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

Chapter 225 The Sword That Fell From the Sky
White Feather Gang stronghold.

Inside the cave, nearly a hundred fully armed captains of the city's garrison surrounded the fighting arena, watching the two combatants with a mixture of amazement and admiration.

Meanwhile, the members of the White Feather Gang watching from the outside were dumbfounded as they watched the fight between the two. Their eyes couldn't keep up with the movements of the two on the stage, and they couldn't even catch a glimpse of their figures.

The two continued fighting until their spears and swords clashed on the arena, causing the sturdy platform beneath their feet to crumble inch by inch. Only then did they stop.

"Garon, I didn't expect your strength and speed to have improved so much since we last met." The Crystal Clan man, who was nearly three meters tall and wielded a life-sized battle sword, with a green gem on his forehead, stepped down from the arena and looked at Galon with admiration. "Your Three-Eyed Clan truly lives up to its reputation as a powerful clan, having so many resources that you can exchange for them at will."

"It's alright, my current basic strength is only 5500 kilograms." Galon looked at the Crystal Clan man and said calmly, "But you, after not seeing me for a while, have actually mastered the second level of the high-level martial art, Mountain and River Rift, to perfection. If I hadn't recently broken through and also made the Flood Dragon Kill reach the second level of perfection, I really wouldn't have been able to stop your River Rift."

"I thought that by perfecting the Broken River skill during this time, I could leave you behind. I didn't expect that after today's exchange, you two would also have perfected the second level. It's really unlucky to be in the same stage as you two." The Crystal Clan man then looked at the Half-Scale Clan man sitting to the side, who was over two meters tall and had a jet-black tail, and felt quite helpless.

The garrison of the City of Light has never been stingy when it comes to cultivating talent, but in this year's captaincy, apart from the three of them, resources have been divided into three.

The words of the Crystal Clan man left the nearly one hundred garrison captains who were watching speechless.

Galon of the Three-Eyed Clan, Monroe of the Crystal Clan, and Arius of the Half-Scale Clan.

The three monsters of the City of Light's garrison have always been a threat to the garrison captains. Even now, none of the garrison captains can get close to these three; the only one who can compete is fourth place.

The three monsters were far stronger than the captains of the other high-level martial artists.

Normally, a high-level martial arts captain is someone who has mastered the first level of a high-level martial arts technique. Powerful ones, like those who are among the top ten in major competitions, generally master two high-level martial arts techniques, one for attack and one for footwork, or perhaps a high-level defensive martial arts technique.

But the three monsters were different. Not only did they master three high-level martial arts techniques, but they also mastered the first level of each technique to perfection.

When martial arts skills are mastered to perfection, they represent a qualitative change, resulting in a certain degree of physical enhancement, not to mention high-level martial arts skills.

Now the three have become even more terrifying, having even mastered the second level of advanced martial arts. Coupled with their already superior physical attributes compared to advanced martial artists, although they are not yet at the Bone Forging Realm, they are probably close to it. They can be described as genuine monsters.

Once the three of them successfully break through to the Bone Forging Realm, their strength will likely instantly rival that of a mid-stage Bone Forging Realm martial artist, giving them significant influence within the clan. This is why all the team leaders are willing to follow them.

If the initial stage of the Bone Forging Realm still requires some help from high-level martial artists, such as when hunting in the wilderness to deal with mid-level monsters, then once you reach the mid-stage of the Bone Forging Realm, high-level martial artists become completely useless.

Mid-level Bone Forging Realm experts don't even look at high-level monsters. Their targets are always low-level lords. Low-level lords are often surrounded by high-level monsters. Ordinary high-level martial artists can't hold them off for long. High-level monsters can't withstand a punch from a mid-level Bone Forging Realm martial artist. If a high-level martial artist gets involved, they might have to be distracted to protect them. Bringing in a high-level martial artist is simply not worth it.

Unless they are trusted confidants who have always followed them, mid-level Bone Forging Realm martial artists will never bring high-level martial artists with them. Normally, they will cooperate with martial artists who have just entered the initial stage of Bone Forging Realm to hunt.

Just as the three monsters were talking, a commotion suddenly broke out outside the cave.

"What's all this noise? What's going on outside?" Galon, who was happily finishing his training, frowned as he looked at the noisy area outside the cave.

The three of them hadn't practiced properly for over half a year. Although they couldn't go all out in this kind of practice and had to hold back their moves, it was still much better than practicing alone.

They had only practiced once, and they weren't quite done yet.

Just then, a White Feather Gang apprentice rushed in from outside the cave and said something to Mans. Mans' expression changed slightly, and he immediately ran towards Galon.

