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

Chapter 344 The World Shocked and Beyond the Limits Forged?

"impossible!"

"Who exactly are you? How could Frostwolf be as strong as you?"

Lawson, who had lost all four limbs, stared at the white-haired Frostwolf, the shock in his heart beyond words.

The city lord of Misty Mountain City, Frost Wolf, was only twenty years older than him. Although they were not from the same era, he had witnessed Frost Wolf's growth and succeeded the extremely old city lord of Misty Mountain City ten years ago, standing at the pinnacle of the four domains.

Frostwolf himself was not a once-in-a-lifetime genius; his growth rate was only slightly faster than that of an ordinary peerless genius, and he was already fifty years old when he entered the Celestial Realm.

He finally reached the Grandmaster level at nearly ninety years old, which can be said to be the exhaustion of his potential.

In just ten years, he has managed to subdue him, who is also a Grandmaster. No matter how you look at it, it seems impossible.

“You’re quite right. I’m definitely not Frostwolf.” Frostwolf looked at Lawson, who was panting heavily, and chuckled. “Frostwolf’s control over his body and blood is too superficial. He’s only mastered one super-limit level martial art. But with my help, he has now reached the perfection of two super-limit level martial arts.”

"Your help? Two super-limit level martial arts techniques at their peak?" Lawson looked at the Frost Wolf in front of him, both terrified and shocked.

According to Frost Wolf, it can be seen that the Frost Wolf in front of him is no longer the Frost Wolf of the past. The super-limit level martial arts have always been the property of the four major domain cities. However, the difficulty of learning them is too great. Even the elders of the domain cities rarely learn them. He also learned one in the forbidden zone ruins in his early years because of luck. However, he only learned it and has always been at the proficient level. He never dared to think about reaching the perfect level.

The Frost Wolf before them had actually perfected two transcendent-level martial arts techniques; calling him a monster wouldn't be an exaggeration.

What terrified Lawson even more was that the city lord of Mist Mountain City had been manipulated. He couldn't even imagine what kind of power could have accomplished this.

"Don't worry, you'll soon reach my level too." Frostwolf looked at the terrified Lawson, and with a single forceful movement, crushed Lawson unconscious.

After Lawson lost consciousness, the two vice-captains of the Smiling Skull also took off running, even unleashing the fastest speed they had ever experienced. They used their Sequence Transcendental Footwork with unprecedented perfection, pushing their speed beyond ten times the speed of sound.

"Escape! We must escape from here!"

At this moment, the two vice-captains of the Smiling Skull had only one thought in their minds: to escape.

The fact that the dignified city lord of Wushan Domain City was being manipulated is truly astonishing, even terrifying.

However, before the two vice-captains of the Smiling Skull could escape within a kilometer, two young men at the mid-stage of the Celestial Realm who had accompanied the Frost Wolves appeared before them.

These two mid-stage Celestial Realm youths simply raised their hands, and two nearly tangible blood-red hands grabbed them, preventing them from breaking free even when they unleashed their strongest martial arts techniques.

Before the two vice-captains of the Smiling Skull could say anything, the two mid-level Celestial Realm youths exerted force, causing the two vice-captains of the Smiling Skull to vomit blood and faint. They were then grabbed by the two mid-level Celestial Realm youths and leaped to the front of the Frost Wolf.

"After all these years, it's finally worth the wait. This is the finest quality, and it will surely satisfy His Highness." Frostwolf looked at the unconscious Lawson, and couldn't help but smile.

"My lord, this area has been cleared, and everything of value has been preserved. But what should we do with these two?" The young man from the Demon Clan pointed to the two vice-captains of the Smiling Skull.

"Those two?" Frostwolf glanced at them and said disdainfully, "These two have exhausted their potential. It will be difficult for them to cultivate to the middle stage of the Celestial Realm in this lifetime. Give them to the soldiers under your command who have made meritorious contributions."

The two young men at the mid-stage of the Celestial Realm were not surprised at all.

The civilization level on this planet is not high, and the talent for cultivation is also average. Apart from exceptional geniuses who have high value, those who painstakingly cultivate to the initial stage of the Celestial Realm can only become ordinary soldiers.

