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

Chapter 388 The Change of Dragon Crystal
Wanlong Star, Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce Base.

"This Obsidian Martial Arts School is insane! They actually dared to rob the dragon crystal mines of those people in the Empire. Are they trying to drag us down with them?" Laws, the middle-aged manager of the Demon Clan, was so angry when he saw the intelligence he had just received that he jumped up and down.

The fact that the Obsidian Martial Arts School had seized the Imperial Kingdom's breeding planet in the Goddess Galaxy had already made it difficult for the Starry Sky Merchant Guild to operate on Wanlong Star.

As a result, not only did the Obsidian Martial Arts School not avoid the people of the Empire, but they even took the initiative to seize the dragon crystal mine occupied by those people of the Empire. He seriously suspected that the Obsidian Martial Arts School did this on purpose, or rather, it was to retaliate against them for not cooperating with the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

Now, because of this incident, the people of the Empire have been keeping an eye on the entire Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce base. Anyone who leaves the base, whether they are from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy or not, will be killed by the people of the Empire. This has prevented their people from leaving the base, making him wish he could go and teach the manager of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy a lesson right now.

"Don't do anything reckless!" Qiao Boyi, who was also a manager, saw Laus getting up and couldn't help but dissuade him. "The manager of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall is quite strong. According to the intelligence I've gathered, he defeated the two-star general of the Empire. His strength is no less than yours or mine."

"Are we just going to let it go like this? Now our people can't get out either. If we can't get out, what will happen to our Dragon Crystals?" Rolls said, clearly dissatisfied.

Those who received the mission to guard Wanlong Star had paid a heavy price to secure such a good mission from the merchant guild. If they didn't make a good amount of dragon crystals on Wanlong Star, they wouldn't be able to make up for their previous efforts.

"If our people can't get out, does that mean we can't get out with them?" The gray-haired Qiao Boyi rolled his eyes at the middle-aged man and said with a smile, "Those people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy want to drag us down with them, then let them experience what it means to be clever. The two of us can take turns, although it will be more tiring, but we can go out for a long time. He's all alone. Without our help, he can't leave his base defense zone. He can only waste time with those people from the Empire until the garrison mission ends."

"That's a good idea," Rolls said with a smile.

Although they are all members of the Starry Sky Merchant Guild, the base's administrators each have their own defense zones. Normally, when an administrator goes out, they will ask other administrators to help guard their own defense zone. If this were to happen to other demon race companions, there would be no problem with it.

However, this is not a rule of the guild. Even if they refuse, even if Tang Yilong has the backing of Chi Mo, the star system manager of the Starry Sky Merchant Guild, there is nothing he can do to them.

Although it was arduous for them to search for dragon crystals, they could also obtain more dragon crystals in public areas. After all, Wanlong Star was a first-class planet with a considerable number of fifth-tier magical beasts. Even the top 100 half-step Fusion God Realm geniuses couldn't enter many places in public areas. But it was different when he led the team. They could go anywhere they wanted, and as long as they didn't encounter more than two fifth-tier magical beasts, the team's safety could be guaranteed.

Wanlong Star, the base of the Imperial Kingdom.

Just as the major powers across Wanlong Star were discussing the theft of the Imperial Kingdom's mines and marveling at the audacity and courage of the Obsidian Martial Arts School, the Light God Envoy, Sheen, also arrived at the base's management lounge.

"What do you want, Sheen?" asked a middle-aged man, who was over twenty meters tall and clearly of Titan descent, in a low voice.

The other two managers cultivating in the hall also looked at Xien. Their eyes showed no displeasure at being disturbed. Instead, they looked at Xien as if he were an equal colleague.

Although they are three-star divine generals at the mid-stage of the Fusion God Realm, possessing the strength of a top-tier mid-stage Fusion God Realm expert, Sheen, as the unparalleled genius of the Empire, is already comparable to a mid-stage Fusion God Realm expert at the half-step Fusion God Realm.

Once Xien advances to the Fusion God Realm, his strength will immediately rival that of a mid-stage Fusion God Realm expert. In the future, let alone reaching the level of a three-star Divine General of the Imperial Kingdom, even a four-star Divine General is not impossible.

Moreover, for a peerless genius like Sheen of the Empire, advancing to the Fusion God Realm would be a piece of cake. The reason he hasn't advanced yet is entirely due to his training method. Every peerless genius of the Empire has considerable ambition and doesn't consider the Fusion God Realm as the end goal. Therefore, they all try to perfect their Fusion God Realm training method before achieving the Fusion God Realm, so that they have a greater chance of challenging the Demigod Realm in the future.

Sheen is such a peerless genius. If he weren't stuck at 100% proficiency in the training method, his current strength would be almost on par with theirs.

“Lord Vito, those people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy stole the dragon crystals I was guarding. This is a disgrace to me, and I will make them pay a bloody price.” Sheen respectfully looked at Vito, the four-star general in charge, and said in a low voice, “However, they are currently hiding in the Starry Sky Merchant Guild’s base and are not coming out. Although I have sent people to keep an eye on them, if the manager of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy comes out with him, I personally will have no way to deal with it.”

