Chapter 278: Increase in Strength, the Plan to Catch the Turtle in a Jar (1)
Zhou Shu thought that he had overestimated the mineral reserves here, but he realized that he had still underestimated them.
With the efforts of hundreds of miners day and night, the few warehouses that had been prepared were quickly filled.
Thousands of kilograms of various materials were piled up in a mess.
In the end, Zhou Shu and Shi Songtao felt numb about it.
The lack of manpower became apparent again.
Shi Songtao was the only one working on purifying the ore. Even if he had temporarily mastered the Iron Smelting Hands Technique, there was only so much work he could do alone.
He was not nearly as fast as miners could dig.
Zhou Shu didn't care much about purifying the ore.
In any case, he could slowly purify it in his own camp. If it didn't work, he could just bring the ore back to Great Xia.
He felt a little regretful now. There were only a dozen types of forging materials found in this mountain. He couldn't gather the materials to upgrade the Great Destroyer Sword!
His gaze fell to the continuous mountain range again.
There were more than a dozen kinds of forging materials in one mountain. There had to be other forging materials in these mountains.
But at the same time, there would definitely be a demon army in the mountains.
There was almost no doubt about it.
Zhou Shu had seen the arrival of the Demon Realm armies clearly. It was unknown how many there were.
If he was alone, going into the mountains in search of mines would be no problem at all.
Even if he encountered a demon army, he could come and go as he pleased.
But Yin Wuyou and the other two were with him now. He couldn't leave them behind.
More importantly, if he went into the mountains alone, even if he found the mineral mines, he couldn't possibly mine them himself.
Even if he dug them up, who would bring the ores back for him?
"What's most important? People." Zhou Shu sighed.
"What people?" Yin Wuyou asked doubtfully.
"Grand Minister, where do you think Great General Meng and the others went? Why did they suddenly get separated?" Zhou Shu said.
"I wasn't paying attention…" Yin Wuyou was a little embarrassed. How would she know? Zhou Shu had been eliminating demonic beasts too quickly back then, and she had used all her strength to barely keep up with him. How could she still be in the mood to care about Great General Meng's whereabouts?
[The Hundred Refinements Ring Pommel Saber you forged effectively completed a kill. The Heavenly Saber Art has improved by 10%.]
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[The Spring Embroidered Saber you forged effectively completed a kill. The Visualization of the Five Mountains' True Form Technique has improved by 30%.]
…
As he spoke, a few messages flashed past Zhou Shu's eyes.
This happened almost all the time.
Zhou Shu was already used to it.
But he also discovered that the standard weapons like the Hundred Refinements Ring Pommel Saber, the Spring Embroidered Saber, the Autumn Anatidae Plume Saber, and the Horse Slaying Saber were giving him less and less feedback.
This was not because the number of battles was decreasing but because the damage rate of these weapons had already reached a certain level.
Only the 100 standard weapons in the Legendary Armament Canon that Zhou Shu had personally forged would receive benefits after completing kills.
Zhou Shu had seen the number on the Legendary Armament Canon before. The number behind the Hundred Refinements Ring Pommel Saber had gone from 100 to 70. The Spring Embroidered Saber had gone down to 40.
It was similar for the other weapons.
In a few days, these standard weapons would be completely damaged. At that time, the feedback from the Legendary Armament Canon would hit rock bottom.
The ranked weapons were better. At least for now, none of them were damaged.
Zhou Shu participated in the Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament precisely for this great harvest.
It was naturally a good thing to obtain so many forging materials now, but with the forging materials, he had to turn them into weapons and recruit workers.
He had to replenish the standard weapons in the Great Xia army!
Yin Wuyou looked at Zhou Shu with admiration in her eyes.
In her opinion, Zhou Shu's cultivation level was really increasing at all times.
Many times, as he walked, he fell into an epiphany.
Two days ago, while he was eating, he suddenly comprehended the Martial Dao and broke through to the third rank.
