Chapter 159: The First Battle Of The Warrior Level
“Taking down seven at once, this brother is simply a model for all of us!”
“A full-health elite, gone in an instant. This move is too heaven-defying, though burning 648 in one shot is a bit expensive.”
“Just I’d pay even 6480, no problem. Where can I learn this move? I’ll put up one million points!”
The new players present stared at the quasi-martial artist who had been instantly killed, their eyes lighting up one by one. They had not expected newcomers to be able to grasp such a divine skill.
Aside from being a bit costly, it was simply perfect for newcomers.
Whether facing monsters in the wilderness or enemies, their strength generally started from intermediate apprentice and above, with no shortage of elite-level quasi-martial artists. It was far too hard for newcomers to survive.
If not for this task’s veteran-leading-newcomers welfare, probably no veteran player would be willing to take newcomers along. Even if newcomers had A6-level battle armor, few veterans would do that kind of trade.
But if they mastered this move, then newcomers would have enough combat power. At the very least they would not drag the team down too much, and could at minimum secure a kill on an elite monster.
Newcomers could even travel in their own teams later on, going into the wilderness for one-for-one trades. As long as there were enough of them, they refused to believe they could not trade lives all the way down the road against these enemies.
Not far away, Lu Fanchen, who had just killed a high-level apprentice in a single strike, saw many newcomers inquiring about the Thunderfire Self-detonation Method and felt this was a great opportunity to promote Mythical Paradise.
“Very good! Everyone else, continue!” Lu Fanchen did not waste words and directly gave orders to Mythical Paradise’s newcomers.
With Lu Fanchen’s command, more than ten newcomers charged into the crowd of the Four Major Powers, going madly to throw themselves at those quasi-martial artists wearing A6-level battle armor.
Those quasi-martial artists in A6-level battle armor felt their scalps go numb as they watched the Mythical Paradise newcomers rushing at them. Without any hesitation, they turned and ran.
Fighting a lunatic who could self-detonate was the same as seeking death.
If they could not fight in close quarters, then they could only run. With quasi-martial artist speed, ordinary people simply could not catch up.
In an instant, the ordinary members of Obsidian Martial Arts Hall were wildly chasing down the quasi-martial artists of the Four Major Powers all over the battlefield, while the other members of the Four Major Powers stayed well away.
“As expected, this move still has quite a few drawbacks. Looks like we’ll need to improve their speed later.” Watching the newcomers hunting quasi-martial artists everywhere, Lu Fanchen felt it was necessary to improve the Thunderfire Self-detonation Method.
At the very least, those who learned it had to be able to burst out with speed surpassing quasi-martial artists for a short time. Otherwise, enemies who were not stupid would be wary after seeing it once, and the Thunderfire Self-detonation Method would be hard to use effectively.
“That’s simple.” Beside him, Li Tianxing, who had just taken down a high-level apprentice, smiled and said, “They just need to learn the basic usage of my Heaven-Treading Steps, letting that fire energy hyper-compress and explode under their feet, so the explosive force pushes them forward. I’ve tested that speed; it can definitely exceed 50 meters per second.”
“Fifty meters per second? That fast?” Lu Fanchen could not help being surprised.
A martial artist’s basic speed was only about 30 meters per second. A speed of 50 meters per second was something only an advanced martial artist could achieve. Once newcomers mastered it, any enemy below martial artist level would basically be offering up their lives.
“Yeah.” Li Tianxing nodded. “But this kind of hyper-burst technique can only be used once. After using it, both feet will be crippled by the terrifying explosive thrust.”
“They’re going to self-detonate anyway, so their feet do not matter. Being able to use this technique once is enough.” Lu Fanchen was very satisfied. “When we get back, Old Li, go teach them. Make sure all of them learn it.”
If the Thunderfire Self-detonation Method had previously been like a grenade, then once they mastered the speed-boosting technique, it would be like becoming a rocket launcher, striking wherever they aimed. Just thinking about it felt great.
While Lu Fanchen and Li Tianxing were chatting, the battlefield situation was completely changed by the self-detonations of Mythical Paradise’s newcomers.
Earlier, many newcomers had their thrown arrows constantly intercepted in advance by experts of the Four Major Powers, making it impossible to hand-craft a super electromagnetic cannon. But now, since the Four Major Powers did not dare approach, one after another began charging up coilguns.
Although the accuracy of the hand-crafted super electromagnetic cannons was not great, nearly two hundred people joining forces to attack produced an unexpectedly good effect. A single volley took out dozens of experts from the Four Major Powers, forcing them into a steady retreat.
