Chapter 166: As Expected, Control Builds Are The True King’s Path
“This…”
Meng Wei looked at Lin Qi, who was planning to start a direct fight, and for a moment did not know what to say.
Although he was deeply moved, Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was ultimately facing the four major powers. If it really came to a fight, Obsidian Martial Arts Hall would definitely be finished.
“You are all tired today. Go and rest first. Tomorrow morning, we will go to Iron Heart Gang to demand our people back!”
Seeing that Meng Wei still wanted to dissuade him, Lin Qi first let the three of them go rest and did not intend to explain too much.
As for those Iron Heart Gang elders who were willing to join Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, he was determined to rescue them, especially someone like Meng Wei, who was willing to work for Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
He already thought very highly of Meng Wei, this legend of the City of Light Chasing, who had forced his own way into becoming a martial artist. If given a good enough cultivation method and resources, his future achievements would definitely not be low. Lin Qi had even considered letting Meng Wei manage and cultivate the local residents in the future, so he naturally could not chill Meng Wei’s heart.
And for Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to take its first step in cultivating local residents, it needed to establish prestige.
The current Obsidian Martial Arts Hall might not be able to do anything about the four major powers, but dealing with Iron Heart Gang alone was still no problem.
Next, he only needed to wait for the supply convoy to return, and then let Meng Wei lead people to Iron Heart Gang early tomorrow morning.
In the lounge on the second floor of Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
“Jing, you should not have said that.” Meng Wei looked at Xue Jing with helplessness. “If Obsidian Martial Arts Hall goes to Iron Heart Gang tomorrow, we will definitely suffer heavy losses. How will we have the face to live in Obsidian Martial Arts Hall after that?”
“At worst, in tomorrow’s battle, I will pay with my life.” Xue Jing did not regret it at all and showed no sign of admitting fault.
“Teacher, I think Jing did very well. This way we can see clearly what kind of person Hall Master Lin is.” Qiao Hanlan, who had lost an arm, said with a smile. “Before, you always thought the old gang leader was good and worked for Iron Heart Gang for so many years. And what was the result? Now Hall Master Lin is willing to help in such a dangerous situation. Even if I sacrifice my life in the future, I will feel it is worth it.”
“Fine. Tomorrow I will just stake this old life of mine.” Meng Wei nodded and had to admit that he had indeed misjudged before, but fortunately this time he had not.
Just as the three were discussing how to rescue that elder early the next morning, the entire lounge suddenly shook.
“What is going on?”
“An earthquake?”
“No! This qi and blood fluctuation is so strong!”
“Could someone be breaking through to become a martial artist?”
Meng Wei felt a clear qi and blood fluctuation in the surroundings. The intensity of it was far beyond what a quasi-martial artist could have. The only possibility was that someone had broken through to become a martial artist.
Thinking of this, Meng Wei led his two disciples out of the lounge.
At this time, many players had already stepped out from the second-floor lounge, each of them curiously looking toward the room where the fluctuation was strongest.
“So soon, someone else has broken through?” Fang Zhen looked at the violently fluctuating room, feeling extremely envious.
He had already seen with his own eyes through videos uploaded by players on the official forum how powerful martial artists were.
They were insanely strong.
Luo Wu Shang had just been promoted to beginner martial artist, yet she could confront a beginner martial artist level boss head-on. It was impossible not to be envious.
After all, the drops from killing martial artist level bosses were too generous: directly B2-level battle armor, and once equipped, farming mobs was as easy as chopping vegetables.
Now that someone else had broken through, how could people not feel anxious?
“Whose room is that?” Zhao Hu asked curiously.
“Hahaha, it’s my big sister’s!” Yi Ye Fu Yun laughed loudly beside him. “Now our team has a martial artist too!”
Previously, Luo Wu Shang’s amazing performance in the valley, Fang Zhen’s teammate Chen Ya’s miracle of killing a martial artist level boss with one arrow, and later Mythical Paradise’s method of perishing together with a martial artist, had all made him a bit panicked.
You could say their team had originally ranked at T1 level, but now they had suddenly dropped to T2 level, making future recruitment harder.
But now things were good again. With his big sister Ye Qinglu becoming a martial artist, their team returned to T1 level.
“Are people from Obsidian Martial Arts Hall all promoted to martial artist like this?” Meng Wei looked at the chatting players and could not help feeling stunned.
Back when he had been promoted to martial artist, he had spent a large sum to rent the Martial Artist Association’s training room and used a hard-earned bottle of Type 2 Energy Potion, barely managing to break through.
It was hard to imagine that disciples of Obsidian Martial Arts Hall would choose to break through to martial artist in such a simple environment. It was practically asking for death.
But soon the door of the room opened, and Ye Qinglu walked out. Waves of heat swept in all directions. She had clearly succeeded in her promotion.
“Is becoming a martial artist this easy nowadays?” Yaklo, who had just come out, stared at Ye Qinglu in a daze.
Previously, Luo Wu Shang’s promotion to martial artist had already been unbelievable, and now there was another.
This made Yaklo, who had been stuck at limit quasi-martial artist, feel an urge to try to break through immediately.
“A martial artist! She succeeded just like that?” Qiao Hanlan felt the strong qi and blood fluctuation radiating from Ye Qinglu and stood there with his mouth wide open, unable to believe it was real.
He had attempted to charge at the martial artist realm once before, but unfortunately failed. If not for the Type II Healing Potion, he would already be dead.
Precisely because he had charged at the martial artist realm, he understood even more clearly how difficult and arduous it was.
For someone to become a martial artist by relying only on themselves without external aid was harder than ascending to the heavens.
“Big sis, how do you feel?” Yi Ye Fu Yun almost immediately stepped forward to ask.
