Martial Saint!
Chapter 319 - 0217 Having Seen the True God, Why Not Worship? (4k ask for double monthly tickets)_2

Chapter 319: 0217 Having Seen the True God, Why Not Worship? (4k ask for double monthly tickets)_2

Jiang Zixu narrowly dodged that kick but he couldn’t escape the fist, fueled by golden light bursting out like a slingshot. The power of the punch was like a mountain torrent rampaging within his body, causing his organs and bones, strengthened and transformed by divine power, to fracture like porcelain with fine cracks all over.

Boom!

Jiang Zixu slammed hard against the courtyard wall of the inn, the brick wall sprouting spiderweb fractures as he spat out a mouthful of blood, then slapped out a palm strike!

His palm shattered the blood.

Each droplet of blood turned into a Blood Lotus Seed, exploding in a shotgun blast of attacks that covered the sky, unavoidable. Accompanied by the clanging sound of metal striking metal, Lu Chenzhou crossed his arms in front of his face and was suddenly sent flying backward.

The golden film on his upper body, like the surface of the moon, pitted and scarred, slowly healed. The membrane on his lower body, however, looked like a honeycomb, with many areas pierced through. The exploding Blood Lotus Seeds left behind several coin-sized flesh wounds on the surface of his body.

Crack...

The sound of breaking came from the protective suit’s invisible force field. The high-intensity attack caused the protective suit to activate at full power, and now the battery was nearly drained.

Lu Chenzhou ignored the pain, his leg muscles knitting back together. He gripped his spear, channeling Innate Strength into his right arm and thrust out with the newly learned Layered Forest Spear Technique he had been practicing. Though the spear skill was simple and unadorned, with the enhancement of Innate Strength and the leverage of the Divine Weapon, the spear pierced through the flesh lotus blossoming from Jiang Zixu’s chest, shattering petals layer by layer.

Jiang Zixu hardened his heart, his chest ripped open as his heart shifted slightly, allowing the long spear to pierce straight in. Then, reciting a spell, he gathered most of his divine power at his chest, where countless Blood Lotus Seeds, leaves, and roots within his body intertwined, ensnaring the spear.

A huge force transmitted through the spear to Lu Chenzhou’s hands, uncontrollably drawing him towards Jiang Zixu. Jiang Zixu, with a resolve to die, brought his hands together, and behind him emerged the phantom of a blue lotus spanning the heavens and earth, as if an Evil God had descended.

"The master of the lotus, cleanse the mortal world, ancient realm descend!"

An intangible pressure converged from all around, and Lu Chenzhou felt as if he was plunging into the Mariana Trench. His muscles quivered, his bones hummed, and every drop of blood and cell within him was under extreme pressure, as if the vast divine majesty was descending upon the world like Buddha suppressing Sun Wukong.

With the Mystic Tiger within him, beneath the weight of divine might, Lu Chenzhou’s Tiger Form Qi stood firm like a solitary boat in a tempest, unwavering amidst the storm, guarding his spirit.

Martial Arts Internal Realm.

The 36 Acupoint Heavenly Stars lit up in succession, and the Tiger Star Lord who had been sharpening his blade also stopped, for above the firmament, an immense and stupefyingly strange lotus phantom had appeared, slowly rotating as Blood Lotus Seeds with blood-colored eyes opened one by one.

"You insignificant mortals dare challenge the might of God?"

"Seeing the True God, why not kneel and worship?"

Invisibly, thoughts invaded Lu Chenzhou’s mind and spirit...

"Roar!"

The Tiger Star Lord calmly lifted his broad and hefty blade, carving a deep trench into the earth. The Mystic Tiger crouched to shoulder the blade, then stepped into the void, ascending with each step. With each step the Tiger Star Lord took, his pent-up power grew; the slow blade accelerated, becoming increasingly fierce. The heavens roared with the wind at his command, and the stars dimmed for him!

As if the demon quelling spirit descends from heaven, truly a Tai Sui God of the human world!

Worship God? Worship my ass!

I am the God!

Can you turn the world upside down within my Inner Realm?!

Ten years of sharpening a single blade, its frosty edge has never been tested.

With a sky-collapsing strike, he slashed upward, igniting the Tai Sui Sha Qi that had been building up for so long. The bloody blade light cleaved through the blue giant lotus, turning into a Blood River that flowed into the distance, gradually dissipating in the sky like a trail cloud from a plane.

The blue giant lotus crumbled bit by bit, only its unwilling spirit sending forth a message.

"Those who blasphemously challenge the deities shall forever fall into Infinite Hell!"

The Inner Realm returned to normal.

Lu Chenzhou opened his eyes, looking shaken.

"That was a terrifying spiritual attack...cult methods are indeed difficult to guard against. If my Martial Arts Will hadn’t been strong enough, and I hadn’t cultivated the ’Tiger Demon Tai Sui Technique’, I might have been overwhelmed just now, leaving my heart spirit crushed. Even if my body was unharmed, it would’ve surely left behind a Heart Demon, creating deep problems for future cultivation."

