Chapter 170: A Single Battle That Shocked The World
“How is this possible?”
“What kind of martial skill is this?”
The people of the Iron Heart Gang stared at the hundreds in the front ranks who had suddenly fallen, each of them stunned.
Hundreds of people!
With just a single clash between both sides, they were gone.
You had to know the total number of people here was only a little over four thousand, and in an instant one eighth of them were gone. Some of those people had still had confusion and incomprehension in their eyes as they died. How could this not be shocking?
At this moment, even Fu Yihai, who had been full of confidence, felt terror in his eyes as he watched this scene.
One eighth of their people had disappeared in an instant. If this happened a few more times, the entire Iron Heart Gang would be wiped out.
In the rear, Meng Wei looked at Fu Yihai’s horrified face, then at the Iron Heart Gang members lying all over the ground, and deeply understood Fu Yihai’s feelings.
Back then, when he had seen the people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall at Crimson Moon Mountain killing the Crocodile Fang Rhinoceros, it had been just like this.
But the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall now was clearly even stronger than back then.
After the first wave of arrow rain on the small plaza, the members of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall did not pause at all and once again threw out arrows. The newcomers who had experienced the battle in the valley especially understood that this hand-crafted super electromagnetic cannon move could only catch the enemy off guard at the start. Once the other side reacted, its effect would be greatly reduced.
Right after that, before the members of the Iron Heart Gang could recover, another volley was fired.
This time, although the Iron Heart Gang understood the danger, their reaction was half a beat slow. Nearly five hundred more were hit, once again costing the Iron Heart Gang another one eighth of their manpower.
“Watch out for their martial skill! Don’t give them the chance to throw arrows!”
After Fu Yihai reacted, he immediately gave the order, allowing the panicked Iron Heart Gang members to barely steady their emotions. Gritting their teeth, they rushed up to the members of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to prevent them from using this terrifying martial skill again.
However, while the members of the Iron Heart Gang could stop the newcomer players from throwing arrows, they could not stop the newcomer players and veteran players who had already mastered the Mental Secret Technique.
In an instant, more than a hundred members of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had one or two arrows floating around them. With a Lightning Palm crackling with lightning, the arrows followed along as they struck, each one learning Ye Qinglu’s simplified Lightning Spear, blooming among the crowd.
Every time it bloomed, it could easily take away more than a hundred Iron Heart Gang members, scaring them out of their wits.
If the people of the Iron Heart Gang had not seen the elite forces of the Four Major Powers charging over and regained some confidence, they would have already run.
“Their attack methods have very short range. Archers provide ranged support. Melee fighters pay attention to the direction of their arrows!”
After observing the players’ attack methods, the eight hundred elites of the Four Major Powers, as battle-hardened elites, almost immediately discovered the weakness of the Lightning Spear. While acting in an orderly manner, they also reminded the Iron Heart Gang how to deal with the players.
This woke the originally chaotic Iron Heart Gang. The archers quickly retreated, took out their bows and arrows, and joined the fight.
Previously, the Iron Heart Gang members believed they had an absolute numerical advantage and could simply crush the fewer than three hundred members of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, with no need for other tactics.
With the reminder from the Four Major Powers, the Iron Heart Gang resumed their usual gang battle style. With the support attacks of over a thousand archers, the people of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall felt enormous pressure.
The newcomers in particular had originally been ordinary people. Even wearing A6-grade battle armor, they could only suppress beginner level apprentices. Facing the B2-grade arrows of the Iron Heart Gang experts and the archers from the Four Major Powers, the A6-grade armor could not withstand many hits and was quickly pierced through, causing continuous casualties among the newcomer players.
In less than thirty seconds of battle, more than fifty newcomer players had died, clearly showing the numerical advantage of the Four Major Powers and the Iron Heart Gang.
“Teacher, let’s go too,” Qiao Hanlan suggested as he watched the mounting casualties among the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall members.
“Alright. In a moment, you two act together and watch out for each other,” Meng Wei said, seeing that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was already at a disadvantage and knowing he could not just stand by.
This time Lin Qi had sent out all the disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to help him rescue people. If they all died here, he would truly have no face left to stay in the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
Immediately, Meng Wei and the other two, wearing B1-grade battle armor, charged into the crowd.
Meng Wei, as a Limit Beginner Martial Artist, with the assistance of B1-grade battle armor, could casually unleash nearly 2,800 kilograms of strength with a single strike. Even against the elites of the Four Major Powers, each with a B3-grade battle axe in hand, it was still one strike per person, and no one could stop him.
Though Qiao Hanlan and Xue Jing were not martial artists, with B1-grade armor assisting them they had nearly 1,800 kilograms of strength. Against Quasi-Martial Artists in A6-grade battle armor, each of them could fight five or six at once, continually thinning out the elites of the Four Major Powers.
