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

Chapter 139 The Gray-Clad Demon

The sky was a deep green, and the sky was gradually darkening.

Although the city was attacked by monsters and no longer had any residents, it was still functioning, with scattered lights illuminating the severely damaged streets.

Inside a half-collapsed building, the Blood Wolf Gang, a force composed entirely of werewolves and ranking among the top fifty in the wilderness of Wanxing City, had gathered more than thirty of its top members. Each of them wore a tense and fearful expression on their wolf-like faces.

"Can any of you tell me what happened?" Dario, the Blood Wolf Gang's vice-leader, standing nearly three meters tall and clad in A6-level armor, glared angrily at his subordinates' report. He roared, "In just half a day, over twenty squads we searched this area have vanished! That's over two hundred apprentice-level experts! Gone just like that? Doesn't anyone know what happened?"

As a top-fifty gang, the Blood Wolf Gang has many experts, but the deaths of more than two hundred apprentice-level experts is a considerable loss.

This is equivalent to losing more than a third of the gang's apprentice-level experts, a loss that is even greater than waging a full-scale war with other major gangs.

As for what happened to the Blood Wolf Gang, they didn't know. If word got out, they would be laughed at by other wilderness gangs.

"Vice Leader, I do know a little," a middle-aged werewolf with the strength of a senior apprentice said nervously, raising his hand.

"Speak!" Dario turned to the werewolf, his eyes icy cold. "Who did this?! I'll make them know the price of provoking the Blood Wolves!"

"Vice Boss, I only heard it from other gang members who were passing by." The middle-aged werewolf looked around and said in a low voice, "Those gang members said that a group of demons seemed to be imprisoned in the Azure Sky. Because of a problem with the city's operation, those demons have now escaped."

"Those demons were all wearing silver-gray T-shirts and were roaming around the city. More than fifty gang members had been attacked. Those below the level of quasi-martial artist were killed before they could even react. By the time others realized what was happening, they found that everyone had disappeared, leaving only their dead companions."

"Some gangs didn't believe it, so they set up an ambush to capture him. But the demon was exceptionally powerful. He killed dozens of skilled fighters who were trying to capture him, and then escaped."

"Attacked more than fifty gangs, surrounded by dozens of experts? And still escaped?" Dario frowned.

At this time, the wild gangs that came to Azure Sky sent out their elites. There were no junior apprentices, and the worst were intermediate apprentices. The leaders were mostly extreme apprentices or quasi-martial artists, and there were probably quite a few wearing A6-level armor.

In such a situation, to be able to kill dozens of gang experts and escape directly is a feat that even a near-martial artist wearing A6-level armor might not be able to accomplish.

"Many gang members now believe that Azure Sky wasn't attacked by any monster at all, but by these gray-clad demons. Otherwise, how could such a powerful Azure Sky be destroyed without even sending out a distress signal?" The middle-aged werewolf said with great concern. "Vice-leader, we should hurry back. If those gray-clad demons target us again, it will be difficult for us to get back."

The Blood Wolf Gang members present, after hearing the report, all nodded in agreement.

Below the level of quasi-martial artist, they didn't even have the power to resist. A single gray-clad demon could kill dozens of experts. How could they possibly explore the Azure Sky?

"No way!" Vice-leader Dario firmly denied. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The harvest we made yesterday alone is greater than the Blood Wolf Gang's harvest for a whole year. Do you want to give up this chance to go further? No matter how powerful that gray-robed demon is, he can't stop us from exploring the Azure Sky."

"Since that gray-clad demon is so powerful, we'll just stop acting alone from now on. Everyone will move in groups of five. I don't believe that gray-clad demon can do anything to our Blood Wolf Gang!"

The Blood Wolf Gang members present agreed with Vice Leader Dario, saying that while the Grey Demon was powerful, it was just one, and they could simply stick together in the future.

Just as the Blood Wolf Gang members were discussing how to split into groups, a scream suddenly came from outside the building.

"Attacked!" Vice-leader Dario jumped to his feet. "Everyone, come downstairs with me! I want to see who dares to attack our Blood Wolf Gang's stronghold!"

The Blood Wolf Gang members present also followed him downstairs, curious about who was so bold as to directly attack their Blood Wolf Gang's temporary base.

As everyone went downstairs, the Blood Wolf Gang members were soon stunned.

Of the more than sixty gang members who were originally guarding the building, more than ten had died, and the remaining gang members were fighting against several figures wearing silver-gray long-sleeved T-shirts.

"The gray-clad figure...it's the gray-clad demon!"

"The gray-clad demons are attacking!"

The middle-aged werewolf couldn't help but gasp as he watched the silver-gray figures fighting.

This sent chills down the spines of all the Blood Wolf Gang members present, causing their fur and tails to stand on end.

One gray-clad demon killed dozens of people who were trying to capture it and escaped. There are now six gray-clad demons on the scene. How are we supposed to fight them?

"What's the panic!" Vice-leader Dario roared angrily. "You all saw clearly! They're not demons at all, just a group of skilled human warriors!"

At Dario's roar, the panicked Blood Wolf Gang members finally saw clearly who the newcomers were: a group of humans wearing silver-gray long-sleeved T-shirts.

However, these humans are strange. None of them use any weapons. They fight with just a B2-level arrow, and they are incredibly skilled at it. They can always accurately pierce the neck or heart. A6-level protective gear is completely useless to them.

"Which gang are you from? Why are you attacking our Blood Wolf Gang!"