Da Xia Martial Arts cultivates essence, spirit, and qi together.

All three must be unblemished.

Lu Chenzhou pulled out his spear, and Jiang Zixu’s physical body, like withered lotus leaves in winter, wilted. The cultist had only a breath left, his dim eyes looking at Lu Chenzhou.

"How is this possible..."

He breathed his last, unable to comprehend. How did this young man, standing before him, withstand his spiritual attack unleashed from such close range, unscathed? He had used this technique before to successfully crush the heart and spirit of a Black Knight Martial Artist.

After that incident, the person converted to the Blue Lotus Sect, for he had seen a terrifying entity more dreadful than all the living beings in the heavens and the earth combined: the Master of the Blue Lotus!

He had still underestimated the will of the prodigious Martial Artists.

Crackling sounds echoed as Jiang Zixu’s body kept collapsing and disintegrating until all that was left in his place was a withered, shriveled corpse, like rotting wood, bizarre beyond words. Lu Chenzhou, looking at the Tiger Gall Long Spear in his hand, realized that the weapon had drained Jiang Zixu’s blood, which was somewhat terrifying.

The Tiger Gall is a righteous Divine Weapon, effective only against demon ghosts; it does not drink blood if used to kill humans. Lu Chenzhou suddenly understood that cultists who reach the rank of Incense Master are already so alienated that they no longer count as human; they are demons and ghosts.

Looking at the increasingly divine Tiger Gall, Lu Chenzhou murmured to himself,

"The demon ghosts that escape from the Void Realm might have been humans or humanoid creatures that lived somewhere before they were turned into all kinds of strange monsters by the Evil God."

Thus, these mutated cultists are essentially demons. What’s different is that as long as they don’t use Divine Power, they are indistinguishable from normal people. Even if you use equipment to take X-rays, test their blood, or conduct other examinations, you won’t be able to see any difference.

Ultimately, it’s the Divine Power that causes trouble!

"Divine Weapons are indeed powerful, allowing me to nearly kill an Incense Master of the cult in an instant. I still lack experience in facing the enemy; I was injured by an Evil Skill that entered my body. I’ll need to be more cautious in the future."

After reflecting on these lessons, Lu Chenzhou put away his long spear.

The battle had been extremely perilous, ending in the blink of an eye.

When Gu Lingtong arrived, Lu Chenzhou, with his spear strapped to his back, said,

"It’s taken care of."

Gu Lingtong looked at the corpse on the ground and then at Lu Chenzhou.

"That quick?"

Lu Chenzhou nodded.

Gu Lingtong’s gaze fell on the long spear on Lu Chenzhou’s back. He had initially thought it was an ordinary Void Blade, but now it seemed very likely to be a Divine Weapon Spear. He knew how tricky an Incense Master of the cult could be; they weren’t so easy to kill. He noticed blood seeping from Lu Chenzhou’s legs and surmised that he must have gone through a tough fight.

Gu Lingtong inquired,

"Brother Lu’s injury? It’s not serious, right?"

Lu Chenzhou shook his head.

Gu Lingtong inspected the body and then averted his gaze.

"If that’s so, let’s head back."

Lu Chenzhou said,

"Hey... Mr. Gu, let’s split the spoils of war."

Gu Lingtong waved his hand dismissively, exuding the demeanor of a detached Daoist master,

"No need, I didn’t contribute much to this battle."

Gu Lingtong often undertook missions to capture cultists, and most of the time he could only find Evil Artifacts and evil cult scriptures, which were contraband and required to be handed over to the police for proper handling. He had been invited by Lufang mainly to earn Vajra Points and money.

After Gu Lingtong left,

Lu Chenzhou found several items among the withered remains.

One of them was a white bone carving the size of a walnut, hollowed out with the image of a Blue Lotus deity, exuding an eerie aura. It was likely an Evil Artifact. Even through the Void-breaking Gloves, he felt a corrosive power piercing his flesh. Although it had no effect on Martial Artists, it was still uncomfortable. The bead was full of cracks, damaged at some unknown time.

There was also a blue-covered ancient scripture.

"The Blue Lotus Ancient Scroll, this is an Evil Skill."

Lu Chenzhou scanned it quickly and couldn’t understand a word of it.

The last item, hidden among the ashes, was an old bracelet with twelve beads that were dark and shiny. Each bead had characters on it; Lu Chenzhou recognized some as the Pu Suo script from the neighboring Po Suo Ancient Country.

Even through the gloves, he could feel strands of invisible force brushing his mind, a cool sensation rushing straight to the crown of his head, calming the blood and mood that had been stirred up by combat into a tranquil state like a still well. Lu Chenzhou was like an old immortal, concentrating his spirit and calming his Qi.

His eyes lit up; this must be something good.