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

Chapter 318 The Shocking Fog Mountain Region (Long Chapter)

City of Light, Skyscraper of Light.

In the dead of night, the city garrison, which should have been resting, was brightly lit, with its members, including the commander and deputy commander, on high alert.

Even in the conference room lobby, the city lord Diroya did not rest. He sat there, his fingers tapping involuntarily on the table, clearly showing his anxiety.

Just as City Lord Diroya was about to get up, the door to the conference room was pushed open, and a young man from the Half-Scaled Clan strode in, drawing the attention of everyone in the conference room. The young man, whose strength was only at the level of a high-level martial artist, almost couldn't withstand the invisible pressure.

"How's the situation with the Red Moon Merchant Guild?" a commander of the city's garrison asked loudly.

"The results are in," the half-scaled youth replied hastily. "The Red Moon Merchant Guild has been destroyed, and everyone within it perished."

As soon as the half-scaled youth spoke, all the experts in the Bone Forging Realm fell silent, none of them able to believe their ears.

"Where are the elders of the Red Moon Merchant Guild?" City Lord Diroya asked, looking at the half-scaled youth.

When the Obsidian Martial Arts School began attacking the Red Moon Merchant Guild, the city garrison was already on high alert. He was also stationed in the city garrison, hesitating whether he should intervene to stop the conflict if it escalated into a battle between martial artists.

After all, neither the Obsidian Martial Arts School nor the Red Moon Merchant Guild are entities that the City of Light can afford to offend.

If he were to accidentally get caught in the fight between two lions, his position as city lord would likely be over.

However, as the lord of a city, he had no choice but to abide by the ironclad rules set by the city.

During the hours of fighting between the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy and the Red Moon Merchant Guild, he prayed that the two sides would not engage in a contest between martial artists. That way, even if they destroyed the city, it would not be considered a violation of the ironclad rules set by the Domain City, and naturally, he would not need to intervene.

The half-scaled youth took a deep breath and said, "They're dead. Not a single person in the entire Red Moon Merchant Guild survived. They all died at the hands of those gray-robed disciples below the level of martial artists at the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall."

"Dead? How is that possible!" City Lord Diroya stared intently at the half-scaled youth, his eyes filled with astonishment and disbelief.

The elders of the Red Moon Merchant Guild are generally martial artists at least at the high level of the Blood Condensation Realm.

It's simply impossible that a martial artist at the high level of the Blood Condensation Realm could die at the hands of a group of apprentices who weren't even martial artists.

Putting aside the fact that a Blood Condensation Realm martial artist can overwhelm a martial artist-level expert with their blood and qi, even if a Blood Condensation Realm martial artist is wearing Tier 2 armor and is attacked at will by someone below the martial artist level, they still won't be harmed in the slightest.

Not to mention the elders of the Red Moon Merchant Guild, he himself could easily slaughter tens of thousands of students from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy.

"Lord, this is true. The people at the front have already recorded the video." The half-scaled youth quickly clicked on his smartwatch, which displayed the footage of the battle between the two sides.

In the scene, Elder Kui Lang of the Red Moon Merchant Guild had just broken through the guild's wall and emerged with a few people when they were suddenly met with a barrage of fire from thousands of people.

Under thousands of scorching beams of light, Elder Kui Lang of the Red Moon Merchant Guild was incredibly killed after only withstanding four waves of attacks. It was truly puzzling, yet it was the truth.

"Is this new weapon really that powerful?" City Lord Diroya watched the video several times, and a sense of apprehension grew as he looked at those electromagnetic guns.

He originally thought that those electromagnetic guns could only threaten Bone Forging Realm warriors, but now it seems that those electromagnetic guns are simply heaven-defying. Under the attack of more than 5,000 people at the same time, even Blood Condensation Realm warriors cannot withstand them.

Fortunately, the electromagnetic gun has a very short attack range of only about 100 meters. At this distance, the blood and qi of the Blood Condensation Realm can completely cover it. It's just that I don't know why Kui Lang's blood and qi are so severely depleted that they can't even cover a range of 100 meters.

If Kui Lang's qi and blood could cover a radius of more than 100 meters, it wouldn't be difficult for him to kill these gray-clad disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

"Lord City Lord, should we go and seal off the area now?" a city garrison commander suddenly asked. "Although the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy didn't send any warriors this time, it still wiped out the Red Moon Merchant Guild in the city, which has a significant impact on the city. Moreover, the Red Moon Merchant Guild will definitely send people to investigate. If we don't give an explanation, the Red Moon Merchant Guild might hold a grudge against us."

The other leaders and deputy leaders present also nodded in agreement.

