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

Chapter 352 Are all the newcomers these days this good at it?
"So, it really is impossible to kill him after all?"

Ye Qinglu, her face as pale as snow, looked at the blond, one-horned man whose body was half gone.

Although the blond, one-horned man's face was grim, the cuts on his body were writhing. In the blink of an eye, his internal skeleton was restored to its original state, a regenerative ability even stronger than that of a calamity-level monster.

This scene caused the five people in the Sky Dome Shelter to gasp in shock.

"Is he a monster?"

The four middle-aged grandmasters watched as the Zerg legion commander recovered to such a state in an instant, and the last glimmer of hope that had risen in their hearts was extinguished in an instant.

Even with the best medical treatment, a Grandmaster would need several days to recover from such a severe injury. However, this Zerg legion commander was able to regenerate his bones in an instant simply by relying on his own regenerative abilities. Such regenerative abilities are clearly beyond human capabilities.

However, the city lord of Sky Dome Sanctuary seized the opportunity and launched a series of fierce attacks.

"You damned old man!" The blond, one-horned youth frowned slightly as he watched the old man charging at him. He, who usually didn't dodge much, also used his footwork to quickly evade, not engaging the old man at all.

Meanwhile, the two deputy legion commanders of the Zerg also reacted and immediately attacked the old man, buying time for the legion commander.

The bodies they occupy are extraordinary, with a very high level of life. Not only are their bodies as strong as steel, but their recovery ability is also incredibly amazing. After becoming a grandmaster, if they focus on supplying their blood and qi to recovery, their recovery ability can increase a hundredfold. Even if they are seriously injured by other grandmasters, they can recover completely in a few seconds.

The only drawback is that it consumes a huge amount of Qi and blood; a complete recovery requires almost half of one's Qi and blood.

However, improving recovery ability requires a high degree of mental concentration, and it is impossible to recover while fighting.

As the two deputy legion commanders joined the battle, the four grandmasters of Sky Sanctuary also reacted and immediately stopped the two deputy legion commanders from harassing the city lord.

The two sides were locked in combat again, but the situation was completely reversed, with the Zerg side at a disadvantage.

"If only I had more swords," Ye Qinglu thought regretfully as she watched the battle.

With her vital energy, she could use the Three Thousand Worlds technique three times. However, due to its immense destructive power, all her other longswords, except for the one made of the new alloy, were basically destroyed. In fact, it could be said that without the new alloy longsword, she wouldn't be able to use the Three Thousand Worlds technique at all.

Moreover, once this move is used, even if the longsword made of the new alloy is unharmed, she won't be able to find it again if it flies into space.

Without the ability to use the Three Thousand Worlds, the battle between the eight grandmasters was something she couldn't interfere with at all. Simply getting close would probably result in her being blasted away by the aftershocks.

With Ye Qinglu unable to intervene further, the two sides exchanged hundreds of blows. The Zerg side was unable to mount an effective counterattack due to the golden-haired unicorn's severe injury, which allowed the two deputy legion commanders to be severely injured by the city lord of the Sky Dome Sanctuary. Just as one of the deputy legion commanders was about to be killed, the golden-haired unicorn stopped dodging and unleashed a full-force attack that repelled the city lord of the Sky Dome Sanctuary.

"Let's withdraw!"

The blond, one-horned man glared at Ye Qinglu in the distance, then turned and flew into the sky, with the other two deputy legion commanders following behind immediately.

Just as the four middle-aged grandmasters in the sanctuary were about to give chase, the old man's voice suddenly rang out.

"Stop chasing, or you'll be out of the restricted area."

With the old man's words, the four middle-aged grandmasters also gave up the idea of ​​pursuing and killing him.

Inside the restricted area, these people could still fight against Zerg experts of the same level. But once they left the restricted area, they would only be able to be suppressed and beaten, not to mention that the sky was originally Zerg territory.

"Young lady, I am Tang Yilong, the city lord of Sky Dome Shelter. Thank you for your timely help. If it weren't for your timely intervention, the five of us would probably all be dead here today." Tang Yilong looked at Ye Qinglu in the distance and thanked her. "If you don't mind, please allow us to extend our hospitality."