"Lord Galon, something has happened outside. The people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy are coming." Mans reported in detail, "They have brought about forty martial artists this time. They haven't found the academy master, Lin Qi. They are now less than a kilometer away from our stronghold. They can reach the cave in twenty seconds at most. Our men and those wanderers have gone to stop them, but I'm afraid they won't be able to hold them off for long."

As soon as Mans finished speaking, all the captains of the garrison laughed.

If Lin Qi, the master of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, had come, they would have paid more attention, resulting in more than forty martial artists rushing over.

Even without mentioning the three monsters, their nearly one hundred captains alone could easily take down all the people from the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

Monroe, who was standing to the side, picked up his sword and asked Mance, "Have the two who killed Cyborg and Fang arrived?"

“I didn’t see them, but they should be here,” Mans said cautiously. “There are only so many martial arts disciples in the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. There are more than forty martial arts practitioners who came this time, so there is a high chance that they will participate.”

“Since they’re here, let’s go and meet them.” Arius of the Half-Scale Clan also stood up, carrying a B6-grade greatsword, and walked out of the cave without waiting for Galon and Monroe.

Upon seeing this, the captains of the Half-Scale Clan all followed suit and walked out of the cave.

"It seems this battle maniac can't hold back any longer." Galon smiled as he watched Arius stride out.

Although all three of them were warlike, Arius was a true battle maniac. With few good opponents in the City of Light garrison, he would often spar with experts from other garrison garrisons in key front-line towns.

The guild leader has warned him many times about this.

“Let’s go over there too, we can’t let him take all the people.” Monroe said and then chased after them.

Galon had no choice but to follow, and Mance followed closely behind, wanting to see how the two female disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts School who had killed Steelbone and Fang could fight these three monsters.

Back then, when the two female disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts School dealt with Steelbone and Fang, it was like an adult dealing with a child; the two sides were not even in the same league.

With all three of the garrison's top monsters present, this battle is sure to become the pinnacle of the battle below the Bone Forging Realm in the City of Light.

Outside the cave of the White Feather Gang.

As the garrison troops emerged, they found a chaotic battle raging outside the cave.

The hundreds of elite White Feather Gang members and the hundreds of skilled wanderers, despite their excellent teamwork, including both ranged and melee fighters, and equipped with numerous B2-grade arrows and weapons, were utterly powerless against the forty-odd martial artists from the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

The disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts School were completely unfazed by the rain of arrows. They dealt with fully armed aspiring martial artists and ultimate apprentices in the arrow storm with a single punch, or used the elite soldiers of the White Feather Gang as shields to block the arrow attacks.

The battle lasted only a dozen seconds, and most of the hundreds of White Feather Gang's elites and wanderers were dead.

If it weren't for the nearly one hundred garrison troops stationed at the stronghold, they would have all fled long ago.

More than forty martial artists—this might not be much to the garrison, but for any suburban force, it's an existence they simply can't afford to provoke.

Let alone more than forty people, even a dozen or so wouldn't be enough to defeat them, even if they were equipped with B2 armor. After all, these martial artists from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy are all wearing B4-level armor, and the force of a single blow is close to four thousand kilograms. Without using any martial arts techniques, they would crush quasi-martial artists with a strength of less than one thousand kilograms.

Mans, who emerged from the cave, was not surprised at all. Although he felt sorry for the loss of these elite troops, this stronghold had to be defended, and the battle between the two sides could not be allowed to take place inside the cave.

A battle at the martial artist level is like being bombarded by artillery fire, let alone a battle between fully armed high-level martial artists.

If they fight with all their might inside the cave, the entire cave might collapse, and then the things that the White Feather Gang has secretly stored here will be exposed.

At that time, not only will the Obsidian Martial Arts School deal with them, but the guards present will probably also be unable to resist attacking the White Feather Gang.

"Mans, the gang leader has ordered that we must capture one person alive this time and force them to reveal the secrets of Crimson Moon Mountain. Don't forget that," the White Feather Gang's secret guard captain quietly approached Mans and reminded him.

"Don't worry, I've already made arrangements." Mans looked at Galon and the others in the front row and chuckled. "As long as they take care of those two from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, the other martial artists from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy will know they are no match for them and will definitely flee. I've already told all the martial arts elders at the stronghold that they will use a secret technique to quickly join forces and take one down. They will never let the garrison troops know."

The captain of the secret guards was relieved after hearing this.

Although it would be difficult to quickly subdue the martial artists of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy in front of a large and well-organized garrison, it would not be difficult for the elders who had learned the secret techniques to do so.

While Mans and the captain of the Dark Guard were chatting, the White Feather Gang's elite troops and hired wanderers outside the stronghold were mostly wiped out by the players. Only then did all the captains of the city's defense regiment gather together, quietly watching the players who were still fighting. This made the mercenary trainee newbies who had been watching from afar also look serious.