At the time, the humanoid demonic beast was so shocked that his tongue almost fell out.
Be it humans or demonic beasts, the third rank of the Martial Dao was a threshold. It wasn't so easy to break through.
But to Zhou Shu, breaking through to the Grandmaster's realm was as easy as drinking water.
The humanoid demonic beast form was even more certain that he had to kill this strange fellow. This fellow was too dangerous!
When he was a fourth-rank martial artist, he could beat him until he couldn't fight back. What about as a third-rank martial artist?
If this continued, wouldn't even those lords be unable to kill him?
He had to speed up his plan!
The walls of the camp had to be reinforced. He must not be allowed to escape!
What this humanoid demonic beast didn't know was that the increase in Zhou Shu's spiritual essence cultivation actually didn't increase his strength as much as he had expected.
The Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique and Golden Bell Shield Technique allowed Zhou Shu to have the strength of a first-rank martial artist.
His spiritual essence cultivation had increased from the fourth rank to the third rank, but his strength was still only at the first rank.
It could only be said that the shortcomings had increased correspondingly. His strength didn't increase.
His strength was still within the scope of a first-rank martial artist. He was only slightly stronger than ordinary first-rank martial artists.
On the other hand, Zhou Shu's Visualization of the Five Mountains' True Form had grown significantly recently.
The first of the five mountains that he visualized was almost solid.
This allowed his divine sense to expand to a radius of ten feet. Chapter 279: Increase in Strength, the Plan to Catch the Turtle in a Jar (2)
Divine sense was infinitely useful, and what Zhou Shu had developed now was only a small portion of it.
Among his cultivation techniques, Zhou Shu had the highest expectations for the Visualization of the Five Mountains' True Form.
In the past few days, he had even taken the time to forge a Spring Embroidered Saber.
In the future, when he encountered the Demon Realm army, he planned to use the Spring Embroidered Saber to kill enemies. This way, his Visualization of the Five Mountains' True Form could improve a little.
In any case, as long as he wasn't facing a first-rank martial artist, there was not much difference between using standard weapons and ranked weapons.
"Your Highness! Your Highness! Bad news!" Haitang's cry suddenly sounded in the camp.
She stood on the wall of the camp and waved at Zhou Shu and Yin Wuyou.
They had free labor, so the walls of this camp were built almost like small city walls. There were even small watchtowers and pillboxes built on them.
It might be an exaggeration to call this camp a city, but it was not a problem to call it a fully equipped mountain stronghold.
There might be something wrong with the humanoid demonic beast's brains. When he translated Zhou Shu's orders, he even added some of his own pointers. In the end, not only did these demonic beasts do their best when building the camp, but they also took the initiative to add in some things that Zhou Shu had overlooked.
As a result, this camp was like a nest that mountain bandits had carefully built for many years.
"What happened?" Yin Wuyou asked as she floated up and landed on the observation deck.
The camp had limited manpower. Shi Songtao was busy with the forging materials, and Haitang was not idle either. These days, she has been acting as a sentry…
"Your Highness, there's a Demon Realm army!" Haitang pointed ahead anxiously.
Yin Wuyou looked in the direction she was pointing and indeed saw an army of demons!
The Demon Realm army was much larger than the one in the camp now. At a rough estimate, there were about 5,000 of them.
Moreover, they were advancing toward the camp!
It wouldn't take long for the Demon Realm army to discover this camp!
"Zhou Shu!" Yin Wuyou was also a little anxious and turned to look at Zhou Shu.
They had spent a lot of effort to build this camp. She definitely didn't want to give it up just like that.
But if they didn't give it up, how could the few of them stop the 5,000 Demon Realm troops?
The demonic beasts of the Demon Realm's armies were all ranked.
Five thousand ranked martial artists could even exhaust a first-rank martial artist to death.
Moreover, it was very likely that there would be first-rank martial artists in the Demon Realm army.