"This increases goodwill?" Ye Qinglu was slightly surprised after hearing this, then smiled and said, "Old Tang, you're too kind. Our Sky Guardian Group came to Sky Shelter with the intention of making friends. It's our honor to be able to help Sky Shelter."

Although Tang Yilong didn't know what the Sky Guard Regiment was, he immediately had a deputy city lord entertain Ye Qinglu while he led the remaining three to clear out the insectoid army at the Sky Shelter.

However, when Tang Yilong and the others returned to the Sky Dome Shelter, they found that the entire insectoid race had already retreated on spaceships, leaving only a devastated Sky Dome Shelter.

"Elder Xing Guang, what's the situation with the casualties at the shelters?" Tang Yilong asked, seeing Xing Guang already organizing manpower. "What about the other shelters? Why hasn't anyone come to help yet?"

"Current statistics show that over 500,000 people were injured or killed in the Bone Forging Realm, over 40,000 in the Blood Coagulation Realm, and 12 in the Celestial Realm. Several thousand others have been captured, but the exact number is still being tallied," Xing Guang said with a grim expression. "As for the surrounding shelters, they were also attacked and are seeking help everywhere..."

"Were the surrounding shelters also attacked?" Tang Yilong's expression darkened further upon hearing this.

If only the Sky Sanctuary is attacked, it's at most a small probe by the Zerg in the last hundred years. But if multiple sanctuaries are attacked, it means that the peaceful days of the last hundred years are coming to an end.

"By the way, City Lord, Yaoguang has reached the Realm of All Things." Xing Guang looked at Tang Yilong, who had a bad complexion, and said excitedly, "It is thanks to Yaoguang reaching the Realm of All Things that the losses this time were much smaller, otherwise the casualties would have doubled."

"The Realm of All Things? Xiao Fan?" Tang Yilong was also taken aback. "Didn't he and the Dawn disappear? How could he have reached the Realm of All Things so quickly?"

For the people of the Sky Dome Shelter, even Elder Xing Guang, the Realm of All Things was simply known to be very powerful. If anyone could master it, it would be something that the entire Sky Dome Shelter could celebrate.

However, only he knew how difficult it was to reach this level. Currently, all those who had reached this level were over a hundred years old. It was hard to imagine that a young guy like Fan Yaoguang could reach this level so quickly.

"Yes, Yaoguang and his group were piloting the Dawn to check out the outside world. Although it was shot down, they confirmed that the Zerg hadn't left. However, they were fortunate enough to find a pristine area where there was no alien invasion, only Zerg captivity. In that pristine area, they reached a cooperation agreement with a force called the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy." Elder Xingguang nodded and explained in detail. "It was under the training of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy that Yaoguang reached the Realm of All Things."

"Is this something that can be achieved through training?" Tang Yilong asked in astonishment.

Currently, none of the major shelters even have a complete microscopic training system. The Realm of All Things is something that these old guys only managed to comprehend through countless training sessions and life-or-death battles. It's hard to imagine that it can be achieved simply through training.

“It’s not just Yaoguang, Ke Xueli has also made rapid progress. In terms of the subtle realm, she is now higher than this old man.” Elder Xingguang sighed. “Just now I saw her fighting a Grandmaster of the high-level Celestial Realm of the Zerg. Her strength is not much weaker than mine.”

"If that's the case, then the Obsidian Martial Arts School is truly not to be underestimated," Tang Yilong couldn't help but sigh.

It provides systematic training, which alone surpasses the current state of most shelters.

"That's why Yaoguang wants to organize a group of geniuses from the shelter to study at the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, and even plans to expand cooperation with the Academy." Xing Guang said excitedly. "The Obsidian Martial Arts Academy thinks the same way, so they sent a special guard regiment to escort the shelter's people to the Academy."

