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

Chapter 259 What exactly are they fighting against?
Ragewind Town.

The torrential rain continued to wash away the stench of blood from the town, while quasi-martial artists and ultimate apprentices of various races, clad in A6-level armor, quickly repaired the city walls and buildings within the town, their work not stopping despite the rain.

"Stone Axe and Iron Claw have left?" Wild Wolf looked at the intelligence report sent by his subordinate while eating the monster roast meat on the table. His expression was rather grim.

It was precisely to protect the two of them that he had no choice but to stop the man in gray.

Now that they've dealt with all the men in gray, the two of them chose to leave, which means they were completely treated as tools.

"Those two captains said they no longer want to interfere in the affairs of Star Tower City and Light Chasing City. As for the Blood Rider captain of Star Tower City, they have terminated their commission, so neither of them plans to stay in Ragewind Town anymore," the Flame Horn Clan youth, who was at the mid-stage of the Bone Forging Realm, explained somewhat nervously.

The deputy leader of the Wild Wolf Regiment is not in a good mood right now, especially after the battle with the gray-clothed man. He suffered some internal injuries, and he used extraordinary martial arts to kill the woman in gray, which greatly depleted his energy and blood. Even with the use of type three energy potions and healing potions, it will take some time for him to fully recover.

"These two cowards ran away because of a rumor," Wild Wolf said disdainfully.

He also knew some information about the man in gray.

Anyone who becomes an enemy of the gray-clad man will face endless retaliation, time and time again, until the enemy is destroyed.

However, in Wild Wolf's view, that was just an exaggeration by the cross-domain caravan.

It was only because the caravans had been attacked multiple times by the gray-clad men that they were so alarmed. After all, no one had ever actually robbed a caravan before, which gave the caravans the illusion that the gray-clad men were endless.

He had seen the battle videos of those caravans; the combined number of attackers in those attacks was less than a hundred, a far cry from the countless others.

"They actually ran away because of a rumor. It seems that the mercenaries in the Mercenary Alliance are getting worse with each generation."

As a deep voice echoed through the hall, everyone present, including the vice-leaders of the Holy Blood Mercenary Group, including Wild Wolf, fell silent just as they were about to retort angrily.

A middle-aged man from the Shanling tribe, who was over six meters tall, and a young man from the Yanjiao tribe, who was only over two meters tall, walked in from outside the gate.

The speaker was none other than Lie Shan, the second city lord of Star Tower City, who had recently advanced to the Blood Condensation Realm.

As for the young man from the Flame Horn Clan who came in with him, he is a legend of the entire Flame Horn Clan, the leader of the Holy Blood Mercenary Group, the overlord of Heaven and Blood, Zhuogu.

Although Zhuogu looks very young, as if he is not even thirty, he is actually over eighty years old. Even Hulei, the city lord of Star Tower City, is much younger than Zhuogu.

"Wild Wolf, what exactly is going on?" Zhuogu couldn't help but look at Wild Wolf and ask in a low voice.

"Commander, this isn't our problem, it's about the stone axe and the iron claw." Upon hearing this, Wild Wolf quickly explained the whole story to Zhuogu and Lieshan.

In particular, he recounted the details of how the stone axe and iron claws attracted the gray-clad men.

"I never expected that a new force would emerge in the Dead Mountain Range in such a short time." Zhuogu was quite surprised after hearing this.

The mercenary groups knew far more about the situation in the Mountain of the Dead than they did in major cities, especially the Smiling Skull, one of the three most formidable entities, with whom they had dealt far more than with those in major cities.

According to Huang Lang, this gray-clad man was able to occupy a territory in the Dead Mountain Range and was known by passing caravans as "Southern Skeleton, Northern Gray-Clad Man," which shows that he was indeed quite powerful.

"What Southern Skeletons and Northern Gray Robes? They've just robbed some caravans." Lie Shan said disdainfully. "If those Gray Robes dare to come again, I'll let them know that this Furywind Town is not the Mountain of the Dead. No matter how many of them come, they can't shake Furywind Town in the slightest!"

The Mountain of the Dead is a monster's lair, and a large army advancing there would easily become food for the monsters. The reason why the Smiling Skeleton couldn't deal with the Gray-Clad Man is the same as the reason why the Domain City couldn't deal with the Smiling Skeleton: they simply couldn't find the Gray-Clad Man's base camp.