"There's no need to be nervous." Zhou Shu was very relaxed. "We'll deal with whatever comes our way. How many people are heading our way?"
He glanced at the humanoid demonic beast. "Behave yourself and don't try to make trouble. Otherwise, I can kill you at any time."
The humanoid demonic beast snorted and turned his head away without saying anything.
In his heart, he was delighted.
This kid probably thinks that with his strength, he can kill through an army of the Demon Realm.
He will soon find out what a great demon is and what a powerhouse is!
When the Demon Realm army surrounds the camp, I'll coordinate with them and guarantee that this kid will die without a burial place!
Zhou Shu used the Riding on Cloud and Wind Technique and gracefully ascended the wall.
The Demon Realm army was only a hundred kilometers away from the camp. At their speed, they would reach it in half a day at most.
It looked like the first battle at camp was about to happen.
Zhou Shu frowned.
There was no great danger.
At the very least, he could protect Yin Wuyou and the others and retreat.
But just like Yin Wuyou, he wouldn't give up on the camp so easily.
"Huh?!" Zhou Shu suddenly explained while observing the Demon Realm army.
Several kilometers away from the Demon Realm army, Zhou Shu saw a group of people lying in ambush in the mountains, preparing to ambush the Demon Realm army.
It's Great Xia's uniform.
From a hundred kilometers away, even Zhou Shu couldn't see the faces of those people. He could only roughly make out their clothes.
I wonder who's leading this army. They actually dare to ambush a Demon Realm army with so few people?
"Grand Minister!" Zhou Shu shouted. 𝓁𝘪𝘣𝘳ℯ𝒶𝘥.𝘤𝑜𝓂
"Here," Yin Wuyou replied.
"Do you see that?" Zhou Shu pointed to where the Great Xia soldiers were hiding.
"They are our people?" Yin Wuyou's eyesight was inferior to Zhou Shu's, but she could vaguely see some shadows.
"That's right!" Zhou Shu said solemnly. "We didn't see them before, but that's not important. Hurry over immediately and stop them from ambushing the Demon Realm army!"
"You want me to bring them back to camp?" Yin Wuyou instantly understood what Zhou Shu meant.
"That's right. There aren't many of them. Sneaking up on the Demon Realm army will be like moths to a flame.
"Bring them back to the camp. There's no need to take the risk now. We still have a chance to attack later.
"We have to be quick. We have to bring them back before the Demon Realm army finds them!"
Actually, it would be best if he rushed over.
He was fast and strong.
But if he left, Yin Wuyou and the other two wouldn't be able to suppress the humanoid demonic beast and the hundreds of demonic beast miners in the camp.
Other than him, Yin Wuyou's cultivation was the highest, so he could only let her make the trip.
"Understood!" Yin Wuyou cupped her hands playfully.
Then she flipped over and disappeared into the forest.
Zhou Shu's gaze followed Yin Wuyou's figure. A hundred kilometers was neither close nor far.
If Yin Wuyou encountered any danger, he would use his divine ability Unstoppable For a Thousand Miles to rush over even if he had to abandon the camp.
With his current strength, it was not an exaggeration to say that he could travel a hundred kilometers in an instant.
After all, Yin Wuyou was a second-rank martial artist. When she used her full strength, her speed was very fast.
As for the Demonic Realm army, they didn't seem to be traveling at full speed. Their traveling speed was neither fast nor slow.
In addition, the place where the Great Xia soldiers were hiding was still a distance away from the Demonic Realm army.
Therefore, Yin Wuyou successfully arrived at the location of the Great Xia soldiers before the two sides made contact.
Yin Wuyou said something to the soldiers before leading them toward the camp.
At this moment, Zhou Shu could tell that there weren't many Great Xia soldiers. There were less than a hundred.
There aren't many of them, but it's better than nothing.?Zhou Shu thought that with these people, he could continue to develop the camp after dealing with this Demon Realm army. Otherwise, it would be difficult for the four of them to do anything.
