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

Chapter 334 Crushed with One Hand

"What exactly does the Obsidian Martial Arts School want to do?"

"Is this massive army preparing to counterattack the Smiling Skull?"

"They wouldn't be planning to destroy the Smiling Skull's stronghold, would they?"

The people of Wushan City were all deeply shocked as they watched the two giant sky ships and hundreds of flying transport vehicles approaching.

The gray-robed disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy are now famous throughout the four regions. It can be said that every force in the four regions knows that the gray-robed disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy can transform, and that disciples at the Bone Forging Realm can fight against experts at the Blood Condensation Realm.

The thousands of disciples at the Bone Forging Realm are equivalent to the thousands of experts at the Blood Condensation Realm.

While Fog Mountain City could field such a number of Blood Condensation Realm experts, none of its residents had ever truly witnessed a gathering of a thousand Blood Condensation Realm experts. At most, they had only seen records left behind from decades ago when facing a massive monster tide.

Meanwhile, inside the Smiling Skull's stronghold, not only were the people of Misty Mountain City stunned, but the members of the Smiling Skull within the stronghold were also gaping in disbelief.

"Damn it! Didn't the four major cities say that our business with the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy was over? What is the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy doing here?" The leader of the temporary stronghold, a middle-aged man from the Mountain Clan who was over six meters tall, couldn't help but sweat as he watched the Obsidian army getting closer and closer.

As one of the seven guardians of the Smiling Skull, Immovable Baze has been stationed at a temporary stronghold outside the restricted area. Although he did not participate in the last great battle, he knows that without the help of a Celestial Realm Grandmaster, the Smiling Skull family is no match for the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

Back then, the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy only had a little over five hundred gray-robed disciples at the Bone Forging Realm. Now, with over a thousand gray-robed disciples at the Bone Forging Realm, he couldn't even imagine how he would escape if they attacked.

"Why would the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy mobilize so many people?" Mond glanced at the Obsidian army in the sky and then looked directly at Shefina, asking, "Shefina, didn't you inform the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy about the Lord's decision?"

With over a thousand Blood Condensation Realm warriors, such power is enough to destroy any force under the four major domain cities, not to mention that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy previously defeated the Smiling Skull, Red Moon Chamber of Commerce, and Earth Star Pharmaceuticals with just over five hundred Bone Forging Realm gray-robed disciples.

Now that the thousands of gray-robed disciples at the Bone Forging Realm of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy have come to the Mountain of the Dead, it means that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy is going to destroy the Smiling Skull, and he has no doubt about it.

If Obsidian Martial Arts Academy does that, the four Grandmasters of the Celestial Realm from Smiling Skull will definitely go berserk. This is a result that Misty Mountain City absolutely does not want to see, which is why they specifically reminded Obsidian Martial Arts Academy not to retaliate.

“Senior Brother Mond, I personally spoke with Master Lin about the City Lord’s decision, and Master Lin expressed his understanding, saying that as long as the three families don’t take the initiative to attack, they will not kill any more of their people. I really don’t know the current situation.” Shefina looked at Mond who was questioning her and said with a wry smile.

She dared not disobey her teacher's instructions, so she immediately went to Lin Qi to inform him of the city lord's decision.

She was actually quite bewildered by the fact that Obsidian Martial Arts Academy had dispatched such a large force, and she didn't understand what Obsidian Martial Arts Academy was thinking.

Just as Mondl was about to ask more questions, two giant sky ships and hundreds of flying transport vehicles flew directly over the Smiling Skull's temporary base without stopping at all.

"gone?"

Everyone inside the Smiling Skull's temporary stronghold was dumbfounded, not understanding what Obsidian Martial Arts School was up to.

"Could it be that they just wanted to show off their power and scare the Smiling Skull's people?" Mond watched the Obsidian Dojo army fly away, his mind filled with questions.

Such a powerful army, capable of annihilating a top-tier force, suddenly appeared on Smiling Skull's side without making a move. In his view, the only possibility was that it was there to intimidate Smiling Skull.

However, such behavior is indeed a bit of a hassle and unnecessary.

As long as the Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm doesn't make a move, the three families of Smiling Skull won't dare to touch Obsidian Martial Arts School. After all, the battle in the Mountain of the Dead has fully demonstrated the strength of Obsidian Martial Arts School. Going to deal with Obsidian Martial Arts School again would only be courting death.

