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

Chapter 328 The Universe Turns Upside Down?

"One-hit kill?"

"How can this be!"

As Broken Blade Snow looked at the Blood Pattern Clan elder who had been instantly killed, his eyes were filled with disbelief.

The strength of the Blood Pattern Clan elder is undeniable. As the main boss of this story campaign, he is much stronger than those high-level Blood Condensation Realm warriors. He can even quickly defeat a high-level Blood Condensation Realm warrior in just two or three moves. In terms of strength, he is not much inferior to the main bosses of the other three strongholds.

Ye Qinglu, Luo Wushang, and the others were only able to fight the big bosses to a standstill, and that was while they were in their superhuman state. Once their superhuman state was over, they would be instantly killed by those big bosses.

However, Lu Fanchen, who was also at the peak of the high-level Bone Forging Realm, killed the big BOSS with just one move. His strength was so great that it was completely incomprehensible to others.

“The only difference between Lu Fanchen and others is his extraordinary state,” the Thousand Blade Evil Ghost analyzed. “That extraordinary state is too special. Its energy thickness is incomparable to that of an ordinary extraordinary state. He must have mastered some special application of the extraordinary state, which is why his strength has increased so much.”

"It's difficult for us to catch up with these top players at our current level. If we could also master a special way of using a transcendent state, we should be able to close the gap with them a lot. Then, even if we are martial artists, we can go to new maps to explore and obtain more cultivation resources."

As he spoke, the Thousand-Blade Demon's eyes grew increasingly excited.

Before he even started playing, he only saw the game "High Martial Arts Descent" as a good place to improve his spirit, since spirit is very important in the game "Eternal Immortal Path".

But as he came into contact with him over this period, he discovered that the value of Gaowu's arrival was far more than just a faster improvement in his mental level. The martial arts and combat skills he possessed could also be perfectly applied in reality.

It's just that their bodies aren't as strong as those in the game, nor do they have the free-floating energy in the air to enhance them, which is why they can't become like superheroes in reality.

However, if the issue of physical enhancement can be resolved, then the value of the arrival of advanced martial arts will become unimaginable.

Even without considering these factors, the various martial arts skills and combat techniques in the game "High Martial Arts Descent" are extremely valuable.

Whether it's the martial arts skills you can learn inside the martial arts school as your level and status increase, the various hidden martial arts skills you can discover outside the school, or the combat experience you gain from fighting monsters and NPCs, all of these are important techniques for improving your ability to pilot a star mech.

In other words, the more skills one acquires in the game "Advanced Martial Arts," the more powerful one becomes, and the more secure one's future explorations will be when piloting a space mech.

"Mastering a special application of the extraordinary state? Can we become as strong as him?" Looking at the energy enveloped in the scene that resembled burning flames, Broken Blade Snow felt that the energy gap between the two sides was not small, and it was not as simple as just a special application.

Looking at the skeptical Broken Blade Snow, Thousand Blade Demon smiled and said, "In terms of total energy, we can't compare, but if we concentrate all our energy, we can make a part of our body achieve a similar effect. This is not impossible. You should know that this is my specialty. I have already taken these to a super quantum computer for simulation to study feasible solutions. If it succeeds, our strength may not be as good as Lu Fanchen's, but it should not be much worse than Qinglu and the others."

"Then I'll help too!" Upon hearing this, Can Dao Ru Xue's eyes lit up.

The Sky Travelers knew all too well how capable the Thousand-Blade Demon was; its greatest strength lay in the application of power, and it had even created the Thousand Swords Diagram, unifying the power of a thousand swords.

If one could truly make a portion of their own energy reach Lu Fanchen's level, the improvement in strength would be substantial.

While the two were studying Lu Fanchen's extraordinary state, the Mythical Paradise stronghold was also carrying out its final finishing touches.