Oh no!?Zhou Shu suddenly frowned.
Yin Wuyou led the dozens of Great Xia soldiers through the forest and headed toward the camp.
The Demonic beast army behind them suddenly accelerated.
"They saw the grand minister!"
Seeing a few powerful birds soaring into the sky from the Demon Realm army, Zhou Shu finally understood.
This army was simply coming for the camp!
With the flying demonic beasts around, they had probably discovered the camp long ago!
These dozens of Great Xia soldiers were probably their prey, but the soldiers were still ignorant.
Zhou Shu frowned. He suddenly remembered that when the demonic beast miners built the camp, they had done a lot of work that he hadn't instructed them to do. Zhou Shu thought that it was because the humanoid demonic beast's translation was not good enough, and the effect of their construction was very good.
Now, Zhou Shu seemed to understand.?Did these demonic beasts use some unknown method to spread the news?
I was careless after all!
This language barrier is a big problem. I have to learn the language of the Demon Realm later!
Zhou Shu's cold gaze landed on the humanoid demonic beast.
The humanoid demonic beast shivered. He looked at Zhou Shu nervously.?This kid didn't find out about my trap plan, did he?
"Tell me. How do you want to die?" Zhou Shu said coldly.
Chapter 280: The Last Person Who Spoke to Me like That Is Now a Head Miner (1)
"You can't kill me!" the humanoid demonic beast roared. "I've done everything you asked me to do. You can't kill me!"
The humanoid demonic beast's level of human speech was average. He only knew these few words.
"Really? Didn't you do what I didn't ask you to do as well?" Zhou Shu sneered. "There's an army of demonic beasts outside. You were the one who informed them, right?"
"The army is here?" The humanoid demonic beast was delighted, but then he shook his head and said, "No, I didn't!
"You've been holding me hostage all this time. I haven't even had a chance to move. How could I have informed them?!" the humanoid demonic beast shouted.
"I don't care how you inform them." Zhou Shu snorted. "I don't need a reason to kill you."
Zhou Shu reached out and grabbed the humanoid demonic beast's neck.
"No…! You can't kill me!" The humanoid demonic beast struggled desperately.
Sensing that he was about to lose his life, the humanoid demonic beast finally panicked.
His plan to catch a turtle in a jar was about to succeed. He was unwilling to die at this time!
He had endured humiliation for so long and was about to take revenge. How could he die!
"Spare me. I'll do anything you ask!" the humanoid demonic beast shouted.
"You'll do anything I ask?" Zhou Shu's grip paused.
The humanoid demon beast saw hope and said loudly, "Anything! I can lead people to continue helping you mine and build your camp.
"There are many things I can do. Keeping me alive will certainly be more useful than killing me!"
In order to survive, the humanoid demonic beast no longer had any reservations.
If he had just been captured by Zhou Shu, he might have been determined to die.
But after so many days of compromising and striving to survive, he could no longer just die.
Actually, this wasn't a problem with the humanoid demonic beast. Many people were the same. In battle, they were willing to give up their lives on a whim.
But as time passed, their determination to die would not be so firm…
"I know a lot about the demons who have descended onto this world. As long as you don't kill me, I can give you all their information!" The humanoid demonic beast became a demon traitor!
"Really? Then tell me your name first." Zhou Shu looked into the distance.
Yin Wuyou was quickly heading toward the camp with the soldiers.
The Demon Realm army was getting closer and closer to Yin Wuyou's group.
At this rate, they would be captured by the Demon Realm army before they could enter the camp.
At this moment, Zhou Shu couldn't let anything happen to the camp. If this humanoid demonic beast led the miners to rebel when he went to kill the enemy, wouldn't the trouble be even bigger?
Therefore, even if he went to help Yin Wuyou, he had to resolve the problem of the demonic beasts first.
