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

Chapter 339 Awe-inspiring Power and the Spaceship That Pierced the Sky (Long Chapter)

died!

Ghost Hand is dead!

As everyone stared at the lifeless ghost hand in mid-air, the entire Crimson Moon Town fell silent. Looking at the dead ghost hand felt like a dream.

"How can this be!"

"That's a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm!"

Looking at Lin Qi, who was holding Ghost Hand by the neck with one hand, Yinghu seriously suspected that Ghost Hand was acting.

As a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm, who is at the pinnacle of the four domains, even if Ghost Hand is no match for Lin Qi, he is definitely not without the power to fight back. Even if his teacher were to come in person, it would be impossible for him to kill Ghost Hand so easily. In fact, if Ghost Hand wanted to escape, his teacher might not be able to stop him.

But Ghost Hand was crushed to death by Lin Qi with one hand, just like a little chick. It was so shocking that no one would believe Ghost Hand wasn't acting.

Mond and the others, as well as Luo Wushang and other players, showed no surprise at all; instead, they wore expressions of complete indifference.

"As expected, this Master Lin's strength is even greater than my teacher's." Mond looked at the ghost hand that had been crushed to death with one hand and confirmed his previous judgment.

In the forbidden zone of the Mountain of the Dead, Luo Wushang fought three extraordinary Celestial Realm Grandmasters alone without defeat. Even if her strength is not at the mid-stage of the Celestial Realm, it is probably very close.

According to the information from the Domain City, those three extraordinary Celestial Realm Grandmasters were not any of the Grandmasters who disappeared in the Forbidden Zone. They were most likely Celestial Realm Grandmasters who were corrupted after reaching the Blood Condensation Realm.

Individually, any one of those three extraordinary Celestial Realm Grandmasters might not be as good as Ghost Hand, but if the three extraordinary Celestial Realm Grandmasters joined forces, they would have a real chance to kill Ghost Hand.

Given that even a disciple of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy is so powerful, Lin Qi, as the academy master, must be no less powerful than a disciple. According to his guess, Lin Qi should at least have the strength of a mid-stage Celestial Realm master, or even be close to a high-stage Celestial Realm grandmaster.

When a martial artist cultivates to the Celestial Realm, there will be a significant difference in strength with each advancement. The minimum strength for the initial stage of the Celestial Realm is only 600 tons, but the middle stage is 1200 tons, and the high stage is a whopping 2400 tons. Each advancement doubles the physical attributes, and the difference is even greater than that between the Blood Condensation Realm and the Bone Forging Realm.

Seeing Ghost Hand, a beginner-level Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm, being easily crushed proves that Lin Qi's strength is indeed close to that of a high-level Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm.

Meanwhile, the players inside Red Moon Town were filled with excitement.

"The guild master is so powerful! He can just crush a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm like that, it's so cool!"

"The lowest level of the initial stage of the Celestial Realm has a strength of at least 600 tons. The Master can easily crush it. This strength must be at least 2000 tons. I remember that the Master only recently broke through to the Blood Condensation Realm. This stat is truly heaven-defying."

The players watched as Lin Qi casually crushed the ghost hand in mid-air, and they discussed among themselves, curious about just how strong Lin Qi was now.

However, while the players in Red Moon Town were discussing this, Lin Qi in mid-air was also very professionally searching Ghost Hand's body. Through his mental domain, he found nothing of value on Ghost Hand.

"As expected of the Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm of the Smiling Skull, he has so many good things on him." Lin Qi looked at the dozen or so energy blood essences in his hand and a smart watch with a golden flame mark, then casually threw the ghost hand on the ground and began to examine the smart watch.

When he approached within a radius of fifty meters of Ghost Hand's spiritual coverage, he immediately noticed the smart watch on Ghost Hand's wrist. Considering the golden flame mark, the smart watch was likely from the First City, which is why he didn't choose to blast Ghost Hand, a beginner in the Celestial Realm, to pieces with a single punch, but instead crushed him to death.

Now he has mastered more than 50% of the three training methods. After entering the extraordinary state, his panel strength is 745 tons, which can be said to be the limit of the initial stage of the Blood Coagulation Realm of an extraordinary life form. After the energy bursts, the panel data reaches nearly 1500 tons, and the actual strength exceeds 2700 tons.

In terms of pure strength, he has already exceeded the bottom line of a high-level Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm. Ghost Hand, whose strength is only at the initial stage of the Celestial Realm, is just a child, and it would not be difficult for him to crush him.

Lin Qi then returned to the martial arts school and casually rewarded Luo Wushang with 100 million points, 50,000 contribution points, 50,000 merit points, and three energy blood essences. Luo Wushang was overjoyed, thinking that aliens were really a good thing, as even a randomly dropped treasure chest was so valuable.

