Chapter 167: Nationwide Frenzy
“Extraordinary martial skill.”
“Super martial skill fusion?”
Lin Qi carefully read the system prompts and could not help but be impressed by the players’ creativity and practical ability.
Even among Bone Forging Realm martial artists, there were probably very few who had mastered such extraordinary martial skills, yet the players had actually forced their way to creating an eighth-stage extraordinary martial skill.
According to how the High Martial Arts World classified martial skills, the theoretical overall burst limit of the seventh stage was only nine times, with a baseline of six times, while the overall burst baseline of extraordinary level martial skills was ten times.
As for the martial artist-level Lightning Palm learned by the players, which was a fifth-stage martial skill, its theoretical overall burst limit was four times, with a baseline of 5 times.
The baseline for sixth-stage martial skills was four times, with an upper limit of six times.
Although this burst referred to overall combat power, with the baseline of extraordinary level martial skills set at ten times, once a beginner martial artist mastered one, they might already be able to threaten Bone Forging Realm martial artists. If it was an attack method like the coilgun with extreme penetration, the effect would be even more terrifying.
It was like an ordinary person using a hand-crafted super electromagnetic cannon on him: if the distance was too close, once the coilgun was fired, someone like him, whose strength rivaled that of an intermediate martial artist, would still be hit, even killed.
“Still short of two extraordinary martial skills. It seems necessary to properly reward Ye Qinglu.” Looking at the creator name shown in the task display, Lin Qi felt it was very necessary to motivate the other players so they would create extraordinary level martial skills as soon as possible.
Extraordinary level martial skills all possessed the power to transcend realms; as long as he could fuse one, when facing Bone Forging Realm martial artists in the future, he would at least have the strength to fight.
Even if the four major powers flipped the table and paid a huge price to hire experts to assassinate him, he would no longer need to worry.
Thinking of this, Lin Qi walked out of the lounge.
At this moment, the martial arts hall was quieter than ever before. Everyone was gathered in the battle room. When they saw Lin Qi come out, they opened up a path.
“The hall master is here.”
“Do you think the hall master is going to punish Sister Ye for breaking Instructor One?”
Watching Lin Qi walk toward Ye Qinglu, everyone could not help whispering. They felt Ye Qinglu was a bit wronged. She had only tested a newly created martial skill and ended up breaking Instructor One. The point penalty this time would definitely be heavy, since back then Lin Qi, as the hall master, treasured Instructor One like a baby.
Just as Ye Qinglu was about to explain, Lin Qi walked up to her and patted her on the shoulder.
“You did very well!” Lin Qi said with a smile. “As an elite disciple of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, being able to create an extraordinary level martial skill is something rarely seen in the history of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. As a reward, I, as the hall master, have decided to give you a set of the hall’s elite disciple outfit and a B4 grade long sword.”
With that, Lin Qi handed her the sword from his waist and, in the system, upgraded her clothing for free.
“What is going on? She broke Instructor One and still gets a reward?”
“Didn’t you hear? This is a reward for creating an extraordinary martial skill.”
“Extraordinary martial skill? What level of martial skill is that?”
“My god! The hall master is that generous? A B4 grade weapon! That is probably the strongest weapon so far!”
Seeing the praise and rewards Lin Qi gave Ye Qinglu, everyone was filled with envy. Even Luo Wu Shang, who had returned to the martial arts hall, felt a bit envious when she saw the B4 grade long sword in Ye Qinglu’s hand.
At present, the highest-end weapons in the martial arts hall were only B2 grade. Unless they used methods like the coilgun, B2 grade weapons were not very effective when facing enemies with B2 grade battle armor or armor.
But if one had a B4 grade weapon, it was completely different. With just a few dozen strikes, they could break the defense of B2 grade battle armor, and the opponent’s B2 grade weapon would not last long either.
“Extraordinary martial skill!”
“What kind of monster is this disciple of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?”
Hearing Lin Qi’s words, Meng Wei and the other two, though they had already guessed something, were still indescribably shocked to receive Lin Qi’s direct confirmation.
Ordinary people might not know what an extraordinary martial skill represented, but Meng Wei, as an association martial artist, knew a lot about information related to martial skills.
He understood very clearly what an extraordinary martial skill meant.
And when Bone Forging Realm martial artists barely had any chance to study such things, a disciple of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had actually created one on her own. Who would believe this if it got out?
“Teacher, do you think if we make great contributions in the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall in the future, we will have a chance to learn this extraordinary martial skill?” Qiao Hanlan could not help asking Meng Wei in a low voice. Even with one arm missing, the fiery light in his eyes could not be extinguished. In fact, after watching Ye Qinglu, it burned even hotter.
With one arm gone, more than half of his path as a martial artist had basically been cut off. Even if he really became a martial artist, he would still be a cripple. After all, current technology could not achieve limb regeneration. At most they could fit him with a prosthetic arm, and while a prosthetic arm, if made with good materials, might be stronger than a martial artist’s arm, many martial skills could not be performed with it.