However, just as Mond was preparing to lead everyone to the restricted area, two giant sky ships and hundreds of flying transport vehicles that had flown by from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy stopped less than two kilometers away from the restricted area. Large numbers of gray-clad disciples from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy disembarked from the giant sky ships and flying transport vehicles, carrying something.

"Hurry! Move faster, everyone. The limited-time event has a limited time. After setting up the resurrection device, we must build the primary spirit tower as soon as possible." A Floating Cloud stepped off the giant sky ship, looked around, and directed the Sky Guardian Corps to move the energy ore. "The exploration team should find the energy veins in this area according to the plan. Be quick, because we will rely on these energy veins for all the energy ore in the future."

In an instant, everyone in the Sky Guard Regiment sprang into action. At the same time, other teams were doing similar things, building outposts and sending out reconnaissance teams to search for the nearest energy veins.

"This land is truly a wonderful place. The towns built here in the future will definitely surpass Red Moon Town." Fang Zhen gazed at the vast plain before him, surrounded by green mountains and clear waters, with the free energy in the air far exceeding that of the barren Red Moon Mountain back then.

“Indeed, the energy concentration here is much better than expected. If we could build a basic cultivation tower here, the energy concentration of the town would definitely surpass that of Crimson Moon Town by a large margin.” Lu Fanchen, who had come over from the side, also said with a smile, “Moreover, the three of us have also conducted a rough investigation of the situation here. We found traces of mining in an underground cave less than a kilometer away from the restricted area. Inside, there is an abandoned medium-sized energy vein. If we build a town there, we will not lack energy ore for a while.”

"A medium-sized energy vein less than a kilometer from the restricted area?" Upon hearing this, Fang Zhen's eyes lit up, and his breathing became somewhat rapid.

A medium-sized energy vein has reserves of at least 50 million tons of energy ore, and normally it exceeds 100 million tons. Even if an entire town were built with energy ore, it probably wouldn't be a problem.

However, Fang Zhen quickly regained his composure.

When the various teams arrived, they discovered that each team wanted to build a stronghold in the restricted area and eventually upgrade it into a town. However, considering the benefits of a town, they decided to join forces to build a stronghold and jointly manage the town next to the restricted area. Otherwise, if each team built a town next to the restricted area, no one could guarantee that their town would develop, and it would also greatly waste the town building tokens that the event had rewarded them with.

The team that wins this event will receive the largest share, which is 30%, and will also receive a town-building order.

As for the remaining three, along with the newly emerging Free Alliance, which has the most Bone Forging Realm players in its team and is led by Dark Judgment, the four of them will share the remaining 70% of the shares equally, which is 17.5% for each team, and jointly invest in and maintain the new town.

The competition was fierce, with each company having its own advantages. Winning ownership of the new town and a 30% stake was no easy feat.

However, while the players were building things outside the restricted area, everyone inside the Smiling Skull's temporary base was stunned.

"What are they trying to do? Are they planning to establish a base near the restricted area?"

A four-winged woman from the Feather Clan of Misty Mountain City looked at the busy Obsidian Martial Arts Hall crowd with great surprise.

"Shefina, what is the Obsidian Martial Arts School thinking? Building a base in the area controlled by the Smiling Skull, are they crazy?" Mond asked Shefina, who was familiar with the Obsidian Martial Arts School, as he watched nearly 20,000 people carrying out infrastructure construction next to the restricted area.

Shefina was also silent for a while, feeling a bit overwhelmed.

Although the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy did not directly attack the Smiling Skull, it was somewhat reassuring that the city lord's notice had been heeded. However, building a stronghold in the area controlled by the Smiling Skull is no different from slapping the face of the Smiling Skull, a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm.
"Forget it, this is beyond our control. We'll just send this message back to Domain City, and the rest is none of our business," Mond sighed.

With their Misty Mountain City already protecting the Obsidian Martial Arts School, they can't stop the school from courting disaster if it wants to.

After Mond and the others sent the message back to Mist Mountain City, they immediately carried supplies into the forbidden zone of the Dead Mountain Range. At the same time, the core disciples of the five major teams also bound their resurrection devices. Apart from leaving some necessary combat forces to protect the bases still under construction, they also entered the forbidden zone one after another.

Inside the forbidden zone of the Mountain of the Dead.

