Chapter 347 Continue on the road
"Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, soul to Hou Tu, death..."

A grand sound of chanting echoed in the starry sky, as if to save the souls of the dead.

A mysterious figure shrouded in golden light of merit sits cross-legged in the starry sky, solemn and dignified, like a god.

But not far away, there were ten broken star warships releasing mysterious energy.

Thousands of headless corpses floated in the void.

Especially the ten huge and hideous-looking headless evil gods' corpses, which made people feel uneasy.

There was also the evil god at the Saint King level. Although his head was not chopped off, his body was split in half in the middle, revealing his hideous and terrifying original form.

The soldiers of the Second City who followed the guide to this starry battlefield, ready to fight and kill the enemy, were all stunned by the scene before them.

The corpses of the evil gods turned into rain of light and dissipated amid the chanting.

The disappearance of each evil god's corpse will make the golden light of merit on the Taoist chanting scriptures more intense.

In the end, the ten star battleships turned into ten useless ships that had lost all their vitality.

Those evil gods and their soldiers all turned into ashes and disappeared, leaving nothing behind.

There wasn't even a trace of evil spirit on the battlefield.

As the chanting in the starry sky ended, the guide of the second city of the ancient road of the human race immediately said to the figure in the golden light of merit: "Thank you for your help. It prevented a lot of suffering."

"Thank you for your courtesy, senior. As a member of the human race, this is what the younger generation should do." At this time, a voice that was familiar to the guide sounded in the golden light of merit.

"Who are you?" The guide asked with a slightly changed expression.

"Changshou Taoist." After the golden light of merit was taken away by the figure inside, Li Zhi appeared in front of them.

"You are not dead?" The guide asked with a little surprise.

"Why should the junior die?" Li Zhi said with some surprise.

"It was my negligence." The guide seemed to remember that the last time, Ye Fan, the holy body from the Burial Emperor Star, also broke through the barrier on the ancient Taoist temple Cangyu and entered the outer starry sky to transcend the tribulation.

Although the guide could no longer sense Li Zhi's specific cultivation level, the fact that he was able to kill the evil god at the Saint King level was enough to prove that Li Zhi's cultivation level had improved again.

"Did you kill all those evil gods by yourself?" asked the third commander beside the guide.

"It was me. When I was about to go to the Second Holy City, I encountered these evil gods who tried to kill me without any explanation. I had no choice but to fight back and end the cause and effect between me and them." Li Zhi nodded slightly and said.

"Senior, is the war ahead getting more intense? These evil gods have actually run to the vicinity of the second pass city." Li Zhi then ignored the three commanders with complicated expressions, and asked the guide.

"Let's go back to the city first." The guide looked at Li Zhi with a complicated expression.

He knew that Li Zhi was extremely talented, but he had never imagined that Li Zhi now possessed the power to kill the Saint King.

This is only the second level for the human race.

I can’t imagine how much Li Zhi will grow to when he reaches the tenth level, the thirtieth level, the fiftieth level, the eighty-first level, and the one hundred and eighth level.

Perhaps it is possible to be on par with those great sage-level guardians of the ancient roads of the human race.

I saw the guide and the soldiers hurried away and hurried back.

All the monks in the city were worried.

Is it that the enemy is too powerful, and even the guide cannot personally fight against the enemy in the depths of the starry sky, and needs to rely on the solid defense formation in the ancient city to fight off the enemy?
"Why is that bloody-handed butcher walking with the Master of the Guide?"

But when the guide and Li Zhi walked side by side through the city gate and entered the ancient city, many cultivators felt incredible.

"Bloody Hand Butcher" is the nickname given to Li Zhi by some busybodies in the city.

This means that all the trial participants who travel with him will be killed by him.

"The Taoist of Longevity is still alive?"

Many powerful people from major forces in the city were shocked when they saw Li Zhi appear again.

"The city lord left the ancient city in a hurry. Did he go to pick him up?"

Many high-ranking officials of major forces instantly felt that they had been tricked by the Jie Yin Spirit.

What longevity Taoist is dead?

What's the matter with the dead not being able to be resurrected? Let everyone rest in peace.

Any violation of the rules must be punished.

Excuses are all excuses.

"How dare the guide humiliate our forces rooted in the second city of the ancient human road? Isn't he afraid of angering everyone and thus being deserted by his friends and relatives and no one will listen to his orders anymore?" A high-ranking official from a powerful force raised a deafening question.

