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

Chapter 249 The Whole City Was in an Uproar
Hu Lei's voice echoed throughout the arena, causing all the experts from the City of Light to fall silent for a moment.

The strength of the young man from the Flame Horn Clan is already evident to all. He even killed the first deputy city lord. And if he can improve his combat power like this twice more, who can beat him?

“Since none of you dare to step forward, and Diloya has no intention of relinquishing the City of Light, let’s prepare for battle now.” Hu Lei looked around and noticed the unwillingness and fear in the eyes of the experts from all races. He smiled slightly and said, “Of course, I am not a cold-blooded creature. If any of you are willing to hand over half of your resources and the city’s control area, I can guarantee that I will not attack you.”

"Otherwise, once you and your people leave this city, don't even think about stepping out of the city again!"

As Hulei finished speaking, the entire arena fell silent once more, and the various races of the City of Light hesitated.

The all-out war between cities is restricted by the domain city system, which prohibits large-scale destruction and killing within the city, especially against ordinary people. Therefore, in the battle for cities in the Fog Mountain region, if the two city lords are of similar strength, they will blockade each other in the wilderness, and neither of them can do business or transport supplies.

A powerful force like Star Tower City could seal off the city, preventing anyone inside from leaving.

Although major cities can produce resources and food, they still need to obtain more from outside, especially martial arts resources such as monster meat, minerals, and herbs, which are raw materials provided by resource towns over a long period of time.

Once they are unable to leave the city and things from outside cannot enter, staying in the city becomes meaningless, and they may even be assassinated from time to time. After all, with the city in full-scale war, the domain city only prohibits large-scale destruction and killing of ordinary people, but does not prohibit killing martial artists.

If someone is ruthless enough to seize control of a city, they don't care if the city they take over is destroyed or unable to function properly. They might even choose to fight within the city and directly destroy the bases and strongholds of the major forces within it.

Star Tower City now plans to directly seal off the city. Unless all of them rush out to fight, they can only be slowly worn down by Star Tower City.

However, asking them to hand over half of their accumulated and controlled territory would be tantamount to taking half their lives.

Their people have lived in the City of Light for many years. Losing half of their accumulated wealth is one thing, but losing half of their resource acquisition will not only greatly reduce their cultivation resources, but also make it a big problem for the current members of their clan to cultivate martial artists. The number of martial artists born in the future will also be greatly reduced, not to mention the cultivation of a new generation of strong people to maintain the clan.

"So this is your real purpose in proposing the life-or-death contest." City Lord Diroya stared intently at Hulei, his eyes filled with rage, but he was powerless to do anything about it.

“You think you can use a contest to buy time, so you can have a chance to bring in stronger outside help. I know that all too well,” Hu Lei laughed. “But unfortunately, in the face of absolute power, you will only lose faster.”

While a life-or-death contest would give Diroya more time, it would also be his best opportunity to establish his authority in the City of Light. After all, if the various races were unaware of the Holy Blood Mercenary Group's strength, they might very well follow Diroya to the death, causing heavy losses to both sides.

Now that the Holy Blood Mercenary Group has demonstrated absolute strength, all races need to seriously consider whether they want to die with Diroya. In fact, Diroya might not die at all, and even the Three-Eyed Clan won't decline much. After all, with Diroya, a Blood Condensation Realm expert, the Three-Eyed Clan can find new large-scale energy veins, rebuild their cities, and make them exclusively their own.

However, the other races in the City of Light are different. Once all the experts at the Bone Forging Realm are killed, even if Diroya manages to defend the City of Light, he will completely withdraw from the center of the City of Light.

With both sides making their choices, it's obvious which is better or worse. Without the support of experts from various races, how can the less than one hundred Bone Forging Realm experts of the Three-Eyed Clan compete with the thousands of Bone Forging Realm experts of Star Tower City?
"Fine! You're ruthless!" Diluoya looked at Hulei, took a deep breath, stood up and looked at the experts from various races behind him, and said with utmost seriousness, "I know what you are thinking right now, but I can guarantee you today that whoever participates in the competition today, regardless of whether they win or lose, I will give them five thousand energy crystals, and I will pay them immediately before the competition."

As Diluya spoke, everyone looked at him in disbelief, and even Hulei couldn't help but look at him.

Five thousand energy crystals!

This might not seem like much to the lord of a city, but for one person to take the stage and charge five thousand energy crystals is an enormous sum.

