Chapter 50: May your fortune be as endless as the waters of the East Sea, and your longevity as enduring as the ancient pines of the South Mountain!

This day, Luo Zhou went on a killing spree!

At noon, while assisting the Fifteenth Squad, he encountered eight giant sea turtles.

These giant turtles were each over ten feet long, with golden shells that were incredibly hard. Relying on their immense defense, they acted with absolute tyranny.

Like tanks, they rampaged across the battlefield, and the Fifteenth Squad was completely powerless against them.

Luo Zhou, however, had no patience for their antics. With a slight movement, he struck out with his palm. A rattling sound traveled through the air, surging directly into the sea turtles' shells.

The greatest strength of the rattling sub-sonic waves was their ability to penetrate armor, ignoring all defenses.

The sea turtles were instantly heavily injured.

Luo Zhou struck again; while the shells remained intact, the flesh and blood inside were reduced to a bloody mess, killing them instantly.

The other turtles grew terrified and tried to flee!

Too late. Since you're already here, you might as well stay.

Luo Zhou picked them off one by one, shaking them to death.

For some unknown reason, after killing these eight giant turtles, Luo Zhou felt a tremor throughout his entire body, as if he had gained a mysterious insight!

Yet, he couldn't quite grasp what it was!

However, in the afternoon, Luo Zhou found himself in danger!

A group of Second-Order Sea Race members was quietly attempting to ambush him.

It was a massive group of Second-Order Sea Race members—a specialized assassination squad consisting of eight individuals dedicated solely to hunting Luo Zhou.

They closed in on him stealthily, time and time again, targeting him.

Realizing the situation was bad, Luo Zhou immediately retreated. He preferred to avoid combat rather than give his opponents any opening.

Fortunately, he had *Omniscience*, allowing him to detect them in advance.

Fortunately, he had *Flash Step*, allowing him to turn and flee instantly; he was never once surrounded.

As Luo Zhou fled, dodging five separate ambushes, a voice rang in his ear

"Luo Zhou? This is Guo Yingxin from the Sea Guard Battalion. You must withdraw from the battlefield immediately.

You have become a specific target for the enemy and are being repeatedly ambushed.

You are no longer suited for this combat. Go back and rest; do not come back tomorrow.

If you keep fighting, you will die!

Even if you can escape their ambushes time and again, a single mistake will be the end of you!"

Luo Zhou hadn't expected Battalion Commander Guo to speak directly to him, ordering his withdrawal.

Being a compliant and sensible person, he obeyed and withdrew immediately.

The assassination squad's final attempt was essentially an open pursuit. They chased Luo Zhou all the way to the city walls, only giving up when they were blocked by Qi Refining cultivators.

Luo Zhou returned to the city to collect his rewards. After the three-day battle, he had accumulated 58,600 Broken Spirit Stones.

Looking around, the cultivators in the city all seemed very happy.

This sea beast siege should be over now; after a few more days, they would likely disperse.

There would be at least ten years of peace ahead!

Returning home, Luo Zhou calculated that with this battle and his previous accumulations, he could perform *Spirit Condensation* eight times.

He immediately began the process of Body Refining and Spirit Condensation...

*Evil Palm, Flash Step, Diting, Spiritual Law, Death Curse, Light Law, Spiritual Flash...*

Many of his talents showed no significant changes; they required continuous Spirit Condensation or the burning of a thousand fires.

This time, the *Death Curse* had strengthened again, leaving Luo Zhou lost in thought.

An idea formed in his mind!

Using *Omniscience*, he performed repeated deductions.

So many cultivators and sea beasts had just died like this?

And the bastard who triggered all of this wouldn't pay the price?

Luo Zhou was not resigned to this!

He had to curse him, so that he wouldn't have it easy either!

He thought about this all night. At midnight, in a daze, Luo Zhou suddenly let out a great roar.

The sea turtles he had killed at noon had a name in the ocean: the *Shi Turtle*!

Shi Turtles were born in the East Sea and were long-lived and ageless.

By killing eight Shi Turtles today, he had gained an insight that suddenly surfaced, resulting in a sudden breakthrough.

Luo Zhou's *Hinoki Strongman* appeared, and from within it, a new figure split off!

The *Shi Turtle Strongman*!

*The turtle is auspicious, the turtle is wise, dispelling obsession and resolving doubt. The master is exemplary, upholding righteousness and rectifying errors.*

This was exactly like when he had obtained the *River-Turning Strongman* and the *Sea-Treading Strongman*; Luo Zhou had gained yet another Strongman.

The *Shi Turtle Strongman* possessed three great abilities: *Void Turtle Life*, *Single-Breath Turtle Respiration*, and *Wave-Breaking Turtle Submergence*!

