Martial arts ascend to the gods

Chapter 21 Level Alert
The man's whole body seemed to be made of brass, and his face seemed to be covered with copper powder. He was extremely thin, and his skin tightly wrapped around his bones.

He walked slowly and with great authority, as if he was followed by a mighty army.

Tong Tianxia looked at the Rust Priest and asked kindly, "Have you forgotten what I said?"

The Rust Priest bent his back.

"I didn't forget. I was just joking with these kids." After saying this, the Rusted Priest said to the crowd, "You can leave now."

The seven people recovered to normal, stood up, and looked at the Rust Priest and the man called Tong Tianxia, motionless.

Tong Tianxia glanced at Zhou Leng, glanced at the others, smiled broadly, and said, "Go back, put on your backpack, leave here, and keep running towards the development base. Don't stop. If the Demon Worshipers or demons try to stop you, tell them I'm here."

Zhou Leng clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for saving my life."

After saying that, he winked at the other six people and walked towards the temporary camp.

The other six people hurriedly followed, grabbed their backpacks, and trotted away without even daring to look at the two men.

Then Zhou Leng plucked up his courage and looked back.

Tong Tianxia stood in front of the Rust Priest and said with a smile: "Do you remember what I said before we set off?"

"You...you said that you can kill people, but you can't hurt children."

"So, do you remember?" Tong Tianxia spoke slowly and steadily.

"I remember that I didn't do anything."

Tong Tianxia looked back and saw that the seven children had disappeared into the forest, even dragging away two dead people.

Tong Tianxia turned around, smiled, stretched out his hand and placed it on the head of the Rusty Priest.

The rusty priest said fearfully: "You..."

Tong Tianxia patted him lightly.

puff……

The head of the rusty priest was smashed into his chest, and his body fell diagonally to the ground, with black dirty blood flowing.

Tong Tianxia turned around and looked in the direction where the seven people were fleeing.

"That child..."

Tong Tianxia narrowed his eyes slightly and fell into memories.

Under the tree, seven people looked at the bodies of Guo Xiaohao and Liu Teng on the tree.

There was sadness and regret in everyone's eyes.

Two great masters of the Blood Transportation Stage just passed away like that.

"The location has been sent, and someone will come to pick up the body in due time. Now open the backpack and throw away all the useless weight. Next, we have to run back to the development base in one breath, without sleeping." Captain Xue Chengsong said.

Everyone opened their backpacks, threw away tents and other non-essential items, and carried their half-empty backpacks.

"As for these two crossbows... have any of you ever practiced archery?"

Everyone shook their heads, only Cao Jiajia raised her hand and said, "I'll do it."

Xue Chengsong handed the magic bow and arrow to Cao Jiajia, then picked up the magic crossbow and said, "The crossbow is relatively simpler than the bow, but it also requires sufficient strength. Cui Mingcong is the strongest, but he needs to attack, so he is not suitable for it."

"What about me?" Feng Wenhao asked.

Xue Chengsong shook his head and said, "You are not decisive enough. Using a crossbow in battle may hurt us."

"Then let me do it. When encountering monsters, I can roam around and shoot. I'm not strong, but I've mastered the art of qi cultivation after all." Ding Yan said.

"Okay, here you go, start the return journey!"

Xue Chengsong handed over the magic crossbow, and a group of seven people, carrying backpacks, jogged along.

Zhou Leng looked up at the sky.

This is a space where multiple realms overlap. You can't see the sun, you can only see the sunlight on the sky.

In the suffocating silence, the seven people walked through the forest and across the stream.

Chasing the light until the sun sets, the team trekked long distances in the dark.

The starlight in the magic city is very dim and the night is extremely dark.

Develop a base.

Monitoring room.

A shrill alarm suddenly sounded.

Everyone stood up and looked at the monitoring map in surprise.

"Report! Monitoring shows that a large number of areas have experienced abnormal spatial fluctuations, including level one, level two, and level three. Preliminary judgment is that it is equivalent to level four or even level five spatial fluctuations! The detection areas are as follows: No. 305, No. 306..."

Three minutes later, at the training ground of the 7th Division Martial Arts Brigade.

Brigade Commander Chen Shouhu held up a two-meter-long horn with red and white patterns, took a deep breath, puffed up his cheeks, used his innate internal energy, and blew the horn.

“Woo…woo…woo…woo…woo…woo…woo…”

Five trumpet sounds rang out in quick succession.

Shuizhou Demon City has entered level 5 alert.

The sound of the magic bull's horn can be heard from thousands of miles away.

In the jungle, the seven people heard five horn sounds, and their faces changed slightly.

Ding Yan said with a bitter face: "Level 5 alert, either a large number of innate demons will appear, or a master demon will appear. I hope the Four-sided Duke will not appear. Once this master-level upper demon noble appears, the entire Shuizhou Demon City will be plunged into a protracted war."

Cui Mingcong looked at Xue Chengsong and said, "You are well-informed. Is something big going to happen? At a time like this, don't hide it."

The team members all looked at Xue Chengsong.

Xue Chengsong smiled bitterly and said, "How would I know? For Rucheng, there have been only two major events recently. One is the mysterious treasure. Anyway, all the famous innate masters are fighting for it. I don't know if it has anything to do with this matter."

"What's the second big thing?"

"It should have nothing to do with the demons' deployment. The third son of the Zhao family is coming to Shuizhou Demon City because there is a fixed 'super spiritual land' in the Shuizhou Demon City development base. He has reached the limit of his cultivation in other super spiritual lands, so he came here to cultivate."

"Grandson?"