Mond led the Blood Condensation Realm experts from Misty Mountain City through the mountains with great care. Normally, Blood Condensation Realm experts could run faster than the speed of sound on land, but under Mond's guidance, they could only travel at a speed of 20 to 30 meters per second, making their speed of going deeper into the mountains exceptionally slow.

Those like Shefina, who were visiting the restricted area for the first time, were all awestruck by the sights inside.

In the eyes of most people, the forbidden zone is a forbidden land of life, a scene of hell, but what was presented to Shefina was a vibrant world.

Not only are the trees in the restricted area exceptionally large, generally hundreds of meters tall, requiring several people to encircle a single tree, but even an insect in the restricted area is four or five meters tall. The gravity is thirty or forty times that of the outside world, and the density of everything in the restricted area is astonishingly high. Even a single leaf falling can be like a missile, creating a crater in the ground, which is harder than B6-grade alloy.

Even just staying in the restricted area, Xie Feina and the others, who were at the Blood Condensation Realm, could feel their blood slowly increasing under the violent and dense energy within the restricted area. They couldn't imagine how fast they would improve if they cultivated.

This made Shefina understand why Mond had said that taking her into the forbidden zone would allow her to reach the peak of the advanced Blood Condensation Realm faster. "The teams I invited should be not far ahead. Once we get there, the energy there is abundant, and you will have a day to cultivate. After that, we will head to one of the ruins we discovered last time." Mond looked at Shefina and the others, who were full of curiosity, and said very seriously, "Although I have said this many times before, I must say it one last time: you must maintain a distance of more than two meters from each other, and pay close attention to the actions of those around you. If anything seems amiss, notify us half-step Celestials immediately. If someone corrupted into an anomaly manages to infiltrate the team, probably less than 10% of the entire team will survive. We must be extremely careful."

Immediately, the expressions on the faces of Xie Feina and the others who were visiting for the first time also became serious.

"Senior Brother Mond, don't scare them. Although aliens are terrifying, it's extremely rare for someone to suddenly become an alien. Normally, they are gradually corrupted and become aliens themselves when they are approached by aliens. We just need to stay together and be careful of outsiders." The four-winged winged woman, the deputy leader, looked at Shefina and the others who were frightened and laughed.

The aliens are indeed the most troublesome existences in the restricted area, but they are not everywhere. Moreover, the major forces have been exploring the restricted area for many years and have already developed some methods to prevent aliens. Unless a member of a team is directly corrupted and becomes an alien, it is very difficult for an alien to infiltrate a team. More often than not, the two sides will be killed by the aliens when they fight.

Anyone within the restricted area who is corrupted and becomes an anomaly will experience a dramatic increase in strength. Therefore, if a teammate suddenly becomes an anomaly, it will be devastating for the team. Moreover, anomalies will summon other anomalies. If the anomalies cannot be dealt with quickly, they will summon numerous anomalies that have existed within the restricted area for countless years. However, this method is usually only used when the anomalies know they cannot defeat them or will even be eliminated.

As a result, although many of the major forces that have explored the forbidden zones have died over the years, many have also been tempered and grown into experts through the forbidden zones. In addition, they can also obtain various benefits from the forbidden zones, so the major top forces are happy to explore the forbidden zones.

The four domain cities require Blood Condensation Realm warriors to enter the forbidden zones for exploration at least once a year.

Only then did Shefina and the others breathe a sigh of relief. According to the deputy team leader Emilia, the situation was not as terrible or hopeless as they had thought.

Mondl merely glared at the vice-leader Emilia without saying anything more, clearly indicating that Emilia was telling the truth.

However, just a few seconds after Mondl led the team forward, more than a dozen figures ran over from a distance, making everyone in the group tense.

"Don't be nervous, they were invited by Senior Brother Mond," the deputy leader Emilia explained upon seeing the group.

After the deputy leader Emilia finished speaking, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and began to observe the people who had run over.

"No way! Isn't that Storm Child Tania, who's currently ranked eleventh among the half-step Celestials in the Forbidden Zone?"

"That looks like Titan Vajra Fendi, the eighth-ranked half-step Celestial Being!"

"Senior Brother Mond is amazing! He actually managed to invite these two people."

When Xie Feina and the others saw the appearance of these people, especially those who had entered the restricted area multiple times, they couldn't help but gasp. They never expected that they would be traveling with these people this time.

"No! Run! We agreed to meet only at that place. They can't possibly break their promise!" Mondl's expression changed drastically as he looked at the smiling Stormbringer Tania and Titan Fendi, his heart filled with indescribable terror.

