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

Chapter 331 The First City

Red Moon Town, the underground prison.

As the terrifying aura descended, the entire underground prison began to shake. Many prisoners who had committed crimes in Crimson Moon Town felt suffocated, and some even collapsed to the ground, unable to move an inch.

"How can such powerful blood energy descend? Could it be that a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm has come to Crimson Moon Town?" Isaac, the former leader of the White Feather Gang, felt the blood energy descending from above. Although he had difficulty moving, his eyes were full of excitement. "I knew the leader and the others wouldn't let this go so easily. Killing the Demon Ape, one of the Seven Guardians, the Obsidian Martial Arts School couldn't possibly go unpunished. The Obsidian Martial Arts School is finished!"

The Crimson Moon Prison is hundreds of meters above the ground. With the earth's insulation, even a martial artist at the peak of the Blood Condensation Realm cannot have their blood and qi affect the Crimson Moon Prison in the slightest.

Only the Celestial Realm Grandmasters he had been fortunate enough to see from a great distance possessed such terrifying blood and energy.

As the pinnacle of the four domains, even the major domain cities have to give them some respect. Normally, such a being would never appear in Crimson Moon Town. The fact that they could appear in Crimson Moon Town and unleash such blood and energy without any restraint must mean that they are a Celestial Realm Grandmaster who wants to teach Crimson Moon Town a lesson.

Of all the martial arts schools in the four regions, only the Smiling Skull harbors the greatest hatred and is most likely to disregard the rules and send a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm.

However, Isaac's joy was short-lived. The terrifying aura receded rapidly like a tide, restoring the Crimson Moon Prison to its usual tranquility.

"What's going on? How did the qi and blood get back so quickly?" Isaac was completely bewildered as he looked at the dissipated qi and blood.

He was imprisoned in Red Moon Town, enduring being used as a laborer in the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy every day, just to wait for the Smiling Skull to take revenge on the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy and rescue him from there.

Now that even Grandmasters of the Celestial Realm have arrived, their Qi and blood are bursting forth without any concealment, clearly indicating that a fight is about to begin.

Is this the result?

Just as Isaac was feeling extremely puzzled, a voice that Isaac recognized came from outside the prison.

"This situation must mean that one of the genius disciples in the martial arts school has broken through again."

A tall, muscular middle-aged man of the Crystal Clan, over three meters tall, stood outside the alloy bars of the prison, followed by a young woman of the Crystal Clan, who calmly explained to Isaac.

This middle-aged man from the Crystal Clan was none other than Hou Fei, the Wild Crystal Bear whom Isaac had seen and heard about many times in the wilderness of the City of Light.

At this moment, Hou Fei was not only wearing a B6-level battle armor with the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Academy mark, but his strength had also reached the level of a mid-level martial artist. Compared to when he was seen more than half a year ago, Hou Fei was not even a quasi-martial artist. The difference was like heaven and earth.

"A disciple breaking through? You think I'd believe that? The prison is over a hundred meters underground. Who but a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm could do that? That martial arts school master, Lin Qi, is only at the Blood Condensation Realm. He's still a long way from the Celestial Realm. How could a martial arts school disciple have such terrifying blood and qi?" Isaac instinctively disbelieved it, instead showing disdain. "Now that our Smiling Skull Master has arrived, although I don't know what he wants to do, if you let me out now, I might put in a good mood and say a few nice words for you, so you don't have to die with the Obsidian Martial Arts School."

However, no sooner had Isaac finished speaking than his silvery laughter echoed through the prison.

"Brother Hou Fei, this guy is really crazy. He thinks the Smiling Skull people can save him. He has no idea that just recently, the Smiling Skull, the Red Moon Merchant Guild, and Earth Star Pharmaceuticals sent nearly a thousand Blood Condensation Realm experts, including several half-step Celestial Realm cultivators, who were all defeated by our Obsidian Martial Arts School's gray-robed disciples. Three half-step Celestial Realm cultivators were even killed by a gray-robed genius disciple whose strength was no less than that of a Grandmaster." The young woman from the Crystal Clan looked at Isaac and couldn't help but laugh. "Those three families are too busy licking their wounds to dare to come to our Obsidian Martial Arts School's headquarters to seek death."

After the young woman from the Crystal Clan finished speaking, Isaac was completely stunned.

"The three factions joined forces and were defeated? How is that possible! You're lying to me!" Isaac stared intently at the young woman from the Crystal Clan, his eyes filled with disbelief and madness.

If the three top-tier powers in the four domains join forces, even a domain city would likely struggle to withstand them without the intervention of a Grandmaster. Not to mention, the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy has produced a disciple who has defeated three half-step Celestial Realm experts and whose strength rivals that of a Grandmaster. Who would believe such a thing?
"Chief Isaac, Li Yuan didn't lie to you. These are indeed the facts. In fact, this matter has already spread to all the major forces in the Four Domains, and it will probably be spread to every corner of the Four Domains in no time." Hou Fei looked at the somewhat frantic Isaac and couldn't help but sigh.

