The Fourth Calamity: People in High Martial Arts, Gods in Games

Chapter 120 Post-War and Version Preview (Combined Chapter)

On Chiyue Mountain.

"Dead!"

"The leader of the Vatu gang is dead."

……

The mountain path was filled with flowing blood and scattered limbs. The once imposing members of the Great Ape Gang were now in complete chaos, none of them daring to believe it was real.

Vatu led the Great Ape Gang for over thirty years, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the gang prospered because of Vatu. In the hearts of the gang members, Vatu was the pillar of the gang, but now that pillar has collapsed.

"He's dead already?"

Flo stared blankly at Vatu lying on the mountain path.

Just a few seconds ago, Vatu was dominating the crowd, calmly dealing with more than a dozen experts from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, and even managing to kill one of them from time to time, just like a god of war.

But now he died so quickly, so quickly that he was still in a daze and didn't even understand what had happened, how the warrior Vatu could have died.

"What just happened? I just caught up, how did the BOSS die?" Yi Ye Fu Yun asked, somewhat bewildered, looking at Wa Tu, who was only about twenty meters away.

After Vatu knocked him away with one move, he only had a four or five-second break before chasing after him again, hoping to get a kill.

But now that terrifying BOSS Vatu is gone, leaving Yiye Fuyun completely bewildered.

"The boss was killed off by the storyline by the museum owner," Fang Zhen explained.

"Plot kill? Is the master that powerful?" Yi Ye Fu Yun couldn't help but look at Lin Qi, whose face was slightly pale, his mouth agape in an "O" shape.

As the first warrior-level BOSS in the game, Vatu is so strong that he has no friends. He even doubted that even if Luo Wushang and others were resurrected and joined forces with the gym leader Lin Qi, they might not be able to defeat Vatu, this gorilla.

Now, however, he was killed by the plot by the master of the hall, Lin Qi. I can't believe that the master of the hall, Lin Qi, is so powerful that he can kill a BOSS in an instant.

"I guess we were too slow this time, which is why the BOSS got killed by the plot," Xiaoyuan said regretfully.

"I never expected the Master to be so strong. He took down the BOSS in less than ten moves. Such strength is probably among the top level of martial arts BOSSes." The Spearman from Beyond the Great Wall looked at Lin Qi with awe in his eyes.

"But this BOSS is already very strong." Fang Zhen nodded and looked at Vato on the ground with a sigh. "If this BOSS hadn't chosen to fight the Gym Leader head-on, and hadn't chosen to dodge immediately after being outmatched, allowing the Gym Leader to seize the opportunity, it wouldn't have lost so quickly. It could have lasted at least ten more seconds."

Those experts who witnessed the battle firsthand couldn't help but nod in agreement with Fang Zhen's statement.

The shockwave from a clash of martial arts techniques at the martial arts level causes significant damage to the body's internal organs. They experienced this firsthand during their battle with Vatu. As a result, Fang Zhen and others who had learned the body-strengthening secret technique were able to recover quickly, while others needed to rest for a second or two.

On the other hand, Watu, the martial arts boss, used seven martial arts techniques of martial arts level in just three seconds, which is incredibly strong.

This is like a boss in other virtual games who can unleash a full-screen ultimate attack seven times in a row without any weakening period. However, the NPC Lin Qi, the master of the hall, is even better. Not only can he unleash the ultimate attack continuously, but he can also unleash it twice in a row. His mechanism is insane.

As everyone was chatting quietly, Lin Qi, who was standing not far in front of Vatu, also let out a deep breath, and his face became slightly rosier.

"Truly worthy of being a top-tier beginner martial artist, he was able to exchange so many blows with me. If we exchanged two or three more blows, I wouldn't be able to hold on." Looking at Watu, whose figure was over three meters tall, Lin Qi couldn't help but put away his contempt for beginner martial artists.

Lin Qi originally thought that with his high-level martial arts skill, Thunder Flash, plus his body-strengthening secret technique and mental technique, he should be virtually unbeatable among beginner-level martial artists. However, if Vatu hadn't been so confident in himself, it would have taken many more steps to defeat Vatu.

At the foot of Chiyue Mountain.

"Was a top-tier beginner martial artist just killed like that?"

Xia Ling gazed at Vatu, whom Lin Qi had killed halfway up the mountain. Besides shock, a hint of excitement lingered in her beautiful eyes.

Although they already knew that Lin Qi was a martial artist, and a genius one at that, they didn't expect him to be this strong. He directly killed Vatu, who was at the top of the initial stage. Such strength would probably be extremely rare among initial stage martial artists in the City of Light.

If there were someone like Lin Qi, recommending her to participate in the Five Cities Grand Competition would reduce her troubles.

"Dead?"

Estina, who was about to leave, received a sudden report from her subordinate, and her gentle voice was tinged with surprise.

"Yes, just now. The Great Ape Gang is in complete chaos, being hunted down by the Obsidian Martial Arts School." The burly three-eyed man in A6-level armor respectfully inquired, "Should we stop the Obsidian Martial Arts School?"

