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

Chapter 396 One Step to Godhood

"Can it really improve this much at once?"

Lin Qi looked at the seven-story tower in the underground cave, his heart filled with astonishment.

Although he was deep underground, he could sense the changes in the entire Crimson Moon City, especially the free energy in the air, whose concentration and purity far exceeded those of the forbidden zone.

According to data collected from the Hell Dragon Star warship, the energy environment of the Azure Star's forbidden zone, if not for its excessive turbulence, is comparable to that of a third-order life-bearing planet.

The energy concentration and purity within Crimson Moon City are now more than ten times that of the forbidden zone. Even if this energy environment level is not comparable to that of the second-class life planet, Hell Dragon Star, it is probably not far off.

Of course, the fact that Crimson Moon City has such a rich and pure energy environment is largely due to the Cultivation Tower itself, which allows the energy within Crimson Moon City to far exceed that of the surrounding areas. Even so, the energy environment of Azure Star should be close to that of a second-class life planet.

Originally, according to his expectations, with the transformative effect of the Advanced Cultivation Tower, Azure Star would be lucky to approach the level of a third-class life-bearing planet. After all, it was a planet, and improving its energy environment was no easy task.

But now, directly bringing Azure Star to a level close to a second-order life-bearing planet, its ability to transform the world is beyond description, even defying the heavens.

According to his original plan, if Azure Star could approach the level of a third-class life planet, the area within Crimson Moon City should be able to reach the level of a third-class life planet. Furthermore, with the seventh-level cultivation room of the advanced cultivation tower, it should be possible to create an energy environment similar to that of a second-class life planet. After all, the energy concentration and purity would double with each higher level of the cultivation tower.

The advanced cultivation tower has seven floors. The cultivation room on the seventh floor has an environment with 128 times the energy of the outside world. Such an environment can definitely reach the level of some strange places on second-class life planets. In addition, with the super-level Fusion God Realm secret technique that he fused and optimized, he can greatly improve the utilization rate of external energy.

At that time, both he and the players should be able to advance to the Divine Fusion Realm through the training room on the seventh floor.

"Even without using the training rooms on the seventh floor of the Advanced Cultivation Tower, the training rooms of the Basic Cultivation Tower alone are probably comparable to some of the strange places on second-class life planets. No wonder the system built a branch in a first-class strange place after modifying an Advanced Cultivation Tower." Lin Qi walked into the training room on the second floor of the Advanced Cultivation Tower and couldn't help but click his tongue after just a short while. "If we could just build a few more Advanced Cultivation Towers on Azure Star, Azure Star could probably reach, or even surpass, the level of a first-class life planet."

Mass-producing first-class life-bearing planets!
If the major powers of the universe found out about this, they would definitely try every means to destroy the Obsidian Martial Arts School and seize the construction method of the Advanced Cultivation Tower.

In a star system, there are sometimes no first-class planets at all, and some powerful star systems may only have two or three. First-class planets are further divided into two types: resource planets and life-bearing planets.

While resource planets may possess some unique resources, they often lack extraordinary features and are unsuitable as a place for a power or race to survive and develop. Such first-class planets are the most numerous in the universe.

As for first-class life-bearing planets, they have a large number of strange places that are very helpful for cultivation and breakthroughs. In particular, there are special-grade strange places on first-class life-bearing planets. According to the intelligence collected from the Hell Dragon Star warship, special-grade strange places can even increase the success rate of advancing to the demigod realm. They are very suitable for forces and races to cultivate strong individuals. However, there are not many first-class life-bearing planets in the universe.

It can be said that there are often only a few such planets in a dozen or even a single star system. Whenever a first-class life-bearing planet is discovered, all the major powers and powerful races will rush to occupy it and make it their own base. In fact, in order to protect the first-class life-bearing planet, the Venerables will be stationed there for a long time and will never leave without special reasons.

