Chapter 110: Secret Art Of Body Strengthening
Inside the Metal Cave, the space was not large, only about the size of a classroom.
Lin Qi carefully looked around and found that the interior had been heavily damaged, with all kinds of explosion marks, clearly caused by deliberate destruction. But what was truly shocking were the terrifying claw marks left on the metal.
Those explosion marks had only barely left some white traces on the metal, but the claw mark had left a groove three to four centimeters deep, and there was only one such claw mark, which should have been caused by some creature casually scratching.
Looking at this claw mark, Lin Qi could not help but glance toward the cave outside, his heart filled with vigilance.
He had tested this metal with a B2-level weapon before; even a full-force strike could not leave any mark. Yet some creature, with a casual swipe, had treated the metal as if it were clay, easily leaving a claw mark three to four centimeters deep.
It was almost unimaginable what would happen if such a creature struck a person once.
“I am probably overthinking it. Judging from the time this claw mark was left, it should be quite old. Otherwise, the White Feather Gang would not have been able to develop here so peacefully without any accidents.” Lin Qi examined the claw mark again and felt that it should have existed long before the White Feather Gang discovered this place.
If such a terrifying monster were really present, Crimson Moon Mountain would have long since become a forbidden zone, and the White Feather Gang could not possibly still be eyeing Crimson Moon Mountain.
Only after Lin Qi took several deep breaths did he continue to observe the situation inside the Metal Cave.
“It seems that Gana must have taken that metal plate from here.”
Lin Qi looked at the innermost wall, where there were three grooves about the size of A4 paper, which matched well with the mysterious metal plate Gana had dropped back then.
“This White Feather Gang is really strange. Since they already took the metal plate, why go to the trouble of trying to destroy this place?”
Lin Qi glanced around. It was clear the White Feather Gang had paid a great price to obtain extremely powerful bombs to destroy the Metal Cave. Even the ground tens of meters outside the cave entrance had been burned white, which showed how strong the explosion and temperature were, far beyond what an electromagnetic grenade could compare to.
It was very likely a bomb specialized for high-level monsters, something that could normally melt even B6-level alloy into slag; otherwise it could not have left even faint white marks on this mysterious metal.
Since the mysterious metal plate that carried a secret technique had been removed, the entire room should no longer have much value, so destroying it made no sense.
Unless the room itself had great value but could not be taken away, and the White Feather Gang, unwilling to let others obtain it, simply chose to destroy it.
Thinking of this, Lin Qi cut open his palm and pressed his hand directly against the wall.
“As expected!”
Lin Qi watched as the entire metal wall seemed to come alive, frantically devouring his blood.
In an instant, a large number of blood-colored runes lit up on the metal wall, and the dense energy drifting outside surged into the room like a tide, filling every corner.
In just a few seconds, Lin Qi felt countless pieces of information imprint deep into his mind, making his head feel as if it were splitting open, and he almost fainted.
Only after five minutes of resting did his mind feel a trace of relief, allowing him to examine the information imprinted in the depths of his brain.
“What a powerful secret technique!”
After reading the secret technique inheritance on the wall, Lin Qi was nothing but shocked.
The technique on the wall was an extremely special secret technique called the body strengthening secret technique. It could use free energy to transform the structure of all the cells in the body, making every cell far tougher, several times beyond martial artists of the same level, while also greatly enhancing the body’s recovery power, potentially more than ten times that of peers. It had a total of five stages.
Unfortunately, whether because the wall’s inheritance was incomplete or because the wall had been damaged, the body strengthening secret technique only had two stages, corresponding to the apprentice and martial artist levels.
“No wonder the people of the White Feather Gang wanted to destroy this. If mastered, it would be almost invincible at the same level.” Lin Qi glanced at the many white marks on the wall and somewhat understood the White Feather Gang’s thinking.
With all cells becoming tougher, not only would the body become stronger, but its capacity to withstand blood qi eruptions would also increase, allowing more frequent and continuous use of martial skills. Combined with terrifying recovery ability, fatal wounds could become serious injuries, serious injuries become minor injuries, and minor injuries could recover within minutes. At the same level, it would be like an undying cockroach.
Lin Qi just felt that the White Feather Gang had still gone a bit overboard.
The body strengthening secret technique was very powerful, but its learning difficulty was also extremely high. A slight mistake could cause total cell collapse, beyond saving even for a god.
Let alone ordinary people; even martial artist geniuses, after learning of this secret technique, might not have the courage to train in it.
Players, of course, were an exception.
Just as Lin Qi was thinking about how to charge players and promote this body strengthening secret technique, a system prompt suddenly sounded in his mind.
System: congratulations to the player for completing task two “online reservation five hundred thousand”. Reward: player resurrection device manufacturing authority, hidden permissions raised to level three.
System: the host’s administrator permissions are currently level one and cannot unlock level three hidden permissions. The host is requested to raise administrator permissions as soon as possible.
