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

Chapter 314 The aftermath of the war
City of Light, Red Moon Merchant Guild.

As Kui Lang and the white-masked youth looked at the message from their subordinates, the atmosphere in the entire hall instantly became heavy.

"How is this possible! That's the Dragon Hunter Legion!"

The young man in the white mask looked at the information on his smartwatch and still couldn't believe it was true.

The renowned Dragon Hunter Legion was not only defeated by the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy's encirclement, but also suffered heavy losses, with two captains killed and less than half of its members remaining. It sounded like a joke.

If he didn't know anything about the Dragon Hunter Legion, that would be one thing, but he knew very well what kind of legion the Dragon Hunter Legion was.

Even the weakest ordinary members among the thousand are experts at the level of deputy city lords. Among the squad leaders, there are experts at the Blood Condensation Realm. The captain and deputy captain are both experts at the mid-level of the Blood Condensation Realm. With the addition of the regimental commander Rhine Manster, basically apart from the Fog Mountain Domain City, there is no force in the entire Fog Mountain region that can truly threaten the Dragon Hunting Legion.

But now, after a battle with the Obsidian Martial Arts School, they have lost more than half of their troops. Who would believe that?
"Believe it or not, news of the Dragon Hunter Corps will probably reach headquarters soon." Kui Lang frowned as he looked at the latest intelligence in his hand. "The Obsidian Martial Arts School is too secretive. In the battle against Earth Star Pharmaceuticals in Crimson Moon Town, they weren't serious at all. At most, they only used one-fifth of their strength, deceiving everyone!"

Six thousand martial artists is one thing, after all, there are hundreds of thousands of martial artists in each city, and it wouldn't be difficult for the Obsidian Martial Arts School to get that many martial artists. But 262 of them are at the Bone Forging Realm, that's going too far.

Although he did not witness the battle of Red Moon Town firsthand, he knew that the gray-robed disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy could generally transform, and once transformed, their combat power would more than double, which was quite amazing.

262 Bone Forging Realm experts. Once all of them can transform, that's equivalent to 262 Blood Coagulation Realm experts. Even if you combine the two strongest forces in the Misty Mountain region, you still wouldn't have that many Blood Coagulation Realm experts.

"Elder Kui Lang, what do we do now? If headquarters finds out that our problem with the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy led to this, we probably won't survive past next month." The white-masked youth was also somewhat anxious.

If they didn't intend to engage in any illegal transactions with Lin Qi, then even if the entire Dragon Hunting Legion were wiped out, it wouldn't concern them much.

However, they broke the rules by directly targeting the new Dragon Hunting Group to deal with the Obsidian Martial Arts School. If headquarters finds out, they will definitely be in deep trouble, since they directly put the Red Moon Merchant Guild at odds with the top-tier Obsidian Martial Arts School for their own personal gain.

“There’s only one way now,” Kui Lang said after thinking for a moment. “Make amends by informing Master Lin that we can appropriately reduce the price of some metal plates, one super-limit level martial art and twenty guard robots, as well as the complete version of the Thunder Palm. That’s our bottom line.”

Whether it's a super-limit level martial skill or a guard robot, these are both things the merchant guild lacks, and obtaining either would be a great achievement.

Previously, the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy only had fifty-odd experts at the Bone Forging Realm, which was acceptable. But with as many as 262 Bone Forging Realm martial artists, it was clearly no longer a behemoth that he could handle alone.

Now, we can only earn less from guarding robots, but we can exchange them for core martial arts techniques like the Thunder Palm electromagnetic gun. If we go to other areas, we can definitely sell them like hotcakes, which will not only make up for all our mistakes, but we might even earn some credit.

"Elder Kui Lang, what if the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy doesn't agree?" the white-masked youth asked with some concern.

They haven't gotten anything useful from the metal plate yet. The Lightning Palm is the key to Obsidian Martial Arts School's confidence in selling new weapons. If Obsidian Martial Arts School refuses outright, it will be embarrassing and troublesome.

"If they don't agree, I'll personally deliver the metal plate to headquarters. Although it won't make up for my mistake, it will save my own life without any problem. Then, if they still want that metal plate, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky. They'll know what to choose." Kui Lang was full of confidence about this.

To put pressure on them, the Obsidian Martial Arts School directly sold weapons of that kind, making B-grade and above armor a laughing stock, thereby damaging the Red Moon Merchant Guild's armor business.

The fact that Obsidian Martial Arts School could achieve this level of skill demonstrates just how important the metal plates are.

"Then I'll head to Red Moon Town right now."

The young man in the white mask sighed after hearing this; there was nothing else he could do now.

Red Moon Town, midday sky.

