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

Chapter 317 The Glimmer of Light in the City (Long Chapter)

City of Light, Red Moon Merchant Guild.

Inside the VIP box, Kui Lang sat cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed, holding a fist-sized pale red crystal in his hand. He had been adjusting his physical condition, and his blood circulation was several times faster than usual. With each breath, the energy in the entire room was drawn in and exhaled.

After a few seconds of breathing exercises, Kui Lang picked up the pale red crystal and took a bite. The pale red crystal, which was harder than steel, was easily bitten off by Kui Lang like an apple, making a crunching sound. The white-masked youth who entered the room was astonished.

Although the white-masked youth had witnessed the cultivation of Blood Condensation Realm warriors many times, he still couldn't believe that the energy blood essence, which was harder than diamonds, was being eaten like beans by Blood Condensation Realm warriors.

"What's the matter?"

As Kui Lang asked the question, he took another bite of the energy blood essence, as if he were treating it as a snack. His blood and qi were visibly rising, tempering his bones.

"Elder Kui Lang, I have already notified all the major powers about the auction. Both Smiling Skull and Earth Star Pharmaceuticals should send people over then," the white-masked youth reported.

“Very good.” Kui Lang nodded, looking at the remaining 70-80% of the energy blood essence in his hand, and smiled slightly. “Those guys in Domain City have always been stingy. If it were just the two of them competing, the final price would probably be very low. Now that Smiling Skull and Earth Star Pharmaceuticals are willing to come, besides what they contribute to headquarters, they should be able to make a small profit.”

Although he was an elder of the Red Moon Merchant Guild and a high-level Blood Condensation Realm martial artist, he still lacked cultivation resources, especially energy blood essence. The Red Moon Merchant Guild only provided three pieces a year, in addition to the exchange qualification of nine pieces a year, making a total of twelve pieces a year. This was all the energy blood essence that the elders of the Red Moon Merchant Guild could obtain.

Twelve energy blood essences a year might be enough for those at the early and middle stages of the Blood Condensation Realm, but for someone at the high stage of the Blood Condensation Realm, it's completely insufficient. At least twenty-four a year are needed to meet his basic cultivation requirements.

If I can't earn some money from the Red Moon Merchant Guild's goods, my cultivation speed will be very slow, let alone breaking through to the Celestial Realm in the future.

"By the way, what's the reaction from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy?" Kui Lang asked.

"There's not much activity in Crimson Moon Town. Obsidian Martial Arts Academy hasn't sent anyone to participate in the auction. They're still in the Dead Mountain Range, confronting the Smiling Skull and vying for control of the safe route through the Dead Mountain Range," the white-masked youth reported, looking at the information in his hand.

"No response?" Kui Lang was slightly surprised. "Could it be that I guessed wrong?"

According to his calculations, the Body Strengthening Secret Technique should be very important to the Obsidian Martial Arts School, otherwise they wouldn't be willing to spend a high price to buy a useless secret technique. But the Obsidian Martial Arts School's calm behavior now is really puzzling to him.

He knew very well that the Inheritance Metal Plate could not leave the City of Light, and he couldn't even leave the City of Light, otherwise he might be targeted by the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, since the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy had the power to kill high-level martial artists in the Blood Condensation Realm.

That's why he held an auction in the City of Light, waiting for various forces to come and bid.

Although Obsidian Martial Arts School is strong in the Mist Mountain region, it is still far inferior to Domain City. If the inheritance metal plate is obtained by the higher-ups of Domain City, Obsidian Martial Arts School will have no chance. It is hard to imagine that Obsidian Martial Arts School can sit still.

However, just as Kui Lang was feeling puzzled and confused, a loud bang and commotion suddenly came from outside the private room, followed by deafening shouts and sounds of fighting, which could be heard clearly even inside the private room.

Before Kui Lang and the white-masked youth could say anything inside the private room, a high-level martial artist, a Blood-Patterned Clan youth, suddenly ran in from outside.