Otherwise, Shi Songtao and Haitang alone wouldn't be able to suppress these captives.
"My name, when translated in your language, is Yao Buqi," the humanoid demonic beast said.
"Yao?Buqi1?"
Even though the situation was tense, Zhou Shu almost spat out his saliva.
Are we going to play Monopoly? He can't afford it!
This name…
Has character!
Zhou Shu naturally knew that the humanoid demonic beast's name was just a transliteration. It definitely didn't mean what he thought.
Yao1. That's an interesting surname.
Zhou Shu sized up Yao Buqi.?No wonder he said I can use him to threaten those demonic beasts.
This guy might really be someone in the Demon Realm.
He may not be impressive, but his status is definitely not low.
Thinking of this, Zhou Shu hesitated. It seemed a waste to kill this fellow just like that.
He thought for a moment and then used his hand to knock the back of Yao Buqi's head.
The physique of demonic beasts was far stronger than that of ordinary martial artists. Yao Buqi was even stronger than a first-rank martial artist.
But Zhou Shu had mastered the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique. His strength was shocking.
Under his palm strike, Yao Buqi's eyes widened, then his face filled with indignation as he collapsed to the ground.
After knocking Yao Buqi unconscious, Zhou Shu was still a little worried. He visualized the Five Mountains' True Form in his consciousness, and his divine sense transformed into five mountains that smashed into Yao Buqi's head.
Yao Buqi twitched, and his legs twitched twice.
"Deputy Master!" Zhou Shu called Shi Songtao over.
"Watch him. If the demonic beasts try anything funny, kill him first and then escape!" Zhou Shu said solemnly.
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Shu pulled out the Great Destroyer Sword and handed it to Shi Songtao. "Remember, prioritize your life!"
With that, Zhou Shu disappeared from the wall.
Almost at the same time, Shi Songtao saw Zhou Shu's figure suddenly appear in the air dozens of kilometers away.
Shi Songtao gasped.
He wasn't ignorant. He had seen many Grandmasters.
But this speed was simply beyond his imagination.
Isn't that too fast?
How strong is His Highness?
If he is so capable, why is he still a forger?
Zhou Shu's figure suddenly appeared in front of Yin Wuyou's eyes, startling her.
She almost thrust the Shadow Sword in her hand.
"Zhou Shu!" Yin Wuyou stopped in time and said in surprise, "Why are you here? The camp—"
She also knew that the camp was short-handed. If Zhou Shu casually left, the hundreds of demonic beast miners might revolt.
"Lead the soldiers back to camp first." Zhou Shu didn't have time to say more. "I'll take care of the Demon Realm army."
Chapter 281: The Last Person Who Spoke to Me like That Is Now a Head Miner (2)
There was a slight tremor in the ground. A few kilometers away, smoke and dust rose into the sky. The Demon Realm army was not far away.
Yin Wuyou knew the severity of the situation. There couldn't be no experts in the camp for too long.
Apart from Zhou Shu, she was the only other expert. Shi Songtao's and Haitang's strength was almost negligible.
"Be careful!" Yin Wuyou said before shouting at the Great Xia soldiers, "Let's go!"
She turned into a stream of light and headed for the camp.
There were only a few dozen kilometers left. She didn't have to worry that the Great Xia soldiers wouldn't be able to find the camp. She couldn't let the demonic beasts revolt at the camp. She had to return first.
"Go help Her Highness guard the camp first. I'll help His Highness!" A voice sounded.
Only then did Zhou Shu realize that the leader of this group of Great Xia soldiers was actually Mei Wushang!
He was the owner Zhou Shu had chosen for the Heavenly Halberd!
What a coincidence.
"You don't have to. Wushang, you go to the camp too." Zhou Shu shook his head.
The reason he rushed over was that with the strength of these Great Xia soldiers, they would be caught up by the Demon Realm army before they reached the camp.
