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

Chapter 203 The Birth of the Second Extraordinary Martial Technique (Parts 1 & 2 Combined)

City of Light, White Feather Shop on the outskirts.

In the already small rooftop training room, more than twenty martial artists, whose vital energy was dissipating and almost solidifying, gathered together. The dense vital energy gathered in the room made Mans, who had just advanced to the initial stage of martial arts, feel a great sense of pressure.

"Master, who are these people?" Mans looked at the warriors in the room, all dressed in black cloaks and wearing masks, completely concealing their faces, and was filled with astonishment.

Although the martial artists in front of me have concealed their appearances, judging from their qi and blood, the weakest of them are probably mid-level martial artists, and the stronger ones may even be more than mid-level martial artists.

With more than twenty martial artists gathered together, they could probably wipe out the White Feather Gang, which currently only has eight martial artists, without any problem.

“Mans, you’re here. Perfect timing, let me introduce you.” Isaac said with a smile as Mans walked into the room. “These are all wanderers who have lived in the City of Light for many years. This time, because of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy’s crazy cleanup of the city’s wanderers, the wanderers’ businesses have been disrupted, so they plan to cooperate with us.”

"Are all these people going to cooperate with us?" Mans glanced at the twenty-odd wanderers present, his astonishment turning into horror.

No one knows exactly how many wanderers there are in the City of Light, but everyone knows that the number of wanderers is definitely over 100,000, and among them, there are probably several wanderers whose strength has reached the level of martial artists.

However, in retrospect, people's previous assessments of the wanderers' strength were completely wrong.

More than twenty mid-level or higher wanderers are far inferior to even the top two forces recognized in the suburbs.

“That’s right,” Isaac laughed. “Didn’t the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy say they were going to build a town on Crimson Moon Mountain? We’ll go and support the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy then.”

"Boss! Lin Qi is a master of the Bone Forging Realm. Even if we all join forces, we probably wouldn't be enough to kill him alone." Mans became anxious upon hearing this.

Now everyone in the City of Light knows that Lin Qi, the master of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, is a Bone Forging Realm expert. Many forces in the suburbs are too busy currying favor with him. Sending a group of Visceral Refining Realm martial artists to cause trouble would be tantamount to suicide.

“All of us combined are indeed no match for a Bone Forging Realm cultivator.” Isaac smiled at Mans and said with great agreement, “But this time, the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy has taken too big a step. Do they think that building a town is so easy? If it were really that easy to build a town in the wild just by having a Bone Forging Realm cultivator and a small energy vein, who knows how many towns there would be in the wild.”

Each city is built on a large energy vein. With such a large energy vein, it is not difficult to create smaller ones. This is something that almost all the high-ranking officials in the city are aware of.

However, the number of towns in the wilderness has neither increased nor decreased over the decades. Even when a town is destroyed by a horde of small monsters, it is simply rebuilt in the same place.

The various factions that have been entrenched in the city for decades understand why this is the case; it's a kind of balance and tacit understanding between the cities.

The Obsidian Martial Arts Academy's plan to establish a new town may seem like a minor matter to experts at the Bone Forging Realm, but it is actually a major event that could alarm major cities.

Especially now, the activity of wild monsters is incredibly active, and their numbers have increased many times over. The benefits and influence that each wild town can bring are much greater than before. Major cities will definitely not sit idly by. Wanxing City, which is closest to Crimson Moon Mountain, even if it doesn't directly kill Lin Qi, who is at the Bone Forging Realm, will give the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall a strong warning, such as constantly sending people to harass the Crimson Moon Town under construction, making it impossible for Crimson Moon Town to be established.

"Boss, do you mean to secretly assist Wanxing City in dealing with the people from the Obsidian Martial Arts School in the wild?" Mans immediately understood Isaac's meaning after hearing this.

“That’s right. You’re very familiar with the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy and Crimson Moon Mountain. I’ll leave this matter entirely to you.” Isaac nodded. “Next, I need to break through to the intermediate level as soon as possible, and then improve my ranking in the Crimson Moon Merchant Guild.”

"Boss, don't worry, I guarantee that those people from the Obsidian Martial Arts School who are out in the wild will never return," Mans assured him excitedly.

With over twenty mid-level or higher martial artists, plus several from their White Feather Gang, this strength, combined with the intelligence gathered by their large numbers of men in the wilderness, meant that even without the people from Wanxing City sabotaging the construction of Red Moon Town, he was confident he could force the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy to withdraw from Red Moon Mountain.

Even if someone is at the Bone Forging Realm, they are still just one person. The wilderness is vast. When the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy builds Crimson Moon Town, they will definitely send a large number of people between the city and Crimson Moon Town. There will be countless opportunities to make a move. Moreover, the wilderness is not like the city; there are no restrictions. They can completely eliminate the martial artists of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy and greatly weaken the Academy.

Many martial artists from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy have died, and Lin Qi, a mere Bone Forging Realm martial artist, can't do anything about it.

