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

Chapter 386 The Fierce Gray-Clad Man
Wanlong Star, Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce Base.

The two elders of the Demon Clan fell silent as they looked at the information they had just obtained about the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

"Damn Red Demon! He's absolutely insane! He actually sent a force that offended the Imperial Kingdom to Wanlong Star. Does he think our Demon Clan is having too good a time on Wanlong Star?" The middle-aged man with half-white hair slammed his fist on the table and couldn't help but curse. His blood and qi, as a mid-stage Fusion God Realm expert, surged so violently that he almost destroyed the entire room.

At this moment, the old man from the demon clan standing to the side also frowned deeply, his face looking extremely ugly.

Previously, they thought that the Crimson Demon was trying to win over newcomers from the Starry Sky Merchant Guild, which is why he gave up a garrison position on Wanlong Star. However, after investigating the situation at the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, they realized that things were more serious than they had imagined.

The Empire is notoriously domineering among the top ten powers. Anyone who dares to seize the Empire's breeding planet will never be let off the hook. Even if the incident occurs in the Goddess Star System, which is some distance away from Wanlong Star, the Empire's members on Wanlong Star will not hesitate to take action.

There are dozens of major powers on Wanlong Star, including several top-tier powers, but the most troublesome is the Imperial Kingdom.

On the entire Wanlong Star, although there are no high-level experts in the Fusion God Realm, one of the three base managers of the Imperial Kingdom is a four-star Divine General in the middle stage of the Fusion God Realm. His strength is no less than that of a true high-level expert in the Fusion God Realm. On the entire Wanlong Star, the only one who can compete with this four-star Divine General is a manager from one of the two races, the Celestial God Race.

On Wanlong Star, besides the powerful rulers, the most formidable force in the Empire is the group of geniuses at the Celestial Realm who enter Wanlong Star, who are also the main force in mining dragon crystals on the planet.

As a first-class planet, Wanlong Star is home to extraordinary magical beasts. Not only are there a large number of fourth-tier magical beasts equivalent to Grandmasters of the Celestial Realm, but also many fifth-tier magical beasts equivalent to Great Powers of the Fusion God Realm. The bases established by various forces on Wanlong Star are actually built on Dragon Crystal mines, and each force has dedicated personnel to mine them.

However, dragon crystals are of great help to magical beasts, even fifth-tier magical beasts. That's why major powers send people at the Fusion God Realm to guard their bases, in order to defend against the fifth-tier magical beasts that attack from time to time.

The attacks by fifth-tier magical beasts are quite frequent. As the manager of the base, I rarely have the opportunity to leave the base to explore public areas in search of dragon crystals. Therefore, if you want to obtain dragon crystals on Wanlong Star, you can only rely on the geniuses of the Celestial Realm who have been brought in.

Therefore, the geniuses of the Celestial Realm who can enter Wanlong Star from various forces are all quite extraordinary in strength. At the very least, they are all at the Half-Step Fusion God Realm, and there are many top-level Half-Step Fusion God Realm experts.

The geniuses of the Celestial Realm in the Imperial Kingdom are among the top in dozens of major forces and several top forces on Wanlong Star. The Imperial Kingdom accounts for nearly one-third of the geniuses whose strength ranks in the top 100. And each of these Celestial Realm geniuses who ranks in the top 100 on Wanlong Star is not much weaker than a Grandmaster at the early stage of the Fusion God Realm.

If they were truly targeted by the Empire on Wanlong Star, not only would the Obsidian Martial Arts School be unable to collect even a single piece of dragon crystal, but the entire Demon Clan would likely perish in public areas...

Goddess Galaxy, Azure Star, Crimson Moon City.

With the completion of a towering steel building, piles of goods transported from Crimson Demon Star were all placed inside. This steel building was the Starry Sky Merchant Guild, and also the first cosmic shop on Azure Star.

After Lin Qi officially announced the start of business, the residents who had gathered outside the steel building went crazy and all squeezed into the building, fearing that they would miss out on the goods sold by the Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce.

"My God! They even have fourth-tier energy potions used by Grandmasters of the Celestial Realm. Is this the strength of extraterrestrial civilizations?"

"Grade D alloy! They actually sell Grade D alloy!"

"They have both Tier 3 weapons and Tier 3 armor. They truly deserve to be called a major trading company in the universe."

"But what the heck are these Alliance Coins required for this purchase?"

