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

Chapter 378 The Liberation of Azure Star (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone!)
Fog Mountain Region, Crimson Moon City.

With the number of local disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy exceeding 20 million, the city has also expanded time and again, its area exceeding that of surrounding cities by several times, making it the largest city in the Mist Mountain region besides the Mist Mountain Domain City.

The permanent population alone exceeds 60 million. The weakest people in the city are all intermediate apprentices, and martial artists make up the majority of the population. Martial artists at the Bone Forging Realm are everywhere, and city lords at the Blood Condensation Realm can be seen all over the place.

In the hearts of the people throughout the Fog Mountain region, Crimson Moon City is a well-deserved city of martial artists. Anyone with a certain pursuit of martial arts will come here to develop. Unlike the previous domain cities, where only geniuses who passed the assessment could enter, there are no such restrictions in Crimson Moon City. As long as you can live in Crimson Moon City, you can stay there indefinitely.

Meanwhile, the people from the three major cities who had been staying on the main street opposite the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy were increasingly alarmed by the long lines of examinees and the disciples coming and going from the academy every day.

"The development speed of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy is truly astonishing. Our three major cities have always only recruited geniuses, but the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy has no such restrictions. Regardless of age, as long as the age requirement is met, they are admitted to the academy. Not only do they teach advanced martial arts techniques and training methods that are hard to find elsewhere, but all kinds of training equipment can be used freely as long as you have points." The Third Elder in the Skyscraper Hotel looked at the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy and sighed, "At this rate, not to mention the gray-robed disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, even the other disciples will probably catch up with our three major cities in less than a year."

These people have been living in Crimson Moon City, investigating various aspects of the Obsidian Martial Arts School. However, the more they investigate, the more astonishing their findings become.

Although the most powerful disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy are those in gray robes, the other disciples recruited by the Academy in large numbers should not be underestimated. In fact, these other disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy are changing every day, showing astonishing growth.

Leaving aside the elite disciples, the inner disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy alone have made rapid progress. The many martial arts-level inner disciples they investigated and examined were able to advance from beginner to intermediate martial arts in just twenty days, and some were even able to advance from intermediate to advanced martial arts. Moreover, each of them mastered remarkable martial arts skills, and their combat strength at the same level far exceeded that of martial arts practitioners in other cities.

As for those inner disciples who have reached the Bone Forging Realm, they are also at the same level and are no less than the super geniuses of the three major domain cities. Only those peerless geniuses can surpass them, but even they can only surpass those inner disciples. When facing the elite disciples of the same level from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, they are still inferior.

The Obsidian Martial Arts Academy has nearly a million inner disciples and nearly 100,000 elite disciples. There are also five thousand core disciples whose talents surpass those of the others. Even if the three major cities were combined, they couldn't compare to such a number of geniuses.

Now he only hopes that the three major cities can learn from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy's model, further expand recruitment, and give more people in the three regions a chance. Otherwise, in the future, the three major cities will only be left further and further behind by the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy.

However, just as the Third Elder was quietly observing the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, a knock sounded on the suite door, and Shadow Tiger and Ling Ye rushed in.

"What's wrong? Why are you two so flustered?" The Third Elder asked curiously, looking at the two men who seemed tense.

The three disciples, Yinghu, Lingye, and Yifeng, had already nominally joined the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. Therefore, the main force for investigating the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy in Tianhe City consisted of the three of them. The three of them usually stayed in the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, cultivating while gathering various intelligence.

It's still not dark, far from the time to report on the investigation, so it's rather strange that Yinghu and Lingye are rushing over in such a panic.

Yinghu took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Teacher, I just heard some information in the martial arts school. Not long ago, the disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts School wiped out a grandmaster army from the three major cities in the Dead Mountain Range and captured our city lords."

"They wiped out an army of Grandmasters? They captured three city lords? How is that possible!" The Third Elder was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then retorted, "The three city lords are all Grandmasters. The master of Crimson Moon City and those four Grandmasters are still in the city. How could Obsidian Martial Arts Academy have the spare strength to deal with the three city lords? This must be the people from Obsidian Martial Arts Academy trying to shake you. Don't fall for their trick."

“But it seems that this matter has already spread throughout the martial arts school.” Ling Ye explained, “Now many disciples in the Obsidian Martial Arts School are talking about this matter, and some of the higher-ups in the Obsidian Martial Arts School are even gathering manpower to prepare to take over the three domain cities.”

"They're already gathering manpower, preparing to take over the three domain cities? How is that possible?" The Third Elder was dumbfounded.

He had just been thinking of suggesting that the three major cities learn from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy after they returned, so that they could counter the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy in the future. After all, the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy currently only controls one region, while the three major cities control three regions. They would definitely be able to recruit far more talents than the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. Even if their training equipment couldn't keep up, the three major cities could still use their numerical advantage to fight back.