One hundred million points and fifty thousand contribution points are not important to Luo Wushang. One hundred million points are not even enough to build a basic spirit tower. As for martial arts contribution points, the current version's upper limit for martial arts status is core disciple. Even if you have millions of martial arts contribution points, your status will not be upgraded. It is just a way to accumulate for future status upgrades.

However, the 50,000 merit points and three energy blood essences are very useful. When the merit points reach 300,000, one can become a lieutenant and build an intermediate gravity chamber and an advanced training room in the garrison. This is the foundation for strengthening the garrison. As for the three energy blood essences, plus the five energy blood essences earned from Mondstadt, if used well, the team can produce two more experts at the Blood Condensation Realm.

Such a reward has made many players envious, and they can't help but wonder what Luo Wushang did to deserve such a generous reward.

Luo Wushang didn't hide anything and told everyone directly that she had handed over a treasure chest dropped by the aliens in the restricted area. The reason for not hiding it was simple: the treasure chests dropped were a matter of luck. Even if she didn't say anything, other people who entered the restricted area would still get them. If they were unlucky, they might kill all the aliens in the restricted area and still not get any.

On the contrary, telling everyone would help Tianwei gain fame, and everyone would talk about how Tianwei's team got a treasure chest in the restricted area and how much they made, so there's no need to hide it.

"Brother Yinghu, what do we do now?" A young man at the high level of the Blood Condensation Realm looked at the ghost hand hanging at the gate of Red Moon Town and couldn't help but say, "The Smiling Skull has a total of four Celestial Realm Grandmasters. Now that one of them is dead here, the other three Grandmasters of the Smiling Skull will definitely go crazy. If we cooperate with the Obsidian Martial Arts School to go to the forbidden area this time, we might be implicated if those three Grandmasters retaliate."

Lin Qi's killing of Ghost Hand was certainly shocking, but it has probably driven the Smiling Skull completely mad. From now on, the Smiling Skull's actions will likely no longer consider the four major domain cities, especially the Mountain of the Dead and the Forbidden Zone. It wouldn't be surprising if the Smiling Skull's three grandmasters directly took action.

"The master of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy is a madman. With such strength, a little intimidation would have made the Smiling Skull back down. But he insisted on killing that Ghost Hand. This time, let's act alone." Shadow Tiger glanced at the Ghost Hand hanging up and couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

He had witnessed the strength of the Obsidian Martial Arts School. Lin Qi had crushed a Celestial Realm Grandmaster like Ghost Hand with one hand. His personal strength was probably close to that of a high-level Celestial Realm Grandmaster. Even his teacher would treat him with caution. He was indeed not afraid of Smiling Skull. It was no exaggeration to say that the Obsidian Martial Arts School was now the number one force under the four major domain cities.

However, if a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm were to go berserk without any restraint in the Four Domains, a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm like Lin Qi might not be afraid, but those below the Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm would be in serious trouble, let alone three Grandmasters of the Celestial Realm.

However, when Shadow Tiger and his men were about to leave Red Moon Town, they were surprised to find that Mond and his group from Mist Mountain City had not canceled their cooperation with Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. They still entered the academy master's lounge with smiles on their faces.

"Have all these people gone mad?"

Looking at Emilia and the others who entered the lounge, whose strength was no less than his, Yinghu felt that this world was becoming somewhat incomprehensible to him.

As fellow citizens of the four major cities, Emilia and the others couldn't possibly be unaware of what Lin Qi's killing of Ghost Hand signified. Yet, he still wanted to cooperate with the Obsidian Martial Arts School to enter the forbidden zone. This was simply disregarding the remaining three Grandmasters of the Smiling Skull.

However, Shadow Tiger and the others who left Red Moon Town did not know that after seeing Lin Qi crush the Ghost Hand with one hand, Mond and the others did not intend to cooperate with the Obsidian Martial Arts School to explore the forbidden area of ​​the Dead Mountain Range. Instead, they planned to spend energy blood essence in the hope of accompanying the powerful team of the Obsidian Martial Arts School to train in the forbidden area. In other words, they paid the Obsidian Martial Arts School to train for them.

Lin Qi was stunned when he heard this, not expecting that the restricted area could do such a business.

“Your request isn’t impossible, but various teams have exploration missions within the restricted area, and we also need to protect you long-term, which would require a significant amount of manpower.” Lin Qi looked at Mond’s earnest words and thought for a moment before saying, “How about this? We will establish a temporary camp within the restricted area as soon as possible. If you wish to cultivate within the restricted area, you can enter that temporary camp. Each of you will receive one Energy Blood Essence until the safe period within the restricted area ends. How about that?”