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Whether they were city residents or players, everyone who entered the Starry Sky Merchant Guild was amazed by the items sold there. It could be said that the goods sold by the Starry Sky Merchant Guild were all rare and valuable items that were absolutely unique on the entire Azure Star, and obtaining any of them would be of great help.

However, all the goods in the Starry Sky Merchant Guild are traded in Alliance Coins, which has caused everyone a lot of headaches.

Although the Starry Sky Merchant Guild sells very good items, Alliance Coins are very difficult to obtain. As the number one merchant guild in the universe, the Starry Sky Merchant Guild doesn't even look at most of the things on Azure Star. If you want to sell to the Starry Sky Merchant Guild for Alliance Coins, the only thing you can do is sell monster meat from Azure Star, and it must be the flesh and blood of monsters at least at the Cataclysmic level. They don't accept the flesh and blood of other low-level monsters.

In the past, monsters of the Calamity level were like natural disasters in the Four Domains. Only Grandmasters of the Celestial Realm could hunt them down. Even Blood Condensation Realm warriors had no chance. In other words, Blood Condensation Realm warriors did not even have the ability to earn Alliance Coins. They could only look on longingly at the items in the Starry Sky Merchant Guild.

"Master Lin, the Star Gate should be completed in about two or three days. But are you really sure you want to set up the Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce headquarters here?" Huang Yi asked Lin Qi as she watched the residents pouring into the Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce.

Previously, Lin Qi had entrusted the garrison duties of first-class planets to his subordinates, and even failed to sell a single one of the hundred Celestial Realm slots for entering Wanlong Star, thus making a fortune in Alliance Coins. This had already puzzled Lin Qi greatly.

Now they're even going so far as to build a stargate on Azure Star and make Azure Star's Chamber of Commerce their head office. This is like building the most luxurious hotel in a barren land, completely disregarding whether the locals have the spending power or whether outsiders are willing to come.

The Starry Sky Merchant Guild's stargates are expensive to manufacture, costing 500 billion Alliance Coins. They are not ordinary stargates like those on Hell Dragon Star that can only be used to travel within a star system, but large stargates that can connect and travel between star systems. Only those who have joined the Fusion God Realm can build one of these large stargates for free. After that, they have to pay for it themselves. However, 500 billion Alliance Coins is still a huge sum for a top-level mid-stage Fusion God Realm expert who controls two or three second-class life planets.

Therefore, those who join the Starry Sky Merchant Guild and reach the Divine Fusion Realm are extremely cautious about the first construction of a large star gate. They will at least build it on a second-class life planet, so that it is possible to attract people from other planets and star systems.

A planet with fourth-order life!

It would be almost impossible to attract people from other planets and star systems in the universe, and it would be a joke to rely solely on the local inhabitants of a fourth-class planet to earn Alliance Coins without people from other planets and star systems coming to spend money.

Although those at the Fusion God Realm are already among the most powerful beings in the galaxy, their cultivation still requires various rare and precious resources. The Alliance Coin, promoted by the Three Alliances, is universally accepted across all three alliances, so it can be used to purchase things that are unimaginable with other currencies. Even cosmic treasures that would greatly benefit those at the Fusion God Realm can be bought with Alliance Coin.

Because of this, the powerful beings at the Fusion God Realm in the Three Alliances are all frantically earning Alliance Coins in order to further improve their strength. However, Lin Qi seems to have no intention of earning Alliance Coins at all and is completely messing around. He not only wasted the opportunity to guard Wanlong Star, but also completely squandered the first benefit that the Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce gave to the Fusion God Realm.

"Yes, this is it." Lin Qi nodded, his face showing absolutely no sign of distress.

For Huang Yi, his actions might seem foolish, but only he knew what secrets Azure Star held. Perhaps the cultivation environment was poor, but it was the foundation for the rise of the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

Whether it's the severed arm of a demigod or the space where the mysterious woman resides deep underground in the City of Light Martial Arts Hall, both are priceless. Especially the space where the mysterious sleeping woman resides, where the Molten Crystals produced are the main material for refining alloys of grade C and above.

The new alloy being refined is, according to the Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce's alloy testing, an E-grade alloy, specifically an E3-grade alloy. Such alloys are produced in small quantities throughout the entire universe, with a price of 500,000 Alliance Coins per kilogram and 500 million Alliance Coins per ton. It is also one of the alloys specifically used to make Tier 4 weapons and Tier 4 armor.

As for Molten Crystals, there are tons and tons of them deep underground in the martial arts school. If they are refined using C-grade or even D-grade primordial ore, the alloy produced will be of a much higher grade than the current E3-grade alloy. Each higher grade of alloy will increase the price several times. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that those Molten Crystals are a cosmic gold mine. Naturally, it is impossible to build a large stargate on other planets.

