The Fourth Disaster: People become gods through high martial arts and gaming

Chapter 197 Light in the Dark

"AAA-level mission?"

"How come the main quest can be dynamically upgraded?"

"Does the game developer think we haven't had enough challenges yet, and they're planning to increase the difficulty here?"

The players were all surprised to see the sudden mission warning on their smartwatches, not expecting the game's mission difficulty to increase.

"It seems this is the final test of the main quest." Fang Zhen looked at the continuous rumbling sounds coming from afar, and could clearly feel the strong vibrations coming from there. He licked his lips and said, "The boss battle is probably just ahead."

"This mission is to protect the safety of the martial arts gym's NPCs: the gym owner and the new instructor. We'll split into two groups: one to assist the gym owner, and the other to assist the instructor. If one group can't hold out, the other group will quickly provide support," Luo Wushang said.

“I agree. It’s probably more dangerous for the head of the martial arts school. A few of us with physiques close to intermediate-level martial artists will stay with the head of the school, while the rest of us will stay with the instructors,” Ye Qinglu said.

Immediately, Luo Wushang and the others assigned personnel, with Luo Wushang, Ye Qinglu, Li Ranxing, and Fang Zhen following Lin Qi at all times, and the other six following Meng Wei.

As the caravan of over five hundred martial artists drew ever closer to the center of the commotion, they grew increasingly alarmed.

The forest was littered with signs of battle, signs that were clearly not the work of a martial artist at the Refining Organs Realm. Even the terrain had been altered.

Moreover, there were corpses of monsters and city garrison members everywhere, indicating that the city garrison had clearly engaged in a fierce battle with the monster horde.

"Something's wrong! Something's not right!" Morton looked at the monsters and people lying dead in the woods and said gravely, "The signs of battle here aren't recent, and these monsters and people have been dead for quite some time. Judging by the number of the garrison, at least one convoy of the garrison has died here. Everyone be careful!"

"Was more than one convoy wiped out?" Lin Qi, who was following along, couldn't help but observe the surrounding situation.

It was discovered that at least one convoy had indeed been wiped out. Although it was already dark, a large number of B6 armored personnel carriers that had been knocked down and destroyed could still be vaguely seen in the distance, which was clearly inconsistent with the fierce battle reports coming from the center.

If that's the case, then their current situation is quite dangerous. After all, these convoys have proven that these monsters are capable of wiping out convoys, and not just one.

"We're here!" Vice-Captain Rex suddenly shouted. "Everyone, advance in the agreed-upon battle formation. No matter what happens, do not stray from the formation, or you will face certain death!"

With the order from the vice-captain, Rex, the mid-level and above martial artists, led by Morton, stood at the front, while the other low-level martial artists stood in the back, carefully guarding their surroundings, and quickly charged towards the convoy, which was already locked in a stalemate.

At this moment, although there were no Bone Forging Realm warriors in the convoy attacked by the monsters, most of the city garrison members were still alive, and there were still more than 300 warriors accompanying them. After seeing the reinforcements, they all broke through towards the reinforcements.

Lin Qi also spotted some familiar members of the faction in the attacked convoy.

Warriors from four factions: the Gorilla Gang, North O, Peven, and Bane.

However, the warriors of these four major forces are in a rather sorry state. All of them together number only fourteen, which is more than a third less than the number of people that can be found on the surface.

"Truly worthy of being one of the four major forces that have stood strong in the suburbs for so many years, they even have two high-level martial artists." Lin Qi looked at a towering red-haired gorilla and a somewhat hunched old man in the crowd and couldn't help but marvel at the strength of the four major forces.

Among the various forces in the suburbs, it's already quite good if they can even have martial artists in charge. Forces with mid-level martial artists are incredibly powerful. The Gorilla Gang and the North Ao Family even have high-level martial artists hidden within them. If they were to take another step forward, they could even establish themselves in the city.

However, the situation of the warriors from the four major forces was not good at this time.

Although there were two high-level martial artists, both of whom were wearing B4-level armor, the team also had a total of five mid-level martial artists, making them no less powerful than a small squad of the city garrison.

However, facing a large swarm of mid-level Golden-Winged Serpent monsters, even two high-level martial artists working together could only manage to hold off five or six at best. The remaining seven were simply beyond the capabilities of five mid-level and seven low-level martial artists. "Uncle Wright, save me!"