"If he is not the grandson of Zhao Wusheng, how can he influence the entire Rucheng? I heard that the wealthy families in Rucheng heard the news and are trying to make friends with the third son of the Zhao family." Zhou Leng said: "I heard that the masters are also making unusual moves?"

Everyone looked at Zhou Leng.

Xue Chengsong nodded and said, "I've heard of it, but it has little to do with Rucheng. It's said to be at a higher level, affecting all ten realms, but it has little impact on us. I guess only the Grandmasters know what it is specifically."

"In this situation, if we are a step slower, we might die here. Should we go faster?" Ding Yan looked at Xue Chengsong.

Xue Chengsong hesitated for a few seconds and asked, "Can you hold on?"

"Yes!" Ding Yan said.

"Yes!" Cui Congming said.

……

"Yes!" Zhou Leng said.

Feng Wenhao hesitated.

He was at the seventh level of the Qi-cultivation Stage, and it was difficult for him to keep up with the backpack on his back.

"Give it to me." Zhou Leng took Feng Wenhao's backpack and put it on his back.

Everyone looked at the two of them.

Feng Wenhao's eyes were slightly red.

Zhou Leng smiled and said, "Over the years, during lunch, you and Hu Yi have found many excuses to share meat with me. That meat is firmly planted on my body."

Feng Wenhao nodded vigorously.

"Speed up!" Xue Chengsong glanced at Zhou Leng and gave the order.

The team's speed increased by 30%.

Ding Yan said calmly, "Actually, this level 5 alert is a good thing. It's a highlight in my resume."

"That's right, military achievements are achieved through risk." Cui Mingcong shook his neck slightly.

Suddenly, a bright ball of light flew out from the front and exploded hundreds of meters in the air, illuminating the sky and lasting forever.

Xue Chengsong cursed and said, "Take a detour immediately! We met a rookie."

Cui Mingcong, who was running in the front, immediately turned left and the team followed.

Zhou Leng asked: "Because it can attract demons?"

"Yes. If it were a normal time, or if a large army was nearby, then there would be no problem. Now the situation is unclear, which is equivalent to telling the demons that there are people there, which will inevitably attract a large number of demons. Now, everyone nearby is in danger. Be prepared for battle."

Cao Jiajia and Ding Yan took off the magic crossbows on their backs.

Xue Chengsong said as he ran, "Don't be afraid. After all, innate demons are few in number. We are not far from the base. The Red Spotted Forest is right next to us. Even if we encounter a demon, it will be an ordinary lower-level demon in the Qi and Blood Realm. We have magic crossbows. We can definitely escape by fighting and retreating."

Ding Yan said: "The horn sounded, the Seventh Division should have been dispatched, and they must have set up defenses near the red spotted forest. Maybe after walking a few steps, we can encounter a troop carrier or a demonized helicopter."

What followed was a silence as deep as the night.

After running for a while, Zhou Leng said, "I have a keener sense. You decide the direction and I will run in front."

"Okay!" Xue Chengsong said.

Zhou Leng quickened his pace, took the lead, used his true Qi, and observed carefully in the dark.

Xue Chengsong occasionally took out a portable magic thermal imager, took a quick look, and said, "If I had known it was so dangerous, I would have brought an advanced magic thermal imager."

"Compared with ordinary research and study teams, we are already armed to the teeth," said Feng Wenhao.

Suddenly, Zhou Leng sniffed, stretched out his arm and whispered, "Stop."

"What's wrong?" Xue Chengsong asked in a low voice.

"I smell blood. I've worked in a slaughterhouse before. It's not the blood of monsters or demons. It's more like the blood of humans or animals."

Everyone looked at each other. They were all high school graduates, and they didn't know what to do for a moment.

Xue Chengsong whispered: "We can only use normal means, walk slowly, bend down, and take a detour. Wait a moment."

Xue Chengsong said as he took out the thermal imager and handed it to Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng took it and looked ahead carefully.

"The thermal imaging camera shows two points in the front right that are particularly dark, which means that place is very cold. The smell of blood comes from there, which means there is a body in the black."

"Even if the corpse has cooled down, it shouldn't be particularly black. At most, it should be similar to the surrounding environment." Ding Yan was puzzled.

"Look." Zhou Leng handed the night vision binoculars to Xue Chengsong.

Xue Chengsong took a look and said, "It is indeed low temperature." Then he handed it to Ding Yan.

"Weird..."

Cao Jiajia said: "I understand, it is the power of the ice monster."

A few people looked panicked.

To deal with monsters, one must be at least at the Blood Movement Realm.

Monsters that master ice power are stronger.

Zhou Leng narrowed his eyes and observed, saying: "I can vaguely see that there are indeed broken human corpses, and they are scattered in multiple places."

Zhou Leng said: "There are not many lower-level Qi and Blood Realm monsters of the ice element. There are only four types of lower-level ice monsters that have appeared in the Shuizhou Demon City. They are the Frost Rat Group, the Ice Crystal Demon Lion, the Ice and Snow Warlock, and the Frost Servant."

Everyone looked at Zhou Leng and listened carefully.

"The frost rats will eat up all the flesh and blood. The ice wizards have no interest in eating people, and the frost servants usually give orders. Judging from the degree of damage to the corpse, they should have encountered the ice crystal magic lion. Of course, it is only a high possibility, not a certainty. Captain, you have a microcomputer, you will definitely be able to find detailed information about the ice crystal magic lion. We will learn more while we are making a detour."

"it is good!"

Everyone felt a sense of relief.

But soon, that sense of peace was shattered by the information of the Ice Crystal Demon Lion.

The sharp claws of the Ice Crystal Demon Lion can add ice power. Once it explodes, those in the Blood Circulation Period will surely die.

At least you need to use qi to circulate blood to dispel the cold.

(End of this chapter)