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

Chapter 206 The Destroyed Camp and the Gray-Clad Demon (Part 2)

Death Valley.

The watchtower, constructed from B2-grade alloy, is manned by two six-person squads working in shifts. They are responsible for preventing outsiders from entering Death Valley and driving away wandering monsters. They cannot relax for a moment, which has caused the squads to complain endlessly.

"Eva, how long do you think our garrison duty will last?" A middle-aged Ademon man wearing B6-level armor said to another Ademon female captain who had come to take shifts while munching on synthetic food. "This place is even worse than the front lines. Not only is there no decent place to rest, but we also have no chance to earn extra money. All we can do is watch those miners dig all day long."

“Raff, you should know that it depends on the speed of those miners. The faster they finish, the sooner we can leave.” The female captain of the Asura race sat down to the side and also took out a box of synthetic food to eat. “However, this mission is relatively easy. Although there are not many opportunities to earn resources, the vice-captain said that after completing the mission, each of us will get hundreds of kilograms of mithril ore. When we go back, we can exchange it with those forces that are short of B3-grade primordial ore for a lot of good things.”

"Those forces are all very stingy. We're lucky if we can get some high-level monster flesh and blood in return." Raff, also a captain, didn't seem to care. He then added, "I heard that the two people Vice-Captain Lucius killed were warriors from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. The Obsidian Martial Arts Academy has Bone Forging Realm warriors. Do you think that Bone Forging Realm warrior from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy won't come looking for us directly? Although Vice-Captain Lucius said he would handle it personally, if that Bone Forging Realm warrior makes a move, this is the wilderness. As long as our two cities don't go to war, our deaths will be in vain."

"Probably not. The Obsidian Martial Arts Academy previously boasted about building a town in Crimson Moon Mountain, which greatly displeased the city's higher-ups. They felt that this newly promoted Bone Forging Realm expert from the City of Light was completely disregarding the City of Myriad Stars, so they specifically assigned Lord Igor and his team to resolve this issue," Captain Eva said after thinking for a moment. "Lord Igor and his team are probably already on their way. If things get unpleasant between the two sides, that newly promoted Bone Forging Realm expert from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy probably won't have the resources to investigate the deaths of those two martial artists."

Lavrov breathed a slight sigh of relief upon hearing this.

Like Lucius, Igor was one of the top ten graduates of the genius training camp. However, Igor was a year ahead of Lucius, and his strength was no longer at the initial stage of the Bone Forging Realm, but at the intermediate stage. If he were to lead a team to destroy Crimson Moon Mountain, a newly promoted Bone Forging Realm cultivator would be no match for him, let alone worry about the two warriors who died in the wild.

Just as Lav was about to say something, a commotion suddenly broke out in the distant woods, startling everyone on the watchtower.

"Captain Ralph! It looks like someone's running over there!"

"That person's clothes make him look like someone from the Obsidian Martial Arts School!"

The team members observing through binoculars watched the figure rapidly moving through the woods and quickly identified the figure's appearance: a silver-gray long-sleeved coat, exactly the same as the two warriors Lucius had killed earlier.

"The people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy arrived quite quickly." Ralph picked up his binoculars and confirmed that they were indeed from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy.

"Captain, what should we do with that person?" a team member asked, watching the approaching figure.

"Give her a warning first, tell her not to come near us," Ralph said directly. "If she doesn't heed the warning, then kill her."

As soon as Laf gave the order, the other team members on the watchtower immediately sprang into action. One of the mid-level martial artists immediately fired an arrow at Xiaoyuan, who was approaching.

Even though Xiaoyuan was a kilometer away, the B4-level composite heavy bow's arrow still landed precisely in front of her, creating a small crater.

"Listen up, you guys in front! This area has been taken over by Wanxing City. No one is allowed to approach. Anyone who dares to approach will die!"

The loud human language emanating from the loudspeaker could be heard clearly by people within a kilometer or two. However, Xiao Yuan was going crazy and showed no intention of stopping. Instead, she used the Cloud Mist Steps, which increased her speed significantly.

"Have the people at Obsidian Martial Arts School gone mad?" Raf wondered, watching Koen's speed increase instead of decrease. "Could it be that the people at Obsidian Martial Arts School have discovered something?"

"Regardless of whether this person has discovered anything or not, daring to set foot in this area means certain death!" Captain Eva, seeing Xiaoyuan already within a kilometer of Death Valley, ordered without hesitation, "Fire!"