Unfortunately, neither Jie Yinshi nor Li Zhi could hear their complaints.

In the city lord's mansion, the guide introduced to Li Zhi the situation of the war ahead.

Starting from the tenth city, the ancient road behind has been cut off.

Many trial participants were trapped in the Tenth City of the Human Race.

In the ninth city of the human race, later trial-takers were no longer allowed to move forward.

Only after the war subsides can the trial participants continue on their journey.

"Those evil gods were able to come to the star field where the second city is located. I'm worried that the previous cities have all encountered trouble. The war on the ancient road may have begun to spill over to the upstream and downstream." The guide said with great concern.

Although it was not the first time that the ancient trial road had collapsed, the turmoil this time was much greater than previous ones.

"Senior, can you tell me all the starry sky coordinates of the next city pass?" Li Zhi frowned slightly and asked directly.

"What do you want those coordinates for?" asked the guide.

The starry sky coordinates of each city gate are confidential, in order to prevent attacks from other hostile forces.

"I'm worried that some city gates have been destroyed and I can't find the way forward. With those coordinates, I can go to those abandoned city gates alone. If there are city gates occupied by foreign races, I can clean them up." Li Zhi said.

"This time you destroyed an evil god fleet and made a great contribution to the ancient road, so you deserve a reward. But now the ancient road has been cut off, and the reward cannot be returned for a while. If you are willing, you can exchange the reward for those star coordinates." The guide said after thinking about it.

The Divine Light Platform is a kind of reward often given to those who have made great contributions to the human race. However, the guide knew that Li Zhi had mastered a similar method, and what was missing should be the star coordinates.

Sure enough, after hearing this proposal, Li Zhi nodded and said, "Okay."

After the two chatted for a long time, the guide reminded: "If the big forces in the city see that you are not dead, they may cause trouble. Now is an emergency. Can I ask you for a favor?"

"Please speak, senior." Li Zhi said.

"Can you please consider that they are still useful and not bother with them? If you kill too many masters in the city, the defense foundation of the second city will be lost. Now we don't know when the crisis of the ancient road will end. Every saint is a valuable fighting force." said the guide.

"As long as they don't cause trouble for me, I won't cause trouble for them." Li Zhi said after thinking for a moment.

The guide knew that Li Zhi did not agree to his request.

Then he said, "You have completed the second level of the Ancient Road. Why don't you go to the third level now?"

Since he was unable to resolve the conflict between Li Zhi and the forces in the city, he tried to find a way to send Li Zhi away early.

"Don't we have to wait for the new batch of trial participants to arrive before we set out together?" Li Zhi asked.

"No need. The gap between them and you is too big. If you travel together, I'm worried that their Taoism will be tarnished." The guide shook his head.

After resting for a night in the City Lord's Mansion, the next morning, the guide opened the teleportation array leading to the third city of the human race for Li Zhi alone.

Shortly after Li Zhi left, the top leaders of the major forces in the city gathered at the City Lord's Mansion and asked the City Lord to hand over Li Zhi.

Looking at the excited crowd, the guide said coldly: "If you don't want your clan to be exterminated, go back and reflect on your mistakes now."

The attitude of the guide surprised everyone. Just when they were about to continue asking questions, the third commander who was born locally said at the guide's signal: "My fellow Taoists, I have the answers to what you want to know. Why don't we find a place to have a good chat?"

Seeing that the Third Commander was so wise, the Guide decided in his heart that he would let him take over the position of the Grand Commander in the future.

The new commander-in-chief Liu Kui is obviously not qualified for the position of commander-in-chief.

Two months later, when the group of trial participants returned to the second city of the human race from the ancient Taoist temple, they heard about Li Zhi's deeds of single-handedly killing a group of evil gods in the depths of the starry sky.

The discussion about Li Zhi resurfaced.

Especially Xuan Jian and Huo Xianzi, who had interacted with Li Zhi before, became the subjects of inquiries by many seed-level powerhouses.

A young Taoist from Tongtian Ancient Star asked, "Fellow Daoist Jian, what kind of person is that longevity Taoist? Why did he make more than a hundred of you willingly stay in the first city of the human race with just a few words, 'Fellow Daoist, please stay'?"

