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

Chapter 211 I'll Teach You to Fly Starting Today
"The attack was successful by sheer luck."

Xia Ling looked at Zuo Wei's surprised expression and nodded, feeling equally amazed herself.

She originally thought it would take her some more time to become a martial artist, but she didn't expect to succeed in one go through the meditation room. The effect of the meditation room was much stronger than she had anticipated.

Moreover, she knew very well that having cultivated the third level of the Reverse Star Realm, she was far beyond the reach of ordinary martial artists. Although she had not undergone specific testing with instruments, she was certain that her strength and speed far surpassed those who had just entered the initial stage of martial arts, and were not much inferior to those who were at the limit of the initial stage of martial arts.

"I never expected that you would become a martial artist first." Zoe looked at Xia Ling, who had admitted it, and sighed with envy. "I originally wanted to settle things with you in the Five Cities Grand Competition, but now it seems impossible."

The Five Cities Grand Tournament is an opportunity prepared by the martial arts associations of five cities specifically for the younger generation below the level of martial artists. Martial artists are not allowed to participate, even if someone like Xia Ling becomes a martial artist after registering.

"It is indeed a bit of a pity," Xia Ling said with a smile, "but we can compete again in the genius training camp assessment."

After becoming a martial artist, the world changed completely. Although the rewards for the Five Cities Grand Competition were very generous, with her original strength, it wasn't impossible for her to strive for a top-twenty position.

However, compared to becoming a martial artist first, the rewards of the Five Cities Grand Competition are not that important.

"Alright! Then let's wait until the genius training camp assessment to see who wins." Zoe looked at Xia Ling, who had become a martial artist, and her fighting spirit was ignited.

Although she didn't know why Xia Ling was able to become a martial artist before her, she didn't think she would lose to Xia Ling. After all, she was now certain to be among the top twenty in the Five Cities Grand Competition. With the rewards from the Five Cities Grand Competition and the training from the Half-Scale Training Camp, she could also become a martial artist very soon.

Moreover, the real strength of the Half-Scale Training Camp compared to the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy lies not in its training for those below the level of martial artist, but in its training for those who have already become martial artists.

In contrast, while the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy may have produced many martial artists, it probably doesn't have much experience in teaching and training martial artists. After all, the training of martial artists and those below them is a completely different concept.

The training of those below the martial arts level is nothing more than rigorous training combined with advanced training methods and some resources.

But the training of martial artists is different. Advanced training methods and resources are only the most basic. The key is to improve the ability to control energy and the ability to manage blood and qi.

Improving in this area is extremely difficult. The reason why various training camps can cultivate experts in the Bone Forging Realm, especially the Genius Training Camp, is that they have summarized a large number of training methods to improve in this area, and a large number of Bone Forging Realm instructors have provided their own experience. In addition, the training camps provide various practical training opportunities.

Especially in terms of practical combat training, each training camp not only has Bone Forging Realm instructors who can provide one-on-one guidance, but also leads teams to conduct field combat, allowing trainees to fight monsters with confidence, thereby quickly improving their use of Qi and blood and increasing their control over Qi and blood.

The only person the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy can currently offer is its headmaster, Lin Qi. The other strongest martial artists are only mid-level martial artists. Let alone providing any outdoor combat experience, it's probably impossible for them to even provide combat guidance. Relying solely on individual exploration and training will result in a very slow improvement rate.

After Xia Ling and Zuo Wei chatted for a while, Zuo Wei, in order to catch up with Xia Ling as soon as possible, immediately returned to the Half-Scale Training Camp and asked the Bone Forging Realm instructors to teach her training methods.

The news of Xia Ling becoming a martial artist quickly spread throughout the suburbs, prompting many members of various forces who were stuck at the level of quasi-martial artists, as well as some undocumented immigrants from other races, to consider joining the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy to give it a try.

The Obsidian Martial Arts Academy did produce many martial artists in the past, but those martial artists were all human, and they were either direct disciples of the academy or people favored by the academy's master, Lin Qi.

For a force with a Bone Forging Realm martial artist in charge, it's quite normal for these people to become martial artists. After all, these things aren't difficult to accomplish if you're willing to spend a lot of resources, just like those large forces in the city, which have many martial artists trained by their own clans.

But now that Xia Ling has become a martial artist, things are different. Xia Ling is not human, but a half-scaled race. The fact that she can still become a martial artist under such circumstances shows that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy also gives outsiders a chance to advance to martial artist, unlike other forces that do not give any chance at all.

Moreover, Obsidian Martial Arts Academy is indeed skilled in training martial artists. In just a few days, the number of disciples who have advanced to the rank of martial artist within the academy is terrifying.

The Obsidian Martial Arts Academy has grown from a mere twelve martial artists to over forty. In terms of training martial artists, it is likely to be among the top in the entire City of Light.

In no time, large numbers of skilled wanderers from various races, as well as experts from major forces in the suburbs, began to sign up to join the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. Even at midnight, the courtyard of the Academy was still packed with people taking the exams, keeping Meng Wei so busy that he felt like he was going crazy.