But if we tell him now that the city lords of the three major domain cities have been captured, what difference is there between that and telling him that the three major domain cities have been destroyed?
The reason why a domain city is a domain city is because it has a grandmaster city lord in charge. If the city lord is captured, how can this domain city still deter the region?
Just as the Third Elder was about to say something, several figures appeared in the sky above Crimson Moon City. Three of them were dressed in silver-gray clothing and were the gray-robed disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

Of the three, one female disciple held the head of a woman with two horns on her head, while the other two disciples grabbed the necks of the three old men and carried them into the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.

Among the three old men who were being held by the neck and were lying like dead dogs, the Third Elder's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

"Lord City Lord?"

Among the three elders, the one with three golden pupils from the Three-Eyed Clan was none other than Amber, the city lord of Tianhe Domain City, whom the Third Elder had met several times.

However, his amber aura is now weak, and he has many injuries all over his body. He is so badly injured that he probably only has half a life left.

"Is the era of our Domain City really over?" The Third Elder stared at the three city lords being escorted into the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, unable to believe it was true for a long time.

For over a hundred years, the four domain cities have ruled the four domains. People in the four domains consider it an honor to enter a domain city. Those in the domain cities believe that the domain cities will continue to rule for eternity. After all, the domain cities are too powerful and cannot be challenged by other forces. Even the top forces in the four domains believe this.

But now that the three city lords have been captured, it undoubtedly signals the complete end of the era of Domain City.

Meanwhile, within Crimson Moon City, it wasn't just the people from the three major domain cities who were bewildered; even the personnel from various forces within Crimson Moon City were stunned after confirming that the three captured elders were the city lords of the three major domain cities.

Although the major powers had long known that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy would replace the remaining three domain cities and become the first power to rule all four domains in the past hundred years on Azure Star, they did not expect it to happen so quickly.

"Quickly! Inform the guild leader immediately! We must accelerate our investment in Crimson Moon City! In the future, Crimson Moon City will definitely become the number one city in the four regions!"

"Quickly inform the clan leader that we must buy that newly sold piece of land in Crimson Moon City. That land will be the key to our clan's future rise!"

"Tell the city lord to stop sending the geniuses from the genius training camp to the three major domain cities. They should come to Crimson Moon City now. If they are late, it will be difficult for them to enter the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall!"

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Members of various factions within the city frantically contacted their superiors, not only informing them of the capture of the city lords of the three major domain cities, but also hoping that their own factions would quickly devote all their efforts to Crimson Moon City.

Upon receiving the message, the various factions were initially stunned. After confirming it repeatedly and without doubt, they all became excited and thrilled.

Although the era of Domain City has ended, a new era has undoubtedly begun at this moment.

Whoever gains the upper hand will undoubtedly have a higher future status. Forces that were previously hesitant or betting on both sides are now placing all their bets on the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, hoping to advance further in this new era. While the major forces of the four regions are frantically turning to the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, the Forbidden Zone Sanctuary is also in an uproar.

"What did you say? The wardens of the other three domains have all been arrested? Even Huang Jiu is in prison now?" Shattered Soul stared at Vanessa reporting the situation on the screen, momentarily stunned.

He originally believed that the Obsidian Martial Arts School was no match for a top-tier half-step Divine Fusion Realm expert like Huang Jiu. However, he never expected that not only Huang Jiu would be captured, but also the three remaining guards of the Zerg would be brought back. The strength of the Obsidian Martial Arts School was simply heaven-defying.

Especially someone like Huang Jiu, who was actually captured by the Obsidian Martial Arts School, is completely incomprehensible to anyone who knows how the Obsidian Martial Arts School managed to do it.

"Could it be that the Obsidian Martial Arts School has a powerful expert at the Fusion God Realm behind it?" After thinking it over and over, this was the only possibility that Shattered Soul could think of.

As a mutant among the demon race, Huang Jiu also possesses the profound mysteries of the demigod inheritance. Among the half-step Fusion God Realm experts, her strength is already among the top. Even the number one legion commander of the Prison Dragon Star might not be able to defeat Huang Jiu, let alone capture her.

Only those at the Divine Fusion Realm can capture someone like Huang Jiu.

However, Shattered Soul quickly shook his head, rejecting the idea.

He had thoroughly investigated the situation of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy and could confirm that it was a local force on Azure Star, especially the human race, which was a race unique to Azure Star and not found on other inhabited planets.

Azure Star is merely a fourth-order life-bearing planet, and a breeding planet at that. The fact that it has given birth to a master with strength comparable to a half-step Fusion God Realm is already a miracle among miracles. The birth of a Fusion God Realm expert is simply impossible, and it is also impossible due to physical conditions.

Putting aside the issue of training methods, advancing to the Fusion God Realm requires extremely high standards for both the quality and quantity of energy. Generally, only second-class life-bearing planets can meet these requirements. This is why Fusion God Realm experts reside on at least second-class life-bearing planets.

As for whether it was a powerful being from another planet at the Divine Fusion Realm who helped the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, that's impossible.