Five thousand per person, fifty thousand for ten people, and five hundred thousand for a hundred people.

Five hundred thousand energy crystals—that's all he accumulated over the years.

In contrast, the various races of the City of Light began to breathe rapidly, and even some experts at the Bone Forging Realm had reddened their eyes.

Five thousand energy crystals may not be much to the city lord, but for a Bone Forging Realm martial artist, it is a huge sum. At least for weaker races, they simply cannot produce so many energy crystals in one go.

If any martial artist at the initial stage of the Bone Forging Realm obtains it, they will have a chance to break through to the advanced stage of the Bone Forging Realm. If they are talented, they might even become a top-tier Bone Forging Realm expert.

"Five thousand energy crystals, the city lord is indeed generous." Old Xiang in the crowd heard this and his eyes lit up. "Then I, this old fellow, will give it a try."

"Elder Xiang, you mustn't!" Xiong Yuedie quickly stopped her. "These five thousand energy crystals are good, but they are the money the city lord gave us to save our lives."

"Of course I know," Elder Xiang said with a completely unconcerned smile. "This old fellow doesn't have many years left to live. If I could exchange it for five thousand energy crystals, that would be a great deal. With those five thousand energy crystals, you could definitely get into the Domain City. Once you're in the Domain City, you'd have a much better chance of taking that step. With you and Lin Qi by our side, how could we, the human race, not be able to restore our former glory!"

“Elder Xiang, you are still the pillar of our clan. If our human race can no longer stay in the City of Light, we will still need you. I should go to the competition.” Wu Zhuoqun also advised, “I know my own limits in this life. It would be good enough if I could reach your level, Elder Xiang. And I don’t know how much time it would take for me to reach your level. It would be better to exchange resources now. Maybe it can even help you become a top-level Bone Forging Realm expert.”

As Wu Zhuoqun spoke, other middle-aged Bone Forging Realm experts from the human race also started arguing, all wanting to use this life-saving money to exchange for the future of the younger generation.

Not only were many people from the human race tempted, but experts from all races at the Bone Forging Realm were also very interested.

Five thousand energy crystals—this is a resource that many Bone Forging Realm experts could never earn in a lifetime. Whether left to future generations of the clan or to the family, it is the capital for their rise.

"Five thousand per person, that might be enough to send some of the old folks." The elegant noblewoman of the Feather Clan was also very tempted. "With these energy crystals, I have a real chance to learn extraordinary martial arts. It's not impossible for me to become a deputy city lord in other cities."

"It seems we'll have to sacrifice some people." The golden-haired middle-aged ape also showed excitement on his face.

As a top-tier expert in the Bone Forging Realm, he might be a prominent figure in any city, but if he were to lead his clan to migrate to other cities, it would be very difficult for him to thrive. After all, in most major cities, there would be at least one such expert, unless the clan is weak. With so many different races in a city, it would be impossible for him to develop his career in the city if he were to be ostracized by the other races.

But it's different for experts at the deputy city lord level; even if they move to other cities, they can quickly rise again.

Inside the venue, more and more experts from various races wanted to sign up. "Diloya, I really underestimated you." Hu Lei looked at the Bone Forging Realm experts behind Diloya who were all eagerly signing up, quite surprised. "Are you so sure that your people can find outside help once they go to the Domain City?"

He originally wanted to use the competition to eliminate the support of various races in the City of Light in one fell swoop, so that he could focus on dealing with the Three-Eyed Clan of Diroya and completely control the City of Light at the lowest cost.

Unexpectedly, Diloya suffered a huge loss. If he were unwilling to continue the competition, not only would he lose in terms of momentum, but the various races of the City of Light would also listen to Diloya even more.

"Hulei, although you have managed to hire the Holy Blood Mercenary Group, do you think I've been the city lord for so many years for nothing?" Diluoya also sneered. "You probably don't know, but I invested in quite a few geniuses who were admitted to the domain city. Although most of the investment went down the drain, I still managed to get one over the years."

"Investment in geniuses who enter the domain city?" Hu Lei was also somewhat taken aback.

I never expected that Diloya had been secretly doing such a thankless thing all this time, and for so many years. He must have so much money he didn't know what to do with it.

