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

Chapter 381 The Terrifying Azure Star

Azure Star, Crimson Moon City.

As one colossal skyship after another slowly docked at the airport, large numbers of Grandmasters and Great Grandmasters clad in pseudo-Tier 3 armor stepped out of the ships, instantly drawing the attention of members from various forces across the four domains who were passing through the airport.

Since the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy captured the city lords of the three domain cities a few days ago and completely took over the four domains, a large number of experts have been coming to Crimson Moon City every day. Although Crimson Moon City is not as large as the domain cities, it is already the number one city in the four domains. The number of Celestial Realm Grandmasters in the city far exceeds that of any domain city before.

However, the number of Grandmasters of the Celestial Realm who have just stepped down from the giant ship in the sky is in the tens of thousands, and there are also many other Grandmasters who make even Grandmasters of the Celestial Realm feel suffocated.

Even the students and elders of the four major domain cities would have their hearts pound and question their existence if they saw such a large army of Celestial Realm cultivators.

Celestial Realm Grandmasters are respected as elders in Domain City, and within the Four Domains, they can elevate a force to a top position, making them among the most prominent in the entire Four Domains.

Tens of thousands of Grandmasters at the Celestial Realm gathered together. Even the elders of the Domain City wouldn't dare to dream of such a scene, yet it happened right before their eyes. They had no idea where these Grandmasters came from.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, these grandmasters seemed completely unconcerned. Instead, after disembarking from the giant ship, they carefully observed everything in Crimson Moon City.

"Brother Hank, is the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy really a powerful force that liberated our Azure Star? I don't feel like there are any strong people in the city." A middle-aged giant from the Crystal Clan looked at Hank, who was leading the group, with some curiosity after sensing the entire Crimson Moon City with his blood and qi.

At this moment, not only the middle-aged giant of the Crystal Clan, but also dozens of Grandmasters of the Realm of All Things who were no less powerful than the middle-aged giant of the Crystal Clan, all looked at Hank with the same doubt in their eyes.

It is said that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy single-handedly liberated Azure Star, which is why these masters who remained on Azure Star as sanctuaries traveled all the way to Crimson Moon City, wanting to stand with the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy.

Before leaving, the Temple Master, Soul Shatter, had already explained the stakes to the various sanctuaries, so they were well aware that the entire Azure Star was about to face a catastrophe.

They had assumed that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy would leave Azure Star with the Temple, but they were surprised that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy chose to stay instead of leaving with the Temple. This made their various sanctuaries feel more favorably toward the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, which is why they contacted Hank to gather the high-end combat forces from all the sanctuaries in the restricted area to come and help.

However, now that they had arrived at the headquarters of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy in Crimson Moon City, they were quite confused.

The strength of the Zerg is evident to all the sanctuaries. It was thought that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy had liberated Azure Star and captured three of the Zerg's guardians, and even a half-step into the Divine Fusion Realm. It was assumed that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy was extremely powerful. However, in Crimson Moon City now, apart from a few Grandmasters, there are only a few hundred experts at the Celestial Realm.

Such power, if not weak, is at least stronger than that of an ordinary shelter, but it is hard to imagine that such an Obsidian Martial Arts School could capture three Zerg experts at the Legion Commander level and one at the Half-Step Fusion God Realm.

After hearing this, Hank glanced at the puzzled and worried crowd and chuckled, "I understand your concerns. On the surface, Crimson Moon City does not seem to have any experts, but the disciples taught by Obsidian Martial Arts Academy are somewhat special and cannot be measured by normal martial arts levels."

"What does it mean that we can't measure it using normal martial arts levels?" the middle-aged giant of the Crystal Clan asked curiously.

Martial arts realm can be said to be the foundation of their strength. The higher the martial arts realm, the higher their physical fitness will be. Each subsequent realm will bring about a qualitative change, elevating their life level and making the difference in strength unimaginable.

"I don't know about the other disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, but those gray-robed disciples all have the strength to fight beyond their level." Hank looked at the puzzled crowd and said with a wry smile, "The day before yesterday, I had a few simulated battles with a Blood Condensation Realm disciple from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy who had reached the Realm of All Things, and in the end, I was utterly defeated."

"Facing a Blood Condensation Realm warrior, Brother Hank, you suffered a crushing defeat? How is that possible?" Upon hearing this, the middle-aged giant of the Crystal Clan felt that Hank was joking.

As a veteran Grandmaster of the Realm of All Things, Hank is ranked in the middle among the city lords of the various shelters. Compared to those city lords in the upper echelons, he is only slightly inferior in physical fitness. If Hank's actual strength could reach 10,000 tons, he would be ranked in the top echelon.