Without city walls, the consequences could be imagined once they were overtaken.
Zhou Shu had come over to help them stall for time.
When they arrived at the camp and defended on the city wall, there would be no problem in dealing with the Demon Realm army.
Mei Wushang was about to say something, but Zhou Shu waved his hand.
"This is an order!" Zhou Shu shouted. "Hurry to the camp ahead at full speed and assist Her Highness in setting up the defensive line!"
"As you command, General!" Mei Wushang said helplessly.
Watching the dozens of Great Xia soldiers running forward crazily, Zhou Shu temporarily put aside his messy thoughts and turned to look ahead.
Ahead, the Demon Realm army had already appeared in sight.
In the sky, a few bird-type demonic beasts suddenly flapped their several meter long wings, wanting to pass Zhou Shu and chase after Mei Wushang's group.
"Hmph! I'm here, and you still want to go over."
The Spring Embroidered Saber at his waist unsheathed and turned into a saber beam that shot into the sky.
Words could not describe the brilliance of the saber beam.
Just as the sound of the saber being unsheathed came, the heads of the bird-type demonic beasts in the air had already been separated from their bodies.
[The Spring Embroidered Saber you forged effectively completed a kill. The Visualization of the Five Mountains' True Form has improved by 20%.]
[The Spring Embroidered Saber you forged effectively completed a kill. The Visualization of the Five Mountains' True Form has improved by 10%.]
[The Spring Embroidered Saber you forged effectively completed a kill. The Visualization of the Five Mountains' True Form has improved by 50%.]
A few messages floated past his eyes, and his mind felt cool. He felt that his spiritual strength had become stronger, and his divine sense had increased significantly.
Zhou Shu had left the Great Destroyer Sword for Shi Songtao to protect himself. What he carried with him was the Spring Embroidered Saber that he had forged himself.
With his current cultivation, there was not much difference in strength between using the Great Destroyer Sword and using the Spring Embroidered Saber.
He was even more lethal with a saber.
After all, his Heavenly Saber Art was unfathomable.
Although the Astounding Heavenly Eighteen Swords Technique had already reached perfection, it was still quite far from the limitless Heavenly Saber Art.
Saber techniques were Zhou Shu's strongest means of killing.
Even with just a standard saber, not many people below the Grandmaster level could withstand a single strike from him.
Swish!
The blood of the demonic beasts sprinkled down from the sky like a rain of blood.
Then the corpses of a few demonic beasts crashed to the ground.
At this moment, the Demon Realm army was only two to three kilometers away from Zhou Shu.
The entire Demon Realm army witnessed this scene.
The entire Demon Realm army paused for a moment.
These bird-type demonic beasts were not weak, but they were actually all killed with a single slash. The human opposite them was terrifying!
Zhou Shu stood with his saber horizontally, his expression unchanged as he faced the endless demonic beast army.
Every demonic beast in the army was gigantic.
In comparison, Zhou Shu's body was as small as a sapling.
But as he stood there, his mountain-like aura dwarfed the Demon Realm army.
"Stop!" A dignified voice shouted a word that Zhou Shu didn't understand.
The Demon Realm army stopped abruptly, as if someone had pressed the pause button. They stopped a hundred meters away from Zhou Shu.
The contrast between a man and an army was stark.
But such a person had stopped an entire army.
"You were the one who caught Yao Buqi?" The authoritative voice spoke again.
This time, he didn't speak in the demon language but in human language.
As expected, Yao Buqi had spread the news using some means!
Zhou Shu looked ahead and saw a figure slowly walk out of the Demon Realm army.
It was a human-like figure. He wasn't tall. Even in the human race, his height was only average.
He walked out of the Demon Realm army like an ant out of a herd of elephants.
But in the Demon Realm army, countless demonic beasts lowered their heads and made way for this person, their bell-like eyes filled with fanatical worship and fear.
"That's me." Zhou Shu nodded and looked the person up and down.
