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Chapter 451 - 0292 New Era (4k)_2

Chapter 451: 0292 New Era (4k)_2

After verifying his identity, Lu Chenzhou logged in, his eyes sparkling with excitement.

[Equipment Area]

[Pharmaceutical Area]

[Martial Arts Zone]

[Treasure Area]

[Special Zone]

In the Equipment Area, there were many subdivisions:

Divine Weapons, Void Blades, Martial Arts Exoskeletons, Prosthetics, Firearms and Heat Weapons. All equipment required corresponding qualifications to possess, especially the technological products.

He was wearing four pieces of divine weaponry, with functions including defense, control, escape, and killing. He truly had all he could desire, plus a Po Suo Spiritual Artifact bracelet – a "five-piece set" sufficient for him to use till he reached the level of a Martial Arts Grandmaster. Hence, lower or mid-grade divine weapons were of little use to him.

The store also had top-class divine weapons, but with his strength, even if he obtained them, they would be difficult to wield and somewhat useless. In the end, he still found some good items.

[Battle Record Bracelet: Can identify demon information and upload battle merits in real-time (invalid in Void Realm and Special Areas), 300 battle merits.]

[Qi-Blood Measurement Bracelet: Can measure Qi-Blood in real-time...]

[Energy Level Measuring Bracelet: Can measure attack level in real-time...]

"Good stuff, buy!"

The first Battle Merit Bracelet, he had long coveted.

The other two seemed like newly developed products.

Especially the energy level measurement, he had never even heard of it.

After placing the order, the website popped up a reminder:

[A total of 900 battle merits consumed, the military has selected drone delivery by default. Please ensure the address is correct. For valuable items, it is recommended to pick up from a nearby legion.]

He continued browsing.

Inside the Martial Artist Pharmaceutical Area, it was mainly divided into three categories:

The first was the Enlightenment Elixir;

The second was Body Refining Medicine, which could be divided into [Grinding Sand Medicine], [Muscle Strengthening Medicine], [Skin Refining Medicine], [Bone Tempering Medicine], corresponding to each stage of the Breakthrough First to Breakthrough Forth shackles, with the function of targeted polishing of various parts of the body. When matched with inner strength, it could effectively stimulate acupoints and accelerate the generation of power or True Qi.

The third category comprised various healing, auxiliary, detoxifying, and Burst Seed aids. The demand for these unconventional cultivation medicines was not great.

Lu Chenzhou’s priority was to exchange [Muscle Strengthening Medicine].

He quickly found the most effective one among them:

[Dragon Tendon Pill: 100 battle merits per pill, with effects lasting for one week. Contains the medicinal power of the Xuan Grade Earth Treasure "Dragon Vein Grass", can strengthen muscles and veins, and stimulate the growth of True Qi...]

After reading the details, Lu Chenzhou’s face brightened with joy.

"As expected, all the good stuff is with the military, given priority to front-line soldiers. The muscle-strengthening medicines in the school are outdated. Their effects are far inferior to this."

You get what you pay for.

Lu Chenzhou tentatively ordered ten pills to test their effects.

In the blink of an eye, almost two thousand battle merits were spent.

Opening the Martial Arts Zone, Lu Chenzhou’s gaze sharpened.

The most elite martial arts at the top of the list caught his eye.

["Tathagata Divine Palm", a supreme Shaolin secret technique, priced at 5 million battle merits, can go to Songshan City to be personally taught by Master Hui Kong until reaching beginner level in martial arts.]

["Huangji Seven-day Heavens Changing Sabre", an Imperial Capital secret technique, priced at 5 million battle merits, can go to...]

["Tian Du Sword Scripture", a Huangshan secret technique, priced at 2 million battle merits...]

There were a total of 26 martial arts labeled as Supreme Divine Skills, two more than the number at the Top Martial University. Among them, any discipline that had produced Absolute Peak Strong warriors was priced at five million, while those that were theoretically supreme but devoid of Absolute Peak warriors were priced at two million.

["Ling Kong Four Symbols Fist" for five million battle merits...]

The supreme divine skills of Dragon City were also open for exchange.

These martial arts, Lu Chenzhou could freeload from the Four Symbols Master.

"The value of being a True Disciple of Ling Kong Shangren is immense."

As he scrolled further, from ancient times to the present, the 24 top martial universities, hundreds of ordinary martial universities, and thousands of divine skills and secret techniques were all open for exchange!

As long as one had sufficient battle merits, regardless of origin or whether one was a student of the respective schools, anyone could directly approach the powerful beings associated with the divine skills and ask them to teach until reaching the beginner level.

True Skills were also fully open for access. This meant that from today onwards, the differences between the two factions of Da Xia’s Buddha Dao, and the various Daoist sects in existence, were practically null and void.

In older times, this wasn’t even something one could dream of.