The entire stronghold spanned tens of kilometers, and the terrain and landforms had undergone tremendous changes. Everywhere one looked, there were corpses. Most of these corpses belonged to members of the Red Moon Merchant Guild, Smiling Skull, and Earth Star Pharmaceuticals. A small number were players who had chased down their enemies to the last moment and perished together with them.

"Vice President, those NPCs have already escaped over a hundred kilometers away. Should our people continue to pursue them?" Li Tianxing asked excitedly.

Mythical Paradise stronghold has made a fortune from this battle.

The martial arts school rewards members of opposing forces with merit points. Each kill of a low-level Bone Forging Realm martial artist grants 50 merit points, and each kill of a high-level Bone Forging Realm martial artist grants 150 merit points. Upon reaching the Blood Condensation Realm, the merit points increase significantly: 500 merit points for a low-level Blood Condensation Realm martial artist, 1000 merit points for a mid-level Blood Condensation Realm martial artist, 1500 merit points for a high-level Blood Condensation Realm martial artist, and 3000 merit points for a Half-Step Celestial Realm martial artist.

According to the game's merit system, 100,000 merits can make you a lieutenant, or second lieutenant, who can establish a garrison regiment and have his own garrison regiment station in the town.

Three hundred thousand merits can make you a lieutenant, and five hundred thousand merits can make you a captain. After becoming a lieutenant, you can apply to build up to two intermediate gravity chambers and two advanced training rooms in your garrison. Captains can build up to five intermediate gravity chambers and five advanced training rooms in their garrison.

Needless to say, intermediate gravity chambers are key to cultivating body-strengthening techniques and also help with daily training. Although there are quite a few intermediate gravity chambers in the martial arts school, there are too many qualified players to use them, and it's impossible to get one. Not to mention, this game is incredibly realistic, even NPCs use them daily, so it's extremely difficult to have an intermediate gravity chamber available at any time.

More than fifty Blood Condensation Realm cultivators died in this battle at Lu Fanchen's hands. Although most of them were at the initial stage of Blood Condensation Realm, they still had more than 80,000 merit points in total. They were only less than 120,000 merit points away from becoming lieutenants and allowing Mythical Paradise to have its own intermediate gravity chamber and advanced training room.

"We won't pursue those who escaped. Mobilize the flying transport vehicles, and we'll head to the other strongholds." Lu Fanchen glanced at the three Blood Condensation Realm experts who had already hidden deep in the mountains, shook his head, and gave the order.

This battle came too suddenly. He and Li Tianxing had come to the Mountain of the Dead to find a Catastrophe-level BOSS to test their strength, but they did not expect the stronghold to send out an offline request for help, forcing him to rush back to the stronghold immediately.

When faced with the big boss, he was in a superhuman state and found that the big boss was so vulnerable. It had attack power but no defense, and was defeated in one move.

Because he finished so quickly, he scared the other NPCs, who scattered and fled without saying a word. He was incredibly intelligent. If he had been given more time, he wouldn't have only managed to kill a little over fifty Blood Condensation Realm NPCs.

"Then I'll get ready right away." Li Tianxing nodded and immediately arranged for the flying transport vehicle.

The Mountains of the Dead, Sky Stronghold.

The battle between the two sides stained the entire land red, and the ferocity of it even made many online gamers watching the video feel their hearts pound.

Although the two sides had only been fighting for less than half an hour, the number of dead on both sides had exceeded 10,000, nearly half of whom were players. Many martial arts level players died twice. If it weren't for the low-level spirit tower that halved the time it took for players to die, and the martial arts level players providing reinforcements midway, the entire Sky Stronghold would have been destroyed long ago.

Above the stronghold, it was as if a missile barrage was being launched, with constant collisions and shockwaves. Even martial artists at the initial stage of the Blood Condensation Realm dared not approach, fearing they would be caught in the blast and lose their lives.

"That's enough for you. I know your transformations won't last long," Rexxar said with a laugh in the human language, looking at Xiaoyuan Ye Kuang and Yiye Fuyun.