With Hank's strength, it's impossible for him to lose to a Blood Condensation Realm warrior, let alone a Celestial Realm Grandmaster.

"I know you don't believe it, but it's true." Hank said with a wry smile, "That gray-robed disciple of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, once transformed, has an actual strength of nearly seven thousand tons, which is not much worse than mine. Moreover, that gray-robed disciple has also reached the Realm of All Things. Not only is his body incredibly strong, but he has also mastered a profound-level martial skill. Fortunately, he didn't use it during the battle, otherwise I would probably have been defeated in one move."

Actually, when he wanted to ask Lin Qi for advice, Lin Qi directly asked him to have a simulated battle with a disciple in the Blood Condensation Realm. He was a little annoyed and felt that Lin Qi was underestimating him.

He acknowledged that the gray-robed disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy were strong, but that only applied to other Grandmasters or Great Grandmasters. Against a Great Grandmaster like him at the Realm of All Things, in a one-on-one situation, even a high-level Blood Condensation Realm martial artist would be no match for him.

But the final result was so unexpected. His normal attacks couldn't hurt the gray-robed disciple at the Blood Condensation Realm at all, while the gray-robed disciple at the Blood Condensation Realm could hurt him. After hundreds of rounds of fighting, he was eventually defeated by the gray-robed disciple at the Blood Condensation Realm because of the accumulation of too many injuries. Only then did he realize that the gray-robed disciple had mastered the profound level martial skill, but had never used it from beginning to end. The difference between the two was obvious.

"Are the Blood Condensation Realm cultivators at the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy really that strong?" The middle-aged giant of the Crystal Clan still looked incredulous, feeling that City Lord Hank was exaggerating the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy's abilities. He then said with some interest, "I wonder if I could have a mock battle with that disciple? I've been training in the sanctuary, but now there's hardly anyone I can fight to my heart's content."

"That disciple must be busy. I heard he's breaking through to the Celestial Realm, so he probably can't do a simulation battle right now." Hank shook his head and pointed to the player in silver-gray clothing on the street. "But Rock Dragon, you can find a gray-robed disciple at the high level of the Blood Condensation Realm to do a simulation battle. The effect should be about the same."

As the city lord of the Rock Crystal Sanctuary, Rock Dragon is inherently warlike. However, being the city lord is already the pinnacle of the sanctuary, so it's normal that he can't find opponents to practice against. As for practicing with other city lords, that's impossible too, since city lords have to stay in the sanctuary to prevent outsiders from causing trouble. Therefore, city lords rarely have the opportunity to spar with each other.

Now that Yan Jiao wants to try, he doesn't mind letting Yan Jiao experience the terror of the gray-robed disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts School. Otherwise, no matter how he explains, Yan Jiao and the others probably won't believe him.

"Any high-level Blood Condensation Realm player will do?" Rock Dragon glanced at the players on the street with surprise, feeling that Hank was playing a trick on him.

At this moment, on the main street of the airport, there were no fewer than five or six gray-robed disciples at the high level of the Blood Condensation Realm. Within his perception range, there were probably several hundred such gray-robed disciples at the high level of the Blood Condensation Realm.

If anyone were to be randomly chosen and fight him to a standstill, it would mean that within his perception range there are hundreds of Grandmasters of the Myriad Realms.

What does it mean to have hundreds of Grandmasters of the Realm of All Things?
That's a number that all the sanctuaries, including the temple and the restricted area, couldn't reach; in fact, it would be good if there were more than a hundred of them.

The other shelter city lords present also frowned slightly, feeling that Hank was toying with the Rock Dragon. Hundreds of Grandmasters of the Realm of All Things could be wiped out by this, and this was only within the range they could perceive. The range they could perceive was less than half of Crimson Moon City.

However, at this moment, a surge of blood energy descended upon Crimson Moon City, causing the Grandmasters and Great Grandmasters present to feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"What's going on? Has someone broken through?" Yan Jiao sensed the sudden spread of qi and blood, which was clearly a phenomenon that could only occur after a breakthrough. He couldn't help but stare at the source of the qi and blood, wondering who had broken through and could cause such a commotion.

At this moment, everyone in the shelter present couldn't help but look over, their curiosity no less than that of the rock dragon.

They saw that the direction was deep underground, and the source of the blood and energy was rising rapidly. Soon, a figure flew out from a large hole in Crimson Moon City, leaving all the city lords of the sanctuary stunned.