If the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy were to become aware of its ability to produce first-class life-bearing planets, the consequences would be dire. Even the top ten powers would likely not tolerate it and would spare no expense to acquire it.

While Lin Qi was marveling at the tremendous changes on Azure Star caused by the Advanced Cultivation Tower, the residents and players of Crimson Moon City were also shocked by these changes.

"What's going on? Why has the energy in the city suddenly become so concentrated and pure?"

"Holy crap! This energy environment is probably no better than the fifth level of the intermediate cultivation tower!"

"Could it be a system bug, or is there an error in the environment settings?"

"Hurry! Cultivate quickly! Take advantage of the fact that the bug hasn't been fixed yet, and make as many benefits as you can. If you wait for the bug to be fixed, you don't know how many points and contributions you'll have to pay to have such a cultivation environment."

Players in Crimson Moon City sensed the change in energy. After a brief moment of amazement, they quickly realized that it was a system bug that caused the energy environment to become so astonishing. Immediately, all the players in the city stopped what they were doing and began to cultivate on the spot.

The spectacular sight amazed even the residents familiar with Crimson Moon City. They never expected that the gray-robed disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy would be so hardworking and diligent. They would seize any opportunity to accelerate their improvement, prompting many residents of Crimson Moon City to find a place to sit down and cultivate.

Obsidian Martial Arts School, a beginner's meditation room.

Razor, Zaka the Elephant, and Scarlet the North Star were also startled by this sudden change.

Originally, although the energy concentration in Crimson Moon City far exceeded that of major cities, improving physical fitness still required strengthening all the cells in the body through training methods. However, the three of them had not engaged in any cultivation at all, yet their bodies were rapidly improved by the surrounding energy with just a few breaths. After practicing the training methods for a short time, they were like rockets, advancing from intermediate apprentices to advanced apprentices in just a few minutes. The speed of their improvement was simply unbelievable.

"What's going on? Is this really a system bug?" The demon elephant Zaka, who was over two meters tall, looked at his system attribute panel in surprise, unable to believe that his level had increased so quickly.

Although he was originally a legendary mercenary in the real world and was exceptionally talented, with the added effect of the beginner meditation room, his improvement speed in the High Martial Arts Descent was much faster than that of ordinary experts. He was even confident that he could reach the martial artist level in three or four days.

But right now, let alone three or four days, he can reach the Martial Artist level in at most one day.

"It shouldn't be." Razor shook his head and said with certainty, "How could a game of this level have such a big bug? I guess the game developers did this on purpose. Although the game is currently in closed beta, they are releasing a lot of slots every day. In addition, the performance of those players in the global competition has attracted the attention of many conglomerates and large guilds around the world. They will definitely send a lot of experts to enter the High Martial Arts Descent. The game developers probably considered that the early players had too much of an advantage, so they deliberately relaxed the training environment so that later players could catch up with those early players as soon as possible."

"If that's the case, wouldn't that be an opportunity for us?" Upon hearing this, Demon Elephant Zaka's eyes blazed with fighting spirit, especially considering that he hadn't even been able to qualify for the main tournament in the global competition before, and had been easily defeated by a player who had descended with high martial arts skills. This humiliation was something he absolutely could not accept.

“If that’s the case, should we suggest to Azure Sky that we switch to an intermediate meditation room for cultivation?” Polaris Scarlet suggested. “We don’t lack energy now, and we can even improve our breathing. The only thing limiting our improvement speed is our learning ability. If we switch to an intermediate meditation room with better brain activity, our improvement speed should be more than twice as fast.”

“That’s right, I’ll tell Azure Sky right away.” Razor nodded and immediately contacted Azure Sky without any hesitation. He didn’t care what price he would have to pay to Azure Sky afterward.