“What is going on? Task two is already completed?”
Lin Qi stared at the system panel, stunned for a moment, completely unable to understand what had happened.
Yesterday, when he checked the reservation count, it was still less than two hundred and fifty thousand. Reaching five hundred thousand should have taken at least a month.
Yet it was completed today, which was simply unbelievable.
Lin Qi immediately opened Blue Star’s official forum in the system panel to see what was going on.
The surge in reservation numbers was too exaggerated. For it to spike so much, something must have happened on Blue Star.
And everything was just as Lin Qi guessed. At this moment, on Blue Star’s game official forum, a major event had indeed occurred. A pinned post on the forum had more than two million clicks.
The title of the post was “the most unmissable game of the year, epic battlefield footage, no hype, no hate, with video and proof!”
The post was made by Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang.
In the post, Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang gave a detailed introduction to the basic situation and gameplay of High Martial Arts Descend, as well as detailed information about the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
It included what newcomers should do in the early stage, strategy guides for earning points in Crimson Moon Mountain, which martial skills to learn immediately, and which to focus on improving.
Apart from the introduction of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, there was also a detailed introduction to hostile factions, such as the White Feather Gang: who the main members were, their strength, and what weapons they used.
There was also the newly added hostile faction, the Great Ape Gang, with a detailed description of its overall strength: the gang had more than two thousand members, one gang leader and four vice gang leaders, many known quasi-martial artist level elders, with the estimated number of elders above twenty, and it also introduced the Great Ape Gang’s A6-level battle armor.
All kinds of information filled tens of thousands of words, summarized very thoroughly, to the point that even Lin Qi felt an urge to play.
However, what truly attracted people to this post was not the game data but a video posted by Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang.
The video was more than thirty minutes long, from infiltrating the Great Ape Gang headquarters all the way to over ten of them fighting against thousands of Great Ape Gang members. The cruelty of the battlefield and the real and grand scenes made viewers both anxious and immersed, powerless yet filled with hot-blooded excitement, like watching an epic blockbuster.
It made everyone who watched understand how weak individual strength was on the battlefield. No matter how skilled you were, you could not withstand a sky full of arrows and the endless stream of enemies. All you could do was try to minimize your injuries.
It was completely impossible, as in other virtual games, to dominate just by being a few levels higher. In High Martial Arts Descend, any ordinary person wielding a weapon could take your life. The realism was almost unbelievable.
In the end, Lin Qi’s one-sword intimidation of thousands of troops and his two-move kill of Grenta in A6-level battle armor made many people feel stunned by his coolness.
Before, when nineteen people faced thousands of troops, their strength and technique were obvious to all and far beyond ordinary players. Yet the thousand-strong army that even those nineteen could not handle was cowed by a single sword from Lin Qi. It was overwhelmingly impressive and showed everyone what it meant for one man to stand against a thousand.
“This game’s 100% virtual degree is not an exaggeration. I can guarantee this. It is definitely the greatest masterpiece of the year. That sense of immersion and realism on the battlefield is something no other so-called masterpiece I have played ever had,” Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang added. “But this is still not the most amazing part. The best thing about this game is the process of strength improvement. It truly makes you feel that every bit of effort brings a return. Whether it is the improvement of martial skills or physique, you can feel it for real. After playing this game, I even feel my own real-world skills have improved a lot.”
“Next, this game will have many great battles. Players who want to personally experience war absolutely must not miss it. It will definitely be unforgettable for a lifetime.”
“No way, is this game really that amazing?”
“Just for this game’s battlefield, I am definitely playing it.”
“This game is insane. Over a thousand gorillas, and every single one has different expressions, body shapes, and clothing. How much did they spend on modeling this game?”
As soon as Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang added this final remark, dozens of comments appeared in an instant, with more than ten thousand likes. One after another, people felt that High Martial Arts Descend was outrageous in a good way and had the urge to try it.
By the time Lin Qi finished reading the post on the official forum, he understood why there were suddenly so many reservations.
It was not just Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang’s post. Fang Zhen and the others had also posted similar content. Those posts were also very popular, though not as detailed as Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang’s. Through various recorded videos, they all explained to everyone the general situation of High Martial Arts Descend.
This allowed players who originally knew nothing about High Martial Arts Descend to quickly understand what kind of game it was, so the number of people wanting to play suddenly increased.
“This really helped me a lot.”
Lin Qi looked at the newly unlocked player resurrection device manufacturing authority in the system and clicked to view it.
Right now, he was seriously short on manpower, and players needed time to grow. Once players at Crimson Moon Mountain died, they could only resurrect in the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. Setting aside the time needed for resurrection, just running back to Crimson Moon Mountain would take an unknown amount of time.
But if players could resurrect in Crimson Moon Mountain, then the reliability of having players defending Crimson Moon Mountain would undoubtedly increase significantly.