"Tang Yilong?"

The figure that flew out of the hole at this moment was none other than Tang Yilong, the city lord of the Sky Dome Shelter, whom all the city lords of the various shelters had seen before.

"You've all arrived too?" Tang Yilong, his blood surging with energy, saw Yan Jiao and the others and said in a good mood, "But please wait a moment, I need to go and thank Master Lin first, and then I'll talk to you in a bit."

As he spoke, Tang Yilong transformed into a streak of light and landed at the entrance of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall in Crimson Moon City, where he walked in with utmost respect.

"Brother Hank, what's going on? Has Tang Yilong broken through?" Yan Jiao asked, his mouth agape as he watched Tang Yilong leave.

Although he hadn't personally experienced it, he was fairly certain that Tang Yilong's blood and qi were on a completely different level from theirs. As the city lord of the Sky Dome Sanctuary, Tang Yilong had always been a Grandmaster, just like them. If he broke through another level, he would be a half-step Divine Fusion Realm expert!
"He must have broken through." Hank said with some envy as he watched Tang Yilong leave. "That old Tang is really cunning. He joined the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy early on and received the first batch of key training from Master Lin three days ago. Now, his strength is probably comparable to that of a Fusion God Realm expert."

"Compete with a master of the Fusion God Realm? Brother Tang has only reached the half-step Fusion God Realm, hasn't he?" Yan Jiao blinked, not understanding what Hank was talking about. Since arriving in Crimson Moon City today, he had been saying all sorts of strange things.

While Tang Yilong's breakthrough to the half-step Fusion God Realm is certainly a pleasant surprise, he is still far from being a Fusion God Realm expert as described by the Holy Temple.

"This is the greatness of the Obsidian Martial Arts School." Hank smiled slightly, and suddenly a breeze arose around him, his entire body enveloped in a ball of energy. The terrifying life force pressed down on Yan Jiao and the others, making it difficult for them to breathe, and they almost knelt on the ground. "You...you..." Yan Jiao looked at Hank, whose life force had surged, and stammered, unable to utter a single word.

At this moment, Hank no longer felt like an old man; he was a terrifying behemoth. It could be said that he had never felt such a terrifying life force and presence since birth.

However, just as everyone was about to kneel down, Hank's life force returned to normal in an instant, as if everything that had just happened was a dream.

"Brother Hank, what kind of trick is this?" Yan Jiao stared intently at Hank, his heart filled with confusion and shock.

Most of the city lords of this era rose to power in the same period, and their talents are roughly the same. Hank is a bit older than him, but since none of them can break through to that level, their strengths are about the same.

But Hank now is clearly not on the same level as them.

"It's nothing, it's just a technique that every gray-robed disciple of the Obsidian Martial Arts School possesses, which can be used to enhance one's life level," Hank said with a smile. "I was also given the opportunity to learn by Master Lin, who appreciated my abilities."

Although he joined the Obsidian Martial Arts School a little later than Tang Yilong, he also obtained the school's unique treasure, Crazy Chocolate. Six hours in reality is equivalent to a year of training time, and training in the dream allows for various attempts without any fear of death.

He obtained two pieces and learned the Obsidian Martial Arts School's transformation technique in his dream, which allowed him to become a superhuman being for a short period of time.

However, this transformation technique is extremely difficult to cultivate, and it is impossible to activate one's mind through the magical architecture of the meditation room. Even if one can be fearless of death in dreams, it takes two years to only reach the second level of the three secret techniques and learn a profound martial skill of double explosion.

He is completely different now from the man he was a day ago.

At the peak of the Celestial Realm, once he transforms, his base strength reaches 160,000 tons, which is at the level of an extraordinary life. With the second level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique perfected and the super-limit-level martial arts perfected, his actual strength exceeds 300,000 tons.

According to the information provided by the Holy Temple regarding the powerhouses at the Fusion God Realm, his actual strength has already exceeded the bottom line of a mid-stage Fusion God Realm powerhouse. Not to mention Tang Yilong, who has broken through to the half-step Fusion God Realm, even he himself can fight against a powerhouse at the initial stage of the Fusion God Realm.

For this reason, he wasn't too worried about what Hell Dragon Star could do to Azure Star. After all, the Obsidian Martial Arts School had only shown him a fraction of its strength, so how could the Obsidian Martial Arts School be no match for Hell Dragon Star?

"Can one become so strong simply by gaining the favor of Master Lin?" Upon hearing this, Yan Jiao couldn't help but feel a mixture of curiosity and awe towards Master Lin of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, and even began to understand why the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy was able to liberate Azure Star.