Before entering the game world of "High Martial Arts Descendant," he only saw it as a tool to obtain a spot as a Space Pioneer. But now, after entering, he's almost certain that "High Martial Arts Descendant" is the future, and the Space Pioneer qualification is no longer important. Because in this near-realistic game world, he can experience the same life as in reality, and the technology there is far more advanced than in reality. He can travel to many alien planets, experience many previously unseen civilizations, and even gain double the lifespan within the game. With future improvements in game acceleration technology, the lifespan enjoyed within the game can be further increased. Isn't that amazing?

Most importantly, according to Bihai Cangtian, the level-up effect within the High Martial Arts Descent is extraordinary, even extending to the real world. Especially upon reaching the Celestial Realm, it is said that it can significantly extend the lifespan of the physical body, comparable to obtaining lifespan materials from another planet in reality. And this is only the Celestial Realm within the High Martial Arts Descent.

What if one were to advance to the Divine Fusion Realm, or even the Demigod Realm?

Therefore, he no longer cares about his identity as a universe pioneer and devotes himself to the High Martial Arts Descent, especially to achieve some success in the High Martial Arts Descent before the world's major conglomerates and guilds.

While many players in Crimson Moon City were frantically cultivating and improving due to the change in the energy environment, two spaceships made of E6-grade alloy slowly landed at Crimson Moon City's airport.

"What exactly happened on this Azure Star? The energy environment here is almost as strong as my Crimson Demon City." Stepping out of the spaceship, Crimson Demon felt the energy within the entire Crimson Moon City, his heart filled with shock and confusion.

He had sensed the sudden changes on Azure Star from outside the planet. It was as if Azure Star had come alive, with energy from the universe converging on it on its own. This was the first time he had ever seen anything like it in his life.

The current Crimson Moon City is even more incredible.

He had been away from Crimson Moon City for less than two days. Before that, the energy environment of Crimson Moon City was at the standard level of a fourth-class life planet. Compared with a second-class life planet, it was several times worse, even compared with a third-class life planet. But now, the energy environment of Crimson Moon City was not much worse than his Crimson Demon City, which made him wonder if he had come to the wrong place.

You have to understand that his Crimson Demon City was built on a first-class exotic land on a second-class top-level life planet. Its energy environment is already first-class among more than ten star systems around, except for first-class life planets. Yet, the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy made the energy environment of Crimson Moon City approach that of Crimson Demon City in less than two days. How can anyone believe that?

In fact, not only Chi Mo couldn't believe it, but Huang Yi and Huang Jiu, who came to greet them, were also in a state of confusion.

The only thing the two siblings were dissatisfied with on Azure Star was its energy environment. Even in the fourth-level cultivation room of the intermediate cultivation tower, it was not enough for Huang Jiu, who was at the half-step Fusion God Realm, to maintain her life. She had to supplement it with external things. As for Huang Yi, it goes without saying that she needed to eat fifth-grade blood food transported by the Starry Sky Merchant Guild every day in order to ensure that her training would improve slightly.

As a result, the energy environment within Crimson Moon City has suddenly become similar to that of Crimson Demon City, and the cultivation rooms in the Cultivation Tower are even more extraordinary.

The training room on the third floor alone is already comparable to a second-class strange place on Crimson Demon Star. As for the training room on the fourth floor, it is practically comparable to a first-class strange place deep within Crimson Demon Star. And the first-class strange place on Crimson Demon Star cannot be entered for training at any time; it depends on the period.

However, in Crimson Moon City, the cultivation room on the fourth floor of the cultivation tower can be used for cultivation every day as long as you have points and contributions. It's just that there are too many people using it, so it's impossible to get a spot. Even so, it's still very powerful. Not to mention that the intermediate cultivation tower also has a cultivation room on the fifth floor, and the cultivation environment there now definitely surpasses that of a first-class strange land.

However, when Yan Sha and the Lord of Pure Light stepped off the spaceship and arrived in Crimson Moon City for the first time, they didn't feel anything special. Both of them were used to living on first-class life planets, so the city on a second-class life planet felt like going from a big city to a small town.

