Chapter 64: The Hierarchy of Cultivators

  A figure was walking on the official road to Xiangguo Kyoto, neither fast nor slow. However, this figure gave people a very strange feeling at this moment, because every step it took seemed to break through the air, and each step had a distance of 20-30 meters. This person was Zhang Huaming, who came out of the Forest of Death, and the steps he took were the ultimate skill in the martial arts world, shrinking the ground into inches.

  "Bang!" A fierce impact sounded, and a humanoid monster was blown to death by Zhang Huaming's iron fist, its brain bursting out of its head. The monster's blood sprayed out only after it had left.

  "How could a monster's power increase so much in just a short period of time?" Zhang Huaming thought to himself as he rushed along.

  "Huh?" Zhang Huaming stopped in his tracks, a look of surprise on his face as he stared ahead, because his divine sense had already detected that about a hundred humanoid monsters were charging towards him from all directions. But what really made him stop in his tracks was the one humanoid monster standing behind the other hundred, which was different from the others. How to put it? This humanoid monster's scales were different from the others, no, the other humanoid monsters' scales were all dark black, while this humanoid monster's scales were almost white.

  "Mid-tier Martial Reverend's strength?" Zhang Huaming's heart skipped a beat, these humanoid monsters had only appeared on the Martial Continent for how long? And yet they were already going to advance in rank? How was this possible?

  "Roar!" After the white-scaled humanoid monster roared, the surrounding humanoid monsters that were rushing towards Zhang Huaming seemed to have received some kind of command and quickly rushed towards him to launch an attack.

  "Alright, I'll play with you all today." Zhang Huaming's face broke into a smile as he swung his fists at the incoming humanoid monster.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  Ahhh!!!!!!!!!

  Metallic crashes rang out one after another, angry roars erupted in succession.

  "Haha!" Zhang Huaming burst into loud laughter, his fists never stopping for a moment. With his initial-stage Wu Shen strength and these high-stage Wu Zong monsters, the battle was almost like child's play. Of course, this had a lot to do with his incredibly powerful physique.

  After more than ten minutes, there was no humanoid monster that could stand around Zhang Huaming, and the surrounding area was piled up with one corpse after another of humanoid monster skin.

  "Roar!" A thunderous roar shook the heavens and earth.

  "Hehe, can't help it!" Zhang Huaming said with a smile, beckoning to the humanoid monster that was slowly walking towards him.

  "Humans... will... die... very... miserably..."

  "Ah!" Zhang Huaming was stunned for a moment when he heard that this humanoid monster could actually speak, although it spoke in a stuttering manner, but it clearly expressed the entire sentence.

  "Can you speak?"

  "Ha ha, what's so difficult about this? It's just a matter of human nature."

  Zhang Huaming didn't hesitate for a moment, and in the next instant, he suddenly punched out an iron fist.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  The humanoid monster retreated constantly, while Zhang Huaming was one punch after another, fiercely bombarding the humanoid monster.

  Bang! The humanoid monster was blown out by Zhang Huaming like a kite with a broken string.

  Bang! The ground shook slightly.

  "Gah!" The humanoid monster fell to the ground and quickly got up, its long arms waving in front of it, its ferocious face staring fixedly at Zhang Huaming.

  "Good, indeed hard enough." Zhang Huaming said to himself with his hands behind his back. In that brief moment of exchange just now, this humanoid monster was actually hit by him with over a hundred punches, each with a force of 10,000 kilograms!

  Whoa! The humanoid monster actually took the initiative to attack, pouncing towards Zhang Huaming fiercely, and ten black shadows lit up in mid-air.

  "I don't believe you can't be killed." Zhang Huaming was enraged by the humanoid monster's movements, and he steeled himself to see if this humanoid monster had a copper skin and an iron bone.

  Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! A series of impact sounds rang out, Zhang Huaming surrounded the humanoid monster with a whirlwind-like motion, continuously swinging his fists to strike the creature. If someone were to observe him closely at this moment, they would be astonished to discover that every time Zhang Huaming struck the humanoid monster, his fist always landed on exactly the same spot.

  "Die!" Ten minutes later, Zhang Huaming also felt that it was meaningless, so he prepared to end the life of the humanoid monster.

  Bang! A cracking sound rang out, and Zhang Huaming's single fist pierced straight through the humanoid monster's dantian.

