Chapter 160: What Are These Monsters?!
In the valley.
Because of the commotion from the battle between Luo Wu Shang and Vinsonk, much of the attention on the scene shifted to them. It was not that everyone wanted to be distracted, but that they had no choice.
Rather than saying the two were fighting, it was more like two humanoid giant beasts brawling.
Every clash of weapons was like artillery shells bombarding, shaking heaven and earth, shattering rocks, and every second there were at least several such collisions.
Anyone below the level of martial artist caught in their aftermath would undoubtedly die.
“Too fierce! Is this a martial artist level battle?”
“A single sword light cuts a boulder over ten meters high clean in half, a single blade shadow rips open a gash in the ground over ten meters long. Are we really playing the same game as them?”
The newcomers stared at the world-ending battle between the two in the distance. For a moment, aside from shock, there was only more shock.
High Martial Arts Descend had a virtual degree as high as 100%. As soon as they entered the game, everyone could feel that their body was no different from reality. Although their physical fitness improved through the cultivation method, they only felt a bit stronger, better at working and digging holes.
Even with physical fitness reaching apprentice-level, they were just somewhat stronger ordinary people.
But now, looking at that road that seemed trampled by giant beasts, and the towering rock wall that looked like something had gnawed at it, everyone seriously doubted they were playing the same game.
However, compared to the players, the most shocked were the members of the Four Major Powers.
“Who exactly is that human woman? When did Obsidian Martial Arts Hall recruit such an expert?” Dibos stared in surprise at Luo Wu Shang, who was fighting Vinsonk to a standstill.
Vinsonk’s strength ranked among the top ten experts in the North Ao Family. Especially after putting on B2-level battle armor, he had no rivals among beginner martial artists.
Yet now, facing a human beginner martial artist woman, he had not gained any advantage at all. It was simply unbelievable.
“Without B-level battle armor support, directly confronting Vinsonk at the beginner limit.” Gar Bei En, who had steadied his emotions, watched Luo Wu Shang in battle and could not help saying, “Dibos, could this human woman be a student of the Genius Training Camp?”
Among beginner martial artists, without battle armor support, only those rumored to have entered the Genius Training Camp could deal with someone who had B-level battle armor.
Gais Peiwen, who rarely spoke, listened with a darkening expression.
If she was really a student of the Genius Training Camp, this would be very hard to handle.
The students of the Genius Training Camp were the reserve senior officials of the City of Light Chasing. Each one was highly valued. If it became known they had attacked a student of the Genius Training Camp, not even their families could protect them.
“Impossible!” Dibos denied directly. “Last time the human race had only one person enter the Genius Training Camp, and that person was a man.”
“That’s good then.” Gar Bei En could not help letting out a breath. “As long as she is not from the Genius Training Camp.”
“Although she is not a student of the Genius Training Camp, she should be under twenty-five. She is very likely to enter the Genius Training Camp this time.” Dibos stared hard at Luo Wu Shang, his tone icy. “A genius like this must never be allowed to live. Once she enters this cycle’s Genius Training Camp, she will definitely be our great enemy. We must kill her today!”
“Enter the Genius Training Camp, huh?” Gar and Gais looked at Luo Wu Shang and felt Dibos was right. They immediately ordered the two beginner martial artist guards, “Trido, Bansya, you two go help. Anyone else can live today, but that woman must die!”
They had already provoked Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and also Luo Wu Shang. There was only one road left, all the way to darkness. Otherwise, once people like Lin Qi and Luo Wu Shang entered the Genius Training Camp together, they would truly have no way to survive.
The two martial artist guards looked at their young master who had given the order. Without hesitation, they drew their B2-level weapons and charged straight at Luo Wu Shang, who was still fighting.
As the two guards rushed toward Luo Wu Shang, all the players in the valley were stunned.
“Damn! Three martial artist level bosses at once?”
“Three bosses together. Have bosses nowadays no sense of honor at all?”
“No way! We have to go support her, otherwise if Sister Wu dies, we’ll definitely get wiped.”
The players watched the three martial artists charge together and understood that if Luo Wu Shang, the only one who could face the martial artist level boss head-on, fell, then the rest of them getting taken out would only be a matter of time.
For a moment, the veteran players from other teams all rushed to block the two martial artist guards.