Although battles occur in the city every day, the impact of the Obsidian Martial Arts School sending tens of thousands of people to fight in the city center and even destroying the Red Moon Merchant Guild is considerable. If their city garrison does not take action, it will definitely affect the prestige of the city garrison.

Not to mention that this is related to the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce. The loss of a branch in a city is absolutely unprecedented since the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce entered the Wushan area. You can imagine how angry the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce will be.

The Dragon Hunter Legion suffered heavy losses in the Dead Mountain Range. The Red Moon Merchant Guild may be angry, but that was the result of the Dragon Hunter Legion's initiative to provoke the Obsidian Martial Arts School. Although it was somewhat shameful, it was not intolerable. After all, the Red Moon Merchant Guild was in business and did not want to seize the Dead Mountain Range's territory.

But this time, Obsidian Martial Arts School has dealt a serious blow to the Red Moon Merchant Guild. If this is not handled properly, Obsidian Martial Arts School may destroy one branch after another, making it impossible for the Red Moon Merchant Guild to do business in the Mist Mountain area in the future.

"Let's go when it's light," City Lord Diroya thought for a moment and didn't stop him.

"Yes!"

After hearing this, none of the regimental commanders and deputy commanders objected, and they all began to wait for dawn.

They can't afford to offend the Red Moon Merchant Guild, nor can they afford to offend the Obsidian Martial Arts School. Right now, the Obsidian Martial Arts School is cleaning up the battlefield. If they were to go there and seal off the scene, the outcome would probably not be any better than offending the Red Moon Merchant Guild.

While the garrison of the City of Light waited silently, the news of the destruction of the Red Moon Merchant Guild branch in the City of Light spread like wildfire to the ears of major cities and forces in the Fog Mountain region.

Every force that received this news was shocked.

Although the Red Moon Merchant Guild's Dragon Hunting Legion was severely damaged by the Obsidian Martial Arts School not long ago, which made the major forces take notice of the Obsidian Martial Arts School and believe that its strength has surpassed that of the Mercenary Alliance and Azurewing City, after all, it has more than two hundred combatants at the initial stage of Blood Condensation Realm, which is something that the Mercenary Group and Azurewing City absolutely cannot produce.

But now it's even more astonishing. They directly attacked the Red Moon Merchant Guild within the city, and with just a group of gray-robed disciples who weren't even martial artists, they killed the Red Moon Merchant Guild's elder. It's like a fairy tale, making all the major forces tremble with fear at the strength of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy.

The fact that a high-level martial artist in the Blood Condensation Realm could be killed in the city without violating the ironclad rules of the Domain City shows that the Obsidian Martial Arts School has completely trampled on the previous rules.

Now, even if the Blood Condensation Realm experts from various major forces hide in the city, it's useless. The Obsidian Martial Arts Academy can kill them at will, and even the city lord is probably no exception.

The Mountains of the Dead, atop a mountain peak.

A colossal skyship hovered silently atop the mountain. A flying car made of C-grade alloy quickly entered the cargo hold of the skyship. A woman wearing dark blue Tier 2 armor, whose strength had reached the mid-stage of the Blood Condensation Realm, jumped out of the car and flew rapidly towards the command center of the skyship.

"Jena, what's wrong? Didn't I send you to investigate the Obsidian Martial Arts School? Why are you back so soon?" Commander Rhine Manster, inside the command center, looked at the woman in dark blue Tier 2 armor with a strange expression.

After the battle at the Mountain of the Dead, their Dragon Hunter Legion suffered heavy losses and is now waiting for supplies and further instructions from headquarters. However, he did not sit idly by. He directly ordered the captain of the second team, Jenna, to take a group of people to carefully investigate the situation of the Obsidian Martial Arts School, in order to prevent him from making the same mistake as Kui Lang when headquarters asked him to deal with the Obsidian Martial Arts School. He did not even know the basic information of the enemy, which led to command errors and a direct defeat.

"Captain, something terrible has happened at the City of Light branch," Jenna said urgently. "Just last night, the Obsidian Martial Arts School sent people to wipe out the City of Light branch, and everyone, including Elder Kui Lang, was killed..."

As Jenna finished speaking, everyone in the command center was stunned, looking at her in disbelief.

"Quailang is dead?" Guild Leader Rhine Manster was somewhat taken aback. "Has the Obsidian Martial Arts School gone mad? Taking action right here in the city, aren't they afraid that Mist Mountain City will deal with them?"

Fighting between martial artists is prohibited within the city. This is an ironclad rule established by the domain cities of the four domains. After all, the forbidden zones are constantly encroaching on the four domains, and the four domains need strong individuals to explore the forbidden zones. The birth of strong individuals requires a sufficient population base.