He could foresee that the new generation of young people in the Sky Dome Sanctuary would soon surpass the old guys like them in strength, given that a place that could provide systematic training in combat skills would be a better place to deal with the Zerg, and that the casualties would not be as severe as they were today.

“If that’s the case, then there is indeed value in further cooperation with the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy.” Tang Yilong nodded, feeling that Fan Yaoguang had done a good job this time, and then asked, “Where are the people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy now? I would like to meet with them.” “City Lord, you haven’t seen them?” Xing Guang looked at Tang Yilong with some surprise, “I heard from Yaoguang that a deputy commander of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy’s garrison regiment has gone to help, didn’t you run into them?”

"A vice-captain of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy helped?" Upon hearing this, Tang Yilong couldn't help but think of Ye Qinglu, who had intervened earlier, and exclaimed in surprise, "Is that young girl just a vice-captain of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy?"

According to his judgment, although Ye Qinglu's martial arts realm was still at the mid-stage of the Blood Condensation Realm, his true strength was already not much less than that of the high-stage Celestial Realm, especially the martial arts skills he displayed, which were definitely profound level martial arts skills.

If it had been him who delivered that blow, the person might be dead.

Of course, in a fight between the two, he wouldn't give Ye Qinglu that time to unleash her power.

Even so, Ye Qinglu's strength could barely be considered that of a Grandmaster-level expert. It's hard to imagine that someone who could be considered a Grandmaster-level expert was just the deputy commander of a guard regiment at the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy.

He couldn't even imagine how strong the Obsidian Martial Arts School was, that such a master could be appointed as the deputy commander of a garrison regiment.

"City Lord? What happened?" Xing Guang asked anxiously, looking at the surprised Tang Yilong. "Could it be that the deputy commander is dead?"

"No, on the contrary, that deputy commander did us a great favor and severely damaged the Zerg's legion commander." Tang Yilong shook his head slightly, his expression filled with unspoken admiration.

"Severely injured the legion commander?" Xing Guang was surprised.

The Zerg's legion commander was the strongest force when they invaded the planet. Although he was only a Grandmaster, his strength was so great that no Grandmaster who had reached the Realm of All Things could contend with him. Under such circumstances, it would take at least two Grandmasters at the Realm of All Things to join forces to fight against a legion commander, and it would be even more difficult to kill him.

A vice-captain of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy severely injured the Zerg legion commander, and he couldn't even imagine what kind of powerful organization the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy was.

"How are those shelters doing now?" Tang Yilong asked.

“The others are alright, their energy barriers haven’t been broken, but the Frost Sanctuary’s energy barrier is severely depleted. They sent a message saying they urgently need support, the sooner the better,” Xing Guang said helplessly. “However, we’ve just been through a major battle and have already suffered considerable losses. Apart from the necessary guards, the number of people we can send to provide support will probably be very limited.”

"Frost Sanctuary?" Tang Yilong frowned.

Like their Skyward Sanctuary, Frost Sanctuary was established by the last remaining humans after the Great Catastrophe. Although the two sanctuaries compete with each other, they have supported each other all the way since the Great Catastrophe. If Frost Sanctuary were to disappear, then their human race would be left with only their lineage.

“Lord, how about we hire people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy?” Xing Guang suddenly said. “I heard that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy needs a lot of energy blood essence, but energy blood essence is not a big problem for shelters like ours. Since the people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy were able to severely injure the Zerg Legion Commander, they must be very strong. With the support we send, we should have a chance to save the Frost Shelter.”

“That’s one way.” Tang Yilong nodded slightly. “Call Xiao Fan and Shirley. They are familiar with the Obsidian Martial Arts School. As long as the Obsidian Martial Arts School is willing to help, energy blood essence will not be a problem.”

Upon hearing this, Xing Guang immediately contacted Fan Yaoguang and Ke Xueli to prepare for a proper discussion with the people from the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

Meanwhile, inside a hotel in the Sky Dome Shelter.

"Lord Yaoguang, do you mean that you hope we will also go to rescue Frostfall Sanctuary? If the rescue is successful, you are willing to pay three thousand energy blood essences, right?" Yi Ye Fuyun asked Fan Yaoguang, his voice trembling slightly.