Not to mention that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy itself is its greatest asset. Whether it is the intermediate meditation room, the intermediate martial arts room, or even the special training room, they are all of great help to the Celestial Realm, and even to the Fusion God Realm. These are facilities that other second-class life planets, or even first-class life planets, cannot enjoy. If it were to be promoted on various planets, there would be no shortage of martial artists from other planets and star systems.

Now all he needs to do is to absorb more residents from Azure Star so that his administrator level can be further upgraded to level five.

After the system administrator reaches level four, to advance to level five, the martial arts school needs one billion disciples at or above the mid-level of the Bone Forging Realm, one thousand players at or above the mid-level of the Celestial Realm, and five million players at or above the mid-level of the Blood Condensation Realm. This upgrade requirement is exceptionally high.

He was confident he could quickly achieve the goal of having 1,000 players at or above the mid-stage of the Celestial Realm and 5 million players at or above the mid-stage of the Blood Condensation Realm. After all, for players, rapid advancement was not a problem as long as resources were plentiful. However, achieving 1 billion disciples at or above the mid-stage of the Bone Forging Realm would require slowly assimilating the entire population of Azure Star. Just as Lin Qi was about to return to his intermediate meditation room to begin the new day's player extraction, several system notifications suddenly rang in his ears.

System: Congratulations, host, the three training methods have been categorized and optimized.

System: According to the classification and optimization of 129600 training methods, the three high-level Celestial Realm secret techniques cultivated by the host have been merged and optimized into three super-level Divine Fusion Realm secret techniques. Do you want to receive them now?
System: Congratulations to player Fang Zhen for triggering the special epic hidden quest 'Dragon Crystal'. Collect one thousand Dragon Crystals to receive the reward of the right to build an advanced training tower.

"What's going on?" Lin Qi looked at the series of system prompts and was a little confused.

Although it took him almost half a day to decipher the training method of the Goddess's Broken Stele a few days ago, he knew that the training method finally fused and optimized from the Goddess's Broken Stele was not simple, but he did not expect it to be so powerful.

Three super-level Divine Fusion Realm secret techniques directly!

The best training methods possessed by the top ten forces with demigods were only high-level Fusion God Realm techniques. He, on the other hand, directly reached the Super-level Fusion God Realm technique, which was a level higher than the training methods cultivated by those demigods. It was even possible that the Super-level Fusion God Realm technique was appearing for the first time in the history of this universe.

If other forces in the universe knew about this, they would probably fight tooth and nail to seize it.

The epic hidden quest that Fang Zhen triggered also left him completely bewildered, never expecting that this would provide the opportunity to build an advanced cultivation tower.

While the current intermediate cultivation tower is still quite good, its effectiveness is decreasing as he reaches the high level of the Celestial Realm. It's conceivable that even the fifth level of the intermediate cultivation tower will be only moderately effective once he reaches the Divine Fusion Realm. After all, the basic energy environment of Azure Star is too poor, and even if the intermediate cultivation tower is incredibly powerful, it cannot transform a pheasant into a phoenix.

However, if an advanced cultivation tower could be built, it should allow those at the Divine Fusion Realm to have good cultivation results, making up for the shortcomings of Azure Star in this regard.

Without saying a word, Lin Qi opened Fang Zhen's monitoring view and issued an epic team collection mission to one hundred players on Wanlong Star.

On Wanlong Star, a planet with first-class resources.

Inside a cave in the vast canyon, Fang Zhen looked in astonishment at the palm-sized, multicolored crystal in his hand and the epic team collection quest displayed below his field of vision.

Congratulations to player Fang Zhen for triggering the epic team collection quest 'Dragon Crystal'. Please collect one thousand Dragon Crystals and hand them over to the Master. The reward is the learning privilege of the Obsidian Martial Arts School's Super-Tier Fusion God Realm Secret Technique. The more Dragon Crystals you collect, the richer the additional rewards will be.

"Old Zhen, what did you do?" Yi Ye Fuyun looked at the system task he had just received and couldn't help but look at Fang Zhen, who was rummaging around in the pool in the cave, seemingly looking at something.

At this moment, not only Yi Ye Fuyun, but also his companions Li Ranxing and the others looked at Fang Zhen not far away with surprise.

