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

Chapter 392 New Elite of the Universe
Azure Star, Crimson Moon City.

As a spaceship, over three kilometers long and entirely made of E-class alloy, slowly descended toward the airport, it quickly became the focus of attention for everyone coming and going at Crimson Moon Airport.

"Holy crap! Who's so rich that they'd build such a huge spaceship using E4-grade alloy?"

"They're so rich! I remember the price of E4 grade alloy is one million Alliance coins per kilogram at the Starry Sky Merchant Guild. With a spaceship this big, they could probably buy several third-class life-bearing planets without any problem."

"This Azure Star is becoming more and more popular. Such powerful spaceships are coming here. I wonder which major force wants to do business with the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy."

People coming and going in Crimson Moon Airport looked at the E4-class spaceship with a mix of amazement, sighs, and envy.

Now, thanks to the Starry Sky Merchant Guild's renovation and the opening of the large star gate, Azure Star has transformed Crimson Moon City into a trading hub for numerous planets and forces within the Goddess Star System. Almost every day, a large number of spaceships from other planets arrive in Crimson Moon City, either to trade with the Starry Sky Merchant Guild or to conduct business with other star system forces. This has made Crimson Moon City a major city that rivals even second-tier life-bearing planets.

However, just as the people coming and going at the airport were wondering which major power this E4-class spaceship belonged to, their eyes quickly turned to a small spaceship, several hundred meters in size, bearing the flag of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, on the other side of the distance.

Especially when they saw the human men and women dressed in silver-gray clothing stepping off the small spaceship, their eyes were filled with nothing but awe and envy.

"This Azure Star is really lucky to have given birth to a force like the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. Not only does it have a powerful expert at the Fusion God Realm, but it also has many half-step Fusion God Realm experts. This is something that those third-class life planets wouldn't even dare to dream of. Now, the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy has established its first Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce in the Goddess Star System. In the future, it probably won't be long before Azure Star's prosperity can rival those second-class life planets. If only our planet could give birth to a force like the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy."

"It's more than just good luck. Usually, a second-class life planet only has one Fusion God Realm expert, but the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy seems to have five Fusion God Realm experts in Crimson Moon City. Even some top-tier second-class life planets are no better. If our planet could be assigned one, our planet could probably rise instantly. Unfortunately, too many surrounding planets want to cooperate with the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy and hope that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy can set up a branch. Ordinary third-class life planets don't have a chance. Only those life planets that are close to second-class have a chance."

"I don't know when the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy started recruiting disciples from various planets. I've come here several times hoping to become a disciple, but the Academy keeps saying that due to its limited size, it's not accepting anyone from outside Azure Star. And those advanced training spots at the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy are ridiculously expensive. Last time, a single spot was auctioned off for over 200 million Alliance Coins. We Celestial Realm Grandmasters simply can't afford them. Only the powers on third-tier life planets can afford them..."

Many of the people present, from other inhabited planets, were filled with longing for the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

Since the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy on Azure Star defeated the army of the Imperial Dragon Star, and the Starry Sky Merchant Guild was established there, joining the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy and becoming a disciple of the Academy has become the dream of many geniuses and masters from various planets.

The Goddess Star System is currently being contested by many powerful cosmic forces, especially the constant warfare between the Empire and the Temple, which has affected countless planets. As for those third- and fourth-class life-bearing planets, if they do not have a powerful force or belong to a powerful force, they may one day become breeding planets of the Empire, and their future fate will be as tragic as it can be.

Today, the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy is one of the few powerful forces in the Goddess Galaxy that can rival the Imperial Kingdom. Even many forces on third-class life planets hire disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy for daily escort duties, and this trend is only increasing.

The disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy are all exceptionally powerful, especially the human disciples dressed in silver-gray attire. Even those who are only at the Blood Condensation Realm are as strong as monsters. When the Star Bandits see these disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy protecting them or exploring resource planets, they will take a detour, fearing that they will become their prey.

Therefore, becoming a disciple of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy is the best choice for anyone, whether they are active in the Goddess Galaxy or want to protect their own home planet.

Thousands of gray-clad disciples disembarked from a small spaceship bearing the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy flag. The weakest among them was at the early stage of the Blood Condensation Realm. The Obsidian Martial Arts Academy's newly acquired Tier 3 Light Guardian Armor, crafted from D-grade alloy, while offering only 8,000 tons of strength—far less than the 30,000 tons of strength of the Tier 4 Guardian Heavy Armor—was still enough to boost the combat power of a Blood Condensation Realm warrior by one level.

The leader was a robust man at the mid-stage of the Blood Condensation Realm, with a somewhat refined air. Beside him were two men at the early stage of the Celestial Realm. One was a young man in his mid-twenties, and the other was a man in his early forties. Although his face was scarred, he had the air of a butler. All three were wearing the fourth-tier Guardian Heavy Armor, which the martial arts school only allowed to exchange for its core disciples. They were exceptionally conspicuous in the thousand-person team.

If Ye Qinglu and Yiye Fuyun were here, they would probably be very surprised, because the elegant and robust man at the head of the group is none other than a legendary figure in the virtual gaming world.