However, Lin Qi welcomed this idea.

The strongest individuals in any power are not created from the beginning; they are cultivated gradually from a vast number of grassroots individuals. The larger the base, the more strong individuals will emerge in the future.

In particular, many of the people who came to register this time were extreme apprentices and aspiring martial artists. These people have high talent, but they are stuck due to lack of resources and training methods, which is why they cannot make any progress.

With these people joining the martial arts school, the school's defense force can quickly grow into a force that is no less powerful than the players.

In just one night, Obsidian Martial Arts Academy gained several thousand more disciples, bringing the total number of draws on the academy's roulette wheel to ten.

It must be said that Xia Ling's becoming a martial artist had a significant impact.

It's a pity that Xia Ling wasn't a martial artist trained by the player, so Lin Qi didn't complete the advanced mission issued by the system.

Faced with this predicament, Lin Qi had no choice but to use all ten of his accumulated draws at once.

"Has my luck run out?"

Lin Qi looked at the rows of white one-star rewards and couldn't help but feel a bit overwhelmed.

The result of the ten consecutive draws was that all the rewards were one-star items. Compared to the previous ten draws, this was incredibly unlucky.

The only saving grace is that I obtained two Qi and Blood Watermelons, which can help many people with insufficient Qi and Blood break through to become martial artists.

Just as Lin Qi was putting away all the rewards on the table, his smartwatch suddenly beeped with a series of notification sounds.

"Was this a message from Brother Qin Mu and the association?"

Lin Qi glanced at the information on his smartwatch and couldn't help but wonder why two messages had arrived at the same time, just as there was a rapid knocking at the door.

"Enter."

As Lin Qi spoke, Meng Wei walked in with an extremely ugly expression. Even as he entered the room, Meng Wei, a man nearing fifty who had experienced countless hardships, had his hands trembling slightly.

"Master, something terrible has happened!" Meng Wei said, his voice trembling. "Just recently, a major town on the front lines collapsed, and the garrison troops stationed in the five major cities suffered heavy casualties. The association's vice president, Elder Liu, was killed in action..."

"Old Liu? Liu Tianzong?" Lin Qi was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and he could hardly believe the news.

Liu Tianzong is not only the vice president representing the Martial Arts Association of the City of Light, but also one of the strongest individuals in the entire city. He can single-handedly contend with a high-level lord and is the pillar of strength for the human race in the City of Light. Humans make up a very small percentage of the population in the City of Light, and their number of Bone Forging Realm experts is not even significantly greater than that of other weaker races. Yet, they still wield considerable influence in the city and have their own large towns in the wilderness, all thanks to Liu Tianzong.

The death of such a figure is simply unimaginable for the humans of the City of Light.

"This news has already spread throughout the Martial Arts Association," Meng Wei said with a grim face. "Moreover, because of this matter, several other powerful clans are already eyeing Yunxia Town, believing that a large resource town like Yunxia Town cannot be defended without an expert like Elder Liu in charge, and they want to arrange for someone else to take over Yunxia Town."

"These people really acted quickly." Lin Qi frowned slightly as he listened.

Yunxia Town has existed since the founding of the City of Light and has always been a place of human habitation. Yunxia Town not only has a medium-sized energy mine, but is also a necessary stop for caravans from other regions to come to the five surrounding cities.

The fact that other powerful clans have started to covet Yunxia Town suggests that Liu Tianzong's information is likely true, which explains their brazen attempt to seize the town.

"What are we going to do now, Master?" Meng Wei said with great concern. "When we established Crimson Moon Town, Wanxing City didn't show any action, which made many powerful forces in the city have ideas. It was only because Elder Liu was there that those powerful forces didn't dare to act recklessly. However, the fact that we recruited a large number of martial arts school disciples to mine energy ore has made many people aware that Crimson Moon Town has small energy veins. Now that Elder Liu is gone, those powerful forces will probably start to have their eyes on Crimson Moon Town as well."

"It's not just fear, they're already planning it." Lin Qi shook his head and forwarded the message Qin Mu sent to Meng Wei.

The messages from Qin Mu and the Martial Arts Association both informed him of Liu Tianzong's death in battle. However, Qin Mu also mentioned some things about the front lines and the arrangements made by the City of Light for the association.

Because key frontline towns have collapsed and require a large amount of supplies to replenish, the City of Light plans to begin its second mobilization as soon as possible.

Since Liu Tianzong is no longer here, the human race's assigned frontline escort mission will be the same as that of other weaker races in the City of Light: they will go directly to the most dangerous stronghold, namely the frontline battlefield in the five major cities where monster hordes will be cleared.

As a Bone Forging Realm expert in the association, he was assigned to personally lead a transport convoy.

"They've gone too far! The convoys that transported supplies to the front lines before were all led by martial artists at least at the mid-stage of the Bone Forging Realm. Now they're sending you, a martial artist who's just entered the Bone Forging Realm, to lead the convoy. They're practically trying to send you to your death." Meng Wei was furious as he read the message from Qin Mu.