"My lord, the legion commander's nephews and nieces hope we can provide some top-quality goods so they can participate in the planned fishing operations in the restricted area," the three-eyed youth on the other side said cautiously.

"A few top-grade items? Those vermin really dare to dream of such things." Frost Wolf rolled his eyes and said with dissatisfaction, "Do they really think this place is their vegetable garden? Send them the information on the super geniuses in the domain city and let them pick the second-grade items themselves. Don't even think about the top-grade items. These are our important commodities. If the higher-ups find out, even the legion commander won't be able to save their lives."

"Yes." The three-eyed youth didn't dare to say anything more.

Neither the Frostwolf before them nor the sons and nephews of those legion commanders were people that soldiers without noble blood could afford to offend.

Meanwhile, within the Mountain of the Dead, the sudden disappearance of the leader and two vice-leaders of the Smiling Skull, along with the complete leveling of the underground fortress and the complete loss of life, caused chaos within the Smiling Skull. The news quickly reached the ears of the major powers in the four regions, causing widespread alarm.

As one of the top forces in the four domains, the Smiling Skull has three Grandmasters. Among them, the leader Lawson has been stuck in the middle stage of the Celestial Realm for many years, and his strength is likely close to that of the high stage of the Celestial Realm.

Such a force commands respect even from the four major cities, who dare not openly break ties. Yet, Lawson and his two companions have vanished without a trace, a truly bizarre situation that has terrified the top powers of the four domains.

Three grandmasters are gone just like that. Many top forces only have one or two grandmasters left to hold their ground. If they encounter the same problem as the Smiling Skull, they will definitely suffer the same fate.

Immediately, major powers in the four domains, and even the four major domain cities, sent people to investigate the matter.

However, the final result was that the investigation yielded no results. But the major forces in the four regions all felt that the Obsidian Martial Arts School was likely responsible for this, after all, the Obsidian Martial Arts School had a great deal of hatred with the Smiling Skull, and the disappearance of the Smiling Skull's three grandmasters was undoubtedly most beneficial to the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

It's fair to say that without the Grandmaster's Smiling Skull, the entire Dead Mountain Range would belong to the Obsidian Martial Arts School. No one would believe it wasn't the Obsidian Martial Arts School that did it.

Even though Obsidian Martial Arts Academy explained to the public for several days that it was not their doing, the major forces did not believe it and showed high vigilance towards Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. They even sent a large number of people to keep an eye on Obsidian Martial Arts Academy and report any unusual movements of Obsidian Martial Arts Academy immediately.

Red Moon Town, Obsidian Martial Arts School.

"Master, this is all the intelligence gathered by the Smiling Skull. There was indeed a battle in that place, but there weren't many traces of fighting on the battlefield, so the battle should have ended quickly. Although there were limbs left, no Grandmaster corpses were found. The person who attacked the Smiling Skull must be much stronger than the three Grandmasters of the Smiling Skull." Wu Zhuoqun said with a grim expression, "According to Lord Yaoguang's speculation, this was very likely done by those insectoids. Our various races' Celestial Realm cultivators are very valuable to the insectoids, and are even highly sought-after commodities by the insectoid upper class. When the insectoids descended, many Celestial Realm cultivators from various races were captured."

Although the Smiling Skull and their Obsidian Martial Arts School are mortal enemies, the capture of the Smiling Skull's three grandmasters still evokes a sense of shared sorrow.

Even the three grandmasters of the Smiling Skull were unable to resist the Zerg, so it would probably be impossible for the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy to withstand them as well.

"So it really was the Zerg who made the move?" Lin Qi nodded, not too surprised. After all, within the four domains, only the four major domain cities had such strength; other forces didn't have the ability to capture three grandmasters so easily. He then asked, "How's the harvest in the First Domain City going?"

The Zerg's strength is undeniable. All he can do is develop as quickly as possible, and do so covertly, otherwise he might end up like the Smiling Skull.

"We've acquired more than ten sets of energy ore conversion equipment in the past few days. Although they're all damaged, Lord Yaoguang and the others said they can be repaired, and they can even teach the martial arts school's mechanics how to fix them. However, they hope that all crew members will be qualified to use the basic martial arts training room," Wu Zhuoqun reported.