Just as the members of the two squads picked up the B4-level composite heavy bows, a deafening roar came from the woods behind Xiaoyuan, causing everyone on the watchtower to turn their heads.

Suddenly, monsters sprang out from the woods behind Xiaoyuan, who was also acting mad.

Ten heads... twenty heads... one hundred heads...

In less than two seconds, more than four hundred monsters surged over.

As the monsters drew closer, those on the watchtowers felt the earth tremble as the monsters ran.

"Damn it! Where did all these monsters come from!" Lav was also shocked when he saw the terrifying horde of monsters.

While clearing out monsters at the front lines did bring in many more fleeing monsters around the city, these monsters usually only came in small groups of three to five. This is why Wanxing City only had two hundred members of its garrison stationed in Death Valley.

If it were a frontline outpost or camp, at least a thousand people would be stationed there, otherwise there would be no way to deal with a monster horde consisting of hundreds of monsters.

"So many monsters, and those people from the Obsidian Martial Arts School." Eva looked at the more than four hundred monsters charging towards them, then glanced at Xiaoyuan, who was also frantically heading towards them, and couldn't help but say, "Could it be that they deliberately provoked us to retaliate?"

At this moment, Xiaoyuan also ran frantically to Death Valley. There was only one path on the mountain, which was a dead end for someone being chased by monsters.

They had already issued warnings, and Xiao Yuan was going crazy; anyone who dared to get close would be shot. Normal people would have already run away to other places, otherwise they would be attacked from both sides and have no way to survive.

Now that Xiaoyuan is doing this, her purpose is quite clear: she intends to use the attracted monsters to deal with them, and there is no other possibility.

"Madman! Absolutely madman! He's willing to risk his own life to avenge those two!" Lav, watching Xiaoyuan get closer and closer, went mad, thinking that the people from the Obsidian Martial Arts School were simply insane.

"We can't let her get any closer! Kill her!" Eva ordered immediately. "Notify Lord Lucius that a large number of monsters are approaching us and we need reinforcements!"

Immediately, the ten members of the two teams began firing wildly at Xiaoyuan, who was seven or eight hundred meters away.

One after another, B4-level arrows, each carrying the sound of air being pierced, arrived simultaneously. Each arrow had a force exceeding five tons. Xiao Yuan also went crazy. Although she had become a martial artist, her physical qualities in all aspects were close to the limit of a beginner-level martial artist. Her reaction was even more extraordinary under the visualization of a stellar explosion.

But when faced with ten arrows at once, each with a force of over five tons, Xiao Yuan frantically relied on her self-created group attack sword technique, Boundless Crescent Moon, to withstand only three rounds of rapid volleys before being struck by the force of the arrows, causing her to cough up blood and lose her balance.

Finally, under the fourth volley, despite his desperate attempts to dodge, and using the Boundless Crescent Moon technique to deflect three arrows, he was still struck by four B4 arrows and died less than 500 meters from the watchtower.

Although Xiaoyuan died, the monster horde showed no signs of stopping and charged towards the sentry post. The two squads on the sentry post also fired wildly, clearing away the charging monster horde.

While mid-tier monsters are indeed powerful, in the face of B4-level arrows, mid-tier warriors can use arrows to pierce through skin and muscle, penetrating deep into bones and internal organs. A single volley can take down one or two mid-tier monsters, making their combat strength significantly stronger than that of the transport and defense squad of the City of Light.

"Luckily, we can lure the monsters. If it were us trying to conquer this dungeon, even if we organized a team of twenty mid-level martial artists, we probably wouldn't be able to take it down." Fang Zhen, watching the Wanxing City garrison members quickly clearing the monster horde from afar, was also speechless with amazement.

With all members of the garrison using B4-grade composite heavy bows and B4-grade arrows, their combat effectiveness was comparable to that of using Desert Eagles to clear mid-level monsters.

However, Xiao Yuan also attracted a large number of monsters, which was far beyond what the two teams from Wanxing City could handle. In less than 30 seconds, the two teams were surrounded by the monster horde, and the surveillance post built of B2-grade alloy was smashed to pieces, causing the number of personnel to drop rapidly.

It wasn't until only two captains in B6-level armor remained in the two squads, still fighting desperately, that the other squads from Wanxing City and Lucius arrived to clear out the monsters.