The agreement he made with the two of them months ago was to prevent issues such as the presence of outsiders.

Now that the two of them are rushing over with their men, it is undoubtedly the worst-case scenario.

Tania, the Storm's Child, and Fendi, the Titan, have become outcasts...

Upon hearing this, everyone in the Misty Mountain City instinctively fled backwards without holding back at all.

A Titan King Kong, currently ranked eighth among the half-step Celestials, and a Storm Child, ranked eleventh among the half-step Celestials, are already incredibly powerful. If they were to become anomalies, it would be an absolute disaster.

"Damn it! How could it have turned out like this!"

"How could they?!"

Mondl looked at the Stormbringer Tania and Titan Fendi, who were chasing after them with smiles on their faces, and his expression was extremely ugly.

Under normal circumstances, he would not be a match for either of them. Now that both of them have become outcasts, not to mention the other Blood Condensation Realm cultivators in Misty Mountain City, he himself is very likely to remain in the forbidden zone forever.

"The people ahead look like they're from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy!" The deputy leader, Emilia, who was running at full speed, suddenly spotted a group of over a hundred people not far away and recognized them immediately, along with their familiar silver-gray uniforms.

“I can’t control them anymore.” Mond glanced at the Obsidian Martial Arts team and shook his head.

At this point, they were already struggling enough to get rid of the outsiders, so they had no energy left to deal with the people from the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

Meanwhile, Stormbringer Tania and Titan Fendi, who were relentlessly pursuing Mond and his group, also spotted the Obsidian Martial Arts School team. Stormbringer Tania and Titan Fendi exchanged a glance, and Stormbringer Tania led his group to charge forward, while Titan Fendi continued the chase.

Meanwhile, Luo Wushang and the others, who were still exploring, were also surprised to see several people rushing towards them from mid-air while they were still enjoying the beautiful environment of the forbidden zone.

"Wu Chang! That NPC looks like the big boss who escaped last time!" Zhang Qingwei looked at Tania, the Storm Child, who was charging at the front, with great surprise.

"This BOSS has gotten a lot stronger. Could it be that it wants to get revenge for last time?" Zhao Hu couldn't help but say, looking at the Storm Child Tania, whose oppressive aura had clearly increased.

However, just as Zhang Qingwei and Zhao Hu were talking, a low shout in human language came from afar.

"Run! Those people are monsters!"

And the one who shouted these words was none other than Shefina.

Shefina still felt she should help the Obsidian Martial Arts School if she could. Although the gray-robed disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts School were very strong, at least at the Blood Condensation Realm, they were definitely in grave danger when facing the extraordinary Storm Child Tania.

"An alien?" Zhang Qingwei looked at Tania, the Storm Child who had attacked the stronghold, and suddenly realized, "So it has evolved and advanced. No wonder it dared to come here for revenge."

However, at this moment, Zhang Qingwei looked at Tania, the Son of Storms, who was less than 500 meters away, with only sympathy in her eyes.

Before Storm Child Tania could even make a move, the team leader, Luo Wushang, suddenly surged with energy. Her energy surged like flames as she took a step forward, covering a distance of 500 meters in less than the blink of an eye at supersonic speeds. She was already standing in front of Storm Child Tania, who was over four meters tall.

Storm Child Tania was startled and, with a storm tearing through the sky, swung his Tier 3 giant axe down at Luo Wushang in front of him.

This axe strike is the signature move of Tania, the Son of Storms, the third level of the extraordinary martial arts sequence, Storm Strike.

boom!
A deafening explosion resounded, and the shockwave spread for several kilometers.

"How can this be!"

Both Mondl, who was fleeing in the distance, and Shefina were staring so hard their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

This axe strike, capable of killing an ordinary half-step Celestial, was now being held by a slender arm. The nearly five-meter-long giant axe was completely immobilized by that delicate hand. The axe blade struck the palm, only injuring the skin and superficial muscles, causing some bleeding.

"You're done, now it's my turn!"

Luo Wushang looked at the astonished Storm Child Tania, then raised her other hand, and a nearly tangible phantom of blood energy grabbed Storm Child Tania.

Then she clenched her jade-like hand!
boom!
Storm Child Tania was smashed open like a watermelon by the phantom of blood and qi, leaving only a giant, bent axe falling from mid-air...

(End of this chapter)