Members of various factions who had been conducting basic core disciple training at the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy in the training grounds were astonished when two giant sky ships and hundreds of flying transport vehicles appeared in the sky.

"This giant ship in the sky is actually a ship bearing the logo of the Red Moon Merchant Guild. Does the Red Moon Merchant Guild intend to destroy Crimson Moon Town now?"

"No! The people on the sky giant ship, and those piloting the flying transport vehicles, all seem to be gray-robed disciples from our martial arts school!"

"That's true! Two skyships and so many flying transport vehicles—if a guild gets their hands on them, they'll be rolling in money."

……

The people inside the martial arts hall watched the giant ship slowly descending from the sky, and they all discussed it with great curiosity.

Sky behemoths are not something you can just buy whenever you want; you have to get a spot in a domain city to purchase them. But now, the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy has directly obtained two of them, and they are even from the Red Moon Merchant Guild. It's simply unbelievable.

"Did they defeat the Dragon Hunter Legion?" Wild Wolf stared in astonishment at the two colossal skyships silently hovering in the sky, wondering if he was dreaming.

The Red Moon Merchant Guild mark on the Sky Giant Ship cannot be faked, let alone two ships.

But what he couldn't understand was how the Obsidian Martial Arts School had defeated the Red Moon Merchant Guild's Dragon Hunter Legion, especially the Legion's leader, Rhine Manster.

According to the leader of the group, Zhuogu, Rhine Manster has probably reached the strength of a half-step Celestial. Whether he can become a Celestial Grandmaster depends on whether he is willing to take the final risk.

There is a fundamental difference between a half-step Celestial Realm cultivator and a high-level Blood Condensation Realm martial artist. The difference in basic strength alone is as much as double, not to mention the difference in blood and qi.

Putting everything else aside, it would be incredibly easy for a half-step Celestial Realm expert to single-handedly take down dozens of early-stage Blood Condensation Realm martial artists. Even with the entire Obsidian Martial Arts Academy present, they might not be a match for the half-step Celestial Realm expert, Rhine Manster. However, while Wild Wolf was surprised and puzzled, Lin Qi, in the training room on the third floor of the Cultivation Tower, was also somewhat bewildered as he looked at Qin Mu's player statistics report.

"Two giant skyships, twenty C4-class flying transport vehicles, sixty C2-class flying transport vehicles, one hundred and forty B6-class flying transport vehicles, and sixty-one damaged flying transport vehicles. Did they rob a warehouse in some city?"

Lin Qi looked at the list and could hardly believe it was real.

Leaving aside the Sky Giant Ship, that's a strategic-level flying vehicle that only the Domain City sells to its subordinate cities. Whether it's transporting people or goods, it's far superior to any flying transport vehicle; its size alone is more than a hundred times smaller.

As for flying transport vehicles, it's not difficult to purchase large quantities of B2-class flying transport vehicles as long as you have some connections with high-ranking officials in major cities. After all, many cities have production lines for flying transport vehicles and can manufacture them themselves if they have the materials.

However, B6-class flying transport vehicles are not sold to the public in major cities. After all, B6-class alloy is extremely precious and cannot be bought even if you have money. As for C-class flying transport vehicles, they are luxury items that many cities dare not even dream of.

Grade C alloy can withstand attacks from lord-level monsters head-on. The strongest monsters you can normally encounter in the wild are only lords. As for natural disasters above that, as long as you don't go to places like the Mountain of the Dead, you can basically roam freely in the wild.

A total of eighty Class C flying transport vehicles. Even if you robbed an entire city, it would be difficult to gather so many Class C flying transport vehicles.

He had considered buying some flying transport vehicles before, but flying transport vehicles below grade C are not very useful to players, especially now that the entire map is unlocked and players can travel to very far places. Without flying transport vehicles made of grade C alloy, they are easily defeated by flying monsters.

But these cities simply don't sell cars with C-class alloys.

He was quite troubled by this, but now that there were so many vehicles, the players' activity range had been completely opened up, which was of great help to him.

Because of the large number of disciples and the continuous renovation of houses, the energy ore at the foot of Red Moon Mountain in Red Moon Town is simply not enough. As for the surrounding hundreds of kilometers of Red Moon Town, there are no good mineral veins, and the energy ore has always been in short supply. Now that there are so many flying transport vehicles, players can mine in much farther places.

If we acquire enough ore, especially B4-level or higher veins, we can introduce a production line for flying transport vehicles and manufacture them ourselves. This will not only save money but also allow us to expand our towns more quickly, which is a win-win situation.