Going to the front lines almost always means encountering lord monsters. Normally, only warriors at the mid-stage of the Bone Forging Realm can fight against low-level lords for a long time. However, Lin Qi is not a member of the city garrison and does not even have the weapons and equipment that are standard for warriors at the Bone Forging Realm. Going to the front lines would be tantamount to sending him to his death.

"It's not like I'm going to die." Lin Qi shook his head and said calmly, "They just want me to give up this mandatory mission so they can legitimately kick me out of the City of Light. Once I'm kicked out of the City of Light, I'll lose my status as a city councilor, and they can then take over the town of Crimson Moon in Crimson Moon Mountain without any problem."

"Master, why don't we join Wanxing City? That way, those forces won't be able to do anything about the newly established Crimson Moon Town," Meng Wei said through gritted teeth.

“Even if we join Wanxing City, without sufficient power, the outcome will be the same as now,” Lin Qi shook his head.

He used to think that as long as there were enough martial artists, it would be easy to occupy a town and establish a kingdom, but now he realized that it would be impossible without a powerful enough clan within the city.

There are hardly any humans in Wanxing City. If you go to Wanxing City, the situation will only be worse.

Meng Wei was at a loss for what to do.

Accepting the mission is not an option, and abandoning it is also not an option. It's incredibly difficult for the human race to establish themselves in the city right now.

"The task of transporting supplies to the front lines isn't a big problem," Lin Qi said calmly, looking at the worried Meng Wei. "The real problem is you guys."

"Us?" Meng Wei was a little confused, completely not understanding Lin Qi's meaning.

“I am, after all, a city-certified councilor. They know that even if I encounter insurmountable trouble during transport, I can escape, and the city won’t hold me accountable afterward,” Lin Qi explained. “This time, you will likely be assigned to other dangerous convoys. You are only beginner and intermediate martial artists. Let alone encountering a lord, you won’t be able to escape even if you face an intermediate monster. Their real purpose is to eliminate you so that the martial arts school cannot develop in a short period of time. If the martial arts school does not have enough martial artists, it will naturally be unable to take care of the Crimson Moon Town in the wild.”

"They're too ruthless." Meng Wei understood after hearing this and couldn't help but curse.

In the wilderness, it's easy for a Bone Forging Realm martial artist to escape, but for these martial artists, it's difficult to escape.

“Their move was indeed ruthless, but they are still a long way from being able to take down our Obsidian Martial Arts Academy.” Lin Qi thought for a moment and then directly instructed Meng Wei, “Go and gather all the martial artists in the academy’s garrison. They should go to the largest training room now.”

He wasn't worried about the players or his own safety.

Players can be resurrected after they die, and even a high-ranking lord cannot stop them from leaving if they want to. However, a group of martial arts practitioners that have been painstakingly trained cannot be easily lost in the wilderness.

Less than ten minutes later, all the martial arts guards, including Xia Ling, gathered in the largest training room on the first floor, all wondering why their master, Lin Qi, had suddenly summoned them.

As warriors in the garrison, they are quite busy every day. Besides training themselves, they train the garrison's apprentices. Before they know it, the day has passed.

Among the martial artists present, Xia Ling was the most helpless.

I thought that after becoming a martial artist and the captain of the martial arts school's defense team, I would receive further training from the school. However, after becoming a martial artist, the Obsidian Martial Arts School did not provide any special training for martial artists, and I still had to rely on my own cultivation.

As a result, the time she should have spent cultivating is now spent supervising the apprentices' cultivation, which has reduced her cultivation time.

Fortunately, the martial arts school compensates the captain of the guard team by providing him with eight hours of meditation room time each day. Those who perform well can also receive an extra two hours of time each day, which means they can spend ten hours a day in the meditation room. This can be considered as compensation for the time wasted watching the apprentices train.

Just as the warriors of the garrison were discussing something, Lin Qi walked in from outside.

"Master, everyone is here," Meng Wei reported.

"Alright." Lin Qi glanced at everyone, nodded, and said loudly, "You are very lucky, because starting today, you will begin our Obsidian Martial Arts Academy's special training and development for martial artists."

"The training and development of martial artists?" Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but become excited.

Originally, after everyone was promoted to martial artists, they didn't know how to improve quickly. They thought that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy would be like other suburban forces, and they could only rely on themselves to figure it out slowly.

I never expected that Obsidian Martial Arts Academy would also provide training and development for martial artists; this is definitely a pleasant surprise.

Upon hearing this, Xia Ling's beautiful eyes lit up with joy; Obsidian Martial Arts School had indeed not disappointed her.

"Seeing you all so happy makes me very happy." Lin Qi looked at the excited crowd and felt that Meng Wei had indeed chosen excellent people. He then said, "Then let's begin. The first step to becoming a true disciple of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy is to learn how to fly!"

(End of this chapter)