While the White Feather Gang was making its plans, all the major forces in the City of Light were also astonished by the Obsidian Martial Arts School's grand scheme. They never expected that the Obsidian Martial Arts School, having just taken over the territory of the four major forces in the suburbs, would intend to build a town in the wilderness.

Moreover, this town is located on Crimson Moon Mountain, which is less than 300 kilometers away from Wanxing City. This is practically an attempt to seize territory from Wanxing City, and Wanxing City will absolutely not tolerate such a thing happening.

However, the various forces in the City of Light felt a sense of tension and astonishment, while the nomadic people who came to the City of Light to trade were overjoyed.

"Is the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, which has a Bone Forging Realm martial artist in charge, going to establish Crimson Moon Town?"

“I’ve been to Crimson Moon Mountain. It’s a great place. Many nomads sell their wild catches there. There are over five thousand stalls on Crimson Moon Mountain alone. If it were developed into a town, it would be just as good as living in the suburbs of City of Light.”

"Comparable to living in the suburbs of the City of Light? I wonder what the recruitment requirements are for the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy? Is there a chance for intermediate apprentices to join?"

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For a time, the undocumented vagrants who came to sell their goods in the major markets on the outskirts of the city were all talking about the Obsidian Martial Arts School, and they were filled with longing for the Red Moon Town where the Obsidian Martial Arts School was to be established.

In the past, when there were fewer monsters in the wild, it was relatively safe for people to live in the wild. After years of exploration, many safe spots had been discovered. As long as people lived and rested in these safe spots, there were generally no problems. Moreover, they could better explore the wild and grow blood rice. They could also dig up some ores and plants that wild gangs didn't want and sell them. Their lives were not much worse than those in the abandoned areas of the city.

Many undocumented homeless people are willing to live in abandoned areas simply because they have a job in the suburbs that provides them with a stable monthly income, or they can take on odd jobs to make a living.

However, the number of monsters in the wild has surged, and many of the original safe spots in the wild are no longer safe. The abandoned area is not big enough for a large number of undocumented vagrants to live in. If they live too far from the abandoned area, which is also the range of monster activity, it can be said that many undocumented vagrants are now in a state of great anxiety.

In many abandoned areas right now, there are conflicts between different races fighting for territory. Some weaker races in the abandoned areas have even been driven out of the abandoned areas, while only the originally powerful races still have enough abandoned areas to live in.

Now, Crimson Moon Mountain, which is only a little over 100 kilometers away from City of Light, is about to become a town, and as long as you join the Obsidian Martial Arts School, you can bring your family to stay for free. How could this not excite, thrill, and ecstatic the undocumented vagrants?

It continued until the early morning of the next day.

The area in front of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy in the abandoned area was packed with people, completely filling the entire human abandoned area. More than 90% of these undocumented vagrants wanted to join the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, while less than 10% came to take the opportunity to do business, turning the huge human abandoned area into a place that was much more lively than a suburban market.

"The number of people has increased dramatically. In just one night, it has increased to 10,000. If we hadn't occupied the territory of those four major powers, these people would have nowhere to stay." Lin Qi glanced at the martial arts hall's roulette wheel, which had gained seven more draws, and couldn't help but be amazed by the town's recruitment effect.

Just as Lin Qi was preparing to draw a spell in the early morning to see his luck, he suddenly heard a system notification.

System: Player Lu Fanchen has created the eighth level of martial arts. Congratulations, host, for triggering the advanced hidden quest 'Path to the Extraordinary' and completing two extraordinary martial arts. You only need one more extraordinary martial arts to complete the quest. "What's going on? Wasn't Lu Fanchen collecting molten crystals underground?" Lin Qi looked at the system prompt with surprise, completely unable to understand how collecting some molten crystals underground could lead to the creation of an extraordinary martial arts.

But inside a metal hall, some unknown depths beneath the martial arts school.

"I hurt him! I finally hurt him!"

Lu Fanchen, covered in blood and with one arm completely carbonized, looked at the tall human man in front of him, who was three meters tall and had many cracks all over his body. Even though his own aura was extremely weak, his eyes burned with an unprecedented fire, his excitement and agitation beyond words.

"It's incredible! Lu Fanchen actually recreated that move!" Lin Xinyao, who was at the entrance, stared wide-eyed at the dying Lu Fanchen, looking at him as if he were a monster.

"Truly worthy of being recognized as the two most talented individuals in the pilgrimage." Li Tianxing looked at Lu Fanchen, his fists clenching involuntarily.

In the virtual game "Pilgrimage," players master a unique skill with each level they advance. Lu Fanchen, for example, mastered the "Heaven-Shaking Spear" skill when he became a Saint.

One shot, and the world is destroyed!

This spear technique describes how one uses their own inner energy to compress air to its limit, then unleashes it at a single point, causing the earth to shake with a single thrust.

In the game "High Martial Arts Descends," Lu Fanchen has been trying to recreate this move, since there is such a thing as internal force in "High Martial Arts Descends."