"Elder, shopkeeper, something's happened! A fight has broken out outside the shop!" the young man said, sounding flustered and nervous.

"What's the panic! Is this your first day working at the Chamber of Commerce?" Kui Lang looked at the nervous Blood Pattern Clan youth with great dissatisfaction. "If a fight breaks out outside the shop, so be it. If someone's causing trouble, can't you high-level martial artists handle it? If you can't handle it, why don't you let the Bone Forging Realm guards inside the shop deal with it? What's there to worry about!"

The riots in the city are usually caused by those below the level of martial artists. After all, fighting between martial artists is forbidden in the city. The side that strikes first will be eliminated. This is an ironclad rule in the four domains.

In the Red Moon Merchant Guild, even if some martial artist were to be foolish, the Bone Forging Realm guards within the Red Moon Merchant Guild could easily handle the situation. As a member of the Red Moon Merchant Guild, there was absolutely no need to panic.

"Elder Kui Lang, they have quite a few people. Even those few guards probably can't handle them. Just now, several of our warriors have already died on our side," the Blood Pattern Clan youth explained, mustering his courage.

"A lot of people? How many can there be?" Kui Lang looked at the young man who dared to retort and couldn't help but laugh. "Even if there are more, can they withstand the suppression of six high-level Bone Forging Realm martial artists?"

A martial artist at the Bone Forging Realm is a pillar of strength in a city, not to mention a high-level Bone Forging Realm martial artist, who is usually a leader-level figure in the city.

With six high-level Bone Forging Realm warriors attacking together, any force in the city except the city lord's side could be easily suppressed, even if the opposing side had thousands of warriors.

The young man wiped his sweat and said very carefully, "There should be tens of thousands of them. They have surrounded the main street outside the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce, and they are all armed with the new type of electromagnetic gun."

"Tens of thousands of people? And all of them are armed with electromagnetic guns? How is that possible!" The white-masked youth beside him was immediately shocked and couldn't help but ask, "Do you know which force this is?"

The Red Moon Merchant Guild had been attacked before, but the number of people involved was at most a few hundred. That particular attack was carried out by the famous Holy Blood Mercenary Group in the Fog Mountain region; other forces simply didn't have the guts to do it.

An attack involving tens of thousands of people is unprecedented in the history of the Red Moon Merchant Guild across the four domains. Such a large number of people would be considered an all-out attack by an ordinary force, not to mention that each of them carries electromagnetic guns. With a slightly larger number of people working together, killing martial artists would be as easy as playing a game.

Currently, the Red Moon Merchant Guild in the City of Light has only a few dozen employees, six guards at the Bone Forging Realm, and including himself, the shop owner, and Elder Kui Lang, the total number is less than a hundred.

"Judging from their attire, they should be from the Obsidian Martial Arts School, and they're all disciples dressed in gray," the young man said.

As soon as the young shop assistant spoke, the private room fell silent.

"Obsidian Martial Arts School? How is this possible! This is the City of Light! Have they gone mad?" the white-masked youth couldn't help but exclaim.

The tens of thousands of gray-robed disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts School were so fierce that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the Obsidian Martial Arts School was fighting desperately. After all, according to their investigation, the Obsidian Martial Arts School had at most tens of thousands of gray-robed disciples.

Fighting between martial artists is prohibited within the city, yet the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy sent out all its gray-robed disciples, which clearly violated the ironclad rules of the Four Domains. He couldn't understand how the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy dared to do this.

"Those gray-robed disciples all seem to be apprentices or quasi-martial artists below the level of martial artists; I couldn't detect any martial artist aura among them," the young shop assistant explained.

"Aren't there any gray-robed disciples above the martial arts level?" The white-masked youth was taken aback, but then he became even more puzzled, wondering where the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy got so many gray-robed disciples.

According to their Red Moon Merchant Guild's investigation, the gray-robed disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy were clearly different from the other disciples. Not only were they all human, but their physiques were also inferior to those of human middle school students. However, their speed of improvement in strength was extremely fast, and their talent was quite remarkable.