While he was fighting the two, he had seen more than one gray-robed disciple suddenly revert to his original form during the battle, and then use a pistol that could fire scorching beams of light to engage in guerrilla warfare with the Bone Forging Realm warriors who could not fly in mid-air. But the Visceral Refining Realm warriors were, after all, Visceral Refining Realm warriors.

Within minutes of the battle, both sides were caught off guard and killed by the Bone Forging Realm martial artist. At this point, neither Xiaoyuan Ye Kuang Feng nor Yi Ye Fu Yun could sustain their attacks for much longer. After all, even martial artist-level disciples could only maintain their attacks for seven or six minutes, and some Bone Forging Realm disciples couldn't even last twenty minutes. While Xiaoyuan Ye Kuang Feng and Yi Ye Fu Yun were undoubtedly more powerful, at the same Bone Forging Realm, their combined duration wouldn't be significantly longer.

"Damn it! We've been discovered!" Yi Ye Fuyun glanced at the increasingly dire battle situation around him and Rexxar, who was starting to stall for time, and felt a growing anxiety.

As Rexxar had guessed, with 100% proficiency in the second level of the Body Strengthening Technique and at the advanced stage of the Bone Forging Realm, they did enter a transcendent state for longer than other Bone Forging Realm players, but it could only last for about 35 minutes at most, and that was when they were in their best condition.

If the team didn't have several mid-level experts in the Bone Forging Realm who had reached 100% proficiency in the second level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, as well as several free players in the Bone Forging Realm who had also reached 100% proficiency in the second level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, and who had initially killed many NPCs in the early and mid-level Blood Coagulation Realm, and were now facing an attack from six or seven Blood Coagulation Realm NPCs without being defeated, the Sky Dome stronghold would have been gone long ago.

Once his and Xiaoyuan's superhuman state ends, they'll likely be defeated by Lexie in a single move. The fact that they're still able to hold their own is largely thanks to their 100% mastery of the second level of the Body Strengthening Technique. Even if they're hit head-on by the phantom, it'll only be a non-fatal serious injury, which can be reduced to a minor injury in a minute or two.
If Rexxar escapes, killing the other Bone Forging Realm players will be a piece of cake. He can take them down one by one, and in no time, all the Bone Forging Realm players in the stronghold will be wiped out. They won't even have time to respawn.

As time ticked by, half an hour had passed. Many players in the Bone Forging Realm who had reached 100% proficiency in the second level of the Body Strengthening Secret Techniques fell out of their extraordinary state, causing the entire battlefield to fall silent.

"It's over! Those big shots' extraordinary abilities are gone!"

"Damn it! Sky Stronghold is finished now."

"Holy crap! I just resurrected! These big shots are so weak..."

The players were filled with despair as they watched the dozen or so players who had fallen from the extraordinary state to the Bone Forging Realm.

Right now, these dozen or so people are holding off dozens of Blood Condensation Realm BOSSes. If they were to fall, it would be a disaster for other martial arts level players. Any Blood Condensation Realm BOSS could kill a large number of them in a matter of minutes.

"You're finished!"

Rexxar glanced at the players who had fallen from their transcendent state, then looked at Yi Ye Fu Yun and Xiao Yuan Ye Kuang, a slight smile playing on his lips, and delivered his final verdict.

Although the strength of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy is beyond imagination, even facing two half-step Celestials and so many Blood Condensation Realm experts, it has been able to fight until now. It can not be said that it can be compared with the top forces in the four domains, but it can at least pose a great threat.

Even if the strength of the four strongholds of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy were combined, it would not be difficult to destroy a first-class major force that did not have a Celestial Realm expert involved.

However, the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy is now finished. More than a hundred disciples with the combat strength of the Blood Condensation Realm, as well as two disciples who were capable of fighting against them at the Half-Step Celestial Realm, will also be completely wiped out, causing the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy to suffer unimaginable heavy damage.

Just as the Blood Condensation Realm experts from the three factions were killing these Bone Forging Realm players one after another, two flying transport vehicles in the distance of the stronghold also hovered above the stronghold in the blink of an eye.

