Alien Demon Battlefield, Leaving the City!

The next day, the blazing sun hung high in the sky, sending wave after wave of heat rolling down.

The entire Cloud City awakened beneath those sweltering waves.

Lu Sheng climbed out of bed. After taking a moment to clear his head, he went into the bathroom to wash up.

Although it was the weekend and the Martial Arts Class had no training scheduled, Lan Linglong was keeping an eye on Lu Sheng at Heaven and Earth Dojo every moment of every day.

In Lan Linglong's words, Lu Sheng was still far too weak. As Kong Yunzhang's disciple, if such meager cultivation were to get out, it would disgrace the entire Heaven and Earth Dojo.

Lu Sheng was somewhat helpless about that, but there was nothing he could do.

So today, he still had to go to Heaven and Earth Dojo to train.

Before long, Lu Sheng had packed his things and headed for Heaven and Earth Dojo.

"Third Senior Brother!"

"Morning, Third Senior Brother!"

"You're here, Third Senior Brother!"

The moment he entered Heaven and Earth Dojo, the Outer Disciples all smiled and greeted Lu Sheng, regardless of their age.

Over the past half month, Lu Sheng had grown thoroughly familiar with everyone at Heaven and Earth Dojo.

Just as Lan Linglong had said, they... were a family!

Lu Sheng smiled and returned each greeting before making his way into the training hall.

When he entered, Lan Linglong was already waiting for him inside. Yet something about her left Lu Sheng rather surprised...

Lan Linglong usually wore loose, casual clothes, but today...

She was dressed in a fitted combat training uniform.

The close-fitting outfit traced every curve of Lan Linglong's alluring figure.

Her proportions were perfect. Though Lu Sheng and Lan Linglong had become quite familiar with one another, he still could not help touching the tip of his nose.

He kept his gaze fixed on his nose, not daring to look at Lan Linglong's body.

"You're here?"

Lan Linglong seemed not to notice anything unusual about him and merely asked.

Lu Sheng nodded, then asked curiously, "Senior Sister, are you wearing this because something's happening today?"

Such a change in style clearly meant something was up.

Lan Linglong glanced at Lu Sheng with a smile. "It's not that I have something to do. It's that... you do!"

"Me?"

Lu Sheng was puzzled. What could he possibly have to do?

Lan Linglong gave a faint laugh. "Your progress has been pretty good lately, but the opponents you've faced have either been the Martial Arts Class's puppets or the junior brothers in the dojo."

"Even when the junior brothers spar with you, they stop at the right point. But as a martial artist—especially one as talented as you—you'll inevitably enter the Alien Demon Battlefield someday and fight Demons to the death!"

"When that time comes, every day will be a life of licking blood from the edge of a blade. With your current combat experience... you'd be nothing more than cannon fodder if you entered the Alien Demon Battlefield!"

Hearing Lan Linglong's words, Lu Sheng's expression grew somewhat more solemn.

The Alien Demon Battlefield!

Several hundred years ago, Dimensional Rifts suddenly descended upon Blue Star, and Demons were born.

But Blue Star also ushered in the Spiritual Energy Revival, giving birth to martial artists. It was precisely because of that that humanity on Blue Star had not been completely wiped out by the Demons' invasion.

Even so, the Demons remained a sword hanging over the head of every human on Blue Star.

And the Alien Demon Battlefield was where humanity on Blue Star resisted the Demons.

There... human martial artists died every moment of every day, and blood had become the Alien Demon Battlefield's only hue.

Martial artists enjoyed exceptionally high status and treatment in human society on Blue Star. Yet likewise, once every martial artist reached a certain age and cultivation level, they had to enter the Alien Demon Battlefield.

Blue Star invested heavily in cultivating martial artists and even spared no expense in establishing Martial Arts Academies, all to nurture more and stronger martial artists capable of resisting Demons on the Alien Demon Battlefield.

Lu Sheng was only a senior high school student now, but sooner or later, he too would enter the Alien Demon Battlefield and fight the Demons.

At that thought, Lu Sheng's expression became even more solemn.

"Then Senior Sister means..."

Lu Sheng looked at Lan Linglong.

Lan Linglong's delicate brows rose slightly, and a mischievous smile appeared on her stunning face.

"Of course... I'm going to let you get a good look at blood!"

Cloud City, East Gate!

Lu Sheng, now dressed in a white combat uniform, followed behind Lan Linglong as they headed beyond the East Gate.

At the gate stood martial artists in military uniforms, their expressions stern as they watched the entrance, as though keeping lookout for something.

The moment Lu Sheng saw the city gate, he understood what Lan Linglong meant by letting him see blood.

His senior sister... was taking him out of the city!

Although the greatest threat to humanity on Blue Star was the Demons within the dimensional rifts hanging in the heavens, the Spiritual Energy Revival had not only given birth to martial artists among humanity.

The animals living in the wilderness had also gradually evolved under the Spiritual Energy Revival, becoming more powerful beings.

Nourished by spiritual energy, these animals had long since become impervious to blades and bullets, while the ferocity in their blood had been fully awakened by evolution.

Humanity on Blue Star named such creatures Fierce Beasts!

And these Fierce Beasts had become one of the threats to humanity's survival apart from Demons.

However, compared with those Demons, these Fierce Beasts were far less dangerous. Even ordinary humans could avoid Fierce Beast attacks so long as they did not casually leave the city gates.

Thus, the moment Lu Sheng saw the city gate, he knew what Lan Linglong intended for him to do.

Leave the city!

Hunt Fierce Beasts!!!

Rather than feeling the slightest panic, Lu Sheng instead felt a surge of excitement rise within him.

He had been in this world for a month already and had even become a Blood Qi Realm martial artist.

Yet Lu Sheng had never seen blood before!

Lu Sheng followed behind Lan Linglong toward the city gate.

When they reached it, Lan Linglong took out a token Lu Sheng had never seen before and handed it to the Military martial artists guarding the gate.

Lu Sheng then saw the two Military martial artists reveal respectful expressions. They returned the token to Lan Linglong with utmost courtesy and even saluted her.

They then let them pass.

Lu Sheng did not pay much attention to it. After all, Lan Linglong was one of fewer than twenty Viscera Refining Realm martial artists in Cloud City!

Such treatment was only to be expected.

Once outside the city gates, Lu Sheng breathed in the fresh scent of the air, and his mind unconsciously relaxed somewhat.

"Do you know what we're going to do?"

Lan Linglong's voice rang out.

"Mm!"

Lu Sheng nodded.

"Are you afraid?"

"Not afraid. In fact..."

Lu Sheng paused, a smile appearing on his face.

"I'm even a little excited!!"