Chapter 70: Offer Your Heart To Obsidian!
“Master of the Pavilion is so handsome!~”
“No wonder he is the strongest NPC launched by the manufacturer. His aura is simply suffocating. Next he is not going to do a plot kill on the boss opposite, right?”
“Heavens! No! Master of the Pavilion, please do not make a move. Spare these ignorant and foolish NPCs and just let us handle it.”
The players present looked at Lin Qi, who had stepped forward. One by one, they were convinced by his single handsome move and his domineering words, and each revealed an expression of admiration.
Although everyone was also somewhat curious about just how strong Lin Qi, this strongest NPC designated by the game manufacturer, really was, if Lin Qi actually took out the boss, then the rewards for these players would be gone.
This scene left Qin Mu and the other vagrants at the main gate completely dumbfounded.
Handsome?
Is this aura really strong?
Did he not just shake the floor with his spear? Where was the suffocating part?
Why could they not feel it at all?
“These people are not all crazy, are they?”
“That is the Vice Gang Leader of White Feather Gang, a quasi-martial artist level expert!”
Qin Mu and the others watched Lin Qi, who had taken the initiative to prepare for battle, and the Gray Robe Gang members who, for some unknown reason, had suddenly become crazed and excited by Lin Qi’s display. They fully understood what Lin Qi and the others were thinking.
A quasi-martial artist level expert could normally fight three to five limit apprentices at the same time, and with a full set of A6-level armor, even six or seven limit apprentices attacking together would probably not be able to do anything to him.
And the Gray Robe Gang?
It was merely a gang that had only recently emerged less than half a month ago. It would already be impressive if they had a bit more than ten apprentice-level experts in total.
It could be said that all of the Gray Robe Gang together were not enough for even one Gana to kill.
“Very good, very good!” Gana looked at Lin Qi and immediately laughed, but this laugh was not from joy; he was laughing in anger. “Qin Mu, do not say I did not give you face. They are the ones refusing your face. Do not blame me for what happens next.”
Gana felt a trace of dread toward a limit apprentice who had reached the Microscopic Realm.
The Microscopic Realm was one that was usually only achieved by martial artist level experts. Although Qin Mu was currently only a limit apprentice, he was just stepping into middle age and still had every chance to break through to become a quasi-martial artist. In the future, promotion to martial artist was not impossible, so he deserved some respect.
“Go!”
“Let these kids see some blood. Maybe that will wake them up a little!”
With a wave of Gana’s arm, the more than twenty White Feather Gang experts present also shouted along with him and charged toward Lin Qi and the others.
“Kill! Reforge the glory of the martial arts hall!”
“Whoever slays the vice gang leader of White Feather Gang will be rewarded with one hundred thousand points!”
Lin Qi pointed his spear at Gana, his voice loud enough to almost travel out of the martial arts hall so that the vagrants on the street could hear it clearly.
“For Obsidian!”
“Brothers! The time has come to offer our hearts to Obsidian!”
“Gana, let me borrow your dog head!”
As Lin Qi’s voice rang out, the players on the training ground went completely crazy. The way they looked at Gana was as if they were staring at a peerless beauty, with drool almost flowing out.
One hundred thousand points!
Even for people as well-off as Fang Zhen and the others, this was an enormous wealth.
At present, the points players had earned were not even enough to redeem martial skills alone. One hundred thousand points would not only redeem the entire lower volume of the basic martial skills, but also redeem an A5-level weapon, like upgrading from a bird gun to a cannon.
If they scraped together another fifty thousand points, they could redeem an A6-level weapon, which was currently the peak of weapons, able to destroy A4- and A5-level armor as easily as chopping wood.
“One hundred thousand points? What is that, one million bit?”
Qin Mu looked at the players who had suddenly become excited, with their eyes even somewhat bloodshot, and was full of curiosity about the one hundred thousand points Lin Qi had mentioned.
To make ordinary people draw blades against a quasi-martial artist regardless of life and death, such a reward was unimaginably high.
Once both sides clashed, it was not only Qin Mu and the others who were stunned; even Gana, the vice gang leader of White Feather Gang, was dumbfounded.
He had originally thought the Gray Robe Gang was just a small suburban gang in the wilderness and that having a bit more than ten apprentice-level experts would already be something to be thankful for.
But once the real battle began, he found that the strength of the Gray Robe Gang was worlds apart from what he had imagined.
Thirty of them!
A full thirty apprentice-level experts. That number would already be on par with an ordinary wilderness gang.
Although among the thirty apprentices of Gray Robe Gang, the vast majority were beginner apprentices and there were only three intermediate apprentices, they still constituted a force that could not be underestimated.
“What exactly has the Gray Robe Gang given these people that can make them so reckless with their lives?”
“They are fighting to the death with just shovels. Even suicide squads cultivated by those suburban gangs are nothing more than this.”
Qin Mu and the others were deeply shocked. Not only had they not expected the Gray Robe Gang to be this strong, they also had never seen such loyalty from gang members.
Out of seventy people, nearly thirty charged in with only a shovel in hand, going all out. Even when a companion beside them was directly killed and torn apart by a White Feather Gang expert, they were completely unmoved and continued their charge.
