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

Chapter 256 Opponent in Northern Gray Robes? (Second Update)

Outside Maple Forest Town lies Gale Valley.

"Captain, is it really okay if only our team comes?" A half-scaled man at the mid-stage of the Bone Forging Realm asked his captain, Ino, somewhat nervously.

As a member of the city's garrison and a graduate of the genius training camp, he was already used to life-and-death trials.

But at this moment, facing two wilderness mercenary groups and a garrison regiment from Star Tower City, their garrison regiment alone was simply courting death.

Even if the leader, Ino, is now a half-step top-level Bone Forging Realm expert, it's still a dead end. After all, there are conservatively estimated to be three high-level Bone Forging Realm martial artists. Even if Ino's second-level super-class martial skill is perfected, he might not have a problem overpowering one person, and he can fight to a draw against two.

However, if three high-level martial artists at the Limit Bone Forging Realm attacked together, they would basically be at a disadvantage and could easily lose their lives, not to mention that their numbers were twice that of the other side.

"If we hadn't come, did you expect those people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy to protect the transport convoy?" Ino rolled her eyes at the half-scaled man.

The half-scaled man fell silent upon hearing this.

If Lin Qi, the master of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, were to come in person, protecting the transport convoy would not be difficult. After all, he is the deputy city lord, a master of extraordinary martial arts, not to mention the monster who killed the Holy Blood Mercenary Group with a single move in the Martial Arts Association.

He was present at the time and knew very well how powerful the monsters of the Holy Blood Mercenary Group were, but in front of Lin Qi, they were still as fragile as infants, let alone three high-level martial artists at the Limit Bone Forging Realm.

However, Lin Qi has only sent martial arts school disciples to protect the transport convoy, which is basically a pipe dream.

Leader Ino said he was borrowing people, but he actually wanted Lin Qi to take action. Unfortunately, Lin Qi had no intention of taking action at all and actually only sent the martial arts school disciples. His straightforwardness was so honest that it made people want to cry.

"Stop talking, they're here! Everyone prepare for battle!"

Looking at the life detector in her hand, Ino frowned as she saw the red dots appearing within a three-kilometer radius. Each red dot on the detector represented a Bone Forging Realm expert, and the number of red dots far exceeded her expectations, totaling more than forty Bone Forging Realm experts.

For a moment, all 1,500 warriors of the 17th Regiment, from the high-level Bone Forging Realm to the mid-level warriors, couldn't help but swallow hard.

Their 17th Regiment, at most, only had 20 members at the Bone Forging Realm. Among them, there were 10 at the initial stage of the Bone Forging Realm, 8 at the intermediate stage, 1 at the advanced stage, and 1 at the ultimate advanced stage of the Bone Forging Realm, who was the regimental leader, Ino.

Facing more than forty experts at the Bone Forging Realm, even if the opponents were only at the initial stage of the Bone Forging Realm, it would still be an overwhelming disadvantage for them.

Meanwhile, the Star Tower City team also discovered Ino's team using the life detector.

“Brother Blood Rider, it seems there aren’t many people in the City of Light. There are only twenty Bone Forging Realm cultivators in total.” A burly demon man, nearly four meters tall and carrying two battle axes, looked at the life detector in his hand and chuckled. “You really made a huge mistake by hiring Iron Claw and me to ambush the garrison of the City of Light.”

"Only one garrison regiment came. It seems that Maple Forest Town is even more deserted than I imagined." The mountain tribe man, who was over five meters tall, was also slightly surprised after looking at the life detector.

According to his plan, he deliberately exposed his whereabouts to let the people of the City of Light know that they were going to attack the transport convoy. However, his real target was not the transport convoy, but the garrison of the City of Light.

In this city battle, both cities suffered heavy losses. Killing even a beginner-level Bone Forging Realm warrior could yield a considerable amount of Type 3 potions. If a warrior could be killed at the peak of the Bone Forging Realm, the city lord would even offer extraordinary martial arts techniques and personally instruct the warrior for three days.

As a member of the Mountain Clan, he was a genius among the city lords. He had long since learned the extraordinary martial arts of the Mountain Clan, but he had never been able to master them.

If one could receive guidance from a Blood Condensation Realm expert like the City Lord for a few days, the chances of mastering extraordinary martial arts techniques would undoubtedly be much greater.