In his view, if the Smiling Skull and the Gray Man were to fight, the Gray Man would be wiped out very quickly.

As a key town on the front lines, Ragewind Town, though those at the Blood Condensation Realm cannot take action, is guarded by numerous deputy city lords and weapons. Ragewind Town is confident that even if the Gray-Clad Men or the Smiling Skeletons attack, they can keep the Smiling Skeletons in check.

It's laughable that the leaders of the two mercenary groups fled Ragewind Town because of a mere rumor about the gray-clad man. If this gets out, Ragewind Town will definitely become a laughing stock.

"Is it retaliation from the Gray-Clad Men?" Zhuogu nodded, then said, "How about this, you all stay in Nufeng Town for now to stabilize morale. After we've dealt with those who came to retaliate against the Gray-Clad Men, then we'll go to Maple Forest Town."

He was also filled with curiosity about the man in gray.

What merit or ability does he possess to have a nickname in the Mountain of the Dead that is on par with the Smiling Skull?

"Rest assured, Commander, we guarantee that as long as those gray-clad men dare to come, we will wipe them out no matter how many they come," the vice-commanders of the Holy Blood Mercenary Group replied confidently.

Although they didn't know how strong those gray-clad men were, their Holy Blood Mercenary Group was no ordinary group. Even the Red Moon Merchant Guild couldn't do anything to them back then, let alone a Northern Gray-Clad Men who were just beginning to gain fame.

Just as everyone was making their vows, a mid-stage Bone Forging Realm martial artist suddenly ran into the room and looked at the Second City Lord, Lieshan, with some panic.

"What's the matter? Why are you in such a panic?" Lie Shan raised an eyebrow as he looked at the newcomer, who was the deputy commander of the city garrison.

“Lord City Lord, the life detectors show a large number of life forms gathering about a thousand times in a distance of seven kilometers. We suspect this may be a vanguard team from the City of Light about to attack,” the man at the mid-stage of the Bone Forging Realm explained.

"The City of Light has started probing so quickly?" Lie Shan asked, quite surprised. "Alright, since they want to test us, I'll give them the chance. Everyone, prepare for battle!"

In city battles, especially in total wars like this, conquering cities and seizing territory is perfectly normal. He had thought that the City of Light would only defend itself, but he never expected that it would turn around and attack.

"Sending a vanguard regiment to probe the enemy shows that the City of Light is more confident than we thought." Zhuogu couldn't help but become more interested. "Wild Wolves, you should go and take a look too."

The Holy Blood Mercenary Group came to Ragewind Town in a large-scale attack to avenge the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Academy's killing of its members. However, according to their information, the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Academy is currently hiding in Maple Forest Town and refusing to come out. Therefore, they don't mind taking action against the people of Chasing Light City first to boost the Holy Blood Mercenary Group's reputation.

"Yes." Wild Wolf then led a group of men to the city wall.

As Huang Lang and his group arrived at the city wall, the entire wall was still not fully repaired due to the previous battle, and many places were severely damaged. It was no match for martial artists below the Bone Forging Realm to enter the town. However, a large number of martial artists carrying war weapons had already gathered at the foot of the city wall, and there were many Bone Forging Realm experts among the leaders.

With 100,000 Refining Organs Realm martial artists and hundreds of Bone Forging Realm experts, the vanguard force of only a few thousand people couldn't even make a ripple.

"They're charging at us!"

A forest tribe leader from a city garrison, looking at the red dots converging on his life detector, loudly reminded the others.

In an instant, the warriors on the city wall, those holding shields, stood at the forefront, while the warriors behind them with composite heavy bows drew their bows to the fullest. Some even prepared heavy ion bombs, just waiting for someone to rush onto the city wall so they could throw the bombs at them.

Two kilometers...

one kilometer……

Five hundred meters...

As the two sides drew closer, under the cover of darkness, the people of Ragewind Town finally saw the appearance of the newcomers clearly.

They were human men and women dressed in silver-gray clothing. The strong ones had blood and qi that reached the level of a high-level martial artist, while the weak ones were only apprentices. Most of them did not even have armor, and some did not even have a decent weapon. They rushed up excitedly with an alloy shovel in hand, which was not like a team formed by a city at all.