While it's one thing for martial artists to fight each other in the wild, there must be safe places within the four domains to allow the population to develop normally. That's why the domain cities of the four domains have set a rule prohibiting martial artists from fighting each other within the city, in order to avoid a significant decrease in population and make it difficult to support the birth of a large number of strong individuals.

As a high-level Blood Condensation Realm martial artist, Kui Lang would require the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy to send a large number of martial arts experts to eliminate him, which would cause devastating damage to a city. "No, the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy did not send any martial artists; those who attacked were all disciples below the level of martial artists," Jenna explained.

"Disciples below the level of martial artists? How is that possible? Even if Kui Lang is a complete waste, he couldn't possibly die at the hands of a group of apprentices." The captain, Rhine Manster, was full of disbelief.

"This is the battle video from back then." Jenna took out the video of Quel'Soul's death and played it directly onto the screen in the command center.

For a moment, the captain, vice-captain, and even the regimental commander, Rhine Manster, all fell silent.

More than five thousand scorching beams of light—that attack was indeed astonishingly powerful; even a Blood Condensation Realm cultivator couldn't withstand it.

"Commander, should we report directly to headquarters now?" Jenna asked, "or wait until we return to the Tianhe region before reporting?"

Now that their Dragon Hunter Corps has been severely damaged, they should normally go back to rest and recuperate. However, if they report this to headquarters now, it goes without saying that headquarters will take significant action. It's not impossible that their Dragon Hunter Corps will be allowed to stay.

"Report now," said Captain Rhine Manster, his gaze icy. "Although Quelang made a grave mistake this time, he is still an elder. The Obsidian Martial Arts School dared to kill him in the city; they must pay the price!"

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, Jenna immediately left the command center and drove her flying car to contact headquarters.

Inside Red Moon Town.

"Senior Sister, something terrible has happened! The Obsidian Martial Arts School wiped out a branch of the Red Moon Merchant Guild, the one that was going to hold an auction!" Precia walked into Shefina's training room, her voice filled with urgency and shock. "Elder Kui Lang of the Red Moon Merchant Guild was even beaten to death in public."

“I already know.” Shefina looked at her smartwatch in the training room on the second floor of the Cultivation Tower and sighed, “I really can’t understand this Master Lin anymore.”

She had informed Lin Qi before, and he really thought that Elder Kui Lang didn't have anything important in mind. But now the Obsidian Martial Arts School turned around and killed Elder Kui Lang, not giving him a chance to hold an auction.

It wasn't surprising that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy had the ability to kill Elder Kui Lang, but the fact that a group of disciples below the level of martial artists could take down a high-level Blood Condensation Realm martial artist like Elder Kui Lang with those electromagnetic guns was truly beyond her expectations.

"Senior Sister, should we talk to Master Lin and ask Teacher to invest in Crimson Moon Town?" Precia said. "Although I don't know what Master Lin wants to do, Obsidian Martial Arts Academy has already fought with Smiling Skull in the Dead Mountain Range, and now it has offended the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce. He has offended two of the three most untouchable entities in the Misty Mountain Region, not to mention the behemoth Earth Star Pharmaceuticals in the Tianhe Region, which is eyeing us covetously. If it weren't for a strong person like Teacher to keep us in check, Crimson Moon Town would probably be hard to keep peaceful, let alone let us properly learn that transcendent level martial art."

"Should we ask a teacher?" Shefina couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Her training at the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy exceeded her expectations, especially the training environment in Crimson Moon Town, which was even better than that in Domain City.

Leaving aside the training rooms on the second floor of the cultivation tower, even the beginner meditation room open to the core disciples of the martial arts school was incredibly magical. After just three hours of experience, she felt that reaching the perfection of the third level of the extraordinary martial arts sequence was not such a difficult thing.

If she spends a few days in the beginner meditation room, she can completely master the third level of the extraordinary martial arts sequence, and even the half of the Blood Condensation Realm training method in the Fog Mountain Prison can be mastered and directly break through to the Blood Condensation Realm.

In addition, there is the intermediate gravity chamber in the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. The gravity environment, which is more than a hundred times stronger than normal, can not only help Bone Forging Realm martial artists train and improve faster, but it would also be of great help to Blood Condensation Realm martial artists.

Furthermore, the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, as promised, taught them the super-limit level martial arts technique that prison prisoners possessed, making it practically a sacred place for cultivation.

Putting everything else aside, given a year, she is confident that she can become a martial artist with strength approaching the high level of the Blood Condensation Realm, and in the future, she may even have a chance to break through to the Celestial Realm Grandmaster.

The advanced training slots at the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy are offered for a full year.