Once he masters extraordinary martial arts, he will leap to become the deputy city lord, a position far beyond what a mere city garrison commander could achieve.

He spared no expense in hiring two well-known mercenary groups in the Fog Mountain region, namely the Stone Axe Mercenary Group and the Iron Claw Mercenary Group, in addition to the hiring fee given by the city lord.

Although these two mercenary groups are far inferior to the Holy Blood Mercenary Group, their leaders, Stone Axe and Iron Claw, are both top-tier experts at the Bone Forging Realm.

To ambush and kill the two leaders of the City of Light would be an easy task.

To his surprise, the City of Light only sent a garrison regiment to support the transport convoy, which ruined half of his plan.

"Blood Rider, are you going to go again?" A three-winged man from the Feather Clan asked. "Stone Axe and I promised you we could help you once. If we do it this time, we'll have to pay you extra next time."

As a mercenary group, they are paid to do things, and they are paid once they carry out a task.

Originally, they were not keen to get involved in the war between the two cities. After all, if the side that hired them won, that would be fine, but if they lost, they would also be implicated.

They weren't the Holy Blood Mercenary Group, and even the Red Moon Merchant Guild chose to forgo revenge. If they were to face retaliation from an entire city, even without the city lord's intervention, the deputy city lords alone would be enough to cause them trouble.

If it weren't for the fact that the Blood Knights had some prior relationship with them and that the hiring fee was twice the usual amount, they wouldn't have come at all.

"Let's do it!" Blood Knight gritted his teeth, still determined to take it down.

Now that his side has been exposed, if he doesn't take action, the garrison of the City of Light will definitely be on guard next time, and it will be difficult to kill another garrison commander.

"Alright! With your words of encouragement, Blood Rider, let's get started!" The Demon Clan's Stone Axe laughed and unleashed his martial skill, his speed increasing dramatically as he charged straight towards the Light Chasing City garrison, two kilometers away.

Iron Claw beside Blood Rider also took a step forward, shooting off like a cannonball. As the two's speed increased dramatically, Ino and the others, who were preparing to fight, had a slight change in expression.

"Commander! Something's not right! These two red dots are moving at near-sonic speeds. They could very well be top-tier Bone Forging Realm experts!" A mid-level Bone Forging Realm man from the Half-Scale Clan said in a panic as he looked at the life detector.

While speed doesn't fully represent ability, it can reflect a portion of it.

Speeds approaching the speed of sound are generally only achievable by high-level martial artists in the Ultimate Bone Forging Realm who have mastered the second level of the Super-Rank Footwork Technique and are using it.

The other type is the top-level Bone Forging Realm expert who has mastered the Super-Rank Footwork to the third level of perfection and uses the Super-Rank Footwork.

The two's speed has suddenly increased dramatically. If they really wanted to ambush them, they could have approached slowly without revealing themselves so early. The fact that they dared to expose themselves now only shows that they are very confident in their own strength and don't even care about the twenty Bone Forging Realm experts on their side.

Therefore, there is only one possibility.

Top-tier Bone Forging Realm expert!
Only top-tier Bone Forging Realm experts could completely disregard the twenty Bone Forging Realm cultivators on their side and come and go with ease.

“I’m not good at speed, so there’s no way I can run away,” Ino sighed. “They’re probably after me. You should all retreat.”

Sending two top-tier Bone Forging Realm experts to the scene would be unnecessary if the goal was simply to kill an ordinary Bone Forging Realm expert.

Top-tier Bone Forging Realm experts are not commonplace. Some powerful clans in the city only have one such expert, and the entire City of Light has fewer than thirty top-tier Bone Forging Realm experts. The situation is similar in Star Tower City.

Sending two top-tier Bone Forging Realm experts deep into the rear at once, risking great danger, is only possible to kill a high-level Bone Forging Realm martial artist like her. After all, if a top-tier Bone Forging Realm expert in the rear is discovered, the city lord will definitely order the deputy city lord to take action, and then it will be very difficult to escape.

Faced with this, the members of the garrison could only grit their teeth and scatter to escape.