Back in the City of Light, the White Feather Gang was one of the top 100 gangs in the wilderness. Its leader, Isaac, was a powerful figure whom even a wanderer like himself looked up to. The White Feather Gang continued to grow and rose to the top 50 in the wilderness. Later, it even established itself in the suburbs. But now, it has become a prisoner of the Obsidian Martial Arts School, and the roles of the two have been reversed.

Isaac still didn't believe it, thinking it was a conspiracy by the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

“Brother Hou Fei, this man has really gone mad.” Li Yuan looked at Isaac, who kept muttering that they were lying to her, and was speechless. “We are just prison guards. What good would it do us to lie to him? I would rather use this time to accumulate more contributions and become an inner disciple of the martial arts school as soon as possible.”

"An inner disciple?" Hou Fei looked at Li Yuan, who had reached the level of a quasi-martial artist. After hesitating for a moment, his expression suddenly became firm. "I have no choice but to go and gamble with the sect master."

Obsidian Martial Arts Academy recruits disciples, and initially all of them are formal disciples. As long as they accept the work assigned by the academy, they can normally earn points and contributions. The points earned are the currency circulating within Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. They can be used to purchase resources every month and can also be used to purchase everything needed in Red Moon Town. Compared to the treatment of the major forces in the city, it can only be described as ordinary.

However, things are completely different after becoming an inner disciple. Not only can you get a 10% discount on renting the gravity room and training room of the martial arts school, but you can also live in the inner disciple residential area and enjoy an energy concentration comparable to that of the city center.

Furthermore, inner disciples can take on better jobs, and they receive free resources every month. They also have free rental time each month for the beginner gravity chamber and the first level of the cultivation tower. They can also learn the first two levels of the martial arts school's signature training method, the Shocking Spirit Training Method.

It can be said that the benefits and treatment enjoyed by inner disciples are in no way inferior to those of genius training camps established in the city.

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Obsidian Martial Arts School, Beginner Meditation Room.

As Lin Qi saw Xie Feina off, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"Fortunately, Lu Fanchen broke through to the third level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique early this time, otherwise those three families would have really succeeded."

Lin Qi looked out the window of the meditation room at a beginner meditation room across the street. At this moment, the beginner meditation room was completely enveloped in a layer of qi and blood, the strength of which was much stronger than that of someone like him who had reached the third stage of Bone Forging.

Outside the beginner meditation room, players gathered, all curiously discussing who had broken through and caused such a commotion, with people within several kilometers able to feel the terrifying energy and blood flow.

However, apart from the few people in the beginner meditation room, only Lin Qi knew who the player who broke through to the Blood Condensation Realm was.

"I originally thought it would take ten or twenty days, but I never expected her to break through so quickly. Could it be that she gained something unexpected in the battle of the Mountain of the Dead?" Lin Qi opened the player status bar in the system, still somewhat incredulous.

Player: Luo Wushang
Martial Arts Level: Initial Stage of Blood Condensation Realm (Currently a Transcendent Life Form).

Strength: 435.4 + 9.6 tons. (Standard for a mid-level Blood Coagulation Realm martial artist: 800 tons)
Speed: 1637.5 + 96 meters per second. (Standard for a mid-level Blood Condensation Realm martial artist: 2700 meters per second)
In the extraordinary state, the power displayed on the panel reaches 445 tons, which is more than double the 180 tons of the extraordinary state at the peak of the Bone Forging Realm.

It can be said that even without mastering the third level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique's Energy Burst, Luo Wushang was already stronger than Lu Fanchen when he unleashed his power. Her true strength exceeded 778 tons, still quite a distance from the 1200 tons standard for the mid-stage Celestial Realm, but 178 tons higher than the Grandmaster standard for the early-stage Celestial Realm. Moreover, this was achieved using the Spectral Light Training Method, which excels in speed. Once the second level of the Spectral Light Step is perfected, her true speed would likely be comparable to the 3600 meters per second standard for the mid-stage Celestial Realm.

Luo Wushang, in her current form, is practically a Celestial Realm Grandmaster.

Inside the beginner meditation room, Zhang Qingwei, Zhao Hu, and Yu Tian, ​​three elders of Tianwei, looked at Luo Wushang, who was holding a pale red crystal that was only the size of a thumb, with excited eyes.

"Success!"

"This story boss is really powerful. It even drops something like Energy Blood Essence. I should have killed more of them. Maybe I could have gotten three more."

Zhang Qingwei and the other two regretted their decision when they thought about the battle at the stronghold.

The three pale red crystals dropped by the Blood Coagulation Realm bosses they killed back then were unknown to them. It wasn't until they returned to the martial arts school and had Jacques appraise them that they learned the pale red crystals were actually the legendary energy blood essence that Blood Coagulation Realm martial artists were specially trained to cultivate.

Because of the high purity of energy blood essence, the body can be tempered very quickly, more than ten times more efficiently than energy crystals. With the help of the primary meditation room, Luo Wushang, after reaching the third level of the training method and entering the fourth level, did not hesitate to use three energy blood essences to quickly complete the final tempering of her entire body's bones. Not only that, she also completed the tempering of her entire body's blood in one go, achieving the Blood Condensation Realm in one fell swoop.