“Wu Shang, those three NPCs have made a move. What do we do now?” Zhang Qing Wei frowned after killing one elite of the Four Major Powers with a Rippling Wave Saber strike.
“These three NPCs really know how to cause trouble,” Luo Wu Shang said speechlessly, glancing at Meng Wei and the other two fighting in the crowd. “Couldn’t they have just stayed quietly outside and watched? They just had to come in here and steal our kills. Have Da Ye and the others take a team to protect them so they don’t die. You and Zhao Hu haven’t advanced to martial artists yet, so you can go deal with the boss first.”
To Luo Wu Shang, the battle before her eyes was simply a one-sided hidden plot reward dungeon.
On the surface, the Four Major Powers and the Iron Heart Gang had many people and plenty of elites, but there was not a single one who could threaten her. As for the so-called boss Fu Yihai, he was just an ordinary martial artist-level boss, on par with the guard boss in the valley.
If martial artist battles were not forbidden in the city and players were not involved, she would have gone to kill the boss long ago.
As for trying to wear her down?
She truly was not afraid. After learning the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, her recovery power had become extraordinary. This did not only speed up the recovery of stamina and injuries but also of qi and blood. On top of that, she had good luck and obtained a slight qi and blood recovery effect from her clothing in one draw.
Now, with her qi and blood recovery, she could use Sixth Stage Sword Qi Slash once every ten seconds indefinitely. As for the Sixth Stage Point Star, which consumed even less qi and blood, using it once every eight seconds was also sustainable without end.
That meant that as long as no martial artist-level boss took the field, it was entirely possible for her to kill all these enemies alone.
At this moment, it was not only Luo Wu Shang’s team taking action. Fang Zhen’s and Yi Ye Fu Yun’s two teams also sent small squads to protect Meng Wei and the other two, to prevent any accidents that might cause the task to fail.
They also were not afraid of a war of attrition. Fang Zhen, Yi Ye Fu Yun, and the others had specifically drawn qi and blood recovery attributes for this task. Even though they were not martial artists and did not have such high total qi and blood, they could still comfortably use Fifth Stage Lightning Palm or Prairie Fire First Style Spark once every fifteen seconds.
Time ticked by. After nearly ten minutes, all the newcomer players of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had died. Fewer than fifty people from the hall remained, yet their numbers would not drop any further.
In contrast, after nearly twenty minutes of battle, the numbers of the Four Major Powers and the Iron Heart Gang had dropped again and again, from more than four thousand on both sides combined to fewer than fifteen hundred. Of the eight hundred elites of the Four Major Powers, nearly six hundred had died, a devastating loss.
“How could this happen?!”
Fu Yihai looked at the corpses covering the small plaza. Besides shock, his heart was full of confusion.
The Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had fewer than three hundred people. Facing the elites of the Iron Heart Gang and the Four Major Powers, they had forcibly slaughtered more than 3,500 people, while their own losses were just over two hundred.
Now the remaining members were only fighting more and more fiercely. In particular, Luo Wu Shang and Ye Qinglu seemed to have limitless qi and blood. After using martial skills hundreds of times in succession, their qi and blood had barely decreased, and their complexions were still rosy.
As for Ye Qinglu, controlling twelve long swords, she might as well have been a god of slaughter descended.
The twelve long swords rapidly circled around Ye Qinglu, turning the ten meters around her into a forbidden zone of death. Anyone who entered was instantly sliced into several pieces. Even Quasi-Martial Artists wearing A6-grade battle armor could only take a few more hits against B2-grade long swords. Against B4-grade long swords, they were killed in one strike.
Wherever Ye Qinglu went, people died. Of the more than 3,500 casualties, thirty percent had died by her hand.
It was not only Fu Yihai who was deeply shaken. Meng Wei, Qiao Hanlan, and Xue Jing, who had joined the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, were also shocked by the strength displayed by Ye Qinglu and Luo Wu Shang.
They had known the martial artists of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall would be strong, but they had not expected this strong.
One rider standing against a thousand!
Truly one rider against a thousand!
A single person could exterminate an entire army, and these were all experts from suburban gangs. If this spread, few would believe it.
Meng Wei, as a Limit Beginner Martial Artist, stared at the two as if he were looking at monsters.
He could not understand it. They were all beginner martial artists, yet Ye Qinglu and Luo Wu Shang had fought this long without changing expression or showing any signs of fatigue.
Meng Wei himself, on the other hand, already had a pale face and was drenched in sweat, unable to unleash even a single martial skill. If not for the support of his B1-grade battle armor, he would have collapsed on the ground, ready to be slaughtered.
Just as the situation on both sides became deadlocked and Fu Yihai ordered everyone to find ways to wear down Luo Wu Shang and Ye Qinglu, a group of people suddenly appeared on the street outside the Iron Heart Gang compound.
With the arrival of these people, the mental state of both the Iron Heart Gang and the elites of the Four Major Powers collapsed.
“How do they still have people?”
“Weren’t those just now all the people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?”