"The man in gray?"

"Damn it! How could it be them?"

"Everyone be on guard! Some of them can transform!"

The warriors in the city who had experienced the first battle looked extremely serious when they saw the crowd rushing towards them.

Previously, hundreds of gray-clad men caused a ruckus in Ragewind Town. The damage to the city walls was a minor matter; the number of martial artists who died was over a thousand, and more than ten Bone Forging Realm warriors perished. Although these losses were nothing to Ragewind Town, this time the gray-clad men numbered nearly a thousand, and the resulting casualties would definitely not be much greater than last time.

"They really came." Huang Lang was amazed as he watched dozens of the nearly one thousand gray-clad men suddenly surging with life force. "No wonder the caravans that travel to and from the Mist Mountain region are afraid of them. This kind of power is indeed not something that ordinary forces can contend with."

Dozens of martial artists, all at the high-level of the Bone Forging Realm or above, possessed a presence that even he felt pressured by. Without their leader's intervention, even the Holy Blood Mercenary Group would find this battle difficult. While Wild Wolf sighed in disbelief, both sides entered the fray. Tens of thousands of arrows from Ragewind Town were unleashed simultaneously; the sound of arrows piercing the strings echoed throughout the town. The arrows themselves, like colossal beasts in the night, blotted out the moon and clouds, engulfing the players like a black tide.

"Holy crap! This rain of arrows is spectacular!"

"Is this what ancient warfare feels like? I want to record it as the opening CG!"

"I didn't experience any lag even when tens of thousands of arrows were fired at once. This game runs like a god. With this game engine, this game is bound to be a bestseller in the future."

"Newbie here with no money, any veteran want to lend me their body as a shield?"

"Even a top-tier player couldn't withstand this level."

The players were all very excited as they watched the tens of thousands of arrows coming. They hadn't expected the first battle of the event to be so exciting, especially the newcomers, whose eyes were practically sparkling with excitement.

These aren't arrows being shot out, they're money being shot out!

Each arrow was made of alloy of grade B6 or higher, making them far more valuable than the lives of these newcomers.

A B6-level arrow costs a whopping 5,000 points to buy from a veteran player, and it's even more expensive to exchange for from the martial arts hall—it's 1 point for 1 credit, which is 5,000 credits.

If you could take all of these arrows after this volley, you could become a millionaire in no time!
Just as tens of thousands of arrows were about to fall on the players, Fang Zhen suddenly roared from the crowd, and a golden lion a hundred meters tall appeared before everyone's eyes.

With just a roar, tens of thousands of arrows were deflected and scattered all over the ground.

This scene left the players in the crowd completely dumbfounded.

"Holy crap! Whose Lion's Roar is that?!"

"This martial arts technique is amazing! I'll buy it for a million."

"Look at the sky! There's someone practicing boxing in the sky!"

As the illusory golden lion appeared, everyone's attention was quickly drawn to a figure in the sky. The atmosphere around that figure was gathering, all concentrated in the palm of his hand, as if he were holding a tornado, being compressed again and again.

And this person was none other than Lu Fanchen.

The moment the Heaven-Shaking Fist was compressed, Lu Fanchen took a few steps in the air and arrived in front of the gate of Fury Wind Town. Without giving the second wave of arrows a chance, he punched the more than ten-meter-high steel gate.

boom!
At that moment, the atmosphere exploded, and the steel gate, which was more than ten meters high, flew out, turning the surrounding area of ​​hundreds of meters into an empty space. Hundreds of martial artists were killed, including more than ten experts at the Bone Forging Realm who coughed up blood and were seriously injured due to the terrifying impact.

"All warriors in the Refining Organs Realm, use heavy crossbows! Other warriors in the Bone Forging Realm, follow me!" Seeing this, Wild Wolf was also on high alert.

Putting aside the fact that Lu Fanchen smashed through the town gate with a single punch, killing hundreds of martial artists, which clearly demonstrated the use of a transcendent-level martial skill, anyone familiar with the Smiling Skull would know what the illusory golden lion Fang Zhen just created was.

Serial martial arts!

Even in his transformed state, a master of the Ultimate Bone Forging Realm who has mastered the Sequence Martial Arts is not easy to deal with. Even if he wins, he will definitely be seriously injured.