Clearly they were just a dozen or so Gray Robe Gang members who were not even as good as ordinary people, yet after sacrificing most of their lives, they actually beat a beginner apprentice of White Feather Gang to death with sheer force. After killing one, they immediately went for the next apprentice of White Feather Gang without the slightest hesitation.
Such loyalty to their gang, such fearless ferocity and willingness to fight to the death, made Qin Mu and the others unable to resist taking action.
“Kill! Take down these White Feather Gang bastards!”
Qin Mu took out the modular spear he carried on his back. With a click and a twist, the spear was assembled. In one step he rushed to a White Feather Gang expert who was being besieged. His silver spear moved like lightning, accurately piercing the gap in that expert’s armor, killing him with a single thrust.
But just as Qin Mu was preparing to help the next Gray Robe Gang newcomer, he heard the newcomer’s complaint in his ear.
“Damn! That was my monster! It just got last-hit by an NPC. Who gets the points for that?”
“Everyone, heads up. Move faster. The NPCs that came to help are going to steal our kills!”
“Hey, no! Brother Qin Mu, slow down a bit. I am almost done here.”
The newcomers, seeing the human race vagrants who had come to help, all grew anxious. There were already not enough White Feather Gang enemies for the veteran players to share, and now a group of NPCs had come to steal kills too. It was simply not letting these newcomers survive.
“Brothers! Did you see that? The attacks of these White Feather Gang monsters are actually very fixed. Even if their strength and speed are higher, as long as you quickly cut into the inside of the monster’s reach before its attack reaches maximum speed, its spear attack will be completely useless.”
“And this armor, while it blocks most attacks, still leaves the neck as a weak point once you get in close. At that moment, stab upward from below to guarantee a one-hit kill. That is what people mean when they say a longer weapon has longer reach but a shorter weapon is deadlier up close.”
Xiao Yuan held a black steel arrow. After dodging the spear attack of a White Feather Gang expert, she slipped in front of him while explaining, and drove the black steel arrow into his throat.
“Brothers, how was that? The kill strategy is simple, right? If you like it, do not forget to give a like on my video!”
After Xiao Yuan finished her commentary to the empty air around her, she went to look for another White Feather Gang member with a spear, planning to demonstrate once more for her fans.
In the distance, Lin Qi was greatly shocked by this scene.
A little girl who could kill in such a fresh and elegant way while giving detailed live explanations would definitely grow up to be a ruthless person.
Among the newcomers, aside from Xiao Yuan, Ye Qinglu was also exceptionally eye-catching.
Ye Qinglu did not use any trial weapon. She simply held an alloy shovel in each hand. Even though she had not yet learned Crushing Stone Fist or Leopard Shadow Steps, she used both techniques completely.
Lin Qi checked Ye Qinglu’s information with a glance and was almost scared to death.
Crushing Stone Fist entry-level at 33%!
Leopard Shadow Steps entry-level at 27%!
A newcomer who had never undergone the baptism of the high martial arts world yet had such high proficiency right from the start was simply a monster.
But even more monstrous was Ye Qinglu’s fighting style.
Even though the apprentices of White Feather Gang completely surpassed her in strength and speed, Ye Qinglu fought that beginner apprentice like an adult beating a kindergarten child. Every spear attack from the White Feather Gang expert was easily blocked by Ye Qinglu, and then the other shovel would slam down on his head.
All the while she was saying things like, “Your attack is too straightforward. There is not a bit of feint or variation in your power. Again!”
This left that White Feather Gang expert utterly bewildered. More than ten consecutive attacks were all blocked, and each time his head took a hit from the shovel. Even with armor, he wanted to die from humiliation.
If Ye Qinglu had hammered him with a proper hammer, he could have accepted it. But what did it mean to use an alloy shovel?
After less than a minute of fighting on the training ground, more than half of the over twenty apprentice-level experts from White Feather Gang had died, while more than thirty newcomers from Gray Robe Gang had been killed. It looked like Gray Robe Gang had suffered severe losses, but anyone with eyes could see that White Feather Gang’s loss was far more serious.
Apprentice-level experts required a huge cost to cultivate, but vagrants who were not even apprentices were available in endless numbers. Even if they all died, they could be replaced within a few days.
“Good! Qin Mu, you are seeking death!”
Seeing that half his people had been killed, even if they were only beginner apprentices, Gana was truly enraged. He grabbed the Mountain Splitting Great Axe and charged at the nearest Fang Zhen.
His speed was so great that even Qin Mu was shocked.
“Footwork martial skill!”
Qin Mu watched Gana, whose speed was clearly over thirty meters per second, and his expression turned grim. Gana’s speed was clearly beyond the realm of a quasi-martial artist.
At this speed, he could attack or retreat at will and fully control the tempo of the battle.
And Fang Zhen, as one of only three intermediate apprentices in Gray Robe Gang, was crucial. Killing any one of them would deal a huge blow to Gray Robe Gang and greatly dampen their morale.
“The boss is making a move! I will hold his aggro!”
“Captain Li, you look for a chance to strike from the side!”
Holding an A6-level spear, Fang Zhen took the initiative to meet the charging Gana, thrusting straight out with the Prairie Fire Spear Technique first form: Spark.