“Fanchen, what do we do?” Lin Xinyao looked at the two martial artist guards charging Luo Wu Shang and whispered, “Do we go help?”
“We’ll help, but the boss’s first blood has to be ours.” Lu Fanchen glanced at Luo Wu Shang and Vinsonk still locked in a stalemate and said with a smile, “Let the three bosses group up first, then we act.”
From the start, Mythical Paradise had never planned to let Luo Wu Shang solo the martial artist level boss. The reason they had not attacked Vinsonk and had been slacking at the side killing small monsters was only to observe.
As the truly killable martial artist level boss in High Martial Arts Descend, the reward would undoubtedly be generous, and taking him down would not be easy. They needed to observe the boss’s methods to be more confident when they made their move.
And it was not just Mythical Paradise. The other teams on the scene were likely thinking the same, though their trump cards could not compare.
After a night of cultivation and improvement in the maze tunnel, the three of them had finally reached advanced apprentice. Although this still lagged far behind the current mainstream quasi-martial artist level, they had a method to confront a martial artist.
Fusion explosion.
The fire energy produced by combining the strength of three people could instantly kill a group of Gold-Devouring Unicorn Rats, and the spread of the fire energy could reach ten meters.
They did not know how effective this would be against a martial artist level boss, but it should at least blast off half its health. So they needed to wait until the three martial artist level bosses were all down to half health before acting, otherwise they would only let others reap the benefits.
“Captain Chen, looks like we can’t slack anymore. Two more martial artist level bosses just entered.” Saiwai Qiangke watched the two fast-approaching martial artist level bosses and quietly reported to Chen Ya inside the transport vehicle through his smart watch.
“Alright, we’ve just about finished observing this boss. In a moment, you guard the side.” In the vehicle, Chen Ya looked at the battling Vinsonk, then took a B2-level compound heavy bow from the storage box beside her and also took out three B4-level arrows before stepping down from the vehicle.
The B2-level compound heavy bow weighed more than two hundred kilograms on its own. It had been painstakingly farmed from the guarding elite monsters in Emerald Sky, along with three matching B4-level mithril alloy arrows.
This could be called Chen Ya’s greatest gain in Emerald Sky. She redeemed it as soon as she submitted her merits.
As Chen Ya stepped down, Saiwai Qiangke immediately led people to her side, guarding around her and not allowing others to approach.
The moment the quasi-martial artist Chen Ya picked up the B2-level compound heavy bow, many of the top experts present noticed her.
“B2-level compound heavy bow?” Dibos glanced at Chen Ya beside the transport vehicle and could not help but laugh. “Is this your final trump card?”
In all major cities, a B2-level compound heavy bow was indeed a sharp weapon for killing martial artists, but only if used by a martial artist. Otherwise, the arrows lacked the power and speed to harm a martial artist, unless the number of B2-level compound heavy bows was large, or else they were just decorations, let alone dealing with Vinsonk in B2-level battle armor.
Even if Chen Ya had B4-level arrows, without enough power they would at most punch a small hole in B2-level battle armor.
Not only Dibos thought so; many experts present did, including Lu Fanchen and the others.
Arrows as a ranged attack method posed a huge threat to opponents of the same level, but their effect dropped sharply against enemies even one level higher, let alone a full tier.
But before everyone could look away from Chen Ya, they saw her draw the bow and nock arrows, firing three at once, two B2-level arrows and one B4-level arrow among them.
“What is she trying to do?”
“Three arrows at once? Is she planning to make up for lack of power with numbers?”
Far away, Rosalina watched Chen Ya preparing to fire three arrows at once and felt very puzzled.
As a genius of Liu Sen Gang, Rosalina was not only a martial artist but also a powerful archer, so she knew very well how fast a martial artist’s reactions were. Even if a quasi-martial artist fired three arrows at once, within a hundred meters they could be easily evaded. Only arrows shot at sonic speed with martial artist strength could truly threaten a martial artist.
And as a quasi-martial artist, Chen Ya did not have more than 1,500 kilograms of strength, so she could not use the B2-level heavy bow to shoot sonic arrows. What was more, from where Chen Ya stood, she was over two hundred meters from Luo Wu Shang’s position, posing no threat.