They entered the public area of ​​Wanlong Star together today, thinking about what to collect to complete the mission. Unexpectedly, they followed a team of twenty NPCs to this cave. Fang Zhen was able to trigger an epic team mission, and the mission reward was a super-level Fusion God Realm secret technique that even Yulong Star did not have. If he could learn this, his future advancement to the Fusion God Realm would definitely be much easier.

"I think I found a dragon crystal," Fang Zhen replied, somewhat bewildered.

He had just seen a glimmer of light in the dark pool and couldn't resist reaching out to touch it. He never expected it would trigger an epic team quest, and he's still a bit dazed.

"Is that a dragon crystal?" Yi Ye Fuyun exclaimed, looking at the multicolored crystal in Fang Zhen's hand. "Old Zhen, you're so lucky! You even managed to find this thing."

"I only discovered it by sheer luck," Fang Zhen chuckled.

"Now that the quest has been triggered, it seems those NPCs are not simple and are likely related to the quest. Let's continue chasing them," Thousand Blade Demon suggested, glancing at the five-colored crystal and then looking towards another cave the NPCs had entered.

The members of Fang Zhen's and Yi Ye Fu Yun's teams nodded in agreement. Although they didn't know what the NPCs did, the fact that they found the dragon crystals needed for the quest in this cave meant that there must be more deep inside.

Immediately afterwards, Fang Zhen and a dozen others, including Yi Ye Fu Yun, concealed their presence and quietly headed towards the cave where the NPC had gone.

The entire cave descended downwards, taking Fang Zhen and his group dozens of kilometers before they arrived at a spacious cavern that seemed to have been transformed into a hidden paradise. Inside the cavern was a camp where hundreds of people of different races were mining a depression.

The rocks in this depression were exceptionally solid. Even though these people all possessed the blood and qi of a half-step into the Divine Fusion Realm, when they used professional tools to strike them, they could only manage to create sparks and barely leave a small notch in the rock. However, these people were still enjoying themselves and continued to dig.

Just a few minutes later, one of the campers dug a colorful crystal out of the solid rock, his face beaming with excitement.

"Could this NPC camp be a dragon crystal mine?" Yi Ye Fuyun asked, his eyes shining as he looked at the man who had dug out the dragon crystal.

According to the system's mission, they needed to collect a thousand dragon crystals. However, they had been searching carefully on their way here, but they had not found a second dragon crystal. This made them wonder if the dragon crystal Fang Zhen found was the last one in the cave. They needed to search for dragon crystals all over the planet. Such an epic mission was worthy of the training method of the Super-Rank Fusion God Realm.

But unexpectedly, there was a dragon crystal mine at the deepest part of this cave. This would undoubtedly greatly speed up their collection of a thousand dragon crystals. If they could collect more than a thousand, they would receive an extra reward, which was incredibly awesome.

"It seems that this team mission is to have us occupy this camp and mine," Fang Zhen analyzed, looking at the hundreds of NPCs mining.

“However, there are quite a few NPCs in this camp, and each of them is at the half-step Divine Fusion Realm. Even if all one hundred of us gather together, it will probably be difficult to take them down,” the Thousand Blade Demon said after observing for a while.

The entire camp has more than 200 NPCs, the weakest of whom are at the half-step Fusion God Realm. Among them are many NPCs with a strong presence. There are only about 100 players who came to Wanlong Star, of whom only about 50 are at the Celestial Realm. If they were to fight directly, they would probably be wiped out very quickly. After all, the half-step Fusion God Realm has a great advantage. Their blood and qi power is 2.5 times that of those who are not at the half-step Fusion God Realm. These players are at a great disadvantage in terms of blood and qi power.

"What's there to be afraid of?" A Leaf in the Clouds said nonchalantly. "At worst, we can just die and come back. As long as these NPCs don't respawn, I don't believe we can't outlast them."

“That’s true, let’s give it a try first.” Thousand Blade Demon thought about it and realized there was no need to worry. After advancing to the Celestial Realm, although there was no Secret Tower on Wanlong Star to halve the resurrection time, we could just wait four hours at most. And because of the time acceleration, we would only need to wait two hours in reality.

Immediately, Fang Zhen and more than ten other Celestial Realm cultivators charged directly towards the camp.

As Fang Zhen and his group rushed toward the camp, the more than two hundred people who had been digging for dragon crystals there spotted them immediately and stared at them in astonishment.

"What do these men in gray want to do?"

"This murderous aura... could it be that these gray-clad men are planning to seize this place?"

"Who are these people? Don't they know that this is a mine managed by the people of the Empire?"

(End of this chapter)