“I understand.” Vito nodded slightly. “If the managers of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy leave the Starry Sky Merchant Guild’s base together, let me know and I will help you deal with holding off that manager. As for the others, you can handle them yourself.”

"Thank you, Lord Vito!" Sheen left the administrator's lounge with gratitude.

As Sheen left the managers' lounge, a cold glint appeared in his eyes.

"Obsidian Martial Arts School! When you come out next time, it will be the death of all of you!" Sheen thought of the dragon crystal he was guarding that had been stolen, and his killing intent grew stronger and stronger.

He personally came to pay his respects to the Four-Star Divine General Vito in order to block the Black Obsidian Martial Arts School's escape route. Although killing is not prohibited on Wanlong Star, the leaders of various forces have a tacit understanding that they will not kill each other. After all, the leaders are all at the Fusion God Realm and are not so easy to kill. Moreover, it is also a matter of the face of the forces.

It's not that the major powers lack strong individuals capable of overseeing Wanlong Star; they simply don't want to waste their precious combat power.

Once the leaders of other forces are wiped out on Wanlong Star, it's like slapping that force in the face. Other forces will definitely send strong people to try to regain their face, and fighting each other will not benefit anyone. Especially when facing forces of equal level, it will be endless. Therefore, the leaders will not kill each other.

However, having their own managers help hold off the managers of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy was not a problem at all.

As long as there's no manager in charge of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, killing them would be incredibly easy for him.

Wanlong Star, Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce Base.

At this moment, within the defense zone of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, Luo Wushang and the other nine who had escaped, along with Fang Zhen and the others who had all been resurrected, were all gathered together.

"President Luo, how was your harvest this time?" Yi Ye Fuyun couldn't help but ask.

They tried their best to hold off Sheen, but Sheen's strength was beyond imagination. His reaction was lightning fast, and his full-screen ultimate move was released at a speed almost as fast as using a normal sequence extraordinary martial skill, giving them no chance at all.

If the harvest is too small, they will have to come back several times. However, judging from the intelligence they have obtained, the NPCs in the camp have already made new moves and are even watching the entire base. It will be much more difficult for them to do such a thing again, and the effect will probably be smaller each time.

"A good haul." Luo Wushang smiled and took out a small metal box, then poured all the colorful crystals inside onto the table in one go.

The other nine people also piled all the dragon crystals they had snatched onto the table. Soon, the round table, with a radius of over two meters, was nearly half full of multicolored crystals. Not only did they illuminate the base hall with dazzling brilliance, but the energy concentration within the hall seemed to have increased significantly. "So many?" Fang Zhen exclaimed in astonishment as he looked at the nearly half-table full of multicolored crystals.

Their battle with Sheen had very little time to delay them, probably only about two seconds. They thought that Luo Wushang and her nine companions would be lucky to catch a few at the camp and escape, but they didn't expect to catch so many.

Nearly half the table was covered with dragon crystals, and the number visible to the naked eye was no less than a hundred.

Their mission only required the collection of a thousand, and they have already completed more than a tenth of that, which is quite fast.

“We counted them, and we have a total of 141 dragon crystals,” Luo Wushang said with a smile. “If we use these dragon crystals for cultivation, each of us can use one, and we can give the remaining dragon crystals to those who are just a step away from breaking through.”

This scene left Lin Qi, who was far away on Azure Star, speechless with astonishment.

According to the information he obtained after becoming an elder of the Starry Sky Merchant Guild, Dragon Crystal is a rare cosmic treasure. Although it is the lowest grade, it is worth 100 million Federal Coins within the Starry Sky Merchant Guild, and doubles to 200 million Federal Coins when sold to outsiders.

If converted to the flesh and blood of natural disaster monsters, that would be 20 million tons of natural disaster monster flesh and blood. If converted to the flesh and blood of king-level monsters, at 1,000 Alliance Coins per ton, that would also be 200,000 tons of king-level monster flesh and blood. Grandmasters in the Celestial Realm simply cannot afford it, and even half-step Fusion God Realm experts are reluctant to part with it. Usually, only Fusion God Realm experts use dragon crystals for daily cultivation, and one crystal can last for a month.

Currently, these players are only at the initial stage of the Celestial Realm, and there are even nearly half at the peak of the Blood Condensation Realm, yet they use dragon crystals to cultivate. If Huang Jiu or Huang Yi knew about this, they would probably be so angry that their hands would tremble.

Especially since Luo Wushang and the others are already on the first-class planet Wanlong Star, they can cultivate at lightning speed even without using energy blood essence. Using dragon crystals to cultivate is no longer cultivation; it's practically courting death.

Even the worst-grade cosmic treasures contain energy that ordinary Celestial Realm cultivators cannot withstand. Only those at the Half-Step Fusion God Realm can use them to some extent. For those below the Half-Step Fusion God Realm, using them is basically courting death. It's like an ordinary person eating; if they accidentally swallow a small sun, the result is self-evident.