Sending Mondstadt and the others to explore the restricted area with the player team is absolutely unacceptable, since he has tasked the players with finding the First City within the restricted area, and the matter of the First City cannot be exposed.

However, Mond and others also provided him with a way to earn a large amount of energy blood essence in a short period of time.

The cultivation environment within the forbidden zone is far superior to that of the four domains. Many top-tier forces have sent numerous Bone Forging Realm and Blood Condensation Realm cultivators into the forbidden zone, precisely because they want these individuals to advance more rapidly.

If he could provide a safe temporary shelter inside the restricted area, it would be very popular.

“No problem!” Mond was overjoyed and asked without hesitation, “Can I reserve a hundred spots?” “A hundred spots all at once?” Lin Qi looked at the ecstatic Mond and wondered if he had just said “energy crystal” instead of “energy blood essence”.

One Energy Blood Essence per person—this was the exorbitant price he set, anticipating that Mondstadt would definitely haggle over it. After all, the restricted area wasn't safe, and he couldn't offer 100% guarantees. He would be quite satisfied if he could get one Energy Blood Essence per three or four people in the end.

Moreover, setting up a temporary camp within the restricted area was something he had originally intended to do.

The restricted area is too large. Even if you go a thousand kilometers in, you're only on the outer edge of the restricted area. Without the use of flying transport vehicles, it would take too much time for players to respawn outside the restricted area and run there. So it's certain that a temporary respawn point will be established inside the restricted area. Even if the authorities don't do it, the players will do it anyway.

However, considering the need to earn energy essence, this temporary camp should definitely be improved by assigning players some garrison duties and responsibilities for protecting the temporary camp.

However, Lin Qi did not know that Mond's reason for not hesitating was not simply to train in the restricted area, but to buy safety.

Luo Wushang and the others performed amazingly in the penalty area.

With fewer than two hundred people, they made history within the restricted area by defeating the alien army for the first time, causing the alien army to scatter on its own initiative. This is something that none of the four major domain cities could do.

If the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy were to establish a camp in the restricted area and station a large number of people there, its security would be unquestionable. Such a safe training ground in the restricted area would be something that no genius in the four major cities would even dare to dream of, let alone someone who wants to explore the restricted area.

As long as they are allowed to enter such a camp, it means that they can explore further into the restricted area. If they encounter danger, they will no longer need to run outside the restricted area, but will go to the camp instead. The safety level of exploration will increase significantly. Each person will receive one energy blood essence, which is something that people from the four major domain cities would absolutely fight tooth and nail to get.

Mondl had even planned to resell these spots to his other old friends in the Misty Mountain City to make a profit.

Soon, he bought one hundred camp slots from Lin Qi in Mondstadt. However, the camps would not be ready for another two days. During this time, Mondstadt could also prepare energy blood essence. He happily returned to Misty Mountain City, intending to make a fortune there.

As for Lin Qi, after Mondstadt and the others left the room and issued the task of establishing a temporary camp in the restricted area to all players, he immediately handed over the smart watch and black box from the First City to Luo Qi for analysis to see if he could get any clues. He seemed to have forgotten that he had just killed a Celestial Realm Grandmaster of the Smiling Skull not long ago, which had alarmed all the major forces in the Four Domains.

First, they were surprised that Lin Qi, the master of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, could crush Ghost Hand, a beginner-level Celestial Realm cultivator, with one hand. His strength was comparable to that of the deputy city lords of the four major domain cities. Then they felt that Lin Qi, the master of the academy, was simply insane, daring to kill even the Grandmaster of the Smiling Skull.

The Smiling Skull was originally a very crazy force, staying in the Mountain of the Dead. Even the four major domain cities felt headaches and could only exert pressure and issue warnings. After all, when a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm went berserk, the consequences were too serious. One palm could destroy a city, and a few sneak attacks could make even a domain city unable to cope.

If all the Grandmasters of the Smiling Skull go mad, the cities of an entire region will likely be wiped out. Even if those Grandmasters of the Smiling Skull are killed afterward, the destroyed cities will never be recovered.

This is the main reason why the four major cities have always turned a blind eye to the forces with grandmasters stationed in their respective domains, and are even less willing to touch the Smiling Skull.

Now that Lin Qi has killed Ghost Hand, if the three Grandmasters of Smiling Skull go berserk and launch sneak attacks everywhere, it's unimaginable what will happen.

In an underground space within the Mountain of the Dead.

"Brother, Ghost Hand is dead! This revenge cannot go unavenged!" A bald Crystal Clan man, nearly four meters tall with a blood-red gem on his forehead, slammed his fist on the table, his eyes blazing with fury. "I'm going to wipe out all the strongholds of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy right now!"