"Using qualifications in exchange for skills?" Lin Qi thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, but they have to nominally join the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy."

In the past few days, after obtaining the specific location of the First Domain City, a system announcement was issued, informing players that the limited-time event was nearing its end and that the location of the Outer City would be opened. This caused players to frantically start conquering the First Domain City, and some even built a basic spirit tower next to it, fighting against the aliens around the clock, as if it were New Year's Day.

In retrospect, the players have brought him considerable gains. In just a few days, he acquired over ten sets of energy ore conversion equipment. If all are repaired, they can at least sustain the energy and blood essence consumption of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall for a short period. Compared to the manufacturing equipment provided by the Tianhe Domain City, the efficiency of these latest energy ore conversion devices in the First Domain City is simply phenomenal.

Twenty tons of energy ore can be converted into one energy blood essence in a day. The only drawback is that it requires a large amount of blood energy to power the conversion equipment. This amount of blood energy would require about a thousand martial artists to maintain, and even apprentices are not qualified.

The older energy ore conversion equipment would require more manpower and take longer to develop. As for the manufacturing equipment in the four major cities, it's simply unimaginable.

However, Lin Qi was also glad that the First Domain City was sent to the forbidden zone during the Great Transfer. He couldn't even imagine what would have happened if the current Domain City had inherited all of the First Domain City's technologies.

Without the restrictions of energy and blood essence, the four domain cities controlled by the Zerg would be unimaginably powerful, and countless geniuses would become easy prey, being harvested in various ways.

As Wu Zhuoqun was reporting on the recent developments of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, a system notification suddenly sounded in Lin Qi's ear.

System: Congratulations, host! A player has created a profound martial art, triggering the advanced epic hidden quest 'Gate of Laws'. This quest allows the player to create three profound martial arts techniques and rewards them with a perfect profound evolution. The player can choose one martial art that the host or player has mastered to evolve into a profound martial art, with a 100% chance of evolving into a profound martial art, naturally reaching the perfect level.

"An ultimate martial skill? Who is so powerful?" Lin Qi was stunned when he saw the system notification.

Ye Qinglu's creation of the transcendent-level martial skill had already surprised him greatly, after all, it was a martial skill that surpassed his own limits. Even in the Star Energy Civilization, anyone who could create such a martial skill would be a genius who would go down in history.

He even received a reward for a perfect martial arts evolution, which allowed him to evolve one of his martial arts skills into a transcendent level, and he still can't bear to use it.

Above the transcendent level of martial arts, in the records of the Star Energy Civilization, those are martial arts that have touched the threshold of the world's laws. They have already surpassed the level that human beings can reach and are called profound arts.

Even with a mental range of fifty meters, he was completely bewildered by such a profound martial skill, utterly unable to comprehend the laws of the world, let alone its transformation into a martial skill.

It's hard to imagine that any player could create such a thing.

However, while Lin Qi was in a daze, there was a mineral storage room far away in the first city of the restricted area.

Even with Luo Wushang and Ye Qinglu's full-force attack, they couldn't budge this storage room, which had been moved from some unknown ruin, in the slightest. Part of the floor and walls had melted away.

"Red Sand, what have you done? How come you've destroyed the storage room?" Dark Judgment, who had logged off immediately, couldn't help but question the unshaven young man on the game pod screen.

Chi Sha, a legend in the mercenary world, was a highly skilled individual whom he had painstakingly recruited. If possible, he truly did not want to get angry.

Their Freedom Alliance Garrison has grown to a point where it can barely rival the other four major garrison corps, which is quite an achievement. Now, they've finally managed to capture a storage room in the city beyond the realm, but before they could even study what valuable ores were inside, the Red Sand destroyed it all, leaving nothing behind...

Chi Sha seemed to realize he had caused trouble and explained, "I wanted to test those ores to see if I could use them to forge a good weapon. I didn't expect the power of my second burst to be so great. I will pay for all the losses this time."

"A second explosion? You succeeded?" Dark Judgment looked at Red Sand in surprise after hearing this.

They had studied the martial arts techniques in the game quite a bit, and Chi Sha had always wanted a suitable weapon, but there wasn't one in the game, so he learned the Starburst technique that Lu Fanchen had mastered and used it as a hammer to quench ores.