After the battle with the Dragon Hunter Legion in the Mountain of the Dead, I felt that those gray-clad disciples were probably the limit of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. After all, talented people are not easy to find.

"Elder Kui Lang, shopkeeper, what do we do now? We probably can't hold out outside for much longer," the young shop assistant asked anxiously.

"What are you afraid of? They're just a bunch of ants who aren't even martial artists. As long as I'm here, those ants won't be able to cause any trouble." Kui Lang glared at the young shop assistant, then looked at the shop owner, White Mask, and said, "Come out with me and take down those gray-robed disciples from the Obsidian Martial Arts School. It'll be a good opportunity to teach the Obsidian Martial Arts School a lesson."

As he spoke, Kui Lang walked out of the private room first, followed closely by the white-masked shop owner without any hesitation.

As a high-level Blood Condensation Realm martial artist, Kui Lang absolutely crushes those martial artists in the Organ Refining Realm. He can destroy a city by himself, let alone when his opponents are apprentices or quasi-martial artists who are not even martial artists.

As the white-masked owner walked out of the private room, he saw that the entire bar hall had been riddled with holes. The two sides were fighting fiercely, with dozens of people dying almost every second, and blood splattering all over the bar hall.

"Is this the power of those new weapons?"

The shop owner, wearing a white mask, watched the two sides clashing. He saw the disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts School wielding electromagnetic guns, killing the martial arts-level shop assistants as easily as slaughtering chickens.

Under the barrage of thirty to fifty scorching beams of light, even the high-level martial artist shopkeepers wearing B4-grade armor couldn't dodge them all. Their bodies were pierced by several beams of light, and they were taken away in one go, completely powerless to resist.

Only six guards at the Bone Forging Realm were struggling to hold on, weaving through the crowd, killing the gray-robed disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts School while dodging attacks. Even with their speed and reaction time at the Bone Forging Realm, they were still hit in several places by hundreds of scorching beams of light. Fortunately, they were all wearing second-tier armor made of C2-grade alloy, so it was not pierced, but they suffered considerable impact and some minor injuries.

"You ants who dare to run wild in the Red Moon Merchant Guild, you'll all stay here today!"

As Kui Lang watched the chaotic battle raging in the bar hall, his aura suddenly erupted, instantly filling the entire hall and immobilizing all the players inside. Some even collapsed to the ground, spitting blood, unable to move one after another, their hands turning to dust with a single movement.

"I knew there was a big boss in this event!"

"So powerful! This strength must be the legendary Blood Condensation Realm. They can easily kill us without even lifting a finger."

"How do we fight such a powerful BOSS? We can't even move within his health range, let alone hurt him."

"Let the brothers outside worry about these things. Anyway, I made a profit by killing a martial arts shop assistant when I came in."

"That's true, but this BOSS is killing too slowly. I'll just practice my visualization technique and kill myself to recoup my losses." As players in the hall were killed one by one by their own anger, some players knew they couldn't escape, so they all chose to practice the stellar explosion visualization technique to recoup their losses.

Even with guidance from experienced players, practicing the Stellar Explosion Visualization Technique normally can still lead to death, because there are too many things that require trial and error. These things cannot be expressed in words and can only be learned through the experience of death.

In a situation where death is inevitable, dying through trial and error can undoubtedly earn you an extra 648.

In an instant, the players in the bar's lobby died one by one, bleeding from all seven orifices, before Kui Lang could even make a move, as if to say that they would never die in humiliation and would rather commit suicide than give Kui Lang a chance.

"These gray-robed disciples from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy are ruthless enough." Kui Lang looked at the player who had died with blood flowing from his seven orifices, quite surprised.

He had killed many martial artists, and even geniuses from other major forces would beg for mercy before they died. But among the thousands of gray-robed disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy in the hall, not one begged for mercy; some even chose to die voluntarily.

This was the first time in his life that he had encountered an organization that could cultivate so many loyal disciples.