The leader of the Sky Travelers, Azure Sky, even established his own garrison in the High Martial Arts Descent.

As the blue sea and sky came to a halt, the young man and the tall, thin man also stopped, looking at the E4-class spaceship that had docked not far away.

"Commander, is there a problem with that spaceship?" Xing Kuang, who was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, couldn't help but look at the E4-class spaceship and asked in a low voice.

The garrison's current strength and level are all thanks to Bi Hai Cang Tian's arrangements and guidance. When the martial arts hall opened up escort missions for the space fleet and planetary exploration missions, Bi Hai Cang Tian immediately had the entire garrison fully committed. During the escort and exploration missions, they gained many unexpected rewards, which gave him a large amount of resources, enabling him to break through to the Celestial Realm so quickly.

"There's nothing wrong with the spaceship." Azure Sky looked at the eager Star Madman and chuckled, "It's just that this is the first time such a high-level spaceship has appeared in Crimson Moon City. I feel like the game planners might be planning some big event."

Based on his experience, in the almost realistic game "High Martial Arts Descends," there are clues to the development of everything, but players usually don't pay close attention, so it's hard to find them. This is even reflected in all the missions, and the game is incredibly detailed.

He is blind in real life, but his other senses are exceptionally sharp, and his attention to detail far surpasses that of ordinary people, which is why he became a master in the eyes of players in the virtual game.

"A big event?" Xing Kuang's eyes lit up, completely convinced of Bi Hai Cang Tian's words.

“If that’s the case, this could be an opportunity for our garrison to break into the top garrison ranks in the game.” The tall, thin man beside him couldn’t help but look at the E4-class spaceship, a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

Because their combat garrison regiment was newly established, even though many mech soldiers joined in reality, their overall strength was still far inferior to those veteran garrison regiments.

In particular, the experts from several major garrison groups went to a first-class planet to do team missions some time ago. Not only did they cultivate very quickly on Wanlong Star, but they also recently completed the team missions and obtained the martial arts school's super-level secret technique of the Fusion God Realm. In addition, they also gained the qualification to travel to and from Wanlong Star permanently, which made all players envious.

According to the game's settings, the cultivation environment of a first-class planet far surpasses that of Azure Star, which is only a fourth-class life-bearing planet. Since both can freely travel back and forth through death and resurrection, the speed of leveling up on a first-class planet far exceeds that of all other players.

Although players need to rely more on their comprehension and talent as they level up, especially after reaching the Celestial Realm, where improvement mainly depends on their control over Qi and blood, a better environment means less time is needed to improve physical fitness through cultivation. This way, even if they reach a bottleneck, they will have more time to learn and cultivate other things, thereby improving their combat power.

If the defense regiment can rank among the top in this event, it might be able to close the gap between their defense regiment and those veteran defense regiments.

“Alright, let’s go back and hand in our planetary exploration report. We’ll get the rewards for the newly discovered C5-level primordial mineral vein and level up as soon as possible.” Azure Sky glanced at the two of them and said with a smile, “Before the new event starts, try to level up by one level. We must develop our defense forces before those foreign conglomerates and guilds flood in with high-level martial arts.”

Their space exploration led to a major discovery on an unknown third-order planet: a C5-grade primordial ore vein. According to the martial arts academy's rewards, they not only had priority to purchase mining rights but could also choose to co-manage it with the academy. This would grant them a massive amount of points and contribution points, and they would also receive 20% of the ore they mined. With the co-management option, the points and contribution points earned would be enough to rent the intermediate meditation room, advanced gravity room, and fifth-level training room at the academy for several days. For experts like them, this amount of time would easily allow them to level up.

Xing Kuang and Xing Ying both nodded, their expressions serious.

With the global tournament concluded these past few days, the players who previously achieved the Eternal Immortal Path ranking in China have once again caused a global sensation.

Originally, players around the world believed that the games created by their own countries and the top players selected by them would be interconnected. Although the games from different countries were different, the core code and engine were the same. Once the data from each game was connected, it would become an unprecedented and exciting battle in the virtual gaming world, with top players from different countries competing and each country gaining something.

However, the results of the global tournament exceeded everyone's expectations. The global tournament became a stage for players selected from the Immortal Path Eternal, and players from other countries had no chance to perform. As long as they faced players from the Immortal Path Eternal, it was a one-sided crushing defeat.

In the end, all the global spots for the Space Pioneer were awarded to players from Immortal Path Eternal, leading everyone in the world to suspect that the competition was rigged, otherwise there would be no way to explain such a result.

Even with explanations from the organizers, players from various countries refused to accept the outcome, arguing that the organizers had given the players of Immortal Path Eternal a cheat code. They reasoned that if everyone was playing a game with the same virtual engine, how could there be such a large gap between top players from different countries?

However, the competition results have already been determined. No matter how much players from different countries disagree, the spots for the Cosmic Pioneers belong to the players of Immortal Path Eternal. If they want to obtain the Cosmic Pioneers spot again, they can only wait for the next global competition.