The remaining members of the Iron Heart Gang and the Four Major Powers watched as more and more people in silver-gray clothing approached, and their hearts were filled with nothing but terror.
Previously, nearly three hundred people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had already killed more than 3,000 of them. Now another two hundred had arrived. How were their remaining 1,500 supposed to fight?
The elites of the Four Major Powers felt especially hopeless.
They had sacrificed nearly six hundred lives to grind the numbers of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall down to fewer than fifty, and now another two hundred had appeared out of nowhere. What was this?
“No. If this continues, I will die.”
Looking at the more than two hundred Obsidian Martial Arts Hall members charging over again, Fu Yihai understood the situation was decided. To continue fighting now could only mean death. He immediately used the martial artist-level martial skill Breaking Wave Blade.
With one slash, the blade light flared.
With more than 5,000 kilograms of strength, he blasted back Zhang Qing Wei, who had used Rippling Wave Saber to respond. With a leap, he swept past Zhang Qing Wei, shook off Zhao Hu beside him, and sprinted straight toward the main street outside.
“Not good! The boss is running!”
Yi Ye Fu Yun grew anxious as he saw Fu Yihai sprint away.
This massive team dungeon was extremely stingy, with only this one martial artist-level boss. If he escaped, all their efforts would be a huge loss.
“He has spent a lot of strength. He can’t run far! We chase!” Fang Zhen raised his spear and rushed out using Leopard Shadow Steps Second Level.
Immediately, Xiao Wan Ye Feng Kuang, Li Ranxing, Zhao Hu, Zhang Qing Wei, Yi Ye Fu Yun, Saiwai Qiangke, Yi Qiang Ba Jue, Chen Ya, and nearly ten others also used Leopard Shadow Steps Second Level to give chase.
Fu Yihai was a Limit Beginner Martial Artist, and with B1-grade battle armor assisting him, his speed exceeded forty meters per second. Using a martial artist-level footwork, it went beyond fifty meters per second.
But the people chasing him were not slow either. With the help of A6-grade battle armor and Leopard Shadow Steps, their speeds were all above forty meters per second. Moreover, with the interference from archers like Li Ranxing, Fang Zhen, Saiwai Qiangke, Yi Qiang Ba Jue, and Chen Ya, Fu Yihai’s speed was greatly reduced.
For a time, an astonishing chase unfolded on the suburban streets.
As a martial artist, Fu Yihai’s dense qi and blood exerted great pressure on those nearby just from him running past. His frantic escape through the streets was extremely eye-catching.
The pursuers, including Chen Ya, were also eye-catching in their silver-gray clothing. Especially now, when everyone in the city was talking about the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, this silver-gray clothing was impossible not to recognize.
“What’s going on? The people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall are actually hunting down a martial artist?”
“Isn’t that Fu Yihai, the leader of the Iron Heart Gang?”
“My god, a suburban gang leader is actually being hunted down by people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. Weren’t they supposed to be just a wilderness gang?”
“No, something’s off! Weren’t the Four Major Powers targeting the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall? How are they still able to hunt the leader of the Iron Heart Gang?”
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As more and more people on the street recognized that the one being hunted by the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was the martial artist Fu Yihai, they were all stunned. Many had their worldviews shattered.
A suburban gang leader being hunted by members of a wilderness gang was unheard of.
“Escape. I have to escape into the city proper!”
“I’ll remember this grudge. Next time I will make the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall pay!”
Looking at the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall members still less than a hundred meters behind him, Fu Yihai felt extremely aggrieved. He had never thought that he, the dignified leader of the Iron Heart Gang, a Limit Beginner Martial Artist, would be chased down by a group of Quasi-Martial Artists. His reputation was ruined.
His only way to survive now was to reach the city proper. Combat was forbidden there, and no matter how powerful a faction was, they would not dare to cause trouble in the city proper.
As for this grudge, he would repay it sooner or later.
When Fu Yihai saw that he was less than one kilometer from the city proper, a figure suddenly descended from the sky. Thunder fire burst forth from the figure’s hand, striking straight at him, forcing Fu Yihai to instinctively throw out a palm to meet it.
But the figure stepped once in midair and easily dodged Fu Yihai’s palm.
“Who are you?” Fu Yihai was shocked as he looked at Li Tianxing walking in the air.
Before Fu Yihai could recover from his shock, Li Tianxing shouted loudly.
“Detonate!”
Boom!
Endless fire energy erupted in an instant, forcing Fu Yihai to halt and muster all his qi and blood to defend.
He had barely begun to defend when several B2-grade arrows flew in from midair, shooting straight at him. Fu Yihai had originally wanted to push himself to move, but those three arrows were struck by the lightning arrows fired from behind, their speed suddenly soaring past Mach The fifty-meter distance vanished in an instant.
Fu Yihai had moved less than an inch when three arrows pierced his body. He died, deeply unwilling, on the main street of the suburbs.
