headed snake demon is more cunning and good at saving its life. Each of their heads is a life, and the strongest can grow to a nine-headed demigod.

There are tens of thousands of monsters in the forbidden area. The multi-headed snake monster is not the strongest, but it is definitely the most difficult to kill. The only one that can rival it is the [Nine-tailed Fox Monster].

Same nine lives.

Beside the six heads, one has a rhinoceros head and a human body, with boundless strength, and the other has a slim and fiery figure, but has a mosquito-like mouthparts and wings. Both are great demons, and their strength is also at the ultimate level. They are the two deputy hall masters.

They are the rhino demon and the blood-sucking worm demon.

The top 20 in the Demon King Hall were all in the middle realm, the top ten were close to the final realm, and including the three hall masters, the top seven, known as the "Seven Demons of the Universe", were all starting from the final realm. There were so many powerful people, but they were all at a loss.

"What the Demon King Palace said is correct. Lu Chenzhou does have the strength of a Great Demon King in the Initial Stage. He can even be close to the Middle Stage by performing the Explosive Secret Technique. Although my clone has just been trained and cannot skillfully use its power, it is also a genuine Final Stage. However, I was unable to kill him with one move. Humanity's pioneering work will end in four and a half years. No matter what, we must keep Lu Chenzhou in the small world!"

Liu Shou said with a serious expression.

The Great Rhino Demon King said: "Let me lead the Demon King Palace to flatten the pioneer stronghold. My hammer has not tasted the blood of a powerful human for a long time."

The blood-sucking worm said: "No, humans are the most cunning. The real Grandmaster's combat power must be more than what is shown now. This is too risky."

Liu Shou nodded: "That's right, it's best not to leave this Black Bone Swamp. My achievement of Demon King is somewhat special. My Demon King domain assimilated this [Black Bone Swamp]. This area within a radius of hundreds of miles is my pseudo-godland.

Here, even if I don't use the power of the Demon King, my strength is enough to reach the extreme under the Demon King, comparable to the Eight-Pattern Demon Clan, and I am not afraid of four or five Grandmasters of the End Realm. But if I leave here, my strength will be greatly reduced. That's why I want to refine a clone to make it easier to walk outside."

The Great Black Death Demon King said: "Then we can only wait for humans to fall into the trap... or let the Demon King Palace use the Demon God's incarnation as a trump card in advance?"

……

"Junior brother, have you mastered the Shanjun Daoquan?"

After Wang Xian looked at the projection, he was shocked.

“I just broke through a while ago.”

"Amazing! Your attainments in Tiger Form Fist have already caught up with Senior Sister. She has been practicing this fist for decades."

Lin Xia looks young because of her personality, but in fact, she is close to sixty years old. After all, Lu Chenzhou is middle-aged and will soon reach forty.

……

Soon after, it was confirmed that the demon tribe had abandoned the Huangfeng Valley. Lu Chenzhou, Wang Xian and Chen Tang led a team and settled in the Huangfeng Valley. Now that the wind and sand have dissipated, the mining work is proceeding smoothly.

Compared with the demon race, humans' technology and tools in this area can be described as a dimensionality reduction attack. In just one month, an assembly line was formed, and the Wanxiang War Group obtained the first low-grade Yuanshi since entering the world.

Lu Chenzhou felt the energy in it, which was extremely pure. With just a thought, it could be refined by his internal energy. However, for him, the energy of the inferior Yuan Stone in converting Qi and blood was not as efficient as his own practice.

If a Grandmaster wants to improve his Qi and Blood, he needs to get a medium-grade Yuan Stone. Some people have done experiments and found that one Yuan Stone can improve Qi and Blood by about 5-10 points, depending on the individual. As the realm is improved, the effect will gradually decrease and it is useless for the Heaven Realm.

Medium-quality Yuanshi is very rare.

In the old days, one stone was worth a thousand lower-grade stones.

The ratio is probably even higher now. The ones he got before were medium-grade Yuanshi. He would refine one every once in a while as a means to help improve his Qi and blood. If time was not urgent, he would not do this.