If he wasn't wrong, a demonic beast that could transform to human form seemed to have a respected status in the Demon Realm.
After capturing Yao Buqi, he could threaten the demonic beasts under him to become miners.
Was this guy in front of him the same?
But it looked like he was a little stronger than Yao Buqi.
Zhou Shu was able to catch Yao Buqi alive partly because he had caught him off guard and partly because his strength was average.
The person in front of him had an aura like the sea and was much stronger than Yao Buqi. Moreover, he knew that he had captured Yao Buqi and would definitely not be confused by his third-rank Martial Dao aura.
Even if Zhou Shu could defeat him, it was almost impossible to capture him alive.
If a first-rank martial artist wanted to leave, Zhou Shu wouldn't be able to stop him, especially this first-rank martial artist who had thousands of demonic beast troops under him.
"State your name," the humanoid demonic beast said coldly. "I don't kill nameless people."
This humanoid demonic beast's command of the human language was much better than Yao Buqi's.
The accent of a foreign language was barely discernible.
"Is that so?" Zhou Shu smiled faintly. "What a coincidence. It's the same for me.
"Why don't you tell me who you are before I decide if I should kill you?"
"How dare you!" the humanoid demonic beast roared angrily, and his aura suddenly exploded. His entire body was like an erupting volcano.
Airwaves spread out with him as the center.
Rumble!
The airwaves knocked down countless tall trees.
The Demon Realm army let out deep roars. The demonic beasts glowed with faint light as they resisted the heavy airwaves.
Strong, so strong!
Although he felt that this humanoid demonic beast was much stronger than Yao Buqi, when his aura truly erupted, Zhou Shu realized that this humanoid demonic beast was even stronger than he had imagined!
Zhou Shu was puzzled. According to Meng Bai's description, although the Demon Realm that the Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament was facing was indeed very strong, first-rank experts were rare.
Why had he already encountered two of them not long after he arrived?
If first-rank experts were so common in the Demon Realm's army, then how could the human race kill all the Demon Realm troops that entered this world every time?
"Release Yao Buqi, then kneel as a slave, and I will spare your life," the humanoid demonic beast said coldly. "This is your only chance to live. Kneel!"
Zhou Shu looked at the humanoid demonic beast and laughed. "The last person who talked to me like that was Yao Buqi.
"He's doing quite well as a head miner now. I think you're not bad either."
Zhou Shu stomped heavily on the ground. Layers of waves seemed to erupt on the ground and charged toward the humanoid demonic beast. They collided with the airwaves around his body with a loud bang.
The next moment, Zhou Shu's figure suddenly disappeared, and the pupils of the humanoid demonic beast suddenly constricted.
Chapter 282: Huaxia Pavilion's Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament Branch (1)
Boom!
The air around the humanoid demonic beast exploded.
His eyes instantly turned red, and iron-like black fur grew on his arms.
Only a foot away from him, Zhou Shu's figure appeared. He flipped in the air, and the Spring Embroidered Saber in his hand transformed into a saber beam that swept toward the humanoid demonic beast.
Divine ability, Unstoppable For a Thousand Miles!
This was the drawback of the divine ability Unstoppable For a Thousand Miles. Although he could obtain extreme speed, all his strength would disappear when he maintained his speed in exchange.
Previously, Yao Buqi was inexperienced and was slapped by him a few times.
But the humanoid demonic beast in front of him was much more experienced than Yao Buqi.
His aura that immediately erupted blocked Zhou Shu's figure a foot away.
Zhou Shu wanted to use the same trick again. However, not only did he not succeed, but he was almost injured.
If he couldn't take the shortcut, he would settle it with strength.
He unleashed his Heavenly Saber Art. For a moment, the area within a few meters was filled with sharp saber beams.
There was a hissing sound in the air, and the space seemed to be cut open.
The humanoid demonic beast growled, and his arms turned into black shadows that collided with the saber beams filling the sky.