However, before Kui Lang could take more than a few steps, another group of players rushed into the hall. Upon seeing Kui Lang and his group, they immediately opened fire. But Kui Lang gave them no chance. His blood energy erupted once more, instantly suppressing the players who had rushed in. He then used his dense blood energy to kill the players one by one, causing the ground to sink and turn into dust.

On the street outside the Red Moon Merchant Guild, players who didn't rush in quickly learned about Kui Lang's situation. In particular, some players who were recording the event immediately posted the battle recordings on the forum after their deaths, allowing offline players to log in and report the situation as soon as possible.

"Boss Xingkuang, this BOSS is too strong, it's practically unbeatable. Once you go in, you can't move and can only watch helplessly as you get killed one by one. What are we going to do now?" The bald man, whose strength had reached the limit, looked at the Red Moon Merchant Guild with a headache.

Facing a Blood Condensation Realm BOSS like Kui Lang, these players who weren't even martial artists had no way to resist his powerful aura and blood pressure control. The range of their electromagnetic guns was only 100 meters, which was completely covered by the Blood Condensation Realm's aura and blood pressure, making him an unsolvable BOSS.

"The game won't create an invincible boss, especially since this game is almost realistic." Xing Kuang calmly commanded as he watched another batch of players die. "Have the brothers tell everyone to enter the Red Moon Merchant Guild in batches. Even if that boss can control your health, its health isn't inexhaustible. As long as we deplete its health beyond its regeneration, we'll empty it. That's when we'll make our move!"

"I understand." The bald man's eyes lit up, thinking that this was likely the strategy for defeating the BOSS this time, otherwise why would the event have added so many game slots?

Immediately, the members of the Starry Sky Mech Legion notified all the players participating in the event of this news, allowing all players to take turns depleting the BOSS's health. As long as they could respawn in time to deplete the health, they would have a chance to defeat the BOSS.

Upon hearing this, the newcomers followed Xing Kuang's advice and began to act. Hundreds of them rushed into the Red Moon Merchant Guild, while players who had died and resurrected immediately went to the Red Moon Merchant Guild, determined to deplete Kui Lang's health.

One hour... two hours... three hours...

As waves of players continued to storm into the Red Moon Merchant Guild, both Kui Lang and the guards, including White Mask, grew increasingly apprehensive with each attack.

"It's been three hours! Wasn't it said that Obsidian Martial Arts Academy only sent a little over 10,000 people?"

"By now, there must be tens of thousands of Obsidian Martial Arts School disciples killed, right?"

The white-masked group and the others looked at the Obsidian Martial Arts School disciples who were still rushing in, their hearts filled with confusion. They couldn't understand how there could be so many gray-clad disciples from the Obsidian Martial Arts School. They had already killed so many that their hands were sore, yet they still hadn't killed them all.

On the contrary, Kui Lang's condition was declining. Each time he fully unleashed his qi and blood, although the qi and blood consumption was not as high as that of using a super-level martial skill, it was impossible to use it indefinitely.

Now, Kui Lang's vital energy is less than half of what it was at its peak, and he can only maintain it for less than three hours.

"Elder Kui Lang, I feel something is wrong. These gray-robed disciples from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy are clearly trying to drain your life force. Perhaps we should retreat from here first," the white-masked man suggested to Kui Lang as he watched the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy disciples rush in again.

The Obsidian Martial Arts Academy's actions were even more insane than rumored; in order to deal with these martial artists, they actually planned to use their disciples' lives as bait.

Although he didn't know why Obsidian Martial Arts School was so confident, he no longer wanted to play with such a devilish martial arts school.

"Since the Obsidian Martial Arts School wants to waste time with me like this, I'd like to see if they have more gray-robed disciples or if I have more vital energy!" Kui Lang said dismissively, not allowing the White Mask any room for doubt.

He was a high-level martial artist in the Blood Condensation Realm, a top expert in any region. Yet he fled from a group of Black Obsidian Martial Arts School disciples who weren't even martial artists. If this news got out, he would be finished.