Of course, there is no point in improving too quickly. After all, the acupoints are the foundation. If he does not have a solid and steady physique, if he increases his Qi and blood by several thousand in a short period of time, the biggest possibility is that his Qi and blood will explode and he will die...

Moreover, for a genius like him, Qi and blood have never been a hurdle to cultivation. The significance of the Yuan Mine is to benefit the majority of ordinary people, to give birth to more martial artists and martial arts masters, and to strengthen the grassroots combat power of civilization.

One day, a mining manager wearing a helmet came to Lu Chenzhou and reported: "Master Lu, the mineral exploration is complete. The reserves of low-grade Yuan ore in Huangfeng Valley are about 1000 million. We are processing and adding some operations, and strive to mine it all within half a year."

Lu Chenzhou nodded: "Thank you for your hard work. After the land reclamation is completed, if you produce outstanding members, you will receive additional rewards from our Wanxiang Dao and have the hope of obtaining a place in the school."

Most of these miners are skilled workers who have entered the martial arts realm. They do not have a good talent for martial arts, and their greatest wish in life is to have their children and grandchildren go to a good university. Of course, they would be more than happy to be able to enter a top martial arts university.

Next, after Lu Chenzhou, Wang Xian, and Chen Tang exchanged ideas, they took turns practicing in seclusion, ensuring that there was always someone guarding the mine. In fact, the Grandmaster could also practice while guarding, but if he wanted to study the skills, he couldn't be disturbed.

After opening up a place for retreat.

Lu Chenzhou released the immortal puppet [Silver Elder] to guard the cave. This thing is the best watchdog, and it was a must-have for Qigong practitioners in the old days. The [Dog Ghost] who had just been promoted to the fourth realm some time ago was also released. This guy is increasingly unable to keep up with Lu Chenzhou's progress.

But guarding the door is no problem.

After taking multiple insurances, Lu Chenzhou began to retreat, one to break through the limit, the other to study the spearmanship, and strive to complete the third transformation of one of the "Wushen Spear" or "Jiehu Fist" and transform it into a middle-level divine skill. In this way, his strength will be transformed again.

……

time flies.

In the blink of an eye, a year and a half has passed.

The pioneering work has been going on for two years.

The mining work in the Yellow Wind Valley was successfully completed. Lu Chenzhou and others also finished their guarding work. During this period of time, no demons came to invade. After that, Lu Chenzhou and others temporarily returned to the base to retreat.

The pioneering work was not smooth sailing. After one year of pioneering, three masters died in this small world. Of course, there were also more masters who were promoted to grandmasters.

In general.

The combat effectiveness of the human pioneer team has been steadily improving, and Lu Chenzhou has slipped to fifth place on the merit list.

First, he was promoted to the Grand Master of the Soul in [Dream Ring], then he killed a great ghost king in [Redstone Peak Forest], and seized a medium-sized mineral vein with a total reserve of over 3000 million.

Afterwards, Wantongkong was promoted to Grand Master. He swept through a stronghold of the Demon King's Palace, killed four Demon Kings, severely injured a Great Demon King, seized a mineral vein, and became the number one.

But during this battle, something unexpected happened.

Two of the ordinary demon kings used some secret method, which seemed to awaken their bloodlines and caused their fighting power to surge, causing Wan Tiankong, who was caught off guard, to suffer trauma and flee back to his stronghold.

Having the same experience as Wantang Tiankong was another top master of Kunlun Dao, but his strength was a little weaker, and he was killed instantly by a demon king who suddenly exploded.

Subsequently.

The joint command of the regiment ordered to temporarily stop the land reclamation work and study countermeasures. Otherwise, even if the small world was taken, too many masters would be killed and wounded, which would not be worth the loss.

This day.

Lu Chenzhou ended his long retreat, his eyes gleaming with light and his aura as vast as the four seas.

He looked at the ranking list.

"It's already No. 7. It seems that many people have been promoted to Grandmasters during this period. Has Baodaohu not made a breakthrough yet?"

(End of this chapter)