"No need, a dead person is worthless." Estina shook her head slightly and softly instructed, "You all come with me up the mountain."

"Yes!" The three-eyed strongman was not surprised at all, and immediately gathered the others together.

The greatest value of the Great Ape Gang is Vatu, who is close to a mid-level martial artist. Without Vatu, the Bolan family will naturally lose its value, and they will certainly not bother with something that has no value.

While Estina and Xia Ling led their men up the mountain, Mans, who had been watching the battle from the high ground by the lake, turned and left without hesitation with his two squads of guards.

"Captain Mans, are we just leaving like this?" A captain of the secret guards asked Mans, somewhat unwillingly, "The Obsidian Martial Arts School has been severely damaged by the Great Ape Gang. This is the perfect opportunity for us to attack. If we miss this chance, it will be much more difficult to deal with the Obsidian Martial Arts School in the future."

"Now is indeed the best time to attack the Obsidian Martial Arts School." The team leader, Mans, said without even turning his head. "But even if your two teams of guards attack together, it won't change anything. Apart from killing a few more members of the Obsidian Martial Arts School, you'll just be throwing your lives away. I didn't bring you here to die in vain. What we need to do now is go back and report the details of the situation here to the gang leader."

"Yes." Although the two captains of the secret guards were unwilling, they understood that Mans was right.

"Don't worry, there will be a time when we need you." Mans turned to look at the two unwilling captains of the guards and said confidently, "Although the Obsidian Martial Arts School's complete annihilation of the Great Ape Gang will certainly make them famous in the wild, the Great Ape Gang is backed by the Gorilla Gang. The Gorilla Gang will never let this go so easily. No matter what, the Great Ape Gang is the Gorilla Gang's henchman planted in the wild. Even when beating a dog, you have to consider its owner. The Obsidian Martial Arts School has done such a ruthless thing, this matter is not over."

On Chiyue Mountain.

Although all members of the Great Ape Gang had been cleaned up, the strong stench of blood lingered over the entire Crimson Moon Mountain for a long time.

However, the atmosphere at Chiyue Mountain was incredibly peaceful, even festive.

Under Lin Qi's orderly command, the players happily carried out the post-battle cleanup work. Even though Lin Qi wouldn't pay any points for this cleanup, the players were still very active and busy. They would even pack up and burn every piece of broken limb without Lin Qi's instructions.

Of course, before burning them, these players would check repeatedly to make sure that the members of the Great Ape Gang were not hiding anything, and search them thoroughly before burning them to use as fertilizer for planting Blood Essence Rice in the future.

"Miss, Estina's sudden visit to Master Lin is probably an attempt to win him over," the elderly man, who appeared to be a half-scaled clan steward, whispered, watching them enter the makeshift two-story building in the trade area. "Should we go in with them?"

"No need. I know Estina too well. Let her be for now," Xia Ling said calmly. "Anyway, her cooperation with Obsidian Martial Arts School won't affect me. There's no need to embarrass Obsidian Martial Arts School and let it affect my future cooperation."

"Miss is wise." The elder of the Half-Scale Clan nodded.

In the second-floor hall of the two-story building, Lin Qi sat in the main hall, while Estina sat in the guest seat. Behind them stood twenty young men and women wearing A6-level battle armor. The imposing aura they exuded was so strong that even Lin Qi frowned, marveling at the wealth of the forces in the suburbs.

Although the twenty young men and women in front of them were only quasi-martial artists, with their A6-level battle armor, it wouldn't be difficult for them to fight against even if they couldn't kill a beginner martial artist.

"Miss Estina, what brings you here?" Lin Qi got straight to the point, not wanting to waste time with Estina and the others.

Now that Obsidian Martial Arts School has defeated the Great Ape Gang, there are too many things for him to handle, especially the post-war statistics work, which he doesn't know how long it will take to process alone. At the same time, he also needs to welcome a new batch of players and grow rapidly, otherwise the overall strength of Obsidian Martial Arts School will hardly match its current status in the wild, and many things will be impossible to do.

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"Master Lin is certainly not being polite," Estina said calmly with a light laugh. "Does Master Lin think that because we sided with the Great Ape Gang before, we are enemies?"

"Of course not," Lin Qi said with a smile. "But I also don't think so. We're friends, aren't we?"

"Master Lin is right, that's why I came here in person to clear up some misunderstandings." Estina couldn't help but scrutinize Lin Qi, and smiled slightly. "It's true that I'm friends with Chief Vatu, but we're just business partners. I've come here now because I want to cooperate with Master Lin."

"Cooperation? What kind of cooperation?" Lin Qi asked.

"It can help with Master Lin's cooperation," Estina said with a soft laugh. "Although Master Lin and Xia Ling are friends, Xia Ling, or rather the Phosphorus Fire Gang, can't do anything to the Gorilla Gang."