Thanks to the newcomers’ attacks, the veteran players in the crowd also felt their pressure suddenly drop. With the martial artist-level martial skills they had mastered and their B2-level weapons, killing experts below quasi-martial artist level was as easy as cutting melons and vegetables, causing devastating losses among the Four Major Powers.
In barely more than ten seconds of fighting, over two hundred people died at the hands of just over forty veteran players, like a meat grinder on the battlefield.
“Die, all of you!”
Vinsonk of the North Ao Family stopped commanding and, holding a B2-level battle saber, charged straight at the veteran players, intending to halt the collapse of the Four Major Powers.
“Crap! The boss is here!”
“Newcomers, back off!”
Seeing Vinsonk rushing over, the veteran players felt a heavy pressure and quickly told the surrounding newcomers to fall back.
But before they could finish speaking, Vinsonk had already arrived before a veteran player whose strength had reached high-level apprentice. He raised his B2-level battle saber.
No martial skill, no technique, just a simple slash.
With nearly 3000 kilograms of force, he directly sent the veteran player wielding a B2-level spear flying. This high-level apprentice veteran player did not even have time to use Prairie Fire First Style Spark to block before crashing into the rock wall of the valley, both arms broken, blood spraying madly from his mouth, clearly not long for this world.
“So strong!”
“This is the strength of a martial artist-level boss?”
The players present could not help sucking in a breath of cold air as they watched the veteran player taken down in one hit.
Although they had long known that a martial artist-level boss was extraordinary, they had not expected it to be this overwhelming. A high-level apprentice was one-shot killed, and this was only the boss’s normal attack.
As Vinsonk was about to slash at another veteran player who was a limit apprentice, a graceful figure suddenly appeared behind him, a long sword thrusting straight at his back.
“Who is it!”
Vinsonk sensed it immediately and turned with a slash.
Bang!
At the moment of contact, the graceful figure was blasted back several steps, coming to a stop less than twenty meters from Vinsonk.
“A martial artist?”
Seeing who it was, Vinsonk was slightly surprised. He had not expected Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to have a martial artist hidden away.
But that surprise quickly turned into disdain.
Because aside from the B2-level long sword in her hand, Luo Wu Shang wore no armor at all. Compared to him in B2-level battle armor, she was nothing but an ant.
B2-level battle armor could increase strength by 1000 kilograms and speed by 8 meters per second. There was no way an unarmored beginner-level martial artist could possibly challenge that.
“Such strong strength, my hand is numb.” Luo Wu Shang shook her hand and, with a hint of excitement in her expression, looked at Vinsonk.
Ever since her promotion to martial artist, all her attributes had greatly improved. She had been worrying about not having a suitable opponent to practice on. She had only taken this transport task to test her luck and see if she could encounter strong enemies.
She had not expected this team task to be so generous, throwing three martial artist-level bosses at them right away.
And the strength of this martial artist-level boss was beyond imagination. Even in that brief exchange, despite cultivating a body strengthening secret technique, her hand had gone numb from a direct clash.
Such a powerful opponent of the same rank was the first she had encountered since entering the game.
“Your hand is numb? This is only the beginning!” Vinsonk said with disdain as he swung his B2-level battle saber down again.
Martial artist-level martial skill, Ghost Shadow Blade!
In an instant, more than ten blade shadows slashed toward Luo Wu Shang from several directions, each carrying nearly 5000 kilograms of force, absolutely impossible for an ordinary beginner martial artist to block.
“Good!”
Luo Wu Shang had long been prepared and met the strike with Point Star.
After being fused with the Perfection Realm Lightning Palm, her Point Star unleashed twelve sword shadows in an instant, each with 1 times the force, giving each shadow over 3800 kilograms of power.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
The impact from the collisions between blade shadows and sword shadows made the ground tremble violently, as if each clash were artillery shells colliding.
In just a split second, both of them were blasted back more than ten meters.
After landing, Luo Wu Shang’s sword and sword hand were trembling uncontrollably. On the other side, Vinsonk’s weapon and arm were unhurt, but one of the sword shadows had struck his shoulder, leaving a shallow mark on his B2-level battle armor, and the lightning force had caused some damage, leaving his shoulder reddened and swollen.
“Who are you?”
Vinsonk glanced at the sword mark on his shoulder, then looked at Luo Wu Shang, his gaze full of shock.
A beginner martial artist without any armor had actually managed to injure him through his B2-level battle armor. Who would believe such a thing if it were told?