But the moment Rosalina finished speaking, the B4-level arrow in Chen Ya’s hand shot out, directly aiming at one of the martial artist guards charging Luo Wu Shang.
As soon as the arrow flew, its speed was just as Rosalina had predicted: it did not reach sonic speed and, in a martial artist’s eyes, looked like a drifting shuttlecock that could be easily evaded.
When the B4-level arrow was less than one hundred meters from the martial artist guard, the guard stepped aside, not even bothering to look at it.
At that exact instant, lightning coiled in Chen Ya’s hand far away, and she loosed two B2-level arrows wreathed in electricity. The two B2-level arrows flew so fast they broke the sound barrier, creating sonic booms.
Almost in the blink of an eye, one of the B2-level arrows struck the tail of the B4-level arrow. At the moment of impact, lightning seemed to explode. The B4-level arrow turned into a streak of flowing light, its speed far surpassing sonic speed.
Before the B4-level arrow had flown even twenty meters farther, the other B2-level arrow incredibly struck its arrowhead, slightly deflecting its trajectory.
And that deflection sent it straight toward the sidestepping martial artist guard.
Boom!
In an instant, a beam pierced through the guard’s head, leaving a bowl-sized hole.
Silence.
Dead silence.
At that moment the whole field seemed frozen in time. Even Luo Wu Shang and Vinsonk, still locked in battle, could not help looking over at the fallen martial artist guard.
“How is that possible!”
Rosalina stared at the martial artist guard who had been instant-killed. Her mind went blank. She had no idea how Chen Ya had done it.
This technique was simply godlike.
“Holy crap! Everyone get out here and watch god!”
“Remote-triggered coilgun! Is that really something a human can do?”
The players looked at the guard martial artist who had been headshot while moving, mouths all forming O’s, staring at Chen Ya as if she were a monster.
“Who is she?”
Lu Fanchen could not help looking toward Chen Ya beside the transport vehicle, his shock no less than anyone else’s.
Although he understood the principle behind Chen Ya killing the martial artist guard, actually doing it was another matter. The control over arrow power and distance required was nothing short of a miracle.
Saiwai Qiangke, guarding at Chen Ya’s side, saw the shock and astonishment on everyone’s faces and could not help feeling proud.
Blood Flame Spear Princess.
That title on Mecha Continent was not given for nothing. If not for the lack of a powerful melee expert in the team, captain Chen Ya would have fought with a blade, and even so, her melee strength could rank in the top five of Mecha Continent.
On the battlefield, before everyone could recover, Chen Ya once again fired three arrows.
This time the other martial artist guard instinctively dodged like mad, no longer daring to be careless. But Chen Ya’s shooting was as if she had opened the eyes of god, having predicted his movement in advance and once again hitting his heart with perfect accuracy, dropping him to the ground before he had time to cry out.
This scene shocked Vinsonk, who was still fighting. Almost instantly he used martial artist level footwork, charging directly at Chen Ya at a speed of over sixty meters per second.
“We can’t wait any longer! Let’s go together!” Seeing only Vinsonk left, Lu Fanchen grew anxious and ordered them all to attack him.
“Get lost!”
Vinsonk glared at Lu Fanchen and his two companions blocking his path and roared in anger. He unleashed Ghost Shadow Blade at them, ten blade shadows sweeping toward the three like a violent storm.
“Explode!”
Seeing Vinsonk less than ten meters away, the three of them pressed their palms together, linking their internal force. In an instant, their bodies swelled, endless fire energy spewing out, dazzling as a sun.
Boom!
Suddenly, a fireball with a radius of ten meters appeared in the valley, lighting up the entire place.
Within the fireball, Vinsonk let out an unwilling roar as he continuously burned through his qi and blood to resist the raging fire energy. Even as he overdrew his potential and life, he kept erupting, barely blocking the yet-unfaded flames.
“Slash!”
Charging in, Luo Wu Shang did not hesitate. She raised her B2-level long sword and unleashed a sword skill that fused the Seventh Stage martial skill Ghostly Light Finger from the Ghostly Light Six Forms.
Heaven Slash.
With a single strike, she shattered the sound barrier. The sword qi swept through Vinsonk’s body in an instant, extending for over a hundred meters before dissipating. Vinsonk fell to the ground, dead.