"Now that the Obsidian Martial Arts School has wiped out the Great Ape Gang and erased them from the public eye, the Great Gorilla Gang behind them will not let it go so easily. They will definitely step in. Perhaps Master Lin thinks that once he becomes a martial artist, these suburban gangs will not dare to cause trouble. But the power in the suburbs is also divided into different levels."

"Indeed, many suburban gangs cannot afford to offend martial artists, but the Gorilla Gang, as a powerful gang in the City of Light, is not among them. Not to mention the suburban gangs, they are simply not comparable to the gangs in the wild. Just in terms of influence, not only will the Obsidian Martial Arts School be unable to do business normally in the suburbs in the future, but it will also probably be attacked by many gangs in the wild in order to get on the coattails of the Gorilla Gang."

"Not afraid of martial artists? Doesn't the Gorilla Gang fear that I'll wipe out all the people in the wild?" Lin Qi asked curiously.

"That's probably difficult." Estina smiled, as if she had heard something amusing. "Master Lin may not be familiar with the situation of the gangs in the suburbs, so I'll explain it to him as a small token of my sincerity."

"Although most of the gangs in the suburbs do not have martial artists, they all have ways to fight against them. The most typical example is the B-grade armor. Each B-grade armor can give a Limit Apprentice the power to suppress a martial artist. The large gangs in the suburbs generally have more than one set."

"A Class B battle armor? Do the higher-ups of the City of Light allow them to possess it?" Lin Qi was also surprised.

In the world of high-level martial arts, battle armor, like protective gear, has A-grade and B-grade series. B2-grade battle armor can fight against beginner martial artists, B4-grade battle armor can fight against intermediate martial artists, and B6-grade battle armor can fight against advanced martial artists.

However, B-grade armor belongs to the high-end combat force of a city, and it is not easy for even martial artists to buy it. It is hard to imagine that B-grade armor would be sold to suburban gangs.

"The City of Light has a diverse population, with ten powerful races alone. Even if it were banned, these suburban gangs, with the right connections and money, could easily acquire some secondhand or publicly declared scrapped B-grade armor. Otherwise, the top ten gangs in the wilderness wouldn't be afraid of the major suburban gangs," Estina explained. "Although Master Lin is a top expert among beginner-level martial artists, he's still far from being able to contend with the Gorilla Gang."

"Therefore, I am inviting Master Lin to join our Blanc family and become a family elder. Given the Blanc family's status in the suburbs and our long-term cooperative relationship with the Gorilla Gang, I believe that some of the Gorilla Gang's higher-ups will not try to stir things up or use the Gorilla Gang's power to deal with Master Lin."

"Join you?" Lin Qi looked at Estina, not surprised by her invitation.

I had heard Qin Mu talk about martial artists before. Anyone who becomes a martial artist in the City of Light will join one of the forces in the City of Light in order to survive better in the City of Light and obtain more and better resources to improve themselves. After all, it is too difficult for one person to obtain resources by fighting alone in the City of Light.

However, ordinary martial artists, or those without much potential, are not invited by any powerful forces in the City of Light. Only those with potential are invited.

As a martial arts family, the Blanc family has developed many industries in the suburbs, but the main branch is a powerful force in the city, which ordinary martial artists would certainly look down on.

This way, he could directly kill a master like Vatu, and he would have a great chance to become a mid-level martial artist. The Bolan family would naturally not miss this opportunity.

However, joining the Blanc family and becoming an elder of the Blanc family also comes with many restrictions.

Normally, they need to complete some tasks assigned by the family every month, such as hunting wild monsters, protecting some important family members, etc. Although they can receive Bit from the Blanc family and have the opportunity to obtain better martial arts resources to improve themselves, they still have to obey the Blanc family.

"There's no rush. Master Lin can take his time to consider it," Estina said softly. "If you've made up your mind, you can contact me anytime."

"No need to consider it." Lin Qi shook his head. "I will not join the Blanc family, or rather, I will not join any force in the City of Light. I am not used to entrusting my life and death to others."

"I see." Estina paused slightly after hearing this, then nodded. "Then I won't force you. If Master Lin ever thinks things through, you can come to me anytime."

After saying that, Estina led her men away from the second-floor hall.

Even after Estina completely left the two-story building and hid outside the second-floor hall, Ragnarok and the others, who were preparing to report to Lin Qi, all had their eyes light up.

"The Gorilla Gang? Isn't that a big gang in the suburbs?" the Wild Hero asked, puzzled. "How did our martial arts school get involved with them again?"

"Are you stupid? This dialogue is definitely a preview of the current version!" Ragnarok rolled his eyes at the jungler hero and excitedly explained, "Not only has a new faction, the Blanc family, appeared, but it also announces a new enemy force that the martial arts school will face. Maybe they'll even unlock a new map and new equipment. No way, I have to go report this news to Sister Wu right now. If we seize this opportunity, our Heavenly Might will be able to surpass the other two teams in one fell swoop."

Ragnarok was so excited by the thought that he immediately left the two-story building.

(End of this chapter)