Dario fully activated his A6-level armor, brandishing his A6-level sword as he charged toward a young man who held a B2-level arrow in one hand and an A6-level electromagnetic gun in the other, his eyes bloodshot as he loudly questioned him in the human language.

The first apprentice-level martial arts technique!

With a single slash, the force doubled, and with the aid of the A6-level armor, the force of a single strike reached nearly two thousand kilograms.

Caught off guard, the young man thrust his arrow forward.

boom!

Arrows and swords clashed, sparks flew, and the intense impact shattered the ground beneath their feet.

The young man staggered back several steps before regaining his balance. His arm, holding the arrow, trembled violently, but his face was filled with excitement. He then looked at a woman not far away and spoke to her.

"Sis, we're lucky! We've got a talking boss monster here!" Yi Ye Fuyun said to Ye Qinglu with a smile, while looking at Dario who was roaring at something. "This boss monster is pretty powerful. If I hadn't mastered the Body Strengthening Technique, my hand would definitely be ruined from that sneak attack just now."

"A leader monster that can speak human language? It must be quite intelligent. Perfect, let's test my new trick on it!" After piercing the heart of a Blood Wolf Gang member with an arrow, Ye Qinglu charged toward Dario with great anticipation.

Dario was furious when he saw the two people who completely disregarded him and even insulted his intelligence.

"I don't care which human gang you are, if you dare to come and deal with our Blood Wolf Gang today, you will all stay here!" Dario said, raising his hand to strike Ye Qinglu who was charging at him.

Seven-Spinning Slash, a martial arts skill of the martial artist level!

This move is Dario's biggest trump card, and it was also the skill that made him famous in the wilderness of Wanxing City. He once killed a fellow quasi-martial arts expert with a single move.

Suddenly, seven sword shadows slashed at Ye Qinglu from different directions. Each sword shadow carried nearly 1500 kilograms of force, a force that a quasi-martial artist could not withstand without using martial arts techniques.

"Indeed intelligent, he even knows martial arts techniques at the martial artist level."

"go!"

Seeing the approaching blade shadows, Ye Qinglu was not alarmed but delighted. The six B2-grade arrows on her back left her body and formed a rotating circular shield in front of her.

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bang bang bang...

A series of impacts rang out, and although the defensive shield formed by the arrows was directly shattered, it completely blocked Dario's Seven-Spin Slash.

"How is this possible!"

Dario was shocked to see Ye Qinglu completely unharmed, and he couldn't understand what Ye Qinglu had done.

First, the arrows on his back floated naturally, and then they formed a shield, forcefully blocking the Seven-Spinning Slash, a martial arts technique of martial artist level. This kind of fighting style was completely unheard of and unseen.

Before Dario could even react, a floating arrow stopped in front of Ye Qinglu, and Ye Qinglu struck out with a palm crackling with lightning.

boom!

A blinding, blazing white light burst forth. Dario instinctively tried to block it with his sword, but as soon as the sword was in front of him, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and the world before him began to darken.

"demon!"

"They really are gray-clad demons!"

"The gray-clad demon is here!"

The Blood Wolf Gang members fighting nearby were all stunned when they saw the charred hole in Dario's chest.

Dario, the second strongest fighter in the Blood Wolves, was instantly killed in a single exchange. The Blood Wolves didn't even understand what happened before Dario was taken down.

"run!"

"These gray-clad demons are beyond our capabilities!"

Upon seeing this, a middle-aged werewolf from the Blood Wolf Gang roared and turned to run away, not daring to linger for even a moment longer.

"This boss monster is really boring. I finally figured out the Three Styles of Lightning, and it's gone after just the first style, Lightning Spear. As expected, the monsters in the suburbs are just like this." Ye Qinglu looked at the fallen Dario with some disappointment.

After these days of research, Ye Qinglu felt that Lightning Sword Control would be a good direction for development, so she painstakingly researched and developed three forms, each more powerful than the last. According to her own estimation, the third form should be able to reach the seventh level.

Unfortunately, throughout the entire day, there wasn't a single boss monster in the Azure Sky that gave her a chance to use her second move, let alone her third.

"Sis, how about we head to the city after we clear this place out?" Yi Ye Fu Yun suggested, looking at the scattered Blood Wolf Gang members without chasing after them. "These gang members are getting more and more cunning these days. Before, they all acted alone or in small teams, but now they've all switched to team operations. Our exploration efficiency has decreased. I think Wu Jie and the others have already cleared out everything they could, but they haven't gained much. Why don't we go to the city and try something big, and see what a high-level map looks like?"

"Alright, there really isn't anything valuable here. Let's send the items back and then head to the city." Ye Qinglu nodded. "I'm also a little curious about the high-level monsters in the city. If they're too strong, we'll go back and explore again."

"Alright! Let's hurry up, or the other teams will get there first," said Yi Ye Fuyun, sounding quite expectant.

The sky was a deep green as night fell.

The search and rescue team from the City of Light also arrived near the city center.

"These big gangs and families in the suburbs are really ruthless. They don't let anyone who dares to get close get away. I don't understand what's wrong with these gangs in the wilderness. The big gangs in the suburbs have warned us so many times, but they still come. It's already past midnight, and the number of people is still increasing." Qin Mu looked at the members of the various wilderness gangs who kept running towards them in the distance, and he was very surprised.

"I overheard them saying something about the Gray Demon coming, and they wanted to ask the big gangs and families in the suburbs for help," Hou Fei shrugged and translated.

(End of this chapter)