"Is it really that extravagant? To break through so quickly in one go using energy blood essence."

Listening to the sounds coming from the smartwatches of the group, Lin Qi couldn't help but sigh at their extravagance.

A city with a population of 30 million can only produce 12 Energy Blood Essences a year, and one Energy Blood Essence is enough for a Blood Condensation Realm martial artist to cultivate for one or two months.

During their conversation, Zhang Qingwei and the others used three pills to help Luo Wushang break through to the Blood Condensation Realm. If Di Luoya, the city lord of Chasing Light City, knew this, he would probably vomit blood.

As the lord of a city, he only uses two pills a year, but Luo Wushang used three pills in less than a day, which shows how wasteful she was of energy.

However, despite the waste, Luo Wushang's advancement to the Blood Condensation Realm at this time is of great help to him and the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. It is equivalent to the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy now having a Celestial Realm Grandmaster in charge, which can put it on par with those truly top-tier forces.

"extract!"

Lin Qi didn't hesitate and directly extracted Luo Wushang's memories.

System: Congratulations, host, on reaching the fourth level of the Ghost Light Training Method, level 5.

"Do we still need nine more energy blood essences?"

Looking at the fourth level of the Dark Light Training Method that had already been infused into his brain, Lin Qi couldn't help but feel a little eager for the energy blood essence.

Although he has already reached a cooperation agreement with Ling Ye, and is just waiting for the handover to be completed in Tianhe Domain City, he will soon receive a large amount of energy blood essence, but his consumption will be much greater than that of ordinary people.

To quickly reach the Blood Coagulation Realm in one training method, you need three Energy Blood Essences; to reach the Blood Coagulation Realm in all three training methods, you need nine.

Furthermore, once a player reaches the Blood Coagulation Realm, it is difficult to improve their proficiency in training methods if they do not have energy blood essence to cultivate. After all, without energy blood essence, they cannot even try out the training methods, let alone improve their proficiency.

If he wants to improve rapidly, his demand for energy blood essence is far greater than what the few hundred energy blood essences in Tianhe Domain City can provide.

Just as Lin Qi was racking his brains about how to generate revenue for the Obsidian Martial Arts School, a knock suddenly sounded on the door.

"Master, your disciple Hou Fei has something to report."

"Enter."

Lin Qi put the matter of generating revenue aside, raised his hand slightly, and pushed open the door of the beginner meditation room with a burst of energy. Hou Fei, who was over three meters tall, walked in nervously.

"What is it?" Lin Qi asked Hou Fei softly.

He had some memories of Hou Fei. Back when he started out at the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, Hou Fei, this wanderer from the wilderness, was already as famous as Qin Mu. It was just that Qin Mu was a step ahead and reached the realm of subtlety first, which led to Hou Fei's defeat. Otherwise, it would have been uncertain who would have won.

Now that Hou Fei has joined the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, although he is only a formal disciple, he has a high chance of being admitted to the academy's guard regiment in the future. Therefore, Qin Mu has taken good care of Hou Fei and arranged some relatively easy tasks for him so that Hou Fei can reach the academy's guard regiment's assessment standard as soon as possible, which is to become a high-level martial artist.

The days when anyone with talent or martial arts skills could take the exam are long gone.

Not long ago, Ino even sent a message suggesting that when the martial arts school recruits disciples in the future, it should create an outer disciple. After all, the current Obsidian Martial Arts School is not comparable to what it used to be. If it recruits people according to the old conditions, the crowded Red Moon Town will not be enough. In the future, it may even be necessary to become an inner disciple to be qualified to come to Red Moon Town to cultivate.

“Master, my Crystal Clan has a secret within the Mountain of the Dead, and it is closely related to the Smiling Skull and the Forbidden Zone. It might be of great use to you.” Hou Fei took a deep breath and looked at Lin Qi very respectfully. “If it is of use to you, Master, I hope to be granted two inner disciple positions.”

"The secret within the Mountain of the Dead? Is it related to the Smiling Skull and the Forbidden Zone?" Lin Qi nodded, seemingly unconcerned about the two inner disciple slots. "Alright, tell me. As long as your secret is useful, I'll give you not only two inner disciple slots, but also two elite disciple slots."

Hou Fei, seeing Lin Qi agree, immediately asked, "Master, have you heard of the First City?"

"You mean the first domain city built after the global cataclysm?" Lin Qi nodded. "I do know about this legendary city. Now, all the domain cities in the four domains are branches of the first domain city. But didn't the first domain city suddenly disappear after it appeared in the forbidden zone? To this day, no one knows what happened to the first domain city or where it is."

"The First City is located in the forbidden zone within the Mountain of the Dead," Hou Fei said calmly. "The Smiling Skull has been active in the Mountain of the Dead, actually searching for the First City within the forbidden zone."

"How did you know this secret?" Lin Qi couldn't help but look at Hou Fei after hearing this.

First City!
After the global cataclysm, the first domain city established by each race, all the technologies, martial arts, and training methods of the four domain cities are nothing more than a recreation of the first domain city.

(End of this chapter)