  "Not... pos... sible... How... did... you..." The humanoid monster said with a look of unwillingness, but unfortunately his words were not finished, and a burst of black smoke spewed out from his abdomen.

  Zhang Huaming didn't even turn his head to see if the monster was dead, this was also a manifestation of his confidence in his own strength, at this moment he was fascinated by a piece of white scale armor in his hand.

  "This hardness is indeed extraordinary. If it can be melted and cast into a weapon, it should be good." Zhang Huaming thought to himself.

  "Nonsense, kid! You think this scale armor is ordinary? Your idea isn't bad, but unfortunately you haven't cultivated the Three Flavors True Fire yet. Otherwise, you could have melted and forged this scale into a usable weapon. However, this piece of scale armor isn't suitable for forging into your personal weapon."

  "Huh? Old Zhu, how did you know the origin of this shell?" Zhang Huaming was no longer surprised by Old Zhu's sudden appearance and disappearance, his soul was quite casual, completely unlike when they first met.

  "I'm telling you, you don't know, to put it simply, these inhuman monsters are just half-human and half-beast. Young one, don't say I didn't warn you, if you encounter a humanoid monster with full-body pure white armor, be careful and cautious, otherwise you won't even know how you lost your life."

  "Zhu Lao, you're saying that this white armored humanoid monster is something to be careful of? Haha! Are you kidding me? This white armored humanoid monster was also taken down by me." Zhang Huaming said with a smile.

  "You little scoundrel, the one you just killed was still unranked and didn't even understand beastification. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easily taken down by you, would it? What do you think?" Zhen Lao said with disdain, rolling his eyes.

  "Beastification?" Zhang Huaming's eyes widened slightly when he heard this word.

  "Hmm, you little rascal, don't say I didn't warn you in advance. Once these half-beasts transform, their strength will increase by more than double. You'd better be careful."

  "How much more?" Zhang Huaming was shocked when he heard this sentence, and the next moment he still held a thought: "Zhu Lao, how many times is this one time?"

  Zhu Lao seemed to see through Zhang Huaming's mind, and after glancing at him, said: "According to the division of this plane level, if the half-beastman you killed earlier were to beastify, it would be equivalent to a Daoist realm."

  "What's a Taoist? What's this all about?" Zhang Huaming was confused by Zou Lao's words, how did the concept of a Taoist suddenly appear out of nowhere?

  "You're not going to tell me you still don't understand this interface's cultivation level division?" Zhu Lao asked with an incredulous expression.

  "En." Zhang Huaming nodded awkwardly and said: "Zhu Lao, isn't the highest cultivation here either the Martial God Realm or above?"

  "Oh! Buying a coffin." Zhu Lao couldn't help but pat his own forehead, at this moment he had an urge to cry, with a speechless expression he said: "You little rascal, you are the first host I've ever wanted to kill. Listen carefully, after the Martial God level, there's the Dao Disciple, Dao Master, Dao Ancestor, Dao Venerable, Dao Deity, Saint, Great Saint, and Supreme Saint."

  "My god, Zhu Lao, are you saying that I'm only at the initial stage of cultivation?"

  "Nonsense, you're only at the first threshold of a cultivator's journey. Once you can safely pass the Heavenly Punishment Thunder Tribulation, then and only then can you break through to the Martial God Realm and become an existence in the Daoist Realm. Only then will you be considered a true beginner disciple."

  "What's the difference between a martial god and a Taoist then?" Zhang Huaming asked as soon as he heard Zhu Lao's explanation.

  "To put it simply, if a Daoist were to engage in combat with someone who has cultivated the Martial God's technique, it would be equivalent to you currently engaging in combat with someone at the Wu Zong boundary."

  "Ah!" Zhang Huaming heard this sentence, his forehead suddenly turned black.

  "Little one, now you can understand why I told you to be careful!"

  "Thank you, Old Zhu."

  "Alright, I'm tired, I'll take a rest. You, quickly build the Fire Pulse, and when the time comes, I still have a surprise for you." As soon as Zhu Lao's words fell, they immediately disappeared from Zhang Huaming's mind.

  "I must get stronger!" Zhang Huaming clenched his fist tightly and then flashed towards the direction of Xiaguoyi Capital.