Chapter 119: After The Battle And A Preview Of The Next Version
on crimson moon mountain.
“dead!”
“gang leader watu is dead.”
……
on the mountain path, awash with flowing blood and scattered severed limbs, the once high-spirited members of the great ape gang instantly fell into chaos, each of them unable to believe this was real.
watu had led the great ape gang for more than thirty years. it was no exaggeration to say that the gang had flourished because of him. in the hearts of the great ape gang members, watu was their sky, but now the sky had collapsed.
“he just died like that?”
flo stared at watu lying on the mountain path, his mind going blank for a moment.
clearly, just a few seconds ago watu had still been slaughtering through the crowd, calmly facing more than a dozen experts of the obsidian martial arts hall, and even counter-killing one from time to time, like a god of war.
yet now he had died so quickly. so quickly that flo had not come back to his senses, not even really understanding what had happened, how this martial artist watu had just died.
“what just happened? i only just caught up, how did this boss suddenly die?” yi ye fu yun stared at watu, who was less than twenty meters away, and asked in confusion.
after being sent flying by watu with one move, he had only taken four or five seconds at most to recover before chasing again to see if he could leech a kill.
but now that terrifying boss watu was simply gone, leaving yi ye fu yun utterly confused.
“this boss was plot killed by the master of the pavilion,” fang zhen explained.
“plot killed? is the master of the pavilion really that fierce?” yi ye fu yun could not help looking at lin qi, whose face was slightly pale, his mouth forming an o shape.
as the game’s first martial artist-level boss, watu was absurdly strong. he had even suspected that even if luo wu shang and the others resurrected and joined forces with master lin qi, they might still not be able to take down this gorilla watu.
yet now master lin qi had plot killed him. he simply could not believe master lin qi was this powerful, instant-killing a boss just like that.
“my guess is we took too long this time, so the boss got plot killed,” xiao yuan ye feng kuang said regretfully.
“i really did not expect master of the pavilion to be this strong. he took down the boss in less than ten moves from start to finish. among martial artist-level bosses, this level of strength is probably top tier as well.” saiwai qiangke looked at lin qi, his eyes full of awe.
“but this boss was already very strong,” fang zhen nodded, looking down at watu with some emotion. “if this boss hadn’t chosen to clash head-on with master of the pavilion, and then, after realizing he could not win, immediately chosen to evade instead of getting caught, he would not have lost this fast. he could at least have held on ten more seconds or so.”
the experts present who had witnessed the battle in person could not help nodding in agreement with fang zhen.
the recoil from clashing with martial artist-level martial skills and the damage to the internal organs was no small matter. they had deeply experienced this when fighting watu, and only fang zhen and the others who had learned the body strengthening secret technique could recover quickly. everyone else more or less needed to rest one or two seconds.
in contrast, this martial artist boss watu had used martial artist-level martial skills seven times in just three seconds, which was simply incredible.
it was like a boss in other virtual games that could fire off full-screen ultimates consecutively, unleashing seven in a row without any weakness period. only master lin qi, this npc, was even stronger. not only could he spam his ultimate, he could even double-cast in between, with a broken mechanism.
while everyone whispered among themselves, lin qi, standing not far in front of watu, let out a long deep breath, and only then did some color return to his face.
“as expected of a top tier beginner martial artist. he actually managed to trade so many blows with me. if we had traded two or three more, i would not have been able to hold on,” lin qi looked at watu, whose body was more than three meters tall, and could not help putting away his contempt for beginner martial artists.
originally lin qi had thought that with his advanced martial artist-level martial skill thunder flash, together with the body strengthening secret technique and the mental secret technique, he would be almost unmatched among beginner martial artists. but if watu had not been too confident in himself, this battle would have required far more methods before lin qi could possibly take him down.
at the foot of crimson moon mountain.
“a top tier beginner martial artist was taken down just like that?”
xia ling gazed at watu, who had been killed by lin qi on the mountainside. beyond her slight shock, there was a trace of excitement in her beautiful eyes.
although she had long known that lin qi was a martial artist, and a genius martial artist at that, she had not expected him to be this strong, directly killing watu whose strength was at the top among beginner martial artists. with this level of strength, he would be among the very few even among the beginner martial artists in the city of light chasing.
if she had someone like lin qi to recommend her for the five cities competition, she could also reduce a lot of trouble.
“dead?”
estina, who had been about to leave, received a sudden report from her subordinates. even her soft voice carried a hint of surprise.