What's strange is the sudden change in Azure Star just now, and the fact that Azure Star, with its energy environment, is rated as a fourth-order life-bearing planet. This information clearly doesn't match the records.

As Yan Sha and the Lord of Pure Light, led by Huang Yi and Sui Hun, toured Crimson Moon City and approached Obsidian Martial Arts Hall,

Within a spire hundreds of meters high in Crimson Moon City, a sudden aura rose up, soaring hundreds of kilometers into the sky, attracting energy from hundreds of kilometers around. Immediately afterwards, a terrifying blood aura descended upon the entire Crimson Moon City, causing even a half-step Fusion God Realm expert like Huang Jiu to nearly kneel on the ground. Fusion God Realm experts, including Yan Sha and the Lord of Pure Light, all looked at the spire at almost the same time, their eyes filled with vigilance.

"What's going on over there? How can there be such a powerful energy fluctuation? This energy fluctuation is several times stronger than that of a powerful being at the peak of the high-level Fusion God Realm." Saint Wood couldn't help but ask Soul Shatter and Katrin, who had also come to greet him earlier.

Shattered Soul and Katarina were long-term residents of Crimson Moon City, and he thought they should know what this terrifying energy fluctuation was all about.

"This...we don't know either." Shattered Soul, kneeling on the ground, also looked at the intermediate cultivation tower in the distance with great doubt, not understanding what was going on in Crimson Moon City today.

First, the energy environment was upgraded to a level comparable to that of the second-tier top-level life planet, Sacred Wood Star. Now, such terrifying energy fluctuations are emerging from the intermediate cultivation tower. Even though he has lived in Crimson Moon City for quite some time, he still doesn't understand what exactly happened in Crimson Moon City.

Even the players on the street were lying on the ground, completely bewildered.

"Such terrifying energy fluctuations are even greater than when Luo Wushang achieved the fourth level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique. Could someone have advanced to the Divine Fusion Realm?" Lin Qi, deep underground, stared at the energy fluctuations coming from above, full of surprise. "This location seems to be the fifth-floor training room of the Intermediate Cultivation Tower. I remember Vanessa was renting it today. Could it be that she broke through?"

Since Vanessa completed her journey to the Crimson Demon Star, he has given all the resources he previously allocated to Tang Yilong, Hank, and others to Vanessa, a Grandmaster. He even gave her a few extra Crazy Chocolates as a reward for the Crimson Demon Star mission, giving Vanessa twelve years to cultivate.

Vanessa had already reached the half-step Divine Fusion Realm some time ago, and even her Body Strengthening Secret Technique, Energy Secret Technique, and Spirit Secret Technique had all reached the fourth level. At the same time, the ultimate martial arts techniques that came with the Super-level Training Secret Technique had all reached the perfect level. Her talent was terrifying, and she was simply incomparable to Tang Yilong and Hank.

He truly hadn't expected that Vanessa would break through to the Divine Fusion Realm right after Azure Star's advancement; her talent was truly terrifying.

And all of this was just as Lin Qi had guessed, inside the training room on the fifth floor of the intermediate cultivation tower.

Vanessa sat cross-legged in the center of the training room, her entire body radiating energy. The energy ball filled most of the training room, and the space seemed to tremble with each breath, as if the entire space could not withstand the presence of someone like Vanessa.

"Is this the Divine Fusion Realm?" Vanessa opened her eyes, feeling the changes within herself in disbelief.

She had spent twelve years in the dream realm, during which she had mastered the fifth level of the Super-Rank Fusion God Realm secret technique to 100% proficiency and the sixth level to 22% entry level. However, due to the lack of an energy environment, she had not dared to attempt to break through to the Fusion God Realm.

Unexpectedly, while cultivating and consolidating her body's energy, the energy in the room surged to an unbelievable level, giving her an instinctive urge to break through to the Divine Fusion Realm. As a result, this attempt actually allowed her will to completely integrate into every cell of her body, successfully advancing her to the Divine Fusion Realm...

(End of this chapter)