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Chapter 446: Chapter 97: The Strongest in the County? Divine Descendants!
Deserted Island.
Jiang Ning stood upon the rocks,
glancing at his own status panel.
[Divinity]: 4
[Authority]: Flesh Regeneration (half-missing 1.2%) Divine Descendants’ Favored (fragment, extremely fragmentary.)
He still had four points of divinity, and the authority of Flesh Regeneration had changed from having a gap to being half-missing, allowing it to transform once again.
Then his gaze fell on the Divine Descendants’ Favored.
Add points!
As his thoughts moved,
a prompt immediately appeared before him.
[The authority of Divine Descendants’ Favored is too shattered to infuse Divinity and restore the authority.]
Seeing this, Jiang Ning shook his head slightly.
Then, he added points again.
The four points of divinity disappeared in an instant.
Flesh Regeneration also managed to break through.
[Authority]: Flesh Regeneration (half-missing 13.12%) Divine Descendants’ Favored (fragment, extremely fragmentary.)
"I still need approximately eighty to ninety points of divinity!"
Having done some simple calculations, Jiang Ning shook his head.
A finger of the Blood and Flesh God had only absorbed five points of divinity.
The statue worshipped in the City God Temple had only absorbed one point of divinity.
Even the statue hidden in the Golden Box and nurtured with the Hundred Spirit Blood had only absorbed five points of divinity.
Eighty to ninety points of divinity.
He would have to slay gods to achieve that.
[Divine Descendants’ Favored]: Blessing of Blood and Flesh, can enhance the progress of the favored’s physical body, allowing control over the Divine Descendants (Note: This authority is extremely fragmentary, effect is weak, and further collection from other gods is required.)
After glancing again at the explanation for Divine Descendants’ Favored, he immediately closed the panel.
"A weak effect still means it has effect!"
"If that’s the case, then let’s try it on someone!"
Having prepared himself,
a smile appeared on his face.
"This harvest is good!"
He then set off, ready to return.
...
A long time later,
he arrived back on Rough Stone Beach.
Looking back in the direction of the deserted island, he slowly withdrew his gaze.
No one knew that deep in Luoshui Lake,
a peak battle had just taken place.
Two Fifth Grade Internal Strength Martial Artists from the God Worship Sect died in the depths of Luoshui Lake.
Either of them, if brought to the county town, would be a top-tier powerhouse in their own right.
Even if Hong Minghu came in person, he may not be able to defeat either of them.
Those two Fifth Grade Internal Strength Martial Artists from the God Worship Sect, as the favored of the Blood and Flesh God, once transformed, would be beings invincible below the peak of Fifth Grade.
Jiang Ning knew well that after this battle, having tested his own strength, he was now the strongest in Luoshui County.
Even if Hong Minghu came, he would be no match for him.
He could slay the Six-Armed Divine Descendant, the Wind God Envoy of the God Worship Sect, and make Guardian Xing wait for execution—so Minghu stood no chance against him.
Suddenly,
an image flashed in his mind.
The old woman from the Internal Affairs Office of the Inspection Office, who Hong Minghu respectfully called Granny Bai.
"Perhaps, she’s the first!"
Jiang Ning murmured to himself.
Then he smiled.
"First or second isn’t important!"
"What’s important is that my strength has made significant progress!"
"Below the Peak of Fifth Grade, I am unbeaten!"
"In my home ground, below the Peak of Fifth Grade, I am invincible!"
"In my home ground, even at the Peak of Fifth Grade, I have no fear!"
After this battle, Jiang Ning was filled with confidence.
Especially after entering the water, reaching his domain.
It was as if he had stepped into his own territory.
In water, even if a Fifth Grade Internal Strength Martial Artist burst their Inner Breath, they could be unafraid of the assault from the water.
But the ever-present undercurrents could greatly restrict the opponent’s every move,
giving him the advantage of ground.
As for whether he could defeat someone at the Peak of Fifth Grade in water, he had no assurance.
After all, he had only seen one such powerhouse to date.
That was the Valley Master of Medicine King Valley, Lu Qingshan.
This person was a Peak of Fifth Grade powerhouse renowned throughout Dongling County.
Across the whole Dongling County, those stronger than him could be counted on one’s fingers.
As for Grandmasters, according to the Inspection Office system reports, there was only one Martial Arts Grandmaster in the entire Dongling County.
Such dragon-like elusive powerhouses could be ignored.
What really mattered was the Peak of Fifth Grade.
Because in Jiang Ning’s view, if the Qinghe Marquis Mansion was determined to deal with him, the strongest person they could invite was probably at the Peak of Fifth Grade.
As for existences above Fifth Grade,
the Qinghe Marquis Mansion had long since declined.
Trying to invite such figures would cost too much in terms of favors and price.
Even if the murder of He Jinyun was an indisputable fact, it was almost impossible to invite such a personage.
The most likely would be a Peak of Fifth Grade existence.
Having not witnessed such a powerhouse’s actions, he had no concrete understanding of the true strength at the Peak of Fifth Grade.
He only knew a bit from the description in books.
One Qi can slay a thousand troops!
If this statement was true, it conveyed the terrifying lethality of a Peak of Fifth Grade.
A thousand armored soldiers wielding sharp weapons, spread out over at least two to three hundred meters on a battlefield.
The one Qi spoken of in the books isn’t a single breath, but a wave of Sword Qi.
One wave of Sword Qi, extending two to three hundred meters, could slay a thousand soldiers composed of armed Martial Artists.
Martial Artists with successful Refining Skin have skin as hard as copper, and armed and armored, are akin to real cast copper statues.
Such beings, any one of them placed in his previous life, would require a barrage of gunfire to kill.
Yet before one at the Peak of Fifth Grade, they could be slain with a single sword strike.
Every time he thought of this description, Jiang Ning felt incredulous.
Especially today, having exchanged blows with two individuals below the Peak of Fifth Grade, he found it even more unbelievable.
Does a single step difference truly make such a vast difference?
Or is it that one Qi can slay a thousand troops, not something any Peak of Fifth Grade powerhouse could achieve?