"Master, I also have a message from the Red Moon Merchant Guild." Qin Mu asked, "They said they can agree to trade the metal plates, and the price can be as low as a super-limit level martial art and twenty guard robots, as well as a complete Thunder Palm manual. Otherwise, they will send it directly to headquarters for safekeeping. Even a Celestial Realm expert will not be able to get it again. Master, should we buy it?"

"Elder Kui Lang has quite the imagination." Lin Qi said dismissively. "Reply to them, five thousand energy crystals, not a single one more. Have someone keep an eye on the Red Moon Merchant Guild, and report to me immediately if there's any movement."

He had already decided on the metal plate for passing on the body-strengthening secret technique.

I'm not planning to buy it; I'll just snatch it from them.

Since the Red Moon Merchant Guild has already decided to take advantage of him, he won't refuse to use them for free.

"Rest assured, Master, I will have people keeping a 24-hour watch on the Red Moon Merchant Guild. We'll receive news immediately if there's any movement," Qin Mu said respectfully. "Furthermore, one of the trainees wants to meet with you to discuss business. He's a trainee sent by Azurewing City. Would you like to see him?"

"Talking business? Someone from Azurewing City?" Lin Qi thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Tell that person to go to the martial arts hall's reception room."

As one of the two strongest cities in the Fog Mountain region, Azure Wing City may not have the same scale of business as the Red Moon Merchant Guild, and it only covers some cities in the Fog Mountain region. However, it is one of the few trading capitals in the Fog Mountain region, and it sells the vast majority of goods.

It is also the production chain of flying transport vehicles, as well as the manufacturing equipment for energy blood essence. Apart from Domain City and Red Moon Chamber of Commerce, it is the most likely force to sell.

Obsidian Martial Arts School, Conference Room.

As Lin Qi entered the elegant yet simple conference room, he saw a human youth who was already waiting for a long time. This human youth was extremely strong. Although he looked to be under twenty, his strength had already reached the limit of the high-level Bone Forging Realm. In front of this human youth, those people from the city's genius training camps were just ordinary people.

"Hello, Master Lin." The young man introduced himself as soon as he saw Lin Qi. "I am Hong Luo, the deputy commander of the City Lord's Guard of Cangyi City."

"Deputy Commander Hong is looking for me. I wonder what kind of business Cangyi City wants to discuss?" Lin Qi nodded and said slowly.

"Business in the forbidden zones!" Hong Luo said excitedly. "Currently, there aren't many forces in the entire Four Domains that can do business in the forbidden zones. Now that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy has defeated the Dragon Hunter Legion, it is qualified to engage in business in the forbidden zones. If our two families cooperate, there might be a glimmer of hope for the future."

"A business in the restricted area? A glimmer of hope for the future? What does that mean?" Lin Qi asked, seeing Hong Luo getting more and more excited as he spoke.

He knew a little about the forbidden zone; it was a place beyond the Four Domains. However, because the forbidden zone was too dangerous, even a master like the city lord would never return after entering, so no force dared to venture in casually.

"Among the major powers in the four domains, only a limited number have the strength to participate in the business of the forbidden zones. The main activities are exploring the forbidden zones, discovering the treasures within, and drawing maps of the forbidden zones. Both of these are invaluable, and qualified powers are willing to purchase them with energy blood essence," Hong Luo explained slowly. "Our Azure Wing City has been operating in the forbidden zones for decades, and our understanding of the forbidden zones is not much worse than that of the Domain City. If the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy cooperates with us, it is not impossible to seize that sliver of hope."

"As for the glimmer of hope, Master Lin, do you see any changes in the Four Regions compared to a few years ago?"

Lin Qi said somewhat awkwardly, "I have always lived in the City of Light and have not left the city much, so I am not very familiar with the situation in the Four Regions."

“In that case, I’ll get straight to the point.” Hong Luo nodded and said slowly, “According to the survey of the cities within the four domains, the area in the four domains where we live now has decreased by 10% compared to five years ago. That 10% reduction has now become a restricted area. According to data from a hundred years ago, the land we live on did not only have the four domains, but also many other areas. The restricted areas were not as large as they are now. It’s just that the four domains are now the only place where we can move around relatively safely.”

"However, the Four Domains have been getting smaller and smaller over the years. It is estimated that in a few years, the entire Four Domains will be covered by the forbidden zone. Therefore, the top forces that know about this have been thinking about how to get out and safely leave the Four Domains which are surrounded by the forbidden zone, and go to other safe places."

"Are the four domains covered by restricted areas?" Lin Qi was shocked upon hearing this. He hadn't expected that the restricted areas, which were completely ignored by everyone in the city, would hide such a big problem. He then asked, "Can I know what dangers are inside these restricted areas?"

(End of this chapter)