Not only was Yi Ye Fuyun shocked, but Qian Ren E Gui sitting to the side also twitched at the corner of his mouth, wondering if he had misheard.

The escort mission that their Sky Guardian Regiment accepted this time was only rewarded by the martial arts school with three energy blood essences and two hundred million team points.

This already made them extremely happy.

Two hundred million points is a small matter, but three energy blood essences can give birth to another Blood Condensation Realm expert in their garrison, which makes the other garrison envious.

If it weren't for the random event they initially accepted, they wouldn't even be qualified to receive this team mission.

The result of participating in the city defense battle was nothing more than obtaining some Zerg martial arts and training methods that were still being deciphered and translated; as for energy blood essence, not a single one was obtained.

I thought the biggest reward for helping Sky Shelter this time would be an increase in the city lord's favorability, but I never expected it to be a reward mission involving three thousand energy blood essences.

Three thousand energy blood essences!
Even the Thousand-Blade Demon, who was used to seeing large sums of money, felt like he was dreaming.

“That’s right!” Fan Yaoguang nodded and said, “The three thousand energy blood essences are the funds provided by our Sky Dome Shelter. If it succeeds, I believe the Frost Shelter will not mind giving some energy blood essences as a token of our gratitude.”

Seeing that Yi Ye Fuyun was about to agree without saying a word, Qian Ren E Gui grabbed his shoulder and asked directly, "Lord Yao Guang, may I ask how many enemies the Frost Sanctuary has right now, and what their strength is?"

“We have limited information, so we don’t know the details yet, but we imagine the scale is no smaller than the number of people attacking our shelter,” Fan Yaoguang said truthfully. “Furthermore, we can be certain that a legion commander is also present there.”

"A legion commander is coming in person?" Thousand-Blade Demon frowned.

He had already seen the strength of the Zerg legion commander through the battle videos recorded by Ye Qinglu. That strength was far beyond what they could get close to. Only Ye Qinglu was reckless enough and had weapons made of the new alloy. In addition, the legion commander was tied down. Otherwise, they would not have been able to seriously injure him, let alone repel him.

"Hundreds of thousands of troops, plus a legion commander?" Yi Ye Fuyun suddenly realized why the mission would give three thousand energy blood essences. This was clearly not a mission that players like them could accept at this stage.

They had already witnessed the Zerg army firsthand; the weakest among them were at the Blood Condensation Realm, and there were over two hundred Grandmasters at the Celestial Realm. And that was the situation at the Sky Dome Sanctuary. Needless to say, the difficulty would be even greater for a sanctuary on the verge of collapse. With their current strength, it was simply impossible for them to complete the task.

"Lord Yaoguang, may I ask if a deposit can be paid in advance for this commission?" At this moment, Yu Qingtian stepped forward and asked.

As Qingtian asked the question, the floating cloud present couldn't help but roll its eyes.

Which game gives players a partial reward before they complete a task?
If that were the case, the NPCs in the game would have been swindled out of their pants long ago.

"A deposit?" Fan Yaoguang frowned; he hadn't considered that.

“Lord Yaoguang, as you know, this commission is quite difficult, and we need to make the necessary preparations. We don’t need much, 20% is enough. We can draw up a contract in the name of the Obsidian Martial Arts School. If we fail to complete the commission, we will not only return the full amount but also give back an additional 10% of the deposit.” Yu Shangqing nodded.

When the heavens spoke, the floating cloud was stunned.

I never expected that this guy Qingtian would see that the deposit wasn't enough and actually turn around and ask the NPC for a loan. Is this how you play a game?
“If it’s 20%, no problem.” Fan Yaoguang was surprised to find that the deposit was less than he had expected. With the existing stock of Sky Dome Shelter, he could raise the money quickly.

"This is possible?" Yi Ye Fu Yun stared at Fan Yao Guang, who had agreed, his mouth agape. He had never imagined that the game could be played like this.

(End of this chapter)