As the doors of the two flying transport vehicles opened, disciples of the Bone Forging Realm, dressed in silver-gray attire, stepped out. The entire arena suddenly fell silent. Players and members of the three factions alike couldn't help but look over, their faces filled with astonishment.

One...two...three...

More than sixty gray-robed disciples of the Bone Forging Realm stepped out of two flying transport vehicles. On one side, there were three high-level Bone Forging Realm peak-limit disciples, and on the other side, there was a man who was also at the high-level Bone Forging Realm peak-limit, with six high-level Bone Forging Realm disciples beside him. This put pressure on the members of the three forces present.

"How did they get so many Bone Forging Realm disciples supporting them?"

Just how much strength is the Obsidian Martial Arts School hiding in secret?

Looking at the Obsidian Martial Arts School's Bone Forging Realm disciples suspended in mid-air, the members of the three factions felt as if they were dreaming.

Before they clashed with the Bone Forging Realm disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, they still had hundreds of Blood Condensation Realm warriors on their side, so they could say they didn't care at all.

However, after fighting against the Bone Forging Realm disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, they realized just how terrifying the more than sixty Bone Forging Realm disciples in front of them were.

In terms of pure combat strength, the sixty-odd disciples in front of us at the Bone Forging Realm are probably much stronger than the more than one hundred Bone Forging Realm disciples at the Sky Stronghold.

"Why are you here?" Yi Ye Fuyun was also surprised to see the people getting off the two flying transport vehicles.

The people getting out of the two cars were none other than Lu Fanchen and Fang Zhen's teams. According to the players who had been resurrected earlier, all four strongholds in the Mountain of the Dead had been attacked in the same way. Logically speaking, Lu Fanchen and Fang Zhen's families should not have been able to take care of everything, let alone send so many people over.

"It's nothing, we just finished things up on our end, so we came here to see if there's any profit to be made," Fang Zhen said with a smile.

Lu Fanchen and the others remained noncommittal, their gazes fixed on the Blood Condensation Realm experts from the three families.

"You've already dealt with those people?" Yi Ye Fuyun was taken aback, wondering if he had misheard.

All of their strongholds were attacked in the same way. One of them was almost wiped out, while the other two had already finished fighting. Is there really such a big difference in strength between their strongholds?
"Solve? What do you mean?"

"Could something have happened at another base?"

Rexar overheard Lu Fanchen and Fang Zhen's conversation, and although he had some guesses, he still couldn't believe it.

According to the Red Moon Merchant Guild, the four strongholds they were besieging were roughly equal in strength, with the only difference being the number of people at the half-step Celestial Realm. However, although the leader of the Dragon Hunting Legion, Rhine Manster, had been hiding his strength for many years, his strength at the half-step Celestial Realm was not much weaker than his. Dealing with a stronghold with less than a hundred people at the Bone Forging Realm should be a sure thing.

Not to mention the other two strongholds, one is occupied by experts ranked third and tenth in the half-step Celestial Realm, and the other is occupied by Smiling Skull and Earth Star Pharmaceuticals, who have been famous for many years as half-step Celestial Realm experts. In addition, many experts at the peak of the Blood Coagulation Realm from both sides are also accompanying them, so it is impossible for anything to go wrong.

While Rex was distracted, the butler suddenly contacted him.

"Young Master Rexxar, I just received news that the armies at two strongholds have been defeated and are now scattering in all directions. The people on those two flying transport vehicles should be the experts from those two strongholds. We can no longer stay here, Young Master Rexxar, we must retreat." The orc elder spoke excitedly, and his face showed indescribable fear.

"The armies at both strongholds have been defeated? How is that possible!" Rexxar's eyes were full of disbelief as he couldn't help but ask, "What about Rhine, Lightseeker Merk, and the three-headed Uren?"

The elder of the half-orc race hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly said, "The three of them... are all dead..."

(End of this chapter)