"As expected, these four hundred-odd monsters are still far from enough; we need to attract more." Fang Zhen looked at Lucis, who was casually killing mid-level monsters, and the nearly two hundred-strong guard regiment. The four hundred-odd mid-level monsters, along with two or three high-level monsters mixed in, were all about to be cleared out, but Fang Zhen's eyes were filled with excitement.

Although these monsters couldn't defeat the garrison of Wanxing City, the experiment proved that the method of attracting monsters to conquer this high-level dungeon was feasible. The next step was simply to attract more monsters.

Immediately, Fang Zhen logged off and sent a message to Xiao Yuan Ye Kuang Kuang, saying that the plan to use monsters to conquer the dungeon was feasible. He also told Xiao Yuan Ye Kuang Kuang to attract more monsters on the way to Death Valley after resurrecting. Then, he logged back on and followed Xiao Yuan Ye Kuang Kuang's method to attract other monsters from a distance.

More than twenty minutes later.

"Damn it! Another wave is coming!" "Why are there still people charging in?"

The Wanxing City garrison, who had been fighting off the monster horde in Death Valley, had barely had time to celebrate having cleared out most of the monsters when they spotted another wave of monsters charging towards them from the distant woods. Not only were there more monsters than the first wave, but they also spotted a human figure in the woods.

"Those clothes! Are they from the Obsidian Martial Arts School again?"

"Damn it! Are all these people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy insane?"

Ralph and Eva, who had been fighting off the monster, were on the verge of collapse when they saw the figure rushing towards them from afar.

It was one thing for a crazy person to lure monsters before, but I didn't expect another one to appear now.

"These damned ants, how dare they resort to such tricks!" As a Bone Forging Realm martial artist, Lucius's senses were far more acute than those of a Visceral Refining Realm martial artist. He confirmed Fang Zhen's identity almost immediately, then picked up a stone and threw it at Fang Zhen, who was less than 600 meters away.

boom!
Although Fang Zhen noticed the stone Lucis threw and wanted to dodge it immediately, he found that the stone was too fast and was almost in front of him in the blink of an eye. He could only use all his strength to block it with his B2-level spear.

Reverse Star Hand!
With four times the power, the spear collided with the stone.

boom!
The B2-grade spear bent instantly, the stone turned to dust, and Fang Zhen was sent flying more than 30 meters away as if hit by a cannonball. His arms were twisted beyond recognition, and the intense impact made Fang Zhen feel as if all the bones in his body had been shattered.

"The Bone Forging Realm BOSS is really powerful. Even a stone he casually threw could kill me." Fang Zhen looked at Lucis, who was no longer paying attention to him and was already killing other monsters, and couldn't help but smile. "But it was worth it to take a hit. It's a pity I didn't start the live stream, otherwise this battle would definitely have made me the most popular streamer."

The two of them can conquer high-level dungeons in the wild. If the outside world knew that this was true, they would be extremely envious.

Fang Zhen then stopped dawdling and ended his own serious injuries, intending to revive quickly and start the next wave of monsters as soon as possible.

He was very lucky this time. He encountered a group of high-level monsters in a lotus pond. Without saying a word, he threw a stone at them and then used the Reverse Star Step to rush over. Fortunately, the high-level monsters were slow, and he barely made it here with the help of the Reverse Star Step.

With this group of high-level monsters and a large number of mid-level monsters following, the garrison of Wanxing City will definitely not be able to finish the battle in a short time. During the time they are resurrected and arrive, they will have a good chance to attract more monsters to join the battle.

As Fang Zhen had guessed, nearly twenty high-level monsters surrounded Lucius. Even though Lucius was a Bone Forging Realm warrior, he was only at the initial stage of the Bone Forging Realm. He could deal with a few at a time, but dealing with more than ten high-level monsters at once was very troublesome, making it impossible for Lucius to assist others. The battle between the two sides was completely deadlocked.

Even after Xiaoyuan revived and attracted another wave of monsters, the battle in Death Valley was still ongoing. A large number of miners on the mountain were released as bait by the garrison to attract the monsters' attention and reduce the pressure. After these miners died, another wave was released.

The garrison still has over a hundred survivors, but seventy to eighty percent of the miners who were assigned to mine have died. On the other hand, the garrison has cleared out most of the large number of monsters that have gathered. Lucius has even killed ten high-level monsters, and the remaining high-level monsters are also seriously injured. Lucius himself is in a sorry state and has obviously consumed a lot of energy, but clearing out all the monsters is no problem for him.

The people of Wanxing City saw victory in sight.

