Zhang Hao almost pounced in front of that Elder at the fastest speed.
"Hundred Blade Slash!"
"Cold Blade Ice Heart!"
Zhang Hao roared.
The Dual Blade Style rolled up the blade light and slashed down towards that Elder.
"No..."
The Thirteenth Elder was extremely weak at this moment and naturally could no longer resist. He barely managed to prop up his protective True Qi shield.
With Zhang Hao's slash, the Thirteenth Elder was instantly killed, his body torn into pieces.
"Ding dong! Congratulations Player Zhang Hao for killing the Heavenly Demon Sect's Thirteenth Elder. Experience points 20000000, True Qi 2000000, Frenzy Energy 10." The System's notification sound rang out.
"Ding dong! Congratulations Player Zhang Hao for obtaining extinction stone +3."
"Ding dong! Congratulations Player Zhang Hao for completing the System upgrade mission. Level upgraded. Current level: Martial Emperor Realm First Heavenly Layer!"
"Ding dong! Congratulations Player Zhang Hao for upgrading. Current level: Martial Emperor Realm Second Heavenly Layer."
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"Finally upgraded, hahaha, I'm also a Martial Emperor now. Let's see who is the youngest Martial Emperor. Xiao Long, you advanced to Martial Emperor at twenty-one, but Young Master advanced to Martial Emperor at eighteen. Let's see who is more awesome. Who is the ant?" Zhang Hao roared.
Zhang Hao now wished he could kill his way to the Ziyang Sect and fight Xiao Long. Of course, he hadn't completely lost his mind. Xiao Long, as a peerless Genius with Nine Spiritual Roots, had now entered the Sun Moon Mysterious Pool. His cultivation would likely improve even faster. Zhang Hao felt that after the other party came out, he might even become a Martial Venerable. At that time, the gap between himself and the other party would still be huge.
"No, I can't fight a battle without confidence. In the next six months, I must upgrade my cultivation to Martial Venerable, or at least Half-Step Martial Lord." Zhang Hao muttered.
Of course, Zhang Hao's cultivation didn't have the Half-Step Martial Lord Realm. But Body Refinement did have this Realm. At worst, he might need to raise his Body Refinement to this Realm.
It's just that upgrading his Realm now wasn't so easy. What should he do?
"Ding dong! The System has issued an upgrade mission. The Player must upgrade the System to 3.0 within three months. The conditions required for the System upgrade are in the System panel; the Player can view them themselves." The System's notification sound rang out.
"Uh..."
Zhang Hao was stunned for a moment. Version 3.0?
Then, Zhang Hao became ecstatic. The System hadn't been upgraded for a long time. System upgrades brought many benefits. Heh heh, for example, the last upgrade. The System created the System Store. Now upgrading to version 3.0, he wondered what new functions would appear? Zhang Hao became very expectant.
Zhang Hao immediately entered the System and saw on the System panel what was needed to complete this System upgrade mission.
This time, the System upgrade required three things: dragon marrow, phoenix blood stone, and top grade crystal stone.
As soon as he saw these three things, Zhang Hao almost popped his eyes out.
Top grade crystal stone was okay. But the problem was, Zhang Hao had only seen high-grade crystal stones. He had never even seen superior grade crystal stones. Let alone top grade crystal stone. He didn't even know what the so-called top grade crystal stone looked like.
As for phoenix blood stone, it was said to be the weeping blood of a Phoenix before its Nirvana. It was the most precious essence blood, extremely valuable. A Martial Warrior with Phoenix Bloodline, as long as they obtained a drop of a Phoenix's essence blood, could make their Bloodline regress halfway.
Zhang Hao didn't know what dragon marrow was. But as soon as Zhang Hao heard the name, he knew it was extremely precious. Zhang Hao wanted to get it. He knew it would definitely be very difficult. But no matter how precious, Zhang Hao had to strive for it. Otherwise, if he couldn't upgrade, he wouldn't only be unable to get more powerful functions, but the punishment would also be very terrifying.
Zhang Hao looked at the System's reward and punishment measures.
Mission: System Upgrade 3.0
Mission Attribute: Mandatory Mission
Mission Time Limit: Three months
Success Reward: Consecutive three level ups
Mission Failure: Marry ten of the ugliest women on the True Martial Continent,
Zhang Hao was instantly terrified. And it was bone-chilling! This was more effective than any punishment. The ugliest women on the True Martial Continent, this was unimaginable. When he was on Earth, he would have nightmares just seeing the ugliest woman in his grandmother's village. Let alone the ugliest women on the True Martial Continent. And there were ten of them. That probably couldn't even be described as ugly anymore. It was simply deformed.
However, the System's reward was also quite good. Consecutive three level ups.
One must know that upon reaching the Martial Emperor Realm, each level up required hundreds of millions of experience points. Only by killing Martial Emperors could he get enough experience. And they had to be of a higher level than himself. But where in the Northern Region were there so many Martial Emperors for him to kill? It was estimated that even if he slaughtered all the Martial Emperors from the Ten Great Sects plus the Heavenly Demon Sect, it might not necessarily allow him to upgrade to Martial Venerable.
Therefore, Zhang Hao felt that this reward from the System was simply a temptation. If he could get three consecutive level ups when he upgraded to Martial Emperor Realm Sixth Heavenly Layer, that would be perfect. Why not upgrade when he reached Martial Emperor Realm Ninth Heavenly Layer? That was naturally because upon reaching Martial Emperor Realm Ninth Heavenly Layer, wanting to upgrade to Martial Venerable would likely require him to complete another upgrade mission.
It's just, where should he go now to find these three treasures?
Zhang Hao was indeed a bit conflicted at this moment. Suddenly, he remembered that he had previously obtained a treasure map. The location marked on that treasure map should allow him to find some treasures.
He had already pieced together the five fragments of that treasure map. Now he should be able to complete the collection.
The System seemed to sense Zhang Hao's thoughts.
"Ding dong! Treasure map fragment detected! Do you want to piece together the complete treasure map?" The System's notification sound rang out.
"Piece together!"
Zhang Hao silently chanted.
"Ding dong! Congratulations Player Zhang Hao, successfully pieced together the treasure map. The Player can retrieve it in the System space." The System's notification sound rang out.
Zhang Hao immediately entered the System space.
Inside the System's space, Zhang Hao found the treasure map. This was a treasure map made of parchment, giving off a sense of ancient weightiness at first glance.
It's just, where exactly was the location marked on this treasure map? Although the treasure map was complete, Zhang Hao still couldn't quite understand it. After all, the characters on it were not the common script used in the Northern Region. They were somewhat like the oracle bone script from Earth.
"Damn it, could it be that the treasure map I finally managed to piece together is useless?" Zhang Hao was a bit depressed at this moment.
Right, Young Master has a knowledge seeking stone. Let's use the knowledge seeking stone to figure it out.
"Ding dong! knowledge seeking stone detected! Do you want to use it?" The System's notification sound rang out.
"Use it!" Zhang Hao silently chanted in his heart.
"Player, please ask the question you want to ask." The System's notification sound rang out.
"I want to know the location marked on the treasure map!" Zhang Hao said.
"Western Ridge Kingdom!"
Three characters appeared on the knowledge seeking stone.
This place name sounded quite unfamiliar! Zhang Hao was a bit taken aback. But he was still depressed; this scope was too large.
"What place in the Western Ridge Kingdom?" Zhang Hao asked again.