Players who advanced to martial artist had three professions to choose from. Luo Wu Shang had chosen the agility system, while Ye Qinglu had chosen the balanced type. The effects brought by different professions would definitely be completely different.
“How to put it… I feel very strong now,” Ye Qinglu said after a brief moment of thought.
“Very strong? Is your panel very strong?” Yi Ye Fu Yun grew even more curious.
“The panel data is average. Strength 1,2 kilograms, speed 3 meters per second.” Ye Qinglu did not hide anything and directly stated her panel data.
“This panel is only average?” Yi Ye Fu Yun’s jaw almost dropped.
Previously, Luo Wu Shang’s strength had only been 1,4 kilograms. With Crushing Stone Fist second level perfection, a casual strike was just over 1,800 kilograms.
Yi Ye Fu Yun knew that Ye Qinglu had Lightning Palm first level perfection, with a strength bonus of as much as 20 percent, which meant a casual strike was already 2,000 kilograms, reaching intermediate martial artist level.
“Strength 1,2 kilograms!”
“Speed 3 meters per second!”
“How is that possible!”
When Meng Wei and the other two heard the numbers Ye Qinglu reported, they all felt she had to be joking.
After quasi-martial artists advanced to martial artists, they all underwent one metamorphosis, but the increase in strength was usually only two to three hundred kilograms, with speed increasing only two to three meters per second.
Now Ye Qinglu’s strength had increased by 2 kilograms in one go, and her speed had increased by 3 meters per second. This was simply unheard of.
But before the three could recover from their shock, the sword box on Ye Qinglu’s back suddenly sent out long swords, one after another, twelve in total, floating around her.
Then Ye Qinglu leapt across the second floor, and the twelve long swords seemed alive, automatically falling beneath her feet so that she stepped onto them.
With each step she took, a long sword appeared underfoot, as if every step birthed a lotus. She walked through the air like this and descended into the training ground on the first floor.
“Teacher! Am I dreaming?”
Qiao Hanlan stared at Ye Qinglu, his eyes about to pop out.
Beside him, Meng Wei was unable to say a word for a long time, staring fixedly at Ye Qinglu as she landed, his heart already surging with stormy waves.
“A sword immortal! My god! She is definitely a sword immortal!”
“Everyone, log on quickly and come see the sword immortal!”
“Damn! The balanced profession is actually immortal sword?”
The newcomers who had just returned stared at Ye Qinglu walking on swords through the air and instantly felt that the coilgun they had crazily studied earlier was no longer appealing.
Maybe the coilgun had the power to fight above its level, but how could it compare to the style of treading upon swords?
Not to mention the twelve long swords swirling around her. It was insanely cool.
But before everyone could recover from this scene, Ye Qinglu had already arrived in front of Instructor One.
“What is she going to do?”
“Test her strength?”
“You fool, the panel is right there. Why would she need a test? I think she is going to test her martial skill.”
“But what is there to test about martial skills? Aren’t they all written on the panel too?”
…
Everyone present looked at Ye Qinglu in the combat room, all curiously discussing it, not understanding what she wanted to test.
“Lightning Strike Three Forms, first form, Lightning Spear!”
Ye Qinglu gently pushed out a palm, and the floating test long sword, as if sentient, fell in front of her palm.
Boom!
A red flash shot out and blasted Instructor One directly. Its speed was so fast that it formed four mach rings in midair.
System: detecting Lightning Strike Three Forms first form Lightning Spear, reached seventh stage 23 percent.
As Instructor One’s voice sounded, all the players present were stunned.
Previously quite a few players had tested with the coilgun. At best, their power only reached sixth stage 97 percent. Now Ye Qinglu’s casual strike was seventh stage 23 percent. Its power was more than a level stronger.
“Not bad!” Ye Qinglu looked at the result and became somewhat excited. “I wonder what result my fourth form can achieve.”
As soon as she spoke, she flicked her hand. The floating test long sword fell to the ground, and the test arrows in the box flew out one by one, twelve in total.
Ye Qinglu merely touched six of the arrows with her hand wreathed in arcs of lightning, instantly infusing them with powerful lightning force. Under her control, they blasted toward the remaining six unenchanted floating arrows.
Boom!
In an instant, six blazing white beams converged into one point and struck Instructor One.
Instructor One was blasted to the ground on the spot, and a large hole appeared in its hard outer shell.
“Broken?”
“Insane! This sword immortal profession is absolutely insane!”
The players stared, dumbfounded, at Instructor One, which had been ruined with a single move.
As a puppet machine dedicated to testing martial skills, when using test weapons, no one had ever been able to cause any damage to Instructor One.
Now, with just one move, Ye Qinglu had destroyed Instructor One. The power was unimaginable.
“Unable to give data?”
“This thing is broken. The hall master will not punish me, right?”
Ye Qinglu looked a bit embarrassed at the destroyed Instructor One. She felt both excited and flustered.
This fourth form of Lightning Strike Three Forms had been inspired only after she watched Chen Ya’s video of killing a martial artist level boss. She had never expected that her first attempt would have such a result.
While Ye Qinglu was feeling panicked, Lin Qi, who was in the hall master’s lounge organizing the latest version update content, was also stunned.
“What is going on?”
Lin Qi looked at the system prompt just now, feeling a little dazed.
System: detecting that a player has created an eighth stage martial skill. Congratulations to the host for triggering the advanced hidden task “Path to the Extraordinary”: have players create three extraordinary martial skills. Reward: one super martial skill fusion, allowing free selection and fusion of two or more player-created martial skills. The fused martial skill has a 90 percent chance of becoming an extraordinary martial skill and a 10 percent chance of becoming a high-level extraordinary martial skill.