Of course, for her to reach that level, firstly, there can't be any major problems in Crimson Moon Town. Otherwise, if someone attacks today and destroys most of Crimson Moon Town tomorrow, she won't be able to cultivate at all.

After thinking for a moment, Shefina shook her head: "Let's forget about it now. After the battle in the City of Light, Obsidian Martial Arts School is probably considered one of the three most untouchable forces in the eyes of the major powers. Obsidian Martial Arts School probably thinks so too. Let's wait until Obsidian Martial Arts School is about to collapse before making a proposal to Master Lin. At that time, we can ask for a better price."

“Okay, I’ll listen to you, Senior Sister.” Precia nodded, secretly looking forward to seeing how Obsidian Martial Arts School would be unable to hold on when the Smiling Skull and the Red Moon Merchant Guild joined forces.

The three most formidable forces in the Mist Mountain region, aside from Mist Mountain City, are the Smiling Skull and the Red Moon Merchant Guild, which are considered slightly stronger than the Mercenary Alliance and Azurewing City.

However, only by exploring the forces within the forbidden zone can one understand how much the two strongest forces in the Fog Mountain region are compared to the Smiling Skull and the Red Moon Merchant Guild, and why the Smiling Skull and the Red Moon Merchant Guild are ranked alongside Fog Mountain Domain City.

While Obsidian Martial Arts School currently holds a significant advantage, that is only a portion of the strength that Smiling Skull and Red Moon Merchant Guild are willing to display to the public.

Even without the combined efforts of Smiling Skull and Red Moon Merchant Guild, just the fact that Smiling Skull gets serious and stops hiding its strength is enough to make it impossible for Obsidian Martial Arts School to live peacefully in the Fog Mountain area.

Meanwhile, inside the Obsidian branch, the newly arrived players were in a frenzy.

Because this newcomer event was so awesome!

New players who participated in the event not only received the basic rewards, but also obtained a lot of good stuff from the Red Moon Merchant Guild, enough to fill several warehouses.

Not only are there thousands of B-grade armor sets and a large amount of energy ore, but there are also Type 2 and Type 3 potions that are not sold on the market and are limited to purchase by martial arts schools. On average, each new player participating in the event can get two Type 2 potions, more than 60,000 points, and thousands of contribution points, which is enough to get through a good newbie period.

"Master, these are the smartwatches of that Red Moon Chamber of Commerce elder and the shop owner. They have all been successfully hacked," Wu Zhuoqun reported respectfully, holding up two smartwatches.

"Okay, just put it over there."

Lin Qi, looking at the metal plate that held the secret techniques for strengthening the body, nodded slightly, his smile never fading.

The fact that this player operation was able to kill a high-level martial artist like Quinn in the Blood Coagulation Realm was beyond his expectations. However, what surprised him even more was obtaining the inheritance metal plate of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, which directly completed the Star Energy Construct Secret Technique.

In particular, the metal plate containing the secret techniques for strengthening the body also records a very important piece of information.

That is, after mastering the third level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, one can enable the Star Energy Lifeform to unleash a second-stage burst of power, raising its combat strength to a new level.

If what the inheritance says is true, then once he and the player master the third level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, they will have another means of unleashing their power. At that time, he might even be able to fight against a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm.

“Master, there’s one more thing. We received a message from Cangyi City saying that the son of an elder from Tianhe Domain City is coming to our area. He says he’s interested in the inheritance metal plate that the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce was going to auction and hopes we can make a price.” Wu Zhuoqun said hesitantly.

"Do you want to buy the Body Strengthening Secret Technique?" Lin Qi frowned slightly. "Tell him he doesn't need to come anymore. I'm not selling this inheritance metal plate."

His attack on the Red Moon Merchant Guild was for the Body Strengthening Secret Technique. If it were just a regular martial art, that would be one thing, but learning the Body Strengthening Secret Technique requires a Legacy Metal Plate. Considering that a large number of players will need to learn it in the future, there was no room for negotiation.

"This..." Wu Zhuoqun was a little troubled.

Each domain city is the absolute ruler of its own domain, and the elders of each domain city are truly high-ranking officials. He didn't even dare to imagine what would happen if he refused.

"Just tell them, you don't need to worry about the rest!" Lin Qi said, leaving no room for argument.

Since mastering the second level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique and reaching the high-level of the Bone Forging Realm, he no longer fears any person or force as long as he doesn't provoke the Mist Mountain Domain City, since even Grandmasters of the Celestial Realm from outside the domain dare not set foot in the Mist Mountain area. Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent players to destroy the Red Moon Merchant Guild's branch, let alone now refuse an elder's son.

"Yes!" Wu Zhuoqun didn't dare to say anything more after hearing this, and could only obediently go and pass on the message.

(End of this chapter)