"Yes." The white-masked man had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree.

Currently, they are relying on Elder Kui Lang for support. Once they go out, although these Bone Forging Realm martial artists can use their qi and blood to immobilize those below the martial artist level, the range is only 10 to 20 meters. This is useless against the electromagnetic gun with an attack range of about 100 meters. When they go out, they will not be facing groups of Obsidian Martial Arts School disciples who come to their deaths, but hundreds or thousands of scorching beams of light.

Time passed slowly, but the number of gray-clad disciples rushing into the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy remained undiminished.

"Madman! This Obsidian Martial Arts School is truly insane! Nearly 100,000 gray-robed disciples have died here, haven't they?"

"Damn it! Does the Obsidian Martial Arts School have no regard for the future?"

As players continued to die, each one becoming more excited with each death, the White Mask and others in the Red Moon Merchant Guild grew increasingly horrified and couldn't help but curse the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

Is it really necessary to sacrifice nearly 100,000 gray-robed disciples just to deal with one of their Red Moon Merchant Guild branches?
"How come they're still here?"

Kui Lang watched as another wave of players rushed in, and felt that his own health was less than one-tenth of what it was at its peak. He panicked a little, wondering if the disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts School were endless.
"withdraw!"

Unable to suppress the gray-clad disciple of the Obsidian Martial Arts School within a hundred meters, Kui Lang gritted his teeth and whispered.

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, the White Mask and the others felt as if they had heard heavenly music. They immediately followed behind Kui Lang and broke through the wall to leave the Red Moon Merchant Guild.

With the speed of a high-level Bone Forging Realm martial artist, if they really wanted to escape, reaching the speed of sound with their martial arts techniques would be very easy.

However, after running away from the Red Moon Merchant Guild with Kui Lang, White Mask and the others were dumbfounded.

A dark mass of people, from the ground to the surrounding rooftops, were the gray-clad disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts School. They seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and the moment they saw them, they all raised their guns and fired.

shhhhhh...

In an instant, more than five thousand scorching beams of light shot out from all directions, like streams flowing into the sea, enveloping the entire street in light.

"Get out of my way!"

As Kui Lang watched the more than five thousand scorching beams of light approaching, he almost instinctively used a sequence-level extraordinary martial skill. A huge phantom, over a hundred meters tall, appeared, completely encompassing Kui Lang, White Mask, and the others.

boom!
After the attack, Kui Lang and the others were unharmed, but Kui Lang's face was pale, clearly indicating that he had consumed a great deal of energy.

Before Kui Lang could make the phantom move, more than five thousand scorching beams of light were fired three more times in succession.

Once... twice... three times...

Three waves of salvo fired in succession. The first time, the phantom became ethereal, and the second time it simply disintegrated. The third time, more than five thousand beams of light bombarded Kui Lang and the others, leaving them with no way to dodge or block.

Even with the defense of the Tier 2 armor, after thousands of attacks, the Tier 2 armor went from deforming to breaking down, and finally its defenses were breached, and the body was pierced through.

As the light faded, Kui Lang and the others lay on the street, their bodies no longer recognizable as human.

"Dead? The entire Red Moon Merchant Guild is dead?"

"That white-masked man must be the owner of the Red Moon Merchant Guild. I remember that old man was an elder of the Red Moon Merchant Guild."

"They're insane! Insane! From offending the Smiling Skull, one of the three most dangerous people, to now destroying a branch of the Red Moon Merchant Guild, what exactly is the Obsidian Martial Arts School trying to do?"

Members of various gangs and passersby watching from a great distance were all astonished as they watched the players who had all rushed into the Red Moon Merchant Guild and were looting on a massive scale.

While players were frantically plundering the Red Moon Merchant Guild, news of the destruction of the Red Moon Merchant Guild's branch spread throughout the entire City of Light in an instant, shocking all the forces in the city.

(End of this chapter)