The original purpose of sending Ghost Hand to Crimson Moon Town was to teach Obsidian Martial Arts School a lesson and give it a warning, and to take the opportunity to make Obsidian Martial Arts School leave the Mountain of the Dead. After all, Obsidian Martial Arts School provoked them first, and even if these grandmasters took action, the four major domain cities could not say anything.

But he never expected that Ghost Hand would be killed. As his longtime companion, he could not tolerate it. Even if he was no match for Lin Qi, he would still turn the Obsidian Martial Arts School upside down.

“We, the descendants of the First City, have endured enough in these Four Domains. It’s time to show them that we Smiling Skeletons are not to be trifled with!” The crystal woman, who was over three meters tall, nodded in agreement with the bald crystal man.

"Wait a minute, it's not the right time yet." The middle-aged man, who had been cultivating and was over five meters tall with three deep blue gems on his forehead, opened his eyes and said calmly, "My current mid-level Celestial Realm training method is still a bit short of 100% proficiency. With my high-level Celestial Realm strength, I can't fight against those old guys from the four major domain cities. Once I reach 100% proficiency, with my peak high-level Celestial Realm strength, even if those old guys join forces, I'm confident I can escape. At that time, dealing with that Obsidian Martial Arts Hall will be a piece of cake!"

"Big brother, are you about to break through?" The bald Crystal Clan man was overjoyed upon hearing this.

The major forces outside were unaware that the leader of their Smiling Skull was not a mid-level Celestial Realm cultivator at all, but had long since reached the high-level Celestial Realm. He had only concealed his strength by using treasures to protect himself from the four major domain cities.

If one can break through to the high-level limit of the Celestial Realm, then one will truly stand at the pinnacle of the Four Domains, able to sit on equal footing with the city lords of the four major domain cities, and creating a fifth domain city in the future will not be a problem.

"It's almost done. I've already got a clue about how to break through, but I still need to do a lot of experiments. In the meantime, you should focus on preparing high-level healing potions and treasures that enhance recovery. It doesn't matter if you spend more energy and blood essence." The leading man nodded, a smile in his eyes.

"Great! The Red Moon Merchant Guild has recently developed a number of effective treatments, so I'll go and buy them all." Upon hearing this, the bald Crystal Clan man excitedly turned and left the meeting room.

"The master of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy?" The leading man looked at the documents and pictures handed to him, his gaze turning icy. "I'll let you live a little longer for now. When the time comes, I'll show you what hell is like!"

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The Forbidden Zone of the Dead Mountains.

A week has passed since Ghost Hand died, and Smiling Skull has remained silent. The entire forbidden zone of the Dead Mountain has returned to calm. Large numbers of members from various forces have entered the forbidden zone to explore. The temporary camp established by Obsidian Martial Arts School at a distance of 600-700 kilometers from the forbidden zone has become a good place for members of various forces to rest. However, each person can only obtain one energy blood essence, which is not something that everyone can afford. They can only envy those who can rest at the temporary camp at any time.

"Sis, we've already penetrated over 1,500 kilometers into the restricted area. Could this be the wrong direction?" Yi Ye Fuyun looked at the map, and at the pile of aliens and team members lying at her feet, and couldn't help but ask.

Their team had ventured deep into the forbidden zone for so many days, and although they had found several ruins, the items inside were of no use to them. They were mostly old training methods for the early or mid-stages of the Blood Coagulation Realm and Celestial Realm, or expired potions and items.

On the contrary, they killed quite a few aliens along the way and went through more than ten major battles. They were even wiped out five times. However, the aliens they killed were stingy and never dropped any good items, only some broken copper and scrap iron.

“Explore another 500 kilometers. If we still can’t find it, we’ll change direction.” Ye Qinglu glanced at the team, which had lost more than two-thirds of its members, and wondered if the direction to the extraterrestrial city was not here.

The deeper they went into the forbidden zone, the more powerful the plants and animals became, and the more exaggerated the number and frequency of the aliens appeared. If they couldn't stop the aliens from calling for their companions in time, they would be wiped out without any chance.

If they venture another 500 kilometers, that will be roughly the limit for their team. If they can't find the city beyond the realm, they'll have to change direction and explore.

However, just as Ye Qinglu and the others were resting and recovering their depleted energy, a streak of fire suddenly lit up the distant sky, leaving a dazzling trail of flame that even the sun could not match.

"What is that? A meteorite?"

"Wow, this thing is huge!"

Even a drifting cloud was drawn to the firelight in the sky.

A normally landed meteorite would be about the size of a basketball, but the meteorite we're currently observing has a radius of at least twenty meters.

"No! That's not a meteorite!" Ye Qinglu, a Blood Condensation Realm cultivator, looked over, a hint of surprise in her eyes. "That looks like a spaceship!"

(End of this chapter)