The city lord of their sanctuary had witnessed the strength of the Zerg legion commanders, but compared to Hank just now, the two were clearly not on the same level. Those Zerg legion commanders were simply too weak.

It can be said that Hank alone could easily wipe out all the Zerg on Azure Star, not to mention the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

However, just as the people in the shelter were about to ask Hank about the Obsidian Martial Arts School, the alarm in Red Moon City suddenly sounded.

"A large number of spaceships have been detected outside the atmosphere, confirmed to be a Zerg army. All personnel are requested to prepare for battle and proceed into the atmosphere to engage the enemy!"

As the alarm continued to sound, Hank ignored Rock Dragon and the others and flew directly to the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to gather.

According to the response plan previously devised by Lin Qi, the battlefield absolutely could not be set up on Azure Star. Otherwise, the commotion from the battle could easily cause unimaginable damage to the forbidden zone and the four domains, and even kill a large number of ordinary people. Therefore, Lin Qi set up the captured spaceships in the atmosphere of Azure Star to monitor the situation outside Azure Star. Once any discovery was made, it would be immediately transmitted back to Crimson Moon City so that everyone could go to the planet's atmosphere to fight the insectoids.

As the alarm sounded in Crimson Moon City, the players were also excited.

"The large-scale campaign has finally begun!"

"Damn! This large-scale battle event is such a rip-off! Only those who have reached the Blood Coagulation Realm can participate. This is so unfair to newbies."

"As expected, cultivation is the most important thing. I finally reached the Blood Condensation Realm at the last moment, and I can make a fortune in merit this time!"

Three days ago, Lin Qi informed all the players that a large-scale campaign event for the new version would be launched. So, for the past three days, everyone had been working their hardest to level up. Now that the event has started, tens of thousands of players who have reached the Blood Condensation Realm are under Lin Qi's command, with members of the Obsidian Guard Corps, such as Ino and Shefina, who have reached the initial stage of the Celestial Realm, leading them directly to the atmosphere of Azure Star.

In an instant, tens of thousands of people gathered on the atmosphere of Azure Star. Among them, the main group consisted of ten Grandmasters at the initial stage of the Celestial Realm from the Obsidian Guard Regiment, including Ino, Shefina, Wu Zhuoqun, Precia, Qin Mu, Xiong Yuedie, Xia Ling, and Estina, with Tang Yilong and Hank as their assistants. A total of twelve people were wearing fourth-tier Guardian heavy armor and stood on the deck of the spaceship, quietly watching the hundreds of spaceships that had gathered.

Although the tens of thousands of people at the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy were as insignificant as ants compared to the hundreds of spaceships and tens of millions of elite troops gathered on Hell Dragon Star, the warnings that rang out from the various spaceships on Hell Dragon Star were incessant.

"What exactly is going on with this Azure Star?"

Why are there so many terrifying beings?

Whether it was the soldiers on Hell Dragon Star or the legion commanders inside the flagship, they were all stunned when they saw the warning displayed on the life detection instruments.

Twenty-two extremely dangerous lives!
The super-dangerous life forms that space battleships are usually designed to be half-step into the Divine Fusion Realm. There are twenty-two such beings in total. What's going on here?

On a normal second-class life planet, there are only a few half-step God Fusion Realm experts. To have ten half-step God Fusion Realm experts is an astonishing thing.

Twenty-two half-step Divine Fusion Realm experts—that's almost close to the number of half-step Divine Fusion Realm experts the Empire has in the Goddess Star System.

However, after the extremely dangerous warning, all the warships suddenly sounded an extremely dangerous warning.

"Warning! Warning! An extremely dangerous life has been detected!"

The sudden appearance of this warning sound instantly silenced the previously noisy and surprised cabin of the flagship.

"How can this be!"

"Damn it! Who gave us these planetary coordinates? What kind of planet is this?"

The legion commanders inside the flagship stared in disbelief and terror at the life detection instruments that were frantically issuing warnings.

Extremely dangerous to life!

This spaceship was specifically designed for powerful beings at the Divine Fusion Realm.

In other words, among the people gathered on the atmospheric warship, there was actually a powerful being at the Divine Fusion Realm!

One Nascent Soul Realm expert and twenty-two half-step Nascent Soul Realm masters—this would be a miracle on Azure Star, a fourth-class life-cultivating planet!

Even the most advanced second-class life-bearing planets in the Goddess Galaxy probably don't have this kind of combat power.

And they inadvertently declared war on such a terrifying life-bearing planet...

(End of this chapter)