Because of this global competition, many conglomerates and large guilds around the world are investigating the reasons. It's only a matter of time before they find out that the players in Immortal Path Eternal only achieved their strength through the High Martial Arts Tournament. Once they find out, those conglomerates and guilds will definitely rush into the High Martial Arts Tournament. At that time, the competition among players in the High Martial Arts Tournament will definitely reach the highest level in the history of virtual games. Therefore, they must take advantage of the present to widen the gap, otherwise it will be very difficult to climb up in the High Martial Arts Tournament later.

However, just as Bihai Cangtian was about to lead everyone back to the martial arts school, he suddenly went offline with a slight frown. Xing Kuang and Xing Ying waited for a while, wanting to log off to ask what was going on, when Bihai Cangtian logged back on.

"Guild leader, what happened? Why did you suddenly log off?" Xing Kuang couldn't help but ask.

"It's nothing," Azure Sky smiled and said. "Razor contacted me suddenly just now, so I went offline and chatted with him. Now Razor wants to cooperate with me and hopes that I can lead them in the game 'High Martial Arts Descends,' while they will provide all the necessary funding and technical support in reality."

"Have they also entered the High Martial Realm?" Xing Kuang asked with slight surprise.

Although I had anticipated that those with ulterior motives abroad would discover Gao Wu's arrival, I didn't expect Razor to arrive so quickly.

“They’ve finally thought of us now.” Xingying couldn’t help but laugh. “They came here specifically to mock you, Captain, for not being able to get a ranking, thinking they were sure they could get a spot on the Trail Blazers. But they still learned their lesson at the Global Championship.”

“Let’s go and take a look at them,” Bihai Cangtian said with a smile. “With them joining us, it will save us the trouble of recruiting experts ourselves.”

Xing Kuang and Xing Ying nodded and followed Bi Hai Cang Tian.

Although Razor was somewhat arrogant, he had to admit that he had many highly talented experts under his command, especially the two he brought last time. In terms of talent alone, they were probably not much inferior to Ye Qinglu. If the garrison had such a group of highly talented experts joining, it would undoubtedly improve the strength of their garrison considerably.

Meanwhile, dozens of demons disembarked from an E4-class spaceship, causing a stir at Crimson Moon Airport. Especially Huang Yi and Huang Jiu, who were little known in Crimson Moon City, came to greet them, which surprised people from other planets and forces in the airport.

"Just who are these demons? That they could make Lord Huang, a powerful being at the Fusion God Realm, personally come to greet them?"

"Could it be that the middle-aged demonic man at the head of the group is also a powerful being at the Divine Fusion Realm?"

"You people are too ignorant. That middle-aged man from the Demon Clan is not an ordinary Fusion God Realm expert. He is the Star Lord of Crimson Demon Star, Crimson Demon. He is not only the head of the Starry Sky Merchant Guild in the entire Blood Sand Star System, but also a high-level Fusion God Realm expert. He is one of the strongest experts in the Blood Sand Star System."

"My God! The Crimson Demon Star Lord! Why would such an important figure suddenly come to Azure Star?"

When the crowd saw the Crimson Demon appear, after some people explained, they were all incredulous and wondered if they were seeing things.

A high-level expert at the Divine Fusion Realm!
Such important figures are few and far between in a star system, and some weak star systems may not even have one. They are beings who can dominate a star system. Even the powerful beings at the Fusion God Realm in the Imperial Kingdom would not dare to offend them easily. It is hard to imagine that Azure Star could have any interaction with such important figures and even have such important figures come to visit in person.

However, just as everyone was discussing it wildly, another luxurious spaceship made of E3-grade alloy appeared in the sky and landed at the spaceport. On this spaceship, there was also the temple mark that was well known to the major powers of the Goddess Star System.

"Old Ghost Saint Wood, what brings you here?" Crimson Demon saw an old man whose body seemed to be made of glass flying down. Although his voice was not loud, everyone in the airport could hear it clearly.

"You Crimson Demon! You, a person from the Blood Sand Galaxy, have come? Why can't I, an old man from the Goddess Galaxy, come?" The Holy Spirit Clan elder glared at the Crimson Demon, but anyone with eyes could see that the two were old friends, which was why he spoke without any restraint.

"Old Ghost of Sacred Wood? Is the Crimson Demon Star Lord referring to the Star Lord of Sacred Wood Star?"

"This is insane! Absolutely insane! What day is it today? Not only the Crimson Demon Star Lord, but even the Holy Wood Star Lord has come?"

"With two such powerful figures personally present, just what is the background of this Obsidian Martial Arts Academy?"

The people from all the major forces stared at Crimson Demon and Holy Wood, their mouths agape. They couldn't understand what had happened on Azure Star, let alone how Obsidian Martial Arts Academy could have such influence to send two such important figures from different star systems. Even the strongest person in the Goddess Star System, the Star Lord of Goddess Star, probably didn't have this much influence.

After exchanging a few words in hushed tones, Chi Mo and Sheng Mu, led by Huang Yi and Huang Jiu, flew directly towards the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, causing a huge stir throughout the entire Crimson Moon City.

(End of this chapter)