During the battle, Lucius and his men saw another person dressed in silver-gray clothing rush down the mountain. Lucius and his men's faces turned ashen, while the ordinary team members and miners were filled with despair.

"Why are these lunatics from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy here again?"

"They'd rather lose their own lives than let us die! Are they demons?"

After everyone saw the huge commotion not far behind Xiaoyuan's frenzy, they realized that this was another group of people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy committing mutual destruction.

Even Lucius was starting to regret it. Why did he have to kill those two Obsidian Martial Arts Academy warriors? He could have just driven them away. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gotten involved with these lunatics.

But it was too late for regrets. Lucius realized that regret was useless, so he killed Koenya with another stone and ordered everyone to retreat.

As a Bone Forging Realm martial artist, he could still afford to wait, but his subordinates could not. If another two or three hundred monsters came, no one but him and his captains would survive.

Just as Lucius ordered a retreat, patches of forest collapsed in the distance, and a giant tiger nearly twenty meters tall with two heads landed at the foot of Death Valley. The moment this two-headed tiger appeared, everyone, including Lucius himself, was shocked.

Intermediate Lord-level monster, Two-Headed Bloodfire Tiger!

"How could there be a mid-level lord here?"

"Is this because the scent of a large number of monsters' blood has attracted them?"

"It's over! We're all finished!"

Those present, seeing the two-headed Blood Flame Tiger with its eyes blazing with fire, knew they were all doomed.

Monsters that have reached the intermediate level of Lord are impossible for even martial artists at the mid-level of the Bone Forging Realm to resist. Only martial artists at the high-level of the Bone Forging Realm can fight them. Now that the Two-Headed Blood Flame Tiger has appeared, there is absolutely no way out for them.

"run!"

Upon seeing the Two-Headed Bloodfire Tiger for the first time, Lucius did not hesitate to turn around and stomp the ground, flying out like a cannonball in the opposite direction of the Two-Headed Bloodfire Tiger.

Hey!
The two-headed Blood Flame Tiger opened its mouth and spat out a huge fireball. The fireball was so fast that it covered a distance of one kilometer and arrived in front of Lucius in just one second.

The fireball was as big as a small mountain. Lucius didn't dare to be careless and thrust it with all his might, holding his blue bone spear.

High-level martial arts technique: Rainbow Transformation!

The cyan spear light collided with the fireball, piercing the fireball with the cyan bone spear, sparks flying everywhere. But before Lucius could even rejoice, another fireball appeared in front of him, blasting him to the ground and creating a crater more than ten meters deep. The bone armor Lucius wore was also damaged in many places and charred black. Lucius himself was spitting out mouthfuls of blood, clearly seriously injured.

Just as Lucius was about to get up, the two-headed Bloodfire Tiger landed in front of him and slammed down with its claw.

boom!
The crater, which was already more than ten meters deep, expanded by two more circumferences under the claw of the two-headed Blood Flame Tiger. Lucius's bone armor was completely shattered, and Lucius himself was reduced to a puddle of mud.

Fang Zhen was completely dumbfounded when he led another wave of monsters to Death Valley.

It wasn't just because all the members of the Wanxing City garrison were dead; the terrain of Death Valley had changed completely. There were large craters and scorch marks everywhere, along with a large number of mangled monster corpses. The entire valley seemed to have turned into a sea of ​​blood, completely devoid of any living creature.

Looking at the corpses of the demon race scattered on the ground, and the mangled monsters everywhere, Fang Zhen was unable to calm down for a long time.

But after a brief moment of surprise and shock, Fang Zhen was overjoyed.

The corpses on this ground were all drops from high-level dungeons in the wild, especially the B4-level or higher armor worn by the NPCs in Wanxing City. In today's terms, that would be considered a version ahead of its time. Now, they all belong to him and Xiaoyuan, who have gone crazy.

After Fang Zhen shook off the lured monsters, he immediately logged off and notified Xiao Yuan to stop luring monsters and to quickly bring a large transport truck from Chiyue Mountain to transport the dungeon drops.

It wasn't until the early morning of the next day that Fang Zhen and Xiao Yuan finally drove the large transport vehicle back to the Obsidian Martial Arts School. However, at the same time that Fang Zhen and the others returned to the Obsidian Martial Arts School, Wanxing City also received a shocking message.

The entire garrison team led by Lucius, including Lucius himself, died in Death Valley, presumably due to a large-scale conflict with the Obsidian Martial Arts School!
(End of this chapter)