To learn "Bodhi Technique" before, Chen Jiu had to call in favors.

The pressure from the Void Realm was too great. The unification of sects was an inevitable trend.

The next area was a treasure zone, entirely filled with Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

The most eye-catching were the top Earth Grade Heavenly Materials.

[Three Thousand Year Vermilion Fruit: Can elevate an Intermediate root bone to Top Class or a Low Class root bone to above Intermediate, priced at 1 million Battle Merits]

[Nine Curves Ginseng: Can enhance the speed of Opening the Acupoint, priced at 1 million Battle Merits]

[Yin God Jade: Can nourish spiritual power and protect the mind, priced at 1 million Battle Merits]

[Yunling Xuan Water: Can protect and reforge the spiritual nature of Divine Weapons, assist in upgrading quality, 800,000 Battle Merits]

Lu Chenzhou’s eyes shone.

"All are things I need..."

These good items, presumably, were collected by the military during their pioneering efforts, now beginning to reveal just the tip of the iceberg to motivate the entire nation’s enthusiasm for war.

And in the final [Special Zone], what he saw was even more eye-opening.

Top Level Martial University spots? Exchangable for Battle Merits!

Grandmaster True Inheritance spots? Exchangeable for Battle Merits! Many things that were once far beyond the reach of ordinary Martial Artists could now be exchanged for active participation in the war!

Lu Chenzhou opened the Martial Arts forum.

As expected, the discussions online were already in full swing.

[The era of tumultuous wars is about to begin!]

[It couldn’t be a full-scale war with the Void Realm, could it...]

[I see the Silver Eagle Federation, the Po Suo Ancient Country, have also started.]

[Has human civilization reached its most perilous moment?]

Some were anxious and worried, while others looked forward with eager anticipation.

All of Da Xia was shaken by it.

It wasn’t long before Lu Chenzhou received a message from Wang Changming.

[Chenzhou, I have to proceed to the East Sea tomorrow to guard the new confluence. Over here in Su City Dragon Martial, a newly promoted Great Grandmaster will temporarily assume the role of vice principal.]

Lu Chenzhou felt a wave of emotion.

"Master, take care."

[You must have felt it too, the era of peace has completely left us. Now, many places in Da Xia are witnessing the birth of confluences, but the officials no longer have the capacity to suppress them all, only able to prioritize areas with dense populations.

In your future travels, safety comes first. Ascend to Grandmaster as soon as possible. Without being a Grandmaster, it’s difficult to gain a foothold in this age of war, let alone protect those important to you. I need to retrieve the Vermilion Bird Sword for combat in the Void Realm, so take good care of yourself.]

In Lu Chenzhou’s embrace, the Jade Token trembled and buzzed.

With a flick, it transformed into a Vermilion Bird with a wingspan of about a zhang, enveloped in swirling crimson flames. Its sprightly eyes looked at Lu Chenzhou as it spit out three mini Vermilion Birds which went straight into the Tiger Gall Gun behind Lu Chenzhou, the aura of the Vermilion Bird visibly languishing.

The Vermilion Bird spoke in human language:

"I have left three strands of [Vermilion Bird Sword Qi] within your gun. A direct hit from one strike has the might to instantly kill a Martial Arts Grandmaster. This method greatly depletes the Divine Weapon, so I could only leave three strands. You should know when to use them, avoid wasting them. Also, I’ll be stationed at [Shan Zhou City] in the East Sea. If anything urgent comes up, don’t hesitate to find me."

After circling around Lu Chenzhou once,

The Vermilion Bird flew out the window, rushing into the clouds, completely disappearing from sight.

"It really was the Vermilion Bird Sword."

Within the inner world of the long spear, three Vermilion Bird phantoms circled about.

His emotions were myriad. Facing the east, he bowed respectfully from afar.

...

At dusk,

East Sea.

Shan Zhou Islands.

A cluster of over a thousand large and small islands, which during more peaceful times housed over a million residents making their living through tourism and fishing. But now, except for the largest Shan Zhou main island, the rest of the thousands of islands were deserted.

Surrounding the island group, steel warships bombarded the tumultuous sea waters, while the latest generation of fighters roared across the sky!

Between heaven and earth, Wang Changming stood in the void.

Behind him, the Dragon, Tiger, and Vermilion Bird Spirits were arrayed in formation.

His gaze was fixed on the distant sea, where large waves surged forward.

A hundred-zhang-long, purple-scaled giant beast with the head of an infant and the body of a dragon spiraled in the sky, surrounded by thunder and lightning, concealed within dark clouds and fierce winds, its mighty pressure terrifying.

Strange and fantastical demon shadows skimmed across the sea surface.

The infant-headed dragon spoke Da Xia’s language: "The air of the Human World is indeed sweet. You there, human, state your name. This Demon Emperor does not slay those without renown!"