They could fight against one top-tier Bone Forging Realm expert, but with two top-tier Bone Forging Realm experts plus more than forty other Bone Forging Realm experts, they wouldn't even have a chance to escape.

"Want to leave? Not so easy!" Stone Axe glanced at the red dots that suddenly scattered on the life detector and quickened his pace.

For a mercenary group that lives in the wild year-round, speed is life. Whether chasing someone or escaping, it is crucial, which is why he and Iron Claw have been able to survive for so long.

With their speed from the third level of the Super-Rank Footwork, the two of them had escaped from experts at the level of deputy city lords on multiple occasions. Now, chasing down twenty Bone Forging Realm experts was a piece of cake.

Just as Stone Axe and Iron Claw arrived at a point less than 500 meters from the 17th Regiment, a flying transport vehicle stopped in the middle of the two sides from a distance.

"Hahaha! I knew renting a flying transport vehicle would be the right choice. Our team is the first to arrive!" Fang Zhen opened the car door, looked at the two groups of people below the valley, and couldn't help but laugh.

"How's it going? Has the fight started yet?" Chen Ya stretched and asked listlessly.

"It looks like they're about to fight." The border gunslinger looked down and explained, "But there seem to be fewer people on the other side. There are only two people charging at the front, and judging from their qi and blood, they should be at the high level of the Limit Bone Forging Realm."

"Two minor leaders at the Bone Forging Realm?" Chen Ya asked uninterestedly. "No fun. Who's going to go?"

"Then Fang Zhen and I will do it together." Li Ranxing jumped down from mid-air with some anticipation.

Fang Zhen did not object and silently jumped off the flying transport vehicle.

Previously, Chen Ya fought the leader of the Smiling Skull stronghold all by herself, and she had a great time. Although she was being overwhelmed and had no chance to fight back, the leader of the Smiling Skull stronghold was a Blood Condensation Realm cultivator, while the two Bone Forging Realm cultivators were now completely uninteresting.

As Fang Zhen and Li Ranxing jumped off the flying transport vehicle, everyone present, including Ino who was prepared for a fight to the death, was stunned.

The moment Fang Zhen and Li Ranxing landed, Shi Fu and Tie Zhao, who had been full of murderous intent, turned around and ran away without hesitation, just like mice seeing a cat. They even ran faster than when they came.

"What's going on with these two leaders?" Fang Zhen was dumbfounded as he stared at the two men whose speed was now comparable to the speed of sound.

He had finally managed to try and extract the Golden Roar from the stronghold leader, but neither of these two leaders at the Bone Forging Realm gave him the chance.

Are the sequence martial arts mastered by the leader of the Blood Coagulation Realm really that powerful?
At this moment, not only were Ino and the others dumbfounded, but even the Blood Riders who ran over from behind were also puzzled.

"What are you two doing?" Blood Rider asked through his smartwatch, full of curiosity. "The commander of the garrison is still alive!"

"I'm not fighting anymore, I can't win." Stone Axe refused outright, his voice even carrying a hint of annoyance.

"Can't fight? What do you mean? You're mercenaries, you get paid! Are you afraid I'll notify the Mercenary Alliance and you'll breach the contract?!" Blood Knight roared.

He paid twice the price to hire two people, and now that they're here, they're telling him they can't win. Are they just messing with him?
"You know nothing!" Stone Axe retorted angrily. "Before we signed the contract, you didn't mention those gray-clad men. If I had known, I would have ignored you long ago. Let whoever wants to fight, fight!"

"Gray-clad men?" Blood Rider couldn't help but look at the two human men dressed in silver-gray clothing in the distance, his heart filled with curiosity.

Judging from their qi and blood, these two human men were clearly high-level martial artists at the limit, not even at the Bone Forging Realm. For a top-level Bone Forging Realm expert, these two could be easily killed. How could he believe that they would abandon the contract just because of these two?
“Brother Blood Rider, you may not know this because you are from Star Tower City, but everyone in the Gray-Clad Men in the Mountains of the Dead knows about them. Even the Smiling Skull suffered considerable losses when facing those Gray-Clad Men. They are now known as the Southern Skull and the Northern Gray-Clad Men by passing caravans. We really can't abide by this contract. You should find someone else!” After explaining, Iron Claw hung up the communication and used all his strength to escape from this place.

(End of this chapter)