With his entire body covered in golden fur and wearing B2-level armor, Beth managed to block an attack from a golden winged snake with his heavy shield. Then, another golden winged snake lashed out with its tail, its force so great that even a mid-level monster like the Wind-Seeking Wolf could be sent flying. It was simply beyond the capabilities of Beth, a beginner-level martial artist.

The red-haired gorilla Wright suddenly appeared in front of Beth, and blocked the attack with his B3-level heavy shield.

boom!
The massive snake tail collided with the heavy shield, and Wright staggered back half a step before regaining his balance, but his expression was extremely grim.

"Damn it! How can there be so many golden-winged snakes? We can't kill them all." Wright frowned as he watched a large number of golden-winged snakes rush out of the woods not far away.

Since their convoy was attacked and they have been fighting ever since, he and Katewin of North O have killed no fewer than ten Golden Winged Serpents, and the various squads of the city garrison have killed even more.

So far, at least three hundred Golden Winged Serpents have been killed, but their numbers have not decreased; in fact, they are increasing.

Even if reinforcements arrive now, if the fight continues like this, not to mention beginner-level martial artists like Beth, even advanced-level martial artists like them will probably die.

"Wright, you're too far away from me. I can't handle so many Golden Winged Serpents by myself!" Kadwin, who had just managed to fend off four Golden Winged Serpents, couldn't help but shout.

As a high-level martial artist, he was only wearing B4-grade armor. He could only withstand the attack of three Golden Winged Serpents at a time. He couldn't defend against the attack of four Golden Winged Serpents.

Wright saw this and stepped forward, his heavy shield blocking once more, holding one of them back and making things a little easier for Kadwin.

"Wright, we can't keep fighting like this. We need to abandon what we should abandon and quickly move towards reinforcements, or we'll all die together," Kadwin whispered, glancing at the few more golden-winged snakes rushing up from a distance.

With their strength as high-level martial artists, if they were truly focused on escaping, more than a dozen golden-winged snakes wouldn't be able to stop them at all. The reason they've held out until now is entirely because Wright is protecting Beth, a beginner-level martial artist.

Wright hesitated for a moment after hearing this, while Bass, who also heard it, became nervous.

"Patriarch, among the people coming to provide support, there seem to be some from the Obsidian Martial Arts School." The giant Drok, a mid-level martial artist, looked at the crowd of people coming to provide support in the distance and suddenly spotted some familiar figures, so he couldn't help but say.

"Obsidian Martial Arts School? What a small world." Kadwin glanced at the crowd of reinforcements coming from afar and chuckled, "I thought only the four of us would be finished this time. It seems that Obsidian Martial Arts School is not so lucky either. They are trapped in the Golden Winged Serpent's encirclement and will be worn down to death here just like us."

Although their chances of getting out alive are slim, the sight of the rival Obsidian Martial Arts School here offers some comfort.

As soon as the support team arrived, nearly half of the nearly three hundred Golden Winged Snakes that were originally surrounding and killing them suddenly rushed towards the support team, with more than fifteen of them directly attacking Lin Qi's team.

"Damn it! How can there be so many!" Morton felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at the fifteen golden-winged snakes charging towards him.

Although their team had four high-level martial artists, they were only capable of fighting twelve or thirteen at a time. After all, the Golden Winged Serpent was stronger than the Wind-Seeking Wolf, which was also at the mid-level. Its skin was harder than diamond, and a single sweep of its tail could exert at least ten tons of force, which was something that mid-level martial artists could not withstand.

The fifteen golden-winged snakes were less than fifty meters apart, and given their speed, it wouldn't even take a second.

At that moment, Morton suddenly saw beams of crimson light shoot out from behind him, illuminating the darkness and striking the Golden-Winged Serpent in the blink of an eye.

The golden-winged serpent's indestructible skin was pierced through, along with its head, leaving behind several bowl-sized bloody holes.

Just after those crimson beams ended, more than half of the fifteen golden-winged snakes collapsed on the spot, leaving only five. Each of them had golden vertical pupils several times larger than copper bells, and they all stared at the fallen golden-winged snakes, their pupils filled with an unusual look of terror...

(End of this chapter)