If a martial artist could not execute martial skills, then their overall combat power would not even compare to a limit quasi-martial artist who had mastered martial artist-level martial skills, almost no different from a useless person.
But now Qiao Hanlan saw a path.
A path even broader than before.
And that path was Ye Qinglu.
Like a sword immortal from legend, she could control the sword to kill enemies, even ride on the sword, needing no hands to fight at all. Even with only one arm left, she could still use the Lightning Strike Three Forms that Ye Qinglu had used just now. Such powerful combat strength was something Qiao Hanlan had never seen in his life.
“There should be a chance.” Looking at Ye Qinglu, Meng Wei’s heart, which had held little hope for the future, was now pounding. He felt that joining the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was definitely the wisest decision of his life.
A genius like Ye Qinglu, who advanced to martial artist on her own and created an extraordinary level martial skill, was still only a disciple of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. He could not even imagine how deep and terrifying the foundation of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall really was.
Although his qi and blood had declined, like Qiao Hanlan, he might not have lost his chance to go a step further.
As for Yaklo, who had been watching the whole time, his eyes shone as he looked at Ye Qinglu. He had known the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was not simple, but he had not expected it to be this extraordinary. A martial arts hall disciple could actually create an extraordinary level martial skill.
With such a terrifying genius in the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, how could it not rise?
As long as such a genius did not fall, the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall would have no problem establishing itself in the city proper. Once this genius became a Bone Forging Realm martial artist, even that major power that had been hunting him might be forced to show some restraint.
While everyone cast envious and awed gazes at Ye Qinglu, she turned her attention to the player system panel and noticed that, right after Lin Qi announced the reward of an elite disciple outfit, a system prompt had appeared.
System: Player Ye Qinglu has obtained the elite disciple outfit. Would you like to equip it now?
“Elite disciple outfit?” After thinking for a moment, Ye Qinglu chose to click equip.
The arrival of High Martial Arts Descend had introduced martial arts hall outfits, but no one was interested at first. The inner disciple outfit alone cost three hundred thousand points, which was far too extravagant to spend on a cosmetic change.
If they really wanted to change their looks, they could just go to the trading area in Crimson Moon Mountain to purchase all kinds of clothing. However, compared to the initial outfit, those clothes were less convenient for movement, so almost no one bought them. At most a few female players purchased some accessories to wear. After all, as players, combat power was the top priority, and appearance came second.
Now that Lin Qi had given her a set for free, Ye Qinglu naturally did not hold back.
After she clicked, the system issued another prompt.
System: Please select an empty lounge to log off and rest for ten seconds. After logging back on, your basic outfit will be upgraded to the elite disciple outfit.
Without thinking much, Ye Qinglu returned to her lounge, chose to log off for a short rest, and logged back on after ten seconds.
As soon as she logged back on, she was stunned.
“This outfit even comes with attributes?” Ye Qinglu stared at her system panel, checking it again and again, wondering if she was seeing things.
After logging back in, the elite disciple outfit only looked a bit more formal than the basic outfit. It added a very snug silver-gray long coat. The change was big if you looked at it one way, and not that big if you looked at it another.
But Ye Qinglu was very sensitive. After logging back in, she could feel her qi and blood circulating more smoothly. Although the effect was faint, with her mental secret technique already at over 30 percent entry-level, she could still sense it.
She only intended to check her panel, but had not expected it to be true.
The elite disciple outfit actually came with its own attribute bonus.
Elite disciple outfit, additional ability: qi and blood increase （ effect is slightly increased ）
“Big sis, what are you spacing out for? It is just a change of clothes. The outfit is not even that cool. Hurry and come out for recruitment. A lot of newcomers want to join our team now. They all want to know how you control the long sword. They are waiting for you to teach them.” Yi Ye Fu Yun walked into Ye Qinglu’s lounge, looking at her in confusion.
Because of Ye Qinglu’s earlier display, many returning newcomers had seen a new direction and felt that changing class to sword immortal in the future was the king’s way.
Especially Ye Qinglu’s Lightning Spear, which was far stronger than their thrown arrows. Once they mastered the method of controlling the long sword, they would never need to throw arrows again. They could hit wherever they wanted with pinpoint accuracy.
So they all came to join the team, waiting for Ye Qinglu to instruct the newcomers.
“No, little bro, look at this.” Ye Qinglu did not explain, just pulled up her panel data for Yi Ye Fu Yun to see.
“Big sis, have I not seen your panel before? What is there to look at?” Yi Ye Fu Yun urged. “Hurry up and go recruit. This is our team’s best chance to surpass the other three teams.”
But as he spoke, he glanced at Ye Qinglu’s panel, and then froze completely.
“Additional ability, qi and blood increase? How is that possible! Wasn’t this outfit supposed to be useless?”
Looking at the text in the outfit description, Yi Ye Fu Yun felt as if he had lost a billion.