Amid the thunderous noises, flames seemed to burst in the air.
Crack!
Zhou Shu heard a crisp sound.
The Spring Embroidered Saber in his hand couldn't withstand the pressure and broke into countless pieces. Then it was stirred into powder by the venting force.
And the other party's arm, which was covered in black fur, was actually unscathed!
Boom!
Zhou Shu threw away the hilt of his saber, and the two exchanged blows. With a loud bang, the two of them separated.
The humanoid demonic beast retreated step by step, leaving footprints several inches deep on the ground.
Zhou Shu used the Riding on Cloud and Wind Technique to retreat dozens of feet away.
Boom!
His right foot stepped heavily on the ground, leaving a deep footprint.
He shook his numb arm, his eyes flashing with surprise.?This humanoid demonic beast is so strong!
Ever since he had mastered the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique, this was the first time he had encountered someone whose strength was on par with his.
Indeed, in this world of high martial arts, even if he had mastered the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique, it was impossible for him to run amok.
"Who are you? Why are you so strong?"
Zhou Shu was surprised. The humanoid demonic beast was even more surprised than him.
He had never thought that any human could be as strong as he was!
"You don't have to say anymore. Again!" Zhou Shu shouted proudly.
He stomped on the ground and appeared in front of the humanoid demonic beast again.
Boom!
The loud noise was incessant, and the wind blew for miles around.
The Demon Realm army had already formed a military formation to resist the aura from the two experts.
On the high walls of the camp, Yin Wuyou, Mei Wushang, and the Great Xia soldiers looked into the distance with slightly changed expressions.
The commotion of such a battle, the high walls beneath their feet…
Everyone began to feel worried.
Although they didn't expect to be able to stop the Demon Realm army through the high walls in the beginning, after all, stones were too fragile compared to the sharp claws of demonic beasts…
Although Zhou Shu had reinforced the high walls of the camp with the Iron Smelting Hands Technique, they were still just rocks. They couldn't stop the Demon Realm army.
At most, the walls could only cause some obstruction to the Demon Realm army.
But now that they saw the commotion between Zhou Shu and the humanoid demonic beast, they felt that these high walls were probably unable to cause any obstruction.
Yin Wuyou's pretty face turned cold, and her eyes were brimming with killing intent.
This camp was her work. She would kill anyone who wanted to destroy it!
Boom!
Thunder boomed in the distance.
The ground shook violently. Even the people in the camp dozens of kilometers away could clearly feel it.
Before they could figure out what was happening, a shadow landed on the high wall.
Everyone was tense. When they saw who the figure was, they heaved a sigh of relief.
"Your Highness!" everyone said in unison.
Zhou Shu waved his hand, indicating that there was no need for formalities.
He looked into the distance. Dozens of kilometers away, the humanoid demonic beast stood tall.
His entire body was covered in black fur that was like iron. He was more like a bear than a human!
He stood there, the ground beneath his feet forming a deep depression.
The pit was dozens of feet deep and dozens of feet in diameter.
This was just formed by his landing. If it were any other ordinary expert, even if they weren't seriously injured, they would probably feel uncomfortable for a long time from such a huge impact.
But this bear seemed to be fine.
He also looked up. His gaze met Zhou Shu's, and sparks flew.
They seemed to see the meaning in each other's eyes.
"Set up camp here!" the humanoid bear demonic beast growled in beast language.
As he spoke, he faced the camp and then disappeared into the Demon Realm army.
Behind him, where the Great Xia people couldn't see, there were a few clear fist marks imprinted in the black fur.
Seeing that the Demon Realm army had stopped and seemed to be setting up camp, the Great Xia people on the wall of the camp heaved a sigh of relief and felt puzzled.
"Did you win, Your Highness?" Mei Wushang asked after hesitating.
"No." Zhou Shu shook his head. "That guy has thick skin and flesh. I can't injure him."