Xuan Jian simply shook his head and said, "I don't know much about him."

Another strong man from the Ziwei Star Region asked the Fire Fairy: "Fire Fairy, you seem to have a special relationship with that Taoist Changshou. Can you tell us who he is?"

The Fire Fairy also shook her head and said, "I don't know much about the Taoist longevity master."

“That long-lived Taoist is probably the third trial-taker on the ancient road to obtain the source of Tao. Previously on the bloody battlefield, I learned from the spirit tribe that he talked with the Spirit King for a long time and traded an extremely precious fairy treasure from the spirit tribe. Combined with the aura of the source of Tao emanating from the prince of the spirit tribe, I dare to conclude that the long-lived Taoist must have obtained an amazing fortune on the bloody battlefield.” A scholar from the ancient star Gou Chen spoke.

"Mr. Yan, you are a scholar, and collecting and analyzing information is your strength. Can you tell us in detail how strong the longevity Taoist is? Why can he kill a group of evil gods led by the Saint King just after setting foot on the ancient road?"

"Then I will do my best to analyze the information I have collected about the longevity Taoist priest one by one."

Then, Mr. Yan from the ancient star Gou Chen began to talk like a storyteller, as if he had witnessed all of Li Zhi's highlights with his own eyes.

Li Zhi, who was being talked about by everyone, was now in the third city of the human race.

Unfortunately, he did not catch up with the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi in the third city, and the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi did not reveal her true identity after entering the third city.

"It's incredible that the reputation of Yao Chi Holy Land is even useful on the ancient road of the human race."

Although no trace of the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi was found, recalling the news he got from the guide of the second city, Li Zhi still had a new understanding of the reputation of the Holy Land of Yao Chi.

The power inherited by the Great Emperor is indeed extraordinary, and even the guides on the ancient road of the human race have to give it some respect.

Since Li Zhi did not find the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi in the third city, he completed the trial of the third city alone.

In the next three years, Li Zhi successively crossed the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighty city gates and completed the trials in each city gate. His Taoism was improved again to a small level and reached the eighth level of a saint.

Unfortunately, when he arrived at the eighth city pass, Li Zhi still did not meet the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi.

Then Li Zhi went to the ninth level of the human race.

As soon as he walked out of the starry sky passage opened up by the five-colored altar, Li Zhi felt a murderous aura.

"Newcomer, follow me quickly." A soldier in armor shouted directly at Li Zhi.

"What happened?" Li Zhi asked.

"The armies of the four tribes, the Light Tribe, the Holy Spirit Tribe, the Winged Tribe, and the Demon Tribe, have already deployed outside the city." said the armored soldier.

"The unrest in the ancient road has actually spread to the ninth city gate." Li Zhi was a little surprised.

Apart from encountering a fleet of evil gods in the starry sky outside the second city, he never encountered any trace of the enemy in the subsequent trials of the ancient city.

But I never expected that I would encounter the crisis of siege as soon as I arrived in the ninth city.

"Didn't the guide who sent you here to support tell you the purpose of this trip?" the soldier asked when he saw that Li Zhi seemed to be unhurried.

"I am not a cultivator sent by the guide to provide support. I am a trial-taker who came from the eighth level." Li Zhi shook his head and explained his identity.

"What, you are a trial-taker?" the soldier asked in surprise.

"What's wrong with the trial-taker?" Li Zhi asked.

"Haha, trial-taker... Never mind, since you are a trial-taker, just find a place to hide in the city. Just don't cause us any trouble." The soldier seemed to have a bad impression of the trial-taker.

"Although I am a trial-taker, the ancient human road is in trouble. How can I sit back and watch? I'd better go to the city wall to take a look at the situation. If the other side has a small number of people and there is no Great Sage leading the team, I may be able to come forward and kill them all." Li Zhi said.

"Just you? You want to kill all the coalition forces of the four tribes?" The soldier looked at Li Zhi in disbelief.

"There is no great sage on the opposite side, but each tribe is led by a strong man who has reached the late stage of Saint King. The number of the enemy's army is about 80,000." The soldier said to Li Zhi, as if wanting him to give up.

“Since there is no Great Sage and their number does not exceed 100,000, I can take action and kill them all outside the city.” Li Zhi said confidently.

But the soldier thought he was bragging.

(End of this chapter)