Although the genius martial artists who entered the Domain City are indeed exceptionally talented, very few can actually reach the Blood Condensation Realm. Not to mention, in this city competition, Blood Condensation Realm experts cannot participate. Even if they were to be found, it would not change the course of the battle. It would only make them offend that person. But compared to the resources of a city, what can offending a Blood Condensation Realm expert in the Domain City do to them?
As long as the rules set by the Domain City don't cross the line, the Domain City won't interfere. Let alone a Blood Condensation Realm expert in the Domain City, most of the time it's just that the city lords are giving face to the people under the Domain City.

It should be noted that there are many experts at the Blood Condensation Realm in Domain City. Although they are important figures in Domain City, they don't have much influence.

"Don't worry, that person isn't a Blood Condensation Realm expert." Di Luoya seemed to see through Hu Lei's disdain and chuckled, "He's just a Bone Forging Realm martial artist, but he's not an ordinary Bone Forging Realm martial artist. He was one of the top 20 contestants in the last Four Regions Youth Tournament."

"You're quite lucky." Hu Lei's face darkened after hearing this. "You even managed to snag a top 20 contestant from the Four Regions Youth Tournament so early on. But it takes a lot of time to get here from the Region City. Do you really think your people can hold out until then?"

The Four Regions Youth Competition is probably unheard of by ordinary people in the Fog Mountain region, and even by many high-ranking members of various races. However, as city lords, they occasionally have the opportunity to watch the competition.

Not to mention the top 20 contestants of the Four Regions Youth Competition, even the top 50 contestants are all monsters, having at least learned a transcendent martial art that can enter the sequence.

As for the top 20 contestants of the Four Regions Youth Competition, they are all comparable to those in the Blood Condensation Realm, truly top geniuses.

If it really is the top 20 contestants from the Four Regions Youth Competition who come to help, then this plan to seize the City of Light will become very troublesome, and may even fail.

"How will we know if we don't try?" Diloya glanced at the crowd who had signed up.

Now all he can do is gamble, hoping that the people who signed up can hold out until that person arrives.

"Alright! Let's see how many of you there are, enough for us to kill!" Hu Lei glanced at the Bone Forging Realm experts who had signed up, then looked at the Flame Horn Clan youth on the arena and said sternly, "Captain Tu'an! There's no need to hold back against the opponents after this, finish them quickly!"

"Not going to hold back?" The young man from the Flame Horn Clan seemed somewhat uninterested after hearing this. "Fine, although it goes against my aesthetics, you're the employer, after all."

He didn't actually want to come to Star Tower City this time, since he was competing for the position of vice commander. But Hulei had some connections with the commander, so he had no choice but to come and deal with these people in the city who didn't know what fighting was.

As the second match began, an elder from the Crystal Clan, at the mid-stage of the Bone Forging Realm, stepped onto the arena and, under the cold voice of the robot, announced the start of the match.

boom!
Before anyone present could react, Tuan withdrew his spear, and a large hole appeared in the heart of the Crystal Clan elder, killing him instantly.

"You're going to die now?"

"So fast! How could he draw his gun so quickly! I'm a high-level Bone Forging Realm cultivator, and I didn't even realize when he made his move. Is he really a Bone Forging Realm cultivator?"

The experts from various races outside the arena, all at the Bone Forging Realm, were stunned by the sudden death of the Crystal Clan elder.

Although they knew Tuan was very strong, and even a deputy city lord-level expert was no match for him, they never imagined he would be this strong.

"Can we send the next one now?"

Hu Lei glanced around at the suddenly quiet experts of the Bone Forging Realm from various races, and couldn't help but smile as he looked at Di Luoya.

Although Tuan is a captain of the Holy Blood Mercenary Group, he is also the leader of the Holy Blood Mercenary Group and one of the most promising young people. He is very likely to succeed as the new leader of the Holy Blood Mercenary Group in the future. Naturally, his strength is beyond question. He is not a fool who can only transform to increase his combat power, but a true genius.

Tuan alone possesses at least three extraordinary martial arts techniques.

With its offensive, defensive, and footwork skills, even the top 20 contestants in the Four Domains Youth Tournament would find it difficult to defeat Tu An.

At this moment, Diloya fell silent, his expression uncertain, unsure whether he should let someone else go up.

too fast!
Although we know that those who go up will definitely die, they die so quickly that even if we kill a hundred people, it probably won't take long.

Just as Diroya was having a headache, a voice suddenly silenced the entire room.

"Lord of the City, if we win the contest, what price can you offer?"

As the calm voice echoed through the crowd, everyone present couldn't help but look at the person who had spoken.

The person who spoke these words was none other than Lin Qi, the new deputy city lord of the City of Light!
(End of this chapter)