“yes, just now. now the great ape gang is completely in chaos, being hunted all over by people from the obsidian martial arts hall,” a burly three-eyed tribe man in a set of a6 battle armor asked respectfully, “do we need to stop the obsidian martial arts hall?”
“no need. a dead man has no value.” estina shook her head slightly and softly instructed, “come up the mountain with me.”
“yes!” the burly three-eyed tribe man was not surprised, and immediately called the others to gather.
the greatest value of the great ape gang had been watu, who was close to an intermediate martial artist. with watu gone, they naturally had no value to the boran great family. and things without value certainly would not be cared about.
while estina and xia ling each led their people up the mountain, mans, who had been watching from the lakeside high ground, turned and left without hesitation with two teams of dark guards.
“captain mans, we are just leaving like this?” one dark guard captain looked at the departing mans and asked unwillingly, “the obsidian martial arts hall has already been heavily damaged by the great ape gang. this is the best time for us to attack. if we miss this chance, it will definitely be much harder to deal with the obsidian martial arts hall in the future.”
“it is indeed the best time to attack the obsidian martial arts hall,” mans said, not even turning his head. “but even if both your teams of dark guards go in together, nothing will change. at best you kill a few more members of the obsidian martial arts hall, and then just die for nothing. i did not bring you here to die in vain. what we must do now is go back and report the detailed situation here to the gang leader.”
“yes.” the two dark guard captains were unwilling, but they also understood that what mans said was very true.
“do not worry, there will be a time when you are needed,” mans glanced at the two unwilling dark guard captains with great confidence. “although the obsidian martial arts hall destroying the great ape gang will make their name resound in the wilderness, the great ape gang has the gorilla gang behind them. the gorilla gang will never let this go. after all, the great ape gang is the claw they placed in the wilderness. when you beat the dog, you must look at its master. with the obsidian martial arts hall going this far, this matter is far from over.”
on crimson moon mountain.
although all members of the great ape gang had been cleared out, the strong smell of blood still shrouded the entire mountain and would not disperse for a long time.
however, the atmosphere on crimson moon mountain was incredibly harmonious, even festive.
players, under lin qi’s orderly command, happily carried out post-battle cleanup. even though lin qi would not pay them any points for this work, they were still extremely enthusiastic and busy. they did not even need lin qi’s instructions and would pack up every severed limb and burn it.
of course, before burning, these players would carefully check again and again whether there was anything hidden on the bodies of the great ape gang members, thoroughly searching before throwing them into the fire, to serve as fertilizer for future blood essence rice planting.
“miss, estina suddenly seeking out master lin is probably also an attempt to win him over,” an old half-scale race butler watched the temporary two-story building erected in the trade area and quietly reminded her. “should we go in as well?”
“no need. i know estina far too well. let her go first,” xia ling said calmly. “in any case, her cooperation with the obsidian martial arts hall will not affect me. there is no need to make the obsidian martial arts hall feel awkward and thus affect my later cooperation.”
“wise as always, miss.” the half-scale race old man nodded.
in the second-floor hall of the two-story building, lin qi was seated at the head, while estina sat in the guest seat. behind her stood twenty young men and women in a6 battle armor, their natural aura so strong that even lin qi frowned, sighing at how wealthy the suburban factions were.
the twenty young men and women before him were only quasi-martial artists, but with the a6 battle armor, whether or not they could kill a beginner martial artist, it would not be difficult for them to stand against one.
“miss estina, may i know what guidance brings you here?” lin qi got straight to the point. he did not want to waste time with estina and her people.
now that the obsidian martial arts hall had defeated the great ape gang, there were countless matters he needed to handle, especially post-battle statistics. he did not know how long those alone would take. at the same time, he still had to welcome a new batch of players and expand quickly. otherwise the overall strength of the obsidian martial arts hall would not match its current status in the wilderness, and many things could not be done.
“master lin is really straightforward,” estina said with a faint smile. “does master lin think that because we previously stood on the great ape gang’s side, we are your enemies?”
“of course not,” lin qi replied with a smile. “but i also do not think we are friends, are we?”
“master lin is right, which is why i came personally to clear up some misunderstandings,” estina could not help calmly studying lin qi, then smiled slightly. “it is true that gang leader watu and i were friends, but only cooperating friends. now i have come because i want to cooperate with master lin.”
“cooperate? what kind of cooperation?” lin qi asked.
“cooperation that can help master lin,” estina said with a gentle smile. “although master lin and xia ling are friends, neither xia ling nor the phosphor fire gang can do anything about the gorilla gang.”