Although they haven't experienced many major battles, their constant contact with other mercenaries over the years has given them a good idea of ​​a person's skill level.

The extreme realism of Gao Wu's arrival made them realize, upon their first encounter with the guards, that these people were all ruthless individuals who had experienced numerous life-or-death battles—more than even the veteran mercenaries. Given equal physical abilities, they could absolutely crush them.

Such powerful NPCs were already considered elite monsters by Yi Ye Fu Yun and others, but now nearly a hundred of them have appeared...

Even those who don't play virtual games much know that the difficulty of this game's dungeons is definitely problematic.

With so many elite monsters, even veteran mercenaries who have experienced many wars would probably be unable to defeat them if they were of the same level and number.

On the other side, after watching for a while, Galon and the other two couldn't help but sigh, their eyes filled with regret.

"Seeing our formation, they still haven't come out. It seems that Master Lin really didn't come." Galon casually instructed, "However, there are a lot of people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. Go and clear some of them out first. I don't want anyone to disturb us during the battle."

After Galon finished speaking, the captains of the Three-Eyed Clan rushed forward.

After seeing Monroe and Arius nod, the captains of the Crystal Clan and the Half-Scale Clan followed closely behind.

In an instant, nearly a hundred fully armed high-level martial artists rushed forward. The blood energy emanating from each high-level martial artist converged together, and the terrifying blood energy even formed a towering pillar of blood energy, making everyone present feel an instinctive fear.

"Nearly a hundred elites, has this dungeon gone mad?" Yi Ye Fuyun gasped as he looked at the nearly one hundred high-level martial artists who had suddenly charged towards them.

Under normal circumstances, these people, who are generally not even high-level martial artists, are definitely no match for the elites on the other side.

Especially since the opponents were all wearing B6-level armor, which amplified their strength by 1600 kilograms more than that of B4-level armor.

The power unleashed by high-level martial arts techniques can reach nearly twenty tons.

This level of power is only attainable by mid-level martial artists of the strength type, specifically those who have perfected the Lightning Palm and use the Reverse Star Hand.

In addition, those mid-level martial artists who have reached the first level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique and whose physical attributes have increased by 30% can unleash such power.

Among them, fewer than ten people had reached the first level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique. They had thought that having thirty or forty elites would be remarkable.

But now there are nearly a hundred elites, which is a whole order of magnitude less.

Of course, as surprised as they were, they were not without the ability to fight back.

“There are more elites than expected. Switch to Plan B. You guys try to get as far away as possible, and at the same time, let the enemy's elites gather together.” Luo Wushang was quite surprised as she looked at the nearly one hundred extreme high-level martial artists gathered on the other side.

I thought there would be at least thirty or forty elites in this dungeon, but I didn't expect there to be nearly a hundred. If we fight them head-on, they will definitely be no match for us. We can wear them down to death.

However, with so many elites, the loot drops will be astonishing.

If these were distributed, Tianwei could receive nearly twenty sets of B6-level battle armor, which would be a considerable sum.

Perhaps exchanging it for the martial arts school could instantly raise Red Moon Town's reputation to Revered.

Complete B4-level or higher armor sets are also included in the resource gathering quest in Red Moon Town.

Contributing a complete B5-level armor will reward you with 5,000 contribution points and an additional 200 reputation points.

Contributing a complete B6-level Warframe will reward you with 10,000 contribution points and 500 reputation points.

It only takes 3,000 reputation points to go from Friendly to Honored, which can be achieved with just six sets of B6 Warframes.

As soon as Luo Wushang finished speaking, the members of the four teams—Yiye Fuyun, Fang Zhen, and Lu Fanchen—exchanged glances and rushed off in four different directions, ignoring the rest of the Baiyu Gang.

What are they trying to do? Run away?

"I never expected that the disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts School, who were known as a bunch of madmen, would also run away. It seems that we can't believe all the rumors from the outside world."

The nearly one hundred captains looked at the scattered players and laughed for a moment. However, they couldn't help but understand, after all, they were nearly one hundred captains, capable of conquering even a town, let alone an Obsidian Martial Arts School.

However, just as everyone was laughing, a woman who had been standing in the center of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall suddenly raised her longsword with both hands. A blurry sword aura on the longsword gradually began to shine brightly, and the sword aura grew larger and larger, turning into a phantom giant sword tens of meters long.

Before anyone could react, the woman suddenly swung her hand.

Extraordinary martial arts skills!

Suddenly, the illusory giant sword fell directly down. Before the captains could react, the entire sky, viewed from a distance, appeared to be torn in two, and a huge rift valley appeared on the ground, more than ten meters deep, more than twenty meters wide, and more than six or eight hundred meters long.

Below the rift, more than fifty garrison captains lay dead, each one beyond any hope of survival.

(End of this chapter)