However, the metals refined in this way were not ideal. They were simply flattened C6 grade alloys without being able to be further compressed. Therefore, Akasa kept thinking about how to further compress C6 grade alloys and create a more powerful alloy.

So Akasa came up with a method: to use Starburst with both hands, but with the Starburst rotating in opposite directions, so that by striking together, the hardest metal could be forged.

However, this is too difficult; it seems beyond human capability.

But to everyone's surprise, Chisha succeeded.

It could even be said that it was too successful; the ruins that even Luo Wushang and Ye Qinglu could not destroy were actually partially destroyed.

“It failed.” Chisha said with slight disappointment, “The metal was directly vaporized by this attack. I need to make further improvements.”

"Is this considered a failure?" Dark Judgment asked in astonishment, "Failure or failure doesn't matter. Do you think this martial skill can teach me? If we use this kind of martial skill, which can even destroy ancient ruins, we'll be set for life!"

The entire city beyond the realm is exceptionally sturdy. Many places are even ruins that seem to have been moved from somewhere, so sturdy that they are almost unbearable. If they could remove these ruin walls, the Free Alliance could dig and excavate treasures all over the city beyond the realm, which would be much faster than other garrison groups taking it one step at a time.

“This martial art isn’t difficult. As long as you learn Starburst and practice refining ore, you’ll be able to use one hand for forward strikes and the other for reverse strikes,” Chi Sha said.

"So, refining more ore will do the trick? Okay, I'll go and have everyone refine more ore every day." Dark Judgment thought it was a simple matter, so he hung up the communication and contacted others to learn how to refine ore every day.

For a time, members of the Freedom Alliance would tinker with a piece of ore whenever they had free time. Three days later, a Floating Cloud excitedly brought a piece of an unknown alloy to complete the mission. The alloy's strength was significantly higher than C6 grade, definitely reaching level D or above.

Lin Qi was stunned after hearing about the new alloy manufacturing method developed by Yi Ye Fuyun.

Even the Star Energy Civilization probably doesn't have the luxury of using profound martial arts techniques to refine ore.

But it must be said that the effect is really good. Even Luo Qi's eyes lit up when he saw this new alloy, and he felt that there was a chance to make a real Guardian Heavy Armor.

Early morning, Red Moon Town.

As the vital energy surged forth from the cultivation chamber on the third floor of the cultivation tower, enveloping a small part of Crimson Moon Town, a young woman slowly emerged from the cultivation chamber, her face filled with indescribable excitement.

"Miss Precia, congratulations on successfully advancing to the Blood Condensation Realm. You'll be able to explore the Forbidden Zones with Miss Shefina and the others from now on." Ino walked up to Precia as she walked out and congratulated her.

Blood Coagulation Realm!
Once you reach this level, the world will be completely different. Outside the domain city, you can even become the lord of a city and bring prosperity to your entire clan. Especially since Precia is still so young, she has every chance to reach the advanced stage of the Blood Condensation Realm before she turns thirty.

"Thank you. I have to thank Master Lin for letting me use this training room. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had such a smooth experience," Precia said gratefully.

Achieving the Blood Condensation Realm will significantly elevate her status in the Misty Mountain City. Moreover, she is cultivating a training method that surpasses the mid-stage of the Blood Condensation Realm. Although it is only half of it, it is enough to greatly increase her chances of reaching the Half-Step Celestial Realm or even the Celestial Realm Grandmaster in the future.

However, while Precia was having a good time, the smartwatch on her wrist kept beeping with notifications, one message after another.

Precia initially didn't care much about these messages, but as she read them, her expression grew increasingly grim.

"Miss Precia, is something wrong?" Ino asked curiously, looking at Precia who didn't look well.

“It’s a message from Domain City, telling me to hurry up and go to the training camp. I’ve refused this mission several times before, but I don’t know why they keep urging me. The subsequent messages even made it mandatory for me to go. I was breaking through before and had turned off communication, so I didn’t receive these messages.” Precia said with a somewhat grim expression. “Now Domain City has sent an elder to revoke my Domain City status and take me back for interrogation. I estimate they’re almost at Crimson Moon Town by now…”

(End of this chapter)