Moreover, Huanglang could sense that there were other experts in the crowd who were no less skilled than the two of them.

If this battle is not dealt with seriously, the final result will be unbearable for both Star Tower City and their Holy Blood Mercenary Group.

In an instant, not only did Huang Lang lead several deputy commanders into action, but even the deputy city lords who were in the rear could no longer sit still and rushed towards Lu Fanchen and Fang Zhen.

The deputy city lord level experts had already caused them considerable losses when facing Luo Wushang alone. Now, two of them have suddenly appeared. If they are not stopped in time, once they enter the town, they will be nothing short of human nuclear weapons.

However, just as the Wild Wolf and several deputy city lords rushed out of the town, several figures suddenly charged towards them.

These people were none other than Ye Qinglu, Chen Ya, Li Ranxing, Yi Ye Fuyun, Zhao Hu, and more than ten others. Each of them possessed physical qualities above the Limit Bone Forging Realm and had mastered extraordinary martial arts skills.

"Sword rises!"

Seeing the most threatening wolf in the crowd, Ye Qinglu immediately used the second sword formation of the Thousand Swords Diagram, the Heavenly Sword Formation formed by forty-nine swords. It transformed from the sky into a fiery meteor and directly bombarded the wolf.

Compared to the thirty-six giant swords, the Heavenly Sword Formation is ten times more powerful, reaching the level of an extraordinary martial art.

With a single sword strike, all things are annihilated!

"Break it for me!"

Upon seeing this, the wolf's expression changed drastically, and its body suddenly swelled up, directly reaching the second stage of transformation. It then swung its heavy sword sharply.

The extraordinary martial art, Wolf Soul!

Suddenly, a phantom wolf head, tens of meters tall, lunged at the falling fire meteor.

boom!
A deafening explosion rang out in mid-air, the terrifying shockwave reverberating throughout the entire town of Ragewind, leaving even the warriors firing from afar feeling shaken to their core.

After this attack, the Wild Wolf took a half step back to steady himself, while the forty-nine longswords on the other side flew away, and several of them were broken beyond recognition.

The Holy Blood Mercenary Group was completely dumbfounded after just one exchange.

Tie!

As the first vice-captain of the Holy Blood Mercenary Group, Huang Lang's strength was second only to the captain. He was a master who could fight against a Blood Condensation Realm expert before, but now he was fighting to a draw with a gray-clothed man.

However, before the Holy Blood Mercenary Group could even be surprised, Chen Ya had only exchanged blows with the four deputy city lords for a short while when the four deputy city lords of Star Tower City were not at all in the upper hand. On the contrary, Chen Ya used some method to split into four, with four afterimages flashing in mid-air, as if the four of them were working together.

Although each move was only at the level of the Eight Leaves One Blade Style, which was barely at the super-rank, the combined power of the four people and their four moves created a qualitative change. Even if the four deputy city lords of Star Tower City used extraordinary martial arts techniques, they could not gain the upper hand.

By the end of the great battle, half of the entire Furywind Town had been reduced to ruins, tens of thousands of warriors had died, two deputy city lords and two deputy leaders of the Holy Blood Mercenary Group had perished, and Wild Wolf was seriously injured because he faced Ye Qinglu and Luo Wushang alone. The loss of Bone Forging Realm experts exceeded one hundred.

This left the Holy Blood Mercenary Group and everyone in Star Tower City dumbfounded after the war.

They used nearly half the strength of a city, and even had top-tier combat power exceeding that of a city, yet they suffered such heavy losses. Such a battle is unprecedented.

However, to their relief, they held their ground and successfully eliminated the gray-clad men who had terrified even the caravans from beyond the region. This battle will surely make them famous throughout the Dead Mountain Range.

At dawn, as the sun rose, the warriors of Ragewind Town cleared away the corpses and repaired the buildings within the town.

Just as Huanglang finished his treatment and was about to rest, the town's alarm suddenly sounded. As everyone wondered what other forces would dare to attack Nufeng Town at this time, the warriors guarding the city wall stared through electronic binoculars at figures dressed in silver-gray clothing walking six kilometers away. Their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

One person... two people... three people...

There were over a thousand people, all of whom were now ready to go.

"The man in gray?"

"How can this be!"

"Weren't they all dead last night?"

(End of this chapter)