He was not a native of Azure Star and was very familiar with the situation in the universe. As a powerful being in the star system, a Fusion God Realm expert was one of the most powerful beings in a star system and was almost always being watched by other forces. Any move he made was known to the other forces. After all, such an existence was capable of destroying a planet and was the core force on the battlefield of various cosmic empires, influencing a region's battlefield. Therefore, he had to be kept in constant watch.

“Lord, now that Huang Jiu has been captured, although it has affected our plans, the four Zerg guards are also finished. This means that the entire Azure Star is now unguarded. We can take this opportunity to escape with our people.” An old man with a body like glass stepped forward and suggested excitedly.

Their temple was established on the Zerg's breeding planets to hinder their breeding efforts. The best outcome would be to liberate the breeding planets and bring a large number of geniuses from those planets back to the temple's managed planets. This would not only enhance the temple's combat power but also weaken the Zerg's forces.

The Obsidian Martial Arts School has undoubtedly helped them complete their plan to liberate Azure Star, which is definitely an unexpected bonus.

“Indeed!” Shattered Soul came to his senses and immediately ordered, “Immediately notify all the shelters and have them summon all the geniuses and grandmasters to the temple to evacuate Azure Star with us and return to Sacred Wood Star. We must act quickly. If we wait until Hell Dragon Star finds out that Azure Star has been liberated, they will definitely send a large army. Then we will have no chance to leave Azure Star.”

"Master, what about the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy?" the old man asked.

"Of course we'll notify them together," Shattered Soul laughed. "The Obsidian Martial Arts Academy has done a great service this time, and they also have a half-step Divine Fusion Realm expert. It would be a real shame if they didn't come back to Sacred Wood Star with us."

As for the Obsidian Martial Arts School, he definitely wants to find a way to bring it back to Holy Wood Star. Putting aside the fact that the Obsidian Martial Arts School can capture Huang Jiu, just having a half-step Fusion God Realm expert is worth the Holy Temple's efforts to win over. After all, in the many small battlefields between the Holy Temple and the Empire, Grandmasters are just a small fry, and many times it takes a half-step Fusion God Realm expert to decide the outcome.

Soon the temple sent a message to Lin Qi, inviting the Obsidian Martial Arts School to escape Azure Star together while they had the chance.

Inside the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall in Crimson Moon City.

“Master, this should be the last chance to evacuate Azure Star. If we miss it, the army from Hell Dragon Star will come, and we may not be able to leave Azure Star in the future.” Vanessa reported, looking at the invitation sent by the temple. “Moreover, since we have dealt with the four wardens of Azure Star this time, Hell Dragon Star will probably get serious and do everything in its power to wipe out Azure Star.”

"Okay, I understand." Lin Qi nodded. "Bring Huang Jiu over."

"Yes." Vanessa then left the intermediate meditation room.

As Vanessa left, Wu Zhuoqun, Yinuo, Qin Mu, and other senior members of the martial arts school in the room became somewhat nervous.

Although they solved the insectoid problem in the four regions and liberated Azure Star, the bigger problem is yet to come: facing the insectoid army on Hell Dragon Star.

The best course of action would be to evacuate Azure Star with the Temple. However, the Temple also stated that the spaceship could not carry many people. Even with the spaceship they captured, they could only take all the disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy at most. The vast majority of people from the Four Domains and the Forbidden Zone would have to remain on Azure Star, awaiting the complete eradication by the Zerg army.

"Give these chocolates to the people trained by the martial arts school's garrison." Lin Qi looked at the tense crowd and then took out more than two hundred pieces of Crazy Chocolate and gave them to Wu Zhuoqun and the others.

He originally planned to train the martial arts school's local disciples slowly, but now it seems that he needs to speed things up. With more than two hundred pieces of Crazy Chocolate, each person can get about ten pieces, which means it will take ten years.

As for whether the Obsidian Martial Arts School should leave Azure Star, he did not intend to listen to the Temple's one-sided account, which was also the reason why he asked the players to capture Huang Jiu.

According to Suihun, Huang Jiu is the daughter of the Star Lord of the Crimson Demon Star of the Demon Clan. She should be very familiar with the situation outside of Azure Star. The Demon Clan is neither affiliated with the Holy Temple nor with the Zerg Empire, which allows her to make better judgments among the cosmic forces.

Shortly after Lin Qirang, Wu Zhuoqun, and the others left with Crazy Chocolate, Vanessa also entered with a woman whose entire body, except for her head, was formed from condensed blood and qi.

After the woman entered the house, her expression of anger and resentment quickly turned into surprise.

"What's going on with this room?" Huang Jiu was filled with surprise as she felt the incredibly active brain in the intermediate meditation room.

The effect of her spending a million tons of fourth-tier blood food to purchase treasures in order to break through to the half-step Divine Fusion Realm is probably no more than this.

"Since you are the daughter of the Star Lord of Crimson Demon Star, tell me, what exactly is the power structure outside of Azure Star? If you provide detailed information that will be of great use to me, I may let you leave," Lin Qi said calmly, looking at the surprised Huang Jiu.

(End of this chapter)