*Void Turtle Life* allowed Luo Zhou to feel as if an invisible turtle shell existed outside his body, watertight and impenetrable. It existed in all directions without needing activation, protecting him constantly.

*Single-Breath Turtle Respiration* was a great technique that allowed Luo Zhou to enter a state of suspended animation, deceiving everyone. He essentially did not need to breathe.

Using this technique to hide in the shadows meant he possessed no life signs, making him extremely difficult to detect.

*Wave-Breaking Turtle Submergence* allowed him to easily part the currents. Whether on the surface, underwater, in the abyss, in rapids, or in slow currents, he could move with ease and freedom.

In the water, he was like a sinking turtle, capable of perfect self-control and mastery over the currents.

However, its true value lay in its synergy with the *Hinoki Strongman*!

*Hinoki*—the eternal pine of the Southern Mountain, possessing the longevity of Songqiao.

Combining the *Shi Turtle* and the *Hinoki*!

*The Shi Turtle and Hinoki combined, automatically birthing a divine ability!*

*May your blessings be as endless as the flowing waters of the East Sea, and your longevity as enduring as the eternal pines of the Southern Mountain!*

Luo Zhou's lifespan surged violently!

With this divine ability, for every day Luo Zhou lived, he gained three days of life expectancy, effectively allowing him to live two extra days for every one.

For an ordinary human, this longevity would have a limit. A Body Refining cultivator would have at most eighty years of life; with this ability, it would be two hundred and forty years.

Upon ascending to the Qi Refining stage, one could live two sexagenary cycles, bringing the lifespan to three hundred and sixty years.

But Luo Zhou possessed the *Demon Lord Holy Body*, which completely broke the laws of humanity. He could not even calculate exactly how much his lifespan would increase.

Lifespan is crucial to cultivators. The three great calamities of the cultivation world are: the exhaustion of lifespan, the failure to break through a realm, and the loss of destiny.

Countless cultivators, families, and sects have been destroyed because of this.

Furthermore, longevity is not just about staying alive; many spells and divine abilities require the consumption of lifespan to activate.

Luo Zhou's *River-Turning Sea-Treading* ability, once it lost the support of his Dantian's True Qi, required one year of lifespan for every use.

Now, he no longer feared it; even if he lost a year, he could quickly make it up.

After a silent night, Luo Zhou woke the next day.

He could no longer participate in the battlefield outside the city.

After some thought, he decided to visit the Dao Academy to see how his classmates were doing.

Dean Zhao was not at the academy; he was guarding the city.

The academy was not deserted; some students had gathered there.

They were all students who had been injured in recent days and had withdrawn from the city defense.

Many had intentionally injured themselves to use it as an excuse to seek refuge.

Such cultivators were of little use on the front lines, so it was better to have them retreat.

Luo Zhou saw Cui Jian there, his left arm in a sling against his chest.

"Senior Brother, are you alright?"

"Isn't that the *Skull-Crushing Hand*? You were injured too?"

Luo Zhou's reputation had already spread!

"The Sea Race is specifically targeting me. Battalion Commander Guo told me to rest."

"It's good that you're okay. Get some rest."

Luo Zhou looked around and asked, "Are our classmates all alright?"

Cui Jian shook his head and said

"Our Third Class has many useless ones; they were all assigned to safe logistics tasks, so they haven't had much trouble. About eight or nine are injured, but no one died.

But Class One and Class Two are powerful, and four of them have already died!

Li Zexi, Huang Ying, Ye Zhiwen, and Gu Hui are all dead."

Luo Zhou frowned; he hadn't expected Li Zexi to be dead.

"What a pity!"

He looked at Cui Jian and suddenly noticed that Cui Jian was at the eighth level of Body Refining, and his divine ability *Erratic Light Carving Gold* and his talent *Swift Walk* were active.

The divine ability *Erratic Light Carving Gold* was no longer in its sealed state; it had been unsealed!

Startled, he couldn't help but ask, "How was *Erratic Light Carving Gold* unsealed?"

"The battlefield changes in an instant. Who has time for seals? We have to worry about surviving first!"

"Wait, how did you know I have the *Erratic Light Carving Gold* divine ability?"

So that was it. It wasn't just him; most of those like Zhang Quan who had hidden divine ability talents had likely unsealed them as well.

Luo Zhou was overjoyed and asked, "Is Zuo Sanguang here?"

It was time to reap the rewards again!

"He faked an injury and ran back on the very first day. He's over there!"

Luo Zhou was extremely happy and went to find Zuo Sanguang.

Before he could even speak, Zuo Sanguang whispered

"Brother Luo, it's over. Great disaster is upon us. We're all going to die!"