“now that the obsidian martial arts hall has annihilated the great ape gang and erased their name from the wilderness, the gorilla gang behind them will not just let this go. they will definitely step in. perhaps master lin believes that now you have become a martial artist, those suburban gangs will not dare act rashly, but the suburban factions are also divided into ranks.”
“indeed, many suburban gangs cannot afford to provoke martial artists, but the gorilla gang, as a strong-race gang in the city of light chasing, is an exception. not to mention that suburban gangs are on a completely different level from wilderness gangs. in terms of influence alone, from now on, not only will the obsidian martial arts hall be unable to do normal business in the suburbs, it is likely that even in the wilderness you will suffer attacks from many wilderness gangs trying to cling to the gorilla gang.”
“not afraid of martial artists? are you saying the gorilla gang is not worried about me wiping out their people in the wilderness?” lin qi asked curiously.
“that would be difficult,” estina chuckled, as if she had heard something amusing. “perhaps master lin does not know much about the suburban gangs. let me explain, as a small token of sincerity.”
“although most suburban gangs do not have martial artists, they do have means to counter martial artists. the most typical is b-grade battle armor. each set of b-grade battle armor can give a limit apprentice the power to suppress a martial artist, and the major suburban gangs generally have more than one set.”
“b-grade battle armor? the senior officials of the city of light chasing allow them to have that?” lin qi was shocked.
in this high martial arts world, battle armor, like armor, came in a-grade and b-grade series. b2 armor could fight beginner martial artists, b4 armor could fight intermediate martial artists, and b6 armor could fight advanced martial artists.
but b-grade battle armor belonged to a city’s high-end combat power. even martial artists found it hard to purchase, so it was difficult to imagine such armor being sold to suburban gangs.
“the city of light chasing has many races, with ten strong races alone. even if it is restricted, as long as those suburban gangs have the right connections and enough money, it is not difficult for them to obtain some second-hand or nominally scrapped b-grade armor. otherwise, the top ten wilderness gangs would not be so wary of the major suburban gangs based on strength alone,” estina explained. “although master lin is a top tier beginner martial artist, you are still far from being able to confront the gorilla gang.”
“that is why i am here to invite master lin to join our boran great family as a family elder. with the boran family’s status in the suburbs and our long-term cooperative relationship with the gorilla gang, i believe some of the gorilla gang’s senior officials will not be inclined to stir things up and use their power against master lin.”
“join you?” lin qi looked at estina, not surprised by her invitation.
he had already heard some things about martial artists from qin mu. anyone who became a martial artist in the city of light chasing would join one of its factions so they could survive better and gain more and better resources to grow stronger. it was too difficult for a lone individual to obtain resources there.
but the powerful factions in the city did not bother to invite ordinary martial artists or those without potential. only martial artists with potential would receive invitations.
as a martial artist family, the boran great family had developed many businesses in the suburbs, but their main house was a faction in the city proper. ordinary martial artists would not impress them.
someone like him, who could kill watu directly and had a strong chance of becoming an intermediate martial artist, would naturally not be overlooked by the boran family.
however, joining the boran family as a family elder came with many restrictions.
normally, he would have to complete monthly family tasks, such as hunting monsters in the wilderness or protecting important family members. although he could receive bit from the boran family and have a chance at better martial artist resources, he would also have to obey the family’s orders.
“there is no rush. master lin can take his time to think about it,” estina continued softly. “if you decide, you can contact me at any time.”
“no need to think about it,” lin qi shook his head. “i will not join the boran family, or any faction in the city of light chasing. i am not used to putting my life and death in someone else’s hands.”
“i see.” estina paused for a moment, then nodded. “then i will not press you. if one day you think it through, you can come to me at any time.”
with that, estina led her subordinates out of the second-floor hall.
only after estina had completely left the two-story building did twilight of the gods and the others, who had been hiding outside the hall door on the second floor preparing to report to lin qi, all brighten up.
“the gorilla gang? is that not a major suburban gang?” da ye ying xiong asked in confusion. “how did our martial arts hall provoke them now?”
“are you stupid? this story dialogue is definitely a version preview!” twilight of the gods rolled his eyes at da ye ying xiong and explained excitedly, “not only did a new faction, the boran family, appear, but it also announced the new hostile force the martial arts hall will face. maybe it will unlock a new map and new equipment. no, i have to go report this to sister wu right now. if we handle it well, our heavenly might team can completely surpass the other two teams in one go.”
just thinking about it made twilight of the gods excited, and he immediately left the two-story building.