However, this method of compressing air with great force is far more difficult than doing pilgrimage.

However, Lu Fanchen also discovered a method to enhance compression, namely mental magic and the visualization of stellar explosions. The visualization of stellar explosions, in particular, gave Lu Fanchen great inspiration.

After so many days of continuous training and improvement with the mechanical man, Lu Fanchen's control over his body has become more and more precise. In addition, his mastery of the Stellar Explosion Visualization Technique has increased from over 30% in the beginner stage to 5% now. Lu Fanchen feels that his spirit has undergone a qualitative change.

Both the control of force and the perception of one's own body have been greatly improved.

For this reason, even knowing that he was no match for the mechanical man in front of him, Lu Fanchen attempted to recreate the Heaven-Shaking Shot.

However, this kind of restoration cannot be achieved with a gun. After all, the power is greatly reduced after the force leaves the body. Only by using both hands can it be better controlled, constantly compressing the air and condensing it into a single point.

After compressing the air to its maximum in the palm, clench the fist to stabilize the compressed air, then unleash a punch with fiery energy.

I can't believe it actually worked!

One punch! Heaven and earth are destroyed!

This punch could very well be called the Heaven-Shaking Fist.

With just one punch, Lu Fanchen, a quasi-martial artist, not only repelled the mechanical man who was already a martial artist from a distance, but everything in front of him seemed to have been baptized by a terrifying shockwave. The surrounding rocks were all turned into powder, and the burning flames were like a giant dragon that swept past, making the land a hundred meters away burn red, and cracks appeared on the hard rock walls.

Of course, this punch only injured the mechanical man, and the cracks on the mechanical man's body were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"It's a pity that my understanding of the Stellar Explosion Visualization Technique is only at 93%, otherwise I would like to try this move." Lin Xinyao thought of the scene where the entire metal hall was shaking and the fire dragon descended, it was so cool. If this were done on the battlefield, it would definitely shock the whole scene, like a missile strike.

"Quick! Get the Molten Crystal!" Lu Fanchen, seeing the mechanical man repairing the machine, reminded Lin Xinyao and Li Tianxing before collapsing to the ground and dying instantly.

Although Lu Fanchen successfully used the Heaven-Shaking Fist, the backlash from this power was enormous. On the surface, only one of Lu Fanchen's arms was completely carbonized, but in reality, his entire body was almost cooked. He was only holding on by sheer willpower.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xinyao and Li Tianxing immediately set to work according to the plan. They had already memorized the location of the molten crystals they had explored during the battles over the past few days. Both of them were quasi-martial artists, so their actions were incredibly fast.

He immediately unleashed a series of perfect, devastating stone-shattering punches, causing the earth to explode as if the entire land had been bombarded.

Hundreds of pale red crystals flew out, and then the two of them clenched their large hands together, gathering all the molten crystals into one piece. They then threw them all into a large storage box that had been prepared beforehand. The whole process was smooth and effortless.

"Holy crap! The cyborg is healed! Let's go!" Li Tianxing was shocked to see the cyborg recover in less than five seconds and urged him on.

"I'm all done here! Let's go!" Lin Xinyao slung the large storage box over her shoulder. Before she could finish speaking, she took a step with her Leopard Shadow Step, leaving a trail of afterimages as she disappeared into the metal hall.

Upon seeing this, Li Tianxing also used the Sky-Stepping Technique, carrying the large storage box on his back and running away.

After the cyborg man fully recovered, the two finally managed to escape the passage and headed straight for the martial arts school, not daring to linger for even a second.

They had all experienced the mechanical man's power firsthand these past few days. Not only was the mechanical man always one level higher than them, but they were no match for him even if they were at the same level. The mechanical man's microscopic control was far superior to Qin Mu's in the game test. His transformation between extreme stillness and extreme movement was so natural.

One instant, the greatsword moved like thunder; the next instant, it was as still as a mountain. No matter how one tried to predict the mechanical man's attack, it was always wrong. It was truly unpredictable. Compared to Qin Mu's microscopic control over his body, which could only be as precise as a machine, this was far superior.

Because of this, they abandoned the idea of ​​defeating the mechanical man and instead used destruction and devastation, which proved to be much more effective.

However, they hadn't tried this before. If they took out the Molten Crystal without defeating the mechanical man, would the mechanical man chase after them? If he did, they would definitely die.

After Lin Xinyao and Li Tianxing spent half an hour running out of the underground, they breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the mechanical man had not yet caught up.

"Xinyao, do you think these molten crystals are enough for ten thousand units?" Li Tianxing looked at the hundreds of molten crystals in the storage box, wondering how these hundreds of molten crystals were measured.

"I don't know either." Lin Xinyao shook her head and said directly, "But we can just hand it all over to the museum owner, and then we'll naturally know how many units it is."

“That’s true.” Li Tianxing picked up the storage box and walked with Lin Xinyao towards the owner’s lounge.

(End of this chapter)