However, Lin Qi did not intend to stop him. He simply turned off the system monitoring and then went to the intermediate meditation room to organize the three super-level Fusion God Realm secret techniques that he had just received.

The three super-level Divine Fusion Realm secret techniques integrated and optimized by the system could be recorded in words, but considering the issue of confidentiality, he purchased recording crystals from the Starry Sky Merchant Guild. Each crystal was worth 300 million Alliance Coins, and the internal price was as high as 200 million Alliance Coins. Their function was similar to the Inheritance Metal Plate, but they were more prone to damage.

In order to keep the three super-level fusion techniques from being exposed, he had no choice but to spend 200,000 tons of the flesh and blood of king-level monsters to exchange for them. It can be said that he used up all the king-level monsters raised on Azure Star. Although 200 million Alliance Coins could be used to offset the cost with the Empire's spaceships, considering that players would be exploring other planets in the future, it would be too much of a loss to sell the spaceships. It would be better to exchange them for the flesh and blood of fourth-tier monsters that players do not need to eat.

As for the issue of players using dragon crystals for cultivation, once players die a few times, they will naturally understand that they cannot use dragon crystals for cultivation, and there is no need to send a special system message to remind them.

Wanlongxing, in a rest room in the Obsidian Martial Arts School's defense zone.

Luo Wushang sat cross-legged in the center, holding a five-colored crystal in her palm. With each breath, she used her spirit to mobilize a trace of energy from the five-colored crystal and draw it into her body. Luo Wushang's entire body began to bleed profusely, and her body was visibly being burned.

"Such intense energy!" Luo Wushang exclaimed in amazement as she watched her body being burned and then healed. The energy contained within the dragon crystal was truly astounding.

As for the Dragon Crystal, she could already sense the incredibly terrifying energy contained within it after she held it, so she deliberately channeled her spirit to guide and absorb it, rather than directly absorbing it through training.

But even this tiny bit of energy almost cost her her life. Even the terrifying regenerative power of the fourth level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique could only barely keep up with the destructive power of this tiny bit of energy.

"If this thing were actually used for cultivation, even a high-level Celestial Realm body would probably be instantly destroyed. However, this thing is quite suitable for cultivating body-strengthening secret techniques. Its destruction of all the cells in the body is simply perfect!"

Luo Wushang, her whole body ablaze, looked at the dragon crystal in her hand, sensing and analyzing it at the same time. This kind of self-destruction of all the cells in her body could drive even a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm crazy with pain, but Luo Wushang had long been used to this process of cellular self-destruction and it was no big deal for her. Instead, she was a little excited.

The Body Strengthening Secret Technique is a secret method that restructures one's own cells, fundamentally changing their resilience. However, as one cultivates the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, the cells throughout the body become stronger and stronger, making it increasingly difficult to burst the cells simply by using energy. Especially after reaching the fourth level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, the cell walls are as hard as divine iron, extremely difficult to shake with compressed energy.

If powerful energy is not used to burst the cells, then it will be impossible to discover various problems in the cell structure, thus making detailed adjustments to the cell structure and further improving the cell's resilience.

Therefore, after she cultivated to the fourth level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, the improvement of the fourth level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique was so fast that even describing it as a snail's pace would be considered very fast.

But today she encountered such a wonderful thing as a dragon crystal, and now her cultivation of the fourth level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, which had almost come to a standstill, can finally start moving again.

Immediately afterward, Luo Wushang sent a message to everyone in the guild about using dragon crystals to cultivate a body-strengthening secret technique. She then began to focus on studying the energy collapse of her own cells. The more she studied, the more excited she became, realizing that there were still so many problems with the structure of her own cells that needed to be addressed.

Thus, Luo Wushang used the Dragon Crystal to destroy her own body while observing. Once the energy mobilized by the Dragon Crystal was too much, causing her recovery ability to completely fail to keep up with death, she would go to Crimson Moon City to revive, rent a high-level gravity chamber, and cultivate the fourth level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, enjoying it immensely.

On the twentieth day of Luo Wushang's cultivation of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, a powerful energy emanated from the advanced gravity chamber of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall in Crimson Moon City, startling Lin Qi, who had already reached the high-level limit of the Celestial Realm in the fifth-floor cultivation room of the Intermediate Cultivation Tower.

"What the hell is this energy fluctuation and life force?" Lin Qi opened his eyes and carefully sensed the source of this energy fluctuation and life force, his heart filled with doubt.

Such terrifying energy fluctuations are something even a powerful being at the Fusion God Realm wouldn't possess, and the life force is even more incredible, practically comparable to his level when unleashing an energy burst.

"Luo Wushang? What breakthrough did she achieve?" Lin Qi sensed the source and quickly discovered that it was the advanced gravity chamber rented by Luo Wushang. The energy fluctuations and life force were coming from Luo Wushang.

Lin Qi then checked Luo Wushang's status bar, wondering what Luo Wushang had practiced to be so terrifying.

When Lin Qi opened Luo Wushang's system status bar, he was completely shocked.

"The fourth level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, at its peak?"

(End of this chapter)